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Warilla, New South Wales Warilla is a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the more established areas and is nestled between other suburbs of Mount Warrigal, Barrack Heights and Shellharbour City Centre of the west, Windang and Lake Illawarra South in the north and Shellharbour Village and Blackbutt in the south.
Waring's problem In number theory, Waring's problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s kth powers of natural numbers. The affirmative answer, known as the Hilbert-Waring theorem, was provided by David Hilbert in 1909D.
Wario is a video game character created by Nintendo. He made his first appearance in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as a self-aggrandizing and narcissistic doppelgänger of Mario and the final boss.
Wario Land 4 Wario Land 4 (known as Wario Land Advance in Japan) is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance system in 2001. In this game, Wario has to gather four treasures to unlock a pyramid and save Princess Shokora from The Golden Diva.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo on the Game Boy in 1994. It is the first video game to feature Wario as both a playable character and the main character, as well as the first appearance of Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates, a common villain of Wario's.
Wario's Woods Wario's Woods (ăŻăŞă‚Şă®ćŁ® Wario no Mori) is a puzzle game made by Nintendo for the Super NES in 1994, and then later released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994 and the Satellaview BS-X in 1997. Wario's Woods is a Tetris-derived falling block game, although in this case the blocks are actually forest-dwelling creatures and bombs.
Warioba Commission The Presidential Commission Against Corruption (PCAC), commonly known as the Warioba Commission, was formed during his tenure by former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa on the 17th January 1996, as a way of fulfilling his election pledge to fight corruption in the country. The Commission was chaired by former Prime Minister, Joseph Warioba.
Waris Hussein Waris Hussein (born December 9 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television. He moved to the UK with his parents at the age of nine.
Waris language Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla, Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, as well as about 1,500 across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Warka Warka is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of Pilica river (60 kilometers south of Warsaw), with 11,035 inhabitants (2004). It has been situated in GrĂłjec County, in Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously being in Radom Voivodeship (1975 - 1998).
Warkworth Institution The Warkworth Institution is a medium-security prison facility located in Campbellford, Ontario. It is the largest Federal Correctional Institution in Canada with a population of approximately 580 housed in five units.
Warley College Warley College was a college of further and higher education which served the vicinity of Oldbury in the West Midlands of England. It was opened in the late 1960s and named in accordance with the recently created County Borough of Warley, and located on the main Wolverhampton - Birmingham road.
Warley High School Warley High School is a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It opened in about 1960 as Oldbury Technical School, a type of school which bridged the gap between secondary modern and grammar schools and was very biased towards technical subjects.
Warlingham Warlingham is a large village on the south-eastern boundary of London, England, just across the border in Tandridge district, east Surrey. Warlingham is centered on a triangular village green, home to most of the village's commercial activities.
Warlock (band) Warlock was a German heavy metal music band from DĂĽsseldorf, originally assembled in late 1982. By the end of the 1980s, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member whom remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a band which was essentially a continuation of Warlock under a different name.
Warlock (New Mutants) Warlock is a fictional character, a cybernetic alien superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, affiliated with the original New Mutants, a mutant superhero team. He was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkewicz, and first appeared in New Mutants #21 (November 1984).
Warlock III Warlock III: The End of Innocence is a 1999 horror film written by Bruce David Eisen and Eric Freiser and directed by Eric Freiser. It is the third film in a sequence that started with Warlock which was finished in 1989 and released in 1991.
Warlock of Firetop Mountain (board game) The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a Games Workshop adventure board game created in the mid 1980s, based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook of the same name written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The game is a relatively simple die-rolling affair.
Warlocks (song) Warlocks is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium. It is the eleventh song on the 'Jupiter' disc and it features a guest appearance from Billy Preston who plays the Clavinet on the song.
Warlord Warlord is a term that refers to a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area, due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. It can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war.
Warlord era The Warlord era represents the period in the history of the Republic of China from 1916 to the mid-1930s when the country was divided by various military cliques, and this division continued until the fall of the nationalist government in mainland China in many regions, such as in Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangxi, and Gansu. It followed the death of Yuan Shikai and nominally ended in 1928 at the conclusion of the Northern Expedition with the Northeast Flag Replacement, beginning the "Nanjing decade".
Warlord of the Air The Warlord of the Air is a 1971 British alternate history science fiction novel written by Michael Moorcock. It concerns the adventures of Oswald Bastable, an Edwardian-era soldier stationed in India, and his adventures in an alternate universe wherein the First World War never happened.
Warlord UK Warlord UK were a death metal band from Birmingham, England. Formed in 1990, the original line up consisted of Mark White (bass guitar, vocals), Andrew 'Bear' Stone (guitar), Michael Gorst (guitar) and a drum machine.
Warlord: Saga of the Storm Warlord: Saga of the Storm is a collectible card game designed by Kevin Millard and David Williams and produced by Alderac Entertainment Group since its introduction in 2001. The longer official name is almost always shortened to Warlord and the subtitle Saga of the Storm is often used informally to refer to the original base set of cards.
Warlords (game series) Warlords, the brainchild of Steven Fawkner, is an award winning computer game series that combines role-playing elements with strategy in a fantasy setting. It has been split into two different games lines, the traditional turn-based strategy Warlords series (currently in its fourth edition), and a newer real-time based strategy Warlords Battlecry series (currently in its third edition).
Warlords (game) Warlords is a arcade game released by Atari in 1980. The game resembles a combination of Breakout and Quadrapong (an early Atari arcade game) in the sense that not only could up to 4 players play the game at the same time, but also the "forts" in the four corners of the screen were brick walls that could be broken with a flaming ball.
