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Value shop The value shop was first conceptualized by Thompson in 1967. A value shop is an organization designed to solve customer or client problems rather than creating value by producing output from an input of raw materials.
Value Stream Mapping Generally defined as the entire material and information flow of a product or service from a producer to a consumer, it is method of visually mapping a product's production path from "door to door". It includes all the actions that are required to bring a product through the main flow.
Value theory Value theories investigate how people positively and negatively value things and concepts, the reasons they use in making their evaluations, and the scope of applications of legitimate evaluations across the social world. When put into practice, these views are meant to explain our views of the good.
Value transfer system A value transfer system refers to any system, mechanism, or network of people that receives money for the purpose of making the funds or an equivalent value payable to a third party in another geographic location, whether or not in the same form.
Value-added network A value-added network (VAN) is a specialized application service provider (ASP) that acts as an intermediary between trading partners sharing data or business processes. VANs traditionally transmitted data formatted as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) but increasingly they also transmit data formatted as XML.
Value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature to an existing product,then sells it (usually to end-users) as a new package. This practice is common in the electronics industry, where, for example, a software application might be added to existing hardware.
Value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls. On a conceptual level, value-added services add value to the standard service offering, spurring the subscriber to use their phone more and allowing the operator to drive up their ARPU.
Value-added theory Value-added theory (also known as the strain theory) was first proposed by Neil Smelser and is based on the assumption that certain conditions are needed for the development of a social movement.[Kenall 2005] Smelser saw social movements as side-effects of rapid social change [Porta&Diani 2006].
Value-level programming Value-level programming refers to one of the two contrasting programming paradigms identified by John Backus in his work on Programs as mathematical objects, the other being Function-level programming. Backus originally used the term Object-level programming but that term is now prone to confusion with Object-oriented programming.
Value-pluralism In philosophical ethics, value-pluralism is the idea that there are several values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other. In addition, value-pluralism postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values may be incommensurable, in the sense that there is no objective ordering of them in terms of importance.
Value-rational action Rational action (or value-rational action, wertrational) is a social action which is taken because it leads to a valued goal, but with no thought of its consequences and often without consideration of the appropriateness of the means chosen to achieve it ('the end sanctifies the means').
ValueClick ValueClick is a Westlake Village, CA-based online advertising company, which connects those wanting to host advertisements on websites with advertisers who are willing to pay out fees based on a variety of different plans and methods. This business model was very successful in the late 1990s "dot com" Internet business boom, but has lately proven to deliver mixed results.
ValueRx ValueRx was formed in Detroit in 1987 through the merger of Medicost, a small prescription drug claims processor and Health Information Design, a specialty drug utilization review company. The company was purchased by Value Health in 1988.
Values within polyamory Polyamory, the lifestyle or choice of having multiple mutually aware and consenting loving relationships, often requires a degree of negotiation and individual choice to reach a solid basis for relationships. In doing so, practitioners emphasize values within polyamory, as opposed to referring to predetermined relationship rules and roles.
Values, Influence, and Peers The Values, Influence, and Peers program is available in all of Ontario's public elementary schools to remind them about peer pressure, shoplifting, vandalism, and other crimes committed by young offenders. The program is used to inform students in the sixth grade, when this type of behavior begins to emerge with adolescent rebellion.
ValuJet Airlines ValuJet Airlines was a low-cost carrier that operated in the Southeastern United States during the 1990s. After a series of safety problems and the fatal crash of ValuJet Flight 592, the company executed a reverse merger with the much smaller regional airline AirWays Corp.
ValuJet Flight 592 ValuJet Flight 592 was a flight that crashed on May 11, 1996 en route from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida to Hartsfield International Airport (now known as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) in Atlanta, Georgia. The crash destroyed the credibility of the low-cost carrier ValuJet Airlines.
Valuka Iswar In Hinduism, Valuka Iswar is an avatara or form of Lord Shiva. The ancient Walkeshwar Temple in the Indian city of Mumbai was built under the supervision of minister Lakshman Prabhu of the Silhara dynasty to commemorate and worship Valuka Iswar.
Valume Nob Valume Nob are a hardcore punk/metal band consisting of a number of veteran musicians who have been in some of New Orleans' heaviest underground bands. Following a 2004 EP, they put out their debut full length album in 2006 entitled "Residue and Bones".
Valuyevsky Ukaz Valuyevsky Ukaz (; ) of 18 July, 1863 was a secret decree (ukaz) of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire Pyotr Valuev, in which all publications in Ukrainian language were stopped. In spite of commonly accepted opinions, this decree did not include the phrase: "the Ukrainian language never existed, does not exist, and shall never exist" ().
Valvatida Valvatida is an Order of sea stars in the Class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 165 genera in 14 families. The Order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few mm in diameter, like those in the genus Asterina, and sea stars, which can reach up to 75 cm like species in the genus Thromidia.
Valve A valve is a device that regulates the flow of substances (either gases, fluidized solids, slurries, or liquids) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically pipe fittings, but usually are discussed separately.
Valve Anti-Cheat Valve Anti-Cheat, abbreviated to VAC, is a proprietary anti-cheat solution developed and maintained by Valve Corporation as a component of the Steam platform. Although predating Steam, VAC has been fully adapted to its network and, since the release of VAC2, has seen considerable success in the constant battle against cheating in online games.
Valve Bar Home of New Zealands underground and emerging artists, Valve was the "starting stone" and first home to acts and artists such as Shihad, The Datsuns, The Black Seeds, The Upbeats, Trinity Roots, Fur Patrol, Not Quite Right and many more.
