wiktionary VR may refer to an abbreviation for very respectfully usually written V r when Valediction signing a letter or e mail a slang term for marijuana Academics University of Iceland VR , three buildings on the University of Iceland campus Vetenskapsr det , the Swedish Research Council Communications Vatican Radio , the official broadcasting service of the Vatican Documentation Vital record s Electric equipment Videocassette recorder Video recorder Voltage regulator Fashion Viktor & Rolf Finance Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken , a brand of co operative banks in Germany Voluntary Redundancy Music bands Velvet Revolver , a hard rock supergroup Vengeance Rising , a Christian thrash metal band People Victoria Regina, Queen Victoria of the UK Alexandrina Victoria 1819 1901 Vlada Roslyakova , a Russian fashion model Politics the Royal Cypher royal cypher of Queen Victoria , and is sometimes found as an abbreviation for her Vanguardia Revolucionaria , a Peruvian political group Software QuickTime VR Spectre VR, an enhanced version of Spectre computer game Virtua Racing V.R. , an arcade racing game by SEGA Science DVD VR , an editable DVD format Nikon s Vibration Reduction anti shake lens technology Velocity ratio , a distance that the point of Effort moved divided by the distance that the point of Load moved Virtual reality VR photography Transportation Holden VR Commodore , an automobile introduced by Holden in 1993 Bristol VR , a double decker bus built by the Bristol Commercial Vehicles VR Group , a Finnish railway company, formerly known as Valtionrautatiet State Railways Valdosta Railway in the US state of Georgia Victorian Railways of the Australian state of Victoria The IATA airline designator code for Cape Verde Airlines An aircraft s V speeds vr vertical rotation speed V sub R sub TV VR Troopers , a TV show disambig Category Initialisms cs VR de VR fa VR fr VR id VR it VR sw VR nl VR ja VR pl VR pt VR ro VR fi VR t smennyssivu sv VR ... more details
VR mode or Video Recording mode is a feature on stand alone consumer and computer DVD recorders that allows video recording and editing on a DVD rewritable disc. In VR mode, users can create and rename titles for the scenes. Also, if a scene is deleted, the space allocated by it will be utilized later without the need of reformatting a disc. If the user would like to record on the same disc again at a later time, in VR mode, users may eject the disc and it will not be finalized by the recorder until it is manually initiated. For the sake of comparison, any DVD recorded in VR s competitor V mode ... is still required if the disc formatted for VR mode will be played in another DVD player. Currently, users can only record in VR mode with the use of DVD RW , DVD RAM and DVD RW discs, updated in 2000 to accommodate DVD R General DVD players marked RW compatible and DVD Multi can play DVD VR recorded discs and on some recorders, also on hard disk drives. Blu ray Disc and HD DVD also support VR mode like features. DVD VR & DVD VR There are two quite different application formats commonly known as VR mode. br 1 DVD VR was established by the DVD Forum and can be found on DVD RW and DVD RAM br 2 DVD VR is the creation and responsibility of Philips Electronics and is seen on their DVD RW recorders. DVD VR The DVD VR recording mode offers advanced editing including Non Linear Editing NLE but is not compatible .... Recorders, generally employ one method or the other, but seldom both. DVD VR can also be used with DVD RW media, but recorders seldom do so. DVD VR The DVD VR recording mode aka VR functionality ... easily on DVD R media. DVD VR can theoretically be used with DVD RW media, but partial overwriting ... of the disc, erase the disc and then rewrite it. For this reason alone, DVD VR is seldom used with DVD RW or DVD R media. See also DVD Blu ray Disc HD DVD DVD VR DVD VR References cite web title PC World.com ... Vr Mode Category DVD ... more details
Transpoint Oy Ab is a Finland Finnish freight logistics company. It is owned by VR Group Finnish Railways and is part of VR s Pohjolan Liikenne road services division. Transpoint trucks can be seen throughout Finland trailer units are often carried around Finland by train. See also Osakeyhti Oy, Finnish limited company External links http www.transpoint.fi Official website in Finnish, Swedish and English VR Group Category Transport companies of Finland Category Logistics companies of Finland ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 VR Ghetge was an India n cricket er who played for Holkar cricket team Holkar . Ghetge made two first class appearances for the side, during the 1942 43 Ranji Trophy competition. He scored 10 runs in the first innings in which he batted, in a drawn match curtailed to an innings a side. In his second first class appearance, he scored 8 runs in his two innings. External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 38 38941 38941.html VR Ghetge at Cricket Archive Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ghetge, Vr ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Indian cricketer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ghetge, Vr Category Indian cricketers Category Holkar cricketers India cricket bio stub ... more details
