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VVV may refer to: * ''VVV'' (magazine), a surrealist publication * VVV-Venlo, a Dutch football team * Valvoline, an American company which trades on the NYSE as VVV * Varsity Victory Volunteers, a Japanese-American paramilitary unit in Hawaii * ''Venus Versus Virus'' (a.k.a. V.V.V.), a manga by Atsushi Suzumi * Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer, the tourist board of the Netherlands * Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht, the Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage * Victoria Velasquez Vincent, a Filipino-New Zealand model and pageant titleholder * Vista Variables in the Via Lactea VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea –The VVV Survey– is observing the Milky Way's bulge (astronomy), bulge and southern disk in the near-infrared using the capabilities of the VISTA (telescope), VISTA Telescope at Paranal, Chile. The survey sta ..., an astronomical survey of the bulge and disk of our galaxy * '' Valvrave the Liberator'', a Japanese mecha anime series * Valhalla Vintage Verb, a compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VVV (magazine)
image:Matta_VVV.jpg, The cover of the final issue was designed by Roberto Matta and depicted a vagina dentata. ''VVV'' was a magazine devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism published in New York City from 1942 through 1944. It was the product of leading Surrealists. History and profile ''VVV'' was first published in June 1942. The magazine was published and edited by David Hare (artist), David Hare in collaboration with Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, and Max Ernst. ''VVVs editorial board also enlisted a number of associated thinkers and artists, including Aimé Césaire, Philip Lamantia, and Robert Motherwell. Each edition focused on "poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology," and was lavishly illustrated by Surrealist artists, including Giorgio de Chirico, Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy. The magazine was experimental in format and in content. ''VVV'' included fold-out pages, sheets of different sizes and paper stock, and bold typography and color. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, 2020–21 season. The club plays its home games in the Covebo Stadion – De Koel stadium, which is named after one of the club's sponsors Covebo Uitzendgroep. VVV's home colours are yellow and black. History Foundation and first decades (1903–1952) VVV originated from the association football club ''De Gouden Leeuw'', which was founded by a group of friends in Venlo at the end of the nineteenth century. A few more name changes would occur, and the team was also known as ''Valuas'' for some time. Eventually, it was decided on 7 February 1903 to change the name to Venlose Voetbal Vereniging (VVV), the current name of the club. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valvoline
Valvoline Inc. ( ) is an American retail automotive services company based in Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. It licenses the name for a number of Valvoline-labeled Motor oil, automotive oil, Oil additive, additives, and lubricants. It also owns the Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Great Canadian Oil Change and Valvoline Express Care car repair chains. , it is the second largest oil change service provider in the United States with 10% market share and over 1,650 locations. History Dr. John Ellis, the inventor of a petroleum lubricant for steam engines, founded Valvoline in 1866, in Binghamton, New York, as the "Continuous Oil Refining Company". In 1868, Ellis renamed his Binghamton Cylinder Oil to the more memorable Valvoline. The next year, he moved the Continuous Oil Refining Company to Brooklyn. With his son and son-in-law, Ellis renamed the company to "Ellis & Leonard" and relocated to Edgewater, New Jersey, Shadyside, New Jersey. Valvoline received commendations by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsity Victory Volunteers
The Varsity Victory Volunteers (, ''Daigaku Shōri Hōshidan'') was a civilian sapper unit composed of Japanese-Americans from Hawaii. The VVV was a major stepping stone in the creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (United States), 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which would end up becoming the most decorated regiment in United States armed forces history. History On the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States announced that all Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students were to report for military duty, forming the Hawaii Territorial Guard (HTG). These ROTC students were given a rifle with only five bullets and ordered to guard vital installations such as bridges, wells, reservoirs, pumping stations, water tanks, and high schools. About a month later it came to the attention of officials in Washington DC that there were Japanese Americans within the HTG. They were ordered back to headquarters where those of Japanese ancestry were dismissed from duty becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Versus Virus
is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Suzumi which was first serialized on June 27, 2005 in MediaWorks' shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Comic Gao!''. The manga ended serialization in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' on February 27, 2008 due to the magazine's discontinuation, but the manga continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' between March 21 and July 26, 2008. Eight bound volumes have been released by ASCII Media Works in Japan. The manga has been licensed for English language distribution by North American–based company Seven Seas Entertainment; the first volume was released in July 2007. Later, a drama CD was created based on the manga series in October 2006. The series has since been adapted into an anime produced by Studio Hibari that aired in Japan between January and March 2007 on BS-i, consisting of twelve episodes. Plot ''Venus Versus Virus'' revolves around the life of two teenage girls named Sumire Takahana and Lucia Naha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vereniging Voor Vreemdelingenverkeer
The Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer ( VVV; "Association for Tourism") is an organization in the Netherlands in which local or regional leisure companies and organizations work together to promote tourism. The tourist offices provide visitors with information about the local city or region and assist in the reservation of overnight stays and the booking of activities. In addition, they try to further develop tourism. Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer roughly translates as the Association for Tourist Traffic. The VVV’s income comes from the sale of items such as maps, guides, gift cards and souvenirs. In addition, the participating leisure companies and the municipalities represented, contribute financially to the tourist information activities. In the Netherlands, individual VVVs are coordinated by VVV Nederland, which functions as a licenser of the VVV brand. In 2017, the Kennisnetwerk Destinatie Nederland was founded, this is a network of 80 Destination and City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vereeniging Voor Vrouwenkiesrecht
The Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women's Suffrage) was a women's rights organization active in the Netherlands from 1894 to 1919. It was devoted to women's suffrage. It was the main women's suffrage movement in the Netherlands. The Vereeniging changed its name in 1919 and would fuse with another association in 1930 and again in 1949 and still exists today. History The Vereeniging had an audience with the Dutch Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina and wrote letters to members of the Dutch parliament. In 1907 some members of the Vereeniging founded their own association, the Nederlandsche Bond voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Dutch League for Women's Suffrage), which was more moderate. This was partly done out of disapproval for the more extreme measures English suffragettes used – measures that were not used by the Vereeniging but were not condemned by them either. The two associations would fuse together again in 1930. After women's suffrage was achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Velasquez Vincent
Kim-Victoria Velasquez Vincent (7 September 1995) is a New Zealand model and pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe New Zealand 2024. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico on 14 November. She previously competed in the Miss Universe Philippines 2021 pageant where she was crowned Miss Universe Philippines Charity 2021. Vincent previously competed at Miss Universe Philippines 2024, where she reached the top 10. Personal life Vincent was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. Her mother Josephine Martinez Velasquez Vincent is from Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines. As a survivor of relationship violence, she rebranded herself by omitting her name, Kim, when she was 22. Pageantry Miss Universe Philippines 2021 On 1 September 2021, representing Cavite, Vincent was confirmed as one of the thirty delegates in the Miss Universe Philippines 2021 pageant. During the finals held on 30 September 2021, she placed second runner-up and was given the title of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Variables In The Via Lactea
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea –The VVV Survey– is observing the Milky Way's bulge (astronomy), bulge and southern disk in the near-infrared using the capabilities of the VISTA (telescope), VISTA Telescope at Paranal, Chile. The survey started in February 2010 and was completed in 2016. On 2015 the VVV Science Team applied to the second cycle of Public Surveys for VISTA as the VVV eXtended Survey –VVVX– and started observing the second semester of 2016, to be completed by 2020. Goals The VVV Survey is a public infrared (IR) variability survey of the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent section of the mid-plane where star formation activity is high. To complete this survey it will take 1929 hours, covering 109 stars within an area of 520 square degrees, including 33 known globular clusters and around 350 open clusters. The final products will be: a deep IR atlas in 5 passbands and a catalogue of 106 variable stars. These will produce a 3-D map of the surveyed region (unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valvrave The Liberator
is a Japanese mecha anime series produced by Sunrise. It is directed by Kō Matsuo and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series is set in a futuristic date in which three factions divided from 70% of mankind are in war. It focuses on Haruto Tokishima, a high school student from the faction of JIOR who pilots one of the highly advanced weaponized mecha technology called the Valvrave to stop the Dorssian forces. The series was broadcast for two seasons of twelve episodes each on MBS ( Animeism block); the first season aired from April to June 2013, and the second season aired from October to December of the same year. The series was licensed in North America by Aniplex of America and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and Hulu. The series has spawned four manga adaptations and two light novel series. Critical reception to the anime has been generally positive due to its delivery of conventional story elements often seen in the ''Gundam'' series alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ValhallaDSP
ValhallaDSP is a digital audio signal processing software company that makes reverberator and delay plugins. History ValhallaDSP as a company was founded by Sean Costello, who handles coding. Kristin Costello handles graphics and marketing. Sean Costello has always been interested in the interaction between musicians and the academic and professional worlds. He has co-written academic papers about reverberation, including a 2009 paper about using algorithmic reverberation with the Ambisonics system and a paper about implementing a digital simulation of a spring reverb. ValhallaDSP was founded in 2009; Sean worked as an audio DSP designer and consultant for about a decade before founding his own company. Before Valhalla DSP, Sean Costello had his first plugin work made public when he provided four reverb algorithms for the Audio Damage EOS reverb plugin which was initially released in 2009; one of those four algorithms was not available until 2017, when Audio Damage released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
