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  2. ARC Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera - Wikipedia

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    ARC Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera is the sixth in a number of progressively improved heavy riverine patrol and support vessels of the Colombian Navy ( Armada de la República de Colombia - ARC ). Specifically, it is classified as a PAF-IV (Spanish: Patrullera de Apoyo Fluvial - Pesada - 4th generation). The ship is named in honor of the Marine ...

  3. Vera Institute of Justice - Wikipedia

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    34 35th Street, Suite 4-2A, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Location. Brooklyn, New York. Website. vera .org. The Vera Institute of Justice (originally the Vera Foundation) is an independent nonprofit national research and policy organization in the United States, and a leader in criminal justice research. [3] It was founded in 1961 in New York City.

  4. Jet injector - Wikipedia

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    A Med-E-Jet vaccination gun from 1980. A jet injector, also known as a jet gun injector, air gun, or pneumatic injector, is a medical instrument that uses a high-pressure jet of liquid medication to penetrate the skin and deliver medication under the skin without a needle. Jet injectors can be single-dose or multi-dose.

  5. Rutan VariViggen - Wikipedia

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    The Rutan VariViggen is a homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. The aircraft is a tandem two-seater of primarily wooden construction with a delta wing and a canard foreplane. The VariViggen is powered by a 150 hp Lycoming O-320 aero engine in pusher configuration. The prototype was designated Model 27, and the production version was Model 32.

  6. Carolina Vera - Wikipedia

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    Carolina Vera. Carolina Susana Vera (born 14 July 1962) is an Argentine meteorologist. [1] She is the principal investigator of the Argentine research council National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and a professor at the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Her research focuses on ...

  7. North American F-107 - Wikipedia

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    The North American F-107 is North American Aviation 's entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre. It incorporated many innovations and radical design features, notably the over-fuselage air intakes. The competition was eventually won by the Republic F-105 ...

  8. Up in the Air (2009 film) - Wikipedia

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    Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman. It was written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn. The story is centered on traveling corporate " downsizer " Ryan Bingham ( George Clooney ). Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman also star.

  9. Vera (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Vera ( Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. [1] The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century. [2]