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Piątkowo TV Tower
Piątkowo TV Tower is a 128 metre high lattice tower used for FM- and TV-broadcasting and for directional services at Poznań in Poland. It is 128 metres high and was built in 1993. Close to it there is a tower of reinforced concrete with a height of 76 metres, which was built in 1955. External ..
Pit
Pit may refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Any high walled depression in the ground, such as a quarry or (in Britain) an opencast coal mine.Colliery, A deep-shaft underground coal mine.Burial alive as a fictional method of execution based on The Pit and the..
PIT
PIT can refer to: PittsburghPittsburgh International AirportPIT maneuver, short for Pursuit Intervention Technique, used during high-speed pursuitsProgrammable Interval Timer, a timer available in the entire PC architecture.Pulsed inductive thruster ..
Pit-Comb Ware culture
The Comb Ceramic Culture or the Pit-Comb Ware culture was a North-East European stone age culture, ca 4200 BC - 2000 BC. The name is derived from the most common decoration on the ceramic finds that look like the imprints of a comb. Contents 1 Distribution2 Ceramics3 Habitations4&n..
Pit-Fighter
This article is about the video game. For the 2005 motion picture, see Pit Fighter (film). Pit-Fighter is a 1990 arcade fighting game by Atari Games. It was revolutionary because it was the first video game ever to feature digitized characters using real life actors. This bluescreen technique would..
Pit-house
A pit-house, sunken floored building or sunken feature building is a dwelling where the floor level lies below the level of the natural ground outside. In archaeology, pit-houses are found in numerous cultures around the world such as the Fremont culture in North America, the Grubenhausen of northe..
Pita
For other uses, see Pita (disambiguation). 225px Pita fried on an outdoor fire. Pita (also called pitta (British English) or pita bread or Turkish pide bread, Hebrew פִּתָּה or פיתה Pitta, Cyrillic пита, Arabic كماج Kmaj, πίτα Greek) is a round, wheat flatbread m..
Pita, Guinea
Pita is a town in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea, lying south west of Labé. It is known for its bakeries and for waterfalls including the Kinkon Falls and Kambadaga Falls. ..
Pitagora Suicchi
, airing on NHK since 2002, is a Japanese educational television program where children's "way of thinking" is augmented under the supervision of and . The Rube Goldberg devices that appear during the beginning, ending, and between each corner (segment) are called in Japan. The main focus of the..
Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki (Swedish: Sockenbacka) is a borough of Helsinki, Finland. It is located on the city's western edge. There is lot of IT- and machine industry on the area, especially on the around the Valimo train station. ..
Pitampura TV Tower
Pitampura TV Tower is a 235 metre high TV Tower with an observation deck at Delhi, India built in 1988. External links http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7705 ..
Pitam pura
Pitam pura is a locality in northwest Delhi, India. It is mainly a middle class residential locality. ..
Pitane
Pitane may be the name of: in Greek mythology Pitane, a nymph in geography Pitane, an ancient coastal city of Aeolis, currently the site of Çandarlı, İzmir Province, Turkey This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referr..
Pitane (Greek mythology)
The Naiad Nymph of the town of Pitane in Lakedaimonia, southern Greece. She was loved by the god Poseidon. ..
Pitangueiras
There are two counties/municipalities that have the name Pitangueiras (this name comes from the Tupi language) in Brazil: Pitangueiras, ParanáPitangueiras, São Paulo This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Pitangueiras, Paraná
Pitangueiras is a municipality/county in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Its coordinates are [23°13′50″S, 51°35′08″W]. The population in 2004 is 2,481, the area is 123.25 km². The elevation is 660 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language. ..
Pitangueiras, São Paulo
Pitangueiras is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 21.05/21°00'34' S and the longitude is 48.22/48°13'18' W. The population in 2004 is 33,262, the area is 430.88 km². The elevation is 512 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language. ..
PiTaPa
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. is a contactless smart card ticketing and electronic money system used in the Kansai region of Japan. T..
Pitapuram
Pitapuram is a city and a municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pitapuram had a population of 50,301. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Pitapuram has an..
Pitar
Pitar is a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster for his Humanx Commonwealth universe. This planet, like Midworld and Ulru-Ujurr, is under Church Edict preventing any contact with the species living on the world. The native race to the planet is also know as the Pitar, they are human to 96.3..
Pitarra
Pitarra is a wine used by Catholic priests inSpain. It is referred to as "Vino Puro" (pure wine) and "Pitarra". It is made from Oporto grapes. ..
Pitas, Sabah
Pitas is a town in the Kudat Division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Its population (est 1991) was 24,240. The ethnic composition is mainly ethnic Rungus. Sabah Divisions: Interior Division | Kudat Division | Sandakan Division | Tawau Division | West Coast Division Cit..
Pitassa
Pitassa is an as-yet undiscovered frontier city in western Anatolia, mentioned in Bronze Age archives at Hattusa. Its name seems Luwian, and it occasionally formed the border between Hatti and various iterations of Arzawa. Madduwatta wrested Pitassa from Arnuwanda I in the late 15th century BC. Dec..
Pitaten
|} Pita-Ten is an anime and manga series that was originally written by Koge-Donbo, but adapted into an anime by Akemi Menda and Yasuko Kobayashi that was aired by TV Tokyo on April 7, 2002. The plot focuses primarily around Misha and her attempts to become a licensed angel and Kotarou, her neig..
Pitatus (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Pitavastatin
Pitavastatin (usually as a calcium salt) is a novel member of the medication class of statinsKajinami K, Takekoshi N, Saito Y. Pitavastatin: efficacy and safety profiles of a novel synthetic HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. Cardiovasc Drug Rev 2003;21:199-215. PMID 12931254.. Like the other statins, it..
Pitaya
Pitaya fruit Examples of pitaya bonsai The pitaya, also known as pitahaya, dragonfruit or strawberry pear is the fruit of several cactus species, especially of the genus Hylocereus. Native to Mexico and Central and South America, these vine-like epiphytic cacti are also cultivated in Sou..
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine. Pita may also refer to: Pita, Guinea, a town in GuineaPitas, Sabah, a town in Sabah, Malaysia PITA may stand for: Immoral Traffic in Persons Act, a bit of legislation passed in India in 1956 as a result of the India signing..
Pita Alatini
Pita Faiva-ki-moana Alatini (born 11 April, 1976 in Nuku'alofa) is a Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union footballer. Alatini is a midfield back who played in 17 tests for the All Blacks between 1999 and 2001, scoring 6 test tries. Alatini played 81 NPC matches for four different provinces (Counties..
Pita Amor
Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (30 May 1918 – 8 May 2000) who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. She was born in Mexico City, the youngest child of a family with seven children, of mixed French, German and Spanish ancestry, a member of the decaying Mexican aristocracy. Her parents wer..
Pita chips
Pita chips are simply a baked bread made from pita bread, often seasoned. They are crunchier and thicker than most chips. They are available in many flavors. ..
Pita Nacuva
Pita Kewa Nacuva is a Fijian politician, who currently serves in the Cabinet as Minister for Tourism. Nacuva, a former diplomat, was appointed Minister for Health in the interim government that was formed in July 2000 the wake of the failed Fiji coup of 2000, which deposed the elected government..
Pita Paraone
Parl. Electorate List Pos. Party 47th List 7 NZ First Pita Paraone is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party. He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 2002 elections, having previously been a regional director for the Ministry of Maori Development. H..
Pita Pit
Pita Pit Logo Pita Pit is a Canadian fast-food restaurant serving pita wraps. The first shop was opened by John Sotiriadis and Nelson Lang in 1995 in Kingston, Ontario. In 1997 Pita Pit started to expand in Canada and the United States. There are 197 restaurants across the United States and Ca..
Pita Prefecture
Pita is a prefecture located in the Mamou Region of Guinea. The capital is Pita. The prefecture covers an area of 4,320 km.² and has an estimated population of 266,000. Prefectures of Guinea Boké Region: Boffa | Boké | Fria | Gaoual | Koundara Conakry Region: Conakry Faranah Region:..
Pita Sharples
Parl. Electorate List Pos. Party 47th Tamaki Makaurau 2 Māori Party Dr. Pita Russell Sharples CBE (born 20 July 1941), a Maori academic and politician, currently co-leads the Maori Party, he currently is the member for Tamaki Makaurau(Auckland City) in New Zealand's Parliament. Sharples, of..
Pitboss 2000
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Pitbull
Pitbull can mean: A breed of dog: see Pit bullA Cuban-American rapper: see Pitbull (rapper) 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 intende..
Pitbull (rapper)
For the animal see, Pit Bull. Pitbull on the cover of his 2005 album Money Is Still A Major Issue Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15 1981, in Miami, Florida) better known by his stage name Pitbull, is a Cuban-American rapper. Before releasing his debut album titled M.I.A.M.I (Money is..
Pitcairn, New York
Pitcairn is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 783 at the 2000 census. The name is that of Joseph Pitcairn. The Town of Pitcairn is in the southwest part of the county. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities and loc..
Pitcairn, Pennsylvania
Pitcairn is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 15 miles (24 km) east of Pittsburgh. Early in the twentieth century, it was the site of large railroad yards and shops that employed nearly 10,000 men. In 1900, 2,601 people lived here; in 1910, 4,975 lived here; and in 1940, Pitcairn was home..
Pitcairn (disambiguation)
Pitcairn can refer to: The Pitcairn Islands in the South PacificPitcairn Island, the main island of the Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn, New York, United StatesPitcairn, Pennsylvania, United States redirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Pitcairn Anthem
The Pitcairn Anthem – Come ye Blessed is the national anthem sung by people on Norfolk Island and on the Pitcairn Islands. The lyrics are taken from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 25, verses 34-36 and 40. Lyrics Then shall the King Say unto them On his right hand: Come ye blessed of my F..
Pitcairn House
Pitcairn house was a house built by Picts in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. There is not much history information on the background of Pitcairn House as it is not as legendary as the other houses built by the Picts. The house ruins show that the house was fairly small inside — which shows the pe..
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands (In Detail) (In Detail) National motto: Unknown Official languages English and Pitkern Capital Adamstown Governor Richard Fell Mayor Jay Warren (elected on December 15 2004) Area - Total - % water 5 km² Negligible P..
Pitcairn Islands election, 2004
An election was held in the Pitcairn Islands, the last remaining British dependency in Oceania, to elect a Mayor, a Council Chairman, and four Councillors to sit on the Island Council. (The six elected members of the Council, including the Mayor and the Council Chairman, both of whom hold membersh..
Pitcairn Island honey
Pitcairn Island honey is the honey production on the British-run Pitcairn Island. In May 1998, the UK Government aid agency, the Department for International Development, funded a programme for Pitcairn Island which included training for Pitcairn's bee keepers and a detailed analysis of the diseas..
Pitcairn Reed Warbler
Pitcairn Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani) is an Old World warbler endemic on Pitcairn. Locally known as 'Sparrow'. It is common throughout the island, where it is the only land bird. References BirdLife International (2004). [Acrocephalus vaughani]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened ..
Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004
On 30 September 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island (including Steve Christian, the Mayor), went on trial facing 55 charges relating to sexual offences. On 24 October, all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the charges they faced. Another six now living abroad we..
Pitch
Pitch may refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In music: Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequencyVocal and instrumental pitch rangesMusical tuning explains pitch systems and pitch standards* Absolute pitch an..
Pitch-up
In aerodynamics, pitch-up is a severe form of stall. The phenomenon of pitch-up is directly related to inherent properties of all swept wings. Wingtips of a swept wing carry a higher load relative to the lift they generate compared to more inboard sections of the wing. In addition, swept wings tend..
Pitchblende (band)
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Pitchcapping
Pitchcapping refers to a form of torture devised by British forces in 18th century Ireland which was widely used against suspected rebels during the period of the 1798 Rebellion, most famously on Anthony Perry, one of the leaders of the Wexford rebels. British troops pitchcapping suspected Unite..
Pitchcott
Pitchcott is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about two and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, and four miles south of Winslow. Pitchcott was described in 1806 in "Magna Britannia" as follows: PITCHCOTE, in the hundred of Ashendon and deanery of Wadde..
Pitched battle
A pitched battle is a battle where both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges. A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side..
Pitcher
This article is about the sport of baseball. For other references with this word, see pitcher (disambiguation). A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, wi..
Pitcher, New York
Pitcher is a town in Chenango County, New York, USA. The population was 848 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Pitcher, a Lt. Governor of New York. The Town of Pitcher is on the west border of Chenango County. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4&nbs..
Pitchers of record
"Pitcher of record" is a baseball term that refers to a pitcher who is credited with the win or charged with the loss in a particular game. These pitchers are known respectively as the winning and losing pitchers and collectively as the pitchers of record; thus, there are always two pitchers of rec..
Pitcher (container)
For other uses of the word "Pitcher," see Pitcher (disambiguation) Ewer (reverse, middle) as cult instrument, in this coin celebrating the pietas of the Roman Emperor Herennius Etruscus. Kool-Aid Man, mascot of Kool-Aid, is a giant humanoid pitcher Pitchers are containers with a spout for..
Pitcher (disambiguation)
Pitcher may refer to the following: Pitcher, a playing position in the game of baseball.Pitcher (container), a container for fluids. Ernest Herbert Pitcher, recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI.Henry William Pitcher, recipient of the Victoria Cross in India.Molly Pitcher, a carrier of water duri..
Pitcher plant
Pitcher of Nepenthes distillatoria. A: Honey-gland from attractive surface of lid. B: Digestive gland from interior of pitcher, in pocket-like depression of epidermis, opening downwards. C: Traverse section same. Pitcher plants (or pitfall traps) are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping me..
Pitcheswara Rao Atluri
Choutapally is a small village in Krishna District, a province of Andhra Pradesh, in India. A.P. Rao was born here on April 12 1925. Later his family migrated to the nearby village 'Pulaparru'. He studied in Choutapally village and Kaikaluru schools. He stood first in the Hindi 'VISHARADA' exam..
Pitchford
Pitchford is a small village in the English county of Shropshire. It is located between Cantlop and Acton Burnell. It is also the name for the civil parish. ..
Pitchfork
This article is about the tool. For the online music magazine see Pitchfork Media. A pitchfork next to a compost bin Pitching hay A pitchfork is a tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines (also called prongs) used to lift and throw loose material, such as ..
