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Winter Hill (Lancashire) Winter Hill is a hill in Lancashire, England, located on Rivington Moor between Chorley and Bolton. Part of the West Pennine Moors, it is a popular walking area, and has been the setting for UFO sightings, mining activity, aeroplane disasters and murders.
Winter Hill Gang The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts area, mostly Irish-American organized crime figures. It derives its name from the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts north of Boston.
Winter Hill Stakes The Winter Hill Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 7 yards (2,018 metres) at Windsor Racecourse in August
Winter in Eden Winter in Eden is a 1986 science fiction novel, second in the Eden series, by Harry Harrison that tells an alternate history of planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. The story began in West of Eden in which there is a war between a group of Cro-Magnon-level humans and a reptilian race called the Yilané, who are descended from dinosaurs and have become the dominant lifeform on the planet.
Winter Kill (album) Winter Kill is the debut album released in 1985 by the band Slauter Xstroyes. This was the only album the band released until 1999, when the album "Free The Beast" was released and "Winter Kill" itself was re-released.
Winter Line The Winter Line was a series of German military fortifications in Italy, constructed during World War II by Organisation Todt. The main line of fortification, called the Gustav Line, ran across Italy from just north of where the Garigliano River flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, through the Apennine Mountains to the mouth of the Sangro River on the Adriatic Sea in the east.
Winter melon The winter melon (, and पेठा in Hindi, or Kumbalanga in Malayalam, Upo in Tagalog), also called white gourd or ash gourd, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable. The fruit is fuzzy when young, giving rise to the name fuzzy melon ().
Winter Magic The Winter Magic Festival is a popular pagan-style festival, celebrated around the winter solstice in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The 2006 festival took place on 24-25 June in Katoomba on Saturday and in Leura Village on Sunday.
Winter Melody "Winter Melody" is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in late 1976 from her Four Seasons of Love album. By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song has a slightly slower beat than much of her other material at the time.
Winter Moth The Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species of Europe and the Near East and one of very few Lepidoptera of temperate regions in which the adults are active even in the depth of winter.
Winter of 1946-1947 The British winter of 1946-1947 was one of the most severe winters on record to effect the United Kingdom. Just as the country was recovering from post-World War II fuel and food shortages, it had to cope with prolonged frost and snow from 21 January to 16 March 1947.
Winter of Discontent The "Winter of Discontent" is a term used to describe the British winter of 1978–1979, during which there were widespread strikes by trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, and the government of James Callaghan struggled to cope. The strikes were a result of the attempted enforcement of the Labour government's rule that pay rises be kept below 5%, and began in private industry before spreading to the public sector; many of them seriously disrupted everyday life.
Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94 Winter Olympics Games: Lillehammer '94 is an Super NES sports game where players compete in the 1994 Winter Olympics. The object in the game is to acquire as many gold, silver, or bronze medals as he can in order to become the best all-around athlete in the world.
Winter Olympics medal count The total medal count for all Winter Olympic Games from 1924 to 2006 is tabulated below. These counts do not include the totals from winter sports (figure skating and ice hockey) that were contested at Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920.
Winter Palace Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (Russian: Зимний Дворец) in Saint Petersburg, Russia was built between 1754 and 1762 as the winter residence of the Russian tsars.
Winter Passing Winter Passing is a film written and directed by first-timer Adam Rapp, also known for his work on the show The L Word. The film stars Zooey Deschanel and Ed Harris, with supporting performances by Will Ferrell, Amelia Warner, and Deidre O'Connell.
Winter Quarters, Nebraska Winter Quarters, Nebraska, was an encampment formed by approximately 3,500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they awaited better conditions for their trek westward during the winter of 1846-1847. Over 800 shelters were built at the settlement in the Florence neighborhood in present-day North Omaha and it remained populated until 1848.
Winter rye Winter rye is any breed of rye planted in the fall to provide ground cover for the winter. It actually grows during any warmer days of the winter, when sunlight temporarily brings the plant to above freezing, even while there is still general snow cover.
