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UVDOG Records UVDOG Records is an electronic music label started in San Francisco, California in 2003. The label specializes in techno in all its forms; from minimal to classic Detroit style, all the way through newer hybrid styles.
UVERworld is a Japanese band known for their mixture of musical genres such as hard rock, rap, electronic, and beat-boxing. UVERchan, the band's mascot, is a fictional bear-bat like character, which appears on several of their covers.
UVW Map UVW Mapping is a technique for applying a 2D image (a texture) to an object of a given topology. "UVW" is basically XYZ for texture coordinates, and as the third dimension implies, texture maps in themselves can be three-dimensional.
Uw Oykangand Uw Oykangand is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in southern Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland. The traditional land of the Uw Oykangand clans is concentrated around the Alice and Crosbie Rivers and further west around the Mitchell River into the Gulf Country.
Uwa-obi Uwa-obi a type of belt/sash that was worn amongst the samurai class around the times of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. With this Uwa-obi sash, linen and cloth made of cotton would be recommended to be wound two to three times around the body when worn.
Uwa, Ehime was a town located in Higashiuwa District, Ehime, Japan. As of April 1, 2004 the town merged with the other 3 towns in the district and the town of Mikame (in neighboring Nishiuwa District) forming the city of Seiyo.
Uwajimaya is a family-owned supermarket chain based in Seattle, Washington, selling mainly Asian food—with an emphasis on Japanese—though it also stocks Western staples. The flagship store is in Seattle's Chinatown/International District with two other stores in Beaverton, Oregon and Bellevue, Washington.
Uwe Boll Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German film director and producer of movies usually adapted from video games. Unlike most directors in the United States, who receive funding from Hollywood studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company.
Uwe DaĂźler Uwe DaĂźler (born February 11, 1967 in Ebersbach, Saxony) is a former middle- and long-distance freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won three medals for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was European champion in the 400m Freestyle in 1985 and 1987.
Uwe Dotzauer Uwe Dotzauer (born February 19, 1959) is an East German nordic combined skier who competed from 1977 to 1987. He won two medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with gold in the 3 x 10 team and bronze in the 15 km individual.
Uwe Kreisel Uwe Kreisel (IPA /u:və krīsl/) (born 1961 in Mannheim, Germany) is a writer and textbook author in the fields of linguistics, ESL, and cross-cultural topics. He is also an expert in instructional design (courseware, textbooks, e-learning) and curriculum planning.
Uwe Mèffert Uwe Mèffert has manufactured and sold mechanical puzzles in the style of Rubik's Cube since the original Cube craze. His first design was the Pyraminx and others include the Megaminx, Skewb and Skewb Diamond.
Uwe Peschel Uwe Peschel (born 4 November 1968) is a German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer, and Michael Rich, captured the gold medal in the Men's Team Road Race.
Uwe Siemon-Netto Uwe Siemon-Netto (born October 25, 1936), the former religion editor of United Press International, is an international columnist, a Lutheran lay (non-ordained) theologian, and scholar-in-residence at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
Uwe Topper Uwe Topper (born 1940) is a German researcher and author of books about historic, ethnographic and anthropological subjects. Since the late '90s he is also known as an active member of the New Chronology gathering.
Uwe Wagenknecht Uwe Wagenknecht also known as DJ Wag started his career in 1989 when we became a resident DJ in a club called Lopos werkstatt in Darmstadt. He is a member of the German electronic music group Yakooza with Mike Misar.
Uwharrie Mountains The Uwharrie Mountains are an ancient mountain range located in North Carolina. The range lies in the counties of Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, and Davidson, although its foothills stretch into Cabarrus, Anson, and Union counties.
Uwharrie National Forest The Uwharrie National Forest is a federally designated national forest region located in Randolph County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, and Davidson County, NC. The Uwharrie National Forest derives its name from the ancient mountains atop which most of the forest occupies.
Uwharrie River The Uwharrie River (pronounced yoo-WAHR-ee) is a river, about 60 mi (100 km) long, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Uwchaled Rural District Uwchaled was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The name denoted the upper reaches of the River Aled, and originated in the Commot Uch Alech, an ancient commote or land division.
