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The West Virginia Rosie the Riveter Project | Overview | 2) created the first model Rosie the Riveter Community in America (funded, in part, by the Greater Kanawaha Valley Foundation); 3) created tools such as music, art, curriculum, written procedures for other communities to use to find and honor living “Rosies,” 4) partnered with various groups (arts, labor, history, scho... |
White River (Texas) | Silver Falls & Proper name | beneath the Llano Estacado has declined at a rate of 0.8 ft (0.2 m) per year over the last decade. Over the 20-year period from 1987 to 2007, the water table dropped a total of 18.6 ft (5.7 m) across the district. As a result of this depletion, the once-gushing springs along this stretch of the White River have eithe... |
Whale watching | South Africa & Southwest Atlantic –Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay | and humpback whales in the summer months. Bryde's whales are resident throughout the year. The other famous centre for whale watching is False Bay. Tours leave Gordon's Bay and follow the coast around the bay. Species include southern right whales, humpback whales and Bryde's whales. Orcas are present during the winter... |
Wheelchair | Smart wheelchairs | or a touch-sensitive display. This differs from a conventional powerchair, in which the user exerts manual control over speed and direction without intervention by the wheelchair's control system.
Smart wheelchairs are designed for a variety of user types. Some are designed for users with cognitive impairments, such as... |
Whickham F.C. | History | Whickham F.C. History Founded in 1944 as Axwell Park Colliery Welfare, the club first started playing in the Derwent Valley League. In 1974, they joined the Wearside League, and were league champions in two seasons, 1977–78 and 1987–88. The year 1981 was one of the most successful years in the club's history, when they... |
The Romance of a Shop | Synopsis | Phyllis – very poor. The young women realize that they must find a way to earn money in order to support themselves. Gertrude, the novel's central character, proposes that they open a studio and put their skills in photography to use. They decide that Gerty, Lucy, and Phyllis will operate the studio while Fanny acts as... |
VC Leipzig | History | VC Leipzig History The club was born in 1962 as SC Leipzig from the union between the teams that had formed part of the multi-sport "Deutsche Hochschule fur Korperkultur" and "SC Rotation Leipzig" (it had helped to create the football team Lokomotive Leipzig), that already in the fifties had already placed respectively... |
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | Plot | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave Plot George Herbert explains that despite years of searching for extraterrestrial life, mankind never expected the invasion which devastated human civilization into anarchy, and that the aliens were killed by a lack of immunity to the bacteria in the human blood they consumed. Two yea... |
WAVY-TV | History | March 21, 2014, Richmond-based Media General announced that it would buy LIN Media in a $1.6 billion deal, described as a "merger." The merger was completed on December 19, at which point WAVY and WVBT came under common ownership with ABC affiliate WRIC-TV in Petersburg (serving the Richmond market).
On September 8, 20... |
Wild Winds Are Blowing | Background & Release | anyway. That came from the office at Brook Street. We didn't know any better in those days." Lead vocalist Noddy Holder later recalled in his 1999 biography Who's Crazee Now?: "It was a good pop-rock song, not too commercial. It was really our first proper single, although we had released two tracks from Beginnings, ne... |
Toyohara Kunichika | Artist on the cusp of a new era & Personal life | to have achieved his master's high reputation.
Kunichika had one female student, Toyohara Chikayoshi, who reportedly became his partner in his later years. Her work reflected the Utagawa style. She competently depicted actors, and the manners and customs of the day. Personal life As a young man, Kunichika had a reput... |
Van Arsdale France | Early career & Disney career & After Disney | Corporation's Mead Works and director of labor relations for Kaiser Frazer in Michigan.
He also opened a small paper goods business in Rhode Island. Disney career Van joined Disney in March 1955, and over the years, performed many roles at Disneyland, including area manager of Tomorrowland, conducting training of line ... |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Summary | yet since his stepfather has just left his mother. Lyle, the gas station attendant across the street, enters and offers to lend Red some money so he can buy a car to leave town. Red rejects the offer, haughtily. Richard and Clarisse, a white collar couple who are clearly not from these parts, enter and take a seat at t... |
Verita Bouvaire-Thompson | Biography | that, "'Often he'd stay the night usually leaving for the studio around five in the morning."
Others confirm that a relationship began in 1942. While the fact of the extramarital affair is downplayed, the fact that she was his hairdresser is well established.
