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Stone Bridge and the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road | Road construction | to recover the cost of construction and create profits for its investors.
As a result, road surveyors laid out routes designed to pass through as much well watered, desirable land as possible. For example, when the Oregon Central military road reached the summit of the Cascade Mountains, it turned south through the up... |
Wadham College Boat Club | Equipment & Ergometer room & Training locations | Club Society allows Wadham to enjoy excellent world class boats and equipment. New eights and blades are bought every three years. Ergometer room The boat club has a dedicated ergometer room in Wadham College with 8 concept2 ergometers and 2 RowPerfect indoor rowers. Recent construction in college has expanded the gym ... |
The Young and the Hopeless | Accolades and legacy | and number 37 in 101 Modern Classics list. In 2016, the album was given the Classic Album Award at the Alternative Press Music Awards. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 19 on their list of the 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums. In 2016, Benji Madden said of the album: "We’d gone out into the world and felt both the positive... |
The Sapphires (film) | Plot & The true story | in the crossfire of war; Dave disappears in the chaos and gets shot. The girls manage to escape in a helicopter. At home, Gail reads Dave's letter and realizes he wanted to propose to her, but it was her choice. The women band together and finish their tour. Dave survives and Gail is reunited with him in a Vietnam hosp... |
Star Music | History | Star Music History Star Music was founded in February 1995 as Star Recording, Inc. with Star Records as its label. The record label was created by ABS-CBN Corporation to diversify its functions from a broadcast media to a full entertainment company. Commercial operations of the label started in September 1995, signing ... |
WYSN | 2000s & Move to 1200 | new FM sister station (which itself was changed from WEMM to WEMM-FM at the same time). From late February 2004 to September 2008, served as a simulcast partner to sister station WEMM-FM (107.9 FM). Move to 1200 Based on applications filed in January 2004 and November 2005, the FCC granted this station a construction p... |
Weed, California | In popular culture | Weed, where they got into trouble.
Weed is the setting of a large subplot in Harry Turtledove's alternate history The Hot War. |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Culinary uses | roam.
The berries are quite tart, so they are often cooked and sweetened before eating in the form of lingonberry jam, compote, juice, smoothie or syrup. The raw fruits are also frequently simply mashed with sugar, which preserves most of their nutrients and taste. This mix can be stored at room temperature in closed b... |
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | Plot | Pete running from a Tripod. George throws himself before the machine, and wakes inside the machine with Pete. Both escape with Sissy, while the Martians begin a second invasion, attacking London and Paris. Major Kramer leads the fleet of jets to chase the alien mothership back to Mars.
George, Pete, and Sissy find them... |
Wannia | Description | synapsids, do not contact one another and do not form part of the internarial septum. Eight characters are shared by Wannia and all other phytosaurs (synapomorphies), including nares that are directed dorsally and the presence of separate ossification, the septomaxilla, anterior to the nasals and surrounded by the prem... |
Whaddon, Cambridgeshire | Village life | Whit Sunday itself. The tradition seems to have died out at the beginning of the 20th century, but was revived once for the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and was revived as a regular event in 2005.
There are no longer any pubs in Whaddon. Between 1841 and around 1900 The Pickering Arms was open in the village, ... |
To Live and Die in L.A. (film) | Soundtrack & Home media | at #41 in the United States. Home media A DVD was released by MGM Home Entertainment on December 2, 2003. The DVD contains a new restored wide-screen transfer, an audio commentary featuring director Friedkin where he relates stories about the making of the movie, a half-hour documentary featuring the main characters, a... |
Vykintas Vaitkevičius | null | Vykintas Vaitkevičius Vykintas Vaitkevičius is a Lithuanian archaeologist.
Vaitkevičius graduated from the Vilnius University (1996: B.S. history, specialty archaeology; 1998: M.S. history, specialty archaeology; 2000: doctorate in humanities)
His research interests include Baltic and ancient Lithuanian religion, compr... |
USS Manatee (AO-58) | Vietnam War | 1964 WestPac tour was extended to 8½ months, May 1964 through January 1965. During this period she operated principally in the South China Sea. South China Sea operations also occupied most of her 1966, 1967, and 1968 tours, replenishing the ships of the 7th Fleet on patrol in that area in support of the Vietnam War.