Valve cover racing Valve cover racing is a competitive event similar to the Pinewood Derby, but instead of wood blocks, vehicles are made from a valve cover from an internal combustion car engine. Valve cover racing is most commonly seen at car shows.
Valve float Valve float is a condition which occurs when the valves on an internal combustion engine do not stay in contact with the camshaft lobe. Stiffer valve springs can help prevent this but only at the expense of increased friction losses.
Valve gear The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle. It is sometimes referred to as the "motion".
Valve Hammer Editor Valve Hammer Editor, formerly known as Worldcraft and now commonly called Hammer, is Valve Software's map creation program for their first-person shooter computer game Half-Life and for all of its mods, sequels, and expansions, as well as all games using the Source engine. Old versions of Worldcraft also supported Quake and Quake II.
Valve Records Valve Records is an Australian record label, releasing a wide range of alternative artists both local and international. The label was created by Paul Curtis in 1994 to support the local bands he was managing but the most successful band he managed, Regurgitator, would not release an album on Valve until 2004 (Mish Mash) upon the completion of the Band in a Bubble in Melbourne.
Valve seat The valve seat in an internal combusion gasoline or diesel engine is the surface against which an intake or an exhaust valve rests during the portion of the engine operating cycle when that valve is closed. The valve seat is a critical component of an engine in that if it is improperly positioned, oriented, or formed during manufacture, valve leakage will occur which will adversely affect the engine compression ratio and therefore the engine efficiency, performance (horsepower), exhaust emissions, and engine life.
Valve shim A valve shim is a disc of hardened metal of precisely calibrated height used to adjust the clearance (US:lash) between a cam-lobe and the valve on which it operates where the cam-lobe operates directly on the valve without an intermediate rocker arm. The shim sits atop a shim bucket which itself sits atop the valve-stem and moves up and down within a machined bore.
Valve sound Valve sound is the characteristic sound produced from a valve-based audio amplifier. The term can also be used to describe the sound created by specially-designed transistor amplifiers or digital modelling devices that emulate the characteristics of the valve sound.
Valve stem A valve stem is the port on a wheel that allows the tire to be pressurized. They are typically spring-loaded devices that admit air when the external pressure is greater than the internal tire pressure to allow filling.
Valve Sound System The Valve Sound System is a touring sound system specifically designed for the high fidelity playback of drum and bass music. Created by UK artists, Dillinja and Lemon D, the Valve Sound System has a total power output of 96 kW.
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (also known as the David procedure) is a cardiac surgery procedure involving replacement of the ascending aorta without replacement of the aortic valve. Developed by Tirone David and Christopher Feindel at the Toronto General Hospital.
Valveless The Valveless was an English automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1915 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. The successor to the Ralph Lucas Valveless, the car marked the entry of the David Brown group into the manufacture of motors.
Valveless pulse jet A Valveless pulse jet (or pulsejet) is one of the simplest jet propulsion devices ever designed, and is the simplest form of jet engine that does not require forward motion to run continuously. Valveless pulsejets are low in cost, light weight, powerful and easy to operate.
Valverde de Valdelacasa Valverde de Valdelacasa is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 63 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 68 people.
Valverde, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Valverde (Spanish meaning "green valley") is a municipality in the Canary Islands in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is situated in the north-east part of El Hierro (the rest of the island being the municipality of La Frontera).
Valvetrain A traditional reciprocating internal combustion engine uses valves to control air and fuel flow into and out of the cylinders, facilitating combustion. Valvetrain is an all-encompassing term used to described the mechanisms and parts which control the operation of the valves.
Valvetronic The Valvetronic system is the first variable valve timing system to offer continuously variable timing (on both intake and exhaust camshafts) along with continuously variable intake valve lift, from ~0 to 10 mm, on the intake camshaft only. Valvetronic-equipped engines are unique in that they rely on the amount of valve lift to throttle the engine rather than a butterfly valve in the intake tract.
Valvifera Members of the suborder Valvifera are crustaceans resembling woodlice. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of the body, covering the pleopods.
Valvin muscat Valvin muscat is a hybrid grape variety for use in white wine production. It was developed by grape breeder Bruce Reisch at the Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and released on July 7, 2006.
Valvo The Valvo GmbH commits its 50jähriges firm anniversary on 1 April 1974. It is one of the largest element manufacturers in Germany and supplies today - apart from few exceptions - all electronic elements for the consumer electronics and professional electronics.
Valya Balkanska Valya Mladenova Balkanska () (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains known for singing the song Izlel e Delyu Haydutin, part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Vašek Klouda Vašek Klouda is currently (2006) the reigning freestyle footbag champion of the world. Born in 1986, raised, and resident in Prague, in the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klouda started playing footbag when he was 13.
Vama Veche (band) Vama Veche is a Romanian soft rock band, founded in 1996, which was also the year of in which they recorded the song "Nu am chef azi" which became a hit in 1997 in Romania. The band's front man is Tudor ChirilÄ.
Vamachara The two paths of Tantra - Dakshinachara (Right-Hand Path), and Vamachara (Left-Hand Path) are viewed by Tantrists as equally valid approaches to enlightenment; Vamachara, however, is considered to be the faster and more dangerous of the two, not suitable for all practitioners. This usage of the terms is still current in modern Tantra.
Vaman Krishna Chorghade Vaman Krishna Chorghade(1914-1995) was a Nationally acclaimed Marathi writer and one of the pioneers of short story writing in Marathi.Born in a humble family in Narkhed,Maharashtra, this youngest child of 10 siblings was sharp,fearless and determined to turn every challenge into an opportunity.
