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Winnipeg municipal election, 1953 The 1953 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1953 to elect councillors and school trustees in the Manitoba city of Winnipeg. There was no mayoral election; mayors were elected for two-year terms in this period, and 1953 was an off year.
Winnipeg Monarchs The Winnipeg Monarchs were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Hockey League from 1967 to 1977 under three names. The team played as the Winnipeg Jets from 1967 to 1973; the Winnipeg Clubs from 1973 to 1976, and the Winnipeg Monarchs from 1976 to 1977.
Winnipeg Music Festival The Winnipeg Music Festival or Winnipeg Music Competition Festival Inc (Manitoba Music Competition Festival 1919-83) as it is formally known as was founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1919 by the Men's Musical Club (Men's Music Club).
Winnipeg North Centre Winnipeg North Centre was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented by a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 2004. It is a largely working class riding in Winnipeg and has traditionally had a large Jewish and immigrant population.
Winnipeg River The Winnipeg River is a Canadian river which flows from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba and eventually empties into Hudson Bay via the Nelson River. This river is 813 km long (counting the Rainy River system, the major tributary of the Lake of the Woods) and drains an area of 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²), mainly in Canada.
Winnipeg Saints The Winnipeg Saints are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team playing out of the Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They are not related to, and are nowhere near as good as the New Orleans Saints.
Winnipeg South Winnipeg South is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the south of the city of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg South Blues The Winnipeg South Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team playing out of the Century Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have won the Turnbull Cup (the MJHL Championship) six times, and the Anavet Cup (the MJHL-SJHL Championship) twice.
Winnipeg Statement The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Bishops' Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae from a Plenary Assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Published on September 27, 1968, it is the Canadian Bishop's controversial document about Pope Paul VI's July 1968 encyclical on human life and the regulation of birth.
Winnipeg Thunder The Winnipeg Thunder was a professional basketball franchise based in Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1992 to 1994. The Thunder played its inaugural season in the World Basketball League which folded before the schedule ended.
Winnipeg Transit Winnipeg Transit is the public transit agency in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was operated by the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg from 1960 until 1972 when the Corporation was replaced by the amalgamated City of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Warriors The Winnipeg Warriors were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Hockey League. They were founded as an expansion team in 1980, but suffered from attendance problems competing with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League and ultimately moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1984, becoming the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Winnipeg White Out The Winnipeg White Out is a hockey tradition that dates back to 1985 when hockey fans in Winnipeg were asked to wear white clothing to home playoff games in Winnipeg, creating a very intimidating effect and atmosphere. It was created as a response to the "sea of red" created by fans of the Calgary Flames, whom the home town Winnipeg Jets were facing in the first round of the playoffs.
Winnisquam Lake Winnisquam Lake is located in Belknap County in central New Hampshire, in the communities of Sanbornton, Belmont, Laconia, and Meredith. At 4,264 acres, it is the third-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire.
Winnowing Oar The Winnowing Oar (athereloigon) is an object that appears in Homer's Odyssey. In the epic, Odysseus is instructed by a Tiresias to take an oar from his ship and to walk inland until he finds a "land that knows nothing of the sea", where the oar would be mistaken for a winnowing fan.
Winny Winny (also known as WinNY) is a Japanese peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program that claims to be loosely inspired by the design principles behind the Freenet network and that also claimed to keep user identities untraceable. While Freenet was implemented in Java, Winny was implemented as a Windows C++ application.
Wino (slang term) Wino is a slang term used to describe people who consume large amounts of cheap wine and sometimes applied to consumers of other forms of alcohol beverages. Wine, especially fortified "bum wine" is the drink of choice for poor alcoholics due to its high alcohol content, availability and cheap price.
Winograd Commission The Winograd Commission (Hebrew: ועדת וינוגרד) is an Israeli government-appointed commission of inquiry, chaired by retired judge Eliyahu Winograd, which is set out to investigate and draw lessons from the failures experienced by Israel during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. The Committee had its first plenary session on September 18 and began summoning and hearing testimonies from witnesses on November 2, 2006.
Winogradsky column The Winogradsky Column is a simple device for culturing a large diversity of microorganisms. Invented by Sergei Winogradsky (1856-1953), the device is a column of pond mud and water mixed with a carbon source such as newspaper (containing cellulose or egg-shells (containing calcium carbonate) and a sulfur source such as gypsum (calcium sulfate) or egg-yolk.
