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View_from_the_Vault,_Volume_Three | View from the Vault , Volume Three ( or View from the Vault III ) is the third release in the `` View from the Vault '' series by the Grateful Dead . It was released simultaneously as a three disc album on CD and as a concert performance video on DVD . It contains the June 16 , 1990 show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View , California . The album also includes six songs from a show at the same venue on October 3 , 1987 . One of these is `` My Brother Esau '' , the first appearance of this song on an album in CD format . The studio version had been the B-side of the `` Touch of Grey '' single in 1987 , appeared on the cassette version of the In the Dark album , and was later released on the Beyond Description box set ( it was then appended to the 2004 reissue of In the Dark ) . Another track from October 3 , 1987 ( `` Maggie 's Farm '' ) had been released earlier in the year on Postcards of the Hanging . |
Versace_(song) | `` Versace '' is a the debut single by American hip hop group Migos . It was released on October 1 , 2013 , by Quality Control Music , 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records . The track , which was included on their mixtape Y.R.N. ( Young Rich Niggas ) ( 2013 ) The song was produced by Zaytoven . Following a remix by Canadian rapper Drake , the song went viral and peaked at number 99 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart . Drake performed it at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival . |
WWE_Extreme_Rules | WWE Extreme Rules ( simply known as Extreme Rules ) is a professional wrestling event produced annually by WWE , a Connecticut-based promotion , and broadcast live and available only through pay-per-view ( PPV ) and the WWE Network . The name of the event stems from most matches being contested under hardcore wrestling regulations ; the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) promotion originally used the term to describe the regulations for all of its matches . The event name was established in 2009 ; however , its theme began with its predecessor , One Night Stand , which was promoted in 2005 and 2006 as an ECW reunion show . In 2007 , WWE promoted the show as one of its own regular PPV events but kept the ECW concept of Extreme Rules matches . In 2009 , WWE renamed the One Night Stand event to WWE Extreme Rules . The 2009 Extreme Rules event was noted by WWE to be a direct continuation of the One Night Stand chronology . However , the 2010 event was later promoted as only the second event under a new chronology , one that is no longer a direct continuation of the One Night Stand events . Starting in 2010 , Extreme Rules was moved from June to late April/early May to replace Backlash as the post-WrestleMania pay-per-view event . For 2013 , the event was scheduled to take place in mid-May and replace Over the Limit , which was moved to October before being discontinued later that year and replaced by Battleground . The event will return to the early June slot of WWE 's pay-per-view calendar and will be a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view event . |
WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. ( d/b/a WWE ) is an American publicly traded , privately controlled entertainment company that deals primarily in professional wrestling , with revenue also coming from film , music , video games , product licensing , and direct product sales . WWE also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself , founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1952 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. . As of 2016 , it is the largest wrestling promotion in the world , holding over 500 events a year ( with the roster divided up into various globally traveling brands ) , and broadcasting to about 36 million viewers in more than 150 countries . The company 's global headquarters is located in Stamford , Connecticut , with offices in major cities across the world . As in other professional wrestling promotions , WWE shows are not legitimate contests , but purely entertainment-based , featuring storyline-driven , scripted , and choreographed matches , though they often include moves that can put performers at risk of injury if not performed correctly . This was first publicly acknowledged by WWE 's owner Vince McMahon in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions . Since the 1980s , WWE publicly has branded their product as sports entertainment , acknowledging the product 's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater . The company 's majority owner is its chairman and CEO , Vince McMahon . Along with his wife Linda , children Shane and Stephanie , and son-in-law Paul `` Triple H '' Levesque , the McMahon family holds approximately 70 % of WWE 's equity and 96 % of the voting power . As of August 2014 , Eminence Capital , a New York-based hedge fund , acquired a 9.6 % stake in WWE while the McMahon family retains 90.4 % interest . The current entity , incorporated on February 21 , 1980 , was previously known as Titan Sports , Inc. , which was founded in 1979 in South Yarmouth , Massachusetts . It acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation , the holding company for the World Wrestling Federation , in 1982 . Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation , Inc. in 1998 , then World Wrestling Federation Entertainment , Inc. in 1999 , and finally the current World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. in 2002 . Since 2011 , the company has officially branded itself solely as WWE though the company 's legal name was not changed . |
Vladimir_Petrov_(ice_hockey) | Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov ( Влади́мир Влади́мирович Петро́в 30 June 1947 -- 28 February 2017 ) was a Russian Soviet ice hockey player , Olympic Champion ( 1972 , 1976 ) and silver medalist ( 1980 ) . Born in Krasnogorsk , Soviet Union , Vladimir Petrov played in Soviet Ice Hockey League for Krylya Sovetov , Moscow ( from 1965 to 1967 ) , CSKA Moscow ( from 1967 to 1981 ) and SKA , Leningrad ( from 1981 to 1983 ) . In CSKA Moscow and Soviet national team , he , together with Boris Mikhailov and Valeri Kharlamov , formed one of the best offensive lines ever . Petrov played for the Soviet Team in three Winter Olympics , 1972 Soviet Union-Canada Summit Series and many IIHF World Championships . He is 4th all-time leading scorer in World Championships , with 154 points ( 74 goals and 80 assists ) in 102 games and scored 7 points ( 3 goals and 4 assists ) in 8 games of Summit Series . He retired from ice hockey in 1983 . In mid-1990s , Petrov was the president of Russian Ice Hockey Federation . In 2006 , Petrov was enshrined to the IIHF Hall of Fame . |
Villa_of_Nero | The Villa of Nero is an ancient Roman villa built for the Roman emperor Nero in the 1st century AD , and situated south-east of the ancient site of Olympia , Greece . Archaeological excavations reveal the presence of a lead water pipe bearing the inscription `` ner . aug. '' , an abbreviation of the name Nero Augustus . |
Vulcanoid | The vulcanoids are a hypothetical population of asteroids that orbit the Sun in a dynamically stable zone inside the orbit of the planet Mercury . They are named after the hypothetical planet Vulcan , whose existence was disproven in 1915 . So far , no vulcanoids have been discovered , and it is not yet clear if any exist . If they do exist , the vulcanoids could easily evade detection because they would be very small and near the bright glare of the Sun . Due to their proximity to the Sun , searches from the ground can only be carried out during twilight or solar eclipses . Any vulcanoids must be between about 100 m and 6 km in diameter and are probably located in nearly circular orbits near the outer edge of the gravitationally stable zone . The vulcanoids , should they be found , may provide scientists with material from the first period of planet formation , as well as insights into the conditions prevalent in the early Solar System . Although every other gravitationally stable region in the Solar System has been found to contain objects , non-gravitational forces ( such as the Yarkovsky effect ) or the influence of a migrating planet in the early stages of the Solar System 's development may have depleted this area of any asteroids that may have been there . |
Vice_Admiralty_Court_(New_South_Wales) | The Vice Admiralty Court was a prerogative court established in the early 18th century in the colony of New South Wales , which was to become a state of Australia . A vice admiralty court is in effect an admiralty court . The word `` vice '' in the name of the court denoted that the court represented the Lord Admiral of the United Kingdom . In English legal theory , the Lord Admiral , as vice-regal of the monarch , was the only person who had authority over matters relating to the sea . The Lord Admiral would authorize others as his deputies or surrogates to act . Generally , he would appoint a person as a judge to sit in the Court as his surrogate . By appointing Vice-Admirals in the colonies , and by constituting courts as Vice-Admiralty Courts , the terminology recognized that the existence and superiority of the `` mother '' court in the United Kingdom . Thus , the `` vice '' tag denoted that whilst it was a separate court , it was not equal to the `` mother '' court . In the case of the New South Wales court , a right of appeal lay back to the British Admiralty Court , which further reinforced this superiority . In all respects , the court was an Imperial court rather than a local Colonial court . The function of an admiralty court initially in the 14th century was to deal with piracy and other offenses committed upon the high seas . This was a manifestation of England 's claim over the sovereignty of the seas claimed by her . However , it did not take long for those early courts to seek to manifest control over all things to do with shipping , such as mercantile matters . This led to a running battle between the admiralty courts and the common law courts as to which court had jurisdiction over particular issues . At times King Richard II and King James I were induced to arbitrate a solution to these disputes . Admiralty courts were run under the Roman civil law of the time , whereas the common law courts were run under the common law procedures . Litigants would prefer the simplicity of the admiralty courts over the complexities of the common law courts . |
Vitali_Prokhorov | Vitali Vladimirovich Prokhorov ( born December 25 , 1966 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired professional hockey player who played briefly with the St. Louis Blues in the NHL . He played left wing and shot left-handed . Prokhorov began his playing career in his native USSR . He played for Spartak Moscow for 9 seasons from 1983 until 1992 . He also played for the USSR in the 1991 Canada Cup and for Russia in the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Ice Hockey World Championship . Following the breakup of the Soviet Union many Russian players attempted to come to North America to play in the NHL . Prokhorov was no exception , and he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round , 64th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft . He along with Vitali Karamnov and Igor Korolev created a `` Moscow Express Line '' that was expected to bring a big scoring punch to the Blues . For the 1992 -- 1993 season however things did not go well for Prokhorov . After a slow start , Prokhorov suffered a shoulder injury that limited him to only 26 games the whole year . He did have a bright spot during the season however when he scored a hat trick against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 31 , 1992 . After starting the 1993 -- 1994 season with the Peoria Rivermen Prokhorov played 55 games with the Blues , scoring 25 points . The following season Prokhorov played 20 games with the Rivermen and only 2 games with the Blues before being released . Following his stint in the NHL Prokhorov played the 1995 -- 1996 season in Sweden and 4 more seasons in Russia before retiring from hockey in 2001 . |
Vienna_(Ultravox_song) | `` Vienna '' is a new wave/art rock song by British band Ultravox . It was released as the third single from the band 's fourth studio album of the same name . The single was released on Chrysalis Records on 9 January 1981 , and is notable for spending four consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart without ever getting to number-one . `` Vienna '' was kept off the UK number-one slot by John Lennon 's `` Woman '' for a week , and then by Joe Dolce 's novelty hit , `` Shaddap You Face '' , for a further three weeks , although `` Vienna '' did sell more copies than either of these records and ranked as the fifth best-selling UK single for 1981 . The single was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry in February 1981 , for UK sales exceeding 500,000 copies . Nevertheless , the single peaked at number one on the Top 40 charts in many European areas including the Netherlands , Belgium and Ireland . It also won `` Single of the Year '' at the 1981 Brit Awards . To date , it remains Ultravox 's signature song , being their most commercially successful release and is often played live by Midge Ure in solo performances . It was voted Britain 's favourite single to ever peak at number two in the charts in a 2012 poll run by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company . It was awarded an honorary number one by the OCC . Ure said of the track : `` We wanted to take the song and make it incredibly pompous in the middle , leaving it very sparse before and after , but finishing with a typically over-the top classical ending . '' |
Wachovia | Wachovia ( former NYSE ticker symbol WB ) was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte . Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008 , Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets . Wachovia provided a broad range of banking , asset management , wealth management , and corporate and investment banking products and services . At its height , it was one of the largest providers of financial services in the United States , operating financial centers in 21 states and Washington , D.C. , with locations from Connecticut to Florida and west to California . Wachovia provided global services through more than 40 offices around the world . The purchase of Wachovia by Wells Fargo and Company was completed on December 31 , 2008 . Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia after a government-forced sale to avoid a failure of Wachovia . Starting in 2009 , the Wachovia brand was absorbed into the Wells Fargo brand in a process that lasted three years . On October 15 , 2011 , the Wachovia brand was retired when the last bank branches in North Carolina were converted to Wells Fargo . |
Viva_Ned_Flanders | `` Viva Ned Flanders '' is the tenth episode of The Simpsons ' tenth season . It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 10 , 1999 . In the episode , Ned Flanders , who is revealed to be 60 years old , feels that he has not lived his life to the fullest . He asks for help from his neighbor , Homer Simpson , who takes Ned to Las Vegas to show him `` the right way to live '' . However , while there , the two become intoxicated and marry two cocktail waitresses . The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Neil Affleck . The revelation of Ned 's age was heavily debated between the Simpsons staff , and the decision to make him 60 years old could have been inspired from a joke by Simpsons writer Ron Hauge . A scene in the episode features the song Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley , although the staff originally wanted a version of the song performed by Bruce Springsteen . The Moody Blues guest-starred as themselves in the episode , and the episode marked the first appearance of the cocktail waitresses Amber and Ginger , who were voiced by Pamela Hayden and Tress MacNeille respectively . The episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ( For Programming less than One Hour ) in 1999 , which it ultimately lost to King of the Hill . Following the tenth season 's release on DVD , the episode received mostly positive reviews from critics . Amber and Ginger have appeared in later episodes in the series , the first time being the season 13 episode `` Brawl in the Family '' , which serves as a continuation of `` Viva Ned Flanders '' . |
Vladimir_Mischouk | Vladimir Mischouk ( born 1968 in Saint Petersburg ) is a Russian classical pianist , Honoured Artist of Russia . The pianist entered in 1975 at the Music School of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in the class of Valentina Kunde , and then studied from 1986 until 1991 with Tatiana Kravchenko at the Conservatory itself . He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid with Dmitri Bashkirov . He perfected his mastery at the International Piano Foundation `` Theo Lieven '' with Karl Ulrich Schnabel , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Rosalyn Tureck , Leon Fleisher , and Fou Ts ` ong . In 1990 he won the 2nd prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition , as well as the `` Rosina Lhevinne '' special prize . Vladimir Mischouk gives more than 100 concerts annually in Russia , United States , countries of Europe and Asia . He performs with great acclaim in the most prestigious halls such as the Musikverein ( Vienna ) , Opéra Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet ( Paris ) , La Scala ( Milan ) , Concertgebouw ( Amsterdam ) , Konzerthaus ( Berlin ) , Alte Oper ( Frankfurt-am-Main ) , Frauenkirche ( Dresden ) , Palau de la Música ( Valencia ) , Finland Palace ( Helsinki ) , Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City ( Tokyo ) , The Rockefeller University ( New York City ) , Teatro Coliseo ( Buenos Aires ) , Grand and Small Halls of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic , St.Petersburg Cappella , Grand and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory , Moscow International House of Music ( Svetlanov Hall ) , Mariinsky Theatre ( St.Petersburg ) and Bolshoi Theatre ( Moscow ) , etc. . Vladimir Mischouk performs with world-known orchestras , including the Russian National Orchestra , Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra , Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre , Saint Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra , Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , Polish National Chamber Orchestra , Japan Philharmonic Orchestra , Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra , Munich Philharmonic Orchestra , Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris , Orchestre Colonne , Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra ... Vladimir Mischouk teaches at the St.Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire and since 2009 is also professor at the International Piano Academy Lake Como . The pianist has recorded more than 10 CDs in Russia and abroad . Concerts of Vladimir Mischouk are broadcast by the most important TV and Radio companies , including ZDR ( Germany ) , Radio France ( France ) , NHK ( Japan ) , Russian TV and Radio , and Radio Canada . |
