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PAC
PAC or Pac may refer to: In government or politics: Pan Africanist Congress, a political party in South Africa.Public Accounts Committee, a British parliamentary committee responsible for overseeing government expenditures.Political action committee, in the United States, a group organized to elect..
Pac-Attack
Pac-Attack is a puzzle game in the vein of Columns and Dr. Mario. It was adapted from "Cosmo Gang the Puzzle", an arcade game released in the previous year. Released by Namco, it features Pac-Man in various colors, as the playing pieces, with the Ghostmonsters as obstacles. The game was published..
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Pac-Land
Pac-Land is an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Bally Midway, in 1984. The game was based primarily around the "Pac-Man" television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. Its primary objective is to race through various land..
Pac-Man
For other meanings, see Pac-Man (disambiguation). Pac-Man (or Puck-Man) is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway and was first released in 1980. Immensely popular from its first release through today, Pac-Man is universally considered one of the classics of the m..
Pac-Man: Adventures in Time
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Pac-Manhattan
Pac-Manhattan is a real-life version of Pac-Man created in 2004. It was invented by graduate students at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. It uses Wi-Fi technology, open-source software, and cell phones. The game is played with ten pe..
Pac-Mania
Pac-Mania was the last arcade video game in the Pac-Man series, released in 1987 by Namco and distributed by Atari Games in the United States. Pac-Mania runs on Namco System 1 hardware. Contents 1 Description2 The levels3 Ports4 External links Description Just like most of..
Pac-Man (album)
Pac-Man is a 1992 EP by electronic music music artist Richard D. James, released under the pseudonym of Power-Pill. The tracks on the album are remixes of the musical themes in the Pac-Man arcade game. Track listing "Pac-Man [Original Edit]" (3:32)"Pac-Man [Ghost Mix]" (4:12)"..
Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
The Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man, developed and published by Atari, was a critical and commercial failure. Having bought the home video rights to the game, Atari promoted the release of the 2600 version of the game with an enormous marketing campaign. In the eyes of the public, the combination of ..
Pac-Man (disambiguation)
Pacman can mean several things: Pac-Man, a popular 1980 arcade game.* ''Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, which was intended as a port of the arcade game, but had very different graphics, sound and gameplay.The main character in the Pac-Man game series.Pac-Man, the short-lived cartoon series based on the..
Pac-Man (TV series)
Pac-Man was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which aired on ABC from September 1982 to December 1983. Based upon the Pac-Man arcade game by Namco, reruns are now shown occasionally on Boomerang. The arcade game Pac-Land was based entirely on the cartoon. Als..
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (ハロー! パックマン; Hello! Pac-Man) was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and the Mega Drive/Genesis on April 6, 1994 by Namco. Contents 1 Gameplay2 Trivia3 ..
Pac-Man Arrangement
Pac-Man Arrangement is a remake of sorts to the hit game Pac-Man. It was released in 1996 by Namco as part of Namco Classics Collection Volume 2. Gameplay On the screen where you are prompted to choose "1P" or "2P", the ghosts are listed, and the "alternate" names (Urchin, Romp, Stylist and Crybab..
Pac-Man Collection
Pac-Man Collection is a compilation of four Pac-Man games for the Game Boy Advance: Pac-Man, Pac-Mania and Pac-Man Arrangement, all ports of arcade games which follow the essence of classic Pac-Man gameplay; and Pac-Attack, a falling-block puzzle game originally released on the Super Nintendo Ente..
Pac-Man defense
The Pac-Man defense is a defensive option to stave off a hostile takeover. It is when a company that is under a hostile takeover acquires its would-be buyer. The most quoted example in U.S. corporate history is the attempted hostile takeover of Martin Marietta by Bendix Corporation in 1982. In resp..
Pac-Man Fever
Pac-Man Fever can refer to: Pac-Man Fever (video game), a 2003 video game for home consoles. The craze surrounding the Pac-Man arcade game in the early 1980s. Pac-Man Fever (album), a 1982 album by Buckner and Garcia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associ..
Pac-Man Fever (album)
Pac-Man Fever is a 1982 album recorded by Buckner & Garcia. It is also the name of the first song on that album. Each song on the album is about a different classic arcade game, and uses sound effects from that game. In 2002 a re-recorded version of the album was released by K-Tel. Track Listing..
Pac-Man Fever (video game)
For the 1982 album and song, see Pac-Man Fever (album). Pac-Man Fever is a party video game released for GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2002. Like in many party video games, players move about on a virtual game board, with the object of the game being to reach the end first. It allows for up to fou..
Pac-man ghosts
It has been suggested that this article or section be [Merging and moving pagesmerged] with [Pac-Man]. ([Discuss]) Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Sue are the Enemies in the popular arcade game pac man. They take the shape of ghosts and devour Pac-Man on contact. ..
Pac-Man Plus
Pac-Man Plus is an arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, and it is the 4th title in the Pac-Man series of games. Like Ms. Pac-Man, this update to the original game was created without Namco's authorization. Pac-Man Plus had the same basic goal of all of the early Pac-Man games, to eat all..
Pac-Man VR
Pac-Man VR is a 1996 video game by Virtuality. Here is part of the promo that was originally on Virtuality's web site (which no longer exists), which describes the game: PAC-MAN fever is spreading again with this new fully immersive 3D virtual reality game from Virtuality in which the player actua..
Pac-Man Vs.
Pac-Man Vs. is a Pac-Man video game exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube that was included as an extra bonus disc with the Player's Choice edition of Pac-Man World 2. It was also included in the GameCube versions of Namco's I-Ninja and [[R: Racing Evolution]] for a limited time, as well as a free ..
Pac-Man World
Pac-Man World was released on the 20th anniversary of the creation of Pac-Man. It is a 3D based free roaming side scroller for the PlayStation released on September 30, 1999. It was released over five years later for the Game Boy Advance on November 17, 2004 (port). Contents 1 Modes2 ..
Pac-Man World 2
Pac-Man World 2 is a video game by Namco for Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and PC and released in 2002 . Like the original Pac-Man World the player controls the character of Pac-Man in 3D platform game. The objective is to retrieve the five "Golden Fruit" (cherries, strawberry, a..
Pac-Man World 3
Pac-Man World 3 is a video game that was released on November 15, 2005 in North America. It was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and PC. It is the third game in the Pac-Man World series. It was also made for the 25th Anniversary of the Pac-Man arcade g..
Pac-Man World Rally
Pac-Man World Rally is a kart racer with Pac-Man and many others from Namco's catalog of classic characters. The game's 15 race tracks are designed to contain a whole lot of jumps and such to keep racers on their toes. In addition, there are six battle arenas for multiplayer action. You will a..
Pac-Pix
Pac-Pix is a video game starring one of the most recognizable characters in the industry, Pac-Man, for the Nintendo DS. Pac-Pix deviates from the original Pac-Man formula of being chased around a maze by Ghost monsters, and instead reverses the roles where Pac-Man is now the hunter. Namco makes ext..
Paca
The Paca (Agouti paca) is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Paraguay. It is called paca in most of its range, but tepezcuintle in Mexico and Guatemala, and majás in Peru. There is much confusion in the nomenclature of this and related species;..
PACA
PACA may refer to: Pan American Christian Academy -- Christian school in São Paulo.Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur -- a region of FrancePaca -- a large rodent.Mountain Paca -- mountainous rodent.William Paca -- signer of the Declaration of IndependenceThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Pacaembu
Pacaembu is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [21°33′44″S, 51°15′38″W]. The population in 2004 is 12,596, the area is 340.69 km² The elevation is 415 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language. Pacaembu is also the name..
Pacaha
Pacaha was a Native American tribe discovered in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This tribe inhabited fortified villages in what is today the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The tribe takes its name from the chieftain Pacaha (born in early 1500s) who ruled the trib..
Pacajes Province
Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. ..
Pacal
Pacal or Pakal (meaning "Shield") was the name of two kings of the Maya state of Palenque: Pacal I (died 612)Pacal II "The Great" (603-683) Pacal also refers to a form of the Hungarian dish pörkölt that is made with tripe. ..
Pacal I
Pacal I or Pakal I (? - March 9, 612) was a ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. While his dynastic position is not enitrely certain[link]. He may have been the brother of Aj Ne' Ohl Mat. It seems that he never asended to the high-kingship in his own right. He was the father of L..
Pacal the Great
Pacal II, also known as Pacal the Great (the most recent work gives his full name as K'inich J'anaab Pakal[link] (26 March, 603 - 31 August, 683), was ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque. He ascended the throne at age 12 on 29 July, 615, and lived to the age of 80. The name "Pacal" means ..
Pacanan
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Pacaraima Mountains
The Pacaraima or Pakaraima Mountains (Portuguese: Serra Pacaraimã, Spanish: Sierra Pacaraima) are the mountains of Guyana, lying in southwestern part of this country just near the border with Venezuela. ..
Pacarana
The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving South American rodent found only in tropical forests of the western Amazon River basin and adjacent foothills of the Andes Mountains from northwestern Venezuela and Colombia to western Bolivia. Also known as Count Branicki's terrible mou..
Pacaritambo
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Pacatianus
This article is about the 3rd century Roman usurper. For the 4th century Roman governor of Britain, see Pacatianus (vicarius) The obverse of this antoninianus celebrates Pacatianus as undefeated, while the reverse celebrates the 1001st birthday of Rome. Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus (d...
Pacatianus (vicarius)
Pacatianus was vicarius of Roman Britain in 319. His holding the post is recorded in the Codex Theodosianus although little else is known of him. He presided over a period of economic instability with coin hoards indicating high inflation although several high status villas were rebuilt around this ..
Pacatus Drepanius
Latinus (or Latinius) Pacatus Drepanius, one of the Latin panegyrists, flourished at the end of the 4th century AD. He probably came from Aginnum (Agen), in the south of France, in the territory of the Nitiobriges, and received his education in the rhetorical school of Burdigala (Bordeaux). He was..
Pacay
The Pacay is a Peruvian leguminous tree, Inga feuillei, resembling a mimosa and cultivated for its large white edible pods. External links [Trade Winds Fruit - Pacay (has pictures)][In the Arboretum, By: Alfredo Chiri - Pacay] ..
Pacaya
Pacaya is an active volcano in Guatemala, which first erupted approximately 23,000 years ago, and has erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. After being dormant for a century, it erupted violently in 1961, and has been erupting continuously since then. Much of its act..
Pacaya–Samiria
19th Century Cocama leader and founder of the town of Nauta, located in the Peruvian Upper Amazon. See Peru's Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation. ..
Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation
Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation ..
PACCAR
PACCAR, Inc. NASDAQ: [PCAR] is one of the largest manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks in the world, and has substantial manufacture in light and medium vehicles through its various subsidiaries. Contents 1 History2 Subsidiaries3 See also4 External links History Ba..
Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper
Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper is a short collection of English poems by Robert Browning, published in 1876. The collection marked Browning's first collection of short pieces for more than twelve years, and was well-received. The title poem, which ostensibly discusses the life and work..
Pace
Pace may refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pace (speed), the speed at which movement occursPace (measurement), a unit of lengthPace SurnamePace University, in New York state, USAHomer Pace, founder of Pace UniversityGiulio Pace, the 16th century Italian Ar..
PACE
PACE may refer to: PACE Wholesale Club (now defunct)Planetary Association for Clean EnergyParliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropePolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, in the United KingdomAcademy for Gifted Children in Richmond Hill, Ontario, the acronymPACE stands for "Programming for Acad..
Pace's Ferry
Through much of the 19th century, Pace's Ferry was an important ferry across the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. Started in the early 1830s near Peachtree Creek, it was run by Hardy Pace, one of the city's founders. It was an important transportation link to northwestern Georgia, especially prio..
Pace, Florida
Pace is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,393 at the 2000 census. Geography Pace is located at [30°35′44″N, 87°9′13″W] (30.595593, -87.153712)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States..
Pace, Mississippi
Pace is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. Geography Pace is located at [33°47′30″N, 90°51′30″W] (33.791797, -90.858289)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town h..
Paceco
Paceco is a town in South-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani, located nearby the Trapani city area. It has 11,110 inhabitants as of 2004. Sicily · Communes of the province of Trapani Alcamo | Buseto Palizzolo | Calatafimi-Segesta | Campobello di M..
Pacelli High School
Pacelli High School is a private secondary school located on the north side of Stevens Point, Wisconsin in the Diocese of La Crosse. Pacelli High School--named in honor of Pope Pius XII-- was founded in 1955 by Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, which has operated schools, colleges ..
Pacello da Mercogliano
Pacello da Mercogliano (ca 1455–1534) was a designer of gardens and hydraulic engineer, who is documented under Charles VIII at Amboise with the responsibility of bringing water from the Loire up to the garden parterres laid out to one side of the château. He was assisting the architect-engin..
Pacemaker
The term pacemaker has multiple meanings: In biology and medicine,* Cardiac pacemaker is a group of cells within the heart that together initiate contractions and set the pace of beating.*Artificial pacemaker may be implanted to provide proper heart rhythm when the body's natural pacemaker does not ..
Pacemaker (track)
A pacemaker (sometimes colloquially called a rabbit) is a runner who leads a middle distance track event for the first section to ensure a fast time and avoid excessive tactical racing. Pacemakers are frequently employed by race organisers for world record attempts with specific instructions for la..
Pacemaker action potential
A pacemaker action potential is the kind of action potential that provides a reference rhythm for the network. This contrasts with pacemaker potential or current which drives rhythmic modulation of firing rate. Some pacemaker action potentials generate rhythms for the heart beat (sino-atrial node)..
Pacemaker potential
In the heart, the pacemaker potential is the voltage created by impulses from an artificial electronic pacemaker or the SA node which drives the rhythmic firing of the heart. The pacemaker potential brings the membrane potential to the threshold potential and initiates an action potential. In real..
Pacem in Terris
A visibly ill Pope John XXIII, who died shortly afterwards, signing Pacem in Terris. Pacem in Terris, or in English (full title) On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty was a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963. It remains one of the most..
Pacem in Terris Award
The Pacem in Terris Award has been awarded annually since 1964 in commemoration of the Encyclical "Pacem in Terris" of Pope John XXIII by Davenport Diocese in the U.S. state of Iowa. Contents 1 Award winners1.1 2000 – 20091.2 1990 – 19991.3 1980 – 19891.4&nbs..
Pacencia Laurel
Paciencia Hidalgo Laurel (1889-1960) was the wife of Philippine President Jose P. Laurel and the third First Lady of the Philippines and the only First Lady to serve under the Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II. She held out both as first lady and mother to the nation during the dar..
Pacenotes
In rallying, pacenotes are a commonly used method of accurately describing the route to be driven in extreme detail. As well as dictating the general route to be taken, in terms of turnings, junctions, etc, all notable features of the route which might affect the way it is driven at speed are includ..
Pacentro
Pacentro is a comune of the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo, Italy. ..
PACER
For the US government documentation system, see PACER (document system) The PACER project, carried out at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the mid-1970s, explored the possibility of a fusion power system that would involve exploding small hydrogen bombs (fusion bombs)—or, as stated in a later pro..
Pacer
Pacer can refer to: A type of British train, see Pacer (train). American cars, see Edsel Pacer and AMC Pacer. Piper PA-20 Pacer, an American light aircraft. An album by The Amps, see Pacer (album). The Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) document retrieval system The PACER project whi..
Pacers
Pacers can refer to several things: Indiana Pacers, a professional NBA basketball teamPacers (confection), brand of popular mint flavored confection This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may..
Pacers-Pistons brawl
The Pacers-Pistons brawl was an on-court altercation at a National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, which quickly spread into the stands. The incident took place on November 19, 2004 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. This disturbance ..
Pacers (confection)
Pacers is a discontinued brand of popular mint flavoured confection. Opal Mints were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets (US candy) launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst). Three green stripes were added to the sweet and the product was relaunched as P..
Pacer (album)
Pacer was The Amps' only LP. It was released on October 31, 1995. The album is titled after the first track. "I Am Decided" was written by Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices. Track listing "Pacer""Tipp City""I Am Decided""Mom's Drunk""Bragging Party""Hoverin'""First Revival""Full on Idle""Breaki..
PACER (document system)
For the experiment into nuclear fusion power, see PACER Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service of the United States federal courts run by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. It allows users to obtain case and docket information..
PACER (law)
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index. Available information The PACER System offers electronic ..
Pacer (train)
A Mancunian class 142 Pacer ([Alternative picture]) A Westcountry based Class 143 A Yorkshire based Class 144 Pacer is the operational name of the British class 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987. The Pacer series was the result of an exp..
Pacesetters
Contents 1 Overview2 History3 Design4 External links Overview Pacesetters is a project created by Facility Architects, a London-based design firm. Its aim is to harness the vibrations generated by activities within a city and generate electricity for lighting purposes. His..
Paceville
Located west of St. Julian's, Malta, Paceville is the name given to an informal district which is heavily populated with nightclubs, bars, pubs, and restaurants. The area is considered to be Malta's nightlife capital. Businesses in Paceville cater to a wide range of tastes, and include cinemas, in..
Pacey Witter
Pacey J. Witter is a character on television series Dawson's Creek, played by Joshua Jackson. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Pacey's father is the sheriff and his family often compares him unfavorably to his older brother, Dougie. Pacey was the drop-..
Pace (Company)
Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE: [PIC]) is a British manufacturer of set top boxes for digital and analogue satellite television, founded in 1982. They took over from Amstrad as the main supplier for Sky. They were the first manufacturer to ship boxes for Sky Digital in 1998 and for many ye..
Pace (measurement)
A pace (or double-pace) is a measure of distance used in Ancient Rome. It is the measure of a full stride from the position of the heel when it is raised from the ground to the point the heel is set down again at the end of the step. In Rome this was standardized as five Roman feet (about 1.48 metre..
Pace (speed)
D. W. Griffith said, "Pace is the secret of the director's art...[It is] the ebb and flow of...tides of excitement, the rhythmical movement of events toward...consummation." All time arts - music, dance, drama, film - are enormously concerned with pacing - with rhythm or tempo. As the fil..
Pace (transit)
Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace. Pace bus in traditional livery. Pace's headquarters are in Arlington Heights, Illi..
Pace Academy
Pace Academy Motto To Have the Courage to Strive for Excellence Established 1958 Type Private, Coeducational Head Fred Assaf Location Atlanta, GA, USA Campus Suburban Enrollment 915 Faculty Mascot Knights Colors Navy Blue, Grey and White Homepage [www.pac..
PACE Award
The PACE Award is an annual set of awards from Automotive News to celebrate breakthrough technology features. Beginning in 1995, the award is given annually. Contents 1 Winners1.1 19971.2 19981.3 19991.4 19991.5 20001.6 20021.7 20031.8 20041.9 20..
Pace of the Century
The Pace of the Century was a match race between two of the greatest ever standardbred harness horses, namely Bret Hanover and Cardigan Bay. It was lucky indeed that these two were racing at exactly the same period, as these were possibly the only two capable of beating each other. Harness racing..
Pace Prints
Contents 0.1 Pace Prints1 Pace Prints Gallery2 Pace Prints Website3 Selected Pace Artists Pace Prints Pace Prints is a fine art print publisher and print gallery selling original prints by leading artists from the 15th to the 21st century. The exhibition and sales galleries ..
Pace stick
A pace stick is a long stick usually carried by non-commissioned officer drill instructors in the British Armed Forces and Commonwealth armies as a symbol of authority and as an aid to military drill. A pace stick usually consists of two pieces of wood, hinged at the top, and tapering towards the ..
Pace Surname
Pace is a surname in both Italian and English. In addition to being found in Italy and the England, it is also found in Germany, is very common in Malta, and can be found among Italian and British immigrants in places like the United States Contents 1 Origin1.1 Italy1.2 England2&nb..
Pace Twin PVR
The PACE Twin PVR (Personal Video Recorder) was launched in the UK in March 2003 and was the first to offer hard disk recording of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT or DVB-T) with no subscription. It was also known as the Pace 'Puma'. If you're familiar with Sky+, think of it as Freeview+. It re..
Pace University
See also: Pace University High School Pace University is a private, co-educational and comprehensive multi-campus university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County in the U.S. State of New York. Pace was founded by two brothers, Homer S. Pace and Charles A. Pace in 1906, initially ..
Pace University High School
Pace University High School (known colloquially as "Pace High School") was established by Pace University and opened its doors to its first class in September 2004. Pace High School is in New York City school district Region 9, and is located in a separate wing of Middle School 131 at 100 Hester Str..