File Vinos DOC de Portugal.png thumb 300px Map of the DOCs and IPRs of Portugal. Number 16 corresponds to Douro DOC and Duriense VR. Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. ref name ViniPT http www.viniportugal.pt index.php?option com content&task view&id 15&Itemid 301 ViniPortugal Wine Regions , accessed on January 26, 2010 ref In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional VR level, which corresponds to table wine s with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations , similar to a French wine French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were part of the former Tr s os Montes VR , which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards. ref name ViniPT See also List of Portuguese wine regions References reflist coord missing Portugal Category Wine regions of Portugal ... more details
Refimprove date November 2008 Infobox company company name lang fi VR Yhtym Oy company type Government owned corporation company logo Image VR Group logo.svg 140px company slogan foundation 1862 location ... 2010 ref name vr profit 2010 cite press release title VR Group s net profit remained satisfactory url http www.vrgroup.fi en vakiolinkit VRinforms news 20110217152920.html publisher VR Group date 17 February 2011 accessdate 23 February 2011 quote VR Group s net profit remained at a satisfactory ... Euro 43.1 1000000 number million 2010 ref name vr profit 2010 operating income num employees 12,600 ref cite web title Monipuolinen VR url http www.vrgroup.fi fi index VRtyonantajana.html language Finnish publisher VR Group accessdate 23 February 2011 ref key people Mikael Aro , CEO parent subsid homepage ... VR Yhtym Oy logo filename logo size system map Finnish railroad network en.svg map caption The Finnish ... hq city website VR or VR Group lang fi VR Yhtym Oy , lang sv VR Group Ab is a state owned railway company ..., when it was split into VR Group and the rail administration entity Ratahallintokeskus . History ... assumed a monopoly in rail transport. In 1995 the company was privatised into VR group. Company organisation ... VR Transpoint . Altogether the group of companies includes 21 companies employing a total of about ... of passenger services are connections to the capital, Helsinki. VR provides Intermodal passenger ... transport. Commuter traffic main Helsinki commuter rail VR runs commuter traffic in the Helsinki ... junassa 5.html title Timetables publisher VR Group accessdate date 2011 05 03 ref The tracks on the Helsinki ... ref Freight Domestic and international freight services are provided by VR Transpoint , part of VR Group. In 2009, both domestic and international freight traffic declined, which worsened VR Group s financial ... title VR restructuring for growth publisher www.X Rail.net ref International freight traffic is concentrated ... , Germany. Clear Rolling stock File VR Sr2 Turku.JPG thumb right VR class VR Class Sr2 ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2010 Infobox file format name QuickTime VR icon logo screenshot caption extension .qtvr mime video quicktime br x world x qtvr type code uniform type magic owner Apple Inc. released Start date 1994 df yes latest release version latest release date Start date and age YYYY mm dd df yes genre Image file format container for contained by QuickTime File Format extended from extended to standard free No url http lists.apple.com mailman listinfo2 quicktime vr apple.com QuickTime VR also known as QuickTime Virtual Reality or QTVR is a type of image file format developed by Apple Inc. for QuickTime . It allows the creation and viewing of photographically captured panorama s and the exploration of objects through images taken at multiple viewing angles. It functions as a Plug in computing plugin for the standalone QuickTime Player, as well as working as a plugin for the QuickTime Web browser plugin. Panoramas VR Panoramas are panoramic images which surround the viewer with an environment ... panoramic cameras, or rendered from 3D modeled scenes. There are two type of VR Panorama Single ... of photographs taken at different tilt angles. VR Panoramas are further divided into those that include ... together to allow a viewer to move from one location to another. Such multinode QuickTime VR movies are called scenes . Apple s QuickTime VR file format has two representations for panoramic nodes ... MotionVR Panoramic photography QuickTime Virtual tour VR photography External links Official ... documentation QuickTime InsideQT QTVR index.html QuickTime VR Developer Connection Dead link date April 2011 http lists.apple.com archives quicktime vr 2005 Nov msg00037.html History of Quicktime VR dmoz Computers Virtual Reality QTVR and Pre rendered VR QTVR dmoz Computers Systems Apple Macintosh ... viewer Compression formats Graphics file formats Category Graphics file formats ca QuickTime VR de QuickTime VR es QTVR fr QuickTime VR it QuickTime VR yo QuickTime VR ... more details