She provided some celebrity at the Resurrection Party of th... |
Virtual community | Specialized information communities & Howard Rheingold's study | contribute consumer information relating to their hobby and additionally participate in further specialized groups and forums. Specialized Information Communities are a place where people with similar interests can discuss and share their experiences and interests. Howard Rheingold's study Howard Rheingold's Virtual Co... |
Wendi Richter | Training (1979–1983) & Rock 'n' Wrestling | She continued her feud with McIntyre in Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling Association, where she was defeated twice. Richter and Grable continued their rivalry with McIntyre and Martin into April 1983 in Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association. In May, the team reformed in Stampede Wrestling in matches against McInt... |
The Plot to Kill Hitler | Plot summary & Production | Beck commits suicide, and the rest are taken to be executed. Stauffenberg declares "Long live the sacred Germany!" before being killed, and the others are also killed beside him within seconds. Production The movie was filmed in the United States and Zagreb, Yugoslavia. |
Wildenstein Institute | History | Wildenstein Institute The Wildenstein Institute is a French art institute that publishes catalogues raisonnés and scholarly inventories. History The Institute was founded in 1970 by Daniel Wildenstein as the Fondation Wildenstein, and it was renamed the Wildenstein Institute in 1990. It is an offshoot of the art dealin... |
Viking 2 | Search for life & Viking program | to detect any organic compounds on the Martian surface. Viking program The Viking Orbiters caused a revolution in our ideas about water on Mars. Huge river valleys were found in many areas. They showed that floods of water carved deep valleys, eroded grooves into bedrock, and traveled thousands of kilometers. Areas ... |
Weed, California | Historic forestry-based industry & Education | Weed was home to a thriving lumber industry. Roseburg Forest Products (plywood), International Paper Company, Morgan Products Ltd. (wooden door manufacturing), and J.H. Baxter (wood treatment) were all based in Weed. The historic industrial area at the northeast corner of town has been plagued with environmental conce... |
Trévou-Tréguignec | The Count of Trévou imprisoned in Castle Taurus & The last bishop of Tréguier takes refuge in the castle of Boisriou | his imprisonment in the chateau de Taureau, from which he attempted to escape. His body was found smashed on the rocks of Plougasnou. The last bishop of Tréguier takes refuge in the castle of Boisriou Auguste-Louis-Marie Le Mintier Sévignac was born on December 28, 1728. Pronounced Doctor of theology in 1757, he was... |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Summary | while ago. Teddy even becomes enraged at Red's self-appointed nickname, insisting that the real Red Rider would've knocked him flat. He then begins a series of demands for the others to reenact a scene from a cowboy TV show, which gets more and more uncomfortable. He threatens Red with violence if he doesn't pretend to... |
Volkoff Industries | Frost | "too dangerous" to be allowed into the wrong hands. However, after a series of double and triple-crosses in which she ultimately aids the team in capturing Wheelwright, Mary is revealed to be a rogue agent, and she is apprehended by Sarah Walker and John Casey. Mary convinces Chuck to seek out her MI6 handler, Tuttle, ... |
Wilfried Sanou | Early career & Freiburg | Wilfried Sanou Early career Sanou was born in Bobo-Dioulasso. Freiburg In SC Freiburg's 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Sanou tore his cruciate ligament on matchday 8 against Erzgebirge Aue which kept him out of action for the rest of the season and limited him to 6 appearances. With his contract running out at the end of the se... |
Viva Pataca | 2006–2011: Hong Kong | he was invited to compete the Dubai Sheema Classic in Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, Dubai, finished in second behind the winner Sun Classique. Viva Pataca then stand to defend the Queen Elizabeth II Cup title but only finished third. Then he also failed to defend the Chater Cup title, which finished in second place.
Viva Pa... |
Vergarola explosion | Allied investigation | 8 September 1946 that the accident was caused by the detonation of three torpedo warheads, four TNT demolition charges and five smoke generators. He said that the munitions had been inspected on several occasions and had been certified as being safe and that "I do not consider therefore that it is possible for it to ha... |
Up (2009 film) | Development | have some goal for him to achieve that he had not yet gotten." As a result, they added the plot of going to South America. The location was chosen due to both Docter's love of tropical locations, but also in wanting a location Carl could be stuck with a kid due to the inability to leave him with an authority such as a ... |
Vlasta Vrána | Life and career | Richard Kind Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival for his lead role in B. P. Paquette's psychological drama, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards. Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow.