Warlpiri The Warlpiri are a group of Indigenous Australians, many of whom speak the Warlpiri language. There are 5,000–6,000 Warlpiri, living mostly in a few towns and settlements scattered through their traditional land in Australia's Northern Territory, north and west of Alice Springs.
Warlpiri language The Warlpiri language is spoken by about 3000 of the Warlpiri people in Australia's Northern Territory. It is one of the Ngarrkic languages of the large Southwest branch of the Pama-Nyungan family, and is one of the largest aboriginal languages in Australia in terms of number of speakers.
Warlpiri Media Association Warlpiri Media is an Aboriginal media group located in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory of Australia owned by the Warlpiri people. They produce a number of video and radio shows, the best known of which is Bush Mechanics.
Warlpiri Sign Language Warlpiri Sign Language is a sign language used by the Warlpiri, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. It is one of the most elaborate, and certainly the most studied, of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages.
Warm Hand Warm Hand is a May 2006 album by New Zealand songwriter Don McGlashan. It is a finalist for the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards' Album of the Year, and McGlashan is a finalist for Best Male Solo Artist for his work on the album.
Warm Springs (film) Warm Springs is a 2005 television movie about American President Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio, his discovery of the Warm Springs, Georgia spa resort and his work to turn it into a center for the aid of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career.
Warm Water Cove Warm Water Cove is a name given to an open & outdoor, industrialized "picnic" area in San Francisco, California, located right off the eastern tip of Hunter's Point; where the bay meets 24th street/Third street.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise Warm Worlds and Otherwise is a short story collection by James Tiptree, Jr that was first published in 1975. This collection is notable for its introduction, in which Robert Silverberg wrote that he found the theory that Tiptree was female "absurd", that the author of these stories could only be a man.
Warm-blooded Warm-blooded animals maintain thermal homeostasis; that is, they keep their core body temperature at a nearly constant level regardless of the temperature with the surrounding environment. This can involve not only the ability to generate heat, but also the ability to cool down.
Warmbat Warmbat is a USA-based footwear manufacturer that makes Australian sheepskin boots, fashion sneakers, work boots and fashionable footwear. This brand was first introduced in Perth, Western Australia in 1969 making it one of the oldest manufacturers of sheepskin boots.
Warmblood Warmbloods are a group of sport horse breeds and the term simply distinguishes this type of horse from the "cold bloods" (draft horses) and the "hot bloods" (Thoroughbreds and Arabians). Sport horse refers to the intended use of the breed -- as a competitive and recreational horse for the major international equestrian disciplines of dressage, show jumping, eventing and combined driving.
Warmen Warmen is a Finnish progressive metal/neo-classical metal band assembled by keyboard player Janne Viljami Wirman - also known as Warman. Janne has been playing with Children of Bodom since 1997, and on the year of 2000 created a musical project focused on instrumental work, which would only have guest singers on a few selected songs.
Warming house The warming house was an important room or building in a mediaeval monastery in Western Europe. It was here that a communal fire was kept so that the monks could warm themselves after long hours of study in the (unheated) cloister or other work.
Warming lubricant Warming lubricant - is a personal lubricant with the warming effect created due to the special ingredients added to the formula. The warming feel is achieved on the contact with skin or by natural body moisture.
Warming's lantern fish Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night. Its length is about 8 cm.
Warminster (SEPTA station) Warminster is a SEPTA train station located in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It serves as the north end of the R2 line, and the station is occasionally served by the Fall Foliage trains of the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, which offers diesel powered excursions between Warminster and New Hope.
Warminster Heights, Pennsylvania Warminster Heights is a census-designated place and is a part of Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; near the East border of Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,191 at the 2000 census.
Warmonger A warmonger is, pejoratively, someone who is anxious to encourage a people or nation to go to war. It is often used to describe militaristic leaders, or mercenaries, commonly with the implication that they either may have selfish motives for encouraging war, or may actually enjoy war.
Warnachar II Warnachar (sometimes numbered Warnachar II; in modern French, Warnachaire or Garnier) was the mayor of the palace of Burgundy (617-626) and briefly Austrasia (612-617). He began his career as the regent during Theuderic II's minority (596-c.
Warnborough University Warnborough University, previously called Warnborough College claims to be "accredited" by the International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC), which is not recognized by any governmental body and is absent from UNESCO related IAU Universities List of world universities.Thereby making this institution unaccredited].
Warnbro Sound Avenue, Rockingham Warnbro Sound Avenue is a main road and suburban distributor in the southern suburbs of Rockingham south of Perth, and runs through or alongside the suburbs of Warnbro, Port Kennedy and Secret Harbour, ending at Mandurah Road in Golden Bay. It continues on from Read Street and links these suburbs to the Rockingham City shopping centre.
Warnbro, Western Australia Warnbro is a suburb of Rockingham, Western Australia, located approximately 50km south of Perth. It is home to Living Waters Lutheran College, the only Lutheran school in Western Australia, and to Warnbro Community High School which enrolls some 1,600 students.
Warneet, Victoria Warneet is a coastal village on the northern shore of Westernport Bay, just off the South Gippsland Highway about 66 km south-east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey.
Warner (crater) Warner is a lunar crater that is located in the southern part of the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. In this location the crater is viewed almost from the edge from Earth, and is sometimes hidden from sight due to libration.
