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.post
.post is Top-level domain submitted to ICANN for approval as a sponsored TLD. It would be restricted to the use of national and regional postal services, and private businesses that provide similar services. It is sponsored by the Universal Postal Union, an international organisation based in Bern..
P.O.S
P.O.S. P.O.S. (born Stefon Alexander), is a rapper signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment and a founding member of Doomtree. P.O.S. began as a punk rock musician. In high school, Alexander and his friends played punk shows in a band called "Om," in which he first came to be referred to as "Piss..
Po-Srimitra
Po-Śrīmitra (Chinese possibly 室利蜜多羅 or related) was a Kuchean prince and Buddhist monk who travelled to south China from 307-312, translating three Buddhist texts. ..
Poás Volcano
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Poás Volcano National Park
Poás Volcano National Park ..
Poésies (Rimbaud)
The poems of Arthur Rimbaud were written between approx. 1869 and 1873. Les étrennes des orphelins (1869) is the first known poem of Rimbaud. Three poems (Credo in Unam/Soleil et Chair, Ophélie and Sensation) were sent by him to the poet Théodore de Banville in a letter dated May, 24 1870. Pro..
POS
POS or PoS may mean: Part of speech, the role that a word (or sometimes a phrase) plays in a sentence. Point of sale. A POS device enables an efficient recording of the data that comprises a business transaction when the sale of goods or services to the customer occurs.Procure On Site, relating to ..
Posaconazole
Posaconazole is a triazole antifungal drug that is used to treat invasive infections by Candida species and Aspergillus species in severely immunocompromised patients. There is also limited clinical evidence for its utility in treatment of invasive disease caused by Fusarium species (fusariosis). ..
Posad
A posad (посад) was a settlement, often surrounded by bulwarks and a moat, by a town or a kremlin, but outside the town/kremlin, or by a monastery in the 10th to 15th centuries. Usually it was inhabited by craftsmen and merchants. In the Russian Empire a posad was a small semi-urban settlemen..
Posada
Posada is an ancient town of Sardinia, Italy and the main town of an historical district called Baronia di Posada or Baronia Alta (to be distinguished from Baronia Bassa or Baronia di Orosei/Galtelli'), on the Tyrrhenian coast of the island. The ancient part of the town is in a spectacular positi..
Posadas
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. For the city in Argentina see: Posadas, Misiones. For the city in Spain see: Posadas, Córdoba Posadas i..
Posadas, Córdoba
Posadas is a municipality in Córdoba Province, Spain. External links [Municipal government website] () ..
Posadas, Misiones
Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at coordinates [27°25′S 55°48′W] on the shore of the Paraná River, at the south of the province. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 235,931 (2001), and its current mayor is Jorge Oscar Brig..
Posada (Asturias)
Posada de Llanes is a parish in Llanes municipality, in eastern Asturias, Spain. ..
Posada (disambiguation)
Posada is a Spanish term for inn. It could be used as a family name or as a place name. Posada could also refer to: Contents 1 People2 Places3 Buildings4 Other uses People Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar and Count of Posadas (1578-1630) was viceroy of N..
Posadigumpe
Posadigumpe is a small mountain in Kasargod district of Kerala state, south India. It is an ideal picnic centre and tourist resort located on a hillock 487.68 metres above sea level in Dharmathadka 30 km north-east of Kasargod. From the hill top one can see the Arabian Sea, Manglore, Kudremukh, etc...
Posadis
In computing, Posadis is a GPL-licensed DNS server for Microsoft Windows and Unix that uses a zone file format that is compatible with BIND zone files. Posadis is part of a suite which includes graphical configuration and zone file management programs. Posadis has IPv6 support. See also Compariso..
Posadnik
Posadnik (Russian: ) was a deputy of Knyaz in some East Slavic places assigned to rule a city or a land. Most notably, the term is known as an equivalent of a stadtholder of the medieval towns of Novgorod and Pskov. Novgorod Despite such legendary figures as 9th-century Gostomysl, the term posadni..
Posadowsky Bay
Posadowsky Bay is an open embayment in the vicinity of Gaussberg, just east of the West Ice Shelf. Discovered in February 1902 by German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it for Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant to cov..
Posankka
Posankka is a statue located in Turku, Finland. The statue, which is located near the campus area of the University of Turku and the Turku Student Village, represents a hybrid between a duck and a pig. It is a pink animal with a duck's lower body and a pig's head. The statue was designed by Alva..
Posavina
Posavina is the name for the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Cities in the river basin Zagreb Croatia: Zagreb, the capital of CroatiaVelika GoricaSisakKutinaNova GradiškaSlavonski BrodŽupanja Bosnia and Herzegovina: GradiškaDerventaBrodŠamacBrčko Serb..
Posavina Canton
Posavina Canton (Flag) (Coat of arms) Main city Orašje Head of canton ? Municipalities Domaljevac, Odžak, Orašje Area 325 km² Population - Total  - Density 224,79651.08/km² The Posavina Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and ..
POSB
POSB may refer to: the Post Office Savings Bank in several countriesPOSBank, a brand of DBS Bank in Singapore 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 direc..
POSBank
POSBank (or POSB) (Chinese: 邮政储蓄银行) is a brand of consumer banking services offered by DBS Bank in Singapore, after it was acquired by the later in November 1998. Prior to this, it was a major public bank which began life as the Post Office Savings Bank, offering low-cost banking service..
Posca
Rome character Posca Name Posca Class Slave Family None Known Allies Caesar Enemies None Appearances 1-1 "The Stolen Eagle"1-2 "How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic"1-4 "Stealing from Saturn"1-5 "The Ram Has Touched the Wall"1-6 "Egeria"1-7 "Pharsalus"1-8 "Caesarion"1-1..
Poschiavo
Poschiavo is the main municipality in the Valposchiavo, a valley in southern Switzerland. It belongs to the canton of Graubünden, and is one of only 4 valleys in the canton Graubünden where the official language is Italian. The other valleys are Bregaglia, Mesolcina and Calanca. The local dialec..
POSCO
The Pohang Iron and Steel Company, or POSCO (KSE: [005490]) (NYSE: [PKX]) (TYO: [5412] ) (LSE: [PIDD]), is the fourth largest steel producer in the world based in Pohang, South Korea. Currently, POSCO operates two steel mills in the country, one in Pohang a..
Pose
Pose may refer to: Pose (computer vision)POSE (Palm OS Emulator) 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. ..
Poseci Bune
Poseci Bune Poseci Waqalevu Bune is a Fijian politician, who is as of June 2006 the Deputy Leader of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) and Minister for the Environment, one of nine FLP ministers, in the multiparty Cabinet of Laisenia Qarase. Prior to entering politics, Bune was career civil servant..
Posedarje
Posedarje is a municipality in Zadar County of Croatia. ..
Posedown
A posedown (or the posedown) is the term commonly used to describe a period during bodybuilding contests when contestants pull a variety of poses to demonstrate their physique and muscular development, often including all contestants on stage together attempting to 'out do' their fellow competitors...
Poseidon
This article is about the Greek god. For other uses, see Poseidon (disambiguation) or Neptune (disambiguation). Neptune reigns in the city centre, Bristol, formerly the largest port in England outside London. In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν) was the god of the sea, as w..
Poseidon (disambiguation)
Poseidon usually refers to Poseidon, the god of the sea. It may also refer to: In Entertainment: The Poseidon Adventure, 1969 novel by Paul GallicoThe Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), based on the novelBeyond the Poseidon Adventure, a 1979 sequel to the original versionThe Poseidon Adventure (2005..
Poseidon (film)
Poseidon is a movie remake of the classic disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, based on the novel by Paul Gallico. It was released on May 12, 2006 and stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum and Richard Dreyfuss. It is directed by Wolfgang Petersen and was produced and distr..
Poseidon (horse)
Poseidon is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse, remembered for his big year in 1906. He was foaled in 1903 by Positano out of Jacinth, and was sold for 500gns. In 1906, he won 11 out of 14 races, including a clean sweep of many of the big classics, plus the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup. He won ..
Poseidon bubble
The Poseidon bubble was a stock market bubble in which the price of Australian mining shares soared in late 1969, then crashed in early 1970. It was triggered by the Poseidon NL company's discovery of a promising site for nickel mining in September 1969. In the late 1960s, nickel was in high deman..
Poseidon class Supercarrier
The Poseidon class supercarrier is a supercarrier created for the Babylon 5 Wars game based on the of Babylon 5 universe. The Poseidon is the primary carrier ship in the military branch of the Earth Alliance called EarthForce. History During the Earth-Minbari War, EarthForce realized that it requi..
Poseidon Design Systems
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Poseidon drowning detection system
The Poseidon drowning detection system is a computer aided drowning detection system. The system is commonly installed in bathing areas, such as municipal swimming baths, waterparks, therepeutic baths, and other places where there is standing water in which there is a risk of drowning. Contents ..
Poseidon for UML
Poseidon for UML is a software application used to create models with the Unified Modeling Language. It originated from the ArgoUML project, but massive changes were necessary in order to make ArgoUML into a commercial project; as a result the two efforts are very divergent. See also List of UML..
Poseidon Linux
Poseidon Linux is a Linux distribution based on Kurumin Linux, developed and maintained by a team of scientists in the Rio Grande do Sul University Foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande) in Brazil. The name (Poseidon was the Lord of the Seas) derives from the large number of..
Poseidon resorts
Poseidon is a chain of underwater five-star resorts currently under development with the first slated to open at the end of 2007. The first of these sci-fi resorts will be located in the Bahamas. Once construction of the first Poseidon resort is finished, it will be the world's first permanent se..
Poseidon’s Gold
5th in the series of Marcus Didius Falco novels by Lindsey Davis. Plot The story recounts shipping scams, crooked antiques auctions and hired thugs, all while Falco is trying to clear his family's name and sort out his deceased brother Festus' business dealings. Lindsey Davis The Falco Nov..
Posek
Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: [po·ˈseq], pl. Poskim, פוסקים) is the term in Jewish law for "legal decisor" - a rabbi who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive. A posek may often serve as a Dayan ("judge") on a Beth Din ("court of Jewish law..