Vamana Vamana (Devanagari: वामन) is a personality described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatara of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or Treta yuga. Also he is the first Avatar of Vishnu which appears with a completely human form, though it was that of a dwarf brahmin.
Vamar The Vamar (originally christened the Kilmarnock) is an English shipwreck (which sank on March 19, 1942) near Mexico Beach, Florida, United States.Vamar at Florida's Underwater Archaeological Preserves It is located 3.
Vammatar Vammatar is the Finnish goddess of pain, disease, and/or suffering (other versions have her as more actively negative, the goddess of evil and misfortune). She is the daughter of Tuoni (god of the underworld) and Tuonetar (goddess of death).
Vamp (film) Vamp is a 1986 vampire film starring Grace Jones. It is similar in premise to a film made 10 years later, From Dusk Till Dawn in that a group of people (frat boys, this time) end up in a nightclub ran by vampires where they have to fight for survival.
Vamp (woman) Vamp is a colloquial term applied to describe a particular type of femme fatale, popular in silent films. The term is a shortening of the word vampire, and is used to describe a woman who is glamorous in an exotic, stylised and usually overstated manner.
Vampire Vampires (sometimes vampyres) are mythological or folkloric creatures believed to be the re-animated corpses of human beings who subsist on human or animal blood. In folklore, the term usually refers to the blood-drinking humans of Eastern European legends, but it is often extended to cover similar legendary creatures from other regions and cultures.
Vampire (Blade) Vampires (homines nocturnae) of the Blade universe are an offshoot of humanity with their progenitor being the entity Drake (aka Dracula, Dakon), a Sumerian who was worshipped as a god. His progeny are the pure bloods, while those beings who are bitten by Drake or his descendants are byproducts of vampirism.
Vampire (Doctor Who) Vampires have featured a number of times in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its other media tie-ins. The canonicity of the non-television stories in relation to the television series is unclear, and the various media may not even be consistent with respect to each other.
Vampire (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the vampire is an undead creature. A humanoid or monstrous humanoid can become a vampire, and looks as it did in life, with pale skin, haunting red eyes, and a feral cast to its features.
Vampire (World of Darkness) A vampire is a fictional creature in the role-playing games and books based on the World of Darkness setting by White Wolf Game Studio. The concept of a vampire in WoD takes many elements from the folklore surrounding traditional vampires in Western culture, and adds a number of specific features for the sake of game mechanics.
Vampire bat Vampire bats are bats that feed on blood (hematophagy). There are only three bat species that feed on blood: The Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi).
Vampire Blood Vampire Blood (also called the Cirque du Freak trilogy) is the first trilogy in The Saga of Darren Shan by the author Darren Shan. It contains the books Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant and Tunnels of Blood.
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company is a Caffe Cino Award Winning NYC based Indie theatre company with a mission towards the creation and production of theatrical events based in stage combat and dark comedy with a comic book edge. The company is a resident company of Center Stage, NY [http://www.
Vampire Finch The Vampire Finch (Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It is a very distinct subspecies of the Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Wolf and Darwin Islands (Grant et al.
Vampire Game Vampire Game (ĺ¸čˇ€ éŠćŻ KyĹ«ketsu YĹ«gi) is a manga by the Japanese author and artist, Judal. It originally ran as 'KyĹ«ketsu YĹ«gi' in Wings Manga Magazine - a monthly manga anthology in Japan and just finished with the November 2004 issue.
Vampire hybrids Vampire hybrids are described as an abomination, a beast that is a former vampire that became a mixed beast when exposed to lycan blod (drinking it) or biten by a lycan (werewolf) and becoming a hybrid but still is more vampire like. There are very few legends, stories or theories of such a creature, however in the film underworld evolution the myth leads to Marcus the film also shows another kind of hybrid a Lycan hybrid who is created the same way but is a lycan first then exposed to vampire blood or biten by a vampire that theory leads to
Vampire High Vampire High - The premise is that of a group of young Vampires who are subjected to a daring experiment by the Elders: they were taken in by a boarding school that also houses normal mortal teenagers with the intent of civilizing them. Many problems face the students on both the day and night curriculum from typical teen issues of love, friends and even enemies.
Vampire Host Vampire Host (ă´ă‚ˇăłă‘イアă›ă‚ąă) is a live action television drama from Japan. Broadcast Spring 2004 on TV Tokyo during the Late night time block, its two central characters, Suou (a vampire) and Rion (a highschool girl), have to deal with various strange mysteries throughout the mini-series.
Vampire Hunter D (1985 film) One of the first anime films released outside of Japan, Vampire Hunter D (ĺ¸čˇ€é¬ĽăŹăłă‚żăĽD) remains a cult classic in the English-speaking world. Billed by the Japanese producers as a "dark future science-fiction romance", Vampire Hunter D is set in the year 12,090 A.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (ăăłă‘イアăŹăłă‚żăĽD) is a 2000 Japanese anime film, written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, with characters designed by Yutaka Minowa. It is the sequel to 1985's Vampire Hunter D, and is based on the third of Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D manga novels (titled Demon Deathchase in English).
Vampire in Brooklyn Vampire in Brooklyn (also known as Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn) is a 1995 American horror/comedy film directed by horror legend Wes Craven, and starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett. Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy co-star.
Vampire Killer (song) "Vampire Killer" is the name of a piece of music played in the Castlevania series. The popularity of the song within the series is arguably due to it being the first background theme to be heard in a Castlevania game.
