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Voluntarism Voluntarism is a descriptive term for a school of thought which regards the will as superior to the intellect and to emotion. This description has been applied to various points of view, from different cultural eras, in the areas of metaphysics, psychology and theology.
Voluntary aided school In a voluntary aided school (many of which are church schools) the governing body, as opposed to the Local Education Authority, employs the staff, and decide admission arrangements but the school is nevertheless funded by the state and does not charge fees.
Voluntary and open membership (cooperatives) The first of the Rochdale Principles states that Co-operative societies must have an open and voluntary membership. According to the International Co-operative Alliance's Statement on the Co-operative Identity, "Co-operatives are voluntary organisations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
Voluntary association A voluntary association (also sometimes called an unincorporated association, or just an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.
Voluntary Aid Detachment The Voluntary Aid Detachment was a voluntary organisation providing auxiliary nursing services, mainly in hospitals, in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The organisation was founded in 1909 with the help of the Red Cross and Order of St.
Voluntary caregiver Voluntary caregiver is the modern terminology for an unpaid spouse, relative, friend or neighbor of a disabled person or child who assists with activities of daily living and assists those unable to fully take care of themselves. While the term "caregiver" may also apply to many professional providers of services, the words "voluntary caregiver" are broadly used to describe those individuals other than parents whose contributions are normally not compensated as employment.
Voluntary commitment Voluntary commitment is the act or practice of a person going into a mental hospital, psychiatric ward, or the like voluntarily, and without the process of involuntary commitment. Unlike in involuntary commitment the person is free to leave the hospital against medical advice, though a period of notice, or the requirement that the leaving take place during daylight hours, is sometimes required.
Voluntary controlled school In a voluntary controlled school in England (almost always church schools), the land and buildings are often owned by a charitable foundation. However, the local education authority employ the school's staff and has primary responsibility for admission arrangements.
Voluntary Collective Licensing VCL (Voluntary Collective Licensing) is a theoretical solution for the problem of software piracy that would harness the power of file sharing technologies. The idea is to make file sharing networks subscribe-only for a small fee and then distribute the collected money among the artists based on the popularity of their work.
Voluntary Counseling and Testing Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV usually involves two counseling sessions: one prior to taking the test known as "pre-test counseling" and one following the HIV test when the results are given, often referred to as "post-test counseling". Counseling focuses on the infection (HIV), the disease (AIDS), the test, and positive behavior change.
Voluntary ecological year The voluntary ecological year in Germany (abbreviated FĂ–J) is an educational and orientation year for teenagers and young adults of ages 16 through 27. The FĂ–J can be attended only once and usually lasts 12 months (from 1 September to 31 August of the following year).
Voluntary Export Restraints A voluntary export restraint is a restriction set by a government on the quantity of goods that can be exported out of a country during a specified period of time. Often the word voluntary is placed in quotes because these restraints are typically implemented upon the insistence of the importing nations.
Voluntary Redundancy Voluntary redundancy (VR) is a financial incentive offered by an organization to their employees with the purpose of attracting volunteers to leave the organization, due to downsizing or restucturing situations. The purpose is to get around union employee regulation laws.
Voluntary secondary school A voluntary secondary school (alternatively: secondary school) in Ireland is a type of secondary education school in Ireland that is privately owned and managed, often by church authorities, especially in the case of the Roman Catholic religion. Like national schools they are funded to a large extent by the state, on a per capita basis, with the local community often topping up funding, whilst approximately 90% of teachers' salaries are met by the state.
Voluntary social year The voluntary social year in Germany (FSJ) is a voluntary replacement for military service that lasts between six to eighteen months. In order for the FSJ to be recognized as a replacement for military service the service duration has to be at least twelve months.
Voluntary Service Overseas Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent (non-governmental) volunteer-sending organisation in the world.
Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Voluntary Sports Societies (VSS) of the USSR () were the main structural parts of the universal sports and physical education system, that existed in the USSR between 1935 and 1991, together with Dinamo and Armed Forces sports societies. VSS united working people and students going in for sports, physical culture, hiking, mountaineering and boating.
Voluntaryism Voluntaryism is a theory advocated by Auberon Herbert, stressing "voluntary taxation" and the boycott of electoral politics. The original sources for voluntaryism can be found in Herbert's book "The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State.
Voluntas necandi In jurisprudence, voluntas necandi (Latin voluntas, "will" + gerund of neco, "to kill") describes the animus nocendi of a person who willfully kills another human being. Establishment of voluntas necandi is necessary to prove murder or voluntary manslaughter as opposed to involuntary manslaughter.
Volunteer A volunteer is someone who serves in a community primarily because they choose to do so. Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group.
Volunteer (band) Soviet electro punk terrorists Volunteer are Martin Andrevian and Krzysztof Shadenkin. Formed in Odessa, Ukraine in 1972 with original vocalist Genaddi Romanov, they outraged the communist world when they performed a cacophonous Industrial rendition of 'The Red Flag'.
Volunteer (Irish republican) Volunteer, which is often abbreviated Vol..Belfast brigade 25th Anniversary of H-Block Hunger Strike 1981 - 2006, is a term used by a number of Irish republican paramilitary organisations to describe their members.
Volunteer Aid Detachment The Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) was an organization founded in 1909 when the British Red Cross Society joined with the order of St. John of Jerusalem to co-ordinate the work of volunteers in British hospitals.
Volunteer Decoration The Volunteer Decoration was created in July, 1892 to reward 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years. In 1894 the decoration was introduced for officers of Volunteer Forces in India and the Colonies (although in the case of India the length of qualifying service was reduced to eighteen years).
Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia) The Volunteer Defence Corps was an Australian militia force of World War II modelled on the British Home Guard. The VDC was established in July 1940 and was run by the government and the RSL and composed of volunteers.
