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Vinyl acetate Vinyl acetate, also known as VAM for vinyl acetate monomer, has the chemical formula CH3COOCH=CH2 and is a colorless liquid with a sweet flavor. Systematic names include 1-acetoxyethylene and acetic acid ethenyl ester.
Vinyl composition tiles Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Vinyl tiles are composed of colored vinyl chips formed into solid sheets of varying thicknesses (1/8” is most common) by heat and pressure and cut into 12” squares.
Vinyl chloride Vinyl chloride, also known as chloroethene in IUPAC nomenclature, is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce its polymer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC). At room temperature, it is a toxic, colorless gas with a sweet odor.
Vinyl roof Vinyl roof refers to a vinyl covering for an automobile's top. This covering was originally designed to give something of the appearance of a convertible to models with a fixed roof, but eventually it evolved into a styling statement in its own right.
Vinyl Solution Vinyl Solution was a record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that was spawned from an independent London based record store based at 231 Portobello Road (now known as Intoxica Records). The label signed many "unconventional" acts in a number of uncompromising genres, such as skatepunk thrash band The Stupids, Britcore rappers Gunshot and Bomb Disneyland.
Vinylshakerz Vinylshakerz are a European dance act who are best-known for the 2005 remix of the Murray Head hit "One Night In Bangkok". The producers have also remixed material for other artists, mainly for dance compilation CDs.
Viodentia Viodentia is the software hacker pseudonym of the entity that created the FairUse4WM program that breaks copy protection technology used by popular legal download sites such as Yahoo Music and NapsterMicrosoft has already filed a federal lawsuit against the real "Viodentia" in the hopes that the real person(s) can be identified. Viodentia defends him/her/their-self by publishing the following via the internet:
Viol The viol (also called viola da gamba) is any one of a family of bowed, fretted stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Spanish vihuela (a guitar-like plucked string instrument).
Viola The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow. It serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass.
Viola banksii The well-known Native Violet (Viola banksii) is sold and grown throughout garden nurseries and grown and loved in gardens around Australia, especially in the east. For many years it was known as Viola hederacea, however the species complex was revised in 2004 by Kevin Thiele.
Viola bastarda Viola bastarda refers to a highly virtuosic style of composition or extemporaneous performance, as well as to the altered viols created to maximize players' ability to play in this style. In the viola bastarda style, a polyphonic composition is reduced to a single line, while maintaining the same range as the original, and adding divisions, improvisations, and new counterpoint.
Viola Bathurst, Lady Apsley Violet Emily Mildred Bathurst, Lady Apsley (née Meeking) (1895 - 19 January 1966) was a British Conservative politician. Upon the death of her husband Lord Apsley, she succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bristol Central in a 1943 by-election.
Viola Bauer Viola Bauer (born December 13, 1976) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1995. She has won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (2002) and a silver (2006) in the 4 x 5 km, and a bronze in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit (2002).
Viola concerto The viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments, usually a full orchestra or string orchestra but sometimes smaller. Early examples of the viola concerto include, among others, Georg Philipp Telemann's concerto in G, and several concertos by Carl Stamitz.
Viola Dana Viola Dana, sometimes credited as Viola Flugrath, (born June 26, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York; died July 3, 1987 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent movies.
Viola hederacea Viola hederacea is common and widespread violet in Victoria and Tasmania, along the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales north at least to the Barrington Tops area, in the far south-east of South Australia, and in a small area of the Adelaide Hills between Belair and Mount Lofty.
Viola Pitts Viola Pitts (September 8, 1914—April 15, 2004) the legendary Fort Worth community activist who advocated for her neighborhood of Como, located on Fort Worth's west side. Pitts was often described as a fiery and effective activist.
Viola Spolin Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 - November 22, 1994) can probably be considered as the American Grandmother of Improv. She influenced the first generation of Improv at the Second City in Chicago in the late 50's, as her son, Paul Sills, was one of the co-founders.
