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Vicryl | null | acid suture include PolySyn, Surgicryl, Polysorb, and Dexon, all of which are manufactured by different companies. Vicryl is a copolymer of lactide (a cyclic diester of lactic acid) and glycolide (a cyclic diester of glycolic acid). In practice, Vicryl comes braided, dyed or undyed with the following decay schedule: 75... |
William Kemmler | Murder, trial, and appeals | murdered his girlfriend.
That same day, Kemmler was accused of the murder of Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, who had been killed with a hatchet.
Kemmler's resulting murder trial proceeded quickly. He was convicted of first-degree murder on May 10. Three days later he was sentenced to death, destined to ... |
William Day (horseman) | Training career | of condition to his contracting a respiratory condition shortly before the race.
Despite controversies, Day continued to have success, both in classic races and handicaps. In 1855 he won the Cambridgeshire Handicap with Sultan and in the following year he added a second Chester Cup with One Act. Four years later, Day w... |
Waltham Iron Ore Tramway | History | 1937. The Second World War saw a sharp rise in demand for iron and steel. This was followed by a steady decline in the years after the war, as cheap imported steel entered the British market. In 1949 further new sources of ironstone were needed and land was leased on the edge of the Belvoir Castle estate. A new tramway... |
USS Bayfield | 1961–1968 | port call in Hawaii for three weeks, then resumed her cruise west on 16 October and arrived at Subic Bay in the Philippines on 31 October. She made a visit to Hong Kong during the latter part of November, returning to Subic Bay near the end of the month. The ship spent December operating in the waters between Okinawa a... |
Volkoff Industries | Organization & Alexei Volkoff & Development | Vivian and Alexei start a new life, sending Chuck and Sarah all of the company's assets, worth $877 million, as a wedding present. Alexei Volkoff Alexei Volkoff is the head of Volkoff Industries. For the first six episodes of the fourth season, Volkoff was an unseen character, directing his operatives from behind the s... |
William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester | Biography | William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester Biography William Montagu was born at Kimbolton Castle in 1823. He was the eldest son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester. His mother was Millicent Sparrow, daughter of Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Sparrow of Brampton Park, Huntingdonshire.
He was MP for Bewdley 1848–1852 and ... |
Viola Beach | Deaths | Kingdom, inquests into the deaths were opened and adjourned on 3 March at Warrington Coroner's Court by Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg, who also released the bodies of the five men so their families could make funeral arrangements. In December 2016, the coroner recorded a verdict of "road traffic collision". The o... |
William Watt (Australian politician) | Federal politics & Later life | the 1928 federal election, but resigned from parliament nine months later, on medical advice. Later life Watt was chairman of a several companies which operated out of his base in Collins House, Melbourne, including the Silverton Tramway Company and Qantas. He was partly disabled by a stroke in 1937 and died in his hom... |
William Watt (Australian politician) | Early life & State politics | school at a young age, finding work as a newsboy and later as a clerk at an ironmongery and a tannery. In 1888 he began attending night classes in accountancy at the Working Men's College. He qualified as an accountant and eventually became a partner in a "hay and corn store". Watt was secretary of the North Melbourne ... |
Walter Czollek | Life | till 1945 he was passing military information to various news agencies. Between 1939 and 1947 he also worked as a translator and radio presenter for the German language TASS station "Voice of the Soviet Union in Shanghai" ("Stimme der Sowjetunion in Shanghai"). Czollek was a co-founder and later a leader of the Comm... |
Vide Noir | Release and promotion | in Denver, Colorado in October 2018. |
Willoughby Spit | History | Willoughby Spit History The area known as Willoughby Spit takes its name from Thomas Willoughby, who came to Virginia in 1610 and received his first of many land grants in 1625. Willoughby's son, Thomas II, was living there in the 1660s, and legend has it that his wife awoke one morning following a terrific storm (poss... |
VTB United Youth League | Formats | VTB United Youth League Formats In the tournament, there are 11 teams that play in 4 rounds - paired matches at home and on the road. The 8 best teams on the basis of the regular season go to the Final Eight. The age of players performing in the Youth League must not be less than 15 and not older than 19 years on the d... |
Uncial 0189 | Description | text-type, nearly always agreeing with the other witnesses to this type of text. Aland placed it in Category I (because of its date).