Warner Center (LACMTA station) Warner Center is a station on the Los Angeles Orange Line Transitway. It is currently the western terminus of the Orange Line, but a proposed extension of the line northbound beside Canoga Avenue to Chatsworth would provide a second, forked western terminus.
Warner exemption In telecommunication, a Warner exemption is a statutory exemption pertaining to the acquisition of telecommunications systems that meet the exclusionary criteria of the Warner Amendment, Public Law 97-86, 1 December, 1981, which is also known as the Brooks Bill.
Warner Channel Warner Channel (commonly shortened to WBTV, but not to be confused with the WB Television Network) is a Latin American cable television channel owned by the Time Warner Inc. that focuses on airing American-produced series and films.
Warner Lawrence The Warner Lawrence is an innovative fireboat owned and operated by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in Los Angeles. Designed by Robert Allan in the early 2000's, the Warner Lawrence was built in Washington and delivered to San Pedro on May 21, 2003.
Warner Mack Warner Mack (born April 2, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a singer-songwriter. Mack had many hits on the Country music charts in the late 1960's and early 1970's, some of which crossed over to the pop charts.
Warner Mountains The Warner Mountains are a short mountain range in northeastern California and extending into south central Oregon in the United States. The range runs for approximately 60 mi (100 km) north-south primarily in eastern Modoc County, California east of Alturas.
Warner Music Canada Warner Music Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Warner Music Group and is owned by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.. The label previously operated as WEA Canada (standing for Warner Elektra Atlantic), the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International.
Warner Pacific College Warner Pacific College is an urban residential and commuter Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon. Warner Pacific College is dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds an education that prepares them for the spiritual, moral, vocational, and technological challenges of the 21st Century.
Warner Park Warner Park is a community park in northern Madison, Wisconsin. It is located between Dane County Regional Airport and Lake Mendota and is the annual home for the largest fireworks show in the Midwest, Rhythm and Booms.
Warner Southern College Warner Southern College is an accredited private Christian liberal arts college in Lake Wales, Florida. Warner Southern seeks to provide excellence in Christian higher education through a curriculum and community that consciously integrates, models and promotes Christian faith, scholarship and servanthood.
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour Warner Williams and Jay Summerour are an American folk duo, who sometimes perform under the name Little Bit of Blues. They have played at a number of folk and blues festivals, as well as at concerts at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company (WASEC) was a joint venture owned and operated by Warner Communications (whose share was overseen by Warner executive David Horowtiz) and American Express (Lou Gerstner, then American Express President, ran the Amex share) that developed and worked on interactive television systems in the late 1970's and launched several successful cable networks that have become household names to this day.
Warner, Queensland Warner is a suburb of Pine Rivers Shire council located 22 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district. Prior to the year 2000, Warner mainly consisted of large acreage properties and potato farms.
Warners Bay, New South Wales Warners Bay, named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area, is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in Australia. Its position on the foreshore of Lake Macquarie makes it a much sought after area for housing.
Warnes Starcoat In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Warnes Starcoat is a powerful human wizard, and a member of the Circle of Eight since 585 CY. He is also a Counselor to the Courts of Urnst and Chief Sorcerous Councilor (an office also known as "Chief Magical Councilor") to Duke Karll of the Duchy of Urnst.
Warnie Kępy Warnie Kępy is a Polish island in Stettiner Haff, near Wolin. Warnie kępy is uninhabited and has been place under natural protection due to its many animal species and animal nesting grounds (especially those of birds).
Warnier/Orr diagram A Warnier/Orr diagram (also known as a logical construction of a program/system) is a kind of hierarchical flowchart that allow the description of the organization of data and procedures. They were initially developed in France by Jean-Dominique Warnier & in the US by Kenneth Orr.
Warning from Space is a 1956 science fiction tokusatsu film produced by Daiei, and the first Japanese science-fiction film produced in color. The plot of the American English-dubbed version is somewhat similar to Toho's later (1962), depicting a planet-- "Planet 'R'"-- on a collision course with Earth.
Warning label A warning label is a label attached to an item, or contained on the item's instruction manual, usually warning the user about risks associated with the use of the item. Some of them are intended to prevent lawsuits against the item's manufacturer, which sometimes results in labels which state the obvious.
Warning out of town Warning out of town was a widespread method in the United States for established New England communities to pressure or coerce "outsiders" to settle elsewhere . It consisted of a notice ordered by the Board of Selectmen of a town, and served by the constable upon any newcomer who might become a town charge
Warning symbols Warning symbols are mainly graphic images which identify a dangerous object or place. Warning symbols are used in many places in lieu of or addition to written warnings as they are quickly recognized (faster than reading a written warning) and more universally understood (the same symbol can be recognized as having the same meaning to speakers of different languages).
Warning system A warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger. Its purpose is to enable the deployer of the warning system to prepare for the danger and act accordingly to mitigate against or avoid it.
Warning track A warning track is the term for the part of the baseball field that is closest to the wall or fence and is typically made of dirt—instead of grass or artificial turf like most of the field. It runs parallel to the ballpark's wall and looks like a running track.
Warnings/Promises Warnings/Promises is the fifth album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, first released in March 2005 (see 2005 in music). Although it continued progressing in the same musical direction as had already been evident on The Remote Part, it further split the Idlewild fanbase.
Warnock algorithm Warnock's algorithm is a hidden surface algorithm invented by John Warnock that is typically used in the field of computer graphics. This is a divide and conquer algorithm with run-time of O(n * p) where n is the number of polygons and p is the number of pixels in the viewport.
