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VIR
VIR/Vir can refer to: Virgin Atlantic AirwaysVir Cotto, a character from the fictional Babylon 5 universe.Vir (island), an island in the Adriatic Seasomething to do with virusesVirginia International RacewayVir is the nominative form of the Latin word for man. The Sanskrit cognate vir corresponds t..
Vir
See also: VIR Vir is an island on the Croatian coast of Adriatic sea located north of the city of Zadar. It is connected to the mainland via a road bridge. The only village on the island is the eponymous village of Vir, with a population of 1,608 (2001). Overpopulation Vir is notorious/famous for..
Vira
Vira may refer to: plural of virus in LatinVira, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern FranceVira, a commune of the Ariège département, in southwestern FranceVira, a traditional dance from Portugal This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..
Virabhadra
In Hinduism, Virabhadra is a super being created by Shiva. Veerabhadra was a great warrior who eventually blinded Bhaga, broke Pusha's(Sun) teeth and other gods including Indra fled the battle field unable to sustain his power. Veerabhadra defeated Vishnu and Brahma in the war against Daksha.He is t..
Virac
Virac may refer to: Virac, a municipality in the province of Catanduanes, PhilippinesVirac, a commune of the Tarn département, in FranceVentspils International Radio Astronomy Centre This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
Virac, Catanduanes
Virac is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines. It is the third largest town and the capital municipality of Catanduanes. It has a land area of 188 km². According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 57,067 people in 11,202 households. Almost half of the area ..
Virachand Gandhi
Virachand Gandhi (1864 - 1901) was the first Jain to arrive in USA and is thus considered to the father of American Jainism. He was a great Jain scholar and a barrister by training. He participated in the World Religions Conference held in Chicago in 1893. His statue today stands in the Jain templ..
Viracocha
In Inca mythology, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra was the creator of civilization, and one of the most important deities in the Inca canon. In one legend he had one son, Inti and one daughter, Mama Quilla. In this legend, he destroyed the people around Lake Titicaca with a Great Flood called Unu Pachakuti,..
Viracocha (Inca)
Viracocha (Quechua Wiraqocha, the name of a god) was the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1410) and the third of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Yahuar Huacac, and his son was Pachacuti. His original name was Hatun Tupaq or Ripaq; he was named after the god Viracocha af..
Viracopos International Airport
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Viract
ViraCT is an Iranian LMS. Vira means Learner in Persian. CT stands for city, therefore ViraCT means city of learners. Magfa e-Learning is dedicated to offer solutions that ensure the delivery of the right information and skills to the right people at the right time. We provide tailor made e-Content..
Virac Airport
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Virada Nirapathpongporn
Virada Nirapathpongporn (born April 21, 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a golf champion who won the 2003 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship. A graduate of Duke University with a degree in psychology, she was voted the 2004 Nancy Lopez Award as the world's top female amateur. She turned p..
Virago
A virago was a strong, brave, or warlike woman (from Latin "vir", "a man"); the term was later used to mean a loud, violent, or ill-tempered woman. The two meanings have led to the word's use as names for: Virago Press, a British press publishing women's literature.Yamaha Virago is a series of mo..
Virago Press
Virago is a publishing company originally founded in 1973 by Carmen Callil, Rosie Boycott, and Marsha Rowe to publish books by women writers. In 1982 Virago became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head, and Cape Group, but in 1987 Callil, Lennie Goodings, Ursula Owen, Alexand..
Virahanka
Virahanka (विरहाङ्क) was an Indian mathematician who lived sometime in the 8th century. He gives explicit rules for the Fibonacci sequence. See also Indian mathematicians ..
Virajananda
Born as the son of Trailokyanath Bose and Nishadkalidevi on 10 June 1873, Kalikrishna Bose was the first person to join the Ramakrishna Order after the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. In 1897, he was initiated into Sanyasa by Swami Vivekananda. Along with Swami Swarupananda, Virajananda played..
Viraja Homa
The Viraja Homa is a Hindu fire-sacrifice which is performed during the ceremonies whereby a Hindu monk takes up the vows of renunciation (Sannyasa). The Viraja Homa is thus part of the full Sannyasa Deeksha (monastic initiation). See also Homa (ritual)SanyasaDeeksha ..
Virajpet
The town of Virajpet is the second town of the district of Kodagu, in Karnataka. It is the main town of the Virajpet taluka, in the south of the district. The name is an abbreviation of Virarajendrapet after the former ruler Virarajendra, and this latter form is still sometimes used. It i..
Virakesari
Virakesari is the name of a famous Tamil daily in Sri Lanka. It was founded by a Tamil Chettiar by the name PR. Subramanian in the first half of 1900s. He was an entrepreneur from the village Avanipatti in Tamil Nadu, India. Then, it was the first and leading Tamil daily doing brisk business. Late..
Virako
Virako is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the Eternals. History Virako is a Polar Eternal who participated in his people's missionary work to lesser cultures. He sacrificed himself to destroy the World-Devouring Worm (a giant mutant earthworm), b..
Viralg
Viralg is a Finnish company, which in April 2005 claimed to be able to stop 99% of illegal file sharing. They wrote their technique was enabled by use of an inhouse developed virtual algorithm. They submitted a patent application for some of their technology. The application got premanently withdraw..
Viralimalai
The famous Lord Shanmuganathar temple is situated on the top of the hill at Viralimalai, which is a developing town at Tamil Nadu in India. Viralimalai is one of rare places where Peacocks - the National bird of India is abundant. ..
Virality
Virality may refer to: a biological virusViral phenomenon This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome
Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome or VITAS is a fictional disease that, in the history of the Shadowrun world, reached pandemic status and claimed billions of lives in two outbreaks, first in 2010 and again in 2022. The first cases of VITAS were reported in India in 2010 and by the end of the ..
Viral envelope
Many viruses (e.g. influenza and many animal viruses) have viral envelopes covering their protein coats, or capsids. The envelopes are typically derived from portions of the host cell membranes (phospholipids and proteins), but include some viral glycoproteins. Functionally, viral envelopes are us..
Viral eukaryogenesis
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Viral eukaryogenesis is the hypothesis, proposed by Philip Bell in 2001, that the cell nucleus of eucaryot..
Viral hemorrhagic fever
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of viruses: Arenavirus, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae and Flavivirus. Some of these cause relatively mild illnesses, whilst others can cause severe, life-threatening disease. Examples include Lassa fev..
Viral infectivity factor
Viral infectivity factor, or Vif, is a protein found in HIV and other retroviruses. Its role is to disrupt the antiviral activity of the human enzyme APOBEC, by targeting it for ubiquitination and cellular degradation. ..
Viral load
Viral load is a measure of the severity of a viral infection, and can be estimated by calculating the amount of virus in an involved body fluid, e.g. given in nucleic acid copies per milliliter of blood. Determination of viral load is part of the therapy monitoring during chronic viral infections an..
Viral load test
Viral load tests measure the level of viral genetic material (RNA) present in blood plasma. They are used in the management of several viral diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C. HIV Several different HIV viral load tests have been developed, and three are current..
Viral marketing
Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that seek to exploit pre-existing social networks to produce exponential increases in brand awareness, through viral processes similar to the spread of an epidemic. It is word-of-mouth delivered and enhanced online; it harnesses ..
Viral pathogenesis
Viral pathogenesis is the study of how biological viruses cause diseases in their target hosts, usually carried out at the cellular or molecular level. It is a specialized field of study in virology. See also pathogenpathogenesis ..
Viral phenomenon
Viral phenomena are objects or patterns able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them. The concept of something, other than a biological virus, being viral came into vogue just after the Internet became widely popular in the m..
Viral plaque
A viral plaque is a visible structure formed within a cell culture, such as bacterial cultures within some nutrient medium (e.g. agar). The viruses replicate and spread, thus generating regions of cell destructions known as plaques. Monolayers of cultured cells are incubated with a preparation ..
Viral pneumonia
Viral pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung caused by a virus. Viruses are the most common cause of pneumonia in children. Contents 1 Features2 Diagnosis3 Pathophysiology4 Aetiology5 Treatment Features Symptoms of viral pneumonia include fever, non-productive cough,..
Viral replication
Viral replication is the term used by virologists to describe the propagation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells. When used in the strictest sense, the term refers specifically to the amplification of the viral genome in the host cell. From the perspective of..
Viral shift
A viral shift is the widespread emergence of a seemingly novel virus. It is a prerequisite viral condition for pandemics. An existing virus undergoes a change and becomes a pathogen, such as the constantly mutating "A" strain of influenza in which the change is known as an antigenic shift. Vaccines ..
Viral transformation
Transfected DNA can impose characteristically determinable features upon a cell. Typical phenotypic changes include: high saturation density, anchorage-independent growth, loss of contact inhibition, loss of orientated growth, immortalisation, disruption of the cell’s cytoskeleton. Epidemiologica..
Viral vector
Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by biologists to deliver genetic material into cells inside a living organism or cultured in vitro. Viruses have evolved specialised molecular mechanisms to efficiently transport their genomes inside the cells they infect. Delivery of genes by a virus is termed..
Viral video
redirect [[Template:Mergeto]] The term viral video refers to video content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email messages and media sharing websites. Viral videos are usually humorous in nature and may range from televised comedy sketches ..
Viral zombie
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Virama
Virama is a generic term for the diacritic character in many Brahmic scripts that is used to suppress an inherent vowel sound that occurs with every consonant character. It is a Sanskrit word, and used in place of several script-specific terms for this diacritic, including halant in Devanagari scrip..
Viramgam
Viramgam is a city and a municipality in Ahmadabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography Viramgam is located at [23.12° N 72.03° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Viramgam]. It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). Demographics As o..
Viramidine
Viramidine (ICN 3142) is an anti-viral drug in Phase III human trials, but not yet approved for pharmaceutical use. It is a prodrug of ribavirin, active against a number of DNA and RNA viruses. Viramidine has better liver-targeting than ribavirin, and has a shorter life in the body due to less pene..
Viram Jasani
Viram Jasani played tabla drums on Led Zeppelin's first album. In particular, "Black Mountain Side" (the second song on the second side of the record) which was released in 1969. ..
Viranşehir
Viranşehir is a town in Şanlıurfa Province, in southeastern Turkey. It is situated 93 km east of Şanlıurfa city and 53 km north-west of the Syrian border at Ceylanpınar. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Turkey, the population having more than doubled from 57,461 in 1990 to 121,382 in ..
Virar
Virar is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line. Virar is the name of a suburb in Northern Mumbai, and also of an eponymous suburban railway station. Virar is the last station on the Western Suburban local train route of Mumbai. It is around..
Virarajendra Chola
Virarajendra Cholaவீரராஜேந்திர சோழன் Chola Territories c. 1069 C.E. Reign 1063 C.E. - 1070 C.E. Title Rajakesari Capital Gangaikonda Cholapuram Queen Arulmolinangai Children MadhurantakaGangaikondacholaRajasundari Predecessor Rajendra Chola II..
Virasat
--> Virsat is a Hindi film released in India in 1997. It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. It is a remake of a Tamil film Devar Magan starring Kamal Hassan, Revathi and Gautami. Virasat was directed by Priyadarshan, story was by Kamal Hassan and..
Virasena
Virasena was an 8th century mathematician in India who gave the derivation of the volume of a frustum by a sort of infinite procedure. He also dealt with logarithms to base 2 (ardhaccheda) and knew its laws, and was also the first to deal with logarithms to base 3 (trakacheda) and base 4 (caturthach..
Virasoro
Virasoro can mean: Virasoro algebra in mathematics.Gobernador Virasoro, a city in Argentina. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intende..
Virasoro algebra
In mathematics, the Virasoro group is a central extension of the orientation-preserving diffeomorphism group of the circle. Its complexified Lie algebra, the Virasoro algebra, is spanned by elements [L_i] for [i\in\mathbf] and c with [L_n + L_] and c being real ele..
Virata
Virata, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā. He finally gets killed by Drona during the great war. The Mahabharata by Vya..
Virata Kingdom
Capital: Virata Nagari (Bairat, Jaipur Rajasthan) Virata was a kingdom ruled by the Matsya king by the name Virata. It was here that the Pandavas spent their 13th year of anonymity (Ajgnata Vasa) after their 12 years of forest-life (Vana Vasa) in the forests of Kamyaka and Dwaita. Its capital was Vi..
Vira Nirvana Samvat
The Vira Nirvana Samvat (era) originated on 15 October 527 BCE. It commemorates the nirvana of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. The Vikram Samvat in Gujarat starts from Diwali. The Jain year Vira-Nirvana Samvat is obtained by adding 470 years to the Kartikadi Vikram. The Vira Nirvana Samv..
Virbhadra Singh
Virbhadra Singh (born 1934) is the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, India. He has held office since March 6 2003. He also served in that position from 1983 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. External links [Himachal Pradesh] NIC. ..
Virbius
In Roman mythology, Virbius (or Virbio) was the name of the reborn Hippolytus. His cult believed that Artemis asked Asclepius to resurrect the young man since he had vowed chastity to the goddess. He was brought to Latium, Italy, where he reigned under the name of Virbio or Virbius. After being r..
Vircator
The Vircator (virtual cathode oscillator) is a vacuum tube capable of producing very powerful single pulses of radiation, yet it is mechanically simple, small and robust, and can operate over a relatively broad band of microwave frequencies. It is typically used in high energy radio frequency weapon..
Virchow's node
In medicine (oncology), Virchow's node is an enlarged, hard, left supraclavicular lymph node which can contain metastasis of visceral malignancy. It is named after Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), the German pathologist who first described the association. The presence of an enlarged Virchow's node is al..
Virchow's triad
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Virchow-Robin spaces
Spaces (often only potential) that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain. Their wall is formed by prolongations of the pia mater The spaces function as pathways for the drainage of interstitial fluid, are in direct connection with the subpial space, separated by a sin..
Virchow-Seckel syndrome
Virchow-Seckel syndrome (also known as bird-headed dwarfism, Harper's syndrome or Seckel dwarfism) is a syndrome of unknown etiology, characterized by intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal dwarfism with a small head, narrow birdlike face with a beaklike nose, large eyes with an antimongoloid..
Virchow (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Virden
Virden is the name of several places in the United States: Virden in IllinoisVirden Township in IllinoisVirden in New Mexico It is also the name of one town in Canada: Virden in ManitobaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If ..
Virden, Illinois
Virden is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,488 at the 2000 census. Geography Virden is located at [39°30′13″N, 89°46′6″W] (39.503589, -89.768248)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit..
Virden, Manitoba
Virden, Manitoba (pop. 3109) is a regional centre, serving southwestern Manitoba. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba". The town is located at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway (also known as Highway #1) and Highway 83 and i..
Virden, New Mexico
Virden is a village in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 143 at the 2000 census. The nearby community of Summit, essentially belongs to Virden, and is included in the population. Growth and new construction is almost non-existant, but together with the Arizona sister-vill..
Virden (electoral district)
Virden is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1903, and was eliminated in 1989, when its territory was combined with Arthur to create Arthur—Virden. Virden was located in southwestern Manitoba, on the border with Saskatchewan...
Virden (Gabrielle Farm) Airport
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Virden (West) Airport
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Virden Airport
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Vire
Vire Country      France Région Basse-Normandie Départment Calvados(sous-préfecture) Arrondissement Vire Canton Vire INSEE 14762 Postal Code 14500 MayorCurrent Term Jean Yves Cousin2001 - 2008 Intercommunality Communauté decommune..
Virelai
A virelai is a form of medieval French verse used often in poetry and music. It is one of the three formes fixes (the others were the ballade and the rondeau), and was one of the most common verse forms set to music in Europe from the late 13th to the 15th centuries. A virelai is similar to a ro..
Virelai ancien
The virelai ancien is a poetic form originating in France in the Middle Ages. It uses a tercet of two long lines and one short line rhyming a-a-b to build stanzas. Each stanza can have any number of tercets. It uses a form of chain rhyme where the long lines of each new stanza rhyme with the long li..
Virelai nouveau
The virelai nouveau is a poetic form that is both rare and difficult to use. Its chief characteristic is the use of a double refrain and the fact that is uses two rhymes only. The poem opens with a couplet and these two lines are used as the refrain in alternating stanzas. The poem ends with an envo..
Virelay
Virelay is the title applied to more than one fixed form of verse, from the French virer, "to turn or veer". The history and exact character of the virelay are more obscure than those of any other of the old French forms. It is possible that it is connected with the Provençal ley. Historians of p..
Virender Sehwag
Virender SehwagIndia (IND) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Off Break (OB) Tests ODIs Matches 45 151 '''Runs scored 3709 4513 Batting average 52.23 32.00 100s/50s 11/11 7/22 Top score 309 130 ..
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya alias Chatto (1880-1937 ?) was a prominent Bengali Indian revolutionary with a vast and varied international career directed against British imperialism. This colourful character has been portrayed as "Chandralal" by Somerset Maugham and as "Ananda" in Daughter of Earth,..
Viren Rasquinha
Viren Wilfred Rasquinha (born September 13, 1980) is the captain of India's national Field Hockey team. He is from Bombay. His local team is the Maratha Warriors. The midfielder made his international senior debut in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in Adelaide. He studied at the St. Stanislaus..
Vireo
The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. The four genera of these insectivorous birds make up the family Vireonidae, and are believed to be related ..
Vireo Records
Vireo Records was founded by Brown Bannister in the early 1990s. The label had few artists and was distributed by Sparrow Records. See also List of record labels ..
Vireshwarananda
Swami Vireshwarananda was born in Karnataka and was popularly known as 'Prabhu Maharaj'. Disciple of holy mother Sri Sarada Devi, he was the tenth president of the Ramakrishna Mission. Related links Bhagavad Gita: With the gloss of Sridhara Swami - Swami Vireshwarananda ISBN 81-7120-402-3Brahma Sut..
Viretta Park
Viretta Park is a 1.8-acre park in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle, Washington at the foot of E. John Street at 39th Avenue E., stretching down to Lake Washington Boulevard E. It was named by C.L. Denny after his wife, Viretta Jackson Denny. It is located north of the former home of Starbu..
Virex
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Vire River
The River Vire is a river in Normandy in France whose 118 km course crosses the départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel. The outflow of the Vire has been canalized and forms the port of Isig..
Virga
This article is about the meteorological term. Virgae are also a type of surface feature found on Titan. Nimbostratus virga In meteorology, virga is precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground. At high altitudes the precipitation falls mainly as ice crystals..
Virgate
The virgate was a unit of land area measure in Medieval England. It was equivalent to 1⁄4 of a hide or 1⁄4 of a carucate. ..
Virge
This article is not about the ViRGE 3d graphics accelerator manufactured by S3 Graphics Traditional virge with brass ball and small cross on top. A Virge, from the Latin Virga, is a type of rod, made of wood. Originally it was one or more branches (the French often use verges, the plural of ..
Virgem da Lapa
Virgem da Lapa is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 13,542. ..
Virgen del Valle
In agreement with the religious tradition of Venezuela, the Virgin of the Valley is considered as the pattern of the east of Venezuela, being venerated with special devotion in Isla Margarita. Each 8 of September, date in which go thousand of people to venerate her, in their sanctuary located in ..
Virgil
A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, t..
Virgil's Root Beer
Virgil's Root Beer is a microbrewed gourmet root beer made in Los Angeles, California by Reed's, Inc. Its brewing process, developed by Chris Reed, is similar to that used in real beer. Virgil's contains cane sugar and a number of natural spices, including anise, licorice, vanilla, cinnamon, clove..
Virgil's tomb
Virgil's tomb is in a Roman burial vault dating back to the Augustan age. It is found at the entrance to the old Roman tunnel known as the grotta vecchia or cripta napoletana in the Parco Virgiliano in the Piedigrotta district of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Contents 1 Location..
Virgil, Illinois
Virgil is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated as a village on 6 November 1990. The population was 266 at the 2000 census. Geography Virgil is located at [41°57′25″N, 88°31′33″W] (41.956866, -88.525722)[Geographic references#1GR1]. ..
Virgil, Kansas
Virgil is a city in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. The population was 113 at the 2000 census. Geography Virgil is located at [37°58′50″N, 96°0′40″W] (37.980603, -96.011090)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city..
Virgil, New York
Virgil is a town in Cortland County, New York, USA. The population was 2,287 at the 2000 census. The name is from the Roman poet Virgil. The Town of Virgil is in the south part of Cortland County. US Route 11 passes along the east part of the town. Contents 1 History2 Geography3&..
Virgil, Ontario
Virgil, a town in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada, is the administrative hub of the municipality of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Industry centres around winemaking, fruit-growing and tourism. It is located just south-west of old town Niagara-on-the-Lake, where most of the tourism takes place...
Virgil, South Dakota
Virgil is a town in Beadle County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 25 at the 2000 census. Geography Virgil is located at [44°17′25″N, 98°25′38″W] (44.290237, -98.427107)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Virgilia
Virgilia has these meanings: Virgilia, the wife of Coriolanus. Virgilia, a genus of South African trees. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly ..
Virgilia (genus)
Virgilia is a genus of Southern African trees in the family Fabaceae, having shiny to hairy pinnate leaves and attractive mauve to pink pea-shaped flowers followed by leathery pods. They are valued as useful ornamental trees by gardeners, particularly the well-known species Virgilia divaricata ('..
Virgilia (Roman matron)
Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus (1607–10), wherein Volumnia is his mother. It is sometimes said that 'historically, Volumnia was his wife' (for instance, see [E. Cobham Brewer]), probably following the Roman historian Livy, but the most in..
Virgilijus Alekna
Men's Athletics Gold 2000 Discus Gold 2004 Discus Virginijus Alekna ia a famous Lithuanian athlete. He won two gold medals in the Summer Olympics. Both were in the discus throw. The first was in the 2000 and the second in 2004. He was born on February 13, 1972 in Terpeikiai, Kupi..
Virgilina, Virginia
Virgilina is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census. Geography Virgilina is located at [36°32′43″N, 78°46′25″W] (36.545244, -78.773720)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, th..
Virgílio
Virgílio Marques Mendes (born 17 November 1926, in Entrocamento) was a Portuguese football (soccer) defender (football), noticed as a leading figure of F.C. Porto and the Portuguese national team during the 1950s. He won the national Primeira Divisão championship title twice with F.C. Porto, in t..
Virgilio Barco Vargas
Virgilio Barco Vargas (September 17, 1921 - May 20, 1997) was a politician and diplomat from Colombia. He was a member of the Colombian Liberal Party and served as president of Colombia from August 7 1986 until August 7 1990. Barco was born in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander Department, in north-east..
Virgilio Canio Corbo
Born: 1918 Dead: December 6, 1991, A Franciscan Friar and professor of archaeology at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem. Remembered for the exacavations of many religious sites: the Shepherds' field near Bethlehemthe place of the Ascension on the Mount of Olivesthe fortress of Herod..
Virgilio Dávila
Virgilio Dávila (born January 28, 1869 in the town of Toa Boja, Puerto Rico – August 22, 1943), was a poet of patriotic themes, an educator, politician and businessman. Virgilio Dávila (1869-1943) Seal of the City of Bayamon Mayor of Bayamon 1905-1910 Dávila was influ..