Aarne H. Salonius originally dated Uncial 0189 to the 4th Century CE. However this was later redated by C. H. Roberts to the 2nd or 3rd Century CE, which the Alands accepted.
The INTF cu... |
Trigarium | Triga | instance, a charioteer in Roman Africa who died during a race was buried in the nearby trigarium. Pliny uses the word to mean equestrian exercise generally: he describes a fortified water or sports drink, prepared with powdered goat dung and vinegar, that was drunk by Nero "when he wanted to strengthen himself for the ... |
Walton War | Creation of Walton County & Course of the war | allegiances was a minor problem at first, but when the Walton County government tried to collect taxes, the problem developed into a much larger issue. Course of the war The war reached its zenith in late 1804, when the Walton County government tried to collect taxes in the Orphan Strip. Settlers who claimed to be part... |
Wireline QA/QC | Introduction | end result of wireline logs, fluid, and rock samples. Of all the well data sets recorded and collected, well logs are the most valuable as they are vital for reservoir and formation evaluation.
Wireline (well) logs are then combined with drilling data, mud logs, and measurements while drilling (MWD) and coring informat... |
WARQ | History | a more Active/Alternative Rock hybrid, but would eventually become a full Alternative station by early 1996 dropping the "Real Rock" slogan in the process for "Columbia's Rock Alternative".
In 1999, a new handle known as "Channel 93-5" was adopted by Clear Channel. This lasted until 2004, when the "Rock 93-5" moniker w... |
Unitarian Universalist Church (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | History | Unitarian Universalist Church (Ann Arbor, Michigan) History The First Unitarian Society of Ann Arbor was formed in 1865, and began worshiping in what was once the Methodist Church. In 1878, Dr. Jabez T. Sunderland arrived in Ann Arbor as the pastor of the First Unitarian Church. One of the first projects he tackled in ... |
Woman on the Night Train | Synopsis & Critical appraisal | she catches up to them, she kills her sister with a razor blade and then kills herself. Critical appraisal During Woman on the Night Train's Japanese critics noted the influence of European filmmakers on Tanaka's style. The use of metaphor and symbolism in the film was said to be similar to some of Roger Vadim's films.... |
Williams Air Force Base | Postwar era & F-5 Freedom Fighter | device. It was received and installed at Williams in early 1947. In 1949, T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer derivatives of the F-80 began to arrive. F-5 Freedom Fighter In 1963, Williams was selected to support the Military Assistance Program F-5A/B Freedom Fighter sales by providing pilots and maintenance training person... |
Volkoff Industries | Development & Leadership & Frost | of Volkoff Industries' assets without revealing themselves, the pair transfer the financial assets to Chuck and Sarah as a wedding present. Leadership Much like Fulcrum and the Ring before him, Volkoff appears to appoint higher-ranking officials to command his company's numerous operatives. Alexei Volkoff serves as the... |
WARQ | History | more vocals and fewer traditional instrumentals. WCEZ then adopted the moniker "Lite 93.5" and began broadcasting a satellite-delivered light rock format supplied by Westwood One networks known internally as "Format 41."
Ridgley Communications later filed for bankruptcy protection and a private ownership group in the F... |
WYSN | 1990s & 2000s | 1995, and the transaction was consummated on May 20, 1995. In April 1997, control of station licensee Simmons Broadcasting Company was passed from David L. Simmons to W. Lee Simmons. This transfer was approved by the FCC on June 27, 1997. 2000s In November 2000, Simmons Broadcasting Company (Lee Simmons, president) com... |
Wahl (Noble family) | History | Swedish Livonia after 1682. In the Northern War (1700–1721), he served in the Livonian Dragoon Regiment of General von Meyerfeldt.
Joachim Adolf's son, Johann Georg (1682–1735), also fought as a Swedish Dragoon in the Livonian Regiment of General von Schlippenbach in the Great Northern War against Tsarist Russia. He to... |
VK 4501 (P) | Design | larger arc. |
Wu Ching-kuo | Response to Olympic Controversy | cannot humiliate in public our referee-judges. So that has already drawn a lot of people's attention who want to punish him. So we are going to have a disciplinary commission for the case."