Warnock's Dilemma Warnock's Dilemma, named for its originator Bryan Warnock, points out that a lack of response to a posting on a mailing list, Usenet newsgroup, or Web forum does not necessarily imply that no one is interested in the topic. Quoting Warnock:
Warnow Tunnel The Warnow Tunnel (also known as the Warnow River Crossing and the Warnowquerung in German) is a 790m long road tunnel which connects the east and west bank of the Warnow river in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Waroona, Western Australia Waroona (; post code: 6215) is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Pinjarra and Harvey. It has a population of 1,800 (ABS 2001), about 13% of whom are Italian Australians, and is the seat of the Shire of Waroona.
Warp (magazine) Warp was the magazine of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction (NASF), the country's first national science fiction fan organisation. Originally published in November 1977 in A4 format, it continued on a usually two-monthly schedule until the late 1990s, surviving for short period independently after NASF went into recess.
Warp drive (Star Trek) In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the warp drive is a form of faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion. It is generally portrayed as being capable of propelling spacecraft or other objects to many multiples of the speed of light, while avoiding the problems associated with time dilation.
Warp pipe Warp pipes fictional are pipes, usually green or other bright colours, that can be found throughout the Mushroom Kingdom in the Mario series of video games. Their primary purpose is to transport users from one place to another very quickly.
Warp Pipe (Software Developer) Warp Pipe was first birthed on the IGN boards by Chad Paulson (gbcentral) in the summer of 2003 as a way to play Mario Kart: Double Dash!! online when it was revealed that it wouldn't feature an online mode but instead it would feature a LAN mode.
Warp refraction Also known as the Warp Refraction Principle, warp refraction is a term coined by guitarist Jon Finn, in his 1999 publication, Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation. Warp refraction takes into account the major third tuning interval between the second and third strings.
Warp spasm Warp spasm (riastradh in Irish) is a mythological feat found in Celtic myth by which warriors enter a frenzied state of contortion in battle that makes them invincible. Those undergoing a warp spasm are said to grow so angered that their skeleton literally turns inside out in their bodies.
Warpath Warpath - in the phrase "on the warpath" - is a term originally used to describe American Indians who were heading into battle and now used to describe someone who is angry and aggressive may refer to:
Warpath (comics) Warpath (James Proudstar), previously known as the second Thunderbird, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Sal Buscema, he first appeared in The New Mutants #16 (June 1984).
Warpath (video game) WarPath is a budget-priced first-person shooter computer game developed by Digital Extremes, who previously developed Pariah. The game was originally being developed as a sequel to Pariah, but since Pariah was a commercial flop, WarPath continued development as a whole new game.
Warpath: Jurassic Park Warpath: Jurassic Park is a video game released on the PlayStation console in 1999. It is a spin-off of the movies Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, in turn adapted from bestselling novels by Michael Crichton.
Warped "Warped" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1995 album One Hot Minute. It was released as the first single from the album, alongside a music video which met controversy over frontman Anthony Kiedis' kiss with guitarist Dave Navarro at the end.
Warped Linear Predictive Coding Warped Linear Predictive Coding (Warped LPC or WLPC) is a variant of Linear predictive coding in which the spectral representation of the system is modified, for example by replacing the unit delays used in an LPC implementation with first-order allpass filters. This can have advantages in reducing the bitrate required for a given level of perceived audio quality/intelligibility, especially in wideband audio coding.
Warped Tour Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues (generally parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected) with capacities which range from 10,000 to 30,000.
Warping (sailing) In sailing warping is a slow method of progressing in still waters or against the wind. It is carried out by throwing or shooting a warp anchor in the intended direction of progress and as it settles, reeling it in; thus pulling the boat in that direction.
Warpsmith The Warpsmiths are fictional aliens in several science fiction comics by Alan Moore and Garry Leach. Created by Moore and Leach for the UK magazine Warrior, and figuring into a fictional timeline and universe developed by Alan Moore and Steve Moore (no relation), the Warpsmiths only appeared in two stories before the end of Warrior.
Warpstar The Warpstar is the primary mode of transport for Nintendo's video game character Kirby in many of the titles he has starred in. It is usually depicted as being a simple yellow star that immediately takes Kirby to another part of a level.
Warpstone Warpstone is a fictional mutagen found in the Warhammer world, and also in the Warhammer 40,000 universe during the first and second editions. Humans and most other races in Games Workshop’s campaign game Mordheim refer to it as Wyrdstone.
Warpstone (magazine) Warpstone is billed as "the independent magazine for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay". Launched in 1996 by John Foody and John Keane, it features reviews of official products, interviews, comment pieces and fan-written material.
WarpVision WarpVision: The Videos 1989-2004 is a DVD released by British record label Warp Records on September 27, 2004 which features most of the music videos produced for their artists in the 1989 - 2004 period. It is the first DVD collection coming from Warp Records, and the major part of the videos included are shown for the first time in a DVD format.
Warr guitar The Warr Guitar is a musical instrument developed by Mark Warr that looks very much like a standard electric guitar, but can be played with two-handed tapping techniques, like a Chapman Stick, as well as strummed and plucked. Traditional bass guitar techniques, such as slap and pop, pizzicato and playing with a plectrum (pick) may also be used.
Warragamba, New South Wales Warragamba is a town in New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. Originally constructed as a workers' settlement during the construction of Warragamba Dam, Sydney's primary water source, the modern town of Warragamba remains on the same site adjacent the dam.
Warragul railway station, Victoria A major station on the Gippsland railway line line about 100km east of Melbourne serving the town of Warragul. For a period during the 1990s it was serviced by electric suburban trains, now only Intercity Trains.