Pitchfork & Lost Needles
Pitchfork & Lost Needles is a Clutch album, released in 2005. The first four tracks are a re-release of the band's 1991 demo 7" "Pitchfork." "Nero's Fiddle" is an early incarnation of "High Caliber Consecrator" from 1992's "Passive Restraints" EP, the title track of which is also included here in ..
Pitchfork (album)
Pitchfork is the first EP by rock band Clutch. It was released on vinyl in October 1991, and re-released on CD in 1999. It contains four songs. Track listing "Wicker""Arcadia""Juggernaut""Far Country" External link [Clutch's official website] ..
Pitchfork (band)
Pitchfork was a post-hardcore/indie band, formed in 1987 in San Diego, California by Rick Froberg (vocals), John Reis (guitar), Don Ankrom (bass) and Joey Piro (drums). According to [1], the bands that influenced the guys included Mission of Burma, Honor Role, Sonic Youth, Squirrelbait and ..
Pitchfork bifurcation
In bifurcation theory, a field within mathematics, a pitchfork bifurcation is a particular type of local bifurcation. Pitchfork bifurcations, like Hopf bifurcations have two types - supercritical or subcritical. In flows, that is, continuous dynamical systems described by ODEs, pitchfork bifurcati..
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork logo Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a U.S.-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its primary focus lies with independent music, particularly indie rock bands, electronic music artists, s..
Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival is a music festival organized by Pitchfork Media that will be held on July 29 and 30, 2006 in Union Park, Chicago. In 2005, Pitchfork was asked to curate the successful Intonation Music Festival, but for 2006 Pitchfork and independent concert promoter Mike Reed split wi..
Pitching Coach
The term Pitching Coach refers to a coach who is mainly responsible for a baseball organization's pitching (pitchers). The Role of the Pitching Coach MLB Pitching Coaches Brad Arnsberg (Toronto Blue Jays)Bryan Price (Arizona Diamondbacks)Ron Guidry (New York Yankees)..
Pitching machine
A pitching machine is a machine that automatically pitches a baseball to a batter at different speeds and styles. Most machines are hand-fed, but there are some that automatically feed. There are some pitching machine that will compensate the weight of the ball to make the ball be pitched at a certa..
Pitching moment
The pitching moment of an airfoil, in aerodynamics, is a moment produced by a vertical force applied at a distance forward or aft from the aerodynamic center of the airfoil, causing the aircraft to pitch up or down . Contents 1 Longitudinal Static Stability1.1 Trim1.2 Static Stabi..
Pitching position
In baseball, there are two legal pitching positions, the windup, and the set. A pitcher is in the windup when, with the ball, he stands on or directly in front of and touching the rubber, with his toes pointing toward home plate. Thence he may elect to take one step back toward second base or to t..
Pitching wedge
A pitching wedge is a kind of golf club. Pitching wedges make great chippers from the fringe of the playing area and are very useful on bump-and-run approaches. These clubs are also commonly used for recovery from trouble and punching out of the trees. Modern pitching wedges range in loft from 42 t..
Pitching woo
Pitching woo - Slang. meaning to attempt suduction; also refered to as flirting. ..
Pitchout
In baseball, a pitchout is a ball that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone with the purpose of preventing a stolen base or thwarting a hit and run. The pitcher delivers the ball in such a manner for it to be unhittable and in a position where the catcher can quickly leap to h..
Pitchpipe
A pitchpipe is a small device which may be described as a musical instrument, although it is not actually used to play music as such. The earliest pitchpipes were instruments rather like a recorder, but rather than finger holes, they had a plunger like a slide whistle's (also known as a swanee whis..
Pitchshifted
In music, pitchshifted vocals are vocals that have been altered by a Pitch shifter to be higher or lower than their original pitch, sometimes to the extent that they fall outside the range the human voice box is capable of producing. The term is most commonly applied to Death metal or Grindcore grow..
Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter may refer to: Pitch shifter, an effect that changes the pitch of an audio signal in real time.Pitchshifter (band), a British metal band. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ma..
Pitchshifter (band)
For the audio effect, see Pitch shifter. Pitchshifter are a British metal band from Nottingham. Pioneers of industrial metal, they were known for their innovative use of drum machines and samples, but later played a fusion of metal and dance music. They broke up in 2003, after playing a farewell ..
Pitchstone
Pitchstone is a dull black glassy volcanic rock formed when lava cools swiftly. It is similar to but coarser than obsidian. The ridge of An Sgurr on the Isle of Eigg was originally formed as a lava flow in a valley. Pitchstone is very resistant to erosion. ..
Pitch (baseball)
In baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be literally "pitched" underhand, as with pitching horseshoes. Overhand throwing was not allowed in baseball until 1884. Pitchers th..
Pitch (card game)
Pitch is a card game played with a standard 52-card pack of playing cards. It may be played by three players (cutthroat) or by four players organized in teams of two. Pitch involves bidding and trick-taking. Pitch does not involve betting or gambling of any sort. A very similar variation on Pitch is..
Pitch (film)
A pitch is a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film, generally made by a screenwriter or director to a producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for a screenplay to be written. Pitches are usually made in person, although they..
Pitch (music)
This article includes inline links to audio files. If you have trouble playing the files, see [Media helpWikipedia Media help]. In music, pitch is the psychological correlate of the fundamental frequency of a note. Contents 1 Perception of pitch2 Concert pitch3 ..
Pitch (resin)
The pitch drop experiment. Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids which appear solid. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. Petroleum-derived pitch is also called bitumen. Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Products made from plant resin ..
Pitch (sports)
This article is for the the playing field of many sports. For baseball, see Pitch (baseball). For climbing and caving, see Pitch (vertical space). A pitch is an open outdoor area for various activities. It is used in British and Australian English; the comperable term in American English is fiel..
Pitch (vertical space)
For other uses, see Pitch In rock climbing or ice climbing, a pitch is a very steep or vertical section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system. As climbing ropes are usually 45 or 50 metres long, longer routes are often multi-pitch, requiring the re-use of ..
Pitch accent
Pitch accent is a kind of accent system employed in many languages around the world. In a pitch-accented language, there is one accented syllable or mora in a word, the position of which determines the tonal pattern of the whole word. This is unlike the situation in tone languages, where the ton..
Pitch and Praise
Pitch&Praise is a Christian event. It draws crowds of over 2000 youth from all over Ontario, Canada. It was first started in 1974 and was held annually at Stayner Camp, until 2006. The 2006 Pitch&Praise was held in Paris, Ontario at Braeside Camp. Youth camp out in tents, trailers, or cabins and lis..
Pitch and putt
Pitch and putt is a short form of golf played by beginners and children. It usually involves short holes (not far beyond 100 m) and can be played with two clubs (an iron or pitching wedge, and a putter). ..
Pitch angle
The pitch angle of a charged particle is the angle between the particle's parallel motion the local magnetic field. This is a common measurement and topic when studying the magnetosphere. Contents 1 Usage: Particle motion2 Special Case: Equatorial Pitch angle3 See also4 Exte..
Pitch Axis Theory
For the progressive rock group, see Pitch Axis Theory (band). Pitch Axis Theory is a technique used in constructing chord progressions. The tonic, or root, is used as the bass note, and melodic scales are chosen according to the chords that lie beneath them. Contents 1 Concept2 Example..
Pitch Black
Pitch Black is a 2000 science fiction movie, directed by David Twohy. It stars Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel as its anti-hero, Riddick. Upon the release of the movie's sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick, the title of the DVD release was changed to The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black in order t..
Pitch Black (band)
'Pitch Black'' is a New Zealand electronica band that was form in 1997. Contents 1 History2 Discography2.1 Albums3 EPs3.1 Singles4 External links History Formed on New Year's Eve at the annual Gathering Festival, Pitch Black has spent the last few years rousing da..
Pitch class
Human pitch-perception is periodic: pitches separated by an integral number of octaves are perceived as having a similar "quality" or "color." Psychologists refer to the quality of a pitch as its "chroma." Music theorists typically use the term "pitch class" rather than "chroma." There is a subtl..
Pitch class space
In music theory, pitch class space is the circular space that results when we ignore the difference between octave-related pitches. Mathematically, it is a quotient space that results from identifying or "gluing together" pitches sharing the same pitch class. In this space, there is no distinction..
Pitch control
Technics SL-1210MK2 turntable pitch control slider A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable, reel-to-reel, tape deck or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33⅓ or 45 rpm in the case of a..
Pitch correction
Pitch correction is the process of correcting the intonation of an audio signal without affecting other aspects of its sound. Pitch correction first detects the pitch of an audio signal by looking for a periodic repeating waveform and then calculating the time difference from these periodic waveform..
Pitch count
A pitch count is a baseball statistic, most commonly applied to starting pitchers, and is simply a count of how many pitches the pitcher has thrown in a given game. Except under unusual circumstances, a minimum of three pitches are needed to get three outs. It is very common for a pitcher to need 2..
Pitch cue
Pitch cueing is the process a DJ does to seamlessly beat lock two different tracks. It is similar to the process of changing sample rate in the digital domain or time (rotation speed) in the analog domain. A direct implementation of rotation speed modulation in the digital domain is possible using ..
Pitch detection algorithm
A pitch detection algorithm (PDA) is an algorithm designed to estimate the pitch or fundamental frequency of a quasiperiodic or virtually periodic signal, usually a digital recording of speech or a musical note or tone. This can be done in the time domain or the frequency domain. In the time domai..
Pitch drop experiment
The pitch drop experiment at the University of Queensland. The pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids which appears solid, most commonly bitumen. Tar pitch flo..
Pitch invasion
A pitch invasion occurs when a crowd of people who are watching a sports game run onto the field, to celebrate or protest about an incident, for example in games of football or cricket. Contents 1 Rugby union2 Australian rules football3 Cricket4 Football5 American sports..
Pitch Lake
The Pitch Lake The Pitch Lake is a lake of natural asphalt located at La Brea in southwest Trinidad. The lake covers about 40 ha and is reported to be 75 m deep. The Pitch Lake is considered a tourist attraction and attracts about 20,000 visitors annually. It has been compared to an ill kep..
Pitch of brass instruments
High brass - from the top left: Baroque trumpet in D, modern trumpets in Bb and D (same pitch D as Baroque), piccolo trumpet in high Bb, Flugelhorn in Bb; right: cornet in Bb. The following is a comparison table of the pitch of the common brass instruments in descending order of pitch. Wherea..
Pitch penny
Pitch penny (also called Penny seat, Penny slot, Tossing the penny and Penny in the hole) is a pub game. It involves throwing coins across the room and into a hole carved in the seat of a wooden bench. References Finn, Timothy: Pub Games of England (Oleander Press) External links [Online guide..
Pitch Pine
The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) is a small-to-medium sized (6-30 m) tree, often contorted due to fire or weather. This pine occasionally hybridizes with other pine species such as Loblolly Pine (P. taeda), Shortleaf Pine (P. echinata), and Pond Pine (P. serotina); the last is treated as a subspecies..
Pitch shift
Pitch shift is a sound recording technique, in which the normal pitch or tone of a sound is altered ("shifted"), for effect or for other purposes. Pitch-shifting may be done both in analog and in digital recording. In analog recording, the pitch is changed by raising or lowering the voltage being s..
Pitch shifter
For the band, see Pitchshifter (band). A pitch shifter is an audio processor that changes the pitch of an audio signal. Originally marketed by Eventide as the Harmonizer effects processor, advances in digital signal processors soon made higher-quality pitch shifting and harmonic pitch shifting poss..
Pitch space
In music theory, pitch spaces model relationships between pitches. These models typically use distance to model the degree of relatedness, with closely related pitches placed near one another, and less closely related pitches placed farther apart. Depending on the complexity of the relationships u..
Pitcoudie
Pitcoudie is a housing area in North Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland - comprising 396 terraced and semi-detached houses. Traditionally, a pitcoudie was a donkey, mule, or work-horse which ferried coal and slag from the coalmines - spending most of its life underground. The area of Pitcou..
Piteå
Piteå (or Pite in the local dialect) is a city in Norrbotten in northern Sweden. It has 22,500 inhabitants, with 40,800 in the Piteå Municipality (kommun). Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Notablilty3.1 Notable natives4 External links Geography Piteå is a large mu..
Piteado
Piteado is an artisanal technique, where pita or ixtle (thread made from the fiber of maguey, Agave Americana) is embroidered onto leather in decorative patterns. The technique is used to make belts, sandals, hair bands, saddles and other leather accessories and goods. Typical designs include flow..
Piteå Court District
Piteå Court District, or Piteå tingslag, was a district of Västerbotten in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas. See also Piteå Municipality ..
Piteå IF
Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå. The club was formed 24 May 1918 but didn't take up football until 1920 when they united with their local rivaling club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved. Piteå IF is currently playing in the fourth highest Swedish league, Division 2 for m..
Piteå Municipality
Piteå Municipality (Kommun) Piteå municipality and seat in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden Coat of arms Municipal facts Seat Piteå [65° 19′ N 21° 30′ E] County Norrbotten County Province Norrbotten Area Rank 28th of..
Pitepalt
Pitepalt is a local variant of kroppkakor and the speciality of city Piteå, though it's not eaten just in Piteå. This Swedish dish has almost as many variants as households in Piteå. Pitepalt are mostly made out of raw potatoes and barley which is not the case with kroppkakor. For kroppkakor you ..
Pitera
SK-II Pitera is a liquid produced in the fermentation process of yeast ( Saccharomycopsis; spSK). Seed yeast is left in the culture for fermentation, it absorbs the nutrients it needs. When it cannot grow any further, it produces a fermented metabolic solution => SK-II Pitera COMPOSITION OF SK-II ..
Piter De Vries
Piter De Vries is a fictional character from Frank Herbert's Dune science fiction series. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. History De Vries was an evil mentat in the service of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. This mentat was a particular favorite of the Baro..
Piter Fattouche
Piter Fattouche (born 1974 in Zahle, Lebanon), is an American actor who played CIA agent Raza Michaels in the popular 2004 miniseries, "The Grid". Piter grew up in East Meadow, New York, and is the youngest of three sons. His family came to the United States after fleeing a civil war in Lebanon. A..