Posen
Posen may refer to: In Europe: Poznań, a city in PolandProvince of Posen (1846-1918), a Prussian province whose capital was the city of Posen (Poznań)Posen district, an administrative district of the Prussian province In the United States: Posen, IllinoisPosen, MichiganPosen Township, MichiganPo..
Posen, Illinois
Posen, Illinois Location within Chicagoland. The Chicagoland tristate area. Incorporated Village in 1900. County, State Cook County, Illinois Township Bremen Township Government President Donald W. Schupek 2000) 4,730 (up 11.93% from 1990) Pop. density 1,547.7/km² (4,01..
Posen, Michigan
Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 292 with a graduating class of 31 that year. The village is located within Posen Township. Posen has a strong Polish background and is home to the Posen Potato Festival, held..
Posen-West Prussia
The Border Province of Posen-West Prussia (Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen in German) was a province of the Free State of Prussia, located in present-day Poland. It was created in 1922 out of those parts of the provinces of Posen and the western parts of West Prussia that remained with the Weimar Repub..
Posen Conference
The Posen Conference was a meeting attended by SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, Nazi Party officials and Gauleiters on October 6, 1943 in Posen, Eastern Germany (now Poznań, Poland). Himmler clearly explained in the final speech of the day the nature of the Final Solution, its implications for th..
Posen District
Posen District was the southern of two administrative districts (German: Regierungsbezirk, Polish:Rejencja) of the Province of Posen (1849-1918) by the Prussian administration and its predecessor the semi-autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznań (1815-1849). It was bordered on the north by the Bromberg ..
Posen speech
On October 4, 1943, Heinrich Himmler, leader of the Schutzstaffel (SS), gave a three-hour speech at Posen (now Poznań, Poland) where the Reichsführer-SS spoke to the assembled SS-Gruppenführer. The speech, titled Rede zu den SS Fuhrern ("Speech to SS Officers") lays out Himmler's views about the..
Posen Township, Michigan
Posen Township is a township in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States. The population was 959, at the 2000 census.61.3% (588) of which report Polish ancestry, a higher percentage than any other location in the United States. The village of Posen is located within the township. Geography Acco..
Posen Township, Minnesota
Posen Township is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.5 km² (36.1 mi²). 91.0 km² (35.1 mi²) of it is land and 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) o..
Poseokjeong
The Poseokjeong site near Namsan in Gyeongju was built in the Silla period. The site once featured a royal pavilion–said to have been the most beautiful royal villa of the time—, but the only remains today is a granite water feature. This abalone-shaped watercourse highlights the importance of ..
Poser
The term "poser" can also refer to a slang term. For that definition, refer to poseur. Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Dharma Juggler", by Gunther Berkus, 1997. Early Poser 1 / Bryce composite image. The original Poser wire-frame image has been enhanced usin..
PoserPros
PoserPros is an open community of artists who take development for the Poser 3D modelling program. It was initially founded to aid professional developers of Poser content by giving them a place to discuss development strategies and to learn from each other. They are based on an "Open Workshop/Roun..
Poser Mobile
Poser Mobile is an advertising campaign for T-Mobile's pay-as-you-go cell phone plan. It features a racially diverse group of hip-hop posers. The group of five ambush the cell phone customer and explain that he has to pay hidden charges and fees. One customer in a commercial calls them "clowns", ..
Poser porn
Poser porn is a name popularly given to computer graphic pornography. The term is derived from Poser, a popular three-dimensional modeling and animation software tool. (Poser porn may also be referred to as Poserotica.) The freedom allowed by using computer-generated imagery allows pornographers to..
Poses
Poses is Rufus Wainwright's second album, released by DreamWorks in 2002. "One Man Guy" is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs. Track listing "Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk" - 4:44"Greek Song" - 3:56"Poses" - 5:02"Shadows" - 5:35"California" - 3:23"The Tower of Learning" - 4:..
Poset topology
In mathematics, a poset topology is defined on a partially ordered set S (or poset for short). A subset M of S is open if p in M and q ≤ p implies q in M, for all p, q in S. The grid cell topology is a popular example of a poset topology. ..
Poseur
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. Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A poseur is a person who adopts the dress, s..
Posey
A posey can be a flower bouquet. People whose surname is or was Posey include: John Posey -an actorBuford Posey - Civil rights workerFrancis B. Posey - Indiana lawyer and politicianJames Posey - basketball playerJohn Adams Posey - Indiana lawyer and politicianJohn Wesley Posey - Indiana abolitio..
Poseyville, Indiana
Poseyville is a town in Posey County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,187 at the 2000 census. Geography Poseyville is located at [38°10′9″N, 87°47′1″W] (38.169290, -87.783632)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Posey and Webster Street Tubes
The Posey Tube is an underwater tunnel connecting the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, running beneath the Alameda-Oakland Estuary. Completed and opened to traffic on October 27, 1928, it is named for George Posey, Alameda County Surveyor during the tunnel's planning and construction, an..
Posey County, Indiana
Posey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 27,061. The county seat is Mount Vernon6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 History3 Demographics4 Cities and towns Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, th..
Posey Rorer
Posey Rorer was a successful fiddler. Born 1891, died 1931. See http://www.document-records.com/show_news.asp?articleID=295 ..
Posey Straitjacket
A Posey Straitjacket is a type of straitjacket used primarily for the mentally insane. However, only a few performers have attempted to escape the jacket with success. The jacket features four backstraps, an arm loop, a crotch strap, arm straps and self-tightening clasps. World Records On March 3, ..
Pose (computer vision)
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POSE (Palm OS Emulator)
Palm OS Emulator 3.5, (c) 1998-2001 Palm, Inc., running in Microsoft Windows XP. Descended from Xcopilot, the POSE emulator up until Palm OS 4.x is used for testing, writing and debugging Palm OS applications. This version of POSE represents Motorola 68000-class devices. Unlike Xcopilot, POSE w..
Pose to pose
A term used for a type of computer animation where armatures are posed and keyframed, so that the poses and be later be interpolated (a mathimatical term meaning to make a transition between two points) to create complex or natural motions (like a cat walking, or breakdancing). Pose to pose is based..
Posguerra
Posguerra ("Post-war") is a Colombian punk band from Medellín, Antioquia, formed in 1991. One of the band's characteristics is their lyrics that talk about ecology. Contents 1 History2 Line-up3 Discography3.1 Demos3.2 Albums4 External links History Though Posguerr..
Posh
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Posh is an adjective, with a dictionary meaning of "smart or fashionable[Dictionary.com]", "elegant, stylishly luxurious[Compact Oxford English Dictionary]", "spruced up, smart or polishedChambers English Dictionary, Ed 1990". Contents..
Posha
Posha are Armenian-speaking Roma who live in Eastern Anatolia. ..
Poshang
Poshng, King of Turan, was according to Ferdowsi's epic the Shahnameh, of the race of Tur the son of Fereydun (called his sire) and the father of Afrasiab. He was an early king of Turan. Preceded by:Tur List of Turanian monarchs Succeeded by:Afrasiab ..
Poshekhonye
Poshekhonye (Russian: ) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, 151 km north-west of Yaroslavl. It stands on the Sogozha River (although now the river valley is flooded by the Rybinsk Reservoir). Population: 6,973 (2002 Census). It was founded as village Pertoma (Пертома) in the 17th century...
Poshtova Square
Coordinates: [50°27′34″N, 30°31′30″E] The Poshtova Square (Ukrainian: Поштова площа, Poshtova Ploscha, literally: Postal Square) in Kiev is one of the oldest historic squares of the city. Archeological finds are dated back to the 4th century A.D. A crossing of seve..
Posh (disambiguation)
Posh is the term used to describe over-the-top luxuries affected by those with social pretensions. Posh may also refer to: The Posh, popular name for Peterborough United, English football clubPosh Boy Records, American record labelPosh Nosh, 2003 British television programmePosh Spice, popular nic..
Posh Boy Records
Posh Boy Records was a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Robbie Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County, California during the early 1980s. Its releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer'..
Posh Nosh
Posh Nosh was a 2003 television programme parodying television chefs. Written by Jon Canter from an idea by Arabella Weir and directed by Chris Langham, the programme stars Weir and Richard E. Grant as chefs Minty and Simon Marchmont. There were eight ten-minute episodes, in which the chefs carry ou..
Posidippus
Posidippus (also transliterated Poseidippos) was a Hellenistic Greek epigrammatic poet (c.280 - 240 BC). Born in the Macedonian city of Pella, he lived for some time in Samos before moving permanently to Egypt. An inscription from Thermon in Aetolia records that he was granted the liberties of that ..
Posidonia
Posidonia is the botanical name of a genus of flowering plants. It contains a few species only, of marine plants ("seagrass"), found in the seas of the Mediterranean and around the south coast of Australia. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), accepts this genus ..
Posidoniaceae
Posidoniaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by only few taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes such a family and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The fam..
Posidonius
The bust of Posidonius as an older man depicts his character as a Stoic philosopher. His brow is slightly creased to indicate the effort of thinking, but his expression is calm. His hair and philosopher’s beard are cut short and groomed plainly to indicate his concern with matters deeper than m..
Posidonius (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Posidrive
The Posidrive is a type of screw head and screwdriver, often confused with the classic cross-head Phillips. The differences lie in the way that the drivers are machined. The Phillips driver has 4 simple slots cut out of it, whereas in the case of the Posidrive each slot is the result of two machini..
Posie Graeme-Evans
Posie Graeme-Evans was born in England, the daughter of a novelist and an RAF pilot. She spent her childhood travelling between Europe, Asia and Australia. Graeme-Evans established herself as an editor, director and producer in the film and television industry, acheiving success with the pre-school ..
Posie ring
Posie rings (sometimes spelled "poesy rings") are finger rings with short inscriptions on their outer surfaces. More rarely the inscription is on the inner surface. Popular during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries in England and France as lovers gifts, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ha..
Posillipo
Posillipo is a residential quarter of Naples, called Pusilleco in the Neapolitan language. Rosebery Villa, the Italian President's summer residence, is located there. The area is also the birthplace of Franco Alfano, the Italian composer and pianist best known for completing Turandot. ..
