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WRS (other)
Wrs, or WRS, may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Andrei Ursu, a Romanian singer, previously known as Wrs *World Radio Switzerland, a Swiss English-language station Businesses *Western Rail Switching, a former railroad in the United States *Wind River Systems, a former embedded software company, now part of Intel Military *War reserve stock, material held for wartime *53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as ''Hurricane Hunters'' Other uses * Waris language, spoken on New Guinea (ISO 639-3: wrs) * Wolcott-Rallison syndrome, a rare medical disorder *Worker Registration Scheme The Accession State Worker Registration Scheme was a temporary measure used in the period from 2004 to 2011 by the UK to restrict incoming workers from the eight member states of the European Union in Central Europe and the Baltic region of nort ..., a registration scheme for foreign workers in the United Kingdom *World record size, in the Registry of World Record Size Shells * Wressle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Ursu
Andrei-Ionuț Ursu (; born 16 January 1993), previously known as Wrs (; stylized in all lowercase), is a Romanian singer-songwriter and dancer. He represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "", placing 18th in the final. Life and career Andrei-Ionuț Ursu was born in Buzău on 16 January 1993. He started dancing at the age of 12, encouraged by his parents who were folk music dancers. Ursu worked as a dancer for artists such as Inna, Antonia or Carla's Dreams and was part of the Pro TV ballet crew on shows such as and . In 2015, he started his musical career in the boyband Shot. After two years, he left the project, moved to London and began composing music. In January 2020, Ursu signed with Global Records and started his electro-pop solo project under the stage name Wrs. That same month, he released his debut single "Why". In February 2022, he released the single "", with which he was selected to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Radio Switzerland
World Radio Switzerland (WRS) is the only 24-hour, English-language broadcast radio station in Switzerland. Until October 2013, it broadcast on 101.7 MHz FM broadcasting, FM in the Lake Geneva region, and now continues on Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB+ digital radio across Switzerland. It can also be heard through live streaming on the WRS website, internet radio hubs and mobile apps. Administration WRS is owned by SwissVille Broadcasting Sàrl, registered in Geneva. The radio station's broadcast operations are headquartered at 9, Rue de Veyrot, Meyrin, 1217 in Geneva, Switzerland. History In the late 1980s, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) decided that an English-language radio station in Geneva would enhance its international reputation and provide a useful service to the international organizations established in the city. To that end, SRG SSR applied to the Federal Office of Communications for an FM frequency. The first application, made in 1992, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Rail Switching
Western Rail Switching was a switching and terminal railroad, operating a line west of Spokane, Washington. Ownership It was owned by Western Rail, Inc., a leasing company. In 2004, Spokane County bought the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's Geiger Spur, and designated WRS to operate it, beginning in October. Following the takeover of the nearby Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad by the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad (EWG), the Washington Department of Transportation financed a newly constructed connection to the new short line operator. Opening This realignment was opened on January 2, 2009, bypassing Fairchild Air Force Base, through which the spur had run. The west end of the spur is now at the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad, near Medical Lake. Operator Not long after beginning operations, EWG filed with the Surface Transportation Board The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is a federal, bipartisan, independent adjudicatory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wind River Systems
Wind River Systems, also known as Wind River (trademarked as Wndrvr), is an Alameda, California–based company, subsidiary of Aptiv PLC. The company develops embedded system and cloud software consisting of real-time operating systems software, industry-specific software, simulation technology, development tools and middleware. History Wind River Systems was formed by a partnership of Jerry Fiddler and Dave Wilner. Until 1981, Fiddler had worked at Berkeley Lab writing software for control systems, and wanted to pursue a career in computer generated music, which he funded through a consultancy business focused on real-time operating systems. His early clients included the National Football League and film director Francis Ford Coppola, for whom he designed a unique film editing system. Wilner, a former colleague at Berkeley Lab, joined Fiddler to form Wind River Systems in 1983. In 2009, Wind River was acquired by Intel. In 2018, Intel spun out its Wind River division, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Reserve Stock