UW IMAP The UW IMAP server is the reference server implementation of the IMAP protocol. Unlike other server implementations, it is designed to be aggressively compatible with existing mail stores and outdated systems, and to be "plug-and-play" installable without requiring any site-specific configuration.
UW-Madison Geology Museum The UW-Madison Geology Museum has the second highest attendance of any museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exceeded only by the Chazen Museum of Art. The museum is housed with the rest of the Department of Geology and Geophysics in Weeks Hall, at the corner of Charter and Dayton streets, in the southwest of the UW campus.
UWA Martial Arts Club The UWA Martial Arts Club (sometimes shown with the kanji transliterated as UWA "Budo Kenkyukai") is an umbrella organisation for different martial arts schools at the University of Western Australia. The schools include Butoku Ryu AikiJujutsu (Aikido), Judo,Kendo, and Kobudo.
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship The UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship that was defended in the Universal Wrestling Association, a Mexican lucha libre promotion. The title has also been used by New Japan Pro Wrestling, and was at one time part of its J-Crown Championship, following the breakup of the J-Crown, the championship made its way to Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and is now back in Mexico.
UWA World Middleweight Championship The UWA World Middleweight Championship is a championship formerly contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion the Universal Wrestling Association, which operated from 1975 to 1995. Upon the closing of the UWA, the title migrated to Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Toryumon Japan promotions.
UWB Forum The UWB Forum is an industry organization dedicated to ensuring that Ultra-Wideband (UWB) products from multiple vendors are truly interoperable. This UWB system provides a Wireless PAN with data payload communication capabilities of 28, 55, 110, 220, 500, 660, 1000 and 1320 Mbit/s.
UWC-IBO Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina The UWC-IBO Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an organization which established The United World College in Mostar in September 2006. It has the office in Sarajevo and with the help of expierenced IB teachers from the UWCiM has an aim to lead the workshops to develop level of education in the post-conflict society in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
UWE Bullets The UWE Bullets are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Southern Conference-Western Division. UWE suffered through seven losing seasons in its first eight (including three winless seasons), though things have improved for the Bullets over the past six seasons, posting a 33-14-1 record with two division titles.
UWF Beach Brawl UWF Beach Brawl was a professional wrestling pay-per-view from the Universal Wrestling Federation. It was the only PPV from the UWF and was widely considered a failure as only 550 people attended the event and it received only a 0.
UWF Heavyweight Championship The UWF Heavyweight Title was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation. When Mid-South Wrestling changed its name to the UWF, the Mid-South North American title was retired and a tournament was held to crown a new UWF Heavyweight Champion.
UWF SportsChannel Television Championship The UWF SportsChannel Television Championship was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1991 through 1992. The belt was introduced through a 16-man Tournament held during TV Tapings in April 1991 and May 1991.
UWF Tag Team Championship The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. It was formerly known as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship from 1979 until 1986 when Mid-South Wrestling became the UWF.
UWM (computing) In computing, the name uwm can refer to two different X window managers: most commonly the very early Ultrix Window Manager, released in 1985, which was the standard window manager for the X Window System from X10R3 through to X11R3; and the later UDE Window Manager, released in 1998.
UWO Gazette The Gazette is the student newspaper published by the University Students' Council of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The Gazette began in 1906 as a hand-written literature newspaper called In Cap And Gown.
Uxbridge Free Public Library The first library in the town of Uxbridge Massachusetts was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library (1775-1812), managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City section of South Uxbridge. The sixth was the Uxbridge Agricultural Society (1859-1864).
Uxbridge High Street railway station Uxbridge High Street station was located on what is now Oxford Road at the approximate position of Sanderson Road. The station was the southern terminus and only station on a short Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line that ran from the GWR/GCR joint line (now Chiltern Main Line).
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Uxbridge Vine Street railway station Uxbridge Vine Street station was the first of three railway stations in Uxbridge. It opened on 8 September 1856 as Uxbridge Station, the northern terminus of the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line from the main line at West Drayton.
Uxmal Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It is 78 km south of Mérida, Yucatán, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna.