Pace University School of Law
Pace University School of Law, known colloquially as "Pace Law School", is one of the schools of Pace University, a comprehensive, independent, and diversified university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County. Located approximately 25 miles north of New York City, from one of Pa..
Pacha
Pacha is a club that has many franchises worldwide. The first Pacha club is opened in Sitges at 1966 and today the most reputable one is the club in Ibiza, Spain. Pacha Ibiza The club is located near the marina in Ibiza Town, and is the only club in Ibiza that is open year-round. It is also featur..
Pachacamac
Pachacamac empire The ancient city of Pachacamac is a ruin 40 km southeast of Lima, Peru in the Valley of the Lurín River. This site had at least one pyramid, cemetery and multicolored fresco of fish by the Early Intermediate period (c. 200-600 CE). Later, the Huari (c. 600-800 CE) sponsored ..
Pachacuti
Pachacuti as drawn by Guaman Poma Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec; Quechua Pachakutiq, literally "world-turner", i.e. "world-transformer") was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-71 CE) of the Kingdom of Cuzco, which he transformed into an empire, Tahuantinsuyu. He began the era of conquest tha..
Pachaiyappa's College
Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, India. Started in 1842 as Pachaiyappa's Central Institution, it was the first Hindu educational institution in South India, which was not funded by the British. It gained college status in 1889, and until 1947 only admi..
Pachakutic
Pachakutic, from the Quechua language, is originally a concept associated with pre-Columbian Andean cultures, meaning "a change in the sun", or a movement of the Earth which will bring a new era. In its original context, it was associated with the type of creation myth found in much of the pre-Colum..
Pachalam
Pachalam is a place located near the city of Cochin, Kerala in India. It is a thickly populated area with many Schools, Shops, Churches and Hospitals. Lourde's Hospital, one of the Cochin city's major hospitals, is situated here. It is a major settlement of the Anglo-Indian community. ..
Pachalúm
Pachalúm is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. ..
Pachamanca
Pachamanca Pachamanca is a traditional Peruvian dish based on the baking, with the aid of hot stones, of lamb, mutton, pork, chicken or guinea pig, marinated in spices. Other Andean produce, such as potato, sweet potato, and occasionally cassava, as well as ground maize and chile, is included ..
Pachamba
Pachamba is a very ancient location, near Giridih town, Jharkhand state, India. Presently, Pachamba is a part of Giridih town. Location: Latitude: 24o12'N, Longitude: 86o16'E. The literal meaning of Pachamba is "pach" (five in Hindi) and "amba" (a name of Devi in Hindi), meaning thereby the place..
Pachanga
Pachanga is a type of Latin American music and dance originating from Cuba in the 1960s. The dance briefly replaced the cha-cha in popularity, but ultimately was short lived. It still remains very popular, however, in Cali, Colombia, where the original hits of this genre can be heard any day of the..
Pachar
Pachar or Pachehra is Gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. Pachar or Pachehra is degenerated form of Panwar. Their origin was at Dharanagari. Sujan Singh was their chieftain. Sujan Singh won the places Udiya, Amber, Ujjain, Averi, Abugarh and Sanganeri, which..
Pachattiri
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Pachattiri is a small village located near Tirur in Kerala, India. It lies on the banks of the Tirur river. A t..
Pachaug State Forest
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Pacha (The Emperor's New Groove)
Pacha is a fictional character from the Walt Disney animated canon movie The Emperor's New Groove, in which he was voiced by John Goodman. He is a well-meaning peasant and family man, and a subject in the domain of the selfish Emperor Kuzco. He is the most noble character in the movie, and it is in ..
Pacha Kamaq
Pacha Kamaq (Quechua, "Creator of the World"; also Pacha Camac) was the deity worshipped in the city of Pachacamac by the Ichma. Pacha Camac was believed to have created the first man and woman, but forgot to give them food and the man died. The woman cursed Pacha Camac, accusing it of neglect, and..
Pacha Khan
Pacha Khan is an Afghan leader. An alleged association to Pacha Khan is one of the justifications for the continued detention of a number of villagers. [Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Mohammad Gul's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - [- mirror - pages 1-12] [Summarized..
Pacheco
Pacheco is a Spanish surname : People:Abel Pacheco (b. 1933), Costa Rica presidentJohnny Pacheco, Dominican SingerAlex Pacheco (baseball player) from VenezuelaAlex Pacheco (activist)- Spanish- AmericanDuarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese captain and explorerFernando González Pacheco, Colombian TV sh..
Pacheco, California
Pacheco is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 3,562 at the 2000 census. Geography Pacheco is located at [37°59′13″N, 122°4′7″W] (37.986822, -122.068547)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Un..
Pacheco Pass
California State Route 152 over Pacheco Pass winds along the shore of San Luis Reservoir in the eastern Diablo Range. Pacheco Pass is a mountain pass located in southern Santa Clara County, California. It is the main road over the hills separating Silicon Valley and the Central Valley. As with..
Pacheco Pereira
Duarte Pacheco Pereira was a 15th century Portuguese captain and explorer of the Atlantic Ocean.José Pacheco Pereira (born 6 January, 1949) is a Portuguese historian, professor and political analyst. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sa..
Pacheco State Park
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Pachelbel's Canon
Canon in D Major is Johann Pachelbel's most well-known work. Pachelbel's Canon (formally the Canon in D major; full German title: Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo) is the most famous piece of music by Johann Pachelbel. It was written in or around 1680, during the ..
Pacherocactus orcuttii
Pacherocactus orcuttii is a species of shrubby cacti. It is a natural hybrid between Pachycereus pringlei and Bergerocactus emoryi, discovered in near Rosario, Baja California, Mexico. The plant's generic name is formed from those of its parents ("Pachycereus" and "Bergerocactus"). ..
Pachgaon
Pachgaon is a census town in Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pachgaon had a population of 11,913. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pachgaon has an average literacy rate ..
Pachia
Pachia is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ..
Pachinko
Pachinko parlor Pachinko players Entrance to large pachinko parlour in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan. Pachinko (パチンコ) is a device used for amusment and prizes and is related to pinball machines. Although originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross bet..
Pachinko Sexy Reaction
Pachinko Sexy Reaction is an ecchi arcade game (more adult than Pachinko Sexy Reaction 2) developed by Sammy in 1998. The game is based on the Japanese amusement of pachinko, which Sammy is noted for. Contents 1 Point of the Game2 Playing the game3 Other Things4 External link..
Pachinko Sexy Reaction 2
Pachinko Sexy Reaction 2 is an ecchi arcade game developed by Sammy in 1999 as a sequel to the game Pachinko Sexy Reaction Contents 1 Point of the Game2 Playing the game3 Rounds4 Other Things Point of the Game Pachinko Sexy Reaction 2 has you taking a shy young girl out on a..
Pachino
Pachino is a town and commune in the province of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy. It is famous for its tomatoes. Sicilia · Communes of the province of Syracuse Augusta | Avola | Buccheri | Buscemi | Canicattini Bagni | Carlentini | Cassaro | Ferla | Floridia | Francofonte | Lentini | Melil..
Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica (previously Bombax glabrum) is a tropical wetland tree which is known by the common names Malabar chestnut, Guiana chestnut, and saba nut. It is native to Central and South America, where it grows in swamps. P. aquatica can grow up to 18 meters in height in the wild. It has shiny..
Pachirisu
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Pachisi
Pachisi is a board game thought to originate in India; it is described as the national game of India. It is played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross. A player's pieces move around the board based upon a throw of six or seven cowries (the number of shells landing aperture upwards indicati..
Pachliopta aristolochiae
The Common Rose (Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) aristolochiae) is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Pachliopta subgenus, the Roses, of the genus Atrophaneura or Red-bodied Swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across South and South East Asia. Contents 1 ..
Pachliopta hector
Crimson Rose Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) hector is a large swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Pachliopta subgenus, the Roses, of the genus Atrophaneura or the Red-bodied Swallowtails. Contents 1 Range2 Status3 Taxonomy4 Habitat5 Habits5.1 Aposematism and mimicry..
Pachliopta jophon
Ceylon Rose Pachliopta jophon is a beautiful butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the Swallowtail family. It was earlier considered to be a subspecies of Crimson Rose Pachliopta hector. Contents 1 Range2 Status3 References4 See also5 External Links Range Sri L..
Pachliopta pandiyana
Malabar Rose Atrophaneura (Pachliopta) pandiyana is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Pachliopta subgenus, the Roses, of the genus Atrophaneura or the Red-bodied Swallowtails. It resembles the Common Rose, Pachliopta aristolochiae from which it can be differentiated by the much larger white ..
Pachman
Pachman may refer to Ludek Pachman, chess grandmaster and activistVladimir de Pachmann, pianist This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the int..
Pachmarhi
Pachmarhi is a hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It's widely known as " Satpura ki Rani", situated at a height of 3500 ft. in a valley of the Satpura Range in Pandav Caves Pachmarhi Hoshangabad district, 32 miles by road from Piparia station on the Indian Railways. Piparia ..
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
The Parchmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a conservation area in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh state, India. It was created on March 3 1999 by the Indian Government, and covers parts of Hoshangabad, Betul, and Chhindwara districts. The Biosphere reserve's total area is 4926.28 km². It includes th..
Pachmarhi Cantt
Pachmarhi Cantt is a cantonment town in Hoshangabad district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pachmarhi Cantt had a population of 11,374. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Pachmarhi Cant..
Pachna
Pachna (Pakhna, Παχνα) is a village in the Limassol District of the Republic of Cyprus. It is situated on the south slopes of the Troodos mountain range at an altitude of 745m (2447ft). Its population was 967 according to the October 2001 census. ..
Pachomius
Coptic icon of St Pachomius Saint Pachomius (ca. 292-348), also known as Abba Pachomius and Pakhom, is generally recognized as the founder of cenobitic monasticism. His saint day is celebrated on 9 May. He was born in 292 in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt) to pagan parents. According to his hagiograp..
Pachomius (spider)
Pachomius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology Pachomius (ca. 292-348) is generally recognized as the founder of cenobitic monasticism. Species Pachomius dybowskii (Taczanowski, 1871) (Mexico to Ecuador, Brazil)Pachomius hadzji (Caporiacco, 1955) (Venezuela)Pac..
Pachora
Pachora is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Pachora is located at [20.67° N 75.35° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pachora]. It has an average elevation of 261 metres (856 feet). Demographics..
Pachore
Pachore is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pachore had a population of 20,940. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Pachore has an average ..
Pacho Galan
Pacho Galan (1906—1979) was a Colombian composer and band leader of several Colombian music forms, including porro, cumbia, gaita and merercumbe. His songs include Boquita Sala, Rio Y Mar, Fiesta de Cumbia, Cumbia Alegre and Ay Cosita Linda, which became one of his most famous after Nat King C..
Pacho O'Donnell
Mario O'Donnell (Buenos Aires, 1941), best known as Pacho O'Donnell, is an Argentine writer, politician and physician specialized in psychoanalysis. He is the son of Mario Antonio O'Donnell and Susana Lucrecia Ure, and is married to Susana Evans Civit, with whom he had five children. His brother Gu..
Pachpadra
Pachpadra is a town in Indian state of Rajasthan. One of the famous attractions in the city is the Pachpadra lake, which is known for salt collection around it. State of Rajasthan Capital Jaipur Divisions Ajmer | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Kota | Udaipur Districts Ajmer |..
Pachpadra lake
Pachpadra lake is a salt water lake near town of Pachpadra in Barmer District in Indian state of Rajasthan. ..
Pachperwa
Pachperwa is a town and a nagar panchayat in Balrampur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Pachperwa is located at [27.52° N 82.65° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pachperwa]. It has an average elevation of 98 metres (321 feet). Demog..
Pachuca
For the female Zoot-Suiter, see Pachuco. Pachuca (elevation: 2,426 meters) is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. The name Pachuca comes from the Nahuatl word Pachoaca or Pachoacan, meaning "place of the rulers" or "narrow place"; it may also come from the word Patlachiuhacan, which me..
Pachuco
This article is about the Mexican American subculture. For the Mexican city, see Pachuca. Pachucos were Mexican American youth who developed their own subculture during the 1930s and 1940s in the Southwestern United States. They wore distinctive clothes (such as Zoot Suits) and spoke their own diale..
Pachuta, Mississippi
Pachuta is a town in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 245 at the 2000 census. Geography Pachuta is located at [32°2′28″N, 88°53′1″W] (32.041081, -88.883636)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the tow..
Pachyballus
Pachyballus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology From Greek pachys "thick" and the salticid genus Ballus. Species Pachyballus castaneus Simon, 1900 (South Africa)Pachyballus cordiformis Berland & Millot, 1941 (Ivory Coast)Pachyballus flavipes Simon, 1910 (Ivory..
Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the Australo-Papuan corvid lineage. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia: Australia in particular, but also New Guinea, New Zeala..
Pachycephalosauria
Pachycephalosauria (Greek for 'thick headed lizards') is a clade (traditionally a Suborder) of ornithischian dinosaurs. Candidates for the earliest known pachycephalosaur include Ferganocephale adenticulatum from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan and Stenopelix valdensis from the Early Cretaceous ..
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus (the 'thick headed lizard', from the Greek Pachy-/παχυ- meaning 'thick', Cephale/κεφαλη meaning 'head' and saurus/σαυρος meaning 'lizard') was a dinosaur of the family Pachycephalosauridae, from the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. It was a herbivorous cr..
Pachycereeae
Pachycereeae is a tribe of columnar cacti and a sub family of Cactoideae and genus of Pachycereus found in the USA, Central America and Mexico. ..
Pachycereus
Pachycereus is a genus of 9-12 species of large cacti, native to Mexico and just into southern Arizona, USA. They form large shrubs or small trees up to 5-15 m tall, with stout stems up to 1 m diameter. ..
Pachycrocuta
Pachycrocuta brevisteris was a lion-sized short-faced cave hyena species. ..
Pachydactylus
Pachydactylus is a genus of arboreal, insectivorous geckos found primarily in Africa. Species Pachydactylus amoenusPachydactylus austeniPachydactylus barnardiPachydactylus bibroniiPachydactylus bicolorPachydactylus capensisPachydactylus caraculicusPachydactylus fasciatusPachydactylus formosusPach..
Pachydermata
The Pachydermata (meaning "thick skin") is an obsolete order of mammals described by Georges Cuvier and at one time recognised by many systematists. Although the order Pachydermata is no longer in use, it is important in the history of systematics. Although it is often described as an artificial gr..
Pachydermoperiostosis
Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is a rare disorder characterized by clubbing of the fingers, thickening of the skin of the face (pachyderma) and excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis). It was first described in 1868. However it wasn't until 1935, when Touraine-Solente-Golé recognised it as a syndrome. In..
Pachyderm Studio
The Pachyderm Recording Studio, located in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota southeast of the Twin Cities, is one of the most famous recording studios in Minnesota, perhaps second after Prince's Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis. A secluded location on a 40 acre private park in old-growth woods with ..
Pachydyptes
Pachydyptes is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains the single species Pachydyptes ponderosus, the New Zealand Giant Penguin. This taxon is known from a few bones from Late Eocene (34-37 MYA) rocks in the area of Otago, and a fine specimen found near Kawhia, New Zealand, in January 2006. With..
Pachygnatha zappa
Pachygnatha zappa is a spider named after musician Frank Zappa because of its unique mark which resembles his famous moustache. Belgian biologists Robert Bosmans and Jan Bosselaers, from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent organized two expeditions to Mount Cameroon and neighbouring ranges. In 1994 (in Zo..
Pachygyria
Pachygyria (from the Greek "pachy" meaning "thick" or "fat" gyri) is a congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere. It results in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex. Typically, children have developmental delay and seizures, the onset and severity depending on the severity o..
Pachymeter
A pachymeter is a medical device used to measure the thickness of the eye's cornea. It is used prior to LASIK surgery, and is useful in screening for patients suspected of developing glaucoma. ..
Pachyonomastus
Pachyonomastus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947 (East Africa) ..
Pachyornis
The genus Pachyornis is an extinct group of ratites from New Zealand which belonged to the moa family. They are the largest genus of moa, containing 3-5 species, and are part of the Anomalopteryginae or Lesser Moa subfamily. Pachyornis moa were the stoutest and most heavy-legged species of the fam..
Pachypleurosaur
Pachypleurosaurs were primitive Triassic sauropterygian reptiles that vaguely resembled aquatic lizards, and are limited to the Triassic period. They were elongate animals, ranging in size from 20 cm to about a meter in length, with small heads, long necks, paddle-like limbs, and long deep tails. ..
Pachypodium
Pachypodium is a plant genus that belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Pachypodium comes from Greek pachy (thick) and podium (foot), hence meaning thick-footed. Contents 1 Genus characteristics1.1 Morphology1.2 Adaptive Features1.2.1 Pachycaul Trunks1.2.2 Spines..
Pachypodium ambongense
Pachypodium ambongense belongs to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, which has recently been merged with the milkweed family Asclepiadaceae. It was first published as a species of the genus Pachypodium in 1924 by the botanist Henri Louis Poisson. Having a habit as a shrub that is 1 m (3.28 feet) ..
Pachypodium baronii
Madagascar palm (Pachypodium baronii), also known as bontaka, is a flowering plant in the Dogbane family Apocynaceae (which has been recently merged with Milkweed family Asclepiadaceae). It has the habit of a robust shrub with a spherical or bottle-shaped trunk. It has several cylindrical branches..
Pachypodium bicolor
Pachypodium bicolor belongs to the Dogbane family Apocynaceae, now merged with the "Milkweed" family Asclepiadaceae, a move with great botanical implications to succulent enthusiasts. The species has a habit of a low growing somewhat pendulant shrub with a thickened trunk and a densely branche..
Pachypodium brevicaule
Pachypodium brevicaule is a species of plant that belongs to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, which is now amplified by the inclusion of the milkweed family Asclepiadaceae -- an important union to botanists and horticulturalists interested in the alliance succulents. ..
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium geayi is a species of Pachypodium originated from Southwest Madagascar. It has a metallic grey pachycaule trunk. Leaves are thin and grey-green, with a bright pink mid-rib. The plant has white flowers. Genus Pachypod..
Pachypodium habitats
Pachypodium habitats consist of isolated, specialized, micro-environmental niches, generally xeric, rocky, frost-free areas within parts of western Madagascar and southern Africa. Pachypodium species are often indifferent to the regional ecological, biotic zone of vegetation, a fact which explains ..
Pachypodium horombense
Pachypodium horombense is a species of Pachypodium found in Madagascar and arid regions of continental Africa. The plant trunk is pachycaule, and typically short and fat. It produces large, bell shaped, yellow flowers. Synonymy The species is also known as: Pachypodium rosulatum var. horombense ..
Pachypodium lamerei
Pachypodium lamerei is a species of Pachypodium. It has large thorns and leaves mostly just at the top of the plant. It is a stem succulent and comes from the island Madagascar. It is sometimes known by the confusing name "Madagascar Palm", despite not being a Palm. The pachycaule trunk of Pa..
Pachypodium lealii
The Bottle tree (Pachypodium lealii) is a species of plant included in the genus Pachypodium. The scientific name derives from the 19th century Portuguese geologist Fernando da Costa Leal, who described the Bottle tree during an exploration in southern Angola. This species can be either a shrub o..
Pachypodium rutenbergianum
Pachypodium rutenbergianum is a species of Pachypodium originated from and native to Madagascar. The plant can reach 3 to 8 m high, and its trunk up to 60 cm in diameter at base. The plant has short branches and 1-cm long spines. Leaves are green and 10 to 15 cm long, 4 cm wide. Its flowers are wh..
Pachypodium saundersii
Pachypodium saundersii, the Kudu Lily, is a succulent plant beloning to the Apocynaceae family. It is found naturally in Southern Africa, on the Lebombo Mountains and other areas in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Swaziland. Genus Pachypodium General information: Genu..
Pachypoessa
Pachypoessa is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Pachypoessa lacertosa Simon, 1902 (Southern Africa, Madagascar)Pachypoessa plebeja (L. Koch, 1875) (Africa) ..
Pachyrhachis
Pachyrhachis problematicus is an extinct snake with legs. It is similar to Haasiophis. External Links [Picture] ..
