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Texan sloop-of-war Austin | Naval Battle of Campeche | the flagship Austin, exclaimed: "Damn them, give it to them!" There was a two-hour running battle in which the Austin was struck once in the fighting and lost some of her mizzen rigging. The commander of the Montezuma and twenty of his crew were killed. After a few hours, the Mexican sailing ships departed and only the... |
Virtual community | On health | being studied.
Studies on health networks have mostly been conducted on groups which typically suffer the most from extreme forms of diseases, for example cancer patients, HIV patients, or patients with other life-threatening diseases. It is general knowledge that one participates in online communities to interact wi... |
Vladimír Šmicer | International career | to draw in order to qualify for the play-off rounds. Šmicer scored the all important equalizer two minutes before the end of the game. The Czechs then advanced through the play-offs to the final game, which they lost to Germany after extra-time.
Four years later, at Euro 2000, Šmicer scored both goals in the national t... |
Teufelsmoor | History | and being freed from taxes and military service. Until well into the 20th century the living conditions in these moor colonies were anything other than quaint or attractive. An impression of the very poor circumstances is given by the Low Saxon saying "Den Eersten sien Dood, den Tweeten sien Noot, den Drüdden sien Broo... |
Technology in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Bistromathic drive | menus, watches, cheque books, credit cards, bill pads and scribblings on paper napkins.
Slartibartfast explains that "On a waiter's bill pad, numbers dance. Reality and unreality collide on such a fundamental level that each becomes the other and anything is possible."
Should the ship's captain sit at the table, the ma... |
Whale watching | West Pacific –East and Southeast Asia | were mainland China, Taiwan and Japan. India, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Maldives also have dolphin watching and some whale watching. China’s dolphin watching is almost entirely focussed on Sanniang Bay in Guangxi. Taiwan has several whale watching ports on its east coast. Japan has a range... |
Ultramarine (novel) | Background and development | ship was changed from Nawab to Oedipus Tyrannus, "to conform with Hugh's ship in Under the Volcano." |
Under-reporting | Crime | Under-reporting Under-reporting usually refers to some issue, incident, statistic, etc., that individuals, responsible agencies, or news media have not reported, or have reported as less than the actual level or amount. Under-reporting of crimes, for example, makes it hard to figure the actual incidence of crimes.
Unde... |
The Vanishing Lady | Release | the Méliès expert Jacques Malthête reconstructed a hand-colored version of the film in 1979, using authentic materials. |
Whale watching | History | resource. History Organized whale watching started in the United States, when the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego was declared a public venue for observing the migration of gray whales; the spectacle attracted 10,000 visitors in its first year, 1950. In 1955 the first water-based whale watching commenced in the... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | SS-20s pointing at Europe | was 128.
Luckily, disarmament talks between East and West resulted in a disarmament treaty being signed by Soviet Communist Party Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan at the end of 1987 during Gorbachev's visit to the United States. The Soviet Union agreed to dismantle the SS-20s and with that the ... |
Volkoff Industries | Frost | Stephen's base and intelligence, Mary slips Sarah a razor so that she and Chuck can escape, and she leads Ellie to one of Stephen's surviving laptops.
