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Époisses
Époisses Country      France Région Bourgogne Départment Côte-d'Or Arrondissement Montbard Canton Semur-en-Auxois INSEE 21247 Postal Code 21460 MayorCurrent Term Marcel Chastang2001-2008 Intercommunality Longitude 04° 10' 28..
Époisses de Bourgogne (cheese)
Époisses No image available Country of origin France Region, town Côte-d'Or, Époisses Source of milk Cows Pasteurized No Texture Soft, washed rind Aging time at least 6 weeks Certification French AOC 1991 Époisses de Bourgogne is a cheese made in th..
P&O Irish Sea
P&O Irish Sea (registered as P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd[link]) is a constituent company of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). This sector of P&O is registered as based in Dover, Kent. P&O also operate a number of routes in the English Channel and North ..
Po-i-Kalyan
The title Po-i-Kalyan (also Poi Kalyan), which means "The foot of the Great", belongs to the architectural complex located at the foot of the great minaret Kalyan in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Contents 1 History2 Architectural features3 Kalyan Mosque4 Mir-i Arab Madrasah5 See..
POI
POI may mean: Panoramic Optical ImagerParallel optical interfacePeriod of instructionPerson of interestPlan of instructionPlane of Innovation (Everquest)Person of Indian OriginApache Jakarta POIPoint of impactPoint of interestPoint Of InterfacePoint of Inflection, a mathematical termProbability of ..
Poi
Poi can mean: Poi (food)Poi (juggling)POI, three-letter acronyms and abbreviations 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..
Poiana
Poiana might be: a genus of linsang (a subgroup of the mammalian family of Viverridae)various villages and resorts in Romania* Poiana in Dâmboviţa County* Poiana Braşov in Braşov County* Poiana Lungă in Caraş-Severin County* Poiana Mărului in Caraş-Severin County* Poiana Sibiului in Sibiu C..
Poiana Braşov
Poiana Braşov (Hungarian: Brassópojána) is a Romanian ski resort preferred by some tourists because it is relatively inexpensive compared to ski resorts in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and other European states. Poiana Braşov ..
Poiana Largului
Poiana Largului is a commune in Neamţ County, Romania. It is located at the north end of Lake Bicaz, at the junction of several national roads (DN 15, DN 15B, DN17B). It has a viaduct constructed over the last section of Lake Bicaz. ..
Poiana Sibiului
For other uses of "", see {{{1. Poiana Sibiului is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The name means "the glade of Sibiu". Position The village is situated in the Cindrel Mountains at an altitude of about 900 meters, 35 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiul..
Poienari Castle
Poienari Castle (IPA: /po.ǐe.'narʲ/) also known as Poenari Citadel (Cetatea Poenari in Romanian), is a ruined castle in Romania, in Argeş County on a canyon formed on the Argeş River valley, close to the Făgăraş Mountains. It stands on a cliff, on the right side of the Transfăgărăşan road..
Poieni, Cluj
Poieni is a location in Cluj County, Romania. ..
Poiesis
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poïesis means "to make" in ancient Greek. (creation, from poiein, to make) This word, the root of our modern "poetry", was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation ..
Poigny
Poigny Country      France Région Île-de-France Départment Seine-et-Marne Arrondissement Provins Canton Provins INSEE 77368 Postal Code 77160 MayorCurrent Term Jean-Claude Lecamus2001-2007 Intercommunality Communauté de communes d..
Poikilocyte
A poikilocyte, also known as a teardrop cell, is a pear-shaped red blood cell found in profound anemia and suggestive of bone marrow fibrosis, although it is non-specific. The term can also be used to refer generally to irregularly-shaped erythrocytes of any sort - e.g. burr cells, target cells, aca..
Poikilocytosis
Poikilocytosis is an increase in the number of abnormally shaped red blood cells as seen on a blood film. It is commonly seen as a sign of iron-deficiency anemia. Normal red blood cells are round, flattened disks that are thinner in the middle than at the edges, whereas a poikilocyte is pear-shaped ..
Poilu
Poilu is a warmly informal term for a French infantryman, meaning, literally, hairy one. The term came into popular usage in France during the era of Napoleon Bonaparte and his massive citizen armies, even if then it was more grognard. It was still widely used as a term of endearment for the French ..
Poincaré
Several members of the French Poincaré family have been successful in public and scientific life: Antoni Poincaré (1829-1911), civil servant and meteorologist, father of Raymond and LucienHenri Poincaré (1854-1912), physicist and mathematician, cousin of AntoniRaymond Poincaré (1860-1934), stat..
Poincaré (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Poincaré conjecture
Millennium Prize Problems P versus NP The Hodge conjecture The Poincaré conjecture The Riemann hypothesis Yang–Mills existence and mass gap Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture In mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture (IPA: [pwɛ̃kaˈ�..
Poincaré disk model
In geometry, the Poincaré disk model, also called the conformal disk model, is a model of n-dimensional hyperbolic geometry in which the points of the geometry are in an n-dimensional disk, or unit ball, and the lines of the geometry are segments of circles contained in the disk orthogonal to the b..
Poincaré duality
In mathematics, the Poincaré duality theorem is a basic result on the structure of the homology and cohomology groups of manifolds. It states that if M is an n-dimensional compact oriented manifold, then the k-th cohomology group of M is isomorphic to the (n − k)-th homology group of M, for all ..
Poincaré group
In physics and mathematics, the Poincaré group is the group of isometries of Minkowski spacetime. It is a 10-dimensional noncompact Lie group. The abelian group of translations is a normal subgroup while the Lorentz group is a subgroup, the stabilizer of a point. That is, the full Poincaré group i..
Poincaré half-plane model
In non-Euclidean geometry, the Poincaré model, named after Henri Poincaré, is a model of two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry as a homogeneous space for the group of Möbius transformations. The model is commonly expressed in terms of the complex upper half-plane or the unit disc, both of which ar..
Poincaré inequality
Assume that [1\leq p\leq \infty], [\Omega] is precompact open subset of [R^n], such that closure of [\Omega] is a manifold with [C^1] boundary. Then one statement of the Poincaré inequality is that there exists [C=C(\Omega,p,n)] such that ..
Poincaré map
In mathematics, particularly in dynamical systems, a Poincaré map or Poincaré section is the intersection of a trajectory which moves periodically (or quasi-periodically, or chaotically), in a space of at least three dimensions, with a transversal hypersurface of one fewer dimension. More precisel..
Poincaré metric
In mathematics, the Poincaré metric is the metric tensor describing a two-dimensional surface of constant negative curvature. It is the natural metric commonly used in a variety of calculations in hyperbolic geometry or Riemann surfaces. There are three equivalent representations commonly used in ..
Poincaré Prize
The Henri Poincaré Prize sponsored by the Daniel Iagolnitzer Foundation was created in 1997 to recognize outstanding contributions in mathematical physics, and contributions which lay the groundwork for novel developments in this broad field. The Prize is also created to recognize and support young..
Poincaré recurrence theorem
In mathematics, the Poincaré recurrence theorem states that a system having a finite amount of energy and confined to a finite spatial volume will, after a sufficiently long time, return to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of its initial state. The Poincaré recurrence time is the amount of time ..
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem
In mathematics, the Poincaré–Bendixson theorem is a statement about the behaviour of trajectories of continuous dynamical systems on the plane. Contents 1 Theorem2 Topological considerations3 Implications4 History Theorem The theorem can be stated in several equivalent way..
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem
In the theory of Lie algebras, the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem is a fundamental result characterizing the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra. Recall that any vector space V over a field has a Hamel basis; this is a set S such that any element of V is a unique (finite) linear com..
Poincaré–Hopf theorem
In mathematics, the Poincaré–Hopf theorem (also known as the Poincaré–Hopf index formula, Poincaré–Hopf index theorem, or Hopf index theorem) is an important theorem in differential topology. It is named after Henri Poincaré and Heinz Hopf. Theorem. Let M be a compact differentiable mani..
Poinciana, Florida
Poinciana is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Osceola and Polk Counties Florida. The population was 13,647 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography Poinciana is located at [28°9′21″N, 81°28..
Poinciana- the album
"Poinciana" was such a big hit for the Ahmad Jamal Trio that the album Poinciana (recorded just eight months after the original single version) has a remake that served as the title cut! Performed live at the Spotlight Club in Washington D.C., the music features close musical communication between..
Poindexter
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Poindexter is a character in the fictional Felix the Cat universe. He is the young nephew of the Professor, the arch-nemesis of Felix. Poindexter is depicted as a stereotypical scientist; he is very intelligent and always wears thick glasses, a lab coat, a..
Poindexter (band)
Poindexter were a rock band from Preston, Lancashire and were formed in by Mike Johnson, Alex Moretti and Paul Carter during their college days. They released one album in 1999 namely, "The Colour of Your Money". None of the bands songs entered the charts although they had a large local following in..
Poindexter (disambiguation)
Poindexter is an American surname descended from the Poingdestre family of Jersey. In its original form, the name means 'right fist'. Notable bearers of the name include: Poindexter, a character in the animated cartoon Felix the CatPoindexter (band), A rock band from the North of EnglandGeorge Po..
Poindexter Online
An online journal of undergraduate work from around the world, started in 2001. (The real name is simply "Poindexter.") External links [Official Site] ..
Poindimié
Commune of Poindimié Country      France Sui generis collectivity New Caledonia) | align="center" | 4,824 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Ethnic distribution() | align="center" | Kanaks 82.2%Europeans 13.1%Polynesians 0.9%Other 3.8% |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population ..
Poing
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Poing is a freeware computer game, made by Paul Van der Valk, and released on the Amiga in 1992. It is a variant of the arcade games Breakout and Arkanoid. Contents 1 Description1.1 Gameplay1.2 Features1.2.1 Invisible blocks1.2.2&nbs..
Poing, Germany
Poing is a municipality in the district of Ebersberg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Munich (centre). ..
Poing (disambiguation)
Poing may refer to: Poing, a computer gamePoing (song), a gabber style songPoing, Germany, a municipality near Munich, Germany 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 li..
Poing (song)
"Poing" Song by Rotterdam Termination Source Genre Gabber Song Length 5:27 Record label Rotterdam Records Poing is a gabber track by the Rotterdam Termination Source released by Rotterdam Records in 1992. The song, composed by Maurice Steenbergen and Danny Scholte, features a minimalist a..
Poinsettia
Christmas star redirects here. For the Christian tradition, see Star of Bethlehem. The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), also known as the Mexican flame leaf, Christmas star, or Noche Buena, is a sub-tropical plant known for its striking red displays at Christmas time. It is often used as a flora..
Poinsettia Bowl
The Poinsettia Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was created in 2005. The game was created by the organizers of the Holiday Bowl and is played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game is currently sponsored by the San Diego Cou..
Poinsett County, Arkansas
Poinsett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population was 25,614. The county seat is Harrisburg. The county was formed on February 28, 1838 and named for Joel R. Poinsett, U.S. Secretary of War. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 ..
Poinsot's construction
Poinsot's construction is a geometrical method for visualizing the torque-free motion of a rotating rigid body. It was developed by Louis Poinsot and uses the conservation of kinetic energy and angular momentum as constraints on the angular velocity vector [\boldsymbol\omega]. Contents..
Poinsot's spirals
In mathematics, Poinsot's spirals are two spirals represented by the polar equations [r=a\,\operatorname(n\theta)] [r=a\,\operatorname(n\theta)] where csch is the hyperbolic cosecant, and sech is the hyperbolic secant. ..
Poinsot (crater)
Crater characteristics Location of Poinsot crater as seen from above the pole. Coordinates Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] See the reference table for the general listing of literature and web sites that were used in the compilation of this page. ..
Point
Point can refer to: Point (coat color), fur coloration of the extremities, in catsPoint (gemstone) (2 mg) or one-hundredth of a caratPoint (geometry), an entity that has a location in space but no extentPoint (mortgage), one percent of the loan amountPoint (typography), a printing measurement, the ..
Point, Outer Hebrides
Point (Scottish Gaelic: An Rubha), also known as the Eye Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, connected to the rest of the Isle of Lewis by a narrow isthmus, one mile in length and barely 100 metres wide. Point, situated very close to regional capital Stornoway, is home to arou..
Point, Texas
Point is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 792 at the 2000 census. Geography Point is located at [32°55′53″N, 95°52′15″W] (32.931512, -95.870957)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a ..
Point-and-click
Point-and-click is the simple action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen (point) and then clicking a mouse button, usually the left one (click), or other pointing device. A good example of point-and-click is in hypermedia, where users click on hyperlinks to navigat..
Point-and-shoot interface
A point-and-shoot interface is an efficient object-oriented, text-based interface, usually presented on a non-GUI platform such as DOS or mainframe computers. In a point-and-shoot, many objects are displayed and to the left of each object is an input field. The operator interacts by moving the curs..
Point-biserial correlation coefficient
The point biserial correlation coefficient is a correlation coefficient used when one variable is dichotomous and nominal. It is mathematically equivalent to the Pearson (product moment) correlation. This can be shown by assigning two distinct numerical values to the dichotomous variable. [..