Vampire lifestyle The vampire lifestyle (or vampyre lifestyle) is a lifestyle, involving a number of customs and beliefs, followed (in various fashions and to different degrees) by a subculture of people who are attracted to contemporary vampire lore and who seek to emulate it. While some older occult and tribal cultures have rituals and customs similar to the modern subculture, the vampire subculture itself is largely a social creation within Western culture, seemingly drawing from the rich recent history of popular culture related to cult symbolism, horror films, the fiction of Anne Rice, and the styles of Victorian England.
Vampire number In mathematics, a vampire number (or true vampire number) is a composite natural number v, with an even number of digits n, that can be factored into two integers x and y each with n/2 digits and not both with trailing zeroes, where v contains all the digits from x and from y, in any order. x and y are called the fangs.
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons Vampire pumpkins and watermelons are a folk legend from the Balkans, in southeastern Europe, described by ethnologist Tatomir Vukanović. The story is associated with the Roma people of the region, from whom much of traditional vampire folklore, among other unusual legends, originated.
Vampire Science Vampire Science is the second novel in the BBC Books series, the Eighth Doctor Adventures, based upon the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It was written by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum.
Vampire Spawn In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the vampire spawn is an undead creature created when a vampire slays a mortal in a way other than with its bite. Vampire spawn look much the way they did in life (they are usually humanoids), except with hardened features and a predatory look.
Vampire State Building Vampire State Building was an industrial band from Norway with an experimental flair. The band consisted of Stig Jakobsen, Erik Ljunggren, Kai Nicolai Priddy, Jim Ivan Bergsten, Aksel Hagen Tjora, Stine Varvin, and Carl Braathen.
Vampire Tales Vampire Tales was a black-and-white horror-comics magazine series published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Like several other contemporary horror anthologies, it featured monsters (in this case, vampires) as both protagonists and antagonists.
Vampire's Kiss Vampire's Kiss is an American dark comedy film released in 1989. It was written by Joseph Minion, who also penned Martin Scorsese's darkly humorous After Hours, and stars actors Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley.
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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first edition and often abbreviated as VTES, V:TES or V:tES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness. It is published by White Wolf, Inc.
Vampire: The Masquerade Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, Vampire: The Masquerade was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness live-action and role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern Gothic-Punk world. The Revised Edition, sometimes alternately referred to as the Third Edition by fans, was released in 1998 and explains, "the setting of Vampire is a composite of its populace and their despair.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a computer role-playing game for Windows developed by Troika Games in 2004. Like Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Bloodlines is set in White Wolf, Inc.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is a PC RPG released on June 7, 2000 by Activision. The game follows the adventures of a French crusader, Christof Romuald, through Prague and Vienna in the old world to London and New York City in the new.
Vampire: The Requiem Vampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness.
Vampires Will Never Hurt You "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" was the second single from New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". This song in particular is regarded as a classic by many fans.
Vampires: Los Muertos Vampires : Los Muertos is a 2002 sequel to John Carpenter's Vampires starring Jon Bon Jovi in the role of the vampire hunter, instead of James Woods. This film is not exactly a sequel but simply another film that takes place within the same universe as the first film.
Vampiro Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Vampiro. He is currently competing in Wrestling Society X, and is the vocalist for punk/industrial band Droch Fhoula.
Vampyre Erotica Vampyre Erotica is the fifth album by British Goth rockers Inkubus Sukkubus, their fourth full-length studio album. It contains 12 original songs and a cover of "Paint it Black" by The Rolling Stones.
Van A van is a vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground.
Van 't Hoff factor In physical chemistry, the van 't Hoff factor i is the number of moles of solute actually in solution per mole of solid solute added. Equivalently, i refers to the ratio of true molecular mass to calculated molecular methods by colligative methods.
Van Allen Building The Van Allen Building is a four story building in Clinton, Iowa designed by Louis Sullivan and commissioned by John Delbert Van Allen. Constructed 1912-1914 as a department store, it now has upper floor apartments with ground floor commercial space.
Van Allen radiation belt The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's magnetic field. The Van Allen belts are closely related to the polar aurora where particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluoresce.
Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia The Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia also know as the 7th Albany County Militia Regimentwas called up in July, 1777 at Kinderhook, New York to reinforce the Gen. Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign.
Van Andel Arena The Van Andel Arena is a 10,834-seat multi-purpose arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a $75 million construction effort, the arena opened on October 8, 1996 and since has attracted more than five million patrons.
Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangle Bond triangles or Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangles are triangles used to show different compounds in varying degrees of ionic, metallic and covalent bonding. The bond triangle shows that ionic, metallic and covalent bonds are not just particular bonds of a specific type.
Van Arsdale France Van Arsdale France is credited with establishing the process for training new employees in Disney-owned and other "theme parks" around the world he headed the training department for Kaiser Motors] and was recruited by [[Walt Disney durng the planning stage for Disneyland prior to its 1955 opening.
Van Asch College Van Asch Deaf Education Centre is located in Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a residential special school for deaf children, as well as a resource centre providing services and support for mainstream students and their teachers.
Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia The Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia also know as the 11th Albany County Militia Regiment was called up in July, 1777 at Coxsackie, New York to reinforce General Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broek's Brigade.
Van Beuren Studios Van Beuren Studios was an animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1928-1936. They closed their doors during 1936 because their distributor, RKO Radio Pictures, dropped Van Beuren's product and acquired Walt Disney Productions as its new animation producer.