In "Chuck Versus the Gobbler", Sarah goes under cover as a double agent working for Volkoff, essentially becoming Mary's partner. Her plan is to have Sarah free Yuri the... |
The Defenders (1961 TV series) | Plot & Development | The Defenders (1961 TV series) Plot It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, demonstrators of the Civil Rights Movement, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accuse... |
Walter C. Oechel | Research | many K-20classrooms, and he has developed K-12 interactive science education among United States and Mexico border schools.ⁱˣ
That year he was named a Distinguished Teaching Scholar by the National Science Foundation, receiving the Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, NSF's highest award for combinati... |
Trévou-Tréguignec | Coat-Mez dolmen & Trestel Beach | farm, near the Chateau of Boisriou, has the ruins of a type of dolmen (prehistoric stone formation) known as a "covered walkway". Trestel Beach Just off Trestel Beach are the underwater remains of a former forest. Benjamin Jolivet explained that the beach was once planted with tall trees. "Everywhere, in fact, at ver... |
Whale watching | Northeast Atlantic | herring gathers in the fjords to stay over the winter and off the Lofoten islands during the summer. At Andenes on Andøya in Vesterålen and around Krøttøya in Troms, sperm whales can be observed year round, summer whale watching trips occur from May till September, winter trips with killer whales and humpback whales ar... |
Wannia | Discovery and naming | also been referred to "P." scurriensis, however Stocker (2013) found no basis for this referral as the specimens do not share any synapomorphies. The holotype was collected near Lake Alan Henry, 4 km northeast of the town of Camp Springs, from the Camp Springs Formation of the Dockum Group. Previously known as the Camp... |
Waregem | Middle Ages | the St Peter Abbey in Ghent. The local administrative center used by the Benedictines along the Leie River can still be seen today and is still known as the Munkenhof. At the end of the century, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, made this area the base from which he could advance against Kortrijk. During the following ... |
Tommy Woodcock | Death | of Australia's Most Remarkable Trainer in 1978, collected $465 to pay for Woodcock's ashes to remain in perpetuity in his original resting place. |
Tumse Milke Wrong Number | Plot | officer. Although Aditya thinks that Dr. Mathur is responsible for his social agony, but Mahi likes him as her elder brother. One day while Mathur was taking online class with his student Arti someone killed him. Arti saw the killer's face in the webcam. Before disclosing the name, the killer murdered Arti. Aditya inve... |
Technology in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Total Perspective Vortex | wrapped up by the radio series' conclusion.
The Total Perspective Vortex was referenced as the name of an achievement for the 2016 video game No Man's Sky, which uses procedural generation to deterministically produce a virtual universe containing 18 quintillion (1.8 x 10¹⁹) planets.
In real life, astronauts and cosmon... |
WAVY-TV | History | on Middle Street, also in downtown Portsmouth. The Wavy Street studio is located across the street from the nTelos Wireless Pavilion and near or across the street from the Elizabeth River.
Shortly after WVBT became the area's WB affiliate in 1995, WAVY began operating that station though a local marketing agreement (LM... |
Whale watching | Whaling and whale watching & Canada & Greenland | 1994 and 1998. Canada Whale watching and hunting take place in different regions of Canada: the former mainly on Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the latter exclusively in the Arctic. Whale watching happens in the Saint Lawrence River, western Hudson's Bay near Churchill, and British Columbia. Hunting takes place in easter... |
WAVY-TV | History & WAVY Weather Station | 20, 2019 that the WTKR/WGNT duopoly, along with sister station WTVR-TV in Richmond, would be sold to the E. W. Scripps Company. WAVY Weather Station The WAVY Weather Station is a local cable channel, formerly seen as a digital subchannel of WAVY-TV and later WVBT-TV 43.2. The WAVY Weather Station broadcasts taped weath... |
Truett McConnell Bears | Notable people | Truett McConnell Bears Notable people Mitchell Wiggins, NBA player and father of NBA player Andrew Wiggins, played basketball at Truett McConnell from 1978 to 1979 |
Volkoff Industries | Packard, T.I., and MacKintosh & Pierre, Victor, and Hercule | They managed to escape, and attempted to kill Casey several times before they finally gave up. At some point they went to work for Volkoff. When Chuck learned they may have had a connection to his mother he orchestrated a complex plan to lure them into the open by faking Casey's death and funeral. They were ultimately ... |
Warlock (1989 film) | Plot | at Kassandra's flat. Whilst there, he places an ageing curse upon her and takes her bracelet. Redferne arrives with a "witch compass" with which to track the Warlock. After Redferne explains some basic rules of Witches and Warlocks, such as their weakness to purified salt, Kassandra follows him in order to regain her b... |
Walter T. Skallerup Jr. | Biography | Walter T. Skallerup Jr. Biography Walter T. Skallerup Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1920. He attended Swarthmore College, receiving his B.A. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy and then enrolled at Yale Law School, receiving his LL.B. in 1947. After law school, Skallerup was involved in the ... |
The House Show | Background | have played hundreds of these concerts or 'HOUSE SHOWS' - fifty or so people in someone's living room. Just songs and conversations with no production, no press." |
Wadham College Boat Club | History | is from this defeat of Trinity that Wadham claimed its traditional right to wear Cambridge Blue as its boating colors, and to this day the 1st Eight Blazers and Ties continue this tradition. The following year Wadham increased its good run by claiming the Headship in Summer Eights, and then reclaimed the Head six years... |
The Color of Paradise | Plot | The Color of Paradise Plot The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammad who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammad's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the headmaster to keep Mohammad over the summer. The head... |
Ups (debugger) | null | Ups (debugger) Ups is an open source source-level debugger developed in the late 1980s for Unix and Unix-like systems, originally developed at the University of Kent by Mark Russell. It supports C and C++, and Fortran on some platforms. The last beta release was in 2003.