Virgilio Fossati
Virgilio Fossati (born on September 12, 1889 in Milan; died 1918) is a former Italian footballer. He played 97 times for Internazionale and scored 4 goals for the club. Fossati was the first Captain of Inter and also the first Inter player to play with Italian national team. Fossati's career was en..
Virgilio Garcillano
Virgilio Garcillano Virgilio Garcillano (born 1948?) is a former official of the Philippine Commission on Elections who allegedly was involved in Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's alleged electoral fraud in the Hello Garci scandal. Garcillano is allegedly behind Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's 1 million vo..
Virgilio González
Virgilio R. Gonzalez was a contract CIA operative and one of the five men recruited by E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy in 1972 for a break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. Gonzalez was arrested in the Watergate buildin..
Virgilio Paz Romero
Virgilio Paz Romero is an anti-Castro Cuban exile, involved in various terrorist acts. He has been accused of taking part in Operation Condor, carrying on Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier's murder in Washington, D.C. in 1976, and having assisted to Bernardo Leighton's assassination attempt. ..
Virgilio Piñera
Virgilio Piñera (1919-1979) was a Latin American author whose most famous work was "La isla en peso" which dealt with the sense of repression felt by many Latin Americans on islands in the Caribbean. Piñera had a strained relationship with the Cuban Revolution from the beginning. His work was susp..
Virgilio Savona
Antonio Virgilio Savona (born 1 January 1920) was one of the members of the Italian vocal group, the Quartetto Cetra. Biography Antonio Savona was born at Palermo, Sicily. His artistic career had a very early start. In 1926, aged 6, he began studying music. Two years later he joined a choir and at ..
Virgilius Maro Grammaticus
Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Virgil the Grammarian) is one of the most puzzling medieval writers. It is unknown exactly when or where he was active: in the twelfth century he was known as Virgil of Toulouse, and subsequent scholars have attributed him to Spain, the Basque Country and Gaul. Apparent k..
Virgiliu Pop
Virgiliu Pop (born in 1974) is a Romanian space lawyer and author. List of Works Unreal Estate - The Men who Sold the Moon: a book about extraterrestrial real estate 2006 ..
Virgilkapelle
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Virgil (disambiguation)
Virgil and Vergil are the most common modern English names used for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC-19 BC). Other famous people and characters called Virgil, Vergil, Virgilius, or Vergilius include: Virgil Aldrich (1903-1998), an American philosopher.Virgil Bogue (1846-1916), municipal..
Virgil Akins
Virgil Akins Ring Record Career Span 1948 –1962 Total Bouts 92 Wins 59 Knockouts 34 Draws 2 Losses 31 Virgil Akins (born 10 March, 1928) was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World ..
Virgil Aldrich
Virgil C. Aldrich (1903, India-May 281998, Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American philosopher of art, language, and religion. Writings Philosophy of Art, (1963)The Body of a Person, (1988)"Pictures and Persons" in Review of Metaphysics (1975)"Description and expression: Physicalism restricted" (1977..
Virgil Bogue
Virgil Bogue (1846–1916) was the city of Seattle's municipal planning director. His "Bogue Plan" was rejected by voters on March 5, 1912 by a 10,000-vote margin. It would have established Seattle's first comprehensive plan and a variety of improvements, including a civic center in the new Denn..
Virgil C. Dechant
Virgil C. Dechant was the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from January 21, 1977 to September 30, 2000. In 1998, Dechant was the recipient of the National Right to Life award along with Senator Jesse Helms. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Virgil C. Summer (Summer) Nuclear Generating Station
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Virgil Chapman
Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895 - March 8, 1951), a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate. Chapman, originally from Franklin, Kentucky, practiced law in Irvine, Kentucky, then Paris, Kentucky, then Lexington, Kentucky. ..
Virgil Donati
Virgil Donati is a drummer currently playing in the band Planet X, though he has many side projects. Virgil playing in Buenos Aires He is considered to be one of the most skilled drummers in the world and is a master of polyrhythms and odd time signatures. He has achieved incredible speed an..
Virgil Earp
Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 in Hartford, Kentucky - October 19, 1905 in Goldfield, Nevada) was one of the men involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Virgil Earp spent his life in law enforcement, although ironically it is his younger brother Wyatt Earp, who spent most of his life as ..
Virgil Exner
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Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay (1914–1971) was a pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He first published drawings in Weird Tales in 1935, where his realistic style, his use of scratchboard and of stippling made him an immediate hit. In 1938 he went to work for the staff of The American Weekl..
Virgil Fox
Virgil Fox Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25,1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for audiences more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, staged complete with light shows. Fox was born in Pr..
Virgil Franklin Partch
Virgil Franklin Partch, known by his pen name "VIP," was one of the most prominent American gag cartoonists of the postwar era. Partch began his career studying under Rico LeBrun at Choiuinard Art Institute. After a brief period working for Disney studios for four years — his departure was conn..
Virgil Frye
Virgil Frye is an American actor. He has two children. Sean Frye, and Soleil Moon Frye. Son In-Law, Jason Goldberg. Daughter In-Law, Michael Alexander. Granddaughter, Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg. External links [}}}] at the Internet Movie Database ..
Virgil Goode
Virgil Goode Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. (born October 17 1946), American politician, is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Fifth Congressional District of Virginia ([map]), which takes in the Southside region and extends north to Charlot..
Virgil Griffith
Virgil Griffith (b, 1983), also known as Romanpoet, is an American hacker, best known for his involvement with a 2003 lawsuit with the Blackboard Inc. company. He has also published papers on artificial life. Biography Griffith was born in Alabama in 1983, the older of two children. Both of hi..
Virgil Grissom High School
Virgil Grissom High School is a public 9th through 12th grade college preparatory high school in Huntsville, Alabama. It is widely known as one of the best public schools in Alabama. The high school's building is well-known for having no windows. ..
Virgil Hill
Virgil Hill (born January 18, 1964) is a Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing. This connection began in 1984 when Hill, then age 20, won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Lo..
Virgil Howe
Virgil Howe is a British musician. Virgil is the second son of guitarist Steve Howe (of Yes). Along side his brother, drummer Dylan Howe, he has played keyboards for a number of his father's projects, including the Steve Howe solo albums The Grand Scheme of Things (1993) and Spectrum (2005), as wel..
Virgil Jordan
Virgil Jordan (1892 - 1965) was an economist and author. He was a past president of the National Industrial Conference Board and editor with BusinessWeek. Bibliography Freedom in America (with Henry Hazlitt), 1945Manifesto for the Atomic Age, 1946 ..
Virgil Middle School
Virgil Junior High School is a middle school in Los Angeles, California. This school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District and teaches classes to students who range from grades 7 through 9. The present enrollment of this school is approximately 2,800 students. Contents 1 Locati..
Virgil Moorefield
Virgil Moorefield (1956, Chapel Hill, NC) is a drummer, composer and former student of Paul Lansky. He is interested in microtonality. In 2001 he received a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University. He also holds an M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy from Columbia University, where..
Virgil Oliver Stamps
Virgil Oliver Stamps (1892 – 1940) was a shape note promoter, singer, composer, and singing school teacher. He was born in and raised in the Stamps Community in Upshur County, Texas, and was a key individual in early gospel music publishing. In 1907 he attended the singing school of Richard M..
Virgil Runnels III
Virgil Runnels III (born April 11, 1966 in Austin, Texas; often called Dustin Runnels) is an American professional wrestler who has competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is probably best-known for his WWE character Goldust, a sexually ambiguous ..
Virgil Shaw
Virgil Shaw is an American Singer/Songwriter currently residing in New York City. Virgil began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980's as a member of the high enegy speed-pop band Brent's T.V.. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band Dieselhed from 1992-2000. When Die..
Virgil Sollozzo
Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is a fictional character from The Godfather and appears in both the book and the first film. In the book it is said that he is called The Turk because he has a nose like a Turkish scimitar and also because he does much of his business (growing poppy) in Turkey. In the movi..
Virgil Thompson (Author)
Virgil Thompson is an American author. Her first published novel was the 2002 crime drama [[Final Things: A Novel of Suspense]]. She lives in Connecticut. Bibliography Final Things: A Novel of Suspense, about a man awaiting execution on Connecticut's death row, was published in 2002. The novel is ..
Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, and later established himself in New York Ci..
Virgil Trucks
Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers (1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956), St. Louis Browns (1953[start]), Chicago White Sox (1953[end]-1955), Kan..
Virgil Village, Los Angeles, California
Virgil Village is centered on Virgil Avenue, east of Vermont Ave., south of Silverlake, and north of MacArthur Park, in Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles City College is on the northwest side of Virgil Village. The name originated in the late 1990s; Virgil Village is considered part of East Hollywood al..
Virgil Widrich
Virgil Widrich (* 16 May 1967 in Salzburg) is an Austrian director, scriptwriter, film-maker and multimedia artist. Widrich works on a large number of films and multimedia projects, sometimes as part of a creative team. He is known especially for his numerous short films. Contents 1 Biograp..
Virgin's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
Virgin's Cove is in the Placentia and St. Mary's District. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador ..
Virgin, Utah
Virgin is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 394 at the 2000 census. It is located along the Virgin River (for which it is named), not far from Zion National Park. The elevation is 3,550 feet. It lies on the route of Utah Highway 9. Geography Virgin is located at ..
Virgin.net
Virgin.net is an Internet service provider operating in the UK which launched in November 1996. Once a division within the Virgin Group, the ISP is now wholly owned by the telecommunications company NTL. Currently three broadband packages across a range of prices, speeds and download allowances are ..
Virginal breast hypertrophy
Virginal breast hypertrophy (VBH) is a rare medical condition which causes excessive growth of the breasts during puberty. The condition is caused by over-sensitivity to the female hormones, estrogen, and progesterone. The symptoms of VBH are hypertrophy (enlargement) of the breasts. VBH always s..
Virginal Young Blondes
Virginal Young Blondes is a short film by American director Mark L. Feinsod. It was shot in 2004 on mini-DV, and has a running time of 16 minutes. Plot The movie opens with a shot of George W. Bush delivering the State of the Union address and cross-dissolves into a newspaper headline about the ..
Virgina Brindis de Salas
Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908?-1958) was a poet of the black community of Uruguay. She was an active contributor to the black artistic journal Nuestra Raza, and published two collections of poetry: Pregon de Marimorena in 1946 and Cien Carceles de Amor in 1949. These successes made her--along wi..
Virgina Falls Water Aerodrome
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Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia (named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen) is one of the original thirteen states of the United States that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. It is located in the Southern United States but is sometimes include..
Virgínia
Virgínia is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 8,781. ..
Virginia's 8th congressional district
Virginia's Eighth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The residents of the 8th District are currently represented by Democratic Congressman Jim Moran, first elected to the 8th's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. Geography Encom..
Virginia's Governor's Foreign Language Academies
Starting in 1986, the Virginia Department of Education has sponsored Governor's Foreign Language Academies, summer residential programs for Virginia's most motivated and talented foreign language students. As of 2004, approximately 6,100 students have completed one of the six programs, housed in Vi..
Virginia's Warbler
Virginia's Warbler, Vermivora virginiae, is a species of New World warbler. Despite what its name may suggest, Virginia's warbler is not actually named after the American State of Virginia, which makes sense as the birds range only reaches as far east as the state of Texas. The bird was named for..
Virginia, County Cavan
Virginia (Irish: Acadh an Lúir) is a town located in County Cavan, Ireland. It was founded in the early 17th century and named after Queen Elizabeth I of England. It is located along the N3 road between Navan and Cavan on the shores of Lough Ramor. It lies 80 km from Dublin, and it was a stopover..
Virginia, Illinois
Virginia is a city in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,728 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cass County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 School4 External links Geography Virginia is located at &#..
Virginia, Lempira
Virginia is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. ..
Virginia, Minnesota
Virginia is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota on the Mesabi Iron Range. The population was 9,157 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Economy4 Points of interest5 External links Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has..
Virginia, Nebraska
Virginia is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 67 at the 2000 census. Geography Virginia is located at [40°14′43″N, 96°29′52″W] (40.245197, -96.497775)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the vi..
Virginia, South Africa
Virginia, town in central South Africa, in central Free State Province, 140 km (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Virginia lies along the banks of the Sand River. The town is close to some of the largest gold fields in Free State, and its economy is dominated by mining, gold..
Virginia-Carolina Railway
The Virginia-Carolina Railway was an interstate railroad in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. It ran from Abingdon in Washington County, Virginia to Todd in Ashe County, North Carolina. The line charted a complicated course through the mountains of the area, crossing the Blue ..
Virginia-Highland
The Virginia-Highland neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia was founded in the early 20th Century as a streetcar community. The locus and origin of the name is the commercial district at the intersection of Virginia and North Highland Avenues. It is bounded on the north by Morningside, east by Emory Vill..
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is a unique college in that it is a state supported college of two states, Virginia and Maryland, filling the need for veterinary medicine education in both states. It is one of 27 colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States. S..
Virginian
Virginian could refer to: A resident of or person from the U.S. state of VirginiaVirginian RailwayA ship; see Virginian (ship)A novel; see The Virginian (novel)Amtrak's former Virginian passenger train One of several films: The Virginian (1914 film)The Virginian (1923 film)The Virginian (1929 film)..
Virginians Against Drug Violence
Virginians Against Drug Violence, or VADV, is an organization devoted to ending the drug war in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It reviews the Virginia General Assembly's bills every year, sending out emails to a network of citizens and urging them to contact their legislators on relevant issues. VADV..
Virginian and Ohio
The Virginian and Ohio is both the name of a fictional railroad company created by W. Allen McClelland and the HO scale model railroad he built featuring this railroad. The V&O is famous in the model railroading world for being the first famous freelanced (fictional) model railroad designed to opera..
Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads. In a classic story of business intrigu..
Virginias
The Virginias refers to the U.S. states of: VirginiaWest Virginia This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point ..
Virginiatown, Ontario
Virginiatown is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2001, the population was 787. The population in 1996 was 1,015, a population change of -22.5%. The area of the village was 86.06 square kilometres. The town is located in the Township of McGarry. See also List of communities in On..
Virginia "Ginny" Montes
Virginia Elenor "Ginny" Montes (1943 - 1994) was a civil rights activist and feminist who was the first Latina to become a national officer of the National Organization for Women. Ginny Montes was born in 1943 in Guanaja, Honduras. Her family moved to Tampa, Florida when she was ten years old. She g..
Virginia (disambiguation)
Virginia can mean several things: Places named Virginia:*Virginia, a state of the United States*West Virginia a state of the United States which seceded from Virginia (then a "rebel state" which had itself seceded from the United States) during the American Civil War.*Virginia, Illinois, an US city*..
Virginia (genus)
Virginia is a genus of small, terrestrial, colubrid snakes, native to the United States. They are commonly referred to as earth snakes. Contents 1 Species2 Distribution3 Description4 Habitat & diet5 References Species Mountain Earth Snake, Virginia pulchra (Richmond, 1..
Virginia (Montero)
Virginia is an opera in four acts with music by venezuelan composer José Ángel Montero (1832 - 1881) and libretto, in italian, by Domenico Bancalari (1809-1879). It's regarded by many as the first opera ever composed in Venezuela and first performed in the Teatro Caracas on April 26, 1873. The o..
Virginia (novel)
The frontispiece of the first edition (1913) Virginia (1913) is a novel by Ellen Glasgow about a wife and mother who in vain seeks happiness by serving her family. This, her eleventh, novel marked a clear departure from Glasgow's previous work -- she had written a series of bestsellers before publi..
Virginia (VTA)
Virginia is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Virginia station is served by the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa line. Location Address: 362 West Virginia Street, San Jose, California Nearest cross-street: California State Route 87 Virginia station is located in..
Virginia 2nd congressional district election, 2006
The Virginia 2nd congressional district election, 2006 is an election for the United States House of Representatives that will take place on November 7th, 2006 between incumbent and freshman Republican Thelma Drake and her Democratic opponent Phillip Kellam. Contents 1 Candidates1.1 Re..
Virginia A. Boone/Highland Oaks Elementary School
Virginia A. Boone/Highland Oaks Elementary School is a primary school located at 20500 N.E. 24th Avenue in North Miami Beach, Florida. Its principal is Dr. Kim S. Rubin and it is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System. The school's mascot is the Oak Tree, and its colors are aqua and bl..
Virginia Abernethy
Virginia Abernethy (born in 1934) is an American professor (emerita) of psychiatry and anthropology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College, an M.B.A from Vanderbilt University, and Ph.D. from Harvard University. She is an anthropology fellow of the ..
Virginia Academy of Science
Contents 1 Purpose2 Affiliations3 Actions4 External links Purpose The Academy's purpose is "to establish and maintain an association of persons and organizations interested in science and scientific research in all of its branches; to solicit financial and other support; to ..
Virginia af Forselles
Virginia Christina Sofia af Forselles (née Carlskjöd) (1759—October 7 1847) was a Swedish owner and manager of the local ironworks (ruukki or bruk) of Strömfors, a municipality in Finland. She was referred to as Her Grace by the locals during her lifetime. Biography Born in Sweden in 1759,..
Virginia Air Line Railway
Virginia Air Line Railroad (VAL) was a short-line in Central Virginia built in the early 20th century. It was built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to connect the C&O’s Piedmont Subdivision to the Rivanna Subdivision of the James River Line at Strathmore. The Virginia Air Line Railroad was co..
Virginia and Naomi Leong
Virginia and Naomi Leong are a mother and daughter who were held within the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, Australia, until May, 2005. After escalating media attention on the declining mental health of Naomi Leong, both Virginia and Naomi were released on a bridging visa late in the evening..
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad built in the 1850s, ran completely through southwestern Virginia along the length of the Great Valley of Virginia. The railroad extended westward from Lynchburg, Virginia through a gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the town of Big Lick (present-day City of Roan..
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad (AAR reporting mark VT) was built to serve the silver mining communities of Nevada. At its height, the railroad's route ran from Reno south to Carson City, Nevada. In Carson City, the mainline split into two branches. One branch continued south to Minden, while the..
Virginia Anti-Gay Adoption Bill
The Virginia Anti-Gay Adoption Bill would have required social workers to determine the sexual orientation of prospective adoptive parents to prevent gay people from adopting children in the state. The House of Delegates passed the bill 71-24, but a Senate committee ended the life of the bill. Paul..
Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar, M.D. (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) is a doctor who specialised in anesthesia and childbirth and who introduced the first test, called the Apgar score, to assess the health of newborn babies. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1929, and the Columbia University College of P..
Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences (VACAS)
The Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences (VACAS) is the primary Virginia state organization for scholars and professionals in the communication discipline. There are five divisions of the association: Communication EducationDebate and ForensicsInterpersonal and Small Group Comm..
Virginia Avenue
View of Virginia Avenue from the roof of the Hall on Virginia Avenue Virginia Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. Like other state-named streets in Washington, it diagonally crosses the grid pattern formed by lettered (east-west) and numbered (north-south) streets. Many famous landmarks are..
Virginia Aviation Museum
Located on the north side of the site of historic Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field,opened in 1927, now Richmond International Airport, Richmond, Virginia, United States, the Virginia Aviation Museum boasts a collection of some thirty four airframes, from reproductions of Wright Brothers kite gliders..
Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association
The Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (more commonly known as VBODA) is an organization of high school, middle school, and elementary school band and orchestra directors within the Commonwealth of Virginia, whose mission is to help promote opportunities of music education to K-12 stu..
Virginia Bar Association
The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) is a voluntary organization of lawyers in Virginia. VBA Mission The Virginia Bar Association is a voluntary organization of Virginia lawyers committed to serving the public and the legal profession by promoting the highest standards of integrity, professionalism a..
Virginia Bauer
Virginia Bauer is an advocate for families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and a government leader in New Jersey. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission. Her husband, David, was a bond trader..
Virginia Baxter
Virginia "Ginny" Baxter (born 1932) was an American figure skater. She won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze at the 1952 World Figure Skating Championships. Competitive Highlights 1949 U.S. Championships - 3rdWorld Championships - 7th195..
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 39th largest city in the US, with a total population of 44..
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996. North is to the left. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June, 2003. Note: Sinc..
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach Boulevard (locally known as just "the Boulevard") was established in 1922 as a concrete roadway extending from the eastern outskirts of the City of Norfolk through Norfolk County and Princess Anne County to the Oceanfront area of the Town of Virginia Beach in the Hampton Roads region ..
Virginia Beach Expressway
The Virginia Beach Expressway (also known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway) was a 12-mile (19.3 km) limited access highway built to Interstate Highway standards extending between the independent cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1999, it was signed as Virginia State H..
Virginia Beach Mariners
The Virginia Beach Mariners are an American soccer club, who currently play in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy behind Major League Soccer. The Mariners currently play in the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Virginia,..
Virginia Beach Open
The Virginia Beach Open is a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. The 2006 purse was $450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner. Winners 2006 Andrew Buckle2005 Troy Matteson2004 James Driscoll VB Open 2..
Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Virginia Beach Sportsplex is a sports complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The name is most commonly attached to the main stadium within the complex, which is primarily used for soccer. The main stadium opened in 1999 and holds 10,000 people. It was the first "soccer-specific" stadium built from t..
Virginia Bell
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Virginia "Ding Dong" Bell (born 1932 in Montrose, California) was a topless model and actress. She started her ..
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) is a Commonwealth of Virginia shared resource established at Virginia Tech in July 2000. VBI acts as a bioinformatics research, development, and economic engine, specifically in the areas of health, agriculture, and the environment. By integrating core experim..
Virginia Bluebell
The Virginia Bluebell, Mertensia virginica, has many different common names, including "Virginia Cowslip", "Lungwort Oysterleaf", and "Roanoke Bells". It is a species of plant belonging to the family Boraginaceae. This bluebell ranges in height from 12-24 inches. The most distinguishing feature of..
Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad was an intrastate railroad in central Virginia. It extended from Tye River Depot in Nelson County, where it interchanged with the Southern Railway, to Massies Mill. The railroad followed the course of the Tye and Piney Rivers for several miles before entering the m..
Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries
The Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries (formerly the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries) oversees the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Contents 1 Membership2 Powers3 Rulemaking process4 Well-known regulations4.1 Snakeheads4.2 Wild anima..
Virginia Board of Public Works
The Virginia Board of Public Works was a governmental agency which oversaw and helped finance the development of Virginia's internal transportation improvements during the 19th century. In that era, it was customary to invest public funds in private companies, which were the forerunners of the publi..
Virginia Bottomley
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC (born March 12, 1948), née Virginia Garnett, is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005 and was considered to be a 'One Nation Conservative'. Sh..
Virginia Browne Faire
Virginia Browne Faire (June 26, 1904 - June 30, 1980) was an American silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns. Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fo..
Virginia Bruce
Virginia Bruce in the 1930s Virginia Bruce (September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bruce began her acting career in minor roles in Hollywood in 1929. In 1930 she appeared on Broadway in the mus..
Virginia C. Andrews
Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews is an American author. Most of her novels combine Gothic horror and family saga, each usually consisting of a series of five books, where the last book is a prequel explaining much of t..
Virginia Capes
The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America. The importance of Chesapeake Bay in American history has long made the Capes strategically significant, most notably in the ..
Virginia Capitol Police
The Virginia Capitol Police is America's oldest police department. It was established in 1618 at Jamestown, Virginia to protect the Governor of Virginia and the Colonial Assembly from Indian attack. The department currently provides police and security services to the seat of Virginia government lo..