Voice-acting credits include Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cel... |
Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones | Wedding ceremony | was being played. Peter Nott, the Bishop of Norwich, performed the ceremony. Unlike previous royal weddings, like that of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Sophie chose to say the word "obey" in her vow "to love, cherish and obey", much as her second eldest sister-in-law the Duchess of York had. The couple said their r... |
The Young and the Hopeless | Touring & Critical response | of which was supported by Mest, Something Corporate and the Living End; while the remaining half was supported by Eve 6 and Goldfinger. In December, the group went on a UK tour with Sugarcult and Mest. In January 2004, the group went on a tour of Japan. Critical response Reviews of The Young and the Hopeless were gener... |
Whaddon, Cambridgeshire | History & Church | to Ermine Street. The Basin, an octagonal pool of around 150 metres in diameter, was added in 1721 just south of the river but was cleared a few decades later and filled with soil in 1968.
In 1812, an Act authorised the creation of a canal running from Whaddon to Sawston as part of the Stort Navigation, but the canal w... |
Western Mail (Wales) | History | Western Mail (Wales) History The Western Mail was founded in Cardiff in 1869 by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute as a Conservative penny daily paper designed to promote the Marquess' political aspirations. Henry Lascelles Carr (1841–1902), editor since 1869, bought the paper with Daniel Owen in 1877. Under C... |
Wheelchair | Sports wheelchairs & Powerchair football | their everyday cousins. They are usually non-folding (in order to increase rigidity), with a pronounced negative camber for the wheels (which provides stability and is helpful for making sharp turns), and often are made of composite, lightweight materials. Even seating position may be radically different, with racing w... |
Western Australian Development Corporation | null | the Crown in right of the State and enjoys the status, immunities and privileges of the Crown..." while "(4.4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Corporation shall not be subject to direction by the Minister..."
[T]o make sure he kept secret the dealings of the WADC and its shady subsidiaries such as Exim Corporation,... |
Wheelchair | Reclining and tilting wheelchairs | people who like using an attached tray. The use of reclining wheelchairs is particularly common among people with spinal cord injuries such as quadriplegia.
In the case of tilting wheelchairs, the seat-back, seat base, and leg rests tilt back as one unit, somewhat similar to the way a person might tip a four-legged ch... |
Vergarola explosion | Allied investigation | the General Officer Commanding in Chief concluded in the final report dated 14 February 1947 that "I am of the opinion that the explosion was caused by some person or persons unknown. I am satisfied that the ammunition was safe and properly inspected and that it was not feasible to place guards over it. I therefore con... |
Thumbnail (cliff) | Ascents | there were established 4 climbing routes on the east face, all starting from the sea. The hardest one is the earliest, British route, established in the steepest, right-hand part of the face in 2000 and graded as English E6, 6b or American 5.12c. The route finishes on the subsidiary top/outcrop (which was in 2000 calle... |
Up (2009 film) | Plot | told they cannot have a child, the couple remembers their childhood dream of visiting Paradise Falls. They save for the trip, but repeatedly have to spend the money on more pressing needs. Finally, the now elderly Carl arranges for the trip but Ellie suddenly falls ill, is hospitalized, and dies.
Years later in the pre... |
Up (2009 film) | Development | ready for the whirlwind that a kid is, as few of us are". Docter added he saw Up as a "coming of age" tale and an "unfinished love story", with Carl still dealing with the loss of his wife. He cited inspiration from Casablanca and A Christmas Carol, which are both "resurrection" stories about men who lose something, an... |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Summary | husband parading her around and demanding she perform. Richard protests but makes no move to silence Teddy. Teddy then moves on to Angel, suggesting that her weight and lack of smarts will land her in the same spot for the rest of her life; unmarried and spending her evenings watching TV with Lyle. When Red protests, T... |
Toshiya Sugiuchi | 2008 | Olympics) but striking out a league-leading 213 with a 2.66 ERA while anchoring a rotation that was short Saito and Wada for much of the season. It marked the first time in his seven-year career that he had recorded double-digit wins or thrown more than 140 innings in consecutive seasons.
On October 7, the Hawks sent S... |
Warlock (1989 film) | Production | budget.
