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Švitrigaila
Švitrigaila (alternative spellings: Śvidryhajła, Świdrygiełło, Svitrigaylo, Svidrigailo, Swidrigailo; ca 1370 – 10 February 1452). Švitrigaila was the Grand Duke of Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He was active in Lithuanian politics from the 1390s until his death. Pillars of..
Viète formula
This article is not about Viète's formulas for symmetric polynomials. In mathematics, the Viète formula is the following infinite product type representation of the mathematical constant π: [\frac2\pi=\frac2\frac}2\frac}}2\cdots] The expression on the right hand side has to be under..
Việt Kiều
Overseas Vietnamese (Vietnamese: Việt Kiều; Chữ Hán Việt), refers to communities of Vietnamese living outside Vietnam in a diaspora. The term is usually used in Vietnam to refer to Vietnamese Americans from the United States and Vietnamese Europeans, either those who were born outside Vietn..
Vištytis
Vištytis is a town in southern Lithuania on Lake Vištytis, Marijampolė district. It is situated close to the Russian border (Kaliningrad oblast). Today the town has 1,000 inhabitants. During the Holocaust it lost most of its inhabitants. External links [Vistytis email group] ..
Vit
The Vit near Toros during the 2005_European_floods season This article is about a river in Bulgaria, for the educational institutes in India see Vellore Institute of Technology or Vishwakarma Institute of Technology The Vit (Bulgarian: Вит) is a river in central northern Bulgaria with a len..
VIT
VIT can refer to: Vellore Institute of TechnologyVishwakarma Institute of TechnologyThe IATA code for Vitoria Airport. ..
Vita
Vita or VITA can refer to any of a number of things: Vita (Latin for "life") can also refer to a brief biography, often that of a saint (i.e. a hagiography). One can expect a vita to unfold its story gradually according to a set pattern.Often the term vita means a curriculum vitae. Through ignoranc..
Vita, Italy
Vita is a town in inland South-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani. It is the smallest municipality area of the province of Trapani (8.88 km² circa). It is also characterized by the second highest altitude in the province, after Erice. The town was founded in ..
Vita-Cola
Vita Cola (VEET-ah KOHL-a) is a cola beverage produced in eastern Germany. It was originally an imitation of Coca-Cola produced in the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany. It was introduced in 1957, advertised as a Brauselimonade mit Frucht- und Kräutergeschmack (fizzy beverage w..
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
The Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Italian: Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) is a university located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1996 and is organized in 3 Faculties. Contents 1 History and Profile2 Faculties2.1  Aosta Valley | Bari | Bari Polytechnic | Basili..
Vitaceae
Vitaceae (or Vitidaceae) are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants including the grape and Virginia creeper. The family name is derived from the genus Vitis. The relationships of Vitaceae are unclear. In the Cronquist system, the family was placed in order Rhamnales. The family was placed i..
Vitacura
Vitacura at night Vitacura is Chile's richest municipality ("comuna"). It is located in the northeastern area of Chile's capital Santiago. Administratively it is part of the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. Vitacura is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas ..
Vitae (World of Darkness)
World of Darkness Vampire series Settings [[Vampire: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]] [[Vampire: The Victorian Age|Victorian Age]] [[Vampire: The Masquerade|Masquerade]] [[Vampire: The Requiem|Requiem]] Mythology Caine · Lilith Book of Nod Revelations of the Dark Mother The Erciyes Fragment..
Vitagraph Studios
American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 and bought by Warner Brothers in 1925. In 1896, English Emigré Blackton was moonlighting as a reporter/artist for the New York Evening World when he was sent to interview Thomas Edi..
Vitakka
Vitakka (Pāli) or Vitarka (Sanskrit), both in hinduist yoga and Buddhist meditation , means the action of taking care of any object : God, one's body, the Self, a color, any sensation... It refers to attention in a different way than cognitive neuroscience, implying a very strong leading of attent..
Vital
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vital may refer to: Vitalism (philosophy), the Jain teacher Mahāvīra's philosophyVitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be explained solely by mechanismVitals, a 2002 science fiction/techno-thriller novel written by Greg BearVi..
VitalFootball
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 April 2006. Formed in 2005, Vital Foot..
Vitaliano Brancati
Vitaliano Brancati (July 24, 1907-September 25, 1954) was an Italian writer. he was born in Pachino and died in Turin. Works: Don Juan in Sicily (1941)The Handsome Antonio (1949)The Fervour of Paolo (1955) ..
Vitalic
Vitalic is the main project of Pascal Arbez, born 1976. According to a joke made in an interview, Arbez is Ukrainian and emigrated from Ukraine to East Germany when the Berlin Wall fell, accompanied by his dog, "Mini Robot". Pascal was actually born in France and is of Italian descent. His first ..
Vitalie Grusac
Men's Boxing Bronze 2000 Welterweight Vitalie Grusac (born September 11, 1977) is a Moldovan boxer, who competed in the Welterweight (67 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. ..
Vitālijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs (born April 3, 1971 in Riga) is a football midfielder from Latvia. As of October 2005 he has played 117 international matches and scored 12 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1992 when the national team was established, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his c..
Vitalij Aab
Vitalij Aab (born November 14, 1979) is a German ice hockey player, who currently plays for the Hamburg Freezers in the DEL. His professional debut was at the age of 17 for EC Wilhelmshaven. In his second season he already scored 28 points. In 1999, he was promoted into the second division with W..
Vitalise
Vitalise is a charity which helps disabled people go on holidays to big hotels in the United Kingdom. They raise money by selling second hand goods at small local shops. They are based in South Hampshire. External links [The Vitalise website] ..
Vitalism
This article is about the non-mechanist philosophy. For other uses, see vital Vitalism is the doctrine that "vital forces" are active in living organisms, so that life cannot be explained solely by mechanism. That element is often referred to as the "vital spark", "energy" or "élan vital", which..
Vitalism (philosophy)
This article is about the philosophy expounded by Mahāvīra. For other uses, see vital and vitalism. Vitalism, also known as dynamism is the philosophy expounded by Mahāvīra, a prominent teacher of Jainism. It combined the earlier Jain teacher Pārśvanātha's asceti..