Piteşti
Piteşti (/pi'teʃtjʲ/) is the capital city of Argeş County, Romania (in the informal region of Wallachia), situated on the Argeş River. Piteşti is an important commercial and industrial center. Nearby Mioveni is the site of Dacia car production. Contents 1 Geography2 History3&..
Pite River
The Pite River (or Piteälven in Swedish) is a river in northern Sweden, flowing through the Norrbotten County. It is one of the four major rivers in Norrland that have been left untouched by water power plants. It starts in the large lakes in eastern Sweden, such as Tjeggelvas, Vuolvojaure and..
Pite Sami
Pite Sami is a Sami language spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a dying language that has only about 10 native speakers left and is spoken mainly on the Swedish side of the border along the Pite River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur. Contents 1 Grammar1.1 Cases2 Verbs2.1&..
Pitfall!
This article is about the pioneering Pitfall! video game. For the computing term, please see anti-pattern. For the Alaska heavy metal band, see Pitfall (band). For the Animal Crossing item, see Pitfall (Animal Crossing). For the Alex Trebek TV game show, see Pitfall (game_show) Pitfall! was a pop..
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a video game released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Mega Drive/Genesis by Activision. It was ported to the Sega Mega-CD (1994), Sega 32X (1995), the Atari Jaguar (1995), PC (1995), and the Game Boy Advance (2001), the last one ported by Maje..
Pitfall (1948 film)
Pitfall is a black-and-white 1948 film directed by André De Toth. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Jay Dratler. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This film noir, set in Los Angeles, tells the story of a bored man working for an insuran..
Pitfall (Animal Crossing)
[[image:ACWWPitfall.jpg|right|150px|A Pitfall Seed Being Unearthed In [[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]]] This article is about the Animal Crossing item. For the video game of the same name, see Pitfall!. A Pitfall is an item/trap in the fictional universe of Animal Crossing. It appears in Animal Cro..
Pitfall (film)
Pitfall, or The Pitfall, is the English title of the 1962 Japanese film Otoshiana (aka Kashi To Kodomo), directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and written by Kobo Abe. ..
Pitfall (game show)
Pitfall was an originally Canadian game show, hosted by Alex Trebek and announced by John Barton, that was syndicated for both American and Canadian audiences by Catalena Productions. The show was filmed at Panorama Studios in Vancouver and it ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982. Contents 1&nbs..
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the sequel to the popular video game Pitfall!. Both games were designed and written by David Crane and published by Activision in the early 1980s. The star of the games is Pitfall Harry, an 8-bit Indiana Jones-style character. The original Pitfall! has Harry explorin..
Pith
The centre dark spot (about 1 mm diameter) in this yew wood is the pith Elderberry shoot cut longitudinally to show the broad, solid pith (rough-textured, white) inside the wood (smooth, yellow-tinged). Scale in mm. Walnut shoot cut longitudinally to show the chambered pith found in t..
Pithamagan
Pithamagan (2003) is a Tamil film directed by Bala. The film stars Vikram and Surya. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilayaraaja. The film met with critical acclaim upon release. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Surya, Sangeetha..
Pithampur
Pithampur is an industrial estate eight kilometres from Mhow, which falls in the adjoining Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Pithampur is a hub for the automobile manufacturing industry and in addition to units like Eicher Motors,Kinetic Honda, Hindustan Motors and Bajaj Tempo Ltd. ..
Pithana
Pithana is the earliest known pre-Empire king of the Hittites. He reigned in the 18th century BC. He was succeeded by his son, Anitta. Preceded by:— Hittite king Succeeded by:Anitta External links [Reign of Pithana] ..
Pithapuram
Pithapuram is a town near Kakinada city in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in South India. Pithapuram railway station is on the Chennai-Howrah Railway line. Pithapuram is famous for its Ancient Hindu temples. Pithapuram was previously known as Pitikapuram. Pithapuram is also known as Dakshi..
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mingus)
Pithecanthropus Erectus is an album by Charles Mingus. Track listing "Pithecanthropus Erectus" – 10:36"A Foggy Day" – 7:50 George & Ira Gershwin"Profile of Jackie" – 3:11"Love Chant" – 14:59 All tracks composed by Charles Mingus except where noted; recorded at Atlantic Studios in New ..
Pitheciidae
The Pitheciidae are one of the four families of New World monkeys now recognised. Formerly they were included in the family Atelidae. The family includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris. Classification Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris* Subfamily Pitheciinae** Genus Pithecia*** ..
Pitheciinae
Pitheciinae is a subfamily of the New World monkey family Pitheciidae. It contains three genera and 9 species. Pitheciines are forest dwellers from northern and central South America, east of the Andes. They are small to medium sized primates, with a stocky build due to their close skin. The skin..
Pithecops fulgens
The Blue Quaker (Pithecops fulgens) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western..
Pithecops hylax
The Forest Quaker (Pithecops hylax) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western..
PithHelmet
PithHelmet is an ad-blocking utility for the Apple Safari web browser. History PithHelmet began on January 15, 2003 as a personal utility to filter content in Safari and has since become a rather popular utility for other users of Apple's web browser. PithHelmet's current version is 2.6.5, relea..
Pithing
Pithing is a slaughtering technique in which the brain of the animal is scrambled with a tool inserted through the hole in the skull created by captive bolt stunning. Pithing further immobilizes the animal after stunning and before exsanguination. Today, pithing is deprecated and not practiced on a..
Pithius
In demonology, and according to Francis Barrett, Pithius is a demon with the rank of prince of the liar spirits and demons. He is depicted as a serpent, and perhaps his name was a corruption of the word pythoness an ancient Greek female diviner, inspired by some deity. Other spellings: Pytho, Pyth..
Pithiviers
Pithiviers is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. ..
Pithole Creek
Pithole Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River in northwest Pennsylvania in the United States. Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream of Oleopolis. See also List of Pennsylvania rivers ..
Pithom
Pithom (Hebrew: פתם) or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis (Greek: Ἠοώων πόλις or Ἡρώ, Strabo xvi. 759, 768, xvii. 803, 804; Arrian, Exp. Alex. iii. 5, vii. 20; Joseph. Ant. Jud. ii. 7. § 5; Plin. v. 9. § 11, vi. 32. § 33; Mela, iii. 8; Steph. B. s. v.; Ptol. ii. 1. § 6, iv. 15. § 54..
Pithora
Pithora is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mahasamund district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Geography Pithora is located at [21.27° N 82.52° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pithora]. It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 feet). Demographi..
Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh is a Himalayan town in Pithoragarh District of Uttaranchal state of India..The altitude of Pithoragarh town is about 1645 m above sea level. ..
Pithoragarh District
--> Pithoragarh (Hindi-पिथौरागढ़) is the easternmost Himalayan district in the state of Uttaranchal , India. It is naturally landscaped with high Himalayan mountains, snow capped peaks, passes, valleys, alpine meadows, forests, waterfalls, perennial rivers, glaciers and spring..
Pithos
A pithos (plural pithoi: the word is Greek) is a large clay jar used for storage. Pithoi typically store grains, seeds, wine, and oil. Many pithoi were excavated in the Palace of Knossos and the ancient shipwreck of Uluburun. Some pithoi have handles on them. These handles were used to make carryi..
Pith and substance
Pith and substanceOriginally the analysis was simply referred to as "in relation to" is a legal doctrine in Canadian constitutional interpretation used to determine under which head of power a given piece of legislation falls. The doctrine is primarily used when a law is challenged on the basis that..
Pith helmet
Pith helmet of Harry S. Truman The pith helmet (also known as the sun helmet, topee, or topi) is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith typically from the sola or a similar plant [link], with a cloth cover, designed to shade the wearer's head from the sun. It was formerly much wo..
Piti
redirect [[Template:Context]]Prīti (Sanskrit) or Pīti (Pāli) is a type of emotion: the third factor in the five comprising the first Jhana of Buddhist meditation. Piti is a very specific joy, one of the five factors of the first jhana, a deep concentration state. It should be contrasted with Su..
PITI
In relation to a mortgage, PITI is an acronym for a mortgage payment that is the aggregate of monthly Principle Interest Taxes and Insurance. Lending institutions often use a (monthly) multiple of the PITI payment amount as the minimum amount of seasoned assets a borrower must document or 'state' w..
Piti, Guam
PitiPiti General Information Population: 1,666 (2000 census) [link] Ethnic Groups: Chamorro, American Piti is a village located on the western shore of Guam. It contains the commercial port of Guam at Apra Harbor as well as several of the island’s largest power plants. See ..
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is a hospital in Paris. Salpêtrière was originally a gunpowder factory ("Saltpeter" being a constituent of gunpowder), but was converted to a dumping ground for the poor of Paris. Eventually it served as a prison for prostitutes, and a holding place for the menta..
Pitigliano
Pitigliano is an Italian town and comune of province of Grosseto in the Maremma area of Tuscany. The town stands on an abrupt tuff butte high above the Olpeta, the Fiora and the Lente rivers. Panorama of Pitigliano. Contents 1 History2 Main sights2.1 Etruscan remains2.2 M..
Pitigrilli
Pitigrilli, pseudonym for Dino Segre, (9 May 1893 - 1975) was an Italian writer. He was born in Turin. Cocaïne (1921) is his most famous novel. ..
Pitikwahanapiwiyin
Chief Poundmaker Pitikwahanapiwiyin (c. 1842 – 4 July, 1886), commonly known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people. He got his name because he had a special ability to attract buffalo into pounds. A pound resembled a huge corral. Sometim..
Pitillas
Pitillas is a town located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. External link [PITILLAS in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..
Pitimon
Pitimon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. He is a Baby level Slime Digimon and the Baby form of Gomamon. Also known as Pitchmon, his Japanese name is Pichimon. Contents 1 Description1.1 Digivolution1.2 Attacks2 Appearances2.1 Digimon Adventure2.2 ..
Pitirim of Krutitsy
Pitirim of Krutitsy (Питирим Крутицкий in Russian) (? - April, 1673) was the ninth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. When Nikon held the post of patriarch, Pitirim was a metropolitan of Krutitsy. When Nikon willfully left the altar, Pitirim became his deputy and acted on his own ..
Pitirim Sorokin
Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (1889-1968) was a Russian-American sociologist. Academic and politicial activist in Russia, he immigrated from Russia to the United States in 1923. He founded the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Like C. W. Mills, he was a vocal opponent of Talcott Parsons..
Pitiscus (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
PiTiVi
PiTiVi allows users to easily edit audio/video projects based on the GStreamer framework: Capture audio and video; mix, resize, cut, apply effects to audio/video sources; Render/Save the projects to any format supported by the GStreamer framework. PiTiVi is still in a very early stage of developm..
Pitjantjatjara
Location of Pitjantjatjara (blue, near bottom left) in the Northern Territory Pitjantjatjara {{IPA is the name of both an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert, and their language (for which see Pitjantjatjara language). They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanya..
Pitjantjatjara (linguistics)
Pitjantjatjara is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia. It is mutually intelligible with other varieties of the Western Desert language and is particularly closely related to Yankunytjatjara. Only about 20% of Pitjantjatjar..
Pitkämäki
Pitkämäki (Finnish; Långbacka in Swedish) is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the southeast of the city, and consists of several residential suburbs and industrial area. Pitkämäki is the only district in Turku to be divided between three different wards: the indu..
Pitkas Point, Alaska
Pitkas Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 125. Geography Pitkas Point is located at [62°2′8″N, 163°15′39″W] (62.035485, -163.260857)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According..
Pitkern
Pitkern (also Pitcairnese) is a creole language based on an 18th century dialect of English and Tahitian. It is a primary language of the Pitcairn Islands with fewer than 100 speakers worldwide. However, the closely related Norfuk language has a few thousand native speakers. Contents 1 Histo..
Pitkhanas
Pitkhanas was a king of Kusarra. He is believed to have been a proto-Hittite king of Anatolia. ..
Pitkin
Pitkin may refer to: Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, an author and philosopher.Timothy Pitkin, an American congressman.Pitkin (film) the movie (and main character). This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, ..
Pitkin, Colorado
Pitkin is a town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census. Geography Pitkin is located at [38°36′28″N, 106°31′6″W] (38.607886, -106.518454)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the to..
Pitkin (film)
Mr. Pitkin is a character from the movie of the same name, in the style of Agent 007 and Indiana Jones who fights Nazi Occupiers in France during World War II. ..
Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of 2000, the population is 14,872. The county seat is Aspen. It has the fourth highest per-capita income in the U.S. The county is named in honor of former Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. Geography According to the U.S. Ce..
Pitkin Tunnel
The Pitkin Tunnel or Pitkin Street Tunnel is a below-ground-level, roofed but not entirely enclosed roadway, in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. It accommodates simultaneous motor vehicle traffic in both directions. The tunnel joins the eastbound one-way Elm Street, between Church and Orange Streets..
Pitkyaranta
Pitkyaranta (Finnish: ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located at around [61°34′0″N, 31°28′60″E]. Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia ..
Pitlochry
Pitlochry (Baile Chloichridh in Gaelic), estimated population 2,900, is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. It is largely a twentieth century town, having grown as a tourist resort, in particular a centre for hillwalking, known for its great fores..
Pitlochry railway station
Higland Main Line Principal stations (from south to north) Perth Dunkeld and Birnam Pitlochry Blair Atholl Dalwhinnie Newtonmore Kingussie Aviemore (for Strathspey Steam Railway) Carrbridge Inverness Pitlochry railway station Serves the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Extern..
Pitman
Pitman may mean: Pitman, New Jersey, a place in the State of New Jersey in the United States of AmericaE.J.G. Pitman, a statistician noted for the Pitman-Koopman-Darmois theorem concerning exponential families of probability distributionsPitman Shorthand, a system of shorthandIsaac Pitman, inventor..
Pitman, New Jersey
Pitman highlighted in Gloucester County. Inset map: Gloucester County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. Pitman is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 9,331. Pitman is the home of Alcyon Lake, directly ..
Pitman (Game Boy)
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Pitman arm
The Pitman arm is a steering component in an automobile or truck. The Pitman arm is a linkage attached to the steering box sector shaft that converts the angular motion of the sector shaft into the linear motion needed to steer the wheels. The Pitman arm is supported by the sector shaft and suppor..
Pitman School District
The Pitman School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pitman, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Schools Schools in the district are: Elementary schools (K-5) [Elwood Kindle School][Memorial S..