Winona Independent School District Winona Independent School District is a school district based in Winona, Texas (USA) and covering all of the city of Winona as well as the communities of Red Springs, Sand Flat, Starrville, and East Texas Center (Owentown). The district is ranked as "academically acceptable" under the Texas Education Agency, and individual schools are broken down as follows:
Winona Senior High School Winona Senior High School is a publicly funded high school in Winona, in Winona County, which is located in southeastern Minnesota. The high school has over 1400 students in grades 9-12 and its principal is Dr.
Winona State University Winona State University is primarily an undergraduate university, the oldest of the schools that constitute Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). It is not part of the University of Minnesota, the state's land grant institution.
Winooski River The Winooski River is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately 90 miles (145 km) long, in northern Vermont in the United States. Although not Vermont's longest river, it is one of the state's most significant, forming a major valley way from Lake Champlain through the Green Mountains towards (although not connecting in drainage to) the Connecticut River valley.
Winpak Winpak manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related innovative packaging machines. The Company's products are used primarily for the protection of perishable foods, beverages, and in health care applications.
Winplay3 Winplay3 was the original MP3 player (previous to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening). It was released by the Fraunhofer Society (creators of the MP3 format) on September 9 1995 and remained the primary player of the format for several years.
Winpooch Winpooch is a free and open source program that detects and blocks spyware from computers running Microsoft Windows. It also detects trojans and can associate with the ClamWin antivirus software to provide real-time protection.
WinPlay3 Winplay3 was the original MP3 player (in 16-bit and 32-bit exes) (previous to this, audio compressed with MP3 had to be decompressed prior to listening). It was released by Fraunhofer (creators of the MP3 format) on September 9 1995 and remained the primary player of the format for several years.
Winradio WinRadio is the name of a manufacturer of radio communication equipment as well as a brand name applied to computer-based radio receivers, software, antennas and accessories. The WinRadio company is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Winrich Behr Winrich Behr was a Panzer Captain and recipient of the Knight's Cross who was on the intelligence staff of the Sixth Army during the Stalingrad encirclement. He tried to convince Hitler of the hopelessness of winning the war on the Eastern Front.
Winrich Kolbe Winrich Kolbe is a German-born American television, film director and television producer, best known for his work in various Star Trek television series.' As of October 2005, he teaches at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Winry Rockbell In the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist, Winry Rockbell (ウィンリィ・ロックベル, Winrī Rokkuberu) is the best friend, and frequent travel companion, of the protagonists, Edward and Alphonse Elric.
WinRunner Mercury Interactive's WinRunner is an automated functional GUI testing tool that allows a user to record and play back UI interactions as test scripts. The software implements a proprietary Test Script Language (TSL) that allows customization and parameterization of user input.
Winshill Lying on what was formerly the Derbyshire side of the River Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton upon Trent. Later in the century middle-class houses were built along the Ashby road, and there has also been extensive 20th century council and private housing development in the south-eastern part of the township.
Winslow Corbett Winslow Corbett is an American actress and the daughter of Rockford Files supporting player Gretchen Corbett (Beth Davenport). Corbett toured as Elaine Robinson in the stage version of The Graduate during the 2000s, as well as touring in several other plays, and appeared in the TV-movie A Change of Heart (1998).
Winslow Hall Winslow Hall is a 17th century country house in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England. The architect of the mansion has been a matter of prolonged architectutal debate; candidates include Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren or a talented provincial draughtsman.
Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 - September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter, most famous for his marines. Largely self-taught, he is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America, and a preeminent figure in American art.
Winslow House The Winslow House is a building in River Forest, Illinois designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Built on a private street on the Edward Waller estate, the Winslow House was Wright's first important independent commission and his first attempt at reinventing the traditional house.
Winslow Road railway station Winslow Road railway station was a station serving the village of East Claydon (near Winslow), to the north of Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England. (Winslow itself also had a station simply called "Winslow" on British Rail's Varsity Line.
Winslow Township High School Winslow Township High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students Winslow Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Winslow Township School District.
Winslow Township School District The Winslow Township School District is an American comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Winslow Township, in Camden County, New Jersey. The district is comprised of four Elementary Schools (grades Pre-K - 2), two Upper Elementary Schools (grades 3 - 5), one Middle School (grades 6 - 8), and one High School (grades 9 - 12).