Virginia Cavaliers
For the historical use of the term, see Virginia Cavaliers (historical). The Virginia Cavaliers are the athletics teams of the University of Virginia. The athletics program has won 16 recognized NCAA National Championships, 13 of them since 1980. The media generally refers to the University's athl..
Virginia Cavaliers (historical)
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. For the sports teams, see Virginia Cavaliers. Virginia Cavaliers were royalist supporters in the royal..
Virginia Center for Architecture
Virginia Center for Architecture is one of the nation’s few museums dedicated to architecture. It is located in the Branch House (designed by architect John Russell Pope) in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia. Its purpose is “to raise architecture awareness and educate visitors to architec..
Virginia Central Railroad
Virginia Central Railroad was chartered as the Louisa Railroad in 1836 by the Virginia Board of Public Works and had its name changed to Virginia Central Railroad in 1850. It connected with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Gordonsville in 1854. History The eastern terminus of the Virginia Ce..
Virginia Cherrill
Virginia Cherrill (1908 - 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the blind girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931). Cherrill was born on a farm in Carthage, Illinois. She moved to Hollywood and met Charlie Chaplin when he sat next to her at a boxing match. He cast her in City..
Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine (March 5, 1920 - July 24, 1996) was an American movie and television actress and voice artist. She was born Virginia Christine Kraft, in Stanton, Iowa. A slender woman who stood 5' 4", Ms. Christine had a long career as a character actress on the screen, but she will probably b..
Virginia Citizens Defense League
The Virginia Citizens Defense league is a grassroots gun-rights organization based in Newington, VA. It was founded in 1994. The VCDL focuses its efforts on promoting gun-friendly legislation in the Commonwealth, especially in regards to concealed carry. The VCDL website lists many anti gun laws ..
Virginia City
Virginia City is the name of several places in the United States. Virginia City, MontanaVirginia City, NevadaThe Nevada city lends its name to Virginia City, a 1940 film starring Errol Flynn. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title...
Virginia City, Montana
Virginia City is a town in Madison County, Montana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 130. It is the county seat of Madison County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History3.1 Founding3.2 Today4 Ex..
Virginia City, Nevada
View of Virginia City, Nevada, from a nearby hillside, 1867-68 Virginia City is a city located in Storey County, Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of approximately 1,500. Virginia City is the only city in Storey County with any significant population. Geography ..
Virginia City (film)
Virginia City is a 1940 black-and-white movie starring Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, and Randolph Scott, and featuring a mustachioed Humphrey Bogart in the role of the real-life outlaw John Murrell. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz, who also directed such film classics as The Adventures of Ro..
Virginia Civil War Confederate Units
This is a list of Virginia Civil War Confederate Units. Contents 1 1-92 10-193 20-294 30-395 40-496 50-597 60-698 70-999 100-20010 A-C11 D-F12 G-J13 K-M14 N-R15 S-V16 W-Z 1-9 1st (Farinholt's) Reserves1st Artillery (..
Virginia Class
Virginia class may refer to three classes of warship; Virginia class battleship : A class of pre-Dreadnought battleshipsVirginia class cruiser : A class of nuclear powered cruisers built during the Cold WarVirginia class submarine : A 21st century class of nuclear powered attack submarines..
Virginia class battleship
Virginia-class battleship Class Overview Class type: Battleship Class name The Commonwealth of Virginia Preceded by: Maine class Succeeded by: Connecticut class Ships of the line: Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Jersey (BB-16), Rhode Island (BB-17) General Chara..
Virginia class cruiser
Virginia-class guided missile cruiser Class Overview Class type: Guided missile cruiser Class name: The Commonwealth of Virginia Preceded by: California-class cruiser Succeeded by: Ticonderoga-class cruiser Ships of the line: Virginia (CGN-38), Texas (CGN-39), Mississippi (CGN-40), Arkans..
Virginia class submarine
Virginia-class attack submarine Class Overview Class Type Attack Submarine (SSN) Class Name In honor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Preceded By Seawolf-class Succeeded By N/A, latest attack submarine class authorized Ships of the Class: Virginia, Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, ..
Virginia Clinton Kelley
Virginia Cassidy Kelley (June 6, 1923 – January 6, 1994) born Virginia Dell Cassidy, was the mother of former United States president Bill Clinton and his half-brother Roger Clinton, Jr.. She was born in Hope, Arkansas, and was the daughter of James Eldridge Cassidy, the town iceman (later a groc..
Virginia Coalition
Virginia Coalition is a rock band from Alexandria, Virginia, who met in the late 1980s through their music class at T.C. Williams High School. Referred to as VACO by fans, the band released their first album, The Colors of The Sound in 1998. VACO's live shows are known for their party-like atm..
Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private, non-profit osteopathic medical school located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school is closely associated with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), but is not a part of it and receives no state ..
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU logo Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU, is a large public American research university with its main campuses located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Particularly recognized for its nationally ranked art, social work, health administration, and medical degree programs, VCU is one ..
Virginia Community College System
The Virginia Community College System oversees a network of 23 community colleges in Virginia, which serve residents of Virginia and provide 2-year degrees and various specialty training and certifications. Virginia Community College System colleges Blue Ridge Community CollegeCentral Virginia Com..
Virginia Company
The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. The overlapping area (yellow) was granted to both companies on the stipulation that neither found a settlement within 100 miles of each and other. These territories were reapportioned in 1609; see London Company. The Virginia C..
Virginia Conventions
The Virginia Conventions were a series of five political meetings in the state of Virginia in response to British colonial rule. The Conventions played an important role in the move towards American independence through the American Revolution. The first Convention was organized after Virginia's c..
Virginia Correctional Center for Women
Chesterfield Division Correctional Center for Women is a female-only state prison in Virginia, USA. Opened in 1931, it is located in Goochland, in central Virginia. External links [Virginia Correctional Center for Women] ..
Virginia Creeper (railroad)
The Virginia Creeper was a mountain railroad, connecting Abingdon, Virginia, to Elkland, North Carolina. The railroad was in operation from 1907 to 1977, hauling lumber, iron ore, and passengers up very steep grades - deriving it's name from the steam locomotives that struggled up the hills. Now t..
Virginia Creeper Trail
The Virginia Creeper Trail is a 35-mile multi-purpose rail trail in southwestern Virginia from Abingdon, to the North Carolina state line near Whitetop, Virginia. It runs along a right-of-way that started in the 1880's as the Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad Company. After spending thousands of do..
Virginia Dale
Virginia Dale (b. July 1, 1917 in Charlotte, North Carolina - d. October 3, 1994 in Burbank, California) was a movie actress during the musical era. ..
Virginia Dale, Colorado
Shuttered cafe and post office in Virginia Dale Virginia Dale is an unincorporated community in northwestern Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. It is located in the foothills on U.S. Highway 287, approximately 45 mi (72 km) northwest of Ft. Collins and approximately 4 mi (6 km) s..
Virginia Dale (actress)
Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917–October 3, 1994) was an American film actress. She was in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, and then left the movie business for almost three decades before returning to the silver screen for a few films in the 1980s. External link ..
Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare (August 18 1587 – unknown) was the first child to be born in America of English parents on Roanoke Island in the Colony of Roanoke, now in North Carolina. Although some believe Virginia Dare was the first child born of European descent in the Americas, Spanish settlement predate..
Virginia Davis
Screenshot of Virginia Davis in the Walt Disney film Alice's Wild West Show (1924) from the Alice Comedies. Virginia Davis(-McGhee) (born December 31, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA) was a movie actor. She began working for Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Films as a four year old model in th..
Virginia de' Medici
Virginia de' Medici (May 29, 1568 – January 15, 1615). On February 6, 1586, she married Cesare d'Este (October 8, 1552/1562 – December 11, 1628), Duke of Modena from 1597. She is buried in Modena, at the Church of San Vincenzo (Chiesa di San Vincenzo). Children: Giulia d'Este (1588&ndas..
Virginia Declaration of Rights
George Mason was the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The Virginia Declaration of Rights was a document proclaiming that individual natural rights are inherent, and calling for American independence from Britain. It was adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of ..
Virginia delegate race
Northern Virginia State Delegate Race Virginia is traditionally a strong Conservative and Republican Commonwealth; however, this past election has prooved otherwise. Possible causes are the downfall of President George W. Bush's approval ratings and the tactics used in the gubernatorial campaign for..
Virginia Department of Corrections
The Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) is the government agency responsible for operating prisons and correctional facilities for the US Commonwealth of Virginia. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association. History Virginia, from the time of the first settlement ..
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
right The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, or VDGIF, regulates fish and wildlife in Virginia. It is managed by the Director of Game and Inland Fisheries and overseen by the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries. Mission VDGIF's goals are to: Manage Virginia's wildlife and ..
Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is the government agency responsible for building, maintaining and operating Virginia's roads, bridges and tunnels. It is overseen by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which has the power to fund airports, seaports, rail and public transportatio..
Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi
--> Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi (December 24 1891-December 28 2005), having lived 114 years, 4 days, is the oldest person in the history of Italy She surpassed the Italian resident longevity record of Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio on June 6, 2005. On September 14, 2005, she became the longest-lived..
Virginia Dwyer
Virginia Dwyer is an American actress known for her roles on several daytime soap operas. From 1954 to 1962, she had roles on at least five daytime programs, including The Road of Life, Secret Storm, Young Dr. Malone, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns. She was best known for her role as matr..
Virginia Dynasty
The Virginia Dynasty occurred during the early period of United States History. Once the United States Constitution was adopted, four of the first five Presidents were from Virginia, at that time the leading state of the South. The term is not always applied to George Washington, who, though a Vir..
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (August 15, 1822 — January 30, 1847), born Virginia Eliza Clemm, was the wife of Edgar Allan Poe. Virginia Clemm and Edgar Allan Poe, who were first cousins, were married in 1836, when Virginia was 13. They were by all accounts a happy and devoted couple. But in 1842..
Virginia Episcopal School
Virginia Episcopal School School seal to be provided by VES Established 1916 School type Private, Boarding Religious affiliation Episcopal Church in the United States of America Head Dr. Phillip Hadley, Ph.D. Location Lynchburg, VA, USA Campus Suburban - 160 acres Enrollment 26..
Virginia Falls
Virginia Falls may refer to: Virginia Falls, Northwest Territories, a waterfall of the Nahanni River (see Nahanni National Park Reserve)Great Falls of the Potomac River, a waterfall in the U.S. state of Virginia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated ..
Virginia Field
Virginia Field (November 4, 1917 – January 2, 1992) was a film actress. She appeared in over 40 films including Waterloo Bridge (1940),Repeat Performance (1947), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), and Dial 1119 (1950). She started her film career in England then was broug..
Virginia Foxx
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Virginia Foxx (born June 29, 1943) is a Republican Congresswoman from the 5th Congressional district of North Carolina (see[[http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nc05_109.gif map]]) first elected in 2004. A native of New York City, Foxx spent 10 ye..
Virginia Gardens, Florida
Virginia Gardens is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,348 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the village had a population of 2,294. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Education5 E..
Virginia General Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. Its existence dates from the establishment of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619. It became the General Assembly in 1776 with the ratification of the Virginia Constitution. The General Ass..
Virginia Gentleman
Virginia Gentleman is a brand of bourbon whiskey. Unlike most other bourbons, it is not distilled in Kentucky, but rather in the adjoining state of Virginia. Its former label was a source of controversy as it apparently depicted two wealthy plantation owners being served by a slave. The label was..
Virginia Gibson
Virginia Gibson and Gordon MacRae Virginia Gibson (Virginia Gorski) (St. Louis, Missouri April 9, 1928) a gifted singer, dancer, and a vocalist with a brilliant film and stage career. Contents 1 Career2 Awards3 Filmography4 External links Career Gibson landed a number ..
Virginia Gildersleeve
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877-1965) was the sole female US delegate to the San Francisco United Nations Charter Conference in April 1945. External link [Biography] ..
Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore (July 26, 1919 – March 28, 1986) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Virginia Gilmore was born Sherman Virginia Poole in El Monte, California. Her father was a retired officer of the British Army. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of ..
Virginia gold mining
Most gold mining in Virginia was concentrated in the Virginia Gold-Pyrite belt in a line that runs northeast to southwest through the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier, Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Orange, Louisa, Fluvanna, Goochland, Cumberland, and Buckingham. Some gold was also ..
Virginia Gordon
Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936 in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel. Gordon enjoyed a prolific career as a pin-up and nude model before and afte..
Virginia Governor's Mansion
The Virginia Governor's Mansion is located in Richmond, Virginia on Capital Square. It is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the United States. It has served as the home of Virginia governors and their families since 1813. This mansion is both a Virginia and a National Historic Landmark, w..
Virginia Graham
Virginia Graham was a daytime TV talk show host in the late 1950s and early 1970s. Graham hosted Girl Talk along with many other programs. Virginia Graham died on Dec. 14, 1998 ..
Virginia Gregg
Virginia Gregg Burket (Born: March 6, 1916 in Harrisburg, Illinois, USA-Died: September 15, 1986 in Encino, California, USA from lung cancer) was an American actress. She was a prolific radio actor as well as working film and television. She is best known for her voice acting in the role of Norman B..
Virginia Grey
Virginia Grey in Tarzan's New York Adventure Virginia Grey (March 22, 1917 - July 31, 2004) was an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Virginia debuted at the age of ten in the silent ..
Virginia gubernatorial election, 2005
The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2005 was a race for the Governor of Virginia, held on November 8, 2005, and won by Democrat Tim Kaine. Virginia is the only state in the United States to prohibit governors from serving successive terms, so the popular incumbent, Mark R. Warner, could not run f..
Virginia Hall
Virginia Hall MBE DSC (April 6, 1906 - July 14, 1982) was an American spy during World War II. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the best schools and colleges, but wanted to finish her studies in Europe. With help from her parents, she traveled the Continent and studied in France, ..
Virginia Hamilton
Virginia Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was a prolific children's author. She wrote over 35 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal. [link] Contents 1 Bio2 Books3 Source..
Virginia Hamilton Adair
Virginia Hamilton Adair (February 28, 1913, New York City - September 16 2004, Claremont, California) was an American poet who became famous later in life with the 1996 publication of "Ants on the Melon". Background Mary Virginia Hamilton was born in the Bronx and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. ..
Virginia Harris
Virginia S. Harris is the former, and possibly last, chairwoman of the Church of Christ, Scientist's board of directors. She joined the board in 1990, was elected chair in 1992, and retired in 2004. Her position as chair was primarily administrative. During her time as chair they saw successes in de..
Virginia Hausegger
Virginia Hausegger (born 1964) is an Australian journalist has been the presenter of the 7pm ABC Canberra News since 2001. She married ABC Radio National journalist Mark Kenny on the 15th of October 2005, it is the second marriage for both. She is also the author of "Wonder Women: The Myth o..
Virginia Hawkins
Virginia Hawkins is an American actress, who remains best known for her role in the 1980s television series Dynasty as maid Jeannette Robbins. She also appeared regularly in the series Medical Center and made guest appearances on shows such as The Love Boat, Vega$, Trapper John M.D. and Murder She ..
Virginia Heinlein
Virginia Heinlein (April 22, 1916 – January 18, 2003) was the wife of Robert A. Heinlein, a very successful author known as the Dean of Science Fiction. She is unusually beloved among her husband's fans (compared to the typical wife of an author), for her historic tendency to personally corres..
Virginia Hey
Virginia Robyn Hey (born June 19, 1952) is an Australian actress widely known as her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan on the popular science fiction television programme Farscape. Among her best known films are [[Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]] and The Living Daylights. Hey has also appeared in various ..
Virginia Highlands Community College
Virginia Highlands Community College is located in Abingdon, Virginia. The college was established November 30, 1967 to serve the residents of Washington County, western Smyth County, and the city of Bristol, Virginia. Over 4,000 students are enrolled each semester. Dr. F. David Wilkin is the curren..
Virginia High School League
The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike many similar organizations in other states, it does not count private or religious schools among its membership; non-public schools belong to other organiza..
Virginia Hill
-->Virginia Hill (August 26, 1916 - March 24, 1966) was a US mob courier who was famous for being the steady girlfriend of Hollywood gangster Bugsy Siegel, following the breakdown of his marriage. Virginia Hill was born 1916 in Lipscomb, Alabama, one of 10 siblings. The family later moved to Marie..
Virginia Historical Society
The Virginia Historical Society, founded in 1831, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private organization, almost entirely supported by private contributions. Its headquarters building is in Richmond. In its early years it gathered a variegated collec..
Virginia Hollinger
Virginia Hollinger (born circa 1916) of Dayton, Ohio, was an important amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. At the historic tournament in Cincinnati, she won singles titles in 1937 & 1938, and was a singles finalist in 1936 & 1939. She won numerous junior titles, including the National ..
Virginia Holocaust Museum
The Virginia Holocaust Museum opened its doors at the current location (2000 E. Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223) in April 2003. There are currently 27 exhibits, with more in the planning. In the first year of operation, over 10,000 visitors toured the museum. People came from almost every state in t..
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the Hou..
Virginia Howlett
Virginia Howlett (born 1951 in Edmonton, Canada) is a designer and painter. With an MFA in Painting from The Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia was one of the first designers hired into Microsoft in 1985. While there, she built the company's first user interface design team. She led the team that..
Virginia Huston
Virginia Huston (April 24, 1925 - February 28, 1981) was a film actress. Huston appeared in many 1940s and 1950s films noir and adventure films. Huston signed with RKO in 1945, her first film was opposite George Raft in Nocturne. Her singing voice in the nightclub was redubbed by a singer. Hust..
Virginia Inland Sailing Association
The Virginia Inland Sailing Association (VISA Yacht Club) is a nonprofit recreational sailing club located on Smith Mountain Lake. External links [Virginia Inland Sailing Association] official page ..
Virginia Intermont College
Virginia Intermont College is a small private Baptist liberal arts college in Bristol, Virginia. It was opened in 1884 in Glade Spring, Virginia as the Southwest Virginia Institute and moved to Bristol, Virginia for the 1893 academic year. In 1922 the college changed its name to Virginia Intermont C..
Virginia International Raceway
The Virginia International Raceway (commonly known as just "VIR") is a road course located near Danville, Virginia. It is found less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina. VIR hosts amateur and professional automobile and motorcycle events, driv..
Virginia is for Lovers
Virginia is for Lovers is the tourism and travel slogan of the state of Virginia. Used since 1969, it has become a well recognized and often imitated part of American jargon. For example, a larger state drew on its success to create the I Love New York logo nearly a decade later in 1977. Maryl..
Virginia Jetzt!
Virginia Jetzt! is a German indie pop band founded in the smalltown of Elsterwerda in Brandenburg in 1999 - the quartett is now based in Berlin. The band has released two albums so far, their 2003 debut album "Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Jetzt?" - a play on words from the Edward Albee play "Who's A..
Virginia Judge
Virginia Judge is current New South Wales parliamentary member for the State Electoral District of Strathfield. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party, and was elected in 2003. She has been accused of branch stacking by local Labor figures - a claim she denies. External links [Virginia ..
Virginia Kellogg
Virginia Kellogg (December 3, 1907 - April 8, 1981) was a two-time Oscar nominated film writer. The two films nominated for Oscars were White Heat (1949) and Caged (1950). At one time, she was married to director Frank Lloyd. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446132/ ..
Virginia Key
Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, is an island lying in Biscayne Bay between Key Biscayne and Miami. It can be reached by car only by driving across the Rickenbacker Causeway toll road from Miami and is the site of a large municipal wastewater treatment plant. Virginia Key is also hom..
Virginia Kidd
Mildrid Virginia Kidd (June 2, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - January 11, 2003 in Milford, Pennsylvania) was an American science fiction fan, writer, and literary agent. Ms. Kidd was the youngest daughter of a printer. She attended the Berlitz School of Languages and was fluent in Latin..
Virginia Knauer
Virginia Harrington Knauer (née Wright) (b. March 28 1915) was a member of the Philadelphia City Council, and chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer, then to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (1969-1977) and later to Ronald Reagan (1981-1983). She was born and gre..
Virginia Kneeland Frantz
Dr. Virginia Kneeland Frantz (1896 - 1967) was a pathologist and educator credited with a series of discoveries in the study of thyroid, breast and pancreatic tumors. From 1924 to 1962 she taught surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming a full professor in 1951. H..
Virginia Lakes
Virginia Lakes refers to a cluster of lakes in the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California. Virginia Lakes is located a few miles off U.S. Highway 395 roughly halfway between Bridgeport, California to the North and Lee Vining, California to the South. Located in the Virginia Lakes area are ..
Virginia Lancers
Vinton, Virginia was home to the Virginia Lancers of the ECHL from 1988-1990. At this time the name was changed to the Roanoke Valley Rebels (1990-1992) and then the Rampage (1992-1993, but the franchise remained in the same location throughout. After the 1992-1993 season, the franchise was moved to..
Virginia Larsson
Virginia Larsson was a Canadian politician and activist in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She campaigned in the provincial election of 2003 as a Progressive Conservative in the constituency of Rossmere, which is located in the northeastern end of Winnipeg and has a large Mennonite population. Larsson finis..
Virginia Law Weekly
The Virginia Law Weekly is a weekly newspaper published by students at the University of Virginia School of Law each Friday of the school year, excluding breaks and exam periods. It was first printed in 1948 and has been cited in several court opinions, including the Supreme Court, [Patterson ..
Virginia Lee Burton
Virginia Lee Burton (born August 30 1909, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, died October 15, 1968) was an American illustrator and children's book author. Burton produced seven self-illustrated children's books. Contents 1 Books by Burton2 Quote3 Illustrated by Burton4 Books a..
Virginia Leng
Virginia Leng (Ginny Holgate) is a British-born eventer who has won several national and international titles, including European Champion, winner of the Badminton Horse Trials and winner of the Burghley Horse Trials. ..
Virginia Lewis
Virginia Lewis is the heroine and one of 'The Four Who Saved The Nine Kingdoms' of the Hallmark Entertainment's, and NBC's2000 Mini-series The 10th Kingdom by [Simon Moore]. Contents 1 Official Bio2 History3 Story4 Notes on Virginia5 Facts and Trivia on Virgi..
Virginia Lewis (The 10th Kingdom)
Virginia Lewis is the heroine and one of 'The Four Who Saved The Nine Kingdoms' of the Hallmark Entertainment's, and NBC's2000 Mini-series The 10th Kingdom by [Simon Moore]. Contents 1 Official Bio2 History3 Story4 Notes on Virginia5 Facts and Trivia on Virgin..
Virginia Line
The Virginia Line was a formation within the Continental Army, comprised of infantry regiments from the state of Virginia. See for list of the regiments. ..
Virginia locations by per capita income
Virginia is the sixth richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $23,975 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $33,671 (2003). Virginia Counties Ranked by Per Capita Income There are 135 counties and indepdent cities located in Virginia, ten of which are in the..
Virginia Long
Virginia Long (born March 1, 1942) is a justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Biography Virginia Long graduated from Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and Rutgers Law School in 1966. She has served as a Deputy Attorney General and was the Director of the New Jersey Division of Cons..
Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Filmography3 External links Biography Early life Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois to Cal Madsen, a Danish American, and Elaine, who i..
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center, founded in 1920, is a nonprofit health care provider located on Seattle, Washington's First Hill. The organization was named after the daughters of its two founders: Dr. Tate Mason's daughter Virginia Mason and Dr. John Blackford's daughter Virginia Mason Blackford. ..