Value Stream Mapping Generally defined as the entire material and information flow of a product or service from a producer to a consumer, it is method of visually mapping a product's production path from "door to door". It includes all the actions that are required to bring a product through the main flow.
Value theory Value theories investigate how people positively and negatively value things and concepts, the reasons they use in making their evaluations, and the scope of applications of legitimate evaluations across the social world. When put into practice, these views are meant to explain our views of the good.
Value transfer system A value transfer system refers to any system, mechanism, or network of people that receives money for the purpose of making the funds or an equivalent value payable to a third party in another geographic location, whether or not in the same form.
Value-added network A value-added network (VAN) is a specialized application service provider (ASP) that acts as an intermediary between trading partners sharing data or business processes. VANs traditionally transmitted data formatted as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) but increasingly they also transmit data formatted as XML.
Value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature to an existing product,then sells it (usually to end-users) as a new package. This practice is common in the electronics industry, where, for example, a software application might be added to existing hardware.
Value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls. On a conceptual level, value-added services add value to the standard service offering, spurring the subscriber to use their phone more and allowing the operator to drive up their ARPU.
Value-added theory Value-added theory (also known as the strain theory) was first proposed by Neil Smelser and is based on the assumption that certain conditions are needed for the development of a social movement.[Kenall 2005] Smelser saw social movements as side-effects of rapid social change [Porta&Diani 2006].
Value-level programming Value-level programming refers to one of the two contrasting programming paradigms identified by John Backus in his work on Programs as mathematical objects, the other being Function-level programming. Backus originally used the term Object-level programming but that term is now prone to confusion with Object-oriented programming.
Value-pluralism In philosophical ethics, value-pluralism is the idea that there are several values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other. In addition, value-pluralism postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values may be incommensurable, in the sense that there is no objective ordering of them in terms of importance.
Value-rational action Rational action (or value-rational action, wertrational) is a social action which is taken because it leads to a valued goal, but with no thought of its consequences and often without consideration of the appropriateness of the means chosen to achieve it ('the end sanctifies the means').
ValueClick ValueClick is a Westlake Village, CA-based online advertising company, which connects those wanting to host advertisements on websites with advertisers who are willing to pay out fees based on a variety of different plans and methods. This business model was very successful in the late 1990s "dot com" Internet business boom, but has lately proven to deliver mixed results.
ValueRx ValueRx was formed in Detroit in 1987 through the merger of Medicost, a small prescription drug claims processor and Health Information Design, a specialty drug utilization review company. The company was purchased by Value Health in 1988.
Values within polyamory Polyamory, the lifestyle or choice of having multiple mutually aware and consenting loving relationships, often requires a degree of negotiation and individual choice to reach a solid basis for relationships. In doing so, practitioners emphasize values within polyamory, as opposed to referring to predetermined relationship rules and roles.
Values, Influence, and Peers The Values, Influence, and Peers program is available in all of Ontario's public elementary schools to remind them about peer pressure, shoplifting, vandalism, and other crimes committed by young offenders. The program is used to inform students in the sixth grade, when this type of behavior begins to emerge with adolescent rebellion.
ValuJet Airlines ValuJet Airlines was a low-cost carrier that operated in the Southeastern United States during the 1990s. After a series of safety problems and the fatal crash of ValuJet Flight 592, the company executed a reverse merger with the much smaller regional airline AirWays Corp.
ValuJet Flight 592 ValuJet Flight 592 was a flight that crashed on May 11, 1996 en route from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida to Hartsfield International Airport (now known as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) in Atlanta, Georgia. The crash destroyed the credibility of the low-cost carrier ValuJet Airlines.
Valuka Iswar In Hinduism, Valuka Iswar is an avatara or form of Lord Shiva. The ancient Walkeshwar Temple in the Indian city of Mumbai was built under the supervision of minister Lakshman Prabhu of the Silhara dynasty to commemorate and worship Valuka Iswar.
Valume Nob Valume Nob are a hardcore punk/metal band consisting of a number of veteran musicians who have been in some of New Orleans' heaviest underground bands. Following a 2004 EP, they put out their debut full length album in 2006 entitled "Residue and Bones".
Valuyevsky Ukaz Valuyevsky Ukaz (; ) of 18 July, 1863 was a secret decree (ukaz) of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire Pyotr Valuev, in which all publications in Ukrainian language were stopped. In spite of commonly accepted opinions, this decree did not include the phrase: "the Ukrainian language never existed, does not exist, and shall never exist" ().
Valvatida Valvatida is an Order of sea stars in the Class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 165 genera in 14 families. The Order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few mm in diameter, like those in the genus Asterina, and sea stars, which can reach up to 75 cm like species in the genus Thromidia.
Valve A valve is a device that regulates the flow of substances (either gases, fluidized solids, slurries, or liquids) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically pipe fittings, but usually are discussed separately.
Valve Anti-Cheat Valve Anti-Cheat, abbreviated to VAC, is a proprietary anti-cheat solution developed and maintained by Valve Corporation as a component of the Steam platform. Although predating Steam, VAC has been fully adapted to its network and, since the release of VAC2, has seen considerable success in the constant battle against cheating in online games.
Valve Bar Home of New Zealands underground and emerging artists, Valve was the "starting stone" and first home to acts and artists such as Shihad, The Datsuns, The Black Seeds, The Upbeats, Trinity Roots, Fur Patrol, Not Quite Right and many more.