Posio
Posio is a municipality of Finland. Location on Finnish map It is located in the province of Lapland, within the coordinates 66° 10' 0 N and 28° 0' 0 E. The municipality has a population of 4,526 and covers an area of 3,541.45 km² of which 490.46 km² is water. The population density is 1..
POSIT
POSIT is an acronym of Process Optimization, Standardization and Innovation Technique, a standard to measure global business processes that are maintained in multiple business applications and serviced by various outsourcing companies. Internationally, POSIT is assessed, managed and monitored by I..
Positano
Positano is a small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. The main part of the city sits in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast. Positano's beach. Contents 1 History2 Main sights3 Culture4 External links History Positano was ..
Positif
Positif was a 1984 album by Jean-Jacques Goldman, his third solo album sung in French. It was recorded at Studio Gang by Olivier do Espirito Santo and Jean-Pierre Janiaud. It was released by JRG/BMG Music Publishing. Musicians Guy Delacrois, bassManu Katché and Marc Changereau, percussionCatherine..
Positif (magazine)
Positif is a French film magazine, founded in 1952 by Bernard Chardère. It was published by Eric Losfeld. Today, Positif's director is Michel Ciment. ..
Position
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Position may refer to: Positioning (marketing)Position (finance), the amount of a security, option or futures contract under controlPosition (sport), the location one occupies and consequently the skills one demonstrates in the pla..
Position-independent code
In computing, position-independent code (PIC) or position-independent executable (PIE) is object code that can execute at different locations in memory. PIC is commonly used for shared libraries, so that the same library code can be mapped to a location in each application (using the virtual memory ..
Positional asphyxia
Positional asphyxia, also known as postural asphyxia, is a form of asphyxia which occurs when someone's position prevents them from breathing adequately. A small but significant number of people die suddenly and without apparent reason during restraint by police, prison (corrections) officers and he..
Positional astronomy
Positional astronomy is the study of the positions of celestial objects. This is the oldest branch of astronomy and dates back to antiquity. Observations of celestial objects are important for religious and astrological purposes, as well as for timekeeping. The science of actually measuring posit..
Positional good
Positional goods are products and services impossible to mass produce because their value is mostly, if not exclusively, a function of their desirability in comparison to subsitutes. Positional goods generalize the economic concept of land. Like land, positional goods often earn economic rents or ..
Positional notation
Positional notation or place-value notation is a numeral system in which each position is related to the next by a constant multiplier called the base (or radix) of that numeral system. Each position may be represented by a unique symbol or by a limited set of symbols. The resultant value of each po..
Positional plagiocephaly
Positional plagiocephaly or deformational plagiocephaly is characterized by flatness of the head of an infant caused by too much time on his or her back. It is harmless developmentally, but can be quite a significant concern cosmetically and symmetrically. Frequency of positional plagiocephaly has..
Positional voting system
A positional voting system is a ranked voting method in which the options receive points based on their position on each ballot, and the option with the most points wins. Examples of positional voting methods include: Plurality voting: First place receives 1 point, all other places receive 0.Approv..
Positioning
The term positioning has more than one meaning: In marketing, see Positioning (marketing)In grappling, see Grappling position"Positioning" is also a term for the careful placement of objects* by the use of precise navigation: for example, in the term "Global Positioning System" (which often refers r..
Positioning (marketing)
In marketing, positioning is the technique by which marketers try to create an image or identity in the minds of their target market for its product, brand, or organization. It is the 'relative competitive comparison' their product occupies in a given market as perceived by the target market. Pos..
Positions on Jerusalem
Jerusalem NamesHistory* TimelinePlaces* Walls* Gates*DemographicsMayorsReligionsPositions [[Template:Jerusalem|This template]] Positions on Jerusalem discusses the views of several parties regarding the city of Jerusalem. Contents 1 Israeli position2 Palestinian position3&..
Position (finance)
In finance, a position may be: A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities;The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution; orThe ownership status of a person's or institution's investments. Contents 1 Derivatives trading1.1 Long..
Position (ice hockey)
The position an ice hockey player plays can be divided into three basic categories: ForwardsCentre Wingers Defenceman Goaltender..
Position (poker)
Position in poker refers the order in which players are seated around the table and the related poker strategy implications. Players who act first are in "early position"; players who act later are in "late position". A player "has position" on opponents acting before him and is "out of position" t..
Position angle
Position angle, usually abbreviated PA, is a measurement derived from observing visual binary stars. It is defined as the angular offset in degrees of the secondary star to the primary, relative to the north celestial pole. As the example illustrates, if one were observing a hypothetical bina..
Position argument
Position Argument: In a position argument, the writer makes a claim about a controversial issue (Good Reason With Contemporary Arguments Second Edition by Lester Fraigley, Jack Selzer 2004 Pearson Education Inc. page 18) ..
Position circle
A position circle is a circle that can be measured both from a chart and from the surface of the earth for the purpose of position fixing. The circles can be measured by sextant. Two position circles can be used to give a position fix. ..
Position effect
Position effect is the effect on the expression of a gene when its location in a chromosome is changed, often by translocation. This has been well described in Drosophila with respect to eye color and is known as position effect variagation (PEV). The phenotype is well characterised by unstable ..
Position error
Most aircraft have an inherent difference between (theoretical) calibrated airspeed (CAS) and the airspeed actually shown on the instrument (indicated airspeed, or IAS). This position error is mainly due to errors in sensing static pressure. It is usually not possible to find locations for the st..
Position fixing
Position fixing is the branch of navigation concerned with the use of a variety of visual and electronic methods to determine the position of a ship, aircraft or person on the surface of the Earth. These techniques include: Position lines and position circlesCelestial navigationRadio navigationSat..
Position line
A position line is a line that can be identified both on a nautical chart or aeronautical chart and by observation out on the surface of the earth. The intersection of two position lines is a fix that used in position fixing to identify the navigator's location. There are several types of position ..
Position Numbers
Position Numbers are numbers given to baseball positions. They are listed below. 1- Pitcher 2- Catcher 3- First Baseman 4- Second Baseman 5- Third Baseman 6- Shortstop 7- Left Field 8- Center Field 9- Right Field Gaps If someone refers to the 5-6 hole or gap, they are talking about the..
Position operator
Definition In quantum mechanics, the position operator corresponds to the position observable of a particle. Consider, for example, the case of a spinless particle moving on a line. The state space for such a particle is L2(R), the Hilbert space of complex-valued and square-integrable (with respect..
Position player
In baseball, a position player is a player who on defense plays as an infielder, outfielder, or catcher. This is generally all players on a team except for the pitcher, who is considered separately from the position players; in the American League, there is also a designated hitter, who bats but do..
Position tolerance
Position Tolerance is a Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) location control used on engineering drawings to specify desired location as well as allowed non-conformitied to the position of a feature on a part. Position tolerance must only be applied to features of size, which necessitates ..
Position vector
A position vector is a vector used to describe the spatial position of a point relative to a reference point called the origin (of the space). It is also called radius vector. Position vectors are usually 2- or 3-dimensional, but could also be N-dimensional if belonging to an N-dimensional Euclide..
Position weight matrix
A position weight matrix (PWM), also called position-specific weight matrix (PSWM) or position-specific scoring matrix (PSSM), is a commonly used representation of motifs (patterns) in biological sequences. A PWM is a matrix of score values that gives a weighted match to any given substring of fixe..
Positiva Records
Positiva Records is a subsidiary of EMI and is one of the leading dance music labels in the UK. See also List of record labelsList of electronic music record labels External link [Official site] ..
Positive
In common usage positive is sometimes used in affirmation, as a synonym for "yes" or to express "certainty".Sometimes means a benifical, nurturing or optimistic influence.In economics a positive statement speaks only about what are predictions of behavior of economic actors and not the normative as..
Positive-definite function
In mathematics, a positive-definite function of a real variable x is a complex-valued function f:R → C such that for any real numbers x1, ..., xn the n×n matrix A with entries aij = f(xi − xj) is positive semi-definite. It is usual to restrict to the case in which f(−x) ..
Positive-definite matrix
In linear algebra, a positive-definite matrix is a Hermitian matrix which in many ways is analogous to a positive real number. The notion is closely related to a positive-definite symmetric bilinear form (or a sesquilinear form in the complex case). Contents 1 Equivalent formulations2 F..
Positive-sense RNA
Unlike negative-sense RNA, positive-sense RNA is of the same sense as mRNA. Some viruses (e.g. Coronaviridae) have positive-sense genomes which can act as mRNA and be used directly to synthesise proteins without the help of a complementary RNA intermediate. Because of this, these viruses do not ne..
Positively 4th Street
"Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. It was first recorded in New York City on July 29, 1965 and was released as a single the same year, reaching #7 on the U.S. charts and #8 on the U.K. charts. Lyrics The Positively 4th Street lyrics are bitter and derisive, whi..
Positively Phranc
Positively Phranc is an album by folk singer-songwriter Phranc, released in 1991. Unlike 1989's polished I Enjoy Being a Girl, Positively Phranc marks a return to her raw acoustic solo work. The song "Gertrude Stein" is Phranc's cover version of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso". "Tipton" is a t..
Positively Sick on 4th Street
Positively Sick On 4th Street is the first full-length album by the punk rock band the Humpers. Track Listing "Murder City Revolution""Up Yer Heart""Psycho Repairman""Hey Shadow""Drunk Tank""War Is Hell""Rocket And The Retards""Soul Surgeon""Cops And Robbers""Unsafe At Any Speed""Zombie""Insect ..
Positive (linguistics)
Positive is the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and superlative are formed. ..
Positive accounting
Positive accounting is the branch of academic research in accounting that focuses on explaining and predicting observed accounting practices. This contrasts with normative accounting, that focuses on prescribing "optimal" accounting practices). Positive Accounting is also associated with the contr..
Positive Action
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Positive and negative (NLP)
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Positive and negative parts
In mathematics, the positive part of a real or extended real-valued function is defined by the formula [ f^+(x) = \max(f(x),0) = \begin f(x) & \mbox f(x) > 0 \\ 0 & \mbox \end ] Intuitively, the graph of [f^+] is obtained by taking the graph of [f], chopping off the p..
