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Whistler may refer to:
  • Someone who whistles.
  • Whistler (electronics), a brand name of mobile electronic equipment
  • Whistler (radio), a very low frequency radio phenomenon.
  • Whistler (software), Microsoft's Trainable Text-to-Speech Engine.
  • The Whistler, a classic mystery drama radio show.
  • Whistler (TV series), a mystery/drama/thriller premiering in 2006 on CTV and The-N.
  • Whistler Skin also known as "Trillian Whistler", the default skin for the Trillian instant messaging client.
  • a Whistler (bird), a genus of Australian passerine birds in the family Pachycephalidae.
  • The Hoary Marmot.
  • the development codename for the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system.
  • Whistler (band), a UK indie band
As a placename in Canada: As a personal name: As a fictional person:
  • Whistler (Buffyverse), a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Abraham Whistler, mentor to the Marvel Comics character Blade in film and animated continuity
  • James Whistler, mysterious inmate in the television series Prison Break's third season
Human whistling is the production of sound by means of a constant stream of air from the mouth. The air is moderated by the tongue, lips, teeth, or fingers to create turbulence, and the mouth acts as a resonant chamber to enhance the resulting sound, thus acting as a type
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Whistler is a very low frequency electromagnetic (radio) wave generated by lightning. Frequencies of whistlers are 1 to 30 kHz, with maximum usually at 3 to 5 kHz. Although they are electromagnetic waves, they occur at audio frequencies, and can be converted to audio using a
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The Whistler was one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955.The Whistler was the most popular West Coast-originated program with its listeners for many years.
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Whistler is a Canadian television drama centering on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The show begins when Beck McKaye (David Paetkau of Final Destination 2) returns home from the 2006 Winter Olympics with a gold medal.
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Pachycephalinae

Genera

Aleadryas
Colluricincla
Coracornis
Eulacestoma
Hylocitrea
Pachycare
Pachycephala
Pitohui

The whistlers, shrike-thrushes and pitohuis
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Passeriformes
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders
  • Acanthisitti
  • Tyranni
  • Passeri


A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines.
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Pachycephalidae
Swainson, 1831

Subfamilies
  • Falcunculinae
  • Pachycephalinae


The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan
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M. caligata

Binomial name
Marmota caligata
(Eschscholtz, 1829)

The hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America.
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Windows XP
(Part of the Microsoft Windows family)
Screenshot

Screenshot of Windows XP Service Pack 2
Developer
Microsoft
Web site: Windows XP: Homepage
Release information
Release date:
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Whistler were a British indie band, who released two albums on the Wiiija label.
Formed by Ian Dench after leaving EMF, the band consisted of Dench, Kerry Shaw and James Topham (who had previously played with Brian Eno).
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Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler Panorama

Logo

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Whistler Blackcomb Resort

Whistler Panorama

Location:
British Columbia, Canada

Nearest city:
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For the ski resort town, see .


Whistler Mountain is a peak in the Fitzsimmons Range on the edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park, and the location of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort and the town of Whistler, British Columbia.
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Anna Matilda (nee. McNeill) Whistler (September 27, 1804 in Wilmington, North Carolina – January 3, 1881 in London) is the subject of the famous painting, Whistler's Mother. She was the daughter of Dr. Daniel McNeill, a physician, and Martha Kingsley McNeill.
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Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother, famous under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is an 1871 oil-on-canvas painting by American-born painter James McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 x 63.94 inches (144.3 x 162.
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The Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (November 14, 1856 - June 10, 1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archeological discoveries.
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George Washington Whistler (Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a prominent American railroad engineer in the first half of the 19th century.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. Averse to sentimentality in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".
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Rex Whistler (b. June 24, 1905 in Eltham, Kent - July 18, 1944), Reginald John 'Rex' Whistler. English artist, designer and illustrator.

Rex Whistler was the son of Henry and Helen Frances Mary Whistler.
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Sir (Alan Charles) Laurence Whistler, CBE, (January 211912-December 19 2000) (always referred to as Laurence Whistler) was a British poet and artist, who devoted himself to glass engraving, on goblets and bowls blown to his own designs, and (increasingly, as he became more
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Ronnie Ronalde (born Ronald Charles Waldron, 1923, London) is a British music hall singer and siffleur. Ronalde is famous for much more than just his voice: he is also world-renowned for his whistling, yodelling, imitations of bird song and his wonderful stage personality.
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Whistler was a demon in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He describes his duty as maintaining the balance between good and evil. "Whistler" is actually an alias, as his real name can only be pronounced by dolphins, which would mean it consists of a
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Abraham Whistler is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe. He is a vampire hunter and mentor to Blade. Screenwriter David S. Goyer created him for the 1998 movie Blade
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First appearance: S3E01

Season: 3
Portrayed by: Chris Vance
Location: Sona Federal Penitentiary
Sentence: Unknown
Occupation: Fisherman
Relationships: Sofia Lugo (girlfriend)

James Whistler
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