Pitman Shorthand
Pitman Shorthand is a system of rapid writing developed by Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897). It was first presented in 1837. It is a phonetic system using symbols for various sounds in the language. One characteristic feature is that voiceless and voiced sounds (such as /p/ and /b/) are represente..
Pitmatic
Pitmatic (originally "pitmatical") is a dialect of English used in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. It developed as a separate dialect from Northumbrian and Geordie due to the specialised terms used by mineworkers in the local coal pits. For example, in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear th..
Pitminster
for at grid reference ST218191 Pitminster is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated four miles south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 929 [#endnote_population]. References ↑ Somerset County Council, 2002. [Populatio..
Pitney Bowes
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Pitof
Pitof is the pseudonym of a French film director and visual effects director whose real name is Jean-Christophe Comar. Most of his work has been in such French language films as La Cité des enfants perdus and Astérix et Obélix contre César, but he has also worked on [[The Messenger: The Story o..
Pitogo
Pitogo is the name of two places in the Philippines Pitogo, QuezonPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur 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 intende..
Pitogo, Quezon
Pitogo is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 20,558 people in 4,086 households. Barangays Pitogo is politically subdivided into 39 barangays. AmontayCometaBigaBilucaoCabulihanCawayaninGangahinIbabang BurgosIbaba..
Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur
Pitogo is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,064 people in 4,235 households. Barangays Pitogo is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. BalabawanBalong-balongColojoLiasanLiguacLimbayanLower Paniki..
Pitohui
Pitohui is a genus of birds endemic to New Guinea, belonging to the family Pachycephalidae. Currently six species are classified in the genus, though current molecular genetics research suggests that significant reclassification of the Pachycephalidae may be needed. Species Variable Pitohui, Pito..
Pitomba
Pitomba may be either of two kinds of fruit tree native to South America: Eugenia luschnathianaTalisia esculenta redirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Piton
This article is about the rock climbing tool. There is a pair of mountains known as the Piton Mountains. In climbing, a piton or pin is a steel spike that is driven into a crack or seam in the rock with a hammer, and which acts as an anchor to protect the climber against the consequences of a fall,..
Pitonga
Pitonga is also a spider genus (Desidae). Pitonga is a small village located on the Ndogo Laguna between the town of Gamba and the village Sette Cama ..
Pitons
The pair taken from an aircraft. This article is about the Piton mountains. For the rock climbing tool, see Piton. The Pitons are two volcanic mountains in a World Heritage Site in Saint Lucia. The volcanoes are 770 m and 743 m high respectively and linked by the Piton Mitan ridge. ..
Piton des Neiges
Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a 3069m high inactive volcano on the island of Réunion, one of the volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Piton des Neiges emerged from the sea about two million years ago and has been inactive for 20,000 years. Deeply eroded..
Piton de la Fournaise
Piton de la Fournaise The erupting lava met the water of the Indian Ocean during the August 2004 eruption. Elevation: 2631 metres Coordinates: [21.229° S 55.713° E] Location: Réunion, Indian Ocean Type: Shield volcano (active) First ascent: Last eruption: 2006 Easie..
Pitot-static system
A pitot-static system is an avionics component which directs impact pressure from a Pitot tube and static air pressure into the appropriate flight instruments. The system allows a pilot to know an aircraft's airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend. Pitot - static related disasters 06 Fe..
Pitot House
The Pitot House is a historic landmark in New Orleans, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Pitot House is a 18th century Creole Colonial Plantation located at 1440 Moss Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Pitot House is currently owned by the Louisiana Landmark Soc..
Pitot tube
A Pitot (pronounced pē-tó) tube is a measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, and more specifically, used to determine airspeed on aircraft. The Pitot tube is named after its inventor, Henri Pitot, and was modified to its modern form by Henry Darcy. Types of Pitot Tube The..
Pito Salas
Pito Salas is a Cambridge software developer. While working with the Lotus Advanced Technology Group in 1986, Pito Salas invented a next generation spreadsheet concept which later became the basis for Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel. The product was released by Lotus in 1989 as Lotus Improv. In his..
Pitre
Pitre is a surname given to Acadian settlers in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador, many of whom later settled in Louisiana. It's pronunciation can vary from (pit) to (peetree) to (pete). It is believed approximately 9,000 people share this surn..
Pitreavie AAC
Based in Dunfermline, Fife, Pitreavie amateur athletic club was formed in 1956. It has its own dedicated clubhouse at Pitreavie athletics track. Since 1978 the club has had at least one representative at the Commonwealth Games. Possibly the most famous was Linsay McDonald who competed for Scotland ..
Pitrs
The Pitris (the fathers), are the spirits of the departed ancestors in Hindu culture. They are often remembered annually. It is a man's duty to his ancestors to beget at least one son, so that he may continue to make offerings to the Pitris. If offerings are not made, they suffer and often resort t..
Pitsburg, Ohio
Pitsburg is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 392 at the 2000 census. Geography Pitsburg is located at [39°59′12″N, 84°29′15″W] (39.986795, -84.487629)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the vi..
Pitsea
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Pitsea is a small town in south Essex, United Kingdom. Pitsea is part of the Basildon district. It is located at Latitude: 51:33:54N Longitude: 0:30:18E. Pitsea is a rapidly growing town in Essex, UK which threatens to outstrip the New Town it spills ove..
Pitsea railway station
Pitsea station is a railway station located in Pitsea in the Basildon district of Essex, United Kingdom. The station was opened in 1856 by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway and is 26 miles (41.8 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street. Train services are operated by c2c. The typ..
Pitseng
Pitseng is a small town in Lesotho. Pitseng hosted the Leadership Camp, which was sponsored by the organization Help Lesotho. Pitseng has two schools that are twinned with schools in Canada, also helped by Help Lesotho. The schools in Pitseng are Guardian Angel Primary School and Pitseng High School..
Pitseolak Ashoona
Pitseolak Ashoona, CM (1904 or 1907 - 1983;Inuktitut syllabics:ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious authenticity in her works. She was also a member of the Royal Academy of the Arts. Pitseolak was born on Nottingham Island in the Northwest Territo..
Pitsford
Pitsford is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Pitsford Hall is home to Northamptonshire Grammar School which runs a [weather station]. Ironstone is quarried at Pitsford and was formerly transported by rail. The railway line is now part of th..
Pitsford Water
Pitsford Water is a reservoir in Northamptonshire, England, about 6 miles north of Northampton. It is the third-largest in the United Kingdom, with a surface area of 2.85 square miles. It is operated by Anglian Water. It is nearby the village of Pitsford, for which it is named, and also to Brixwo..
Pitshanger Village
Pitshanger Village is a small area of North Ealing in West London, centred around the shops in Pitshanger Lane. It contains North Ealing Primary School and Pitshanger Park, as well as the Brentham Garden Suburb. Pitshanger Manor is not actually in Pitshanger Village, but is near the centre of Ealin..
Pitstone
Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, about seven miles east of Aylesbury, six miles south of Leighton Buzzard. It adjoins the village of Ivinghoe. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Picel's ..
Pitstone & Ivinghoe F.C.
Pitstone & Ivinghoe F.C. are a football club based in Pitstone, England. They were officially established in 1957 and joined the South Midlands League in 1977. In the 2005-06 season, they are members of the Spartan South Midlands Football League Division Two. |- !colspan="3" style="background:#c..
Pitstone Windmill
Pitstone Windmill Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework. This is the earliest date to be found on..
Pitstop
The term pitstop can refer to the following: In motor racing, a Pit stop is when the car stops in the pits for fuel and other consumables to be renewed or replenished.A computer game by Epyx.In digital printing Enfocus PitStop is a package designed to diagnose and repair PDF files.Penelope Pitstop ..
Pitsunda
Pitsunda (Georgian: ბიჭვინთა - Bichvinta) is a resort town in Abkhazia, a de jure autonomous republic within Georgia. It is situated on the shore of the Black Sea 25 km south from Gagra. The town was founded by the Greeks in the 5th century B.C. as a trade colony Pitiunt. Excavatio..
Pits (game)
Pits is a five player card game, a cross between whist and rummy, with the objective of playing all your cards first. It is played with a 54 card pack (4 suits and 2 jokers). Threes are low, Aces high, Twos even higher and Jokers highest. Once all the cards are dealt, the dealer plays a meld; one ..
Pitt
Pitt is used as a surname and may refer to: Brad Pitt (born in 1963), an American actorAndrew Pitt, a motorcycle racer from New South Wales, AustraliaCharles Redding Pitt (born 1944), attorney and current chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party (2003-2007)David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead..
Pitt's India Act
Pitt's India Act of 1784 was the enactment of the British Parliament to bring the administration of the British East India Company under the control of the British Government. It was made necessary to address the shortcoming of the East India Company Act (also known as the Regulating Act of 1773). T..
Pitt-Greenville Airport
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Pitta
Pitta may stand for: Pitta is a genus of tropical birdsPitta is one of the three dosas in Ayurvedic medicinePitta bread -- see pita (alternate spelling)Grand Admiral Danetta Pitta, a Grand Admiral in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of..
Pittacus of Mytilene
Bust of Pittacos, Roman copy of a Greek original of the Late Classical period, Louvre Pittacus (c. 640 -568 BC) was the son of Hyrradius and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He was a native of Mytilene and the Mytilenaean general who, with his army, was victorious in the battle against the A..
Pittakis
Kyriakos Pittakis (1798 - 1863), Greek archaeologist. While serving in the Greek army against the Ottoman Empire, Pittakis was among the soldiers in a famous battle in 1821. The Turkish troops had control of the Acropolis; desperate for ammunition, they began to dismantle sections of the Acropolis i..
Pittance
Pittance (through French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death festivals and other similar occasions. The word was ea..
Pitta (bird)
Pittas are passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. They are all similar in general structure and habits, and are placed in single genus. Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards, and stocky, with longish strong legs, very s..
Pitta Pitta language
Pitta Pitta (several other spellings) is an Australian Aboriginal language. External links [Ethnologue report for language code:pit][Pitta-Pitta vocabulary] ..
Pitted-ware culture
Pitted-ware culture is term that has been designated to an archeological findings from the late Neolithic period in southern Scandinavia and some areas of Russia as well. There is no cultural reason for the usage of this term, instead it us derived from the decoration of the pottery made by the peop..
Pitted Ware culture
The Pitted Ware culture (ca 3200 BC– ca 2300 BC) was a neolithic Hunter-gatherer culture in southern Scandinavia, mainly along the coasts of Svealand, Götaland, Åland, north-eastern Denmark and southern Norway. It was first contemporary and overlapping with the agricultural Funnelbeaker culture..
Pittem
Pittem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem proper. On January 1 2005 Pittem had a total population of 6,612. The total area is 34.42 km² which gives a population density of 192.09 inhabitants per km². ..
Pittendreigh's Law of Planetary Motion
Pittendreigh's Law of Planetary Motion is a humorous theory developed by Maynard Pittendreigh, who published his theory in Sky and Telescope (February, 1996). The theory suggests that the earth is revolving around the sun at a faster rate each year, thus explaining the perception caused by aging th..
Pittenweem
Pittenweem from the outer harbour wall. Pittenweem is a village in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic where "Pit-" is "place" in Pictish, and "tenweem" is " of the cave" (na h-Uaimh) in Gaelic, so "The place of the cave". Its full name in mode..
Pittenweem Priory
Pittenweem Priory is the name of an Augustinian Priory located at the village of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. It was originally founded by Augustinian monks, members of St. Ethernan's Priory from the Isle of May, c.1200, to escape the raids of maurauding pirates. [Priory House:[link]&..
Pitter Patter
"Pitter Patter" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1978 album M.I.U. Album. Details Written by: Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Al JardineAlbum: M.I.U. AlbumTime: 3 min 14 secProduced by: Al Jardine/Ron Altbach Perfo..
Pittheus
In Greek mythology, Pittheus was a son of Pelops and father of Aethra. He was the King of Troezen. He was a wise man and understood the words of Aegeus' prophesy when no one else did. Ovid VIII, 622, ..
Pittington
Pittington is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles to the north-west of Durham. Pittington in made up of the neighbouring settlements of Low Pittington and High Pittington. High Pittington, the larger of the two has extended to include the old settlem..
Pitting corrosion
Pitting corrosion, or pitting, is a form of extremely localized corrosion that leads to the creation of small holes in the metal. The driving power for pitting corrosion is the lack of oxygen around a small area. This area becomes anodic while the area with excess of oxygen becomes cathodic, leading..
Pittman, Florida
Pittman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 192 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittman is located at [28°59′51″N, 81°38′38″W] (28.997430, -81.643782)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States ..
Pittman Act
The Pittman Act was a United States federal law sponsored by Senator Key Pittman of Nevada and enacted on April 23, 1919. The act authorized the conversion of not exceeding 350,000,000 standard silver dollars into bullion and its sale, or use for subsidiary silver coinage, and directed purchase of d..
Pittman Center, Tennessee
Pittman Center is a town in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 477 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittman Center is located at [35°45′22″N, 83°22′58″W] (35.756148, -83.382747)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census ..
Pittock Mansion
The Pittock Mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. During the late 1800's and the early 1900's, their lives and work paralleled the growth of Portland from a small Northwest town site to a thriving city with a quarter million population. With its eclecti..
Pittodrie
Pittodrie Stadium --> Facility Statistics Location Pittodrie Street, Aberdeen, Scotland Broke Ground 1884 Opened 10 September,1889 Renovated 1994 (Richard Donald Stand Opened) Surface Grass Owner Aberdeen Football Club Original Construction Cost Reconstruction Cost ..
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes approximately 200 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ten genera. The species of Pittosporaceae range from tropical to temperate climates of the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, and Australasia ecozones. ..
Pittosporum
Pittosporum is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa. The species are trees and shrubs growing to 2-30 m tall. The leaves..
Pittosporum resiniferum
The petroleum nut, Pittosporum resiniferum, is a tree that grows in the Philippines, particularly in the wilderness surrounding the Mayon Volcano. The petroleum nut derives its name from the resemblance of the fruit's odor to petroleum-based fuels. Its fruit is highly suitable for use in producin..
Pitts, Georgia
Pitts is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. The population was 308 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Demographics4 Local Churches5 External links Geography Pitts is located at [31°56′43″N, 83°32′24″W] (31.945270, -83.54..