Positive and negative sets
In measure theory, given a measurable space (X,Σ) and a signed measure μ on it, a set A ∈ Σ is called a positive set for μ if every Σ-measurable subset of A has nonnegative measure; that is, for every E ⊆ A that satisfies E ∈ Σ, one has μ(E) ≥ 0. S..
Positive Attitude
Positive Attitude is the name of a "fake" comedic rap group. Two of their songs, 2600 and Space Jam, have been played on the Dr. Demento show. Also poitive attitude can be simply an attitude that is positive. External links [Official Music Site] ..
Positive Christianity
Positive Christianity is a term adopted by Nazi leaders to refer to a model of Christianity consistent with Nazism. Adherents of Positive Christianity argued that traditional Christianity emphasized the passive rather than the active aspects of Christ's life, stressing his sacrifice on the cross ..
Positive Classroom Discipline
Positive Classroom Discipline by Fred Jones, PhD. Positive Classroom Discipline (hardcover ISBN 0070328307) is a book on classroom management often used for college courses. It is written by educator and author Fred Jones. The book describes a non-adversarial approach to managing student disru..
Positive Classroom Instruction
Positive Classroom Instruction by Fred Jones, PhD. Positive Classroom Instruction (hardcover ISBN 0070327823) is a book whose primary focus is the reinforcement of independent learning in the classroom. It is written by educator and author Fred Jones, PhD. The book stresses that bringing the p..
Positive control
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Positive Disintegration
The Theory of Positive Disintegration (often abbreviated to TPD) by Kazimierz Dabrowski describes structures of personality and the means by which a person may advance from one structure to another. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dabrowski's theoretical framework views psychological tension, anxiety,..
Positive economics
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Positive element
In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a hermitian element A of a C*-algebra is a positive element if it is normal and its spectrum consists of positive real numbers. Equivalently, A has a hermitian square root, that is an element B of the C*-algebra satisfying B*=B and B2=A. If A is a bou..
Positive Emitter Coupled Logic
Positive Emitter Coupled Logic, or PECL, is a further development of the emitter coupled logic (ECL) technology and requires a positive 5V supply instead of a negative -5V supply. The Low Voltage Positive Emitter Coupled Logic (LVPECL) is an improved version of PECL to meet today's low voltage requi..
Positive end-expiratory pressure
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is a term used in mechanical ventilation to denote the amount of pressure above atmospheric pressure present in the airway at the end of the expiratory cycle. The equivalent in a spontaneously breathing patient is CPAP. PEEP is set on the ventilator. Content..
Positive energy theorem
In general relativity, the positive energy theorem states that, assuming the dominant energy condition, the mass of an asymptotically flat spacetime is non-negative; furthermore, the mass is zero only for Minkowski spacetime. The original proof of the theorem for ADM mass was provided by Schoen and..
Positive environmentalism
Positive environmentalism is a term used to refer to a pro-technology, pro-progress view of protecting the world's environment. The term came into usage in UK politics after it was used on BBC News by Alex Singleton, Director-General of the Globalisation Institute. According to Alex Singleton: "The..
Positive feedback
Positive feedback is a type of feedback. Open systems (ecological, biological, social) contain many types of regulatory systems, among which are systems that involve positive feedback and its relative negative feedback. Contents 1 Explanation2 In electronics2.1 Advantages2.2 ..
Positive Force
Positive Force DC is an activist organization founded in 1985 by members of the punk community in Washington, D.C. It has organized hundreds of benefit concerts for community and activist groups, and worked alongside Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Nation of Ulysses, Girls Against Boys, Q and Not U and other b..
Positive Futures Network
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Positive Infinity
Positive Infinity are an alternative, metal, punk, emo band from Miami, Florida. While they are a full featured studio band, Positive Infinity are generally considered to be the solo project of Living Corban's former vocalist and guitarist, Jonathan Roberts. Positive Infinity was orginally going to ..
Positive Internet
The Positive Internet Company Ltd is a British Web hosting service provider. It was the first UK LAMP only hosting company, starting on November 18, 1998. Initially providing only shared web hosting Positive Internet has grown its portolio of services to include dedicated and managed GNU/Linux se..
Positive K
Darryl Gibson, better known as Positive K is a rapper from the Bronx, New York. He started rapping in 1988. Positive K scored a major rap hit with 1992's "I Got a Man." Leading up to that, the Bronx-born rapper cut a few underground compilation appearances, including one -- "I'm Not Havin' It," a ..
Positive law
Positive law is a legal term having more than one meaning. In a general legal sense, positive law is man-made law, that is, law established by governmental authority, especially that which has been codified into a written form (statutory law). The term is often used in contrast with natural law and ..
Positive liberty
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Positive linear functional
In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a linear functional f on a C*-algebra [\mathcal] is positive if [f(A)\geq 0] whenever A is a positive element of [\mathcal]. That is to say, a positive linear functional does not necessarily take positive values all th..
Positive Lives
Positive Lives was a HIV charity set up by two well-known gay businessmen, David Bridle and Kelvin Sollis, and three other trustees, William Curry, Simon Brycesson and Glyn Maddocks, in 1996. At the time, Bridle and Sollis owned Chronos Publishing, the company that published gay weekly magazines Th..
Positive Mental Attitude
The philosophy of having a positive mental attitude is the belief that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. ..
Positive Mental Octopus
Positive Mental Octopus is a music video compilation from the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and was released in 1990 by EMI. The compilation was only released on VHS and is now out of print though all of the music videos were released two years later on What Hits!? compilation . Music vid..
Positive non-interventionism
Positive non-interventionism is the economic policy of Hong Kong rasied by Charles Philip Haddon-Cave in 1980 (or by John James Cowperthwaite in 1971). It is seen as a type of laissez-faire policy carried out today. See also Laissez-faire ..
Positive obligations
Positive obligations in human rights law denote a State's obligation to engage in an activity to secure the effective enjoyment of a fundamental right, as opposed to the classical negative obligation to merely abstain from human rights violations. Classical human rights, such as the right to life o..
Positive organ
A positive organ (or portable organ) was a medieval chamber organ that could be carried from place to place without being taken to pieces. When played, it was placed on a table or stool, and it required—besides a performer—a person to operate the bellows. It was larger and more cumbersome than t..
Positive outcome bias
There are two cognitive biases which might be called the positive outcome bias: publication bias, the tendency for researchers to publish research which had a positive outcome. "Positive" in this sense means "eventful" as opposed to "uneventful".valence effect, a bias in prediction in which people ..
Positive political theory
Positive political theory or explanatory political theory is the study of politics using formal methods such as set theory, statistical analysis, and game theory. In particular, the individuals/parties/nations involved in a given interaction are modeled as rational agents guided by self-interest; ba..
Positive predictive value
The positive predictive value is the proportion of patients with positive test results who are correctly diagnosed. It is considered the physician's gold standard, as it reflects the probability that a positive test reflects the underlying condition being tested for. Positive predictive value = #tr..
Positive pressure
Positive pressure is a pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system. Consequently if there is any leak from the positively pressured system it will ingress into the surrounding environment. However, use is made of positive pressure to ensure there is no i..
Positive pressure ventilation
Positive Pressure ventilators help patients with respiratory problems to breathe easier. They use high pressure gas at the opening of the patients lungs in order to mobilize oxygen flow down the pressure gradient, and into the patient's lungs. Spontaneous breathing usually happens because a negati..
Positive psychology
Positive psychology is the scientific study of human happiness. The history of psychology as a science shows that the field has been primarily dedicated to addressing mental illness rather than mental wellness. Its research programs and application models have dealt mainly with how people are wrong ..
Positive psychotherapy
Positive psychotherapy is a psychodynamic method of psychotherapy founded by Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian in the early 1970s in Germany. It is based on a humanistic conception of man, and has an integral and holistic approach. It is today spread in many countries. The main center is based in Wiesbaden, G..
Positive punk
Positive punk is a term used to describe a branch of the punk subculture that emerged around London's Batcave club in the early 1980s which was a precursor to the goth subculture. External links [Pete Scathe's page on positive punk] Punk rock 2 Tone - Afro-punk - Anarcho-punk - Anti-fo..
Positive regulation
Positive regulation is used for promoters which have low affinity for RNA polymerase. This means the promoter region is far away from the DNA coding sequence so it needs help from something else to attract the RNA polymerase in order to be transcribed. Positive regulation does that for certain pro..
Positive relative accommodation
Positive relative accommodation (PRA) is a measure of the maximum ability to stimulate accommodation while maintaining clear, single binocular vision [link]. This measurement is typically obtained by an ophthalmologist or optometrist during an eye examination using a phoropter. After the p..
Positive science
In the humanities and social sciences, the term positive is used in a number of ways. One usage refers to analysis or theories which only attempt to describe how things are, as opposed to how they should be. In this sense, the opposite of positive is normative. An example would be positive, as op..
Positive set theory
In mathematical logic, positive set theory is the name for a class of alternative set theories in which the axiom of comprehension "[\] exists" holds for at least the positive formulas [\phi] (the smallest class of formulas containing atomic membership and equality formulas and..
Positive sign
This is about the astrological term "positive". For the mathematical use, see plus and minus signs In astrology, a positive, diurnal or masculine sign refers to any of the six odd-numb ered signs of the zodiac: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius or Aquarius. These signs constitute the fire and..
Positive statement
In economics, a positive statement is a statement about what is and that contains no indication of approval or disapproval. A positive statement can be factually incorrect: "The moon is made of green cheese" is false, but a positive statement, as it is a statement about what exists. Positive stateme..
Positive streamer
A positive streamer is the bit of a lightning bolt that rises from the ground before the lightning strikes, often determining the path of the cloud-to-ground lightning. It is essentially composed of a column of ionized air formed by the flow of electrons down into the ground target. Eventually, th..
Positive temperature coefficient
Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) refers to materials that experience an increase in electrical resistance when their temperature is raised. Materials which have useful engineering applications usually show a relatively rapid increase with temperature, i.e. a higher coefficient. The higher the..