Point-blank range
For other uses see Point Blank (disambiguation) Point-blank range is the distance between a gun and a target of a given size such that the bullet in flight is expected to strike some point of the target without adjusting the elevation of the gun. The point blank range will vary with the gun used an..
Point-contact transistor
A point-contact transistor was the first type of solid-state electronic transistor ever constructed. It was made by researchers John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain at Bell Laboratories in December of 1947. They were working with physicist William Bradford Shockley, who wanted to share credit fo..
Point-defence
Point-defence is the defence of a single object or a limited area, e.g. a ship, building or airfield, usually against air attacks and nowadays usually against guided missiles. Point-defence weapons have a smaller range in contrast to area-defence systems and are placed near or on the object to prot..
Point-in-time recovery
Point-in-time recovery in the context of computers is a system whereby a set of data or a particular setting can be restored or recovered from a time in the past. An example of this is Windows XP's feature of being able to restore operating system settings from a past date (before data corruption oc..
Point-line-plane postulate
The point-line-plane postulate in geometry is a collective of three assumptions (axioms) that are the basis for Euclidean geometry in three dimensions (solid geometry) or more. Unique Line Assumption Through any two points is exactly one line. Number Line Assumption Every line is a set of point..
Point-of-view gun
The Point-of-view gun is a fictional device seen in the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. According to the film, the gun was created by Deep Thought prior to its long pondering of the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. When used on someone, it will cause them to see ..
Point-to-multipoint
Point-to-multipoint (PT2MP) telecommunications is most typically (2003) used in wireless Internet and IP Telephony via gigahertz radio frequencies. PT2MP systems have been designed both as single and bi-directional systems. A central antenna or antenna array broadcasts to several receiving antennae..
Point-to-point
Point-to-point may refer to: point-to-point telecommunicationsPoint-to-point construction, an electronics assembly techniquePoint-to-Point, a type of SAN Point-to-Point topology used in Fibre ChannelPoint to point racing, a form of horse racePoint-to-point transit, a route structure common among low..
Point-to-point construction
The point-to-point construction of the military radio equipment Point-to-point construction is the way most electronics circuits were constructed before the 1950s. Point-to-point construction is still used to construct prototype equipment with few or heavy electronic components. The crucial i..
Point-to-point link
A point-to-point link is an exclusive connection between addressable units. Examples include a single terminal connected to a host through a single cable, and in a Bluetooth piconet the way a slave is connected to the master. ..
Point-to-Point Protocol
Internet protocol suite Layer Protocols Application DNS, TLS/SSL, TFTP, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, IRC, NNTP, POP3, SIP, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, TELNET, BitTorrent, RTP, rlogin, … Transport TCP, UDP, DCCP, SCTP, IL, RUDP, Network IP (IPv4, IPv6), ICMP, IGMP, ARP, RARP, … Link PPP, SLIP, FDDI, ATM, ..
Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPOA or PPPoA, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over ATM, is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames in ATM AAL5. It is used mainly with cable modem, DSL and ADSL services. It offers standard PPP features such as authentication, encryption, and compression. If it is used as the connection en..
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
This article incorporates text translated from the [corresponding German Wikipedia article] as of December 2005 PPPoE and TCP/IP protocol stack Application FTP SMTP HTTP … DNS … Transport TCP UDP Network IP IPv6 Network access PPP PPPoE Ethernet PPPo..
Point-to-point telecommunications
Point-to-point telecommunications generally refers to a connection restricted to two endpoints, usually host computers. Point-to-point is sometimes incorrectly referred to the peer-to-peer initialisms P2P, or Pt2Pt, or variations of this. P2P refers to peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Point-to-..
Point-to-point tunneling protocol
The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a method for implementing virtual private networks. Contents 1 PPTP specification2 PPTP implementations3 PPTP upgrade path4 See also5 External links PPTP specification A specification for PPTP was published as RFC 2637. ..
Pointblank directive
The Pointblank Directive was issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on June 10, 1943. It ordered Arthur 'Bomber' Harris and Carl Spaatz, head of the U.S. 8th Air Force, to bomb specific targets in support of the run up to Operation Overlord in order to destroy the German Luftwaffe before D-Day. ..
PointCast (dotcom)
See PointCast Media for the company that deals with pay per click technology PointCast was a company formed in 1992 in Sunnyvale, California, at the start of the Dot-com era. Contents 1 PointCast Network2 EntryPoint3 Infogate4 References5 External links PointCast Netw..
PointCast Media
[PointCast Media] is a leading pay per click search feed and keyword advertising company founded in 1996. The privately held firm developed the PointCast Ad Keyword Network, as an industry pioneer PointCast Media was one of the first organizations to aggregate paid search listing from th..
Pointcheval-Stern signature algorithm
In cryptography, the Pointcheval-Stern signature algortihm is a digital signature scheme based on the closely related ElGamal scheme. It changes the ElGamal scheme slightly to produce an algorithm which has been proven secure in a strong sense against adaptive chosen-plaintext attacks. That is, if t..
Pointcut
In aspect-oriented computer programming, a pointcut is a set of join points. Whenever the program execution reaches one of the join points described in the pointcut, a piece of code associated with the pointcut (called advice) is executed. This allows a programmer to describe where and when additio..
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
Pointe-à-Callière Museum, an archaeological museum in Old Montreal ..
Pointe-à-Pierre
Pointe-à-Pierre is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest (and now, only) oil refinery which is run by Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company. The town was built for and is populated by employ..
Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust
The Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust is a not for profit environmental non-government organisation located in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago. The Trust, which occupies 25 ha within the Petrotrin oil refinery, is dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and waterfowl, especially native whist..
Pointe-à-Pitre
Blazon of Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre is the main town of the French Caribbean island and French département d'outre-mer of Guadeloupe, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Located in the west of Grande-Terre, Pointe-à-Pitre covers 2.66 km². At the census of 1999, its population was 28,..
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
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Pointe-au-Père, Quebec
Pointe-au-Père is a settlement on the western part of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. Its population was 4,240 in 2002, in which year the City of Pointe-au-Père was merged with Rimouski. Pointe-au-Père lighthouse along with Musée de la Mer (museum ..
Pointe-au-Père lighthouse
The Pointe-Au-Père lighthouse was built in 1908 in the city of Pointe-au-Père, near Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. This city was well known in naval circles as the location of the pilot station for the Bas-Saint-Laurent (lower St. Lawrence) zone. The lighthouse is 108 feet tall, which makes it the sec..
Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Pointe-Claire within the Island of Montreal. Pointe-Claire is a municipality in southwestern Quebec; population 29,286 (Statistics Canada, 2001). Along with the other municipalities on the island of Montreal, it was merged with the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002 by the provincial governm..
Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
Pointe-Fortune is a village in southwestern Quebec on the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Vaudreuil-Soulanges. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census: Population: 457% Change (1996 – 2001): 1.3Dwellings: 242Area (km²): 8.35Density (persons per km²): 54.7Current Mayor: David..
Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire is the second largest city and main commercial centre of the Republic of the Congo, with a population of 663,400 (2005 census). It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The city has grown as a seaport around the oil industry (Elf Aquitaine) and it ..
Pointe-Saint-Charles
Orthodox church in Pointe-Saint-Charles Pointe-Saint-Charles is a neighborhood in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The neighborhood is today one of the most ethnically diverse in Canada and in the World. It was an ethnic Irish Catholic enclave home to many industrial workers in the 19th a..
Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick
Pointe-Verte (Green Point) is a village on the Baie des Chaleurs in north-central New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 30 kilometres north of Bathurst. As of 2001 the population was 1,041. Fishing, of lobster, cod and scallops, is the most important industry along with forestry. ..
Pointed set
In mathematics, a pointed set is a set X with a distinguished basepoint x0 in X. Maps of pointed sets (based maps) are functions preserving basepoints, i.e. a map f : X → Y such that f(x0) = y0. This is usually denoted f : (X, x0) → (Y, y0). Pointed sets may be regarded as a rather simple..
Pointed space
In mathematics, a pointed space is a topological space X with a distinguished basepoint x0 in X. Maps of pointed spaces (based maps) are continuous maps preserving basepoints, i.e. a continuous map f : X → Y such that f(x0) = y0. This is usually denoted f : (X, x0) → (Y, y0). Pointed space..
Pointee
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Pointee is a term coined in Kenya for people of mixed African and other ethnic origins, usually African/Caucasi..
Pointer (disambiguation)
Pointer, a creature or object which points, may refer to: Pointer (dog), a group of breeds of hunting dog breed trained to point at preyPointing stick (disambiguation), a mechanical or electronic pointing devicePointer, a datatype used in programmingCursor, the pointing icon on a computer screen tha..
Pointer (rod)
For the electronic counterpart, see pointing stick A pointer or pointing stick is a solid rod used to point manually, in the form of a stick, but always finished off or artificially produced. The old-fashioned pointer is simply a long, slender, often flexible stick made in a strong material, desig..
Pointer register
Pointer Register: A register in which the programmer can store the address of an operand (in assembly language). It's somewhat similar with pointer data type in higher level languages like C/C++. ..
Pointer Sisters
thumb The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B group and recording act from Oakland, California that achieved great success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning four decades together between 1969 and the recent date, their repertoire has included diverse genres as R&B, jazz, bebop, country, sou..
Pointer swizzling
In computer science, pointer swizzling is the conversion of references based on name or position to direct pointer references. It is typically performed during the deserialization (loading) of a relocatable object from disk, such as an executable file or pointer-based data structure. The reverse ope..
Pointe Aux Barques Township, Michigan
Pointe Aux Barques Township is a township in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10 at the 2000 census. Pointe Aux Barques is one of the smallest townships in Michigan, consisting of only three partial sections at the tip of the "thumb" on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan...
Pointe au Baril, Ontario
Pointe au Baril, Ontario, 2001 population 505 is located on the east coast of Georgian Bay, in central Ontario, Canada. ([45°15′27″N, 81°40′22″W]) The community is located in the township of The Archipelago in the Parry Sound District. Contents 1 History of the name1.1&n..
Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana
Point a la Hache is an unincorporated village or place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the village has been the seat for Plaquemines Parish since the formation of the parish. The courthouse was destroyed by arson and burned to the ground on Janua..
Pointe Béhague
The Pointe Béhague or Pointe Coumarouman or even Ponta de Cumarumã (in Portuguese) is a cape in north-east French Guiana, lying between the mouths of Approuague and Oiapoque rivers. In 1992, it was chosen for location of the fictitious city (and nation) of Porto Claro. ..
Pointe Blanche
Pointe Blanche is a location in Sint Maarten/Saint Martin. ..
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is New Roads and As of 2000, the population was 22,763. New Roads is the birthplace of the late New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964). Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent parishes2&nb..
Pointe de Grave
The Pointe de Grave is the Northernmost tip of the Médoc Peninsula and marks the Northern end of the pine-clad sandy Landes coastline of Western France. It lies opposite the resort town of Royan. The offshore Cordouan lighthouse lies off the point and a second lighthouse, on the shore, houses a li..
Pointe du Grouin
The rocky finger of the Pointe du Grouin points out and protects the entrance into the bay of Mont Saint Michel. On this headland, a Grande Randonnée runs around hugging the cliff face and there is a circular walk starting out from Cancale. On their way the walker can enjoy views of the Île d..
Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc's location Preinvasion bombing of Pointe du Hoc by 9th Air Force bombers. US Army Rangers demonstrate the rope ladders they used to scale Pointe du Hoc Pointe du Hoc (IPA /pwε̃t dy ɔk/) is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France. It lies 4 ..
Pointe du Raz
The Pointe du Raz is a promontory that extends into the Atlantic from western Brittany. It is named after the Raz de Sein, the dangerous stretch of water between it and the island of Sein. It is a dramatic place of crashing waves and strong winds. ..
Pointe Isère
Pointe Isère is a cape in far north-west French Guiana, lying on the banks of Maroni river and bordering with Suriname. ..
Pointe La Rue
Pointe La Rue is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. ..
Pointe shoes
Parts of a pointe shoe. This particular shoe model is unusual in that the leather sole is split. Pointe shoes (sometimes called toe shoes) are a special type of shoe used by ballet dancers for pointework. They were developed by dancers to give the impression on stage that they were floating..
Pointe Walker
Pointe Walker (4208 m), is a peak of Les Grandes Jorasses, is named after Horace Walker, president of the British Alpine Club, who made the first ascent of this summit. Les Grandes Jorasses are a collection of peaks joined by a long ridge and part of the Mont Blanc Massif in the Franco-Italian Alp..
Pointillé
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pointillé is a decorative technique in which patterns are formed on a surface by a means of punched dots. The technique is similar to embossing or engraving but is done manually and does not cut into the surface being decorated. ..
Pointillism
Detail from Seurat's La Parade (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. Pointillism is a style of painting in which non-primary colors are generated by the visual mixing of points of primary colors placed very close to each other. The method is also known as Division..