A senior boxing official was quoted as saying that there is deep-rooted corruption in Olympic boxing, which led to controversial d... |
Vero Beach High School | Mu Alpha Theta | almost annual basis. The school currently competes in division 8A.
The football team won the 1981 state championship. In 1996, Bucky Stoeckel took the field and at 4'11" became the shortest player ever at the 6A level to participate in a football game.
The 2006 girls' lacrosse team posted a record of 25-1-1, and won th... |
Under officer | Australia | is a lozenge, which contains 27½ chevrons. The national cadet under officer has red in the centre of the lozenge. Regional cadet under officers have blue in the centre of the lozenge.
To become a cadet under officer, a cadet must have completed the senior leaders course module two, otherwise known as the CUO/WO course,... |
World Bowl '99 | Game summary | running back Lawrence Phillips' four-yard touchdown run. However, the touchdown would come at a price. Phillips injured his hamstring shortly after the play and he would have to leave the game. This would put the Dragons in the passing lane, rather than their normal running game. In the second quarter, the Galaxy would... |
With Our Arms to the Sun | History | Zar: I like to Paint Monsters.
With Our Arms to the Sun went back to the studio in early 2014 enlisting the help of Isis drummer Aaron Harris and film/television composer Jonathon Levi Shanes. The resulting album A Far Away Wonder gained high praise including nominations for Loudwire's Best Metal Song of 2014 for the ... |
Wing Commander: Privateer | Gameplay | also on the player's actions.
The player may conduct his own business as a merchant or fight in combat for non-plot missions provided by the above factions. If playing as a merchant, the player must make a profit from price differences of commodities on different planets or stations. Alternatively, the player may choos... |
Veterans Health Administration | Eligibility for VA health care benefits & The Goodwill Grant & Financial Assessment for Long-Term Care Services | care they received for nonservice-connected conditions. The Goodwill Grant If a veteran has a private health plan contract for medical insurance, the Goodwill Grant is the veteran's volunteered permission of the veteran's private health insurance granted for VA's direct cost recovery at VA facilities. 38 U.S. Code § 17... |
Waldemar Kaempffert | Career | The board, all business executives, kept careful track of every dollar spent. Kaempffert, however, was more lax in his accounting. No wrongdoing was alleged, but the board wanted greater oversight. To achieve that, the board created a new layer of management, "assistant directors," who reported not only to Kaempffert b... |
William Kemmler | Murder, trial, and appeals & Execution | system as the deadly "executioners current", actively supporting Kemmler's appeal by hiring lawyer W. Bourke Cockran to represent him. However, the appeal failed on October 9, 1889 and the U.S. Supreme Court turned down the case on the grounds that there was no cruel and unusual punishment in death by electrocution. Ex... |
Yangga | Country | southern frontiers reached as far as Glenavon. The contemporary areas around Mount Coolon, Yacamunda, Mount Tindale, and
Hidden Valley were all part of Yangga lands. |
Wreath | Advent and Christmas wreaths & Funeral and memorial wreaths | who is said to have brought "food and aid to Christians hiding in the catacombs" using a candle-lit wreath to "light her way and leave her hands free to carry as much food as possible"; as such, on this day, many young Christian girls dress as Saint Lucy, wearing a wreath on their head. Funeral and memorial wreaths Th... |
William Brodie Gurney | Biography & Religious & philanthropic interests | and the proceedings against Queen Caroline. In 1802, in conjunction with his father, he was appointed to take notes of evidence before the committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons, and in May 1813 he was formally appointed shorthand writer to the houses of parliament, his emolument being two guineas a day for atte... |
Waterbed theory | null | Waterbed theory Waterbed theory is the observation, ascribed to Larry Wall, that some systems, such as human and computer languages, contain a minimum amount of complexity, and that attempting to "push down" the complexity of such a system in one place will invariably cause complexity to "pop up" elsewhere. This behavi... |