Volunteer fire department A volunteer fire department (VFD) is an organization of firefighters who have joined forces to perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, 73 percent of firefighters in the United States are members of VFDs.
Volunteer Florida The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, Volunteer Florida, is a commission of the Executive Branch of Florida state government. It was established in 1994 by the Florida Legislature to administer grants under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
Volunteer Gliding Squadron Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGSs) are Royal Air Force flying training units, operating military Viking T Mk1 (conventional) and Vigilant T Mk1 (motor) gliders to train Air Cadets from the Combined Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps.
Volunteer Jam The Volunteer Jam was the annual Charlie Daniels Band concert held in January at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Each concert featured a long list of special guests appearing onstage with Charlie & his band such as Ted Nugent and Billy Joel.
Volunteer Life Brigade A Volunteer Life Brigade is a search and rescue organisation which assists HM Coastguard in the United Kingdom in coastal emergencies. There are only a few Volunteer Life Brigades left in the United Kingdom, with most being replaced by Auxiliary Coastguard teams.
Volunteer Point Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, to the north north east (as the crow flies) of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound. Volunteer Point is notable for having about 150 pairs of king penguins breed here, at the most northerly part of their range.
Volunteer Political Party The Volunteer Political Party was a loyalist political party launched in Northern Ireland on 22 June 1974 by members of the then recently legalised Ulster Volunteer Force. The Chairman was Ken Gibson, an East Belfast UVF figure who was an ex-internee and skilled manual worker.
Volunteer Special Constabulary The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation. The VCS officers are embued with equal powers of a police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore.
Volunteer vacation Volunteer vacations are an opportunity for people to make a positive difference in the lives of others or to help improve or contribute to society, culture, or the environment while on vacation. It is also a chance for people of nearly any age to immerse themselves in foreign or challenging circumstances, experience a different culture first-hand, and learn more about the world they live in.
Volunteer Wildfire Services The Volunteer Wildfire Services is a group of volunteers in Cape Town, South Africa who assist local fire fighting agencies to supress wildfires. Affiliated to the Table Mountain National Park, the VWS is the only unit of it's kind in South Africa.
Volunteerism Volunteerism is the willingness of people to work on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gain. Volunteers may have special training as rescuers, guides, assistants, teachers, missionaries, amateur radio operators, writers and in other positions.
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) is an umbrella group consisting of 17 volunteer economic development organizations. VEGA is usually contracted by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for specific project that involve one or more of the member organizations.
Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka (VESL) was established to provide children at rural Sri Lankan schools with the opportunity to gain from enthusiastic and creative native English speakers. VESL's projects aim to encourage learning, advance confidence levels in spoken English and promote cultural understanding.
Volunteers for Israel Volunteers for Israel’s (VFI) mission “is to connect Americans to Israel through volunteer service. They achieve this goal by partnering with military and civilian organizations that enable volunteers to work side-by-side with Israelis.
Volunteers Fighting Disease The Volunteers Fighting Disease is an organization in the eighth book of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital. They sing all day long and believe that a good mood, rather than antibiotics or surgery, is the best way to cure disease.
Volunteers in Service to America VISTA or Volunteers in Service to America was created by Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps. Initially, the program increased employment opportunities for conscientious people who felt they could contribute tangibly to the War on Poverty.
Volunteers of America Volunteers of America is an United States-based religious social welfare organization founded 1896 by Ballington and Maud Booth in New York City after their departure from the Salvation Army. Ballington Booth commenced the Volunteers of America, because his father William Booth refused to democratize the Army's administration in the USA.
VoluntEARS VoluntEARS is a charitable organization made up of Disney cast members who donate their time to helping charities and service organizations in their communities around the world. It is part of the Disney Worldwide Outreach Program.
Volupta According to Roman mythology, Volupta was the daughter of Psyche, a mortal woman brought to live on Olympus, and Cupid, the God of love. She was also known as "Voluptas," Latin for "pleasure" or "bliss," of which she was Goddess.
Volusia Speedway Park Volusia Speedway Park (formerly known as Volusia County Speedway) is an auto racing facility located near Barberville in Volusia County, Florida. It operates a 1/2-mile dirt oval, a 3/8-mile asphalt oval and a 1/8-mile dirt oval for karts.
Volutions Magazine _volutions Magazine (VM), started in 2005, is a hypermedia online artistic enterprise which attempts to capture the voices of a "post-post" condition. _volutions garnered much success in the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham area of North Carolina.
Volvariella gloiocephala Volvariella gloiocephala, also known as stubble rosegill, is a mushroom of the Pluteaceae family. It is sometimes considered to be a variety of Volvariella speciosa, which can be distinguished, however, by its white cap and non-striate margin.
Volvariella volvacea Volvariella volvacea (also known as straw mushroom or paddy straw mushroom; syn. Volvaria volvacea, Agaricus volvaceus, Amanita virgata, Vaginata virgata) is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines.
Volvo AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services. The automaker was founded August 10, 1926 in the city of Gothenburg, as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB).
Volvo 300 Series The Volvo 300 series was a rear wheel drive automobile sold as both a hatchback and (later) a conventional saloon from 1976-1991. It was developed in The Netherlands shortly after Volvo bought a major stake in the passenger car division of DAF in 1973.
Volvo 66 The Volvo 66 was a relabelled DAF 66, a Michelotti styled compact car that was made after Volvo Cars bought DAF in 1975, before production of the Volvo 300 series began. It was known for its continuously variable transmission, the Variomatic.
Volvo 700 Series The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo Cars in the 1980s and 1990s. They were specifically styled to appeal to the American buyer and enabled the company to expand its market in the United States.
Volvo 850 The Volvo 850 was a compact luxury car, that would also be considered a compact executive car, produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars between 1992 and 1997. Available in sedan and station wagon body styles, the Volvo 850 is notable as the first front-wheel drive vehicle from this Swedish manufacturer to be exported to North America.