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo (November 30 1920 – January 17 2005) was an American film actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, as Virginia Clara Jones, and tutored by a series of dancing instructors engaged by her aunt, she appeared in the St. Louis Municipal Opera chorus, then appeared with six other girls at an..
Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna & Elsa (stand-in) Virginia McKenna OBE, (born June 7, 1931 in London, UK) is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. McKenna trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama then worked on stage in London's West End theatres before..
Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions
Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions is a mission agency affiliated with Virginia Mennonite Conference and headquartered in Harrisonburg, Virginia. VMBM sends both long-term and short-term mission workers; long-term is defined as two or more years, although in some fields, workers serve one-year ter..
Virginia Mennonite Conference
Virginia Mennonite Conference is a conference member of Mennonite Church USA, and is a body of 67 Mennonite churches in the mid-Atlantic states of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and the city of Washington D.C. There is also a Mennonite church in Ohio that is a member of Virginia Mennonite ..
Virginia Military District
The Virginia Military District was an approximately 4.2 million acre (17,000 km²) area of land in what is now the state of Ohio that was reserved by Virginia to use a payment for veterans of the Revolutionary War. Virginia had claimed sovereignty over much of the region as part of its territory..
Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States.[link] In keeping with its founding principles, and unlike any other state military college in the United States, all students at VMI are military cadets pursu..
Virginia Militia
The Virginia Militia is a semi-official organization of the Commonwealth of Virginia which is an armed force of citizen soldiers under the control of the governor for the purposes of state disasters and emergencies, and has units seconded to the United States National Guard, which are deployed on a ..
Virginia Minstrels
The Virginia Minstrels was a group of 19th Century American entertainers known for helping to invent the entertainment form known as the minstrel show. Led by Dan Emmett, the original lineup consisted of Emmett, Billy Whitlock, Dick Pelham, and Frank Brower. Shortly after their formation, the gr..
Virginia Mountains
The Virginia Mountains comprise an irregular mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. They are entirely in Washoe County. They generally run NNW-SSE, for approximately 20 miles. They are often confused with the Virginia Range, which is further south. To the south the Virgini..
Virginia Muise
Virginia Muise (July 27 or July 28, 1893 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - November 2, 2004 in Haverhill, New Hampshire) was at her death probably the oldest living New Englander. Born in Canada, the family claims she was born July 27 though her baptismal record gives her date of birth as July 28. She was ..
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine arts, or ‘’’VMFA’’’ is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia. It is one of the first museums in the American South to be operated by state funds. Contents 1 History2 Exhibits3 Expansion4 External links History The VMFA has its origins i..
Virginia O'Brien
Virginia O'Brien (born April 8, 1919 in Los Angeles, died January 16, 2001), was an American singer and actress best known for playing supporting roles in MGM musicals in the 1940s, and for her unusual singing style. O'Brien's dark good looks belied the fact that she primarily performed comedy ro..
Virginia of Sagadahoc
Virginia of Sagadahoc was a pinnace built in 1607 by colonists at the Popham Colony, a Plymouth Company colony established at the mouth of the Kennebec River in what is now Phippsburg, Maine. Virginia was the first ship built by English colonists in Maine, and may be the first in North America. Whe..
Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
Virginia Fortune Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO (9 February 1933) is the daughter of John Barry Ryan and Margaret Kahn. On 23 October 1952, she married David Ogilvy, who in 1968 became Earl of Airlie. She is a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II. As a Lady of the Bedchamber, she is one o..
Virginia Opera
Virginia Opera is led by its Artistic Director, Peter Mark, who has been with the company since its first major performances in 1975. Virginia Opera currently presents four productions a year in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including five performances of each at the Harrison Opera House in Norfol..
Virginia Opossum
The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is the only marsupial found in North America. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, it is a successful opportunist and is found throughout North America from coast to coast (introduced to California in 1910), and from Central..
Virginia Overland Transportation
A Volvo articulated bus in contract service for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Virginia Overland Transportation in 2003 Virginia Overland Transportation was an organization in Virginia in the United States which operated several urban-suburban bus lines for..
Virginia Partisans
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The Virginia Partisans (short for Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club) is a GLBT-rights group in the Virginia, affiliated with the Stonewall Democrats and the Democratic Party. The Virginia P..
Virginia Payne
Virginia Payne (December 7, 1904 - February 10, 1977) was an American radio actress, best known for her 27-year role as Ma Perkins. In addition to her long-running Ma Perkins role, she also starred as Mrs. Carter on the radio drama The Carters of Elm Street. ..
Virginia Peninsula
The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. Hampton Roads is the common name for the metropolitan area that surrounds the body of water of the same name. The land portion of Hampton Roads is divided into two ..
Virginia Pep Band
The Virginia Pep Band at Scott Stadium in 2002 The Virginia Pep Band is a student-run band at the University of Virginia (UVa), officially known as The Award-Winning Virginia Fighting Cavalier Indoor/Outdoor Precision(?) Marching Pep Band, & Chowder Society Review, Unlimited!!!. In the tradit..
Virginia Pine
The Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) is a medium-sized tree, often found on poorer soils from Long Island in southern New York south through the Appalachian Mountains to western Tennessee and Alabama. The usual size range for this pine is 9–18 m, but can grow taller under optimum conditions...
Virginia Plain
"Virginia Plain" is a song written in 1972 by Bryan Ferry. It was recorded by his band Roxy Music and became their first single, backed with "The Numberer" (an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay). It became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at #4. The song later featured on the Velvet Goldmine sou..
Virginia Plan
During the United States Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan (Also called the Large State Plan[link]) consisted of 15 resolutions, each covering a specific aspect of the proposed system of government. These resolutions formed an agenda for the ensuing debate of the convention, an..
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (better known as Virginia Tech, abbreviated as VT, historically abbreviated as VPI, informally abbreviated as VPI&SU, and commonly referred to regionally as simply Tech) is a public land-grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. ..
Virginia Postrel
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Virginia pound
The pound was the currency of Virginia until 1793. Initially, the British pound circulated, supplemented from 1755 by local paper money. Although these notes were denominated in pounds, shillings and pence, they were worth less than sterling, with 1 Virginia shilling = 9 pence. The State of Virgini..
Virginia Rail
The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. Adults are mainly brown, darker on the back and crown, with orange-brown legs. They have long toes, a short tail and a long slim reddish bill. Their cheeks are grey, with a light stripe over the eye and a whitish th..
Virginia Railway Express
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter railroad service that connects the Northern Virginia area with Washington, DC. The VRE operates on two lines, the Fredericksburg line, which starts from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Manassas line, which starts from Broad Run Airport in Bristow, V..
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Virginia Ramírez
Virginia Ramírez Medino (born May 22, 1964) is a former field hockey player from Spain. He was a member of the team that surprisingly won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona). ..
Virginia Randolph
Virginia Randolph (06 August 1874-16 March 1958) Richmond, Virginia US was an African American educator. She was the third child of former slaves Sarah Elizabeth Carter Randolph and Edward Nelson Randolph . Randolph was the author of the Henrico Plan which became a reference book for southern schoo..
Virginia Range
The Virginia Range is a mountain range located in northwestern Nevada in the United States. Virtually all of it is in Storey County. The range is bounded to the west by the Truckee Meadows and the Washoe Valley, to the north by the Truckee River, to the south by the Carson River and to the east by t..
Virginia Rappe
Virginia Rappe Virginia Rappe (pronounced [ɹʌpeɪ]) (September 19, 1895 - September 9, 1921) was an American silent film actress. She was allegedly raped by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, dying days after the rape, although the details of the event are unclear, due to conflicting eyewitne..
Virginia Reel
Virginia Reel can refer to either one of the following: A solitaire card game called Virginia Reel,A dance step called the Virginia Reel, orA type of roller coaster. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to t..
Virginia Reel (dance)
The Virginia Reel is an American folk dance that dates from the 17th century. Though the reel may have its origins in Scottish country dance and the "Highland Reel", and perhaps have an even earlier influence from an Irish dance called the "Rinnce Fada", it is generally considered to be an English c..
Virginia Reel (solitaire)
Virginia Reel is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards mixed together. The object of the game is to place all the cards in the 24 foundations. First three cards, a 2, a 3, and a 4, are placed vertically. Then, beside each of the three cards is a row of seven cards. The firs..
Virginia Reel roller coaster
A Virginia Reel roller coaster is an older style of coaster that are characterized by "tubs" instead of trains and multiple turns instead of large hills and drops. It is a style infrequently built nowadays. Instead of trains as the conveyance medium, the ride has "tubs", which have seats built aro..
Virginia Resolves
The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act had been passed by the British Parliament to help pay off some of its debt from its various wars, including the French and Indian War ostensibly fought to..
Virginia Ridley
Virginia Ridley was a Georgia woman who suffered from agoraphobia, hypergraphia and epilepsy. When her husband, Alvin Ridley, was accused of holding his wife in the home for almost three decades and killing her, her ten thousand-plus page hypergraphic journal was central at the 1999 trial and his ac..
Virginia Robinson Gardens
The Virginia Robinson Gardens (6 acres) are botanical gardens located at 1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills, California. The gardens are operated by the County of Los Angeles and open to the public at somewhat restricted times; an admission fee is charged. The main residence is a handsome Mediterranean ..
Virginia Rodrigues
Virginia Rodrigues is a Brazilian singer. She grew up singing in church choirs in her native Salvador, Bahia. Caetano Veloso has been involved with her recording career since the beginning, having first heard her sing at a rehearsal of the Olodum Theatrical Group. ..
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual Date of birth: September 21, 1973 Place of birth: Madrid, Spain Country: Spain Residence: Madrid, Spain Height: 5' 6 1/2 (1.69 m) Weight: 132 lb. (60 kg) Plays: Right Turned pro: January 1992 Highest doubles ranking: 1 (Sep..
Virginia Rugai
Virginia Rugai is alderman of the 19th ward in Chicago, IL; she was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1990. Contents 1 Early Life2 Public Service3 Aldermanic Career4 Personal Life Early Life Rugai went to Loyola University before becoming an English teacher at the Queen..
Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici (January 31, 1955) is a Romanian professional female tennis player. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned pro in 1975. She has won 15 career singles title including one Grand Slam title: 1978 French Open. In that final she beat 1977 French Open champion Mima Jaušovec 6-..
Virginia Ryan
Virginia Ryan playing Kayla Thomas in a 2005 episode of Neighbours Virginia Ryan is an Australian actor who plays Kayla Thomas in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She also played Trish in the Australian-New Zealand children's show, Holly's Heroes. ..
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 - 10 September 1988) was a noted psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy. Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988. Her work was extensively studied by Richard Bandler a..
Virginia Service
Amtrak's Virginia Service is a southern extension of the Northeast Corridor, carrying Regional trains south from Washington, DC via Richmond to Newport News, Virginia. Unlike the Northeast Corridor, it operates on tracks privately owned by CSX Transportation, and does not carry high-speed trains. T..
Virginia Slims (cigarette)
1978 Virginia Slims magazine ad. The image at the top is a photograph of a woman hanging laundry outside. The ad text reads: "Back then, every man gave his wife at least one day a week out of the house. You've come a long way, baby. Virginia Slims – Slimmer than the fat cigarettes men smoke...
Virginia Smart Road
The Virginia Smart Road is a short, limited access road in Montgomery County, Virginia used for the testing of pavement technologies and as a proving ground for new transportation technologies. The Smart Road is currently a 2 mile long dead-end. Eventually, the road will be extended to a total of..
Virginia Smith
Virginia (Dodd) Smith (June 30, 1911 – January 23, 2006) was an American politician, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991. She was the first woman ever to represent the westernmost Third Congressional District of Nebraska. In 1984, she was named..
Virginia Smith Converter Station
Virginia Smith is the designation of a HVDC back-to-back station near Sidney, Nebraska. Virginia Smith was built by Siemens and went in service at 1988. Virginia Smith can transfer a maximum power of 200 megawatts. The voltage used at Virginia Smith is 55.5 kV. The station is named for former Congre..
Virginia Sorenson
Virginia Sorenson, more correctly spelled Virginia Sorensen, is the author of the 1957 Newbery Medal winning Miracles on Maple Hill. ..
Virginia Southern Railroad
The Virginia Southern Railroad (AAR reporting mark VSRR) is a Class III short-line railroad that started in November 1988. The line runs from Burkeville, Virginia to Oxford, North Carolina, that is 75 miles. The VSRR headquarters are in Keysville, Virginia and they interchange with Norfolk Souther..
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is the second largest state hall of fame center (after the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame). The Hall of Fame includes tributes to famous Virginian athletes, such as Arthur Ashe. ..
Virginia Square, Virginia
Virginia Square is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia. It is centered at the Virginia Square station on the Orange line of the Washington Metro, between Clarendon and Ballston. The neighborhood consists of a mix of high-rise apartments, garden apartments, and single-family homes generally ..
Virginia Square-GMU (Washington Metro)
Virginia Square-GMU is a Washington Metro station in the Virginia Square neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, on the Orange Line. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. The station serves the Arlington campus of George Mason Uni..
Virginia Squires
Virginia Squires Conference Division Eastern Founded 1967 History Oakland Oaks 1967-1969 Washington Capitals 1969-1970 Virginia Squires 1970-1976 Arena Norfolk Scope, Hampton Coliseum, Richmond Coliseum, Roanoke Civic Center, Old Dominion University Fieldhouse, Ri..
Virginia State Capitol
Virginia State Capitol Building at Richmond, Virginia Virginia State Capitol is a building in Richmond, the city which is the third State Capital of Virginia. It houses the oldest legislative body in the United States, the Virginia General Assembly. Although it was completed in 1788, and is ov..
Virginia State Defense Force
The Virginia Defense Force (VaDF) is the official reserve of the Virginia Army National Guard, with a current enrollment of over 600 troops. The VaDF is the descendant of the Virginia State Guard and is headquartered at the Dove Street Armory in Richmond, Virginia, which also serves as Headquarters..
Virginia State Highways
The Virginia State Highway System is an integrated system of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2006, the VDOT maintains 57,516 miles of state highways — the third largest system in the United States, after Texas and North Carolina. Contents 1 ..
Virginia State Highway 10
Route 10 Length: 89.5 mi (143.2 km) Direction: East-West Major cities: Richmond, Chester, Hopewell, Prince George, Surry, Smithfield, Suffolk East end: US 13 Bus/Route 32/Route 337 in Suffolk Major junctions: US 58/US 460 in Suffolk Route 32 US 13/US 58/US 460 in Suffolk Route 125..
Virginia State Highway 105
Route 105 Length: 5 mi (8 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Newport News York County West end: Fort Eustis Army Base Major junctions: US 60 in Newport News Interstate 64 in Newport News Jefferson Ave in Newport News East end: US 17 in York County System Virginia State Highways..
Virginia State Highway 110
Route 110 is a state highway running through Arlington County, Virginia, between Rosslyn, where it connects with Interstate 66 and Wilson Boulevard, and Crystal City, where it connects with US 1 and Interstate 395. It runs roughly parallel to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, passes Arlington..
Virginia State Highway 114
Virginia State Highway 114, or Peppers Ferry Road, is a primary state highway in Montgomery and Pulaski County, Virginia. It connects U.S. Routes 11 and 460. The eastern terminus of Route 114 is at the interchange with U.S. Route 460 in the town of Christiansburg, Virginia. Peppers Ferry Road pro..
Virginia State Highway 117
Route 117 Length: 7.2 mi (11.6 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Roanoke County, VA Roanoke, VA North end: US 11 Williamson Road in Roanoke County, VA Major junctions: Virginia 118 Roanoke Regional Airport I-581 Virginia 116 Virginia 101 US 460 Salem Turnpike NW Shenandoah Avenu..
Virginia State Highway 120
Route 120 Length: 10 mi (16 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Arlington County, VA North end: VA 123 at the Chain Bridge in Arlington County, VA Major junctions: VA 309 VA 237 westbound I-66 in Ballston, VA (Exit 71) VA 237 eastbound US 50 VA 244 I-395 South end: US 1 (Je..
Virginia State Highway 123
Virginia State Highway 123, also known as Chain Bridge Road, Dolley Madison Boulevard, Maple Avenue in Vienna, and Ox Road, is a primary state highway in Northern Virginia, forming an arc through the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William, as well as the independent city of Fairfax. Th..
Virginia State Highway 124
Virginia State Highway 124 is the route designation for the state-maintained portion of the Spout Run Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia. While short, it is an important route for local commuters, as it connects the George Washington Memorial Parkway with Lee Highway (U.S. Highway 29) and Inters..
Virginia State Highway 127
Virginia Route 127 is a connector route. It connects WV 127 at the West Virginia, USA state line to US 522. WV 127, VA 127, and WV 29 (from Forks of Cacapon to US 50) make up the Bloomery Pike and what used to be old WV 45. ..
Virginia State Highway 134
Virginia State Highway 134 is located in the Virginia Peninsula region of Hampton Roads, Virginia. It runs 11 miles from a junction with U.S. Highway 60 near the downtown area of the independent city of Hampton to an intersection with U.S. Highway 17 near Tabb in York County. A short portion in ..
Virginia State Highway 143
Route 143 Length: 35 mi (56 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Williamsburg, VA Newport News, VA Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Hampton, VA West end: Interstate 64 in Williamsburg, VA Major junctions: Virginia State Highway 162 in Williamsburg, VA Virginia State Hi..
Virginia State Highway 147
Virginia State Highway 147 extends 11 miles from the downtown area of the independent city of Richmond to an intersection with U.S. Highway 60 in Chesterfield County near Midlothian, Virginia. It is entirely located in the City of Richmond and Henrico and Chesterfield counties. East of Interstate..
Virginia State Highway 156
Virginia State Highway 156 crosses the James River on the Benjamin Harrison Bridge. External links [VDOT website][Virginia Highways Project website] (non-government) ..
Virginia State Highway 161
Virginia State Highway 161 (VA-161) extends 17 miles from an interchange Interstate 95 in the independent city of Richmond north to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 in the Lakeside area of central Henrico County in the United States. VA-161 is entirely located in the City of Richmond and Henrico Co..
Virginia State Highway 164
Route 164, the Western Freeway, is a state highway and freeway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, connecting the city of Suffolk with downtown Portsmouth. It runs eastward from an interchange with Interstate 664 and U.S. Route 17 to the Pinners Point Interchange, a recently-completed inter..
Virginia State Highway 168
Virginia State Highway 168 is located in the South Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. It runs 27 miles from the border with North Carolina (where it meets North Carolina State Highway 168) through the independent cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk where it ends in the Ocean View area near..
Virginia State Highway 171
Virginia State Highway 171 is located in the Virginia Peninsula region of southeastern Virginia. It runs 12.5 miles from the City of Newport News to Messick Point in the City of Poquoson. The highway covers (from West to East) Boxley Blvd and Oyster Point Road in Newport News, Victory Blvd in York ..
Virginia State Highway 193
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Virginia State Highway 193, or Georgetown Pike, is a rural surface route in the northern part of Fairfax County,..
Virginia State Highway 199
Route 199 Length: 14 mi (23 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Williamsburg, VA West end: Interstate 64 in Lightfoot Major junctions: US 60 Virginia State Highway 321 Virginia State Highway 5 Virginia State Highway 31 Colonial Parkway US 60 Merrimac Trail Interstate 64 East e..
Virginia State Highway 2
Virginia State Highway 2 extends from the independent city of Fredericksburg south to Bowling Green in Caroline County. From Bowling Green, VA 2 is multiplexed with U.S. Route 301 south to Richmond, where it ends near a junction with Interstate 95. External links [VDOT website] ..
Virginia State Highway 233
Virginia State Highway 233, or the Airport Viaduct, is a short elevated highway connecting U.S. Route 1 with Reagan National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia. It can be seen at the bottom of the aerial photograph in the article on the Crystal City section of Arlington. Route 233 is an intermo..
Virginia State Highway 236
Route 236 Length: 16 mi (26 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Alexandria, VAAnnandale, VAFairfax, VA East end: VA 400 (Washington Street) in Alexandria, VA Major junctions: US 1 VA 241 VA 401 (Van Dorn Street) I-395 SR 620 (Braddock Road) VA 244 (Columbia Pike) I-495 (Capita..
Virginia State Highway 238
Route 238 Length: 8 mi (12.8 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Newport News Yorktown West end: US 60 in Newport News Major junctions: I-64 in Newport News Route 143 in Newport News US 17 in Yorktown East end: USCG Training Center in Yorktown System Virginia State Highways Virg..
Virginia State Highway 241
Virginia State Highway 241 is a surface road and primary state highway in the city of Alexandria, Virginia and the census-designated place of Huntington in Fairfax County, Virginia. It connects U.S. Route 1 with Virginia State Highway 236 while bypassing Old Town Alexandria. The southern terminus ..
Virginia State Highway 244
Route 244 Length: 8.19 mi (13.19 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Arlington County, VABailey's Crossroads, VAAnnandale, VA East end: VA 27 in Arlington County, VA Major junctions: VA 27 VA 120 VA 7 West end: VA 236 (Little River Turnpike) in Annandale, VA System Virginia Stat..
Virginia State Highway 259
Virginia State Highway 259 is a split connector route that acts as an extension of West Virginia State Route 259. Southern Portion It connects West Virginia State Route 259 south of Mathias, West Virginia to Interstate 81 at Exit 257 east of Broadway, Virginia. Northern Portion It connects WV 259..
Virginia State Highway 267
Virginia State Highway 267 Length: 28 mi (45 km) Direction: East-West Major cities: Falls Church, VA, Tysons Corner, VA, Herndon, VA, IAD, Ashburn, VA, Leesburg, VA East end: I-66 in Falls Church, VA Major junctions: VA 123 in Tysons Corner, VA I-495 in Tysons Corner, VA VA 7 in Tyson..
Virginia State Highway 27
1945 map of the Pentagon road network, including what is now Route 27 Virginia State Highway 27 is a freeway in Arlington County, Virginia, and is the portion of Washington Boulevard east and south of U.S. Highway 50. From Route 50, Route 27 runs northwest-to-southeast and has interchanges wi..
Virginia State Highway 28
Route 28 Length: 43 mi (70 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Sterling, VA Dulles Airport Chantilly, VA Manassas, VA North end: Route 7 in Sterling, VA Major junctions: VA 267 in Sterling, VA US 50 in Chantilly, VA I-66 in Centreville, VA US 29 in Centreville, VA VA 234 in Ma..
Virginia State Highway 288
Route 288 Length: 34.9 mi (55.8 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Richmond, VA South end: I-95 near Chester, VA Major junctions: US 1/US 301 US 360 VA 76 US 60 US 250 North end: I-64 near Short Pump, VA System Virginia State Highways Virginia State Highway 288 is a semi-circum..
Virginia State Highway 3
Virginia State Highway 3 extends 155 miles from the town of Culpeper south and eastwardly to Gloucester in Virginia's Middle Peninsula region. For many years, a portion was named "Historyland Highway." Major intersections of VA 3 are with: U.S. Highway 29 and U.S. Highway 522 in CulpeperInterstate..
Virginia State Highway 30
Virginia State Highway 30 in the eastern Virginia runs 65 miles from the U.S. Route 1 at Doswell in Caroline County to an intersection with Virginia secondary route 607 at Norge in James City County. Major intersections/points U.S. Route 1 at DoswellInterstate 95 at Doswell (exit 98)U.S. Route 301..