Unlike more popular debugger stacks for modern... |
The Battle of the Somme (film) | International | advertisement for the film, describing it as "the extraordinary films of 'the big push' and "an awe-inspiring, glorious presentation of what our heroes are accomplishing today". In a review published on 16 October, it was written that "these pictures of the Battle of the Somme are a real and valuable contribution to th... |
Tim O'Leary | Time in prison | vicious beating. Tinhead smiled while hearing Sotto being attacked.
Meanwhile, Emily wanted to earn extra money so that she and Tinhead could get married after his release. Carl took advantage of this and persuaded her to pose topless for some magazine photos. But Emily had second thoughts afterwards and after explaini... |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Summary | refuses and tells Teddy he'll just have to shoot him. The stage goes black as Teddy fires.
Act two begins with the diner attendees tending to Richard's flesh wound. He's only been grazed in the arm. Teddy admonishes Red and Lyle for staring at Cheryl's breasts. He gives her his keys and tells her to follow Lyle to the ... |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1855 | Resolution | on the issue made by the Tribunal’s President. |
Whale watching | Southwest Atlantic –Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay | The region contains six natural reserves, and is considered to be one of the premier whale watching destinations in the world, particularly around the town of Puerto Pirámides and the city of Puerto Madryn, as the whales come within 200 m (660 ft) of the main beach and play a major part in the large ecotourism industry... |
USS Manatee (AO-58) | Vietnam War | a 65-mile stretch (105 kilometers) of beaches from the Mexican border northward to San Clemente, California, where President Richard Nixon was vacationing at his home there, a residence that reporters at the time often referred to as the "Western White House". The Navy took charge of the clean-up efforts. "Hundreds of... |
Wheelchair | Manual attendant-propelled wheelchairs & Powered wheelchairs | in institutional settings and as loaner-chairs in large public venues. They are usually constructed from steel as light weight is less of a concern when the user is not required to self-propel.
Specially designed transfer chairs are now required features at airports in much of the developed world in order to allow acce... |
Up (2009 film) | Development | rather than what people assume it thinks. Knowledge of canine communication, body language and pack behaviors for the artists and animators to portray such thoughts came from consultant Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian, dog behaviorist, and trainer. The idea for Alpha's voice derived from thinking about what would happen i... |
Upper Cumberworth | Culture & Community facilities & Education & Religious sites | Marquees host stalls selling cakes, plants and books, alongside tombolas and games. The carnival usually includes demonstrations from local groups such as the flyball and the dog agility group 'Springers', and the model helicopter group. For the 2007 carnival the evening event included a live band for the second year r... |
Transport Legislation Amendment (Taxi Services Reform and Other Matters) Act 2011 | Inquiry phase & Constitution | coercive practices evident at present in the Victorian taxi industry (see Taxi Industry Inquiry).
In its second phase, the Commission is positioned as the Victorian Government's regulator of taxi services and other small commercial passenger vehicles. This role will require the TSC to, among other things, administer a... |
Vivian Beer | Recognition | furniture fellowship granted her the opportunity to travel the country in an RV for inspiration. She had the experience working at the National Air and Space Museum researching American aeronautic design history in which she received the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship for. Along with this, she was amongst the f... |
West Vancouver Secondary School | History & The Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | Centre, were constructed. The Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts In 2004, new $12 million CAD performing arts centre was constructed over the school's old theatre. The Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts was the vision of West Vancouver resident Kay Meek who died in 2004. The centre features a main theatre wit... |
Vladislav Anisovich | Biography | Vladislav Anisovich Biography Vladislav Leopoldovich Anisovich was born June 7, 1908 in industrial city of Lugansk, in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). In 1927-1928 He studied at the Kharkov Art Institute, then came to Moscow to continue his education in VKHUTEIN. After the cl... |
What Goes On (Beatles song) | Composition | What Goes On (Beatles song) Composition The original version of the song was written by John Lennon in the Quarrymen days and considered as a follow-up to "Please Please Me" in early 1963. A demo of this version featuring Lennon and Paul McCartney was recorded in 1963, but the song was not used until 1965 as Ringo Star... |
V12 engine | Later V12s in aviation | The long, narrow configuration of the V12 contributed to good aerodynamics, while its smoothness allowed its use with relatively light and fragile airframes. The Merlin was also used in the Avro Lancaster and de Havilland Mosquito bombers. In the United States the Packard Motor company was licensed by Rolls-Royce to pr... |
Thomas Gaal | null | Thomas Gaal Thomas Gaal, a painter of portraits, birds, and flowers, was born at Dendermonde in 1739. He fixed his residence at Middelburg, and was one of the founders and directors of the Academy in that town. J. Perkois, J. H. Koekkoek, and S. De Koster were his pupils. He died at Middelburg in 1817. The painter Piet... |
Transport Legislation Amendment (Taxi Services Reform and Other Matters) Act 2011 | Context & Inquiry details and ongoing regulatory responsibilities | on 19 July 2011. The initial commencement operated to establish and empower the Taxi Services Commission and to give legislative force to the Taxi Industry Inquiry being conducted by the Commission. Provisions in the Act transferring regulatory responsibility to the Commission are yet to be activated.