Volvo Aero Volvo Aero, a subsidiary of Swedish company Volvo, develops and manufactures components for aircraft and rocket engines with high technology content in co-operation with the world’s leading engine manufacturers.
Volvo Ailsa B55 The Volvo Ailsa B55 was a front-engined double-deck chassis built in Scotland by Ailsa, Volvo's British commercial vehicle agency. It was in production from 1973 to 1985, and was a relatively successful alternative to the ubiquitous rear-engined Leyland Atlantean and Daimler/Leyland Fleetline of the period.
Volvo AW72 transmission An automatic gearbox built by Aisin of Japan used the Volvo 16-valve B234F 4-cylinder engine found in the 740 GLE. This gearbox is a modified AW71 with different ratios to leverage the unique power curve characteristics produced by the 16-valve head (when compared to the 8-valve B230F/FT with an AW71 gearbox).
Volvo B12BLE The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with an engine mounted on the rear overhang. It replaced the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single deck buses in Europe and Australia.
Volvo B4B engine Volvo's second engine design after the OHV engine of the 1930s and 1940s was the straight-4 B4B of 1944 and its descendants, the B14A and B16. These were cast iron pushrod engines like their predecessor, and used just three main bearings.
Volvo B7L Volvo B7L is a low floor citybus with a rear engine mounted on the left of the rear overhang, it is built as a replacement of the Volvo B10L. It is used as both a single and double decker chassis largely in Continental Europe.
Volvo B7RLE Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single deck city bus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 as an addition to the B7L single decker which was unsuccessful in these two countries. It is more like its predecessor the B10BLE.
Volvo B7TL Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). It was built as the British bus operators seemed hesitant to purchase the B7L double decker with a long rear overhang (although some have since entered service in Glasgow, Scotland as 12m long double deckers).
Volvo Best Buddies Challenge The Volvo Best Buddies Challenge is one of the greatest bicycling events in the country- a biannual bicycle ride that raises money for Best Buddies, a non-profit founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver dedivated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The first Volvo Best Buddies Challenge, the Hyannis Port Challenge, is generally held in May, in the Boston area.
Volvo C50 According to Wheels24 (as cited in the "References" section), the Premier Automotive Group plans to offer to the public by 2006 the Volvo-branded roadster C50. To produce the C50, Volvo would collaborate with the Italian design bureau Pininfarina.
Volvo City Taxi Volvo City Taxi was a concept car built by Volvo in 1977 as Volvo's response to a challenge from the New York office of transport and the Museum of Modern Art. The City Taxi was powered by a six cylinder diesel engine driving the front wheels.
Volvo Construction Equipment Volvo Construction Equipment (originally Volvo BM) is a subsidiary and business area of AB Volvo. Volvo Construction Equipment develops, manufactures and markets equipment for the construction and related industries.
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom "Volvo-Driving Soccer Mom" is a song by the alternative rock band Everclear, from their album Slow Motion Daydream (2003). The song spoofs girls who experiment with drugs and sex in high school and college but later grow up to be conservative "soccer moms".
Volvo F10, F12 and F16 Volvo F10, F12 and F16 is a series of trucks manufactured by Volvo Trucks between 1977 and 1993. The F10 and F12 was launched in 1977, with many innovative features for its time, most notably a safety cab with high level of ergonomics for the driver.
Volvo Financial Services Volvo Financial Services develops and coordinates Volvo's operations within customer financing, insurance, treasury, real estate and related services. It's focused exclusively on providing financial services to the Group's internal and external customers.
Volvo FL The Volvo FL is Volvo's smallest truck and is suitable for local and regional distribution operations, refuse collection, construction truck or small format tractor. The Volvo FL is available in two models, The Volvo FL & The New Volvo FL
Volvo FM7, FM10 and FM12 FM7 , FM10 and FM12 models introduced in 1998 are further development on succesfull FH series first available in 1993, with the engines horsepower rating from 260 up to 420 respectively.FM 7 denomination stands for forward control medium height cab with the engine displacement of 7 litres or respectively 10 litres and 12 litres.
Volvo China Open The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. The European Tour sanctions several events in Asia, and is making a particular effort to exploit the Chinese market.
Volvo Modular engine The Volvo Modular engine is a family of straight-4, straight-5, and straight-6 automobile piston engine produced in the 2000s. It has an aluminum engine block and aluminum 4-valve DOHC cylinder heads and uses SFI fuel injection and has fracture-split forged steel connecting rods.
Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every four years. Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs England in September.
Volvo Open di Firenze The Volvo Open di Firenze was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Italy from 1989 to 1992. The first edition took place in Sardinia and was called the Volvo Open Championship and the other three took place in Florence and were named for that city.
Volvo P1800 The Volvo P1800 is a classic sports car from Volvo. The project was started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900 had been a disaster, with only 68 cars sold.
Volvo Philip Volvo Philip was a concept car built by Volvo in 1952. It was designed for the US market so it was fitted with a V8 engine producing 120 hp at 4000 rpm and was fitted with whitewall tires and a hint of tailfins.
Volvo PV The Volvo PV, which generically refers to two nearly identical automobile models (PV444 and PV544), boasted a production run from 1947 to 1965. While Volvo enjoyed a reputation for building fine automobiles from the beginning in 1927, most of this marquee's fans acknowledge that the defining moment determining Volvo's reputation for building solid durable cars that were a delight to drive commenced with the PV444's introduction.
Volvo S60 Volvo S60 is a entry-level luxury car (also considered a compact executive car) built by Volvo that was first introduced in 2000, superseding the Volvo S70. It uses the Volvo P2 platform, which is shared with the Volvo V70, Volvo S80 and Volvo XC90.
Volvo S70 The Volvo S70 and V70 is a compact executive car / mid-size luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1997 to 2000. The S70 was the sedan and the V70 the station wagon; they both represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850.