The DVD VR standard defines a logical format for video recording on DVD R , DVD RW , and DVD RAM style media, including the dual layer versions of these media. As opposed to media recorded with the DVD VR recording standard, the resulting media are not DVD Video compliant, and will not play back in some ... media will allow recording to these media in DVD VR mode, as well as in a DVD Video compliant mode. It is possible to use the DVD VR format with DVD R and DVD RW media, but no examples are known other ... . Feature overview The DVD VR specification allows implementing the following main features Video recording ... plus VR DVD VR recorders. Video and data files such as digital pictures, or MP3 files may be mixed ... correctly where supported . DVD VR recorded media are not DVD Video compliant, and will not play ... playback of discs that have been recorded with the DVD VR format. Technical format overview The DVD VR standard defines a logical format for recording and editing of video on a DVD disc. Instead of modifying ... code modulation Linear PCM . Directory and file structure VRO file format A DVD VR recorded disc contains a DVD RTAV directory in the root of the filesystem, in which a single VR MOVIE.VRO file exists ... along with navigation data to represent playlist,programs and so on are also stored in the VR MANGR.IFO file in the same directory. A backup copy of this file VR MANGR.BUP typically is present as well ... itself as part of the video stream. Thus DVD VR supports mixed format presentations within a single ... docs DVD VR DVD VR Application format notes , Retrieved on 2009 07 28 ref Fragmented VRO files are not widely ... The file system used on the media is Universal Disk Format UDF Revision 2.0 . DVD VR uses the realtime ... media. See also DVD VRVR Mode VOB DVD formats Universal Disk Format DVD RW , DVD R , DVD RAM ... Corporation http www.dvdforum.org DVD Forum DEFAULTSORT Dvd Vr Category DVD fr Video Recording Object file ja DVD VR zh DVD VR ... more details
Infobox Beverage name VR image type Irish Whiskey proof 40 manufacturer Dunville & Co origin Belfast introduced 1837 variants discontinued 1936 related Dunville s VR Dunville s VR is a rare pure pot still whiskey distilled by Dunville & Co at the Royal Irish Distillery in Belfast. ref cite web url http www.classicwhiskey.com flash dunvilles1.htm title Classic Whiskey Dunville s Whiskey ref It is younger and less blended than Dunville s other whiskey Dunville s Three Crowns . ref cite web url http www.dumville.org stories making.html title The Making of Dunville s Whiskey author Provided up Terry Thompson ref There are still many bottles available for purchase today. References reflist External links http www.classicwhiskey.com Classic Whiskeys Information and sale of rare whiskeys http www.dumville.org whiskey.html The Dunville Family of Northern Ireland DEFAULTSORT Dunville S Vr Category Irish Whiskey whisky stub ... more details
File Vinos DOC de Portugal.png thumb 300px Map of the DOCs and IPRs of Portugal. Numbers 27 29 is the three IPRs of the Azores 27. Graciosa IPR, 28. Biscoitos IPR, and 29. Pico IPR. A ores VR cover all of these three Azores islands. A ores is a Portuguese wine region situated on the Azores islands. ref name ViniPT http www.viniportugal.pt index.php?option com content&task view&id 15&Itemid 301 ViniPortugal Wine Regions , accessed on January 26, 2010 ref The region is classified as a Vinho Regional VR , which corresponds to table wine s with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations , similar to a French wine French vin de pays region. IPR regions Within the A ores VR there are also three smaller regions, each on a separate island of the Azores, that have the higher Indica o de Proveniencia Regulamentada IPR classification ref name ViniPT Biscoitos IPR Graciosa IPR Pico IPR See also List of Portuguese wine regions References reflist coord missing Portugal DEFAULTSORT Acores Vr Category Wine regions of Portugal fr A ores VR ... more details