A... |
WAVY-TV | News operation & Out-of-market cable carriage | 2007, WVBT operated a 24-hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel 43-2. Known on-air as the "WAVY Weather Station", it was made cable-only in 2007 for unknown reasons. It was seen on Mediacom channel 9, Charter channel 22, and Cox digital channel 227 before going dark in 2011. There were live current... |
Whale watching | Northwest Atlantic | dolphins breach and manatees eat sea grass, in shallow bay water.
The waters surrounding Virginia are also a known migration corridor for the endangered North Atlantic right whale: Pregnant females must pass through this area around December to reach their birthing grounds down the coast in Georgia and Florida. For the... |
Viola Beach | Career | the website's third compilation album in October. The band's Twitter profile tweeted on 16 September 2013 "Daisies is being featured on @IndieCassPlayer compilation vol 2 this month which is dead lovely!"
The band self-financed the recording of their first single, "Swings & Waterslides", releasing it on their own reco... |
Walter van de Vijver | null | Walter van de Vijver Walter van de Vijver (born November 1955) was the head of exploration and production at Royal Dutch Shell. He was dismissed in 2004 following a scandal about the size of the company's reserves. |
Ultraman Geed | Production | Tatsuomi Hamada mentioned that becoming an Ultraman is a childhood dream since his kindergarten. As he had once played Nao, one of the protagonists in the 2010 Ultra Series movie Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial, he is also excited to view Belial as a father instead of an antagonist of the previous movie while his ... |
Transport Legislation Amendment (Taxi Services Reform and Other Matters) Act 2011 | null | Transport Legislation Amendment (Taxi Services Reform and Other Matters) Act 2011 The Transport Legislation Amendment (Taxi Services Reform and Other Matters) Act 2011 (the Act) is a law enacted by the Parliament of the State of Victoria, Australia to reform taxi and other small commercial passenger vehicle services in... |
Upper Cumberworth | Geography & Culture | Upper Cumberworth Geography The local woodlands are managed by the Upper Dearne Woodlands Conservation Group, who undertake tasks such as habitat conservation, access management, education and information. Many public footpaths run through the woodlands with information boards about plants and animals. The woodland run... |
Virginia State Route 261 | Route description | Virginia State Route 261 Route description SR 261 begins an intersection with US 11 (Greenville Avenue) and unnumbered Old Greenville Road southeast of downtown Staunton. This intersection is also the southern terminus of US 11 Truck. The four-lane divided highway intersects US 250 (Richmond Road), where the state high... |
Up (2009 film) | Music & Release | 26, 2009, three days before the film opened in theaters. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It is the first score for a Pixar film to win the Oscar (Randy Newman... |
Volcanic gas | Hazards | to form aerosols. |
Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem | Implications for the expected utility hypothesis & Implications for ethics and moral philosophy | axiom. Implications for ethics and moral philosophy Because the theorem assumes nothing about the nature of the possible outcomes of the gambles, they could be morally significant events, for instance involving the life, death, sickness, or health of others. A von Neumann–Morgenstern rational agent is capable of actin... |
Tourism in Tunisia | History | and bands from all over the world, and Tabarka Jazz Festival.
Until recently, Tunisia's main attraction was on its northeast coastline around Tunis; however, the Seventh National Development Plan of 1989 created several new tourist areas including the resort at Port-el-Kantaoui. The tourism sector now represents 6.5% o... |
USS Bayfield | Atomic testing | in May to take on more cargo and arrived back at Bikini on 1 June. Bayfield then served as a barracks ship for the crews of the target ships.
On 30 June she took station 22 miles from the site of the initial Test "ABLE", an airburst detonated at 09:00 on 1 July 1946. After the explosion, Bayfield reentered the lagoon a... |
Vampire Rodents | Hiatus and Project Revival (2016–present) & Vocals and lyrics | "Piano Trio No. 2" were referenced as being among the album's high points. Vocals and lyrics Based on A Modest Proposal, "Abortion Clinic Deli" is one of their more raunchy songs, with lyrics championing the consuming of aborted fetuses for both protein and pleasure. Songs like "Dumme Weisse Menschen", which translates... |
Vivian Beer | Career | of her passions - automotives - and other hardware, typically metal, to create unique and stylish pieces of furniture. Her studio uses many of the same tools an auto body shop would have to mend and paint cars. Her designs involve many complex curves that are not easy to replicate using steel. She must hammer, bend, an... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | French withdrawal from NATO's military structure | of NATO forces from France went virtually unreported in the US.