Wadham College Boat Club | Social life & Alumni society | sees each crew dressed in unique hats and features the famous 'Profiterole' challenge. With the end of alcohol ban following Summer Eights the entire club typically embarks upon a steamer and sets sail down the Thames for an end of the year Boat Club Cruise. Beyond these established club events each term sees a Boat Cl... |
Wolfgang Albers (politician) | Biography | Wolfgang Albers (politician) Wolfgang Albers (born 2 August 1950 in Essen, West Germany) is a German politician with the Left Party of Germany and a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Biography After completing his Abitur in 1970, Wolfgang Albers began studying medicine in 1974 in Marburg, eventually transferrin... |
White Butte, Saskatchewan | Balgonie & Edenwold | is home to Greenall High School, where students from White Butte go to high school. The town's population was 1,765 as of 2016, an 8.3% growth since 2011, making it the third largest town in White Butte. Edenwold Edenwold, named after the Garden of Eden, is a village in Saskatchewan located on highways 364 and 640. Ede... |
Woodrow Bradley Seals | Federal judicial service & Honor | United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 22, 1966, and received his commission on July 23, 1966. He assumed senior status on December 25, 1982, serving in that capacity until his death on October 27, 1990, in Houston. Ho... |
Whitney Lakes Provincial Park | null | Whitney Lakes Provincial Park Whitney Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the southeastern part of the County of St. Paul No. 19.
It was established on June 23, 1982. |
Wreath | Harvest wreath & Advent and Christmas wreaths | harvested grain plants, fruit and nuts. The wreath is then brought to a church for a blessing by a priest. The tradition includes a procession to the family home from the church, with a girl or young woman leading the procession and carrying the wreath. The procession is followed with a celebration and feast. Ukraine, ... |
Wreath | Etymology & Ancient Etruscan wreaths | used; bay laurel wreaths are known as laurel wreaths. Etymology The word wreath comes from Middle English wrethe and from Old English writha, band. Ancient Etruscan wreaths Wreaths were a design used in ancient times in southern Europe. The most well-known are pieces of Etruscan civilization jewelry, made of gold or ot... |
The Turn in the Road | Plot | The Turn in the Road Plot As described in a film magazine, Paul Perry (Hughes), the son of wealthy iron manufacturer Hamilton Perry (Nichols), openly loves the younger daughter of Reverend Matthew Barker (Hall), while the older daughter, who is more practical, secretly loves him. The young couple get married, and a chi... |
William Kemmler | Murder, trial, and appeals | follows:
William Kemmler was a vegetable peddler in the slums of Buffalo, New York. An alcoholic, on March 29, 1888, he was recovering from a drinking binge the night before when he became enraged with his girlfriend [elsewhere referred to as his common-law wife] Tillie Ziegler. He accused her of stealing from him and ... |
V12 engine | Characteristics | engine has an even firing order if cylinders fire every 60° of crankshaft rotation, so a V12 with cylinder banks at 60° or 180° will have even firing intervals without using split crankpins. By using split crankpins or ignoring minor vibrations, any V angle is possible. The 180° configuration is usually referred to as ... |
William Stanier | Biography | William Stanier Biography He was born in Swindon, where his father worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR) as William Dean's Chief Clerk, and educated at Swindon High School and also, for a single year, at Wycliffe College.
In 1891 he followed his father into a career with the GWR, initially as an office boy and the... |
Wing Commander: Privateer | Expansions & Sequel | If the player does not successfully complete a mission, he is offered the chance to try again.
Wing Commander: Privateer was also released in a CD-ROM Classics edition that included the Righteous Fire expansion and full speech throughout the game, more than what the Speech Pack alone provides. The actor voicing the mai... |
Wheelchair | null | Wheelchair A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaptions, individualized controls, and may be specific to par... |
World Socialist Party of Canada | null | World Socialist Party of Canada The World Socialist Party of Canada (WSPC) was a political party active in the 1960s. It was formed by members who broke away from the Socialist Party of Canada in Vancouver over becoming members-at-large and the Ahrens-Cannon controversy.