Uxorilocal marriage Uxorilocal marriage, also known as matrilocal marriage, is a pattern of post-nuptial residence in which the groom, following marriage, moves to the bride's home. In Native Amazonia, this residence pattern is often associated with the customary practice of brideservice, as seen among the Urarina of northeastern Peru.
UXGA UXGA is an abbreviation for Ultra eXtended Graphics Array referring to a standard monitor resolution of 1600 Ă— 1200 pixels, which is exactly quadruple the default resolution of SVGA (800 Ă— 600). Dell Computer refers to the same resolution of 1,920,000 pixels as UGA.
Uyaquk Uyaquk was a Yupik Moravian missionary and linguistic genius who went from being an illiterate adult to inventing a series of writing systems for his native language and then producing translations of the Bible and other religious works in a period of five years.
Uyezd Uyezd or uezd (; IPA: ) was an admistrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, and Russia used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities. Uyezds were ruled by the representatives (namestniks) of knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas.
Uyghur American Association The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is a Washington-based advocacy organization. It was established in 1998 by a group of Uyghur scholars to raise the public awareness of the Uyghur people in East Turkistan and the other parts of the world.
Uys family The Uys dynasty is South Africa's foremost military family and includes two of the Afrikaner nation's famous heroes amongst their members. They belong to the Voortrekker aristocracy of the 19th century and have contributed numerous figures to South Africa’s military and literary heritage.
Uys Krige Uys Krige (christened Mattheus Uys Krige) (4 February 1910 - 10 August 1987) was a South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby player, war correspondent and romantic. He was born in Bontebokskloof (near Swellendam) in the Cape Province.
Uyui Uyui is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Nzega and Igunga Districts as well as the Shinyanga Region, to the south by the Sikonge District, to the west by the Urambo District and to the east by the Singida Region.
Uzak Uzak (Distant in English) is a 2002 Turkish film that chronicles a life that is the bane of modern living. People make a small domain for themselves (usually their homes) and they can't take any interference in their domain.
Uzbeg Khan Sultan Mohammed Öz-Beg, better known as Uzbeg (1282–1341, reign 1312–1341), was the longest-reigning khan of the Golden Horde, under whose rule the state reached its zenith. He was succeeded by his son Jani Beg.
Uzbek Khanate Uzbek khanate is the name given to any of three states that ruled Transoxiana, in what is now the country of Uzbekistan, from the 15th century to the 19th century. The area had previously been occupied by the Timurids, and came under Russian control in the second half of the 1800s.
Uzbekisation Uzbekisation or Uzbekization is the process of something, or someone culturally non-Uzbek becoming Uzbek. The term is often used to describe the process of incorporating the region now occupied by Tajikistan as an autonomous republic within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s.
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oâ€zbekiston Respublikasi or Oâ€zbekiston Jumhuriyati, or ЎзбекиŃтон РеŃĐżŃбликаŃи in cyrillic characters or Russian:'РеŃĐżŃблика УзбекиŃŃ‚Đ°Đ˝' ), is a country in Central Asia, formerly of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
Uzbekistan at the 1994 Winter Olympics Uzbekistan competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics Uzbekistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Uzbekistan Airways destinations Since its formation, Uzbekistan Airways has mainly aimed its passenger service at Western Europe and other international locations. Most flights to international locations operate from Tashkent, although regional international services do exist.
Uzbekistan Football Federation The Uzbekistan Football Federation is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistani national team. It was founded in 1946, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.
Uzbekistan Time Uzbekistan Time is the standard timezone in Uzbekistan that 5 hours ahead of UTC. The standard time uses no daylight saving time, though there has been constant debate whether to adopt it in order to increase leisure time.
UzDaewooAuto UzDaewooAvto was set up as a joint venture between Daewoo and the Uzbek government located in Andijan, Uzbekistan. In 2005, the stake owned by the bankrupt South Korean firm was taken over by the state-owned Uzavtoprom (also known as Uzavtosanoat), which took full control of the company.
Uzeda Uzeda is a Sicilian math rock group founded in 1987, consisting of lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri. Producer Steve Albini recorded three of their records, and significantly contributed to the evolution of their sound: fiery, nervous, sludgy, and unpredictable, with sudden time changes and wild dynamics.