During 1966–67 all USAF offices and facilities in France were closed and personnel and equipment moved to other NATO countries. The last USAFE activities were the 1630th Air Base Squadron at Orly Airport and the Paris Administration Office. Both were close... |
Unmanned aircraft in Singapore | Public Order Act | Barrage carpark.
It is also an offence to fly a UAV outside of the special event area in a manner that “disrupts, interferes with, delays or obstructs” with the National Day Parade. Offenders may be arrested and upon conviction, be liable to an imprisonment term for up to 12 months, a fine of up to $20,000, or to both.... |
Walton War | The Orphan Strip and cession & Creation of Walton County | 1802. This cession was finalized in 1802 with the Act of Cession, in which Georgia was given small pieces of land including the Orphan Strip. The act did not clarify whether the region was to be governed by North Carolina or Georgia, and it did not define state boundaries. When both North Carolina and Georgia claimed o... |
V12 engine | V12 road cars | British marques currently using a V12 configuration are Aston Martin — whose Cosworth-developed engine was authorized during the company's ownership by Ford Motor Company — and Rolls-Royce.
In 2009, China FAW Group equipped their Hongqi HQE with a 6.0 L DOHC V12 (model # CA12VG), making it the first and only Chinese pr... |
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum | History | was revived by Henk W. Pleket and Ronald S. Stroud, who modernized SEG and created the publication that still persists today.
The current editors of SEG are: Angelos Chaniotis, Thomas Corsten, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, and Rolf Tybout. These editors are advised by 6 assistant editors and 9 advisory editors. In 2009, Brill... |
Wayne, Lafayette County, Wisconsin | Demographics | The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population.
There were 176 households out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were ... |
Unmanned aircraft in Singapore | Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety and Security) Bill & Public Order Act | within the permitted areas. The CAAS website provides a map delineating prohibited areas, danger and restricted areas, areas within 5 km of an airport or an airbase and protected areas. Public Order Act In 2017, the Singapore National Day Parade was gazetted as a “special event” under the Public Order Act. The order, w... |
V12 engine | Characteristics | or eight cylinders, and the power pulses have triple overlap (at any time three cylinders are on different stages of the same power stroke) which eliminates gaps between power pulses and allows for greater refinement and smoothness in a luxury car engine, at the expense of greater cost, complexity and friction losses. ... |
Western Mail (Wales) | History | the coal industry of the 20th century. This association between newspaper and its owner was so strong there is still a degree of distrust of the paper in South Wales.
In contrast, and particularly following devolution, the newspaper has adopted a populist, localist, pro-Wales stance, mainly in trying to find a Welsh fo... |
Up (2009 film) | Critical response | are scenes in Up of "such beauty, economy and poetic wisdom that they belong in any anthology of great movie moments ... to watch Up with any attention is to be moved and astonished by the economy with which specific visuals are invested with emotion throughout [the film]. ... " Variety enthused that "Up is an exceptio... |
Victor Pinchuk | Philanthropy | Economics, the Israeli Presidential Conference "Facing Tomorrow", and the legal clinics/legal aid projects of the Renaissance Foundation.
Its projects include giving $150,000 to the Trump Foundation as speaking fee in 2015, the creation of a network of modern neonatal centres throughout Ukraine ("Cradles of Hope"), coo... |
Westlink M7 Cities Marathon | null | Westlink M7 Cities Marathon The Westlink M7 Cities Marathon is a 42.195 km marathon run by Blacktown City Council in Western Sydney, Australia since 2006. The course, which is certified by the International Association of Athletics Federations, begins in Liverpool, New South Wales and ends in Rooty Hill, running along... |
Tyler Clippard | Draft & New York Yankees | to play college baseball for the South Florida Bulls, he chose to turn professional due to his draft position and the opportunity to play for the Yankees. New York Yankees Clippard made his professional debut that year in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League (GCL) with the GCL Yankees, pitching to a 3–3 win–loss record w... |
Tig Trager | Season 5 | he is overwhelmed and beaten to death. Jax later tells Tig he talked to Pope and he is coming out with them. When Tig thanks Jax, he replies that now Tig must always back his deals and vote with him, and Tig gives his word that he will. He is shown to have been good to his word voting in Pope's offer to help them mule ... |
Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums | Urkunden der 18. Dynastie | Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums Urkunden der 18. Dynastie Urkunden der 18. Dynastie is a collection of hieroglyphic texts from the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as compiled by German scholar Kurt Heinrich Sethe. This was part of Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums.