Positive Thinking...
Positive Thinking... is the final album recorded by Acoustic Alchemy for GRP. It marks a milestone in the band's history not only for the change of record company, but for the loss of founding member Nick Webb, who died during the recording of this album. His name appears in the credits for havin..
Positive Tone
Positive Tone is a Malaysian music production house and it is a subsidiary of EMI Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Some of the company's famous act includes Too Phat, Poetic Ammo and Innuendo. The current Managing Director is Darren Choy. See also List of record labels ..
Positive youth development
Positive youth development, or PYD, is a common neologism that summarizes the intentional efforts of other youth, adults, communities, government agencies, and schools to provide opportunities for youth to enhance their interests, skills, and abilities into their adulthoods. PYD is an increasingly p..
Positivism (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Positivism may refer to: Positivism, an approach to the philosophy of science, deriving from Enlightenment thinkers*Positivism in PolandLogical positivism, a school of philosophy developed in the 1920s by the Vienna CircleSocial pos..
Positivism (philosophy)
For other meanings of positivism, see positivism (disambiguation). Positivism is a philosophy developed by Auguste Comte (widely regarded as the first true Sociologist) in the beginning of the 19th century that stated that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge. This view is sometime..
Positivism dispute
Positivismusstreit is the German word for debate about positivism and labels a well known scientific dispute between Karl Popper and Theodor W. Adorno in 1961. It grew into a broad discussion within German sociology from 1961 to 1969. The debate started in 1961 in Tübingen/Germany on the 'Tagung ..
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Positivist calendar
The positivist calendar was a calendar reform proposal by Auguste Comte in 1849. After revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, Comte's proposed calendar was a solar calendar which had 13 months of 28 days, and an additional festival day commemorating the dead, totalling 365 days. This extra d..
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Positivity
Positivity is the first single off the album A New Morning by Suede, released on September 16, 2002 on Columbia Records. The single is a big departure from the sleazy rock characteristic of the previous two albums, and has a far more warm and acoustic sound to it. Singer Brett Anderson also ditche..
Positivity/negativity ratio
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Positivity effect
The positivity effect refers to the tendency for people to attribute the positive behavior of other people whom they like to their disposition, while attributing negative behavior to their situation. It is thus an attributional bias. The opposite effect is called the negativity effect in which the ..
Positivo
Na área educacional, o Grupo Positivo atua no segmento público e privado, com suas unidades próprias de Educação Básica e de Ensino Superior em Curitiba, com seus sistemas de ensino e portais de conteúdo educacional. Esses alunos somados aos que utilizam os livros didáticos perfazem um atend..
Positron
For other uses, see (disambiguation). The first detection of the positron in 1932 by Carl D. Anderson The positron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1, a spin of 1/2, and the same mass as an electron. When a low-ener..
Positronic brain
A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Its role is to serve as a central computer for a robot, and, in some unspecified way, to provide it with a form of consciousness recognisable to humans. When Asimov wrote his first ..
Positronium
Positronium (Ps) is a quasi-stable system consisting of an electron and its anti-particle, a positron, bound together into an "exotic atom". The orbit of the two particles and the set of energy levels is similar to that of the hydrogen atom (electron and proton). However, because of the different ..
Positron (City of Heroes)
Positron (Dr. Raymond Keyes) is a fictional superhero from the City of Heroes backstory. He was created by Matthew Miller, and first appeared in the first issue of the City of Heroes comic. His true name is used only once by Justin Sinclair, and only in the form of "Dr. Keyes". However, in the pr..
Positron (disambiguation)
For uses of the word positron see: Positron for the particlePositron emission for the radioactive decayFor the computer game, see Positron (game).''For the comic/video game character, see Positron (City of Heroes)''.Positronic brain for the fictional device conceived by Isaac Asimov.Positron (nle) f..
Positron (game)
Positron is a video game made for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers by the programmer Gary Partis, first released by Micro Power in 1983. The player controls a space ship, at the bottom of the screen, vertical motion is not possible. The object of the game is to destroy all alien creature..
Positron emission
Nuclear processes Radioactive decay processes Alpha decayBeta decayCluster decayDouble beta decayDouble electron captureElectron captureGamma radiationInternal conversionIsomeric transitionNeutron emissionPositron emissionProton emissionSpontaneous fission Nucleosynthesis Neutron Capture* The R-p..
Positron emission tomography
Image of a typical positron emission tomography (PET) facility Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique which produces a three dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body. Contents 1 Description2 Applications3 PET sc..
POSIX
POSIX is the collective name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define the application programming interface (API) for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system. They are formally designated as IEEE 1003 and the international standard name is ISO/IEC 9945..
POSIX Threads
POSIX Threads is a POSIX standard for threads. The standard defines an API for creating and manipulating threads. Libraries implementing the POSIX Threads standard are often named Pthreads. Pthreads are most commonly used on POSIX systems such as Linux and Unix, but Microsoft Windows implementati..
Poskoci
Poskoci is the organisation of football supporters of the Croat-backed club NK Posušje. They also support the basketball club KK Posušje. The fan club's name was given in 2000 during a match against Čapljina's football squad. Poskoci means Horned Vipers in English. Previously, supporters of the ..
Posleen
Posleen are a fictional alien race, created by the Sci-Fi author John Ringo for his Legacy of the Aldenata series of books. The Posleen are a race of genetically engineered reptillian centaurs, supposedly designed by the long lost race - the Aldenata - to be the ultimate warriors. The Posleen are b..
Posljednja volja
Posljednja volja or The Last Will is a 2001 Croatian film directed by Zoran Sudar and produced by Vicenco Blagaić. It is comedy about a tour guide in small Dalmatian town, played by Goran Višnjić, who inherited millions from a distant relative in USA only to find himself pursued by professional k..
Posner
Prominent people with the surname Posner include: Richard Posner, United States judgeEric Posner, son of Richard Posner and professor of lawGerald Posner, United States journalistVladimir Posner, Russian journalistVictor Posner, United States businessmanJaye Posner, ex-wife of singer Neil DiamondSy..
Poso
Poso is the main port and transportation hub for the northeastern coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its geographical location is [1°24′S 120°45′E]. Heavily damaged in sporadic ethnic/religious conflict over several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the town is currently..
Posof
Posof is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Ardahan | Çıldır | Damal | Göle | Hanak | Posof ..
Posoltega, Nicaragua
Posoltega is a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua. The town and surrounding area suffered severe damage from Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Posoltega is a sister city of Bloomington, Indiana, USA. ..
Pospíšil brothers
The Pospíšil brothers were Czechoslovakian players of cycle ball who won a world championship twenty times. Jindřich Pospíšil was born on March 23, 1942, Jan Pospíšil on April 25, 1945, both in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Before they won their first golden championship medals, Jindřich had al..
Pospita
pos·pi·ta Pronunciation Key: (pôs-pë'-tə) (n.) 1. Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable: That is a pospita! 2. Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, intensity or utiliy: What a complete pospita! (adj.) Relating ..
Pospiviroid
Pospiviroid is a genus of viroid which most commonly infects tubers. It belongs to the family pospiviroidae. The first viroid discovered was a popsivrioid, the PSTVd species (potato spindle tuber viroid). ..
Pospiviroidae
The Pospiviroidae are a family of viroids, including the first viroid to be discovered, PSTV. Their secondary structure is key to their biological activity. The classification of this family is based on differences in the conserved central region sequence. The genome consists (in this order) of a..
Pospolite ruszenie
Pospolite ruszenie (common movement, also referred to with the French term levée en masse by some non-Polish historians), is an anachronistic Polish term to describe the mobilisation of armed forces, especially in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The tradition of moblisation of part..
Possamai
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Posse
Posse may refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A group of people compelled to assist law enforcement in unusual circumstances under the sheriff's common law power of Posse Comitatus.A short form of the term Posse Comitatus.A group of comrades (as in "All for..
Posse, Goiás
Posse is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Population (2005): 27,591Total area (2002): 1,949.6 km²Elevation: 811 metersBecame a city: 1872Postal code: 73900-000 Contents 0.1 Geography0.2 Political Information0.3 Demographic Information0.4 E..
Possemato
Possemato is a family name of Italian origin. ..
Possemiers
Marc Ernest Possemiers, born Antwerp (Belgium) (b. 10 September 1953) is a Lawyer, economist and polyglot. He is the author of numerous articles on marine, insurance, human rights in UK and Dutch legal publications. He is also the President of A100+, a non profit organisation dealing mainly with..
Possenhofen Castle
Possenhofen Castle (Schloß Possenhofen) is located in the town of Possenhofen on the western shore of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. History The castle was built in 1536 by Jakob Rosenbusch, was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, then rebuilt. It passed through various owners before b..
Posser
A posser was historically a tool used for possing or mixing laundry while hand washing it. As hand washing has been replaced by electric & mechanical washing machines have become almost universally popular the words & implements have fallen into disuse. Possers come in various forms, there is usua..
Possessed
Possessed can refer to: The Possessed, a 1872 novel by Fyodor DostoevskyPossessed (1931 film), a drama starring Clark Gable from 1931.Possessed (1947 film), a film noir from 1947.Junoon (film) (or Possessed), a critically acclaimed 1978 Indian epic.Repossessed, a spoof from 1991.Possessed (2000 fil..
Possessed (1947 film)
Possessed is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of a woman who walks the streets of Los Angeles, calling for a man named "David". Taken to a mental hospital, the story of her obsession for the man named David is told in flashbacks. It stars Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey and Geral..
Possessed (2000 film)
Possessed is the name of a 2000 Showtime original movie starring Timothy Dalton, based on actual events which inspired the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. In the Showtime movie, Dalton plays Father William S. Bowdern, a Catholic priest who conducted an exorcism involving an adolescen..
Possessed (album)
Possessed is the fourth album by Venom Track listing PowerdriveFlytrapSatanachistWe're Gonna Burn This Place To The GroundHarmony DiesPossessedHellchildMoonshineSuffer Not The ChildrenVoyeurMistiqueToo Loud (For The Croud) Credits Cronos - Vocals, Bass GuitarMantas - GuitarAbaddon - Drums ..