Violaceous Trogon The Violaceous Trogon, Trogon violaceus, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. The nominate race occurs in southeastern Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, the Amazon basin, the Guianas and Trinidad.
Violadores del Verso Violadores del Verso (Spanish for Verse Violators), also known as V de V are a hip hop music crew from Zaragoza (Saragossa, Spain). In 2000, they also used the name Doble V, referring to their album "Vicios y Virtudes", but were forced to return to their original long name, due to legal problems (because Doble V is a trademark of Spanish whiskey).
Violales Violales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants and takes its name from the included family Violaceae. The name has been used in several systems, although some systems used the name Parietales for similar groupings.
Violate (band) Violate is a local heavy metal band in Norrköping, Sweden. They are currently working on their first album, a concept album about the seven deadly sins, called Septem Visio of Clementia (latin for "Seven Faces of Humanity").
Violator Management Violator Management is a company run by Chris Lighty which specializes in managing the careers of hip hop and R&B performers. Included among Violator's past and present clients are Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Missy Elliott, Fantasia,Mýa Mobb Deep, LL Cool J, Nas, and multi-platinum rapper 50 Cent.
Violence Violence is any act of aggression and abuse which causes or intends to cause injury, in some cases criminal, or harm to persons, and (by some definitions) animals or property.Damage to property is typically considered minor relative to violence against persons, and harm to animals may be considered acts of violence, depending on the situation and social values related to animal cruelty.
Violence (role-playing game) Violence: The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed is a short, 32-page roleplaying game written by Greg Costikyan under the pseudonym "Designer X" and published by Hogshead Publishing as part of its New Style line of games. Violence is a parody of conventional dungeon-bashing games, being set in a contemporary metropolis where player characters run from room to room killing the occupants and stealing their stuff.
Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq Since the end of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraqi academics have frequently been threatened with violence, kidnapped, or murdered. Although it is impossible to determine the exact scale of the violence and intimidation, the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education reported that over 3,250 academics had fled the country between February and August of 2006.
Violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered Violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (LGBT), sometimes called hate crimes, can occur either at the hands of individuals or groups, or as part of governmental enforcement of laws targeting people who are seen to violate heteronormative rules. People who are merely perceived to be LGBT (but who are actually not) may also be targeted.
Violence against women Violence against women (VAW) is a term of art used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women. Similar to a hate crime, this type of violence targets a specific group with the victim's gender as a primary motive.
Violence in ice hockey Violence has long been a controversial part of ice hockey and the National Hockey League. Violence in ice hockey takes the form of either sanctioned actions – elbowing, roughing, or the hockey fight, which are seen as integral to the game and only place the offender for a few minutes in the penalty box, or more dangerous actions which might be penalized with suspensions or fines, such as kicking, hitting from behind, or stickwork.
Violence in industrial disputes Violence in industrial disputes occurs within conflicts between employers and employees (labor) about pay or conditions at work. Such conflicts are normally resolved by economic power, or by bargaining if the two sides are of roughly equal power.
Violence in the abortion movement The controversial nature of abortion in a few countries has sometimes lead to violence in the abortion movement. Such incidents have ranged from the destruction of property, in the form of vandalism, arson, and bombings, to the kidnapping, stalking, assault, murder, and attempted murder of individuals.
Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The conflict between various Palestinian groups and Israel has existed in one form or another since the first half of the 20th century, and has left much bitterness and death on both sides. This article summarizes some aspects of the violence.
Violence Man Violence Man is a cartoon character created by a Jersey-born writer starring in several comic strips, including "Good Eatin'", "Violence man makes the mob" and "Company Picnic." Each is humorous and action-packed, due to Violence Man's thirst for vengeance and satirical word use.
Violence Of Summer "The Violence Of Summer" is the 21st single by Duran Duran, and the first single from the 1990 Liberty album. Having finished the 1980s off in style with the Decade collection and the "Burning The Ground" single, Duran Duran found the 1990s a new challenge, in which success would initially elude them.
