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Kamm
Kamm, Kamp is a German or Jewish surname, from the German word for "comb", most likely a metonymic occupational surname for a comb maker, or a wool comber. Kamm is also an alternative form of the surname Kam, Kahm, Cam, Cahm (קם), from Middle High German ''kâm'' "mould".Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, Eva H. Guggenheimer, ''Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary'' (1992),p. 380 Notable people with the surname include: * Wunibald Kamm (1893–1966), automotive engineer, known for the Kamm tail * Willie Kamm (1900–1988), baseball player * Antony Kamm (1931–2011), English publisher and writer. * Frances Kamm (b. c. 1948), American philosopher *William Kamm (b. 1950), leader of a Catholic sect * John Kamm, American businessman and human rights activist * Oliver Kamm (b. 1963) British writer * Kris Kamm (b. 1964), American actor * John Kamm (entrepreneur) (b. 1971) *Anat Kamm (b. 1987), Israeli journalist involved in the Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamm Tail
A Kammback—also known as a Kamm tail or K-tail—is an automotive styling feature wherein the rear of the car slopes downwards before being abruptly cut off with a vertical or near-vertical surface. A Kammback improves aerodynamic drag, thus improving efficiency and fuel consumption, while maintaining a practical shape for a vehicle. The Kammback is named after German aerodynamicist Wunibald Kamm for his work developing the design in the 1930s. Some vehicles incorporate the kammback design based on aerodynamic principles, while some use a cut-off tail as a design or marketing feature. Origins As the speed of cars increased during the 1920s and 1930s, designers observed and began to apply the principles of automotive aerodynamics. As aerodynamic drag increases, more energy, and thus more fuel, are required to advance a vehicle. In 1922, Paul Jaray patented a car based on a teardrop profile (i.e. with a rounded nose and long, tapered tail) to minimize the aerodynamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anat Kamm–Uri Blau Affair
The Anat Kamm–Uri Blau affair refers to a leak of thousands of classified Israel Defense Forces (IDF) documents by the former Israeli soldier Anat Kamm. During her military service as an assistant in the Central Command bureau, Kamm secretly copied thousands of classified documents, including many confidential documents. After she finished her military service, Kamm copied the documents to a CD and leaked it to the Israeli ''Haaretz'' journalist Uri Blau. For these acts, Kamm was later convicted of espionage and of providing confidential information without authorization. Information from the leak suggested that the military had defied a ruling by the Supreme Court of Israel against assassinating wanted militants in the West Bank who could potentially be arrested safely. Facts in the case were subjected to an Israeli gag order. Given that Kamm worked as a gossip journalist dealing with media affairs, the case became well known to journalists, who started reporting on it usi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roter Kamm Crater
Roter Kamm (german: Red Ridge) is a meteorite crater, located in the Sperrgebiet, within the Namibian section of the Namib Desert, approximately north of Oranjemund and southwest of Aurus Mountain in the ǁKaras Region. The crater is in diameter and is deep. The age is estimated at 4.81 ± 0.5 Ma, placing it in the Pliocene. The crater is exposed at the surface, but its original floor is covered by sand deposits at least thick. Description The meteorite hit a layer of Precambrian granitic gneiss that is part of the Namaqua Metamorphic Complex, overlaid with some younger sedimentary rocks. No parts of the meteorite have been found, suggesting that it completely evaporated upon impact. The meteor that hit it was approximately the size of an SUV. The Roter Kamm impact structure exposes a large volume of cataclastic/mylonitic and pseudotachylitic breccias in the basement granite and gneisses, which is unusual for small craters. Anomalous quartz found at the rim of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Kamm
Oliver Kamm (born 1963) is a British journalist and writer who is a leader writer and columnist for ''The Times''. Early life and career Kamm is the son of translator Anthea Bell and publisher Antony Kamm. Kamm is the grandson of Adrian Bell and nephew of Martin Bell. While his mother was not Jewish, he lost family members on his father's side in The Holocaust. He studied at New College, Oxford He began his career at the Bank of England and worked in the securities industry and investment banking. Career Kamm joined the ''Times'' staff in 2008. He has also contributed to ''The Jewish Chronicle'', '' Prospect'' magazine, and ''The Guardian''. Views Kamm was a consistent supporter of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the foreign policies of his government. According to John Lloyd in 2005, Kamm viewed Blair's policies "as the expression of true social-democratic values". At its launch in 2005, Kamm subscribed to the founding principles of the Henry Jackson Society a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunibald Kamm
Wunibald Kamm (April 26, 1893 – October 11, 1966) was an automobile designer, engineer, and aerodynamicist. He is best known for his breakthrough in reducing car turbulence at high speeds; the style of car bodywork based on his research has come to be known as a Kammback or a Kamm-tail. Design One goal of automotive aerodynamics is to reduce the air turbulence, or drag, caused by the shape of the automobile. Aerodynamic drag may be reduced either by reduction of frontal area or by reduction of drag coefficient. In bodies such as automobiles and airships, drag decreases after the rear of a car's cross-sectional area is reduced to fifty percent of the car's maximum cross section; "the best position is nearer 45 per cent of the length, and ... to have this maximum cross- section nearer the rear end than the front, and its drag has proved even less". There are other aspects of the car's design such as keeping the flow of air attached to the body far to the back of the car as pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Kamm