Possessed (band)
Possessed was a death metal band formed in 1983, in El Sobrante, California (slightly North of San Francisco), and have often been credited for creating and paving the way of this genre. They released their landmark debut album Seven Churches in 1985, predating Morbid Angel and Death. The record co..
Possessed (movie)
Possessed can refer to a number of films: Possessed (1931 film), a drama starring Clark Gable from 1931.Possessed (1947 film), a film noir from 1947.Junoon (film) (or Possessed), a critically acclaimed 1978 Indian epic.Repossessed, a spoof from 1991.Possessed (2000 film), a TV-movie from 2000. This..
Possession
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Possession is having some degree of control over something else. Generally, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it. A person may be in possession of some proper..
Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance is a 1990 novel by British writer A. S. Byatt, a major bestseller which won the Booker Prize that same year. The novel incorporates many different styles and voices: diaries, letters and poetry, in addition to third-person narration. Possession is as concerned with the pres..
Possessions of Norway
Yngling-ruled (Ragnar Lodbrok's sons and Fairhair dynasty), Norse-Gael kingdoms in the British Isles: Kingdom of York (centre of Northern England, in the United Kingdom)Kingdom of Dublin (the Republic of Ireland's capital)Kingdom of Man and the Isles (the Isle of Man is now a Crown dependency, while..
Possessions of Sweden
Contents 1 Fiefs2 Colonies3 Mint Cities4 Territories held under Martial Law5 See also Fiefs Fiefs that were held for a limited time. Denmark (Eric the Victorious, 991-995)Scania (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360)Blechingia (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360)Hven (Agr..
Possession (1981 film)
Possession is a 1981 dramatic horror movie directed by Andrzej Zulawski. The character Mark (played by Sam Neill) returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani) is leaving him for an unclear reason. He initially suspects an affair and snoops on his wife, but he gradually discovers ..
Possession (disambiguation)
Possession can refer to: A material possession is any item or property owned by a person or group. Wealth is a measure of a person's material possessions.A political possession is another word for a dependent area or a colony; that is, a territory under the control and protection of a larger coun..
Possession (film)
Possession is a 2002 motion picture. Based on [[Possession: A Romance|the novel]] by A. S. Byatt, the film tells the story of two scholars, Roland Michell (played by Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), who investigate the affair of completely fictional Victorian era poet Randolph Hen..
Possession (linguistics)
Possession, in the context of linguistics, is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which (the possessor) possesses (owns, rules over, has as a part, has as a relative, etc.) the referent of the other. Possession may be marked in many ways, such as simple juxta..
Possession (song)
Possession is the first single from Sarah McLachlan's album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. In 1994, McLachlan was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his love letters to her had been the basis of "Possession". This lawsuit never came to trial, however, as the pl..
Possession (TV series)
Possession is an Australian television series screened in 1985 and made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network. The series began as a convoluted espionage drama and ended up as a soap opera about rich bitches and long-lost children. The cast included: David Reyne, Maggie Millar, Anne ..
Possession (video game)
Possession is an upcoming video game for the seventh generation video game consoles. In the game the player plays as a man turned into an intelligent zombie via exposure to experimental chemicals from a laboratory into which he had broken. Retaining his intelligence, he sets out on a mission t..
Possession and Acquisition Licence
A Possession and Acquistion Licence is a licence allowing a person in Canada to own and acquire firearms. One must pass the Canadian Firearms Saftey course (including both a written and practical exam) to obtain a non-restriced PAL. This allows a person to own and acquire long rifles and shotguns...
Possession Island
Possession Island may refer to: Possession Island, Namibia, on the Skeleton Coast of AfricaPossession Island, Queensland, in the Torres Strait, AustraliaPossession Island, Antarctica, in the Possession Islands groupÎle de la Possession (Crozet) (Possession Island), French sub-Antarctic territoryTh..
Possession Islands
The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and rocks extending over an area of about 7 miles, lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, 5 miles southeast of Cape McCormick, Victoria Land. The Possession Islands are located at [71°56′S 171°10′E]. The Possession Islands were ..
Possession Island National Park
Possession Island ([10°43′36″S, 142°23′49″E]) is a small island and national park in the Torres Strait in far north Queensland, Australia. This island is part of the Torres Strait Islands The island is called Bedanug by the local Kaurareg aboriginal people.[Local history p..
Possession of stolen goods
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Possession Point
The crossing point of Possession Street and Queen's Road Central Possession Point (水坑口) is a pointed point in Hong Kong, located on the original coastline of Hong Kong Island before land reclamation. It is the location where the British navy landed on Hong Kong Island, before the signin..
Possession Street
Possession Street (水坑口街) is a street in Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun, from Queen's Road West to Hollywood Road, on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The street marks the boundary of Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central. On 25th January 1841, Charles Elliot of Britain and Kei Sin of..
Possessive
Possessive can refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Possessive casePossessive adjectivePossessive pronounPossessive suffixa syntactic construction that indicates Possession (linguistics) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of arti..
Possessive adjective
A possessive adjective, also called a possessive determiner or possessive article, is a part of speech that modifies a noun by attributing ownership to someone or something (with some exceptions noted below). It is grammatically a determiner rather than an adjective because it cannot co-occur with..
Possessive antecedent
In English grammar, a pronoun has a possessive antecedent if its antecedent (the noun that it refers to) appears in a possessive case; for example, in the following sentence, Winston Churchill is a possessive antecedent, serving as it does as the antecedent for the pronoun him: Winston Churchill's ..
Possessive case
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. Possessive case is a grammatical case that exists in some languages and is used ..
Possessive of Jesus
The possessive of Jesus is the way in which the name Jesus is formed in the possessive or genitive case. In English, there were two traditional possessive forms: Jesu and Jesus'. The former is now usually considered to be archaic. However, the form Jesus's is increasingly seen, and very frequently h..
Possessive pronoun
A possessive pronoun is a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something. Like all other pronouns, it substitutes a noun phrase, and can prevent its repetition. For example, in the phrase, "These glasses are mine, not yours", the words "mine" and "yours" are possessive pronouns an..
Possessive suffix
In linguistics, a possessive suffix is a suffix attached to a noun to indicate its possessor, much in the manner of possessive adjectives. Possessive suffixes do not exist in all languages; they do exist in some Uralic and Semitic languages. Complicated systems are found in the Uralic languages; for..
Possessor (comics)
The Possessor is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. His name comes from his self-given title Possessor of the Runestaff, a powerful alien artifact. External links [Possessor at ImmortalThor.net][Possessor at Norse-Man.net] ..
Posset
A posset is a hot milk drink, popular in the Middle Ages for its supposed medicinal properties. Wine or ale was added to the milk, which curdled it, and the mixture was usually spiced. It was considered a specific remedy for some minor illnesses, such as a cold, and a general remedy for others, as..
Posse (1993 film)
Posse is a 1993 Western movie starring Stephen Baldwin, Mario Van Peebles, Billy Zane, Tone Loc, Reginald VelJohnson, Big Daddy Kane, Blair Underwood, Isaac Hayes, Pam Grier and Nipsey Russell. External links [}}} }] at the Internet Movie Database Films directed by Mario Van Peebl..
Posse comitatus
Posse comitatus is a Latin phrase meaning "power of the county". It can refer to: Posse comitatus (common law), the common law power of the sheriff to compel people to assist law enforcement in unusual circumstances.The Posse Comitatus Act, which regulates the use of military forces for non-militar..
Posse comitatus (common law)
In common law, posse comitatus (Latin, "county force", meaning a sort of local militia) referred to the authority wielded by the county sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male over the age of fifteen to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon; compare hue and cry. It is th..
Posse Comitatus (The West Wing)
"Posse Comitatus" is episode 65 of The West Wing. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot In the season finale, Bartlet makes a life-or-death decision regarding a foreign diplomat who is a known terrorist. He ponders the situation during a charity benefi..
Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement)
This article is about the U.S. radical social movement. For the sheriff's power to summon men for law enforcement at common law, see posse comitatus (common law). For the United States law forbidding the use of military forces for law enforcement, see Posse Comitatus Act. The Posse Comitatus (fro..
Posse Comitatus Act
This article is about a United States statute prohibiting the use of the armed forces for law enforcement. For other uses see Posse comitatus (disambiguation). The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. [§ 1385]) passed in 1878 after the end of Recons..
Posse cut
Posse cut is a popular form of song in hip hop music, that involves successive verses by four or more rappers. Posse cuts are arguably the original form of the hip hop track; in hip hop's infancy, tracks would more often than not take the form of a freestyle cypher, where one rapper would deliver..
Posse Foundation
The Posse Foundation is a non-profit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called "Posses" of ten to twelve Posse scholars. These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Progr..
Posse of Two
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POSSE project
The Portable Open Source Security Elements, or POSSE project, was a co-operative venture between the University of Pennsylvania Distributed Systems Laboratory, the OpenBSD project and others. Its goal was to increase the security of some open source projects, including Apache and OpenSSL. The proje..
Posse schools
Posse schools are colleges and universities with whom the Posse Foundation is partnered. [link] Babson College, Babson Park, MABowdoin College, Brunswick, MEBrandeis University, Waltham, MABryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PABucknell University, Lewisburg, PACarleton College, Northfield, MNCe..
Possibilities
Possibilities is a 2005 album by American jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock via Vector Recordings. The album features a variety of guest musicians such as John Mayer and Carlos Santana. It also earned him a Grammy Award nomination in 2006 for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" for "A Song f..
Possibility
Possibility comprises that which one can achieve, or alternatively one's potential. The Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Compare the more mathematical and less personal probability. See also logical possibility. ..
Possibility theory
Possibility theory is a mathematical theory for dealing with certain types of uncertainty and is an alternative to probability theory. Professor Lotfi Zadeh first introduced possibility theory in 1978 as an extension of his theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic. D. Dubois and H. Prade further contrib..
Possible crisis in Western publishing
There has been some controversy in recent times over what is perceived as a crisis in Western publishing. The general complaint is that conglomerates or large corporations--having bought and merged a significant number of key publishing houses or bookstores--now exercise unprecedented influence ov..