The WSPC was more active propagating socialism t... |
Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar | null | how long Waltheof would have stayed as a hostage is not known, but Waltheof's father Gospatric died in 1166 and Waltheof was apparently earl already in 1165. This was probably because Gospatric had retired to Durham as a monk some time before his actual death.
Waltheof's activities as earl included trying to persuade K... |
United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families | Original committee | members of Congress. In addition to Miller, many members of Congress who comprised the Committee were William Lehman from Florida; Patricia Schroeder from Colorado; Lindy Boggs from Louisiana; Matthew F. McHugh and Ted Weiss from New York; Jerry M. Patterson and Barbara Boxer from California; Barbara Mikulski from Mar... |
Viscount Lorton | null | cousin in 1869. The titles remain united.
The Honourable Laurence King-Harman, younger son of the first Viscount, was the father of Edward King-Harman, a politician, and Sir Charles King-Harman, High Commissioner to Cyprus. |
USS Provo Victory (AK-228) | Victory built in Richmond, California & World War II service | USS Provo Victory (AK-228) Victory built in Richmond, California Provo Victory (AK–228) was laid down 28 June 1944, by Permanente Metals Corporation #1, Richmond, California, as S.S. Provo Victory (MCV hull 537); launched 9 September 1944; acquired by the Navy 18 October, and commissioned 18 October 1944, Lt. Comdr. Jo... |
Wheelchair | Buildings | access to public buildings, it is frequently necessary to adapt older buildings with features such as ramps or elevators in order to allow access by wheelchair users and other people with mobility impairments. Other important adaptations can include powered doors, lowered fixtures such as sinks and water fountains, and... |
Weather lore | Other feast days | season. |
Wendy Maruyama | Executive Order 9066 | grouped into bundles representing each one of the camps and suspended from the ceiling. Their purpose is to display the sheer mass of those displaced as well as to evoke a sense of humiliation endured by the Japanese internees. The making of this project involved the help of hundreds of community members to hand-write ... |
Wahl (Noble family) | History | of Sweden lost Estonia and Livonia through the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 to Russia. The Baltic Germans of the Eastern Provinces were granted self-government and the continuation of their Lutheran religion by the Tsar Peter the Great and his successors.
Johann Georgs son, Johann Heinrich von Wahl (1725–1795), became an a... |
Weed, California | Geography & Transportation | border. The next large town to the north on I-5 is Yreka; to the south is the City of Mount Shasta. U.S. Route 97 runs to the northeast and Klamath Falls, Oregon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12 km²), of which 0.10% of is covered by water. The closest citi... |
West (TV series) | Premise & Scheduling | West (TV series) Premise This series of National Film Board of Canada productions featured life on the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan). Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. from 19 December 1973 to 17 April 1974. There were rebroadcasts from 23 June 197... |
Water vascular system | null | Water vascular system The water vascular system is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration. The system is composed of canals connecting numerous tube feet. Echinoderms move by alternately contracting muscles that force wa... |
Wim Delvoye | Gothic works | in construction (like a cement truck), customized in seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque style. These structures juxtapose "medieval craftsmanship with Gothic filigree". Delvoye brings together the heavy, brute force of contemporary machinery and the delicate craftsmanship associated with Gothic architecture.
In a 2013... |
XCircuit | History | can use net-lists and other files from XCircuit. |
Wheelchair | Distribution organizations & Seating systems | typically attempt to identify recipients and match them with the donated equipment they have received. Organizations that accept donations in the form of money for wheelchairs typically have the wheelchairs manufactured and distributed in large numbers, often in developing countries. Organizations focusing on wheelchai... |
Willoughby Spit | History | ownership of the "new" property.