Vitalis Takawira
Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean football (soccer) player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team. Takawira the top scorer in the Zimbabwean First Divisio..
Vitalite
Vitalite is a sunflower oil-based margarine, produced by Dairy Crest. Advertising A famous advertising campaign in the UK during the 90s featured dancing sunflowers, and a parody of the song Israelites by Desmond Dekker. The parody began: "What's made with pure sunflower oil, and has a taste tha..
Vitality
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Vitality (gaming)
Usually referring to the D&D originated rule-set, vitality commonly represents a characters capacity to take damage. Sometimes vitality merely represents the character fatigue, whereupon the character is only incapacitated when this attribute drops too low. Vitality has been accepted as a commo..
Vitality curve
A vitality curve is a leadership construct, assigning credited with certain proportions of the production to proportions of a producing population. For example, there is an often cited "20/80 rule" — the top 20% of criminals commit 80% of the crimes, the top 20% of academics produce 80% of u..
Vitaliy Kononov
Vitaly Kononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Green Party of Ukraine, which he chairs. He was a national deputy of Ukraine, has worked on youth politics issues, physical training issues, and sports issues. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Board o..
Vitaliy Masol
Vitaliy Masol Vitaliy Masol (ukr. Віталій Андрійович Масол; born November 14, 1928) was confirmed as Prime Minister of Ukraine on June 16, 1994. He resigned on March 1, 1995 and retired. Mr. Masol also served as the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republi..
Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Vitaliy Yeremeyev (born September 23, 1975 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani ice hockey player. He was a player for the Kazakhstani national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was drafted in the 9th round (209 overall) in the 1994 NHL entry draft by the New York ..
Vitali Holostenco
Vitali (Vitaliy) Holostenco or Holostenko (Виталий Холостенко; aprox. 1900, in Bessarabia—1937, in the Soviet Union) was a Romanian-Ukrainian Jewish communist politician. He used several pseudonyms, among which Barbu and Petrulescu. Early life A student in 1920s' Bucharest, ..
Vitali Klitschko
Dr. Vitali Vladimirovich Klitschko (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Кличко – Vitalij Volodymyrovyč Klyčko; born July 19, 1971), known as "Dr. Iron Fist", was a professional boxer from 1996 through 2005; he was the WBC heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 2004 ..
Vitali Kutuzov
Vitali Kutuzov (Belarusian: Віталі Кутузаў, born March 20, 1980 in Pinsk) is a Belarusian football player, who plays in attack for F.C. Parma and the Belarusian national team. In 2001 he joined Italian side A.C. Milan from FC BATE Borisov, Belarus. During the half of the season he s..
Vitali Milman
Prof. Vitali Milman is a mathematician specializing in analysis. He is currently a professor at the Tel-Aviv University. In the past he was a President of the Israel Mathematical Union and a member of the “Atiyah” committee of Tel-Aviv University. Milman received in Ph.D. at Kharkov State Uni..
Vitali Reva
Vitali Reva (born November 19, 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football player. Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Reva is goalkeeper for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national football team. Reva started his career for FC Polygraphtechnik in 1993-1995. He then transferred to FC CSKA Kyiv, wh..
Vitali set
In mathematics, the Vitali set is an elementary example of a set of real numbers that is not Lebesgue measurable. The Vitali theorem is the existence theorem that there are such sets. It is a non-constructive result. The naming is for Giuseppe Vitali. Despite the terminology, there are many Vitali ..
Vitali Sevastyanov
Vitali Ivanovich Sevastyanov, (Russian: ; born July 8, 1935 in Krasnouralsk) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions. He trained as an engineer at the Moscow Aviation Institute and after graduation in 1959, joined Sergey Korolev's design bureau, where he worked on the ..
Vitali Vitaliev
Vitali Vitaliev (Виталий Витальев) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and short-story writer who has worked in Russia, the UK, Australia and Ireland. Vitali Vitaliev was born in 1954 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He graduated from [Kharkov University] in French language and English lang..
Vitali Yachmenev
Vitali Yachmenev (born January 8, 1975, in Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian professional ice hockey left wing. He was drafted in the third round, 59th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted from the Ontario Hockey League's North Bay Centennials, Yachmenev made hi..
Vitali Zholobov
Vitali Mikhailovich Zholobov (Russian: ; born June 18, 1937 in Zburjevka, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer. Zholobov joined the space programme from the Soviet Air Force where he held the rank of Colonel-engineer. His only trip to spac..
Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem
In mathematics, the Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem states that given μn for each integer n >0, a countably additive function defined on a fixed sigma-algebra Σ, with values in a given Banach space B, such that [\lim_ \mu_n(X) \rightarrow \mu(X)] exists for every set X in Σ,..
Vitallium
Vitallium is a trademark for an alloy of 60% cobalt, 20% chromium, 5% molybdenum, and traces of other substances. The alloy is used in dentistry because of its light weight and resistance to corrosion. It is also used for components of turbochargers because of its thermal resistance. External lin..
Vitalo
Vitalo is an isolated small mountain village nearby Kyme city, in the eastern seaboard of Euboea island, Greece. The word vitalo, in ancient aeolian language means bull, and it is possible that the word Italy derives from that word [link]. Nearby vitalo there is an isolated beach named ..
Vitalogy
Vitalogy is the third major release and a loose concept album by the band Pearl Jam, released on December 6, 1994 (see 1994 in music). Varied and idiosyncratic, the album was another big hit for Pearl Jam. Sparse productions and often bizarre lyrics (such as on "Bugs") made the album inaccessible ..
Vitals
This article is about the 2002 novel. For other uses, see Vital Vitals is a 2002 science fiction/techno-thriller novel written by Greg Bear. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. It centres on a scientist who wishes to cheat death. He gets his funding from..
VitalStream
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. VitalStream, Inc. NASDAQ: [VSHI], headquartered in Irvine, California. External links [VitalStr..
VitalSuite
Lucent Technologies VitalSuite® Performance Management Software portfolio integrates multiple innovative components and capabilities to keep enterprise network, applications and business processes working together effectively. From a single location, network managers can monitor, measure and enha..