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus ( "thick-nosed reptile") is an ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of North America. The first examples were discovered by Charles M. Sternberg in Alberta, Canada, in 1946, and named in 1950. 12 partial skulls and a large assortment of fossils hav..
Pachyrhizus
Pachyrhizus is a small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants growing from large, often edible taproots. Contents 0.1 Jícama0.2 Goitenyo0.3 Ahipa1 References and external links Jícama The jícama (IPA [ˈhiːkəmə]) or y..
Pachyrukhos
Pachyrukhos is an extinct genus of mammal. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long and closely resembled a rabbit, possessing a short tail and long hind feet. Pachyrukhos was probably also able to hop, and it had a rabbit-like skull with teeth adapted for eating nuts and tough plants. Its hearing was very ..
Pachysandra
Pachysandra is a genus of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the Boxwood Family, Buxaceae. The species are native to eastern Asia and southeast North America, some reaching a height of 20-45 cm, with only weakly woody stems. The leaves are alternate, leathery, with..
Pachystachys lutea
Common name: Golden shrimp plant, Lollypop plant Botanical name: Pachystachys lutea Family: Acanthaceae It is an evergreen upright shrub, 4 to 10 feet tall, 2 to 5 feet wide; opposite, ovate, dark green leaves, up to 6 inches long, 2.4 inches wide. Produces showy yellow blossoms from late spring ..
Pachystoma
Pachystoma is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). The genus has about 10 species, distributed over India, China, Indomalesia, northern Australia and several Pacific Islands (including New Caledonia). The genera Apaturia Lindl., Pachychilus Blume and Pachystylis Blume have been brought into s..
Pachystroma
Pachystroma is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). Synonymy Acantholoma Gaudich. ex Baill. ..
Pachystylidium hirsutum
Pachystylidium hirsutum is a species of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. The species is found in peninsular India, Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines and Java. ..
Pachytheca
Pachytheca are fossils of ancient plants, dating from the upper Silurian to the lower Devonian. External links [Pachytheca, a peculiar, vegetable little sphere] ..
Pacifastacus
Pacifastacus is a genus of crayfish native to western North America. ..
Pacific, Missouri
Pacific is a city in Franklin County and St. Louis County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,482. Contents 1 Geography2 City layout2.1 Commercial areas2.2 Industrial areas2.3 Residential areas2.4 Voting wards3 Mayors4 Historic time..
Pacific, Washington
Pacific is a city in Washington. It is primarily in King County, with a very small part of it incorporated in Pierce County. The population was 5,527 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Pacific was officially incorporated o..
Pacific, Wisconsin
Pacific is a town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,518 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 55.9 km² (21.6 mi²). 52.7 km² (20.3 mi²) of it is land and 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it (5.88%) is wate..
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Pacific Ten Conference: 1987: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California - UCLA1988: McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona - University of Arizona1989: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California - Arizona1990: University Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona - Arizona1991-2001: none2002: Staples Center, Los Ange..
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge is the southern extension of the East Pacific Rise The Pacific-Antarctic Ridgeis an oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic Plates. Convection currents in the Earth's mantle are causing the plates to separate, creating new oceanic crust at a..
Pacific-class patrol boat
The Pacific-class patrol boat were developed by Australia to provide small neighboring South Pacific nations with a maritime surveillance capability. They were developed as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program. Chacteristics of the Pacific-class PB While some varieties may exist, the following ..
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
The Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird of the family Tyrannidae. It is native to coastal regions of western North America as far north as British Columbia, but is replaced in the inland regions by the Cordilleran Flycatcher. These two species were forme..
Pacific-Union Club
History The Pacific-Union Club is located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, USA, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854). The clubhouse was built as the home for the silver mag..
Pacific.net
Pacific.net or Pacific Internet is a California based Internet service provider. It was founded in 1993 by James Persky. Starting as a small local ISP in scenic Ukiah, California, it has since expanded to cover over 97% of California and many other cities in the U.S. and Canada. The main office i..
Pacifica
Pacifica may refer to: Pacifica, California, a city in the United StatesPacifica Pier, a pier in Pacifica, California.Pacifica Radio, a non-commercial radio network in the United States, founded on the principles of pacifismChrysler Pacifica, a crossover sport utility vehicleGavia pacifica, a speci..
Pacifica, California
Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay, with a total population of 38,390 as of the 2000 census. According to City Limits signs in the year 2006, the population was 40,400. Contents 1 Geography2 Demog..
Pacificair
Pacificair (Pacific Airways Corporation) is an airline based in Manila in the Philippines. It was established in 1947 and operates scheduled passenger flights, air taxi services and is involved in agricultural work. Code Data IATA Code: GXICAO Code: PFRCallsign: Pacific West Fleet The Pacificair ..
PacifiCare Health Systems
PacifiCare Health Systems (former NYSE: [PHS]) was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. PacifiCare has more than 3 million health plan members and approximately 9 million specialty plan members nationwide. PacifiCare offers individuals, employers and Medicare ben..
Pacification
Pacification Contents 1 Dictionary meanings2 Thesaurus definitions3 See also4 External links Dictionary meanings 1. The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement. 2. a) Reduction, as of a rebellious district, to peacful submission; e.g real pacificat..
Pacification of Berwick
The Pacification of Berwick, 19th June 1639, ended the First Bishop’s War, although both sides saw it as only a temporary truce. After a disastrous skirmish at Kelso between the English advance guard and the Scottish Covenanter army the Earl of Holland fled back to the King’s headquarters at B..
Pacification of Ghent
The Pacification of Ghent, signed on November 8 of 1576, was an alliance of the provinces of the Netherlands for the purpose of driving the Spanish from the country. Declaration by which the northern and southern provinces of the Low Countries put aside their religious difference and united in revo..
Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland
The pacification operations in German-occupied Poland were the unlawful use of military force and punitive measures conducted during World War II by the German state with the goal of suppressing any Polish resistance. Pacification operations are one example of the extermination policies used agains..
PacifiCat Series
The PacifiCat Series or Fast Cat ferries were operated from 1999 to 2000 by BC Ferries. They were sold in 2003 to the Washington Marine Group, and are currently stored at Vancouver Shipyards Limited until their fate is decided. Two of the three ferries were used for service; the third one was deliv..
Pacifica High School, Garden Grove, California
Pacifica High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. It first opened on September 5, 1965, on the site of an old pig farm. Its mascot is the Mariners. The school's athletic teams currently compete in the Garden Grove League wi..
Pacifica Pier
Pacifica Pier is a famous fishing pier in Pacifica, California. The L shaped pier spans the pacific ocean for a quarter mile from the City of Pacifica and its official name is the Rev. Herschell Harkins Memorial Pacifica Pier. History The quarter mile pier was built in 1973 as part of the city of..
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio Network. Pacifica Radio is a network of five independent owned and operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations, one associated station, and 90 affiliated radio stations in the United States that is known for its leftist and pacifist political views. Some other U..
Pacificislands.co.nz
The Pacific Islands Tourist Information is a website for tourists interested in traveling to Oceania. External link [Pacificislands.co.nz] ..
Pacífico
Cerveza Pacífico is a Mexican pilsner beer, originally brewed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The name means Pacific Beer. The picture on the bottle is the Deer Islands off the coast of Mazatlán surrounded by a lifesaver. See also Mexican beer ..
Pacifico
Pacifico or Pacífico may refer to: Pacífico, a Mexican pilsner beer originally brewed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.Pacifico, a song by Ugly Casanova from their album Sharpen Your TeethThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refe..
PacifiCorp
PacifiCorp is an electric power company in the northwest United States. It operates as Pacific Power in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and California; it operates as Utah Power in Utah and Idaho. PacifiCorp has been a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Berkshire ..
Pacifico incident
The Pacifico Incident concerned a Portuguese Jew, named David Pacifico (known as Don Pacifico), who was a trader in Athens during the reign of King Otto. Pacifico had been born in Gibraltar, a British possession. He was therefore technically a British subject. In 1847 his business was attacked and v..
Pacífico Marcos
Dr. Pacífico Edralín Marcos was the elder brother of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos. The elder Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Don Mariano Marcos and Dona Josefa Quetulio Edralin. Marcos was the former President of the Philippine Medical Association until he was..
Pacificus
St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata, from a painting by Vincenzo Foppa. Pacificus was a follower of St Francis Pacificus was a disciple of St. Francis of Assisi, born probably near Ascoli, Italy, in the second half of the twelfth century; died, it is thought, at Lens, France, around..
Pacificus of San Severino
St. Pacificus of San Severino (1 March, 1653 - 24 September, 1721) was an Italian Roman Catholic Saint. He was born at San Severino, the son of Antonio M. Divini and Mariangela Bruni. His parents died soon after his Catholic confirmation when three years old; and he suffered many hardships until th..
Pacific (disambiguation)
Pacific can mean: The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world.Pacific, Missouri, a place in the State of Missouri in the United States of AmericaThe name Pacific is often given to steam locomotives of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.University of the Pacific, a private university in the State of ..
Pacific (LACMTA Station)
Pacific is a station on the Metro Blue line. It has an island platform, and is located in the median of Pacifc Avenue near 4th Street in the city of Long Beach, California. The station is located on a loop at the south end of the Blue Line Route and only has Northbound service. The Los Angeles Me..
Pacific (ship)
Pacific (formerly Sea Venture and Pacific Princess) is a cruise ship. Contents 1 History2 Statistics3 External links4 References History The ship began operation in 1972 with Flagship Cruises, under the name Sea Venture. In 1974 she was sold to P&O's newly acquired Princess..
Pacific 231
Pacific 231 is an orchestral work by Arthur Honegger, written in 1923. It is one of his most frequently performed works today. The popular interpretation of the piece is that it depicts a steam locomotive, an interpretation that is supported by the title of the piece. Honegger, however, insisted th..
Pacific Academy
Pacific Academy is a Christian school in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada that spans from kindergarten to Grade 12. The school generally has 4 classes per grade, and has over 200 staff members as well as 1500 students. It was started by Jim Pattison, a millionaire who donated money to create Pacif..
Pacific Adventist University
Pacific Adventist University is tertiary institution located outside Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and operated by the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Both the faculty and the student body are international in composition. While most students come from Papua New Guinea..
Pacific Aerospace
Pacific Aerospace Corporation (PAC) is an aircraft manufacturing company based in Hamilton, New Zealand. PAC makes parts for Boeing and Airbus and also took over aircraft production of Air Parts and AESL, and has produced around 600 utility, training and agricultural aircraft. History Air Parts (..
Pacific Airlines
Pacific Airlines is an airline based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services and provides charter flights by request to regional destinations. Its main base is Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN), Ho Chi Minh City. Contents 1 Code Data..
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
|) | }} }}| Passengers=41| Crew=3| Survivors=0| }} Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 was a twin-engine Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27A airliner flying from Reno and Stockton to San Francisco that crashed at 6:49 a.m. on May 7 1964 near San Ramon, California. The crash was likely the first instance in..
Pacific Alaska Airways
Pacific Alaska Airways was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways that flew routes around Alaska. The airline was eventually completely absorbed into Pan Am in 1941. The airline restarted service under its own name in the 1970s but ceased operations in 1986. History Pacific Alaska Airways was ..
Pacific Amphitheatre
The Pacific Amphitheatre is an amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, USA. After being closed for almost a decade, it was reopened in 2003 in conjunction with the annual Orange County Fair. Since then it has hosted acts such as Bill Cosby, The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Jessic..
Pacific and Southern Company Tower Lugoff
Pacific and Southern Company Tower Lugoff is a 520.2 meter high guyed tower antenna for TV transmission at Lugoff, South Carolina, USA at [34°5′50″N, 80°45′50″W]. It was built in 1985. External link http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=607301 ..
Pacific and Southern Tower Holiday
Pacific and Southern Tower Holiday is a 468.7 metre high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Holiday, Florida, USA (Geographical coordinates: [28°11′5″N, 82°45′38″W]). Pacific and Southern Tower Holiday was built in 1979. http://wire..
Pacific area as Imperial Japanese Navy political project
A political project known as "Taiwan and South Pacific Mandate" was created by Japanese Navy theorists created in Taiwan and South Pacific Mandate during the 1930s and 1940s. Such planning was focused narrowly on economic, political and military strategic aspects of these exterior provinces in rela..
Pacific Argonaut
The Pacific Argonaut (Argonauta pacifica) is a species of pelagic octopus. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell (hence the name paper nautilus). The shell is usually approximately..
Pacific Asia Museum
The Pacific Asia Museum is an Asian art museum located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California, United States. The museum was founded by Grace Nicholson who was a dealer in Native American and, later, Asian art and antiques. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic P..
Pacific Basin Development Council
The Pacific Basin Development Council is a non-profit organization that was established in early 1980s by the governors of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Hawaii. The Council is concerned with the economic and social development of the Pacific Islands, and conducts research..
Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC)
The Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) is a loosely binding economic agreement between certain members of the Pacific countries where different governments and corporations co-operate and discuss their economic affairs. It is an informal agreement which co-exists alongside other multi-lateral agr..
Pacific Beach, San Diego, California
Pacific Beach is also the name of a small community in Grays Harbor County, Washington. The view south of Crystal Pier The view north of Crystal Pier Pacific Beach is a neighborhood of San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and ..
Pacific Beach, Washington
Pacific Beach, Washington is a city located in Western Washington by the Pacific Ocean. There are many hotels there and a stretch of usable beach area is available to those who visit. History Pacific Beach, combined with its close neighbor to the north, Moclips, is referred to by the North Beach B..
Pacific Black Duck
The Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. It is usually called the Grey Duck or Parera ..
Pacific blockade
Pacific blockade was a term invented by Hautefeuille, the French writer on international maritime law, to describe a blockade exercised by a great power for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear on a weaker state without actual war. That it is an act of violence, and therefore in the nature of ..
Pacific Blue
Pacific Blue can have these meanings: A TV series aired in the United States from 2 March 1996 to 9 April 2000. For this meaning, see Pacific Blue (TV series)A fully-owned subsidiary of Virgin Blue Airlines in Australia. For this meaning, see Pacific Blue (airline). This is a [disambiguation..
Pacific Blue (airline)
A Pacific Blue 737-800 at Auckland International Airport For other uses, see Pacific Blue (disambiguation). Pacific Blue is a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Blue airlines that operates as low-cost carrier in the South Pacific, predominantly on trans-Tasman routes. The airline began servici..
Pacific Blue (TV series)
Pacific Blue was a one-hour television drama about a team of police officers who patrolled the beaches of Santa Monica, California on bicycle. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often derided as "Ba..
Pacific bonito
Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis lineolata, is a saltwater species of bonito that is a game fighter but which is not highly thought of as a food fish. Description It is colored blue to violet above, with metallic luster becoming silvery ventrally. It has ten or eleven stripes on its back running o..
Pacific Boychoir
The Pacific Boychoir is the only boys' chorus in Oakland, California, USA, and is known for winning a Grammy Award for Best Classical Album in 2004, for its performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the San Francisco Symphony. The chorus was formed in 1998 with 6 boys, and it now includes m..
Pacific Business News
Pacific Business News is the primary business newspaper in Hawaii. Pacific Business News is a major weekly newspaper publication circulated in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is headquartered in Honolulu. Like the Wall Street Journal published nationally, Pacific Business News p..
Pacific Cafe
Pacific Cafe is a restaurant located in several cities on the West Coast. ..
Pacific Campaign
The Pacific Campaign refers to the allies versus Japan during World War II. It can refer to: The Pacific Theater of Operations, the official term used by the United States to refer to the campaign. The Pacific War, which describes the actual campaign. The Pacific Campaign can also refer to the brie..
Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus
The Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus is a public secondary school for ninth grade students in the Issaquah School District of King County. The school is located in the U.S. city of Issaquah, Washington and opened in 2005. Since its foundation, Dana Bailey has been the principal of the school. The Fr..
Pacific Central District
The Pacific Central District of the Unitarian Universalist Association is a district serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in Northern California, Hawai'i, and Northern Nevada. There district headquarters are in Oakland, California. They have a very active Young Religious Unitarian Universal..
Pacific Central District Young Religious Unitarian Universalists
YRUU Bodies of Government Steering Committee Youth Caucus Youth Council Youth Office Symbolism Flaming Chalice Events Continental Conference Youth Caucus Youth Council Youth Conferences Traditions Youth empowerment Youth development Positive youth development Community youth dev..
Pacific Central Station (Vancouver)
Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a railway station which acts as the western terminus of VIA Rail’s cross-country The Canadian to Toronto, and the northern terminus of Amtrak’s Cascades to Seattle. Until VIA Rail took over operations around 1979, passenger tra..
Pacific Century
For the telecommunications and multimedia company, see: Pacific Century Cyberworks. The Pacific Century is a term that has been used to describe the 21st century through analogy with the term American Century. The implicit assumption underlying the usage of the term is that the 21st century will be..
Pacific Century Group
Pacific Century Group was established in 1996 by Richard Li. PCCW of the group, which is taken over from Cable and Wireless in 2001, is listed on Hang Seng Index. However, PCCW has experienced great loss for years. Companies of the Group PCCW Limited (http://www.pccw.com)Pacific Century Regional De..
Pacific Century Insurance Holdings
Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited is an insurance company based in Hong Kong. It is separately listed in Hong Kong, and is controlled by Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited, the parent company of PCCW. History [source] New Zealand Insurance Life (Bermuda) Limited was ..
Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited
Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited SGX: [P15] is a Singapore based company owned by Hong Kong's Richard Li, son of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing. PCRD Limited focus is a telecommunications services provider, as well as sales and services activities. It is also involved in:..
Pacific Christian on the Hill
Pacific Christian on the Hill Mottos In Christo Vera Educatio Established 1904 School type Private Campus Urban Location Los Angeles, California, USA Mascot(s) "Panther" Colors Red and Black Homepage [link] Pacific Christian on the Hill is a small private college ..
Pacific City, Oregon
Pacific City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,027 at the 2000 census. Geography Pacific City is located at [45°12′19″N, 123°57′38″W] (45.205243, -123.960475)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to t..
Pacific Classic Stakes
The Pacific Classic Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses. Its conditions are three years of age or older. The race carries a purse of one million dollars. The race is the prestige of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club as one of, if not the best races on the West Coast. The race has a distance of one ..
Pacific Clipper
The Pacific Clipper was a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat famous for having completed Pan American World Airways' first around the world flight. The flight began December 2, 1941 at the Pan Am base on Treasure Island, California for its scheduled passenger service to Auckland, New Zealand. The Clip..
Pacific Coast
The Pacific Coast is any coast fronting the Pacific Ocean. Contents 1 Geography of the Pacific Coast1.1 The Americas1.2 Asia1.3 Australia and New Zealand2 Geology of the Pacific Coast3 Wildlife of the Pacific Coast Geography of the Pacific Coast The Americas The Pac..
Pacific Coastal Airlines
Pacific Coastal Airlines is a commuter airline based in Vancouver, Canada, that serves communities on the southern British Columbia coast and on Vancouver Island. Destinations Pacific Coastal's main headquarters is the South Terminal commuter wing of Vancouver International Airport, though they ..
Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages
Pacific Coast Athabaskan is a geographic (and possibly genetic) grouping of the Athabaskan language family. California Athabaskan 1. Hupa (a.k.a. Hoopa-Chilula) : dialects: :* Hupa :* Chilula-Whilkut :: - Chilula :: - Whilkut 2. Mattole-Bear River : dialects: :* Mattole :* Bear River 3. Eel River ..
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
The Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), a major college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, was founded in 1969. Background Originally, all PCAA members were located in California, but in later years the conference included members from interior western states. For..
Pacific Coast Borax Company
The Pacific Coast Borax Company was a United States mining company founded in 1890 by the American borax magnate Francis Marion Smith. The company established and aggressively developed the famous 20 Mule Team Borax trademark in order to promote the sale of its product. The name derived from the t..
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States, now defunct. Though the Pac-10 claims the PCC as part of its history, the PCC had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis and scandal. Established on December 15, 1915,..
Pacific Coast Harmony
Pacific Coast Harmony is the La Jolla, CA Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The all-male chorus sings the a capella style known as Barbershop music. PCH is currently ranked 25th internationally in the Society, and is seeded 22nd for the international convention in July 2006. ..
Pacific Coast Hellway
Pacific Coast Hellway is an adult-themed podcast hosted by author, screenwriter and known homosexual Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff from Los Angeles, California. Featuring uncensored comedy and rants, Nemcoff records the show each weekday inside of his self described BMW "3-series studio" during his commute..