Virginia State Highway 31
Virginia State Highway 31 Length: 27 mi (43 km) 3 mi is by the Jamestown Ferry Direction: East/West Major cities: Wakefield, Surry, Williamsburg West end: US 460 in Wakefield, Virginia Major junctions: Route 10 in Surry, Virginia East end: Route 5 /Route 199 in Williamsburg, Virginia..
Virginia State Highway 311
Route 311 Length: 59 mi (95 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Salem, VA Roanoke County, VA Craig County, VA New Castle, VA Union County, WV Alleghany County, VA Greenbrier County, WV North end: I-64 near White Sulphur Springs, WV Major junctions: Virginia 159 in Crows, VA West Vir..
Virginia State Highway 314
Virginia State Highway 314, or Southgate Road, is a surface road and primary state highway on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the town of Blacksburg, Virginia. It connects U.S. Route 460 with the university's campus. The western terminus of Route 314 is at the ..
Virginia State Highway 32
Virginia State Highway 32 Length: 40 mi (64 km) 5 mi (8 km) is over the James River Bridge Direction: North/South Major cities: Newport News, Suffolk North end: US 17/US 60/US 258 in Newport News (Multiplexed with US 17 and US 258 Major junctions: Route 10 in Isle of Wight Route 127 ..
Virginia State Highway 33
Route 33 extends from the independent city of Richmond to Stingray Point, on the Chesapeake Bay near Deltaville, Virginia. It is an extension of U.S. Highway 33 and is multiplexed with various other routes in various places along its length, including Interstate 64, U.S. Highway 17, and U.S. Highwa..
Virginia State Highway 337
Virginia State Highway 337 is a state highway which runs 34 miles in the South Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia extending from the downtown area of the City of Suffolk, passing through the cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth to terminate in the City of Norfolk near the Norfolk Navy Base. ..
Virginia State Highway 350
Virginia State Highway 350 was the former route designation for the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway. However, that highway has been redesignated as Interstate 95 and Interstate 395. The designation "Route 350" has been reapplied to the roads on the grounds of Tidewater Community College in Virgi..
Virginia State Highway 36
Virginia State Highway 36 extends 15 miles from City of Hopewell through a portion of Prince George County and the City of Petersburg to end in Chesterfield County, Virginia west of the village of Matoaca. Major intersections and points of VA 36 (east to west) are: Virginia State Highway 10 (Hopew..
Virginia State Highway 400
Route 400 Length: 1 mi (1.6 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Alexandria, VA North end: First Street; becomes George Washington Memorial Parkway Major junctions: VA 7 (King Street) VA 236 (Duke Street) South end: South corporate limit of Alexandria, VA; becomes George Washington M..
Virginia State Highway 401
Route 401 Length: 3 mi (5 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Alexandria, VA North end: VA 420 (Seminary Road) in Alexandria, VA Major junctions: VA 236 (Duke Street) South end: South corporate limit of Alexandria, VA; becomes SR 613 System Virginia State Highways Virginia State..
Virginia State Highway 402
Route 402 Length: 1.7 mi (2.7 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Alexandria, VA North end: Shirlington Circle ( I-395 Exit 6) in Alexandria, VA Major junctions: VA 7 South end: VA 420 (Seminary Road) in Alexandria, VA System Virginia State Highways Virginia State Highway 402 i..
Virginia State Highway 412
Virginia State Highway 412, or Prices Fork Road, is a surface road and primary state highway in the town of Blacksburg, Virginia. It connects U.S. Route 460 with U.S. Route 460 Business (Main Street). The eastern terminus of Route 412 is at the intersection of Main Street (Route 460 Business). It..
Virginia State Highway 419
Route 419 Length: 10.5 mi (16.9 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Salem, VA Roanoke County, VA Roanoke, VA North end: -->Virginia 311 in Hanging Rock, VA Major junctions: I-81 in Salem, VA US 460 in Salem, VA US 11 in Salem, VA US 221 in Cave Spring, VA South end: US 220 in R..
Virginia State Highway 420
Route 420 Length: 2.1 mi (3.4 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Alexandria, VA East end: VA 7 (King Street) in Alexandria, VA Major junctions: VA 402 (Quaker Lane) West end: I-395 Exit 4 in Alexandria, VA System Virginia State Highways Virginia State Highway 420 is a east-west ..
Virginia State Highway 5
Route 5 Length: 56 mi (90 km) Direction: East/West Major cities: Richmond, Charles City, Williamsburg West end: US 60 in Richmond, Virginia Major junctions: Pocahontas Parkway in Henrico County Interstate 295 Exit 22 Route 156/Route 106 in Charles City County, Virginia Route 155 Rout..
Virginia State Highway 6
Virginia State Highway 6 extends 100 miles from an intersection with U.S. Highway 250 near Rockfish Gap on Afton Mountain in Nelson County to an intersection with Virginia State Highway 161 in the independent city of Richmond. Major intersections of VA 6 are with: U.S. Highway 250 near Afton Moun..
Virginia State Highway 7
Route 7 Length: 70 mi (113 km) Direction: East-West Major cities: Alexandria, VAFalls Church, VASterling, VAAshburn, VALeesburg, VA Purcellville, VAWinchester, VA East end: VA 400 in Alexandria, VA Major junctions: I-395 in Alexandria, VA US 50 in Falls Church, VA US 29 in Falls Church..
Virginia State Highway 86
Route 86 Length: 4.2 mi (6.9 km) Direction: North/South Major cities: Danville, VA North end: US 29 Bus in Danville, VA Major junctions: US 29 / US 58 in Danville, VA South end: NC 86 at the North Carolina state line System Virginia State Highways Virginia State Highway 86 is a shor..
Virginia State Navy
The Virginia Navy existed briefly from the time it seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861 until it joined the Confederate States of America and turned over its military on June 8. One of the state's first actions was to appoint Robert E. Lee as head of its army and navy. The first, and only, flag..
Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, 425 U.S. 748 (1976)[#endnote_citation], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a state could not limit consumer access to information about prescription drug prices. This was an important case in d..
Virginia State Police
Virginia State Police is a state agency, established in 1919, that acts as the state police force for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The agency originated out of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles as an inspector and enforcer of highway laws. External links [Official Website for the Vir..
Virginia State Senator John S. Edwards
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Senator John S. Edwards (n..
Virginia State University
Virginia State University, located in Ettrick, Virginia (near Petersburg, in the Richmond area), was founded on March 6, 1882. It was the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for black Americans. The name used by the historically black university's a..
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was written in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson. The 793-word statute is divided into three sections. In Section 1, Jefferson argues that the concept of compulsory religion is wr..
Virginia stock
Virginia stock is a popular annual garden plant from the family Brassicaceae. It is grown for its colourful flowers. ..
Virginia Strawberry
The Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated Garden Strawberry. Its natural range is confined to North America, in the United States (including Alaska) and Canada. It is also sometimes called "Wild Straw..
Virginia striatula
The Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula) is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake native to the southeastern United States, from Texas to Florida, as far north as Missouri and North Carolina. It was first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1766, as Coluber striatulus. Contents 1 Descrip..
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
--> Founded in 1920, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra has served the communities of Hampton Roads for over eight decades and has grown into a fully professional ensemble recognized as one of the nation’s leading regional symphony orchestras. Once the only orchestra between Baltimore and Atlanta, ..
Virginia Tax Review Association
The Virginia Tax Review Association (VTR) is one of the oldest student-run law journals at the University of Virginia, and the only journal to deal exclusively with tax and corporate topics. VTR publishes four times annually. The journal devoted to matters related to federal taxation. The VTR was f..
Virginia Tech campus
The Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia; the central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Drive to the west, Main Street to the east, and 460-bypass to the south, though it has several thousand acres beyond the central campus. The university..
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university, the other is Texas A&M University. The Corps of Cadets has existed from the founding the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1..
Virginia Tech Hokies
The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams that represent Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, more commonly known as Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. (Football is IA.) Virginia Tech's men's sports are baseball, bask..
Virginia Theological Seminary
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) is the largest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States. Founded in 1823, VTS is located in Alexandria, Virginia. VTS offers residential and non-residential degree programs: The Master in Divinity program is a three-year residential program designed fo..
Virginia Thompson
Virginia Thompson was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in ice dance with William McLachlan. They won three national titles, and one silver medal and a bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships. Competitive highlights (with McLachlan) 1960 Canadian Championships - 1stWorld Championship..
Virginia Tornado Outbreak
The Virginia tornado outbreak of August 6 1993 was primarily unusual as a rare summer tornado outbreak in the Southeastern U.S., where tornado outbreaks are more common in the spring. A number of weak tornadoes were also reported in coastal eastern North Carolina. The supercells responsible for ca..
Virginia tribes
Contents 1 History2 The Tribes:3 Unofficial Tribes:4 Pow-wows History ..
Virginia Trimble
Virginia Trimble is an astronomer specializing in the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and the history of astronomy. Trimble received her B.A. from UCLA in 1964 and her Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology in 1968. She joined the faculty of the University of California, Ir..
Virginia Trioli
Virginia Frances Trioli (born August 12 1964) is an Australian journalist and author. She was a journalist at Melbourne newspaper The Age throughout the 1990s then at Sydney magazine The Bulletin. She worked at radio station 774 where, 'on behalf of the 774 drive team' for reporting a business ..
Virginia Union University
Virginia Union University is an historically black university located in Richmond, Virginia, which was founded in 1865 by a former slave trader. Storer College, a historically black Baptist college in West Virginia (founded in 1867), merged its endowment with Virginia Union in 1964. It is located ..
Virginia United States Senate election, 2006
The Virginia Senate election of 2006 will be held on November 7, 2006. The winner will serve from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2013. The incumbent, Republican George Allen, is running for a second term. He was previously Governor of Virginia, and is considered a possible candidate for President i..
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Virginia University of Lynchburg is a historically black university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1888 by the Viginia Baptist State Convention as the coeducational Lynchburg Baptist Seminary. Classes were first held in 1890 under the name Virginia Seminary. Wi..
Virginia V
The steamer Virginia V (the “V” is the Roman numeral “5”) is one of two surviving members of the American "mosquito fleet" – the large, unlicensed steamers that worked the inland waters of the United States. (The other vessel is [Carlisle II].) The mosquito fleet was vital to the..
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003), was a First Amendment case decided in the Supreme Court of the United States. The respondent, Barry Black, had been convicted of violating a Virginia statute against cross burning. In this case, the Court struck down that statute because it takes the act of ..
Virginia V. Lyons
Virginia V. Lyons (1944 - ) -- Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. Viginia Lyons was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 2000 and continues in that office. Contents 1 Biography2 Public Life3 See also4 External ..
Virginia valeriae
The Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae) is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States, from Texas and Iowa to Pennsylvania and Florida. It is a small, fossorial species which spends most of its time buried in loose soil or leaf litter, and eats prim..
Virginia Van Wie
Virginia Van Wie (1908 - February 18, 1997) was an American golfing champion. She was born in Illinois and attended school in Chicago. In 1925, she won the Western Michigan championship and the Western Junior championship. At the 1928 and 1930 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships she ..
Virginia Vestoff
Virginia Vestoff was an American actress of film, television and Broadway, arguably most famous for having played Abigail Adams in 1776 (see [[http://www.collinwood.net/cast/vestoff.htm]]). Virginia Vestoff was born into a family of vaudeville performers on December 9, 1939 in New York City. Both h..
Virginia Wade
Sarah Virginia Wade (born July 10 1945, in Bournemouth, England) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won three Grand Slam singles titles and five Grand Slam doubles titles. She is particularly remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon in the..
Virginia Warren
Virginia Warren is Professor of Philosophy at Chapman University. She specialises in bioethics and Feminist theory. ..
Virginia Water
Virginia Water is a large village, a lake and, originally, a stream, the village being in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the bodies of water stretching over the borders of Runnymede, Windsor and Sunninghill, both in England. The village takes its name from the lake which is in the nearby Wi..
Virginia Waters (electoral district)
Virginia Waters is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. External links [Website of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly] ..
Virginia Water railway station
Trains from Weybridge (left) and Reading (right) await departure for London Waterloo at Virginia Water Virginia Water railway station serving the village of Virginia Water, Surrey in the United Kingdom, is operated by South West Trains. It is a junction station on the Waterloo to Reading Line..
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler (March 21, 1926 – July 1, 1968) was an American child actor, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Eagle Rock, California, Weidler made her first film appearance in 1933. Over the next few years she played minor roles in films for RKO and Paramount S..
Virginia Wesleyan College
Virginia Wesleyan College is a small Methodist liberal arts college on the border of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia offering a Bachelor of Arts in many disciplines. Virginia Wesleyan College boasts a strong student-to-faculty ratio and has shown steady campus growth for several years. Distin..
Virginia Western Community College
| colspan="2" |Virginia Western Community College | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | Motto: The Community's College | style="background: #efefef" | President: | style="background: #dfefff" | Robert H. Sandel | style="background: #efefef" | School Type: | style="background: #dfefff" | Public | ..
Virginia Wetherell
Virginia Wetherell is a British actress, best known for her roles in Hammer horror films such as Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde and Demons of the Mind. She also appeared in the film A Clockwork Orange. On television, she was a regular cast member of The Troubleshooters as Julie Serres, and played Dyoni..
Virginia Wolf
For the British author and feminist, see Virginia Woolf. Virginia Wolf was a British rock band of the late 1980s. Their albums included Virginia Wolf (1986) and Push (1987). They actually existed from 1977 until 1988 featuring Nick Bold on lead guitar throughout. Chris Ousey (later of Heartland) wa..
Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership
The Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership (or VWIL) is a women's military college based at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. It opened in 1995 and now has approximately 140 cadets enrolled, attending both the military academy and Mary Baldwin. Contents 1 History2 Academic..
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (25 January, 1882 – 28 March, 1941) is by reputation one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. Though she is commonly regarded by many as feminist, it should be noted that she herself deplored the term, as she felt it suggested an ob..
Virginia Youth Soccer Association
The Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) is the official youth soccer organization in Virginia. Local team affiliates include D.C. United, Richmond Kickers, Virginia Beach Mariners, and Northern Virginia Royals. Members Alexandria Soccer AssociationAlleghany Highlands SoccerAmelia Independent Yo..
Virginia Zeani
Virginia Zeani (born Virginia Zehan, October 21, 1925, in Transylvania, Romania) was one of the greatest operatic sopranos of the 1950s and 1960s. Her career was focused in Italy, where she sang in every major opera house and with every great tenor from Beniamino Gigli and Ferruccio Tagliavini righ..
Virginia Zoological Park
The Virginia Zoological Park is a zoo located in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchases 65 acres of land that is currently occupied by Lafayette Park. In 1900, the Zoo officially opens, as Lafayette Park begins acquiring zoological specimens on exhibit. By 1901, the zoo's animal ..
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (1859- 1915) was a Paris socialite. Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau was born in Louisiana of a French Creole family which moved to France when she was 8 years old. One of Paris' notorious beauties, Gautreau wore lavender powder and prided herself on her appearance..
Virginie Déjazet
Virginie Déjazet, by Ludwig Richter Pauline Virginie Dejazet (30 August 1798 - 1 December 1875) was a French actress. She was born in Paris, and made her first appearance on the stage at the age of five. It was not until 1820, when she began her seven years' connexion with the recently foun..
Virginie Despentes
French literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen (born November 15, 1976) is a French actress. She was born in Aubervilliers, France as Virginie Fernandez. She was a print model from the age of 2 and later took on the stage name "Ledoyen" after the maiden name of her paternal grandmother, who had been a stage actress. Her brea..
Virginie Loveling
Virginie (Marie) Loveling (1836-05-17 - 1923-12-01) was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography2.1 Co-authored with Rosalie Loveling2.2 Co-authored with Cyriel Buysse..
Virginie Pouchain
Virginie Pouchain is a 26-year-old singer and hairdresser from the département of Ardèche in southern France. On March 14 she was selected by the viewers of France 3 and a jury presided by Charles Aznavour to represent France in Eurovision Song Contest 2006. For the French national grand finale ..
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano (born May 12, 1983 in Dijon) is a French tennis player. On April 11, 2005 she reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 35. She has won one doubles title, but has yet to win a singles title. As of June 26, 2006, she had won more than $905,000 in prize money, and was ranke..
Virginijus Praškevičius
Virginijus Praškevičius (born April 3, 1974 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played for Lithuania national basketball team and for Lithuania Under-22 national team, taking part to Eurobasket 1997, World Championship 1998 and Eurobasket 1999. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Europe..
Virginio Rognoni
Virginio Rognoni (born August 5, 1924 in Corsico, province of Milan) is an Italian politician, member of Christian Democracy. He was several times Interior Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2006 he was vice president of Superior Council of Bench. |- style="text-al..
Virginio Rosetta
Virginio Rosetta (February 25, 1902 - 1975) was an Italian former football player. Rosetta was born in Vercelli, Piedmont, where he debuted for Pro Vercelli in the Italian First Division (Serie A's predecessor) in 1919-20 season, as a striker. He later turned into an effective defender. Pro Vercel..
Virginity
"Virgin" redirects here. For , see . In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. In its broadest sense, virginity is characterized by a state of unimpacted purity, usually stemming from a lack of experience (for example, newcomers to the game Bingo cou..
Virginity pledge
Virginity pledges (or abstinence pledges) are commitments made by teenagers and young adults to refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage. They are most common in the United States, especially among Evangelical Christian denominations. Various social and religious groups promote virginity pled..
Virginius Affair
The Virginius Affair (sometimes called the Virginius Incident) was a diplomatic dispute that occurred in the 1870s between the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain, then proprietor of Cuba, during the Ten Years' War. The Virginius was a blockade-runner used in the American Civil War. Origin..
Virginius Dabney
Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 to December 28, 1995) was a U.S. teacher, journalist, writer, and editor. He was the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1936 to 1969 and author of several historical books. He won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1948 due in part to his opposit..
Virginius Island
Virginius Island is an island on the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The island is formed by the Shenandoah Canal, constructed by the Patowmack Company between 1806 and 1807, which separates it from the town of Harpers Ferry. Virginius Island is part of the Harpers Ferry National H..
Virginópolis
Virginópolis is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 10,180. ..
Virginstow
Virginstow is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon in England, about 7 miles north of Launcestone in Cornwall. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 115. ..
Virgins & Philistines
Virgins And Philistines is the debut album by British new wave band, The Colourfield. What is represented below in the US release of the album. The album in the UK only contained 10 tracks. Later when the CD was re-released in Japan it contained 20 tracks, the entire US album plus all of the Singl..
Virgins the Play
Virgins: A Musical Threesome By Mathew Frank & Dean Bryant. A play that has been described as the best of the year Virgins deals with Teen Divas and Vows of Chastity, Soft Porn and Journalism and Asylum Seekers and Reality TV. Orignially shown in Melbourne, Australia, however due to its success is i..
Virgin (band)
Virgin is a Polish rock band that was created in 2000. Its lead singer is Dorota Rabczewska. The band's second album Bimbo managed to stay at top the Polish album chart for a couple of weeks. They expressed their willingness to participate in the Polish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest ..
Virgin (disambiguation)
A virgin is someone who has not yet engaged in sexual intercourse. Virgin may also refer to: Young emerged queen bees that have not yet matedThe Virgin, an epithet for Mary, the mother of Jesus; sometimes the epithet "virgin" is applied, particularly in languages other than English, to other wome..
Virgin Active
Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Initially based in South Africa, it was near collapse when it was acquired by Richard Branson's Virgin Group at the personal request of Nelson Mandela. It has subsequently expanded its operations to Italy..
Virgin Ambient series
The Virgin Ambient Series was a series of albums released on the Virgin Records label between 1993 and 1997. Of the 24 albums released in the series, 13 were compilations. Discography Code Barcode Artist Title Desc Released AMBT1 7243-8-39041-2-9 Various Artists Ambient 1: A Brief Hist..
Virgin America
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Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Masaccio)
Madonna and Child with St. Anne Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, c. 1424-1425 Tempera on panel, 175 × 103 cm Uffizi The Madonna and Child with St. Anne, also known as Sant'Anna Metterza, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio, probably in collaboration with Masolin..
Virgin Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador
Virgin Arm was a village located on New World Island. Population was 356 in 1956. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador ..
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways (IATA: VS, ICAO: VIR, and Callsign: Virgin), usually referred to as Virgin Atlantic, is one of the airlines of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, operating long-haul routes between London and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Its main ba..
Virgin Atlantic destinations
This is a list of destinations served by Virgin Atlantic Airways Contents 1 ..
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer The GlobalFlyer pictured along its left wing Description Role Non-stop circumnavigator Crew 1 First Flight 2004 Manufacturer Scaled Composites Dimensions Length 38 ft 4 in 11.7 m Wingspan 114 ft 10 in 35 m Height 11 ft 10 in 3.6 m Wing Area 400 ft² 37 ..
Virgin Balloon Flights
Virgin Balloon Flights The Virgin Balloon Flights started in 1987, by flying hot air balloons and are still flown in the famous red balloons with the famous Virgin Group logo on the side of the balloon. Virgin Balloon Flights also own and oprate the largest passenger carrying ballon in the United ..
Virgin Birth
''This is a sub-article to reports of unusual religious childbirths and Jesus. The Virgin Birth is a key doctrine of the Christian faith, and is also held by Muslims (Qur'an 3.47). However, Muslims do not call Jesus "Son of God", rather "Servant of God". In the Qur'an, Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is con..
Virgin Black
Virgin Black is an Australian band that combines gothic-doom, and symphonic metal influences for an emotional and dramatic sound. Contents 1 Band history2 Lineup2.1 Current members2.2 Former members3 Discography4 External links4.1 Official websites4.2 U..
Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue is the leading Australian low-cost airline. It was founded by the British businessman Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and is now majority controlled by Toll Holdings. It is based in Brisbane, Queensland. Virgin Blue Boeing 737 Contents 1 History2 Fleet3 Tri..
Virgin Blue destinations
Virgin Blue flies to the following cities. This list also includes destinations served by Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue. ..
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. The book publishing arm was established in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well-known ..
Virgin Cinemas
Virgin Cinemas is a former unit of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, founded when Virgin bought the MGM chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom. Virgin introduced a number of improvements to the cinema circuit including instore mini Virgin stores selling a number of CDs and the Unlimited season tic..
Virgin Cola
Virgin Cola is a carbonated cola soft drink produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. It was launched in 1994. History Virgin Cola was set up during the early 1990s in conjuction with Cott, a Canadian company that specialises in bottling own-label drinks..
Virgin Comics
Virgin Comics LLC is a comic book company, which produces Indian-related comics for an international audience. It is owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, and includes talent like Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra, famous Oscar-winning director Shekhar Kapur, author Deepak Chopra and var..
Virgin Credit Card
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group launched the Virgin Credit Card in Australia and The United Kingdom. Contents 1 In Australia1.1 Features1.2 Style2 In The United Kingdom In Australia The Virgin Card was launched in Australia in May 2003 and was soon to be followed by ano..
Virgin Cross-Country
A Class 220 Voyager at Bristol. Virgin Cross-Country (VXC) is the branch of Virgin Trains that operates express train services all over Great Britain. Contents 1 Routes2 Trains3 Future4 See also Routes VT1: Penzance and Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh, Glasgow Centr..
