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Wallsend Metro station Wallsend Metro station is located towards the centre of Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was originally opened on June 19, 1839, and was reopened as a Tyne and Wear Metro station on November 14, 1982.
Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company Ltd was formerly an independent company, located on the River Tyne at Point Pleasant, near Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, around a mile downstream from the Swan Hunter shipyard, with which it later merged. It was formed as 'The Wallsend Slipway Co' in November 1871 by a group of Newcastle shipowners, and one shipbuilder, to repair the vessels of their respective fleets, hence the name 'Slipway'.
Wallu Harri Sakari Vaalio, also known as Wallu (born 1956 in Järvelä, Kärkölä, Finland), is a Finnish cartoonist. He is known of his "Punaniska" (Finnish for "redneck") comic albums and his strips in Finnish magazines such as the "Mikrokivikausi" (Finnish for "computer stoneage") strip in the computer magazine MikroBitti.
Wallu Valpio Jani Petteri "Wallu" Valpio (born 7th September 1973, in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish on/off celebrity, he started his career as a member of the musical group Arto Muna ja Millenium Orkesteri. He became famous on the free cable-channel MoonTV where he originally hosted the Never Trust a Hippie-programme and later other music-themed programmes, such as annual Festival Specials and Videoraati (the channel's take on Levyraati).
Wallumetta Wallumetta was the original name given to the Ryde-Hunters Hill area of the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia. Prior to the time that the area was known as Kissing Point, Wallumetta was the formal title and was named in honor of the area's native inhabitants: The Wallumettagal Aboriginal tribe.
Wallumettagal The Wallumettagal or Wallumedegal tribe was an indigenous Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area of Lower Northern Sydney today known as the Ryde-Hunters Hill area of the North Shore. Common Aboriginal names in this part of Lower Northern Sydney also include 'Willandra' and 'Jacaranda'.
Walluvanad Walluvanad(Malayalam:വള്ളുവനാട്) was an erstwhile princely state in present state of Kerala in south India extending from the Nila River (Bharathapuzha River) in the south to the Panthaloor Mala in the North. On the west, it was bounded by the Sea at Ponnani and on the east by Attapadi Hills.
Wally (Dilbert character) Wally is a character from the Dilbert comic strip. Inspired by a coworker of creator Scott Adams at Pacific Bell, he is a lazy employee always trying to work the system, although he is very capable at his occupation.
Wally (Pokémon) Wally is a character in the Pokémon video game series. He is a sickly young boy and who acts as the protége of the main character as well as the Rival at the end of the game after you battle May or Brendan in Lillycove City.
Wally Backman Walter 'Wally' Wayne Backman (born September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, Oregon) is a retired baseball player. Backman spent his 14 season career with the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and Seattle Mariners.
Wally Bell Wallace Robert Bell (born January 10 1965 in Ravenna, Ohio) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1992 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears the number 35 on his uniform.
Wally Berger Walter Anton Berger (October 10 1905 – November 30 1988) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four National League teams, primarily the Boston Braves. One of the league's top sluggers of the early 1930s, in his initial 1930 season he hit 38 home runs, a record for rookies which stood until 1987; he still holds a share of the NL record.
Wally Buono Wally Buono (born 1950) is the head coach, general manager and alternate governor of the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League and one of the most successful coaches in league history. In seventeen years as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions he has amassed a regular season record of 201-103-2, second only to Don Matthews, and holds the record for first-place finishes with eleven.
Wally Cassell Wally Cassell (born March 3 1915) was an Italian born American film actor. Cassell began in films in 1943 as mainly a character actor appearing in many war films including Sands of Iwo Jima, Flying Leathernecks and starring in The Story of G.
Wally Crouter Wally Crouter (born Walter Crouter August 5, 1923 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a retired Canadian radio broadcaster best known for his career at CFRB radio in Toronto, spanning half a century, most of which was spent as the station's top-rated morning man.
Wally Fawkes Wally Fawkes (born 1924 in Vancouver, Canada (left in 1931 for England)) is a British-Canadian jazz musician and, until recently, a satirical cartoonist. As a cartoonist, he generally worked under the name of 'Trog' until failing eyesight forced him to retire from cartooning in 2005 at the age of 81 to concentrate solely on his clarinet playing.
Wally George George Walter Pearch, known as Wally George (4 December 1931 – 7 October 2003) was an American conservative radio and television commentator. He was known as the self-proclaimed "Father of Combat TV".
Wally Gerber Walter (Wally) Gerber (August 18, 1891 - June 19, 1951) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1914-1915), St. Louis Browns (1917-1928[start]) and Boston Red Sox (1928[end]-1929).