A war reserve stock (WRS), also known as pre-positioned stocks, is a collection of warfighting material held in reserve in pre-positioned storage to be used if needed in wartime. They may be located strategically depending on where it is believed they will be needed. In addition to military equipment, a war reserve stock may include raw materials that might become scarce during wartime. According to this definition, storage such as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve may be considered a war stock. United States The United States' Department of Defense maintains war reserve stocks around the world, mainly in NATO countries and in some major non-NATO allies. The US 31st Munitions Squadron is tasked with maintaining and distributing the largest war reserve stockpiles of munitions for the United States Air Forces in Europe. Conflicts of high intensity and lengthy duration may have to rely mostly on supplies that are produced while they are ongoing. The first and second World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, is a flying unit of the United States Air Force, and "the only Department of Defense organization still flying into tropical storms and hurricanes." Aligned under the 403rd Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and based at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, with ten aircraft, it flies into tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Pacific Ocean for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms. The 53rd WRS currently operates the Lockheed WC-130J aircraft as its weather data collection platform. The squadron was activated in 1944 during World War II as the 3rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, tracking weather in the North Atlantic between North America and Europe. Redesignated the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in 1945, the term "Hurricane Hunters" was first applied to its activities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waris Language
Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language of northern New Guinea. It is spoken by about 2,500 people around Wasengla (), Doponendi ward, Walsa Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, and also by about 1,500 across the border in Waris District, Keerom Regency in the Indonesian province of Papua. Phonology Vowels Monophthongs Diphthongs and triphthongs There are two triphthong In phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech a ...s, and . Consonants Classifiers Classifier prefixes in Waris attach to verbs, and are determined via the physical properties of the object noun phrase being referred to. Many of them have parallels with independent verb roots, which may well be where they had originated from. Examples include: Many of these prefixes have lexical parallels wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worker Registration Scheme
The Accession State Worker Registration Scheme was a temporary measure used in the period from 2004 to 2011 by the UK to restrict incoming workers from the eight member states of the European Union in Central Europe and the Baltic region of northern Europe (the "A8 countries"). It attempted to help the UK's government to be able to keep track of the way that the UK labour market was affected by the workers from the A8 countries. The scheme is no longer in operation as the last day on which a new worker in the U.K. was required to register was 30 April 2011. A8 countries The A8 countries were eight of the ten countries that joined the European Union in 2004, namely: *Czech Republic *Estonia *Hungary *Latvia *Lithuania *Poland *Slovakia *Slovenia Note: In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became members of the European Union but did not become subject to WRS regulations. Bulgarians and Romanians still needed a work permit in order to work legally in the UK until 2014 when the maximum e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Registry Of World Record Size Shells
The ''Registry of World Record Size Shells'' is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa. A successor to the earlier ''World Size Records'' of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times. Originally planned for release every two years, new editions are now published annually. Since 2008 the entire registry has been available online in the form of a searchable database. The registry is continuously expanded and now contains more than 24,000 listings and 85,000 supporting images.Registry of World Record Size Shells wrs-shells.com. Quiquandon, P. (16 March 2011) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wressle Railway Station
Wressle railway station is a railway station on the Selby Line that serves the village of Wressle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of . History The Hull and Selby Railway was opened 2 July 1840. Wressle station does not appear to have been an original feature of the line; however a market day service from "Wressel Bridge" was recorded in 1843. The station was in full use by 1855. The station was a single storey brick structure with a verandah, located on the south platform. The spellings ''Wressel'' and ''Wressle'' have both been used, with the 'Wressle' becoming standard after around 1863. Wressle was listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching report, but remained open to avoid local hardship. The station became unstaffed in 1976. Facilities The station has very basic amenities - it has a waiting shelter on platform 1, a single customer help point on platform 2 and timetable poster boards on each side. There is no ticket machine, so passengers mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