Urkunden der 18. Dynastie represents 1226 pages of ... |
Ulugh Beg | Astronomy | the side of this article). There were many other astronomical instruments located at the observatory, but the Fakhri sextant is the most well-known instrument there. The purpose of the Fakhri sextant was to measure the transit altitudes of the stars. This was a measurement of the maximum altitude above the horizon of t... |
Weather lore | July | Swithun's day (July 15) is said to forecast the weather for the rest of the summer. If St Swithun's day is dry, then the legend says that the next forty days will also be dry: "St.Swithin's Day if thou be fair, 'Twill rain for forty days no mair; St. Swithin's Day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain.". If ... |
Underglaze | null | Underglaze Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired in a kiln. Because the glaze subsequently covers it, such decoration is completely durable, and it also allows the production of pottery with a su... |
Wendi Richter | Rock 'n' Wrestling & The Original Screwjob | title at the first WrestleMania one month later. While wrestling for the WWF, Richter referred to herself as "150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal". Richter was also animated for a CBS Saturday morning cartoon, Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling. In addition, she appeared in Lauper's music video for "She Bop". The O... |
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | Plot | invasion. George Herbert recognises a familiar disturbance on the radio, as the same heard during the first invasion and he reveals to Major Kramer and a team of scientists that his studies show that the aliens are creating a wormhole between Earth and Mars for another wave of attacks. A fleet of fighter jets, which ap... |
University of Leicester | Research | and are common in the universe. It is a founding partner of the £52 million National Space Centre.
Leicester is one of a small number of universities to have won the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education on more than one occasion: in 1994 for physics & astronomy and again in 2002 for genetics.
The ... |
Weed, California | Boles Fire | Weed at approximately 1:30 p.m., and within four hours quickly spread to over 200 acres (81 ha). Evacuations were immediately ordered, and a shelter was first set up at College of the Siskiyous, but as fire headed towards the college, the evacuation center was relocated first to the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds in Yreka... |
The Irish Rovers | Early years | Irish Rovers's first manager booking the new band at folk song festivals, clubs, hootenanys, The Port o' Call, and Toronto's Royal Alexandra Hotel. According to a 1964 newspaper in the Millars' home town in Ireland, "The folk singing 'boom' in the United States and Canada proved profitable for three young Ballymena men... |
Wheelchair | Manual self-propelled wheelchairs | of the chair - its stability around the rear axle. Experienced users with sufficient upper-body strength can generally balance the chair on its rear wheels, a "wheelie", and the "tippyness" of the chair controls the ease with which this can be initiated. The wheelie allows an independent wheelchair user to climb and de... |
Valentine Ackland | Life & Critical assessment | inscription from Horace Non omnis moriar (Ode III.30, "I shall not wholly die") on her gravestone. Critical assessment Ackland's poetry—largely neglected after the 1940s—came into a resurgence of interest with the emergence of both women's studies and of lesbian literature. Contemporary critical reaction finds much to ... |
Too big to fail | Public opinion polls | from the record low of 21% the previous year. The percentage of Americans saying they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in U.S. banks is now at its highest point since June 2008, but remains well below its pre-recession level of 41%, measured in June 2007. Between 2007 and 2012, confidence in banks fel... |
Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar | null | Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar Waltheof (died 1182), Earl of Lothian or "Dunbar" and lord of Beanley, was a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish noble. He was the eldest son of Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian by his Scottish wife Deirdre.