Pointing breed
Pointer at the moment of flush A pointing breed is a type of gundog typically used in finding game. Gundogs are traditionally divided into three classes: retrievers, flushing spaniels, and pointing breeds. The name pointer most comes from the dog's instinct to freeze facing game. This demons..
Pointing device
An Apple pro mouse A pointing device is any computer hardware component (specifically human interface device) that allows a user to input spatial (ie, continuous and multi-dimensional) data to a computer. CAD systems and graphical user interfaces (GUI) allow the user to control and provid..
Pointing stick
This article is about the computer pointing device. For other meanings, see Pointing stick (disambiguation). Trackpoint (top left) and Touchpad (center) The pointing stick (trademarked by IBM as the TrackPoint) is a pointing device (compare especially Touchpad) for laptops invented by researc..
Pointing stick (disambiguation)
Pointing stick may refer to: Any solid rod fit to point withBy analogy, an electronic pointing device such as the TrackPoint used on ThinkPad notebook computers, and similar devices on computers from other manufacturers. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles as..
Pointlessnism
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Pointless Nostalgic
Pointless Nostalgic is Jamie Cullum's second album. It was released in 2002 through Candid Records. Track listing You and the Night and the Music (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:09I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 5:15Devil May Care (Johnny Burke, Harry Warren) – 3:24You..
Pointless Relationship
Pointless Relationship is the debut single of Australian pop act, Tammin. The single was released on November 14th, 2004 it debuted at #7 on the Australian Top 50 ARIA Charts. It soon moved up to its peak position, #5. It spent a total 20 weeks in the Top 100 and was accredited Platinum. Pointless..
Pointless topology
In mathematics, pointless topology (also called point-free or pointfree topology) is an approach to topology which avoids the mentioning of points. Contents 1 General concepts2 Categories of frames and locales3 Relation to point-set topology4 See also5 References General..
Pointless Violence
Pointless Violence or Zinloos Geweld (Dutch) is a term frequently used by among others the media, politicians and NGO's to define the nature of the series of shocking events in Belgium and the Netherlands in recent years. The term expresses the perceived meaningless of the occurred acts of violence...
Points, West Virginia
Points is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Points community has a population of 478 [link]. Points is named for its location at the point where Jersey Mountain Road (County Route 5) and the old Springf..
Points (real estate)
Points are a form of pre-paid interest. One point equals one percent of the loan amount. By charging a borrower points, a lender effectively increases the yield on the loan above the amount of the stated interest rate. Borrowers can offer to pay a lender points as a method to reduce the interest ra..
Points Awarded in Harry Potter/to do
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Points in Case
Points in Case, often referred to as PIC, is a college humor website founded in 2000 by Court Sullivan. Points in Case began as an ezine distributed to an electronic mailing list by Sullivan at Emory University in 1999, but expanded online to include user submissions and eventually, other writers. ..
Points North Landing Airport
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Points North Landing Water Aerodrome
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Points of Authority
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Points of Departure
Points of Departure may refer to: Points of Departure, a science fiction novel by Pat MurphyPoints of Departure, an episode of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5Points of Departure, an orchestral work by Michael Gandolfi This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list o..
Points of Departure (Babylon 5)
"Points of Departure" is the first episode of the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Contents 1 Plot synopsis2 Arc significance3 Production details4 Trivia5 External links Plot synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot an..
Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network
The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging more people and resources in the act of volunteering to help solve serious social problems. The organization, founded in 1990, offers a variety of programs, products, a..
Points of sail
Points of sail is the term used to describe a sailing boat's course in relation to the wind direction. First, there is a distinction between the port tack and the starboard tack. If the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side, the boat is on port tack. Likewise if the wind is coming from th..
Points of View
Points of View is also an essay by W. Somerset Maugham. Points of View is a long-running television show shown in the United Kingdom on BBC One, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks. Originally designed as ..
Points On the Curve
Points On the Curve is Wang Chung's sophomore album and first album since changing their name from Huang Chung and switching from Artista to Geffen record label. It was ranked #30 on The Billboard 200 on July 14, 1984 and features the number 1 single Dance Hall Days and includes the hit singles: ..
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player in a sport, over the course of a whole season or career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in basketball and hockey. ..
Points race
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It is an Olympic discipline. In this endurance race, points are awarded to the first five finishers of sprints. The sprints usually occur every ten laps on a 250m track, or more often on big..
Pointwise
In mathematics, the qualifier pointwise is used to indicate that a certain property is defined by considering each value [f(x)] of some function [f.] An example is pointwise convergence of functions — a sequence of functions [\_^\infty] with [f_n:X \longrigh..
Pointwise convergence
Suppose is a sequence of functions sharing the same domain in common (for the moment, we defer making precise the nature of the values of these functions, but the reader may take them to be real numbers). Consider the statement [\lim_f_n(x)=f(x).] To say that this is true of each value ..
Pointwise product
The pointwise product of two functions is another function, obtained by multiplying the results of the two functions. If f and g are both functions with domain X and codomain Y, and elements of Y can be multiplied (for instance, Y could be some set of numbers), then the pointwise product of f and g ..
Pointy-Haired Boss
The Pointy-Haired Boss (often abbreviated to just PHB) is Dilbert's boss in the Dilbert comic strip. He is notable for his gross incompetence and unawareness of his surroundings, yet somehow retains power in the workplace. In the Dilbert TV series, in which he was voiced by comedian Larry Miller..
Pointy hat
Pointy hats have been a distinctive item of headgear of a wide range of cultures throughout history, in particular suggesting an ancient Indo-European tradition, but they were also traditionally worn by women of Lapland, the Japanese of Japan, the Mi'kmaw people of Atlantic Canada, and the Huaxt..
Point (basketball)
--> Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a match. Points can be accumulated by making a field goal (2 points), a three-point field goal (3 points) or free throws (1 point). The team that has recorded the most points at the end a game is declared that game's winner. NBA Most..
Point (coat color)
Point coloration refers to animal coat coloration with a pale body and relatively darker extremities, i.e. the face, ears, feet, tail, and (in males) scrotum. It is most recognized as the coloration of Siamese and other breeds of cat, but can be found in rabbits as well. Point coloration is a form ..
Point (geometry)
A spatial point is an entity with a location in space but no extent (volume, area or length). In geometry, a point therefore captures the notion of location; no further information is captured. Points are used in the basic language of geometry, physics, vector graphics (both 2d and 3d), and many ot..
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has two meanings: When it is given to individual hockey players, it refers to either a goal or assist a player earns during a game. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. When it is given to a team, it is usually given as two points for a win and none for a ..
Point (mortgage)
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Point (tennis)
A point is the smallest unit of scoring in tennis. Play of a single point The players (or teams) stand on opposite sides of the net. One player is designated the server, and the opposing player, or in doubles one of the opposing players, is the receiver. Serve alternates between the two halves o..
Point (typography)
Point, in typography, may also refer to a dot grapheme (e.g.: full stop; Interpunct) as in the expression, 'decimal point'. For non-typographical uses, see point. A point is a unit of measure in typography. It is abbreviated as pt. It corresponds mostly to 1/864 of a foot. There are 12 points to th..
Point 5 Covenant
Point 5 Covenant is a Christian rap/hip-hop group from Dallas, Texas. The group includes rappers "Flip" ("J the Primate") and "Kiel" ("Moses the Black") and their DJ "Sean P." External link [Official website] ..
Point Abino, Ontario
Point Abino is a community within the town of Fort Erie in Ontario, Canada. Like many Fort Erie communities, it is located on Lake Erie beachfront, around a historic lighthouse built by the Canadian government in 1918. The lighthouse was automated in 1989. Since its decommissioning in 1995, the Poi..
Point accepted mutation
Point Accepted Mutation (PAM) is the point mutation per 100 amino acids. PAM1 means a 1 point mutation/100 amino acids. A PAM matrix is a, usually, 20 by 20 matrix which gives the different rates of mutations between pairs of amino acids. This PAM matrix is a type of substitution matrix that is used..
Point Air
Point Air was a French airline company operating a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on a route from Marseille to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Point Air was famous for its low prices, before the age of low-cost airlines. Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine..
Point Alden
Point Alden is an ice-covered point with rock exposures along the seaward side. The point marks the western side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay and the division between Adélie Coast and George V Coast in Antarctica. Discovered on January 30, 1840 by the USEE under Lt. Charles Wilkes, and named..
Point and Click Linux
Point and Click Linux is a book/video combination from NewsForge and Slashdot editor Robin "Roblimo" Miller published by Addison-Wesley. The Linux distribution that the book and video focus on is MEPIS, particularly the SimplyMEPIS edition. Miller posts chapters of the book online so that people c..
Point and figure chart
A point and figure chart is used for technical analysis of securities. Unlike most other investment charts, point and figure charts do not present a linear representation of time. Instead, they show trends in price. The aim of point and figure charting is to filter out the "noise" (unimportant pr..
Point and shoot camera
A point and shoot camera, also called a compact camera, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation. They include a viewfinder for composition, but use autofocus or focus free lenses for focusing and automatic systems for exposure as well. They differ from other types of cameras, excep..
Point Arena, California
Point Arena and the Point Arena lighthouse, looking southward from Manchester State Beach. The city of Point Arena is not shown in this photograph. Point Arena is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census.(making it one of ..
Point Arena Air Force Station
Point Arena Air Force Station was a US Air Force early warning radar base in operation from December 1951 to the mid 1980's. It was originally known as Hill Peak Road. Its Air Force Callsign was "Madam". The station was manned by the 776th Radar Squadron until the unit was deactivated around 1980..
Point Arguello
Point Arguello is a launch site of the US-Airforce at [34°37′N 120°36′W]. Point Arguello has been used since 1959 for the launch of military and sounding rockets. There are 6 launchpads at Point Arguello. Point Arguello is south from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Point Arguello is name..
Point at infinity
The point at infinity, also called ideal point, is a point which when added to the real number line yields a closed curve called the real projective line, [\mathbbP^1]. Nota Bene: The real projective line is not equivalent to the extended real number line. The point at infinity can also ..
Point Au Roche State Park
Point Au Roche State Park is a state park in Clinton County in the State of New York in the USA. The park is in the east part of the Town of Beekmantown on the shore of Lake Champlain. See also List of New York state parks External links [New York State Parks: Point Au Roche State Park]..
Point B
Point B Solutions Group is a consulting firm, founded in 1995, based in Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Denver and Phoenix. Point B's clients range from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. According to its website, Point B performs these services: Merger/Acquisition IntegrationClinical Informa..
Point Baker, Alaska
Point Baker is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 35 at the 2000 census. Geography Point Baker is located at [56°21′9″N, 133°37′43″W] (56.352425, -133.628479)[Geographic references#1GR1&..
Point Barrow
Point Barrow or Nuvuk, is a headland on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, located 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Barrow. It is the northernmost point of the United States, at [71°23′N 156°30′W]. The first European to discover the point was English geographer Frederi..
Point Beach Nuclear Generating Station
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Point Belches, Western Australia
Point Belches is a small point on the south side of Swan River, Western Australia, about 250 metres east of The Narrows. The land is part of the South Perth Esplanade, and the water off the point is used as a commercial water skiing area. Point Belches was discovered by Captain (later Admiral Sir) ..
Point Blanc
Point Blanc in the second book in the Alex Rider series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The book was released in the UK on September 3, 2001 and in the United States (renamed as Point Blank) on April 15, 2002. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details fol..
Point Blank, Texas
Point Blank is a city in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 559 at the 2000 census. Geography Point Blank is located at [30°44′50″N, 95°12′40″W] (30.747241, -95.211138)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Burea..
Point Blank (arcade game)
Point Blank is an arcade game first made by Namco in 1994. Players use an attached light gun to hit targets onscreen. Missions require speed, quick judgment or pinpoint accuracy. A home version is available for the PlayStation. A Version for the Nintendo DS has also been announced during the 200..
Point Blank (comics)
Point Blank was a comic book series written by Ed Brubaker with art by Colin Wilson. It was published by Wildstorm comics. It starred Grifter from the Wildcats investigating an attempted murder on his friend John Lynch. Cole Cash also known as Grifter is supposed to meet up with his friend John..
Point Blank (disambiguation)
Point Blank can mean: Point-blank range, a firearms-related termPoint Blank (television show), a TV showPoint Blank (Music College) music college in London [link]Point Blank (film), a 1967 John Boorman movie starring Lee MarvinPoint Blank (arcade game), a 1994 arcade game by NamcoPoint Bl..
Point Blank (film)
For other uses see Point Blank (disambiguation) Point Blank is a 1967 crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, adapted from the classic pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. Contents 1 Plot2 Critical reaction3 Trivia4 Exter..
Point Blank (Nailbomb LP)
Point Blank is the first and only studio album for thrash metal, industrial metal band Nailbomb. The short-lived side project Nailbomb, was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Track listing All tracks written by Cavalera and Newport unless noted. "Wasting Away" - 3:06"Vai..