Volvo S80 The Volvo S80 is a mid size luxury executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo and introduced in 1999 as a replacement for the Volvo 960/S90 sedan. The very first Volvo S80 rolled off the assembly line on May 6, 1998.
Volvo VESC Volvo VESC, the Volvo Experimental Safety Car, was a ESV concept car built by Volvo in 1972. Its design emphasized car safety and many of the ideas (especially the front) that would later appear on the Volvo 240.
Volvo XC60 The Volvo XC60 is a concept car revealed by Volvo at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. According to Wheels24 the Premier Automotive Group had planned to reveal the compact crossover SUV to the public in late 2006.
Volvo YCC The Volvo YCC ("Your Concept Car") was a concept car presented in 2004 with the stated goal of meeting the particular needs of women drivers. In order to do so, Volvo assembled a design team entirely made up of women, some time in the Fall of 2001.
Volvox Volvox is one of the best-known chlorophytes and is the most developed in a series of genera that form spherical colonies. Each Volvox is composed of numerous flagellate cells similar to Chlamydomonas, on the order of 1000-3000 in total, interconnected and arranged in a hollow sphere (coenobium).
Volvox (band) Volvox was an all-female Turkish hard rock band active between 1988 and 1994, formed by Şebnem Ferah (guitar and vocals), Duygu Karpuz (guitar), Ebru Bank (Eroğlu) (bass), Buket Doran (bass, replaced Ebru Bank), Gül Ağırca (drums), and Özlem Tekin (keyboard and backvocals). The band took its name from the biological microorganism Volvox.
VolyĹka VolyĹka is a czech river in the South Bohemian Region, rising on the hill, called SvÄ›tla hora and flowing 46,1 km northeast to city of Strakonice, where merging in Otava river. VolyĹka flows through towns such Vimperk, VolynÄ› and Strakonice.
Volzhskaya Volzhskaya ( ~ Volga) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. The station was opened on 28th December, 1995 as the final part of the first stage of the Lyblinsky radius and was the line's terminus for just under a year (evidence of which can be seen just behind the station where former cross junction tunnels can still be seen.
Vombatiformes Vombatiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Five of the seven known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the Koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive.
Von Allan Von Allan (born in 1974 in Arnprior, Ontario) is the professional name of an independent Canadian artist based in Ottawa. He has worked to promote graphic novels as a mature storytelling medium of great potential.
Von brockdorff The German family of Von Brockdorff were ennobled Barons von Brockdorff in 1432 by Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire with the right to all male descendants of Baron. This family is quite large in Malta and Germany, and quite respected with much inter-married with the German / Austrian Nobility and at late Royalty.
Von Behring (crater) Von Behring is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon. It lies within two crater diameters north-northeast of the larger Kapteyn crater, and is to the northwest of the La PĂ©rouse crater.
Von Bibra An aristocratic German (Franconian) family (Uradel:very old Nobility) which among its members were Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Duke in Franconia (1459-1519), Lorenz’ half brother, Wilhelm von Bibra Papal emissary, Conrad von Bibra , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Duke in Franconia (1490-1544), Heinrich von Bibra, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1711-1788) was Prince-Bishop from (1759-1788) and Ernst von Bibra (*
Von Braun Center The Von Braun Center (VBC), formerly known as the Von Braun Civic Center (VBCC), is a multipurpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama. Over the years it has hosted NBDL basketball; UAH Chargers (CHA); Huntsville Channel Cats and Huntsville Havoc ice hockey; and Tennessee Valley Vipers (arenafootball2), among other events.
Von Braun Ferry Rocket Von Braun Ferry Rocket was a concept design for a shuttle spacecraft that has been developed by Wernher von Braun in a seminal series of early 1950s' Collier's magazine articles Man Will Conquer Space Soon! by Wernher von Braun et al.
Von der Tann (gunboat) Von der Tann was a steam-powered 120 ton gunboat built in 1849 at Conradi shipyards in Kiel for the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein, the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world. During the First War of Schleswig, 1848-1850 between Denmark and the two duchies, the Schleswig-Holstein navy comprised three paddlewheelers with sail rigging, a schooner and 12 gunboats; their task was to protect the coast against Danish raids.
Von Dutch (energy drink) Von Dutch Energy Drink is a brand of energy drink developed by Rockstar energy and distributed by the Coca-Cola Enterprises via an agreement with the Von Dutch fashion label, 2005. Steve Vande Loo, CCE's vice president of channel and sales operations for North America said, "Von Dutch complements the powerful combination of Full Throttle and Rockstar by providing consumers with another unique and differentiated choice.
Von Erich family The Von Erich family is a legendary wrestling family. Their birth names are that of "Adkisson", but in honor of the family patriarch, Fritz Von Erich, all of his sons who ventured into the wrestling business (Kevin, Kerry, David, Michael, and Chris) took the Von Erich name on as their own.
Von Flores Von Flores is a Filipino American actor. Flores has enjoyed leading roles in a number of television productions, including the series "FX" and "Kung Fu," and the ATLANTIS FILMS TV Movies "TekWar," "TekJustice" and "TekLords.
Von Hayes Von Francis Hayes (born August 31, 1958 in Stockton, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1981 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels. Hayes was originally acquired by the Phillies in a then-controversial and infamous "five-for-one" trade with the Indians in exchange for Manny Trillo, George Vukovich, Jay Baller, Jerry Willard, and Julio Franco.
Von Hippel Lindau Binding protein 1 The Von Hippel Lindau Binding protein 1 is a heterohexameric chaperone protein of two PFD-alpha type and four PFD-beta type subunits based on its ability to capture unfolded actin. It binds specifically to cytosolic chaperonin (c-cpn) and transfers target proteins to it (Vainberg, 1998).
