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Świdnica
Świdnica (German Schweidnitz) is a town in southwestern Poland. Old town According to the 2004 estimate the town has a total population of 60,674. Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Wałbrzych Voivodship (1975-1998). It's the 7th largest town of that unit of ..
Świdnica County
Świdnica County (in Polish powiat świdnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Note: In Polish powiat świdnicki is the name of Świdnic..
Świdnik
SM-1 helicopter (Polish-built Mil Mi-1) displayed as a monument in Świdnik Świdnik is a town in eastern Poland with 40,113 inhabitants (2002), situated in the Lublin Voivodship, very near the city of Lublin. It is the capital of Świdnik County. History The village of Świdnik is first m..
Świdnik County
Świdnik County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in eastern Poland, in Lublin Voivodship. The county seat is the town of Świdnik. The population numbers 72,301 (2005). Its area is 468.97 km². Note: In Polish powiat świdnicki is the name of Świdnik County and also Świdnica County. Exter..
Świdwin
Świdwin (German: Schivelbein) is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 15,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Swidwin County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1998). The town is formerly part of Prussia and Germany; toget..
Widad Kawar
Widad Kawar is an internationally renowned collector of Jordanian and Palestinian ethnic and cultural arts. She has amassed an extensive collection of dresses, costumes, textiles, and jewelry over the past 45 years, seeking to preserve a culture that has been largely dispersed by conflict. Mrs. Kaw..
Widal
Widal: This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [:|action=edit}} expanding it].||}} Auguste Widal, "Daniel Stauben" (1822-1875), Alsacian Jewish writer born at WintzenheimGeorges Fernand Isidore Widal (1862-1929), bacteriologist Widal SyndromeWidal testWidal Tr..
Widal test
The Widal test is a serological test for Salmonella typhi. It is a demonstration of salmonella antibodies against antigens O-somatic and H-flagellar in the blood. It is used to ascertain the presence of typhoid fever. However, it is not a very accurate method, since we are often exposed to other b..
Widawa
The Widawa is a river in Poland, a right-bank tributary of the Oder River. ..
WIDB
WIDB is the student-run radio station at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The station is available only on campus or over the internet at widb.net. Contents 1 Format2 History3 WIDB in Film4 Technical5 External links Format WIDB currently operates a dual radio ..
Widdebierg
Widdebierg is a hill in the commune of Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. At 386 metres, it is one of the highest points in the canton of Grevenmacher. It is in the centre of a nature reserve (named Widdebierg after the hill), which lies between the towns of Flaxweiler, Mensdorf, and Roodt-sur-Syre...
Widdecombe
Widdecombe could refer to: Ann Widdecombe, a British politician;Widecombe Fair, an annual event;Widecombe-in-the-Moor, a Devon village.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..
Widdershins
Widdershins is also a collection of ghost stories by Oliver Onions, and a pagan newspaper [link]. The Widdershins is an Australian indie pop band. And see also the Widdershins Ceilidh Band [link]. For the character in Lemony Snicket's book series, read Captain Widdershins Widd..
Widdifield Secondary School
Widdifield Secondary School (WSS) is located along the Ski Club Road area of North Bay, Ontario. It is a member of the Near North District Public School Board. Widdifield's motto is "Mens Quaerens in Corpore Sano," loosely meaning "A sound mind in a sound body." Athletes and students at Widdifield ..
Widdop
WIDDOP According to the Penguin Dictionary of names, Widdop has the meaning "Wide Valley" and is also a place high on the moors north-west of Hebden Bridge just inside the West Yorkshire Border alongside Lancashire. Originally a small hamlet, the village was flooded many years ago to become Widdop ..
Widdringtonia
Widdringtonia is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are four species, all native to southern Africa, where they are known in the past as "cedars" (to which they are not related) but are now known as African cypresses. They are large shrubs or trees, reaching 5..
Widdrington railway station
Widdrington railway station serves the villages of Widdrington and Widdrington Station in Northumberland, England. It is located on the East Coast Main Line, although in the current timetable (2005–2006) the only trains calling at Widdrington are one northbound and two southbound local service..
Widdrington Station and Stobswood
Widdrington Station is a village in the county of Northumberland, England. It has about 2300 residents, and as its name suggests it also has a railway station which is on the East Coast Main Line. It is located roughly eight miles north east of Morpeth, the county town. It shares its parish counc..
Wide
In the sport of cricket, a wide is one of two things: The event of a ball being delivered by a bowler too wide or high to be hit by the batsman, and ruled so by the umpire.A run scored by the batting team as a penalty to the bowling team when this occurs. To be ruled a wide, the umpire at the bowle..
Wide-angle lens
One of Canon's most popular wide angle lens - 17-40 f/4 L In photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens is a lens whose focal length is shorter than the focal length of a normal lens. For a 35 mm camera with a 36 mm by 24 mm format, the normal lens is 50 mm. A lens of focal le..