Point Blank (TV series)
For other uses see Point Blank (disambiguation) Point Blank was a Canadian television comedy series, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2002. Evolving out of the earlier Double Exposure, the show starred Linda Cullen and Bob Robertson as the anchors of an investigative television newsmagazine. ..
Point Blank DS
Point Blank DS is a shooting game by Namco for the Nintendo DS. With the touch panel, the players needs to shoot objects that appear on the bottom screen of the DS. The game was released in Japan on May 18th, and was released in North America on June 14th. No release date for EU has been announced...
Point Blank Records
Point Blank Records is a subsidiary of Virgin Records. The labels distributes artists like John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison. See also List of record labels ..
Point Bolivar Lighthouse
The Bolivar Lighthouse is an historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when its function was replaced by a different light. During the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the lighthouse served as a shelter for at least 125 pe..
Point Break
Point Break is a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The title refers to the surfing term point break. Taglines: 100% Pure Adrenaline.27 banks in three years - anything to catch the perfect wave! [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/o..
Point break
In surfing, a point break is where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. Waves break in a variety of ways, the other main types (for surfers) being a reef break and a beach break. Point Break is also a film starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves and the name o..
Point Breeze
Point Breeze could refer to: Point Breeze, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.Point Breeze, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referre..
Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Point Breeze is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The name of the neighborhood comes from Point Breeze Avenue (which derives its name from Point Breeze, a bend in the nearby Schuylkill River), which serves as one of the focal points and ma..
Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Point Breeze is a largely residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the neigborhood of Squirrel Hill, and is nearby the neigborhoods of Homewood and Shadyside. Like nearby Squirrel Hill it boasts a large Jewish population, and contributes to a high percentage of stu..
Point buy
Point buy system The point buy system is one method of determining ability scores in the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, versus using a predetermined array of scores or rolling with dice. Using the point buy system lets the player removes the element of randomness present in rolling ab..
Point Calimere
Point Calimere, also called Cape Calimere and Kodikkarai, is a low headland on the Coromandel Coast, in Nagapattinam district, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the apex of the Cauvery River delta, and marks a nearly right-angle turn in the coastline. A historic landmark here was the Chola li..
Point charge
A point charge is an idealized model of a particle which has an electric charge. The charge is assumed to be confined to an infinitely small region of space from which a completely uniform electric field surrounds the point. The fundamental equation of electrostatics is Coulomb's law, which descri..
Point Chevalier
Suburb:Point Chevalier City:Auckland City Island:North Island Surrounded by  - to the north  - to the north-east  - to the east  - to the south-east  - to the south  - to the south-west  - to the west Waitemata Harbour Westmere (2.0 km) Western Springs..
Point Clare railway station, New South Wales
Point Clare railway station is located in Point Clare on the Central Coast of New South Wales Australia. The Station is a side station with two short platforms which are four carriages long. The station is served hourly by intercity trains during the off peak. Two trains a hour serve Point Clar..
Point Clear, Alabama
Point Clear is an unincorporated census-designated place in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,876. Contents 1 Nearby Towns2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links Nearby Towns 1. Fairhope, Alabama 2. Daphne, Alabama 3. Silverhill..
Point cloud
In computer science, a point cloud is a set of three-dimensional points describing the outlines or surface features of an object, such as that produced by a 3D digitizer. See also 3D scanner ..
Point Code
A SS7 point code is the equivalent of an IP address in an IP network. It is a unique address for a node (Signaling Point, or SP), used in MTP layer 3 to identify the destination of a message signal unit (MSU). Depending on the network, a point code can be 24 bits (North America, China), 16 bits (Ja..
Point Comfort, Texas
Point Comfort is a city in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The population was 781 at the 2000 census. Geography Point Comfort is located at [28°40′34″N, 96°33′32″W] (28.676078, -96.558750)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Burea..
Point Comfort and Northern Railway
The Point Comfort and Northern Railway (AAR reporting mark PCN) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. The railroad operates over 13 miles (21 km) of track in the Point Comfort, Texas, area. On September 9 2005, PCN was purchased by the holding company RailAmerica ..
Point Cook, Victoria
Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. It is also the location of RAAF Base Williams Point Cook, the birthplace of the Royal Australian Air Force, and the current home of the RAAF Museum. Contents 1 Overview2 Housing..
Point Coordination Function
Point Coordinated Function is a Media Access Control (MAC) technique use in wireless networks which relies on a central node, often an Access Point (AP), to communicate with a node listening, to see if the airwaves are free (ie, all other nodes are not communicating). Since most APs have logical ..
Point Counter Point
thumb Point Counter Point, published in 1928, was Aldous Huxley's fourth novel. It is highly regarded: the Modern Library lists it in the top 100 novels of the 20th century. Like Huxley's earlier and later novels, Point Counter Point has no overarching plot. Much of the novel consists of deepl..
Point Danger
Point Danger may refer to one of two Australian places, Point Danger, NSW/Queensland, on the border of those statesPoint Danger, Victoria, at Torquay This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the ..
Point Danger, NSW/Queensland
Point Danger is a high steep headland right on the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, at the southern end of the Gold Coast. The headland separates Snapper Rocks/Rainbow Bay to the north, and Duranbah beach and the Tweed River mouth to the south. The point was named by Capt..
Point Defense Systems
Point Defense Systems is a Homeworld 2 Modification , intended to create a more tactically oriented combat simulation that reflects elements of modern naval combat. Development of the modificaton has been entirely community based, often using feedback from forumgoers. PDS (Point Defense Systems,..
Point Defiance
Point Defiance can refer to: Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, USAPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium within the parkThis 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 po..
Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock, Fort Nisqually, and most notably a stand of old-growth forest. Over 2 m..
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is located in Tacoma, Washington, USA on 28 acres (113,000 m²) in Point Defiance Park. It is one of the few to exhibit beluga whales. External links [Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Web site] ..
Point Denis
Point Denis is the best known seaside resort in Gabon. It lies on a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gabon Estuary, across which boats sail to Libreville. It also lies near the Pongara National Park. ..
Point Determined
Point Determined is a thoroughbred horse. As a foal of 2003, he is a possible contender for the Triple Crown in 2006. Connections Point Determined is owned by the Robert & Beverly Lewis Trust. He is trained by Bob Baffert and is ridden by Rafael Bejarano. He was bred in Maryland by Bowman & Higgins..
Point de France
Point de France is a needle lace developed in the late 17th century. Lace types Needle:  Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | LimerickEmbroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needler..
Point de Gaze
Point de Gaze (sometimes Point de Gauze) is a needle lace from Belgium named for the gauze-like appearance of the mesh ground. Lace types Needle:  Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | LimerickEmbroidered: Retice..
Point de mire
Point de mire was a popular Quebec information show on Radio-Canada that aired from 1956 to 1959. The television show is famous for being hosted by a future cabinet minister and premier of Quebec, René Lévesque. René Lévesque hosts. A trademark of the show was the pedagogy of Lévesque,..
Point de Venise
Point de Venise (also Gros Point de Venise) a Venetian needle lace from the 17th century. Lace types Needle:  Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | LimerickEmbroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour..
Point Douglas
Point Douglas is a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. Contents 1 History2 Demographics3 List of provincial representatives4 Electoral history5 Notes and sources History The division was created by redistribution for the 1969 provincial election, elimin..
Point Edward, Nova Scotia
Point Edward is a small rural community located on Cape Breton Island, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located between NorthWest Arm, Balls Creek, and Westmount. Sydport Industrial Park is located in Point Edward. ..
Point Edward, Ontario
This is the Point Edward village crest. Point Edward is a village (adjacent to Sarnia, Ontario) in the Canadian province of Ontario. Point Edward sits opposite Port Huron, Michigan at the mouth of the St. Clair River. As of 2001, the population was 2,101. The population in 1996 was 2,257. (A..
Point Ellice Bridge Disaster
On May 26, 1896 in Victoria, British Columbia, a streetcar crowded with over 120 holidaymakers on their way to attend celebrations of Queen Victoria’s birthday, crashed through Point Ellice Bridge into the Gorge Waterway. More than 50 men, women and children were killed in the accident, making thi..
Point Elliott Treaty
The Point Elliott Treaty was a treaty between the United States government and various Native American tribes of the Puget Sound region in the newly-formed Washington Territory. It was signed on January 22, 1855, at Point Elliott, today the site of Mukilteo, Washington. Signers of the Point Elliot..
Point England, New Zealand
Suburb:Point England City:Auckland Island:North Island Surrounded by  - to the north  - to the north-east  - to the east  - to the south-east  - to the south  - to the north-west Glen Innes (1019 m) Wai O Taiki Bay (1.8 km) Half Moon Bay (3.4 km) Farm Cove (..
Point estimation
In statistics, point estimation involves the use of sample data to calculate a single value (known as a statistic) which is to serve as a "best guess" for an unknown (fixed or random) population parameter. More formally, it is the application of a point estimator to the data. Point estimation sh..
Point Field Landing
Point Field Landing is a neighborhood in Severna Park, Maryland, USA. It is located at the top of the Severn River, near Interstate 97. ..
Point Fortin
Point Fortin Coordinates [10°10′ N 61°40′ W] Jurisdiction Borough of Point Fortin Area 23.88 km² Time zone (Coordinated Universal Time>UTC-4) Population2000 Density 5) 800/km² Government Governing body Mayor Point Forti..
Point forward
Basketball Positions   Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Center Additional Positions   Swingman Point forward Lamar Odom, a 6'10" (2.08 m) forward, runs the offense for the Lakers as a point forward. Point forward is an unofficial playing pos..
Point Foundation
There are two organizations that call themselves the Point Foundation: The environmental group called the Point FoundationThe LGBT support group called the Point Foundation This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred yo..
Point Foundation (environment)
There is also an LGBT activist group called The Point Foundation The Point Foundation was a non-profit organization founded in 1972 by Stewart Brand. The foundation was established to give away $1 million in three years to assorted effective individuals. Point was the non-profit foundation which ra..
Point Foundation (LGBT)
There is also an environmental activist group called The Point Foundation The Point Foundation is the first and largest national foundation to support academic achievement in higher education among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students by providing financial support, mentoring and hope to..
Point Four Program
The Point Four Program was a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Truman at his inauguration speech on January 20 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was mentioned as the fourth among the foreign policy objectives mentioned in the speech. The Poi..
Point gammon
Point Gammon is a ferry boat for Hy-Line Cruises. She was built in 1970 and holds 149 passengers. She is a summer vessel, and is homeported in Hyannis, United States. She travels the Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket route. Passengers board on the starboard side in Nantucket, and the port side in Oa..
Point Given
Point Given, an American racehorse foaled on March 27, 1998 in Kentucky, was sired by Thunder Gulch out of Turko's Turn. In 2001, as a three year old, he won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, along with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. He is the only horse in history to have won fou..
Point Grey Secondary School
Point Grey Secondary School is a 8-12 secondary school located in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The main building was built in 1929 in a Gothic style. A long running student rumour is that the building was initially planned as a women's prison, and only change..
Point group
In mathematics, a point group is a group of geometric symmetries (isometries) leaving a point fixed. Point groups can exist in a Euclidean space of any dimension. In 2D, a discrete point group is sometimes called a rosette group, and is used to describe the symmetries of an ornament. The 3D point ..
Point groups in three dimensions
In geometry a point group in 3D is an isometry group in three dimensions that leaves the origin fixed, or correspondingly, an isometry group of a sphere. It is a subgroup of the orthogonal group O(3), the group of all isometries which leave the origin fixed, or correspondingly, the group of ortho..
Point groups in two dimensions
In geometry, a point group in two dimensions is an isometry group in two dimensions that leaves the origin fixed, or correspondingly, an isometry group of a circle. It is a subgroup of the orthogonal group O(2), the group of all isometries which leave the origin fixed, or correspondingly, the group..
Point guard
Basketball Positions   Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Center Additional Positions   Swingman Point forward Point guard (PG), also called one guard or lead guard, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The point guard is n..
Point Harbor, North Carolina
Point Harbor, North Carolina is a unincorporated community located in Currituck County, North Carolina. The community is unincorporated but has an estimated permanent population of about 100. The community, along with Southern Shores, border towns to the main bridge that crosses the Currituck Sound...
Point Hicks
Point Hicks ([37°48′S 149°16′E]), formerly called Cape Everard, is a coastal headland on the eastern coast of Victoria, Australia, located within the Croajingolong National Park. Contents 1 Name2 Lighthouse3 See also4 References5 External links Name Poin..
Point Hope, Alaska
Point Hope is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 757. Geography Point Hope is located at [68°20′49″N, 166°45′47″W] (68.347052, -166.762917)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Point Horror
Point Horror was a huge series of YA horror fiction, written by many well-known American authors such as R. L. Stine, Caroline B. Cooney, Diane Hoh, Carol Ellis, Auline Bates, Lael Littke, Barbara Steiner, D. E. Athkins, Sinclair Smith and Richie Tankersley Cusick. The Point Horror series became in..