WWE_Backlash | WWE Backlash is a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event , that was produced every April ( with the exception of 2005 and 2016 ) by WWE , a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut . The event was created in 1999 , with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in April of that year . The event in 2000 was rebranded as an annual PPV event for WWE . To coincide with the brand extension , the event was made exclusive to the Raw brand in 2004 . In 2007 , to follow the format of WrestleMania , all PPV events became tri-branded . Extreme Rules replaced Backlash in 2010 . Backlash returned as a SmackDown exclusive event in 2016 . The 2017 event will return as a post-WrestleMania pay-per-view event for SmackDown brand , paralleling Raw 's Payback . |
Viacom | Viacom Inc. ( known professionally as Viacom ( -LSB- ˈvaɪəkɒm -RSB- ) and stylized as vıacom or b_viacom in YouTube ) is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in cinema and cable television . It is currently the world 's sixth largest broadcasting and cable company in terms of revenue -- behind Comcast , The Walt Disney Company , Time Warner , and CBS Corporation , but ahead of 21st Century Fox . Voting control of Viacom is held by National Amusements , Inc. , a privately owned theater company controlled by the billionaire Sumner Redstone . Redstone also holds -- via National Amusements -- a controlling stake in CBS Corporation . The current incarnation of Viacom was created on December 31 , 2005 as a spin-off from the original incarnation of Viacom , which was renamed as CBS Corporation after the spin-off . CBS Corporation currently retains control of the over-the-air broadcasting , TV production , subscription pay television ( with Showtime Networks ) and publishing assets ( with Simon & Schuster ) , which were previously owned by the original Viacom . Predecessor firms of the original Viacom included Gulf + Western ( which later became Paramount Communications ) and Westinghouse Electric Corporation . Comprising BET Networks , Viacom Media Networks and Paramount Pictures , the current Viacom operates approximately 170 networks , reaching approximately 700 million subscribers in approximately 160 countries . |
Vienna | Vienna ( -LSB- viˈɛnə -RSB- Wien , -LSB- viːn -RSB- ) is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria . Vienna is Austria 's primary city , with a population of about 1.8 million ( 2.6 million within the metropolitan area , nearly one third of Austria 's population ) , and its cultural , economic , and political centre . It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union . Until the beginning of the 20th century , it was the largest German-speaking city in the world , and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I , the city had 2 million inhabitants . Today , it has the second largest number of German speakers after Berlin . Vienna is host to many major international organizations , including the United Nations and OPEC . The city is located in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic , Slovakia , and Hungary . These regions work together in a European Centrope border region . Along with nearby Bratislava , Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants . In 2001 , the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Apart from being regarded as the City of Music because of its musical legacy , Vienna is also said to be `` The City of Dreams '' because it was home to the world 's first psycho-analyst -- Sigmund Freud . The city 's roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroque city , and then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . It is well known for having played an essential role as a leading European music centre , from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century . The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles , including Baroque castles and gardens , and the late-19th-century Ringstraße lined with grand buildings , monuments and parks . Vienna is known for its high quality of life . In a 2005 study of 127 world cities , the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first ( in a tie with Vancouver , Canada and San Francisco , USA ) for the world 's most liveable cities . Between 2011 and 2015 , Vienna was ranked second , behind Melbourne , Australia . For eight consecutive years ( 2009 -- 2016 ) , the human-resource-consulting firm Mercer ranked Vienna first in its annual `` Quality of Living '' survey of hundreds of cities around the world , a title the city still held in 2016 . Monocle 's 2015 `` Quality of Life Survey '' ranked Vienna second on a list of the top 25 cities in the world `` to make a base within . '' The UN-Habitat has classified Vienna as being the most prosperous city in the world in 2012/2013 . The city was ranked 1st globally for its culture of innovation in 2007 and 2008 , and sixth globally ( out of 256 cities ) in the 2014 Innovation Cities Index , which analyzed 162 indicators in covering three areas : culture , infrastructure , and markets . Vienna regularly hosts urban planning conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners . Between 2005 and 2010 , Vienna was the world 's number-one destination for international congresses and conventions . It attracts over 6.8 million tourists a year . |
Vice_President_of_Vietnam | The Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( Phó Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam ) , known as Deputy Chairman of the Council of State ( Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Nhà nước ) from 1981 to 1992 , is the vice head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . The Vice President is appointed on the recommendation of the President to the National Assembly . The president can also recommend the vice president 's dismissal and resignation from office . Upon the President 's recommendation , the Vice President has to be approved by the National Assembly . The main duty of a Vice President is to help the President in discharging his duties -- in certain cases , the Vice President can be empowered by the president to replace him in the discharge of some of his duties . If the president ca n't discharge of his duties , the Vice President becomes acting president ( Tôn Đức Thắng and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ were both acting presidents for a short period ) . In case of vacancy , the vice president will remain acting president until the National Assembly elects a new president . While the office of Vice President was first mentioned in the 1946 constitution , Tôn Đức Thắng became the first Vice President of Vietnam in 1960 . The 1980 constitution renamed the office of vice president to Deputy Chairman of the Council of State . Unlike the 1946 , 1959 and the present constitution , the 1980 constitution did not mentioned what kind of authority the office of vice president had -- for instance , it was not mentioned if a vice president would take the responsibilities of acting head of state if the head of state was incapacitated . In 1992 , the name for the post of deputy chairman of the Council of State was reverted to its original name ; vice president . |
Violin_Concerto_No._5_(Paganini) | The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor was composed by Niccolò Paganini in 1830 . It is one of the most widely performed of Paganini 's last four violin concertos . A typical performance lasts about 40 minutes . It is in fact the last concerto of Paganini ( the concerto # 6 was partly written in 1815 and the third part is postume ) The concerto is in three movements : Allegro maestoso ( A minor ) Andante , un poco sostenuto ( E minor -- E major ) Finale - Rondo . Andantino quasi Allegretto ( A minor ) Only the solo part of Paganini 's Concerto No. 5 is extant ; the orchestral score either was not written down or has not yet been discovered . According to the manuscript , it was composed no earlier than the spring of 1830 . This concerto by the most famous of all violin virtuosi can be called a monologue for the violin . Because the solo part exists , the concerto can be performed if suitably reconstructed . In 1958 Vittorio Baglioni entrusted this task to Federico Mompellio on behalf of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana , and in September 1959 , the concerto received its premier performance . Franco Gulli was the soloist and Luciano Rosada the conductor . The success of this performance induced Gulli to present the concerto in many European cities . The first theme of the majestic first movement , a theme that generates from `` Le Streghe '' ( Witches 's Dance ) and the beginning of the second are also found in Paganini 's `` Sonata Varsavia '' ( Warsaw Sonata ) . The Andante is perhaps musically the central section of the work . In the third movement the recurrent idea is an ingenious melody `` alla campanella '' . According to his custom , Paganini omits the Trio in the finale , since the soloist is limited here to purely virtuoso passages , evidently the composer had intended that the orchestra should play the theme . The first movement is in sonata form and alternates between A minor and A major , and starts with a very long orchestral introduction preceding the solo voice , reminiscent of Chopin 's Piano Concerto No. 1 . The tonal movement is characteristic to the Paganini ´ s minor concerts : A minor - C major - D minor - A major , surprisingly returning to A minor 4 measures before the end of the first movement . The second movement is a slow and mournful andante , beginning in E minor and finishing in E major . The third a rondo , with the refrain in A minor and two episodes - primarily in C major , than in F major . The final sentence of the third movement contains the allusion to the famous Caprice # 24 . Most of the orchestration was not written by Paganini and was completed after his death . 5 Category :1830 compositions Category : Compositions in A minor |
Waka_Flocka_Flame | Juaquin James Malphurs ( born May 31 , 1986 ) , better known as Waka Flocka Flame or simply Waka Flocka , is an American rapper . Signing to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. . Records in 2009 , he became a mainstream artist with the release of his singles `` O Let 's Do It '' , `` Hard in da Paint '' , and `` No Hands '' , with the latter peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . His debut studio album Flockaveli was released in 2010 . His second studio album Triple F Life : Friends , Fans & Family was released in 2012 and was preceded by the lead single `` Round of Applause '' . |
Vladimir_Tukmakov | Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov ( born March 5 , 1946 in Odessa ) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster . He gained the Grandmaster title in 1972 . His career first blossomed when he helped and then led the USSR to consecutive wins of the World Student Team Championship from 1966 to 1972 , winning nine gold medals along the way . In the 1970s and 1980s he progressed to the senior Soviet Russian team and was again on the multiple gold medal winning trail . In his only Olympiad appearance in 1984 he took team gold and in 1973 , 1983 and 1989 he played in the European Team Chess Championship , where his collective haul was an amazing 5 ( three team and two individual ) gold medals . In international tournaments , his best results include second place ( after Fischer ) at Buenos Aires 1970 , 2nd ( after Karpov ) at Madrid 1973 , 1st = ( with Jansa and Ivkov ) at IBM Amsterdam tournament 1974 , 1st at Decin 1977 , 1st = ( with Sax ) at Las Palmas 1978 , 1st at Vilnius 1978 ( ahead of Tigran Petrosian ) and 1st at Malta 1980 . At Yerevan 1982 , he was 2nd ( after Yusupov ) , at Tilburg 1984 , 2nd = ( after Miles ) . Tukmakov also won the strong Lugano Open in 1985 and the 30th Reggio Emilia tournament 1987/88 ; at Amsterdam OHRA-B ( Open ) 1990 , shared first place with Judit Polgár . He won the Canadian Open Chess Championship in 1989 and 1994 . At the Gijon ( active ) tournament of 1988 , he showed he was a fine player of rapid chess too , finishing joint first with Anatoly Karpov . Of his many attempts to become Soviet champion he came very close on three occasions ; at Riga 1970 , Baku 1972 and at Moscow 1983 , where he finished behind Korchnoi , Tal and Karpov respectively . He was however the national champion of Ukraine in 1970 . At the momentous London 1984 Russia ( USSR ) vs Rest of the World clash , he made a surprising , but important contribution . Starting as a lowly reserve for the USSR team , he was twice asked to substitute for Smyslov on board 4 and then once for Polugaevsky on board 3 . The outcome was that he delivered the team a useful net plus score against Ljubojević ( one win and one draw ) and Korchnoi ( draw ) . Much less active as a player nowadays , Tukmakov nevertheless retains a competitive Elo rating ( 2551 in October 2007 ) . Competing at the very strong Odessa rapid tournament of 2007 , he got off to a flying start , drawing with Korchnoi and defeating the highly rated Smirin and Bacrot . Sadly , tiredness then took over and he lost the remainder of his games . He was non-playing captain with the victorious Ukraine team at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià ( 2004 ) . In the same year he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer . Anish Giri , a Dutch grandmaster , has recently started working with Tukmakov . |
Wang_Lung-wei | Wang Lung Wei ( born 1947 ) , also known as Johnny Wang , is a Chinese actor , director , producer , and action choreographer , who has starred in over 80 kung fu films , mainly for Shaw Brothers Studios . Wang 's first Shaw Brothers film role was as the traitor Ma Fu Yi in the Chang Cheh-directed film Five Shaolin Masters . This became a pattern , in that he was cast as the villain in the majority of his movies , with Martial Club being a famous exception . In 1985 , Wang moved behind the camera , choreographing fight scenes , writing , and directing many movies such as Hong Kong Godfather . He has recently retired from the industry . |
W._E._B._Du_Bois | William Edward Burghardt `` W. E. B. '' Du Bois ( pronounced -LSB- duːˈbɔɪz -RSB- ; February 23 , 1868 -- August 27 , 1963 ) was an American sociologist , historian , civil rights activist , Pan-Africanist , author , writer and editor . Born in Great Barrington , Massachusetts , Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community . After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard , where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate , he became a professor of history , sociology and economics at Atlanta University . Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) in 1909 . Du Bois rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement , a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks . Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta compromise , an agreement crafted by Booker T. Washington which provided that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule , while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities . Instead , Du Bois insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation , which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite . He referred to this group as the Talented Tenth and believed that African Americans needed the chances for advanced education to develop its leadership . Racism was the main target of Du Bois 's polemics , and he strongly protested against lynching , Jim Crow laws , and discrimination in education and employment . His cause included people of color everywhere , particularly Africans and Asians in colonies . He was a proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African Congresses to fight for the independence of African colonies from European powers . Du Bois made several trips to Europe , Africa and Asia . After World War I , he surveyed the experiences of American black soldiers in France and documented widespread bigotry in the United States military . Du Bois was a prolific author . His collection of essays , The Souls of Black Folk , was a seminal work in African-American literature ; and his 1935 magnum opus Black Reconstruction in America challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction Era . He wrote one of the first scientific treatises in the field of American sociology , and he published three autobiographies , each of which contains insightful essays on sociology , politics and history . In his role as editor of the NAACP 's journal The Crisis , he published many influential pieces . Du Bois believed that capitalism was a primary cause of racism , and he was generally sympathetic to socialist causes throughout his life . He was an ardent peace activist and advocated nuclear disarmament . The United States ' Civil Rights Act , embodying many of the reforms for which Du Bois had campaigned his entire life , was enacted a year after his death . |