Violent and Sex Offender Register In the United Kingdom, the Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) is a database that can be accessed by the Police and some Probation Service personnel. The database holds records of those required to register with the Police under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, those jailed for more than 12 months for violent offences, and unconvicted people thought to be at risk of offending.
Violent Apathy Violent Apathy formed in March 1981 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The original band was three high school friends from Jackson, Michigan (Kenny, Dick, and Jim) along with Eliot Rachman, another WMU student who hailed from East Lansing.
Violent crime A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, as well as crimes in which violence is the means to an end, such as robbery.
Violent Crime Crack Unit of Uganda The Violent Crime Crack Unit (VCCU) is a security agency of the government of Uganda. Originally a military unit codenamed "Operation Wembley", it was put under police control and renamed, amid charges of human rights abuses.
Violent Delight Violent Delight were a punk/metal band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, consising of Rodney Henderson (Vocals), Tom Steenvoorden (Guitar), Ben Macrow (Bass) and Ken Hayakawa (Drums). Despite their youth (Rodney and Tom were both 16 at the time) they were signed to Warner Music UK in 2002.
Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File The NCIC Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File (VGTOF) was designed to provide identifying information about violent criminal gangs and terrorist organizations and members of those gangs and organizations to law enforcement personnel. This information warns law enforcement officers of the potential danger posed by violent individuals and to promote the exchange of information about these organizations and members to facilitate criminal investigations.
Violent Onsen Geisha Violent Onsen Geisha (Japanese kanji; 暴力温泉芸者 Japanese kana; ボウリョク・オンセン・ゲイシャ) is a Japanese noise music group, distinctive among many noise acts for frequently displaying a bizarre, sarcastic, and mischievous sense of humor. The group is essentially the solo project of Nakahara Masaya (中原昌也), though early in the group's history Nakahara fabricated a story, for years related as fact in the music press in Japan, that the group had at one time had several other members who died.
Violet (album) Violet is an album by The Birthday Massacre. It was first released as an EP, then commercially released as an LP through Metropolis Records(North America/UK), Repo Records (Europe) and Hellion Records (Brazil) with some added tracks from their Nothing and Nowhere LP.
Violet (color) Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). Secondly, violet may refer to a bluish purple, that is, a mixture of red and blue (two of the primary colors of light), and not a spectral color: (See a discussion of the distinction between violet and purple).
Violet (musical) Violet is an Off-Broadway musical that made its first appearance in 1998. It tells the story of young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed.
Violet (plant) Violets (Viola) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae, with around 400-500 species throughout the world, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere but also in Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America. They are typically found in moist and slightly shaded conditions such as hedgerows.
Violet Baudelaire Violet Baudelaire is one of the main characters in the popular children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Violet is the eldest child of the Baudelaire orphans (and rather protective of her younger siblings due to a promise she made to her parents when they were born): she has a younger brother named Klaus and a baby sister named Sunny.
Violet Beauregarde Violet Beauregarde is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its film adaptations, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She is a chewing gum fanatic, having broken a world record by chewing the same piece and type of gum for three months solid.
Violet Berlin Violet Berlin is a television presenter (and more recently a writer and producer) best known to many people for fronting the popular video gaming show Gamepad, which aired on the Bravo satellite channel from 2001 to 2004, barring repeats.
Violet Blue (author) Violet Blue (born on September 22) is an American sex writer, podcaster, blogger, editor, sex educator, and sex columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. She is also a performance artist with Survival Research Labs.
Violet click beetle The violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus) is a black beetle, 12 mm long, with a faint blue/violet reflection. It gets its name from the family habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls on its back.
Violet Florence Martin Violet Florence Martin (11 June 1862 – 21 December 1915) was an Irish author who co-wrote a series of novels with cousin Edith Somerville under the pen name of Martin Ross in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Violet gland In certain animals, including European badgers, foxes, and wolves, the violet gland or supracaudal gland is an important gland located in the tail. It is used for scent marking and contributes to the strong odor of foxes.