Waring's problem In number theory, Waring's problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s kth powers of natural numbers. The affirmative answer, known as the Hilbert-Waring theorem, was provided by David Hilbert in 1909D.
Wario is a video game character created by Nintendo. He made his first appearance in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as a self-aggrandizing and narcissistic doppelgänger of Mario and the final boss.
Wario Land 4 Wario Land 4 (known as Wario Land Advance in Japan) is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance system in 2001. In this game, Wario has to gather four treasures to unlock a pyramid and save Princess Shokora from The Golden Diva.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo on the Game Boy in 1994. It is the first video game to feature Wario as both a playable character and the main character, as well as the first appearance of Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates, a common villain of Wario's.
Wario's Woods Wario's Woods (ăŻăŞă‚Şă®ćŁ® Wario no Mori) is a puzzle game made by Nintendo for the Super NES in 1994, and then later released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994 and the Satellaview BS-X in 1997. Wario's Woods is a Tetris-derived falling block game, although in this case the blocks are actually forest-dwelling creatures and bombs.
Warioba Commission The Presidential Commission Against Corruption (PCAC), commonly known as the Warioba Commission, was formed during his tenure by former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa on the 17th January 1996, as a way of fulfilling his election pledge to fight corruption in the country. The Commission was chaired by former Prime Minister, Joseph Warioba.
Waris Hussein Waris Hussein (born December 9 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television. He moved to the UK with his parents at the age of nine.
Waris language Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla, Amanab District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, as well as about 1,500 across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Warka Warka is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of Pilica river (60 kilometers south of Warsaw), with 11,035 inhabitants (2004). It has been situated in GrĂłjec County, in Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously being in Radom Voivodeship (1975 - 1998).
Warkworth Institution The Warkworth Institution is a medium-security prison facility located in Campbellford, Ontario. It is the largest Federal Correctional Institution in Canada with a population of approximately 580 housed in five units.
Warley College Warley College was a college of further and higher education which served the vicinity of Oldbury in the West Midlands of England. It was opened in the late 1960s and named in accordance with the recently created County Borough of Warley, and located on the main Wolverhampton - Birmingham road.
Warley High School Warley High School is a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It opened in about 1960 as Oldbury Technical School, a type of school which bridged the gap between secondary modern and grammar schools and was very biased towards technical subjects.
Warlingham Warlingham is a large village on the south-eastern boundary of London, England, just across the border in Tandridge district, east Surrey. Warlingham is centered on a triangular village green, home to most of the village's commercial activities.
Warlock (band) Warlock was a German heavy metal music band from DĂĽsseldorf, originally assembled in late 1982. By the end of the 1980s, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member whom remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a band which was essentially a continuation of Warlock under a different name.
Warlock (New Mutants) Warlock is a fictional character, a cybernetic alien superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, affiliated with the original New Mutants, a mutant superhero team. He was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkewicz, and first appeared in New Mutants #21 (November 1984).
Warlock III Warlock III: The End of Innocence is a 1999 horror film written by Bruce David Eisen and Eric Freiser and directed by Eric Freiser. It is the third film in a sequence that started with Warlock which was finished in 1989 and released in 1991.
Warlock of Firetop Mountain (board game) The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a Games Workshop adventure board game created in the mid 1980s, based on the Fighting Fantasy gamebook of the same name written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The game is a relatively simple die-rolling affair.
Warlocks (song) Warlocks is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium. It is the eleventh song on the 'Jupiter' disc and it features a guest appearance from Billy Preston who plays the Clavinet on the song.
Warlord Warlord is a term that refers to a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area, due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. It can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war.
Warlord era The Warlord era represents the period in the history of the Republic of China from 1916 to the mid-1930s when the country was divided by various military cliques, and this division continued until the fall of the nationalist government in mainland China in many regions, such as in Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangxi, and Gansu. It followed the death of Yuan Shikai and nominally ended in 1928 at the conclusion of the Northern Expedition with the Northeast Flag Replacement, beginning the "Nanjing decade".
Warlord of the Air The Warlord of the Air is a 1971 British alternate history science fiction novel written by Michael Moorcock. It concerns the adventures of Oswald Bastable, an Edwardian-era soldier stationed in India, and his adventures in an alternate universe wherein the First World War never happened.
Warlord UK Warlord UK were a death metal band from Birmingham, England. Formed in 1990, the original line up consisted of Mark White (bass guitar, vocals), Andrew 'Bear' Stone (guitar), Michael Gorst (guitar) and a drum machine.
Warlord: Saga of the Storm Warlord: Saga of the Storm is a collectible card game designed by Kevin Millard and David Williams and produced by Alderac Entertainment Group since its introduction in 2001. The longer official name is almost always shortened to Warlord and the subtitle Saga of the Storm is often used informally to refer to the original base set of cards.
Warlords (game series) Warlords, the brainchild of Steven Fawkner, is an award winning computer game series that combines role-playing elements with strategy in a fantasy setting. It has been split into two different games lines, the traditional turn-based strategy Warlords series (currently in its fourth edition), and a newer real-time based strategy Warlords Battlecry series (currently in its third edition).
Warlords (game) Warlords is a arcade game released by Atari in 1980. The game resembles a combination of Breakout and Quadrapong (an early Atari arcade game) in the sense that not only could up to 4 players play the game at the same time, but also the "forts" in the four corners of the screen were brick walls that could be broken with a flaming ball.