Virgin Decalog
The Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who: they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories (although the last two collections both contained eleven). Five volumes were published betw..
Virgin Digital
Virgin Digital is an online music store launched on September 27, 2004 U.S. and on September 02, 2005 UK. It is operated by the Virgin Group. It offers individual tracks at US$0.99/UK£0.79 and most albums for about $10/£7. Its subscription service, Digital Music Club, costs US$7.99/UK£9.99 per mo..
Virgin Drinks
Virgin Drinks is a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. It markets soft drinks, including Virgin Cola, and alcoholic beverages including Virgin Vodka. The company has previously also tried to market a range of beverages in the same functional energy class as Red Bull and Red Dev..
Virgin Electronics
Virgin Electronics is a company from the Virgin Group that sells MP3 Players and accessories for their MP3 Players. Richard Branson still owns the company, but plans to take it Public later this year. Virgin Pulse was a Virgin branded company that Sir Richard Branson owned that sold CD Players, AM/F..
Virgin Experience Days
Virgin Experience Days Virgin Experience days are part of the Virgin Group. Virgin Experience days was set up in March 2001 with the aim to offer experience days to clients as a way of incentivising customers and staff. The company then rapidly expanded and offered these services to consumers as ..
Virgin Express
A Boeing 737 of Virgin Express Virgin Express (IATA: TV, ICAO: VEX, and Callsign: Virgin Express) is an airline which was created within the Virgin Group. It operates mainly flights to southern Europe from their hub at Brussels Zaventem (Brussels National). Ticket sales are mainly through the ..
Virgin Festival
Virgin Festival Location(s) Canada, United States Years active 2006 - present Date(s) Genre(s) Rock, Pop For the original rock festival held in England, see V Festival Virgin Festival is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada. On June 30, 2006, Virgin Group c..
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a spaceline in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and later orbital spaceflights to the paying public. Contents 1 Mission2 Spacecraft3 Bookings4 Flight personnel and training5 Spaceports6 Insurance7&..
Virgin Gorda
Virgin Gorda is the second-largest of the British Virgin Islands. Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles (21 sq. km). Christopher Columbus is said to have named the island "The Fat Virgin," because its sil..
Virgin Gorda Airport
Virgin Gorda Airport is an airport on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. External links [Virgin Gorda Airport update plan] ..
Virgin Group
Contents 1 Virgin2 Virgin Brands (under various ownership)3 See also4 External links Virgin Refreshed Corporate logo of the Virgin Group introduced 2006Usage of these images is restricted. Trademarks on this page belong to their owner.See [Image use policy] ..
Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games from the remnants of the large-scale 1980s label, Mastertronics, which was purchased by Virgin in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group, and it was once considered the "Electronic Arts" ..
Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are divided into two parts, one of which, the British Virgin Islands to the east and north, is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The other, the U.S. Virgin Islands to the west and south, is an unincorporated an..
Virgin Islands (Cusco album)
Virgin Islands is an album by German New Age band Cusco. It was released in 1983 under Higher Octave Label. Track listing "Virgin Islands""Santo Domingo""Easter Islands""Bali""Philippines""Sun Of Jamaica""Alcatraz""Seychelles""Samoa""Fiji Islands""Java""Saipan Islands" Album credits Rainer Piet..
Virgin Islands at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The Virgin Islands competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea under the IOC country code ISV. It was the fifth appearance of the nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1968. Contents 1                 Total ..
Virgin Islands at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The Virgin Islands competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under the IOC country code ISV. Contents 1  Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Virgin Islands at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The U.S. Virgin Islands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens under the IOC country code ISV. Contents 1  Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics
The United States Virgin Islands sent one competitor to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy; however, she injured her wrist during a crash in practice and was unable to compete. Events Luge Anne Abernathy [link], known as Grandma Luge in luge circles, was forced out of the women..
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument The clear waters surrounding Saint John support a diverse and complex system of coral reefs. The health of these reefs is closely tied to its component plants and animals as well as adjacent non-coral marine environments such as sandy bottoms, seagrass ..
Virgin Islands Creole
Virgin Islands Creole is a linguistic variety spoken in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Its ISO code is cpe. The number of speakers of Virgin Islands Creole is below 100,000. Virgin Islands Creole does not have the status of an official language. Virgin Islands Creole is not to be confused wi..
Virgin Islands March
The "Virgin Islands March" is a patriotic song which is considered to be the national anthem of the United States Virgin Islands. The song was composed by Naval Bandmaster and Virgin Island native Alton Adams in the 1920s. It served as the unofficial anthem of the Virgin Islands until 1963 when it..
Virgin Islands National Park
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Virgin Islands Party (British Virgin Islands)
The Virgin Islands Party is a political party in the British Virgin Islands, led by former chief minister Ralph T. O'Neal. At the last elections, 16 June 2003, the party lost its majority, winning only 42.2% of the popular votes and five out of thirteen elected seats. ..
Virgin Killer
Virgin Killer is an album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1977. It had a controversial cover showing a naked prepubescent girl. Later pressings of the album had a different cover. Band member Klaus Meine acknowledged that he was shocked when he saw the original album cover, but was press..
Virgin Komi Forests
The Virgin Komi Forests is a natural UNESCO World Heritage site in the Northern Ural mountains of the Komi Republic, Russia. At 32,800 km² it is the largest virgin forest in Europe. The Virgin Komi Forests belong to the Ural Mountains taiga ecoregion. Dominant tree species include Siberian spruce,..
Virgin Lake
Vigin Lake, Washington, USA. Virgin Lake is a small lake located at the edge of the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area along the Blanca Lake Trail in Washington, USA. The lake is 4,600 ft. above sea level. Due to its elevation, and the wet climate in the Pacific Northwest, Virgin Lake is typic..
Virgin Lands Campaign
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] "Virgin Lands" by Fedor Malaev, a romanticised view of the Campaign The Virgin Lands Campaign was an initiative by Nikita Khrushchev to open up vast tracts of unplowed (virgin) steppe in the northern Kazakh SSR and the Altay region of the Russian SFSR, starte..
Virgin Limobike
Virgin Limobike is a taxi service in London designed to help people get around the city and avoid traffic. It uses a fleet of high performance sports bikes adapted to carry two, to do this. All training is provided by the riders, and there is an intercom between the helmets. External links [Of..
Virgin Limousines
Virgin Limo Virgin Limo operates in America mostley and Canada External Links Virgin Group ..
Virgin Mary (cocktail)
Virgin Mary is the name of a popular non-alcoholic cocktail. It is a Bloody Mary made without vodka. Therefore, it is essentially tomato juice, usually with extra spices. This cocktail is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus, by analogy with the fact that the Bloody Mary was named after Mary I of ..
Virgin Mary (disambiguation)
Virgin Mary may refer to: In religion: Mary, the mother of Jesus, the historical and multi-denominational concept of MaryBlessed Virgin Mary, also known as Saint Mary, the Roman Catholic theological and doctrinal concept of MaryVirgin Mary in Islam, the Islamic theological and doctrinal concept of..
Virgin Mary in Islam
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Virgin Media Plc
Virgin Media Plc is set to become the name of the merged company formed from Virgin Mobile and NTL. External link [BBC News Article on the merger] ..
Virgin Megastore
Virgin Megastores is a chain of record shops throughout the world, established by Richard Branson. The first Virgin record store opened in London's Oxford Street in 1971. In 1979 the company opened their first Megastore at the end of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road. There are now over 120 s..
Virgin Missing Adventures
The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had le..
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile Ltd is a mobile phone service provider operating in the UK, Australia, Canada, the U.S. and France. It is a susiduary of NTL incorporated. The company was the world's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator, launched in the UK in 1999. It does not maintain its own network, and instead ..
Virgin Mountains
The Virgin Mountains are located in the southeastern part of the state of Nevada and northwestern Arizona. The range runs in a southwest-northeasterly direction, and covers an area of approximately 116 square miles. The range lies about 10 to 16 miles south of the town of Mesquite. Virgin Peak rises..
Virgin New Adventures
The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had le..
Virgin Nigeria Airways
Virgin Nigeria Airways is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria and operates scheduled international, regional and domestic passenger services. Their hub is Murtala Mohammed International Airport (LOS) in Lagos. This is a replacement for defunct Nigeria Airways. Contents 1 History2 Ser..
Virgin of Montserrat
The Virgin of Montserrat, or La Moreneta in its setting Detail The Virgin of Montserrat is a statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus venerated at the Montserrat mountain in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of the black Madonnas of Europe, hence its familiar Catalan name, la Moreneta ("The little da..
Virgin of Ocotlan
A statue of the Virgin Mary in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Virgin of Ocotlan is patron saint of Tlaxcala and the neighbouring state of Puebla. Contents 1 The Legend2 History of the Shrine3 The Statue4 Sources The Legend In late spring of 1541, a young native Tlaxcalan man name..
Virgin of Paris
The Virgin of Paris is often called one of the most decorative statues in all of Catholicism, built during a time of great wealth in the city in which it was constructed. It is in honor of the Blessed Virgin, mother of Jesus. The statue was commissioned for and still resides in the Cathedral of Not..
Virgin of Suyapa
The Virgin of Suyapa is a 6 cm (2.3 in) statue that is the patron saint of Honduras. The statue is kept in Suyapa, a suburb of the capital Tegucigalpa, and toured through various other parts of the country each year in early February. Many thousands of people from all over Central America come and v..
Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo Da Vinci, 1495-1508 Oil on panel, 189.5 × 120 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo Da Vinci, 1483-1486 Oil on panel (transferred to canvas), 199 × 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Virgin of the Rocks and Madonna..
Virgin queen
Elizabeth I of England was also called the Virgin Queen. This article concerns bees. In beekeeping, a virgin queen is a queen bee that has not mated with a drone. Virgins are intermediate in size between workers and mated, laying queens, and are much more active than the latter. They are hard to ..
Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio is a British commercial music radio station based in London. Originally called Virgin 1215 it was launched nationally on 1215 kHz (although some regional transmitters used other frequencies) at 12.15pm on 30 April 1993 by Richard Branson as part of his Virgin brand. It has since been ..
Virgin Radio Classic Rock
A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock is a radio station broadcasting to London via DAB, Sky Digital, Telewest, and worldwide on the internet. Virgin Radio Classic Rock is part of the Virgin Radio Network. External link [VirginRadioClassicRock.co.uk] ..
Virgin Radio Groove
A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Groove is a radio station broadcasting to worldwide on the internet. It was launched as The Groove and renamed Virgin Radio Groove in 2004. As well as being broadcast on the internet it was originally broadcast on DAB in London, but was replaced by ..
Virgin Radio Xtreme
Virgin Radio Xtreme is a Digital radio station in the United Kingdom. Xtreme launched on 5 September 2005 by Virgin Radio DJ, Steve Harris. Its music policy is aimed at playing new rock for a youth audience. Current shows on the station are: The Edge with Steve Harris - a new music show on Frida..
Virgin Records
Virgin Records Parent company The EMI Group Founded 1972 Founder(s) Richard BransonNik Powell Distributing label Virgin Records (US) Genre(s) Various Country UK, US Web address http://virginrecords.com/ Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrep..
Virgin River
The Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the southwestern United States North Fork Virgin River/Zion National Park The Virgin River is a 200 mile (322 km) long tributary of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States. It begins in Southwe..
Virgin Rocks
The Virgin Rocks is a series of rocky ridges just below the ocean surface on the Grand Banks. They rise to within 3.6 m of the surface and are a navagiation hazard to ocean going vessels in the North Atlantic. The rocks were first reported by Jorge Reinel circa 1516 — 1522 and are noted as go..
Virgin Schallplatten
frame Virgin Schallplatten GmbH is the German subsidiary of Virgin Records. Famous artists that worked with the company include Sandra and Enigma. See also List of record labelsVirgin Records External link [Official site] ..
Virgin Snow
Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung in 1988 released by Cinepoly Records of Hong Kong. Popular songs from this album include 爱的凶手 (Love Killer), 热辣辣 (Burning Hot), 雪中情 (Love of Snow), 想你 (Needing You), 烧&..
Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele is a heavy metal band from New York, founded in 1981. They play what they call "barbaric-romantic" metal, which is very symphonic and contains many elements from classical music. Band-leader David DeFeis describes the music as "From a whisper to a scream, barbaric, romantic, bombastic..
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (Oh! Soo-jung) is a 2000 South Korean comedy-drama film. It follows the romantic travails of a video producer and a gallery owner, and the web of deceit the spin around their relationship. It was an early success in the short career of female star Lee Eun-ju, ..
Virgin Superstar
Virgin Superstar (1999) is an album by the industrial and synthpop band, And One. Track listing "Virgin Superstar" – 04:10"Wasted" – 03:20"You Don't Love Me Anymore" – 04:16"Goodbye Germany" – 05:80"Wet Spot" – 04:30"Panzermensch" – 05:20"My Story" – 04:11"Life To Lose" – 04:19"No..
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It is generally considered part of the Virgin Group, although the shareholding is actually split 51:49 between Virgin Group and Stagecoach Group. The company was formed to take advantage of the privatisation of British Rail in the..
Virgin verve
The Virgin Verve is a free, weekly alternative newspaper distributed in St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Virgin Verve published it's last weekly issue on February 3rd, 2006. It's currently reorganizing and plans to publish on a monthly format. The Virgin Verve focuses on ba..
Virgin Vodka
Virgin Vodka is an alcoholic beverage produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. It was launched in 1994. History Virgin Trading Company and William Grant & Sons announced a commercial agreement to market Virgin Vodka in the UK ..
Virgin Webplayer
The Virgin Webplayer is a discontinued internet appliance from Virgin Group. The device was intended as a standalone internet access device, running a specialized operating system which limited it to the Virgin Connect ISP. It was discontinued on November 15, 2000. The remaining Webplayer hardwa..
Virgin West Coast
Virgin West Coast is the part of Virgin Trains that operates express trains from London Euston. Contents 1 Routes1.1 VT4 (London Euston-Llandudno, Birmingham or Holyhead via Lichfield and Llandudno Junction)1.1.1 VT4-Birmingham Branch1.1.2 VT4-Main Branch1.1.2.1 VT4-Lland..
Virgin Witch
Virgin Witch is a 1972 British art/horror movie by director Ray Austin as a tribute to Jean-Luc Godard. The film has a minor cult following, and is even considered a masterpiece by some genre experts. ..
Virgin wool
Virgin wool is wool which has been spun on the shoddy for the first time. ..
Virgo
See Virgo for the astrological sign, VIRGO (physics) for the French-Italian project in physics and John Virgo for the snooker player Virgo click for larger image Abbreviation Vir Genitive Virginis Symbology the Virgin Right ascension 13 h Declination 0° Area Ranked 2nd N..
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Virgolândia
Virgolândia is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 5,748. ..
Virgo (astrology)
The Western astrological sign of Virgo is occupied by the Sun from August 23 to September 22 in the tropical zodiac and currently September 17 to October 17 in the sidereal zodiac, when the Sun is approximately in the constellation of Virgo. In tropical astrology it symbolises the fertility an..
Virgo (Gundam Wing)
The Virgo series is a set of related mobile suits from the fictional anime series New Mobile Report Gundam Wing. The name "Virgo" is derived from the constellation, since the Virgo series, as mobile dolls, do not require a human pilot. OZ-02MD Virgo Developed late in After Colony 195, the Virg..
VIRGO (physics)
In physics, VIRGO is a project of France and Italy, a Michelson laser interferometer that is analogous to LIGO. External link [Virgo - description] ..
Virgo cluster of galaxies
Virgo cluster Galaxy cluster List of galaxy clusters ° b = ° |- ! style="text-align:left;"| Supergalactic coordinate: | L = ° B = ° |- ! style="text-align:left;"| Distance: | 52 million ly |- ! style="text-align:left;"| Constellation(s): | Virgo & Coma Berenices |- ! style="text..
Virgo Stellar Stream
The Virgo Stellar Stream (also known as Virgo Overdensity, Virgo Dwarf Galaxy, or Virgo super star cluster) is the proposed name for a stream of stars in the constellation of Virgo which was discovered in 2005.[The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reveals A New Milky Way Neighbor], SDSS press re..
Virgo Supercluster
The Virgo Supercluster or Local Supercluster is the supercluster of galaxies that contains the Local Group and with it our galaxy, the Milky Way. It has the pancake-like shape of a flattened disk, with a diameter of about 200 million light years. It contains about 100 groups and clusters of galaxies..
Virgula divina
Virgula divina, or Baculus divinatorius, was a form of divining rod created from the forked branch of a hazel tree, used in the discovery of underground mines, springs, etc. The claimed method of using this Y-shaped branch involved the following: the user walks very slowly over the places where he..
Virgumbakkam
Virugambakkam is a place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It's famous for local film artists and teleserial artists. It is also known for its cheaper vegetables and famous personality residentials. Famous schools [Balalok Matriculation Higher Secondary School]AVM Matriculation Higher Second..
Virial coefficient
Virial coefficients appear as coefficients in the virial expansion of the pressure of a many-particle system in powers of the density. They are characteristic of the pair-wise interaction potential between the particles and in general depend on the temperature. Definition in terms of graphs The viri..
Virial expansion
The classical virial expansion expresses the pressure of a many-particle system in equilibrium as a power series in the density. Let [\rho] be the density, [\beta=(k_T)^] the inverse absolute temperature in units of the Boltzmann constant [k_]; then the virial expansio..
Virial stress
Virial stress is a measure of mechanical stress on an atomic scale. See also Virial theorem External links [Physical Interpretation of the Virial Stress][A new look at the atomic level virial stress: on continuum-molecular system equivalence] ..
Virial theorem
In mechanics, the virial [G] of a collection of [N] point particles is defined as: [G = \sum_^ \mathbf_ \cdot \mathbf_ ] where [\mathbf_] and [\mathbf_] are the position and momentum vectors, respectively, of the [k^}] particle. The ..
Viriat
Viriat is a village and commune in the Ain département, in the Rhône-Alpes région of eastern France. Settlement there goes back to at least the Celtic period. In the 12th century, the name "Viriacus" appears in a record, referring to church and a priory. External links [Viriat website]..
Viriathus
Statue of Viriathus, at Viseu, Portugal. Viriathus (known as Viriato in Portuguese and Castilian) (180 BC - 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian tribe that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of Western Iberia, where the Roman province of Lusitania would be established..
Viricide
A viricide is a chemical agent which "kills" viruses outside the body. Since "life" in viruses is debatable to begin with, the term generally means an antiseptic which reliably deactivates or destroys a virus. Since the spermicide Nonoxynol-9 also shows some viricidal activity, many health exper..
Viriconium
Viriconium is a fictional city created by M. John Harrison and also the name of the cycle of novels and stories set in and around it. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Viriconium lies in a dying Earth littered with the detritus of the millennia, partly ..
Viridian
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Viridiana
For the thirteenth century saint, see Verdiana. Viridiana is a 1961 film film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Mexico by Gustavo Alatriste. Along with The Long Absence, it was a winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is one of several Buñuel films critical of Cathol..
Viridian (disambiguation)
Viridian may refer to: Viridian is the code-name for Microsoft's hypervisor initiativeViridian Group plc is an electricity group based in Northern Ireland.Viridian design movement, a popular design movement based on a bright green philosophy.Viridian City is a city in the Pokémon video games, anim..
Viridian City
Viridian City in Fire Red/Leaf Green. in the original Japanese) is a fictional city in the Pokémon series. It is located in the Kanto region. Contents 1 Overview2 Places of interest2.1 Pokémon Gym2.2 Missingno.2.3 Trainer House3 Viridian City in the anime Ov..
Viridian design movement
The Viridian design movement is a bright green movement tying together environmental design, rational technophilia, and global awareness. It was founded by and is centered on the "pope-emperor" Bruce Sterling, an Austin-based cyberpunk/postcyberpunk science fiction author. Frequent contributors ..
Viridian Forest
Viridian Forest is an area located between Viridian City and Pewter City in the Pokémon Video Games. It is home to several common Bug type Pokémon such as Caterpie and Weedle and on occasion Pikachu can be found there. Appearances Viridian Forest made its first appearance in Pokémon Red and Blu..
Viridian Group
Viridian Group plc is a Northern Ireland-based energy business with interests in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Viridian owns Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), Viridian Power & Energy, Energia, Huntstown and Powerteam. History Viridian was formed in 1998 as a holding company..
Viridian method
The Viridian Method is a form of complementary therapy. It starts from a belief that everything is formed at a foundation level from energy. When this energy is perceived from an “energetic perspective”, it is understood that it exists in an infinite array of “states”. By introducing the co..
Viridios
Viridios, or Viridius is the supposed deified masculine spirit of verdure, in ancient Celtic polytheism. Centres of worship Viridios was worshipped in Roman Britain and altar-stones raised to him have been recovered in the United Kingdom, such as those at Ancaster . Etymology Viridios may be der..
Viridiplantae
Viridiplantae are a group comprising the green algae and embryophyte plants. In some classification systems they have been treated as a kingdom, under various names: e.g. Viridiplantae, Chlorobionta, or sometimes simply Plantae. They are now considered to be part of a larger clade, the Archaeplast..
Viriditas
Viriditas is a word used by abbess Hildegard von Bingen, by Pope Gregory I, and by science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. Its meaning as used by the former two is unclear. The latter uses it to mean "the green force of life, expanding into the Universe". "Look at the pattern this seashell m..
Viridite
Viridite is a mineral belonging to the chlorite group. It is found in igneous rocks, particularly Diabase. ..
Viridomarus
Viridomarus (died 222 BC) was a Gaulish military leader who led an army against an army of the Roman Republic at the Battle of Clastidium. The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the Roman leader, earned the spolia opima by killing Viridomarus in single combat. ..
Viridomys
Viridomys is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata, and lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs." It's within the suborder of Cimolodonta, though its further affinities are unclear. ..
Viridor
Viridor is a waste management company in the United Kingdom. They acquired part of Churngold's waste business in June 2003. External links [Viridor website] ..
Virieu-le-Grand
Virieu-le-Grand Country      France Région Rhône-Alpes Départment Ain Arrondissement Belley Canton Virieu-le-Grand INSEE 01452 Postal Code 01510 MayorCurrent Term Bernard Pantin2001-2007 Intercommunality Longitude Latitude..
Virieu-le-Petit
Virieu-le-Petit Country      France Région Rhône-Alpes Départment Ain Arrondissement Belley Canton Champagne-en-Valromey INSEE 01000 Postal Code 01460 MayorCurrent Term ?2001-2007 Intercommunality Longitude Latitude ..
Virignin
Virignin Country      France Région Rhône-Alpes Départment Ain Arrondissement Belley Canton Belley INSEE 01000 Postal Code 01300 MayorCurrent Term ?2001-2007 Intercommunality Longitude Latitude Altitudes average : ..
Virigon Games
Contents 1 Virigon Games Inc2 Games2.1 List of games published and/or developed by Virigon Games Inc3 External links Virigon Games Inc Virigon Games Inc is an online gaming developer and publisher website. Virigon Games Inc was founded in 2000 by John Fiete and Brian Vechey. ..
Viriguas Leon
Usually known as "Viriguas", Guillermo León was an excellent striker that played for Deportivo Saprissa during the 50's. He was a member of the original Saprissa team that reached Costa Rica's First Division in 1949, and was the first recognizable star of this team, along with Mario "Catato" Corder..