The responsible M... |
WEGL | History | WEGL History WEGL was not the first radio station at Auburn University. In 1922, WMAV began broadcasting from Broun Hall with a 1,500 watt homemade transmitter. It became part of the University’s Extension Service and received a new name, WAPI-AM (WAPI) (for the school’s name at the time: Alabama Polytechnic Institute.... |
Virtual community | User Experience Testing to Determine Social Codes | for social media pages or virtual communities is structured around the users’ experience and designed specifically for online use.
User experience testing is utilized to reveal something about the personal experience of the human being using a product or system. When it comes to testing user experience in a software in... |
Veterans Health Administration | Initiatives & Mental health | used by military forces in the Vietnam War.
In October 2012, the VHA announced a new goal "to care for and heal our wounded Veterans. In addition to repairing their damaged bodies and minds, VA has embarked on a unique campaign to repair their crumbling intimate relationships."
The VHA has also adopted Boston Universit... |
United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families | Original committee & Disbanding | New York; Dan Coats and Dan Burton from Indiana; Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. and Frank Wolf from Virginia; Nancy Johnson from Connecticut; John R. McKernan, Jr. from Maine; and Barbara Vucanovich from Nevada. Disbanding Official documents provided by the Committee and maintained in by the US Government Printing Office ceased... |
Walton War | The orphan strip after the war & 1971 revival | 1861, pieces of Jackson County and Henderson County were split off to create present-day Transylvania County, where the Orphan Strip is located today. 1971 revival In 1971, in what some press reports called a symbolic, humorous dispute, the two states briefly revisited the issue. A Georgia legislative panel declared th... |
Trévou-Tréguignec | The Trévou church fire | its moldings. Inside, one admires the high altar, including a cabinet whose panels, adorned with little steeples, include images of Christ and the Evangelists. The shelf at the back of the altar is no less remarkable for its canopy, its friezes and Gothic spandrels. It rises gracefully to the height of the wainscot, w... |
WMAY | History | owns local stations 98.7 WNNS-FM, 97.7 WQLZ and 92.7 WUSW.
Three of the most well-known broadcasters to pass through the studio were Bob Hale (hired directly from Clear Lake, IA after the Buddy Holly plane crash in 1959. He mc'd the show at the Surf Ballroom that night, gave casualties the next day, and was hired by WM... |
WAVY-TV | History | Tribune Media—which has operated CBS affiliate WTKR (channel 3) and CW affiliate WGNT (channel 27) through a shared services agreement with partner company Dreamcatcher Broadcasting since December 2013—for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. Nexstar was precluded from acquiring WTKR/WGNT directly or indirectly while owning ... |
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | Plot & Reception & Soundtrack | spend a few moments in silence before the film ends. Reception Blu-Ray.com gave the film 1.5 stars of out 5, finding that while it opens well, it quickly falls apart, becoming a jumbled mess. Soundtrack The film's music was composed by Ralph Reickermann, a former composer for The Asylum. The film features the single "Y... |
Volkoff Industries | Dr. Stanley Wheelwright | reference in dialogue and action to the character Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series—a role previously made famous by Englund—and Scarecrow from the Batman series. Wheelwright develops a nerve gas called atroxium that can send people into permanent nightmares. After Wheelwright demonstrates atroxium o... |
Weird Western Tales | Original series & Revival & Blackest Night | The final issue was #70 (August 1980). Revival Weird Western Tales was revived in 2001 as a four-issue limited series. This series had no relation to the earlier title, instead featuring a series of one-shot Western-based stories. Blackest Night A one-shot revival of the series utilizing the original numbering #71 (Mar... |
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | USAFE in Spain & USAFE in Turkey | Force also gradually took over responsibility for all USAFE operations around the Mediterranean. USAFE in Turkey The U.S. Logistics Group (TUSLOG) was the primary USAF agency in Turkey. TUSLOG not only commanded various USAFE units, but also supported all other U.S. military organizations and government agencies in Tur... |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Use of the minus subspecies & Nutritional properties & Traditional medicine | and Arctic regions of Alaska., as well as the Western Canadian Inuktitut. The Haida people, Hesquiaht First Nation, Wuikinuxv and Tsimshian all use the berries as food. Nutritional properties The berries contain plentiful organic acids, vitamin C, vitamin A (as beta carotene), B vitamins (B₁, B₂, B₃), and the elements ... |
Trade Control and Expert System | Features | of member states and participating non-EU countries. Through it, central and local authorities, border inspection posts and economics operators are linked.