Violet Gibson Violet Gibson, the sister of Baron Ashbourne born in Ireland is best known for shooting Benito Mussolini, Italy's Fascist leader, in the middle of the street on 7 April 1926. Gibson shot Mussolini as he left an assembly of physicians, to whom he had delivered a speech on the wonders of modern medicine.
Violet Jessop Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an ocean liner stewardess. Working for the White Star Line, Violet Jessop was on board when the RMS Olympic collided with HMS Hawke; on board the RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank killing more than 1,500 people; and, during World War I, she was serving as a nurse on board HMHS Britannic when it was sunk by a naval mine, killing 30 people.
Violet line piranha Violet line piranhas (Serrasalmus geryi) are a species of fish found in the lower Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers of Brazil. This rare Serrasalmus is the one piranha of the serrasalmus species than can coexist with others of the same species (though caution is advised).
Violet Markham Violet Rosa Markham, (October 1872 - 2 February 1959) was a writer, social reformer and administrator. She grew up near Chesterfield, the daughter of Charles Markham, part owner of the very profitable Markham Collieries, who left her with enough money to live an independent life and devote her wealth to causes she supported.
Violet Milner, Viscountess Milner Violet Georgina Milner (née< Maxse) (1872-1958) was an Edwardian society Lady and, later, editor of the political monthly, National Review. She exchanged letters with Lord Milner during his time in South Africa and alongside Violet Markham she established the Victorian League in 1901 to promote Milner's imperial vision.
Violet Oakley Violet Oakley (June 10, 1874 - February 25, 1961) was an American artist known for her murals and her work in stained glass. She was a student and later a faculty member at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Violet Scene Violet Scene was a Norwegian rock group whose key members included Kjetil Bergseth (vocals/guitar), Jo Espen Bergseth (bass), Ralf Lofstad (guitar), Arvid Nordstrand (drums) and Asbjørn Risøy (guitar) between 1995 and 2000. Formed in Oslo, the band was influenced by 1980s alternative groups such as The Smiths and The Cure.
Violet Town railway disaster The Violet Town railway disaster, also known as the Southern Aurora disaster, was a railway accident that occurred in Violet Town in Victoria, Australia on February 7 1969. The accident involved the head-on collision of a passenger train, the Southern Aurora, and a freight train travelling in opposite directions on the new single line standard gauge Sydney to Melbourne main line.
Violet UK Violet UK, or Violet which was its initial name, is a project on which Yoshiki Hayashi, founder of Japanese band X Japan has been working since the band's breakup in 1997. The music of Violet UK is comprised of a variety of genres, combining classical piano, digital drum loops, and guitar.
Violet wand A violet ray or violet wand is a device used for the application of low current,high voltage (min 10kv to max 50kv typically), high frequency electricity to the body using a Tesla coil, originally sold as a quack medical device claimed to be useful in electrotherapy, though, since the 1990's, it has been used largely as a sexual stimulation device and by hairdressers to stimulate the scalp. It is especially popular among the BDSM community though antique models also popular among collectors of quack medical devices.
Violeta Chamorro Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (born October 18, 1929) is a Nicaraguan political leader and publisher. She was the forty-eighth President of Nicaragua from April 1990 to January 1997, and the first (and as of 2006, only) woman to hold that office.
Violette Morris Violette Morris (April 18, 1893 to April 26, 1944), was a decorated French athlete, and a collaborator with the Gestapo. Although she won many French national championships, she was executed as a traitor to the French state.
Violette Nozière Violette Nozière is a 1978 French film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1934, about a fourteen-year-old girl named Violette and her encounters with a number of older men.
Violette Verdy Violette Verdy (1933–), born Nelly Guillerm, is a French ballerina who has worked as a director of dance companies and in other related capacities since her retirement from performing in the late 1970s. As do most great ballerinas, Verdy began dance training as a small child.
Violin The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello.
Violin concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written from the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day.
