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Vipul's Razor Vipul's Razor is a checksum-based, distributed, collaborative, spam-detection-and-filtering network. Through user contribution, Razor establishes a distributed and constantly updating catalogue of spam in propagation that is consulted by email clients to filter out known spam.
ViPNet Safe Disk ViPNet Safe Disk is a commercial disk encryption software produced by Infotecs Company for Windows OS. Safe Disk has a long history: it was developed in 2002, but before that, it existed as a constituent part of ViPNet VPN solutions.
Viqarunnisa Noon School Viqarunnisa Noon School (also known as Vicky or VNS) was established in 1952 at New Bailey Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has since expanded to seven branches in the city, all maintaining a morning shift and a day shift, at Dhanmondi, Azimpur, Bashundhara and other in Dhaka.
Vir Cotto Vir Cotto is a character from the fictional Babylon 5 universe, played on screen by Stephen Furst. He is a Centauri male who was from a family of minor nobility who would eventually become the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, and then become the Emperor of the Centauri Republic in 2278.
Vira Someshwara Vira Someshwara (1235 - 1254 CE) was a king of the Hoysala Empire. The preoccupation of Vira Narasimha II in the affairs of Tamil country resulted in neglect of northern territories and Vira Someshwara had to face Seuna incursion south of the Tungabhadra river.
Virabhadra In Hinduism, Virabhadra(Veerabhadra) (Sanskrit: वीरभद्र, IAST: Vīrabhadra) is a super being created by Shiva. Vīrabhadra was a great warrior who eventually blinded Bhaga, broke Pusha's (Sun) teeth and other gods including Indra fled the battle field unable to sustain his power.
Viracocha In Inca mythology, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra, commonly known today as Con-Tici Viracocha or simply Viracocha, was the creator of civilization, and one of the most important deities in the Inca canon. In one legend he had one son, Inti and two daughters, Mama Quilla and Pachamama.
Viracocha (Inca) Viracocha (Quechua Wiraqocha, the name of a god) was the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1410) and the third of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Yahuar Huacac, and his son was Pachacuti.
Virago A virago was a strong, brave, or warlike woman (from Latin "vir", "a man"), compare Tomboy; the term was later used to refer to a noisy, bossy, and scolding woman. It is closely related to termagant, which is a quarrelsome, scolding woman and shrew, which is a nagging woman.
Virago sleeve A virago sleeve is a women's item of clothing fashionable in the 1620s-1630s. It is a full "paned" or "pansied" sleeve (that is, made of strips of fabric) gathered into two puffs by a ribbon or fabric band above the elbow.
Virahanka Virahanka (विरहाङ्क) was an Indian prosodicist who is also known for his work on mathematics. He possibly lived in the 6th century AD, but it is also possible that this date may be as late as 8th century.
Viraja Homa The Viraja Homa is a Hindu fire-sacrifice which is performed during the ceremonies whereby a Hindu monk takes up the vows of renunciation (Sannyasa). The Viraja Homa is thus part of the full Sannyasa Deeksha (monastic initiation).
Virajananda Born as the son of Trailokyanath Bose and Nishadkalidevi on 10 June 1873, Kalikrishna Bose was the first person to join the Ramakrishna Order after the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. In 1897, he was initiated into Sanyasa by Swami Vivekananda.
Viral entry Viral entry is the earliest stage of infection in the "viral life cycle", as the virus comes into contact with the host cell and introduces viral material into the cell. The major steps involved in viral entry are:
Viral eukaryogenesis Viral eukaryogenesis is the hypothesis, proposed by Philip Bell in 2001, that the cell nucleus of eukaryotic life forms evolved from a large DNA virus in a form of endosymbiosis within a mycoplasma cell. The theory has gained support as large complex DNA viruses capable of protein biosynthesis (such as Mimivirus) have been discovered.
Viral hemorrhagic fever Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of viruses: Arenavirus, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae and Flavivirus. Some of these cause relatively mild illnesses, whilst others can cause severe, life-threatening disease.
Viral infectivity factor Viral infectivity factor, or Vif, is a protein found in HIV and other retroviruses. Its role is to disrupt the antiviral activity of the human enzyme APOBEC by targeting it for ubiquitination and cellular degradation.
Viral load test Viral load tests measure the level of viral genetic material (RNA) present in blood plasma. They are used in the management of several viral diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C.