William Edward Kamm (February 2, 1900 – December 21, 1988) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to . Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his playing days with the Cleveland Indians. He was the dominant defensive third baseman in the American League for most of his career.''In Kamm's Day - And Now'', by Jack McDonald, Baseball Digest, March 1966, Vol. 25, No. 2 Major league career Born in |
William Kamm
William Kamm, also known as "The Little Pebble" (born 1950 in Cologne, West Germany), is the founder and leader of a religious group in Australia called the "Order of St Charbel" (or sometimes referred to as "The Community") named after the Maronite saint Charbel Makhlouf.Di Luaro, F; ''Through a Glass Darkly: Collected Research'', Sydney University Press, 2006, p296 The Order of St Charbel is considered as a Christian sect and a fringe religious grouping. His religious order claims to be part of the Roman Catholic Church, but the Maronite Church and the Holy See do not regard the group as being part of Roman Catholicism. He was released from prison after serving 9 years of a 10-year prison sentence/term for the rape and assault of a teenager. Controversies Conviction for sexual assault charges On 14 October 2005, Kamm was sentenced to five years in prison with a non-parole period of years for a string of sexual attacks including aggravated sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kamm
John Kamm is an American businessman and human rights activist. He is the founder of The Dui Hua Foundation, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that promotes universal human rights in well-informed, mutually respectful dialogue with China. He is credited with having helped more than 400 political and religious prisoners in China. Since his first intervention on behalf of a Chinese prisoner in May 1990, Kamm has made more than 100 trips to China to engage the government in a dialogue on human rights issues, focusing on the treatment of prisoners and prison conditions. He has made 10 visits to Chinese prisons and has submitted requests for information on more than 1,000 prisoners. In an article about Kamm for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Tina Rosenberg wrote: “No other person or organization in the world, including the State Department, has helped more Chinese prisoners." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Kamm
Frances Myrna Kamm () is an American philosopher specializing in normative and applied ethics. Kamm is currently the Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She is also the Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy Emerita at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, as well as Professor Emerita in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. Biography Kamm studied at Barnard College, receiving her B.A. in 1969. She completed her doctorate in 1980 at the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (thesis supervisor Barbara Herman). She was on the faculty of New York University during the 1980s to 1990s and received a professorship at Harvard in 2003. Kamm's early work was concerned with the moral justification of abortion under the assumption of fetal personhood. She is also specifically associated with the trolley problem. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kamm (entrepreneur)
John Kamm (born June 25, 1971) is an American-born entrepreneur and owner of Linked Investments, Ltd. He is also the president and founder of Tokyo-based startup All Nations Society Corp., a final expense company which specializes in prearranged funeral services, a business model common in the United States but a relatively recent model in Asia. In June 2003 Kamm started Japan’s first funeral only preplanning/prepayment firm: All Nations Society Corp Early life and education Kamm was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1971 to Thomas and Diane Kamm. Kamm's father Tom Kamm was a city administrator who had to follow assignments around the country. John’s family lived in many cities before winding up in Denver, Colorado, where he earned his degrees. Kamm earned an undergraduate degree in geology and a minor in mathematics from the University of Colorado Denver. In 2001 he migrated to Japan for an MBA at Waseda University in a bid to gain entry into the Asian gold mining i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Kamm
Antony Kamm (2 March 1931–11 February 2011) was an English publisher, author, historian and cricketer. Biography Antony Kamm was born in Hampstead, London, the son of George Kamm, a founder director of Pan Books and his wife Josephine, a biographer and novelist (who was a first cousin of Herbert Samuel). Kamm was of Jewish ancestry. He was educated at Charterhouse where he captained the 1st XI before his National Service in the Navy. He read Classics for two years before switching to English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford University. He also played hockey and fives for the university. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket keeper who represented Middlesex in two first-class matches in 1952, six for Oxford University (1952–1955; blue 1954) and once for Free Foresters in 1956. Kamm led a successful career in publishing. His first job was for the National Book League, a charity advocating the benefits of reading, working under Jack Morpurgo, the step-father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Kamm
Kris Kamm (born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, most recognizable from his role as Stuart Rosebrock in the sitcom ''Coach''. Kamm was born in Evanston, Illinois. His first acting roles were small parts on television shows. He has appeared on such television series as ''Murder, She Wrote''; '' Married... with Children''; and ''21 Jump Street''. His most famous work was as Stuart Rosebrock on ''Coach''. He left the show to pursue other acting interests but returned for the final episode. After ''Coach'', Kamm continued to work in small roles in television. He appeared in such films as ''The Heroes of Desert Storm'', '' When the Party's Over'' and ''Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which law ...''. Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamm, Kris 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