VR Man was a 13 episode live action Singaporean superhero drama, aired in 1998. It is one of the first few English language dramas produced by Mediacorp . Plot VR Man is the alter ego of computer engineer Alex Foo James Lye . After a nearly fatal accident, Alex discovers that he has acquired superhuman powers which he later calls Virping virtual reality projection. His superhero alias VR Man is coined rather hastily in Episode 2, after he saves his love interest Kristal Kong Michelle Goh . His sidekick is Bee Bee Lisa Ang , Alex s friend of fifteen years, who is secretly in love with him. The antagonist of the show is the bio genetic engineer Peter Chan Click Click Man Mark Richmond , whom Alex suspects is responsible for him acquiring superhuman powers in the first place. In fact Click Click Man is the one who gave Alex his powers via an experimental procedure that killed all of its previous test subjects, but the project is shut down when Click Click Man is unable to prove that one of his subjects survived. Most of VR Man s powers come from a device called the Solidifier which belongs ... on himself to obtain the same powers as VR Man. In the first half of the series, Alex faces a different ... thwarting Click Click Man s attempts to recover the Solidifier. In the second half, VR Man encounters ... as Bossman . Having gained tremendous popularity as a superhero, VR Man appears on television more .... Like Click Click Man, Bossman s goal is to take the Solidifier from VR Man. Powers and Abilities of VR Man VR Man, as the name suggests, has the ability to project virtual reality objects and solidify them for a period of time, a power which is similar to that of the Green Lantern . VR Man calls these his ... such as invisibility and Psychokinesis telekinesis without explanation. VR Man s sole weakness is a strobe ... back to Alex which indicates that the VR Man costume is created through Virping, rather than an actual ..., therefore it is not exploited until the second half of the series. DEFAULTSORT Vr Man Category MediaCorp ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Website name VR Zone url http vr zone.com commercial Yes type Technology news & information registration owner Terence Lee launch date 1999 current status VR Zone is a technology news website in Singapore . It started off as a hobby site talking about hardware news, reviews, technology, overclocking and anything deemed interesting by hardware enthusiasts. VR Zone.com Community and Lifestyle Forums Currently, http forums.vr zone.com VRForums is one of the most popular IT discussion forums in Singapore . It discusses topics ranging from computer technical news to gossipy ... zone.com VR Zone conducted its own investigation and unveiled a potential scamming case. A police ... media and authorities attention during the Mas Selamat saga when one of the VR Zone Forum member ... the escape of Mas Selamat was announced by Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore . VR Zone.com Pricewatch http pricewatch.vr zone.com VR Zone.com Pricewatch is a microsite which lists down any computer hardware offers and discounts. VR Zone.com Events and Campaigns Over the years, http www.vr zone.com VR Zone built up an extensive port folio from organizing of online events and contests. Online Contests ... Tournament 2004 at Funan IT Mall 2005 VR Zone s Quake 4 Launch Party at Funan IT Mall 2006 Chinese New Year LanParty at Little India June 2006 VR Zone Eskimo LanParty at Fuji Ice Palace, Jurong East ... Super Over Clocked Gaming PCs Displayed Sim Lim Square Shops 2005 and 2006 VR Zone Supercooling Rig ... June 2005 Dry Ice Over clocking LAN Party 2005 VR Zone Over clocking Competition at World Cyber Games National Finals 2005 2005 The Cyberathlete Professional League CPL Singapore 2005 2005 VR Zone at World Cyber Games Grand Finals 2005 2006 VR Zone DFI Overclocking Competition in Beijing, China 2006 VR Zone Eskimo LAN Party OC Competition at Ice Skating Rink 2006 ABIT OC Competition 2006 at Funan ... websites Category News websites ru VR Zone ... more details
Refimprove date July 2007 Infobox Company company name Global VR company logo Image Global VR logo small.png center company slogan N A company type Privately held company Private foundation 1998 location San Jose, California , United States U.S. industry Video game industry revenue num employees subsid key people Ken Bayer , President products homepage http www.Globalvr.com Global VR official website Global VR is company based in San Jose, California , that makes arcade games. History The company was originally founded in 1998 starting in a garage with just four employees. On July 11, 2003 the company moved into its current convert 50000 sqft m2 sing on facility. As of the move the company employed about 100 employees. ref http www.globalvr.com GLOBAL VR Website ref Global VR has