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  Kappa (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kappa are also said to be afraid of fire, and some villages hold fireworks festivals each year to scare the spirits away.
Another theory is that the kappa were invented to scare children[2][3] away from rivers or rice paddies, using the swollen anus common in drowning victims as "proof" of having one's shirikodama stolen.
The name "kappa" may be derived from the term for "robe" used by the Portuguese monks who arrived in Japan in the 16th century; they called this garment a capa, and the monks' appearance is not unlike that of the similarly named Japanese sprites, from the loose, shell-like cloaks to the tonsured hair.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kappa_(mythical_creature)   (1491 words)

  
 Kappa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kappa (majuscule Κ, minuscule κ) is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the voiceless velar stop, or "k", sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
In mathematics, the kappa curve is named after this letter; the tangents of this curve were first calculated by Barrow (17th Century).
In biology, kappa and kappa prime are important nucleotide motifs for a tertiary interaction of group II introns.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kappa   (274 words)

  
 Metropolis - Big in Japan: Kappa
Aquatic bipeds with beaks, kappa inhabit ponds and rivers throughout Japan and are distinguished by a liquid-filled crater on their heads, rimmed with a bush of spiky hair.
Kappa have been known to do good things for humans; that is when they are not engaged in impish activities like pulling up women' dresses, expelling gas loudly or whiling away the hours over a leisurely game of
Kappa is also the word for the traditional straw raincoat worn by farmers.
metropolis.co.jp /biginjapan/366/biginjapaninc.htm   (597 words)

  
 Kappa - River Imp (Kami) in Japanese Shinto and Buddhist Traditions
Kappa smell like fish and are generally portrayed with the body of a tortoise, ape-like head, scaly limbs, long hair circling the skull, webbed feet and hands, and yellow-green skin.
To his surprise, a kappa, the size of a 6-7 year old boy was dragging the horse by its hind legs into the river.
The symbol of Jozankei Valley is the Kappa, the water sprite.
www.onmarkproductions.com /html/kappa.shtml   (4180 words)

  
 Kappa Kappa Kappa, Inc.
Kappa Kappa Kappa, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Tri Kappa is a unique philanthropic organization because it exists only within the boundaries of the state of Indiana.
Kappa Kappa Kappa, Inc. and may not be used or reproduced in any
www.trikappa.org   (419 words)

  
 Kappa
The Kappas feed themselves with cucumbers and blood, and use cucumbers to travel on them; these cucumbers fly like dragonflies.
Kappas are very intelligent and can be propitiated by humans.
Article "Kappa" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 26 May 1999 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/k/kappa.html   (115 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kappa: Books: Ryunosuke Akutagawa,G. H. Healey,Geoffrey Bownas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
"Kappa" is told from the point of view of Patient 23, an asylum inmate who tells of his incredible journey into the heart of Kappaland, peopled by the Kappa, the magical creatures of Japanese folklore.
Reading Kappa, I am reminded of the great shame it is that the world lost as brilliant a writer as Akutagawa at such a young age.
Kappa was ages ahead of its time especially considering the society in which Akutagawa was living in.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/080483251X?v=glance   (1396 words)

  
 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Chapter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kappa chapter has continued to live up to it's historic reputation of distinction and achievement.
Once again, Kappa chapter won the prestigious Minerva Award for Academic Excellence at the 1998 National Covention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kappa chapter has been very busy during the 2003-2004 school year by hosting many events.
www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Union/3012   (132 words)

  
 Sigma Kappa Sorority
Sigma Kappa Sorority is to pleased to announce the colonization of a new chapter in October 2006.
Sigma Kappa is seeking your assistance in a national grassroots campaign of letter writing by all fraternities and sororities in support of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2005.
Sigma Kappa Sorority is to pleased to announce the colonization of the University of Nevada, Reno in fall 2006.
www.sigmakappa.org   (638 words)

  
 The Kappa Alpha Society
The Kappa Alpha Society was founded in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady NY.
And for Kappa Alpha, it was an idea executed so well that the same ritual, customs, and even constitution have managed to survive almost unchanged ever since.
It is clear, however, that Kappa Alpha has always sought an aristocracy of merit rather than merely an aristocracy of privilege---and the results show.
www.ka.org   (891 words)