Wally Hammond Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (born June 19, 1903 in Dover, Kent, died July 1, 1965 in Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman, in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the Second World War. His Test batting average of 58.
Wally Hardinge Harold Thomas William "Wally" Hardinge, born February 25, 1886, and died at Cambridge on May 8, 1965, was a cricketer who played for Kent and England. He was also a football international for England.
Wally Harper Wally Harper (died October 8, 2004), a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music, has worked as musical director, composer, conductor, dance arranger, and musical supervisor for many Broadway productions including:
Wally Hayward Wallace ("Wally") Henry Hayward is a South African endurance athlete with a 60 year career. He has won the Comrades Marathon five times and completed the distance of around 90 km the last time just before his eighty-first birthday.
Wally Herbert Sir Wally Herbert (born 24 October 1934) is a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man to walk undisputed to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's famous, but disputed, expedition.
Wally Herger Walter William (Wally) Herger, Jr. (born May 20 1945), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 2nd District of California, including Chico, Redding and Red Bluff.
Wally Chambers Wallace Hashim Chambers (born May 15, 1951 in Phenix City, Alabama) is a former American football defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1970s. He was selected with the eighth overall pick by the Bears in the 1973 NFL Draft out of Eastern Kentucky University, and played previous to that for Mount Clemens High School, where he graduated in 1969.
Wally Joyner Wallace Keith "Wally" Joyner (born June 16 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. He attended high school at Redan High in Stone Mountain (suburb of Atlanta) and college at Brigham Young University and played for five different major league teams in his career: the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and Anaheim Angels.
Wally Kennedy Wally Kennedy hosted AM Philadelphia, Philly After Midnight and Inside Story on WPVI-TV, over a twenty year period. The programs each won their respective time periods in the Nielsens, remaining the most successful talk programs in the TV market(1).
Wally Kilrea Wally Kilrea (Born - February 18, 1909 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian Professional Hockey Left Winger who played 9 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Quakers, New York Americans Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings.
Wally Kurth Wally Kurth (born July 31, 1958) is an American singer and television performer. He is best known for his work on the soap opera General Hospital as the second Ned Ashton, which he has portrayed since 1991, and for his role as Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives from 1987 to 1991.
Wally Lemm Wally Lemm (October 23, 1919 - October 2, 1988) was a football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels and achieved his greatest prominence as head coach of the American Football League's Houston Oilers and the National Football League's St. Louis Cardinals (football).
Wally McKenzie James Wallace (Wally) McKenzie (born June 16, 1914 in Plenty, Saskatchewan, died September 11, 1999) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986.
Wally Moses Wallace (Wally) Moses (October 8, 1910 - October 10, 1990) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1951, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1935-1941, 1949-1951), Chicago White Sox (1942-1946[start]) and Boston Red Sox (1946[end]-1948).
Wally Parks Wally Parks (born January 27, 1913 in Goltry, Oklahoma) is an automobile writer and hobbyist, and editor of the magazine Hot Rod, in the late 1940s and 1950s. As editor he began to promote safety in organization of drag racing, both in the magazine and by organizing "safety safaris" which taught drag racing organization and safety at several tracks around the country.
Wally Pfister Wally Pfister is an American cinematographer who is best known for his nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2005 for Batman Begins. Pfister has also been the cinematographer for Memento, Insomnia, The Italian Job, and The Prestige.
Wally Pipp Walter Clement Pipp (February 17, 1893 - January 11, 1965) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig's streak of 2,130 consecutive games.
Wally Post Walter Charles (Wally) Post (July 9, 1929 - January 6, 1982) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1949 through 1964, Post played for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs (1949, 1951-57, 1960-63), Philadelphia Phillies (1958-60), Minnesota Twins (1963) and Cleveland Indians (1964).
Wally Schang Walter Henry (Wally) Schang (August 22, 1889 - March 6, 1965) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1913 through 1931, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1913-1917, 1930), Boston Red Sox (1918-1920), New York Yankees (1921-1925), St.
Wally Squad The Wally Squad is a fictional undercover police force in the Judge Dredd stories of 2000 AD. Wally Squad agents were undercover judges noted for their eccentricity and borderline lunacy; these characteristic behaviours were an inevitable consquence of working undercover in a world of compelte future shock.
Wally Szczerbiak Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (born March 5, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is an American basketball player for the Boston Celtics. He was born in Spain while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for the Real Madrid basketball team, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career.