Pittsboro
Pittsboro may refer to: Pittsboro, North CarolinaPittsboro, MississippiPittsboro, Indiana 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 a..
Pittsboro, Indiana
Pittsboro is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Government4.1 Town Council4.1.1 Legislative Duties4.2 Clerk-Treasurer4.3 Town Manager4.4 Boards..
Pittsboro, Mississippi
Pittsboro is a village in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 212 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Pittsboro is located at [33°56′19″N, 89°20′19″W] (33.938595, -89.338735)[..
Pittsboro, North Carolina
The Court House and Traffic Circle in Downtown Pittsboro. The Statue in front of the Court House is a Confederate Soldier. Pittsboro is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,226 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Chatham County[Geographic r..
Pittsburg
Pittsburg was at one time a common spelling of the city now always written as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the official "federal" spelling of the city name from 1891 to 1911. Contents 1 United States of America Towns & Cities2 International Places3 Universal Places4 Hasid..
Pittsburg, Alabama
Pittsburg, Alabama is a town in Lawrence County, Alabama. It has a Latitude of 34.52528 and a Longitude of -87.20583. It's elevation is 670 feet. The town was named after the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. External links [Pittsburg, Alabama at Placenames.com] ..
Pittsburg, Arkansas
This article is about the Arkansas town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Arkansas is a township in Johnson County, Arkansas. It has a Latitude of 35.4375 and a Longitude of -93.36944. It was named after the industrial heri..
Pittsburg, British Columbia
This article is about the British Columbia town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, British Columbia was a planned development in the British Columbia province of Canada. The settlement was extensively planned out and ready fo..
Pittsburg, California
This article is about the California city. For the Pennsylvania city, see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg Pittsburg is a city located in north central Contra Costa County, California. It was founded in 1839 and went through a series of names before citizens voted o..
Pittsburg, Colorado
This article is about the Colorado town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Colorado is a settlement in Gunnison County, Colorado, now largely a ghost town with only a few cabins remaining. It was named in honor of the industr..
Pittsburg, Florida
This article is about the Florida town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Florida is a town in Polk County, Florida at Latitude 27.65361 and Longitude: -81.50278, named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ..
Pittsburg, Georgia
Pittsburg, Georgia is a town in DeKalb County, Georgia named after the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at 33 degrees 52'50 N and 84 degrees 13'10 W. ..
Pittsburg, Georgia (DeKalb County)
This article is about the Georgia town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Georgia is a town in DeKalb County, Georgia. It was named after the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has a Latitude of 33.88056 and..
Pittsburg, Georgia (Walker County)
This article is about the Georgia town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Georgia is a mostly deserted settlement in Walker County, Georgia. It should not be confused with the modern-day city of Pittsburg, Georgia (DeKalb Cou..
Pittsburg, Illinois
This article is about the Illinois town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 575 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittsburg is located at [37°46′..
Pittsburg, Illinois (Fayette County)
This article is about the Illinois town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Illinois is a town in Fayette County, Illinois, it should not be confused with the larger Pittsburg, Illinois (Williamson County). It has a Latitude o..
Pittsburg, Indiana
This article is about the Indiana town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Indiana is a town in Carroll County, Indiana. It has a Latitude of 40.59278 and a Longitude of -86.70167 with an elevation of 600 feet. It was named a..
Pittsburg, Iowa (Montgomery County)
This article is about the Iowa town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Iowa is a town in Montgomery County, Iowa and should not be confused with the Pittsburg, Iowa (Van Buren County). It has a Latitude of 41.02222 and a Long..
Pittsburg, Iowa (Van Buren County)
This article is about the Iowa town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Iowa is a town in Van Buren County, Iowa. It has a Latitude of 40.75639 and a Longitude of -91.99167 with an elevation of 580 feet. It was named after th..
Pittsburg, Kansas
This article is about the Kansas city. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, 129 miles (208 km) south of Kansas City. The population was 19,243 at the 2000 census. It was founded on May 20th, 1..
Pittsburg, Kansas (Mitchell County)
This article is about the Kansas township. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Kansas is a township in Mitchell County, Kansas and should not be confused with the much larger city of Pittsburg, Kansas in Crawford County. It has..
Pittsburg, Kentucky
This article is about the Kentucky town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburgh, Kentucky is a town in Laurel County, Kentucky. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 1153 feet..
Pittsburg, Mississippi
This article is about the Mississippi town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Mississippi is a town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at la..
Pittsburg, Missouri
Pittsburg, Missouri is an unincorporated community in Hickory County. It is located about ten miles south of Hermitage on Missouri State Highway 64. It is on the shores of Pomme de Terre Lake. ..
Pittsburg, Nebraska
This article is about the Nebraska town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Nebraska is a former community in Seward County, Nebraska. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the 21st century ..
Pittsburg, Nevada
This article is about the Nevada town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Nevada is a town in Lander County, Nevada. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at latitude 40.42861 and..
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
This article is about the New Hampshire town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 867 at the 2000 census. It is the northernmost town in New Hampshire. U.S. Rout..
Pittsburg, New Mexico
This article is about the New Mexico town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, New Mexico is a ghost-town in Colfax County, New Mexico. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has very few resi..
Pittsburg, North Carolina
This article is about the North Carolina town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, North Carolina is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located a..
Pittsburg, North Dakota
This article is about the North Dakota town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, North Dakota is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota in the United States. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
Pittsburg, Oklahoma
This article is about the Oklahoma town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 280 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittsburg is located at [34°42′46..
Pittsburg, Ontario
This article is about the Ontario township. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Ontario is a township in the Ontario province of Canada. It has a latitude and longitude of 44 degrees 21'0" N and 76 degrees 17'59" W. It was nam..
Pittsburg, Oregon
This article is about the Oregon town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Oregon is a town in Columbia County, Oregon. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at latitude 45.90083 a..
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
This article is about the Pennsylvania town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania is a town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It should not be confused with the city of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County,..
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad (AAR reporting mark PSN) also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central Pennsylvania and western New York. The line was financially troubled for its enti..
Pittsburg, South Carolina
This article is about the South Carolina town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, South Carolina is a town in Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is locat..
Pittsburg, Texas
This article is about the Texas city. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg is a city located in Camp County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,347. It is the county seat of Camp County[Geograph..
Pittsburg, Utah
This article is about the Utah town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Utah is a town in Piute County, Utah. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at latitude 38.50528 and longit..
Pittsburg/Bay Point (BART station)
Pittsburg/Bay Point is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the town of Bay Point, California. As the terminal station of the Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line, it serves all of northern and eastern Contra Costa County, including the cities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, as well as ..
Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line
The Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area consists of 21 metro stations from Pittsburg to San Francisco International Airport and Daly City. It passes through Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Oakland, and San F..
Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad is a switching railroad that serves industrial complexes in McKees Rocks. Interchanges McKees Rocks*P&OC*CSXRoster Road No. Model 17 70 Ton GE 20 70 Ton GE 1204 SW1200 References [Western Pennsylvanian Railroads:Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Mc..
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly called the Pan Handle Route (Panhandle Route in later days), was a railroad forming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Its common name came from its main line west from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania across the Northern Panhandl..
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Bridge
The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Bridge is a double-deck steel truss railway bridge spanning the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The upper deck carries two tracks of Conrail and Amtrak traffic. The lower deck is unused. The bridge crosses 40 feet above the Allegheny and i..
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway was a major part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, extending the PRR west from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania via Fort Wayne, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois. History The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad was chartered in Ohio on February 24 and in Pennsylvani..
Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway
The Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, commonly called the Harmony Line, was an interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler and New Castle via Harmony and a split at Evans City. The company had a freight station in downtown Pittsburgh on t..
Pittsburgh, Ohio
This article is about the Ohio town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburgh, Ohio is a town in Darke County, Ohio. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It retains only a few of its population in t..
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is a city in Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Contents 1 Name and spelling2 History3 Geography and climate4 People4.1 Demographics4.2 Local dialect4.3 Neighborhoods5 Government and politics6&n..
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (song)
"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" is a popular song. It was written by Bob Merrill in 1952. The most well-known version was recorded by Guy Mitchell. This recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39663. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 7, 1952 and lasted 17 week..
Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System
The Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's unique set of originally five colored roadways "belts" first set up in the 1940s by Joseph White to relieve congestion on the major routes into and out of the city. (A sixth belt, the Purple Belt, was added in 1995.) These "be..
Pittsburghia
This article is about the astronomical body. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburghia is a small planet--more commonly referred to as an asteroid-- that is in orbit around the sun 150 million miles from Earth. It is named in honor..
Pittsburgh 2012 Olympic bid
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania made a bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, it gained few support among the U.S. Olympic Committee, which determines the city which will be presented to the IOC. New York was eventually selected. Most of the organization for the bid was done by Michael S. Monaco, a..
Pittsburgh AIFL
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will be getting an American Indoor Football League team scheduled to begin play in 2007. The team will play its home games at the Rostraver Ice Garden in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania American Indoor Football League (AIFL) NORTHERN CONFERENCE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Can..
Pittsburgh AM Stations
This is a list of Pittsburgh AM stations. WWCS AM 540 Radio Disney Canonsburg WMBS AM 590 Standards Uniontown WKHB AM 620 Talk/Oldies Irwin WISR AM 680 Variety Butler WPIT AM 730 Religious Pittsburgh WKFB AM 770 Talk/Oldies Jeannette WEDO AM 810 Religious McKeespor..
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) (AAR reporting mark PLE), also known as the "Little Giant", was formed on May 11 1875. Company headquarters were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Youngstown, Ohio at nearby Haselton, Ohio in the west an..
Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
The Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark POHC) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Ohio Central (OC). The OC bought the line from the Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad in 2000...
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was a railroad in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia areas. Originally built as the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway, a Pittsburgh extension of George J. Gould's Wabash Railroad, the venture entered receivership in 1908 and the line..
Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists
The Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 to provide a forum for petroleum geologists in the Pittsburgh area to meet socially and discuss technical topics relative to the exploration and development of reserves in the Northern and Central ..
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is one of America's leading ballet companies. External links [Official website] ..
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is a professional ballet company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. The company also runs Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, training 300 students and offering more than 12 levels of studio instruction. The PBT School/Schenley High School Progr..
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
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Pittsburgh bridges
Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city in the world [link]. The city's proximity to three major rivers and countless hills and ravines has led to its becoming known as the City of Bridges. Contents 1 History2 Notable bridges3 See also4 External links Hist..
Pittsburgh Bulls
The Pittsburgh Bulls were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1990 to 1993.They were based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ..
Pittsburgh Cable News Channel
The Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) is a 24-hour local news cable channel serving the Pittsburgh area. Owned by Cox Enterprises, the station is aired on Comcast and Adelphia cable systems in Western Pennsylvania. Contents 1 History2 Calling PCNC3 Address4 External links..
Pittsburgh Canons
The Pittsburgh Canons was an American soccer club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Soccer League. Year-by-year Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup 1972 2 ASL 4th, Midwestern Did not qualify Did not enter ..
Pittsburgh Catholic
The Pittsburgh Catholic is a weekly Catholic newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, published for lay people and priests. It labels itself as the oldest Catholic newspaper in continuous publication. The newspaper was established in 1844. According to the website, Pittsburgh Catholic..
Pittsburgh City Paper
The Pittsburgh City Paper is a free arts, entertainment and news weekly published and distributed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. External link [Official site] ..
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera is a nonprofit professional theater company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. Pittsburgh CLO stages productions of musical theater classics, drawing more than 200,000 patrons each year; its annual budget is nearly $10 million. Established..
Pittsburgh compound B
Pittsburgh Compound B is a fluorescent derivative of Thioflavin T, which can be used to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue. Due to this property, Pittsburgh Compound B may have potential uses for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. ..
Pittsburgh Condors
The Pittsburgh Condors (previously Pittsburgh Pipers) were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association. The team played their home games in what is now Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pipers started life as one of the ABA's inaugural franchises in 196..
Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education
The Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education is a consortium of colleges and universities in the Pittsburgh metro area. The organization exists to allow the schools and their students to take advantage of each others resources and to facilitate the ease of sharing them. Any full-time student at a me..
Pittsburgh Courier
The Pittsburgh Courier was a newspaper for African-Americans. It has since been renamed the New Pittsburgh Courier. At its height in the 1930s, it had a national circulation of almost 200,000. The Courier was acquired in 1966 by John H. Sengstacke and reorganized as the New Pittsburgh Courier; thus..
Pittsburgh Crawfords
The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally a youth semipro team, the Crawfords were acquired in 1931 by Gus Greenlee, a numbers operator. Stepping into an organizational vacuum, as the major black leagues of the 1920s, the N..
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is both a nonprofit arts agency as well as a real estate and economic development catalyst to affect the development of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by creating an arts and entertainment district—the Cultural District. The organization was inspired by the vision..
Pittsburgh culture
In the 19th and 20th centuries, wealthy businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry J. Heinz, Henry Clay Frick, and nonprofit organizations such as the Carnegie Foundation donated millions of dollars to create educational and cultural institutions. As a result, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is rich in ..
Pittsburgh Dance Council
Pittsburgh Dance Council is a presenting organization based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. For more than 30 years PDC has offered its presenting series, and it regularly commissions new work from choreographers and composers. External links [Pittsburgh Dance Counci..
Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch was a newspaper for which Nellie Bly worked. ..
Pittsburgh English
Pittsburgh is the linguistic center of a dialect region within Midland American English, covering most of western Pennsylvania as well as parts of northern West Virginia, eastern Ohio, and a small area of western Maryland. Pittsburgh English is closely related to the Central Pennsylvania accent. T..
Pittsburgh Field Club
Pittsburgh Field Club is a country club, established in 1882, located six miles (10 km) northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. It hosted the 1937 PGA Championship. Amenities at the club include: a skeet range, swimming pool, tennis and paddleball courts, privatel..
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Pittsburgh Filmmakers is one of the oldest and largest media arts centers in the United States. This non-profit institution began as a filmmaking-equipment access cooperative in 1971. That co-op is still a pillar of the organization, which now also includes an accredited school, three theaters (The ..
Pittsburgh Fire Bureau
Pittsburgh Fire Bureau dates it's history back to 1794 and became a fully professional department in 1869. Trivia A Pittsburgh firefighter became the only one memorialized by statue at the National Firefighters monument [link]Pittsburgh firefighter Marina Betts was the world's first fem..