Pacific Coast Highway (LACMTA Station)
Compton is a station on the Metro Blue line. It has an island platform, and is located in the median of Long Beach Boulevard at the interstion of Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Long Beach, California. Nearby Sights and Attractions Long Beach Polytechnic High School Connections Metro Bus: 60..
Pacific Coast High School
Pacific Coast High School is a public alternative high school in Tustin, California. It is associated with the Community Home Education Program, which is for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Pacific Coast High School was opened in 1995 and awarded full accreditation by the Western Asso..
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada, operating from 1911 to 1924 when it merged with the Western Canada Hockey League. During this time, the PCHA was considered to be one of the major leagues of hockey. Contents 1 History2 Teams3&n..
Pacific Coast Hockey League
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an amateur ice hockey league with teams in western United States and Canada that played from 1944 to 1952. The PCHL grew out of combining teams from the Southern California Hockey League and the Northwest International Hockey League. For the 1952-53 season, the ..
Pacific Coast League
The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. It is one of two leagues, along with the International League, playing at the AAA level, which is the highest level below the American major leagues. The PCL has a long traditi..
Pacific Coast League (California)
The Pacific Coast League is an American high school sports league in Orange County, California. Teams in the league include: Corona Del Mar High School Sea KingsIrvine University High School TrojansLaguna Beach High School BreakersNorthwood High School TimberwolvesSanta Ana Calvary Chapel High Scho..
Pacific Coast Ranges
The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along west coast of North America from Alaska to northern and central Mexico. They are also known as the Pacific Cordillera. The character of the ranges varies considerably, from the record-setting tidewater glaciers in the r..
Pacific Coast Soccer League
The Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) is a soccer league for men and women based out of the Pacific Northwest. The league dates its history back to 1930. The team has Division III status in Canada and also features American teams. Contents 1 Teams1.1 Men1.2 Women2 External l..
Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
This article presents an overview of major military operations in the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War. Contents 1 Theater of operations2 See also3 Notes4 External links Theater of operations Expedition from Camp Douglas, Utah, to Cache Valley, Idaho Bear ..
Pacific Coast University
Pacific Coast University (PCU), currently exclusively consisting of the Pacific Coast University School of Law, is a private, non-profit law school located in Long Beach, California. The school prides itself on its history of diversity and low cost legal education. The sole program offered is a ..
Pacific Cod
The Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) is an important commercial food species. It is also known as gray cod, gray goo, gray wolf, grayest or grayfish. It has three separate dorsal fins, and the catfish-like whiskers on its lower jaw. In appearance, it is similar to the Atlantic Cod. A bottom dwell..
Pacific Coliseum
The Pacific Coliseum. Pacific Coliseum is an indoor arena at 100 North Renfrew Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 1967 at the site of the Pacific National Exhibition, the arena seats 16,150 for ice hockey. It was the home of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL from 1970-1995 and ..
Pacific Collegiate School
Pacific Collegiate School is a grades 7-12 charter school located on the westside of Santa Cruz, California. The school was founded in 1999 by a small group of educational visionaries, including Reed Hastings, who served as President of the California State Board of Education for two terms under Go..
Pacific Comics
Pacific Comics was one of the independent comic book publishers that flourished in the early 1980s. Pacific Comics (PC) began out of a San Diego, California comic book shop owned by Bill and Steve Schanes. They, along with First Comics and Eclipse Comics, moved to take advantage of the growing di..
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts is a community college located at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California. This institution on California’s Central Coast not only provides professional theatre year round but also trains acting and technical artisans for careers in the thea..
Pacific Corporation
The Pacific Corporation (originally Airdale Corporation), was a holding company that the Central Intelligence Agency used to control several aviation front companies. Former US Army pilot George Doole created Pacific as a Delaware corporation in 1950. He concealed the agency's involvement by shuffli..
Pacific County, Washington
Pacific County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Pacific Ocean. As of 2000, the population was 20,984. The county seat is at South Bend. Its largest city is Raymond. Pacific County was formed by the government of Oregon Territory on February 4, 1851.[..
Pacific Creosoting Company
Pacific Creosoting Company was a company on Bainbridge Island's Eagle Harbor. Its factory coated logs with creosote. It began operations as The Perfection Pile Preserving Company in 1904 and was taken over and renamed by Horace Chapin Henry in 1906 when he introduced the new Bethel Process. The c..
Pacific Crest Trail
The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance mountain hiking and equestrian trail that runs from the United States border with Mexico to its border with Canada. It passes through the Laguna, San Jacinto, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, Liebre, Tehachapi, and Sierra Nevada ranges in California, and the C..
Pacific Curling Championships
The Pacific Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. Since the 2004, the top two countries in the Pacific Championships earn a berth at the following World Championships. Prior to that, only the winning team. The Pacific Curling Championships cu..
Pacific Cycle
Pacific Cycle, Inc. is a major bicycle manufacturer founded in 1983 whose brands include DYNO, GT, InSTEP, Mongoose, Murray, Pacific Outdoors, Powerlite, Roadmaster, and Schwinn. Its bicycles are sold at mass merchandisers such as Target, Wal-Mart, and The Sports Authority. In 2004 Pacific Cycle wa..
Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images was a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. It is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation, the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks SKG. Contents 1 History2 PD..
Pacific Dawn
Pacific Dawn is also the name of a P&O Cruises liner, see Pacific Dawn (ship) Pacific Dawn Distillers is a drinks manufacturing company based in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand. They produce the vodka 42 BELOW and the gin South Gin. The brands are owned by 42 Below Limited; a New Zealand Stock Exch..
Pacific decadal oscillation
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is a 23-year pattern of Pacific climate variability, similar to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). While the two climate oscillations have similar spatial climate fingerprints, they have very different behavior in time. The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (..
Pacific Disaster Center
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) was established by the U.S. Congress following Hurricane Iniki's devastation of the Hawaiian Island of Kauai in 1992. Originally created to mitigate against the impacts of natural disasters in Hawai‘i, today the PDC is a robust “all-hazards” information manage..
Pacific Diver
The Pacific Diver (Gavia pacifica), known in North America as the Pacific Loon, is a medium-sized member of the loon, or diver, family. It breeds on deep lakes in the tundra region of Alaska and northern Canada as far east as Baffin Island. Unlike other loons, this bird may migrate in flocks. It ..
Pacific Division (NBA)
The Pacific Division is a division in the Western Conference of the NBA. All five Pacific teams were in the division before the Blazers and Sonics went to the new Northwest Division. The current divisions have been active since the start of the 04-05 season. The Phoenix Suns won the Pacific Divis..
Pacific Division (NHL)
The NHL's Pacific Division was formed in 1993 as part of the Western Conference in a league realignment, the predecessor of which was the Smythe Division. Contents 1 Current Lineup2 Division Lineups2.1 1993-19952.1.1 Changes from the 1992-1993 season2.2 1995-19982.2.1&nbs..
Pacific Dogwood
The Pacific Dogwood Cornus nuttallii (syn. Benthamidia nuttallii) is a species of dogwood native to western North America from lowlands of southern British Columbia to mountains of southern California. An inland population occurs in central Idaho. Cultivated examples are found as far north as the ..
Pacific Drive
Pacific Drive is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network between 1996 and 2001. The series was conceived as a flamboyant, melodramatic soap opera and dealt with the lives of wealthy Australians living on the Gold Coas..
Pacific Drums and Percussion
Pacific Drums and Percussion is a subsidiary company under Drum Workshop established in the year 2000 to provide high quality drum equipment to those unable to afford the higher prestige and quality Drum Workshop equipment. Apart from crafting high quality drums at reasonable prices, Pacific Drum..
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines is a cargo airline based in the Philippines. Code Data IATA Code: Q8ICAO Code: PEC Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine manufacturers | Airlines | Air forces | Aircraft weapons | Missiles | Timeline of aviation ..
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) is a loosely binding economic agreement between certain members of the Pacific countries where different governments and corporations co-operate and discuss their economic affairs. It is an informal agreement which co-exists alongside other multi-later..
Pacific Electric Building
The Pacific Electric Building was Los Angeles' first skyscraper and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River when it was built in 1905. It served as the terminal for the Pacific Electric Red Car Line. The building also houses Cole's PE Buffet, Los Angeles' oldest restaurant and pub that ha..
Pacific Electric Railway
The Pacific Electric Railway (AAR reporting mark PE), also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail and buses. At its greatest extent, around 1925, the system connected cities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, and to Riverside Coun..
Pacific electric ray
The Pacific electric ray (Torpedo californica) is a species of electric ray native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. The range of the species is from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico, and possibly also other areas of the Pacific. The ray can reach a total length of 140 cm and a wei..
Pacific Exchange
The Pacific Exchange was a regional stock exchange located in San Francisco, California, USA. Its history begins with the founding of the San Francisco Stock and Bond exchange in 1882. Seven years later, the Los Angeles Oil Exchange was founded. In 1957, the two exchanges merged to form the Pacific ..
Pacific Fair Bus Station, Queensland
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Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
Pacific Fair - the largest shopping centre in Queensland is located in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It has major stores including Myer, Kmart, Target, Coles and Toys "Я" Us. It also has a 12 screen Birch Caroll and Coyle Cinema and a home and leisure centre. Pacific Fair is also hom..
Pacific Farms
Pacific Farms is a manufacturer of wasabi seedlings, wasabi paste and related products. Its headquarters is located in Florence, Oregon in the United States. External links [Pacific Farms] ..
Pacific Fighters
Pacific Fighters is a World War II flight simulator for the PC. The game allows you to play 40 flyable air craft. External links [Gamespot Profile] ..
Pacific Film Laboratories v Commissioner of Tax
In Pacific Film Laboratories v. Commissioner of Tax (1970) 121 CLR 154, (Australia) Windeyer J defined copyright: "It is not a right in an existing thing. It is a negative right, as it has been called, a power to prevent the making of a physical thing by copying." Case Details The Pacific Film Labo..
Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) is an advisory body; it is charged with regulating most fisheries in U.S. federal waters off Washington, Oregon, and California. ..
Pacific Fleet
A number of countries currently have or previously had an Pacific Fleet in their navies. U.S. Pacific FleetRussian Pacific Fleet (formerly Soviet)British Pacific Fleet This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to..
Pacific Flyway
The Pacific Flyway is a major north-south route of travel for migratory birds in the Americas, extending from Alaska to Patagonia. Every year, migratory birds travel some or all of this distance both in spring and in fall, following food sources, heading to breeding grounds, or travelling to over-wi..
Pacific Forum Line
Pacific Forum Line (PFL) is a shipping alliance, owned by the South Pacific Forum. See also: Nauru Pacific Line, South Pacific Forum ..
Pacific Front Recordings
Pacific Front Recordings is a Victoria, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label run by Justin Humber and Davin Greenwell, who also record on the label under the monikers Formulate and AFK, respectively. See also List of record labelsList of electronic music record labels External li..
Pacific Fruit Express
A string of refrigerator cars owned by Pacific Fruit Express is supplied with fresh ice in the Spring of 1964. Pacific Fruit Express (AAR reporting mark PFE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world. The company wa..
Pacific Fur Company
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Pacific Garden Mall
The Umbrella Man on Pacific Garden Mall Pacific Avenue (also known outside Santa Cruz as "Pacific Garden Mall") in Santa Cruz, California is the cultural center of Santa Cruz. The atmosphere is extremely peaceful and relaxed; people play music and sing. On weekends, in the beginning of Pacifi..
Pacific Garden Mission
Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter in Chicago, Illinois founded in 1877 by Colonel George Clarke and his wife Sarah. It operates from a Christian Fundamentalist perspective and has been nicknamed "The Old Lighthouse". It is the oldest such shelter in Chicago. Among the PGM's converts is..
Pacific Gas & Electric (band)
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Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission, 475 U.S. 1 (1986), rehearing denied, 475 U.S. 1133 (1986), was a court case involving the requirement that San Francisco-based public utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company carry a message suppplied by a public interest group in rebuttal to th..
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern California. The southern part of the state is generally served by Southern California Edison for power and natural gas from Southern California Gas. PG&E was founded in 1905 and i..
Pacific Gateway
Pacific Gateway is a sub-cabinet portfolio under the Minister of Western Economic Diversification (Canada). The post likely replaced the former Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific), abolished in 2003. ..
Pacific General
Pacific General is a computer wargame depicting the famous battles of World War 2. It was published by Strategic Simulations in 1997 using the same game engine of the earlier and successful Panzer General for Windows 95. Contents 1 Gameplay2 Nations3 Units4 Scenarios and..
Pacific giant salamander
The Pacific giant salamanders (Dicamptodontidae) are a family of large salamanders. The family includes only a single genus, Dicamptodon. Specimens are up to 30 cm (12 in) long, and are found in the Western USA. Except for their size, they are similar with the mole salamander family (Ambystoma..
Pacific Golden Plover
The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a medium-sized plover. Adults are spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Their face and neck are black with a white border; they have a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black. In winter, the black is lost and the plover then h..
Pacific Grade Summit
The Pacific Grade Summit is a mountain pass on the western approach to Ebbetts Pass in the Sierra Nevada range in California. The elevation of the pass is 2454 meters (8050 feet) above sea level. California State Route 4 runs through the pass. ..
Pacific Grand Prix
The Pacific Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One World Championship twice in the mid-1990s. Both races were held at the Tanaka International Aida circuit, a slow, twisty 2.3-mile track deep in the countryside in Aida (near Kobe), Japan. Following the 1995 Kobe earthquake, the Pacific Grand Pr..
Pacific Grand Prix (Formula One team)
This article is about the Formula One team. The Pacific Grand Prix was also a Formula One event held twice in the mid-1990s. Pacific Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor from Britain. Taking part in two full seasons, 1994 and 1995, they entered 33 Grand Prix. Having won in every junior categor..
Pacific Grove, California
Pacific Grove is a coastal town in Monterey County, California, with a total population of 15,522 as of the 2000 census. Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, its artistic legacy and the annual migration of the Monarch butterflies. The city is endowed with more Victor..
Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links
Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links is a public 18-hole golf course owned by the city of Pacific Grove, California. The back nine overlook Point Pinos, where the Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay meet on the northern tip of the Monterey Peninsula. The golf links is also site of the Point Pinos Lighthous..
Pacific Gull
The Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) is a very large gull, native to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common between Carnarvon in the west, and Sydney in the east, although it has become scarce in some parts of the south-east, as a result of competition from the Kelp Gull, which has "self-i..
Pacific halibut
The Pacific halibut is a flatfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Hokkaido, Japan to Baja California, Mexico. The largest reported specimen was 267 cm and they can reach an age of 42 years"[Hippoglossus stenolepis]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Fe..
Pacific Harbor Line
The Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) was formed in 1998 to take over the Harbor Belt Line (HBL). In 1998 the Alameda Corridor was nearing completion, allowing a massive amount of railroad traffic from the largest harbor in the Western hemisphere; the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. The trai..
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights may refer to: Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California – a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.Pacific Heights (1990 film) – a movie starring Michael Keaton. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an..
Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California
The sidewalk on Fillmore Street, looking north from Bush Street. Northern view from Alta Plaza Park. The Marina District and San Francisco Bay can be seen below. Pacific Heights is an affluent neighborhood of San Francisco, California, on the north side of the city. Pacific Heights is lo..
Pacific Heights (1990 film)
Pacific Heights is a 1990 thriller film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton. Contents 1 Plot2 Critics3 DVD4 External links Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The film ..
Pacific Highway
Pacific Highway (sometimes Pacific Coast Highway) is used as the name of highways in several countries, that are built along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. See: Pacific Highway (Australia)Pacific Coast Highway (California)Pacific Highway (US)Pacific Highway (Oregon)Pacific Highway (Canada) This is ..
Pacific Highway (Australia)
... and onwards to Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane via Pacific Motorway ... and onwards to the Brisbane CBD as Metroad 3 The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in eastern Australia and is part of Australia's Highway 1. It is about 1000 km long and links Sydney, the capital of ..
Pacific Highway (US)
Pacific Highway is the name of several highways in the United States, either by legislation officially designating it as such or by common usage. Before the U.S. Highway System was established, there was a named auto trail called the Pacific Highway running from Vancouver, British Columbia to San D..
Pacific High School
Pacific High School is an alternative high school in the Sitka School District located in Sitka, Alaska. It serves as an educational alternative to Sitka High School. See also List of high schools in Alaska ..
Pacific Hills Christian School
Pacific Hills Christian School is an independent co-educational school located in the suburb of Dural, in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It caters for students from Prep to Year 12. The school has 3 sections: Junior School, Middle School and Senior School. The current pri..
Pacific Hydro
Pacific Hydro is an Australian public company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. See also External links [Pacific Hydro website] ..
Pacific Institute
The Pacific Institute is a non-profit research institute created in 1987 to provide independent research and policy analysis on issues at the intersection of development, environment, and security. It is located in Oakland, California. The focus of the Institute is to find real-world solutions to p..
Pacific International Junior Hockey League
The Pacific International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the PIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League..
Pacific International University
Not to be confused with the unaccredited Pacific National University. Pacific International University is an unaccredited, conservative, Christian university and seminary located in Springfield, Missouri. 1989 alumnus of Pacific International University Carl Baugh is currently the university pre..
Pacific Internet
Pacific Internet or PacNet NASDAQ: [PCNTF] is headquartered in Singapore and is the largest telco-independent Internet Communications Service Provider in the Asia Pacific region with direct presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, India, Thailand and Malaysia. The Group..
Pacific Intertie
The HVDC power line in Los Angeles (shorter tower carrying two wires on the right). The power line is crossing Interstate 5 near the interchange with California 14 in Sylmar. This crossing is the last one for the line, as the Sylmar Converter Station is right to the west of Interstate 5. The P..
Pacific Investment Management
The Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO) is an investment company and runs the Total Return fund, the world's largest bond fund. Founded in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, it is now owned by Allianz, a global insurance company based in Munich, Germany. The PIMCO Total Return fund,..
Pacific Islander
''This article is about Pacific Islanders. For the rugby union team see Pacific Islanders rugby union team A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. ..
Pacific Islanders rugby union team
Rugby union is as big a sport in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa as it is in New Zealand but with the advent of professionalism they have been unable to compete with richer nations. They play fewer Tests and lose by greater margins as more of their top players play in New Zealand, Australia, Japan or Europe..
Pacific Islander American
Pacific Islander Americans represent the smallest racial group counted in the U.S. census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or .3 percent of the United States population. They are most concentrated in Hawaii, Alaska and to a lesser extent the West Coast of the United States, specifically Calif..
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. These islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania (although Oceania usually also includes Australia and New Zealand), and are traditionally grouped into three: (1) Melanesia, (..
Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organization which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum; the name was changed in 2000 to better reflect the c..
Pacific Islands ICT Policy and Strategic Plan
The Pacific Islands ICT Policy and Strategic Plan was approved by Pacific Islands Forum leaders in 2000. The vision of the plan is Internet for Every Pacific Islander. This plan has been used as a template for developing national Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) policies in the Pacif..
Pacific Islands Political Studies Association
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since April 2006. The Pacific Islands Politi..
Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance
The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) was set up in 2002 as a basis of co-operation between the Fiji, Samoa and Tonga Rugby Unions. This includes the Pacific Tri-Nations tournament, the Pacific Islanders team, and other areas such as age-grade competitions and women’s rugby.   Pa..
Pacific Island Aviation
Pacific Island Aviation is an airline based in the Northern Mariana Islands. The airline flies frequent schedules between Saipan and Guam. The airline also flies as Northwest Airlink. Code Data IATA Code: 9JICAO Code: PSACallsign: Pacific Isle Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | A..
Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901
Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901 Parliament of Australia Long title: An Act to provide for the Regulation, Restriction and Prohibition of the Introduction of Labourers from the Pacific Islands and for other purposes. Introduced by: Dates Date passed: Date of Royal Assent: 17 D..
Pacific jack mackerel
The Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, is a species of fish in the family Carangidae. It is common in the north-eastern Pacific, from south-east Alaska to southern Baja. It is a pelagic fish, often found in large schools. Young frequently school near kelp and under piers. It grows up to..
Pacific Jazz Records
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles based record label that's best known for releasing cool jazz or West coast jazz. Some of the musicians that recorded for Pacific Jazz include Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond and Gerald Wilson. The label was purchased by Liberty Records in 1957 whic..