Victor_Aloysius_Meyers | Victor Aloysius `` Vic '' Meyers ( September 7 , 1897 -- May 28 , 1991 ) , known as `` The Clown Prince of Politics '' and `` The Pagliacci of Politics '' , was a Seattle , Washington , jazz bandleader and Washington State Democratic Party politician . He served 20 years as the 11th Lt. Governor of Washington and an additional 8 years as the 10th Secretary of State of Washington . |
WWE_Hell_in_a_Cell | WWE Hell in a Cell is a professional wrestling event produced annually by WWE , a Connecticut -- based professional wrestling promotion , and broadcast live and available only through pay-per-view ( PPV ) and the WWE Network . The event was established in 2009 , replacing WWE No Mercy in the early October slot of WWE 's pay-per-view calendar . In 2012 , WWE announced that Hell in a Cell will be moving to late October , leaving only one pay-per-view in October . However , in 2013 WWE added Battleground ( originally as Over the Limit ) in an early October slot . The concept of the show comes from WWE 's established Hell in a Cell match , in which competitors fight inside a 20-foot-high roofed cell structure surrounding the ring and ringside area . Each main event match of the card is contested under the Hell in a Cell stipulation . Hell in a Cell was chosen over No Escape , Locked Up and Rage in a Cage . Since its origin , the event has been held only in indoor arenas in the United States . Championship bouts are scheduled on every card , with the lower-tier titles contested on the undercard and the top-tier appearing on the main card . |
Vladimir_Pekhtin | Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin ( Влади́мир Алексе́евич Пе́хтин born 9 December 1950 ) is a Russian politician . He was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd , 4th , 5th , and 6th convocations . He chaired the parliament 's ethics committee and served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma . He was the first deputy chairman of the United Russia party . Pekhtin formerly served on the board of electric holding company RAO UES and was the Director General of Kolymaenergo , a subsidiary of RusHydro . Pekhtin resigned from the State Duma in February 2013 , following revelations that he owned over $ 1.3 million in Florida real estate . |
Waco,_the_Big_Lie | Waco , the Big Lie is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Linda Thompson that presents fact based analysis regarding the Waco siege . The first film made about the Waco siege , Waco , the Big Lie gained significant notoriety when it was viewed during the trial of American domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh . As part of the defense , McVeigh 's lawyers showed Waco , the Big Lie to the jury . In 1994 , the film was followed by a feature-length sequel , titled Waco II , the Big Lie Continues . Waco II , the Big Lie Continues was made to address criticism of Waco , the Big Lie . Thompson 's films made a number of controversial allegations , the most famous of which was her claim that footage of an armored vehicle breaking through the outer walls of the compound . Also , Showing the appearance of fire on its front , was showing a flamethrower attached to the vehicle , setting fire to the building . As a response to Thompson , Michael McNulty released footage to support his counter-claim that the appearance of light was a reflection on aluminized insulation that was torn from the wall and snagged on the vehicle . McNulty accused Thompson of `` creative editing '' in his film Waco : An Apparent Deviation . Thompson worked from a VHS copy of the surveillance tape ; McNulty was given access to a beta original . However , McNulty in turn was later accused of having digitally altered his footage , an allegation he denied . John Young of the Waco Tribune-Herald criticized the film , questioning the evidence behind Thompson 's claims . |
WWE_Network_(Canada) | WWE Network is a Canadian English language specialty service programmed by WWE and distributed by Rogers Media . |
Vincent_and_the_Doctor | `` Vincent and the Doctor '' is the tenth episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who , first broadcast on BBC One on 5 June 2010 . It was written by Richard Curtis and directed by Jonny Campbell and featured an uncredited guest appearance from actor Bill Nighy . Intrigued by an ominous figure in one of Vincent van Gogh 's paintings , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith ) and his companion Amy Pond ( Karen Gillan ) go back in time to meet Van Gogh ( Tony Curran ) and discover that Provence has been plagued by an invisible monster , known as the Krafayis , which only Van Gogh can see . The Doctor and Amy work with Van Gogh to defeat the Krafayis , but in their attempt to have Van Gogh realise his legacy through bringing him to the future they ultimately realise that not all of time can be rewritten and there are some evils which are out of the Doctor 's reach . Curtis , inspired by the fact that Van Gogh never knew he would be famous , had the idea for an episode centred on him . He left the script open to criticism from the crew and made many revisions as a result . Curtis wanted to portray Van Gogh truthfully , rather than being cruel by writing jokes about his mental illness . The episode was filmed in Trogir , Croatia , and many of the sets were modelled after Van Gogh paintings . The episode was watched by 6.76 million viewers on BBC One and BBC HD . Reception to the episode varied , ranging from very positive to mixed to very negative . While the amount of emotion in the episode was debated , many reviewers agreed that Curran 's performance as Van Gogh was excellent , but that the Krafayis was not a threatening monster . |
World_Food_Championships | The World Food Championships is an international cooking competition currently held in Orange Beach , Alabama . From 2012 to 2014 the even was hosted in Las Vegas , Nevada . The competition features top chefs and home cooks from around the world who have won qualifying competitions . Competitors compete in the categories of sandwiches , barbecue , chili , burgers , pasta , bacon and dessert . As of 2014 the competition has total prizes of $ 300,000 . The competition is filmed by A&E Networks and broadcast on the network Fyi as the World Food Championships TV series . The Championships were originally held on the Las Vegas Strip but in 2013 they were moved to the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas . |
Woh_Saat_Din | Woh Saat Din , or Woh 7 Din , is a 1983 Hindi film directed by Bapu . Produced by Surinder Kapoor , it stars his son Anil Kapoor along with Padmini Kolhapure and Naseeruddin Shah . It was Anil Kapoor 's first lead role . The film is a remake of the 1981 Tamil film Andha 7 Naatkal , which was directed by K. Bhagyaraj . Director Bapu remade the film in Telugu first and then in Hindi . The music was done by Laxmikant Pyarelal while Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics . |
Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor | Wilhelm II or William II ( German : Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen , English : Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia ; 27 January 18594 June 1941 ) was the last German Emperor ( Kaiser ) and King of Prussia , ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918 . He was the eldest grandchild of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe . Crowned in 1888 , he dismissed the Chancellor , Otto von Bismarck , in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose `` New Course '' in foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that led in a matter of days to the First World War . Bombastic and impetuous , he sometimes made tactless pronouncements on sensitive topics without consulting his ministers , culminating in a disastrous Daily Telegraph interview in 1908 that cost him most of his influence . His leading generals , Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff , dictated policy during the First World War with little regard for the civilian government . An ineffective war-time leader , he lost the support of the army , abdicated in November 1918 , and fled to exile in the Netherlands . |
William_Cragh | William Cragh ( born ca. 1262 , died some time after 1307 ) , was a medieval Welsh warrior and supporter of Rhys ap Maredudd , lord of the lands of Ystrad Tywi , in his rebellion against King Edward I of England . Captured in 1290 by the son of William de Briouze , the Cambro-Norman Lord of Gower , he was tried and found guilty of having killed thirteen men . Cragh was executed just outside Swansea within sight of de Briouze 's Swansea Castle , twice , as the gallows collapsed during his first hanging . Lady Mary de Briouze decided for reasons unknown to intercede on Cragh 's behalf , and prayed to the deceased Bishop of Hereford , Thomas de Cantilupe , requesting him to ask God to bring Cragh back from the dead . Cragh began to show signs of life the day after his execution , and over the subsequent few weeks made a full recovery , living for at least another eighteen years . The main primary source for Cragh 's story is the record of the investigation into the canonisation of Thomas de Cantilupe , which is held in the Vatican Library . Cragh 's resurrection was one of thirty-eight miracles presented to the papal commissioners who in 1307 were charged with examining the evidence for Cantilupe 's saintliness . The hanged man himself gave evidence to the commission , after which nothing more is known of him . Cantilupe was formally canonised by Pope John XXII on 17 April 1320 . |
Worcester,_MA,_4/4/73 | Worcester , MA , 4/4/73 is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage . It was recorded live at Clark University in Worcester , Massachusetts on April 4 , 1973 . It was released on May 20 , 2003 . It was the first of a series of albums that were released on the Kufala Recordings label in the 2000s and that contain complete New Riders concerts recorded in the 1970s . Two members of the Grateful Dead sat in with the New Riders at the Worcester concert . Keith Godchaux played piano for the entire show , and Donna Jean Godchaux sang lead vocals on the Loretta Lynn song `` You Ai n't Woman Enough '' , and backing vocals on the ballad `` Long Black Veil '' . The New Riders played nineteen original songs and six covers , a total of almost two hours of music . |
Waterloo_(1970_film) | Waterloo is a 1970 epic period war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis . It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo , and is famous for its lavish battle scenes . It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France . Other stars include Jack Hawkins as General Thomas Picton , Virginia McKenna as the Duchess of Richmond and Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Ney . The film includes some 15,000 Soviet foot soldiers and 2,000 cavalrymen as extras -- it was said that , during its making , director Sergei Bondarchuk was in command of the seventh largest army in the world . Fifty circus stunt riders were used to perform the dangerous horse falls . |
Well-made_play | The well-made play ( la pièce bien faite , pronounced -LSB- pjɛs bjɛ̃ fɛt -RSB- ) is a dramatic genre from nineteenth-century theatre that French dramatist Eugène Scribe first codified . Dramatists Victorien Sardou , Alexandre Dumas , fils , and Emile Augier wrote within the genre , each putting a distinct spin on the style . The well-made play was a popular form of entertainment . By the mid-19th century , however , it had already entered into common use as a derogatory term . Henrik Ibsen and the other realistic dramatists of the later 19th century ( August Strindberg , Gerhart Hauptmann , Émile Zola , Anton Chekhov ) built upon its technique of careful construction and preparation of effects in the genre problem play . `` Through their example '' , Marvin Carlson explains , `` the well-made play became and still remains the traditional model of play construction . '' In the English language , that tradition found its early 20th-century codification in Britain in the form of William Archer 's Play-Making : A Manual of Craftmanship ( 1912 ) , and in the United States with George Pierce Baker 's Dramatic Technique ( 1919 ) . |
Work_(physics) | In physics , a force is said to do work if , when acting , there is a displacement of the point of application in the direction of the force . For example , when a ball is held above the ground and then dropped , the work done on the ball as it falls is equal to the weight of the ball ( a force ) multiplied by the distance to the ground ( a displacement ) . Work transfers energy from one place to another or one form to another . The term work was introduced in 1826 by the French mathematician Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis as `` weight lifted through a height '' , which is based on the use of early steam engines to lift buckets of water out of flooded ore mines . The SI unit of work is the joule ( J ) . |
Wire_transfer | Wire transfer , bank transfer or credit transfer is a method of electronic funds transfer from one person or entity to another . A wire transfer can be made from one bank account to another bank account or through a transfer of cash at a cash office . Different wire transfer systems and operators provide a variety of options relative to the immediacy and finality of settlement and the cost , value , and volume of transactions . Central bank wire transfer systems , such as the Federal Reserve 's FedWire system in the United States are more likely to be real time gross settlement ( RTGS ) systems . RTGS systems provide the quickest availability of funds because they provide immediate `` real-time '' and final `` irrevocable '' settlement by posting the gross ( complete ) entry against electronic accounts of the wire transfer system operator . Other systems such as CHIPS provide net settlement on a periodic basis . More immediate settlement systems tend to process higher monetary value time-critical transactions , have higher transaction costs , and a smaller volume of payments . A faster settlement process allows less time for currency fluctuations while money is in transit . |
William_Cliffton | William Cliffton ( 1771 - December 1799 ) was a Philadelphian poet and pamphleteer . He is the only identified member of the Anchor Club . He is considered part of the `` transitive state '' of American poetry . Bornthe son of a wealthy Quaker , Cliffton suffered form a blood clot at the age on nineteen , and from then till his death , aged twenty-seven , pursued an almost exclusively literary life , though he took an interest in field sports . Cliffton was a supporter of William Cobbett . He died in December 1799 from consumption . |
Willard_Hodges | Willard Hodges ( May 25 , 1820 - July 5 , 1889 ) was an American politician . Hodges , the youngest son of Erastus and Laura ( Loomis ) Hodges , was born in Torrington , Connecticut , May 25 , 1820 . His father , a prosperous merchant in Torrington , also cultivated a farm ; and there the son acquired a taste for farming which determined his future life . In 1841 he entered Williams College , and two years later removed to Yale College . He remained in Torrington after graduation in 1845 , a consequence of the poor health of his father , who died in 1847 . On August 28 , 1848 , he was married to Jane A. , youngest daughter of Gurdon Bradley , of Fairfield , Herkimer County , N. Y. , and in 1849 he bought a farm near Rochester , N. Y. , where he resided until his death . In accordance with his early plans , farming was his main business , and he exerted himself vigorously for the improvement of agriculture in the vicinity . He was President of the County Agricultural Society in 1856 and 1857 . He was elected as a Republican to the lower house of the New York State Legislature in 1875 , and again in 1876 , but declined a further nomination . He took an active part otherwise in public affairs , and was a frequent contributor to the press . After being disabled by a disease of the heart from active life for a year or more , he died at his residence in Rochester , July 5 , 1889 , in his 70th year . His children were two sons and four daughters ; the elder son died in childhood , and the younger graduated from Yale in 1877 . |
Western_United_States | The Western United States , commonly referred to as the American West , the Far West , or simply the West , traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States . Because European settlement in the U.S. expanded westward after its founding , the meaning of the West has evolved over time . Prior to about 1800 , the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier . Since then , the frontier generally moved westward and eventually lands west of the Mississippi River came to be referred to as the West . Though no consensus exists , even among experts , for the definition of the West as a region , the U.S. Census Bureau 's definition of the 13 westernmost states includes the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin to the West Coast , and the outlying states of Hawaii and Alaska . The West contains several major biomes . It is known for arid to semi-arid plateaus and plains , particularly in the American Southwest -- forested mountains , including the major ranges of the American Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains -- the massive coastal shoreline of the American Pacific Coast -- and the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest . |
We_Are_Marshall | We Are Marshall is a 2006 American historical drama biopic film directed by McG . It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team , along with five coaches , two athletic trainers , the athletic director , 25 boosters , and a crew of five . It also addresses the rebuilding of the program and the healing that the community undergoes . Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel , with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William `` Red '' Dawson , David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon , and Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley . Then-governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach . It was scored by Christophe Beck and written by Jamie Linden . Dr. Keith Spears was the Marshall University consultant . |
