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WCF
WCF may refer to: Organizations * Washington Commonwealth Federation (1934–1948), a political organization in the American state of Washington * Western Conference Finals (other), the finals of the western conference playoff in the NBA (National Basketball Association) or NHL (National Hockey League) * World Capoeira Federation, an international organization for the sport of capoeira * World Cat Federation, an international association of cat clubs * World Cocoa Foundation * World Congress of Families, a Christian conservative organization * World Croquet Federation, and organization that encourages, promotes and develops the recognised versions of the game of croquet internationally * World Curling Federation, the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland Information technology * Windows Communication Foundation, a framework for building service-oriented application software. ** WCF Data Services, a data service framework released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Congress Of Families
The World Congress of Families (WCF) is a United States coalition that promotes Christian right values internationally. It opposes same-sex marriage, pornography, and abortion, while supporting a society built on "the voluntary union of a man and a woman in a lifelong covenant of marriage".*See also WCF comprises organizations in several countries, and most of its member partners are strongly active campaigners against abortion rights and same-sex marriage. WCF was formed in 1997 and is active worldwide, regularly organizing conventions. Its opposition to gay marriage and abortion has attracted criticism. In 2014, following its involvement with the 2013 Russian LGBT propaganda law, the Southern Poverty Law Center added WCF to the list of organizations it considers as anti-LGBT hate groups. WCF has also been influential in Africa. A 2015 report by Human Rights Campaign pointed to WCF's influence on anti-LGBT laws in Nigeria and Uganda, while the director of the NGO Rightify Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Commonwealth Federation
The Washington Commonwealth Federation (WCF) was a political pressure group established in the American state of Washington in 1934 as "Commonwealth Builders, Incorporated" (CBI). The organization changed its name to Washington Commonwealth Federation in 1935. The organization did not run political candidates in its own name but rather functioned as an organized faction in the Washington State Democratic Party. Originating out of an interest to expand the End Poverty in California movement to Washington state as a means of alleviating the misery of the Great Depression, the WCF came to be dominated by the Communist Party USA beginning in the popular front years of the late 1930s. Charged by critics to be a Communist front, the WCF was dissolved in 1948, during the era of the Second Red Scare. Founding The Washington Commonwealth Federation was launched in August 1934 as "Commonwealth Builders, Inc." (CBI) by a group of middle-class socialists who sought effective political acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Conference Finals (other) , Kontinental Hockey League
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Conference Finals may refer to: * NBA Conference Finals, National Basketball Association * NHL Conference Finals, National Hockey League * KHL Conference Finals The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Conference Finals are the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Championship series of the KHL. The Conference Finals are best-of-seven series. The two series are played after the first and second rounds of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Capoeira Federation
The World Capoeira Federation (WCF) is an international non-profit organisation whose main mission is to implement the systems and standards of sport capoeira with the view of getting capoeira into the Olympic Games. The WCF recognises capoeira as a cultural heritage of Brazil the same as UNESCO, who declared capoeira and the capoeira circle an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2014. The rules and points systems of sport capoeira have been scrupulously orchestrated and compiled under the guidance and observation of many of the world's most respected masters including Mestre Paulão Ceará, Mestre Itapoan, Mestre Boneco, Mestre Hulk, Mestre Peixe Ensaboado and many more. They have helped create a scorable game that is consistent with Olympic standards which also maintains the fundamentals of interaction, variety, and precision of movements that capoeira is traditionally known for. Today the WCF is the only international organisation representing sport capoeira and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cat Federation
The World Cat Federation (WCF) is an international association of cat clubs. It was founded in 1988 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and continues to have a strong presence in Latin America, Western Europe, and in countries of the former USSR. It is currently based in Germany. There are 370 organizations worldwide associated to the WCF. The current president is Anneliese Hackmann from Essen. Purpose The WCF allows the breeders of affiliated clubs to register their kennel names internationally. They create standards for the 68 pedigreed breeds of cats recognized by the club. The WCF trains judges for exhibitions and organizes the examinations. Generally, the WCF is designed to promote international contacts of the cat clubs affiliated. The WCF comprises over 10,000 breeders/catteries registered (not all are active members); 66 national organisations (plus 64 provisional); 370 clubs (over 500 counting sub-clubs) total pedigrees unknown (handled by clubs, not centralised); average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cocoa Foundation