Uzere Uzere is located in the Isoko South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State of Nigeria. It has become one of the largest petroleumoil producing communities in Nigeria, resulting in a huge shift from its primary agrarian status, since the early 1960s.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov Hajibeyov (Hajibeyli) Uzeyir Abdulhuseyn oglu (September 18, 1885–1948) was an Azerbaijani composer, conductor, scientist, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator and social figure. Although Uzeyir Hajibeyov is not very well known in the West Azerbaijanis consider him one of their most brilliant and beloved composers.
Uzh county Uzh county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia (1/3) and western Ukraine (2/3).
Uzh River (Northern Ukraine) The Uzh () is a river, a right tributary of the Pripyat, which empties into the Kiev Reservoir, in Ukraine. It takes its source in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine, and then flows briefly near the delta of the Berezina River.
Uzhgorod Synagogue The splendid Uzhgorod Synagogue was dedicated in 1910 and was built by leading Austro-Hungarian architects Ludwig Förster and Frigyes Feszl. It was built in a flamboyant Romantic style, boldly intermingling Byzantine and Moorish elements.
Uzi Even Uzi Even (Hebrew: עוזי ×בן) (born October 18, 1940) is an Israeli professor of chemistry as well as a politician. He lists his specializations as spectroscopy of super cold molecules, molecular clusters and cluster impact chemistry, and the quantum properties of helium clusters.
Uzi pistol The Uzi Pistol is a semi-automatic version of the Micro Uzi developed for sale in countries where the civilian ownership of automatic weapons is restricted, such as in the United States. Externally, it is distinguished by not having a stock or a recoil compensator.
Uziel Gal Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזי×ל "עוזי" גל), born Gotthard Glass (December 15, 1923–September 7, 2002), was a German-born- Israeli gun designer best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun.
Uzinele BraĹźov In 1945, the Uzinele BraĹźov, a factory managed by the Romanian engineer Radu MÇŽdÇŽrascu, manufactured an automobile with a 4-cylinder engine capable of providing 45 BHP and reaching a top speed of 124 km/h. Despite its initial success, production never reached a large scale for political reasons.
Uzkok War The Uzkok War was fought between the Austrians and Spanish on one side and the Venetians, Dutch and English on the other. The name of the war comes from a privateer force the Austrians had employed to harass Turkish shpping: The Uzkoks, who were a formed from bands of refugees who had fled Turkish oppression in the Balkans.
Uzmi ili ostavi Uzmi ili ostavi (English: Take It or Leave It) is a Croatian version of the television game show Deal or No Deal, shown on Croatian Radiotelevision. In 2006 it was hosted by Željko Pervan, while in 2007 it is hosted by Mirko Fodor.
Uzo Uzo Candybabe (or simply Uzo) was a frequent guest on the Howard Stern radio program. Uzo is an immigrant to the United States of America from Nigeria, and was incarcerated in New York for several months following a conviction related to an escort service run by her.
Uzumi Nara Athha Uzumi Nara Athha is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, set in the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam universe. He is voiced by Toru Ohkawa in the original Japanese version and by John Novak in the English dub.
Uzun Hassan Uzun Hassan (1423 - January 6, 1478), (Ottoman Turkish: اŮزŮن Řسن where uzun means tall) Sultan of the Ak Koyunlu dynasty, or White Sheep Turkmen. Hassan ruled in parts of western Iran, Iraq and Turkey between 1453 and 1478.
Uzundara Uzundara or Ouzoundara (Uzun dərə means long valley in Azerbaijani language) is an extremely attractive, elegant and lyrical dance performed by women. This dance is mostly popular in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
Uzza Mentioned in the Qur'an (Sura 53:20), al-Ę•uzzÄ "the Mightiest One" (derived from the root Ę•zy) was a pre-Islamic Arabian fertility goddess who was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. She, al-ManÄt and al-LÄt were known as "the daughters of god".
Uzziah of Judah Uzziah of Judah (עוזיהו) (also known as Azariah), was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons, whom the people appointed to replace his father (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 26:1). He is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.