Winter solstice celebration The Winter solstice or Midwinter occurres around December 21 or 22 each year in the northern hemisphere, and June 21 or 22 in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the shortest day and the longest night of the year, when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equatorial plane.
Winter sport A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. As a formal term, it refers to a sport played on snow or ice, but informally can refer to sports played in winter that could be played at any time of the year.
Winter sport in Australia While generally viewed as country more suited to summer sport (the mock Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bid bid required Australia's tallest mountain to be raised 1000 feet with rubbish), several winter sports take place in Australia.
Winter storm A winter storm is a meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form (i.e.
Winter Solas Winter Solas is an album of songs and psalm settings, focusing on the liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas and Pentecost, by the Belfast-based liturgical music group Solas. It was released in 1998, and is now distributed by GIA Publications.
Winter Soldier Investigation The "Winter Soldier Investigation" was a media event intended to publicize war crimes and atrocities by the United States Armed Forces and their allies in the Vietnam War, while showing their direct relationship to military leadership and the foreign and "anti-Communist" policies of the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential administrations.
Winter Solstice (film) Winter Solstice is a 2004 film about a widowed father and his two sons that are struggling to come to terms with life and each other after the sudden death of their wife and mother. It stars Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber, and Allison Janney and is written and directed by Josh Sternfeld.
Winter Street Concourse The Winter Street Concourse is a pedestrian tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts connecting the Park Street and Downtown Crossing subway stations of the MBTA. It can be used to pass freely between these two major transfer stations without boarding a Red Line train, and is therefore a means of transfer between the Green and Orange lines (this type of connection is also possible at Haymarket and North Station).
Winter Vacation Winter Vacation has been proposed in modern times (the 20th and 21st centuries) as a more practical alternative to Summer vacation in areas that have harsh winters and mild summers. It would allow enormous economical savings from not having to provide heat to school buildings during the winter, as well as allowing the students to travel to warmer areas.
Winter wolf In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the winter wolf is a magical beast which lives in cold forests and plains. It is likely to be based upon the arctic wolf, and elements of norse mythology.
Winter War The Winter War (Finnish: Talvisota, Swedish: Vinterkriget, Russian: Зимняя война, also known as the Soviet-Finnish War or the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. Because the attack was judged completely illegal, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on December 14.
Winter Weezerland Weezer's Winter Weezerland EP is an EP released in December 2005 exclusively for iTunes users. It features songs that had originally been recorded by the band in 2000 as part of a special christmas CD that was sent out to Weezer fan club members.
Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster Winter White Russian hamsters are a species of Hamster in the genus Phodopus. They are typically half the size of the better-known Syrian hamster, and therefore called dwarf hamsters along with all Phodopus species.
Winter Words (album) Winter Words - Hits & Rareties is a compilation album by All About Eve (or at least a compilation put out in their name) by their then former record label Mercury with whom they had had an acrimonious split one year earlier. As it was, this album did not have the support or the backing of the band, and its deliberate release on the very same day as their fourth album, Ultraviolet, could not have been timed worse for the prospects of that album.
Winter Wren The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only wren which occurs in the Old World; in Britain it is commonly known simply as "the" Wren.
Winter-hardy Winter-hardy plants are those which are able to grow during the winter, or at least remain healthy and dormant. Examples include not only the obvious evergreens, but also many cultivated plants, including some cabbage and broccoli, and all kinds of carrot.
Winterball Winterball is an annual charity event run by the Boston Men's Baseball League in Boston, Massachusetts to collect toys for the Toys for Tots program. Each year during the month of December, one or more 9 inning games is played, snow or shine, regardless of temperature, with the 18+ league (MABL) squaring off against the 30+ leage (MSBL).
Winterborne Whitechurch Winterborne Whitechurch, also Winterborne Whitchurch, is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A350 road on the Dorset Downs five miles south west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 694 (2001).