Winsome Andante Winsome Adante is an English thoroughbred horse who has competed successfully to the highest levels of the sport of eventing. His rider, Kimberly Severson, has taken him to many well-known events, and he has won the Rolex CCI**** an amazing three times, only matched by Bruce Davidson's previous mount, Dr.
Winsor McCay Award The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in animation. The award is presented at the annual Annie Awards, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood.
Winsorising Winsorising is the transformation of outliers in statistical data. A typical strategy is to set all outliers to a specified percentile of the data; for example, a 90% Winsorisation would see all data below the 5th percentile set to the 5th percentile, and data above the 95th percentile set to the 95th percentile.
Winsorized mean A Winsorized mean is a statistical measure of central tendency, much like the mean and median, and even more similar to the truncated mean. It involves the calculation of the mean after replacing given parts of a probability distribution or sample at the high and low end with the most extreme remaining values, typically discarding an equal amount of both; often 10 to 25 percent of the ends are replaced.
Winstanley (film) Winstanley is the title of a film made in 1975 in the UK by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo, based on the 1962 David Caute novel Comrade Jacob (ASIN: B0007E2A6Q). This deals with some of the life story of the 17th Century social reformer and writer Gerard Winstanley, who, along with a small band of followers known as The Diggers tried to establish a self-sufficient farming community on common land at St.
Winstar Galaxy Stakes The Winstar Galaxy Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Keeneland each year. The Grade III race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one mile on the turf and offers a purse of $400,000.
Winster Winster is a former lead-mining village in the Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from Matlock and 6 miles from Bakewell at an altitude of approx 250m. The village, which lies within the Peak District National Park, has a large number of listed buildings, including the Market House open daily as a National Trust information point.
Winster Market House Winster Market House is a building dating from the end of the 17th or beginning of the 18th centuries, and is situated in Winster, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England. The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1906.
Winston (Dennis the Menace) Winston is a fictional character that first apeard in the 1986 Dennis the Menace animated series and is an enemy of Dennis. He is a bully that moved in Dennis Mitchell's neighborhood and picks on everybody that’s smaller than he is.
Winston Bennett Winston Bennett (born February 9, 1965 in Louisville, Kentucky), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Bennett played three years in the NBA, mainly for the Cavaliers from 1989 to 1992.
Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria Major General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria GCMG CB DSO (1877–1951) was a British administrator. He served as Governor of South Australia from 1934 to 1939 then Governor of Victoria until 1963, acting as Governor-general of Australia from late 1944 to early 1945, and again in 1947.
Winston Face Winston Face (1832-1907), a philosopher who was born and spent the majority of his life in Johannesburg, South Africa. He wrote many theses on subjectivity, and was a frequent speaker at gatherings in the country.
Winston Fitzgerald Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald (1914-1987) was a renowned Cape Breton fiddler. He was a pioneer in recorded performances of the music, and has heavily influenced the style and repertoire of later generations of players.
Winston Garland Winston Garland (born December 19 1964, in Gary, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'2" guard from Southwest Missouri State University, Garland played in 7 NBA seasons for 5 different teams.
Winston Hill Winston Hill (born October 23, 1941) was a tennis champion in high school and an American college and professional football player. He played both offensive and defensive line in college at Texas Southern University and was an All-American.
Winston Chang (Wing Commander) Winston Chang is a fictional character in the computer game series Wing Commander, he is a fighter pilot with a "dark" past he wishes to leave behind and a wanderer’s spirit, reflected by his callsign "Vagabond". He appears twice, first in Wing Commander III - Heart of the Tiger and later in Wing Commander IV - The Price of Freedom.
Winston Chu Winston Chu (徐嘉慎) (born 1940 in Hong Kong, China) graduated from University College London with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law in the University of Hong Kong for years and served the Town Planning Board from 1988 to 1996.
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman, soldier, and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Well-known as an orator, strategist, and politician, Churchill was one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history.
Winston Churchill (grandson) Winston Spencer-Churchill (born October 10, 1940), generally known as Winston Churchill,Churchill's legal surname was Spencer-Churchill (he was related to the Spencer family), but starting with his grandfather, Lord Randolph Churchill, his branch of the family used the name Churchill in their public life. is a retired British Conservative Party politician and the grandson of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill as historian The British statesman Winston Churchill was a prolific writer throughout his life, and during his periods out of office regarded himself as a professional writer who was also a Member of Parliament. Despite his aristocratic birth, he inherited little money (his mother spent most of his inheritance) and always needed ready cash to maintain his lavish lifestyle.
Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute is a public high school in Toronto, specifically located in Scarborough. Although the language of instruction is English, over half of the students do not use English as their primary language, and over thirty percent have resided in Canada less than five yearsAs of Spring 2005 there are 558 male students and 506 female students of various ethnicities.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is an Australian Trust established in 1965, the year in which Sir Winston Churchill died. The principal object of the Trust is to perpetuate and honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill by the award of Travelling Fellowships known as a Churchill Fellowship.
Winston Llenas Winston Enriquillo (Davila) Llenas (born September 23, 1943 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder who played for the California Angels from 1968 to 1969, and again from 1972 to 1975. He had signed with the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before the 1961 season, then was released by them on June 16, 1962.
Winston McCarthy Winston John McCarthy, (10 March 1908 - 2 January 1984) was a Rugby Union radio commentator during the 1940s through to the 1960s who became known as the "Voice of New Zealand Rugby". He is particular remembered for his broadcasts of the NZEF "Kiwis" during World War II and later the All Blacks matches.
Winston Ntshona Winston Ntshona (born 6 October 1941 in Port Elizabeth ) is a South African actor. He worked alongside South African playwright Athol Fugard on several occasions and played a minor role in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed film Gandhi.
Winston Parks Winston Parks Tifet (born October 12, 1981) is a Costa Rican football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Slovan Liberec. He has just spent a few years in Russia at Lokomotiv Moscow and on loan at FC Saturn Ramenskoe.
Winston Preparatory School Winston Prepararory School is a co-ed day school located in New York City. It provides education for 6th through 12th grade students with learning differences such as dyslexia, nonverbal learning disabilities, expressive or receptive language disorders and attention deficit problems.
Winston Silcott Winston Silcott is a convicted British murderer and was one of the Tottenham Three who were convicted in March 1987 of the murder of Police Constable Keith Blakelock on the night of 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in north London. All three convictions were quashed on 25 November 1991 after forensic tests suggested that confessions had been fabricated.
Winston Smith Winston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. His name has become a metaphor for the man in the street, the unwitting and innocent victim of political machination.
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" is an enduring slogan that appeared in newspaper, magazine, radio, and television advertisements for Winston cigarettes from the brand's introduction in 1954 until 1972. It is one of the best-known American tobacco advertising campaigns.
Winston Tong Winston Tong is a San Francisco-based performer and artist, probably best known as the frontman for Tuxedomoon. Tong has also received notoriety as a puppeteer, actor/playwright, visual artist, and as singer/songwriter for his solo musical work.
Winston Tunnel The Winston Tunnel, completed in 1888, was built by the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad (predecessor to the Chicago Great Western Railway, or CGW). The tunnel was located on the CGW main line 152 miles (245 kilometers) west of Chicago and nine miles (14.
Winston Zeddemore Winston Zeddemore is a fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films and TV series. He was played by Ernie Hudson in both movies and was voiced by Arsenio Hall in the first season of The Real Ghostbusters.
Winston's War Based on historical events, Winston's War is a 2003 novel by Michael Dobbs that presents a fictional account of the struggle of Winston Churchill to combat the appeasement policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
Winston-Salem Beltway The Winston-Salem Beltway is a proposed freeway loop around the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem. The eastern and western segments of this beltway, deemed the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway project, is the only project currently underway.
Winston-Salem Journal The Winston-Salem Journal is a daily newspaper primarily serving the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and its county, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It also features coverage of Northwestern North Carolina.
Winston-Salem Shell gas station The Winston-Salem Shell gas station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was constructed in 1930 following a decision in the 1920s by the Shell Company to begin marketing in North Carolina. The building is an example of representational or novelty architecture and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 May 1976.
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway The Winston-Salem Southbound Railway (AAR reporting mark WSS) began operations in 1910. It was jointly owned by Norfolk and Western Railway (AAR reporting mark NW) and Seaboard Air Line (AAR reporting mark SAL).
Winston-Salem Warthogs The Winston-Salem Warthogs are a minor league baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class High-A team in the Carolina League and have been a farm team of the Chicago White Sox since 1997.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 185,776; in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17,483 raising the population to 203,259.