Pacific Journalism Review
Pacific Journalism Review, founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994, is a peer-reviewed journal covering media issues and communication in the South Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Since 2002, it has been published by Auckland University of Technology's School of Commu..
Pacific Journal of Mathematics
The Pacific Journal of Mathematics (ISSN 0030-8730) is a mathematics research journal supported by a number of American, Asian and Australian universities and research institutes, and currently published on their behalf by Mathematical Sciences Publishers, a non-profit academic publishing organisati..
Pacific Junction
Pacific Junction can refer to several things: Pacific Junction, IowaPacific Junction, MontanaThe Northern & Pacific Junction Railway, in OntarioPacific Junction, A railroad junction in Chicago's North Side. redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Pacific Junction is a city in Mills County, Iowa, United States. The population was 507 at the 2000 census. Geography Pacific Junction is located at [41°1′6″N, 95°47′60″W] (41.018319, -95.799883)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bure..
Pacific krill
Pacific krill, Euphausia pacifica, is a euphausid that lives in the Pacific Ocean. Pacific krill is fished intensively in the waters around Japan, where it is called isada krill or tsunashi okiami (ツノナシオキアミ). The annual catch of krill in Japanese seas is limited to 70,000 metric t..
Pacific ladyfish
The Pacific ladyfish (Elops affinis) is a fish of the family Elopidae family. It is native to coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, from California to Peru."[Elops affinis]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. References ..
Pacific lamprey
The Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, is a lamprey. External links http://www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_lamprey_fact.html ..
Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area
Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific side of the Continental Divide. It contains several National Parks, and a number Wildlife refuges and other types of nature r..
Pacific League
This article is about the Japanese Pacific League. For the Mexican Winter League, see Mexican League. Logo of the Pacific League The or is one of Japan's two major professional baseball leagues, the other being the Central League. It was founded as the Taiheiyo Baseball Union in 1949 with se..
Pacific Life
Pacific Life is a Fortune 500 company based in Newport Beach, California. It provides life insurance products, individual annuities, and mutual funds. External Links [Company Website] ..
Pacific LightNet
Pacific LightNet is a locally-owned, facilities-based CLEC, providing both voice and data services to its customers in Hawaii. At the core of its products and services is a 10,000 fiber mile submarine and terrestrial fiber optic network connecting the state’s six major islands, the first and onl..
Pacific Linguistics
Pacific Linguistics is a non-profit publisher located at the Australian National University, Canberra, printing linguistic materials (such as grammars and dictionaries) on the languages of Oceania and Southeast Asia. It was established in 1963, with Stephen Wurm as the founding editor. The current m..
Pacific Locomotive Association
The Pacific Locomotive Association is an organization dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960. The Pacific Locomotive Association operates the Niles Canyon Railway, and has railroad artifacts on display in..
Pacific lodge
The Pacific lodge style of architecture is based loosely on vague notions of cedar lodges and log cabin dwellings of early inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest. This style can be seen in historic hotels on Indian reservations, such as the Quinalt Lodge, and in the houses of some wealthier Seattleite..
Pacific Lumber Company
The Pacific Lumber Company, PALCO, is a logging company from northwestern California in 1863. While their main function is still logging, they have expanded operations to include custom milling and treating. The company employs over 550 people and is headquartered in Scotia, CA, a company town. The..
Pacific Lutheran University
The university is located near Tacoma, Washington Pacific Lutheran University is located in the Parkland suburb of Tacoma, Washington. As of October 2005, PLU had a student population of 3,680 and approximately 250 full-time teachers on its faculty. It currently consists of the College of Arts..
Pacific Madrone
The Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii), is a species of arbutus found on the west coast of North America, from British Columbia (chiefly Vancouver Island) to California, mainly in the Pacific Coast Ranges but also scattered on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It becomes rare south o..
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded in 1848 to transport mail under contract from the United States Government from the Isthmus of Panama to California. During California Gold Rush in 1849, the company was a key mover of goods and people and played a key role in the growth of San Francis..
Pacific Mall
Pacific Mall (Traditional Chinese: 太古廣場, Simplified Chinese: 太古广场, Cantonese (Yale): taai3 gu2 gwong2 coeng4, Pinyin: tai4 gu3 guang3 chang3) is a shopping centre located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northeast side of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road, right acro..
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) is a laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). PMEL carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science improve our unders..
Pacific Maritime Association
The Pacific Maritime Association represents shipping companies and terminal operators. In a 2002 dispute with a longshoremen's union, 10,500 dockworkers were locked out because of an alleged slowdown. President George W. Bush is expected to invoke a cooling off period. See: Taft-Hartley Act ..
Pacific Media Expo
The Pacific Media Expo (PMX) started in 2003 in California by Mike Tatsugawa, former founder of Anime Expo. It is a convention about anime, East Asian culture and Japanese culture. Pacific Media Expo dates and location by year Pacific Media Expo 2004 — May 29-31, Anaheim Convention Center, A..
Pacific Missile Range Facility
Located in Hawaii on the western shores of the Island of Kauai, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands, Kauai, is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training range. PMRF is the only range in the world where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and spa..
Pacific Missile Test Center
The former name of Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division. The name of the center was the Naval Air Missile Test Center prior to PMTC. It is located at Point Mugu, Ventura County, California. The nearest city to the center is Oxnard. At Naval Air Warfare Center there is an airfield and a rocket..
Pacific Motorway
The Pacific Motorway bears the symbol Metroad 3 between the Brisbane CBD and Eight Mile Plains The Pacific Motorway (M1/Metroad 3) is a 102 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Coolangatta. The frst section built was origin..
Pacific Movement of the Eastern World
The Pacific Movement of the Eastern World (PMEW) was a North American based pro-Japanese movement of African Americans which promoted the idea that Japan was the champion of all non white peoples. Contents 1 Origins2 Political Goals3 Organising4 Repression5 More Rivalry6&..
Pacific National
Pacific National is one of Australia's largest private rail freight businesses. In 2001, the mainly Australian Government-owned National Rail Corporation's freight operations and rolling stock were combined with the New South Wales Government-owned FreightCorp and sold to Toll Holdings and Patrick ..
Pacific National Exhibition
The current PNE logo. The Pacific National Exhibition is an annual 17 day summer fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It usually begins in mid-to-late August, and ends in early September. The exhibition has been held in Hastings Park since it first took place in 1910. The biggest attra..
Pacific News Service
Pacific News Service (PNS) is a nonprofit media organization founded in 1969. It is an alternative news source. Although it does not declare itself as such, most would say it is liberal, if not radical. It was originally created to provide "news and analysis on the U.S. role in Vietnam." Some noted..
Pacific Northwest
Darker red states are always considered part of the Pacific Northwest. Parts of the lighter pink area around them are sometimes included. US Admiral Charles Wilkes' map of the Pacific Northwest from the 1840 expedition. The Pacific Northwest (PNW, or PacNW) in its broadest definition is ..
Pacific Northwest Ballet
The Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. It is said to have the highest p..
Pacific Northwest Canoes
Masterfully designed canoes of many sizes and forms were made on the Pacific Northwest by carving from solid logs, usually of red cedar but in some areas of Sitka spruce or cottonwood. Typically these boats were widened beyond the original diameter of the log by the spreading of the steam-softened s..
Pacific Northwest College of Art
The Pacific Northwest College of Art is a college in Portland, Oregon, United States that grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in painting, communication design, illustration, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and intermedia, and also provides continuing education in the arts to the local communi..
Pacific Northwest District
The Pacific Northwest District of the Unitarian Universalist Association is a district, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. External links [Pacific Northwest District Website]  District-level Unitarian Universalist organizat..
Pacific Northwest English
Pacific Northwest English is a dialect of the English language spoken in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest, defined as an area that includes part of the west coast of United States and Canada, is home to a highly diverse populace, which is reflected in the historical and continuing develo..
Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
A Heavyweight wrestling title for the region of the Pacific Northwest. The Title dates back to the NWA territory days. Now the title makes it's home in Portland Wrestling. The current holder of the title (as of 6/26/06) is Adam Thornstowe, who beat Vinny Massaro for the title during the June TV Tapi..
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a one of nine United States Department of Energy multiprogram national laboratories. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Campus. PNNL has been operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Institute since 1965. United St..
Pacific Northwest Portal
Pacific Northwest Portal is a website, but more specifically, an Internet gateway offering political news, viewpoints, and other information to the world. It generally covers five American states - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Its intended audience includes progressives and Democr..
Pacific Northwest Quarterly
Pacific Northwest Quarterly (commonly referred to as PNQ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of history that publishes scholarship relating to the Pacific Northwest of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada. Founded in 1906 as the Washington Historical Quarterly, it is published by the U..
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network, or PNSN, operates seismograph stations and locates earthquakes in Washington and Oregon. The network is funded by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the Department of Energy, and the State of Washington. This organization collects and studies ground motions f..
Pacific Northwest Wrestling
Pacific Northwest Wresting (PNW) was a Portland, Oregon based professional wrestling company. It was the Northwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, and as such saw many of the top names in the business come though on a regular basis. Founded by Don Owen, it was considered one of the mai..
Pacific Oaks College
Pacific Oaks College has campuses in Pasadena, California, United States and other cities in California. Pacific Oaks College is a learning institution that is training students not only to be professionals but advocates. Its anti-bias curriculum has created strong efforts to challenge social inj..
Pacific Ocean
"Pacific" redirects here. For , see . Earth's five oceans Atlantic OceanArctic OceanIndian OceanPacific OceanSouthern Ocean View of the Pacific Ocean from Oregon. The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand M..
Pacific Ocean Areas
Pacific Ocean Areas was a major Allied military command during World War II. It was one of four major commands during the Pacific War, and one of two United States commands in the Pacific theatre of operations. Admiral Chester Nimitz of the US Navy headed the command throughout its existence. The..
Pacific Ocean Blue
Pacific Ocean Blue is Dennis Wilson's only solo album, released in 1977. After several attempts dating back to 1970 to release his own project (some of which made it to the finished article), Wilson recorded the bulk of Pacific Ocean Blue in the months spanning the fall of 1976 to the following sp..
Pacific Ocean Blues
"Pacific Ocean Blues" is a song written by Dennis Wilson and Mike Love. It was released as the ninth track on Dennis Wilson's 1977 solo album Pacific Ocean Blue. Details Written by: Dennis Wilson/Mike LoveAlbum: Pacific Ocean BlueTime: 2 min 39 secProduced by: Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson Performer..
Pacific Ocean Park
Vintage postcard circa 1959 showing the entrance plaza of Pacific Ocean Park Pacific Ocean Park was a twenty-eight acre (110,000 m²), nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California which was intended to compete with Disneyland. Though technically located at a Sant..
Pacific Overlords
The Pacific Overlords are a supervillain team seen in the Marvel Comics universe. The team consisted largely of humans mutated by Doctor Demonicus. Members The Big OneCybertoothIrezumiJawbreakerKainKurokoLiving LightningPeleSunfireTaifu/Typhoon External Link [Pacific Overlords at marvunapp.c..
Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. Four Western ships arrive omniously, opening the feudal country to foreign trade and visitors for the first time in 250 years. Some of the..
Pacific oyster
The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is the native oyster of the Pacific coast of Korea, Japan and China. It has been introduced to North America, especially in Puget Sound, Washington; and to the Australian states of Tasmania and South Australia. It is an important commercial harvest in all o..
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
Pacific Palisades is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The area currently has about 27,000 resident..
Pacific Palisades, Missouri
The Pacific Palisades is a conservation area located along the Meramec River where St. Louis, Jefferson, and Franklin counties meet in Missouri, USA. It is named for the rock and sand formations along this portion of the Meramec river. Pacific Palisades Conservation Area is a 692 acre (280 hectar..
Pacific Palisades (TV series)
Pacific Palisades is a 1997 television soap opera produced by Aaron Spelling. The show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes. External links ..
Pacific Parakeet
The Pacific Parakeet, Aratinga strenua, is endemic to a small area in western Nicaragua, the El Chocoyero - El Brujo Protected Area. The nesting sites lay within this protected area, but the birds still face threats from the outside world when they leave the reserve to feed. References BirdLife ..
Pacific park
Pacific Park is a family themed amusement park in Santa Monica, California. The park looks directly out on the pacific ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. ..
Pacific Patrol Boat Program
The Pacific Patrol Boat Program (PPB) was created by Australia to provide small neighbouring South Pacific nations with a maritime surveillance capability. Contents 1 Origins2 Design and construction3 Use4 Funding5 Regional effects6 Training7 Refits8 Charac..
Pacific Pines State Park
Pacific Pines State Park is a small, Washington state park on the Long Beach Peninsula. External links [Washington State Parks website] ..
Pacific Place
Pacific Place (Traditional Chinese: }) is a complex of office towers, hotels and shopping centre in, Admiralty, Central, on Hong Kong Island. One Pacific Place and Two Pacific Place are office towers. The three hotels are JW Marriot, Island Shangri-La and Conrad International. Along Queensway, ..
Pacific Plate
2=The Pacific plate, shown in pale yellow}} The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean. To the north the easterly side is a divergent boundary with the Explorer Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge, the Juan de..
Pacific Princess
A former Princess Cruises vessel also operated under this name, presently known as Pacific. The former Pacific Princess'' found its fame as the star of The Love Boat Pacific Princess, (formerly R Three) is a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises. Pacific Princess offers cruises..
Pacific Proving Grounds
The Pacific Proving Grounds was the name used to describe a number of sites in the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, used by the United States to conduct nuclear testing at various times between 1946 and 1962. 67 atmospheric (i.e., not underground) nuclear tests were conducted there, ma..
Pacific Publishing Company
The Pacific Publishing Company in Seattle, Washington, in addition to its commercial printing operations, publishes neighborhood newspapers in the Seattle area. They include: The Queen Anne NewsThe Magnolia NewsNorth Seattle Herald-OutlookCapitol Hill TimesBeacon Hill News & South District JournalMa..
Pacific Quay
Pacific Quay is a development in Glasgow, Scotland situated next to the River Clyde. From late-2006 it will become the home of Central Scotland ITV franchise holder stv, who will be joined by BBC Scotland in early 2007. External links [Pacific Quay Developments homepage][BBC - New BB..
Pacific Raceways
Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use road racing facility in Kent, Washington. The race track was constructed in 1959 and opened in 1960. The track was originally named Pacific Raceways, then became known as Seattle International Raceways in 1976. After the landowner regained control of the track in 2002..
Pacific Railroad
The Pacific Railroad is a defunct U.S. railroad. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The Pacific was chartered by the U.S. state of Missouri on March 3, 1849. In 1856, the building of a line from Pacific to Rolla began. References ..
Pacific Railroad Surveys
The Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853-1855) explored possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across North America. Substantial collection of natural history material was made during the surveys as well. The results were published in the 12-volume Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertai..
Pacific Railway Acts
The Pacific Railway Acts were passed by the United States Congress in 1862 and 1864. The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 gave land grants in the Western United States to the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad (later the Southern Pacific Railroad) to construct a transcontinental railro..
Pacific Ranges
The Pacific Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera. They run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to Bella Coola, north of which are the Kitimat Ranges. The Pacific Ranges include four of the five major coastal icecaps in ..
Pacific Razor Clam
The Pacific Razor clam (Siliqua patula) is a bivalve mollusk with an elongated oblong narrow shell which ranges from 3 to 6.25 inches in length. They can be found along the Pacific West Coast from Eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to Pismo Beach, California. The American East Coast example of a Ra..
Pacific Records
For more information about the Los Angeles based jazz record label with the same name, see Pacific Jazz Records. Pacific Records was a division of the Warner Music Group, which was active in the late 1970s and distributed (appropriately) by Atlantic Records. Its most successful artist was Alan O'D..
Pacific Repertory Theatre
Pacific Repertory Theatre [link] is the only professional (Equity) theatre in Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula. Founded in 1983 as GroveMont Theatre by Carmel resident Stephen Moorer. Name changed to Pacific Repertory Theatre in 1994 when the company acquired the historic Golden Bough ..
Pacific Reporter
The Pacific Reporter, Pacific Reporter Second and Pacific Reporter Third are United States regional case law reporters containing published appellate court case decisions for: AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaColoradoHawaiiIdahoKansasMontanaNevadaNew MexicoOklahomaOregonUtahWashingtonWyoming When cited, the P..
Pacific Research Institute
The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) is a free market think tank based in San Francisco, California. Sir Antony Fisher, founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in London, UK, teamed with San Francisco businessman James North to form the Pacific Institute for Public Policy in 1979, whic..
Pacific REVIEW
Pacific REVIEW is a magazine published by undergraduates and graduate students in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. It features short stories, poetry, art, and photography by new writers and artists as well as well-known, accomplished ones. Past ..
Pacific Rim
Map of the Pacific Rim and List of the Pacific Rim Nations The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group along with ships from Australia, Chile, Japan, Canada, and Korea speed towards Honolulu in RIMPAC 2000. Pacific Rim is a political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edge..
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve ..
Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It is shaped like a horseshoe and it is 40,000 km long. It is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, island arc..
Pacific Rugby Cup
The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup started in 2006 and involves representative teams from the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The newly created teams are Fiji Warriors and Fiji Barbarians from Fiji; Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa from Samoa; and Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold from Tonga. ..
Pacific saury
The Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) is a saury, a member of the family Scomberesocidae. This fish, which is a food source in some East Asian cuisines, is also known by the name Mackerel Pike, 꽁치 is the Korean name, 秋刀魚 is the Chinese and Japanese name. It is a fish with a small mouth..
Pacific Scandal
The Pacific scandal involves the allegations of bribes being taken by Canada's Conservative government of Sir John A. Macdonald. As part of British Columbia's agreement to join the Canadian Confederation, the government had agreed to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, a transcontinental railway li..
Pacific School of Religion
The Pacific School of Religion is an ecumenical seminary located in Berkeley, California. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church, training clergy from twenty-four religious traditions. The school was founded in San Francisco in 1866 as the Pacific Theolog..
Pacific Science Association
The Pacific Science Association (PSA) is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science and technology in support of sustainable development in the Pacific Rim. It was founded in 1920 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Contents 1 Mission Statement2 Ac..
Pacific Science Center
Overview of the Pacific Science Center Pacific Science Center Courtyard The Pacific Science Center is a science museum in Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science museum based in Seattle, Washington. It sits on 7.1 acres of land located on t..
Pacific Silverweed
The Pacific Silverweed (Potentilla pacifica) is a low-growing perennial (6") with pinnately compound green leaves with silvery undersides. The yellow, saucer-shaped flowers appear late spring through summer. Potentilla spreads very quickly and makes a lovely groundcover in moist areas. They need sun..
Pacific Silver Fir
Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis) is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range from the extreme southeast of Alaska, through western British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, to the extreme northwest of California. It grows..
Pacific Sky
The Pacific Sky'' Pacific Sky'' berthed at Pinkenba Wharf Entered March 1984 Relaunched: November, 2000 Status: Out of Service - Sold May 2006 General Characteristics Tonnage: 46,000 gross tons Length: 240 metres (787 feet) Beam: 27.8 m (91 ft) Draft: 8 m (26 ft) Height: Includes 11 p..
Pacific sleeper shark
The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus), also known as the "sleeper shark", is a shark living in waters off Antarctica and is one of two creatures (along with the sperm whale) that hunt giant squid and colossal squid for food, as research on the stomach contents of this shark has shown. Sc..
Pacific Sociological Association
The Pacific Sociological Association (PSA), founded in 1929, is the professional association of sociologists in the Pacific Region of North America. The PSA holds annual meetings and publishes the journal Sociological Perspectives. The presidency of the organization shifts each year at its annual co..
Pacific Solution
The Pacific Solution was the name given to the Australian government policy of diverting asylum seekers to detention camps on small island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. There were a number of pieces of legislation supporting this policy, ..
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (IATA: PS, ICAO: PSA, and Callsign: PSA) was an airline headquartered in San Diego, California. It is one of the four heritage airlines that form US Airways, the other airlines being America West Airlines, Piedmont Airlines and Allegheny Airlines. America West and US..
Pacific Southwest District
The Pacific Southwest District of the Unitarian Universalist Association is a district, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in Arizona, Southern California, and southern Nevada. External links [Pacific Southwest District Website]  District-level Unitarian Universali..