Wide-body aircraft
Boeing 747, the first wide-body, operated by Pan American. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, one of the world's largest aircraft, is an example of a military wide-body. A wide-body aircraft is a large airliner with a fuselage diameter of 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 ft) and twin aisles. Passengers ar..
Wide-Boy64
The Wide-Boy64 is a rather obscure Nintendo 64 accessory that was unreleased to the public. A device similar to the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player, the Wide-Boy 64 allows videogame developers to play Game Boy Color games on the television screen. It also allowed the gaming press to capture scree..
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Wide-Eyed and Legless is a 1993 made for TV British comedy directed by Richard Loncraine. It is known in the US as The Wedding Gift. ..
Wide-Eyed And Mystified (album)
Track Listing The MoreSurrenderA Better WayDying To Know YouI Will Follow Your VoiceLittle Is MuchStirForgive YourselfUnbelievableThe Real JesusRemember Me1000 Miles ApartI Miss You Here Major Singles The More (2006) - Rock & CHRA Better Way (2006) - CHR & AC ..
Wide-Eyed Wonder
Wide-Eyed Wonder is the fifth release, and fourth full-length album, from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1989. Contents 1 Recording history2 Track listing3 Personnel3.1 The Choir3.2 Additional Musicians4 Production5 Miscellanea Record..
Wide-format printer
Wide-format printers are generally accepted to be any printer with a print width over 24". Several manufacturers have models capable of printing up to a 5-meter width. Manufacturers include (in alphabetical order): Canon Inc., Gandinnovations, HP, Leggett and Platt, MacDermid Colorspan, Matan Digit..
Wideawake
Wideawake is an American alternative rock band from Austin, Texas. Their songs have been heard on Dawson's Creek and The Ring, and the band has opened for Switchfoot, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon, Sister Hazel, and Gavin DeGraw. Contents 1 Members2 Awards3 Discography4 Se..
Wideband
In communications, wideband is a relative term used to describe a wide range of frequencies in a spectrum. A system is typically described as wideband if its bandwidth is much greater than its center frequency or carrier frequency. Wideband in speech services means that the used speech frequency..
Wideband (automotive)
In automotive terms, a wideband oxygen sensor, used for internal combustion engines, is an oxygen sensor that can measure accurately a wide variety of air/fuel ratio values, as compared to a narrowband sensor, which is only accurate at or very close to stoichiometric (14.7:1 when working with gaso..
Wideband delphi
The Wideband Delphi estimation method is a consensus-based estimation technique for estimating effort. It was developed in the 1940s at the Rand Corporation as a forecasting tool. It has since been adapted across many industries to estimate many kinds of tasks, ranging from statistical data collecti..
Wideband materials
Wideband material refers to material that can convey microwave signals (light/sound) over a variety of wavelengths. These materials possess exemplary attenuation and dielectric constants, and are excellent dielectrics for semiconductor gates. Examples of such material include gallium nitride (GaN)..
Wideband modem
In telecommunication, the term wideband modem has the following meanings: 1. A modem whose modulated output signal can have an essential frequency spectrum that is broader than that which can be wholly contained within, and faithfully transmitted through, a voice channel with a nominal 4 kHz band..
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Widecombe-in-the-Moor is a small village located within the heart of the Dartmoor National Park in Devon in the United Kingdom. Grid reference . The name is thought to derive from 'Withy-combe' which means Willow Valley. Widecombe Valley According to Widecombe's official website, there are..
Widecombe Fair
Widecombe Fair takes place annually on the second Tuesday in September, attracting thousands of visitors to the tiny Dartmoor village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor. It is well known as the subject of the folk song of the same name, featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends. The earliest written record ..
Widelands
Widelands is a slow-paced real-time strategy free computer game under the GPL license. It takes many ideas from and is quite similar to The Settlers and The Settlers II. It is still in development, however, and may yet diverge from the games it is attempting to emulate. It's source is absolutely ..
Widelife
Widelife is a dance music songwriting and production team consisting of Ian J. Nieman and Rachid Wehbi. Contents 1 Success2 Discography3 See also4 External link Success Widelife first came to prominence when their debut single "I Don't Want You" reached the top of Billboard ..
Wideload Games
Wideload Games is an American game developer located in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 2003 by Alexander Seropian, the founder of Bungie and head behind the games [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], Myth, and Marathon, and other ex-Bungie-employees, after leaving Bungie, which was integrated into Micro..
Widelux
The Widelux is a fully mechanical swing-lens panoramic camera first developed in Japan in 1948, with both 35mm(the F6, F7 and F8 models) and medium-format (1500) models available. The Widelux has had several models, although the 35 mm versions have differed very little. As of 2006, the current model..
Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay is on the north Cornwall coast approximately 3 miles south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth bay can be found some amazing little inlets and coves. Widemouth Bay is visually very similar to Southerndown..
Widemouth Blindcat
Satan is a genus of catfish of the family Ictaluridae. Commonly known as the "Wide-mouth blind cat", Satan eurystomus Hubbs, Bailey, 1947 was first found inhabiting a well, and is adapted for a light-less underground environment. They are known only from underground streams more than 1/4 mile below ..
Widemouth gambusia
The widemouth gambusia, Gambusia eurystoma, is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. It is native to Mexico. This species reaches a maximum overall length of approximately 3.5 cm. Little is known about G. eurystoma, but IUCN c..
WiDEN
Mobile phone and datastandards 0G PTTMTSIMTSAMTS 0.5G Autotel/PALMARP 1G NMTAMPSHicapCDPDMobitexDataTac 2G GSMiDEND-AMPSIS-95/cdmaOnePDCCSDPHS 2.5G GPRSHSCSDWiDEN 2.75G CDMA2000 1xRTT/IS-2000EDGE 3G W-CDMA* UMTS* FOMA1xEV-DO/IS-856TD-SCDMAGAN/UMA 3.5G HSDPA 3.75G HSUPA 4G Frequency ban..
Widen
Widen is a village in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located on the Mutschellen. Geography The village center is situated on a little plateau between the Mutschellen in the south and the Hasenberg in the north, of which the latter is the southernmost part of the Heitersberg. In the west the ..
Widened mediastinum
Widened mediastinum' is a mediastinum with a measured width greater than 8 cm on chest X-ray. A widened mediastinum can be indicative of several important pathologies, such as aortic aneurysm and hilar lymphadenopathy. This is also a classic finding associated with inhalational anthrax. ..
Widener
Widener can refer to: Widener Library, of Harvard UniversityWidener University, a private university in Chester, PennsylvaniaJeff Widener, a photographer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Widener, Arkansas
Widener is a town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census. Geography Widener is located at [35°1′25″N, 90°41′2″W] (35.023559, -90.683886)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Widener Library
Old picture of the Widener Library. The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, commonly known as Widener Library, is the primary building of the library system of Harvard University. Located on the south side of Harvard Yard directly across from Memorial Church, Widener serves as the centerpie..
Widener University
Widener University is a private, co-educational, university located in Chester, Pennsylvania. Its main campus sits on 100 acres (400,000 m²), just south of Philadelphia. Approximately 2,300 undergraduates attend Widener in seven degree granting colleges. Contents 1 History2 School..
Widening participation
Widening participation in Higher Education is the attempt to not only increase the numbers of young people progressing to HE, but also to increase the proportion from so-called "under-represented groups", and to redress the inequalities in participation between social classes. It is one of the strat..
Wideok of Baekje
Wideok of Baekje (525–598) was the eldest son of King Seong and the 27th king of the Baekje kingdom of ancient Korea. He ruled from the death of his father in 554 until his own death. He was also involved in the battle of Gwan Mountain Fortress, in which his father and many others died fig..
Wideopen
for at grid reference NZ242730 Wideopen is a village in North Tyneside, north of Gosforth and five miles from Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The spelling as one word is the currently approved form, but Wide Open is still found on maps and other sources, including the signs at either end of ..
Widerstand Records
Widerstand Records is an independent Austrian record label specialized in breakcore and experimental music. It was set up by breakcore poducers Eiterherd and Gwal in 1996. In March 1997 the sublabel Silent Revolution Records was founded. Later two more sublabels followed: reek.org and pornoir.com. ..
Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Stand steadfast against transgression) is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works, it is BWV 54. The texts are drawn from Georg Christian Lehms' Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer (1711) and concern the importance of avoiding sin...
Wider than the Sky
Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness is the title of an English-language book on neuroscience by the neuroscientist Gerald M. Edelman. Yale University Press published the book in 2004. The book includes a glossary, a bibliographic note, and an index. The title alludes to an Engli..
Widerøe
Widerøe's Flyveselskap ASA, branded simply as Widerøe, is the largest regional airline in the Nordic countries, having a turnover of NOK 1.8 billion and carrying 1.5 million passengers. Widerøe's Flyveselskap ASA operates 29 Dash 8 aircraft to 35 destinations in Norway and 6 destinations abroad..
Widerøe destinations
The Norwegian airline Widerøe has flights to the following destinations. The Dash 8 aircraft operated by Widerøe are well-suited for many of the smaller regional airports in Norway which have short runways and limited airport facilities. Denmark*Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)Norway*Alta (Alta Air..