WinSoftware WinSoftware Ltd is a company that develops highly questionable security software (labeled as malware, adware or spyware by several leading security companies) such as firewalls, anti-virus programs and registry cleaners. The most known products that the company has developed is WinFixer, WinAntiVirus and WinAntiSpyware.
WinStar Derby The WinStar Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses open to three year olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. The Derby is held at the beginning of April at Sunland Park (founded in 1959) in New Mexico.
Wintel Wintel is a term used to describe desktop computers and servers of the type commonly used in homes and businesses since the late 1980s (these are PC compatible computers running a version of Microsoft Windows). The portmanteau term is a concatenation of Windows (Microsoft's operating environment) and Intel (the originator of the x86 processor architecture used in many of today's PC compatible computers).
Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a Munich-based record label that specializes in jazz and improvised music. Stefan Winter, also the founder of the now-defunct JMT Records, is the founder and executive producer of Winter & Winter.
Winter (Fabergé egg) The 1913 Winter egg is one of a series of fifty Russian jeweled Easter eggs and was designed by Alma Pihl ,the designer who worked for Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in 1913 for Tsar Nicholas II as an Easter gift for the Tzar's mother, Tsaritsa Maria Fyodorovna.
Winter Activation Meeting (WAM) The Winter Activation Meeting (WAM) is a "genre" convention sponsored by the Boardgame Players Association, featuring tournament play of two-player historical card-driven games (CDWs). It began in 2003.
Winter cluster In beekeeping, a winter cluster is a well-defined cluster of honey bees that forms in a colony when the air temperature dips below 54 to 57 °F (12 to 14 °C). As the temperature further decreases the cluster becomes tighter and more compact as the bees are clinging tightly together on the combs in the hive.
Winter Comes Home Winter Comes Home was a live album credited to David Thomas and his Legs, released in 1982, in which Thomas was supported by Chris Cutler and Lindsay Cooper. Trouser Press reports that the album "mixes intellectual stand-up comedy with winning performances".
Winter flounder The winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western north Atlantic coast, from Labrador, Canada to Georgia, United States.
Winter garden A winter garden is, as the name implies a garden planted to either produce food, or at least remain visibly planted and slowly develop, throughout the winter, or else a garden whose plants will serve as living decoration all winter.
Winter guard Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from the outdoor summer activity that is commonly part of marching band or drum corps. Unlike colorguard, which performs outdoors on a football field (is part of a marching band), winterguard is performed indoors, usually in a gym or indoor arena.
Winter Garden Downtown Historic District The Winter Garden Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Winter Garden, Florida. It is bounded by Woodland, Tremaine, Henderson, and Lake View Streets, encompasses approximately 100 acres, and contains 26 historic buildings.
Winter Garden Historic Residential District The Winter Garden Historic Residential District is a historic district in Winter Garden, Florida. It is bounded by Plant, Boyd, Tilden, and Central Streets, encompasses approximately 250 acres, and contains 76 historic buildings.
Winter Gardens, Blackpool The Winter Gardens is a large complex of theatres and conference facilities in the town centre of Blackpool, England. The site was opened in 1878 but a large part of the current building is relatively recent, dating back to the 1930s.
Winter Gardens, California Winter Gardens is a neighborhood in the community of Lakeside, California in San Diego County, California, United States. The population of the Winter Gardens census-designated place (CDP) was 19,771 at the 2000 census.
Winter Guard International Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International (DCI), Winter Guard International (WGI) was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual, performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles.
Winter holiday season In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter holiday season (also known as the winter holidays, or sometimes the Christmas season) is the religion-neutral designation of a period of holidays during late autumn and early winter. It has been found to have a disproportionate effect on health, compared to the rest of the year.
Winter Haven Heights Historic Residential District The Winter Haven Heights Historic Residential District also known as Winter Haven Heights Historic District is a historic district in Winter Haven, Florida. It is roughly bounded by Lake Martha, 2nd Street Northeast, 5th Street Northeast, and Avenue A Northeast, encompasses approximately 450 acres, and contains 147 historic buildings.
Winter Haven Super Sox The Winter Haven Super Sox were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club featured future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins as part of its pitching staff.
Winter Hexagon The Winter Hexagon is an asterism involving an imaginary hexagon drawn, during the winter, upon the northern hemisphere's celestial sphere; with its defining vertices at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux/Castor, Procyon, and Sirius. Pollux and Castor are very close (just a few degrees) from each other.

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