Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown, estimated population 19,300 (1989), is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The chief port of Saint Vincent, Kingstown is a center for the island's agricultural industry and a port of entry for tourists..
Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud - Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854), was a marshal of France. He was born at Paris. He entered the army in 1817, and after ten years of garrison service, he still held only the lowest commissioned grade. He then resigned, led a life of adventure in several lands and returned to the army at thirty as a sub-lieutenant. He took part in the suppression of the Vendée émeute, and was for a time on the staff of General (Marshal) Bugeaud. However, his debts and the scandals of his private life compelled him to go to Algeria as a captain in the French Foreign Legion. There he distinguished himself on numerous occasions, and after twelve years had risen.
Jean François de Saint-Lambert - Jean François de Saint-Lambert Jean François de Saint-Lambert (December 26, 1716 - February 9, 1803), French poet, was born at Nancy. He entered the army and, when Stanislaus Leszczynski was established in 1737 as duke of Lorraine, he became an official at his court at Lunéville. He left the army after the Hanoverian campaign of 1756-57, and devoted himself to literature, producing a volume of descriptive verse, Les Saisons (1769), now never read, many articles for the Encyclopedie, and some miscellaneous works. He was admitted to the Academy in 1770. His fame, however, comes chiefly from his amours. He was already high in the favour of the marquise de Boufflers, Stanislaus's mistress, whom he addressed in his verses as Doris and Thémire, when Voltaire in 1748 came to.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne - Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne (1743 - December 5, 1793), French revolutionist, was born at Nîmes, the son of Paul Rabaut, the additional surname of Saint-Etienne being assumed from a small property near Nîmes. Like his father, he became a pastor, and distinguished himself by his zeal for his co-religionists, working energetically to obtain the recognition of the civil rights which had been granted to them by Louis XVI in 1788. Having gained a great reputation by his Histoire primitive de la Grèce, he was elected deputy to the States General in 1789 by the third estate of the bailliage of Nîmes. In the Constituent Assembly he worked on the framing of the constitution, spoke against the establishment of the republic, which he considered ridiculous, and voted for.
Vermont - hunters, Vermont lost much of its population as farmers moved West into the Great Plains in search of abundant, easily-tilled land. Logging similarly fell off as over-cutting and the exploitation of other forests made Vermont's forest less attractive. Although these population shifts devastated Vermont's economy, the early loss of population had the beneficial effect of allowing Vermont's land and forest to recover from the excesses of human beings. The accompanying lack of industry has allowed Vermont to avoid many of the ill-effects of 20th century industrial busts, effects that still plague neighboring states. Today, much of Vermont's forest consists of second-growth. Of the remaining industries, dairy farming is the primary source of agricultural income. Vermont dairy is exported to the rest of the world by companies like Ben and Jerry's Ice.
Veneration of the dead - bodies of the dead. When possible, they sought to pray among the bodies of dead Christians, sometimes using a coffin or tomb for an altar on which to celebrate the Eucharist. Sometimes they witnessed miracles in connection with the bodies of dead Christians, such as healing, or observing sweet-smelling myrrh exuding from their bones. This, combined with their belief in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and future resurrection of all Christians, eventually led to the veneration of saints and of their relics. Early accounts of martyrs include Christian witnesses making great efforts to obtain the remains of the martyrs, and of the Romans sometimes trying to prevent this. Also, it became common to continue to ask Christian leaders to pray for them, even after the leaders had died, as they believed.
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference - Athletic Conference (mid-1970’s to present) Members Bethany College Bethel College Friends University Kansas Wesleyan University McPherson College Ottawa University Saint Mary College Southwestern College Sterling College Tabor College The KCAC sponsors athletic competition in men’s baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s football, women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s volleyball..
Kateri Tekakwitha - chastity. A year later, Kateri Tekakwitha died at the age of 24. She was beatified June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II, and is currently awaiting canonization. http://www.kateritekakwitha.org/kateri/ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintk01.htm http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=154 Kateri Tekakwitha figures prominently as a character in fictional writings by Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers) and William Vollmann (Fathers and Crows)..
Key West, Florida - returned to Spanish control 20 years later, but there was no official resettlement of the island. Informally the island was used by fishermen from Cuba and from the British Bahamas, who were later joined by others from the United States after that last nation's independence. While claimed by Spain, no nation exersized de facto control over the community there for some time. In 1815 the Spanish governor in Havana deeded the island of Key West to Juan Pablo Salas of Saint Augustine, Florida. After Florida was transferred to the United States, Salas sold the island to US businessman John Simonton for $2,000 in 1821. Simonton divided the island into plots and sold some of them. There was already a town on a part of the island, with the inhabitants recognizing the.