Vitaly Daraselia
Vitaly Daraselia was a famous Georgian soccer player. He played for FC Dinamo Sukhumi, FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team. He died in a car crash in 1983 at the peak of his career. Daraselia is mostly remembered for his wonderful winning goal for FC Dinamo Tbilisi in 1981, in the final..
Vitaly Efimov
Vitaly Efimov is a Russian scientist who, in 1970 proposed the existence of a novel and exotic state of matter now dubbed the Efimov State. This state of matter has just recently been confirmed to exist. External links [A recent announcement confirming this new phase of matter] ..
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (Russian: ; born October 4 1916 in Moscow) is a Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the former Soviet Union, and the successor to Igor Tamm as head of the Academy's physics institute (FIAN). H..
Vitaly I. Churkin
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (born February 21, 1952 in Moscow) is the current Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. He replaced Andrey I. Denisov on May 1 2006, when he presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan..
Vitaly Kolesnik
Vitaly Kolesnik (born on August 20, 1979 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan) The 6'2", 198 pound ice hockey goalie was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche on August 16th, 2005. Unlike the vast majority of ice hockey players, he was never drafted into the NHL. However, other players have en..
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: ) (January 13, 1906 in Yeniseysk – 1992 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian mountaineer and inventor. Brother of Yevgeniy Abalakov, another famous alpinist, he made the first Soviet ascent of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascents of this mountain. In 1936 h..
Vitaly Potapenko
Vitaly Nikolaevich Potapenko (born March 21 1975 in Kiev, Soviet Union) is a professional basketball player in the NBA, originally from Ukraine. He played college basketball at Wright State University and was selected 12th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Nicknamed "The Ukra..
Vitaly Savin
Vitaly Anatolyevich Savin (Russian: Виталий Анатольевич Савин) (born January 23, 1966) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the Seoul Olympics, Vitaly Savin reached to the quarterfinal of 100 m and ran the anchori..
Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo (or Shcherbo), born January 13, 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian (and former Soviet) gymnast and is one of the most successful male gymnasts of all time. Scherbo was introduced to gymnastics at the age of seven by his mother in an attempt to channel the energy of her..
Vitaly Solomin
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: ) (12 December 1941 – 27 May 2002) was a Russian actor, director and scenario. He was the younger brother of Yury Solomin. Vitaly Solomin was born in 1941 in Chita in the family of professional musicians. From the childhood he was fascinated by music and l..
Vitaly Tseshkovsky
Vitaly Tseshkovsky (born September 25, 1944) is a Russian chess Grandmaster. His best tournament victories include first at Leipzig 1975, Yerevan 1980, Banja Luka 1981 and Minsk 1982. After second place finishes in Soviet Championships of 1978 and 1980, he won the event in 1986. He has beaten sever..
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fyodorchuk
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fyodorchuk (Vitaly Fedorchuk) (born 1918) was a Ukrainian Soviet administrator. He was chairman of the KGB in 1982. He then became the Soviet interior minister from 1982 until 1986. ..
Vitaly Vishnevski
Vitaly Vishnevski (born March 18, 1980 in Kharkov, Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player. After playing in Russia for Yaroslavl Torpedo, Vishnevski was drafted 5th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He scored a career high 16 points (6 goals and 10 assists) in the 20..
Vitaly Yurchenko
Vitaly Yurchenko (1936 – ?) was a KGB agent in the Soviet Union. In 1985, after twenty-five years of service in the KGB, he defected to the United States during an assignment in Rome. In the following interrogations by the CIA, he accused two American agents of working for the KGB, Ronald Pel..
Vital (album)
Vital is Van der Graaf Generator's only live album. Except for a few one-off reunions, this live album marked the end of Van der Graaf Generator as a band. The album was credited under the truncated name Van der Graaf. It had the same line-up as on the previous year's The Quiet Zone/The Pleasu..
Vital (film)
Vital is a Japanese film made in 2004. It was directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and stars Tadanobu Asano as Hiroshi Takagi, a man whose girlfriend dies and who loses his memory in a car accident. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Hiroshi rediscovers his inter..
Vital (Sri Aurobindo)
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: *Involution, Evolution *Integral yoga, Triple transformation *Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic, Spirit *Overmind, Supermind, Gnostic being Sacred Structures: *Matrimandir Communitie..
Vital Borkelmans
Vital Borkelmans (born June 1, 1963 in Maaseik) was a Belgian football left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches in Jupiler League with that club). He also played for SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. Borkelmans played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 Worl..
Vital Brazil
For a place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, see Vital Brazil, Brazil. Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha (b. April 28, 1865 in Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, d. May 8, 1950) was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, internationally renowned for the discovery of the polyvalent anti..
Vital capacity
Vital capacity is the total amount of air that a person can expire after a maximum inspiration. Diagnoses A very important tool in determining if a patient has obstructive or restrictive lung disease is the Percent of gas that is expired in the first second of a Forced Expiratory Capacity. Vital c..
Vital Center
United States politics, the Vital Center is a term used to describe where the Presidential nominees of the two major political parties go to look for votes, traditionally after they have wrapped up their own party's nomination at the party convention. This is based on the concept that the nominees h..
Vital currents
Practitioners of yoga, especially within Hinduism, believe that vital currents are generated by the human body, and that these currents control all biological processes. The generic term for these currents is Prana, and they are categorised under the following five (functional) divisions : Prana : ..
Vital force theory
Vital force theory was the accepted scientific explanation in the 19th century for the difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. It was disproved by Friedrich Wöhler's synthesis of urea from inorganic components. ..
Vital Health Foods
Vital Health Foods was founded in 1947 by Mr. Jack Grieve in the small town of Wellington, South Africa. It was the first health foods company in South Africa and has since become the largest in Africa, with a head office in Cape Town and a subsidiary in Australia. Vital is a family-owned and run c..
Vital heat
Vital heat, also called innate or natural heat, or calidum innatum, is a term that has generally referred to the heat produced within the body, usually the heat produced by the heart and the circulatory system. According to Ancient Greek physicians, vital heat was produced by the heart, maintained ..
Vital Idol
Vital Idol is a compilation of remixed singles from Billy Idol's first two albums. Peaking at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the album was supported by a live single version of "Mony Mony". The album, sporting a photo from the "Dancing With Myself" video was originally released in Europe in 1985...