Winterborne Zelston Winterborne Zelston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A31 road eight miles south of Blandford Forum and ten miles north west of Poole. The village has a population of 141 (2001).
Winterbottom's sign [sign - Swollen lymph nodes along back of neck in child with early trypanosomiasis] Winterbottom's sign is seen in the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the parasites Trypanosoma brucei rhodiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense which is more commonly known as African sleeping sickness. Winterbottom's sign is the swelling of lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy) along the back of the neck, in the posterior cervical chain of lymph nodes, as trypanosomes travel in the lymphatic fluid and cause inflammation.
Winterbourne (stream) A winterbourne is a stream or river that is dry through the summer months. A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a bourne, from the Anglo-Saxon for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year water courses.
Winterbourne Steepleton Winterbourne Steepleton is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley five miles west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The village has a population of 295 (2001).
Winterburn Reservoir Winterburn Reservoir is located near the village of Winterburn in Malhamdale. It was constructed between 1885 and 1893 by Leeds civil engineers Henry Rofe and Edward Filliter to help maintain levels on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Winterfest The annual Winterfest in Lowell, Massachusetts, is a festival started in 2001 as a way to celebrate the winter season and encourage people to venture outdoors during those months. Winterfest has become New England’s largest winter carnival and has been widely covered by local and national news media.
Winterfilm Collective The Winterfilm Collective (listed as Winterfilm, Inc. in the credits to the film Winter Soldier) consisted of: Fred Aranow, Nancy Baker, Joe Bangert, Rhetta Barron, Robert Fiore, David Gillis, David Grubin, Jeff Holstein, Barbara Jarvis, Al Kaupas, Barbara Kopple, Mark Lenix, Michael Lesser, Nancy Miller, Lee Osborne, Lucy Massie Phenix, Roger Phenix, Benay Rubenstein, and Michael Weil.
Winterfresh Winterfresh is a minty flavor of chewing gum made by Wrigley's. Introduced in the United States in 1994 as an alternative to their Big Red brand, Winterfresh is a very popular teen flavor and is one of the best-selling brands in the country.
Wintergreen (band) Wintergreen is comprised of four young men hailing from the Midwest trying to make it make it big on the west coast. Although relatively unknown at first, the band's break out song “When I Wake Up” became popular on the internet in early 2006 when a music video was released.
Wintergreen Resort Wintergreen Resort is a four-season mountain retreat on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is a "top down" resort in which practically all of the amenities are built on the peaks and ridges, rather than at the base like a traditional ski resort.
Winterhilfswerk The Winterhilfswerk (WHW) was a Nazi charity program with the slogan "None shall starve nor freeze". It was designed to provide food and fuel to indigent Germans, and of course it was an excellent propaganda opportunity.
Winterkälte Winterkälte (also commonly referred to as Winterkalte) is an Industrial/Power noise group consisting of members Udo Wiessmann and Eric de Vries, former members of a group called Severance. Winterkalte's style of Rhythmic Noise has generally stayed the same, though with their album Drum 'n' Noise, they had experimented more, with longer and more epic tracks than what were seen on Structures of Destruction and Disturbance.
Winterland Ballroom The Winterland Ballroom, often simply referred to as Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400 seat music venue in San Francisco, California. Located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street, it was converted to exclusive use as a music venue in 1971, by rock promoter Bill Graham.
Wintermoon Wintermoon is a folk music festival held in Cameron's Pocket, a suburb of the small, country town of Calen in Queensland, Australia. It began in 1997 as a small gathering of local musicians and has grown to become a major attraction in the Australian music scene, with a crowd of 7000 in 2006.
Wintern A Wintern is an individual working on a temporary basis at an organization while on winter break from college. The Wintern is often assigned tasks that can be completed in a three-to-six week timeframe, though the duration of a Winternship may vary depending on the hiring organization and the availability of the Wintern.
Winternals Sysinternals is a website (formerly known as "ntinternals") operated by the company Winternals Software LP, which is located in Austin, Texas. It was started by software developers Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich in 1996, and was acquired by Microsoft on July 18 2006.