The World Cocoa Foundation is a non-profit membership organization with 100 member companies, including chocolate manufacturers like Nestlé, The Hershey Company and Mars, Inc. cocoa producers and suppliers such as Barry Callebaut, Olam International and Cargill, shipping companies and ports and retailers such as Starbucks. The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) represents 80% of the global corporate market. Members are private companies from the chocolate industry. The WCF's charter is broadly stated as energizing public-private partnerships to achieve cocoa sustainability and faces challenges such as child labour in cocoa production, cocoa farming-related deforestation and extreme poverty impacting many of the West African cocoa smallholder farmers. History The World Cocoa Foundation had its roots as a 1995 initiative of the Chocolate Manufacturer's Association (CMA) called the International Cocoa Research and Education Foundation, which was later renamed the World Cocoa Foundati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Croquet Federation
The World Croquet Federation (WCF) encourages, promotes and develops the recognised versions of the game of croquet internationally at all levels. National croquet associations around the world are members of the WCF, and the WCF sanctions championship croquet tournaments worldwide. The official rules of Croquet#Golf, Golf Croquet are maintained by the WCF. Member Countries Croquet playing Nations must satisfy strict criteria prior to membership being accepted by the WCF. Full Members Australia, Canada, Egypt, Croquet Association, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and United States Croquet Association, United States of America are Full Members of the WCF (as of 18 December 2022). Associate Members Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Switzerland, and Wales are Associate Members of the WCF (as of 18 December 2022). Recognised Croquet Organisations Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Mexico, Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Curling Federation
The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990. The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the World Curling Championships. The WCF currently sanctions 15 international curling events (see below). The WCF is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents (one from each WCF regional zone - Americas, Europe, Pacific-Asia) and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different member associations. All po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windows Communication Foundation
The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), previously known as Indigo, is a free and open-source runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications. .NET Core 1.0, released 2016, did not support WCF server side code. WCF support was added to the platform with support for .NET Core 3.1, .NET 5, and .NET 6 in 2022. The architecture WCF is a tool often used to implement and deploy a service-oriented architecture (SOA). It is designed using service-oriented architecture principles to support distributed computing where services have remote consumers. Clients can consume multiple services; services can be consumed by multiple clients. Services are loosely coupled to each other. Services typically have a WSDL interface (Web Services Description Language) that any WCF client can use to consume the service, regardless of which platform the service is hosted on. WCF implements many advanced Web services (WS) standards such as WS-Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCF Data Services
WCF Data Services (formerly ADO.NET Data Services, codename "Astoria") is a platform for what Microsoft calls ''Data Services''. It is actually a combination of the runtime and a web service through which the services are exposed. It also includes the Data Services Toolkit which lets Astoria Data Services be created from within ASP.NET itself. The Astoria project was announced at MIX 2007, and the first developer preview was made available on April 30, 2007. The first CTP was made available as a part of the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview. The final version was released as part of Service Pack 1 of the .NET Framework 3.5 on August 11, 2008. The name change from ADO.NET Data Services to WCF data Services was announced at the 2009 PDC. Overview WCF Data Services exposes data, represented as Entity Data Model (EDM) objects, via web services accessed over HTTP. The data can be addressed using a REST-like URI. The data service, when accessed via the HTTP GET method with such a UR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Area
The Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Iowa, anchored by the cities of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 163,706 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 164,913). As of the 2010 Census, the MSA had a population of 169,484. Counties * Black Hawk * Bremer * Grundy Communities Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants * Waterloo (Principal city) Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants * Cedar Falls (Principal city) Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants * Waverly Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants * Conrad *Denver *Dike * Elk Run Heights * Evansdale * Grundy Center *Hudson * Janesville * Jesup (partial) * La Porte City * Reinbeck * Sumner (partial) *Tripoli Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants * Dunkerton * Gilbertville *Raymond * Readlyn * Wellsburg Places with less than 500 inhabitants * Beaman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westcliff Railway Station
Westcliff railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the locality of Westcliff-on-Sea in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via and it is situated between to the west and to the east. Its three-letter station code is WCF. It was opened in 1895 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c. Description The main ticket office is located on the London-bound side of the station, leading to platform 1. It has two serving positions and uses the Tribute ticket issuing system. Outside the main ticket office is a self-service ticket machine. A second, smaller ticket office is on the country-bound platform 2, but is not currently in use. Facilities at the station include a bicycle rack, a taxicab stand, and a car park with 50 spaces and three disabled spaces. It was extensively improved between 2004 and 2006 in a £500,000 refurbishment project by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