Because the film begins in the colonial United States, director Steve Miner insisted that the leads were portrayed by British actors. "They'd been off the boat for five years, ten years at most. They're English," he quipped. Producer Arnold Kopelson suggested Julian Sands, but it was director Miner who decid... |
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | Responsibilities | to changes in status of the Department's Special Access Programs, for either the deputy secretary defense or the secretary of defense to make. |
William Gaines | Senate Subcommittee investigation | Congress. In 1954, Gaines testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. In the following exchanges, he is addressed first by Chief Counsel Herbert Beaser, and then by Senator Estes Kefauver:
Beaser: "Is the sole test of what you would put into your magazine whether it sells? Is there any limit you c... |
Virgen de los desamparados | The Brotherhood | Virgen de los desamparados The Brotherhood On 29 August 1414, a brotherhood was founded under the invocation of 'Sancta dels Folls Dona Nostra i Desamparats Innocents' (Our Lady of the Insane and the Forsaken Innocents). Initially, the goal of the brotherhood was to help the mentally ill. However, due to famine and a h... |
Western Australian Development Corporation | null | Western Australian Development Corporation The Western Australian Development Corporation (WADC) was a trading corporation established in 1983 by the first Burke Ministry of Western Australia. It enabled the state Labor government to involve itself in large-scale business transactions without the normal transparency an... |
Tiny Gallon | College career & Professional career | the entire 09-10 season. Professional career Gallon was selected with the 47th overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA draft. He joined the Bucks for the 2010 NBA Summer League. On September 3, 2010, he signed with the Bucks. However, he was waived on October 6. On October 19, he signed with the Boston Celt... |
Volkoff Industries | Organization | Beacon," which extends to Burma and Costa Gravas. Beacon includes a stolen nuclear controlled panel that could have bombed several American cities. Volkoff has been present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Cougars," when Heather Chandler attempts to extort F-22 plans from her husband for Volkoff. Volkoff lat... |
Wasei Kingu Kongu | Plot | decides to capitalize on its success by dressing up as an ape and playing King Kong in a vaudeville theater. He approaches one theater owner to tell him of the idea and the owner is pleased with Santa’s plan, thus giving him the job. Santa’s King Kong show becomes an instant success, with Santa interacting amongst prop... |
Trent Richardson | Personal life | daughters and one son. On February 16, 2017, Richardson was arrested on third-degree domestic violence charges in Hoover, Alabama. |
Tiny Gallon | Professional career | was waived by the Jam before appearing in a game for them.
In April 2013, Gallon joined Atléticos de San Germán of Puerto Rico. He left after 3 games.
On June 1 and 2 of 2013 he played for the Texas Lone Star Strikers against Portland Chinooks International Basketball League.
On December 30, 2013, Gallon was acquired b... |
The Augments | Plot | pathogens and prepared for deployment.
The Enterprise arrives late, just after Malik fires the torpedo, but Enterprise destroys it, saving the Klingon colony. Soong helps disable the Klingon ship, hoping to save some of the Augments. However, Malik scuttles the Klingon ship, killing the remaining Augments and the emb... |
Whale watching | Northeast Atlantic | is the most important whale watching town in the Strait of Gibraltar; this gateway to the Mediterranean Sea is also a central point in between the colder waters to the North and the tropical waters off of Africa: a good route for migrating cetaceans. The species observed in this area are the bottlenose, common, and str... |
USS Albatross (MSC-289) | Operation Market Time participation | On the 9th she paused briefly at Kaohsiung to take on fuel and provisions. She arrived on her station south of Vung Tau on 14 January and patrolled the sea lanes in her area until relieved on 22 February. The minesweeper returned to Sasebo on 5 March to begin one and one-half months of upkeep and training. On 21 April ... |
Virtual community | On health | to access support groups in their physical community, thus online communities act as primary means for such support. Online health communities can serve as supportive outlets as they facilitate connecting with others who truly understand the disease, as well as offer more practical support, such as receiving help in ad... |
Wherwell Abbey | Present day | abbey has disappeared, but in 1997 a geophysical survey by archaeologists from Southampton University located the foundations under the lawn of the eighteenth-century Wherwell Priory. |
University of Leicester | The Attenboroughs | university—David Attenborough was made an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1970 and opened the Attenborough Arboretum in Knighton in 1997. In the same year, the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales. Both brothers were made Distinguished Honorary Fellows of the Univ... |
William Day (horseman) | Training career | in Day taking £60,000 in successful bets. A third Cambridgeshire win with Catch 'em Alive followed in 1863 and in 1869, Day won The Oaks and Ascot Gold Cup with the filly Brigantine. For a time Day was employed as a private trainer by Brigantine's owners Frederick Johnstone and Henry Sturt. Other important wins in majo... |
Wild Adriatic | 2016 and beyond & Musical influences | at the inaugural Eddies awards in New York. They went on to play three shows with Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2019, in May at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, and in August at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.