Virility
Virility is part of the traditional idealized male gender role. According to this view, a virile man is vigorously sexually active, and capable of making women pregnant. Virility is also traditionally associated with other aspects of masculinity. Compare with muliebrity ..
Virilization
In biology and medicine, virilization refers to the development of changes which make a male body different from a female body. Most of the changes of virilization are produced by androgens. Virilization is most commonly used in three medical contexts: prenatal sexual differentiation, the postnatal ..
Virindi
The Virindi are an entity from the MMORPG Asheron's Call. They originate from the Singularity and when defeated are sent to the Quiddity. They generally have a hivemind sentience, though whether they are "alive" depends on your defintion, as they seem to be composed of energy. A few have broken free..
Viringili (Maliku Atoll)
Viringili or Vilingili is an uninhabited island in Maliku Atoll. It lies to the north of Minicoy Island. ..
Virino
The virino was a hypothetical infectious particle theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; it was thought to consist of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins. It has now been discarded in favor of the prion as the cause of..
Viriplaca
In Roman mythology, Viriplaca was the goddess of marital strife. ..
Virius Lupus
Virius Lupus was a Roman soldier and politician of the late second and early 3rd century. He served as a legatus of one of the German provinces and supported Septimus Severus during the civil war that followed the murder of Pertinax. In 196 his troops were defeated by Decimus Clodius Albinus as the..
Viri probati
Viri probati is a Latin term which in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, refers to men who are married at the time they are ordained a deacon, priest or bishop. According to the ancient practice of the Early Church, married men who are ordained as deacons or priests in the Catholic Church (in th..
Virjibhai Thummar
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Virk
Virk (Urdu: ورک ) is a gotra of the Jat clan. In Pakistan and India, Virk is considered as a Punjabi tribe. The name of the ancestor of the Virk gotra was Raja Virk Vardhan. Virk ancestors can be traced back to Virkgarh (an old city near Lahore). According to historians, the present Sheikhupura..
Virkon
Virkon is the brand name of a disinfectant comprised of potassium peroxymonosulfate, sodium chloride, sulphamic acid, malic acid, sodium hexametaphosphate (a buffer), sodium dodecyl benzene sulphonate (a detergent), amaranth color (an indicator), and lemon peel extract to provide a characteristic od..
Virko Baley
Virko Baley (1938-) is a renowned Ukrainian-American composer, conductor, and pianist. References [Virko Baley Bio] See also [Official Site] ..
Virley
Virley is a village and civil parish in the Colchester borough of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 61. The village is about 7 miles south of Colchester. ..
Virlomi
A participant in Battle School though not in Ender's jeesh, Virlomi is an Indian girl who is a character in the science fiction series Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Her most prominent role is in Shadow of the Giant. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. ..
Virmajärvi
Virmajärvi is a village in the Ilomantsi municipality of Finland. It is the easternmost community of that country and of the mainland European Union. ..
Virman Vundabar
Virman Vundabar is one of the New Gods, a fictional race created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics. A resident of Apokolips, he is a minion of Granny Goodness, and models his personality and schemes on Austrian military appearance and precision. He is a nemesis of Mister Miracle. His niece, Malice, is ..
Virna Lisi
Virna Lisi (b. 1937 as Virna Lisa Pieralisi) is an Italian film actor. She began her film career as a teenager in 1953. Cast more for her stunning looks than talent, her early films included La Donna del giorno (1956), Don't Tempt the Devil (1962) , and the Italian-made spectacle Romolo e Remo (196..
Viroconium
Viroconium was a Roman city in England. Its site is now occupied by the village of Wroxeter, around 8 km (5 miles) east-south-east of Shrewsbury. The name Viroconium suggests a very ancient origin; viro means virile man and conium stands for a conii tribe. That tribe came from Iberia through Cornwa..
Viroflay
Viroflay Country      France Région Île-de-France Départment Yvelines Arrondissement Versailles Canton INSEE Postal Code MayorCurrent Term Intercommunality Communautéde communesdu Grand Parc Longitude Latitude Al..
Viroid
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Viroinval
Viroinval is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On January 1 2005 Viroinval had a total population of 5,645. The total area is 120.90 km² which gives a population density of 46.69 inhabitants per km². from 1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the geographical cent..
Virokine
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. A virokine is a competitive inhibitor of a cytokine encoded within some viral genomes. Further reading ht..
Virola
Virola, also known as Epená, is a genus of medium-sized trees native to the South American rainforest and closely related to other Myristicaceae, such as nutmeg. It has glossy, dark leaves with clusters of tiny yellow flowers and emits a pungent odor. The dark-red resin of the tree bark contain..
Virolahti
Virolahti is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russian Federation. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 3,752 (2003) and covers an area of 375.35 km² of which 4.13 km² is water. Th..
Virology
Virology, often considered a part of microbiology or of pathology, is the study of biological viruses: their structure and classification, their ways to infect and exploit cells to reproduce and cause disease, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their potential uses in research and thera..
Viromandui
The Viromandui were a tribe of the Belgae, according to Caesar's De Bello Gallico. Their main stronghold, after their defeat, was refounded by Caesar as Noviomagus Viromanduensis, later known as Noyon, in Picardy. ..
Viron
Viron may refer to any of several different topics including: Viron, a Finnish word for Estonia and EstonianViron, a Greek form of Byron and an alternative form of the city of Vyronas in suburban Athens, GreeceViron (pronunciation: VY-ruhn) is also a fictional city in The Book of the Long Sun by Ge..
Virona
Virona can be the name of a plant or a person: Clematis virona, a type of clematisVirona is a surnameVirona is an alternative form of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron and the city of Vyronas in SE suburban Athens, Greece This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of article..
Vironia
Vironia is also an alternative spelling of the place name of Vyroneia in the Serres prefecture in Greece For the former M/S Vironia, see M/S Meloodia Vironia is the oldest Estonian national fraternity, founded in Riga on November 26, 1900. It was a founding member of E!K!L!, and is currently active..
Vironians
The Vironians (Estonian: Virulased) were one of the Finnic tribes that later formed the Estonian nation. History They lived in Vironia (Virumaa in Estonian, Wierland in German and Virland in Scandinavian, now Ida-Viru County and Lääne-Viru County of Estonia). Vironians were divided into five clan..
ViroPharma
ViroPharma Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company, develops and sells drugs that address serious diseases treated by physician specialists and in hospital settings. The company focuses on product development activities on viral diseases, including those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatiti..
Viroplasm
An inclusion body in a cell where viral replication/assembly occurs. ..
Viroqua, Wisconsin
Viroqua is also a genus of jumping spiders. Viroqua is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,335 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Viroqua. Contents 1 Famous people2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links Famous peop..
Viroqua (spider)
Viroqua is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Viroqua ultima (L. Koch, 1881) (Australia) ..
Viroqua (town), Wisconsin
Viroqua is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,560 at the 2000 census. The City of Viroqua is located within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 125.3 km² (48.4 mi²). 125.2 km² (48.3 mi²) of it is l..
Virosome
A virosome is a unilamellar phospholipid bilayer vesicle presenting virus antigens for use in vaccination. External links [Berna Biotech On 'What is a virosome?'] ..
Virotherapy
Virotherapy is an experimental form of cancer treatment using biotechnology to convert viruses into cancer-fighting agents by reprogramming viruses to only attack cancerous cells while healthy cells remained undamaged. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, is a candidate for thi..
Virovitica
Virovitica Coat of arms Location Virovitica }} Virovitica is a Croatian city near the Croatian-Hungarian border. It is situated near the Drava river and belongs to the historic region of Slavonia. Virovitica has a population of 15,589, with 22,618 people in the municipality (census ..
Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line
The Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag line is a hypothetical geographic line often used to describe the extent of Greater Serbia. Everything east of the line is Greater Serbia, while the west of it would be Croatia and Slovenia. Such a line would give the majority of the territory of the SFRY to the Se..
Virovitica-Podravina County
Virovitica-Podravina county - Virovitičko-podravska županija is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, hence the name Podravina. Another notable city is Slatina. Map showing the location of this county in Croatia ..
Virovitica (former county)
Note: Verőce is also a town in Pest county, Hungary. Virovitica (in Croatian) or Verőce (in Hungarian) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Croatia. Verőce is t..
Viro Small
Viro Small (1854 - ?) was a professional wrestler and boxer of African descent who was active in the late 19th century. He is notable for being one of the first professionals of African descent in these fields in the United States. Viro Small was born into slavery in Buford, South Carolina in 185..
Virpi Moskari
Virpi Moskari is the 2nd Soprano in the a capella Finnish group, Rajaton. She is an origional member since 1997. ..
Virrat
Virrat (Virdois in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 7,982 (2003) and covers an area of 1,299.05 km² of which 136.33 km² is water. The population density is 6.9..
Virrey (TransMilenio)
Virrey Calle 100 ◄ ► Calle 85 Location Autopista Norte with Calle 90 Neighborhood Chapinero and Barrios Unidos Opened 2001 The simple station Virrey is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000. Contents 1 Location2 ..
Virsa Systems
Virsa Systems is a California based compliance software maker. It forms a part of SAP AG group. Contents 1 Commercial Operations1.1 Acquisition by SAP AG2 History3 Footnotes4 External Links Commercial Operations Acquisition by SAP AG On 3rd april 2006, SAP AG announc..
Virsliga
The Virslīga is the highest division of Latvian football championship, organised by Latvian Football Federation. Contents 1 The competition2 Virslīga clubs (2006)3 Past Virslīga winners4 External links The competition There are 8 clubs in the Virslīga. During the course o..
Virson
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Virt
For other uses see virt (disambiguation) Virt is a municipality at the Danube in the Komárno District in Slovakia. The village is known for finds of richly endowed Slavic-Avar graves from the 7th and 8th century AD. The first written mention of the village dates back to 1256. Before 1990 it was p..
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Virtasalmi
Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004 it was joined to new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Pieksämäen maalaiskunta. ..
Virtex4
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Virtle Rock
Virtle Rock is an islet in Poker's Pool, Lyme Bay in the British county of Somerset. It is the furthest away islet from the coast of Poker's Pool. ..
Virton
Virton: St Lawrence's church Virton is the most southerly town in Belgium and the administrative centre of a municipality (commune) and district (arrondissement) of the same name, located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2005 the municipality had 11,106 inhabitants (5,387 ..
Virtual
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also denotations. Colloquially, 'virtual' has a similar meaning to 'quasi-' or 'pseudo-' (prefixes which themselves have quite different ..
VirtualBartender.beer.com
Virtual Bartender, an example of viral marketing, is an online video feature that allows visitors to interact with a barmaiden (Playboy Model Tammy Plante). When Tammy recognizes a request, such as "pour me a beer," "dance on the bar" or "fight like a Jedi," she happily carries out the task and then..
VirtualDub
VirtualDub is an open source video capture and linear processing tool for Microsoft Windows. It is written by Avery Lee, and is licensed under the GPL. It is hosted on SourceForge. Contents 1 About VirtualDub1.1 Spin off projects1.2 Filters1.3 Modifying a video1.4 Crea..
VirtualDubMod
VirtualDubMod is an open source video capture and linear processing tool for Microsoft Windows. It is based on VirtualDub, and is licensed under the GPL. It is hosted on SourceForge and is at version 1.5.10.2 (released August 2005). VirtualDubMod boasts many additional features as it is the mer..
VirtualGL
VirtualGL is a program to remotely display a 3D application with hardware-accelerated rendering. It is like a thin client or VNC, but for 3D applications. Contents 1 The Problem2 VirtualGL's Solution3 See also4 External links The Problem 3D applications which are built on Uni..
Virtualgumshoe
Virtualgumshoe.com is a free public record directory popular among private investigators and law enforcement. Virtualgumshoe.com made it's debut in 1996 under the name Webgator.com and carried the name until 2002 when a lapse of domain renewal resulted in a third party purchasing the name. Forced ..
Virtuality
Virtuality is a term that was once used by Ted Nelson to refer to the "conceptual structure" of an electronic literary system in which ideas could be freely exchanged and linked to one another. "Virtuality" is the debut single released by virtual (i.e. cartoon animations) girl group the V-Birds, ..
Virtualization
In computing, virtualization is the process of presenting a logical grouping or subset of computing resources so that they can be accessed in ways that give benefits over the original configuration. This new virtual view of the resources is not restricted by the implementation, geographic location o..
Virtualization engine
In computing, a virtualization engine is the concept of giving a holistic view of all the resources in the entire network infrastructure. The holistic view is independent of the physical data storage devices and their geographic location. A good example of virtualization is IBM's virtualization en..
Virtually fibered conjecture
In the mathematical subfield of 3-manifolds, the virtually fibered conjecture of Thurston states: every closed, irreducible, atoroidal 3-manifold with infinite fundamental group has a finite cover which is a surface bundle over the circle. A 3-manifold which has such a finite cover is said to vir..
Virtually Haken conjecture
In mathematics, the virtually Haken conjecture states that every compact, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold with infinite fundamental group is virtually Haken, i.e. finitely covered by a Haken manifold. Assuming the geometrization conjecture, the conjecture is only open for hyperbolic 3-manifold..
Virtualtourist
Virtualtourist (VT) is a free travel oriented community website featuring user-contributed travel guides for locations world wide. More than 700,000 members provide content that highlights the places they live in or have visited with photographs, comments, detailed tips and reviews about their tr..
Virtual 8086 mode
In the 80386 and later, Virtual 8086 mode, also called virtual real mode (or VM86), allows the execution of real mode applications that violate the rules under the control of a protected mode operating system. It used the real mode way for segmentation, but used the 20-bit (actually 21-bit) address..
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Virtual Abbey
The Virtual Abbey is the name of a concert by David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir at The Kitchen in New York City. The concert made use of a technique called acoustic transportation and is documented on the BMG CD "Earth to the Unknown Power." ..
Virtual address
In computer terminology a virtual address is an address identifying a virtual (non-physical) entity. The term virtual address is most commonly used for virtual memory or virtual network address. ..
Virtual address space
Virtual address space (abbreviated VAS) is a memory mapping mechanism available in modern operating systems such as OpenVMS, Unix, Linux, and Windows NT. Overview When you run an application on a 32-bit operating system (OS), the OS creates a new process for it. This process has a 4GB VAS: each one..
Virtual Adepts
The Virtual Adepts are a Tradition, or secret magical society, in the [[Mage: The Ascension]] role-playing game. They are the newest of the formal Traditions; like their fellow societies, they seek Ascension for themselves and the world at large. Specifically, the Virtual Adepts seek Ascension thr..
Virtual Advanced
VBBS is an acronym for Virtual Bulletin Board System. It was a shareware bulletin board system (BBS) for DOS (and later OS/2) that was conceived by Roland De Graaf in 1990. Written from scratch in QuickBASIC, it developed a loyal following. Originally it was a door for WWIV, but quickly grew into a..
Virtual airline
A virtual airline is an Internet organization dedicated to the hobby of flight simulation. Virtual airlines are non-profit organizations, although some attempt to replicate real airlines in terms of organizational structure. The most common organizational structure often includes one or more of th..
Virtual Air Traffic Flight Simulation Network
The Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (VATSIM) is a world-wide network for virtual air traffic simulation. VATSIM is intended primarily for simulating commercial and recreational air traffic (as opposed to military/wargame simulation networks). VATSIM users can both pilot (using a flight simu..
Virtual appliance
A virtual appliance is a minimalist virtual machine image designed to run under VMware, Xen, Microsoft Virtual PC, QEMU, Usermode Linux, CoLinux or other PC virtualization technology, providing network applications like firewalls or webservers. Virtual appliances are a subset of the broader class ..
Virtual architecture
In 1980s, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (Brazil, 1957), architect and urban planner, launched the concept of virtual architecture, mainly with papers and articles launched at the Locarno Video Art Festival and Electronic Art Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. The general idea is a method for projecti..
Virtual Assistance
A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a professional service provider who specializes in providing remote administrative office support services as an independent contractor who works with clients in an ongoing, collaborative professional relationship. Virtual Assistants work from their own offices and ut..
Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce
The Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce (VACOC)is a professional association and global community of Virtual Assistants to promote shared business interests, opportunities and advancement of the Virtual Assistant profession. A Virtual Assistant (or VA) is a professional service provider who spec..
Virtual assistant
A virtual assistant, or simply VA, is an independent contractor providing administrative, technical, or sometimes creative assistance to clients - usually to other independent entrepreneurs and solo and small business practices, such as that of a lawyer or realtor. Virtual assistants usually work a..
Virtual auditory space
Virtual auditory space (VAS) simulations are sounds played back over headphones which provide a listener with all cues normally present in real-world environment. Currently, the most commonly used method are head-related transfer functions. Other methods include but are not limited to presentation o..
Virtual band
Members of the virtual band Gorillaz Another picture of all the members in Gorillaz (except the gorilla). Harold Grizzly, Joaquine Panda, Wayne Brown and Simon Polar-- members of the virtual band The Bipolar Bears A virtual band (also known as a virtual group or cartoon band), in..
Virtual Bart
The Simpsons: Virtual Bart is one of the many Simpsons license games. It was released for the Super NES in 1994 by Acclaim. It was also released for Mega Drive/Genesis. Like the former game, Virtual Bart had a very thin plot that was mainly an excuse to combine different types of gameplay. At ..
Virtual Big Brother
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]] Virtual Big Brother is an online version of the Big Brother TV series played by use of a forum. Most of them come out of the UK (where it began) but a few have came from other places such as the US and Australia. The games may last just as long as the televis..
Virtual Bowling
is a Japanese-exclusive bowling game for the Virtual Boy. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual Boy Controller
The Virtual Boy controller was distributed with the system, released in early 1995 in Japan, and late 1995 North America. There was no European release. Unique Setup Since the Virtual Boy was Nintendo's first venture into a fully three dimentional system they needed a controller to match. Before ..
Virtual Boy Wario Land
, was released by Nintendo for its largely unsuccessful Virtual Boy system in 1995. It stars Wario in a platforming adventure quite similar to most of his other starring roles. Many refer to it as the best Virtual Boy game, although there's not much in the way of competition. The story begins when ..
Virtual Business
A Virtual Business, broadly is a business which operates without a corresponding physical identity. Amazon.com is an early example of a Virtual Business. As an an online bookstore it delivered bookstore services but without the physical presence which we generally attach to a bookstore. As a conc..
Virtual call capability
In telecommunication, a virtual call capability, sometimes called a virtual call facility, is a service feature in which: a call set-up procedure and a call disengagement procedure determine the period of communication between two data terminal equipments (DTEs) in which user data are transferred b..
Virtual camera
A virtual camera is a motion camera which is not real or a set of still cameras which are designed to behave as a motion camera, or is taking images of objects which are not real. Contents 1 Gaming2 Film2.1 Computer Animated Movies2.2 Special Effects2.2.1 Bullet Time2.2.2..
Virtual Campus
redirect [[Template:POV-check]]A Virtual Campus refers to the online offerings of a college or university where college work is completed either partially or wholly online, often with the assistance of the teacher, professor, or teaching assistant. The University of Phoenix Online, with more than ..
Virtual Case File
Virtual Case File, or VCF, was a software application developed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation between 2000 and 2005. The project was not close to completion when it was officially abandoned in January 2005, having turned into a complete fiasco for the FBI. In addition to wasti..
Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas
The Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas is a non-profit group in Mexico which makes free copies of peer-reviewed articles available to students of the biological sciences in third-world nations via the Internet. External links [Official website] ..
Virtual Channel Memory
Virtual Channel Memory, or VCM, is a memory architecture which was originally developed by NEC. VCM creates a state in which the various system processes can be assigned their own virtual channel, thus increasing the overall system efficiency by avoiding the need to have processes share buffer space..
Virtual Chess 64
Virtual Chess 64 was first released in 1997. It was one of the least successful N64 video games. The game was actually very difficult. There was no actual completion to the game so you could play an endless number of games. Contents 1 Features2 Criticisms3 Trivia3.1 General Fa..
Virtual cinematography
Virtual cinematography is an umbrella term for an emerging field, which at its most basic is a process of photographing real objects for the purpose of recreating them as three dimensional objects within a computer graphics environment. These virtual objects can then be integrated into a film or ..
Virtual circuit
A virtual circuit (VC) is a communications arrangement in which data from a source user may be passed to a destination user over more than one real communications circuit during a single period of communication, but the switching is hidden from the users. Switched virtual circuits (SVC) are gener..
Virtual Circuit Identifier
A Virtual Circuit Identifier is a unique identifier which indicates a particular virtual circuit on a network. VCIs are commonly used in DSL connections to enable the connection to be routed correctly. See Also VPI ..
Virtual colonoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy (VC) is a Medical imaging procedure which uses x-rays and computers to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine) from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way to the lower end of the small intestine and display them on a screen. The procedure is use..
Virtual community
The front page of SomethingAwful, a virtual community. A virtual community is a group of people primarily or initially communicating or interacting with each other by means of information technologies, typically over the Internet, rather than in person. Virtual communities are also known as on..
Virtual Community of Practice
To some a virtual Community of Practice is a misnomer as the original concept of a Community of Practice (CoP) was based around situated learning in a co-located setting. However, with increasing globalization and the continued growth of the Internet many new claim that virtual CoPs do exist. For ..
Virtual concatenation
Virtual concatenation is an inverse multiplexing technique used to split SONET/SDH bandwidth into logical groups, which may be transported or routed independently. Alternate SONET/SDH concatenation techniques include: (i) contiguous concatenation and (ii) arbitrary concatenation. Virtual concatenat..
Virtual console
In some operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD, a virtual console (VC, sometimes virtual terminal, VT) is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and the display for a user interface. The concrete combination is the console of the computer, where the user can switch between the virtual con..
Virtual Console (Wii)
Virtual Console is the name of a new video game download service offered by Nintendo, accessible to users of the company's upcoming console, the Wii. Described (by CEO Satoru Iwata) as “the video game version of Apple’s iTunes music store”,[link] the service will feature classic ..
Virtual corporation
A virtual corporation is a firm that outsources the majority of its functions. Typically, a small group of executives will contract out and then coordinate the designing, making, and selling of products or services. In theory, this allows small groups of knowledgeable executives to find the lowest..
Virtual crime
Virtual crime or in-game crime refers to a virtual criminal act that takes place in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), usually an MMORPG. The huge time and effort invested into such games can lead online "crime" to spill over into real world crime, and even blur the distinctions between the..
Virtual Dark Fortress
The Virtual Dark Fortress was the secondary base of Grimlord , the main villain of Saban's VR Troopers, created with the activation of an energy prism containing a download of Tyler Steele 's knowledge of Virtual Reality. The fortress takes the form of an orbiting station, the exterior of which is b..
Virtual desktop
Virtual desktop is a term used, usually within the WIMP paradigm, to describe any of several possible ways in which a computer's metaphorical desktop environment is modified, through the use of software. The modifications are primarily to increase a user's ability to organise their windowed applica..
Virtual device
A virtual device in Unix is a file such as [/dev/null] or [/dev/urandom], that is treated as a device, as far as user level software is concerned, but is generated by the kernel without reference to hardware. For instance when /dev/null is written to, the kernel tells the progr..