Point in polygon
In computational geometry, the point-in-polygon (PIP) problem asks whether a given point in the plane lies inside, outside, or on the boundary of a polygon. It finds applications in areas that deal with processing geometrical data, such as computer graphics, geographical information systems (GIS), m..
Point Iroquois Lighthouse
Point Iroquois is a bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan above Whitefish Bay that marks entrance to the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes. The point was named after a historic battle where the westward invasion of Iroquois warriors was halted by the Ojibwa in..
Point Judith
Satellite photograph of Point Judith, Rhode Island Point Judith is a small cape, on the coast of Rhode Island, on the western side of Narragansett Bay where it opens out onto Rhode Island Sound. It is the location for the principal year-round ferry service that connects Block Island to the m..
Point Judith Light
The Point Judith Light is located on the west side of the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island as well as the north side of the eastern entrance to Block Island South. The confluence of two waterways make this area busy with water traffic and the waters around Point Judith are very cold and ..
Point Lay, Alaska
Point Lay is a census-designated place (CDP) in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 247. Geography Point Lay is located at [69°44′28″N, 163°0′31″W] (69.741023, -163.008613)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Un..
Point Leo, Victoria
Point Leo is a town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. For a live pic of the surf at Point Leo see [link] Melbourne suburbs near Point Leo(Shire of Mornington Peninsula) ..
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located in Point Lepreau, New Brunswick. The facility derives its name from the headland situated at the westernmost part of Saint John County upon which it is located (west of the city of Saint John). The facility was co..
Point Lisas
Point Lisas is the site of the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and the Port of Point Lisas, both of which are managed by Plipdeco (the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Company). Point Lisas is located in central Trinidad, immediately west of the town of Couva. The Point Lisas Industrial Estat..
Point Lobos Ranch
Point Lobos Ranch is an area owned by the California State Park System that may be turned into a state park in the future. Point Lobos Ranch is located south of Carmel by the Sea and east of Point Lobos State Reserve. The worlds largest grove of Monterey Pine resides here. Point Lobos Ranch was seen..
Point Lobos State Reserve
Whalers Cove in Point lobos Point Lobos state reserve commonly referred to as simply Point Lobos is a sea side state reserve south of Monterey, California. Point Lobos contains a large number of hiking trails, many next to the ocean, and a smaller number of beaches. The reserve also contains a..
Point location
The point location problems and algorithms are a fundamental topic of computational geometry. It finds applications in areas that deal with processing geometrical data: computer graphics, geographical information systems (GIS), motion planning, and CAD. In its most general form, the problem is, g..
Point Loma
Old Point Loma Lighthouse[Jon Sullivan] Point Loma is a scenic hill that sits atop San Diego Bay, in California, USA. Point Loma's well known landmark is the Cabrillo National Monument, named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Spain, the first European explorer to see San Diego Bay. T..
Point Loma High School
Point Loma High School is a public high school in the San Diego Unified School District. The school serves the neighborhoods of Point Loma, Ocean Beach and Mission Hills. Point Loma High School is the third largest of 16 high schools in the San Diego Unified School District. It is a four-year, com..
Point Loma Nazarene University
Point Loma Nazarene University is a liberal arts university located in San Diego, California on the Point Loma oceanfront. The school is affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene. Point Loma Nazarene University offers 48 majors, and 36% of the faculty have doctorates in their field. In athletics,..
Point Lonsdale, Victoria
An aerial view of Point Lonsdale. Buckleys Cave, used as a shelter by escaped convict William Buckley, beneath the Point Lonsdale lighthouse. Point Lonsdale is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. The traditional owners of this area are th..
Point Lookout, Maryland
Point Lookout is a Maryland state park in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. Captain John Smith first explored the Point in 1612. Leonard Calvert used the Point for his personal manor in 1634. During the American Revol..
Point Lookout, Missouri
Point Lookout is the name of a post office in Taney County, Missouri near Branson and Hollister. It is next to Lake Taneycomo and is home to the College of the Ozarks. ..
Point Lookout, New York
Point Lookout is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York. The population was 1,472 at the 2000 census. Geography Point Lookout is located at [40°35′27″N, 73°34′48″W] (40.590753, -73.580022)[Geographic references#1GR..
Point Lookout, Queensland
Point Lookout is a headland and small coastal village located on eastern side North Stradbroke Island. To the north lies Cape Moreton and to the south the next major headland is Point Danger on the New South Wales/Queensland border. The other towns on the island are Dunwich and Amity Point. The poi..
Point machine
A points machine is a device for operating railway turnouts especially at a distance. Overview In the earliest times, railway turnouts were operated manually by simple levers. There are a number of different kinds of levers including throwover levers which stay in the last position thrown, and ba..
Point MacKenzie, Alaska
Point MacKenzie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, U.S. At the 2000 census the population was 111. Geography Point MacKenzie is located at [61°22′30″N, 149°54′45″W] (61.374982, -149.912390)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According t..
Point Mallard Aquatic Center
--> Point Mallard Park's J. Gilmer Blackburn Aquatic Center, in the city of Decatur, AL, was developed in the early 1970's after Mayor Gilmer Blackburn saw enclosed "wave-making" swimming pools in Germany and thought one could be a tourist attraction in the United States. J. Austin Smith, an Ohio..
Point Mallard Park
The [Neutral point of viewneutrality] of this article is [NPOV disputedisputed]. Please see the discussion on the [ --> Contents 1 Overview of Point Mallard Park2 Activities and Recreation Centers2.1 Celebrations/Festivals Held At PT Mallard3 Lo..
Point man
Point man is a U.S. English term used especially in American politics (e.g. he is the president's point man on science policy). It refers to someone leading the defence of a political position. The term may have its roots in the 19th century American Old West when the lead cowboy at the front of a ..
Point Marion, Pennsylvania
Point Marion is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,333 at the 2000 census. Point Marion is located at the confluence of the Monongahela and Cheat Rivers. Approximately three miles north of Point Marion is Friendship Hill National Historic Site, home of ea..
Point mass
A point mass in physics is an idealization of a body whose dimensions are very small compared to the other distances which are relevant to the problem. In such cases, the internal structure of the body can be neglected, and the body can be treated as if its mass were concentrated at one point in spa..
Point Mills, West Virginia
Point Mills is a community in Ohio County, West Virginia, USA. Point Mills lies along the National Road (U.S. Highway 40) and is incorporated into the Village of Valley Grove. External links ..
Point Monroe, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Point Monroe is an affluent community of Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is located on the northeast tip of the island, north of Fay Bainbridge State Park. Point Monroe is a thin strip of land that contains homes. Because of the thinness of the point, many homes have two waterfronts - one behin..
Point Mugu, California
Point Mugu (IPA: [mʌ guː]), California is a geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the cities of Port Hueneme and Oxnard. It is also a name applied to the nearby Naval Air Station - NAS Point Mugu, and a test range facility known by various names over the ye..
Point Mugu State Park
Point Mugu State Park is a large park located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California. It is in the Western Santa Monica Mountains and is about one mile wide at the most, and one and three fourths miles from top to bottom at the most. The park can be accessed fr..
Point Music (label)
Point Music is a record label whose parent label is Decca Records. Contents 1 Discography2 See also3 External links4 Sources Discography The master musicians of Jajouka - Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At JoujoukaJon Gibson - In Good Company (song)Philip Glass - Low S..
Point mutation
A point mutation, or substitution, is a type of mutation that causes the replacement of a single base nucleotide with another nucleotide. Often the term point mutation also includes insertions or deletions of a single base pair (which have more of an adverse effect on the synthesized protein due to ..
Point Nepean, Victoria
Point Nepean marks the northern entrance to Port Phillip Bay Victoria, Australia. It was named after the British politician and colonial administrator, Sir Evan Nepean. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. Melbourne suburbs near Point Nepean(Shire of Mornington Penins..
Point No. 1
Point #1 is the first album released by Chevelle. Track listing "Open""Point #1""Prove to You""Mia""Skeptic""Anticipation""Dos""Long""Blank Earth""Sma""Peer" Credits Buddy Jackson - Art DirectionChevelle - Main PerformerHank Williams - MasteringJoe Loeffler - BassMark Smalling - PhotographyPet..
Point No Point Treaty
The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory Isaac Stevens (1818-1862) convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Chimacum and the Skokomish tribes. Under the terms ..
Point of appearance
Point of appearance is a generic term for any point in a telephone/data circuit from which a technician can test or pull stats. Some appearances are virtual, such as a Digital Cross-Connect System (DCS) computer terminal. Others are physical, like a punch-down COSMIC frame where a technician can pla..
Point of Ayr
There are also two similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayre, Scotland. Point of Ayr is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately to the north of Talacre in Flintshire, at the mouth of the Dee estuary. It is the site of a RS..
Point of Ayre
There are also two similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayr, Wales and Point of Ayre, Scotland. The Point of Ayre is the northernmost point of the Isle of Man. It lies at the northern end of Ramsey Bay 10 kilometres north of the town of Ramsey. It is the closest point on the Isle ..
Point of Beginning
The Point of Beginning is a surveyor's mark on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, just east of East Liverpool, Ohio. It marks the beginning location for the surveying of public lands that led to the opening of the Northwest Territory, and is the starting point of the surveys of all other lands to the we..
Point of Departure
Point of Departure is an album by jazz pianist and composer Andrew Hill, released on the Blue Note label. Personnel Andrew Hill (piano)Eric Dolphy (saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute)Joe Henderson (saxophone)Richard Davis (bass)Tony Williams (drums)Kenny Dorham (trumpet) Tracklisting Re..
Point of divergence
In discussion of counterfactual history, a point of divergence (POD) is a historical event, with two possible postulated outcomes. Typically these represent the actual course of historical events (Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo) and another, such as Napoleon won the Battle of Waterloo. In alt..
Point of Entry
Point of Entry is a heavy metal album from the band Judas Priest. In 1980 Judas Priest garnered some airplay with "Breaking the Law" and "Living After Midnight" from their album British Steel. As a result the band pursued a more radio friendly direction on Point of Entry. The more blatant commerci..
Point of entry
Point of entry can mean: Point of Entry,a heavy metal album from the band Judas PriestEntry point, a place in a computer program, where the program starts This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..
Point of equilibrium (genitals)
The point of equilibrium (or POE) is a point (actually a line around the penis) where tension toward the glans and toward the base is equal when T-Tape draws the skin forward. Finding the POE One physically holds the skin and feels for the POE, then one marks with a marker or crayon before applying..
Point of Existence
Point of Existence began as a total conversion mod for the computer game Battlefield Vietnam (2004). The mod features content based off of a hypothetical conflict between United States and Russian forces in Africa using a mix of real and prototype/future weapons and vehicles of each country. The mo..
Point of Grace
right Point of Grace is a group of Christian pop music singers and authors. This all ladies quartet consisted of Shelley Breen, Heather Payne, Denise Jones, and Terry Jones, and two permanent band members, Dana Cappillino on guitar and Tommy McGee on bass. In November 2003, Terry Jones decide..
Point of Impact
Point of Impact is the 1993 novel by Stephen Hunter, an award-winning critic and accomplished novelist. Plot introduction The basic plot revolves around a former Vietnam sniper named Bob Lee Swagger or Bob 'the Nailer'. This character is loosely based upon the real Vietnam sniper and Marine C..
Point of impact (disambiguation)
Point of Impact can refer to one of the following in Literature Point of Impact – the John Nichol novelPoint of Impact – the 1993 novel by Stephen HunterPoint of Impact – the Tom Clancy's Net Force (Paperback) by Steve PerryPoint of Impact – the novel by Jack CurtisPoint of ..
Point of information
Points of Information (or POIs) are a feature of competitive debate, allowing an opposing team member to offer a brief point during the current speech. As in some debating styles, such as World Schools Style, they often may not be offered in the first or last minute of any speech (known as protected..
Point of Inquiry
Point of Inquiry is a popular podcast produced by the Center for Inquiry. Each episode features interviews and commentaries focused on CFI's mission of promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry in every field of human interest. Specific topics include: Pseudoscience and the paranormal (..
Point of interest
A Point of Interest, or POI, is a specific point location that someone may find useful or interesting. An example is a point on the Earth representing the location of the Space Needle, or a point on Mars representing the location of the mountain, Olympus Mons. The term is widely used in Cartograph..
Point Of Interface
In Telecommunications a Point of Interface (POI) is used to show the physical interface between a local exchange carrier and a wireless carrier. This demarcation point often defines responsibility as well serving as a point for testing. ..
Point of Know Return
Contents 1 Overview2 A Detailed Description3 Analysis and Conclusion4 Cultural Impact5 Track listing6 Personnel7 Production8 Charts Overview Point of Know Return is the fifth album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). The hu..
Point of no return
The point of no return or the Rubicon is the point beyond which someone, or some group of people, must continue on their current course of action. Either they physically cannot turn back, or doing so would be prohibitively expensive or dangerous. A particular irreversible action (e.g. setting off ..