UVERworld is a Japanese band known for their mixture of musical genres such as hard rock, rap, electronic, and beat-boxing. UVERchan, the band's mascot, is a fictional bear-bat like character, which appears on several of their covers.
UVW Map UVW Mapping is a technique for applying a 2D image (a texture) to an object of a given topology. "UVW" is basically XYZ for texture coordinates, and as the third dimension implies, texture maps in themselves can be three-dimensional.
Uw Oykangand Uw Oykangand is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in southern Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland. The traditional land of the Uw Oykangand clans is concentrated around the Alice and Crosbie Rivers and further west around the Mitchell River into the Gulf Country.
Uwa-obi Uwa-obi a type of belt/sash that was worn amongst the samurai class around the times of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. With this Uwa-obi sash, linen and cloth made of cotton would be recommended to be wound two to three times around the body when worn.
Uwa, Ehime was a town located in Higashiuwa District, Ehime, Japan. As of April 1, 2004 the town merged with the other 3 towns in the district and the town of Mikame (in neighboring Nishiuwa District) forming the city of Seiyo.
Uwajimaya is a family-owned supermarket chain based in Seattle, Washington, selling mainly Asian food—with an emphasis on Japanese—though it also stocks Western staples. The flagship store is in Seattle's Chinatown/International District with two other stores in Beaverton, Oregon and Bellevue, Washington.
Uwe Boll Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German film director and producer of movies usually adapted from video games. Unlike most directors in the United States, who receive funding from Hollywood studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company.
Uwe DaĂźler Uwe DaĂźler (born February 11, 1967 in Ebersbach, Saxony) is a former middle- and long-distance freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won three medals for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was European champion in the 400m Freestyle in 1985 and 1987.
Uwe Dotzauer Uwe Dotzauer (born February 19, 1959) is an East German nordic combined skier who competed from 1977 to 1987. He won two medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with gold in the 3 x 10 team and bronze in the 15 km individual.
Uwe Kreisel Uwe Kreisel (IPA /u:və krīsl/) (born 1961 in Mannheim, Germany) is a writer and textbook author in the fields of linguistics, ESL, and cross-cultural topics. He is also an expert in instructional design (courseware, textbooks, e-learning) and curriculum planning.
Uwe Mèffert Uwe Mèffert has manufactured and sold mechanical puzzles in the style of Rubik's Cube since the original Cube craze. His first design was the Pyraminx and others include the Megaminx, Skewb and Skewb Diamond.
Uwe Peschel Uwe Peschel (born 4 November 1968) is a German professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer, and Michael Rich, captured the gold medal in the Men's Team Road Race.
Uwe Siemon-Netto Uwe Siemon-Netto (born October 25, 1936), the former religion editor of United Press International, is an international columnist, a Lutheran lay (non-ordained) theologian, and scholar-in-residence at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
Uwe Topper Uwe Topper (born 1940) is a German researcher and author of books about historic, ethnographic and anthropological subjects. Since the late '90s he is also known as an active member of the New Chronology gathering.
Uwe Wagenknecht Uwe Wagenknecht also known as DJ Wag started his career in 1989 when we became a resident DJ in a club called Lopos werkstatt in Darmstadt. He is a member of the German electronic music group Yakooza with Mike Misar.
Uwharrie Mountains The Uwharrie Mountains are an ancient mountain range located in North Carolina. The range lies in the counties of Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, and Davidson, although its foothills stretch into Cabarrus, Anson, and Union counties.
Uwharrie National Forest The Uwharrie National Forest is a federally designated national forest region located in Randolph County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, and Davidson County, NC. The Uwharrie National Forest derives its name from the ancient mountains atop which most of the forest occupies.
Uwharrie River The Uwharrie River (pronounced yoo-WAHR-ee) is a river, about 60 mi (100 km) long, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Uwchaled Rural District Uwchaled was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935. The name denoted the upper reaches of the River Aled, and originated in the Commot Uch Alech, an ancient commote or land division.
UW IMAP The UW IMAP server is the reference server implementation of the IMAP protocol. Unlike other server implementations, it is designed to be aggressively compatible with existing mail stores and outdated systems, and to be "plug-and-play" installable without requiring any site-specific configuration.