Possible wars between liberal democracies
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Possible world
In philosophy and logic, the concept of possible worlds is used to express modal claims. In philosophy, the term "modality" covers such notions as "possibility", "necessity", and "contingency". Talk of possible worlds is very widespread in contemporary philosophical discourse (especially in the Engl..
Possible Worlds
Possible Worlds is: Possible Worlds (play) a play by John MightonPossible Worlds (poetry book) a book of poems by Peter Porter (poet)Possible Worlds (book) a book by J. B. S. HaldanePossible Worlds (film) a film by Robert Lepage This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of arti..
Possible Worlds (film)
Possible Worlds is a 2000 film adaptation of the play of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Lepage, and stars Tom McCamus and Tilda Swinton. Awards Won Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Genie AwardsBest Achievement in Editing - Genie AwardsSpecial Jutra - Jutra Awards..
Possible Worlds (play)
Possible Worlds, written by John Mighton, is an unusual play. Part murder mystery, part science-fiction, and part mathematical philosophy, it follows the multiple parallel lives of the mysterious George Barber. At the play's beginning, George is found dead, with his brain missing. Two detectives set..
Possibly Maybe
"Possibly Maybe" Single by Björk From the album Post Single Released November 1996 Single Format CD, 12" Recorded Unknown Genre Pop, Electronica Song Length 4:00 (single edit), 5:21 (album) Record label One Little Indian Producer Björk and Nellee Hooper Chart positions #13 UK, #1 US D..
Possilpark
Possilpark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Saracen street is the main shopping area. Areas of Glasgow North of the River Clyde Anderston | Anniesland | Auchenshuggle | Baillieston | Balornock | Barlanark | Barmulloch | Barrowfield | Black..
Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station
Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station is a railway station serving the Possilpark and Parkhouse areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Passenger Transport. External links [Train times] and [s..
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is abbreviation (or acronym) for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households. After the 1980 census, against all odds..
Possum
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A possum is any of about 63 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi. The name derives from their resemblance to the opossums of the Americas and, unlike most names applied to Australian fauna in the ear..
Possums (movie)
Possums is a 1998 high school football movie set in Nowata, Oklahoma. The $1.4 million production was filmed in town and featured a number of locals in walk on roles. The movie features the hapless Nowata High School Possums football program (the actual mascot is the Ironman). After years of winl..
Possum (disambiguation)
The term possum can refer to: The animal possum, also spelled opossum; any number of diprotodont marsupial species of PhalangeriformesThe song Possum by PhishThe movie Possums from 1998 This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If a..
Possum (song)
Possum is one of the earlier Phish songs written by former frontman and guitarist Jeff Holdsworth. After Holdsworth's departure from the group in 1986, Mike Gordon, the bassist, took over the job of singing the lyrics. ..
Possum Dixon
Possum Dixon (1989-1999) was an American alternative rock band. For the better part of their 10 year existence, the Los Angeles based quartet etched and sustained an imprint on the 1990s alternative rock and roll scene. Fronted by singer/songwriter/bassist Rob Zabrecky, literate songs about love l..
Possum Kingdom
Possum Kingdom may mean: "Possum Kingdom", a 1994 song by Toadies from the album RubberneckPossum Kingdom State Park, a state park in Texas 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 ..
Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas
Possum Kingdom Lake (popularly known as "P.K.") is a 19,800 acre (80 km²) man made lake, first impounded in 1941. It lies approximately 75 miles (121 km) west of Fort Worth in Palo Pinto and Young counties. The lake was created by Morris Sheppard Dam on the Brazos River. The lake is one of the deep..
Possum Kingdom State Park
Possum Kingdom State Park is a state park in Palo Pinto County, Texas, that was built in the 1940s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It covers approximately 1530 acres (6.2 km²), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas. The park borders the large Possum Kingdom L..
Possum Lodge
Possum Lodge is a club located in the fictional town of Possum Lake, Ontario, Canada and seen on the comedy television series The Red Green Show. The official motto of Possum Lodge is the pseudo-Latin phrase Quando omni flunkus moritati., which translates to "If all else fails, play dead.". Altho..
Possum Trot, Missouri
Possum Trot is a former town located in northeastern Stone County about eight miles southwest of Nixa on Missouri Supplemental Route M. Only the remains of a church and a house are left. ..
Post
Post may refer to: A position held by an office holder. example:- she held the post of Minister for Justice; he held the post of school traffic wardenA Blog or Internet forum EntryMail, the postal system, especially in Commonwealth countriesPole (object), a long and straight stick, usually vertica..
POST
The acronym 'POST' can be used to refer to the following: Part-of-speech taggingPower-on self-testThe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (UK)An HTTP request method See also Post This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ..
Post's inversion formula
Post's inversion formula for Laplace transforms, named after Emil Post, is a simple-looking but usually impractical formula for evaluating an inverse Laplace transform. The statement of the formula is as follows: Let f(t) be a continuous function on the interval [0, ∞) of exponential order, i..
Post's problem
Post's problem may refer to: Post's problem for Turing degrees, which asked whether there is a noncomputable computably enumerable set that is not Turing complete and was answered to the affirmative in the 1950s.Post's correspondence problem, which leads to a particular construction of noncomputable..
Post's theorem
In computability theory Post's theorem, named after Emil Post, describes the connection between the arithmetical hierarchy and the Turing degrees. As notation we say that a subset [X] of [\omega] is [\Sigma_n] if there is a [\Sigma_n] formula with free variab..
Post, Texas
Post is a city in Garza County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,708 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Garza County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Post is located at [33°11′30″N, 101°22′50″W] (33.191789, -101.380432)[Geographic refere..
Post-2007 Atlantic hurricane seasons
Contents 1 2008 storm names2 2009 storm names3 2010 storm names4 2011 storm names5 Retirement6 See also 2008 storm names The following names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2008. The names not retired from this list will be used ag..
Post-2007 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons
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Post-abortion syndrome
Post-abortion syndrome (PAS), also known as post-traumatic abortion syndrome and abortion trauma syndrome, is a term used to describe a set of psychopathological characteristics that have been observed in women following an elective abortion. Gomez, Lavin C & Zapata, Garcia R. ["Diagnostic cate..
Post-Abstract Expressionism
A New Technique Post-Abstract Expressionism is a technique invented by German painter Martin Hedgecoke. The style takes many different forms but the basics of it are that it binds both the order naturalistic art with the chaos of abstract expressionism. This style is usually only used in painting..
Post-Agilism
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Post-anarchism
Part of the Politics series onAnarchism Traditions Anarcha-feminism Anarchist communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Collectivist anarchism Eco-anarchism Green anarchism Individualist anarchism Anarcho-capitalism(disputed) Anarchism in culture Anarchi..
Post-Arabasta Arc
The episodes listed here are part of the Japanese anime One Piece which is currently being show in America. These five episodes focus on the histories and goals of the Straw Hat Pirates crew. Luffy and Robin are the only ones who do not get an episode. They follow after the Alabasta Arc and are con..
Post-Armenian Genocide timeline
Several significant occurances followed the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1917. The following is a chronology of those events. Contents 1 20th Century1.1 December ..
Post-autistic economics
The movement for Post-Autistic Economics (PAE) was born through the work of [[University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne|Sorbonne]] economist Bernard Guerrien. Started in Spring 2000 by group of disaffected French economics students, Post-Autistic Economics first reached a wider audience in June 2000..
Post-autonomous art
Contents 1 Summary2 History of post-autonomous art3 Examples of post-autonomous art4 See also Summary Post-autonomous art describes a mode of making art at a time when the artist's presumed [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomy]] has become rather problematic. A post-autonomous mode ..
Post-Baroque
Post-Baroque in musicology applying to performance and compositional practice in the period after the Baroque, when changes in the manner of playing would alter the implications of notation and playing, including improvisation and ornamentation. ..
Post-black metal
Post-black metal is a term applied to a variety of black metal bands. It is generally used when referring to a band when the music is rooted more or less firmly in black metal but displays avantgarde, industrial, electronic and/or experimental tendencies. Notable bands that have been classified as p..
Post-capitalism
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. Post-capitalism or the post-corporate world are terms for the state of the international economy after a predic..
Post-Captain
For the Patrick O'Brian novel, see Post Captain (novel). Post-Captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from officers in command of a naval vessel, who were (and still are) addressed as captain r..
Post-Classic stage
The Post-Classic Stage is an archaeological term describing a particular developmental level. This stage is the fifth of five stages defined by Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips' 1958 book Method and Theory in American Archaeology. For more details, see List of archaeological periods (North America)..
Post-cognitivist psychology
Post-cognitivist psychology comprises varieties of psychology which emerged in the 1990s which challenged the basic assumptions of cognitivism or even information processing models of cognition. Important predecessors of these movements include critical psychology and humanistic psychology. See als..
Post-coital tristesse
Sexual intercourse can sometimes lead to a feeling of melancholy called post-coital tristesse (from Latin post-coital, and French tristesse, literally - "sadness"). This is more common in women than in men. Many PCT sufferers may also exhibit strong feelings of anxiety, anywhere from five minutes, t..
Post-Cold War era
The post-Cold War era is a time period following the end of the Cold War. Its beginning is dated either in 1989, when the Autumn of Nations and the amicable relations developed between the United States and the Soviet Union, or it is dated in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Some c..
Post-colonialism
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Post-colonialism/temp
Post-colonialism is a term used to describe the wide range of social, cultural and political events arising from the decline and fall of European colonialism that took place from the mid 20th century onwards. It involves the decolonization of the world. Post-colonialism essentially focuses on the p..
Post-colonial literature
Postcolonial literature is a branch of Postmodern literature concerned with the political and cultural independence of peoples formerly subjugated in colonial empires. Post-colonial literary critics re-examine classic literature with a particular focus on the social "discourse" that shaped it. Fo..
Post-Communism
Post-Communism is a name sometimes given to the period of political and economic transition in former communist states located in parts of Europe and Asia, usually transforming into a free market capitalist and globalized economy. Contents 1 Etymological caveat2 Politics3 Economy4&..