Pittsburgh Flight Training Center
The Pittsburgh Flight Training Center (PFTC), located at the Allegheny County Airport just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers ground school and flying lessons to those interested in becoming pilots, whether for recreational or professional purposes. External link [PFTC homepage]. ..
Pittsburgh FM stations
This is a list of Pittsburgh FM stations. WRWJ 88.1 FM Religious Murrysville WRCT 88.3 FM Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh WQED 89.3 FM NPR Pittsburgh WDUQ 90.5 FM Duquesne University/Jazz Pittsburgh WYEP 91.3 FM Eclectic Pittsburgh WPTS 92.1 FM University of..
Pittsburgh Folk Festival
The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of the ethnic heritage of citizens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Festival has been held annually since 1956. External links [Pittsburgh Folk Festival homepage] ..
Pittsburgh Galleria
Pittsburgh Galleria or South Hills Galleria is a shopping mall in the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh. It has as anchor tennants Anthropologie, Restoration Hardware, and Pottery Barn. There is also a movie theater in the complex. Pittsburgh Metro Shopping Malls and Centers Pittsburgh Central..
Pittsburgh Game Night
Nightly sports talk show on ESPN Radio 1250 in Pittsburgh. Features personalities Tim Benz, Jim Colony, Joe DeStio, and Ken Laird. Runs from 7-9 PM Monday to Friday. Often jokingly called "Pittsburgh Space Night" by 1250's Mark Madden ..
Pittsburgh Gifted Center
Pittsburgh Gifted Center (PGC) is a special school that provides gifted education, to gifted students in Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver. Up until May, 2006, the Pittsburgh Gifted Center was located at the McKelvy building in the Pittsburgh Hill District. In September, 2006, the Pittsburgh Gifted Cen..
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CAPA High School offers students six art majors: Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Theater, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, and Dance. Admission is by po..
Pittsburgh Hornets
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. The Pittsburgh Hornets were the name of 3 hockey teams: Pittsburgh Hornets (..
Pittsburgh Hornets (AHL)
The Pittsburgh Hornets were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (formerly International-American Hockey League) from 1936 until 1956, then again in 1961 until 1967. They played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA at the Duquesne Gardens and later on at the Civic Arena. External links..
Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
The Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad (AAR reporting mark PIR) is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It is owned by RailTex, who bought the line from Conrail in 1996. It was sold to the Ohio Central and renamed the P..
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, located at the Allegheny County Airport just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers Associate's degrees and certificates in aircraft mechanics and related fields. External links [PIA web site]. ..
Pittsburgh Institute of the Mortuary Sciences
Pittsburgh Institute of the Mortuary Sciences is a medical services technical school based in Pittsburgh USA. ..
Pittsburgh International Airport
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Pittsburgh Ironmen
The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a member of the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They ended their only season in the BAA in 1946-47 with a record of 15-45, finishing in fifth and last place in the Western Div..
Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins
The Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins are a defunct Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They were a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League. The Penguins only existed for one season, the 1997-98 season, and then folded. Season-by-Season Results Season GP W L T OT..
Pittsburgh Junction, Ohio
This article is about the Ohio town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburgh Junction, Ohio is a town in Harrison County, Ohio. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at latitude 40.331..
Pittsburgh Landing, Idaho
This article is about the Idaho town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburgh Landing, Idaho is a town in Idaho County, Idaho. It has a Latitude of 45.62167 and a Longitude of -116.46778 and an elevation of 1,150 feet. It was name..
Pittsburgh LAN Coalition
The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition, Inc. (Pittco) is a group of LAN parties in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Pittco was established in December 2003 by a number of well-established, smaller LAN parties looking to combine their efforts to hold large-scale LAN parties. Contents 1 Member LANs2 ..
Pittsburgh Left
The "Pittsburgh Left Turn" (typically referred to simply as the "Pittsburgh Left") is a colloquial term for a rule of the road that is obeyed almost exclusively in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area. It refers to the counter-intuitive practice of giving left-turning vehicles precedence over vehicle..
Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
The Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works was a railroad equipment manufacturing company founded by Andrew Carnegie and T.N. Miller in 1865. It was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. It produced its first locomotive in April 1867. Starting in the 1870s under its superintendent and general manager Da..
Pittsburgh Maulers
The Pittsburgh Maulers were a team which competed in the 1984 season of the United States Football League only, ceasing operation after the season. Their most prominent player was running back Mike Rozier, former winner of collegiate football's most prestigious individual award, the Heisman Trophy..
Pittsburgh Metro Area
The Pittsburgh Metro Area is the U.S. Census defined seven county region surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in southwestern Pennsylvania, United States of America. The counties include Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, and Armstrong. The area is in dispute with many in ..
Pittsburgh Mills
Pittsburgh Mills, owned and operated by the Mills Corporation, is the largest shopping mall complex in Western Pennsylvania as well as one of the largest in the state. The King of Prussia Mall near Philadelphia remains as the largest mall. Its grand opening, with much fanfare, was on July 14, 2005. ..
Pittsburgh Miners
The Pittsburgh Miners was an American soccer club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Soccer League. Year-by-year Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup 1975 2 ASL 3rd, South Did not qualify Did not enter ..
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera is a professional opera company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. Established in 1939, it is the eighth-oldest opera company in the United States. External links [Pittsburgh Opera homepage] ..
Pittsburgh Organizing Group
POG (Pittsburgh Organizing Group) is a Pittsburgh based progressive group concerned with peace, [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomy]], social justice, economic justice, and environmental issues locally, nationally, and internationally. POG was started by four friends in June of 2002. Initially called th..
Pittsburgh Passion
The Pittsburgh Passion is a full-contact women's American football team competing in the National Women's Football Association (NWFA). History The Passion were formed in March 2002 and are currently owned by team member Teresa Conn. The NWFA is a five-year old, 36-team league headquartered in Nas..
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Contents 1 Facts2 Franchise history2.1 Expansion Years: 1967-19692.2 1970s2.3 1980s2.4 Lemieux Era: 1984-20062.5 Lock..
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates Established 1887 Major league affiliations National League (1887-present)*Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark PNC Park (2001-present) Major league titles World Series titles (5) 1979 • 1971 • 1..
Pittsburgh Pirates/Award winners and league leaders
Awards Most Valuable Player*Barry Bonds (1990, 1992)*Roberto Clemente (1966)*Dick Groat (1960)*Dave Parker (1978)*Willie Stargell (1979)*Paul Waner (1927) Cy Young*Doug Drabek (1990)*Vern Law (1960, MLB) Rookie of the Year*Jason Bay (2004) Manager of the Year*Jim Leyland (1990, 1992) No-Hitters Pi..
Pittsburgh Pirates/Broadcasters
Dick Bingham Steve Blass (1983-1984; 1986-Present) Greg Brown (1994-Present) Jack Craddock Kent Derdivanis (1990-1993) Lanny Frattare (1976-Present) Milo Hamilton (1976-1979) Claude Haring Don Hoak (1965-1966) Nellie King (-1975) Mike Lange (1986-1987) Paul Long Dave Martin Gene Osborne..
Pittsburgh Pirates/Managers and ownership
Managers (1882-Present) Al Pratt (1882-1883)Ormand Butler (1883)Joe Battin (1883-1884)Denny McKnight (1884)Bob Ferguson (1884)George Creamer (1884)Horace Phillips (1884-1889)Fred Dunlap (1889)Ned Hanlon (1889)Guy Hecker (1890)Bill McGunnigle (1891)Ned Hanlon (1891)Tom Burns (1892)Al Buckenberger (18..
Pittsburgh Pirates/Team records
Single season records Batting average: Arky Vaughan (.385, 1935)Home runs: Ralph Kiner (54, 1949)Runs batted in: Paul Waner (131, 1927)Runs: Kiki Cuyler (144, 1925)Hits: Paul Waner (237, 1927)Doubles: Paul Waner (62, 1932)Triples: J. Owen Wilson (36, 1912) [MLB record]Stolen bases: Omar Mor..
Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Pittsburgh Pirates Played 1925 to 1931 Home ice Duquesne Gardens (Pittsburgh) Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Colors Canary yellow with black horizantal stripes (1925-1928)Orange with black stripes (1928-1930) League National Hockey League The Pittsburgh Pirates we..
Pittsburgh Pirates roster
Updated on July 14, 2006 Source: [Major League Baseball] Pitchers 55 Matt Capps57 Zach Duke51 Mike González50 Tom Gorzelanny34 John Grabow39 Roberto Hernández28 Paul Maholm43 Dámaso Marté52 Víctor Santos45 Ian Snell16 Salomón Torres32 Kip Wells Catchers 11 Humbert..
Pittsburgh Platform
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) adopted the Pittsburgh Platform in 1885. It was the culmination of a meeting of American Reform Rabbis from November 16-19, 1885. The Pittsburgh Platform is the founding document of what has come to be called "Classical Reform" ideology and was a p..
Pittsburgh Police
The Pittsburgh Police, or officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen of the late 1700's in the then borough of Pittsburgh. Contents 1 Organization1.1 Operations..
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1786 with the encouragement of Hugh Henry Brackenridge as a four-page weekly, the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, ..
Pittsburgh Press
Contents 1 One of Several Pittsburgh Newspapers2 Joint Operating Agreement3 Sunday Edition4 External links One of Several Pittsburgh Newspapers The Pittsburgh Press, now defunct, was a major daily newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was one of many competing city news..
Pittsburgh Public Schools
The Pittsburgh Public Schools is the public school school district for the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. Contents 1 Elementary schools2 Middle schools3 High schools4 Other facilities4.1 Closed schools5 External links Elementary sch..
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Pittsburgh Public Theater is a professional theater company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. Established in 1974, it was housed in the Hazlett Theatre at the Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall on Pittsburgh’s North Side. PPT moved in 1999 to the O%27Reilly Theate..
Pittsburgh Railways
Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT). At 66 PCC cars, it had the second largest fleet of PCC cars in North America. It had 68 street car routes, only 3 (42, 47, and 52) are used by PAT as Trolley routes. Many of the street car routes have..
Pittsburgh Railways Company
The historic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastreet railway company. See [Pittsburgh Railways Company.] ..
Pittsburgh Rebels
The Pittsburgh Rebels were a professional baseball club in the short-lived Federal League, which was a minor league in 1913 and a full-fledged outlaw major league the next two years. Originally called the Pittsburgh Stogies after an earlier Pittsburgh team, the team changed its name in the middle o..
Pittsburgh Rens
The Pittsburgh Rens were an American basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Basketball League. Year-by-year Year League Reg. Season Playoffs 1961/62 ABL 2nd, Eastern Preliminary Round 1962/63 ABL 3rd No playoff ..
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are a USL Second Division soccer team. In 2004 the club played its home games at Moon High School Stadium, after having played at Bethel Park Stadium from 1999-2003, when the team was part of the A-League. In 2005, the team was purchased by the owners of the Washington Wil..
Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height
This is a listing of Pittsburgh, USA skyscrapers in order of tallest to shortest: '''1. U.S. Steel Tower 256 m 841 ft. 64 1970 Harrison & Abramovitz ''' 2. One Mellon Center 221 m 725 ft. 54 1983 Welton Becket 3. PPG Place 194 m 635 ft. 40 1984 Johnson/Burgee 4. Hig..
Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion
This is a listing of Pittsburgh, USA skyscrapers in order of newest to oldest: 1. Highmark Place 188 m 31 1988 2. Dominion Tower 131 m 32 1987 3. PPG Place 194 m 40 1984 4. One Mellon Center 221 m 54 1983 5. Oxford Centre 187 m 45 1983 6. Federated Tower 109 m 27 1982 7. Two PNC..
Pittsburgh South Side
Pittsburgh South Side was an American basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was a member of the Central Basketball League and the various incarnations of the Western Pennsylvania Basketball League. The team dropped out of the league during the 1911/12 season. Year-by-year Year Le..
Pittsburgh Spirit
The Pittsburgh Spirit were an indoor soccer team based out of Pittsburgh and were one of the original six teams that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Spirit folded after the '79-'80 season, but returned 1 year later and played in Pittsburgh until 1986. Their best season occurred in '84..
Pittsburgh Sports
Main Article: Pittsburgh Pittsburgh's dedication both to amateur and professional sports has a long history. Pittsburgh has been called the "City of Champions" for its success in sports, particularly during the 1970s. Logo Club Sport League Venue Championships Pittsburgh Steelers America..
Pittsburgh sports lore
In Pittsburgh sports lore history, there have been many extraordinary events that have contributed to the city's sports franchises winning titles. Contents 1 Mazeroski's home run1.1 The play1.2 Notes2 Immaculate Reception3 The Save4 The Tackle II4.1 The play4.2&n..
Pittsburgh Steelerettes
The Pittsburgh Steelerettes were the first cheerleading squad in the National Football League, serving as the cheerleaders for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1960s. The squad was fired eventually, and the Steelers to this day are among the few NFL teams that do not have cheerleaders. ..
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are currently members of the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team has appeared in six Super Bowls and is, with the San ..
Pittsburgh Steelers statistics
This page details statistics about the Pittsburgh Steelers American football team. Single Season Records Passing Attempts: 519 Tommy Maddox (2003)Completions: 298 Tommy Maddox (2003)Yards: 3724 Terry Bradshaw (1979)Touchdowns: 28 Terry Bradshaw (1978)Interceptions: 25 Terry Bradshaw (1979) Rushing ..
Pittsburgh Stogies
The Pittsburgh Stogies were a baseball team in the short-lived Union Association of 1884. They played in Recreation Park. The team began play in 1884 as the Chicago Browns but after suffering $15,000 in losses, the owner A. H. Henderson, moved the team to Pittsburgh. The Stogies were managed by Joe..
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is a joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and Westinghouse Electric Company. PSC was founded in 1986 by it's two Scientific Directors, Dr. Ralph Roskies of Carnegie Mellon University and Dr. Michael Levine of the Univer..
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras in the United States. It is based at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District. The orchestra was founded by the Pittsburgh Arts Society in 1895, and played its first concert the following year. Its first conducto..
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
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 June 2006. Pittsburgh Technical Institut..