UW-Madison Geology Museum The UW-Madison Geology Museum has the second highest attendance of any museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exceeded only by the Chazen Museum of Art. The museum is housed with the rest of the Department of Geology and Geophysics in Weeks Hall, at the corner of Charter and Dayton streets, in the southwest of the UW campus.
UWA Martial Arts Club The UWA Martial Arts Club (sometimes shown with the kanji transliterated as UWA "Budo Kenkyukai") is an umbrella organisation for different martial arts schools at the University of Western Australia. The schools include Butoku Ryu AikiJujutsu (Aikido), Judo,Kendo, and Kobudo.
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship The UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship that was defended in the Universal Wrestling Association, a Mexican lucha libre promotion. The title has also been used by New Japan Pro Wrestling, and was at one time part of its J-Crown Championship, following the breakup of the J-Crown, the championship made its way to Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and is now back in Mexico.
UWA World Middleweight Championship The UWA World Middleweight Championship is a championship formerly contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion the Universal Wrestling Association, which operated from 1975 to 1995. Upon the closing of the UWA, the title migrated to Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Toryumon Japan promotions.
UWB Forum The UWB Forum is an industry organization dedicated to ensuring that Ultra-Wideband (UWB) products from multiple vendors are truly interoperable. This UWB system provides a Wireless PAN with data payload communication capabilities of 28, 55, 110, 220, 500, 660, 1000 and 1320 Mbit/s.
UWC-IBO Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina The UWC-IBO Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an organization which established The United World College in Mostar in September 2006. It has the office in Sarajevo and with the help of expierenced IB teachers from the UWCiM has an aim to lead the workshops to develop level of education in the post-conflict society in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
UWE Bullets The UWE Bullets are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Southern Conference-Western Division. UWE suffered through seven losing seasons in its first eight (including three winless seasons), though things have improved for the Bullets over the past six seasons, posting a 33-14-1 record with two division titles.
UWF Beach Brawl UWF Beach Brawl was a professional wrestling pay-per-view from the Universal Wrestling Federation. It was the only PPV from the UWF and was widely considered a failure as only 550 people attended the event and it received only a 0.
UWF Heavyweight Championship The UWF Heavyweight Title was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation. When Mid-South Wrestling changed its name to the UWF, the Mid-South North American title was retired and a tournament was held to crown a new UWF Heavyweight Champion.
UWF SportsChannel Television Championship The UWF SportsChannel Television Championship was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1991 through 1992. The belt was introduced through a 16-man Tournament held during TV Tapings in April 1991 and May 1991.
UWF Tag Team Championship The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. It was formerly known as the Mid-South Tag Team Championship from 1979 until 1986 when Mid-South Wrestling became the UWF.
UWM (computing) In computing, the name uwm can refer to two different X window managers: most commonly the very early Ultrix Window Manager, released in 1985, which was the standard window manager for the X Window System from X10R3 through to X11R3; and the later UDE Window Manager, released in 1998.
UWO Gazette The Gazette is the student newspaper published by the University Students' Council of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The Gazette began in 1906 as a hand-written literature newspaper called In Cap And Gown.
Uxbridge Free Public Library The first library in the town of Uxbridge Massachusetts was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library (1775-1812), managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City section of South Uxbridge. The sixth was the Uxbridge Agricultural Society (1859-1864).
Uxbridge High Street railway station Uxbridge High Street station was located on what is now Oxford Road at the approximate position of Sanderson Road. The station was the southern terminus and only station on a short Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line that ran from the GWR/GCR joint line (now Chiltern Main Line).
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Uxbridge Vine Street railway station Uxbridge Vine Street station was the first of three railway stations in Uxbridge. It opened on 8 September 1856 as Uxbridge Station, the northern terminus of the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line from the main line at West Drayton.
Uxmal Uxmal is a large pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It is 78 km south of Mérida, Yucatán, or 110 km from that city on Highway 261 towards Campeche, Campeche), 15 km south-southeast of the town of Muna.