Warlpiri The Warlpiri are a group of Indigenous Australians, many of whom speak the Warlpiri language. There are 5,000–6,000 Warlpiri, living mostly in a few towns and settlements scattered through their traditional land in Australia's Northern Territory, north and west of Alice Springs.
Warlpiri language The Warlpiri language is spoken by about 3000 of the Warlpiri people in Australia's Northern Territory. It is one of the Ngarrkic languages of the large Southwest branch of the Pama-Nyungan family, and is one of the largest aboriginal languages in Australia in terms of number of speakers.
Warlpiri Media Association Warlpiri Media is an Aboriginal media group located in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory of Australia owned by the Warlpiri people. They produce a number of video and radio shows, the best known of which is Bush Mechanics.
Warlpiri Sign Language Warlpiri Sign Language is a sign language used by the Warlpiri, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. It is one of the most elaborate, and certainly the most studied, of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages.
Warm Hand Warm Hand is a May 2006 album by New Zealand songwriter Don McGlashan. It is a finalist for the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards' Album of the Year, and McGlashan is a finalist for Best Male Solo Artist for his work on the album.
Warm Springs (film) Warm Springs is a 2005 television movie about American President Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio, his discovery of the Warm Springs, Georgia spa resort and his work to turn it into a center for the aid of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career.
Warm Water Cove Warm Water Cove is a name given to an open & outdoor, industrialized "picnic" area in San Francisco, California, located right off the eastern tip of Hunter's Point; where the bay meets 24th street/Third street.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise Warm Worlds and Otherwise is a short story collection by James Tiptree, Jr that was first published in 1975. This collection is notable for its introduction, in which Robert Silverberg wrote that he found the theory that Tiptree was female "absurd", that the author of these stories could only be a man.
Warm-blooded Warm-blooded animals maintain thermal homeostasis; that is, they keep their core body temperature at a nearly constant level regardless of the temperature with the surrounding environment. This can involve not only the ability to generate heat, but also the ability to cool down.
Warmbat Warmbat is a USA-based footwear manufacturer that makes Australian sheepskin boots, fashion sneakers, work boots and fashionable footwear. This brand was first introduced in Perth, Western Australia in 1969 making it one of the oldest manufacturers of sheepskin boots.
Warmblood Warmbloods are a group of sport horse breeds and the term simply distinguishes this type of horse from the "cold bloods" (draft horses) and the "hot bloods" (Thoroughbreds and Arabians). Sport horse refers to the intended use of the breed -- as a competitive and recreational horse for the major international equestrian disciplines of dressage, show jumping, eventing and combined driving.
Warmen Warmen is a Finnish progressive metal/neo-classical metal band assembled by keyboard player Janne Viljami Wirman - also known as Warman. Janne has been playing with Children of Bodom since 1997, and on the year of 2000 created a musical project focused on instrumental work, which would only have guest singers on a few selected songs.
Warming house The warming house was an important room or building in a mediaeval monastery in Western Europe. It was here that a communal fire was kept so that the monks could warm themselves after long hours of study in the (unheated) cloister or other work.
Warming lubricant Warming lubricant - is a personal lubricant with the warming effect created due to the special ingredients added to the formula. The warming feel is achieved on the contact with skin or by natural body moisture.
Warming's lantern fish Warming's lantern fish, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, is a lanternfish of the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 700 and 1,500 m during the day and between 20 and 200 m at night. Its length is about 8 cm.
Warminster (SEPTA station) Warminster is a SEPTA train station located in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It serves as the north end of the R2 line, and the station is occasionally served by the Fall Foliage trains of the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, which offers diesel powered excursions between Warminster and New Hope.
Warminster Heights, Pennsylvania Warminster Heights is a census-designated place and is a part of Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; near the East border of Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,191 at the 2000 census.
Warmonger A warmonger is, pejoratively, someone who is anxious to encourage a people or nation to go to war. It is often used to describe militaristic leaders, or mercenaries, commonly with the implication that they either may have selfish motives for encouraging war, or may actually enjoy war.
Warnachar II Warnachar (sometimes numbered Warnachar II; in modern French, Warnachaire or Garnier) was the mayor of the palace of Burgundy (617-626) and briefly Austrasia (612-617). He began his career as the regent during Theuderic II's minority (596-c.
Warnborough University Warnborough University, previously called Warnborough College claims to be "accredited" by the International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC), which is not recognized by any governmental body and is absent from UNESCO related IAU Universities List of world universities.Thereby making this institution unaccredited].
Warnbro Sound Avenue, Rockingham Warnbro Sound Avenue is a main road and suburban distributor in the southern suburbs of Rockingham south of Perth, and runs through or alongside the suburbs of Warnbro, Port Kennedy and Secret Harbour, ending at Mandurah Road in Golden Bay. It continues on from Read Street and links these suburbs to the Rockingham City shopping centre.
Warnbro, Western Australia Warnbro is a suburb of Rockingham, Western Australia, located approximately 50km south of Perth. It is home to Living Waters Lutheran College, the only Lutheran school in Western Australia, and to Warnbro Community High School which enrolls some 1,600 students.
Warneet, Victoria Warneet is a coastal village on the northern shore of Westernport Bay, just off the South Gippsland Highway about 66 km south-east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey.
Warner (crater) Warner is a lunar crater that is located in the southern part of the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. In this location the crater is viewed almost from the edge from Earth, and is sometimes hidden from sight due to libration.
Warner Center (LACMTA station) Warner Center is a station on the Los Angeles Orange Line Transitway. It is currently the western terminus of the Orange Line, but a proposed extension of the line northbound beside Canoga Avenue to Chatsworth would provide a second, forked western terminus.