Valve cover racing Valve cover racing is a competitive event similar to the Pinewood Derby, but instead of wood blocks, vehicles are made from a valve cover from an internal combustion car engine. Valve cover racing is most commonly seen at car shows.
Valve float Valve float is a condition which occurs when the valves on an internal combustion engine do not stay in contact with the camshaft lobe. Stiffer valve springs can help prevent this but only at the expense of increased friction losses.
Valve gear The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle. It is sometimes referred to as the "motion".
Valve Hammer Editor Valve Hammer Editor, formerly known as Worldcraft and now commonly called Hammer, is Valve Software's map creation program for their first-person shooter computer game Half-Life and for all of its mods, sequels, and expansions, as well as all games using the Source engine. Old versions of Worldcraft also supported Quake and Quake II.
Valve Records Valve Records is an Australian record label, releasing a wide range of alternative artists both local and international. The label was created by Paul Curtis in 1994 to support the local bands he was managing but the most successful band he managed, Regurgitator, would not release an album on Valve until 2004 (Mish Mash) upon the completion of the Band in a Bubble in Melbourne.
Valve seat The valve seat in an internal combusion gasoline or diesel engine is the surface against which an intake or an exhaust valve rests during the portion of the engine operating cycle when that valve is closed. The valve seat is a critical component of an engine in that if it is improperly positioned, oriented, or formed during manufacture, valve leakage will occur which will adversely affect the engine compression ratio and therefore the engine efficiency, performance (horsepower), exhaust emissions, and engine life.
Valve shim A valve shim is a disc of hardened metal of precisely calibrated height used to adjust the clearance (US:lash) between a cam-lobe and the valve on which it operates where the cam-lobe operates directly on the valve without an intermediate rocker arm. The shim sits atop a shim bucket which itself sits atop the valve-stem and moves up and down within a machined bore.
Valve sound Valve sound is the characteristic sound produced from a valve-based audio amplifier. The term can also be used to describe the sound created by specially-designed transistor amplifiers or digital modelling devices that emulate the characteristics of the valve sound.
Valve stem A valve stem is the port on a wheel that allows the tire to be pressurized. They are typically spring-loaded devices that admit air when the external pressure is greater than the internal tire pressure to allow filling.
Valve Sound System The Valve Sound System is a touring sound system specifically designed for the high fidelity playback of drum and bass music. Created by UK artists, Dillinja and Lemon D, the Valve Sound System has a total power output of 96 kW.
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (also known as the David procedure) is a cardiac surgery procedure involving replacement of the ascending aorta without replacement of the aortic valve. Developed by Tirone David and Christopher Feindel at the Toronto General Hospital.
Valveless The Valveless was an English automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1915 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. The successor to the Ralph Lucas Valveless, the car marked the entry of the David Brown group into the manufacture of motors.
Valveless pulse jet A Valveless pulse jet (or pulsejet) is one of the simplest jet propulsion devices ever designed, and is the simplest form of jet engine that does not require forward motion to run continuously. Valveless pulsejets are low in cost, light weight, powerful and easy to operate.
Valverde de Valdelacasa Valverde de Valdelacasa is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 63 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 68 people.
Valverde, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Valverde (Spanish meaning "green valley") is a municipality in the Canary Islands in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is situated in the north-east part of El Hierro (the rest of the island being the municipality of La Frontera).
Valvetrain A traditional reciprocating internal combustion engine uses valves to control air and fuel flow into and out of the cylinders, facilitating combustion. Valvetrain is an all-encompassing term used to described the mechanisms and parts which control the operation of the valves.
Valvetronic The Valvetronic system is the first variable valve timing system to offer continuously variable timing (on both intake and exhaust camshafts) along with continuously variable intake valve lift, from ~0 to 10 mm, on the intake camshaft only. Valvetronic-equipped engines are unique in that they rely on the amount of valve lift to throttle the engine rather than a butterfly valve in the intake tract.
Valvifera Members of the suborder Valvifera are crustaceans resembling woodlice. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of the body, covering the pleopods.
Valvin muscat Valvin muscat is a hybrid grape variety for use in white wine production. It was developed by grape breeder Bruce Reisch at the Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and released on July 7, 2006.
Valvo The Valvo GmbH commits its 50jähriges firm anniversary on 1 April 1974. It is one of the largest element manufacturers in Germany and supplies today - apart from few exceptions - all electronic elements for the consumer electronics and professional electronics.
Valya Balkanska Valya Mladenova Balkanska () (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains known for singing the song Izlel e Delyu Haydutin, part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Vašek Klouda Vašek Klouda is currently (2006) the reigning freestyle footbag champion of the world. Born in 1986, raised, and resident in Prague, in the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klouda started playing footbag when he was 13.
Vama Veche (band) Vama Veche is a Romanian soft rock band, founded in 1996, which was also the year of in which they recorded the song "Nu am chef azi" which became a hit in 1997 in Romania. The band's front man is Tudor ChirilÄ.
Vamachara The two paths of Tantra - Dakshinachara (Right-Hand Path), and Vamachara (Left-Hand Path) are viewed by Tantrists as equally valid approaches to enlightenment; Vamachara, however, is considered to be the faster and more dangerous of the two, not suitable for all practitioners. This usage of the terms is still current in modern Tantra.
Vaman Krishna Chorghade Vaman Krishna Chorghade(1914-1995) was a Nationally acclaimed Marathi writer and one of the pioneers of short story writing in Marathi.Born in a humble family in Narkhed,Maharashtra, this youngest child of 10 siblings was sharp,fearless and determined to turn every challenge into an opportunity.