Uxorilocal marriage Uxorilocal marriage, also known as matrilocal marriage, is a pattern of post-nuptial residence in which the groom, following marriage, moves to the bride's home. In Native Amazonia, this residence pattern is often associated with the customary practice of brideservice, as seen among the Urarina of northeastern Peru.
UXGA UXGA is an abbreviation for Ultra eXtended Graphics Array referring to a standard monitor resolution of 1600 Ă— 1200 pixels, which is exactly quadruple the default resolution of SVGA (800 Ă— 600). Dell Computer refers to the same resolution of 1,920,000 pixels as UGA.
Uyaquk Uyaquk was a Yupik Moravian missionary and linguistic genius who went from being an illiterate adult to inventing a series of writing systems for his native language and then producing translations of the Bible and other religious works in a period of five years.
Uyezd Uyezd or uezd (; IPA: ) was an admistrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, and Russia used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities. Uyezds were ruled by the representatives (namestniks) of knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas.
Uyghur American Association The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is a Washington-based advocacy organization. It was established in 1998 by a group of Uyghur scholars to raise the public awareness of the Uyghur people in East Turkistan and the other parts of the world.
Uys family The Uys dynasty is South Africa's foremost military family and includes two of the Afrikaner nation's famous heroes amongst their members. They belong to the Voortrekker aristocracy of the 19th century and have contributed numerous figures to South Africa’s military and literary heritage.
Uys Krige Uys Krige (christened Mattheus Uys Krige) (4 February 1910 - 10 August 1987) was a South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby player, war correspondent and romantic. He was born in Bontebokskloof (near Swellendam) in the Cape Province.
Uyui Uyui is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Nzega and Igunga Districts as well as the Shinyanga Region, to the south by the Sikonge District, to the west by the Urambo District and to the east by the Singida Region.
Uzak Uzak (Distant in English) is a 2002 Turkish film that chronicles a life that is the bane of modern living. People make a small domain for themselves (usually their homes) and they can't take any interference in their domain.
Uzbeg Khan Sultan Mohammed Öz-Beg, better known as Uzbeg (1282–1341, reign 1312–1341), was the longest-reigning khan of the Golden Horde, under whose rule the state reached its zenith. He was succeeded by his son Jani Beg.
Uzbek Khanate Uzbek khanate is the name given to any of three states that ruled Transoxiana, in what is now the country of Uzbekistan, from the 15th century to the 19th century. The area had previously been occupied by the Timurids, and came under Russian control in the second half of the 1800s.
Uzbekisation Uzbekisation or Uzbekization is the process of something, or someone culturally non-Uzbek becoming Uzbek. The term is often used to describe the process of incorporating the region now occupied by Tajikistan as an autonomous republic within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s.
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Oâ€zbekiston Respublikasi or Oâ€zbekiston Jumhuriyati, or ЎзбекиŃтон РеŃĐżŃбликаŃи in cyrillic characters or Russian:'РеŃĐżŃблика УзбекиŃŃ‚Đ°Đ˝' ), is a country in Central Asia, formerly of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
Uzbekistan at the 1994 Winter Olympics Uzbekistan competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics Uzbekistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Uzbekistan Airways destinations Since its formation, Uzbekistan Airways has mainly aimed its passenger service at Western Europe and other international locations. Most flights to international locations operate from Tashkent, although regional international services do exist.
Uzbekistan Football Federation The Uzbekistan Football Federation is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistani national team. It was founded in 1946, and has been a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation since 1994.
Uzbekistan Time Uzbekistan Time is the standard timezone in Uzbekistan that 5 hours ahead of UTC. The standard time uses no daylight saving time, though there has been constant debate whether to adopt it in order to increase leisure time.
UzDaewooAuto UzDaewooAvto was set up as a joint venture between Daewoo and the Uzbek government located in Andijan, Uzbekistan. In 2005, the stake owned by the bankrupt South Korean firm was taken over by the state-owned Uzavtoprom (also known as Uzavtosanoat), which took full control of the company.
Uzeda Uzeda is a Sicilian math rock group founded in 1987, consisting of lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri. Producer Steve Albini recorded three of their records, and significantly contributed to the evolution of their sound: fiery, nervous, sludgy, and unpredictable, with sudden time changes and wild dynamics.