Violin Concerto (Bernard Tan) Bernard Tan's Violin Concerto was premiered on 7 January 2006 by acclaimed Singaporean violinist Lynnette Seah, with conductor Lan Shui and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The soloist received the score almost only two months before the premiere.
Violin Concerto (Elgar) The Violin Concerto in B Minor, opus 61, one of Sir Edward Elgar's longest orchestral works, has been described as 'the greatest English contribution to the treasury of Romantic violin concertos'.David Dubal, in The Essential Canon of Classical Music, North Point Press, New York, 2001
Violin Concerto (John Adams) Written in 1993 by the American composer John Adams, the Violin Concerto is commonly accepted as more sophisticated than conventional minimalist works. In it, the solo voice is almost unceasing as the violin weaves through the orchestra, which serves primarily as a backdrop for the violin.
Violin Concerto No. 1 (Paganini) Niccolò Paganini composed his first violin concerto in Italy, most probably in 1817-1818. The First concerto reveals that Paganini's technical wizardy already full-fledged; in particular, contemporary audiences must have gasped at the quite extended passages of double-stop thirds, chromatic in some places but also sometimes in harmonics.
Violin octet The violin octet is a family of stringed instruments developed in the 20th century primarily under the direction of Carleen Hutchins; each instrument is based directly on the traditional violin and shares its acoustical properties, with the goal of a richer and more homogeneous sound. Unlike the standard modern stringed instruments, the main resonance of the body of the violin octet instrument is at a pitch near the two middle open strings, giving the instruments a more balanced, clearer sound.
Violin Phase Violin Phase, written by minimalist composer Steve Reich in 1967, is an example of his phasing technique previously used in Piano Phase in which the music itself is created not by the instruments but by interactions of temporal variations on an original melody. Music of this kind is generally referred to as process music.
Violinist/Composer A Violinist/Composer referres to any person who was prominent as BOTH a violinist and a composer. For example: Jean Sibelius is not considered a violinist/composer and neither is Heifetz despite the fact that Sibelius played the violin and Heifetz wrote several Cadenzas and a short song.
Violinski Violinski was formed by the former Electric Light Orchestra members Mik Kaminski on violins, and Michael d'Albuquerque on guitar and vocals; plus Baz Dunnery, John Hodson (drums), Paul Mann, John Marcangelo (keyboards), & Iain Whitmore (bass and vocals).
Violone The violone (literally "large viol" in Italian, "-one" being the augmentative suffix) is a musical instrument of the viol family. The largest/lowest member of that family, the violone is a fretted instrument with six strings (although some versions had five, or, more rarely, four strings), generally tuned a fifth or an octave below the bass viol.
Viomycin Viomycin sulfate (Viocin®) is an polypeptide antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis. It is produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus, that binds to RNA and inhibits prokaryotic protein synthesis and certain forms of RNA splicing.
Viorica Agarici Viorica Agarici was chairwoman of the local Red Cross in Roman, Romania during World War II and one of only 52 Romanians among the Righteous Among the Nations commemorated by the Israeli people at Yad Vashem. On the night of July 2, 1941, after caring for the Romanian Army wounded coming from the Russian front, she overheard people moaning from a train transporting Jewish survivors of the IaĹźi pogrom.
Viorica Moisuc Viorica Georgeta Pompilia Moisuc (born 8 April 1934) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Moisuc is a member of the Greater Romania Party, part of the Identity/Sovereignty/Transparency group, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
Viotti International Music Competition The Viotti International Music Competition, (Italian: Concorso Internazionale di Musica Viotti) named after the Italian composer and violinist Gian (Giovanni) Battista Viotti (1755-1824), is held in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. It was founded by violinist Joseph Robbone in 1950 and has been, since 1957, a Member of the World Federation of Music Competitions.
ViOS ViOS (Visual Internet Operating System) was a client-server software system designed by Julian Lombardi in the mid-1990s and built by a team he led at ViOS Inc. from 1999-2001 as a way of spatially organizing all Internet-deliverable resources (including web pages) into a massively-scaled multiuser 3D environment with users of the system represented as customizable avatars.