Vital Information
Steve Smith and Vital Information is a jazz fusion group led by drummer Steve Smith. Vital Information was formed by Steve Smith in 1983 with friends Tim Landers, Dave Wilczewski, Dean Brown, and Mike Stern. Years later and after several personnel changes, Vital Information has become a formidabl..
Vital Kramko
Vital Kramko (born 1941, Belarusian: Віталь Крамко (Крэмко), Russian: Виталий Ильич Кремко) is the chairman of "October" (Октябрь), an agricultural collective located in the Hrodna region. Kramko was awarded the title Hero of Belarus title "for selfless wo..
Vital Product Data
Vital Product Data (VPD) in AIX is a collection of configuration and informational data associated with a particular set of hardware or software. VPD refers to a subset of database tables in the Object Data Manager (ODM), Therefore the VPD and ODM terms are sometimes referred to interchangeably. Vi..
Vital rates
Vital rates refer to how fast vital statistics change in a population (usually measure per 1000 individuals). There are 2 categories within vital rates: crude rates and refined rates. Crude rates are the measure vital statistics in a general population (overall change in births and deaths per 1000)..
Vital record
Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses, and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic partnerships. In the United States, vital records are typic..
Vital Remains
Vital Remains is a US death metal band. Death metallists Vital Remains formed during 1989, and hail from Providence, Rhode Island - influenced by the likes of Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Sodom, and Destruction. Originally comprised of members guitarists Paul Flynn and Tony Lazaro, v..
Vital signs
This article is about vital signs in medicine. For other uses of the term, see Vital signs (disambiguation). Vital signs are often taken by health professionals in order to assess the most basic body functions. Vital signs are an essential part of a case presentation. Contents 1 Primary fo..
Vital signs (disambiguation)
Vital Signs may also refer to: Vital signs are basic measures of health frequently examined in medicine.Vital Signs (pop band), a rock band from PakistanVital Signs (television series), a British television showVital Signs (White Heart album), a musical album released by the Christian pop-rock gro..
Vital Signs (pop band)
This article is about the band. For other uses, see the term Vital --> Vital Signs was Pakistan's first ever pop band[[Citing sources citation needed]] and were given the title of "pioneers of pop music.". The original line up consisted of Junaid Jamshed on vocals, Rohail..
Vital Signs (TV series)
Vital Signs is a British television drama series airing on ITV1 from 2006. It stars Tamzin Outhwaite as a supermarket check out operator who decides to become a doctor. The series co-stars William Beck, Fraser Ayres, Eve Best, Claudie Blakley, Lucinda Dryzek, Beth Goddard, Alfie Hunter, Brooke Kins..
Vital Spark
Fascination with the puffers still continues. The Vital Spark is a fictional (indeed, the archetypal) Clyde puffer, created by Neil Munro. As its captain the redoubtable Para Handy often says, "the smertest boat in the coastin' tred". Puffers seem to have been regarded fondly even before Mun..
Vital statistics
Vital statistics are the information maintained by a government, recording the birth and death of individuals within that government's jurisdiction. These data are used by public health programs to evaluate how effective are their programs and are the cornerstone to public health systems today. A ..
Vital Tech Tones
The Vital Tech Tones were an American fusion supergroup formed in the mid-1990s. It was composed of Vital Information drummer Steve Smith, Tribal Tech guitarist Scott Henderson, and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten. The group released two albums before breaking up due to time con..
Vital theory
One of the four theories proposing a mechanism for the ascent of sap through the xylem tissue of the vascular bundle of plants. Other theories are root pressure theory, cohesion-tension theory and CP theory. But none of the theories are free from criticisms. According to the vital force theory the..
Vitamalt
Vitamalt is a popular carbonated soft drink in the Caribbean and Africa. Its taste might be described as carbonated prune juice. It is manufactured by Royal Unibrew. Labels on the beverage suggest that it be drank at will or "as prescribed by doctor." External links [Vitamalt, The world´s fav..
Vitamalz
Vitamalz is a German malt beer without alcohol. The correct pronunciation is vee-tuh mahltz. Contents 1 Miscellaneous2 Ingredients3 History4 Vitamalz in the US5 External links Miscellaneous Vitamalz comes in brown 0,33l bottles. The logo shows six circles in decreasing s..
Vitamin
Retinol (Vitamin A) Vitamins are nutrients required for essential metabolic reactions in the body Lieberman, S and Bruning, N The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book, Avery Group, NY, 1990, p. 3. Vitamins can act both as catalysts and participants in the chemical reaction. The body typically assemb..
Vitaminic
Vitaminic is a free social networking website offering an interactive network to artists to put on the Internet their music and to spread it and sell it. External links [Official Website][Official Club][British Website][Italian Website][German Website�..
Vitaminless
The first mini-album recorded by The Seatbelts for the anime Cowboy Bebop. It features a few of the show's songs, along with the end credits theme, The Real Folk Blues. Track listing The Real Folk Blues - 6:17*Vocals: Mai Yamane*Lyrics: Yoko KannoOdd Ones - 3:10*Played by The Seatbelt's New York..
Vitamin B6
Pyridoxine Vitamin B-6 is a water-soluble vitamin. The three major forms of vitamin B-6 are pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine, which, in the liver, are converted to pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) — a cofactor in many reactions of amino acid metabolism. PLP also is necessary for the enz..
Vitamin C
This article is about the nutrient; for other uses see Vitamin C (disambiguation). For information on the chemical properties of the molecule, see ascorbic acid. 3D representation of vitamin C Chemical structure of vitamin C Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient and vitamin essential f..
Vitamin Cottage
Vitamin Cottage is a Natural Food Grocery Store based in Lakewood, CO with over 22 locations in Colorado and New Mexico. The Vitamin Cottage sells the highest quality natural and organic products, believes in low-cost healthy nutrition, and offers free in-depth nutrition information to all custom..
Vitamin C (album)
Vitamin C is the self-titled debut album released by singer Vitamin C in 1999. Track Listing SmileTurn Me OnMe, Myself And IUnhappy AnniversaryNot That Kind Of GirlDo What You Want To DoGirls Against BoysI Got YouMoneyAbout Last NightFear Of FlyingGraduation (Friends Forever) ..