licensing rights from Electronic Arts to make games based on Madden NFL , Need For Speed , and Tiger Woods PGA Tour . Global VR used to operate virtual reality stands that it purchased from Ferris Productions in 2003, usually located inside of theme parks, such as Six Flags. Global VR closed these stands in 2004. Selected games Madden Season 2 , an update to the Madden Arcade game based on Electronic Arts Madden franchise. Need for Speed Underground , an arcade adaptation of Electronic Arts Need for Speed franchise. PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge , an update to Challenge Edition and based upon the Tiger Woods Golf console game made by Electronic Arts. Aliens Extermination , a game loosely based on 1986 film Aliens film Aliens . Paradise Lost video game , a two player sit down game which is based on Far Cry Instincts . EA Sports NASCAR Racing , a coin operated version of Electronic Arts NASCAR franchise ... shooter sequel of Taito Corporation Taito s arcade series Panic Museum . Players Card Global VR s Players ... Global VR s official website References references DEFAULTSORT Global Vr Category Companies based ... based in California Category Video game companies of the United States tr Global VR ... more details
2011 Infobox television show name VR Troopers image File Vrlogo.JPG 250px The VR Troopers format Action ..., 1996 in television 1996 num seasons 2 num episodes 92 list episodes List of VR Troopers episodes VR ... of Power Rangers . ref cite news title V.R. Troopers To Hit Airwaves And Store Shelves ... 9408030108 1 virtual reality vr troopers accessdate 2010 08 28 first Jennifer last Mangan ref The show ... the copyright for VR Troopers was transferred from Saban Entertainment BVS International to Saban ... First United States Copyright Office Public Catalog Search the name SCG Power Rangers . ref Saban s VR ... time. The show spawned a toy line and a VR Troopers video game video game for the Sega Mega Drive ... extremely advanced virtual reality technology in secret . VR is a dimension existing alongside our ... known as List of VR Troopers characters Grimlord Grimlord , who, unbeknownst to anyone on Earth ... V.R. armor and an upgrade to his powers. Grimlord s base of operation switched from a dungeon to a massive ... List of VR Troopers characters Psycon Cybertron Cleanup rewrite 2 section date January 2012 The show ... was later changed to VR Troopers . The Psycon premise was similar to VR Troopers and Cybertron ... YouTube Cybertron pilot presentation ref Production According to early VR Troopers promotions, Citation ... 2011 Like Power Rangers , VR Troopers used a combination of American footage spliced with fight scenes from Japanese shows. The Japanese shows adapted in to VR Troopers are Space Sheriff Shaider , Dimensional ..., VR Troopers uses the oldest source footage of any series. Shaider was aired from 1984 to early 1985, making it 10 years old when first used for VR Troopers in 1995 Spielban was aired from 1986 ... Rangers, more U.S. fights were featured in the show s second season. VR Troopers as an adaptation ... in half, impaled, and decapitated. None of the VR Trooper forms were given names since none of them ... Today on Saban s VR Troopers teaser, showing scenes from the episode and narrated by Dave Mallow . After ... more details
a brief flurry of other companies to offer VR products. References Reflist Sega Use dmy dates date March 2011 DEFAULTSORT Sega Vr Category Sega consoles Category Sega hardware Category Vaporware game ... more details
VR photography , or virtual reality photography , is the interactive viewing of wide angle Panoramic photography panoramic photographs , generally encompassing a 360 degree circle or a spherical view. VR photography is the art of capturing or creating a complete scene as a single image, as viewed when rotating about a single central position. Normally created by stitching together a number of photographs taken in a multi row 360 degree rotation, the complete image can also be a totally computer generated effect, or a composite of photography and computer generated objects. The history of VR photography is human computer interaction in which a real or imaginary environment is simulated and users interact with and manipulate that world. ref http www.pixloo.com blog history of vr photography History of VR Photography ref VR panoramas are viewed through movie players, such as Apple s QuickTime software, which may be part of a Web browser plug in or a stand alone player application. QuickTime VR QTVR was the original interactive panorama format, but there are now a growing number of different players and plug ins. Many of these are based on Flash Video Flash , but some use Java software platform Java , SilverLight , custom