It provides electronic sanitary certificates mandatory for tracking goods and live animals: Common Veterinary Entry Document, or CVED as defined in decision 2003/27... |
Virtual community | On communication | to represent a new form of human communal existence, providing new scope for building a shared experience of human interaction." Although Benkler's prediction has not become entirely true, clearly communications and social relations are extremely complex within a virtual community. The two main effects that can be seen... |
Whale watching | West Pacific –East and Southeast Asia & Southeast Pacific –Chile and Peru | those of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Bryde's whale, and humpback whales in Batanes, appear migratory. Other populations have yet to be studied. Some former coastal whaling communities in the Philippines have also started to generate whale watching income.
In Indonesia, whale sharks can be observed in Nabire of Papua region.... |
Tim Legler | NBA career | and two with the renamed Washington Wizards) from 1995–1999. His best NBA season was 1995–1996, when he ranked first in the league in both 3-point field goal percentage and true shooting percentage, ranked second in turnover ratio, and won the 1996 Three-Point Shootout during All-Star Weekend. He holds the record for ... |
Wheelchair | Other variants & Buildings | wheelchairs have lower seats which are designed for easy foot propulsion. The decreased seat height also allows them to be used by children and shorter individuals.
A knee scooter is a related device with some features of a wheelchair and some of walking aids. Unlike wheelchairs they are only suitable for below knee in... |
Voreifel Railway | Opening of the line | as a branch line and upgraded in later years as a main line. The maximum development of the line and its stations was achieved in the 1930s and 1940s. The line was then slowly downgraded to its present condition.
In the postwar years, the line was called the Kappes-Express ("Cabbage Express”) as it met the fate of many... |
Wadham College Boat Club | History & Recent form | by winning the Christ Church Regatta and the Lady Margaret Hall Regatta. In 1976 a women’s division was added to the Summer Eights schedule, and following a random draw which placed the Wadham women at 3rd on the river they immediately bumped up to second and first on successive days, and then rowed over on the Friday ... |
Vicente Lombardo Toledano | Formation of the CTM and alliance with Cárdenas | was never, as far as it is possible to determine, a member of the PCM. He had, however, even stronger support from the Soviet Union during the Popular Front era than the nominal leaders of the PCM. Following the policy of that era, he and the CTM supported the Cárdenas administration enthusiastically, intervening to mo... |
Wembley Wizards | Background & Aftermath | to your bed, put your head on your pillow and pray for rain." Rain would mean a heavy pitch, which would suit the small Scottish forwards. McMullan's prayers were answered as London awoke to heavy rain. Aftermath When asked for his comment after the game, Alex James simply beamed a smile and said, “We could have had te... |
Whale watching | Northwest Atlantic | admixture of cold fresh water from the Saguenay River into the inland end of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Humpbacks, minkes, fin and blue whales are also frequently seen off Tadoussac.The Bay of Fundy is an equally important feeding ground for large baleen whales and dozens of other creatures of the sea; it shares a pop... |
United States Penitentiary, Allenwood | Facility and programs & 1996 murder | fence. Correction officers man six guard towers at each corner of the security fence and a seventh within the fence.