Vitamin C (disambiguation)
Vitamin C may refer to: Vitamin C, the nutrient also known as ascorbic acidColleen Fitzpatrick, a singer who performs under the stage name Vitamin CA slang term for caffeine This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred..
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a hormone precursor that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood. Despite its name, vitamin D is not a true vitamin, but it could best be described as a conditional vitamin, since human skin can create it in some circumstances. Vitamin D ..
Vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein
Vitamin D-dependent calcium binding proteins were discovered in the cytosolic fractions of chicken intestine, and later in mammalian intestine and kidney, by workers including Robert Wasserman of Cornell University. They bound calcium in the micromolar range and were greatly reduced in vitamin D-..
Vitamin I
Vitamin I can mean: "Vitamin" B-7, part of the vitamin B complexVitamin I of Centanni E. (1935) — more commonly called Vitamin B7 and also called 'Enteral factor' is a water and alcohol (ethanol & methanol) soluble Rice bran factor which prevents digestive disterbance in Pigions. It governes th..
Vitamin K
This article describes the biomolecule known as Vitamin K. For the unrelated drug sometimes referred to in slang as Vitamin K, see Ketamine. Vitamin K denotes a group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives. They are human vitamins, lipophilic (i.e., soluble in lipids) and therefore hydrophobic (i..
Vitamin O
Vitamin O was the name given to a dietary supplement introduced by Rose Creek Health Products Inc. in 1998. It was claimed to have a beneficial effect on a wide variety of ailments, including angina, anaemia, and various forms of cancer, as well as increasing vigour and improving state of mind. The ..
Vitamin P
Vitamin P may refer to: Bioflavonoids, a popular alternative term for flavonoids.A euphemism for "pussy".[link].A euphemism for prozac, an anti-depressant. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to t..
Vitamin poisoning
Vitamin poisoning, or hypervitaminosis, refers to a condition of high storage levels of vitamins, which can lead to toxic symptoms. The medical names of the different conditions are derived from the vitamin involved: an excess of vitamin A, for example, is called "hypervitaminosis A". High dosage..
Vitamin Records
Vitamin Records is a US-based record label founded in 1999. It is dedicated to producing tribute albums. See also List of record labels External link [Official site] ..
Vitamin S
Vitamin S can mean: salicylic acid, although is not a vitamin, is sometimes called "vitamin S"slang referring to steroidsslang term for sex used in the titular song by Jamaican reggae/dance hall artist Baby Cham. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated..
Vitamin X
Vitamin X is a straight edge thrash band from Amsterdam. Discography (1998) Straight Edge Crew EP (Commitment)(1999) Once Upon a Time... EP (Commitment}(2000) See Thru Their Lies LP (Underestimated)(2001) We Came Here for the Fun EP (Underestimated)(2001) People That Bleed EP (Havoc)(2002) Down th..
Vitan
Vitan is a neighbourhood in southeastern Bucharest, Romania, along the Dâmboviţa River, located between Titan, Centru Civic, Olteniţei and Berceni. Its name is derived from "vită", meaning cattle, as in the past, Water Buffalos were found on the muddy banks of the Dâmboviţa. The Bucharest Ma..
Vitani
Vitani is a fictional lioness character who first appeared in Disney's 1998 direct-to-video animated film [[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride]], sequel to 1994's The Lion King. She was voiced as a cub by Lacey Chabert and as an adult by Jennifer Lien. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride [Spoiler ..
Vitanje
Občina Vitanje Area: 59,4 km² Population - males - females 2.3171.1551.162 Mayor: Slavko Vetrih Average age: 38,98 let Residential areas: - households: - families: 24,03 m²/osebo720635 Working active: - unemployed: 1.046117 Average month..
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi (born 6 August 1981) is an Italian Formula One driver, who drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso. Contents 1 Karting2 Formula Renault3 Formula One4 Complete Formula One results5 Personal6 References7 External links Karting Liuzzi was born in Lo..
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was a sound film process used on features and nearly 2,000 short subjects produced by Warner Brothers and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Many early talkies, such as The Jazz Singer (1927), used the Vitaphone process. Vitaphone was the last, but most successful, of the ..
Vitapup
Vitapup was a rock band from New York City consisting of guitarist Greg Griffith, drummer Melissa York, and bassist/vocalist Raphael Heatley. The band was broadly categorized as punk rock but featured elements of jazz, hip hop and spoken word. The band released one album, "An Hour With Vitapup", in..
Vitaral Jelfa Jelenia Góra
Vitaral Jelfa Jelenia Góra is a Polish women's handball team, based in Jelenia Gora, playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League (Premiership League). Contents 1 2003/2004 season2 2004/2005 season3 Best achievements4 Team history5 See also 2003/2004 season 3rd..
Vitara club of the philippines
Vehicles of the Vitara Club of the Philippines Vitara Club of the Philippines is a group of Suzuki Vitara off roading enthusiasts. It is based in the Philippine Islands. It is registered under the SEC number CN200510884. Contents 1 History2 Activities3 Mottos4 External ..
Vitas
Vitas Bumac (born February 19, 1981), is a Latvian-born Russian pop singer, most commonly known by his first name Vitas, or Витас in Russian. He first appeared in Russia in December of 2000 with his hit Opera #2, amazing the public with his energetic soprano voice. Biography Vitas was born on..
Vitascope
in 1895 Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat publicly demonstrated an image projection device at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia that they called the "Phantoscope." This prototype of modern film projectors cast images onto a wall or screen for a moderately large audience. The p..
Vitasoy
Vitasoy (Traditional Chinese: }) () is a well-known brand of beverages and desserts in Hong Kong. "Vitasoy" belongs to the Vitasoy International Holdings Limited and is headquartered in Hong Kong. Originally, "Vitasoy" products were centred on the high-protein soymilk drink that the company fi..
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vitas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 18, 1994) was a professional tennis player from the United States. He was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrants from Lithuania and grew up in Howard Beach, Queens. Gerulaitis' biggest success was winning the men's singles title at the ..