Widescreen
The inner box (green) is the format used in pre-1952 movies and pre-widescreen television. The two other boxes show widescreen aspect ratios commonly used in the cinema. A widescreen image is a film, computer, or television image with a wider aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame devel..
Widescreen signaling
In television technology, widescreen signaling (WSS) is a digital stream embedded in the TV signal describing qualities of the broadcast, in particular the intended aspect ratio of the image. This can be used by a widescreen TV to switch to the correct display mode. The signal is placed in line 23 ..
Wideshows
Wideshows Wideshows are a genre of television entertainment in Japan featuring a news and variety format that mainly focuses on gossip surrounding Japanese celebrities. Wideshows can tend toward the sensational, akin to programs like Inside Edition aired in the United States. Well known wideshows..
Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic is a southern rock band from Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1985 at the University of Georgia as a weekly jam session at the Uptown Lounge in Athens. The founding members of the group are guitarist/singer John Bell, guitarist Michael Houser and bassist Dave Schools. Drummer Todd Nanc..
Widespread Panic (album)
Widespread Panic is the self-titled, second studio album by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by Capricorn Records and Warner Bros. Records on July 30, 1991. It would later be re-released in 2001 by Zomba Music Group. The band had originally recorded material in S..
Widewuto
Widewuto or Waidewut, a legendary early king of the Prussians, ruled along with his brother, the priest Bruteno in the area known as Prussia, according to [[wikt:saga|saga]]s recorded in later times. Adalbert of Prague was martyred by the Prussians in 997 after the holy oak of the Prussians was cu..
Widex
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Wide Angle
For the television documentary series see Wide Angle (TV series) Wide Angle (1999) is the debut album by British breakbeat trance producers Hybrid, re-released in 2000 as a double-CD edition entitled Wider Angle. It was released to critical aclaim, described as by The Times as "one of the most mo..
Wide Angle (TV series)
Wide Angle is a weekly one-hour PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers and broadcast via the WNET PBS station since 2002. The show prides itself in covering international affairs and its motto is "Six billion people. 200 countries. Somebody's got to cover it." It follows the format of showing independent ..
Wide angle X-ray scattering
Wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) is an X-ray diffraction technique that is often used to determine the crystalline structure of polymers. This technique specifically refers to the analysis of Bragg Peaks scattered to wide angles, which (by Bragg's law) implies that they are caused by small structu..
Wide Area Augmentation System
WAAS Operation The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an extremely accurate navigation system developed for civil aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in conjunction with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). Its accuracy is less than 3 meters 95% of the ..
Wide area file services
Wide Area File Services products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage data that previously reside..
Wide area information server
Wide Area Information Servers or WAIS is a distributed text searching system that uses the protocol standard ANSI Z39.50 to search index databases on remote computers. The WAIS protocol and servers were primarily evangelized by Thinking Machines Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thinking Ma..
Wide area network
A wide area network or WAN is a computer network covering a wide geographical area, involving a vast array of computers. This is different from personal area networks (PANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs) or local area networks (LANs, first invented by the US military during the cold war, the ne..
Wide Area Telephone Service
In U.S. telecommunications, a Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) is a toll service offering for customer dial-type telecommunications between a given customer [user] station and stations within specified geographic rate areas employing a single access line between the customer [user�..
Wide Awake
Wide Awake is a 1998 film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. In this film about growing up, Joshua Beal (played by Joseph Cross) is a young boy who goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies. This film also features Julia Stiles in one of her earliest roles. The film was nominated..
Wide Awakes
The Wide Awakes were a campaign organization affiliated with the Republican Party during the 1860 election. Wide Awakes Torch Rally ca. 1860 Contents 1 Overview2 Wartime Activities3 Rituals of the Wide Awakes4 Wide Awakes and defense of St. Louis in 18615 Southern R..
Wide Awakes Radio
Wide Awakes Radio, LLC is an internet broadcasting website that launched on July 4, 2006. The content is politically based and right-leaning in content. It is the first venture of its kind and saw extremely high numbers in its initial day on the air. The internet radio station provides right-of-ce..
Wide Awake Bored
Wide Awake Bored is Treble Charger's fourth album, released in April 24, 2001 (see 2001 in music. "Brand New Low," "American Psycho," and "Business" had their music videos, and some notable radio airplay. "Brand New Low" was included in the NHL 2002 by EA Sports. Track listing "Brand New Low" (Tr..
Wide Awake Club
Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful children's television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV's breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. It was presented by Timmy Mallett, Michaela Strachan, Tommy Boyd, James Baker and Arabella Warner - all newcomers ..
Wide Awake in America
Wide Awake in America is a four-track EP by the Irish rock band U2, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It combines two live performances of songs from the group's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire with two B-sides from the era which had only been available in the United Kingdom. It was original..