The band will be touring with Andy Frasco and the UN, as well ... |
Virtually | Others | Virtually Others The free group F₂ on 2 generators is virtually Fₙ for any n ≥ 2 as a consequence of the Nielsen–Schreier theorem and the Schreier index formula.
The group O(n) is virtually connected as SO(n) has index 2 in it. |
Vivian Osborne Marsh | Career & Personal life | Council, but lost. The Mayor of Berkeley declared February 21, 1980 as "Vivian Osborne Marsh Day". Personal life Vivian Osborne married a fellow Texan, World War I veteran Leon F. Marsh, in 1921. They raised two sons, Roy Curtin Osborne and Leon F. Marsh Jr.; Leon Jr., the first black firefighter in Berkeley, died in 1... |
Tig Trager | Season 1 | them properly. When Tig and Juice arrived at the Devil's Tribe clubhouse, they were extremely disappointed that they had missed the party. Clay knew of Tig's fondness for women, however, and set him up with three women for sex. The next day, the Mayans attacked the clubhouse, and Tig and the others fought them off with... |
USS PC-817 | Career | USS PC-817 Career PC-817 was laid down at Portland, Oregon, by the Albina Engine & Machinery Works on 8 January 1943; launched on 4 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. O. McAlpine; and commissioned on 13 July 1943, Lt. H. L. Martin, USNR, in command.
PC-817 completed fitting out at Portland until 6 August when she shifted... |
Walter T. Skallerup Jr. | Biography | the private practice of law. From 1970 to 1971, he was a member of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, and in 1973–74, he was a consultant of the United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
In both 1972 and 1976, Skallerup was highly involved in the presidential campaigns of Henry M. Jackson, serving as... |
Virtual community | Internet message boards & Virtual worlds | the repercussions of trying to leave a situation in real life. The lack of status that is presented with an online identity also might encourage people, because, if one chooses to keep it private, there is no associated label of gender, age, ethnicity or lifestyle. Virtual worlds Virtual worlds are the most interactive... |
Warlock (1989 film) | Production | scenes were shot in the Boston area. Parts of the film were also shot at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The farmhouse with the iconic red barn is the George Washington Faulkner House, which was open to the public with an annual pumpkin patch attraction for many years. Because of the logistics of the special effect... |
Waldwick Public School District | Awards and recognition | Waldwick Public School District Awards and recognition During the 2009–10 school year, Julia A. Traphagen School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. It was the only school in Bergen County that ye... |
Talwin Morris | Influence on Book Design | From 5 October-5 December 1896 Morris exhibited three book cover designs (The Universe, English Essays, and Daddy Samuel's Darling) at the fifth exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the New Gallery, London. Morris became hugely influential in Victorian book design by moving away from the popular narr... |
Wantage Road railway station | History | Wantage Road railway station History Wantage Road station was opened in 1846, six years after the section of the GWR main line that served it.
In 1873 the independent Wantage Tramway was formed to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Mill Street, Wantage; it was built parallel to what was then the Besselsleig... |
Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung | Early SA rank insignia (1924–1929) | rank and file membership of the SA troopers. These new titles and ranks were denoted by an insignia system which consisted of silver pips pinned to a wearer's collar. The pip system was adopted from the Stahlhelm veteran's group which was closely connected to the SA both in dual membership and ideological design.
A fur... |
Technology in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Kill-o-Zap blaster pistol & Point of View Gun | extreme danger catch as Ford had shown him. He was shaking so much that if he'd fired at anybody at that moment he probably would have burnt his signature on them."
In the 2005 movie adaptation, the gun has a sophisticated look. It is more of a white sphere that covers the hand and has a trigger on the inside. This ver... |
Tidal pools of Leça de Palmeira | History | Tidal pools of Leça de Palmeira History In 1961, the initial project, which foresaw the construction of a bar along the southern edge of the pool, was never realized.
The current facility was completed in 1966. To architect Alves Costa, the structure was an attempt at integration at the site, that created an artificia... |
USS Bayfield | Invasion of Normandy | a variety of maneuvers and tactical operations during short underway periods until 26 April, when full-scale rehearsals took place through 4 May.