Point of No Return (3LW album)
Point of No Return is 3LW's third album, to be released in 2006 (see 2006 in music). It is the follow-up to 2002's A Girl Can Mack. The lead single, "Feelin' You", impacted radio on June 19. The track, produced by Jermaine Dupri (who is also a featured artist), is a confessional party starter and..
Point of No Return (Babylon 5)
Point of No Return is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Contents 1 Plot synopsis2 Arc significance3 Production details4 Trivia5 External links Plot synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or end..
Point of No Return (ballet)
Point of No Return is a "ballet for tape (stereo)" composed by Juan Maria Solare. Designed in Worpswede (24-28/JAN/2002), details 14/MAR/2002, made in Cologne at the composer's studio, 29/SEP-5/OCT 2002. [5'00"]. First performance: 13/APR/2003 at the Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt (Germa..
Point of no return (disambiguation)
Point of no return originated as a technical term in aviation for the point on a flight at which a plane no longer has enough fuel to return to the airfield from which it departed; by extension, it is used metaphorically to refer to any irrevocable commitment. For the original use, see Air navigatio..
Point of No Return (film)
For other meanings of "point of no return", see Point of no return (disambiguation). Point of No Return, known as The Assassin in some markets, is a 1993 film directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda. Except for a different ending, it is essentially a scene for scene remake of the 1990 fi..
Point of No Return (Frank Sinatra album)
Point of No Return is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. As the title reflects, the album contains Sinatra's final recorded songs with Capitol Records before permanently moving to his own Reprise Records label to achieve more artistic freedom with his recordings. Inde..
Point of No Return (Stargate SG-1)
"Point of No Return" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } An eccentric man named Martin seems to know much of the Stargate program. When O'Neill questions him, Martin realizes his true identity as an alie..
Point of No Return (That's So Raven episode)
"Point of No Return" is an episode of the Disney Channel series That's So Raven Plot Raven's dad gives her a $100 for a calculator, which is for her upcoming trigonometry class in math. However, she decides to buy a new shirt to wear to a classmate named Crystal's party instead, then return the shi..
Point of order
For the 1964 documentary film, see Point of Order (film). A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure. A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt debate in progress, or anything e..
Point of Order (film)
Point of Order! is a 1964 documentary film about the Senate Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954. The hearings were broadcast live on television in their entirety and also recorded via kinescope. Made without narration, the film was compiled from the kinescope recordings and reduced to 93 minutes out ..
Point Of Origin
Point Of Origin is the first album by American rock group Allele. The lineup of this album features previous members Kelly Hayes (ex-Cold) and original vocalist Wally Wood. The album was produced by Ben Schigel, vocalist for the Ohio nu metal group Switched. Contents 1 Track listing2 ..
Point of presence
A point-of-presence (POP) is an artificial demarcation point or interface point between communications entities. Telephone systems In the USA, this term became important during the court-ordered breakup of the Bell Telephone system. A point of presence was a location where a long-distance carrie..
Point of Purchase
point-of-purchase a place where a product or service may be bought or promoted, e.g. retail outlets, receptions, stations and airports. point-of-purchase, point-of-purchase advertising a generic term for display units (e.g. retail display stands, showcases, interactive displays, literature dispe..
Point of release
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Point of Rocks, Maryland
US Route 15 across the Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Maryland. Point of Rocks is in Frederick County, Maryland. It is named for the striking rock formation it sits on top of, which is only visible from boats on the Potomac River, or from the southern bank of the river in Virginia. The roc..
Point of Rocks, Wyoming
Point of Rocks is a census-designated place located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of three. According to the United States Census Bureau, it is one of only nine places in the United States with a population of three people. The others are East ..
Point of Rocks (Kansas)
Point of Rocks, in Morton County, Kansas, was one of three landmarks by the same name on the Santa Fe Trail. This one was on the Cimarron cutoff. It is now part of Cimarron National Grassland. Point of Rocks has been an important landmark for travellers to this region of Kansas. It signifies the cl..
Point of sale
POS or PoS is an abbreviation for point of sale (or point of service). This can mean a retail shop, a checkout counter in a shop, or a variable location where a transaction occurs. In Europe, the acronym EPOS for Electronic Point Of Sale is used in preference. Contents 1 Traditional stores2&..
Point of view
See [Neutral point of view], for Wikipedia's policy Point of view or viewpoint may mean: Point of view (literature), the related experience of the narratorPerspective (cognitive), one's "point of view", the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences.Perspective (graphical)..
Point of View(song)
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. "Point of View" is a song by the band Silverchair off of their Neon Ballroom album. The song is written..
Point of View (Asimov)
"Point of View" is a short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in a science-fiction magazine in 1975, and, due to the poor reception it received, was only reprinted in the collection The Complete Robot in 1982. It is one of a loosely connected series of such stories concerning a fictiona..
Point of View (developer)
Point of View is a game development firm in Irvine, California. Their titles include the remake of N.A.R.C., Nascar 06 and the remake of Spy Hunter, among many others. Some of their employees previously worked at studios such as Troika Games. History Point of View, Inc. was formed in February 199..
Point of view (literature)
For perspective in grammar, see grammatical person. In literature and storytelling, a point of view is the related experience of the narrator — not that of the author. Authors expressly cannot, in fiction, insert or inject their own voice, as this challenges the suspension of disbelief. Te..
Point of View (mod)
Point of View, a Half-Life mod, is played from the perspective of a Xen alien scientist named Xonxt, or more specifically, a Vortigaunt. The game starts as humans invade Xen and capture the XTBS, which is an important piece of Xen technology. The game follows this Vortigaunt's journey as it attem..
Point of View (Stargate SG-1)
"Point of View" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Contents 1 Plot2 Trivia3 Quotes4 External links Plot } In an alternate universe, Samantha Carter and Major Kawalsky are shown running f..
Point of view shot
A point of view shot (also known as POV shot) is a short scene in a film that shows what a character is looking at. It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction (see shot reverse shot). The technique of ..
Point of You?
Point of You? was an Nashville, TN Funk/Punk band. Formed in 1999, this band held in its lineup many now notable Nashville musicians including Evan Brewer of the band, Reflux (band), and Animosity (band), Barry Donegan, Miles McPhereson, and Colby Shea of Look What I Did, Patrick Damphier and Brent..
Point of zero change
The point of zero change (pzc) is a concept relating to the phenomenon of adsorption. It is determined in relation to the solvent's pH and the pzc value assigned to a given substrate (eg., FeOOH is 9). If the pH is greater than the pzc value, the system is said to be "above the pzc." Below the pzc..
Point Park Civic Center
The Point Park Civic Center was a proposed civic center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the site of what is now Point State Park. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on commission from Edgar J. Kaufmann in the late 1940s. Wright initially envisioned a circular building more than 1000 ..
Point Park University
Point Park University (formerly Point Park College) is a liberal arts university located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1960, and has about 3,200 undergraduate students. Point Park University is on the semester system and has four schools: Arts & Sciences, Business, The Co..
Point particle
A point particle is an idealized particle heavily used in physics. Its distinguishing features are that it does not have any volume or surface area; it is zero dimensional. A point particle is often a good approximation of real particles and also more extended bodies. In Newtonian gravitation as wel..
Point Partridge
Point Partridge is the most westerly point of Whidbey Island, the largest island in Puget Sound. The point lies north of the Fort Ebey military reservation and south of West Beach. The primary importance of Point Partridge is as the northern and eastern reference point for the dividing line betwee..
Point Pedro
Point Pedro (Paruthi Thurai = 'Port Cotton')is the northernmost town of the island of Sri Lanka. as the name suggest that this agriculturally active area with fertile calcic red latosols were exporting cotton to other countries. The eastern coast of Point Pedro is a stunning 3 mile broad beach with..
Point Pelee National Park
Point Pelee National Park ..
Point Peron
Point Peron ([32°15′55″S, 115°41′8″E]) is a headland also known as Cape Peron. It is located at the extreme southern end of Cockburn Sound in Western Australia, and has protected beaches, limestone cliffs, reefs and panoramic views. The mainland end of the causeway to Garden Is..
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
The Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a regional park on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, California (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay). It is approximately 9 km² (2320 acres) in area, and is operated by the East Bay Regional Park District. Mount Tamalpais from Point Pinole Regio..
Point Pinos Lighthouse
Point Pinos Lighthouse was built in 1855 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the oldest continuously-operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse preceded Point Pinos by 8 months, but was replaced in 1909 by the expanding military priso..
Point Piper, New South Wales
Point Piper is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Point Piper is home to many prominent Australians. With the much sought after property pushing the price ever higher, in 2004 a house there was sold for $30m and several are valued at over $40 million. External links ..
Point Place
Point Place is a fictional small town in Wisconsin in which the television sitcom That '70s Show takes place. The characters speak with a midwestern accent, consistent with the inhabitants of central Wisconsin. Dialogue from That '70s Show episodes contains estimates of travel times and/or distance ..
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant is the name of several places: in the United States of America:*Point Pleasant, New Jersey*Point Pleasant, Ohio*Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania*Point Pleasant, West Virginiain England:*Point Pleasant, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear There is also: Pleasant Point, New ZealandPoint Pleasant is als..
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Point Pleasant is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 19,306. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Local government3.2 Federal, state and county representation4 Trivia5&n..
Point Pleasant, Ohio
Detail of 1877 map showing Point Pleasant, Ohio. Point Pleasant is a small unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, located near the mouth of Big Indian Creek at the Ohio River, around 25 miles southeast of Cincinnati. Point Pleasant was the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. G..
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mason County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Point Pleasant is most famous for a series of local legends centered ..
Point Pleasant (TV series)
Elisabeth Harnois as Christina Nickson in Point Pleasant Point Pleasant was a television series that first aired on the Fox Network in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings. Point Pleasant boasted many of the same crew behind the scenes as Fox's other shortly withdr..
Point Pleasant (Wallsend)
Point Pleasant is a small area in the town of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, lying between the town centre and the River Tyne. The historic area was once the home of Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company. Point Pleasant Hall, part of which still stands, was a historic mansion dating back sever..
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Point Pleasant Beach is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,314. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Local government3.2 Federal, state and county representation4 Educ..
Point Pleasant Beach (NJT station)
The Point Pleasant Beach Train Station is a station stop located in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey on NJ Transit's (NJT) North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL), and is one of the most significant stops on the NJCL portion between Long Branch and Bay Head. This modern station is located on one of the borou..
Point Pleasant Park
Map of park at main entrance, July 2005 Point Pleasant Park is a large, forested area at the southern tip of Halifax peninsula. It once hosted several military batteries, and a well-preserved eighteenth century Martello tower can be found there. The park is a popular recreational spot for Ha..
Point plotting
Point plotting is an elementary mathematical skill required in analytic geometry. Invented by Rene Descartes and originally used to locate positions on military maps, this skill is now assumed of everyone who wants to locate grid 7A on any map. Using point plotting, one associates an ordered pair o..
Point process
A point process is a type of stochastic process that is widely used in many fields of applied mathematics, such as queueing theory and computational neuroscience. Definition A point process is a map [\xi:\Omega\to K] from a probability space [\Omega] to a set [K] con..
Point reduction
Pont Reduction were a Norwegian pop and rock-band from Vestvagoy in Lofoten, formed 1983 by Kurt E. Holm, John Arne Markussen, Paal Johansen, Svein Ole Gjerstad and Ole Hammer. The band created and composed their own music. For about three years they where playing around in Lofoten islands, a music ..
Point release
A point release is a minor release of a software project, especially one intended to fix bugs or do minor cleanups rather than add features. The term implies that such releases are relatively frequent, and is generally used with respect to open source projects being developed in bazaar mode. ..
Point Reyes
Point Reyes Point Reyes is a prominent cape on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. It is located in Marin County approximately 30 mi (48 km) WNW of San Francisco. The term is often applied to the Point Reyes Peninsula, the promontory bounded from Tomales Bay on the n..
Point Reyes National Seashore
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Point Reyes Station, California
Point Reyes Station is a census-designated place in northern California, in western Marin County, California, with a population of 818. The CDP covers both the unincorporated town (population 350) and the surrounding countryside. Point Reyes Station is located along California State Route 1 and is ..
Point Richmond, Richmond, California
Point Richmond is a neighborhood in southwestern Richmond, California at the base of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It is known for being quaint and for its smalltown charm and village feel. It is served by AC Transit line 72M, which terminates in Point Richmond, and by Golden Gate Transit's commut..
Point Roberts, Washington
Aerial shot of the southwest corner of Point Roberts, WA; showing in the background is the town's marina. Point Roberts is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States, on the southernmost tip of Tsawwassen Peninsula. The population is 1,308 (US 2000 census). P..
Point Salines International Airport
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Point Samson, Western Australia
Point Samson is a small town 1579 km north of Perth and 18 km north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town is a popular holiday location for the nearby mining towns, including Karratha and Dampier. Fishing is the main industry. ..