Winternship A Winternship is a temporary period of employment normally taking place during a college student's winter break. The duration of a Winternship varies depending on the length of the student's break, but traditional programs last between three and six weeks and between mid-to-late December and mid-to-late January.
Winterslow Winterslow is a village with a population of around 2,000 people, located about 6 miles North East of Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, just off the A30 London Road. It has a primary school, a village shop and post office, doctor's surgery, two pubs, 5 churches, a large modern village hall and two large recreation grounds.
Winterton-on-Sea Winterton-on-Sea is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. As its name suggests, it is situated on the coast some 13 km north of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km east of the city of Norwich.
Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal Winterton is a small town situated on the banks of the Tugela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1905 as Springfield when the Natal government buit a weir across the Little Tugela River.
Winterton, Lincolnshire Winterton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles North-East of Scunthorpe. Taking into account the 5 years since the last UK census, the population currently stands at approximately 5,000 people.
Winterval Winterval is a portmanteau word coined to describe all festivities taking place around the end of the year (the winter in the Northern Hemisphere). It is a fusion of the words winter and festival and was intended to be an alternate description that embraces the mix of Neopagan (December solstice, Yule), Jewish (Hanukkah), African American (Kwanzaa), and other secular holidays such as New Year's Day that take place during the last months of the year, rather than just the originally Christian festivals of Christmas, Advent and Boxing Day.
Winterville, Georgia Winterville is a city in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. Since 1991, when the city of Athens abandoned its city charter to form the unified government of Athens-Clarke County, Winterville has been the only municipality located wholly within Athens-Clarke County.
Winthrop (crater) Winthrop is the remnant of a lunar crater that has been flooded by lava from the Oceanus Procellarum. It lies across the western rim of the much larger Letronne crater, and much larger feature that has been nearly destroyed by the intruding maria.
Winthrop Fleet The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (an early part of the Great Migration) was the largest fleet ever assembled to carry Englishmen overseas to a new homeland. It was a well planned and financed expedition comprising eleven ships that carried 700 immigrants from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Winthrop Kellogg Winthrop Niles Kellogg (born 1898 in Mount Vernon, New York; died 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was a psychologist best known for writing the study "The Ape and The Child"The Ape and The Child, A Research Project Conducted at Orange Park Florida (1931 - 1932), Hafner Publishing Company New York and London, 1967. He received his doctorate in psychology from Columbia University.
Winthrop Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line) Winthrop Street is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection the intersection of Winthrop Street and Nostrand Avenue, it is served by the train (all times), and by the train (rush hours).
Winthrop University Winthrop University (formerly Winthrop College) is an American public, four-year liberal arts college in Rock Hill, South Carolina, within the greater Metrolina (NC / SC) area. In 2005, Winthrop University had an enrollment of 6,480 students.
Winthrop-University Hospital Winthrop-University Hospital, is a 591-bed hospital located in Mineola, New York, on Long Island. Founded in 1896, as Nassau Hospital, it is a teaching hospital of the State University of New York at Stony Brook's medical college.
Winton Dean Winton Dean (b Birkenhead, 18 March 1916) is an English musicologist of the 20th century, most famous for his research concerning the life and works - in particular the operas and oratorios - of the Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, as detailed in his book Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (1959). After an education at Harrow and Cambridge, Dean became notable was a writer on music, particularly after World War II, when he published several works concerning the compositions of George Bizet.
Winton Hoch Winton Hoch (1905 - 1979) was originally a lab technician who contributed to the development of Technicolor before becoming a cinematographer in 1936. His understanding of the colour process quickly led to him being hailed as one of Hollywood's premier colour cinematographers.
Wintry showers Wintry showers is a somewhat informal meteorological term, used primarily in the United Kingdom, to refer to various mixtures of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow. Professional meteorologists tend to shy away from using the term under any circumstances, but radio and television weather reporters use it regularly, the same way wintry mix is used in the United States.