Voluntary aided school In a voluntary aided school (many of which are church schools) the governing body, as opposed to the Local Education Authority, employs the staff, and decide admission arrangements but the school is nevertheless funded by the state and does not charge fees.
Voluntary and open membership (cooperatives) The first of the Rochdale Principles states that Co-operative societies must have an open and voluntary membership. According to the International Co-operative Alliance's Statement on the Co-operative Identity, "Co-operatives are voluntary organisations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
Voluntary association A voluntary association (also sometimes called an unincorporated association, or just an association) is a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.
Voluntary Aid Detachment The Voluntary Aid Detachment was a voluntary organisation providing auxiliary nursing services, mainly in hospitals, in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The organisation was founded in 1909 with the help of the Red Cross and Order of St.
Voluntary caregiver Voluntary caregiver is the modern terminology for an unpaid spouse, relative, friend or neighbor of a disabled person or child who assists with activities of daily living and assists those unable to fully take care of themselves. While the term "caregiver" may also apply to many professional providers of services, the words "voluntary caregiver" are broadly used to describe those individuals other than parents whose contributions are normally not compensated as employment.
Voluntary commitment Voluntary commitment is the act or practice of a person going into a mental hospital, psychiatric ward, or the like voluntarily, and without the process of involuntary commitment. Unlike in involuntary commitment the person is free to leave the hospital against medical advice, though a period of notice, or the requirement that the leaving take place during daylight hours, is sometimes required.
Voluntary controlled school In a voluntary controlled school in England (almost always church schools), the land and buildings are often owned by a charitable foundation. However, the local education authority employ the school's staff and has primary responsibility for admission arrangements.
Voluntary Collective Licensing VCL (Voluntary Collective Licensing) is a theoretical solution for the problem of software piracy that would harness the power of file sharing technologies. The idea is to make file sharing networks subscribe-only for a small fee and then distribute the collected money among the artists based on the popularity of their work.
Voluntary Counseling and Testing Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV usually involves two counseling sessions: one prior to taking the test known as "pre-test counseling" and one following the HIV test when the results are given, often referred to as "post-test counseling". Counseling focuses on the infection (HIV), the disease (AIDS), the test, and positive behavior change.
Voluntary ecological year The voluntary ecological year in Germany (abbreviated FĂ–J) is an educational and orientation year for teenagers and young adults of ages 16 through 27. The FĂ–J can be attended only once and usually lasts 12 months (from 1 September to 31 August of the following year).
Voluntary Export Restraints A voluntary export restraint is a restriction set by a government on the quantity of goods that can be exported out of a country during a specified period of time. Often the word voluntary is placed in quotes because these restraints are typically implemented upon the insistence of the importing nations.
Voluntary Redundancy Voluntary redundancy (VR) is a financial incentive offered by an organization to their employees with the purpose of attracting volunteers to leave the organization, due to downsizing or restucturing situations. The purpose is to get around union employee regulation laws.
Voluntary secondary school A voluntary secondary school (alternatively: secondary school) in Ireland is a type of secondary education school in Ireland that is privately owned and managed, often by church authorities, especially in the case of the Roman Catholic religion. Like national schools they are funded to a large extent by the state, on a per capita basis, with the local community often topping up funding, whilst approximately 90% of teachers' salaries are met by the state.
Voluntary social year The voluntary social year in Germany (FSJ) is a voluntary replacement for military service that lasts between six to eighteen months. In order for the FSJ to be recognized as a replacement for military service the service duration has to be at least twelve months.
Voluntary Service Overseas Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent (non-governmental) volunteer-sending organisation in the world.
Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Voluntary Sports Societies (VSS) of the USSR () were the main structural parts of the universal sports and physical education system, that existed in the USSR between 1935 and 1991, together with Dinamo and Armed Forces sports societies. VSS united working people and students going in for sports, physical culture, hiking, mountaineering and boating.
Voluntaryism Voluntaryism is a theory advocated by Auberon Herbert, stressing "voluntary taxation" and the boycott of electoral politics. The original sources for voluntaryism can be found in Herbert's book "The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State.
Voluntas necandi In jurisprudence, voluntas necandi (Latin voluntas, "will" + gerund of neco, "to kill") describes the animus nocendi of a person who willfully kills another human being. Establishment of voluntas necandi is necessary to prove murder or voluntary manslaughter as opposed to involuntary manslaughter.
Volunteer A volunteer is someone who serves in a community primarily because they choose to do so. Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group.
Volunteer (band) Soviet electro punk terrorists Volunteer are Martin Andrevian and Krzysztof Shadenkin. Formed in Odessa, Ukraine in 1972 with original vocalist Genaddi Romanov, they outraged the communist world when they performed a cacophonous Industrial rendition of 'The Red Flag'.
Volunteer (Irish republican) Volunteer, which is often abbreviated Vol..Belfast brigade 25th Anniversary of H-Block Hunger Strike 1981 - 2006, is a term used by a number of Irish republican paramilitary organisations to describe their members.
Volunteer Aid Detachment The Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) was an organization founded in 1909 when the British Red Cross Society joined with the order of St. John of Jerusalem to co-ordinate the work of volunteers in British hospitals.
Volunteer Decoration The Volunteer Decoration was created in July, 1892 to reward 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years. In 1894 the decoration was introduced for officers of Volunteer Forces in India and the Colonies (although in the case of India the length of qualifying service was reduced to eighteen years).
Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia) The Volunteer Defence Corps was an Australian militia force of World War II modelled on the British Home Guard. The VDC was established in July 1940 and was run by the government and the RSL and composed of volunteers.
Volunteer fire department A volunteer fire department (VFD) is an organization of firefighters who have joined forces to perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, 73 percent of firefighters in the United States are members of VFDs.