programming using OpenGL and WebGL , and even JavaScript . Most of the players can be seen in the Panorama Player Comparisons project. ref http www.panoramaphotographer.com comparisons Panorama Player Comparisons project ref See also Image stitching Virtual tour MotionVR IPIX References references External links READ FIRST External links that do not completely conform to the external link policy should be submitted through the Open Directory Project. Please read up on this by visiting the ODP article and external link policy http en.wikipedia.org wiki Open Directory Project http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia External links dmoz Reference Education Colleges ... a series of ongoing worldwide VR Photography events Mixed reality Photography Category Panorama software ... more details
The DVD VR standard defines a logical format for DVD Video compliant recording on optical discs. It is intended to be used on DVD R and DVD RW media. Most DVD recorder DVD video recorders in the market that support these two types of media also use the DVD VR format for recording video on them. It is possible to use the DVD VR format with DVD R and DVD RW discs and some recorders exist which do this. ref Philips DVDR3506 manual ref The versatility of such recorders is usually limited to obviate the need for the recorder to store large amounts of video as the disc is rewritten. Main features For the user, the DVD VR standard offers the following main features Video recording on DVD R and DVD RW discs. Up to 48 separate recordings per disc. Playback of recordings on regular DVD Video players, including title menus and edits. For DVD RW discs, playback is possible without finalization, provided the player can read the disc. For DVD R a finalization step is required in order to allow the media to play back on a regular DVD player, however, may be playable on another dvd recorder. Tape or slot model recording. When a title is deleted, the freed space can be filled with a title of the same length, giving a user experience similar to a regular tape based video recorder. On DVD R discs, titles can be deleted, but obviously no space is freed. Editing capabilities such as bookmarks, chapter marks, and play lists. As of version 2 of the standard, also video and data such as digital pictures may be combined on a single disc. Technical format overview The DVD VR format basically defines how to record video in a DVD Video compliant manner to an optical disc. The resulting disc should, after ... one group of VOB files per title whereas on a DVD VR recorded disc a single VOB set is shared by all ... date December 2011 . See also DVD VRVR Mode DVD formats Universal Disk Format DVD RW and DVD ... dvdfaq.html DVD FAQ DEFAULTSORT Dvd Vr Category DVD zh DVD VR ... more details
Infobox UK Bus background name Bristol VR image Wilts & Dorset bus.jpg imagesize caption A typical Bristol ... Arriva Buses Wales Bristol VR Interior manufacturer factory replaced capacity operator Wilts & Dorset ... Bristol VR XDV609S.jpg thumb right Bristol VR XDV609S in Western National colours. The Bristol VR was Bristol ... Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline . Development The Bristol VR was originally designed for single ... the Bristol N type, the chassis became known as the Bristol VR, an abbreviation for V ertical R ear ... thumb right A Bristol VR that was ordered by North Western but delivered new to SELNEC PTE in 1973 ... 1981, by which time 4531 had been built. The Leyland Olympian , the successor to the VR, shared many similarities to the series 3 VR, although with updates such as air suspension. Later versions of the VR ... one VR on an open top service between Weymouth, Dorset Weymouth and Portland Bill until September 2010 , and Arriva Buses Wales own a VR for an open top tour of Llandudno and Conwy during the Summer. Bodies Image BritBus Bristol VR in Harlem New York City.jpg thumb A UK spec Bristol VR having been exported to the United States , seen in New York City. This VR was new to Eastern National as fleetnumber 3082, registered STW26W. Like most Bristol buses, the VR was typically built with an ECW body ... and Devon General . Chassis types Image Eastern Counties Preserved 2007.JPG thumb right Bristol VR VEX 287X in an Eastern Counties livery. The chassis code of a Bristol VR is very logical, and reveals ... of the VR. The chassis types are as follows LH Long High Series 1 note VRLs were only of the form ... 2.jpg thumb A Bristol VR flying away from an alien attack in the Doctor Who episode Planet of the Dead . The 1998 movie Spice World, starring the Spice Girls , featured a Bristol VR painted in Union ... Last of the Lowestoft VR s , documents the conception, production and final days of the Bristol VR s that worked in Lowestoft for First Eastern Counties Lowestoft being the town where the vast ... more details