Vamana Vamana (Devanagari: वामन) is a personality described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatara of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or Treta yuga. Also he is the first Avatar of Vishnu which appears with a completely human form, though it was that of a dwarf brahmin.
Vamar The Vamar (originally christened the Kilmarnock) is an English shipwreck (which sank on March 19, 1942) near Mexico Beach, Florida, United States.Vamar at Florida's Underwater Archaeological Preserves It is located 3.
Vammatar Vammatar is the Finnish goddess of pain, disease, and/or suffering (other versions have her as more actively negative, the goddess of evil and misfortune). She is the daughter of Tuoni (god of the underworld) and Tuonetar (goddess of death).
Vamp (film) Vamp is a 1986 vampire film starring Grace Jones. It is similar in premise to a film made 10 years later, From Dusk Till Dawn in that a group of people (frat boys, this time) end up in a nightclub ran by vampires where they have to fight for survival.
Vamp (woman) Vamp is a colloquial term applied to describe a particular type of femme fatale, popular in silent films. The term is a shortening of the word vampire, and is used to describe a woman who is glamorous in an exotic, stylised and usually overstated manner.
Vampire Vampires (sometimes vampyres) are mythological or folkloric creatures believed to be the re-animated corpses of human beings who subsist on human or animal blood. In folklore, the term usually refers to the blood-drinking humans of Eastern European legends, but it is often extended to cover similar legendary creatures from other regions and cultures.
Vampire (Blade) Vampires (homines nocturnae) of the Blade universe are an offshoot of humanity with their progenitor being the entity Drake (aka Dracula, Dakon), a Sumerian who was worshipped as a god. His progeny are the pure bloods, while those beings who are bitten by Drake or his descendants are byproducts of vampirism.
Vampire (Doctor Who) Vampires have featured a number of times in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its other media tie-ins. The canonicity of the non-television stories in relation to the television series is unclear, and the various media may not even be consistent with respect to each other.
Vampire (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the vampire is an undead creature. A humanoid or monstrous humanoid can become a vampire, and looks as it did in life, with pale skin, haunting red eyes, and a feral cast to its features.
Vampire (World of Darkness) A vampire is a fictional creature in the role-playing games and books based on the World of Darkness setting by White Wolf Game Studio. The concept of a vampire in WoD takes many elements from the folklore surrounding traditional vampires in Western culture, and adds a number of specific features for the sake of game mechanics.
Vampire bat Vampire bats are bats that feed on blood (hematophagy). There are only three bat species that feed on blood: The Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi).
Vampire Blood Vampire Blood (also called the Cirque du Freak trilogy) is the first trilogy in The Saga of Darren Shan by the author Darren Shan. It contains the books Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant and Tunnels of Blood.
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company is a Caffe Cino Award Winning NYC based Indie theatre company with a mission towards the creation and production of theatrical events based in stage combat and dark comedy with a comic book edge. The company is a resident company of Center Stage, NY [http://www.
Vampire Finch The Vampire Finch (Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It is a very distinct subspecies of the Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Wolf and Darwin Islands (Grant et al.
Vampire Game Vampire Game (ĺ¸čˇ€ éŠćŻ KyĹ«ketsu YĹ«gi) is a manga by the Japanese author and artist, Judal. It originally ran as 'KyĹ«ketsu YĹ«gi' in Wings Manga Magazine - a monthly manga anthology in Japan and just finished with the November 2004 issue.
Vampire hybrids Vampire hybrids are described as an abomination, a beast that is a former vampire that became a mixed beast when exposed to lycan blod (drinking it) or biten by a lycan (werewolf) and becoming a hybrid but still is more vampire like. There are very few legends, stories or theories of such a creature, however in the film underworld evolution the myth leads to Marcus the film also shows another kind of hybrid a Lycan hybrid who is created the same way but is a lycan first then exposed to vampire blood or biten by a vampire that theory leads to
Vampire High Vampire High - The premise is that of a group of young Vampires who are subjected to a daring experiment by the Elders: they were taken in by a boarding school that also houses normal mortal teenagers with the intent of civilizing them. Many problems face the students on both the day and night curriculum from typical teen issues of love, friends and even enemies.
Vampire Host Vampire Host (ă´ă‚ˇăłă‘イアă›ă‚ąă) is a live action television drama from Japan. Broadcast Spring 2004 on TV Tokyo during the Late night time block, its two central characters, Suou (a vampire) and Rion (a highschool girl), have to deal with various strange mysteries throughout the mini-series.
Vampire Hunter D (1985 film) One of the first anime films released outside of Japan, Vampire Hunter D (ĺ¸čˇ€é¬ĽăŹăłă‚żăĽD) remains a cult classic in the English-speaking world. Billed by the Japanese producers as a "dark future science-fiction romance", Vampire Hunter D is set in the year 12,090 A.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (ăăłă‘イアăŹăłă‚żăĽD) is a 2000 Japanese anime film, written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, with characters designed by Yutaka Minowa. It is the sequel to 1985's Vampire Hunter D, and is based on the third of Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D manga novels (titled Demon Deathchase in English).
Vampire in Brooklyn Vampire in Brooklyn (also known as Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn) is a 1995 American horror/comedy film directed by horror legend Wes Craven, and starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett. Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy co-star.
Vampire Killer (song) "Vampire Killer" is the name of a piece of music played in the Castlevania series. The popularity of the song within the series is arguably due to it being the first background theme to be heard in a Castlevania game.