Warner exemption In telecommunication, a Warner exemption is a statutory exemption pertaining to the acquisition of telecommunications systems that meet the exclusionary criteria of the Warner Amendment, Public Law 97-86, 1 December, 1981, which is also known as the Brooks Bill.
Warner Channel Warner Channel (commonly shortened to WBTV, but not to be confused with the WB Television Network) is a Latin American cable television channel owned by the Time Warner Inc. that focuses on airing American-produced series and films.
Warner Lawrence The Warner Lawrence is an innovative fireboat owned and operated by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in Los Angeles. Designed by Robert Allan in the early 2000's, the Warner Lawrence was built in Washington and delivered to San Pedro on May 21, 2003.
Warner Mack Warner Mack (born April 2, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a singer-songwriter. Mack had many hits on the Country music charts in the late 1960's and early 1970's, some of which crossed over to the pop charts.
Warner Mountains The Warner Mountains are a short mountain range in northeastern California and extending into south central Oregon in the United States. The range runs for approximately 60 mi (100 km) north-south primarily in eastern Modoc County, California east of Alturas.
Warner Music Canada Warner Music Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Warner Music Group and is owned by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.. The label previously operated as WEA Canada (standing for Warner Elektra Atlantic), the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International.
Warner Pacific College Warner Pacific College is an urban residential and commuter Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon. Warner Pacific College is dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds an education that prepares them for the spiritual, moral, vocational, and technological challenges of the 21st Century.
Warner Park Warner Park is a community park in northern Madison, Wisconsin. It is located between Dane County Regional Airport and Lake Mendota and is the annual home for the largest fireworks show in the Midwest, Rhythm and Booms.
Warner Southern College Warner Southern College is an accredited private Christian liberal arts college in Lake Wales, Florida. Warner Southern seeks to provide excellence in Christian higher education through a curriculum and community that consciously integrates, models and promotes Christian faith, scholarship and servanthood.
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour Warner Williams and Jay Summerour are an American folk duo, who sometimes perform under the name Little Bit of Blues. They have played at a number of folk and blues festivals, as well as at concerts at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company (WASEC) was a joint venture owned and operated by Warner Communications (whose share was overseen by Warner executive David Horowtiz) and American Express (Lou Gerstner, then American Express President, ran the Amex share) that developed and worked on interactive television systems in the late 1970's and launched several successful cable networks that have become household names to this day.
Warner, Queensland Warner is a suburb of Pine Rivers Shire council located 22 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district. Prior to the year 2000, Warner mainly consisted of large acreage properties and potato farms.
Warners Bay, New South Wales Warners Bay, named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area, is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in Australia. Its position on the foreshore of Lake Macquarie makes it a much sought after area for housing.
Warnes Starcoat In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Warnes Starcoat is a powerful human wizard, and a member of the Circle of Eight since 585 CY. He is also a Counselor to the Courts of Urnst and Chief Sorcerous Councilor (an office also known as "Chief Magical Councilor") to Duke Karll of the Duchy of Urnst.
Warnie Kępy Warnie Kępy is a Polish island in Stettiner Haff, near Wolin. Warnie kępy is uninhabited and has been place under natural protection due to its many animal species and animal nesting grounds (especially those of birds).
Warnier/Orr diagram A Warnier/Orr diagram (also known as a logical construction of a program/system) is a kind of hierarchical flowchart that allow the description of the organization of data and procedures. They were initially developed in France by Jean-Dominique Warnier & in the US by Kenneth Orr.
Warning from Space is a 1956 science fiction tokusatsu film produced by Daiei, and the first Japanese science-fiction film produced in color. The plot of the American English-dubbed version is somewhat similar to Toho's later (1962), depicting a planet-- "Planet 'R'"-- on a collision course with Earth.
Warning label A warning label is a label attached to an item, or contained on the item's instruction manual, usually warning the user about risks associated with the use of the item. Some of them are intended to prevent lawsuits against the item's manufacturer, which sometimes results in labels which state the obvious.
Warning out of town Warning out of town was a widespread method in the United States for established New England communities to pressure or coerce "outsiders" to settle elsewhere . It consisted of a notice ordered by the Board of Selectmen of a town, and served by the constable upon any newcomer who might become a town charge
Warning symbols Warning symbols are mainly graphic images which identify a dangerous object or place. Warning symbols are used in many places in lieu of or addition to written warnings as they are quickly recognized (faster than reading a written warning) and more universally understood (the same symbol can be recognized as having the same meaning to speakers of different languages).
Warning system A warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger. Its purpose is to enable the deployer of the warning system to prepare for the danger and act accordingly to mitigate against or avoid it.
Warning track A warning track is the term for the part of the baseball field that is closest to the wall or fence and is typically made of dirt—instead of grass or artificial turf like most of the field. It runs parallel to the ballpark's wall and looks like a running track.
Warnings/Promises Warnings/Promises is the fifth album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, first released in March 2005 (see 2005 in music). Although it continued progressing in the same musical direction as had already been evident on The Remote Part, it further split the Idlewild fanbase.
Warnock algorithm Warnock's algorithm is a hidden surface algorithm invented by John Warnock that is typically used in the field of computer graphics. This is a divide and conquer algorithm with run-time of O(n * p) where n is the number of polygons and p is the number of pixels in the viewport.