Wintun Wintun (also Wintuan, Wintoon) is the name generally given to a group of related Native American tribes who lived in Northern California, including the Wintu, Nomlaki, Patwin and Southern Patwin tribes. Their range was from approximately present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay, along the western side of the Sacramento River to the Coast Range.
WinTone WinTone was a plan by Microsoft to provide automated software delivery and backup services to customers using Windows. The concept was to provide automated software updates and hosted data storage in exchange for a monthly or annual fee.
Winwap Technologies Winwap Technologies Oy is a company specialized in software technologies for Mobile Internet browsing (WAP) and Multimedia Messaging (MMS). The product portfolio includes the popular WinWAP browser for Windows and Pocket PC and software development kits for WAP browsing, WAP connectivity and Multimedia Messaging.
Winworld WinWorld Corporation is a website design company founded in May 1999 by Dan Winters, Teri Winters and Byron Winters. The company was started to assist ministries and churches in spreading The Gospel message, with the mission to "Win the World for Jesus".
WinWar II WinWar II is a zone-based real-time strategy game set in World War II. Players can lead one of seven nations--the USA, Great Britain, France, the USSR, Germany, Italy, or Japan--to either conquer the world or liberate it.
Winyah Bay Winyah Bay is a coastal estuary that is the confluence of the Waccamaw River, the Pee Dee River, the Black River and the Sampit River in Georgetown County in eastern South Carolina. The historic port city of Georgetown is located on the bay.
Winyaw Winyaw Indians (also Winyah, Weenee) were a tribe living near Winyaw Bay, Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. The Winyaw people fought the English in 1715 and became extinct.
WinZip WinZip is a file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). It natively uses the PKZIP format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.
Wioletta Janowska Wioletta Janowska (NĂ©e Frankiewicz), born June 9, 1977 is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland.
Wipe Out (Surfaris song) "Wipe Out" is a song written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson. The song was first performed and recorded by The Surfaris, who were elevated to international status with the release of the "Surfer Joe" and "Wipe Out" single.
Wipeout (elections) An electoral wipeout occurs when a major party receives far fewer votes or seats in a Legislature than their position justifies. It is the opposite of a landslide victory; the two frequently going hand in hand.
Wipeout (video game series) Wipeout is the title of a series of futuristic anti-gravity racing games, originally produced by Psygnosis for the PlayStation video game console, with other versions of the game produced for the Sega Saturn, DOS, Amiga, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable formats. When Sony Computer Entertainment Europe acquired Psygnosis, they also acquired the rights to Wipeout.
Wipeout 2097 Wipeout 2097 (Wipeout XL in North America) is the second game in the Wipeout series to be released. It moved the Wipeout brand forward, introducing new tracks, new craft, and new weapons such as the Quake Disruptor (which sent a ripple down the track) that became instant fan favourites.
Wipeout Pure expansion packs Wipeout Pure, from the Wipeout series of video games, is the first of the series to offer downloadable expansion packs, which include new teams, tracks, and music, and since the PSP allows users to change the look of the system menus with skins, many of the expansion packs also include PSP skins. Most of the official Sony expansion packs are separated into 2 or 3 pieces, each comprising just a few new elements, presumably to keep download times relatively short.
Wipeout teams The Wipeout series of video games has had a cast of fictional racing teams that vary from game to game, with the exception of several teams that consistently make repeat appearances. They are represented by a region rather than by individual pilots, although Wipeout Fusion had two pilots apiece for each team.
Wiphala The Wiphala is a square emblem, commonly used as a flag, representing the native peoples of the central Andes and Bolivian Amazon region of South America. It exists in several varieties, which represent the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu) and each of its four regions (suyus).
Wiping Wiping or junking is an economic move by radio and television companies in which old audiotapes, videotapes and telerecordings (kinescopes), which were extremely expensive in that era, are erased and reused, or destroyed after several uses. It was particularly prevalent during the 1960s and 1970s, but the practice is now much rarer, as costs have come down and as broadcasters have come to understand the economic and cultural value of keeping archive material.