Volunteer Florida The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, Volunteer Florida, is a commission of the Executive Branch of Florida state government. It was established in 1994 by the Florida Legislature to administer grants under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
Volunteer Gliding Squadron Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGSs) are Royal Air Force flying training units, operating military Viking T Mk1 (conventional) and Vigilant T Mk1 (motor) gliders to train Air Cadets from the Combined Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps.
Volunteer Jam The Volunteer Jam was the annual Charlie Daniels Band concert held in January at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Each concert featured a long list of special guests appearing onstage with Charlie & his band such as Ted Nugent and Billy Joel.
Volunteer Life Brigade A Volunteer Life Brigade is a search and rescue organisation which assists HM Coastguard in the United Kingdom in coastal emergencies. There are only a few Volunteer Life Brigades left in the United Kingdom, with most being replaced by Auxiliary Coastguard teams.
Volunteer Point Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, to the north north east (as the crow flies) of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound. Volunteer Point is notable for having about 150 pairs of king penguins breed here, at the most northerly part of their range.
Volunteer Political Party The Volunteer Political Party was a loyalist political party launched in Northern Ireland on 22 June 1974 by members of the then recently legalised Ulster Volunteer Force. The Chairman was Ken Gibson, an East Belfast UVF figure who was an ex-internee and skilled manual worker.
Volunteer Special Constabulary The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation. The VCS officers are embued with equal powers of a police officer to enforce law and order in Singapore.
Volunteer vacation Volunteer vacations are an opportunity for people to make a positive difference in the lives of others or to help improve or contribute to society, culture, or the environment while on vacation. It is also a chance for people of nearly any age to immerse themselves in foreign or challenging circumstances, experience a different culture first-hand, and learn more about the world they live in.
Volunteer Wildfire Services The Volunteer Wildfire Services is a group of volunteers in Cape Town, South Africa who assist local fire fighting agencies to supress wildfires. Affiliated to the Table Mountain National Park, the VWS is the only unit of it's kind in South Africa.
Volunteerism Volunteerism is the willingness of people to work on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gain. Volunteers may have special training as rescuers, guides, assistants, teachers, missionaries, amateur radio operators, writers and in other positions.
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) is an umbrella group consisting of 17 volunteer economic development organizations. VEGA is usually contracted by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for specific project that involve one or more of the member organizations.
Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka (VESL) was established to provide children at rural Sri Lankan schools with the opportunity to gain from enthusiastic and creative native English speakers. VESL's projects aim to encourage learning, advance confidence levels in spoken English and promote cultural understanding.
Volunteers for Israel Volunteers for Israel’s (VFI) mission “is to connect Americans to Israel through volunteer service. They achieve this goal by partnering with military and civilian organizations that enable volunteers to work side-by-side with Israelis.
Volunteers Fighting Disease The Volunteers Fighting Disease is an organization in the eighth book of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital. They sing all day long and believe that a good mood, rather than antibiotics or surgery, is the best way to cure disease.
Volunteers in Service to America VISTA or Volunteers in Service to America was created by Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps. Initially, the program increased employment opportunities for conscientious people who felt they could contribute tangibly to the War on Poverty.
Volunteers of America Volunteers of America is an United States-based religious social welfare organization founded 1896 by Ballington and Maud Booth in New York City after their departure from the Salvation Army. Ballington Booth commenced the Volunteers of America, because his father William Booth refused to democratize the Army's administration in the USA.
VoluntEARS VoluntEARS is a charitable organization made up of Disney cast members who donate their time to helping charities and service organizations in their communities around the world. It is part of the Disney Worldwide Outreach Program.
Volupta According to Roman mythology, Volupta was the daughter of Psyche, a mortal woman brought to live on Olympus, and Cupid, the God of love. She was also known as "Voluptas," Latin for "pleasure" or "bliss," of which she was Goddess.
Volusia Speedway Park Volusia Speedway Park (formerly known as Volusia County Speedway) is an auto racing facility located near Barberville in Volusia County, Florida. It operates a 1/2-mile dirt oval, a 3/8-mile asphalt oval and a 1/8-mile dirt oval for karts.
Volutions Magazine _volutions Magazine (VM), started in 2005, is a hypermedia online artistic enterprise which attempts to capture the voices of a "post-post" condition. _volutions garnered much success in the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham area of North Carolina.
Volvariella gloiocephala Volvariella gloiocephala, also known as stubble rosegill, is a mushroom of the Pluteaceae family. It is sometimes considered to be a variety of Volvariella speciosa, which can be distinguished, however, by its white cap and non-striate margin.
Volvariella volvacea Volvariella volvacea (also known as straw mushroom or paddy straw mushroom; syn. Volvaria volvacea, Agaricus volvaceus, Amanita virgata, Vaginata virgata) is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines.
Volvo AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services. The automaker was founded August 10, 1926 in the city of Gothenburg, as a spin-off from roller ball bearing maker SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB).
Volvo 300 Series The Volvo 300 series was a rear wheel drive automobile sold as both a hatchback and (later) a conventional saloon from 1976-1991. It was developed in The Netherlands shortly after Volvo bought a major stake in the passenger car division of DAF in 1973.
Volvo 66 The Volvo 66 was a relabelled DAF 66, a Michelotti styled compact car that was made after Volvo Cars bought DAF in 1975, before production of the Volvo 300 series began. It was known for its continuously variable transmission, the Variomatic.
Volvo 700 Series The Volvo 700 and 900 series are two ranges of mid-size luxury cars / executive cars produced by Swedish automaker Volvo Cars in the 1980s and 1990s. They were specifically styled to appeal to the American buyer and enabled the company to expand its market in the United States.
Volvo 850 The Volvo 850 was a compact luxury car, that would also be considered a compact executive car, produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars between 1992 and 1997. Available in sedan and station wagon body styles, the Volvo 850 is notable as the first front-wheel drive vehicle from this Swedish manufacturer to be exported to North America.