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( -LSB- ˈwʊlfɡæŋ_æməˈdeɪəs_ˈmoʊtsɑrt -RSB- ; -LSB- ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeːʊs ˈmoːtsaʁt -RSB- ; 27 January 1756 -- 5 December 1791 ) , baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era . Born in Salzburg , he showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood . Already competent on keyboard and violin , he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty . At 17 , Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court , but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position . While visiting Vienna in 1781 , he was dismissed from his Salzburg position . He chose to stay in the capital , where he achieved fame but little financial security . During his final years in Vienna , he composed many of his best-known symphonies , concertos , and operas , and portions of the Requiem , which was largely unfinished at the time of his death . The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized . He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons . He composed more than 600 works , many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic , concertante , chamber , operatic , and choral music . He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers , and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music . Ludwig van Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart , and Joseph Haydn wrote : `` posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years '' . |
Woodrow_Wilson | Thomas Woodrow Wilson ( December 28 , 1856 -- February 3 , 1924 ) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 . A member of the Democratic Party , Wilson served as the President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910 and as Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913 . Wilson 's victory in the 1912 presidential election made him the first Southerner elected to the presidency since Zachary Taylor in 1848 , and Wilson became a leading force in the Progressive Movement . He also led the United States during World War I , establishing an activist foreign policy known as `` Wilsonianism . '' He was a major leader at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 , where he championed the proposed League of Nations . However , he was unable to obtain Senate approval for U.S. membership . He suffered debilitating strokes in September 1919 ; after that his wife and staff handled most of his presidential duties . Born in Staunton , Virginia , he spent his early years in Augusta , Georgia and Columbia , South Carolina . His father was a leading Presbyterian in the Confederacy during the Civil War , and Wilson was always a devout Presbyterian and a proud Southerner . He took a law degree and then one of the first PhDs in political science awarded by Johns Hopkins University . He served as a professor and scholar at various institutions before being selected as President of Princeton University , a position he held from 1902 to 1910 . Wilson became a notable academic , arguing for the superiority of the parliamentary system . He was associated with Grover Cleveland and the conservative Bourbon Democrats until 1910 , when he moved left . With the help of state Democratic bosses , Wilson won the 1910 Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey , and was elected as a fresh reformer , holding office from 1911 to 1913 . He overthrew the same bosses and gained a national reputation . He won the 1912 Democratic presidential nomination after forty-six rounds of balloting , with support from William Jennings Bryan . Former President Theodore Roosevelt 's third party candidacy split the Republican Party , which re-nominated incumbent President William Howard Taft . Wilson won the 1912 election with a plurality of the popular vote and a large majority in the electoral college . Leading the Congress that was now in Democratic hands , he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933 . The Federal Reserve Act , Federal Trade Commission Act , the Clayton Antitrust Act , and the Federal Farm Loan Act were some of these new policies . Having taken office one month after ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment , Wilson called a special session of Congress , whose work culminated in the Revenue Act of 1913 , introducing an income tax and lowering tariffs . Through passage of the Adamson Act that imposed an 8-hour workday for railroads , he averted a railroad strike and an ensuing economic crisis . Upon the outbreak of World War I in 1914 , Wilson maintained a policy of neutrality , while pursuing a more aggressive policy in dealing with Mexico 's civil war . Wilson staffed his government with Southern Democrats who implemented racial segregation at the Treasury , Navy and other Federal offices . In the presidential election of 1916 , Wilson faced former New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes . By a narrow margin , he became the first Democrat since Andrew Jackson elected to two consecutive terms . In April 1917 , when Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare and sent the Zimmermann Telegram , Wilson asked Congress to declare war in order to make `` the world safe for democracy . '' The United States conducted military operations alongside the Allies , although without a formal alliance . During the war , Wilson focused on diplomacy and financial considerations , leaving military strategy to the generals , especially General John J. Pershing . Through the Selective Service Act , conscription sent 10,000 freshly trained soldiers to France per day by the summer of 1918 . On the home front , he raised income taxes , borrowing billions of dollars through the public 's purchase of Liberty Bonds . He set up the War Industries Board , promoted labor union cooperation , regulated agriculture and food production through the Lever Act , and took direct control of the nation 's railroad system . Wilson asked Congress for what became the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 , suppressing anti-draft activists . The crackdown was intensified by his Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to include expulsion of non-citizen radicals during the First Red Scare of 1919 -- 1920 . Early in 1918 , Wilson issued his principles for an end to the war , the Fourteen Points , and in 1919 , following an armistice , he traveled to Paris , promoting the formation of a League of Nations and concluding the Treaty of Versailles . Following his return from Europe , Wilson embarked on a nationwide tour in 1919 to campaign for the treaty , but suffered a severe stroke . The treaty was met with serious concern by Senate Republicans , and the Senate ultimately rejected the treaty . Due to his stroke , Wilson secluded himself in the White House , disability having diminished his power and influence , and he failed in his bid to win re-nomination at the 1920 Democratic National Convention . Wilson retired at the end of his presidency , and he died in 1924 . |
Weeping_Angel | The Weeping Angels are a race of predatory creatures from the long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who , resembling stone statues . They were introduced in the 2007 episode `` Blink '' , making repeat appearances in `` The Time of Angels '' / `` Flesh and Stone '' ( 2010 ) and `` The Angels Take Manhattan '' ( 2012 ) as well as cameo appearances in `` The God Complex '' ( 2011 ) , `` The Time of the Doctor '' ( 2013 ) and `` Hell Bent '' ( 2015 ) . They also feature in the spin-off series Class , in the first series finale `` The Lost '' ( 2016 ) . Since their initial appearance , they have been persistently nominated as one of the most popular and frightening Doctor Who monsters . Steven Moffat , their creator , attributes their appeal to childhood games such as Grandmother 's Footsteps and the notion that every statue might secretly be a disguised Weeping Angel . |
Will_Smith_filmography | Will Smith is an American actor and producer . His breakthrough came when he played a fictionalised version of himself in the 1990s television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . The role brought him international recognition and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor -- Television Series Musical or Comedy . He also served as an executive producer on 24 episodes of the series . Two years later , Smith made his film debut in the drama Where the Day Takes You , where he appeared as a disabled homeless man . In 1995 , he starred as a police officer with Martin Lawrence in Michael Bay 's Bad Boys . The following year , Smith appeared as a Marine Corps pilot with Jeff Goldblum in Roland Emmerich 's science fiction film Independence Day . The film grossed over $ 817 million at the worldwide box office and was the highest grossing of 1996 . In 1997 , he starred as Agent J in the science fiction film Men in Black , a role he reprised in its sequels Men in Black II ( 2002 ) , and Men in Black 3 ( 2012 ) . Smith portrayed heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali in the 2001 biopic Ali . For his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor , and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama . In 2004 , he appeared in the animated film Shark Tale , and science fiction film I , Robot . The following year he starred as a professional dating consultant in the romantic comedy Hitch . Smith 's portrayal of stockbroker Chris Gardner in the biopic The Pursuit of Happyness ( 2006 ) received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor . In 2008 , he played a vigilante superhero in Hancock . While the film received poor reviews , it became his eighth consecutive to gross over $ 100 million at the North American box office and grossed a worldwide total of over $ 624 million . In 2015 , Smith portrayed Nigerian-American physician Bennet Omalu in the biopic Concussion for which he garnered a nomination for a Golden Globe Award . The following year , he appeared in the action film Suicide Squad , which grossed over $ 745 million at the worldwide box office . |
Women_in_ancient_Rome | Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens ( cives ) , but could not vote or hold political office . Because of their limited public role , women are named less frequently than men by Roman historians . But while Roman women held no direct political power , those from wealthy or powerful families could and did exert influence through private negotiations . Exceptional women who left an undeniable mark on history range from the semi-legendary Lucretia and Claudia Quinta , whose stories took on mythic significance ; fierce Republican-era women such as Cornelia , mother of the Gracchi , and Fulvia , who commanded an army and issued coins bearing her image ; women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty , most prominently Livia ( 58 BC-AD 29 ) , who contributed to the formation of Imperial mores ; and the empress Helena ( 250-330 AD ) , a driving force in promoting Christianity . As is the case with male members of society , elite women and their politically significant deeds eclipse those of lower status in the historical record . Inscriptions and especially epitaphs document the names of a wide range of women throughout the Roman Empire , but often tell little else about them . Some vivid snapshots of daily life are preserved in Latin literary genres such as comedy , satire , and poetry , particularly the poems of Catullus and Ovid , which offer glimpses of women in Roman dining rooms and boudoirs , at sporting and theatrical events , shopping , putting on makeup , practicing magic , worrying about pregnancy -- all , however , through male eyes . The published letters of Cicero , for instance , reveal informally how the self-proclaimed great man interacted on the domestic front with his wife Terentia and daughter Tullia , as his speeches demonstrate through disparagement the various ways Roman women could enjoy a free-spirited sexual and social life . The one major public role reserved solely for women was in the sphere of religion : the priestly office of the Vestals . Freed of any obligation to marry or have children , the Vestals devoted themselves to the study and correct observance of rituals which were deemed necessary for the security and survival of Rome but which could not be performed by the male colleges of priests . |
William_King_(minister) | William King ( November 11 , 1812 -- January 5 , 1895 ) was an Irish-born Presbyterian minister and abolitionist . He founded the Elgin settlement , a community of former African-American slaves , in southwestern Ontario . The son of William King and Elizabeth Torrence , he was born on the family farm near Derry and was educated at Colraine Academy and the University of Glasgow . In 1833 , his family sold their farm in Ireland and moved to Ohio , where they purchased land to establish a new farm . King moved to Natchez , Mississippi in 1836 , where he worked as a teacher . In 1840 , he became rector for Mathews Academy in Louisiana . In 1842 , King married Mary Mourning Phares , the daughter of a local planter . Through his wife 's dowry , he became the owner of two slaves . Although opposed in principle to slavery , King purchased three more slaves because , in that time and place , it was not possible to hire servants or to free slaves . In 1844 , King travelled to Edinburgh to study divinity at the Free Church College . Later that year , he returned to the United States to bring his family to Scotland . His son died before they had left the United States . His wife gave birth to a daughter the following year but both his wife and daughter died in 1846 . In August 1846 , King became a license minister ; he was sent to Canada as a missionary . Because his father-in-law also died in 1846 , he inherited the family estate which mostly consisted of slaves . King decided that he would bring his fifteen slaves to Ohio , where he could set them free . He had proposed to the Toronto synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Canada to establish a mission settlement in Canada , where free slaves could settle . With the co-operation of Lord Elgin and despite a petition against the settlement signed by 300 local landowners , the Elgin association was established to support the creation of the new settlement . The association purchased a parcel of land in Raleigh township in Canada West . King invited his own former slaves to join the new settlement . The settlement 's first school opened in 1850 . The following year , a brickyard and a savings bank were established . In 1853 , King married Jemima Nicolina Baxter . During the American Civil War , about seventy men from the settlement served in the Union Army . In 1873 , the Elgin Association was officially dissolved . King left the settlement in 1887 and moved to Chatham , where he died eight years later . In 1999 , the Buxton area was recognized as a National Historic Site . King was named a Person of National Historic Significance by the Canadian government in 2011 . |
Wish_Upon_a_Star | Wish Upon a Star is a 1996 television film directed by Blair Treu , written by Jessica Barondes , and starring Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris . It focuses on two teenage sisters that magically swap bodies because of a wish made on a shooting star . They spend several days living each other 's life , sometimes with the intent to sabotage the other 's reputation and achievements , but they learn to appreciate and help each other along the way . The tagline to this movie is `` I Wish I May , I Wish I Might , Become My Sister For A Night ! '' |
William_Shakespeare_(singer) | William Shakespeare ( 19 November 19485 October 2010 ) was the stage name of Australian Glam rock singer John Stanley Cave , also known as John Cabe or Billy Shake . He had two Australian hit singles , `` Ca n't Stop Myself from Loving You '' which peaked at No. 2 on the Kent Music Report in 1974 and `` My Little Angel '' which peaked at No. 1 in 1975 . Both hits were written by Vanda & Young , who also groomed Shakespeare into a Glam rocker . |
William_L._Stoughton | William Lewis Stoughton ( March 20 , 1827 -- June 6 , 1888 ) was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress , as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Stoughton was born in Bangor , New York . He attended Kirtland , Painesville , and Madison Academies in Lake County , Ohio . He studied law in Ohio , Indiana , and Michigan from 1849 to 1851 when he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sturgis , Michigan . Stoughton was a prosecuting attorney of St. Joseph County from 1855 to 1859 and a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention . He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as United States District Attorney for the District of Michigan in March 1861 , but resigned a few months later to enter the Union Army following the outbreak of the Civil War . He served as colonel of the 11th Michigan Infantry . Stoughton commanded the 2nd Brigade , 1st Division of the XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chattanooga . He later was promoted to the rank of major general by brevet . He resigned in August 1864 because of ill health and resumed the practice of his profession in Sturgis , Michigan , in 1865 . In 1867 , Stoughton became a member of the Michigan State Constitutional convention and served as Michigan Attorney General from 1867 to 1868 . He was elected as a Republican from Michigan 's 2nd congressional district to the 41st and 42nd Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1869 to March 3 , 1873 . He returned to the practice of law in 1874 . William L. Stoughton died in Sturgis and was interred in Oak Lawn Cemetery . |