Wide Awake Parade
The Wide Awake Parade In 1860, the Wide Awake Parade was formed by Republicans in the Northern states to help nominate Abraham Lincoln as the President. As Abraham Lincoln’s ideas of abolishing slavery grew, so did his supporters. The Northern people knew the Southern states would vote against..
Wide bandgap semiconductors
Wide Bandgap Semiconductors have applications in optoelectronic and power devices. Gallium nitride (GaN) is of particular interest, as it is used to make blue LEDs and lasers. In the future, high brightness, long life white LEDs may replace incandescent bulbs in many situations. The next generatio..
Wide boy
The term Wide boy first appeared during the Second World War in the United Kingdom. Some enterprising people took it upon themselves to exploit rationing and do deals with American servicemen to supply locals with much needed luxuries like chocolate and nylons. Such characters were referred to as W..
Wide character
Wide character is a computer programming term. It is a vague term used to represent a datatype that is richer than the traditional 8-bit characters. It is not the same thing as Unicode. wchar_t is a data type in ANSI/ISO C and some other programming languages that is intended to represent wide char..
Wide Field and Planetary Camera
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC) was a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was one of the instruments on Hubble at launch, but its functionality was severely impaired by the defects of the main mirror optics which afflicted the telescope. As part of the corrective service ..
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hubble Deep Field showing the characteristic stairstep composition of WFPC2 images The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was installed by servicing mission 1 (STS-61) in 1993, replacing the t..
Wide Field Infrared Explorer
The Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) was launched in 1999 and intended to be a four-month infrared survey of the entire sky, specifically focusing on starburst galaxies and luminous protogalaxies. Unfortunately, a malfunction caused its dust cover to eject while the satellite was pointed at the ..
Wide Gauge
This article is about a rail gauge for toy trains. For real-life rail gauge wider than standard gauge, see broad gauge. Wide Gauge was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale model..
Wide leg jeans
Wide leg jeans were popularized in the mid-to-late 1990s by teenagers trying to achieve an "alternative" style. The quintessential wide leg jean brand was JNCO, though other youth-oriented clothing companies manufactured them as well. Wide leg jeans differ from bell bottoms in that the entire leng..
Wide Mouth Frog protocol
The Wide Mouth Frog protocol is a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure networks (the Internet for example). It allows individuals communicating over a network to prove their identity to each other while also preventing eavesdropping or replay attacks, and provides fo..
Wide Mouth Mason
Wide Mouth Mason (WMM) is an R&B based, modern pop/rock, power trio, reminiscent of a modern day combination of trios such as "The Experience", "The Police", and "Nirvana". Comprised of Shaun Verreault (vocals, guitar), Safwan Javed (percussion, vocals), and Earl Pereira (bass, vocals), the band Wi..
Wide Open Space
Wide Open Space is the fourth album by the UK electronica duo Remergence Track listing "Wide Open" – 2:30"The China Case" – 5:29"Last Train Home" – 2:53"Do It Right, Baby" – 4:48"Fantasy" – 4:49"Causeway" – 3:35"White Light" (Instrumental) – 3:54"State Of Mind" – 3:03"Octavia Strat..
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces Album by Dixie Chicks Released January 27, 1998 Recorded March-August 1997 Genre Country Length 43 min 39 sec Label Monument Producers Blake Chancey,Paul Worley Professional reviews AMG [link] Dixie Chicks Chronology Shouldn't a Told You That(1993) Wide Ope..
Wide open throttle
Wide open throttle (WOT) refers to an internal combustion engine's maximum intake of air and fuel that occurs when the throttle plates inside the carburetor or throttle body are "wide open", providing the least resistance to the incoming air. In the case of an automobile, WOT is when the accelerator..
Wide outside lane
A wide outside lane (WOL), sometimes known as a wide curb lane (WCL), is a term used by cyclists and bicycle transportation planners to refer to an outside lane of a roadway that is wide enough to be safely shared side by side by a bicycle and a wider motor vehicle at the same time. Generally, the ..
Wide Prairie
Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation by Linda McCartney. The album was compiled and released in 1998 by Paul McCartney after his wife's death, after a fan wrote in inquiring about "Seaside Woman" a reggae beat type song. [link] Paul gathered up all her recordings and put them togeth..
WIDE Project
WIDE, Widely Integrated Distributed Environment, project has been working since 1988. The WIDE project is a research consortium among industry, public institutes and academia. The number of members working in the WIDE project is more than seven hundred researchers and engineers from more than hundr..
Wide receiver
The wide receiver (WR) position in American and Canadian football is the pass-catching specialist. Wide receivers are among the fastest and most agile players in the game, and they are frequent highlight-reel favorites. The wide receiver position is among the most famous in American Football becaus..
Wide release
Wide release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing nationally (as opposed to a few theatres in cities such as New York and Los Angeles) and on 600 screens or more in the United States and Canada. See also Art film ..