Vita (rapper)
LaVita Raynor "Vita" a female rapper born September 25, 1981, from Plainfield, New Jersey. She first got a real life look into being a rapper when her older sister joined Bad Boy Entertainment's R&B trio, Total. Later she signed a management contract to Hype Williams, a well known music video direct..
Vita Ansgari
Vita Ansgari, the biography of Ansgar, written by Rimbert, his successor as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen. See also Hagiography External links Vita Ansgari, English translation from [Medieval sourcebook] ..
Vita Edwardi Secundi
The Vita Edwardi Secundi (Life of Edward II) is a Latin chronicle most likely written in 1326 by an unknown English medieval historian contemporary to Edward II. It covers the period from 1307 until its abrupt end in 1326. The earliest surviving version of the Vita is a copy made by Thomas Hearne i..
Vita Hludovici
Vita Hludovici or Vita Hludovici Imperatoris is a biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to 840. The work was written in Latin in or soon after 840 by an author whose real name is unknown. He is conventionally called the Astronomer or the Limousin Astronomer..
Vita Mahumeti
Vita Mahumeti was an 11th century seminal biography written by Embrico of Mainz in latin on Muhammad and Mohammedanism. The Vita Mahumeti was based on earlier Byzantine non-Islamic eye witness accounts of the early period of Mohammedanism and treats the personal and social life of the Prophet whom..
Vita Marissa
Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is a female badminton player from Indonesia. Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In t..
Vita Novi
Vita Novi was a Swiss publishing house in the 1930s, run by Rudolf Roessler, one of the most enigmatic characters in the history of espionage. ..
Vita Nuova
This article is about the British technology company. For Dante's poem, see La Vita Nuova. Vita Nuova Holdings Ltd is an English company based in York that provides technology for embedded systems and distributed applications based upon the unique operating system Inferno. It also distributes the..
Vita Pavlysh
Vita Pavlysh (Віта Павлиш in Ukrainian, born January 15, 1969 in Ukraine) is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put. Pavlysh was stripped of her 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after she had tested positive for anabolic steroid Stanozolol at the event in Maebashi..
Vita Sackville-West
Vita Sackville-West The Hon Vita Sackville-West [link] [link] (March 9, 1892 – June 2, 1962) was an English poet, novelist and gardener. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her..
Vitcos
Vitcos is a ruined city in Peru. Along with nearby Vilcabamba, it was one of the last Inca refuges and points of resistance during the Spanish conquest of Peru. Hiram Bingham III was looking for Vitcos when he found Machu Picchu. External links [Hiram Bingham's search for Vitcos][Pe..
Vitebsk
Vitebsk (Belarusian: Ві́цебск; Russian: Ви́тебск; Polish: Witebsk) is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The capital of the Vitebsk voblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city. History Vitebsk developed from a..
Vitebsk Province
Vitebsk Province may refer to one of the following Viciebsk Voblast of Belarus or Byelorussian SSRVitebsk Guberniya of Russian Empireredirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Vitebsk Rail Terminal
Vitebsk Rail Terminal (Russian: Витебский вокзал), formerly known as the Tsarskoe Selo Station, was the first railway station to be built in Saint Petersburg and the whole of the Russian Empire. Contents 1 Early history2 Architecture3 Recent history4 Referenc..
Vitebsk Voblast
Viciebsk Province (Vitebsk Province) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with capital Vitebsk. It covers an area of 40,100 km² and has a population of 1,321,100 (2004 estimate). The province has the lowest population density in Belarus at 33/km². Largest towns and cities VitebskOrshaNavapolatsk..
Vitelcom
Vitelcom Group is a Spanish manufacturer and distributor of consumer electronics, concentrating on the home entertainment and mobile phone markets. It also provides mobile phone content such as games. Vitelcom makes DVD and VCR equipment under contract using the Funai brand name, mobile phones usin..
Vitelliform macular dystrophy
Vitelliform macular dystrophy or vitelliform dystrophy is a genetic eye disorder that can cause progressive vision loss. This disorder affects the retina, specifically cells in a small area near the center of the retina called the macula. The macula is responsible for sharp central vision, which is ..
Vitelline
Vitelline can refer to: Vitelline ductVitelline veinsThis 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. ..
Vitelline circulation
Vitelline circulation refers to the system of blood flowing from the embryo to the yolk sac and back again. The yolk-sac is situated on the ventral aspect of the embryo; it is lined by entoderm, outside of which is a layer of mesoderm. It is filled with fluid, the vitelline fluid, which possibl..
Vitelline duct
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Vitelline membrane
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Vitelline veins
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Vitellius
Vitellius, Museo Nazionale della Civiltà Romana, Rome Aulus Vitellius Germanicus (September 24 15–December 22 69) was Roman Emperor from April 17 69 to December 22 of the same year, one of the emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" (the others being Galba, Otho and Vespasian. The ..
Vitellogenin
Vitellogenin (Vg) is an egg yolk precursor protein expressed only in female fish and dormant in male fish, but in the presence of estrogenic EDCs, males can express the Vg gene in a dose dependent manner. The use of Vg gene expression in male fish can be used as a molecular marker of exposure to e..
Vitellozzo Vitelli
Vitellozzo Vitelli (birthdate unknown; died December 31, 1502) was an Italian condouiere. Together with his father, Niccol, tyrant of Città di Castello, and his brothers, who were all soldiers of fortune, he instituted a new type of infantry armed with sword and pike to resist the German men-at-ar..
Vitello (crater)
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Vitemölla
Vitemölla is a village situated in the southern part of Sweden, in Skåne. It's situated right next to Kivik, and every year theres a market, Kiviks Marknad, between these two villages. The market goes on for three days, and it's very crowded. Most people only live in Vitemölla during summers, but..
Viterbe
Viterbe may refer to: Viterbo, a comune (township) in the Lazio region of central Italy,Viterbe, a commune of the Tarn département, in France This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish ..
Viterbi
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. Viterbi can mean: Viterbi algorithm, an algorithm in signal processing.Viter..
Viterbi algorithm
The Viterbi algorithm is a dynamic programming algorithm for finding the most likely sequence of hidden states – called the Viterbi path – that result in a sequence of observed events, especially in the context of hidden Markov models. The forward algorithm is a closely related algorith..