  
 Phi Kappa Phi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society.
Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni.
Phi Kappa Phi has chapters on nearly 300 select college and university campuses in North America and the Philippines.
www.phikappaphi.org   (191 words)

  
 Registration: Step One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Kappa shall not be liable to Member or any third party should Kappa exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service.
Kappa's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these TS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Kappa in writing.
Member and Kappa agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to this Service must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.
www.k.ro /sm-bin/reg_en   (1549 words)

  
 :: K A P P A :: ON THE WEB
Please note that due to the Mathew St festival, there are NO Cavern pub shows from Paul or Kappa this week and weekend.
Kappa to play Water Street stage on Monday 28th August.
Just a reminder that due to the International Pop Overthrow Festival, there will be no 5pm show in the Cavern Pub this week (27th May).
www.kappaband.com   (274 words)

  
 Kappa
Kappa provides a measure of the degree to which two judges,
A 'judge' in this context can be an individual human being, a set of individuals who sort the N items collectively, or some non-human agency, such as a computer program or diagnostic test, that performs a sorting on the basis of specified criteria.
Note that measures of weighted kappa are meaningful only if the categories are ordinal and if the weightings ascribed to the categories faithfully reflect the reality of the situation.
faculty.vassar.edu /lowry/kappa.html   (283 words)

  
 Pi Kappa Phi- America's Leading Fraternity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Choosing the right fraternity is an important decision—one that will have a profound impact on your days as a student and in your life as a leader.
Pi Kappa Phi’s commitment to leadership dates back more than 100 years to our humble roots at the College of Charleston where our founders exemplified leadership in the classroom, on the athletic field, in campus politics and within the community.
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity was founded to further create leadership opportunities—by men who made the choice to lead.
pikapp.org   (175 words)

  
 Thegigastore.com
This Active line is known worldwide thanks to its unmistakable logo, which has accompanied athletes and sport fans for an entire generation.
Today, our logo is seen in Kappa's most important endorsements and is a guarantee of high performance in both active and casual situations.
Kappa, the active sportswear brand, includes apparel for leisure time activities designed with an eye to the latest tends in the world of sport, and apparel for serious athletes and sportspeople alike, as well as being official technical provider to Kappa-sponsored teams.
www.kappastore.com /UK/categorie.asp?IDReparto=41&IDSquadra=0   (152 words)

  
 Kappa
The Kappa is the ratio of the proportion of times the appraisers (see Gage R&R) did agree to the proportion of times the appraisers could agree.
Kappa Statistics: If you have a known standard for each rating, you can assess the correctness of all appraisers' ratings compared to the known standard.
Kappa values greater than 0.9 are considered excellent.
www.isixsigma.com /dictionary/Kappa-531.htm   (283 words)

  
 The KAPPA Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
KAPPA is an applications package written, distributed and supported by the Starlink project.
In addition to the NDF, other astronomical data formats can also be processed by KAPPA using an `on-the-fly' conversion scheme.
KAPPA operates from the UNIX C-shell, Starlink's ICL command language, and the IRAF cl command language.
www.ast.man.ac.uk /~dsb/kappa/kappa.html   (139 words)

  
 National Kidney Foundation of Ohio - Patient & Family Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The National Kidney Foundation of Ohio is pleased, once again to offer the Kappa Kidney Camp for children with kidney disease.
Kappa Kidney Camp offers a wonderful array of summertime activities in an environment specifically designed for youngsters, ages 8 to 18 years old who are either on dialysis or who have had a kidney transplant.
Campers may attend camp at no charge, due to generous support from sponsors, like the Ohio chapters of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternities.
www.kidney.org /affiliate/oh/camp.html   (331 words)

  
 Kappa
Kappa baseball caps and bucket hat with high quality embroidering.
100% cotton Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity red bucket hat with red band; White lettering in Kappa symbols embroidered on the hat front center with white lettering of 'year founded' and 'Kappa Alpha Psi' around the band of the hat.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity vests, bowties, cummerbunds, and ties come in the red jacquard (silk-like) material with the Greek letters woven into the material along with the year the organization was founded.
www.personalbuy.com /shopsite_sc/store/html/kappa.html   (445 words)