Wide Right
"Wide Right" is a term in American football used to denote an extra point or field goal attempt that the kicker misses to the right of the field goal posts. In the history of both NCAA and NFL football, the term is often associated with these two separate teams/events: Wide Right (Buffalo Bills): ..
Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)
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. Wide Right is the term for Scott Norwood's missed field goal that would have most likely won Super Bowl XXV for..
Wide Right (Florida State)
"Wide Right" is a term used to describe the series of losses by the Florida State University Seminoles football team to its rival, the University of Miami Hurricanes, resulting largely in part to missed a field goal attempts. This was the case in the games played in 1991, 1992 and 2000.The 2002 gam..
Wide River
Wide River is the fifteenth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1993. Track listing "Wide River" (McCarty/Miller)"Midnight Train" (McCarty/Miller/Lewis)"Blue Eyes" (Miller/Dudek/Richotte)"Perfect World" (L. Sidran)"Lost In Your Eyes" (L. Sidran)"Horse And Rider" (McCar..
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel, by Jean Rhys, which retells Charlotte Bronte's famous 1847 novel, Jane Eyre by placing Bertha Mason at the center of the tale. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Genre3 Award..
Wide Streets Commission
The Wide Streets Commission was established by Dublin Corporation in 1757 as a body to govern standards on the layout of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural considerations. Over the following decades, the commission reshaped the old medieval city of Dublin, and created a network of ..
Wide Swing Tremolo
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Wide World of Sports
Wide World of Sports can refer to: Wide World of Sports (US TV series), screened on the American Broadcasting CompanyNine's Wide World of Sport, the brand used for any sporting event broadcast on the Nine Network This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated..
Wide World of Sports (Australia)
The Wide World of Sports ("WWOS") is the brand the Nine Network of Australia broadcasts its sports under. The title is borrowed from the American ABC television network, and during the 1980's and 90's, was the name of a weekend sports show, featuring a variety of sports from Australia and from a..
Wide World of Sports (US TV series)
You might also be looking for the Australian television show of the same name. ABC's Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. As the title suggests, it aired on the ABC television network. The show debuted April 29, 1961 and was the creation of Edgar J..
Wide XGA
This page is about the computer graphics format Wide XGA (WXGA). For the public television station in Waycross, Georgia, see WXGA-TV. Common Wide XGA resolutions Resolution Usage Aspect ratio 1280×720 Monitors 16:9 1280×768 Monitors 16:9.6 (5:3) 1280×800 Monitors 16:10 (8:5) 1360×768 LCD ..
Widford
Widford is a parish in Hertfordshire, England. After the Second World War it was the home of Arthur Ernest Percival. ..
Widgelli, New South Wales
Widgelli is a small village located in the Local Government Area of Griffith in the Australian state of New South Wales. ..
Widget
Widget may refer to: A placeholder name for any unspecified device or good, particularly as used by economists for an abstract commodityWidget (beer), the nitrogen widget in cans and bottles of beerWidget (computing), a component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts withWidget (c..
Widget (beer)
The "floating widget" found in cans of beer is a hollow sphere, 3 cm in diameter. The can is pressurised by adding liquid nitrogen, which vaporises and expands in volume after the can is sealed, forcing gas and beer into the widget's hollow interior through a tiny hole. When the can is opened, th..
Widget (comics)
Widget (Katherine "Kate" Pryde of the Days of Future Past timeline) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. She is an older, alternate version of Shadowcat. Character biography Kate Pryde was sent back into the body of her younger self by Rachel Summers to try and avert their dystopian ..
Widget (computing)
This article refers to widgets in computing. For other uses of widget, see widget. right A widget (or control) is an interface component that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. Widgets are sometimes qualified as virtual to distinguish them from their physical cou..
Widget (TV series)
Widget the World Watcher logo Widget, the World Watcher is an animated television series which debuted in 1990. The show focused on a short, purple alien named Widget who could shapeshift. He and a group of young, human friends, Brian, Kevin and Kristine, would go through a number of adventure..
Widget (video game)
Widget was a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System created in 1992 by the company Atlus, it was based on the short lived cartoon Widget the World Watcher. It also had a sequel by the name of Super Widget on the SNES. Plot Widget must stop his evil twin from destroying the planet Earth. ..
Widget toolkit
In computer programming, widget toolkits (or GUI toolkits) are sets of basic building units for graphical user interfaces. They are often implemented as a library, or application framework. See the article on widgets for a list of widgets. Contents 1 General characteristics2 Popular ..
Widget Workshop
Widget Workshop: A Mad Scientist's Laboratory is a hands-on science kit, for use on the computer and off. It was released in 1995 and is one of the more obscure Maxis products. The game has two main modes. Much like in The Incredible Machine users can solve a variety of puzzles using a limited se..