Viterbi decoder
A viterbi decoder uses the Viterbi algorithm for decoding a bitstream that has been encoded using Forward error correction based on a Convolutional code. There are other algorithms for decoding a convolutionally encoded stream (for example, the Fano algorithm). The Viterbi algorithm is the most re..
Viterbi School of Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering, west wall. The Viterbi School of Engineering (formerly the USC School of Engineering) is located at the University of Southern California in the United States. It was renamed following a $52 million donation by Andrew Viterbi. The USC Viterbi School of Engineeri..
Viterbo
Palazzo Papale, photographed by Patrick Morrissey, 2004. The Cathedral. Viterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 100 kilometers (60 mi) north of Rome on the Via Cassia, and it is surround..
Viterbo University
Viterbo University is a Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in La Crosse, Wisconsin in the Diocese of La Crosse. History In 1890, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration founded the college as St. Rose Normal School to as a sisters' college to prepare nuns to teach in elementary s..
Vitesse Arnhem
Vitesse Arnhem is a Dutch football club, which was founded on May 14, 1892. The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie but it has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clu..
Vitesse Systems
Vitesse Systems is the company setup by Robert Speed and his father Malcolm. ..
Vitex
Vitex (also called Chaste Tree, Chasteberry or Monk's Pepper) is a genus of about 250 species of shrubs and trees from 1-35 m tall, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. In the past widely included in the family Verbenaceae, it has recently been transferred to the family..
Vitez
Vitez (Cyrillic: Витез) is a town in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1991 the population of the Vitez municipality was 27,728, of which were 45.73% Croats, 41.37% Bosniaks, 5.42% Serbs..
Vitezslava Kapralova
Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940) was a Czech composer and conductor, often cited as the greatest Czech female composer of the 20th century despite her short life. References [Bio and Overview][Karadar Classical Music Entry][Compositions][Amazon CDs] ..
Vithalbhai Patel
Vithalbhai Patel (1871 - 1935) was an Indian legislator and political leader, and co-founder of the Swaraj Party. Contents 1 Early life2 Political career3 Last years4 See also Early life Born in Nadiad, in the Indian state of Gujarat, Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was the thi..
Vithayathil
Vithayathil is a family name in Kerala. The family has a long history and the descendants can be found all over Kerala and the World. The best known Vithayathil is Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, leader of the Syro-Malabar Church. The family is mainly based in Nayathode-Kanjoor region. It is said th..
Vithis
Vithis is a main character in Ian Irvine's The Well Of Echoes quartet. He is clan leader of Clan Inthis and leader of the Aachim of Aachan. He wished to set out and conqeur Santhenar, but abandoned this, after Tiaan Liise-Mar attacks him with a flying construct. Vithis is the foster-father of Minis...
Vithoba
Vithoba is a colloquial form of Vitthala, one of the manifestations of Krishna. Vithoba of Pandharpur is traditionally one of the most important deities in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh drawing millions of devotees across several cultures and languages of these state..
Vithura
Vithura is a small village situated 36km from Thiruvananthapuram, capital of the Kerala state in India. Vithura is the crossroads to various tourist, cultural, and religious centres. Surrounded by the Western Ghats (Sahyadri), Vithura is a prime tourist spot. The Village is rich with scenic beaut..
Vitiaz languages
Vitiaz Languages Spoken in: Northern New Guinea Geneticclassification: Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic    &nb..
Viticulture
wine grapes Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) refers to the cultivation of grapes, often for use in the production of wine. It is one branch of the science of horticulture. By practice, viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events..
Vitiligo
Vitiligo (IPA /ˌvɪtəˈlaɪgo/) or leukoderma is a chronic skin disease that causes loss of pigment, resulting in irregular white patches of skin. The precise etiology of the disease is complex and not fully understood. There is some evidence suggesting it is caused by a combination of auto-immun..
Vitim
This article is about a settlement. For the river, see Vitim River. Vitim (Russian: ) is a settlement in Lensky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the left bank of the Lena River. Population: 3,973 (2002 Census; 3,600 (1968). ..
Vitim event
The Vitim event or Bodaybo event is believed to be an impact by a bolide or comet nucleus in the Vitim River basin. It occurred near the town of Bodaybo in the Mamsko-Chuisky district of Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia on September 25, 2002 at approximately 10 p.m. (local time). The event was als..
Vitim River
This article is about a river. For a settlement in the Sakha Republic, see Vitim. Vitim River is a major tributary of the Lena River. With its source east of Lake Baikal, the Vitim flows 1,978 km north through the Transbaykalian Mountains and the town of Bodaybo. Upstream of Bodaybo, the Vi..
Vitín
Vitín is a small village in southern Bohemia, having around 250 inhabitants. It is close to famous cities of Hluboká nad Vltavou and České Budějovice. Vitín is best known for two large pagan Slavic barrow cemeteries dating to early Middle Ages, which are located on a forested hill of Baba, ap..
Vitina
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Viti, Kosovo 2000 Viti or Vitia (Albanian) Vitina/Витина (Serbian) is a city and municpality in Kosovo. Following the Kosovo War, it was the home of A Company, 2/505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, the first KFOR troops to b..
Vitina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vitina is a town in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in the West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Ljubuški municipality. In 1991 there were 3,353 residents in the town of Vitina, of which there were 3,245 Croats (97%), 80 Bosniaks (2%), 23..
Vitina (disambiguation)
Vitina refers to various places in Europe: Vitina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in southwestern Bosnia and HerzegovinaVitina, Bulgaria, a village in the southern portion of BulgariaVitina, Greece, an alternative spelling of Vytina This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of ..
Vitina Marcus
Vitina Marcus (born in 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American actress who appeared in two episodes of Lost in Space as Athena, Dr. Smith's most persistent and verdant admirer. She also appeared in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea including second season's "Return of the Phantom" (one of Davi..
Vitis aestivalis
Vitis aestivalis is any of several varieties of grape native to the United States. One of its cultivars, V. aestivalis var. 'Norton', is believed to be the oldest American grape variety in commercial production. Other varieties include V. aestivalis Michx., also known as the summer grape, and V. ..