Virtual Digital Cable
VDC Corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, is the first company to deliver Television On the Desktop, or TOD, programming over IP to desktop computers, cell phones, and mobile devices. With their proprietary network, hardware, and software solutions VDC brings cable television programming to ..
Virtual directory
A virtual directory is a server for a directory protocol such as LDAP, but unlike a traditional directory server, does not master the data itself in its own database. Instead a virtual directory will dynamically translate requests it receives to operations in other protocols or data models, such as..
Virtual displacement
The concept of a virtual displacement, related to the concept of virtual work, is meaningful only when discussing a physical system subject to contraints on its motion. A special case of an infinitesimal displacement (usually notated [d\vec]), a virtual displacement (notated [\delta \..
Virtual Document Exchange
Virtual Document Exchange or VDX is an electronic inter-library electronic/online document request management system. It provides users the ability to create and manage document borrowing and lending requests between participating libraries. Basically, VDX manages all the stages of the inter-librar..
Virtual Dodgeball
is a cancelled Japanese-exclusive dodgeball game for the Virtual Boy. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual DOS machine
Virtual DOS machine (VDM) is the name of Microsoft's technology allowing the ability to run MS-DOS programs on Intel 80386 or higher computers when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware. Oveview Virtual DOS machines rely on the virtual 8086 mode of the Intel..
Virtual drive
A virtual drive is a term used with respect to computers when a drive is emulated in some fashion. The drive being emulated could be a hard drive, floppy drive, CD/DVD or a network share among others. A virtual hard drive can be created from RAM for fast read/write access. See: RAM disk. As well, ..
Virtual Drummer
Virtual Drummer was a small freeware application for the Apple Macintosh written by Jon Nichols in the mid-1990s. Initially conceived as a vehicle to learn programming and QuickTime, called BigBang, the author eventually worked on it alongside his professional software career. In 1997, it was featur..
Virtual Dungeon
The Virtual Dungeon was the first stronghold of the arch villain Grimlord in the Saban series, VR Troopers, whilst a Saban creation on the exterior, the interior was footage taken from the Toei Japanese series Super Machine Metalder, in which the area was orignally known as God Neros's "Ghost Ba..
Virtual economy
A virtual economy (or sometimes synthetic economy) is an emergent economy existing in a virtual persistent world, usually in the context of an Internet game. People enter these virtual economies recreationally rather than by necessity; however, some people do interact with them for "real" economic b..
Virtual education
Virtual Education refers to instruction in a learning environment where teacher and student are separated by time or space, or both, and the teacher provides course content through course management applications, multimedia resources, the Internet, videoconferencing, etc. Students receive the conte..
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Virtual enterprise
A Virtual enterprise (VE) is a temporary alliance of enterprises that come together to share skills or core competencies and resources in order to better respond to business opportunities, and whose cooperation is supported by computer networks. It is a manifestation of Collaborative Networks and a ..
Virtual ethnography
Virtual ethnography is a new development in the field of Ethnography. It extends the traditional notions of field and ethnographic study from the observation of co-located, face-to-face interactions, to physically distributed, technologically mediated interactions in virtual networks and virtual co..
Virtual Execution System
The Virtual Execution System (VES) provides an environment for executing managed code. It provides direct support for a set of built-in data types, defines a hypothetical machine with an associated machine model and state, a set of control flow constructs, and an exception handling model.To a large ..
Virtual feeder
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]A popular video game in the feeder/feedee culture, involves feeding a virtual feedee. A game in which preferably a fat admirer gets to choos from several models to gain weight while staying healthy by eating different amounts of foods at different times . The wei..
Virtual field trip
A virtual field trip is a guided exploration through the Web that organizes a collection of pre-screened, thematically based web pages into a structured online learning experience. (Foley, 2003) Virtual field trips (VFTs) started appearing around 1996, but greatly grew in popularity starting around..
Virtual file system
A Virtual file system (VFS) or Virtual filesystem switch is an abstraction layer on top of a more concrete file system. The purpose of a VFS is to allow for client applications to access different types of concrete file systems in a uniform way. A VFS can for example be used to access local and netw..
Virtual finance
Virtual finance is a branch of game design theory which is concerned with monetary aspects of virtual worlds, such as massively parallel multi-user games. Like real finance, virtual finance is concerned with issues like inflation, money forgery and convertibility of virtual monies. ..
Virtual finite state machine
Figure 1: VFSM in the Virtual Environment A finite state machine (FSM) defined in a virtual environment is called virtual finite state machine (VFSM). VFSM is a software specification method used to describe the behaviour of a control system using assigned names of input control properties and..
Virtual Fishing
is a Japanese-exclusive fishing game for the Virtual Boy. Its US release was cancelled due to the poor sales of the Virtual Boy console. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual Fishtank
The Virtual Fishtank by Nearlife allows users to log on to the website, design their own virtual fish and then release them into the Virtual FishTank exhibits at either the Boston Museum Of Science or the St. Louis Science Center. VirtualFishtank.com, a first-of-its-kind online extension of a museu..
Virtual folder
Virtual Folder in Windows Vista In computing, a virtual folder generally denotes an organizing principle for files that is not dependent on their physical location in a folder. Instead, they are some scripts which coalesce results from some datastore, which may be a database or a custom index,..
Virtual function
A virtual function or virtual method is an important part of the polymorphism portion of object-oriented programming (OOP). A virtual function allows a derived class to override functions in classes it inherits from - even when the derived class is cast as the type of object it inherits from. In OO..
Virtual Future (episode)
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Virtual Global Taskforce
Virtual Global Taskforce is a group of Law enforcement agencies from around the world working together to fight pedophilia online. The aim of the VGT is to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies that helps to protect children from online child abuse. The VGT is ma..
Virtual globe
Google Earth, a highly detailed virtual globe that comes with atmosphere effects, seabed and even a simplified planetarium A virtual globe is a 3D software model or representation of the Earth or another world. A virtual globe may be as simple as an inexpensive globe found in a typical school..
Virtual ground
Virtual ground (sometimes called virtual earth) is an important concept found in electronic circuit designs. It identifies a point in a circuit as being held close to the circuit's ground or reference level electric potential. Creation of a virtual ground is due to the actions or effects of the par..
Virtual Health Library
The Virtual Health Library (VHL) is an on-line (digital library) and common space for the convergence of the cooperative work of producers, intermediaries, and users of information on health sciences, built and developed by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (a..
Virtual Hebrides
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Virtual herbarium
In botany, a virtual herbarium is a web-based collection of digital images of preserved plants or plant parts. Each virtual specimen is accompanied by information on where and when it was collected, by whom, its correct botanical name, and often information on associated species and ecological prefe..
Virtual Heroes, Inc.
Virtual Heroes, Inc. is a serious game developer in Cary, North Carolina, USA. It was founded in 2004 by veteran developers with an average of about ten years in either the entertainment gaming or simulation & training industries. The company’s initial projects focused on creating new technology..
Virtual high throughput screening
Virtual high throughput screening or virtual screening is a computational technique used in drug design research. It involves the rapid assessment of large libraries of chemical structures in order to guide the selection of likely drug candidates. Advances in molecular modelling, combinatorial chemi..
Virtual history
Virtual history, also referred to as counterfactual history, is a form of history which attempts to answer "what if" questions. It seeks to explore history and historical processes from the point of view of extrapolating a position in which certain key historical events did not happen or had an outc..
Virtual hosting
Virtual hosting is a method that servers such as webservers use to host more than one domain name on the same computer, sometimes on the same IP address. There are two basic methods of accomplishing virtual hosting: name-based, and IP address or ip-based. Contents 1 Name based1.1 Con..
Virtual image
Top: The formation of a virtual image using a concave lens. Bottom: The formation of a virtual image using a convex mirror. In both diagrams, f  is the focal point, O  is the object and I  is the image, shown in grey. Solid blue lines indicate light rays. It can be seen that the li..
Virtual inheritance
Virtual inheritance is a form of inheritance in object-oriented programming languages. It allows a parent to control code elements implemented in the children which inherit from it. By using Virtual Inheritance any polymorphic functionality, within the parent, is moved into the children (functiona..
Virtual Insanity
"Virtual Insanity" is a single by the band Jamiroquai, with perhaps their most well-known music video. At the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1997, it earned ten nominations, winning four awards, including "Breakthrough Video" and the "Best Video of the Year." It was directed by Jonathan Glaze..
Virtual instrument
Virtual instrument may refer to: A Software synthesizerA program that implements functions of an instrument by computer, sensors and actuators. This can be a program written in the LabVIEW or in other programming language (see Virtual instrumentation).This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&#..
Virtual instrumentation
Virtual Instrumentation is the use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments. 'Traditional' or 'natural' instrumentation systems are made up of pre-defined hardware components, such as digital multimeters and os..
Virtual Instrument Software Architecture
Commonly known as VISA, this is a widely used I/O API in the Test & Measurement industry for communicating with instruments from a PC. VISA is an industry standard implemented by several T&M companies, such as Agilent Technologies and National Instruments. The VISA standard includes specification..
Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence
Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence (V.I.K.I.) is a fictional computer/character in the I, Robot movie. In the movie, VIKI is the [central positronic] "brain" of USR headquarters, the world's largest robotic distributor, based in Chicago. VIKI can be thought of as a mainframe that mai..
Virtual Interface Adapter
VIA(Virtual Interface Adapter) is a network protocol (such as TCP/IP ...), currently Microsoft SQL Server 2005 supports it. ..
Virtual IP address
A virtual IP address (VIP) is an IP address that is not connected to a specific computer or network interface card (NIC) on a computer. Incoming packets are sent to the VIP address, but all packets travel through real network interfaces. VIPs are mostly used for connection redundancy; a VIP address..
Virtual ISP
A Virtual ISP, also known as an Affinity ISP, is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that resells the resources of existing ISPs under another brand name. ..
Virtual Jockey
is a cancelled Japanese-exclusive horse racing game for the Virtual Boy. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual Jurassic Park
Virtual Jurassic Park or "VJP" was created on March 27, 2004 by Benjamin Griffin. Approximately one month after creation it had 50 members; however, due to constant problems using proboards the forum moved to invisionfree. VJP lost many members during the transition but the new board brought ne..
Virtual Kasparov
Virtual Kasparov is a chess video game released by Titus Software for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance. Game can be played against beginners, novices, champions, or personality players. Games that Garry Kasparov played during his career, as well as interviews about his chess career, can be view..
Virtual keyboard
A virtual keyboard is a feature of a computer program or a program in and of itself that acts as a virtual extension of a controller with fewer buttons than a keyboard would have. In the world of desktop PCs, the Windows XP program On-Screen Keyboard acts as a virtual keyboard that can be operated w..
Virtual Lab
is a Japanese-exclusive puzzle game for the Virtual Boy. Its working title was Chiki Chiki Labo. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual Laboratory for e-Science
The Virtual Laboratory for e-Science(vl-e), is a project that aims to aid scientists accomplish their computational tasks efficiently through the use of Grids with high speed networks. This project is a collaborative venture of various universities and institutions. ..
Virtual LAN
A virtual LAN, commonly known as a vLAN or as a VLAN, is a logically-independent network. Several VLANs can co-exist on a single physical switch. A VLAN consists of a network of computers that behave as if connected to the same wire - even though they may actually physically connect to different s..
Virtual Lands
Virtual Lands is a PC game developed by New! Technology, a CBM Games studio, and is now out in all regions. The game is mostly a sequel to CBM Games' big hit, Virtual Worlds. The game will be released as follows: Released in Japan Released August 7, U.S/Canada/Parts of Mexico and the Caribbean R..
Virtual League Baseball
is a baseball game for the Virtual Boy. Its sequel, Virtual League Baseball 2, was cancelled due to the poor sales of the Virtual Boy console. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual League Baseball 2
is a cancelled baseball game for the Virtual Boy and the sequel to Virtual League Baseball. It was planned for release in Japan on March 1 1996 for ¥6,500. It is the only known sequel of another Virtual Boy game that was planned. See also List of Virtual Boy games References ..
Virtual learning environment
Moodle Learning Management System with a navigation system and online community building tools. A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a software system designed to facilitate teachers in the management of educational courses for their students, especially by helping teachers and learners ..
Virtual Leased Line
Virtual Leased Line (VLL) is a way to provide Ethernet based point to point communication over IP/MPLS networks. In the industry, the technology is also referred to as Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) or EoMPLS (Ethernet over MPLS). VLL uses the pseudo-wire encapsulation for transporting Ethe..
Virtual library
Virtual Libraries are a libraries that consist only of resources available in a digital format, which can be accessed locally - stored on a hard disk - or through computer networks - public or private. Unlike digital libraries, virtual libraries do not consist of full text articles and multimedia, ..
Virtual Library museums pages
The Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) form a leading directory of online museums around the world. The resource was founded by Jonathan Bowen in 1994, originally at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory in the United Kingdom. It is now supported by the International Council of Museums (ICOM)..
Virtual Light Machine
VLM aka Virtual Light Machine is a lightsynth used on the Atari Jaguar & Nuon systems. VLM was developed by Jeff Minter. VLM is mostly connected to the Nuon system because it was used to try to sell the nuon systems. VLM, basically put, is very similar to Winamp visualizations. When an audio CD is ..
Virtual love games
Virtual love games are video games based on the idea of giving and receiving love from a virtual counterpart. This love is not restricted to the amorous variety, but can also encompass the love of a child (such as in the Princess Maker series) or a pet (such as Tamagotchi). This genre has become i..
Virtual machine
In general terms, a virtual machine in computer science is software that creates a virtualized environment between the computer platform and the end user in which the end user can operate software. Contents 1 Definitions1.1 Hardware virtual machine1.2 Application virtual machine1.3..
Virtual Machine Interface
The Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) is a communication protocol for running parallel programs on a distributed memory system. External links [Official web site]..
Virtual Magic Kingdom
The Virtual Magic Kingdom, also known simply as VMK, is a free massively multiplayer online game run by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online. It is a virtual representation of the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom theme parks, and contains areas and games which are based on real park attractions. A VMK..
Virtual Magistrate
Virtual Magistrate was a project founded in 1996 to resolve disputes between internet users. While receiving some initial attention, it has since fallen by the wayside. External links [Home page] ..
Virtual Magnifying Glass
Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows and Linux. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use. With over 200.000 downloads and a 5 years history, the magnifier aims to bring an easy to use accessibility tool to those who need it. Virtual Magnifying ..
Virtual management
Virtual management seeks to separate certain responsibilities of managers from the actual site of production, the workers and resources at that site. It orients managers more directly to the needs of a service economy - wherein "commodity" and "product" relations are no longer a source of sustainab..
Virtual memory
The memory pages of the virtual address space seen by the process, may reside non-contiguously in primary, or even secondary storage. Virtual memory or virtual memory addressing is a memory management technique, used by multitasking computer operating systems wherein non-contiguous memory is p..
Virtual method table
A virtual method table, virtual function table, dispatch table, or vtable, is a mechanism used in programming languages to support dynamic polymorphism, i.e., run-time method binding. Suppose a program contains several classes in an inheritance hierarchy: a superclass, Cat, and two subclasses, Tige..
Virtual microscope
The Virtual Microscope project is an initiative supervised by Rutgers University to make micromorphology and behavior of some small organisms explorable online. The server is located in the northern USA and the images are from Antarctica and the Baltic Sea. The user can click into the details of int..
Virtual model
A Virtual Model, in the general sense, is a model of a physical object, be it a person, a room, a house, a city or a planet. This model is a digital description of the object (typically greatly simplified) that can be used in a computer simulation or Virtual Reality. The most common examples of ..
Virtual museum
A virtual museum is an online website with a collection of objects (real or virtual) or exhibitions. They include contemporary, historical and sometimes artistic content. Examples include the Virtual Museum of Computing. Some are produced by enthusiastic individuals such as the Lin Hsin Hsin Art Mus..
Virtual Museum of Canada
The Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) [link] is Canada's national virtual museum. It includes virtual exhibits, online games, educational material and the opportunity to create a personalized virtual museum. The resources are available in both French and English. The content on the Virtual M..
Virtual Museum of Computing
The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC) is an eclectic collection of links and online resources concerning the history of computing. It includes links to other related museums, both real and virtual, around the world, as well as having its own virtual galleries of information. A particular feature is..
Virtual music scores
In the first years of the 1980s, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (Brazil, 1957) - http://www.asa-art.com/edmp.html - started to create graphical music scores in four dimensions, with the aid of computers. He was pupil of Hans Joachim Koellreutter (Paul Hindemith, Hermann Sherchen, Marcel Moyse) among ..
Virtual native network
Virtual Native Network is a Chinese VPN software. The way it works is similar to Hamachi. See Also VPN ..
Virtual network
A virtual network provides the functionality, or application programming interface (API), of links between nodes, as in a computer network. The implementation of these virtual links may or may not correspond to physical connections between nodes. See also Overlay networkVirtual circuit ..
Virtual Network Computing
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a desktop sharing system which uses the RFB (Remote FrameBuffer) protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard presses and mouse clicks from one computer to another relaying the screen updates back in the other direction, over a network...
Virtual Object System
The Virtual Object System (VOS) is a computer software technology for creating distributed object systems. The sites hosting Vobjects are typically linked by a computer network, such as a local area network or the Internet. Vobjects may send messages to other Vobjects over these network links (remot..
Virtual office
A virtual office or serviced office is a location which allows many people doing business to share an office address and business machines. The facility often includes receptionists, mail support (mail forwarding/mail sorting), telephone banks, fax machines, copiers, computers, and sometimes even c..
Virtual Office Website
A Virtual Office Website (VOW) is a real estate property search site allowing the public to conduct searches of approved Multiple Listing Service properties in a given area under certain conditions. Contents 1 Features2 Regulation3 See also4 References Features The VOW allow..
Virtual On
Virtual- On is a series of video games, created by Sega's AM3 (Amusement R&D Dept.#3) later renamed Hitmaker, and first published for the arcade in February 1995. In Japan it is known as Dennou Senki Virtual On. The gameplay consists of a fast, action oriented, gameplay, where quick reflexes are o..
Virtual organization
A Virtual Organization is an organization existing as a corporate, not-for-profit, educational, or otherwise productive entity that does not have a central geographical location and exists solely through telecommunication tools.A Virtual Organization comprises a set of (legally) independent organiza..
Virtual particle
In physics, a virtual particle is a particle-like abstraction used in some models of quantum field theory. Virtual particles exhibit some of the phenomena that real particles do such as conservation of charge. Nevertheless they are unobservable by their very definition, and furthermore do not resp..
Virtual Pascal
Virtual Pascal is a free 32-bit Pascal compiler, IDE and debugger for OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, with some limited Linux support. The current version is v2.1.279, and although it had a wide user base in the late nineties, VP has not evolved significantly for several years, and the owner (VP is pro..
Virtual patient
Contents 1 Virtual Patients2 What Educational Issues do Virtual Patients Help to Address?3 How are Virtual Patients used in Education?4 What are the problems with using Virtual Patients in Education? Virtual Patients Virtual patients may take a number of different forms: Arti..
Virtual personality
Virtual Personality is the virtual existence of a person. A virtual personality is composed of: presenceattributes/set of claimsprojection [Identity Rights Agreements] is a great example of how projection may be implemented. Link contracts are ideal for projection implementation. This p..
Virtual phone number
A Virtual Phone Number or Virtual Number, is a telephone number without an associated phone line. Usually these numbers are programmed to be forwarded to either a Voice over IP service, or to a different phone line, fixed or mobile. Virtual Numbers are sometimes used in conjunction with mail forwa..
Virtual Photography
The art of using digital design tools (for design, rendering and animation) to create photo-realistic imagery that shows a product in full context. ..
Virtual Physiological Human
The term Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) indicates a shared resource formed by a federation of disparate but integrated computer models of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living human body in both physiological and pathological conditions. This goal is coherent with those se..
Virtual places
The software featured unique concepts, one of them was a tour; Anyone could create a tour which presented itself as a bus icon floating on the browser. Other people could add their avatars onto the tour icon, create a group and then co-browse the web together led by the driver. Another feat..
Virtual Places Chat (VPchat)
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Virtual plague
A virtual plague or virtual virus is an infection that can be transferred between the characters of players in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Just as a disease can spread in the real world, virtual world diseases can spread between characters in these games. Contents ..
Virtual Pool 64
Virtual Pool 64 is a pool simulation game that was released for the Nintendo 64 by crave Entertainment in 1998 solely in North America. ..
Virtual Population Analysis
Often referred to by the acronym VPA, is a modelling technique commonly used in fisheries science for reconstructing historical fish numbers at age using information on death of individuals each year. This death is usually partitioned into catch by fisheries and natural mortality. VPA is the most c..
Virtual POS
A Virtual POS is typically a web or windows application that can be used by card-accepting merchants to manually authorize card transactions. Most Payment Services Providers offer this type of functionality. ..
Virtual Power Plant
A virtual power plant is a cluster of distributed generation installations (such as microCHP, wind-turbines, back-up gensets etc.) which are collectively run by a central control entity. The concerted operational mode shall result in an extra benefit as to deliver peak load electricity or balancing ..
Virtual press conference
The virtual press conference is much like a news conference. It is a conference where the speaker is sitting in a chair in a studio for example whilst the video and audio are relayed via satellite to another location. Journalists call into the conference to ask their questions. This saves time and..
Virtual printer
A virtual printer is a piece of computer software whose user interface and API resemble that of a printer driver, but which is not connected with a physical computer printer. When a user requests that a document be "printed" by a virtual printer, then instead of having the document printed on paper..
Virtual private database
A virtual private database or VPD masks data in a larger database so that security allows only the use of apparently private data. Separate sites, departments and/or individuals transparently see and manipulate data specific to their needs and to their security classifications. ..
Virtual Private LAN Service
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS) is a way to provide Ethernet based multipoint to multipoint communication over IP/MPLS networks. It allows geographically dispersed sites to share an ethernet broadcast domain by connecting sites through pseudo-wires. The technologies that can be used as pseudo-wir..
Virtual private network
A virtual private network (VPN) is a private communications network usually used within a company, or by several different companies or organizations, to communicate over a wider network. VPN message traffic can be carried over a public networking infrastructure (e.g. the Internet) on top of standa..
Virtual Private Number
A Virtual Private Number is a telephone number that forwards incoming calls to any of a number of pre-set telephone numbers. Usually a Virtual Private Number can be set to forward calls to different telephone numbers depending on the time of day and the day of the week; for example, between 9-5 on..
Virtual private server
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Virtual Pro Wrestling 2
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Oudou Keishou was a video game released in 2000 on the Nintendo 64 game console. The game was only released in Japan and was the sequel to Virtual Pro Wrestling 64. Just as its predecessor was considered the Japanese counterpart of [[WCW vs. nWo: World Tour]], this game wa..
Virtual Pro Wrestling 64
Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 was a video game released in 1997 on the Nintendo 64 game console. The game was only released in Japan. Developed by the same people who made [[WCW vs. nWo: World Tour]], the game is very similar to its American counterpart. The game included wrestlers from major Japanese p..
Virtual Radio
Virtual Radio is an internet radio player for mobile phones, operating on the Symbian operating system. As of April 23, 2006, it operated on "Nokia S60, SonyEricsson, Motorola, Siemens SX1, BenQ, Arima and Sendo X" phones. [link] Data is transmitted to the Virtual Radio-enabled phone over ..
Virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which allows a u