Wipipedia Wipipedia is a Web-based free-content encyclopedia about the fetish and BDSM lifestyle. It is "maintained by the fetish community for the fetish community," and is a wiki, written collaboratively by volunteers: anyone with a web browser and an Internet connection can create and edit articles, although editors must be logged in (anonymous edits are not allowed).
Wippit Wippit is a legal MP3 download service that provides low-cost entertainment product to the millions of consumers created by the growth of illegal P2P networks. It is the UK’s second largest music download site and was established in March 2000.
Wipptal The Wipptal is a valley extending along the Sill River southward from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, where the Sill meets the larger Inn river, up to the Brenner Pass (1,374 m) at the Austro-Italian border, one of the lowest passes across the Central Eastern Alps. South of the border, it continues as Southern Wipptal along the Eisack river by way of Sterzing to Franzensfeste in South Tyrol (see Wipptal, Italy).
Wir mĂĽssen durch viel TrĂĽbsal Wir mĂĽssen durch viel TrĂĽbsal (We suffer through much affliction) is a cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Both the sinfonia and first movement of the cantata, Wir mĂĽssen durch viel TrĂĽbsal, is related to Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052, and was possibly derived from a lost violin concerto.
Wir Sind Wir "Wir Sind Wir (ein Deutschlandlied)" (We Are We, a Germany song) is a single released by Paul Van Dyk in 2004. Unlike most of his other singles, this was not released only any official studio album by Paul.
Wiradjuri, New South Wales Wiradjuri is a subdivision in the rapidly growing Northern area of Leeton, New South Wales in Leeton Shire. Wiradjuri was developed in the 1980's and 90's to cope with Leeton's housing shortage and population boom.
Wirangu language The Wirangu language is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Wirangu people, living on the west coast of South Australia across a region encompassing modern Ceduna and Streaky Bay, stretching west approximately to the Head of Bight and east to Lake Gairdner.
Wire & Glass "Wire & Glass" is the first single released from The Who's 2006 album, Endless Wire. The single was released exclusively to the iTunes Music Store on 17 July 2006 and a Maxi-CD/12" was released a week later (see 2006 in British music).
Wire (band) Wire are an English band formed in 1976 (and intermittently active to the present) by Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), Colin Newman (vocals, guitar) and Robert Gotobed (né Grey) (drums). They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on the Live at the Roxy album - a key early document of the scene - but with hindsight their work, particularly their first three albums, was central to the development of post-punk.
Wire (song) "Wire" is the third track on U2's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. Described by Bono as the "hypodermic needle of the album", it features a fast-paced rhythm section and The Edge's classic ringing guitar sound.
Wire entanglement A wire entanglement was one of the most elaborate types of military wire obstacles. The entanglement could in some places be scores of metres thick and several metres deep, with the entire space filled with a random, tangled mass of barbed wire.
Wire frame model A wire frame model is a visual presentation of an electronic representation of a three dimensional or physical object used in 3D computer graphics. It is created by specifying each edge of the physical object where two mathematically continuous smooth surfaces meet, or by connecting an object's constituent vertices using straight lines or curves.
Wire fraud Wire fraud is a legal concept in the United States Code which provides for enhanced penalty of any criminally fraudulent activity if it is determined that the activity involved electronic communications of any sort, at any phase of the event. As in the case of mail fraud, this statute is often used as a basis for a separate federal prosecution of what would otherwise have been only a violation of a state law.
Wire gauge Wire gauge is a measurement of how large a wire is, either in diameter or cross sectional area. This determines the amount of electrical current a wire can safely carry, as well as its electrical resistance and weight per unit of length.
Wire Pass Trailhead Wire Pass Trailhead is the gateway to some spectacular scenery and hiking, including The Wave and Buckskin Gulch. The trailhead is located in the beautiful and rugged Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area of southern Utah and northern Arizona about halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona, about 8.

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