Uzere Uzere is located in the Isoko South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State of Nigeria. It has become one of the largest petroleumoil producing communities in Nigeria, resulting in a huge shift from its primary agrarian status, since the early 1960s.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov Hajibeyov (Hajibeyli) Uzeyir Abdulhuseyn oglu (September 18, 1885–1948) was an Azerbaijani composer, conductor, scientist, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator and social figure. Although Uzeyir Hajibeyov is not very well known in the West Azerbaijanis consider him one of their most brilliant and beloved composers.
Uzh county Uzh county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia (1/3) and western Ukraine (2/3).
Uzh River (Northern Ukraine) The Uzh () is a river, a right tributary of the Pripyat, which empties into the Kiev Reservoir, in Ukraine. It takes its source in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine, and then flows briefly near the delta of the Berezina River.
Uzhgorod Synagogue The splendid Uzhgorod Synagogue was dedicated in 1910 and was built by leading Austro-Hungarian architects Ludwig Förster and Frigyes Feszl. It was built in a flamboyant Romantic style, boldly intermingling Byzantine and Moorish elements.
Uzi Even Uzi Even (Hebrew: עוזי ×בן) (born October 18, 1940) is an Israeli professor of chemistry as well as a politician. He lists his specializations as spectroscopy of super cold molecules, molecular clusters and cluster impact chemistry, and the quantum properties of helium clusters.
Uzi pistol The Uzi Pistol is a semi-automatic version of the Micro Uzi developed for sale in countries where the civilian ownership of automatic weapons is restricted, such as in the United States. Externally, it is distinguished by not having a stock or a recoil compensator.
Uziel Gal Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזי×ל "עוזי" גל), born Gotthard Glass (December 15, 1923–September 7, 2002), was a German-born- Israeli gun designer best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun.
Uzinele BraĹźov In 1945, the Uzinele BraĹźov, a factory managed by the Romanian engineer Radu MÇŽdÇŽrascu, manufactured an automobile with a 4-cylinder engine capable of providing 45 BHP and reaching a top speed of 124 km/h. Despite its initial success, production never reached a large scale for political reasons.
Uzkok War The Uzkok War was fought between the Austrians and Spanish on one side and the Venetians, Dutch and English on the other. The name of the war comes from a privateer force the Austrians had employed to harass Turkish shpping: The Uzkoks, who were a formed from bands of refugees who had fled Turkish oppression in the Balkans.
Uzmi ili ostavi Uzmi ili ostavi (English: Take It or Leave It) is a Croatian version of the television game show Deal or No Deal, shown on Croatian Radiotelevision. In 2006 it was hosted by Željko Pervan, while in 2007 it is hosted by Mirko Fodor.
Uzo Uzo Candybabe (or simply Uzo) was a frequent guest on the Howard Stern radio program. Uzo is an immigrant to the United States of America from Nigeria, and was incarcerated in New York for several months following a conviction related to an escort service run by her.
Uzumi Nara Athha Uzumi Nara Athha is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, set in the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam universe. He is voiced by Toru Ohkawa in the original Japanese version and by John Novak in the English dub.
Uzun Hassan Uzun Hassan (1423 - January 6, 1478), (Ottoman Turkish: اŮزŮن Řسن where uzun means tall) Sultan of the Ak Koyunlu dynasty, or White Sheep Turkmen. Hassan ruled in parts of western Iran, Iraq and Turkey between 1453 and 1478.
Uzundara Uzundara or Ouzoundara (Uzun dərə means long valley in Azerbaijani language) is an extremely attractive, elegant and lyrical dance performed by women. This dance is mostly popular in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
Uzza Mentioned in the Qur'an (Sura 53:20), al-Ę•uzzÄ "the Mightiest One" (derived from the root Ę•zy) was a pre-Islamic Arabian fertility goddess who was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. She, al-ManÄt and al-LÄt were known as "the daughters of god".
Uzziah of Judah Uzziah of Judah (עוזיהו) (also known as Azariah), was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons, whom the people appointed to replace his father (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 26:1). He is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.
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