Waltheof's grandfather Gospatric II died at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, and Waltheof's fa... |
Volkoff Industries | Vivian McArthur | locket from her father, revealing a card to access Volkoff's vault at the First Bank of Macau, which contain various pictures of Vivian's life.
Although Vivian initially declines her father's legacy, she is later shown to have joined Riley, and they drive away to learn the truth about her father. She then hires a CIA a... |
Wendy Maruyama | Educator & Artist | has taught workshops at craft schools including Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Although she has officially retired, Maruyama continues to serve as a mentor for her former students, and is set to teach a workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts C... |
Tinsley Price | Life | in the science fiction horror web television series Stranger Things (2016–present) in which she was part for the first two seasons. |
Wheelchair | History | a 22-year-old paraplegic watchmaker, built the world's first self-propelling chair on a three-wheel chassis using a system of cranks and cogwheels. However, the device had an appearance of a hand bike more than a wheelchair since the design included hand cranks mounted at the front wheel.
The invalid carriage or Bath c... |
Vicente Lombardo Toledano | Formation of the CTM and alliance with Cárdenas & Fall from power | in 1938. John L. Lewis from the Congress of Industrial Organizations attended its founding; the U.S. American Federation of Labor boycotted it. Fall from power Cárdenas' successor, Manuel Ávila Camacho, had been a protégé of Cárdenas, but was more conservative. He engineered Fidel Velázquez's appointment as head of the... |
WMAY | History | WMAY History WMAY first signed on the air on October 15, 1950. It was owned by Lincoln Broadcasting. In 1963, the station was acquired by Springfield Broadcasting, a division of Stuart Stations. It aired a full service middle of the road music format, using NBC Radio News for its world and national news coverage.
Mi... |
Vladimír Šmicer | Liverpool | them as a kid. It was a dream come true." He made his Liverpool debut in a match against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough Stadium and scored his first Premier League goal in a 3–2 away win against Watford. His first campaign at Liverpool, however, was a difficult one as he struggled to come to terms with the pace of... |
Sterilization League of New Jersey | null | Foundation was dissolved in 1943, its promotional activities for eugenic sterilization were continued through Birthright, which received most of the Foundation's records regarding its work on sterilization programs and also the (financial) support of such past Foundation-backers as C.M. Goethe, Paul Popenoe, and Lois G... |
Virtual community | User Experience Testing to Determine Social Codes & On health | of technology doesn’t necessarily mean that the technologies are becoming easier to use. Usability testing in virtual communities can ensure users are communicating effectively through social and semiotic codes and maintenance of social realities and identities. On health Concerns with a virtual community's tendency to... |
Trumera GAA | History | Junior B, Junior A, and in 2004 the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship and also reached the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship final narrowly losing out to Galmoy. The club competed in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship for 2 years 2005-2006 and had some good results before losing out to Clonad in the re... |
Water vascular system | Sea stars | its name implies, commonly lined with calcareous material. The stone canal runs to a circular ring canal, from which radial canals run outwards along the ambulacral grooves. Each arm of a sea star has one such groove on its underside, while, in sea urchins, they run along the outside of the body.
Each side of the radia... |
The Naked Witch | Plot | is buried near the inn, the student goes to the cemetery and opens her shallow grave by hand. He removes from her mummified remains the spike that was driven through her. After he returns in haste to the inn, she rises naked from her grave, quite intact and intent on taking revenge on the Schöennigs, the descendants of... |
USS Pawtucket (YT-7) | Service history | USS Pawtucket (YT-7) Service history Pawtucket was ordered on 3 March 1897, laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard in California on 22 July 1898, and launched on 17 November 1898, christened by five year old Heather Baxter, daughter of Naval Constructor W. J. Baxter, under the command of Lieutenant Commander C. A. Adams. T... |
Vladimír Šmicer | Early career | Vladimír Šmicer Early career An attacking midfielder, Šmicer first shot to prominence in 1996, helping Slavia Prague reach the semi-finals of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup and then starring for the Czech Republic during their run to the final of UEFA Euro 1996.
Šmicer did not have to wait for notice at Euro 1996, as he signed a... |
Vickers F.B.16 | Design and development | less impressed with the FB.16D, however, it being criticised for structural problems and maintenance access, being described as "not considered suitable in its present form for active service".