Viral marketing Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses. It can often be word-of-mouth delivered and enhanced online; it can harness the network effect of the Internet and can be very useful in reaching a large number of people rapidly.
Viral quasispecies Originally used to model the evolution of the first macromolecules on earth , the quasispecies concept has been applied to populations of a virus within its host [1]. The quasispecies model is deemed to be relevant to RNA viruses because they have high mutation rates in the order of one per round of replication [2], and viral populations, while not infinite, are extremely large.
Viral replication Viral replication is the term used by virologists to describe the propagation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells. When used in the strictest sense, the term refers specifically to the amplification of the viral genome in the host cell.
Viral vector Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by biologists to deliver genetic material into cells inside a living organism or cultured in vitro. Viruses have evolved specialised molecular mechanisms to efficiently transport their genomes inside the cells they infect.
Viral video The term viral video refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature and may range from televised comedy sketches such as Saturday Night Live's Lazy Sunday to unintentionally released amateur video clips like Star Wars kid.
Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome or VITAS is a fictional disease that, in the history of the Shadowrun world, reached pandemic status and claimed billions of lives in two outbreaks, first in 2010 and again in 2022.
Virama Virama is a generic term for the diacritic character in many Brahmic scripts that is used to suppress an inherent vowel sound that occurs with every consonant character. It is a Sanskrit word, and used in place of several script-specific terms for this diacritic, including halant in Devanagari script Hindi and hĂ´shonto in the Bengali script.
Virasena Virasena was an 8th century mathematician in India who gave the derivation of the volume of a frustum by a sort of infinite procedure. He also dealt with logarithms to base 2 (ardhaccheda) and knew its laws, and was also the first to deal with logarithms to base 3 (trakacheda) and base 4 (caturthacheda).
Virasoro algebra In mathematics, the Virasoro algebra (named after the physicist Miguel Angel Virasoro) is a complex Lie algebra, given as a central extension of the complex polynomial vector fields on the circle, and is widely used in string theory.
Virata Virata, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā.
Virden (electoral district) Virden is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1903, and was eliminated in 1989, when its territory was combined with Arthur to create Arthur—Virden.
Vire River The River Vire is a river in Normandy in France whose 118 km course crosses the départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel.
Virelai A virelai is a form of medieval French verse used often in poetry and music. It is one of the three formes fixes (the others were the ballade and the rondeau), and was one of the most common verse forms set to music in Europe from the late 13th to the 15th centuries.
Virelay Virelay is the title applied to more than one fixed form of verse, from the French virer, "to turn or veer". The history and exact character of the virelay are more obscure than those of any other of the old French forms.
Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag (born 20 October, 1978, in Delhi) also known as "Veeru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-dayers) and 2001 (Tests). He is a blistering right-handed opening batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler.
Virendra Singh Virendra Singh, 65 is the head instructor of hindi as a foreign language at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is considered as the one of the best and most experienced hindi instructors in the world by his colleagues and ex-students in his field.
Virga In meteorology, virga is precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground. At high altitudes the precipitation falls mainly as ice crystals before melting and finally evaporating; this is usually due to compressional heating because the air pressure increases closer to the ground.
Virga Jesse Basilica The Virga-Jesse basilica in Hasselt, Belgium, stands where a member of the Fraternity of Our Lady built the "Clerkenkapel" in 1334. This first building was replaced by a church in late Baroque/early Classical Revival style in 1727.
Virgen del Valle In agreement with the religious tradition of Venezuela, the Virgin of the Valley is considered as the pattern of the east of Venezuela, being venerated with special devotion in Isla Margarita. Each 8 of September, date in which go thousand of people to venerate her, in their sanctuary located in the Margarita Valley, near Porlamar.
Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic. A fictional depiction of Virgil was Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory in Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy.
Virgil Exner Virgil "Ex" Exner (September 24, 1909–December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for numerous American companies, notably Chrysler and Studebaker. He is known for his "Forward Look" design on the 1955 through 1961 Chrysler products and his fondness of fins on cars for both aesthetic and aerodynamic reasons.
Virgil Finlay Virgil Finlay (July 23 1914–January 18 1971) was a pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, beautifully detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling and cross-hatching.
Virgil Fox Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25,1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach. These monster events appealed to audiences in the 1970s who were more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, and were staged complete with light shows.