Vampire lifestyle The vampire lifestyle (or vampyre lifestyle) is a lifestyle, involving a number of customs and beliefs, followed (in various fashions and to different degrees) by a subculture of people who are attracted to contemporary vampire lore and who seek to emulate it. While some older occult and tribal cultures have rituals and customs similar to the modern subculture, the vampire subculture itself is largely a social creation within Western culture, seemingly drawing from the rich recent history of popular culture related to cult symbolism, horror films, the fiction of Anne Rice, and the styles of Victorian England.
Vampire number In mathematics, a vampire number (or true vampire number) is a composite natural number v, with an even number of digits n, that can be factored into two integers x and y each with n/2 digits and not both with trailing zeroes, where v contains all the digits from x and from y, in any order. x and y are called the fangs.
Vampire pumpkins and watermelons Vampire pumpkins and watermelons are a folk legend from the Balkans, in southeastern Europe, described by ethnologist Tatomir Vukanović. The story is associated with the Roma people of the region, from whom much of traditional vampire folklore, among other unusual legends, originated.
Vampire Science Vampire Science is the second novel in the BBC Books series, the Eighth Doctor Adventures, based upon the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who. It was written by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum.
Vampire Spawn In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the vampire spawn is an undead creature created when a vampire slays a mortal in a way other than with its bite. Vampire spawn look much the way they did in life (they are usually humanoids), except with hardened features and a predatory look.
Vampire State Building Vampire State Building was an industrial band from Norway with an experimental flair. The band consisted of Stig Jakobsen, Erik Ljunggren, Kai Nicolai Priddy, Jim Ivan Bergsten, Aksel Hagen Tjora, Stine Varvin, and Carl Braathen.
Vampire Tales Vampire Tales was a black-and-white horror-comics magazine series published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Like several other contemporary horror anthologies, it featured monsters (in this case, vampires) as both protagonists and antagonists.
Vampire's Kiss Vampire's Kiss is an American dark comedy film released in 1989. It was written by Joseph Minion, who also penned Martin Scorsese's darkly humorous After Hours, and stars actors Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley.
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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first edition and often abbreviated as VTES, V:TES or V:tES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness. It is published by White Wolf, Inc.
Vampire: The Masquerade Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, Vampire: The Masquerade was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness live-action and role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern Gothic-Punk world. The Revised Edition, sometimes alternately referred to as the Third Edition by fans, was released in 1998 and explains, "the setting of Vampire is a composite of its populace and their despair.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a computer role-playing game for Windows developed by Troika Games in 2004. Like Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Bloodlines is set in White Wolf, Inc.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is a PC RPG released on June 7, 2000 by Activision. The game follows the adventures of a French crusader, Christof Romuald, through Prague and Vienna in the old world to London and New York City in the new.
Vampire: The Requiem Vampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness.
Vampires Will Never Hurt You "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" was the second single from New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". This song in particular is regarded as a classic by many fans.
Vampires: Los Muertos Vampires : Los Muertos is a 2002 sequel to John Carpenter's Vampires starring Jon Bon Jovi in the role of the vampire hunter, instead of James Woods. This film is not exactly a sequel but simply another film that takes place within the same universe as the first film.
Vampiro Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Vampiro. He is currently competing in Wrestling Society X, and is the vocalist for punk/industrial band Droch Fhoula.
Vampyre Erotica Vampyre Erotica is the fifth album by British Goth rockers Inkubus Sukkubus, their fourth full-length studio album. It contains 12 original songs and a cover of "Paint it Black" by The Rolling Stones.
Van A van is a vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground.
Van 't Hoff factor In physical chemistry, the van 't Hoff factor i is the number of moles of solute actually in solution per mole of solid solute added. Equivalently, i refers to the ratio of true molecular mass to calculated molecular methods by colligative methods.
Van Allen Building The Van Allen Building is a four story building in Clinton, Iowa designed by Louis Sullivan and commissioned by John Delbert Van Allen. Constructed 1912-1914 as a department store, it now has upper floor apartments with ground floor commercial space.
Van Allen radiation belt The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's magnetic field. The Van Allen belts are closely related to the polar aurora where particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluoresce.
Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia The Van Alstyne's Regiment of Militia also know as the 7th Albany County Militia Regimentwas called up in July, 1777 at Kinderhook, New York to reinforce the Gen. Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign.
Van Andel Arena The Van Andel Arena is a 10,834-seat multi-purpose arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a $75 million construction effort, the arena opened on October 8, 1996 and since has attracted more than five million patrons.
Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangle Bond triangles or Van Arkel-Ketelaar triangles are triangles used to show different compounds in varying degrees of ionic, metallic and covalent bonding. The bond triangle shows that ionic, metallic and covalent bonds are not just particular bonds of a specific type.
Van Arsdale France Van Arsdale France is credited with establishing the process for training new employees in Disney-owned and other "theme parks" around the world he headed the training department for Kaiser Motors] and was recruited by [[Walt Disney durng the planning stage for Disneyland prior to its 1955 opening.
Van Asch College Van Asch Deaf Education Centre is located in Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a residential special school for deaf children, as well as a resource centre providing services and support for mainstream students and their teachers.
Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia The Van Bergen's Regiment of Militia also know as the 11th Albany County Militia Regiment was called up in July, 1777 at Coxsackie, New York to reinforce General Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broek's Brigade.
Van Beuren Studios Van Beuren Studios was an animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons from 1928-1936. They closed their doors during 1936 because their distributor, RKO Radio Pictures, dropped Van Beuren's product and acquired Walt Disney Productions as its new animation producer.
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