Bayfield anchored again at Plymouth on 29 April and on 7 May began embarking troops of the 8th Infantry Regiment (U.S. 4th Infantry Division) and the 87th Chemical Battalion.... |
Ullinish | Etymology & Geography & Fauna and flora | Ullinish Etymology The name Ullinish is from Old Norse úlfa-nes, meaning "promontory of the wolves". In Gaelic, it is sometimes spelt as Uilinis or Uilbhinis. Geography Located on the Inner Hebrides, Ullinish lies on a small peninsula, with a boggy moorland ending at Ullinish Point. Loch Caroy is situated between Ullin... |
Wasei Kingu Kongu | Plot | Wasei Kingu Kongu Plot Santa (Isamu Yamaguchi) and his friend Koichi (Nagamasa Yamada) are jobless vagabonds. They make their living by picking up coins on the streets. Santa has a girlfriend named Omitsu (Yasuko Koizumi), but her father Seizo (Kotaro Sekiguchi) does not like having his daughter date a penniless man. H... |
WAVE Trust | Activities | in the UK over the previous 70 years, in 2009 WAVE created a '70/30' strategy to reduce child maltreatment and other Adverse Childhood Experiences by 70% by 2030. This strategy is backed by many UK academics, politicians, think tanks and other charities. In 2010, the Liberal Democrats pledged support for WAVE's 70/30 s... |
William F. Vallicella | Biography | William F. Vallicella William F. Vallicella is an American philosopher. Biography Vallicella has a Ph.D. (Boston College; 1978), taught for a number of years at University of Dayton (where he was a tenured Associate Professor of Philosophy; 1978–91) and Case Western Reserve University (Visiting Associate Professor of P... |
Welsh Bicknor | History | Welsh Bicknor History Courtfield, the manor house of Welsh Bicknor was originally known as Greyfield or Greenfield (the Welsh colour glas originally referred to a scale of colours including greys, greens and blues). The name altered after King Henry V of England had lived there as a young child of eight, following the ... |
Whale watching | East Pacific –Colombia, Ecuador & Panama & Northeast Pacific –Mexico and United States | Island National Park and the islands near the town of Boca Chica are offering opportunities for whale watching. Isla Iguana near Pedasi is now a popular destination for whale watchers. Several foundations train local community members to perform as guide and captains for whale watching tours.
In Ecuador, from June to S... |
Wantage Road railway station | History | of the rail network. If a proposed service from Oxford to Westbury is given the green light, it is hoped that a new station entitled either Wantage & Grove or Wantage Parkway can be built as part of the introduction of this service. |
Wannia | Description | than a row of nodes, on the lateral surface of the jugal. The small partial skull previously catalogued as referable to this species, TTU P-11422, does not share any diagnostic characters with the holotype. The specimens can be compared only in the area surrounding the right antorbital fenestra. Although TTU P-11422 do... |
Voreifel Railway | Planning | Römerkanal. For operational reasons, the line will be realigned in the area of Bonn freight yard, a turnback track will be built in Rheinbach and the control and signalling technology will be upgraded on the whole section. The work is estimated to cost €33 million and will be carried out from January 2013 to June 2015.... |
Whale watching | null | Whale watching Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat. Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity (cf. birdwatching), but it can also serve scientific and/or educational purposes. A study prepared for International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2009 estim... |
Wadham College Boat Club | Training locations & Social life | cycle trips occur on the 'Dark Lane' cycle route. An annual training camp occurs a few weeks before the start of Trinity Term. In previous years the training camp has been held at Molesey Boat Club and Kingston Rowing Club. Social life Wadham rowers enjoy a varied and exciting social life within the club. Michaelmas te... |
Valery Androsov | Positions, awards, and works | of Mytischi and the Mytischinskogo District. He was made director of the Mytishchi Art Gallery in 2003. The gallery opened to the public in 2007, with Androsov having created the interior design, three-dimensional composition, and lighting design.
Androsov has written numerous articles in the local newspaper Springs an... |
Willem II (football club) | History | Willem II again qualified again for the UEFA Cup, in which they lost to French side AS Monaco in the first round by 5–1 on aggregate.
At the end of the 2010–11 season, Willem II were relegated from the Eredivisie for the first time in 24 years. In the 2011–12 season under new manager Jurgen Streppel Willem II was promo... |
Wacey Rabbit | Playing career | and a second-round pick in the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft.