William_Brenton | William Brenton ( c. 1610 -- 1674 ) was a colonial President , Deputy Governor , and Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , and an early settler of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony . Austin and other historians give his place of origin as Hammersmith in Middlesex , England ( now a part of London ) , but in reviewing the evidence , Anderson concludes that his place of origin is unknown . Brenton named one of his Newport properties `` Hammersmith , '' and this has led some writers to assume that the like-named town in London was his place of origin . |
Woodrow_Wilson_High_School_(Dallas) | Woodrow Wilson High School is a public secondary school located in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas , Texas ( USA ) . Woodrow enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District . In 2009 , DISD authorized Woodrow to apply to become certified as the first Dallas school to be authorized as an IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme , a/k/a the IB Degree . It earned its official designation as an IB World School on March 18 , 2011 . It was named in honor of former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson , who died just three years before the school building was completed . The structure is a Dallas Landmark , as well as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark , the highest honor the state can bestow on a historic structure . The National Trust for Historic Preservation wrote that the Woodrow Wilson school `` defines how a historic neighborhood school can remain a vital and integral part of the educational process and continue to serve surrounding historic neighborhoods . '' In 2015 , the school was rated `` Met Standard '' by the Texas Education Agency . |
William_"Bull"_Nelson | William `` Bull '' Nelson ( September 27 , 1824 -- September 29 , 1862 ) was a United States naval officer who became a Union general in the Civil War . As a Kentuckian , Nelson could sympathize with the Confederates , but threw in his lot with the North , and Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase believed Nelson 's actions had kept Kentucky loyal , promoting him brigadier general in September 1861 . His 4th Division bore the brunt of heavy fighting at Shiloh and took part in the Siege of Corinth , Nelson being the first man to enter the town . Wounded at the Battle of Richmond , Nelson was forced to retreat to Louisville , to plan a new assault . It was here that General Jefferson C. Davis , still officially on sick leave , reported to Nelson , who was dissatisfied with his performance , and insulted him in front of witnesses . A few days later , Davis demanded an apology , but the two officers came to blows , and Davis mortally wounded Nelson with a pistol . The incident has overshadowed Nelson 's contribution to the Union cause . |
William_B._Castle | William Bainbridge Castle ( November 30 , 1814 -- February 28 , 1872 ) was an American politician of the Whig Party who served as the 11th and final mayor of Ohio City from 1853 to 1854 and the 14th mayor of Cleveland , Ohio from 1855 to 1856 . Castle was born in Essex , Vermont . The family moved to Toronto in 1815 , where his father , Jonathan Castle , was engaged as an architect `` to superintend the construction of the first Parliament buildings there . '' In 1827 , the family settled in Cleveland . Jonathan and William Castle opened Cleveland 's first lumberyard . The elder Castle died two years later , leaving the business to his son . He moved back to Ontario and then to Ohio City in 1839 . He entered politics and quickly rose to prominence as a member of the Ohio City Common Council . In 1853 , he was elected the city 's mayor and helped in writing the 1854 agreement to merge Cleveland and Ohio City . In 1855 , he became mayor of Cleveland . On July 21 , 1862 , William B. Castle , as chairman of the District Military Committee , Cleveland , sent a letter to Governor David Tod , enclosing a copy of a resolution recommending that the appointment of company officers for the 103rd Regiment , Ohio Volunteer Infantry . In December 1836 , Castle married Miss Mary Derby , who died in Canada the following year . In 1840 , he married Mary H. Newell of Vermont , by whom he had one son , W. W. Castle , and three daughters . Mayor Castle was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio in 1868 . William B. Castle was a longtime member of the Vestry and Senior Warden of the St. John 's Episcopal Church ( Cleveland , Ohio ) . There is a large historic marker on the eastern wall of the church in his honor . Dates for the marriages of his children are in the memorial stained glass windows of St. John 's . Mayor Castle was interred in the Lake View Cemetery , in Cleveland , Ohio . |
William_Nelson_Page | William Nelson Page ( January 6 , 1854 -- March 7 , 1932 ) was an American civil engineer and industrialist . He was active in the Virginias following the U.S. Civil War . Page was widely known as a metallurgical expert by other industry leaders and investors as well as state and federal authorities . William Page became one of the leading managers and developers of West Virginia 's rich bituminous coalfields in the late-19th and early-20th century , as well as being deeply involved in building the railroads and other infrastructure necessary to process and transport the mined coal . Page often worked as a manager for absentee owners , such as the British geological expert , Dr. David T. Ansted , and the New York City mayor , Abram S. Hewitt of the Cooper-Hewitt organization and other New York and Boston financiers , or as the `` front man '' in projects involving a silent partner , such as Henry H. Rogers . In the town of Ansted , for 28 years , the Page family lived in a large Victorian mansion built by carpenters of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company . Most notable among Page 's many accomplishments was a project to acquire land and construct a modest short-line railroad to tap new coal reserves in a rugged portion of southern West Virginia not yet reached by the bigger railroads . Connections planned to both the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ( C&O ) and the Norfolk and Western Railway ( N&W ) should have inspired competition among rival carriers to transport the coal the rest of the way to market . However , collusion by the leaders of the large railroads attempted to stop the project through agreeing to only offer Page unprofitable rates . Instead of giving up , working with Rogers discreetly providing the millions needed for financing , William Page and his associates expanded the `` short line '' all the way hundred of miles across the Virginias to a new coal pier built on Hampton Roads , creating the Virginian Railway . Completed in 1909 , the VGN was built to be very efficient and during the first half of the 20th century , became widely known as the `` Richest Little Railroad in the World . '' William and Emma completed their lives in Washington D.C. , where they moved in 1917 as he served as a mining expert before federal regulators . One of their younger sons , Randolph Gilliam `` Dizzy '' Page , was an early pioneer of the U.S. air mail industry during this time before his death in plane crash in 1930 . William and Emma died in 1932 and 1933 respectively , and were interred in Richmond , Virginia 's Hollywood Cemetery . |
Wesley_Morgan | Wesley Francis Morgan ( born October 5 , 1990 ) is a Canadian actor and model , known for the role of Skander Hill on Harriet the Spy : Blog Wars , the recurring role of Sam on Degrassi : The Next Generation and Prom King Josh in The Rocker . He now has a role on the show `` Really Me `` and plays Brody Cooper . He also models for Hollister and Abercombie & Fitch . Morgan was born in Canada . He played Sam in Degrassi : The Next Generation 's 9th season two-part episode `` Beat It '' . He made a cameo appearance in The Rocker as Prom King Josh , and co-starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Harriet the Spy : Blog Wars as teen heart-throb Skander Hill , with Jennifer Stone and Melinda Shankar . And has a lead role as Brody Cooper in Really Me , a show on Disney channel . |
William_Russ | William Russ ( born October 20 , 1950 ) is an American actor and television director . He is perhaps best known for his role as Alan Matthews on the sitcom Boy Meets World ( 1993 -- 2000 ) . Russ is also notable for his roles in the television series Wiseguy , the soap operas Another World and The Young and the Restless and the feature films The Right Stuff ( 1983 ) , Pastime ( 1990 ) and American History X ( 1998 ) . |
Wolfgang_Bodison | Wolfgang Bodison ( born November 19 , 1966 ) is an American actor best known for playing Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson in the 1992 drama film A Few Good Men . |
William_Everett | William Everett ( October 10 , 1839 -- February 16 , 1910 ) was born in Watertown , Massachusetts , United States . He was the son of Charlotte Gray Brooks and orator , Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of State Edward Everett , who spoke at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania before President Abraham Lincoln 's address on November 19 , 1863 . He graduated from Harvard University in 1859 , from Trinity College , Cambridge in 1863 and from Harvard University 's law department in 1865 . He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and was licensed to preach in 1872 by the Suffolk Association of Unitarian Ministers . He tutored at Harvard University from 1870 to 1873 , then was promoted to assistant professor of Latin , a position he held till 1877 . He became master of Adams Academy in 1878 . Everett left Adams Academy in 1893 and was elected to the Fifty-third United States Congress as a Democrat representing Massachusetts 's seventh district . He then followed in his father 's footsteps by running for Governor of Massachusetts . However , he lost the election to the incumbent Roger Wolcott . Everett returned to his job as master of Adams Academy in 1897 . He died on February 16 , 1910 and was interred with his parents in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge , Massachusetts . |
Whose_Line_Is_It_Anyway?_(UK_TV_series) | Whose Line is it Anyway ? ( abbreviated to Whose Line ? or WLIIA ) is a short-form improvisational comedy television show . Originally a British radio programme , it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for Channel 4 . The show consists of a panel of four performers who create characters , scenes and songs on the spot , in the style of short-form improvisation games , many taken from theatresports . Topics for the games are based on either audience suggestions or predetermined prompts from the host . Both the British and the American shows ostensibly take the form of a game show with the host arbitrarily assigning points and likewise choosing a winner at the end of each episode . However , the show lacks the true stakes and competition of a game show ( by design ) . The `` game show '' format is simply part of the comedy . Following the conclusion of the British run in 1999 , ABC began airing an American version , which ran until 2007 and was later revived by The CW in 2013 . In 2016 , The Comedy Channel began airing an Australian version of the series with comedian Tommy Little as host . |
William_Marbury | William Marbury ( November 7 , 1762 -- March 13 , 1835 ) was a highly successful American businessman and one of the `` Midnight Judges '' appointed by United States President John Adams the day before he left office . He was the plaintiff in the landmark 1803 Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison . Marbury was born in Piscataway , Maryland . Named after his father , Marbury spent most of his early life in Maryland around his home . Marbury became a Georgetown businessman and member of the Federalist Party . In an effort to prevent the incoming party from dismantling his Federalist Party-dominated government , Adams issued 42 judicial appointments , including Marbury 's as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia , on March 3 , 1801 , the day before he turned his government over to incoming President Thomas Jefferson . Marbury had actively campaigned for Adams ( and against Jefferson ) in the presidential election of 1800 . Jefferson refused to honor Adams ' appointments on the grounds that Adams ' paperwork had not been delivered to the proper offices before the change of administration had taken place . Marbury then sued Jefferson 's secretary of state , James Madison , in the Supreme Court , asking it issue a writ of mandamus to force the Jefferson administration to honor Adams ' appointments . Marbury 's suit clarified the right of judicial review . Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall 's two-pronged decision averred that while the Court did not have the authority to issue the writ Marbury had requested , it did have the authority to review the constitutionality of actions of the federal executive and legislative branches of government , including those of the Adams and Jefferson administrations . Marbury 's former home in Georgetown is now known as `` Forrest-Marbury House '' and serves as the Ukrainian Embassy to the U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger placed portraits of William Marbury and James Madison in the small dining room of the Supreme Court , and designated the room `` the John Marshall room '' . |
Will_Smith_discography | American rapper Will Smith has released four studio albums , one compilation album , 17 singles ( 12 as lead artist and five as featured artist ) , one video album and 20 music videos ( 14 as lead artist , three as featured artist and three guest appearances ) . After working in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Jeff Townes as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince , Smith began his solo career in 1997 with the release of `` Men in Black '' , the theme song for the film of the same name , which topped singles charts in several regions across the world , including the UK . `` Men in Black '' ( and second single `` Just Cruisin ' '' ) was later included on Smith 's debut solo album Big Willie Style , which reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and was certified nine times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . The third single from the album , `` Gettin ' Jiggy wit It '' , became Smith 's first Billboard Hot 100 number one when it was released in 1998 . Smith 's second album was again supported by the release of a film theme song as the lead single : `` Wild Wild West '' , featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee , topped the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA . The album in question , Willennium , reached number five on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the RIAA . `` Will 2K '' , the second single from the album , reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Before the end of 1999 , a video album was released featuring Smith 's seven music videos released to date , which reached number 25 on the UK Music Video Chart . The same year , the rapper was also featured on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Tatyana Ali 's single `` Boy You Knock Me Out '' , which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and topped the UK R&B Singles Chart . In 2002 , Smith returned with his third album Born to Reign , which reached number 13 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA . The album 's lead single was Men in Black II theme song `` Black Suits Comin ' ( Nod Ya Head ) '' , which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart . Later in the year , Smith 's first compilation album Greatest Hits was released , featuring songs from his three solo albums as well as those produced with DJ Jazzy Jeff . Smith 's latest album Lost and Found was released in 2005 , peaking at number six on the Billboard 200 . Lead single `` Switch '' reached the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart . |
World_Chess_Championship | The World Chess Championship ( sometimes abbreviated as WCC ) is played to determine the World Champion in chess . The official world championship is generally regarded to have begun in 1886 , when the two leading players in Europe and the United States , Johann Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz respectively , played a match . From 1886 to 1946 , the champion set the terms , requiring any challenger to raise a sizable stake and defeat the champion in a match in order to become the new world champion . From 1948 to 1993 , the championship was administered by FIDE , the World Chess Federation . In 1993 , the reigning champion ( Garry Kasparov ) broke away from FIDE , which led to the creation of the rival PCA championship . The titles were unified at the World Chess Championship 2006 . Current world champion Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Championship 2013 against Viswanathan Anand and successfully defended his title against Anand in the World Chess Championship 2014 and against Sergey Karjakin in the World Chess Championship 2016 . Other separate events and titles are the Women 's World Chess Championship , the World Junior Chess Championship ( for players under 20 years of age ) , and the World Senior Chess Championship ( for men above 60 years of age , and women above 50 ) . There is also a World Computer Chess Championship , which is the only event computers may participate in . |
Wilson_(book) | Wilson is a 2013 biography of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg . The book is a New York Times Best Seller . |