Wally Walker Walter (Wally) Frederick Walker (born July 18 1954, in Millersville, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player. Walker is best known for his National Basketball Association career - both as a player and as a front office executive - for the Seattle SuperSonics.
Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota – November 2, 1981, Los Angeles, California) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike.
Wally Yachts Wally Yachts is a maritime design and manufacture company based in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was started up by the wealthy Italian businessman Luca Bassani in 1994 and has produced an impressive range of upper market sail yachts and more recently motor yachts, the most noteworthy being the truly unique 118 WallyPower.
Wally Yamaguchi Yusuke "Wally" Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional wrestling personality who at various points has served as a referee, manager, and promoter. He started in All Japan Pro Wrestling as a referee in the 1970s (he briefly rejoined them in the early 2000s after the Pro Wrestling NOAH split).
Wallyball Wallyball (known in some places as rebound volleyball) is a fast-paced sport that was invented by Maj Leandro Worrell in 1979. The word "Wallyball" is a portmanteau of the words "wall" and "volleyball".
Walmara Walmara is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Walmara is bordered on the south by Alem Gena, on the west by Ejerie, on the north by Adda Berga, on the northeast by the Semien Shewa Zone, and on the east by the city of Addis Ababa.
Walmer and Deal lifeboats Over two thousand ships are believed to have been wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, and the masts of several wrecks are visible from the shore at low tide. Hence there have always been two lifeboats located at the joined towns of Deal and Walmer along the coast opposite the sands.
Walmer Castle Walmer Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539-1540 as an artillery fortress to counter the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. It was one of three forts constructed to defend the Downs, an area of safe anchorage protected by the Goodwin Sands, in Kent, south east England.
Walmex Wal-Mart de Mexico, is a Latin American blue-chip company, a majority of which is owned by the American retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. It is traded at the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1977 operates nearly 893 retail] outlets in [[Mexico including restaurants and supermarkets.
Walmington-on-Sea Walmington-on-Sea is a fictional seaside resort where the BBC Television sitcom, BBC radio series and film Dad's Army was based. Located on the channel coast of England, the notional "front line" following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk during World War II, it would have been either in Kent or Sussex (The members of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon are seen to wear cap badges including "Invicta", the white horse of Kent, thus suggesting the town is in Kent).
Walna Scar Walna Scar is a hill in the English Lake District, lying just south of a pass of the same name in the Coniston Hills. It's summit is only slightly higher than the pass, but few reach it, preferring instead to head north from the top of the pass to Dow Crag and the other Consiton Fells.
Walnut Walnuts (genus Juglans) are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10 - 40 metres tall, with pinnate leaves 200 - 900 millimetres long, with 5 - 25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya) but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family.
Walnut Canyon National Monument Walnut Canyon National Monument is a United States National Monument located about 10 mi southeast of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona just off Interstate 40. The canyon rim lies at 6690 ft; the canyon floor 350 ft lower.
Walnut Creek CDROM Walnut Creek CDROM was an early provider of freeware, shareware and free software on CD-ROMs. The company was founded in August 1991 by Bob Bruce and was one of the first commercial distributors of free software on CD-ROMs.
Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland located in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 64,296.
Walnut Grove Secondary School Walnut Grove Secondary School is located in the community of Walnut Grove in Langley, British Columbia. It has an enrollment of approximately 2000 students, making it the largest school in Langley, as well as extremely overcrowded, and one of the largest schools in the Vancouver region.
Walnut Hill Station Walnut Hill Station is a DART light rail station located in north Dallas, Texas (USA) at Walnut Hill Lane and Manderville Lane, just east of North Central Expressway (US 75). It opened on 1 July 2002 and serves nearby residential areas and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.
Walnut Street (Philadelphia) Walnut Street is located in downtown Philadelphia and extends from the city's waterfront through Center City and West Philadelphia. It is most known for it's upscale shopping district in the high end neighborhood of Rittenhouse Row.
Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg) The Walnut Street Bridge also known as The People's Bridge, is a truss bridge that spans the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Built by the Phoenix Bridge Company in 1890, it is the oldest remaining bridge connecting Harrisburg's downtown and Riverfront Park with the West Shore.
Walnut Street Prison The Walnut Street Prison founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1790 is considered the first American penitentiary, if not the first in the world. The word "penitentiary" came from the Pennsylvania Quakers and their belief in penitence and self-examination as a means to salvation.
Walnut Street Theatre The Walnut Street Theatre (or simply The Walnut) is the oldest continuously-operating theatre in the English speaking world, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 825 Walnut Street. The venue has three stages: the Mainstage, for the company's primary and larger productions, the Independence Studio on 3, a studio located on the building's third floor for smaller productions, and the Studio 5 on the fifth floor, which is rented out for independent productions.