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, located near Campo, California, is a heritage railway dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of railroads as they existed in the Pacific Southwest. The Museum offers train rides (including some to Tecate, Mexico), and has 6 steam locomotives, 12 dies..
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Pacific Spirit Regional Park is located in the University Endowment Lands, on Point Grey to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It surrounds the endowment lands of the University of British Columbia on the shores of Georgia Strait in the Pacific Ocean. It is a nature preserv..
Pacific Squadron
The Pacific Squadron, also known as the Pacific Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 1800s and early 1900s. Contents 1 History2 Commanders3 Ships4 See also5 External links History Established in 1821, this small force confined its activities initially to th..
Pacific staghorn sculpin
The Pacific staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus is a common sculpin (Cottidae) found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. The sole member of its genus, it is unusual for having spined antler-like projections on its gill covers; it can raise the project..
Pacific Star
Pacific Star Date 1945 Branch of Service British and Commonwealth forces Campaign Pacific 1941-45 Ribbon Dark green with a central yellow stripe, narrow stripes of dark and light blue, and widers tripes of red at the edges Metal Bronze Size Height 44mm; max. width 38mm Obverse Revers..
Pacific Star (ship)
The Pacific Star (formerly Carnival Tropicale / Costa Tropicale) is a cruise ship, first laid down in 1981. The ship entered service into the P&O Cruises Australia fleet in December, 2005 and is presently based in Brisbane performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands ..
Pacific Star Network
Pacific Star Network Limited (formerly Data and Commerce Limited) is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange ASX: [PNW]. PNW holds two broadcasting licences in Melbourne Australia - 3AK/SEN 1116 (1116 kHz) and 3MP (1377 kHz), both operating on transmitter power 5 kW. The 3AK licence is p..
Pacific States
Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are usually included, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of the Pacific states. The Pacific States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that a..
Pacific Street Films
Pacific Street Films is a documentary film production company founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1969 by two anarchists, Joel Sucher and Steven Fischler. They have produced more than 100 films. MOMA recently hosted a career retrospective on Pacific Street Films. Pacific Street Films is most notable for it..
Pacific Strike
Pacific Strike is a PC game released in 1994. Created by Origin Systems, the game follows the pattern of the Wing Commander series, although it resembles more its cousin Strike Commander, in the sense that it is set in a more or less contemporary setting and allows the player to fly actual planes. ..
Pacific Sun
''Pacific Sun is also the name of a P&O Cruises liner, see Pacific Sun (ship) Pacific Sun is a free magazine published in Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It includes listings on many local events, as well as points of interest. Because the Pacific Sun is free, they make ..
Pacific Sunwear
Pacific Sunwear (also known as PacSun) is a shopping mall retail store that sells clothing and accessories for men and women. It was originally based in Newport Beach, California, United States, now in Anaheim. The store started as a surf shop in 1980 under a different name, selling surfboards and w..
Pacific Sun (ship)
The Pacific Sun (formerly Jubilee) is a holiday class cruise ship built in 1986. At 47,000-tons, Pacific Sun is a medium sized ship, accommodating up to 1,900 passengers from Australia. Pacific Sun currently operates on 7 to 13-night itineraries to the South Pacific and Queensland. Pacific Sun's fin..
Pacific Surfliner
At Old Town, San Diego. The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. On the northernmost part there are two trains per day in each direction, on the Los Angeles to San ..
Pacific Swallow
The Pacific Swallow or Hill Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka across to south east Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. ..
Pacific Swift
The Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus), or Fork-tailed Swift, is a small bird, superficially similar to a House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflec..
Pacific Telegraph Company
In 1861, Benjamin Franklin Ficklin joined Jeptha Wade and Hiram Sibley in helping to form Pacific Telegraph Company. With it, the final link between the east and west coast of the United States of America was made by telegraph. ..
Pacific Telesis
For current information on this topic, see AT&T. Pacific Telesis Group was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies created after the 1984 breakup of AT&T as a holding company for Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell. It was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998. Pacific Telesis Group was head..
Pacific temperate rain forests
Temperate rain forests often grow right up to the shoreline. The Pacific temperate rain forests of the United States and Canada are the largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet. The Pacific temperate rain forests occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North ..
Pacific Ten Conference
Pacific Ten Conference Data Established 1915 Members 10 Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's) Region West Coast of the United States States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,Washington Past names Pacific Coast Conference, Athletic Association of Western Universities, Pacif..
Pacific Theater of Operations
The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, during World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan, between 1937 a..
Pacific Time
Pacific Time may refer to: Pacific Standard Time (PST), a time zone on the west coast of the United States, Canada and MexicoPacific Daylight Time (PDT), a daylight savings time zone for PSTPacific Time a radio program produced by KQED and carried on several other NPR stations This is a [disam..
Pacific Time (radio show)
Pacific Time is a weekly radio program hosted by Nguyen Qui Duc and covers Asian American, East Asian and Southeast Asian issues. The program covers economics, language, politics, public policy, the arts and sports. Produced by KQED in San Francisco, California, the show is syndicated by several ot..
Pacific Time zone
PDT is UTC-7 The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8). During Daylight Saving Time, its time offset is UTC-7. The time observed in this zone is called Pacific Standard Time (PST) when observing standard time; Pacific Dayli..
Pacific Trade and Development Conference
The Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) is an economic conference and loosely binding agreement between certain members of the Asia-Pacific countries to co-operate and discuss the nature of Intra Regional Trade and development in the region. It co-exists and overlaps with a number of o..
Pacific Tree Frog
The Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla formerly Hyla regilla) is a small (2.5-5 cm) species of frogs, with a prominent dark brown or black eyestripe. It has a variable dorsal coloration of shades of green, tan, reddish, grey, brown or black, and a dark triangular blotch on its head. There are v..
Pacific Tri-Nations
The Pacific Tri-Nations is the traditional rugby union series between Tonga, Fiji and Western Samoa was established in 1982 with Western Samoa winning the tournament. Between 1993 and 1995 the winner of the previous year's tournament played in the Super 10 competition alongside sides from Australia..
Pacific Trim
Pacific Trim is an EP released by indie rock group Pavement on January 23, 1996 (see 1996 in music). It was recorded on short notice to coincide with the band's Australian tour. The CD release contained three tracks (as opposed to the vinyl version's four, as "I Love Perth" is only found on the vin..
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Pacific Tsunami Museum is a Hilo, Hawaii-based museum dedicated to the history of the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo. The museum also has a mission to educate people about tsunami. External Links [Official site]..
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Tsunameter and buoys used by DART system The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), operated by NOAA in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA, is a tsunami warning system, overseeing international tsunami prediction and issuing warnings for the Pacific Ocean area. This center was established in 1949, followi..
Pacific Undersea Gardens
The Pacific Undersea Gardens is located at the Inner Harbour in the heart of downtown Victoria. The Gardens is owned and operated by the Oak Bay Marine Group. Contents 1 Features2 Marine Life and Exhibits3 Events4 External links Features The Pacific Undersea Gardens is a 15..
Pacific Union
In 2004, a committee of the Australian Senate called for the formation of a Pacific Union to comprise the member-states of the South Pacific Forum, but with a common charter, institutions and currency. Although Prime Minister of Australia John Howard has also spoken of a Pacific Union, his governmen..
Pacific Union College
Pacific Union College is a Liberal Arts college located in the town of Angwin in the Napa Valley area of Northern California, 70 miles north of San Francisco. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Contents 1 History2 General3 See also4 References5 Exte..
Pacific University
right Pacific University is a university located in Forest Grove, Oregon, USA about 40 minutes west of Portland. It traces its origins to a private school, the Tualatin Academy, started in 1842 and was officially chartered by the territorial legislature in 1849. It is best known for its Colleg..
Pacific viperfish
The Pacific viperfish (Chauliodus macouni) is a predatory fish living deep in the oceans and is frequently referred to as among the ocean's "bottom feeders." In daytime it can be found from 500–2500 m below the ocean surface. At night it swims up into shallower depths of less than 600m where..
Pacific Vortex
Overview Pacific Vortex is Clive Cussler's first written, but sixth published adventure book with the main character of Dirk Pitt. It shows one of Cussler's earliest endeavors in writing. It was published after much debate, and only published due to his family's support. On his own, Cussler wo..
Pacific War
The Pacific War (1937–1945) should not be confused with the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). US landings in the Pacific, 1942–1945 The Pacific War was the part of World War II — and preceding conflicts — that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, ..
Pacific War (Harry Turtledove)
A fictional conflict (1932-34) in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 alternate history series. Not to be confused with the Pacific War of 1941-45. Prior to the war Japan sought to touch off a second revolt in Occupied Canada (the first having occurred in 1925-26), as Tokyo wanted to keep the USA bus..
Pacific War Council
The council as photographed on 12 October 1942. Pictured are Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated), and standing, from left to right, Owen Dixon, Leighton McCarthy, Walter Nash, Viscount Halifax, T. V. Soong, Alexander Loudon and Manuel L. Quezon. The Pacific War Council was an inter-governmental bo..
Pacific Western Airlines
Pacific Western Airlines (IATA: PW, ICAO: PWA, and Callsign: Pacific Western) was an airline that operated throughout western Canada and around the world from the 1950s through the 1980s. History The airline went through several iterations, originally consisting of small float planes in the 1950s,..
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501 was a regularly scheduled flight that flew between Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The aircraft caught fire during takeoff on March 22, 1984. The Boeing 737 taxied from the Calgary International Airport at 7:35 AM and proceeded to take off north o..
Pacific Western Bus Lines
Pacific Western operates motorcoach and bus charter services, corporate and convention shuttle services in Canada. PWBL used to be a contractor for public transit in York Region, near Toronto. It continues to operate airport shuttles to Toronto Pearson International Airport. Facilities South Eto..
Pacific Western Toronto Bus Lines
Pacific Western (PW) has operations in Toronto, Canada and provides a variety of transit related services: Public transit (under contract)Motorcoach and bus charter servicesTour Bus RentalTransportation PlanningChartersConvention and Corporate Services The parent company, Pacific Western, is based i..
Pacific Western University
Pacific Western University is a distance learning university located in San Diego, California. Pacific Western University is not accredited by any recognised accreditation body. As such, its degrees may not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricte..
Pacific West Conference
The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The PacWest was formed in 1992 when the Great Northwest Conference merged the Continental Divide Conference, in response to new several member-departure..
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
The Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Contents 1 Taxonomy2 Physical description3 Population and distribution4 Human interaction5 References Taxonomy The Paci..
Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative
The Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative (PWCC) is a harvest and research cooperative formed by four companies that participate in the catcher/processor sector of the Pacific whiting (aka hake, Merluccius productus) fishery -- Alaska Ocean Seafoods, American Seafoods, Glacier Fish Co., and Tride..
Pacific Wings
Pacific Wings (IATA: LW, ICAO: NMI, and Callsign: Tsunami), also Pacific Wings Airlines, is a commuter air carrier serving interisland flights in Hawai'i. Its hub is at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawai'i and serves Hana Airport and Kahului Airport on the island of Mau'i, as well as..
Pacific World
The Pacific World is a region in the South Pacific Ocean. It is made up of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and many other islands. ..
Pacifidlog Town
Pacifidlog town (Kinagi Town) is an isolated settlement in the Pokémon game. The entire town is said to have been built on top of Corsola that inhabit this area. Since the town is located on the sea with only planks linking the buildings, the bicycles are not permitted here. The town can be only ac..
Pacifier
This article is about the baby pacifier. For other uses see Pacifier (disambiguation). A pacifier A pacifier (American English), dummy (British English) or soother (Canadian English), is a rubber or plastic nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck upon. Contents 1 Histor..
Pacifier (album)
Pacifier is the fifth full length album released by New Zealand band, Shihad. At the time of the release they were performing under the name Pacifier due to perceived resemlence of Shihad to jihad. Released in 2002, tracks such as "Run" and "Bullitproof" went on to become hit singles. However, it ..
Pacifier (disambiguation)
Pacifier can refer to several things: A pacifier is a baby's toy.Pacifier was a short-lived name for the band Shihad, after they were worried that their name sounded too similar to jihad in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacksThe Pacifier was a 2005 movie starring Vin DieselPacifier: Someone ..
Pacifier Live
A collection of live Shihad tracks over a tour in New Zealand in 2003, Shihad are well known for their great live acts and this CD certainly portrays this. A must have for any Shihad fan. Disc 1 "You Again""Gimme Gimme""Run""Semi Normal""Wait And See""La La Land""Bullitproof""Derail""Bitter""Ever..
Pacifique Plante
Pacifique Plante was a crime fighting lawyer from the 1940s to the 1950s. He was also known as Pax Plante. He investigated corruption in Montreal municipal politics. He fought against the organized crime and corruption which prevailed in Montreal between 1940 and 1950. In 1948, Plante denounced co..
Pacifism
Part of a series onAnti-War topics Opposition to... Iraq War War on Terrorism Afghanistan War Vietnam War War of 1812 American Civil War Second Boer War Agents of opposition Anti-war organizations Conscientious objector Draft dodger Peace movement Peace churches Related ideologies An..
Pacifism as Pathology: Notes on an American Pseudopraxis
Pacifism as Pathology: Notes on an American Pseudopraxis is an essay written in 1986 by Ward Churchill. It examines the role of pacifist politics within American leftism. The essay takes a critical stance of pacifist doctrine, labelling it as ineffective, hypocritical and unconsciously racist. In 1..
Pacifist (disambiguation)
Pacifist may mean: an advocate of pacifism.an Atari ST emulator for DOS. Other emulators like gemulator use additional hardware to emulate the Atari system, so they are not performing emulation in the traditional sense. Each Atari emulator needs the operating system originally used on the emulated..
Pacifist organisation
A Pacifist organisation promotes the pacifist principles of standing against war and aggression. Some organisations are concerned only with the removal of nuclear weapons from war although they may call for suspension of hostilities as well. Amongst other organisations are those which deal with ot..
Pacifist Socialist Party
The Pacifist Socialist Party (in Dutch: Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, PSP), was a Dutch political party. Contents 1 Party History2 Ideology3 Electorate4 See also Party History The PSP was founded in 1957 as a party of the "politically homeless". This group was neither ..
Pacifist Socialist Young Working Groups
Pacifist Socialist Young Working Groups (in Dutch: Pacifistisch Socialistische Jongeren Werkgroepen) was the youth wing of the Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP) in the Netherlands. ..
Pacing
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Pacing is a horse gait used in standardbred horses races.Pacing is used in tr..
Pacing horse
A pacing horse is a standardbred horse with a lateral gait – that is, its forelegs move in unison with the hindlegs on the same side. The left foreleg moves in the same direction as the left hindleg and the right foreleg in the same direction as the right hindleg. The other gait used by standardbr..
Pacinian corpuscle
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Pacino Wan
Pacino Wan Tai Wai (born 1969) is a Hong Kong-based fashion designer. Wan, a rising star in the late 1990s, designs women's coordinates, denim and knitwear under the labels: Pacino WanPacino La Grande Aventure Du JeanIdees et Silky References [HANDOVER HANDIWORK][Hong Kong Fashion ..
Pacitan
Pacitan Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pacitan) is located in the southwestern East Java Province, with Central Java Province on its west border. Located between 7.55° - 8.17°S and 110.55° - 111.25°E. The borders of Pacitan Regency are: Wonogiri Regency (Central Java) in the west, Ponorogo Regen..
Pacita Abad
Pacita Abad (1946-2004) was a modern painter. She was born in Basco, Batanes, an island in the Philippines. Pacita created over 3,500 artworks and painted a 55-meter long bridge in Singapore. Pacita developed trapunto painting, a technique of stitching and stuffing painted canvases to give them a ..
Pacita del Río
Pacita del Río (born 1917) is a Filipina actress typecasted as Contravida one of the leading actress before WWII. Del Río always played a mistress or lover in the movies made by Carmen Rosales. Filmography 1938 -Ako'y Maghihintay [Excelsior󣡣 -Arimunding-Arimunding [Excelsior&..
Pack
Pack can refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A backpackPack (canine)A complete set of playing cardsPacking (the verb to pack)A group of objects packaged together for saleA pack of cigarettesA pack of simfiles for the game StepManiaTo pack - In the moving in..
Pack-In-Video
Pack-In-Video is a Japanese video game publisher and developer which developed af wide range of games for the Famicom platform. The games published were mostly focused on the Japanese market although a few titles have been published abroad. Among the titles published are [[Aces: Iron Eagle III]] (..
Pack-in game
Pack-in games are those games that have been included with home video game systems, as gratuity. Characteristics Especially common in the North American market, ideally a pack-in is a system-selling game that makes good use of the positive features of a given system, to make a good impression on ..
Package
Package can refer to: a container, such as a box, parcel, or commercial packagingJava package, a concept in programming where related classes and interfaces are grouped togetherSoftware package, in computing, a type of file format where software installation material is grouped togetherin electronic..
Package-deal fallacy
The logical fallacy of the package deal consists of assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture must always be grouped that way. It is particularly common in political arguments: "My opponent is a conservative who voted against higher taxes and welfare, therefore he will als..
PackageMaker
PackageMaker is a Mac OS X application created by Apple Computer. It is part of the Mac OS X developer tools that come free with every copy of the operating system, and can be used to create .pkg installer bundles. These packages can subsequently install files via the Installer application. Sof..
Package (computer science)
A package is a collection or grouping of related classes or classes with related functionality. An example of a package is the java.io package which contains or groups together all the classes in the Java programming language that aid input and output of data/information, for instance the buffered r..
Package delivery
List of package delivery companies United Parcel Service (UPS)United States Postal Service (USPS)FedEx (Federal Express)Japan Post (former Japan Postal Service)PurolatorTNT Express, part of TPGDHL (Now includes Airborne Express)JetPak (in Scandinavia)Aramex - an international shipping company based ..
Package diagram
A Package Diagram is a type of diagram in the Unified Modeling Language that depicts how a system is split up into logical groupings and shows the dependencies among these groupings. As a package is typically thought of as a directory they make for a good logical hierarchical decomposition of the sy..
Package holiday
A package holiday or package tour consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided like a rental car, activities or outings during the holiday. Transport is typically via charter airline to a foreign country. P..
Package loan
A package loan is a real estate loan used to finance the purchase of both real property and personal property, such as in the purchase of a new home that includes carpeting, window coverings and major appliances. ..
Package management system
Illustration of a package management system being used to download new software. A typical manual action requested is restarting the computer. A package management system is a collection of tools to automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software packages from..
Packaging and labelling
A sealed pack of diced pork from Tesco. It shows the cooking time, number of servings, 'display until' date, 'use by' date, weight in kg, price, price to weight ratio in both £/kg and £/lb, freezing and storage instructions. It says 'Less than 3% Fat' and 'No Carbs per serving' and in..
Packaging design
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Packaging gas
A packaging gas is a gas used for packaging of sensitive materials in modified atmosphere. It is usually inert, or of the nature that protects the packaged goods. For packaging food, various gases are approved. Their E numbers are in parenthesis: argon (E938), used for canned productshelium (E939),..
Packanack Lake, New Jersey
Contents 1 Quick Stats2 Overview3 Shopping and Dining4 History5 External links Quick Stats Packanack Lake is an upscale lake community in Wayne, New Jersey, located 30 minutes northwest of Manhattan. The median income in Packanack Lake is $100,887 and the average income o..
Packard
Packard Motor's crest logo Packard red hexagon symbol made its debut in 1905, with the color red added in 1913 Packard was a United States based brand of luxury automobile built by the Packard Motors Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South B..
Packard's Corner
A bird's eye view of Packard's Corner facing away from downtown Boston Packard's Corner is located in Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue. Packard's Corner is also the name of a stop on the MBTA B Line on the Green Line, a mostly above ground ..
Packardbaker
The rear quarter panel of the 1958 Packard shows the type of awkward modification to the Studebaker President body that helped the brand earn the dubious nickname of Packardbaker Packardbaker is a derisive slang term applied to 1957 and 1958 model year Packard automobiles. The word's origin c..
Packard 180
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Introduced in 1940 by the Packard Motor Car Company to replace the discontinued V-12 as their top-of-the-line luxury model, the "180" or "One-Eighty" featured an in-line eight cylinder, 356 cubic inch engine that developed 160 horsepower. It was advertised as the ..
Packard 200
The Packard 200 was an automobile model produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during model years 1951 and 1952. Models in the 200 designation represented the least expensive Packard model range, on the firm's shortest wheelbase, and least powerful 288 cubic-inch 8-cylind..