Virgil Franklin Partch Virgil Franklin Partch (October 17, 1916 - August 10, 1984) was one of the most prominent and prolific American magazine gag cartoonists of the 1940s and 1950s. His unusual style, surreal humor and familiar abbreviated signature (VIP) made his cartoons distinctive and eye-catching.
Virgil Goode and the Qur'an oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress After American conservative pundit Dennis Prager's column questioning the decision of the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, Keith Ellison (D-MN), to use the Quran during a ceremony reenacting his oath taken upon entering the 110th United States Congress. A new level of gravity came to the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress when responding to "a flood of e-mails from constituents" Retrieved Dec.
Virgil Madgearu Virgil Traian N. Madgearu (December 14, 1887—November 27, 1940) was a Romanian economist, sociologist, and left-wing politician, prominent member and main theorist of the Peasants' Party and of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNŢ).
Virgil Nemoianu Virgil Nemoianu (born March 12, 1940) is a Romanian-American essayist, literary critic, and philosopher of culture. He is generally described as a specialist in “comparative literature” but this is a somewhat limiting label, only partially covering the wider range of his activities and accomplishments.
Virgil Runnels III Virgil Riley Runnels III (born April 11, 1966; often called Dustin Runnels) is an American professional wrestler who has competed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is probably best-known for his WWE character Goldust, a sexually ambiguous movie star.
Virgil Solis Virgil Solis or Virgilius Solis (Nuremberg 1514 — 1 August 1562), a member of a prolific family of artists, was a German draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching and woodcut who worked in Nuremberg. His prints were sold separately or formed the illustrations of books; many prints signed by him are probably by assistants.
Virgil Sollozzo Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. In the novel, it is said that he got his nickname because he has a nose like a Turkish scimitar and also because he does much of his business (growing poppy) in Turkey.
Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, and later established himself in New York City, as a peer of Aaron Copland and was also a music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune from 1940 through 1954.
Virgil Tibbs Virgil Tibbs is a fictional character who is one of the two leading male characters in John Ball's 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night. He is also the protagonist in six sequels to that novel, the Oscar-winning 1967 film of the same name based on the original novel, the sequel films They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
Virgil Trucks Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers (1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956), St.
Virgil's tomb Virgil's tomb is in a Roman burial vault dating back to the Augustan age. It is found at the entrance to the old Roman tunnel known as the grotta vecchia or cripta napoletana in the Parco Virgiliano in the Piedigrotta district of Naples in the Campania region of Italy.
Virgilia Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus (1607–1610), in which same play Volumnia is his mother. With respect to the legendary figure Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, some accounts (Brewer 1898) say that his wife's name was actually Volumnia, probably following the Roman historian Livy.
Virgilia (genus) Virgilia is a genus of Southern African trees in the family Fabaceae, having shiny to hairy pinnate leaves and attractive mauve to pink pea-shaped flowers followed by leathery pods. They are valued as useful ornamental trees by gardeners, particularly the well-known species Virgilia divaricata ('Tree in a Hurry', 'Cape Lilac', 'Blossom Tree') and Virgilia capensis syn.
Virgilio Barco Vargas Virgilio Barco Vargas (September 17, 1921 - May 20, 1997) was a politician and diplomat from Colombia. He was a member of the Colombian Liberal Party and served as president of Colombia from August 7 1986 until August 7 1990.
Virgilio Paz Romero Virgilio Paz Romero is an anti-Castro Cuban exile, involved in various terrorist acts. He has been accused of taking part in Operation Condor, carrying on Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier's murder in Washington, D.
Virgilius Maro Grammaticus Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Virgil the Grammarian) is one of the most enigmatic of all medieval writers, author of two pseudo-grammatical texts known as the Epitomae and the Epistolae. It is unknown exactly when or where he was active: in the eleventh and twelfth centuries he was known to Abbo of Fleury and others as Virgil of Toulouse, and subsequent scholars have tried to attribute him to Spain, the Basque Country and Gaul.
Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle The Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle is an ivory sculpture probably created in the 1260s, currently in the possession of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The museum itself describes it as "unquestionably the most beautiful piece of ronde-bosse ivory carving ever made",The Louvre, Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle; retrieved December 30, 2006.
Virgin Active Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Initially a South African Company, The Health and Racquet Club, it was at near collapse when it was acquired by Richard Branson's Virgin Group at the personal request of Nelson Mandela.