File Vindima em Portugal 6 .jpg thumb Harvest in Guimar es in the Minho wine region. Minho , formerly Rios do Minho , is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as the Vinho Verde DOC . ref http www.viniportugal.pt index.php?option com content&task view&id 15&Itemid 301 ViniPortugal Wine Regions , accessed on January 26, 2010 ref The region is classified as a Vinho Regional VR , a designation similar to a French wine French vin de pays region. The wines of the Minho and Vinho Verde are nearly identical except for the Minho VR allowing foreign grape varieties to be used that are excluded from the Denomina o de Origem Controlada DOC regulations for Vinho Verde. ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 T. Stevenson The Sotheby s Wine Encyclopedia pg 329 333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0 7566 1324 8 ref Grapes The principle grapes of the Minho region include Alvarinho , Arinto , Avesso , Azal Branco , Azal Tinto , Batoca , Borracal , Brancelho , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay , Espadeiro , Loureiro , Merlot , Padreiro de Basto , Pedral , Rabo de Ovelha , Riesling , Trajadura and Vinhao . ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 See also List of Portuguese wine regions References reflist coord missing Portugal Category Wine regions of Portugal fr Minho VR sv Minho vinregion ... more details
File Provincia Ribatejo.png thumb 150px Tejo VR Ribatejo Province Tejo , until 2009 named Ribatejo , is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as the Ribatejo Province . It takes its name from the river Tagus Tejo Tagus . The entire region is entitled to use the Vinho Regional designation Tejo VR , while some areas are also classified at the higher Denomina o de Origem Controlada DOC level under the designation Ribatejo DOC . ref http www.viniportugal.pt index.php?option com content&task view&id 15&Itemid 301 ViniPortugal Wine Regions , accessed on January 24, 2010 ref ref cite encyclopedia editor Jancis Robinson encyclopedia Oxford Companion to Wine edition Third Edition title Ribatejo year 2006 publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford isbn 0 19 860990 6 page 575 ref VR is similar to the French wine French vin de pays and DOC to the French AOC wine AOC . Located between the Lisboa VR Lisboa and Alentejo VR s, the region is dominated by the influence of the Tagus river. The river moderates the region s climate, making it more temperate climate temperate than other areas of Portugal. Vineyards are planted on the fertile alluvial plains along the river and can be prone to producing excessive yield wine yield s. ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 T. Stevenson The Sotheby s Wine Encyclopedia pg 329 333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0 7566 1324 8 ref In 2009, the region was renamed from Ribatejo to Tejo, the same name as the river flowing through the region, as part of a drive to increase the wine region s international reputation. ref http portugalwines.org blog ?tag tejo Portugal Wines, November 20, 2009 Appellation counts on Tejo for new name, image ref ref http www.winesandwinemakers.pt s noticias index.php?nid 94&tipo 1&idSec Wines & Winemakers News, December 14, 2009 ref However, the DOC has kept its name Ribatejo, which removed the previous problem of having ... Cartaxo wine Cartaxo Overlaps into the Lisboa VR Chamusca wine Chamusca Coruche wine Coruche ... more details
Image VR Makasiinit 5 Helsinki Finland 01 06 2006.jpg thumb left 200px The warehouses under demolition on June 1, 2006. The Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in the background. Image Makasiinit tulessa.jpg thumb 200px The VR warehouses burning on May 5, 2006, with the National Museum in the distance. The VR warehouses lang fi VR n makasiinit were a group of redbrick railway warehouse s in the centre of Helsinki , Finland . Their official address was 13 Mannerheimintie. The oldest parts of the warehouses were designed by Bruno Granholm and built in 1898&ndash 1899, when they served as the cargo terminal for the Helsinki Central railway station . The warehouses were extended in 1908 and 1917, and the most recent additions were from the 1950s. They were used by the state owned VR Group as cargo warehouses until the 1980s when they were abandoned and gradually fell into disrepair. The warehouses were without a permanent specific purpose but could be rented by anyone wishing to organize some sort of public event. The warehouses were a popular location for regular fleamarket s. Also, various music concerts, including the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival Tuska Heavy metal music heavy metal festival during 1999 and 2000, were often held at the warehouses, and in 2004 and 2005 they hosted Perv Park , Helsinki s biggest BDSM convention. The warehouses included a couple of ecological shops and band rehearsal studios. The warehouses had been under a threat of demolition to make way for a new Helsinki Music Centre concert hall for almost a decade. In early 2006, a decision was finally made to construct the Music Hall on the site, preserving only a small section of the warehouses for use as a pavilion ... 