Warnock's Dilemma Warnock's Dilemma, named for its originator Bryan Warnock, points out that a lack of response to a posting on a mailing list, Usenet newsgroup, or Web forum does not necessarily imply that no one is interested in the topic. Quoting Warnock:
Warnow Tunnel The Warnow Tunnel (also known as the Warnow River Crossing and the Warnowquerung in German) is a 790m long road tunnel which connects the east and west bank of the Warnow river in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Waroona, Western Australia Waroona (; post code: 6215) is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Pinjarra and Harvey. It has a population of 1,800 (ABS 2001), about 13% of whom are Italian Australians, and is the seat of the Shire of Waroona.
Warp (magazine) Warp was the magazine of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction (NASF), the country's first national science fiction fan organisation. Originally published in November 1977 in A4 format, it continued on a usually two-monthly schedule until the late 1990s, surviving for short period independently after NASF went into recess.
Warp drive (Star Trek) In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the warp drive is a form of faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion. It is generally portrayed as being capable of propelling spacecraft or other objects to many multiples of the speed of light, while avoiding the problems associated with time dilation.
Warp pipe Warp pipes fictional are pipes, usually green or other bright colours, that can be found throughout the Mushroom Kingdom in the Mario series of video games. Their primary purpose is to transport users from one place to another very quickly.
Warp Pipe (Software Developer) Warp Pipe was first birthed on the IGN boards by Chad Paulson (gbcentral) in the summer of 2003 as a way to play Mario Kart: Double Dash!! online when it was revealed that it wouldn't feature an online mode but instead it would feature a LAN mode.
Warp refraction Also known as the Warp Refraction Principle, warp refraction is a term coined by guitarist Jon Finn, in his 1999 publication, Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation. Warp refraction takes into account the major third tuning interval between the second and third strings.
Warp spasm Warp spasm (riastradh in Irish) is a mythological feat found in Celtic myth by which warriors enter a frenzied state of contortion in battle that makes them invincible. Those undergoing a warp spasm are said to grow so angered that their skeleton literally turns inside out in their bodies.
Warpath Warpath - in the phrase "on the warpath" - is a term originally used to describe American Indians who were heading into battle and now used to describe someone who is angry and aggressive may refer to:
Warpath (comics) Warpath (James Proudstar), previously known as the second Thunderbird, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Sal Buscema, he first appeared in The New Mutants #16 (June 1984).
Warpath (video game) WarPath is a budget-priced first-person shooter computer game developed by Digital Extremes, who previously developed Pariah. The game was originally being developed as a sequel to Pariah, but since Pariah was a commercial flop, WarPath continued development as a whole new game.
Warpath: Jurassic Park Warpath: Jurassic Park is a video game released on the PlayStation console in 1999. It is a spin-off of the movies Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, in turn adapted from bestselling novels by Michael Crichton.
Warped "Warped" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1995 album One Hot Minute. It was released as the first single from the album, alongside a music video which met controversy over frontman Anthony Kiedis' kiss with guitarist Dave Navarro at the end.
Warped Linear Predictive Coding Warped Linear Predictive Coding (Warped LPC or WLPC) is a variant of Linear predictive coding in which the spectral representation of the system is modified, for example by replacing the unit delays used in an LPC implementation with first-order allpass filters. This can have advantages in reducing the bitrate required for a given level of perceived audio quality/intelligibility, especially in wideband audio coding.
Warped Tour Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues (generally parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected) with capacities which range from 10,000 to 30,000.
Warping (sailing) In sailing warping is a slow method of progressing in still waters or against the wind. It is carried out by throwing or shooting a warp anchor in the intended direction of progress and as it settles, reeling it in; thus pulling the boat in that direction.
Warpsmith The Warpsmiths are fictional aliens in several science fiction comics by Alan Moore and Garry Leach. Created by Moore and Leach for the UK magazine Warrior, and figuring into a fictional timeline and universe developed by Alan Moore and Steve Moore (no relation), the Warpsmiths only appeared in two stories before the end of Warrior.
Warpstar The Warpstar is the primary mode of transport for Nintendo's video game character Kirby in many of the titles he has starred in. It is usually depicted as being a simple yellow star that immediately takes Kirby to another part of a level.
Warpstone Warpstone is a fictional mutagen found in the Warhammer world, and also in the Warhammer 40,000 universe during the first and second editions. Humans and most other races in Games Workshop’s campaign game Mordheim refer to it as Wyrdstone.
Warpstone (magazine) Warpstone is billed as "the independent magazine for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay". Launched in 1996 by John Foody and John Keane, it features reviews of official products, interviews, comment pieces and fan-written material.
WarpVision WarpVision: The Videos 1989-2004 is a DVD released by British record label Warp Records on September 27, 2004 which features most of the music videos produced for their artists in the 1989 - 2004 period. It is the first DVD collection coming from Warp Records, and the major part of the videos included are shown for the first time in a DVD format.
Warr guitar The Warr Guitar is a musical instrument developed by Mark Warr that looks very much like a standard electric guitar, but can be played with two-handed tapping techniques, like a Chapman Stick, as well as strummed and plucked. Traditional bass guitar techniques, such as slap and pop, pizzicato and playing with a plectrum (pick) may also be used.
Warragamba, New South Wales Warragamba is a town in New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. Originally constructed as a workers' settlement during the construction of Warragamba Dam, Sydney's primary water source, the modern town of Warragamba remains on the same site adjacent the dam.
Warragul railway station, Victoria A major station on the Gippsland railway line line about 100km east of Melbourne serving the town of Warragul. For a period during the 1990s it was serviced by electric suburban trains, now only Intercity Trains.
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