Virgin Annunciate (Antonello da Messina, Munich) The Munich Virgin Annunciate is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina. Like the more famous Palermo version of the same subject, it shows Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation.
Virgin Annunciate (Antonello da Messina, Palermo) The Palermo version of the Virgin Annunciate is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina. Probably painted in Sicily in 1476, it shows Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Virgin Atlantic Airways (usually referred to as Virgin Atlantic) is an airline belonging to Richard Branson's Virgin Group. It operates long-haul routes between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer , also known as the Capricorn is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan which Steve Fossett flew in a non-stop solo trip around the world in 67 hours from 00:47 March 1, 2005 UTC until March 3, 2005. The feat matched the flight distance record set by the previous Rutan-designed Voyager aircraft and set several world records for being the fastest non-stop, unrefuelled circumnavigation.
Virgin Books Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. The book publishing arm was established in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well-known among Doctor Who fans for their Target Books imprint; Virgin Books was incorporated into WH Allen in 1989, but in 1991 WH Allen was renamed Virgin Publishing Ltd.
Virgin Cinemas Virgin Cinemas is a former unit of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, founded when Virgin bought the MGM chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom. Virgin introduced a number of improvements to the cinema circuit including instore mini Virgin stores selling a number of CDs and the Unlimited season ticket.
Virgin Comics Virgin Comics LLC is a comic book company, which produces stories (many of which are Indian-culture related) for an international audience. It is financed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, and includes talent like Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra, Oscar-winning director Shekhar Kapur, author Deepak Chopra, comic artists such as Jeevan Kang and various other names.
Virgin Decalog The Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who: they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories (although the last two collections both contained eleven). Five volumes were published between 1994 and September 1997, although volumes 4 and 5 did not feature the Doctor or any other non-Virgin copyrighted characters.
Virgin Digital Virgin Digital is an online music store operated in the UK by the Virgin Group. It launched on September 02, 2005 in the UK, and was refreshed in November 2006, now running through an internet browser, rather than the former Virgin Digital Player.
Virgin Electronics Virgin Electronics is a company owned by the Virgin Group that used to sell MP3 Players and accessories. Virgin Pulse was a Virgin branded company that Sir Richard Branson owned that sold CD Players, AM/FM Tuners, Phones, Headphones, and Digital Clocks.
Virgin Experience Days Virgin Experience Days is a company belonging to the Virgin Group which sells experience day vouchers as gifts and as a means for companies to incentivise customers and staff. The company was founded in March 2001 and rapidly expanded, constantly increasing its product range and marketing the vouchers to consumers as ideal gifts for family and friends.
Virgin Fuel Virgin Fuel is a rumoured "clean" fuel that is being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group. In an interview with CNN Money, Branson claims to be investing $1 billion in alternative fuels with one or more of these fuels to be dubbed commercially "Virgin Fuel".
Virgin Gorda Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles (21 sq.
Virgin Group The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run companies that each use Virgin brand of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle, among others.
Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games from the remnants of the large-scale 1980s label, Mastertronics, which was purchased by Virgin in 1987.
Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands are an archipelago in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are divided into two parts, one of which, the British Virgin Islands to the east and north, is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Virgin Islands at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Virgin Islands National Park Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. The park is famous for scuba diving and snorkeling and has miles of hiking trails through tropical forests.
Virgin Media Plc Virgin Media Plc will be the new name for NTL:Telewest from 14th Feburary 2007. NTL:Telewest is the company formed by the merger of the operations of NTL, Telewest, and Virgin Mobile, three media and telecommunications businesses which operate mainly in the United Kingdom.
Virgin Missing Adventures The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and featured the First through Sixth Doctors.
Virgin Mountains The Virgin Mountains are located in the southeastern part of the state of Nevada and northwestern Arizona. The range runs in a southwest-northeasterly direction, and covers an area of approximately 116 square miles.
Virgin New Adventures The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. The novels were published from 1991 to 1997, and all but the final book involve the Seventh Doctor, played on television by Sylvester McCoy.
Virgin of the Rocks The Virgin of the Rocks and Madonna of the Rocks are terms used to describe two different paintings with almost identical compositions. There are separate accounts over which of the paintings are verifiably Leonardo da Vinci's.
Virgin Passages Virgin Passages are a three piece musical ensemble from Staffordshire based around James Nicholls, Sarah Naylor and David Geoghegan - three original members from the now defunct 5 piece 'Wardrobe' who released one record entitled 'Mechanism Genie & The Metronome'. The original band played the Truck Festival in 2001 and were played regularly on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.