6, 2006 following a fire the previous day. Fire Image VR Makasiinit On Fire Helsinki Finland 05 05 ..., Helsinki, 2005 ref References Reflist External links commons category VR Warehouses http www.hs.fi ... fi VR n makasiinit ... more details
Image LocalRegiaoAlgarve.svg right thumb Algarve Algarve is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as its Algarve namesake region . The region is classified as a Vinho Regional VR , a designation similar to a French wine French vin de pays region. Located on the southern coast of Portugal , the region s wine industry is driven by the local tourist economy with very little wines exported. ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 T. Stevenson The Sotheby s Wine Encyclopedia pg 329 333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0 7566 1324 8 ref Wine regions Within the Algarve region there are 4 major wine regions. Listed from west. ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 Lagos DOC Portim o DOC Lagoa DOC Tavira DOC Grapes The principle grapes of the Algarve region includes Arinto , Baga grape Baga , Castelao Nacional , Fernao Pires , Periquita , Rabo de Ovelha , Tinta Amarela , Trincadeira das Pratas , Ugni blanc and Vital grape Vital . ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 See also List of Portuguese wine regions References reflist coord missing Portugal Category Wine regions of Portugal fr Algarve VR ... more details
V.R. Schockman was a Ceylon ese politician statesman and physician . He was appointed to the first Senate of Ceylon ref http pdfs.island.lk 2010 04 22 p12.pdf The Senate Days of Ceylon ref in 1947 and was a Member of Parliament and was the first President of the Ceylon Olympic and Empire Games Association the preciser to the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka . ref http www.srilankaolympic.org about us inauguration Inauguration ref He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and at the Ceylon Medical College . References reflist External links Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schockman ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schockman Category Sri Lankan physicians Category Alumni of the Royal College, Colombo Category Members of the Senate of Ceylon ... more details
Image Antigas Provincias Portugal.png right thumb Bieras region within Portugal Beiras is a Portuguese wine region covering the same areas as its Beiras namesake region . The region is classified as a Vinho Regional VR , a designation similar to a French wine French vin de pays region. Located in the northern regions of Portugal , Beiras produces wines of every imaginable style including sparkling wine sparkling and fortified wine s but quality varies dramatically depending on producer and region. ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 T. Stevenson The Sotheby s Wine Encyclopedia pg 329 333 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0 7566 1324 8 ref Wine regions Within the Beiras region there exists the following wine regions at IPR or DOC level ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 D o DOC Bairrada DOC Beira Interior DOC , with the following three subregions ref http eur lex.europa.eu LexUriServ LexUriServ.do?uri OJ C 2009 187 0001 0066 EN PDF Official Journal of the European Union C 187 1, 8.8.2009 List of quality wines produced in specified regions reflects situation as of July 31, 2009 ref Castelo Rodrigo wine Castelo Rodrigo , formerly a separate IPR Cova de Beira wine Cova de Beira , formerly a separate IPR Pinhel wine Pinhel , formerly a separate IPR Lafoes IPR T vora Varosa DOC Encostas da Nave IPR Encostas d Aire DOC overlaps with the Lisboa VR Grapes The principle grapes of the Beiras region includes Arinto , Baga grape Baga , Bastardo grape Bastardo , Borrado das Moscas , Camarate grape Camarate , Cerceal , Esgana Cao , Fernao Pires , Jaen grape Jaen , Malvasia , Marufo , Monvedro , Periquita , Rabo de Ovelha , Rufete grape Rufete , Tinta Amarela , Touriga Nacional and Vital grape Vital . ref name Sotheby pg 329 333 See also List of Portuguese wine regions References reflist coord missing Portugal Category Wine regions of Portugal ... more details
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