Educational programs include GED, ESL, adult continuing education, vocational training, correspondence classes, and evening college classes. Inmates work in a UNICOR upholstery factory and institutional ... |
Steve O'Callaghan | Playing career | Steve O'Callaghan Playing career In 1982, O'Callaghan joined newly admitted Canberra and played in the club's first ever game, a 37-7 loss against South Sydney at Redfern Oval.
O'Callaghan played in the club's first win, a 12-11 victory over Newtown at Seiffert Oval with O'Callaghan kicking a goal from the sideline to ... |
Whale watching | Central Pacific –Hawaii & West Pacific –East and Southeast Asia | waters, sightings are extremely common. Whale watching is possible within as well as outside the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. The best places to see whales in Hawaiʻi is in the protected channels between the Hawaiʻian islands. The best months to see the whales here are January and February... |
Valentine Ackland | Critical assessment | 1930-1951, Pandora, London, 1988. With regard to her self-reflection as a poet, Ackland exhibits themes and explorations similar to poets such as Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. Of interest, too, is Ackland's explorations of the personal effects of terminal illness as her life was drawing to a close from cancer. In her l... |
WARQ | History | In 2013, Springout had Jacksonville's Shinedown.
The station was owned for a bit by YMF Media LLC through licensee YMF Media South Carolina Licensee LLC. It is now owned by Alpha Media (formerly known as L&L Broadcasting) as of late 2013, which also bought Urban Contemporary WHXT, Urban AC WWDM, Modern rock WMFX, and S... |
Viche | History | Viche Viche (Ukrainian: Віче; English translation: Union or Council) is a political party in Ukraine registered in May 1993. Before September 2005 the party was known as Constitutional Democratic Party (Ukrainian: Конституційно-демократична партія; Konstytutsijno-Demokratychna Partija). History At the 1998 Ukrainian pa... |
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons | Chapter 7: Sex and Punishment | organs in a hurry, Sharp was brutally yelled at by Cushing because he had forgotten a part he hadn't even known existed. He was later forgiven, as Cushing still had his pituitary.
Cushing was absolutely fascinated with the idea of mishaps in the pituitary gland. He often sought out circuses and freak shows in hopes tha... |
WAVE Trust | Activities | WAVE Trust Activities WAVE works with police, government departments, academics and other voluntary organisations to improve understanding of the most effective strategies and policies for reducing violence and child maltreatment. The charity also delivers therapeutic programmes for violent offenders in prison and afte... |
Weed, California | Boles Fire & Beaughan Spring & Geography | both Weed and Mt. Shasta lost power as a result of the fire. Beaughan Spring The town of Weed gets its water from the Beaughan Spring, with the water being piped directly to homes.
In September 2016, the New York Times reported French billionaire Pierre Papillaud demanded that Weed give up its Beaughan Spring spring wa... |
Wherwell Abbey | Later history & Dissolution | the foot, a number of silver and silver gilt ciboria and pyxes to hold the sacred hosts, one in the form of a tower. There were also crosses, basins, cruets for wine and water, candlesticks, censers, incense boats with their spoons, and two crowns (perhaps for crowning a statue of the Virgin), all in silver or silver g... |
Warlock (1989 film) | Sequels & Adaptations | it. Bruce Payne starred in the title role. Adaptations The screenplay was adapted into a novel by Ray Garton, released by Avon Books in 1989. This novelization includes additional/alternate details which didn't make it into the final cut of the movie.
As part of a deal with Lions Gate Entertainment, Bluewater Productio... |
Walton War | Ellicott's Rock & The orphan strip after the war | was not willing to accept the 1807 commission's conclusion, Georgia hired Andrew Ellicott to survey the boundary once again. Georgia did this because they hoped that Ellicott, being from Georgia, would declare that the Orphan Strip actually resided within Georgia's territory. Unfortunately for Georgia, Ellicott reinfo... |
United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War | Colin Powell's presentation | On February 5, 2003, Powell appeared before the UN to prove the urgency to engage a war with Iraq. Although the presentation failed to change the fundamental position of the Security Council, including France, Russia, China, and Germany, Powell succeeded in hardening the overall tone of the United Nations towards Iraq.... |
WWF Hasbro action figures | Unreleased prototypes | Valentine's figure in the advertisement appeared in his Rhythm and Blues attire, black hair, white jacket with black musical notes on it, white boots, and black trunks, whereas the figure released of Valentine in Series 3 was in his most regular singles attire of blond hair, black trunks and yellow boots. Fueling furth... |
Wendi Richter | The Original Screwjob & Independent circuit (1987–2005) | the airport, and booked herself on a flight out of New York. Afterward, she never spoke to Moolah again. Independent circuit (1987–2005) Upon leaving the WWF, Richter wrestled in Puerto Rico, Japan, and throughout the United States in independent promotions. In Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council, she traded the WWC ... |
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale | Plot | to find a fiery world with lava pits and dragons (the Arabian Dance plays during this scene). A flame fairy gives Paulie his head back. A dragon wakes up but is hypnotized by Jerry into lifting them out of the pit.