Walnut Valley Festival The Walnut Valley Festival (generally referred to as Winfield by non-residents or simply Bluegrass to Winfield locals) is a well-known acoustic music festival, held annually in Winfield, Kansas. The main genre of music is bluegrass, but other acoustic styles are represented.
Walnut-Locust (BSL station) Walnut-Locust is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The Station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts in Center City Philadelphia.
Walpole-Algonac Ferry The Walpole-Algonac Ferry serves the city of Algonac, Michigan, and the First Nation reserve of Walpole Island, and (indirectly), Wallaceburg, Ontario, via Highway 40 and Lambton County Road 32. It is currently one of only two border crossings in all of Canada and the United States that allow people to cross on foot or on bicycle.
Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night (or Walpurgisnacht in Germany) is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in large parts of central and Northern Europe.The name of the holiday is Walpurgisnacht in German and Dutch, Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö in Estonian, Valpurgijos naktis in Lithuanian,Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, čarodějnice or Valpuržina noc in Czech, chódotypalenje Lower Sorbian, chodojtypalenje in Upper Sorbian.
Walras' law Walras' Law, named for Leon Walras (a mathematical economist in the late 19th century) but first expressed by John Stuart Mill in Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy (1844), is a principle in general equilibrium theory that states that if markets for all but one good are in equilibrium, then all markets must be in equilibrium and the economy is in general equilibrium.
Walrasian auction A Walrasian auction (introduced by Leon Walras) is a type of simultaneous auction where each agent calculates its demand for the good at every possible price and submits this to an auctioneer. The price is then set so that the total demand across all agents equals the total amount of the good.
Walrasian auctioneer The Walrasian auctioneer (introduced by Leon Walras) is the presumed auctioneer that matches supply and demand in a market of perfect competition. The auctioneer provides for the features of perfect competition: perfect information and no transaction costs.
Walrus Walruses (from Dutch walrus, probably a folk-etymological alteration - via Dutch walvis "whale" and ros "horse" - of an older Scandinavian word related to Old Norse rosmhvalr, "red? whale" or "walrus") are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Walsall (UK Parliament constituency) Walsall was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Walser The Walser are German-speaking people (more specifically, they speak Walser German dialects) that live in the alps of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria. The Walser people are named after the Wallis (Valais), the uppermost RhĂ´ne River valley.
Walsh Brothers Flying Boats Brothers Leo and Vivian Walsh built and flew a Howard Wright biplane in 1910 and flew it on 5 February 1911. When in August the aircraft crashed it was rebuilt by the brothers into what was in reality an entirely new aircraft, with a streamlined nacelle between the wings, which now had swept outer bay, while the canard was replaced by a conventional tailplane.
Walsh function In mathematical analysis, the set of Walsh functions form an orthogonal basis of the square-integrable functions on the unit interval. The functions take the values -1 and 1 only, on sub-intervals defined by dyadic fractions.
Walsh matrix In mathematics, a Walsh matrix is a square matrix, with dimensions a power of 2, the entries of which are +1 or -1. The Walsh matrix can be obtained from a Hadamard matrix (which is defined by the recursive formula below) of the same dimension by rearranging the rows so that the number of sign-changes is in increasing order.
Walsh Public School Walsh Public School is a public elementary school that is located in the hamlet of Walsh in the municipality of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. Children of this school go to the Thompson Auditorium for monthly morning assemblies and special events.
Walsh Street police shootings The Walsh Street police shootings was the execution-style murder of Victoria Police Officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre who were gunned down in suburban Walsh Street, South Yarra, Australia on 12 October 1988.
Walsh's Pyramid Walsh's Pyramid (922 m) is an independent peak with a distinct pyramid appearance 20 km south of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Scene of an annual footrace to its summit, the race starts at the nearby town of Gordonvale.
Walsingham Walsingham is a village (actually two conjoined villages: Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham—the "Great" referring to its age, rather than its size) and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and is a major pilgrimage centre.
Walstan Saint Walstan or Walston (d. 1016), was born either in Bawburgh in Norfolk, or Blytburgh in Suffolk, and because of his life dedicated to farming and the care of farm animals, is the patron saint of farms, farmers, farmhands, ranchers and husbandrymen.
Walsworth Walsworth was originally a village about a mile north east of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. It has now been incorporated into the town, although it is still often referred to as the village by some locals.