Pittsburgh Technology Center
Pittsburgh Technology Center (PTC) is an office park located in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTC, on the site of a former Jones and Laughlin steel mill, is a hub of advanced academic and corporate technology research. More than 1,000 people work on this site which has be..
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate theological institution associated with the Presbyterian Church USA. It is located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The consolidation of two previously separate institutions, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary of the United Presbyteria..
Pittsburgh toilet
A Pittsburgh toilet is a common fixture in post-World War II houses built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It consists of a toilet in the basement of the house with no surrounding walls. It was generally used by steel workers before they headed upstairs for supper. ..
Pittsburgh Transportation
Main Article: Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, surrounded by rivers and hills, has a unique transportation infrastructure that includes roads, bridges, railroads and other structures, such as inclines, bike paths and stairways. Contents 1 Roads2 Bridges3 Airports4 Mass transit5 ..
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is a newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1992 as an offshoot of the Greensburg Tribune-Review following a press strike at the two previously dominant Pittsburgh dailies. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Greensburg Tribune-Review and affiliate..
Pittsburgh TV Stations
This is a list of Pittsburgh TV stations. KDKA TV 2 (CBS)WTAE TV 4 (ABC)WPXI TV 11 (NBC)WQED TV 13 (PBS)WQEX TV 16 (PBS)WPCW TV 19 (UPN)WPMY TV 22 (WB)WIIC TV 29WBYD-CA 35WPCB TV 40WPGH TV 53 (FOX)WBGN TV 59WNEU TV 63WPTG TV 69 See also Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA ..
Pittsburgh Xplosion
Pittsburgh Xplosion Founded 2005 Team History Pittsburgh Xplosion (2005-present) Arena Mellon Arena, Petersen Events Center Team Colors Black, white, yellow Championships 0 Division Titles 0 Owners Freddie Lewis, Richard Hersperger Head Coach Tom Thacke..
Pittsburgh Young Professionals
Pittsburgh Young Professionals (PYP) is a non-profit professional networking organization in Pittsburgh dedicated to providing career-minded individuals with opportunities to develop socially, professionally, and civically. Pittsburgh Young Professionsals is a volunteer-run organization known for i..
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet is a nonprofit organization founded and run by former Pittsburgh Ballet Theater ballerina Jean Gedeon, which draws young dancers from across the country to train for careers as ballet dancers. Graduates of the PYB have won positions in the most prestigious schools and compani..
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo is one of only six zoo/aquarium centers in the United States. The center is home to thousands of animals representing hundreds of species. Pittsburgh Zoo is currently involved in 64 survival plans and hosts 72 threatened or endangered species on 77 acres of park land in Pittsbur..
Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
This article is about the Hasidic Jewish dynasty. For the Pennsylvania city, see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg (disambiguation). Pittsburg, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Issachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg and concentrated in Ashdod, a..
Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad
The Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark PSR) also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central and southwestern Pennsylvania. The Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad is often confu..
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 43,953. Its county seat is McAlester6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns4 NRHP sites Geography According to the U.S. Census Burea..
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
This article is about the Tennessee town. For the Pennsylvania city see Pittsburgh. There are also several other places named Pittsburg. Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee is a town in Hardin County, Tennessee. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at lati..
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University, a.k.a. PSU or Pitt State, is a public, coeducational university with approximately 6,600 students (5,200 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students) located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of Kansas residents with the gender pr..
Pittsfield, Brown County, Wisconsin
Pittsfield is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,433 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 83.3 km² (32.2 mi²). 83.2 km² (32.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.06%) i..
Pittsfield, Illinois
Pittsfield is a city in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,211 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pike County[Geographic references#6GR6]. It was home to John Hay, Lincoln's personal secretary, ambassador to England under President William McKinley, later ..
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
"Pittsfield" redirects here. For other places named Pittsfield, see Pittsfield (disambiguation). Pittsfield is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 45,793 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Berkshire County[Geographic references#6GR6] and..
Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Pittsfield is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 3,931 at the 2000 census. The United States Postal Service has assigned Pittsfield the ZIP code 03263 as part of the North Chichester postal service area. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4&n..
Pittsfield, New York
Pittsfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,295 at the 2000 census. The Town of Pittsfield is on the west border of the county. Geography The west town line is the border of Chenango County, New York. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Pittsfield, Ohio
Pittsfield is a township in Lorain County, Ohio, just south of Oberlin. In 2000 its population was 1549. Location: 41.23745 N, 082.21979 W. On April 11, 1965, one of the tornados in the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak passed through Pittsfield, killing seven people and destroying every building in ..
Pittsfield, Vermont
Pittsfield, Vermont Pittsfield is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 427 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 51.9 km² (20.0 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there w..
Pittsfield (CDP), Maine
Pittsfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,217 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittsfield is located at [44°46′54″N, 69°23′3″W] (44.781765, -69.384352)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United..
Pittsfield (CDP), New Hampshire
Pittsfield CDP is a census-designated place within the town of Pittsfield in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The population was 1,669 at the 2000 census. This article provides demographic statistics for the central settlement or village, but all values are included in the aggregate values report..
Pittsfield (disambiguation)
Pittsfield is the name of some places in the United States, the most common being Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Pittsfield, IllinoisPittsfield, MainePittsfield, MichiganPittsfield, New HampshirePittsfield, New YorkPittsfield, OhioPittsfield, PennsylvaniaPittsfield, VermontPittsfield, Wisconsin This is ..
Pittsfield (town), Maine
Pittsfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,214 at the 2000 census. It is located at latitude 44°46'57" North; longitude 69°23'2" West. Maine Central Institute, a private boarding school founded in 1866, is located in Pittsfield. Carl Milliken, a Governor o..
Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan
Pittsfield Charter Township is a charter township south of Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 30,167 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 71.3 km² (27.5 mi²), all land. Demograph..
Pittsfield Municipal Airport
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Pittsfield Township, Pennsylvania
Pittsfield Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,519 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 144.1 km² (55.6 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there wer..
Pittsford
Pittsford is the name of some places in the United States of America: Pittsford, MichiganPittsford, New York*Pittsford village*Pittsford townPittsford, Vermont This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might ..
Pittsford, New York
Pittsford, New York is a suburban area of Rochester, New York, situated along the Erie Canal in New York. There are two delineation to the suburb of Pittsford: The Village of PittsfordThe Town of Pittsford This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with t..
Pittsford, Vermont
Pittsford, Vermont Pittsford is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,140. Pittsford was first settled as a frontier town in 1769, about 60 miles from Bennington. It is the location of two historical picket forts used by the mili..
Pittsford (town), New York
Location map of Pittsford Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 27,219 at the 2000 census. The Town of Pittsford was incorporated in 1827. It was named by Colonel Caleb Hopkins, Pittsford's first town supervisor, for the town of his birth, Pittsfor..
Pittsford (village), New York
Location map of Pittsford Pittsford is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. The Village of Pittsford is the oldest village in Monroe County, incorporated in 1827. The village, an Erie Canal community, is in the Town of Pittsford. Pi..
Pittsford Mendon High School
Pittsford Mendon High School is a high school in Monroe County, Upstate New York. The School One of two high schools in the Pittsford school district (the other being Pittsford Sutherland High School), Pittsford Mendon is located at 472 Mendon Road (from which the school gets its name). Located ..
Pittsford Sutherland High School
Built 1957 School District Pittsford Central Grade Levels 9 through 12 Principal Liz Konar Assistant Principals John WeymannEileen Scoville Enrollment 945 Pittsford Sutherland High School is a high school in Monroe County, Upstate New York. Contents 1 The School1.1 History1.2&nb..
Pittsford Township, Michigan
Pittsford Township is a township in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,600 at the 2000 census. Communities Pittsford is an unincorporated community on the boundary with Jefferson Township. It is on Michigan State Highway 34 about three miles southeast of Osseo at ..
Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey
Pittsgrove Township highlighted in Salem County. Inset map: Salem County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. Pittsgrove Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 8,893. Olivet (2000 Census populatio..
Pittston, Maine
Pittston is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,548 at the 2000 census. The Major Reuben Colburn House is located here. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 86.5 km² (33.4 mi²). 83.3 km² (32.2 mi²) of it is land..
Pittston, Pennsylvania
Pittston (properly pronounced pits-ton) is a third class city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It gained prominence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an active coal mining city, but has struggled economically since the 1960s. The population was 8,104 at t..
Pittston Township
Redirect [[Template:Merge]] Pittston Township is an outlying suburban community located in the northeastern corner of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The municipality, located equidistant to the larger regional cities of Scranton to the north and Wilkes-Barre to the south has been showing solid growth..
Pittston Township, Pennsylvania
Pittston Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,450 at the 2000 census. Within the township is the borough of Avoca, where the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is located. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Pittstown, New York
Pittstown is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, USA. The population was 5,644 at the 2000 census. The Town of Pittstown is in the northern part of the county. Contents 0.1 Past residents of note1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities and locations in Pitts..
Pittsville
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Pittsville, Maryland
Pittsville is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittsville is located at [38°23′41″N, 75°24′33″W] (38.394815, -75.409288)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Burea..
Pittsville, Wisconsin
Pittsville is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 866 at the 2000 census. Geography Pittsville is located at [44°26′25″N, 90°7′42″W] (44.440409, -90.128249)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Pittsville School District
The Pittsville School District is a small rural school district in Pittsville, Wisconsin in Wood County, Wisconsin. The Pittsville School District is served by a five person School Board, a District Superintendent, an Elementary School Principal, a High School Principal, a Business Manager, a Schoo..
Pittsworth, Queensland
The town of Pittsworth ([27°43′S 151°38′E]) is a rural Shire of 1,087 square kilometers located on the rich agricultural area of the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, Australia. Located 169 km south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, 41 km south-west of Toowoomba and 518 ..
Pittsylvania
Pittsylvania may refer to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USAanother name for Westsylvania, proposed as a fourteenth colony of the United States This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wis..
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 61,745. Its county seat is Chatham6. Contents 1 History2 Geography2.1 Districts2.2 Adjacent Counties and Cities3 ..
Pitts Sanborn
Pitts Sanborn (1879-1941) was music critic for The New York Globe and then the New York World Telegram. He also write books such as The Metropolitan Book of the Opera, Prima Donna : A Novel of the Opera, Ludwig van Beethoven. ..
Pitts Special
S1S on the ground S1S in flight Christen Industries S-2B Pitts Special C-GRPS belonging to the Pitts Specials Formation Aerobatic Team The Pitts Special is a light aerobatics biplane designed by Curtis Pitts, which has accumulated more competition wins than any other aircraft sinc..
Pitts Specials Formation Aerobatic Team
The Pitts Specials Formation Aerobatic Team is a civilian airshow team flying four Pitts Special S-2B biplanes throughout the United States, Central America and Canada. [Team Home Page] ..
Pittura Metafisica
Pittura Metafisica (metaphysical painting) was an Italian art movement founded in 1917 by Carlo Carrà and Giorgio de Chirico in Ferrara. Metaphysical Painting, a short-lived but significant Italian movement, sprang from the chance meeting 1917 of Carra, de Chirico and the latter's brother, the poe..
Pittville
Pittville is a Northern area of Cheltenham, founded in the early Nineteenth Century by Joseph Pitt. It contains Pittville park, with its two lakes, skatepark, tennis courts and Pump Room, and some of the finest examples of Georgian and Victorian housing in the town. External links [PARA (Pittv..
Pittwater Council
Pittwater redirects here. For the New South Wales electorate, please see Electoral district of Pittwater. Pittwater Council is a Local Government Area on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs which comprise the Pittwater LGA were detached from the W..
Pittwater House Schools
The Pittwater House Preparatory School for boys was founded late in 1961 by Rex Henry Morgan. It opened in the Thomas Vickers Church Hall in Curl Curl in February 1962 with just six little boys. Pupil numbers grew quickly and by 1964 land in Collaroy was purchased by Mr Morgan and a new Prep School..
Pitty
Priscila Leone (born October 7, 1977) better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian rock singer. Pitty is also the name of her band. Contents 1 Biography2 Pitty personnel3 Albums4 Singles5 External links Biography Pitty was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the daughter of a mus..
Pitt & Kantrop
Pitt & Kantrop is a children's Television programme produced by Eurovision and is shown on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It follows the journey of a 13 year old boy named Pitt and his pet bird Kantrop as they adventure through the wilderness of the Stone Age eras, and solve problems in the tribes v..
Pitt (comic)
Pitt Date of birth: 1981 Place of birth: Creed Throneworld Eyes: Red with no visible irises Hair: Black Other distinguishing features: Grey skin Race: Human/creed hybrid Occupation: Former assassin for the Creed Empire Marital Status: Single Known relatives:Zoivod (father) Allen Bracken (father,..
Pitt Academy
'''Pitt Academy Location Louisville, Kentucky, USA Founded 1949 Grades K-12 School colors Blue & Gold School mascot Bear Religious affiliation Roman Catholic Pitt Academy was founded in 1949 by Monsignor Felix Newton Pitt. He found the school for Special Needs Kids. It participates ..
Pitt Bank
Pitt Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Southwest of the Chagos Archipelago. It is almost 56 km long Northwest to Southeast, with a width between 20 and 30 km. It stretches from 06°48'S to 07°16'S and 071°06'E to 071°36'E. The total size is about 1100 km 2, making it the second la..
Pitt Bull 3
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Pitt Club
The Pitt Club, founded in 1835, is a socially exclusive invitation-only club for male students at the University of Cambridge who attended public school. It is named in honour of William Pitt the Younger who was a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge. The Club has premises at 7 Jesus Lane. It us..
Pitt County, North Carolina
Pitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As one of the fastest growing centers in the state, the county has seen a population boom since 1990. In 2000, the population was 133,798. In 2006, it was estimated that the county's population was near 170,000. Its county sea..
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Location Greenville, North Carolina Beds 755 Affiliation East Carolina University Certification Level I Speciality General Founded Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) is the flagship teaching hospital for the University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina in Gre..
Pitt Island/Rangiauria
This article is about the island of New Zealand. For the island of Canada, see Pitt Island (Canada). Pitt Island from space Pitt Island or Rangiauria is the second largest island in the Chatham Islands, territorially part of New Zealand, the mainland of which lies 800 kilometres to the west. ..
Pitt Islands
Pitt Islands is a group of small islands lying immediately off the N extremity of Renaud Island, at the N end of the Biscoe Islands. The name "Pitt's Island," for William Pitt, British statesman, was applied by John Biscoe in 1832 to an island which he erroneously charted as lying about 25 mi WNW of..