Vitis amurensis
The amur grape (Vitis amurensis), is a species of grape native to the Asian continent. Its name comes from the Amur Valley in Russia and China. It's very resistant to frost, but is not tolerant to drought. By hybridization with the European wine grape (Vitis vinifera), several cultivars resistant ..
Vitis californica
The wild grape species Vitis californica is the California wild grape. It is a deciduous vine which can grow to over thirty feet in length. It climbs on other plants or covers the ground with twisted, woody ropes of vine covered in green leaves. In the fall the leaves turn many shades of orange a..
Vitis cinerea
Vitis cinerea is a variety of grape. It has small black berries that are mildly unpleasent to eat. Grows in Texas. ..
Vitis labrusca
Vitis labrusca (Fox grape) is a species of grape native to the northeastern United States. It is the source of many grape cultivars, including Concord grapes. It is characteristic of this vine to have tendrils form on every node of the cane (alternated with clusters). This is in contrast to the Eu..
Vitis lincecumii
Vitis lincecumii is a type of grape. It is often referred to by the nicknames: Big Summer Grape, Pine Wood Grape, Post Oak Grape, Sand Grape, South Western Aestivalis, Turkey Grape, and Vine Wood Grape. Vitis lincecumii is very similar to another type of grape, the Vitis aestivalis. In the his wo..
Vitis mustangensis
Vitis mustangensis is a variety of grape also known as the Mustang Grape. It grows fruit in small clusters of hard green berries, that when ripe become soft 3/4 inch dark purple berries in August-September. The fruit can be potentially irritating to the skin when picked or eaten. It is mildly unp..
Vitis riparia
Vitis riparia Michx, also commonly known as River Bank Grape or Frost Grape, is a native American climbing or trailing vine, widely distributed from Quebec to Texas, and Montana to New England. It is long-lived and capable of reaching into the upper canopy of the tallest trees. Mature vines hav..
Vitis rupestris
Vitis rupestris is a kind of grape native to the Southern and Western United States. It is better known by many of its common names: July, sand, sugar, beach, bush, currant, ingar, rock and mountain grape. It is used for breeding several French-American hybrids as well as many root stocks. Rup..
Vitis vinifera
For thousands of years, the fruit and plant of Vitis vinifera, the European grapevine, have been harvested for both medicinal and nutritional value; its history is intimately entwined with the history of wine. Contents 1 History2 Uses3 See also4 References History The wild..
Vitis x doaniana
Vitis x doaniana are the varieties of grapes resulting from the hybridization of candicans with riparia. ..
Vitis x labruscana
Vitis x labruscana is a variety of grape originating from a hybridization of Vitis vinifera and labrusca. ..
Viti Levu
Viti Levu Group Bau Beqa Leleuvia Naigani Nananu-i-Ra Nukulau Vatulele Viti Levu Islands of Fiji Principal islands Viti Levu Vanua Levu Significant outliers Conway Reef Kadavu Taveuni Rotuma Archipelagos Kadavu Group Lau Islands Lomaiviti Islands Mamanuca Islands Moala Islands Ringgold Isles..
Viti Levu East Maritime (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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Viti Levu Group
Viti Levu Group Bau Beqa Leleuvia Naigani Nananu-i-Ra Nukulau Vatulele Viti Levu Islands of Fiji Principal islands Viti Levu Vanua Levu Significant outliers Conway Reef Kadavu Taveuni Rotuma Archipelagos Kadavu Group Lau Islands Lomaiviti Islands Mamanuca Islands Moala Islands Ringgold Isles..
Viti Levu South Kadavu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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Vitolas
Vitola refers to the unique description of a cigar. Two cigars of the same vitola have similar measurements and form. For instance, a "Julieta" vitola refers to a cigar of measurements 7 * 47 (or, a length of 7 inches and a diameter of roughly 47/64ths an inch). Therefore, the Cohiba Esplendido, ..
Vitold Fokin
Vitold Fokin Vitold Fokin was appointed first deputy prime minister of Ukraine in November 1991. He resigned on October 8, 1992 at his own request. Until May 1994, he was vice speaker of the Supreme Rada. He currently serves as chairman of the supervisory board of AOZT Devon. Fokin Vitold Pav..
Vitolište
Vitolište (Витолиште) is the principle village and municipality in the Republic of Macedonia's rural province of Mariovo. ..
Vitomir Lukić
Vitomir Lukić (Zelenika, September 24 1929. - Sarajevo, May 30 1991.), was a Bosnian-Croat prose writer and pedagogue, considered to be one of the greatest writers to emerge from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 20th century. Works "Soba za prolaznike" (Short stories, 1965., second edition 1997.)"..
Viton
Genuine Viton® Viton® is a synthetic rubber and fluoropolymer elastomer commonly used in O-rings and other moulded or extruded goods. The name is trademarked by DuPont Performance Elastomers. Viton® fluoroelastomers are categorized under the ASTM D1418 & ISO 1629 designation of FKM. This ..
Vitória
Vitória is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a few rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper (area 211 km²} has a population of 313,300 (2005) whilst the Greater Vitória metropolitan area has a population o..
Vitoria-Gasteiz
This refers to a city in Spain. See also Vitoria, Brazil and Vitoria (disambiguation), as well as Victoria (disambiguation). Vitoria-Gasteiz location in Álava (Basque Country). Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: Vitoria, Basque: Gasteiz, known officially as Vitoria-Gasteiz in both languages), is a ..
Vitoria (disambiguation)
Vitoria (Spanish), or Vitória (Portuguese) may refer to one of the following: A Vitória ("The Victory"), the name of the 4th Symphony by Heitor Villa-LobosEsporte Clube Vitória, a football club in the Brazilian city of Salvador in the state of BahiaFrancisco de Vitoria, a Spanish Renaissance theo..
Vitória (Porto)
Vitória Vitória is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Porto. It is 0.31 km² in area with 2,720 inhabitants as of 2001.   Parishes of Porto municipality ..
Vitoria Airport
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Vitória da Conquista
Vitória da Conquista is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is located at around [14°51′58″S, 40°50′22″W]. ..
Vitória FC
Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from Setúbal. Vitória de Setúbal (pron. IPA [vi'tɔɾjɐ dɨ sɨ'tu