They launch a cannon which blasts Jerry and his friends into a house with clocks (the Chinese Dance plays... |
The Planet of Junior Brown (novel) | Reception | The Planet of Junior Brown (novel) Reception Barbara Bader reviewing The Planet of Junior Brown in Kirkus Reviews wrote "This is not a story to be judged on grounds of probability, but one which makes its own insistent reality; it endures along with its promise long after the story ends." and revisiting the book in Hor... |
USS Bayfield | Atomic testing & 1946–1960 | a one-day rehearsal for test "BAKER".
On 24 July Bayfield again departed the lagoon and at 08:35 on the 25th, observed the underwater detonation from a distance of 15 miles. She returned to the anchorage at dawn the following morning and remained until 3 August. She stopped at Kwajalein to check contamination levels, r... |
WJMX-FM | History | WJMX-FM History 103.1 signed on July 17, 1979 as WPDZ in Cheraw as the area's first FM Top 40 (CHR) station, "Z103". Although the station broadcast with 3 kW of power at the time, Z103 quickly became the top station in the area, even passing heritage Top 40 outlet WJMX AM 970 in the ratings (WJMX would add an FM signal... |
Will Rawls | Collaboration | Will Rawls Collaboration Dance Gang is an American performance art duo made up of Will Rawls and Kennis Hawkins started in 2006 in New York City.
The two, both over six feet tall, met in 2004 as fellow dancers in Shen Wei Dance Arts and then started their own project. Dance Gang began with playful dance interventions i... |
The Electras (band) | History | listings in a week.
Undaunted, Kendrick signed the Electras to his own record label named Scotty Records. Their follow-up, "This Week's Children", propelled to number 12 in Minneapolis in early 1966. It was the Electras' third single, "Dirty Old Man", that proved to be their biggest hit, as the band enjoyed 17 weeks wi... |
V12 engine | Characteristics | Compared to internal combustion engines with fewer cylinders and similar power ratings, a V12 will have more moving parts, a more complex exhaust system, and will be more expensive to manufacture. V12 engines are rarely found in modern luxury automobiles or highway trucks, but are still used in stationary engines, ship... |
Wheelchair | Reclining and tilting wheelchairs | the tilted position). Tilting wheelchairs are preferred for people who use molded or contoured seats, who need to maintain a particular posture, who adversely affected by sheer forces (reclining causes the body to slide slightly every time), or who need to keep a communication device, powered wheelchair controls, or o... |
Walkathon | History | Laurel Norton of St. Paul, and Howard Freedland of Minneapolis, who convinced Johnny Carson to promote the event and organized local churches and synagogues to support the walk.
Additional walks were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, where 650 walkers finished the entire 33-mile route.
The other walk... |
United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013 | Resolution | 17.
On January 14, 2014, the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees agreed on a spending plan that would fund the federal government for two years. A bill extending the previous continuing resolution through January 18 was also passed. On January 16, 2014, Congress passed a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill tha... |
Wannia | Description | unambiguous autapomorphies (unique traits) and additionally by a unique combination of characters. Unlike all other phytosaurs, the basitubera, areas at the base of the skull in front of its attachment point with the neck, are widely separated mediolaterally. A distinctive ridge is present on the lateral surface of the... |
Weed, California | 2010 | (23.5 percent) aged 45 to 64, and 414 people (14 percent) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100 males.
There were 1,273 housing units at an average density of 265.5 per square mile (102.5/km... |
V12 engine | Later V12s in aviation | These engines generated about 1,000 hp (750 kW) at the beginning of the war and above 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) at their ultimate evolution stage. The German DB 605DC engine reached 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) with methanol/water injection called MW 50-equipment. In contrast to most Allied V12s, the engines built in Germany by Daiml... |
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