Vipassana Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (Sanskrit) means "insight". While it is often referred to as Buddhist meditation, the practice taught by the Buddha was non-sectarian, and has universal application.
Vipava, Slovenia Vipava (German Wippach, Italian Vipacco) is a town in western Slovenia with 1,500 inhabitants. Vipava is built upon the numerous sources of the Vipava River, in the Vipava Valley (Vipavska dolina), 102 m above sea level.
Viper (Marvel Comics) Viper a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is a foe of the Avengers and the X-Men. The character was created by Jim Steranko and first appeared in Captain America (1st series) #110 (February 1969), under the name Madame Hydra.
Viper (Six Flags Great America) Viper is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, which opened in 1995. Viper features a layout patterned after the classic Coney Island Cyclone and is the only roller coaster ever to be built directly by Six Flags.
Viper (TV series) Viper was an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in fictional Metro City, California. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe.
Viper dogfish The viper dogfish, Trigonognathus kabeyai, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Trigonognathus, found off Wakayama and Tokushima, Japan, in the northwest Pacific Ocean at depths of between 330 and 360 m. Its maximum length is 47 cm.
Viper moray The viper moray, Enchelynassa formosa, is a species of saltwater eels, the only member of the genus Enchelynassa of the Muraenidae (Moray eel) family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from Chagos Islands and Reunion, north to the Marcus and Hawaiian Islands, and south to Tonga and Mangaréva.
Viper Phase 1 Viper Phase 1 is a 1995 scrolling shooter arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu, and is the spin-off in the Raiden series. There was a second version of Viper Phase 1, called "New Version," which was released in the same year with minor gameplay changes, one of which that the special weapons will last until the player's death.
Viper Racing League The Viper Racing League (VRL) is a racing series, born as an offshoot of Viper Days, a driving school conceived for the purpose of teaching owners of Dodge Vipers how to handle their cars. The Viper Racing League has evolved to semi-pro status and some of its races have been support races at larger venues.
Viper Strike The GBU-44/B Viper Strike is a laser-guided variant of the Northrop Grumman Brilliant Anti-Tank (BAT) munition, initially designed for use from UAVs. It is also planned to integrate the weapon with the Lockheed AC-130 gunship, giving that aircraft a precision stand-off capability.
Viper's Bugloss Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) is a biennial or monocarpic perennial with rough, hairy, lanceolate leaves. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue and are 15-20 mm in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding.
Vipera ocellata Vipera ocellata is a scientific name first proposed by Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille in 1801 to describe a venomous viper found in Europe. It was used again in by Smith in 1838 to describe a puff adder from southern Africa.
Viperidae The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes commonly referred to as vipers, although the term viperids is more specific and distinguishes them from the viperines (subfamily Viperinae). These snakes are found all over the world, except in Australia and Madagascar.
Viphya Forest Viphya Forest is a 56,000 hectare forest south of Mzuzu, Malawi, and is situated on the Viphya Plateau,| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2006-12-10}} amongst the Viphya Mountains. It is the largest man made forest in Africa.
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary Ceylon Equal Society Party) was a group that broke away from the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, since Philip Gunawardena (of one the two principal LSSP leaders) refused to reconcile with the Bolshevik Samasamaja Party. When the BSP and LSSP fused in 1950, Gunawardena split to form VLSSP.
Vipsania Agrippina Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC – AD 20) was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica, granddaughter of Cicero's friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus. Her maternal grandmother was a descendant of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Vipsania Marcella Vipsania Marcella Agrippina or Marcellina (born 27 BC) was the only daughter to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his second wife Claudia Marcella Major. She was the first grandchild to Octavia Minor and first great-niece to Caesar Augustus.
Vipsania Polla Vipsania Polla was the daughter of Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, (a man of equestrian rank) and sister to Roman General and Politician Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Polla lived during the late Roman Republican years and in the reign of Rome’s first Emperor Caesar Augustus.

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