Walt Anderson Walt Anderson is CEO of a telecommunications and space industries company, Orbital Recovery Corp. He has been charged with evading $200 million worth of taxes by pretending to be a resident of Florida, hiding profits from federal agents in offshore bank accounts, and by having fine wines and art shipped to Virginia instead of Washington, D.
Walt Arfons Walt Arfons (born 10 December1916) is the half brother of Art Arfons, his former partner in drag racing, and his competitor in jet powered land speed record racing. Along with Art, he was a pioneer in the use of aircraft jet engines for these types of competition.
Walt Bodine Walton Marshall Bodine (born August 27,1920 in Kansas City, Missouri), better known as Walt Bodine, is a broadcast journalist in Kansas City. Since 1985 he has hosted "The Walt Bodine Show" on KCUR, an NPR affiliated radio station.
Walt Brown Walter Frederick Brown (born July 28, 1926) was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA in 2004. He was a state Senator in Oregon as a Democrat (1974-1986) and was a Socialist Party candidate for U.
Walt Coleman Walt Coleman is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since 1989. Coleman served as a line judge for the first six seasons before being promoted to referee at the start of the 1995 NFL season.
Walt Cummings Walt Cummings was a fictional character played by John Allen Nelson, on the FOX television show 24. Cummings served as Head of Security to Vice-President Charles Logan in the show's fourth season and later became Chief of Staff when Logan formally became President of the United States in the fifth season.
Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was a twenty-two time Academy Award winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, visionary and philanthropist. His name is a household word among people who have little or no knowledge of American film.
Walt Disney Animation Australia Walt Disney Animation Australia, also known as DisneyToon Studios Australia is an animation studio from Australia that has worked on both feature length Disney films and television series since its debut in 1988. One distinct trait about the studio is the attention to facial expressions, mouth movements, and excellent timing on sight gags, combined with much more in between animation than you would normally see on an animated TV show.
Walt Disney Animation Japan Walt Disney Animation Japan was an animation studio located in Japan that worked on both feature length Disney films and television series, founded by ex-employees of Tokyo Movie Shinsha. In contrast with Walt Disney Animation Australia, Walt Disney Japan's expertise was attention to action scenes as opposed to facial expressions and emotion.
Walt Disney Classics Walt Disney Classics (originally called The Classics) was a brand name used by Walt Disney Home Video (WDHV) on their American, European, and Japanese video releases of Disney animated features. The first title arrived in stores on December 6, 1984.
Walt Disney Computer Software Walt Disney Computer Software was an American computer and video game developer and publisher that was a subsidiary of Walt Disney Consumer Products, a division of The Walt Disney Company. It was established in 1988 when a group of "software development specialists" were spun off from Walt Disney Educational Productions and put under the leadership of Shelley Miles, then Vice President of The Walt Disney Music Company, to become the first entity in the Disney organization to internally develop or publish computer and video games for commercial release.
Walt Disney Concert Hall The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Walt Disney Entertainment Walt Disney Entertainment is the former wing of the Walt Disney Company that produced all shows and parades for Disney worldwide, including everything from the Disney created Super Bowl Half-time shows to theme parks. The division was altered on January 31, 2001, at the retirement of Executive Vice President, Ron Logan, who was the head of the division.
Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. The Feature Animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from 1934 (the start of production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) until 1986, when, during the corporate restructuring to create The Walt Disney Company, it officially became a subsidiary of the company.
Walt Disney Home Entertainment Walt Disney Home Entertainment (previously known as Walt Disney Home Video) is the flagship label (compare record label) of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, the home video distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. Informally, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is sometimes used as a synonym for Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disney's personal assets. It was originally an independent, private company, owned by Walt Disney himself, but on February 3, 1965, was merged into Walt Disney Productions.
Walt Disney Modular Theater The Walt Disney Modular Theatre is an indoor performance space located at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. The modular theatre is based on a concept suggested by Antonin Artaud, who asserted that the ideal theatre could be reconfigured for each and every new performance or play.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the theme parks and vacation resorts for which Disney is famous, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. It is one of the four major units of the company, the other three being Consumer Products, Media Networks and Studio Entertainment.
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. It is the main motion picture producing studio of The Walt Disney Company, the media conglomerate based in Burbank, California.
Walt Disney Platinum Editions The Platinum Editions are a series of DVDs put out by The Walt Disney Company. Released at a rate of twice a year, these DVDs showcase Disney's most popular films in high-quality presentations and with an extravagant amount of bonus features.
Walt Disney Theatrical Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, informally known as Walt Disney Theatrical, is the stageplay and musical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. It advertises as Disney on Broadway in New York City, and Disney on Stage in London and Melbourne.

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