Severe storms and hurricanes would continue to transform the contour of the coast, and the Willoughby holdings, for more than a century. Although official records of Hampton Roads weather go back only to 1871 when the National Weather Service was established in downtown Norfolk, records... |
Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) | Later life and career & Playing style and legacy | died of cancer on March 7, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 56. Playing style and legacy Jazz critic John S. Wilson described Smith as "one of the triumvirate of great jazz alto saxophonists before Charlie Parker arrived. The other two were Johnny Hodges, who had a fat, luscious tone, and Benny Carter, a... |
Windsor Park, New Zealand | Sport | and is one of the largest rugby clubs in the southern hemisphere. It shares its clubrooms with East Coast Bays Cricket Club |
Williams Air Force Base | World War II | cadets to lose their lives in crashes. Training with the AT-10 was stopped and the aircraft were flown to more humid locations. They were replaced by the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat twin engine trainers, however the AT-17 was seen as "too easy to fly" and were replaced by the more demanding Curtiss-Wright AT-9. By January 19... |
Veterans Health Administration | Physicians & Eligibility for VA health care benefits | such as lesser threat of malpractice lawsuits, freedom from billing and insurance company payment administration, and the availability of the government's open source electronic records system VistA. Eligibility for VA health care benefits To be eligible for VA health care benefit programs one must have served in the a... |
Tropaeolum tuberosum | Agronomy | Tropaeolum tuberosum Agronomy The plant grows vigorously even in marginal soils and it competes well with weeds. It is well-adapted to high-altitude subsistence agriculture, and gives high yields; 30 tonnes per hectare are yielded at a height of 3000 metres, but up to 70 tons per hectare have been produced under resea... |
William Michals | Career | William Michals Career He made his debut with The Beauty and the Beast |
Wembley Wizards | Aftermath | a common thing in England to let wing halves, and not fullbacks, mark the wingers. It doesn’t pay and I don’t know why they pursue it.”
It was a gentlemanly comment, as he did not belittle the English effort or try to elevate his own side to the abnormal, but merely made an observation which was probably just about rig... |
William Gaines | Personal life | until his death in 1992.
Gaines was an atheist since the age of 12; he once told a reporter that his was probably the only home in America in which the children were brought up to believe in Santa Claus, but not in God. |
Willem II (football club) | History | the other way to Tilburg. |
Wild Coast Region, Eastern Cape | Tourism | N2 Wild Coast Toll Road are some of the major issues that will have to be tackled by this initiative. The challenge will be to bring about much-needed investment and development that will benefit local communities and the region as a whole without compromising the rich natural resource base.
The controversy over the ti... |
Yellow cassava | Complaints about Yellow Cassava (Controversies) | Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (FoEN), told journalists. 'We do not need this so-called 'biofortified' cassava. Why will you (IITA) not leave this classic Southern crop alone?″ Bassey said biofortified cassava research was a replay of what she termed the 'Golden Rice hoax'. According to Bassey, Golden Rice,... |
Weed, California | 2010 | Pacific Islander, 132 (4.4 percent) from other races, and 190 (6.4 percent) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 475 persons (16.0 percent).
The census reported that 2,820 people (95.0 percent of the population) lived in households, 101 (3.4 percent) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters,... |
Volkoff Industries | Frost | Elizabeth Bartowski (Linda Hamilton), a CIA agent who went deep undercover into Volkoff Industries in Project ISIS around 1994. To keep her cover, she went rogue from the CIA. She is described as Volkoff's "right hand," the woman who Volkoff sends to make his problems disappear. However, her true allegiances are unknow... |
Wienerberger | History | Wienerberger History Wienerberger was founded in 1819 in Vienna by Alois Miesbach (1791–1857) and has traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange. In 1986 the company expanded from a local Austrian brick-maker into one of the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years.
The company has acquired a number of... |
Women's music | History & Record labels, distributors, and publications | some women in this genre of music "adopt[ed] male dress codes and hair styles". Women also voiced their opinions and the goals of the feminist movement through lyrical contributions. In "I Am Woman," Helen Reddy sings, "I am woman/hear me roar/And I've been down there on the floor/No one's ever gonna keep me down aga... |
Women's music | Record labels, distributors, and publications | in turn pressured the distributors. In 1978, a national booking company, Roadwork Inc. was formed to promote women artists.