Volvo Aero Volvo Aero, a subsidiary of Swedish company Volvo, develops and manufactures components for aircraft and rocket engines with high technology content in co-operation with the world’s leading engine manufacturers.
Volvo Ailsa B55 The Volvo Ailsa B55 was a front-engined double-deck chassis built in Scotland by Ailsa, Volvo's British commercial vehicle agency. It was in production from 1973 to 1985, and was a relatively successful alternative to the ubiquitous rear-engined Leyland Atlantean and Daimler/Leyland Fleetline of the period.
Volvo AW72 transmission An automatic gearbox built by Aisin of Japan used the Volvo 16-valve B234F 4-cylinder engine found in the 740 GLE. This gearbox is a modified AW71 with different ratios to leverage the unique power curve characteristics produced by the 16-valve head (when compared to the 8-valve B230F/FT with an AW71 gearbox).
Volvo B12BLE The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with an engine mounted on the rear overhang. It replaced the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single deck buses in Europe and Australia.
Volvo B4B engine Volvo's second engine design after the OHV engine of the 1930s and 1940s was the straight-4 B4B of 1944 and its descendants, the B14A and B16. These were cast iron pushrod engines like their predecessor, and used just three main bearings.
Volvo B7L Volvo B7L is a low floor citybus with a rear engine mounted on the left of the rear overhang, it is built as a replacement of the Volvo B10L. It is used as both a single and double decker chassis largely in Continental Europe.
Volvo B7RLE Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single deck city bus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 as an addition to the B7L single decker which was unsuccessful in these two countries. It is more like its predecessor the B10BLE.
Volvo B7TL Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version was replaced by Volvo Super Olympian). It was built as the British bus operators seemed hesitant to purchase the B7L double decker with a long rear overhang (although some have since entered service in Glasgow, Scotland as 12m long double deckers).
Volvo Best Buddies Challenge The Volvo Best Buddies Challenge is one of the greatest bicycling events in the country- a biannual bicycle ride that raises money for Best Buddies, a non-profit founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver dedivated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The first Volvo Best Buddies Challenge, the Hyannis Port Challenge, is generally held in May, in the Boston area.
Volvo C50 According to Wheels24 (as cited in the "References" section), the Premier Automotive Group plans to offer to the public by 2006 the Volvo-branded roadster C50. To produce the C50, Volvo would collaborate with the Italian design bureau Pininfarina.
Volvo City Taxi Volvo City Taxi was a concept car built by Volvo in 1977 as Volvo's response to a challenge from the New York office of transport and the Museum of Modern Art. The City Taxi was powered by a six cylinder diesel engine driving the front wheels.
Volvo Construction Equipment Volvo Construction Equipment (originally Volvo BM) is a subsidiary and business area of AB Volvo. Volvo Construction Equipment develops, manufactures and markets equipment for the construction and related industries.
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom "Volvo-Driving Soccer Mom" is a song by the alternative rock band Everclear, from their album Slow Motion Daydream (2003). The song spoofs girls who experiment with drugs and sex in high school and college but later grow up to be conservative "soccer moms".
Volvo F10, F12 and F16 Volvo F10, F12 and F16 is a series of trucks manufactured by Volvo Trucks between 1977 and 1993. The F10 and F12 was launched in 1977, with many innovative features for its time, most notably a safety cab with high level of ergonomics for the driver.
Volvo Financial Services Volvo Financial Services develops and coordinates Volvo's operations within customer financing, insurance, treasury, real estate and related services. It's focused exclusively on providing financial services to the Group's internal and external customers.
Volvo FL The Volvo FL is Volvo's smallest truck and is suitable for local and regional distribution operations, refuse collection, construction truck or small format tractor. The Volvo FL is available in two models, The Volvo FL & The New Volvo FL
Volvo FM7, FM10 and FM12 FM7 , FM10 and FM12 models introduced in 1998 are further development on succesfull FH series first available in 1993, with the engines horsepower rating from 260 up to 420 respectively.FM 7 denomination stands for forward control medium height cab with the engine displacement of 7 litres or respectively 10 litres and 12 litres.
Volvo China Open The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. The European Tour sanctions several events in Asia, and is making a particular effort to exploit the Chinese market.
Volvo Modular engine The Volvo Modular engine is a family of straight-4, straight-5, and straight-6 automobile piston engine produced in the 2000s. It has an aluminum engine block and aluminum 4-valve DOHC cylinder heads and uses SFI fuel injection and has fracture-split forged steel connecting rods.
Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every four years. Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs England in September.
Volvo Open di Firenze The Volvo Open di Firenze was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Italy from 1989 to 1992. The first edition took place in Sardinia and was called the Volvo Open Championship and the other three took place in Florence and were named for that city.
Volvo P1800 The Volvo P1800 is a classic sports car from Volvo. The project was started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900 had been a disaster, with only 68 cars sold.
Volvo Philip Volvo Philip was a concept car built by Volvo in 1952. It was designed for the US market so it was fitted with a V8 engine producing 120 hp at 4000 rpm and was fitted with whitewall tires and a hint of tailfins.
Volvo PV The Volvo PV, which generically refers to two nearly identical automobile models (PV444 and PV544), boasted a production run from 1947 to 1965. While Volvo enjoyed a reputation for building fine automobiles from the beginning in 1927, most of this marquee's fans acknowledge that the defining moment determining Volvo's reputation for building solid durable cars that were a delight to drive commenced with the PV444's introduction.
Volvo S60 Volvo S60 is a entry-level luxury car (also considered a compact executive car) built by Volvo that was first introduced in 2000, superseding the Volvo S70. It uses the Volvo P2 platform, which is shared with the Volvo V70, Volvo S80 and Volvo XC90.
Volvo S70 The Volvo S70 and V70 is a compact executive car / mid-size luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1997 to 2000. The S70 was the sedan and the V70 the station wagon; they both represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850.