Kent County, New Brunswick - List of towns in Kent County, with 2001 populations given: Bouctouche (2,426) Cocagne (2,423) Grande-Digue (2,109) Saint-Antoine (1,472) Richibucto (1,341) Sainte-Anne-de-Kent (1,150) Cap-de-Richibucto (1,141) St-Louis-de-Kent (991) Acadieville (944) Aldouane (898) Rexton (810) Saint-Charles (806) Saint-Ignace (651) Pointe-Sapin (627) Harcourt (448).
Kenneth Anthony - Anthony Kenneth Anthony is the prime minister of Saint Lucia. He is from the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP)..
Keynsham - North East Somerset, England, and traditionally in the county of Somerset. The town is said to be named for Saint Keyna. The remains of a Roman villa lie on the outskirts of the town. An important industry in the town is the chocolate factory of Fry's (now Cadbury's). The town featured as the title of an album by the Bonzo Dog Band..
Kinglassie, Fife - by Westfield open cast site is still regarded as the bigest man made hole in Europe The Kinglassie & District Pipe Band was reformed in 1982. It currently is in Grade 4a and consists mainly of playing members of school ages. The current Pipe Major is Andi MacInnes. Its Patron saint, Glastian, was a mediator between the Scots and Picts. He died in 830.
Kiel - It was rebuilt, but the city-planners failed to revive the former townscape. Therefore Kiel is less worth seeing than other Schleswig-Holsteinian towns like Lübeck or Schleswig. Sights in Kiel include the Nikolaikirche (Saint Nikolai, 14th/15th century), the Schloss (Castle, 16th century, but destroyed and rebuilt in the 20th century), and the Rathaus (town hall, 1911). Kiel is the eastern terminus of the Kiel Canal. Kiel is famous for sailing events. Every year the "Kieler Woche" is held (the first time in 1882), a series of sailing regattas with a cultural framework. In 1936 and 1972, when the Olympic Games were held in Berlin and Munich, respectively, the Olympic yachting competitions were held in Kiel. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Important Personalities 2.1 Famous residents 2.2 Important historic mayors and.
Kilkenny - stone with decorative white fossils that forms the backbone of many of Kilkenny's fine buildings is actually polished limestone which has been quarried from around the city for centuries. The city is dominated by Kilkenny Castle and Saint Canice's Cathedral. The latter is named for Saint Canice, who also gave his name to the town (Cill Chainnigh is Irish for "Church of Canice"). The town has a history of Brewing and is home to the Smithwicks Brewery which was founded in the early 18th Century by messrs Cole and Smithwick. It has a successful hurling team..
Kirkwall - the northern coast of Mainland Orkney, it is a port with ferry services to most of the other islands in the group. By present-day British standards, it is a very small town, with a population of about 7,000. At the heart of the town stands St Magnus Cathedral which can be seen from some distance away. It was founded in memory of Saint Magnus, earl of Orkney from 1108 to 1117. Next to the cathedral are the ruins of the former bishop's palace and earl's palace. The town has two museums, one containing items of local historical interest and the other being the small "Wireless Museum", dealing with the history of radio and recorded sound..
Kingston, Ontario - material which still stand. Kingston is roughly half way between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec along the three major east-west transporation routes in Central Canada: the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Ontario Highway 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which turns into Quebec Autoroute 20), and the Canadian National Railroad main line. Kingston also lies at the south end of the Rideau Canal, originally built to connect Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River to provide a safe transportation route far from the American border. Kingston's airport, Norman Rogers Airport (CYGK), has regularly-scheduled air service to Toronto. The European settlement of a traditional Mississauga First Nation site began in 1673 by France with the etablishment of Fort Frontenac, and was captured by the British at the end of the Seven Years' War. A receiving centre for.
Kings County, New Brunswick - in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county. Dairy farming is an important industry in the area, and tourists come to see the many covered bridges in the county. Approximately half of the Kings County population lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John. List of towns in Kings County, with 2001 populations given: Quispamsis (13,757) Rothesay (11,505) Grand Bay-Westfield (4,949) Sussex (4,182) Hampton (3,997) Nauwigewauk (1,508) Norton (1,370) Sussex Corner (1,321) Havelock (380).
Kingdom of the Saguenay - had great mines of silver and gold, when he was imprisoned in France in the 1530s. The name Saguenay, from the legend, came to be applied to the Saguenay River. Today, the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec is sometimes referred to metaphorically as the Kingdom of the Saguenay (Royaume du Saguenay), for example in tourist marketing. On an unrelated note, a micronational project in the Saguenay region, Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean (q.v.), achieved a certain amount of prominence in 1997..
Kildare Town - the Celtic goddess Brigid in pre-Christian times. Following the introduction of Christianity in the 5th and 6th centuries it became the foundation of the Christian Saint Brigid who founded a unique monastery of monks and nuns on the site of the present cathedral. The name Kildare comes from the Gaelic Cill Dara, meaning the church of the oak tree..