William_James_Gage | Sir William James Gage ( September 16 , 1849 -- January 14 , 1921 ) was a Canadian educator , entrepreneur and philanthropist . He was born in Toronto township , Canada West , the son of Andrew Albert Gage and Mary Jane Grafton , and was educated in Brampton and at the Toronto Normal School . Gage taught for three years and then briefly studied medicine . He was hired as a bookkeeper by publisher Adam Miller and Company . After Miller 's death in 1875 , Gage became a partner in the business . In 1879 , the firm was renamed W.J. Gage & Co. . The company mainly specialized in textbooks but also sold writing paper and envelopes . In 1880 , Gage married Ina Burnside . He was one of the founders of the National Sanitarium Association and established several treatment facilities to combat tuberculosis . From 1893 to 1895 , Gage was one of the owners of the Toronto Evening Star . He helped form the Ontario Associated Boards of Trade and served as its first president . Gage was head of a group that opposed street car service on Sundays . He also lobbied for the development of Toronto 's waterfront . Gage was a director for the Imperial Bank of Canada , Traders ' Bank of Canada , Ontario Sugar Company and the Anglo-American Fire Insurance Company . He was also chairman of the Toronto branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses . Gage was knighted in 1917 . Gage donated land to the city of Brampton for use as a public park ; it is now part of Gage Park . He died at his estate in Toronto at the age of 71 after suffering a stroke . |
Wells_Fargo_Center_(Denver) | Wells Fargo Center is a building located in Denver , Colorado , United States . It resembles a cash register and is known locally as the `` Cash Register Building '' . It is 698 ft high , the third tallest building in Denver . It is shorter than the Republic Plaza building 714 ft and the CenturyLink Tower , at 709 ft. The building sits on a hill , making its overall elevation higher than the two taller buildings , but its ground-to-roof height is less . It is 52 stories tall . The building was designed by architect Philip Johnson , under a master plan by I. M. Pei , and was completed in 1983 . As it was originally designed for a downtown area in Texas , a heated roof is necessary to prevent snow from accumulating and sliding dangerously off the curved crown . Located at 1700 Lincoln Street , a skybridge over Lincoln Street connects the Wells Fargo Center to the older Mile High Center at 1700 Broadway ; which houses a food court , a small museum featuring artifacts , and memorabilia from Wells Fargo history , and the Downtown Denver branch of Wells Fargo Bank . Both buildings have large atria constructed in the same cash register style . The building has its own unique zip code , 80274 . Building owners Beacon Capital Partners undertook a three year renovation of the lobby which was completed in 2016 . As part of the renovation , experience design firm ESI Design created a 8-story digital art installation in the building 's glass atrium and added new furniture and lighting . New York artist Enoc Perez ( Puerto Rican , born 1967 ) was commissioned to create 14 paintings and 5 sculptures for the site . |
Wind | Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale . On the surface of the Earth , wind consists of the bulk movement of air . In outer space , solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the Sun through space , while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet 's atmosphere into space . Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale , their speed , the types of forces that cause them , the regions in which they occur , and their effect . The strongest observed winds on a planet in the Solar System occur on Neptune and Saturn . Winds have various aspects , an important one being its velocity ( wind speed ) ; another the density of the gas involved ; another its energy content or wind energy . In meteorology , winds are often referred to according to their strength , and the direction from which the wind is blowing . Short bursts of high speed wind are termed gusts . Strong winds of intermediate duration ( around one minute ) are termed squalls . Long-duration winds have various names associated with their average strength , such as breeze , gale , storm , and hurricane . Wind occurs on a range of scales , from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes , to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hours , to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth . The two main causes of large-scale atmospheric circulation are the differential heating between the equator and the poles , and the rotation of the planet ( Coriolis effect ) . Within the tropics , thermal low circulations over terrain and high plateaus can drive monsoon circulations . In coastal areas the sea breeze/land breeze cycle can define local winds ; in areas that have variable terrain , mountain and valley breezes can dominate local winds . In human civilization , wind has inspired mythology , influenced the events of history , expanded the range of transport and warfare , and provided a power source for mechanical work , electricity and recreation . Wind powers the voyages of sailing ships across Earth 's oceans . Hot air balloons use the wind to take short trips , and powered flight uses it to increase lift and reduce fuel consumption . Areas of wind shear caused by various weather phenomena can lead to dangerous situations for aircraft . When winds become strong , trees and man-made structures are damaged or destroyed . Winds can shape landforms , via a variety of aeolian processes such as the formation of fertile soils , such as loess , and by erosion . Dust from large deserts can be moved great distances from its source region by the prevailing winds ; winds that are accelerated by rough topography and associated with dust outbreaks have been assigned regional names in various parts of the world because of their significant effects on those regions . Wind also affects the spread of wildfires . Winds can disperse seeds from various plants , enabling the survival and dispersal of those plant species , as well as flying insect populations . When combined with cold temperatures , wind has a negative impact on livestock . Wind affects animals ' food stores , as well as their hunting and defensive strategies . |
William_Jones_(gangster) | William Jones ( fl . 1911 ) was an American criminal and member of the Gas House Gang . He was one of the New York City 's more notorious career criminals to be arrested and convicted during the New York Police Department 's four-year campaign against Manhattan 's street gangs and other underworld figures between 1910 and 1914 . In June 1911 , he was tried and convicted for second degree murder of two fellow Gas Housers during a gunfight at one of their hangouts at a saloon between Twenty-Second Street and Third Avenue . He had arrived at Pickett 's saloon bringing a young woman with him , this having been generally prohibited in case of members being identified , and was quickly confronted by fellow members William Lysaght , John Tivnan and John Stephenson . He denied having a weapon when asked , the three men not finding one on him when searched , and began arguing over his violation of the gang 's orders . All four went outside when asked by the bartender and , once out of the bar , the three men apparently attacked Jones . Falling to the ground , Jones pulled out a revolver he had concealed under his arm and fired at his attackers . Lysaght was shot and died at the scene while Tivnan was shot in the shoulder . Jones was arrested soon after , Lysaght identifying him as the man who shot before dying of his wounds at a nearby hospital . This was a rare occurrence for a gang member , even underworld rivals , to name the men responsible to authorities . After making his statement , Lysaght reportedly turned to a nurse and said `` Just watch that bum suffer . He deserves it . '' Jones immediately became one of several gang members and underworld figures to be prosecuted by Frank Moss and Edward R. O'Malley of the District Attorney 's office . In the same week Jones was sentenced , high-profile criminals such as Albert Rooney , Biff Ellison and Johnny Spanish were also on trial . While Jones was awaiting trial at The Tombs , he composed two letters which he sent to another gang member whose name was withheld . The first said simply , The second was a love letter apparently written to the unidentified Rosa . It was the last letter that resulted in his conviction , particularly the line `` I am getting along fine . There is nothing like a vacation to brace you up . '' While on the stand , angrily swore that he would kill the man responsible for turning the letters over to the District Attorney 's office if he ever got out of prison . Among the witnesses he threatened during the trial , he also called out to John Tivnan when he appeared in court and said `` If I had gotten you , I would have been better satisfied . '' Jones was reprimanded by Judge Warren W. Foster and sentenced to serve between 20 years to life imprisonment . |
Whose_Line_Is_It_Anyway?_(U.S._TV_series) | Whose Line Is It Anyway ? ( often known as simply Whose Line ? ) is an American improvisational comedy show , which was originally hosted by Drew Carey on ABC and ABC Family and ran from August 5 , 1998 to December 15 , 2007 . A revival of the show , hosted by Aisha Tyler , began airing on The CW on July 16 , 2013 . The series is a spin-off of the British show of the same name and features Ryan Stiles , Colin Mochrie , and Wayne Brady as its regular performers with the fourth seat occupied by a guest panelist . All three regulars appeared on the British series ; Stiles and Mochrie were both regulars ( first appearing in the second and third series ' respectively , and both appearing in every episode from series 8 onwards ) , with Brady a frequent guest in the final series which moved production from London to Hollywood . Ryan Stiles is the most prolific performer in the history of Whose Line ? , having made 76 appearances in the British version , and only having missed two episodes since the start of the run in the U.S. Colin Mochrie is the only performer to have appeared in every episode of the U.S. version of the show . |
Weather | Weather is the state of the atmosphere , to the degree that it is hot or cold , wet or dry , calm or stormy , clear or cloudy . Most weather phenomena occur in the lowest level of the atmosphere , the troposphere , just below the stratosphere . Weather refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity , whereas climate is the term for the averaging of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time . When used without qualification , `` weather '' is generally understood to mean the weather of Earth . Weather is driven by air pressure , temperature and moisture differences between one place and another . These differences can occur due to the sun 's angle at any particular spot , which varies with latitude . The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the largest scale atmospheric circulations : the Hadley Cell , the Ferrel Cell , the Polar Cell , and the jet stream . Weather systems in the mid-latitudes , such as extratropical cyclones , are caused by instabilities of the jet stream flow . Because the Earth 's axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane , sunlight is incident at different angles at different times of the year . On Earth 's surface , temperatures usually range ± 40 ° C ( − 40 ° F to 100 ° F ) annually . Over thousands of years , changes in Earth 's orbit can affect the amount and distribution of solar energy received by the Earth , thus influencing long-term climate and global climate change . Surface temperature differences in turn cause pressure differences . Higher altitudes are cooler than lower altitudes as most atmospheric heating is due to contact with the Earth 's surface while radiative losses to space are mostly constant . Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location . The Earth 's weather system is a chaotic system ; as a result , small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole . Human attempts to control the weather have occurred throughout history , and there is evidence that human activities such as agriculture and industry have modified weather patterns . Studying how the weather works on other planets has been helpful in understanding how weather works on Earth . A famous landmark in the Solar System , Jupiter 's Great Red Spot , is an anticyclonic storm known to have existed for at least 300 years . However , weather is not limited to planetary bodies . A star 's corona is constantly being lost to space , creating what is essentially a very thin atmosphere throughout the Solar System . The movement of mass ejected from the Sun is known as the solar wind . |
Wordsworth_(rapper) | Wordsworth ( born Vinson Jamel Johnson ) is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn , best known for his freestyle rap . Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn . A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury , Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline ( they worked as `` Punch 'N' Words '' ) on A Tribe Called Quest 's The Love Movement and on Mos Def and Talib Kweli 's Black Star . Wordsworth and Punchline were featured heavily on Connecticut rapper Apathy 's mixtapes , and collaborated with fellow Demigodz member , Rise . He was also involved in the critically acclaimed MTV comedy sketch series Lyricist Lounge . He made his solo debut in September 2004 with Mirror Music . He also featured in a Slam Bush music video in which he is hip hop `` battling '' a nervous George W. Bush ( or at least footage of him taken from other videos ) . Words is a member of the supergroup eMC , alongside Masta Ace , Punchline and Strick . He was the vocalist on Prince Paul 's Bubble Party for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack . He also appears in the Kevin Fitzgerald film Freestyle : The Art of Rhyme . Wordsworth is also featured on the debut album Series Premiere from Toronto hip-hop duo , Perfeck Strangers in the track `` Dreams '' . He announced a new album , The Photo Album , that was released in June 2012 . |
Withoutabox | Withoutabox is a website founded in January 2000 by David Straus , Joe Neulight and Charles Neulight which allows independent filmmakers to self-distribute their films . The first product launched was the International Film Festival Submission system . Withoutabox works with film festivals and filmmakers all over the world . In January 2008 , Withoutabox was acquired by IMDb , a subsidiary of Amazon.com . The Withoutabox website offers filmmakers a platform to search over 3000 film festivals on five continents and to submit their films to over 850 film festivals worldwide , including festivals such as Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival . Festivals can request submissions via the web and manage incoming submissions electronically , instead of the traditional route of sending in screener DVDs via mail . This allows festivals to market their event to over 400,000 active filmmakers already on the Withoutabox platform , accept submission fees from them electronically , and automatically notify filmmakers for acceptance into their event . Other services includes : streaming on the Internet via IMDb , and selling DVDs and video-on-demand downloads on Amazon.com via CreateSpace . |
Wilson_desk | The Wilson desk is a large mahogany desk used by Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the Oval Office as their Oval Office desk . One of only six desks used by a President in the Oval office , it was purchased between 1897 and 1899 by Garret Augustus Hobart , the 24th Vice President of the United States , for the Vice President 's Room in the United States Capitol . Nixon chose this desk for the Oval Office because of his mistaken belief that former President Woodrow Wilson had used it there . In 1971 Nixon had five recording devices secretly installed in the Wilson desk by the United States Secret Service . These recordings constitute some of the Watergate tapes . Nixon referred to the desk in 1969 in his `` Silent majority '' speech , stating `` Fifty years ago , in this room and at this very desk , President Woodrow Wilson spoke words which caught the imagination of a war-weary world . '' In actuality , the desk was never used by Woodrow Wilson in the Oval office . Nixon was informed by one of his speech writers , William Safire , that the desk was actually used by Vice President of the United States Henry Wilson during President Ulysses S. Grant 's administration . This also appears to be untrue , since the desk was n't ordered until 1897 or later , more than 22 years after Henry Wilson 's death . The `` Wilson Desk '' appears to be a misnomer , as it has never been continuously used by anyone with the last name of `` Wilson . '' |
Willie_Banks | William Augustus Banks , III ( born March 11 , 1956 ) is an American athlete . Born at Travis Air Force Base , California , he grew up in San Diego County and went to Oceanside High School . Banks is an Eagle Scout . He was a track & field athlete competing in the triple jump . On June 16 , 1985 he set a world record of 17.97 m ( 58 feet 11.5 inches ) at the national championships in Indianapolis , Indiana , USA . He finished second in the NCAA Championships in 1977 and 1978 . He earned his B.A. and Juris Doctor ( J.D. ) from UCLA , but was unable to pass the bar exam . He broke the American record in 1981 . He was a member of the 1980 , 1984 , and 1988 Olympic teams . He participated on the 1983 and 1987 World Championship teams . He was awarded the Track & Field News and United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year in 1985 . He also won the Jesse Owens Award as the Outstanding Athlete in Track and Field . He served USA Track & Field as chair of the Athletes Advisory Committee in addition to serving as an organization vice president . Banks will always be remembered as one of the most flamboyant athletes to compete in track and field . He is the originator of the now common hand clapping that takes place during many track and field events . His exuberant personality was also present in his jumping . He has been reported as laughing during some of his jumps . When he set the world record of 17.97 m at the 1985 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships , his attention seemed more intent on completing his jump in order to cheer for teammate Claudette Groenendaal who was completing her 800 metres on the track adjacent to the runway at the same time . He held that record for over ten years until Jonathan Edwards broke it for the first time in 1995 with 17.98 m . He also jumped 18.20 m at Indianapolis in 1988 , but this was assisted by an over the limit wind reading of 5.2 m/s . He is still competing , clearing an impressive 14.00 m to head the 2006 world masters rankings in the 50 -- 54 age group , just 7 cm behind that age-group 's world record . He won the 2007 World Masters Athletics Championships in that same age group . On September 22 , 2012 , Banks became the oldest American to clear 6 feet in the High Jump at the age of 56 using just a 3-step approach and the classic `` roll '' technique . For that performance , Banks was named the USATF Athlete of the Week . He was inducted into the USA National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1999 . Banks was President of the US Olympians Association from 2005 to 2008 . In 2008 he joined the newly reconstituted USATF Board of Directors . Banks was on a panel on an ESPN `` Outside the Lines '' episode regarding athlete involvement in social issues , dated May 18 , 2008 . |