Point set triangulation
A triangulation of a set of points P is the triangulation of the convex hull of P, with all points from P being among the vertices of the triangulation. Sometimes it is desirable to have a triangulation with special properties, e.g., in which the triangles each have large angles ("splinter" triang..
Point shaving
Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving scheme generally involves a sports gambler and one..
Point shooting
Point Shooting is a method of shooting a firearm that relies on a shooter's instinctive reactions and kinematics to quickly engage close targets. Point Shooting does not rely on sights, but instead places the gun below the line of sight, but in many cases still in the field of vision. Since the si..
Point source
A point source may refer to one of the following: a source of air pollution emissions which has one specific coordinate such as a stack.a source of light that is treated as having no physical extension.a source of noise pollution that emanates from a specific location (for example, not a roadway).a..
Point source mutations
Once a mutation can be identified as linked to a point source in a genome, the frequency of that mutation in a population, and the identification of other point source mutations can help geneticists construct a cladogram showing when, where and how this mutation first appeared. ..
Point spread function
Image formation in a confocal microscope: central longitudinal (XZ) slice. The 3D acquired distribution arises from the convolution of the real light sources with the PSF. The point spread function (PSF) defines the propagation of electromagnetic radiation from a point source. It is defined i..
Point Stadium
Point Stadium was a historic minor league baseball stadium which opened in 1926 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Capacity 10,000. It was named the "Point" because its location is at the confluence of the Little Conemaugh, Stoneycreek, and Conemaugh Rivers. It was the home of numerous minor league basebal..
Point State Park
Point State Park and the fountain can be seen in the lower left corner of this photo of Pittsburgh. Point State Park is a 36 acre (146,000 m²) state park located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The park includes the outlines and rema..
Point targets
Point Targets are military targets which are concentrated in what can be considered a mathematical point, an infinitely small area which should be hit with munitions with extreme precision. Targets such as city buildings, and targets in the midst of many non-targets are considered to be point target..
Point Theatre
The Point Theatre (originally dubbed The Point Depot) is a concert venue on the North Wall Quay in Dublin, Ireland. It is located in the Dublin Docklands. It is one of Ireland's biggest indoor concert arenas, having a seating capacity of up to 8,500. History The building was originally a railway d..
Point Township, Pennsylvania
Point Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,722 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 70.8 km² (27.4 mi²). 65.2 km² (25.2 mi²) of it is land and 5.7 km² (2.2 mi�..
Point to point racing
Point to Point racing is a form of amateur racing for hunting horses. Many of the horses and jockeys will appear in these races before they compete in National Hunt races, usually in Chases. It was created to return to the spirit of the original National Hunt races, which quickly became dominated ..
Point Udall
Point Udall Millennium Monument The easternmost and westernmost points in the United States are named for two brothers. Point Udall at the east end of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the easternmost point in the United States including territories and insular areas. It was named for..
Point Walter, Western Australia
Point Walter is a headland in the Swan River, Western Australia. It is located on the southern shore line. It forms the western end of the area known as Melville Water. The suburbs of East Fremantle and Bicton are both situated on the shore line. Opposite side of the river are the suburbs of Mosma..
Point White, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Point White is a community of Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is located at the southwest tip of the island. Although the Crystal Springs area is technically on Point White, the community of Point White is usually defined as the tip of the point, along Point White Drive NE. See also List of Bai..
Point Wilson
Point Wilson is situated on the Olympic Peninsula at the northeastern most point of Jefferson County, Washington approximately two miles north of Port Townsend. This low, broad sand-spit, extends over a half-mile into the water and marks the entrance to Admiralty Inlet from the Strait of Juan de ..
Point Wilson Lighthouse
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Point Wilson Lighthouse was built in 1913 by the United States Lighthouse Service. At a height of 51 feet, ..
Poio
Poio is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Municipalities of Pontevedra Agolada | Arbo | Baiona | Barro | Bueu | Caldas de Reis | Cambados | Campo Lameiro | Cangas | A Cañiza | Catoira | Cerdedo | Cotobade | Cov..
Poipet
Poipet is a Cambodian town on the Thai/Cambodian border. It is a key crossing point between the two countries, and also extremely popular as a gambling destination as gambling is popular, but illegal in Thailand. There is a strip of casinos and hotels between the Thai and Cambodian passport contr..
Poipu, Hawaii
Hawaiian words and proper names that omit or make improper use of }}okina and kahakō in spelling, and may be unreliable for lexical reference as per standard Hawaiian English. Poipu is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County on the southern side of the island of Kauai in the U.S. state o..
Poire
Poire is a french spirit made from pears. Poire is the French word for "pear". ..
Poiret
Poiret may refer to several people: Jean Poiret (author of La Cage aux Folles)Jean Louis Marie Poiret, French botanistJean Louis Georges PoiretPaul Poiret This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..
Poire z
poire_z (the underscore is part of the name) was an electronic free improvisation group formed about 2000. Personnel: eRik M: turntables, effectsGunter Muller: percussion, effectsAndy Guhl and Norbert Möslang (who recorded as Voice Crack) on homemade electronics. As with much free improvisation,..
Poirot
Poirot can refer to: Hercule Poirot, fictional detective created by Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie's Poirot, also called simply Poirot, television series starring David Suchet as Hercule PoirotThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title..
Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection published by Agatha Christie in 1974, two years before her death. In it, Christie charts some of the cases from Hercule Poirot's early career, before he was internationally renowned as a detective. All the stories had been published before. The Aff..
Poirot Investigates
Poirot Investigates is a short story collection by Agatha Christie published in 1924. In each of the 11 stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety murder mysteries with greed, jealousy and revenge as motives. The Adventure of the Western StarThe Tragedy at Marsdon ManorThe..
Poise
The poise (P) is the unit of dynamic viscosity in the centimetre gram second system of units. It is named after Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille. 1 P = 1 g·cm−1·s−1 The analogous unit in the International System of Units is the pascal second (Pa·s): 1 Pa·s = 1 kg·m−1·s−1 = 10 P The pois..
Poiseuille's law
Contents 1 Overview2 Derivation2.1 Viscosity2.2 Liquid flow through a pipe2.3 Faster lamina2.4 Slower lamina2.5 Putting it all together2.6 Poiseuille's Law3 ..
Poison
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause injury, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is present. In medicine (particularly veterinary..
Poisonblack
Poisonblack are a Finnish metal band, specialising in the modern style of gothic-doom metal. They were formed by Ville Laihiala, who was also the singer for the disbanded band; Sentenced. Contents 1 Band members1.1 Former members2 Discography3 See also4 External links ..
Poisoned
Poisoned is a free peer-to-peer computer program for Mac OS X. Started by Silvio Rizzi on May 26 2003, it is a frontend to giFT, and currently supports the OpenFT, FastTrack, Gnutella and Ares protocols, using the third-party gift-fasttrack plugin. It is available under the GNU General Public Licen..
Poisoned candy scare
The poisoned candy scare, from the 1970s and 1980s, refers to a moral panic in the United States regarding the threat that children could be in danger of ingesting razor blades, needles, or poison introduced to candy by senseless, malicious tampering, especially during traditional Halloween trick-or..
Poisoning
For biological toxicity, see toxin and poison.For use of the term in reference to catalysts, see Catalyst;For use of the term in reference to fissionable material, see Nuclear poison; This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
Poisoning the well
This article is about the rhetorical device of "poisoning the well", not to be confused with the band, Poison the Well. Poisoning the well is a logical fallacy where adverse information about someone is pre-emptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everyth..
Poisoning the Well (Stargate Atlantis)
"Poisoning the Well" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } The Atlantis team discover the Hoffans, a race of humans that have advanced to a technological level similar to that of Earth in the middle of the..
Poisonous pedagogy
Poisonous pedagogy is a concept by which present-day psychologists and educators distance themselves from child-raising methods that were propagated in previous centuries. Poisonous pedagogy is therefore meant as an unequivocally negative term. It is an umbrella concept encompassing behaviors and..
Poisonous spiders
Poisonous spiders (spiders having medically significant venom) exist in almost all parts of the world except those that are coldest. There is general agreement on which spiders give bites that may produce lasting damage or death, but not such general agreement on how one might sort spiders identifi..
Poisons Act 1972
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Poison (band)
Poison was also the name of both a shortlived British punk group who eventually became the thrash metal band Anihilated, and a German black metal band. Poison is an American glam metal band and have achieved popular success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Contents 1 Music2 Early ye..
Poison (Bardot song)
"Poison" is the debut single by Australian pop group Bardot, released in April 2000. It debuted at #1 on the ARIA singles chart, where it spent two consecutive weeks, and was certified double platinum. It became the sixth highest selling single in Australia of 2000. "Poison" was also a massive s..
Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)
"Poison" is a 1990 title track single by the New Edition spinoff group Bell Biv DeVoe. This R&B / hip-hop song, the group's most successful, is about how dangerous it may be to fall in love. It was played in the movie Pootie Tang, included in an episode of the sitcom Scrubs, and played in the 20..
Poison (disambiguation)
Poison has several meanings: Poison, a substance that causes injury, illness, or death to organismsPoison (band), an American glam metal bandPoison (album), a hip-hop / R&B album by Bell Biv DeVoe that features a hit title track (see below)Poison (film), a controversial film directed by Todd Haynes..
Poison (Final Fight)
Poison is a video game character from the Final Fight series. Growing up an orphan in Los Angeles, she became a street thug for the original Mad Gear gang. Like many other non-boss characters in the series, Poison has a look-alike character named Roxy. Roxy though is just a mere palette swap, and t..
Poison (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
Contents 1 Plot summary2 Cast and crew3 Episode trivia4 Quotes5 External links Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Cast and crew Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert GorenKathryn Erbe as Detective Al..
Poison (novel)
Poison (original Norwegian title: Gift) is an 1883 novel by the Norwegian writer Alexander Kielland. The novel is the first in a trilogy including Fortuna (1884) and St. Hans Fest (1887). [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This famous novel is an attac..
Poison (song)
Poison is a name given to several songs: Poison, a title track song by hip-hop / R&B group Bell Biv DeVoePoison, a song by The ProdigyPoison, a hard rock song by Alice CooperPoison, a song by BardotPoison, a trance song by Groove Coverage This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a l..
Poison (The Prodigy song)
redirect [[Template:Infobox Single]] "Poison" was the tenth single released by the British electronica/rave act The Prodigy on March 6 1995. It was the fourth single from the album Music For the Jilted Generation. For the first time, the contents on the 12" vinyl record and CD single releases were i..
Poison affair
The poison affair (affaire des poisons) was a murder scandal in France during the reign of King Louis XIV. It began a period of hysterical pursuit of murder suspects, during which a number of prominent people were implicated and sentenced for poisoning and witchcraft. The furor began in 1676 after ..
Poison Arrows
Poison Arrows is an album by San Francisco indie rock band Communiqué. Track listing "The Best Lies" (2:29)"Evaporate" (3:30)"Ouija Me" (2:58)"Dagger Vision" (3:32)"Perfect Weapon" (3:16)"Black Curses" (3:38)"Strays" (4:04)"My Bay" (4:38)"Death Rattle Dance" (3:56)"Rattling Bones" (7:41) ..
Poison Clan
One of the few successful rap groups from the South in the early '90s, Poison Clan played an important role in the development of the Dirty South movement that would arise late in the decade. The group began as a 2 Live Crew-sponsored group on Luke Records and came to an end when the group's drivin..
Poison Control
Poison Control is a punk group native to Chicago. Thriving with a growing fan-base and a blooming collection of original material, Poison Control is a successful act among the plethora of would-be punk rock. Currently they are in the studio recording a full length with their new 5 Piece lineup consi..
Poison control center
In the United States, a poison control center (PCC) is a medical facility that is able to provide immediate, free, and expert treatment advice and assistance over the telephone in case of exposure to poisonous, hazardous, or toxic substances. They can be reached toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a ..
Poison dart frog
The poison dart frog, poison arrow frog, or simply the dart frog, is the common name given to the group of frogs belonging to the family Dendrobatidae. Poison dart frogs are only found in two geographical regions: Central America and South America. The Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates..
Poison elves
Poison Elves is a black-and-white comic by artist/writer Drew Hayes, concerning the life and times of a psychopathic elf named Lusiphur. Drew originally self-published the series during the early 90's under his company Mulehide Graphics. In 1995, he signed on with Sirius Entertainment, a move that ..
Poison gas in World War I
A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of poison gas in World War I was a major military innovation. The gases used ranged from tear gas to disabling chemicals such as mustard gas and killing agents like phosgene. This chemical warfare was a major component of the fi..
Poison Girls
Poison Girls preforming at the squatted Zig Zag Club in London, December 1982 The Poison Girls were a British anarcho-punk band. The female singer/guitarist, Vi Subversa, was a middle-aged mother of two at the band's inception, and wrote songs that explored sexuality and gender roles, usually..
Poison Idea
Poison Idea (sometimes referred to simply as “PI”) were a hardcore punk band from Portland, Oregon. Contents 1 History2 Discography3 Compilation appearances4 External links History Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A. (aka Jerry Lang). The initial lineup ..