Virgin Radio Virgin Radio, originally known as Virgin 1215, is a British commercial music radio station based in London which plays popular music and rock. Virgin currently broadcasts on mediumwave and DAB across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, on 105.
Virgin Radio Classic Rock A sister station to Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock is a radio station broadcasting to London via DAB, Sky Digital, Telewest, and worldwide on the internet. Virgin Radio Classic Rock is part of the Virgin Radio Network.
Virgin Snow Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung in 1988 released by Cinepoly Records of Hong Kong. Popular songs from this album include 爱的凶手 (Love Killer), 热辣辣 (Burning Hot), 雪中情 (Love of Snow), 想你 (Needing You), 烧毁我眼睛 (Burning in my Eyes), 你是我一半 (You are half of Me) and 最爱 (Most Beloved).
Virgin Territory Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic-comedy film scheduled for release on August 24, 2007 based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It has also been known under the working titles "The Decameron," "Angels and Virgins" and "Guilty Pleasures.
Virgin Trains Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It is generally considered part of the Virgin Group, although the shareholding is actually split 51:49 between Virgin Group and Stagecoach Group.
Virgin Vacations Virgin Vacations was initially established in 1994 as the inclusive tour arm of Virgin Atlantic Airways featuring land components (hotel packages, tours, etc.) in combination with Virgin Atlantic air to London.
Virgin Webplayer The Virgin Webplayer is a discontinued internet appliance from Virgin Group. The device was intended as a standalone internet access device, running a specialized operating system which limited it to the Virgin Connect ISP.
Virginal coordinate system Virginal coordinate system is a part of the celestial coordinate system that envolves with the point of intersection on the celestial sphere. There are two main types of virgins: equinox virgin and solstice virgin.
Virginia "Ginny" Montes Virginia Elenor "Ginny" Montes (1943 - 1994) was a civil rights activist and feminist who was the first Latina to become a national officer of the National Organization for Women. Ginny Montes was born in 1943 in Guanaja, Honduras.
Virginia (Montero) Virginia is an opera in four acts with music by Venezuelan composer José Ángel Montero and libretto, in Italian, by Domenico Bancalari. It is believed to be the first opera ever composed in Venezuela, and was first performed in the Teatro Caracas on April 26, 1873.
Virginia 2nd congressional district election, 2006 The Virginia 2nd congressional district election, 2006 is an election for the United States House of Representatives that will take place on November 7, 2006 between incumbent and freshman Republican Thelma Drake and her Democratic opponent Phillip Kellam.
Virginia af Forselles Virginia Christina Sofia af Forselles (née Carlskjöd) (1759—October 7 1847) was a Swedish owner and manager of the local ironworks (ruukki or bruk) of Strömfors, a municipality in Finland. She was referred to as Her Grace by the locals during her lifetime.
Virginia and Naomi Leong Virginia and Naomi Leong are a mother and daughter who were held within the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, Australia, until May, 2005. After escalating media attention on the declining mental health of Naomi Leong, both Virginia and Naomi were released on a bridging visa late in the evening of Monday 23 May 2005.
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad built in the 1850s, ran completely through southwestern Virginia along the length of the Great Valley of Virginia. The railroad extended westward from Lynchburg, Virginia through a gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the town of Big Lick (present-day City of Roanoke); there, it turned southwestward and followed the Great Valley to Bristol, a total distance of 204 miles.
Virginia Air Line Railway Virginia Air Line Railroad (VAL) was a short-line in Central Virginia built in the early 20th century. It was built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to connect the C&O’s Piedmont Subdivision to the Rivanna Subdivision of the James River Line at Strathmore.
Virginia Anti-Gay Adoption Bill The Virginia Anti-Gay Adoption Bill would have required social workers to determine the sexual orientation of prospective adoptive parents to prevent gay people from adopting children in the state. The House of Delegates passed the bill 71-24, but a Senate committee ended the life of the bill.
Virginia Aviation Museum Located on the north side of the site of historic Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field,opened in 1927, now Richmond International Airport, Richmond, Virginia, United States, the Virginia Aviation Museum boasts a collection of some thirty four airframes, from reproductions of Wright Brothers kite gliders to the still state-of-the-art SR-71 Blackbird.

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