Vickers again redesigned the F.B.16, fitting it with two-bay wings of longer (31 foot (9.45 m)) span and a 275 hp (205 kW) Lor... |
Van der Woude syndrome | Genetics | a bilateral cleft lip, whereas Twin B had bilateral lip pits and no orofacial clefting. Both twins were diagnosed with VWS. The twins' father had lip pits alone and a family history of CLP, CP, CL, and/or lip pits. Both twins were diagnosed with VWS. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was done for all ex... |
Verbena bonariensis | Etymology & Cultivation | historically carried by priests, used in wreaths for druidic rituals, and for medicine. Named by Virgil and Pliny the Elder. The common name, vervaine, comes from the Celtic name, ‘ferfain’.
Its specific epithet means ‘from Buenos Aires, Argentina’. ‘Buenos’ means ‘good’ and ‘aires’ means ‘air’ (‘good air’). Cultivatio... |
Ultraman Geed | Production | episode, with the Ultra and the transformation item that were yet to be named. He is also well-aware that this is not the first tokusatsu series to be written by a novelist, as this was preceded by Gen Urobuchi in Kamen Rider Gaim. |
Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem | Implications for the expected utility hypothesis | utility hypothesis In 1738, Daniel Bernoulli published a treatise in which he posits that rational behavior can be described as maximizing the expectation of a function u, which in particular need not be monetary-valued, thus accounting for risk aversion. This is the expected utility hypothesis. As stated, the hypoth... |
Valley View, Ohio | 2000 census | village, the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.
The m... |
Under officer | United Kingdom | knot above a single bar on their rank slide and SUOs wear an Austrian knot above two bars.
The use of the term in CCF contingents is inconsistent, with some having JUOs and sometimes also SUOs, and others simply having under officers. The ACF has the single appointment of cadet under officer (CUO). The rank badge is a ... |
Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 | Background | failed in the Utah Senate during the 2005 legislative session on a ten in favor to eighteen opposed poll.
On December 20, 2013 Amendment 3 was ruled unconstitutional by Federal District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby in Salt Lake City. The state government is expected to appeal.
On January 6, 2014 the United States Supre... |
Wendy Maruyama | Artist | lives."
In her early career she produced 15-20 pieces of furniture a year. She continued to produce about 6-8 pieces every year while of teaching full-time and maintaining other responsibilities. The 1980s was an era of experimentation with forms and aesthetics, using colored surfaces, angular forms, and several medium... |
Wembley Wizards | Aftermath | looked upon as a handicap to the Scots’ attack, but the Scottish forwards had the ability and skill of such high degree as to make their physical shortcomings of little consequence.’ Scotland skipper Jimmy McMullan took time out from the after match celebrations to comment on the way he saw the game:
“I want to emphas... |
Wheelchair | Single-arm drive wheelchairs | as the arm to be used is fitted with two concentric handrims, one of smaller diameter than the other. On most models the outer, smaller rim, is connected to the wheel on the opposite side by an inner concentric axle. When both handrims are grasped together, the chair may be propelled forward or backward in a straight l... |
The Secret Policeman's Ball | 1989 – The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball & 1991 – Barf Bites Back and The Big 3-0 | Rushton and the Spitting Image puppets.
Performances took place at the Cambridge Theatre between 30 August and 2 September. The show was directed by Jennifer Saunders and John Cleese, and a videotape was televised in October 1989. 1991 – Barf Bites Back and The Big 3-0 In early 1991, Amnesty held a comedy gala at the D... |
Walkathon | Etymology | used to describe a variant of the competitive dance marathon. It is a portmanteau of the words walk and marathon. |
Water vascular system | Sea urchins & Crinoids | protrudes through the uppermost plate of the ambulacral region. Crinoids Uniquely among echinoderms, crinoids have no madreporite. Instead, the oral surface is dotted with numerous minute ciliated funnels that run into the main body cavity. The ring canal has several small stone canals, located between the arms of the ... |
Waldemar Kaempffert | Career | as science editor by William L. Laurence.