Returning to the WHL, Rabbit helped the 2007 Memorial Cup hosts, the Vancouver Giants, to the WHL Finals against the Medicine Hat Tigers with 20 points in 22 games, but they were defeated in seven games. In the subsequent Memorial Cup, the Giants met the Tigers agai... |
Veterans Health Administration | Initiatives | for research and residency/fellowship training programs has made the VA system a leader in the fields of geriatrics, spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disease , and palliative care.
The VHA has initiatives in place to provide a "seamless transition" to newly discharged veterans transitioning from Department of Defense ... |
Wheelchair | Powered wheelchairs & Mobility scooters | impossible to navigate, especially by those with limited upper-body function. As the wheels necessarily come at a weight penalty it is often possible to exchange them with standard wheels to match the capabilities of the wheelchair to the current activity. Mobility scooters Mobility scooters share some features with po... |
Wendy Maruyama | Executive Order 9066 | to continue to be of importance during current times of political turmoil.
Executive Order 9066 is a series of wall-mounted cabinets alluding to themes common within these internment camps. These pieces include documentary photographs of Dorothy Lange and Tōyō Miyatake alongside barbed wire, tar paper, and domestic obj... |
Weed, California | Transportation | the west coast of the United States running from the Mexico–US border to the Canada–US border. U.S. Route 97 is a major north-south U.S. highway continuing from Weed in a northeasterly direction toward Klamath Falls, Oregon, thence through Oregon and Washington to the Canada–US border. California State Route 265 also r... |
Wedding in Bessarabia | Overview | together. In the midst of political debate, social complexities and economic hardships, what emerges is a portrait of a community that celebrates joie de vivre and humanity. The film holds on to its optimism while it delights artistically in the socio-political complexities of a region that has known its share of sorr... |
Thumbnail (cliff) | Geography & Ascents | Thumbnail (cliff) The Thumbnail is a sea cliff in Kujalleq, South Greenland. Geography It is located in Cape Farewell region, ca. 50 km to the east from the town of Nanortalik, over the west side of Torssukátak Fjord (also known as Torssukátak Sound) between the mainland and Pamiagdluk Island. It belongs to the Maujit ... |
Walkathon | History | primarily with children walking, rather than adults.
On 8 May 1971, the largest nationally coordinated walkathon to date saw over 150,000 American walkers on several dozen routes throughout the nation walk over 2 million miles, raising over $1.2m to fight hunger. These "Walks for Development" were coordinated by the Am... |
Whale watching | Iceland & Portugal | watching lobbyists, such as Húsavík Whale Museum curator Asbjorn Bjorgvinsson, counter that the most inquisitive whales, which approach boats very closely and provide much of the entertainment on whale-watching trips, will be the first to be taken. Pro-whaling organisations such as the High North Alliance on the other ... |
WARQ | History | 93.5 and the call letters WAAS. As unfortunate as the transpositions were, the call letters were designed to put the station at the top of the Arbitron rating service list of stations and stood for "We Are Always Shining." The jingles used by WAAS were customized versions of JAM's "Q-Cuts" package.
By 1992, WAAS was at... |
William Hoare | Life | patrons were the Earls of Pembroke and Chesterfield, and the Duke of Beaufort. With Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, he was a founding member of the Royal Academy.
Hoare was closely involved with the running of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital in Bath from 1742. He served as a governor of the hospital, and became acqu... |
William Newton-Smith | Biography | William Newton-Smith Biography Newton-Smith's undergraduate degree from Queen's University was in Mathematics and Philosophy, in 1966. He took an MA from Cornell University in Philosophy, in 1968, and a DPhil in philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1974. His working life before retirement was mainly as a Fellow... |
V12 engine | Later V12s in aviation | otherwise the same as the Mark IX with its British-built Merlin.
The Allison V-1710 was the only indigenous U.S.-developed V12 liquid-cooled engine to see service during World War II. A sturdy design, it lacked an advanced mechanical supercharger until 1943. Although versions with a turbosupercharger provided excellent... |
The Battle of the Somme (film) | Photography | filming and the mine detonation shook the ground as troops of Royal Engineers advanced on either side to occupy the crater. Later in the day a shell explosion damaged the camera tripod; Malins repaired the tripod and in the evening filmed roll-calls. Next day Malins shot film at La Boisselle before leaving for London a... |
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