William_Leete_Stone,_Sr. | William Leete Stone ( 20 April 1792 New Paltz , New York ( or 1793 Esopus , New York ) -- 15 August 1844 Saratoga Springs , New York ) , known as Colonel Stone , was an influential journalist , publisher , author , and public official in New York City . His name also appears as `` Leet '' . |
Whitney_Keyes | Whitney Keyes ( born January 2 , 1968 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American television host , speaker , and writer . She has served as a speaker sponsored by U.S. State Department on issues related to social entrepreneurship , corporate social responsibility and women in leadership , and is the author of Propel : Five Ways to Amp Up Marketing and Accelerate Business . With filmmaker Wyatt Bardouille , she co-hosted and produced WhitneyandWyatt.com , one of the first independent , online television talk shows for women . Keyes is currently an adjunct professor of Global Reputation Management at Seattle University and a fellow of the Center for Strategic Communications . Keyes grew up in Tacoma , Washington , where she attended Pacific Lutheran University . She studied theater and communication arts and received a B.F.A. in journalism and public relations in 1989 . After managing Keyes Minas Contemporary Craft Gallery until its closure in 1994 , she worked for the City of Tacoma 's Economic Development Division . In 1997 , she joined Microsoft , where she helped create the company 's first corporate social responsibility report , participated in the launches of Windows CE and Office 2000 , and led some of Microsoft 's first online , viral , and social marketing initiatives . As a corporate spokesperson and strategic media relations manager , Keyes represented Microsoft and worked directly with Bill Gates , helping him prepare for interviews and photo shoots with publications . As a speaker hired by the U.S. State Department , Keyes served in three countries over the course of six months in 2010 , helping to develop a human rights and economic leadership program , where she consulted with Muslim women about social entrepreneurship in Malaysia , shared perspectives on corporate social responsibility with political and community leaders in Namibia , and helped non-profit organizations in Kibera , Kenya , the world 's largest slum . She returned to Malaysia in 2013 for a series of workshops on Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship . Keyes has presented to groups including the Federal Communications Bar Association and Small Business Administration . She has been called a `` marketing and PR guru '' by the Arc Magazine . Keyes writes articles and produces videos for The Biz Bite , a business blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , and contributed to the P-I indie production blog The Producer 's Life . She has also done reporting for ABC News . In 2013 , Keyes received the Washington State Women in Business Champion of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration . Keyes has written three books : Propel : Five Ways to Amp Up Marketing and Accelerate Business , Media Tips for Authors : How to Get Free Publicity for Your Book and Publicity Tips for Small Businesses : How to Get Publicity -- For Free ! She is the sister of the eco-surrealist artist Josh Keyes . Whitney Keyes currently lives in Seattle , WA , U.S.A. |
William_Webbe_(mayor) | William Webbe ( died 1599 ) was a 16th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London . He was the son of John Webbe , a clothier of Reading in Berkshire . Webbe moved to London and joined the Salters ' Company , one of the livery companies of the city . He was elected alderman in 1581 , then as one of the Sheriffs of London later the same year . He was elected mayor in 1591 , succeeding Rowland Heyward . While serving as mayor , he was the subject of a dedication of one of the works of the author Richard Johnson , his `` Nine Worthies of London . '' After his term , he served as the president of Bridewell and Bethlem Hospitals , from 1594 until his death . He died in 1599 . Webbe was related by blood or marriage to several other important figures of the time . He was the maternal uncle of William Laud , the Archbishop of Canterbury . Webbe married Bennet Draper , daughter of an earlier Lord Mayor of London , Sir Christopher Draper . Two of his sisters-in-law married other Lord Mayors of London , respectively Sir Wolstan Dixie and Sir Henry Billingsley . |
Wendy_Padbury | Wendy Padbury ( born 7 December 1947 ) is a British actress who appeared in a number of popular television series , and is best remembered as Zoe Heriot , a companion to Patrick Troughton 's Doctor in Doctor Who , from 1968 to 1969 . |
Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election,_2014 | The 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 4 , 2014 , to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin . It occurred concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections . Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker won re-election to a second term in office , defeating Democratic businesswoman and Madison school board member Mary Burke and two minor party candidates in the general election . Walker , who was elected in 2010 , survived an attempted recall in 2012 , the first governor in United States history to do so , defeating Democratic nominee Tom Barrett . Wisconsin voters have elected a governor from a different political party than the sitting president in 27 of the last 31 elections since 1932 ; only once has a Democratic candidate been elected governor in Wisconsin in the last 18 contests when a Democrat was in the White House . Eleven of the last twelve Wisconsin governors , dating back to Republican Vernon Wallace Thomson in the late 1950s , had , unlike Burke , previously won an election to state government , the exception being Republican Lee S. Dreyfus in 1978 . The polling leading up to the election was very close , with no candidate clearly in the lead . The consensus among The Cook Political Report , Governing , The Rothenberg Political Report , Daily Kos Elections , and others was that the contest was a tossup . |
West_Menlo_Park,_California | West Menlo Park is a census-designated place and an Unincorporated community in San Mateo County , California , located between the majority of City of Menlo Park , the Town of Atherton , the Sharon Heights neighborhood of Menlo Park and Stanford University ( in Santa Clara County ) . As of the 2010 census , the community had a population of 3,659 . The area consists of suburban housing and a small business district along Alameda de las Pulgas , often just referred to as `` the Alameda '' ( literally , `` Avenue of the Fleas '' : in Spanish `` Alameda '' means a row of trees or a street lined with trees ) , which extends the length of the Rancho de las Pulgas land granted to the Argüello family ( the word Pulgas means `` fleas '' ) . It is served by the highly rated Las Lomitas School District and Menlo Park Fire District . More recently , West Menlo Park has gained a reputation as one of the most desirable places to live in North America . A notable newspaper recently ranked West Menlo Park # 4 on its `` top residential areas in California '' article . |
World_Professional_Basketball_Tournament | The World Professional Basketball Tournament was an invitational tournament held in Chicago and sponsored by the Chicago Herald American . The annual event was held from 1939 -- 48 , and the winner was generally acknowledged as the World Champions of basketball . Many teams came from the National Basketball League , but it also included the best teams from other leagues and the best independent barnstorming teams such as the New York Rens and Harlem Globetrotters . Games were played at various sites including Chicago Coliseum , International Amphitheater and Chicago Stadium . The NBL champion usually won this tournament , with three exceptions : the New York Rens won the first WPBT in 1939 , while the Harlem Globetrotters -- a strongly competitive squad in those days -- won the following year . In 1943 , the Washington Bears ( with many New York Rens players on their roster ) won the tournament . The NBL 's Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons won the most titles ( three , from 1944 -- 46 ) , while the NBL 's Oshkosh All-Stars made the most finals appearances with five , winning only once ( in 1942 ) . The tournament disbanded in 1949 , after the BAA and NBL merged to form the NBA . __ NOTOC __ |
White_Guardian | The White Guardian is a character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . He was played by Cyril Luckham , with the exception of a vocal message in The Stones of Blood which was performed by Gerald Cross . The White Guardian is an anthropomorphic personification of order and the counterpart of the Black Guardian who represents evil , chaos and entropy . The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe , although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo . The Guardians both appeared in Season 16 of the programme , where all six serials of that season were linked together in the quest for the Key to Time , an artifact of immense power that would give the wielder supreme power over all existence . The White Guardian had concerns that the universe was descending into chaos . As a result , he asked the Doctor to find and assemble the Key to Time so that he might restore the balance of the universe . The Doctor was successful in this task , but the Black Guardian disguised himself as the White and tried to deceive the Doctor into handing the key over to him instead . The Doctor saw through the Black Guardian 's ruse - due to the Guardian 's lack of concern for Astra of Atrios , who was literally the sixth segment ; the White Guardian would never have been so callous about the fate of a sentient being - and ordered the key to disperse , though he commented afterwards that the White Guardian should have been able to carry out his work while the key was assembled . The Guardian next appeared briefly during Enlightenment , the conclusion of the Black Guardian Trilogy , a story arc in which the evil Guardian attempted to force Turlough to kill the Doctor . The White Guardian appeared to the Doctor to warn him and , with the Black Guardian , to offer the prize of `` Enlightenment '' to the winner of a solar sail boat race across the Sol System . |
Whitey_Bulger | James Joseph `` Whitey '' Bulger , Jr. ( -LSB- ˈbʌldʒə -RSB- born September 3 , 1929 ) is an Irish-American former organized crime boss of the Winter Hill Gang in Boston . Federal prosecutors indicted Bulger for 19 murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks and other former associates . Bulger is the brother of William `` Billy '' Bulger , former President of the Massachusetts Senate . According to the FBI , Bulger served as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) beginning in 1975 . Bulger denies this . However , as a result , the Bureau largely ignored his organization in exchange for information about the inner workings of the rival Italian-American Patriarca crime family . Beginning in 1997 , the New England media exposed criminal actions by federal , state , and local law enforcement officials tied to Bulger . For the FBI especially , this caused great embarrassment . Bulger fled Boston and went into hiding on December 23 , 1994 , after being tipped off by his former FBI handler , John Connolly , about a pending indictment under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ( RICO ) . For 16 years , he remained at large . For 12 of those years , Bulger was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list . On June 22 , 2011 , Bulger was arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica , California . Arrested with him was his long-time girlfriend Catherine Greig . Bulger was 81 years old at the time . Soon after , Bulger and Greig were extradited to Massachusetts and taken under heavy guard to John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Boston Harbor , which had to be partially closed for their arrival . Greig pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harboring a fugitive , identity fraud , and conspiracy to commit identity fraud and was sentenced in June 2012 to eight years in prison . Bulger did not seek bail and remained in custody at the Plymouth County House of Correction in Plymouth , Massachusetts . On November 5 , 2012 , Bulger was taken to a hospital from his Plymouth prison cell after complaining about chest pains . On June 12 , 2013 , Bulger went on trial for 32 counts of racketeering , money laundering , extortion , and weapons charges , including complicity in 19 murders . On August 12 , 2013 , he was found guilty on 31 counts , including both racketeering charges , and was found to have been involved in 11 murders . On November 14 , 2013 , Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes by U.S. District Judge Denise Casper . Bulger is now inmate number 02182-748 currently incarcerated for life at the United States Penitentiary Coleman II in Sumterville , Florida . Bulger was also possibly involved in the murder of an unidentified woman -- the `` Lady of the Dunes '' -- in Provincetown , Massachusetts , in 1974 . After one of many facial reconstructions was released , it was reported that he had been seen in the city with a woman who matched her description . Bulger 's assets were auctioned off on June 25 , 2016 , raising $ 109,000 for his victims . Among the items on auction were a rat-shaped pencil holder that went for $ 3,600 , a 1992 excise tax bill from the City of Boston ( $ 160 ) , and his lock-picking kit ( $ 125 , as part of a lot including 95 mini flashlights , a pocket knife and a Leatherman tool ) . |
Why_We're_Killing_Gunther | Why We 're Killing Gunther is an upcoming action comedy film written and directed by Taran Killam , in his directorial debut . Arnold Schwarzenegger will star as the titular Gunther . |
William_Woo | William Franklin Woo ( 吳惠連 , pinyin : Wú Huìlián , b. October 4 , 1936 - d. April 12 , 2006 ) was the first Chinese American to become editor of a major U.S. daily newspaper . Woo was born in Shanghai to Kyatang Woo and American Elizabeth Hart , who met in the early '30s as graduate students at the University of Missouri School of Journalism . His parents divorced after World War II , and Woo and his mother moved to the United States in 1946 and settled in Kansas City , Missouri with her adoptive father . Woo attended the University of Kansas and joined The Kansas City Times in 1957 . From 1962 to 1996 , Woo held a variety of posts at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , founded by Joseph Pulitzer . In 1986 , Woo became the first chief editor of the paper who was not named Joseph Pulitzer ( there had been three ) . Joseph Pulitzer Jr. , who had been Woo 's mentor , died in 1995 , and his half-brother , Michael Pulitzer , took over leadership of the company . In July 1996 , Woo resigned under pressure to provide more bottom line - oriented leadership . In September 1996 , Woo became the Lorry I. Lokey visiting professor of professional journalism at Stanford University , a post he held until his death . He was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1997 to 2003 . Since 1999 , he had also served as a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong . When he died he was interim director of Stanford 's Graduate Program in Journalism . Woo was married three times , to Sonia Flournoy , Tricia Ernst Woo , and Martha Shirk . He and his wife , Martha Shirk , a former Post-Dispatch reporter and author of four books , were the parents of three sons ( Thomas Woo of San Francisco , California ; and Bennett Woo and Peter Woo , both of Palo Alto ) . Woo often wrote about his children in a column that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1986 through his retirement . Besides leaving behind wife Martha , he also left behind two half brothers ( Robert C. Woo of St. Louis and John Woo of New York City ) ; stepbrother Willie Woo of New York ; half-sister Wendy Woo of San Mateo , California ; and stepsister Elizabeth Li of Hong Kong . Woo died of colon cancer at home in Palo Alto , California . In 2007 , the University of Missouri Press published `` Letters from the Editor : Lessons from Journalism and Life , '' a collection of weekly letters that Woo wrote to his Stanford students about the craft of journalism . In his introduction , Philip Meyer , the editor , wrote : `` The career of William F. Woo tracked what many of our generation once considered the golden age of newspaper journalism ... For the students and journalists of the 21st Century , Bill Woo 's platform is a reminder of the values worth preserving . '' |
Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars | The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ( or Wilson Center ) , located in Washington , D.C. , is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968 . It is also a highly recognised think tank , ranked among the top ten in the world . Named in honor of President Woodrow Wilson , the only President of the United States to hold a PhD , its mission is `` to commemorate the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson by : providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy ; and fostering research , study , discussion , and collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs . '' |
William_Shakespeare | William Shakespeare ( -LSB- ˈʃeɪkspɪə -RSB- 26 April 1564 ( baptised ) -- 23 April 1616 ) was an English : poet , : playwright , and actor , widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world 's pre-eminent dramatist . He is often called England 's national poet , and the `` Bard of Avon '' . His extant works , including collaborations , consist of approximately 38 plays , 154 sonnets , two long narrative poems , and a few other verses , some of uncertain authorship . His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright . Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon , Warwickshire . At the age of 18 , he married Anne Hathaway , with whom he had three children : Susanna , and twins Hamnet and Judith . Sometime between 1585 and 1592 , he began a successful career in London as an actor , writer , and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain 's Men , later known as the King 's Men . He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 , at age 49 , where he died three years later . Few records of Shakespeare 's private life survive , which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance , sexuality , and religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others . Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 . His early plays were primarily comedies and histories , which are regarded as some of the best work ever produced in these genres . He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608 , including Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , and Macbeth , considered some of the finest works in the English language . In his last phase , he wrote tragicomedies , also known as romances , and collaborated with other playwrights . Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime . In 1623 , however , John Heminges and Henry Condell , two friends and fellow actors of Shakespeare , published a more definitive text known as the First Folio , a posthumous collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare 's . It was prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson , in which Shakespeare is hailed , presciently , as `` not of an age , but for all time '' . In the 20th and 21st centuries , his works have been repeatedly adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance . His plays remain highly popular and are constantly studied , performed , and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world . |
Welcome_to_the_Hellmouth | `` Welcome to the Hellmouth '' is the series premiere of the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . This episode and `` The Harvest '' were originally aired as a two-part series premiere on The WB on March 10 , 1997 . The episode was written by the series creator and executive producer Joss Whedon , and directed by Charles Martin Smith . `` Welcome to the Hellmouth '' received a Nielsen rating of 3.4 upon its original airing and received largely positive reviews from critics . The narrative follows Buffy Summers ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ) on her first day at a new school in a new town . She hopes to live as a normal teenager , but the duties and fate of the Slayer -- to fight vampires , demons , witches and other supernatural beings -- will not leave her alone ; the ancient vampire the Master ( Mark Metcalf ) threatens to break free , and Buffy must turn for help to her school librarian and Watcher Rupert Giles ( Anthony Stewart Head ) , her new classmates , Willow and Xander ( Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas Brendon ) , and a benevolent stranger named Angel ( David Boreanaz ) . Joss Whedon developed Buffy the Vampire Slayer to invert the Hollywood formula of `` the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror movie . '' The series was created after the 1992 movie , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , in an attempt by Whedon to stay truer to his original ideas . Many scenes were filmed on location in Los Angeles , California . The high school used for external and some internal scenes in the series is Torrance High School , the same school used for the series Beverly Hills , 90210 . |
Westpac | Westpac Banking Corporation , more commonly known as Westpac , is an Australian bank and financial-services provider headquartered in Westpac Place , Sydney . It is one of Australia 's `` big four '' banks . Its name is a portmanteau of `` Western-Pacific '' . As of November 2015 , Westpac has 13.1 million customers , and is Australia 's largest branch network , with 1429 branches and a network of 3850 ATMs . The bank is Australia 's second-largest bank by assets . It is also the second-largest bank in New Zealand . On 29 January 2015 , Bank South Pacific announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Westpac 's banking operations in Samoa , Cook Islands , Solomon Islands , Vanuatu and Tonga for A$ 125 million . |
Wernher_von_Braun | Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( March 23 , 1912 -- June 16 , 1977 ) was a German , later American , aerospace engineer and space architect credited with inventing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany and the Saturn V for the United States . He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the father of rocket technology and space science in the United States . Following World War II , he was secretly moved to the United States , along with about 1,500 other scientists , engineers , and technicians , as part of Operation Paperclip , where he developed the rockets that launched the United States ' first space satellite Explorer 1 , and the Apollo program manned lunar landings . In his twenties and early thirties , von Braun worked in Germany 's rocket development program , where he helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II . Following the war , von Braun worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile ( IRBM ) program before his group was assimilated into NASA . Under NASA , he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle , the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon . In 1975 , he received the National Medal of Science . He continued insisting on the human mission to Mars throughout his life . |
William_Clowes_(printer) | William Clowes ( 1 January 1779 -- 26 January 1847 ) was a printer who developed the use of steam-powered printing presses in the industry . He founded the printing firm which became William Clowes Ltd. in London in 1803 . Clowes was born in Chichester , Sussex , the eldest son of schoolteachers William Clowes and Elizabeth ( née Harraden ) Clowes . His father died when William was an infant , and he became a printer 's apprentice at the age of 10 . In 1803 he moved to London and founded his own business in October 1803 at 22 Villiers Street , with just one employee . Through his wife 's cousin , William Winchester , Clowes was able to gain access to government printing work which enabled the firm to develop rapidly , moving to Northumberland Court in 1807 . In 1823 Clowes installed a steam-powered printing press designed by Applegarth and Edward Cowper . His factory adjoined the palace of Britain 's wealthiest man , the Duke of Northumberland , who successfully instituted a court action for noise and pollution abatement . In 1827 the firm took over Applegarth 's premises in Duke Street , Blackfriars , a site which became the largest printing works in the world , printing a wide variety of works and employing over 500 workers directly . The development of powered presses by Clowes is credited with increasing levels of accuracy as well as speed of output , making printed material cheaper and more accessible . He was also an innovator in terms of working practices and in 1820 became one of the first employers to start a benevolent fund for this workforce . He was a leading figure in the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge . Clowes married Mary Winchester , the niece of William Winchester , in 1804 and had four daughters and four sons with her . Three of his sons , William , Winchester and George , ran the business which had become William Clowes and Sons in 1839 . In 1824 , Clowes was made a freeman of Chichester . He died in Marylebone in January 1847 , aged 68 , and was buried in West Norwood Cemetery . |
Wes_Chatham | John Wesley `` Wes '' Chatham ( born October 11 , 1978 ) is an American actor . He has appeared in films such as In the Valley of Elah , W. , The Help , and The Philly Kid , and plays Castor in The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 1 and Part 2 . He also appeared as Staff Sergeant Sam McBride in The Unit . |
Wolf_Hall_(miniseries) | Wolf Hall is a British television serial first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2015 . The six-part series is an adaptation of two of Hilary Mantel 's novels , Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies , a fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More , followed by Cromwell 's success in freeing the king of his marriage to Anne Boleyn . Wolf Hall was first broadcast in April 2015 in the United States on PBS and in Australia on BBC First . The series was a critical success and received eight nominations at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and three nominations at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards , winning for Best Miniseries or Television Film . |
Western_Turkic_Khaganate | The Western Turkic Khaganate or Onoq Khaganate was a Turkic khaganate formed as a result of the wars in the beginning of the 7th century ( AD 593 -- 603 ) after the split of the Göktürk Khaganate ( founded in the 6th century in Mongolia by the Ashina clan ) into the Western khaganate and the Eastern Turkic Khaganate . At its height , the Western Turkic Khaganate included what is now Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan and parts of Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Russia . The ruling elite or perhaps the whole confederation was called Onoq or `` ten arrows '' , possibly from oğuz ( literally `` arrow '' ) , a subdivision of the Turkic tribes . A connection to the earlier Onogurs , which also means ` ten tribes ' , is questionable . The khaganate 's capitals were Navekat ( the summer capital ) and Suyab ( the principal capital ) , both situated in the Chui River valley of Kyrgyzstan , to the east from Bishkek . Tong Yabgu 's summer capital was near Tashkent and his winter capital Suyab . Turkic rule in Mongolia was restored as Second Turkic Khaganate in 682 . |
William_Wells_Brown | William Wells Brown ( circa 1814 -- November 6 , 1884 ) was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer , novelist , playwright , and historian in the United States . Born into slavery in Montgomery County , Kentucky , near the town of Mount Sterling , Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834 at the age of 20 . He settled in Boston , where he worked for abolitionist causes and became a prolific writer . Amongst working for abolitionist causes , Brown also supported causes including : temperance , women 's suffrage , pacifism , prison reform , and anti-tobacconism . His novel Clotel ( 1853 ) , considered the first novel written by an African American , was published in London , where he resided at the time ; it was later published in the United States . Brown was a pioneer in several different literary genres , including travel writing , fiction , and drama . In 1858 he became the first published African-American playwright , and often read from this work on the lecture circuit . Following the Civil War , in 1867 he published what is considered the first history of African Americans in the Revolutionary War . He was among the first writers inducted to the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame . A public school was named for him in Lexington , Kentucky . Brown was lecturing in England when the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law was passed in the US ; as its provisions increased the risk of capture and re-enslavement , he stayed overseas for several years . He traveled throughout Europe . After his freedom was purchased in 1854 by a British couple , he and his two daughters returned to the US , where he rejoined the abolitionist lecture circuit in the North . A contemporary of Frederick Douglass , Wells Brown was overshadowed by the charismatic orator and the two feuded publicly . |
William_Oliver_Stone | William Oliver Stone ( September 26 , 1830 -- September 15 , 1875 ) was an American portrait painter . Stone was born in Derby , Connecticut , to a prominent family . He studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven from 1848 , until Jocelyn 's studio suffered a catastrophic fire in 1849 . Stone moved to New York in 1851 , where he opened his own studio , and became a successful portrait painter . He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1856 , and full member in 1859 , exhibiting in each of the Academy 's annual exhibitions from 1861 through his early death , in Newport , Rhode Island , in 1875 . Two of his better-known portraits are of Cyrus West Field ( in a private collection ) and of William Wilson Corcoran ( in the Walters Art Museum ) . |
World_Wrestling_Alliance_(Massachusetts) | The World Wrestling Alliance ( WWA , formerly known as World Wrestling Stars and WWA New England ) was a New England-based American independent professional wrestling promotion located in Massachusetts , founded by former WWF referee Fred Sparta and his brother Mike in 1996 . Fred retired in the year 2000 and the company was taken over by Focal Point Consulting . In October 2010 , Mike Sparta inherited the company due to his longtime `` partner '' Bob Ambrose 's death . The company briefly changed its name to World Wrestling Stars in 2009 , and then WWA New England a year later . The promotion has been a part of the New England `` indy scene '' for over 15 years . It has regularly featured `` Attitude Era '' stars from World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) as well as the local talents of the New England wrestling scene . In April 1998 , WWE came to the WWS ( then the WWA ) looking for a place where the next generation of WWE stars could compete , and the WWS began serving as WWF 's official developmental territory . The promotion has also developed many stars that have gone on to the WWE after completing Super Nova & Dr. Tom Prichard 's WWS/WWA New England Training Camp . Many future wrestlers for Extreme Championship Wrestling , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Entertainment , and Lucha Libre USA competed in the promotion for years before entering the `` major leagues '' , most notably , Damien Sandow , Kenny Dykstra , John Quinlan , and RJ Brewer . Quinlan actually had his debut match in the WWA facing Brewer on November 26 , 1999 . The promotion 's last show was held on November 13 , 2010 , following the death of longtime commissioner Bob Ambrose . |
William_Edward_Ellis | Vice admiral William Edward Ellis ( November 7 , 1908 -- September 26 , 1982 ) served over 40 years in the U.S. Navy . He ended his career as Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ( SACLANT ) . Ellis first distinguished himself as a naval aviator during World War II , during which time he earned commendations for service in the North African Campaign and , later , valor awards for his leadership as Commander Air Group 18 aboard USS Intrepid . Ellis was promoted to Intrepid 's Air Officer in November 1944 , beginning his transition to naval command . In the immediate wake of the Korean War he captained the escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait , but his next assignment gave him command of the supercarrier USS Forrestal for its inaugural cruise in 1957 . Following his year with Forrestal he was made Chief of Staff to Commander Carrier Division 6 . A year later Ellis received a rank promotion to Rear Admiral and by 1961 he was serving as Commander Carrier Division 2 . In 1964 , along with another rank promotion to Vice Admiral , Ellis became Commander Sixth Fleet . Ellis 's promotion to Chief of Staff SACLANT occurred close to his retirement in 1968 . William Ellis died from cancer on September 26 , 1982 . |
William_Voyles | William Voyles ( also Voiles , Vowells ) ( 1741 -- January 1798 ) was an American Revolutionary War soldier who enlisted in the militia on the same day as the adoption of the Declaration of Independence , July 4 , 1776 . ( The document , written by Thomas Jefferson , was actually signed on August 2 , 1776 . ) Voyles fought with the 1st Battalion of the North Carolina militia , and reenlisted in 1779 . Voyles served under the command of General Francis Marion ( known to his contemporaries as the `` Swamp Fox '' ) , as well as General Nathanael Greene and Major General Horatio Gates . He was captured by the British during the Battle of Camden , but was able to escape . He later fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain , and the Battle of Cowpens ( the turning point for the Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the war ) . |
White_Walker | A White Walker is an otherworldly humanoid creature from the HBO television series Game of Thrones , and the George R. R. Martin novel series A Song of Ice and Fire on which it is based . Primarily referred to as the Others in the novels , White Walkers are a supernatural threat to mankind who dwell outside the Westeros , north of The Wall . Dose noted that `` in particular , -LSB- fans -RSB- are eager to learn more about the White Walkers '' in Martin 's forthcoming novels , and The Verge named them among `` the most visually iconic creatures on the show '' . White Walkers are also featured in the show 's merchandising . |