All throughout the 1980s and 1990s, many women's bookstores that sold women's records relocated into smaller spaces or shut down. As a result, Olivia Records spread out to different industries to ... |
Veterans Health Administration | 1994 VA Primary Care Directive & Use of electronic records | Primary Care Directive This directive required all VA facilities to have primary care teams by year 1996. As a result, percentage of patients receiving primary care at the VA increased from 38 percent to 45 percent to 95 percent, during 1993, 1996, and 1999. This mandate served as the foundation for the VA reorganizati... |
West Vancouver Secondary School | The Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts & International Baccalaureate program | under construction. Kay's health was going downhill and so they created a small show just for her. The Kay Meek Centre hosts performances from The Vancouver Recital Society, Early Music Vancouver, and The Arts Club Theatre Company as well as local community organizations like Theatre West Vancouver and Theatre K. Inter... |
Wing Commander: Privateer | Gameplay | space before the ship. Space combat simulation is similar to the style of other Wing Commander games of its time. On planets and bases a static overview / first-person-view is used to show the rooms and interact with people. When buying or selling and taking missions from the mission computer, in-game menus are used.
T... |
WickFest | History | hockey team. The tenth WickFest will be held in early 2019 in Surrey, British Columbia. |
Wintersingen | Religion & Education | belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 2 individuals (or about 0.34% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Wintersingen about 262 or (44.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 81 or (13.8%) have completed additional higher education (either ... |
Women's music | History | Women's music History Early women's music came in various forms, but each viewed music as something that expresses life. According to Ruth Solie, the origins of feminist music came from religion, where Goddess traditions expressed the inner lives of those who lived. She also stated that this type of music has always be... |
Viola Beach | Career | described their songs as "infectious anthems" with "hints of slacker pop". They performed at the BBC Introducing Stage of the 2015 Reading and Leeds Festivals. In November 2015, the band recorded a live session for BBC Radio 1. They released their second single, "Boys That Sing"/"Like a Fool", on the Communion label o... |
The Three Dogs | Synopsis | asked his sister which she wished to have. She chose the house. He told her he would take the sheep and seek his fortune. He met a stranger who offered to trade three dogs for his sheep: Salt, which would bring him food; Pepper, who would tear attackers to pieces; Mustard, which could break iron or steel with its tee... |
Thomas Brick | Early life & Political career | Thomas Brick Early life Brick was a pioneer farmer who is largely credited with bringing grain farming to the northern Alberta. Political career Brick ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election held to dispense with the vacancy in the Peace River electoral district caused by the Executive Co... |
Woodrow Bradley Seals | Education and career & Federal judicial service | Woodrow Bradley Seals Education and career Born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, Seals was a major in the United States Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1946, and was thereafter a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1949, entering pri... |
William Kemmler | Execution | breathing. The attending physicians, Spitzka and Carlos Frederick MacDonald, came forward to examine Kemmler. After confirming Kemmler was still alive, Spitzka reportedly called out, "Have the current turned on again, quick—no delay."
In the second attempt, Kemmler was shocked with 2,000 volts. Blood vessels under the ... |
Volkoff Industries | Organization | "Hydra", a valuable database of weapons buyers and sellers that Mary believes is more important than Volkoff himself. The database was present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II", when a box labeled "Identity: Hydra" was shown in Stephen's basement. The box was presumably incinerated with the res... |
Vivian Beynon Harris | Death and legacy | Council, individual donors and a substantial legacy from Vivian Beynon Harris in memory of his brother (who wrote under the name of "John Wyndham"), Gertrude Harris, Grace Beynon Harris and Lila Mary Grettan.' This memorial includes his mother Gertrude, his brother's wife Grace and his own long-time partner Lila, but e... |
Valentine Ackland | Critical assessment | self-assertion and self-negation, the search for privacy and solitude amidst the longing for connection and social acceptance as a lesbian and as a noteworthy poet. In this regard, Ackland shares much thematically—though not in artistic achievement—with metaphysical poets such as John Donne and Philip Larkin in the eff... |
Yi Pyong-do | Japanese collaboration controversy & Biography | with the Japanese colonial government. Biography He started working in Korean History Compilation Committee in 1927.
In 1934 he founded Jindan Institute.
From 1945 to 1962 he was Professor of Seoul Nation University.
From 1955 to 1982 he was Committee of Korean Nation History Editor.
In 1960 he joined the Ministry of E... |
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