Widin
Widin was the last attested Ostrogothic noble in Italy. After Teia's defeat at the hands of the Byzantine eunuch general Narses at the Battle of Mons Lactarius, south of present-day Naples, in October 552 or early 553, organized Ostrogothic resistance ended. Widin, however, was able to organize a G..
Widlar current source
Widlar current source. A Widlar current source is a current source attributed to the late Bob Widlar, in which an emitter degeneration resistor is only applied to Q2 (designated as R2 in the schematic). This has the effect of turning off Q2 relative to Q1. The current source is commonly used t..
Widley
Widley is an area of the Greater Portsmouth conurbation in the south of England near Waterlooville and Purbrook. It is on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill. The original village of Widley stood approx 1 mile to the west of the current centre, around the..
Widmannstätten (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Widmanstätten pattern
Meteorite cross-section, showing widmanstätten patterns Widmanstätten patterns are unique structures of long nickel-iron crystals, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites. They consist of a fine interleaving of kamacite and taenite bands or ribbons called lamellae. Octahedrite meteorites..
Widmerpool
Widmerpool in the UK is a Nottinghamshire village, about 10 miles south of Nottingham. Since the 1960s it has become a very wealthy village for new arrivals. Until the 1960s there had not been any building in the village for 100 years. Its main landmark is the Widmerpool Hall on the north side o..
Widmer Brothers Brewery
right Widmer Brothers is an American brewery founded in 1984 in Portland, Oregon by brothers Kurt and Rob Widmer. It is one of the largest craft brewers in Oregon. Contents 1 Details2 Beers3 See also4 External link Details In 1986 the Widmer Brothers introduced the..
Widmer End
Widmer End is a hamlet in the parish of Hughenden, in Buckinghamshire, England. Widmer End has expanded significantly over the years, particularly inside the "George's Hill triangle" which adjoins Hazlemere. The centre of the old village is around a road junction overlooked by the Royal Standard pu..
Widnes
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. redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] Arms of the former Widnes Municipal Borough Council Widnes is a..
Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge
The Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge across the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal had a span of 1,000 feet (304.8m). It was built in 1905 and it was in use until 1961 when it was demolished to be superseded by a high-level, steel-arch bridge. See also Runcorn BridgeRuncorn Railway Bridge Ex..
Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Widnes constituency Created: 1885 Abolished: 1983 Type: House of Commons Widnes was a parliamentary constituency, based on the town of Widnes, in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 History2 Members of Parliament3 Elections4 References History In 1983 Widnes constituency ..
Widnes Central
Was a railway station in Widnes where Paul Simon is reputed to have written Homeward Bound. ..
Widnes Dock
Widnes Dock was situated on the River Mersey at Widnes. Built in 1833 at the end of the St Helens Canal and the Mersey. The St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was also sited close by. It was important because it may have been the first dock built by a railway company in the country. The dock clos..
Widnes railway station
Widnes railway station is a railway station in the town of Widnes, in the Halton unitary authority in the north west of England. The station is operated by Northern Rail. There are generally two local trains (operated by Northern Rail) per hour in each direction, to Manchester Oxford Road to th..
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings are a professional rugby league club based in Widnes (formerly part of Lancashire, now considered part of Cheshire). They play in the National League One. Contents 1 History2 Hall Of Fame3 Current Squad (as of 05/02/06)4 Honours5 Records5.1 Player rec..
Widney Manor railway station
redirect [[template:UK stations]]Widney Manor railway station serves the Widney Manor area of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by Central Trains (who manage the station) and Chiltern Railways. External links [Train times] and [station information]..
Widom scaling
Widom scaling is a hypothesis in Statistical mechanics regarding the free energy of a magnetic system near its critical point which leads to the critical exponents becoming no longer independent so that they can be paramaterized in terms of two values. Definitions The critical exponents [ \al..
Widow
Alternate uses: see widow (typesetting). For the British TV drama see Widows. Close Relationships Attachment Bonding Boyfriend Cohabitation Divorce Friendship Family Girlfriend Jealousy Love Marriage Monogamy Open Marriage Polyamory Polyandry Polygamy Polygynandry Polygyny Sexuality Separ..
Widow's peak
Widow's peak A widow's peak is a descending V-shaped point in the middle of the hairline (above the forehead). The trait is inherited genetically and dominant#redirect [[Template:fact]]. The term comes from English folklore, where it was believed that this hair formation was a sign of a wo..
Widow's walk
A widow's walk is a railed rooftop platform, typically on a coastal house, originally designed to observe vessels at sea. The name comes from the wives of mariners who would watch for their spouses to return; in some instances, the ocean took the lives of the mariners, leaving the women as widows. ..