Poison ivy
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans or Rhus toxicodendron), in the family Anacardiaceae, rhus is also called Sumac. The name is often spelled "Poison-ivy" to indicate that it is not a true Ivy or Hedera. It is a woody vine that is well-known for its ability..
Poison Ivy
For other uses of "", see {{{1. Poison Ivy (Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley) is a DC Comics supervillain and is primarily an enemy of Batman. Created by Robert Kanigher, she first appeared in Batman #181 (June 1966). In the series Gotham Girls, Poison Ivy deemed herself as one of "the world's most promi..
Poison Ivy's Tangled Train
Poison Ivy’s Tangled Train is a steel family-style roller coaster located at Six Flags New England. The track has a double figure eight layout with theming consistent with the DC Comics villain Posion Ivy. There has been on and off confusion over the coaster’s actual name with conflicting inf..
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is a 1997 erotic thriller and drama film starring Jaime Pressly. It was directed by Kurt Voss and written by Karen Kelly. The original music score is composed by Reg Powell. Tagline: All the rules are about to be broken. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warni..
Poison ivy (disambiguation)
Poison ivy is a plant (notably not of the "ivy" species of plants, Hedera); it has, however, lent its name to many other meanings, including: Poison Ivy a female comic book villain from Batman's gallery of foes.Poison Ivy (The Cramps), a singer from the band The Cramps"Poison Ivy", a Leiber and Sto..
Poison Ivy (film)
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Poison Ivy II: Lily
Poison Ivy II: Lily is a 1996 erotic thriller and drama film starring Alyssa Milano. It was directed by Anne Goursaud and written by Chloe King. The original music score is composed by Joseph Williams. Tagline: Passion Seduction. Betrayal. Lily wanted to be just like Ivy. Plot summary [Spoile..
Poison Kitchen
The Poison Kitchen was the name Adolf Hitler gave to a group of journalists who were bent on exposing his tyranny before he came to power in Germany. These men were writers for The Munich Post. The newspaper had been founded by the Bavarian Social Democratic party, but soon took on a life of its own..
Poison oak
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. ''There is also a page with the title Poison Oak with a captial 'O.' The nam..
Poison of Ages
Poison of Ages is an unreleased album by New Zealand metal band 8 Foot Sativa. It was due to be released on 8th of May, 2006 but its release has been delayed until late July. It was recorded at Studio Underground in Sweden under Black Mark Records. Track listing The following tracks are in no par..
Poison Pen
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Poison pen letter
[[Image:Poison_pen.JPG|thumb|250px|An anonymous poison pen letter to a former teacher. The German text says: You ... [ass]. We are glad you are no longer teaching at our school. The letter also contained the mask pictured here.]] A poison pen letter is a letter or note containing unpleasant..
Poison pill
The Poison pill began as a reference to literal poison pills (often glass vials of cyanide salts) carried by various spies throughout history, and by Nazi leaders in WWII. Spies could take such pills when discovered, eliminating any possibility that they could be interrogated for the enemy's gain. ..
Poison Put
In business, a poison put has two provisions: 1) rights granted to common stockholders which gives them the option to exercise up to all of their stock to the acquiring company at an extremely high price in the event a takeover is completed, or 2) an agreement which allows the bondholder to demand r..
Poison reverse
Distance-vector routing protocols in computer networks use poison reverse to indicate to other routers that a route is no longer reachable and should be removed from their routing tables. A variation of poison reverse is split horizon with poison reverse whereby a router sends updates with unreacha..
Poison Rocks, Western Australia
Poison Rocks, historically known as Poison Rock, is a place in Western Australia. It is located at 28° 42' S, 118° 30' E, 100 km south-east of Mount Magnet in the Shire of Sandstone. The explorer Robert Austin named the place after camping there during his expedition of 1854. While he was there..
Poison shyness
Poison shyness - a behavioural phenomenon observed on animals. When pest control (by means of poisoned baits) is in use some animals (insects and mammals alike), which previously ingested sublethal doses of poison can subsequently detect and therefare avoid these poisoned baits in the future. It ..
Poison Spring State Park
Poison Spring State Park is an Arkansas state park located near Bluff City. It commemorates the Battle of Poison Spring in the American Civil War, which was part of the 1864 Camden Expedition. Confederates and Choctaw Indians attacked and overcame a supply wagon of Union soldiers. The term "poison..
Poison Sumac
Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix or Rhus vernix) is a woody shrub growing to 3 m tall. All parts of the plant contain a toxic resin called urushiol that causes skin and mucous membrane irritation to humans. When burned and inhaled, the smoke causes diarrhea and other internal irratations. The le..
Poison Takes a Hold/Introduction
This was the very first single by British gothic rock group Play Dead and the group's very first studio recording. At the time of this single, the band supposedly only had 6 to 7 songs written and had yet to be altered. This single features original guitarist "Re-Vox" and it received heavy airplay i..
Poison the Well
For the rhetorical literary device, please see Poisoning the well. Poison The Well (commonly abbreviated as PTW) is a melodic post-hardcore/metalcore band from Miami, Florida. On June 13, 2006, Poison the Well announced they had [split up] with their label, Atlantic Records. They had pre..
Poisson's equation
In mathematics, Poisson's equation is a partial differential equation with broad utility in electrostatics, mechanical engineering and theoretical physics. It is named after the French mathematician, geometer and physicist Siméon-Denis Poisson. The Poisson equation is [\Delta\varphi=f] ..
Poisson's ratio
When a sample of material is stretched in one direction, it tends to get thinner in the other two directions. Poisson's ratio (ν, [\mu]), named after Simeon Poisson, is a measure of this tendency. It is defined as the ratio of the contraction strain normal to the applied load divided by..
Poisson-Lie group
In mathematics, a Poisson-Lie group is a Poisson manifold that is also a Lie group, with the group multiplication being compatible with the Poisson algebra structure on the manifold. The algebra of a Poisson-Lie group is a Lie bialgebra. Definition A Poisson-Lie group is a Lie group G for which the..
Poissonnière (Paris Metro)
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Poisson (disambiguation)
Poisson (meaning fish in French) may refer to: Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician, geometer and physicist, after whom a number of mathematical concepts and physical phenomena are named, including:* Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution* Poisson process, a st..
Poisson algebra
In mathematics, a Poisson algebra is an associative algebra together with a Lie bracket that also satisfies Leibniz' law; that is, the bracket is also a derivation. Poisson algebras appear naturally in Hamiltonian mechanics, and are also central in the study of quantum groups. Manifolds with a Pois..
Poisson bracket
In mathematics and classical mechanics, the Poisson bracket is an important operator in Hamiltonian mechanics, playing a central role in the definition of the time-evolution of a dynamical system in the Hamiltonian formulation. In a more general setting, the Poisson bracket is used to define a Poi..
Poisson distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution. It expresses the probability of a number of events occurring in a fixed period of time if these events occur with a known average rate, and are independent of the time since the last event. The d..
Poisson equation discretized into block tridiagonal
Using the Finite difference numerical method to discretize the 2 dimensional Poisson equation (assuming a uniform spatial discretization ) on an m x n grid gives the following formula: [( ^2 u )_ = \frac ( u_ + u_ + u_ + u_ - 4 u_) = g_] where [ 1 \le i \le m ] and [ 1 ..
Poisson integral formula
The Poisson integral formula gives an explicit solution to the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation in a ball in Euclidean space Rn. If u is a harmonic function in the ball in Rn centered at the origin with radius R, then the formula states [ u(x) = \frac \int_ \frac] where [\..
Poisson kernel
In potential theory, the Poisson kernel is the derivative of the Green's function for the two-dimensional Laplace equation, under circular symmetry, using Dirichlet boundary conditions (BCS). ..
Poisson manifold
In mathematics, a Poisson manifold is a differential manifold M such that the algebra of smooth functions over it, [C^\infty(M)] is equipped with a bilinear map called the Poisson bracket, turning it into a Poisson algebra. Every symplectic manifold is a Poisson manifold but not vice vers..
Poisson process
A Poisson process, named after the French mathematician Siméon-Denis Poisson (1781 - 1840), is a stochastic process which is defined in terms of the occurrences of events. A stochastic process N(t) is a (time-homogeneous, one-dimensional) Poisson process if, The number of events occurring in two ..
Poisson random measure
Let [(E, \mathcal A, \mu)] be some measurable space with [\sigma]-finite measure [\mu]. The Poisson random measure with intensity measure [\mu] is a family of random variables [\_}] defined on some probability space [(\Omega, \mathcal F, \mathrm..
Poisson regression
In statistics, the Poisson regression model attributes to a response variable Y a Poisson distribution whose expected value depends on a predictor variable x (written in lower case because the model treats x as non-random, in the following way: [\log \operatorname(Y)=a+bx\,] (where "log"..
Poisson ring
In mathematics, a Poisson ring A is a commutative ring on which a binary operation [[,]], known as the Poisson bracket, is defined. Many important operations and results of symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian mechanics may be formulated in terms of the Poisson bracket and, hence..
Poisson summation formula
The Poisson summation formula (PSF) is an equation relating a sum [S(t)] of a function [f(t)] over all integers and an equivalent summation of its continuous Fourier transform. The PSF was discovered by Siméon Denis Poisson and is sometimes called Poisson resummation. Conte..
Poisson superalgebra
In mathematics, a Poisson superalgebra is a Z2-graded generalization of a Poisson algebra. Specifically, a Poisson superalgebra is an (associative) superalgebra A with a Lie superbracket [[cdot,cdot] : A\otimes A\to A] such that (A, [·,·]) is a Lie superalge..
Poisson supermanifold
A Poisson supermanifold is a differential supermanifold M such that the supercommutative algebra of smooth functions over it (let me clarify a bit. M isn't a point set space and so, doesn't "really" exist, and really, this algebra is all we have), [C^\infty(M)] is equipped with a bilinear ..
Poissy
Poissy Country      France Région Île-de-France Départment Yvelines Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye Canton Chief town of 2 cantons INSEE 78498 Postal Code 78300 MayorCurrent Term Jacques Masdeu-Arus2001-2008 Intercommunality n..
Poissy (SNCF)
Poissy is a rail station in Paris, France. Although interconnected with the Paris Métro, it is actually located on one of the five lines of the RER (Réseau Express Régional, or Regional Express Network). The station is also served by the SNCF ( Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français),..
Poitevin
The word Poitevin can mean: From or related to PoitouA breed of dog; see Poitevin (dog) 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..
Poitevin-Saintongeais
Poitevin-Saintongeais (Poetevin-séntunjhaes) is a language spoken by a minority of people in Poitou-Charentes. It is one of the regional languages of France. It is now classified as one of the langues d'oïl but is distinguished by certain features of the langue d'oc. The language is spoken on what..
Poitiers
Poitiers is a town located in west central France. It is a commune and the capital (préfecture) of the Vienne département and of the Poitou-Charentes région. Poitiers is situated on the Clain River. Contents 1 Geography2 History2.1 1500's3 Miscellaneous3.1 Twin Towns..
Poitín
Poitín is an Irish Whiskey- (IPA [ˈpˠocʲiːn], anglicized as poteen or potcheen) or formerly potheen (IPA [ˈpɒtiːn] but in Ireland [ˈpɔtʃiːn]). The term is a diminutive of the word pota 'a pot'; P..
Poitou
Coat of arms of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Plantagenet claimant to the county of Poitou, now favored as the coat of arms of Poitou by people in Poitou Poitou was a province of France whose capital city was Poitiers. There is a marshland called the Poitevin marsh (French Marais Poitevin) on the..
Poitou-Charentes
Région Poitou-Charentes (Région flag) (logo) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] [Site du Conseil regional][Site de l'Observatoire Régional de l'Environnement de Poitou-Charentes][Site des paysages de Poitou-Charentes][..
Poizon Green
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Poi (food)
Poi is commonly sold in bagged form in Hawaiian supermarkets. Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian staple food made from the corm of the kalo plant (known widely as taro). Poi is produced by mashing the cooked corm (baked or steamed) to a highly viscous fluid. Water is added dur..
Poi (juggling)
Māori Poi dance, by Manutuke School at Hopuhopu 2003 Poi is a form of juggling with balls on ropes, held in the hands and swung in various circular patterns, similar to club-twirling. It was originally practiced by the Māori people of New Zealand (the word poi means "ball" in Māori). Wome..
Poi Dog Pondering
Poi Dog Pondering is a band based in Chicago, Illinois. It was formed in the mid-1980s and revolves around the music of lead singer-songwriter Frank Orrall. Contents 1 History2 Music3 Lyrics & Philosophy4 Albums4.1 Studio albums4.2 Live albums4.3 Compilations5&..
Poi tricks
As with many subculture sports and pastimes, poi spinners often spend hours mastering their tricks, gaining respect from their peers for managing more impressive stunts. Some popular poi tricks include: reels, weaves, fountains, crossovers and windmills. The more skilled the spinner, the more imp..

 

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