Kaempffert was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, History of Science Society, National Association of Science Writers (serving as the president in 1937), and the Newcomen Society. He was also a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1940 to 195... |
Vampire Rodents | Vocals and lyrics & Composition technique | appearing to him in his sleep and "Revisioned" by Sounds of Mass Production concerns systemic oppression at the hands of the government and establishment. Composition technique The music of Vampire Rodents is entirely created by sampled music. Vahnke takes sections of previously recorded improvised or composed music an... |
Weed, California | Transportation & Historic forestry-based industry | Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport and Redding Municipal Airport. The Weed Airport serves general aviation and as a base of operations for search and rescue operations on Mount Shasta. Corporate visitors or geological researchers typically use this facility.
Amtrak trains pass through Weed, but do not stop ther... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | Soviet reaction | begun in the air corridors to scare the American pilots caused great confusion and considerably increased the danger of air collisions. Also as many Yakovlev and Lavochkin fighters as possible were assembled around Berlin and then flown en masse in a westerly direction though the corridors. Near the western border of t... |
Virtual community | Social network services & Specialized information communities | date with their friends and acquaintances' activities without making much of an effort. On Facebook, for example, one can upload photos and videos, chat, make friends, reconnect with old ones, and join groups or causes. All of these functions encourage people to form a community, large or small, on the Internet. Specia... |
Wadham College Boat Club | Alumni society | to row, and there is a growing contingent at Furnivall Sculling Club on the Tideway where plans are afoot to rack a permanent alumni boat for use in races such as the Head of the River. |
Verbandspokal | Rules and regulations & History | regional cup winners in Bavaria, the Kreispokale, are also qualified for the first round of the Bavarian Cup. If a game is undecided after regular time a penalty shoot out follows, no extra time is played.
In Lower Saxony, the third-largest association, clubs from the state playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord and... |
Weird Western Tales | Original series | Weird Western Tales Original series The original title ran for eight years and 59 issues. It started with issue #12 (June–July 1972), continuing the numbering from the second volume of All-Star Western two issues after the first appearance of Jonah Hex. The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of We... |
V12 engine | V12 road cars | 1948), Rolls-Royce 1936, and Pierce-Arrow also 1936.
Vehicles with 8-, 12-, and 16-cylinders provide higher levels of refinement compared to those with fewer cylinders, especially important prior to the general adoption of vibration isolating engine mounts in the 1930s.
Packard's 1916 "Twin Six" is widely regarded as t... |
Vlasta Vrána | Life and career | Vlasta Vrána Life and career Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's Shivers. Vrána has appeared in television shows and films, including The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, Wa... |
Virtual community | Introduction | the nature of reality, whether communities actually could exist through the media, which could place virtual community research into the social sciences definition of ontology. In the seventeenth century, scholars associated with the Royal Society of London formed a community through the exchange of letters. "Community... |
Wasei Kingu Kongu | Production | short. Shochiku released King Kong in Japan on behalf of RKO and wanted to fund this film as a tie-in to the film's release, which is used as a backdrop in the story. Torajiro Saito was a very popular film producer/comedian at the time, known for his successful comedy shorts. Going by the information presented by magaz... |
VK 4501 (P) | Design | and allowed a driving range of 105 kilometers. Two compressed air tanks in the front crew compartment area assisted the driver during braking maneuvers.
Unlike the Henschel design's mid-hull mounting for the turret, the VK 45.01 (P) had its Krupp-designed turret mounted at the front. The turret, which mounted the 8.8 c... |
Thomas Strakosha | Albania U17 & Albania U19 | Championship elite round. He was an unused substitute for all 3 matches, serving as second choice goalkeeper behind Aldo Teqja. Albania U19 Strakosha was called up to the Albania national under-19 football team to participate in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, coached by his father, Foto Str... |
USS Bayfield | Vietnam War & Decommissioning | stars for World War II service, four for Korean service, and two for service in Vietnam. Decommissioning USS Bayfield carried out exercises until 27 December, at which time she was placed in a reduced readiness status. Berthed next to the Talladega at Long Beach, Bayfield prepared for inactivation. She was placed out o... |
Unified communications | History & Contrasting unified messaging | unified communications solutions that are hosted by a service provider, or UCaaS (UC as a Service). While both offer their respective advantages, all of these approaches can be grouped under the single umbrella category of unified communications. Contrasting unified messaging Unified communications is sometimes confuse... |
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