Volvo S80 The Volvo S80 is a mid size luxury executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo and introduced in 1999 as a replacement for the Volvo 960/S90 sedan. The very first Volvo S80 rolled off the assembly line on May 6, 1998.
Volvo VESC Volvo VESC, the Volvo Experimental Safety Car, was a ESV concept car built by Volvo in 1972. Its design emphasized car safety and many of the ideas (especially the front) that would later appear on the Volvo 240.
Volvo XC60 The Volvo XC60 is a concept car revealed by Volvo at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. According to Wheels24 the Premier Automotive Group had planned to reveal the compact crossover SUV to the public in late 2006.
Volvo YCC The Volvo YCC ("Your Concept Car") was a concept car presented in 2004 with the stated goal of meeting the particular needs of women drivers. In order to do so, Volvo assembled a design team entirely made up of women, some time in the Fall of 2001.
Volvox Volvox is one of the best-known chlorophytes and is the most developed in a series of genera that form spherical colonies. Each Volvox is composed of numerous flagellate cells similar to Chlamydomonas, on the order of 1000-3000 in total, interconnected and arranged in a hollow sphere (coenobium).
Volvox (band) Volvox was an all-female Turkish hard rock band active between 1988 and 1994, formed by Şebnem Ferah (guitar and vocals), Duygu Karpuz (guitar), Ebru Bank (Eroğlu) (bass), Buket Doran (bass, replaced Ebru Bank), Gül Ağırca (drums), and Özlem Tekin (keyboard and backvocals). The band took its name from the biological microorganism Volvox.
VolyĹka VolyĹka is a czech river in the South Bohemian Region, rising on the hill, called SvÄ›tla hora and flowing 46,1 km northeast to city of Strakonice, where merging in Otava river. VolyĹka flows through towns such Vimperk, VolynÄ› and Strakonice.
Volzhskaya Volzhskaya ( ~ Volga) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. The station was opened on 28th December, 1995 as the final part of the first stage of the Lyblinsky radius and was the line's terminus for just under a year (evidence of which can be seen just behind the station where former cross junction tunnels can still be seen.
Vombatiformes Vombatiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Five of the seven known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the Koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive.
Von Allan Von Allan (born in 1974 in Arnprior, Ontario) is the professional name of an independent Canadian artist based in Ottawa. He has worked to promote graphic novels as a mature storytelling medium of great potential.
Von brockdorff The German family of Von Brockdorff were ennobled Barons von Brockdorff in 1432 by Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire with the right to all male descendants of Baron. This family is quite large in Malta and Germany, and quite respected with much inter-married with the German / Austrian Nobility and at late Royalty.
Von Behring (crater) Von Behring is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon. It lies within two crater diameters north-northeast of the larger Kapteyn crater, and is to the northwest of the La PĂ©rouse crater.
Von Bibra An aristocratic German (Franconian) family (Uradel:very old Nobility) which among its members were Lorenz von Bibra, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Duke in Franconia (1459-1519), Lorenz’ half brother, Wilhelm von Bibra Papal emissary, Conrad von Bibra , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Duke in Franconia (1490-1544), Heinrich von Bibra, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot of Fulda (1711-1788) was Prince-Bishop from (1759-1788) and Ernst von Bibra (*
Von Braun Center The Von Braun Center (VBC), formerly known as the Von Braun Civic Center (VBCC), is a multipurpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama. Over the years it has hosted NBDL basketball; UAH Chargers (CHA); Huntsville Channel Cats and Huntsville Havoc ice hockey; and Tennessee Valley Vipers (arenafootball2), among other events.
Von Braun Ferry Rocket Von Braun Ferry Rocket was a concept design for a shuttle spacecraft that has been developed by Wernher von Braun in a seminal series of early 1950s' Collier's magazine articles Man Will Conquer Space Soon! by Wernher von Braun et al.
Von der Tann (gunboat) Von der Tann was a steam-powered 120 ton gunboat built in 1849 at Conradi shipyards in Kiel for the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein, the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world. During the First War of Schleswig, 1848-1850 between Denmark and the two duchies, the Schleswig-Holstein navy comprised three paddlewheelers with sail rigging, a schooner and 12 gunboats; their task was to protect the coast against Danish raids.
Von Dutch (energy drink) Von Dutch Energy Drink is a brand of energy drink developed by Rockstar energy and distributed by the Coca-Cola Enterprises via an agreement with the Von Dutch fashion label, 2005. Steve Vande Loo, CCE's vice president of channel and sales operations for North America said, "Von Dutch complements the powerful combination of Full Throttle and Rockstar by providing consumers with another unique and differentiated choice.
Von Erich family The Von Erich family is a legendary wrestling family. Their birth names are that of "Adkisson", but in honor of the family patriarch, Fritz Von Erich, all of his sons who ventured into the wrestling business (Kevin, Kerry, David, Michael, and Chris) took the Von Erich name on as their own.
Von Flores Von Flores is a Filipino American actor. Flores has enjoyed leading roles in a number of television productions, including the series "FX" and "Kung Fu," and the ATLANTIS FILMS TV Movies "TekWar," "TekJustice" and "TekLords.
Von Hayes Von Francis Hayes (born August 31, 1958 in Stockton, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1981 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels. Hayes was originally acquired by the Phillies in a then-controversial and infamous "five-for-one" trade with the Indians in exchange for Manny Trillo, George Vukovich, Jay Baller, Jerry Willard, and Julio Franco.
Von Hippel Lindau Binding protein 1 The Von Hippel Lindau Binding protein 1 is a heterohexameric chaperone protein of two PFD-alpha type and four PFD-beta type subunits based on its ability to capture unfolded actin. It binds specifically to cytosolic chaperonin (c-cpn) and transfers target proteins to it (Vainberg, 1998).
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