Packard 300
The Packard 300 was an automobile built and sold by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan for model years 1951 and 1952. The 300 represented the upper mid-range Packard model, providing better appointments than the Packard 200 or the Packard 250 series. The premiere Packard offered d..
Packard Bell
Current corporate logo Packard Bell (PB) was an American radio manufacturer, founded in 1933, in Los Angeles, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets. The company was acquired in 1968 by Teledyne. In 1986, Beny Alagem and..
Packard Bell Navigator
Packard Bell Navigator was an alternative shell for the Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 operating systems. The shell was designed to be simpler to use for computer novices by representing applications as objects in a virtual home. External links [Packard Bell Navigator 3.5]..
Packard Caribbean
The Packard Caribbean was a halo vehicle produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during model years 1953 through 1956. The Caribbean was based on the Packard show car of the same name. Produced only as a convertible from 1953 to 1955, a Caribbean added a hardtop model in i..
Packard Cavalier
The Packard Cavalier was an automobile produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during 1953 and 1954. Produced only as a sedan, the Cavalier took the place of the Packard 300 model which was fielded in 1951 and 1952 as Packard’s mid-range priced vehicle. The 1953 Cav..
Packard Clipper
In 1946, Packard applied Clipper styling and name to all its post-war models The Packard Clipper was a model of the Packard Motors Company from 1941 to 1954, and the Studebaker-Packard Corporation for 1955 and 1957. Clippers built for model year 1956 are considered a stand alone make, not a m..
Packard Clipper Constellation
The Packard Clipper Constellation was a two-door hardtop automobile produced by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in model years 1955 and 1956. The 1955 model was a Packard product and sold as part of the Packard Clipper line; for 1956, Clipper was divorced from Packard, becoming a make in it..
Packard Executive
The Packard Executive was an automobile produced by the Packard-Clipper Division of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956. Introduced in April, 1956, Executive's were intended to fill a price gap between the Clipper (automobile) models, which were sold not as Packard's, but under the Clipper b..
Packard Four Hundred
Also see: Packard Patrician The Packard Four Hundred was an automobile built by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during model years 1955 and 1956. During its two years in production, the Four Hundred was built in Packard’s Detroit facilities, and considered part of Pa..
Packard Hawk
1958 Packard Hawk The Packard Hawk was one of a range of four models of automobile produced in the final year of Packard production. Packard's plant in Utica, Michigan had been leased to Curtiss-Wright (and would be soon sold to them) and Packard models in this dying-gasp year were rebadged ..
Packard Humanities Institute
The Packard Humanities Institute is a non-profit foundation located in Los Altos, California, which funds projects in a wide range of conservation concerns in the fields of archaeology, music, film preservation, and historic conservation. PHI is also concerned with early education of children. The ..
Packard One-Ten
The Packard One-Ten (also One Ten and 110) was a range of six-cylinder automobiles produced by the Packard Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during the 1940 and 1941 model years. The One-Ten model designation replaced the Packard Six model name. Packard reintroduced a line of six-cylinder cars in..
Packard One-Twenty
The Packard One-Twenty (also One Twenty and 120) was an automobile produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939 through the 1941 model years. The One-Twenty model designation was replaced the Packard Eight model name during model years 1938 and 194..
Packard Patrician
The Packard Patrician was an automobile built by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan from model years 1951 through the 1954, and by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during model years 1955 and 1956. During its four years in production, the Patrician was bui..
Packard Proving Grounds
Packard Proving Grounds is a beautiful test area dedicated by Packard for a million dollars in 1927. Includes a lodge, wrought iron gates, and one of the fastest oval tracks at the time. Also used for testing aircraft engines. The land was purchased in Shelby Township, Michigan and begun constructio..
Packard Stadium
Packard Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tempe, Arizona. It is the home field of the Arizona State University Sun Devils college baseball teams. The stadium holds 7,875 people and was built in 1974. ..
Packard Station Sedan
The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo station wagon model produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950. By offering the Station Sedan, Packard could market a vehicle with station wagon attributes, but without the full investment costs associated with a f..
Packard Super Eight
Packard Super Eight was a 2+2 sports convertible built on the chassis of the Packard series 15. The body was made by Franay in Paris according to individual order. It was powered by an inline-8 5244 cc sidevalve engine giving 135 hp and a top speed of 135 km/h. The total weight of the car is 2300..
PackBits
PackBits is a fast, simple compression scheme for run-length encoding of data. Apple introduced the PackBits format with the release of MacPaint on the Macintosh computer. This compression scheme is one of the types of compression that can be used in TIFF-files. A PackBits data stream consists of ..
PackBot
Packbot is a series of robots by iRobot. Packbot EOD (Explosive ordinance disposal) can be controlled by radio or wired control to handle sitations involving potential explosives, thereby reducing the risk of personal injury. The packbot scout has five payload bays for assignable purposes and unca..
Packed!
Packed! is the fifth album by alternative rock group The Pretenders, released in 1990. Tracklisting Never Do ThatLet's Make A PactMillionairesMay This Be LoveNo GuaranteeWhen Will I See You?Sense Of PurposeDowntown (Akron)How Do I Miss You?Hold A Candle To ThisCriminal ..
Packed bed
A packed bed is a hollow tube or pipe that is filled with a packing material. The packing can be randomly filled small objects like Raschig rings or else it can be a specifically designed structured packing. The purpose of a packed bed is typically to improve contact between two phases in a chemi..
Packed Encoding Rules
Packed encoding rules (PER) are ASN.1 encoding rules for producing a compact transfer syntax for data structures described in ASN.1, defined in 1994. PER provides a much more compact encoding than BER. It tries to represent the data units using the minimum number of bits. The compactness requires ..
Packed storage matrix
A packed storage matrix is a special type of matrix representation from the LAPACK Fortran package. It is also known as packed matrix. There are various implementations for packing a matrix in Fortran. There are some examples of matrices that are packed in LAPACK: symmetric matrixpositive definit..
Packer
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikibooks has a manual, textbook or guide to this subject: [[wikibooks:|]] Packer may refer to: A meat packerA household goods packer for moving. For related articles that more fully describe household goods packers and how t..
Packer's knot
diagram of how to bind a Packers knot The Packer's Knot is a binding knot usually used in smaller line. This knot is sometimes used in baling and in parcel tying and is perhaps the most practical of Boned and Rolled Roast Knots External link [diagram of a Packer's Knot] ..
Packera
Packera is a genus of plants in the composite family, Asteraceae. At least some members were previously included in the genus Senecio. Species Packera obovata ..
Packera obovata
Packera obovata, a species of Ragwort, is an erect perennial herb native to Eastern North America. The plant was previously called Senecio obovatus. The basal and lower leaves are obovate with toothed margins, while the upper leaves are pinnately divided. Both ray and disk flowers are yellow, the ..
Packer Collegiate Institute
Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent, private, college preparatory school for students from prekindergarten through grade 12. Formerly the Brooklyn Female Academy, Packer has been located at 170 Joralemon Street in the historic district of Brooklyn Heights since its founding in 1845. The..
Packer Township, Pennsylvania
Packer Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 986 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 74.6 km² (28.8 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 986 p..
Packer Whacker
A colloquial Australian name given to portable defibrillators. The name came about when Kerry Packer, an Australian media mogul and wealthy man was resuscitated in 1990 in Sydney after suffering a heart attack. At that time it was quite rare for ambulances in Australia to carry a defibrillator. ..
Packet
This article refers to the information technology term. For the historical use, see packet trade. A packet is a formatted block of information carried by a computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point-to-point telecommunications links, simpl..
Packet-Layer Protocol
PLP abbreviates Packet-Layer Protocol. It is a part of the X.25 suite. PLP uses virtual circuits, and performs error recovery using a sliding window. X.121 is used for addressing. ..
Packet-switching node
Packet-switching node: In a packet-switching network, a node that contains data switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, routing, and receiving data packets. Note: In the Defense Data Network (DDN), a packet-switching node is usually configured to support up to thirty-t..
Packet8
Packet8 is a commercial Voice over IP service, provided by 8x8, Inc., and based in the United States See also VonageFWD External links [Official site] ..
PacketCable
PacketCable™ is a project started by CableLabs® in Colorado. The purpose of the organization is to define standards for the Cable TV industry. CableLabs leads this initiative for interoperable interface specifications in order to deliver real-time multimedia services over two-way cable networks...
Packetized Elementary Stream
Defined by MPEG communication protocol. An Elementary stream is packetized by adding a packet header. An elementary stream contains only one kind of data, for example audio or video. The output of a video encoder is an elementary stream which is then packetized. Packet protocol allows: Multiplex..
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
In packet switching, a packet assembler/disasembler (or PAD for short) is a device which handles the packet assembly. PADs are extremely flexible devices; they handle to configure a computer's port to suit a special equipment, both as to speed and screen addressing, rather like a Bulletin Board Sy..
Packet Clearing House
[Packet Clearing House] is a non-profit research institute that supports operations and analysis in the areas of Internet traffic exchange, routing economics, and global network development. Originally formed in 1994 to provide efficient regional and local network interconnection alter..
Packet crafting
Packet crafting is a technique that allows to probe firewall rule-sets and find entry points into the targeted system or network. External links Packet Crafting for Firewall & IDS Audits (Part 1 of 2) by Don Parker [link] ..
Packet Data Serving Node
The Packet Data Serving Node, or PDSN, is a component of a CDMA2000 mobile network. It acts as the connection point between the Radio Access and IP networks. This component is responsible for managing PPP sessions between the mobile provider's core IP network and the mobile station (read mobile phon..
Packet Design
Packet Design, Inc., is a privately-held American manufacturer of Network Analytic systems based in [California's] [Silicon Valley]. Packet Design, Inc., was spun out in March 2003 from Packet Design, LLC, the fourth networking startup of entrepreneurs Judy Estrin and Bill Carri..
Packet drop attack
In computer networking a packet drop attack or blackhole attack is a type of denial-of-service attack accomplished by selectively dropping packets for a particular network destination. References Raffo, Daniele [Security Schemes for the OLSR Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks], Chapter 3, 3.1.2..
Packet loss
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data traveling across a computer networking fail to reach their d..
Packet Loss Concealment
Packet Loss Concealment is a technique to mask the effects of packet loss in VoIP communications. External links [Packet Loss Concealment Techniques and Algorithms][VoIP Troubleshooter: Packet Loss Concealment] ..
Packet monkey
There are two definitions for Packet Monkey. 1. From internet jargon: Malicious hacker associated to the Script kiddie sub-genre which specializes in Denial-of-service attack. They are known to use existing tools made by more experienced hackers to flood websites or servers. This flooding process i..
Packet of Three
"Packet Of Three" was the first release from the New Wave rock band Squeeze. It contained three songs produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, who also produced their self-titled debut LP the following year. "Packet Of Three" was released in both 7" and 12" vinyl formats. Track listing All..
Packet over SONET/SDH
Packet over SONET/SDH, abbreviated POS, is communications protocol for transmitting packets over SDH or SONET, which are both circuit switched protocols. Contents 1 Applications of POS2 History of POS3 Details about the name \"POS\"4 Complementary Interfaces5 External..
Packet radio
Packet radio is a form of digital data transmission used in amateur radio to construct wireless computer networks. Its name is a reference to the use of packet switching between network nodes, which allows multiple virtual circuits to coexist on a single radio channel. Packet radio networks use the..
Packet scheduler
A packet scheduler is a piece of software that determines how to prioritise which packets are sent across a network from a client computer. One important example of a packet scheduler is the QoS Packet Scheduler that comes with Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Refere..
Packet ship
A packet ship is a vessel employed to carry Post Office mail packets to and from British colonies and outposts. The captains were generally also able to carry bullion, private goods, and passengers. The ships were usually lightly armed and relied on speed for their security. The Admiralty took over..
Packet sniffer
Packet sniffers (also known as network or protocol analyzers or Ethernet sniffers) are computer software (usually) or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network. As data streams travel back and forth over the network, the sniffer captures..
Packet Storm
Packet Storm is a non-profit organization comprising computer security professionals that are dedicated to providing the information necessary to secure the networks world-wide. It publishes new security information on a global network of websites. The organization offers an abundant resource of u..
Packet switched network
For a general discussion of packet switching, see Packet switching A Packet Switched Network, or PSN, refers to the packet switched networks that were popular in the days before Internet. Often based on the X.25 protocol they allowed computers connected to the same network to communicate over larg..
Packet switching
Packet switching, in computer networking and telecommunications, is the now-dominant communications paradigm, in which packets (units of information carriage) are individually routed between nodes over data links which might be shared by many other nodes. This contrasts with the other principal pa..
Packet Switch Stream
In the UK, Packet Switch Stream, or PSS, was an X.25-based packet-switched network, provided by British Telecom from 1978, onwards. Companies and individual users could connect in to the PSS network, via a PSS modem, or an X.25 PAD (Packet Assembler/Disassembler), and a dedicated (four-wire telepho..
Packet telephony
Packet telephony is the use of personal computers and a packet data network to produce a voice conversation. It consists of telephony and data tightly coupled on packet-based switched multimedia networks. The goal of packet switched fabric in both LAN and WAN, the vision in to drive voice and data ..
Packet trade
Packet trade generally refers to any regularly scheduled passenger and cargo trade conducted by ship. In the United States, the term is used most often to refer to the Atlantic (or Western) Ocean packets which traded with Europe and Africa (most notably Cape Verde). During the 18th century ships ca..
Packet writing
Optical disc authoring Optical discOptical disc imageRecorder hardwareAuthoring softwareRecording technologies* Recording modes* Packet writing Optical media types CD/CD-ROM: CD-R, CD-RWDVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM Standards Rainbow BooksFile systems* ISO 9660**..
Packhard
Multiple people share the name Packhard: Alpheus Spring Packard, entymologist Compare Packard. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the int..
Packhorse bridge
A packhorse bridge is typically very narrow and was only designed to take a horse (often loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a waterway. Often they were so narrow that carts could not cross them unless very narrow. A good example is located in Moulton, Suffolk. ..
Packie Bonner
Packie Bonner Patrick Joseph ("Packie") Bonner (born May 24, 1960 in Donegal, Republic of Ireland) is a former football goalkeeper for the Republic of Ireland, who earned 80 caps after making his debut on his 21st birthday. Many remember Bonner for his famous penalty save from Daniel Timofte o..
Packing
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Packing may refer to: In the moving industry, packing is the process of loading household goods into boxes to make them easier to carry and to protect them while in transit during relocation services. Sometimes the term packing als..
Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the town of Ashby de la Zouch. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738. Nearby villages include Normanton le Heath and Measham. Packington has ..
Packing problem
Packing problems are one area where mathematics meets puzzles (recreational mathematics). Many of these problems stem from real-life packing problems. In a packing problem, you are given: one or more (usually two-or three-dimensional) containersseveral 'goods', some or all of which must be packed i..
Packing the Monkeys, Again!
The 2004 film Packing the Monkeys, Again! (Serbian/Montenegrin: Opet pakujemo majmune) is Montenegrin drama movie directed by Marija Perović. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Packing the Monkeys, Again! is story about love couple, which live in..
PackIt
PackIt is a software data compression utility for archiving and compressing files on the Apple Macintosh platform. It was the first such program to see widespread use on the Mac, and most Mac software archives accepted uploads only in PackIt format for some time. StuffIt, introduced in the summer o..
Packrat midden
A packrat midden is the nest of a pack rat, a small rodent found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Due to a number of factors, pack rat middens may preserve the materials incorporated into it up to 40,000 years. The middens may thus be analyzed to reconstruct the environment..
Packrat parser
In computing, a packrat parser is a form of parser similar to a recursive descent parser in construction, except that during the parsing process it memoizes the intermediate results of all invocations of the mutually recursive parsing functions. Because of this memoization, a packrat parser has t..
Packsaddle
A packsaddle is a cloth pad placed over a pack animal to spread the weight of the animal's load to try to avoid pressure sores from the weight. ..
Packson Ngugi
Packson Ngugi is one of the few Kenyan actors who have immensely contributed to theatre development in the country. He has played a myriad roles in different and plays and movies. His appearance in different Kenyan TV commercials has also endeared him to his fans. Although he performed dismally as a..
Packwaukee, Wisconsin
Packwaukee is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,574 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 106.0 km² (40.9 mi²). 98.7 km² (38.1 mi²) of it is land and 7.3 km² (2.8 mi²) of it (6.91%) is..
Packway Handle Band
About The Band Originating as a part of Music of Athens, Georgia in 2001, the [Packway Handle Band] is a solid and innovative bluegrass quintet. The band’s appeal lies rooted in tight three- and four-part vocal harmonies, extensive and progressive original material, off-the-wall covers,..
Packwood
Packwood is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. The main interest is Packwood House. This is a stately timber-framed Tudor home owned by the National Trust. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture, but is most famous for its yew gard..
Packwood, Iowa
Packwood is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 223 at the 2000 census. Geography Packwood is located at [41°7′60″N, 92°4′59″W] (41.133319, -92.083138)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city..
Packwood, Washington
Packwood is an unincorporated community located in easternmost Lewis County, Washington. Packwood is located at the intersection of US Highway 12 and Gifford Pinchot National Forest Road 52 (Skate Creek Road). It is notable as being located between Mount Rainier National Park to the north and Mt. S..
Packwood Lake
Packwood Lake is a freshwater lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. It is located near the town of Packwood and is a popular day hiking and overnight camping area. The southern half of the lake lies within the Goat Rocks Wilderness area. Mount Rainier..
Pack (canine)
A pack of canines—most notably wolves, the domestic dog, and some other wild canines—is a group of animals that is organised according to a strict social hierarchy. In the wild, the pack is led by an alpha male and an alpha female. This social structure was originally thought to allow th..
Pack (Gargoyles)
In the Disney animated television series Gargoyles, the Pack are a group of actors-turned-mercenaries, who primarily serve as antagonists to the Manhattan Clan. Each character is named after a pack animal (with the exception of Fox, as foxes tend to hunt alone), and their namesakes correspond (s..
Pack animal
A pack animal is a beast of burden used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weigh bears on the animal's back; the term may be applied to either an individual animal or a species so employed. Many ungulate species are traditional pack animals, including elephants..
Pack hunter
A pack-hunter is a predator belonging to the animal kingdom, which has evolved to hunt its prey by working together with other members of its species. Normally, such animals are closely related. The most commonly known pack-hunter is the wolf, the ancestor of all breeds of domesticated dogs. This..
Pack journalism
Pack journalism is an often derogatory term used to describe the tendency of news reporting to become homogeneous, especially when a group of reporters covering the same topic are required to spend large amounts of time together. The term was coined by Timothy Crouse.[link] Pack journali..
Pack rat
A pack rat, also called a trade rat or wood rat, can be any of several species in the genus Neotoma, but most commonly the Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea). Pack rats are prevalent in the deserts and highlands of western United States and northern Mexico. They also occur in parts of the easte..
Pack River
The Pack River is located in Northern Idaho. ..
Pack Up the Cats
Pack Up the Cats is an album by the alternative rock band Local H. It was released on September 1, 1998 on Island Records. The album seemed that it had a chance at being successful, especially with its catchy single "All the Kids Are Right", but this changed when Polygram, the parent label of Isla..
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Ray McCarey. Plot When Eddie Smith is killed in war, his baby daughter his left in the hands of his two friends, Laurel and Hardy. The two of them then set out on a comical adventure to try and return Eddie Smith's..
Pack year
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A pack year is a quantification of cigarette smoking. A pack year is equivalent to smoking a 20-cigarette pack ..
Pack Your Bags (song)
"Pack Your Bags" Single by Joanne From the Album: Do Not Disturb Released March 15, 1999 Format CD Single Genre Pop/R&B Length 24:92/37:14 Label USA Records Joanne Singles Chronology "Jackie"(1998) "Pack Your Bags"(1999) "Are You Ready"(1999) "Pack Your Bags" was the second single fr..
Paclitaxel
Paclitaxel (Taxol®) is a drug used in the treatment of cancer. It was discovered at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated the compound from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia, and noted its antitumor activity in a broad range of..
Pacman (Arch Linux)
The pacman logo pacman at work Pacman is the official software package manager for the Linux distribution Arch Linux. Pacman was developed by Arch Linux creator, Judd Vinet. It uses compressed tar archives for all of the packages, each of which contains compiled binaries for the i686 pla..