  
 Kappa Delta Sorority
For Kappa Delta, the opportunity to leave its mark on the future comes not only through assisting its members, but also through improving the lives of others.
It was green and white as far as the eye could see when KDs from across the nation - collegians and alums alike - swept into Minneapolis in June for...
With National Women's Friendship Day just about a month away, it's time to grab the cell phone or the mouse and reach out to those women who are important to you.
www.kappadelta.org   (199 words)

  
 Smurfit Kappa Group
The Smurfit Kappa Group wants to be recognized as the most successful paper-based packaging company in its chosen market sectors.
To achieve this means providing innovative packaging solutions, outstanding customer service, maintaining low costs and remaining fast, flexible and always ahead of changing demands - creating tangible value in many different ways.
The birth of the Smurfit Kappa Group responded to the need for structural change within the European paper-based packaging industry.
www.kappapackaging.com   (105 words)

  
 Smurfit Kappa PiteÃ¥
Smurfit Kappa Kraftliner Piteå is Europe’s biggest kraftliner producer, with an annual output of some 700 000 tonnes.
Kraftliner is a base paper made from fresh fibres and is used for the manufacture of high quality corrugated packaging.
Smurfit Kappa Kraftliner Piteå is a part of the Paper Division Europe of the Smurfit Kappa Group.
www.kappa-kraftliner.com   (128 words)

  
 Theta Kappa
Theta Kappa is a small local sorority at John Carroll University in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio.
Our sorority consists of around 30 members and we are service based.
The roses that are shown with the candles in the left section are representative of our members.
theta_kappa_jcu.tripod.com /thetakappa   (116 words)

  
 Kappa Epsilon - Professional Pharmacy Fraternity
Kappa Epsilon would like to congratulate the following award recipients:
The purpose of Kappa Epsilon is to unite women students of pharmacy, to cooperate with the faculties of the colleges where chapters are established, to stimulate in its members a desire for high scholarship, to foster a professional consciousness, and to provide a bond of lasting loyalty, interest and friendship.
The mission of Kappa Epsilon is to empower its members to achieve personal and professional fulfillment by developing their confidence, self-esteem, interpersonal skills, and leadership vision, and represent the interest of the membership to health care professionals and the community at large.
www.kappaepsilon.org   (165 words)

  
 Kappa - Home page
This site belongs to Steve Drain and is a place to find any software I have written or other bits I have to offer.
Kappa is a working name I have used intermittently for some years.
Anything I have written that may be useful.
www.users.zetnet.co.uk /kappa   (61 words)

  
 National Headquarters
Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are honorary service organizations whose sole purpose is to serve the college or university band programs through service projects, fundraisers, social events and other projects
If you have any questions, or would like more information about having Kappa Kappa Psi and/or Tau Beta Sigma on your campus please feel free to contact us and we will get back to you ASAP.
If it appears some things have moved and you can no longer locate them on our site, please check the Site Index for a complete list of pages/links.
www.kkytbs.org   (129 words)

  
 Kappa Kappa Kappa -
On July 13, 1842, the Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity at Dartmouth College was born.
That Kappa Kappa Kappa is the first truly Dartmouth fraternity.
That Kappa Kappa Kappa has been a bulwark for Dartmouth traditions of Democracy, Loyalty, and Service.
www.tri-kap.com   (356 words)

  
 Pi Psi Fraternity, Inc. - Kappa Chapter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Kappa Chapter resides at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI.
Currently the Kappa Chapter is inactive, so we are looking for a few good men to once again establish our presence at Ferris State University.
Also sign our guestbook to let us know how we are doing.
members.tripod.com /~pipsikappa   (157 words)

  
 Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society of the Two Year College
Thirty Phi Theta Kappa members in 18 states have been named recipients of the 2006 Phi Theta Kappa Leaders of Promise Scholarships, awards of $1,000 each to further their associate degree studies.
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life® is an overnight event that celebrates survivorship and raises funds to conquer cancer.
None of the official Phi Theta Kappa logos and emblems may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Phi Theta Kappa.
www.ptk.org   (451 words)

  
 The Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda - Kappa Chapter
Alpha Kappa Lambda is currently making changes to it's web page.
All are welcome and there is no obligation to join by participating in the Rush activities.
Come on by and see what Alpha Kappa Lambda is all about.
www.aklpurdue.net   (165 words)

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