Pitt Lake
Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 53.5 square kilometres in area. It is about 25 km long and about 4.5 km wide at its widest, and is also the largest tidal lake in the world, its confluence with the Fraser being only a few miles upstream fro..
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
Pitt Meadows is a District Municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Pitt Meadows is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The population of Pitt Meadows was approximately 14,700 in 2001. Contents 1 Geography2 Transportation3 Industry4 Facts Geogra..
Pitt Meadows Airport
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Pitt Meadows Secondary School
Pitt Meadows Secondary School is a public high school in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia part of School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows. Notable alumnus Greg Moore, race car driver ..
Pitt Meadows Water Aerodrome
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Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Contents 1 Demographics2 Geography3 History3.1 Members of Parliament3.2 C..
Pitt Poetry Series
The Pitt Poetry Series, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press since 1968, is one of the largest and best known lists of contemporary American poetry by any publisher. Poets in the Pitt Series include Sharon Olds, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Lawrence Joseph, Jon Anderson, Richard Shelton, ..
Pitt River
The Pitt River is an extremely large (by volume, not length) tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster, British Columbia and about 25km ESE of downtown Vancouver. The river, which begins in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains, is in two sections a..
Pitt Rivers Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum interior The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building. The ..
Pitt River Bridge
The Pitt River Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Pitt River between Port Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. The bridge is part of Highway 7, carrying Lougheed Highway across the river. The original (southern) span was opened in 1957 by Premier W. A. C. Bennett. The second (norther..
Pitt River Expedition
The Pitt River Expedition is the name given to several expeditions, detailed below. Named for the Pit River (note the spelling difference), which is one of several tributaries of the Sacramento River. The expeditions were part of the Indian wars in California, such as they were, which took place as ..
Pitt River Middle School
Pitt River Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. The school opened in 1996. Prior to that year, the school was called Mary Hill Junior Secondary School since its original opening in 1964. It is located at 2070 Tyner Street. As of 2006, the current school principal i..
Pitt Stadium
Pitt Stadium was a stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that hosted football and track and field events starting in 1925. It was the home of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 1925 to 1999. It was also the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1964 to 1969, after they moved from nearby ..
Pitt Street, Sydney
"Pitt Street" redirects here. For , see Pitt Street (disambiguation). Pitt Street is a major street in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The street is one way (Northbound Only). It runs through the entire city centre from Circular Quay in the north to Redfern sout..
Pitt Street (disambiguation)
There are streets named Pitt Street in various places: Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia Pitt Street, Hong KongPitt Street, Manhattan, New York City, USAPitt Street, Penang, MalaysiaPitt Street, Singapore This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the s..
Pitt Street Mall, Sydney
Pitt Street Mall, looking north Pitt Street Mall is the pedestrianised section of Pitt Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. It is one block long between Market Street and King Street and is one of Australia's busiest and most cosmopolitan shopping precincts. Despite its small size, it ho..
Pitt Town, New South Wales
Pitt Town is an historic town and suburb about 65 km north west of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the five 'Macquarie Towns' established by Governor Macquarie in 1810. It is named after William Pitt the Elder, the 18th Century British Prime Minister. A site for a vi..
Pitt Town Bottoms, New South Wales
Pitt Town Bottoms is a locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Hornsby Shire. External links ..
Pituffik
Pituffik (approximately [76°32′N 68°45′W]) was the northernmost hunting village of the Greenlandic Inuit until the United States was given permission to build Thule Air Base in 1951. By 1953, all residents of Pituffik and nearby Dundas had been forced to move 130 km north to the new ..
Pituitary adenoma
Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland, and account for about 10% of intracranial neoplasms. They often remain undiagnosed, and small pituitary tumors are found in 6 to 24 percent of adults at autopsy. Contents 1 Types1.1 By staining1.2 By hormone secretio..
Pituitary gland
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Pituitary stalk
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Pituitary tumour
The anterior pituitary secretes a number of hormones including: Growth hormone (GH)Prolactin (PRL)Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)Luteinizing hormone (LH) Although theoretically a tumour could se..
Pituophis
Pituophis is a genus of non-venomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bull snakes. Species within the genus are found throughout the United States and Mexico. Species Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer*Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer affinis (Hallow..
Pituophis catenifer affinis
The Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis) is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake found throughout the southwestern United States, from west Texas, across to southern Arizona, and southeast California, and south into the northern states of Mexico. References [Fact Sheet for:..
Pituriaspida
The Pituriaspida are a small group of nose spiked jawless fishes, which lived in the marine, deltaic environments of Middle Devonian (about 390 Ma). They are known only by two genera, Pituriaspis and Neeyambaspis found in a single sandstone location in Queensland, Australia. The better studied ge..
Pitu Guli
Pitu Guli (Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: Питу Гули), also called Dimitrios Gouli and Peto the Vlach (1865, Krushevo (present day Republic of Macedonia)—1903, Krushevo) was an ethnic Aromanian (Vlach) revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia, a local leader of, what is commonly referred ..
Pity
Pity is an emotion, usually resulting from an encounter with an unfortunate, injured, or pathetic person or creature. A person experiencing pity will often take mercy on the person/creature, giving them aid or money. Many people pity the homeless, orphans, the terminally ill, and victims of rape and..
Pityriasis
Pityriasis commonly refers to flaking of the skin. Types include: Pityriasis lichenoides chronicaPityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acutaPityriasis roseaPityriasis rubra pilarisPityriasis versicolor It can also refer to a bird, the Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala). This is a ..
Pityriasis Alba
Pityriasis alba is Latin for white, scaly patches and it is the most common cause for them in childhood. Children with this extremely common condition develop uneven, round or oval patches after sun exposure. The patches are dry with very fine scales. Varying from 1 to 2 inches in diameter, they are..
Pityriasis lichenoides chronica
Pityriasis lichenoides chronica, short form PLC, is the chronic version of the Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta, also called Mucha Habermann's Disease. See also Parapsoriasis External links http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic334.htmhttp://dermnetnz.org/scaly/pityriasis-lichenoides.htm..
Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta, or Mucha Habermann's Disease, short form PLEVA, is a disease of the immune system. It is the more severe version of Pityriasis lichenoides chronica. The disease is characterized by rashes and small lesions on the skin. It is not contagious and current..
Pityriasis rosea
Pityriasis rosea is a skin disease marked by patches of pink, oval rash. Although its exact cause is unknown and its onset is not linked to food, medicines or stress, it is thought that this essentially non-contagious condition is set off by a virus. Pityriasis rosea can affect members of either..
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
What is Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP)? PRP is a rare and chronic skin disorder that often has a sudden onset. Symptoms may include reddish-orange patches on the skin, severe flaking, uncomfortable itching, and thickening of the skin on the feet and hands. For some, early symptoms may also includ..
Pitys
In Greek mythology, Pitys ("pine") was an Oread nymph who was pursued by Pan. She was changed into a pine tree by the gods in order to escape him. ..
Pity Me
Pity Me is a village in County Durham in England. The name probably arose as a semi-humorous term for a barren piece of land, or as a distortion of the French petite mer (small sea: ie, a lake). Locals claim the term arose because monks sang the 51st psalm during their flight from a Viking invas..
Pity sex
Pity sex (also called sympathy sex or, colloquially, a mercy fuck) is a popular term used to describe sexual intercourse that is provided based solely on feelings of pity or sympathy that at least one partner feels for the other. One or all of those involved may lack any feelings of attraction towa..
Pitzer College
Pitzer College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, USA. Pitzer College is the fifth of seven institutions of higher learning known as the Claremont Colleges and coordinated through the Claremont University Consortium. Contents 1 History2 Demogra..
Pitzhanger Manor
The Pitzhanger Manor Gallery and House comprises Pitzhanger Manor House, a restored Georgian villa once owned and designed by Sir John Soane in Ealing, London, in 1800. It is a Grade I listed building and serves as the London Borough of Ealing's main museum. The building was acquired by the old Eal..
Pit (game)
The logo on the back of each card. Pit is a fast-paced card game for three to seven players, designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. The game was developed for Parker Brothers and first sold in 1904. The inspiration was the US Corn Exchange and it was likely based on the very..
Pit (Kid Icarus)
is the central protagonist from Nintendo's Kid Icarus series. He is Palutena's most loyal servant and the leader of her royal bodyguard. Contents 1 ''Kid Icarus'' series2 ''Captain N: The Game Master''3 ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''4 Character design5 Cameos6 Trivia7&..
Pit and Pendulum
The Pit and Pendulum is a public house situated in Hockley, Nottingham. It is part of the Eerie Pub Company chain, which runs many themed public houses across the country, including locations in London and Edinburgh. This particular pub has a gothic theme, which is highlighted by the large tables, t..
Pit bull
For the Cuban-American rapper (Armando Christian Pérez), see Pitbull (rapper). The American Pit Bull Terrier is one of several bull terrier breeds. Pit Bull is not a specific breed of dog, but rather a term used to describe several breeds of dogs with similar physical characteristics. The Am..
Pit Bull (TV series)
Pit Bull was a debate show that aired live every Saturday on SPEED Channel during the 2004 NASCAR season. The show took place outside of every venue of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. [Host] Steve Byrnes moderated debates involving a 4-person panel of sportswriters whose columns are mostly a..
Pit droid
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Pit Fighter (film)
Pit Fighter (2005) is an action movie directed by Jesse Johnson. The film stars Dominique Vandenberg, Steven Bauer and Stephen Graham. The film is about a quiet yet intense man named Jack(Vandenberg) who has no recollection of his past. He spends his time in violent no holds barred fights in a smal..
Pit fired pottery
Pit fired pottery is the oldest known method of firing clay-- and the ultimate source of all the modern firing variations used by potters. Unfired pots are nestled together in a pit in the ground and are then covered with burnable materials such as wood shavings, leaves, metal oxides, salts, sawdus..
Pit Lepine
Pit Lepine (born July 30, 1901 in St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec - August 2, 1955) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Pit played in the National Hockey League from 1925 to 1939. He spent his entire career with the Montreal Canadiens, winning two Stanley Cups, in 1930 and 1931. ..
Pit lord
The term Pit Lords is generally applied to a group of barbaric demons in the Blizzard Entertainment video game series Warcraft. The Pit Lords were enslaved by the fallen titan, Sargeras, when he created the dreaded Burning Legion. Among their ranks, Mannoroth - commonly known as the Destructor - be..
PIT maneuver
The PIT maneuver is a method, popular with police departments, by which one car pursuing another can force the pursued vehicle to abruptly turn sideways to the direction of travel, causing the driver to lose control and stop. The acronym "PIT" stands for either Precision Immobilization Technique, Pu..
Pit Martin
Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (Born - December 9, 1943 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional hockey centreman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks Playing career Martin pla..
Pit of despair
The pit of despair was an experiment conducted on rhesus macaque monkeys during the 1970s by American comparative psychologist Harry Harlow at the University of Wisconsin. The aim of the research was to investigate the causes of clinical depression. The pit itself was what the researchers called a ..
Pit of Doom
The Pit of Doom is a mountain in Robert Jordan's fictional Wheel of Time series. It is located in the The Blight in the valley of Thakan'dar, the site of the Dark One's prison. A tunnel leads down to the fiery Pit of Doom where the barrier between the real world and the Dark One's prison is thinnest..
Pit orchestra
A pit orchestra is a type of orchestra that accompanies performers in musicals, operas, and other shows involving music. Pit refers to the orchestra pit, the usually lowered area in front of a stage. For operas and ballets the pit orchestra is usually the same size as a symphony orchestra (although ..
Pit pony
A pit pony was a type of pony commonly used in coal mines up until the mid 20th century. ..
Pit Pot
''Pit Pot is a video game developed and manufactured by Sega for the Master System. The Japanese version was released in 1985 and the export version in 1986. It was only realeased as a combo with Astro Warrior in a double cart in the USA and European regions but was released as a stand alone game ..
Pit River
The Pit River before it enters the canyons east of Canby, California The Pit River or Pitt River is a major river watershed draining Northeastern California into the State's Central Valley. While it is accounted a tributary of the Sacramento River, the Pit River actually contributes as much ..
Pit school
The term pit school comes from the time when African Americans were prevented from receiving an education due to repression and lack of freedom of assembly. These schools were held at night, where a pit would be dug and covered over, children could then be taught to read. (Source: Kevin Johnson,..
PIT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Pit stop
The BAR Formula One team executes a pitstop A typical pit lane and garages parallel to the start/finish straight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway You may be looking for PIT maneuver. In motorsport, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, n..
Pit sword
The pit sword is a blade of metal or plastic that extends into the water beneath the hull of a nautical vessel. It is part of the pitometer log, a device for measuring the ship's speed through the water. It senses ship speed by generating an electric field and measuring its variations, which are p..
Pit toilet
Pit toilet in Tunisia A pit toilet is a method of collection of human waste, used for composting, controlled decomposition, or waste disposal used most often in areas with no sewer system. Pit toilets are used in rural and wilderness areas as well as in much of the so-called 'developing world..
Pit village
A pit village is a term used in the UK for the village around a deep coal mine. Many of the workers lived in houses that were provided by the colliery. Most of the houses are now owned by local authorties as the houses were sold to them when the colliery closed. Many villages seem to be ghost towns ..
Pi Tauri
Pi Tauri (π Tau / π Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus. Although it lies among the stars of the Hyades cluster, it is not itself a member, being three times farther from Earth than the cluster. Pi Tauri is a yellow G-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.69. It is approximately..
Pi Tau Sigma
Pi Tau Sigma is an International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. Pi Tau Sigma's core values are: Integrity (soundness of character and moral conduct),Service (serving the mechanical engineering profession and the community), andLeadership (being foremost and fostering initiative through ex..
Pi Tau Zeta
Pi Tau Zeta (ΠΤΖ) is a self-styled "non-pledging, coed, residential fraternity located in a concrete block at MIT." In translation, it is the group of people living on the second floor of the western building of the East Campus dormitory. The fraternity system at MIT is relatively large, and th..
Pi Tucanae
Pi Tucanae (π Tuc / π Tucanae) is a star in the constellation Tucana. Pi Tucanae is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.50. It is approximately 306 light years from Earth. ..
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