Pacman (disambiguation)
The term Pac-Man and Pacman has several possible uses: Pac-Man is an arcade game created by Namco game designer Toru Iwatani.Pac-Man is the name of a short-lived animated series which aired on ABC based on the aforementioned arcade game.Pacman is the package manager for Arch Linux.Pac-Man Fever, an..
PacMan Defense
The PacMan Defense is a retaliatory anti-takeover tactic which involves the target company turning the situation on its head by counterattacking and buying the stock of the raiding company in an attempt to take control of the raider. The term “PacMan” is derived from the video game of the same n..
Pacman dysplasia
Pacman dysplasia is an autosomal recessive, lethal skeletal dysplasia References External links OMIM [167220] ..
Pacman frog
Cranwell's horned frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) is an example of a Pacman frog. A Pacman frog is any member of the family Neobatrachia with a characteristically large mouth and abdomen, thus resembling the video game character Pac-Man. Pacman frogs are considered Horned Frogs and the majority ..
Pacman Nebula
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Paco
For other uses of the term "paco," see Paco (disambiguation) Paco is a nickname for the Spanish name of Francisco, a form of Francis. ..
Pacode
Pacode is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pacode had a population of 22,521. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pacode has an average literacy rate..
Pacoima, Los Angeles, California
Pacoima is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, in the northeastern San Fernando Valley. It is bordered by the Los Angeles districts of Mission Hills on the west, Arleta on the south, Sun Valley on the southeast, Lake View Terrace on the northeast, and by the city of San Fernando on the north..
Pacoima Dam
Pacoima Dam is a variable radius arch dam on Pacoima Creek in the U.S. state of California. It is also known as Reagan Dam. The dam is situated in a canyon five miles (8 km) northeast of San Fernando. The dam was built by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works for flood control; it was c..
Pacolet, South Carolina
Pacolet is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,690 at the 2000 census. Geography Pacolet is located at [34°54′18″N, 81°45′26″W] (34.904923, -81.757253)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bu..
Pacolet River
The Pacolet River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 50 mi (80 km) long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States [Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] . One of its principal headwaters tributaries also drains a small portion of western North Carolina. Via the Bro..
Pacorus
Two kings of ancient Parthia were named Pacorus: Pacorus I of Parthia, possibly co-regent with his father Orodes II, c. 38 BCPacorus II of Parthia, c. 78–105This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this ..
Pacorus II of Parthia
Pacorus II of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from about 78 to 105. A son of Vonones II and brother of Vologases I, he was given the kingdom of Media Atropatene by the latter after his succession to the throne. After Vologases' death, Pacorus revolted against his brother's son and successor, Volog..
Pacorus I of Parthia
Pacorus I of Parthia (died 38 BC) was the son of king Orodes II of the Parthian Empire. It is possible that he was co-ruler with his father for at least part of his father's reign. He was the brother-in-law of king Artavasdes II of Armenia. Following the defeat of the Roman general Marcus Licini..
Pacou
Pacou (real name Lars Lewandowski) is a German techno music producer. He has released albums and EPs on his own label, LL Records, as well as on the Berlin-based Tresor label, Djax-Up-Beats, Konsequent, and Music Man Records. Pacou's 1998 techno album "No Computer Involved" was thusly-titled becau..
Pacov
Pacov is a city in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic with a population of approximately 5,000. External links [www.mestopacov.cz] – Municipal website in English (cz)[www.pacov.info] - Unofficial pages about Pacov city (cz)[www.straziste.cz] - Website of regi..
Pacovelli
{{ Pacovelli (born February 20, 1973 in Little Rock ,Arkansas, is an American dance/electronica singer and music producer. He also produces a series of MTV style long music videos that feature midcore adult entertainment. He also uses his trademark “The World’s Most Erotic Music Artist” to ..
Paco (disambiguation)
Paco may refer to: Paco, a nickname for the Spanish name of Francisco, a form of FrancisPaco (angel), an angel of Enochian. See: List of angels in EnochianPaco District, Manila, PhilippinesPaco (volcano), in Mindanao, PhilippinesPaco Jémez, a Spanish footballerPaco (Drug), the name for cocaine sul..
Paco (Drug)
For other uses of the term "paco," see Paco (disambiguation) Paco is a smokable, cheap, and highly addictive street drug. It is a chemical byproduct left over when Andean coca leaves are turned into a paste and then formulated into cocaine bound for US and European markets. Formerly considered lab..
Paco Benitez
Paco Benitez is a bass player/songwriter living in Madrid, Spain. Born in Cadiz in 1966 and raised in Miami, he started playing the electric bass in 1983. Since his return to Spain, he has played for more than a hundred artists in the jazz, blues, pop and rock circuits and recorded several albums..
Paco Calderón
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]] Paco Calderón (born 1959 in Mexico City) is a Mexican cartoonist. He is considered to be among the most influential political cartoonists in the country, yet he has little in common with the emblematic Mexican "monero" (working class, left leaning, counterc..
Paco Decina
Paco Dècina is an Italian choreographer. Decina was born at Naples, and studied science, before becoming interested in classical dance and African dance. He worked with several dance companies in Rome where he discovered contemporary dance and adopted American influences. In 1984, he moved to Pari..
Paco de Lucía
Paco De Lucia on the cover of El Duende Flamenco de Paco de Lucia (1972). Paco de Lucía (b. December 21, 1947) is an internationally recognized Spanish flamenco guitarist, and leading exponent of the New Flamenco style. He is the son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of fla..
Paco de Lucía Sextet
The Paco de Lucía Sextext is a Flamenco music sextet, formed by renowned guitarist Paco de Lucía and other musicians. It already launched three albums. Personnel Paco de Lucía, guitarPepe de Lucía, cante (vocals)Jorge Pardo, flute, soprano saxophoneCarles Benavent, bassRubem Dantas, percussionR..
Paco Godia
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Paco González
Paco González (Madrid, 1966) is a Spanish sport journalist who grew up in Asturias, Spain. In 1987 he joined as an editor to the sports team of the Cadena SER and in 1992 he was elected as the new Carrusel Deportivo director. He has been the director of the Carrusel since then, where he has been..
Paco Herrera
Paco Herrera (Francisco Herrera, born 2 December 1953) joined Liverpool FC when Rafa Benitez was announced as the club's new coach in 2004. He was the head scout until the summer of 2006 when he went back to Spain, citing family problems. ..
Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born 11 January, 1949 in Gijón, Asturias), birth name Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo, is a Spanish/Mexican writer, politician and academic. External links (es) [Biography](tetun) [Translation into tetun] (Timor-Leste) ..
Paco Jamandreu
Paco Jamandreu (October 17, 1925 – March 9, 1995) was a well known Argentine fashion designer and actor. He was a personal friend of Eva Perón and participated as costume designer in multiple Argentine films. Jamandreu began his friendship with Perón before she married Juan Perón. At firs..
Paco Lala's
Paco Lala's (Born Francisco René Anaya on July 22 1973 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico) is a Mexican TV host who is remembered because of his participation on the famous Mexican TV show "Cada Mañana" from 2000 to 2005. ..
Paco Larrañaga
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Paco León
Paco León is a Spanish comic actor (born in Seville October 4, 1974). As for its experience in television, works in the childlike comedy "Mariquilla ríe perlas" and "Castillos en el Aire", of Canal Sur. Was a host of the variety tv show "Cita a Ciegas" and of the Tv contest-show "Triunfa en Ca..
Paco Moncayo
Paco Moncayo Gallegos (1940- ) is an Ecuadorian politician and retired "General of the Army". Paco Mancayo was born in Quito in 1940. He is a retired "General of the Army" of the Ecuadorian Army and a very important politician of Ecuador. During his military career he gained the respect and admi..
Paco Peña
Paco Peña (1942 - ) is a Flamenco guitarist. Born in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, he began learning to play the guitar at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at age 12. In the late 1960's he moved to London. Peña was soon touring the world both as a soloist and an accom..
Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne, originally Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, is a fashion designer who was born on 18 February 1934 in Saint Sebastianin the Spanish Basque Country. He fled Spain for France with his mother when the Spanish Civil War broke out. He originally had an architect's education but became known as th..
Paco Stanley
Francisco "Paco" Stanley Albaitero (July 3 1942 - June 7, 1999) was a Mexican television entertainer and a politician member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). After years of being a sidekick to comedians such as Mad..
Paco Zamora
Paco Zamora (born 1905) was a Filipino actor who made several movies during the Silent era and Pre-World War II periods. Filmography 1929 –Ang Mutya ng Pamilihan1933 -Ang Punyal na Ginto1933 -Ang Mga Ulila1939 -Azucena [Excelsior󣡣 -Kuwintas na Ginto [Excelsior󣡥 -Tampuha..
Pacpizza
PacPizza LLC is a franchisee for Pizza Hut, it operates primarily in California, Oregon and Nevada. Pacpizza's corporate offices are located in San Ramon, California. Currently 100 restaurants are in operation. ..
Pacrat
"Pacrat" is the name of a software agent designed to simulate basic mammalian responses to the environment, as proposed by M. Johnson and R. Scanlonin a 1987 paper titled "Experiences with a Feeling-Thinking Machine". (Proceedings of the IEEE First International Conference on Neural Networks, San Di..
PACS
PACS is an acronym with several meanings: Picture archiving and communication system, in medical imagingPacte civil de solidarité, a form of civil union in FrancePhysics and Astronomy Classification Scheme, in academiaPeace and Conflict Studies, in Pacifism ..
Pact
A pact is a formal agreement, usually between two or more nations. Notable historic pacts include: Anti-Comintern PactAuto PactDiabolical pactKellogg-Briand PactMolotov-Ribbentrop PactNeutrality pactPact of SteelTrade pactTripartite PactU.S.-North Korea Agreed FrameworkWarsaw Pact Other uses Pact i..
Pacta conventa
Pacta conventa may mean: Pacta conventa (Poland), a contractual agreement between the Polish nobility and king, in force from 1573 to 1764.Pacta conventa (Croatia), a contractual agreement between the Croatian nobility and the Hungarian king, in force from 1102 to 1526. This is a [disambiguatio..
Pacta conventa (Croatia)
Pacta conventa (Lat. agreed accords) was an agreement between the king Coloman of Hungary and the Croatian nobility in 1102. It started the union of Croatia and Hungary that would last until 1526. Circumstances of the agreement After Petar Svačić, the last Croatian king of Croat descent, was kil..
Pacta conventa (Poland)
The first pacta conventa, acceded to by Henryk Walezy (Henri de Valois), 1573. Pacta conventa (Latin: "agreed-upon agreements") was a contractual agreement, from 1573 to 1764 entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the szlachta--nobility--of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) and a..
Pacta sunt servanda
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Pacta sunt servanda (Latin for "pacts must be respected") is a Brocard, a basic principle of civil law and of in..
Pacte civil de solidarité
Same-sex unions Recognized nationwide in: Denmark (1989) | Norway (1993) Israel1 (1994) | Sweden (1995) Greenland (1996) | Hungary (1996) Iceland (1996) | France (1999) South Africa (1999) | Germany (2001) Portugal (2001) | Finland (2002) Croatia (2003) | Luxembourg (2004) New Zealand (2..
Pacte de Famille
The Pacte de Famille (Family Compact in English) is one of two separate, but similar alliances between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain. The first of these was made in 1733 by King Philip V of Spain and King Louis XV of France. Philip was the grandson of Louis XIV and became the first Bourbon K..
Pactola Lake
Pactola Lake is the largest reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota. At the bottom of Pactola Lake is the submerged town of Pactola, an old mining camp and site of several military bivouacs during the original settlement of the Black Hills in the mid-1870s. The lake is located on Rapid Creek ..
Pactolus
Pactolus is a river, now in modern Turkey. This river contained gold sands that were the basis of the economy of the ancient state of Lydia. According to legend, King Midas washed away his power to convert everything he touched to gold in this river after he discovered that it would not make him h..
PACTOR
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Pacto de Olivos
The Olivos Pact (Spanish: Pacto de Olivos) refers to a series of documents signed between the governing president of Argentina Carlos Menem and former president and leader of the opposition Raúl Alfonsín, that formed the basis of the constitution reform of 1994. Before that constitutional reform,..
Pacto Federal
The Federal Pact (Spanish Pacto Federal) was a treaty first signed by the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos and Santa Fe in 1831, for which a Federal military alliance was created to confront the Unitarian Liga Unitaria. Other provinces would later join the treaty. Contents 1&..
Pact for Sicily
The Pact for Sicily (Italian: Patto per la Sicilia) is a political party in Italy. The party affiliated to the "House of Freedoms", the centre-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi. Political parties of Italy [edit] The Union House of Freedoms Represented inParliament Federat..
Pact of Madrid
The Pact of Madrid, signed in 1953 by Spain and the United States, ended a period of virtual isolation for Spain, although the other victorious allies of World War II and much of the rest of the world remained hostile to what they regarded as a fascist regime sympathetic to the Nazi cause and establ..
Pact of San Sebastián
The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain August 17, 1930. The meeting included representatives from practically all republican movements in Spain at the time. Presided over by Fernando Sasiaín (representat..
Pact of Steel
The German Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop. The Pact of Steel, known formally as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany signed on May 22, 1939, by the foreign ministers of each country, Count Galeazzo Ciano for ..
Pact of the Vidoni Palace
On October 2, 1925, the Vidoni Pact, signed between Confindustria and the fascist regime representatives, abolished Catholic, Socialist or independent unions, and replaced them with a fascist-controlled one. It was signed during Mussolini's Fascist control of Italy and was one of many steps taken ..
Pact of Umar
The Pact (Covenant) of Umar (c. 717 A.D.) is a treaty supposedly agreed between the eponymous second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and the ahl al-kitab (اهل الكتاب) ("people of the Book") following the first Muslim conquests. These people, called dhimmis (ذمي), were granted various rights..
Pact of Vilnius and Radom
The Union of Vilnius and Radom was a set of acts passed in 1401 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and confirmed by the Crown Council in Radom later the same year. The union amended the earlier act of the Krewo Union and granted the Grand Duchy of Lithuania vast internal autonomy. Vytautas the Great was institu..
Pact of Zanjón
The Pact of Zanjón was the treaty that ended the Cuban Ten Years' War. Slaves who had fought against Spain were given freedom. The Maceo brothers refused to sign the treaty and kept on fighting until they took to exile to return later. Calixto Garcia was released from Spanish prison. ..
Pact with the Devil
The widespread cultural meme Pact with the Devil, familiar in the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles is an element in many folktales. In the Aarne-Thompson typological catalogue, it lies in category AT 756B – "The devil's contract". The bargain is always a dangerous one, for the p..
Pacú
Pacú or pacu is the common name, or part of the common name, of many species of fish endemic to South America, such as: Piaractus mesopotamicus (Paraná River pacú) See also pacu (fish) Reference Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2005. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase..
Pacuare River
The Pacuare River, or the Rio Pacuare, in Costa Rica has its source in the Cordillera de Talamanca and flows approximately 108 km to the Caribbean, and is a popular location for white water rafting, including being named one of the top 10 river trips in the world by National Geographic. The rainfore..
Pacul
Pacul (Indonesian: cangkul) mean hoe. It used by the farmers to dig soil before they plant rice and corn. There is an old song titled "Gundul-Gundul Pacul". The song title is a phrase in Javanese used to call someone who has no hair in his head, especially for a child. ..
Paculla Annia
Paculla Ania was a southern priestess from Campania. According to Livy, she had largely changed the rules of Bacchanalias. To regard nothing as impious or forbidden became the very sum of the Bacchus' cult. The article states the story as told by Livius. Contents 1 Rites2 Witch-hunt3&nb..
Pacuvius
Marcus Pacuvius (c. 220-130 BC) was the greatest of the tragic poets of ancient Rome prior to Accius. He was the nephew and pupil of Ennius, by whom Roman tragedy was first raised to a position of influence and dignity. In the interval between the death of Ennius (169 BC) and the advent of Accius, ..
Pacu (fish)
The Pacu (IPA: [ˈpækju]) is a common name used to refer to several species of South American freshwater fish that are closely related to the Piranha. They are vegetarian or omnivorous and are commonly kept as aquarium pets. Pacus have been illegally introduced as exotic species thro..
PACV
right The PACV is the term for the United States' Navy's Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle or Hovercraft. PACVs were first deployed in 1966 to Vietnam. Often called Pac Vees, they were armed with a twin .50 Caliber machine gun mounted on a rotational platform in the front, and side mounted M60 ma..
PacWest Center
Key Bank Tower at PacWest Center PacWest Center (Officially Key Bank Tower at PacWest Center) is a 30 story office building in Portland, Oregon. At 418 Feet (127 Meters), it is the fourth tallest building in Portland. The building was completed in 1984 by the firm of Hugh Stubbins and Associa..
PacWest Racing
PacWest Racing was a Champ Car racing team owned by Bruce McCaw in 1993. The team's first full time season was the next year, with drivers Dominic Dobson and future Indy Racing League co-champion Scott Sharp. In 1995, the team switched to former Formula 1 driver Mauricio Gugelmin and a fading Danny ..
PACX
PACX (Private Automatic Computer eXchange) was a name given by Gandalf to their family of data switching products. Architecture The PACX was a centralized switch product that competed with LANs. Desktop modems were connected to a pool of modems at a central location. A data switch at the central lo..
Pacy-sur-Eure
Pacy-sur-Eure is a commune of the Eure département in France. ..
Pacyinz Lyfoung
Pacyinz Lyfoung is a Hmong writer, community activist and women's issues advocate. Her work has appeared in the Paj Ntaub Voice Hmong literary journal, the Journal of the Asian American Renaissance, and the anthology Bamboo Among the Oaks. She was also a participant in the Intermedia Arts Naked St..
Pac & Pal
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Pac 'n Roll
Pac 'n Roll is a video game developed by Namco exclusively for the Nintendo DS. The game stars a 3D Pac-Man as the user directs him throughout the playing field using the touchscreen. External links [IGN DS has hands-on preview.][Gamespot Reviews] Pac-Man Series Arc..
PAC 750XL
A utility aircraft, combing the engine and wings of the PAC Cresco with a new large fuselage and modified tail, the PAC 750 is a conventional metal monoplane with tricycle undercarriage; all versions to date have been powered by a 750 hp (560 kW) PT6A turboprop. It is designed and manufacture..
PAC charts
Price Activity (PAC) charts are a type of stock chart used in the Technical Analysis of stocks. PAC charts are unique in the way they represent "volume" (the number of shares traded every day). Traditional stock charts display volume data as an histogram on the bottom of stock charts. PAC charts on..
PAC Cresco
A PAC Cresco in action The PAC Cresco is a turbo-prop powered derivative of the FU-24 PAC Fletcher aerial topdressing aircraft, manufactured by the Pacific Aerospace Corporation in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is not directly related to the turbo-prop powered Fletcher which flew in the late 197..
PAC CT/4
The Pacific Aerospace Corporation CT/4 Airtrainer series are all-metal construction, single-engine, two place side-by-side seating, fully aerobatic, piston engined, basic training aircraft manufactured in Hamilton, New Zealand. --> PAC's predecessor, AESL, derived the CT4 from the earlier 4 sea..
PAC Fletcher
PAC Fletcher is an Agricultural aircraft, made in New Zealand, together with the Auster Agricola, the first designed for aerial topdressing. The Fletcher has also been used for other Aerial applications, as a utility aircraft, and for sky diving. Contents 1 History2 Specifications (Fu2..
Pañcaratra
Pañcaratra is a pre-Puranic form of Hinduism, which equated Narayana with Vishnu. They later merged with the Bhagavata and evolved into present-day Vaisnavism. ..
Paşcani
Paşcani is a city in Iaşi County in the Moldova region of Romania on the Siret river. As of 2002, it has a population of 42,172. The city derived its name from the estate of the boyar Oană Paşca. It is the city where Mihail Sadoveanu's novel "The Place Where Nothing Happened" takes place. ..
Pa Chay Vue
Pa Chay Vue, also known as Paj Cai Vwj or Puas Cai Vwj, led the Hmong people in the Madman's War revolt against French rule in French Indochina from 1918 to 1921. He is considered a hero among the Hmong who sided against the French. Contents 1 Youth2 Madman's War3 Death4 Le..
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a management, systems and technology consultancy firm, operating worldwide from over 40 offices in more than 20 countries. External links [Official website] ..

 

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