Widow's Weeds
Tristania's album Widow's Weeds was released in 1998. Track listing "Preludium" – 1:09"Evenfall" – 6:53"Pale Enchantress" – 6:31"December Elegy" – 7:31"Midwintertears" – 8:32"Angellore" – 7:16"My Lost Lenore" – 6:23"Wasteland's Caress" – 7:40"Postludium'' - 1:10 ..
Widowers' Houses
Widowers' Houses (1892) was the first play by G. Bernard Shaw, the famous Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898, because its purpose is not to entertain its audience - as the traditional Victorian theatre was supposed to - ..
WidowPC
WidowPC, Inc. is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas and recently shipped the world's first dual core CPU laptop based on the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and debuted at the AMD press-only event at CES 2005 in Las Vegas. The company's motto is "Cutting Edge Gaming Computers - Fanatical Custom..
Widows' men
Widows' men were fictitious seamen kept on the books of HM ships in the Georgian era. The wages of these men were paid to the widows of seamen who were killed, as such widows were often left destitute by the death of their husband. The number of widows' men on a ship was proportional to the ship's..
Widows' Peak
Widows' Peak is a 1994 British film. It starred Mia Farrow, John Irvin, and Natasha Richardson. External links ..
Widows (TV series)
Widows was a British primetime television serial aired in 1983, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The six-part series revolved was written by crime writer Lynda La Plante, and set the tone for police procedural TV dramas which followed, including Prime Su..
Widow (typesetting)
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. Example of a widow In typesetting, a widow describes the last line or word of a paragraph appearin..
Widow spider
The widow spiders are members of the spider genus Latrodectus, in the family Theridiidae. Latrodectus includes approximately 31 recognized venomous species, with the black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) being the best known member of the group. The female black widow's venom is particularly h..
Widow Twankey
Widow Twankey is a character in the pantomime Aladdin. She is a pantomime dame (i.e. played by a man) who runs a Chinese laundry in Peking, China. One of her sons, Aladdin, is the hero of the pantomime, while her other son, often named Wishy Washy (or Wishee Washee), just helps in the laundry. She..
WIDP
WIDP is a Spanish-language religious television station in Guayama, Puerto Rico, broadcasting locally on channel 46 as an affiliate of TBN Enlace. Founded January 25,1990, the station is owned by Ebenezer Broadcasting Group. The station also has an analog on-channel booster, WIDP1 in Las Palmas, P..
WIDS
WIDS stands for Wireless Intrusion Detection System. The purpose of WIDS is to detect intrusions into wireless networks. Oftentimes, a modular approach to the toolset is employed, with the system divided up into key components. A listing of common components is as follows: AgentSensorServerConso..
Widsith
Widsith is an Old English poem of 144 lines that appears to date from 9th century, drawing on earlier oral traditions of Anglo-Saxon tale singing. The only text of the fragment is copied in the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late 10th century. The poem is for the mos..
Widukind
Widukind or Wittekind (* about 730; † 807) was a Saxon leader, duke of Saxony and the chief antagonist of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars. He was the son of the Westphalian chief Warnechin and of Gunilda of Rügen. He married Geva of Westfold (* about 770; † 800), daughter of the Danish kin..
Widukind of Corvey
Widukind of Corvey was a Saxon historical chronicler, named after (and possibly a descendant of) the Saxon duke and national hero Widukind who had battled Charlemagne. Widukind the chronicler was born in 925 and died after 973 at the Benedictine abbey of Corvey in Lower Saxony. His three-volume Re..
Widul Island, Torres Strait
Widul Island is an island in the Bellevue Islands, 100km North of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia in the Napoleon Passage and Arnolds Passage Torres Strait. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands Aerial photos & maps Coordinates: [-9.945° 142.160°] [Maps and aeria..
Widzew Łódź
Widzew Łódź is a Polish football club based in Łódź, Poland. Contents 1 Polish Championships2 1983-2004 Lechia Gdańsk | Śląsk Wrocław | Górnik Zabrze | Legia Warszawa | Lech Poznań | GKS Katowice | Lech Poznań | Legia Warszawa | GKS Katowice | Widzew Łódź | Legia..
Widzino (PKP station)
Widzino Location City/Town Widzino District Address Adjacent stations Preceding station(s) Słonowice Following station(s) Kobylnica Sł. Info Water tower present Locomotives depot present Platforms in use Station building present History Opened Previ..
Wid Out Ya
redirect [[Template:Infobox Single]] "Wid Out Ya" is a 3nd single by pop music Polish group Blog 27, from their 2006 album LOL. Tracklisting Maxi CD Wid Out Ya (Radio Version)Wid Out Ya (Extended Version)Wid Out Ya (Karaoke Version)Wid Out Ya (Video) Chart performance Chart (2006) Peak Pola..
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