Post-concussion syndrome
Post-concussion syndrome, or PCS, is a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, or even years after a concussion, a mild form of traumatic brain injury. As many as 50% of patients who have experienced concussion have PCS (Bazarian 1992), and some sources say as many as 90%..
Post-Confederation Canada (1867-1914)
Contents 1 Confederation2 The Red River Rebellion3 Expansion4 Macdonald's \"National Policy\"5 The North-West Rebellion6 The Manitoba Schools Question7 Population of the West7.1 Klondike Gold Rush8 Laurier and Canada's Role in the Empire9 Footnot..
Post-congregational narrative
The "Post-congregational narrative" is a term used by Christians to describe the experience of intentionally pursuing their faith outside the traditional congregational setting. The word "narrative" in this sense refers to their stories or journeys, both individually and collectively. Likewise, "con..
Post-consumer waste
Post-consumer waste is waste produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product. Quite commonly, it is simply the garbage that individuals routinely discard, either in a waste receptacle or a dump, or by litte..
Post-creole speech continuum
A phase that happens to native languages in a peripheral, especially colonial society that emerge from the previous dominance of a high language imposed by the center. Concrete examples include Tagalog or Filipino language after emerging as the dominant language of the philippines after the decline..
Post-cult trauma
A post-cult trauma or post-cult syndrome is a term first used by Margaret Thaler Singer to describe the intense emotional problems that some members of cults and new religious movements experience upon disaffection and disaffiliation. (Singer 1979) Several scholars in the field, including those c..
Post-cycle therapy
Post-cycle therapy (PCT) is a drug/diet regimen used by anabolic steroid users to counteract and minimize post-steroid hypogonadism. The goal is to restore normal endogenous sex hormone production (typically testosterone) after steroid use is discontinued, thereby preserving the muscle and strength ..
Post-discipline
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. A post-discipline, as defined by performance studies scholar Diana Taylor, is a field of intellectual en..
Post-election developments in Ukraine, 2004
Below is the timeline of events that followed the runoff presidential election held in Ukraine on November 21, 2004 that sparked off the "Orange Revolution". Orange-clad supporters of Viktor Yushchenko gather in Independence Square in Kiev. Participating in nationwide counter-demonstration..
Post-exposure prophylaxis
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is any prophylactic treatment started immediately after exposure to a disease (such as a disease-causing virus), in order to prevent the disease from breaking out. PEP is commonly used, and very effective, to prevent the outbreak of rabies after a bite by a rabid an..
Post-feminism
Like feminism, Post-feminism (or postfeminism) is not a uniform object either in practice or discourse. The term first entered into American usage in the early 1980s, initially signifying backlash over second-wave feminism. The term now denotes a wide range of theories, all of which argue that fem..
Post-folk music
Post-folk music is a music genre that, whilst not being folk music, uses some of its characteristics such as acoustic instruments and finger picked guitars. ..
Post-Fordism
Post-Fordism is the mode of production and associated socioeconomic system theorized to be found in most industrialized countries today. It can be contrasted with fordism, the productive method and socioeconomic system typified by Henry Ford's car plants, in which workers work on a production line, ..
Post-Futurism
Post-Futurism (alternatively Postfuturism) describes a genre of science fiction, an artistic movement, an architectural movement, and a philosophy. The term is used loosely and possibly has different meanings for each of these groups. 1 : In science fiction, Post-Futurism refers to a group of "..
Post-game show
A post-game show or postgame show is a TV presentation that occurs immediately after the live broadcast of a major sporting event. Contents may include: slow motion replays of key moments in the game.interviews with players, coaches and managers.analysis of the game by sports commentators.footage of..
Post-glacial rebound
Changes in the elevation of Lake Superior due to glaciation and post-glacial rebound Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound, isostatic rebound or isostatic adjustment) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last ice age, ..
Post-grunge
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Post-grunge is a subgenre of American alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of the Seattle grunge movement. It is characterized by its radio-friendly style, distorted but often simple guitar riffs, and "soft verse, loud chorus" song patterni..
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore, as the name might suggest, is a musical offshoot of the hardcore punk movement. The earliest appearances of the genre were in Washington, D.C. in the mid- to late-1980s (see the era's releases on Dischord Records, for example), though it was not widely known until the early 1990s. Pos..
Post-Hartree-Fock
In computational chemistry, Post-Hartree-Fock methods are the set of methods developed to improve on the Hartree-Fock (HF), or self-consistent field (SCF) method. In general, the SCF procedure makes several assumptions about the nature of the multi-body Schrödinger equation and its set of solution..
Post-harvest handling
In agriculture, post-harvest handling is the stage of crop production immediately following harvest, including cooling, cleaning, sorting and packing. The instant a crop is removed from the ground, or separated from its parent plant, it begins to deteriorate. Post-harvest treatment largely determine..
Post-hoc analysis
Post-hoc analysis, in the context of design and analysis of experiments, refers to looking in the data--after the experiment has concluded--for patterns that were not specified a priori. It is also known as data-dredging to evoke the sense that the more one looks the more likely something will be fo..
Post-holocaust
Post-holocaust is a sub-genre of science fiction dealing with the aftermath of a catastrophe---usually nuclear war, but not invariably. It rose to prominence following World War II, because for the first time it was believed that man had the capacity to destroy his civilization. One early example,..
Post-imperial China
The period of Chinese history following the fall of the last Imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty. This period begins in 1911, and continues to the present day. It includes the founding of the Republic of China, the warlord period, the Northern Expedition, and the rise of the Communist Party of China,..
Post-Impressionism
A Hundred Years of Independence by Henri Rousseau Post-Impressionism is a term applied to painting styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — after Impressionism. Post-Impressionism was both an extension of Impressionism and a rejection of its limitations. Post-Impressionists co..
Post-industrial (music)
"Post-industrial" is a term used to refer to a grouping of music genres related to the original usage of the term Industrial Music by Industrial Records through either influence or direct involvement, such as power noise, power electronics, technoid, types of experimental music and dark ambient. The..
Post-industrial economy
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Post-industrial society
"Post-industrial" redirects here. For the grouping of music genres, see post-industrial (music). A post-industrial society is a proposed name for an economy that has undergone a specific series of changes in structure after a process of industrialization. Such societies are often marked by: A ..
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis
In nephrology, post-infectious glomerulonephritis, previously known as post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, is disorder of the glomeruli (glomerulonephritis) following an infection. It was once thought to be caused only by streptococci and was thus called post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. P..
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2006
Occupation zones in Iraq as of September 2003 The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Ba'ath Party government of Saddam Hussein. This article covers the period starting 1 May 2003. Con..
Post-it note
A pad of fan-folded Post-it pop-up notes, shown still glued together A Post-it note (or just Post-it), manufactured by 3M, is a piece of stationery with a readherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents, computer displays and so forth. While no..
Post-Keynesian economics
Post-Keynesian economics is a school of thought which is based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes. It differs from the interpretation of Keynes' ideas offered by mainstream Keynesian economics, such as the new Keynesian economics, emphasising in particular: The importance of uncertainty, historica..
Post-left anarchy
Part of the Politics series onAnarchism Traditions Anarcha-feminism Anarchist communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Collectivist anarchism Eco-anarchism Green anarchism Individualist anarchism Anarcho-capitalism(disputed) Anarchism in culture Anarchi..
Post-lingual deafness
Post-lingual deafness means to contract deafness after acquiring a first language. ..
Post-lingual hearing impairment
Post-lingual hearing impairment is a hearing impairment where hearing loss is adventitious and develops due to disease or trauma after the acquisition of speech and language, usually after the age of six. Post-lingual hearing impairments are far more common than prelingual impairments. Typically, h..
Post-Marxism
Post-Marxism has two related but different uses. Post-marxism can be used to refer to the situation in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union after the fall of communism, or it can be used to represent the theoretical work of philosophers and social theorists who have built their theories upon those o..
Post-materialism
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. Post-materialism is an economic philosophy that emphasizes quality of life and environmental sustainability issu..
Post-medieval archaeology
Post-medieval archaeology is term used in Europe to describe the study of the material past over the last 500 years. In other areas it may be known as Historical archaeology and Industrial archaeology is one of its sub-disciplines. The traditional date for the beginning of the post-medieval period..
Post-Mersh Vol. 1
Post-Mersh, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by influential punk rock/alternative trio The Minutemen. It contains both The Punch Line (1981) and What Makes a Man Start Fires? (1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band. Track listing ..
Post-metal
Post-metal is best described as a mixture between the genres of post-rock and metal. Broadly characterized by heavily distorted guitar, dark undertones with heavy atmosphere, gradual song structures, and a minimal emphasis on vocals, post-metal tends to be a harder hitting version of its cousin, pos..
Post-metallocene catalyst
A post-metallocene catalyst is a kind of catalyst for olefin polymerization. "Post-metallocene" refers to the generation of catalysts following Kaminsky catalysts, which are metallocene catalysts discovered in 1980 by Walter Kaminsky, and have been predominant in the olefin polymerization catalyst a..
Post-micturition convulsion syndrome
Post-micturition convulsion syndrome, also known as piss shivers or pee shivers, is a phenomenon where one feels a shiver running down the spine following urination. It is experienced mostly in males. Although no serious studies have been done in this field, there are a few theories to explain thi..
Post-modern Classicism
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern Classical music is a mu..
Post-money valuation
A post-money valuation is a term used in private equity or venture capital which refers to the valuation of a company or asset immediately after an investment or financing. External investors, such as venture capitalists and angel investors, will use a pre-money valuation to determine how much equi..
Post-mortem (disambiguation)
Post-mortem might refer to: Post-mortem examination, an examination of a corpse in order to determine cause of deathPost mortem interval, the time that has elapsed after the person has died.Post Mortem, a 2003 adventure game.Postmortem, a 1998 film staring Charlie Sheen.Postmortem, a death metal ba..
Post-nasal drip
Post-nasal drip (PND) occurs when excessive mucus is produced by the sinuses. The excess mucus accumulates in the throat or back of the nose. It can be caused by rhinitis, sinusitis, or laryngopharyngeal acid reflux. It can be enhanced or sometimes even caused by allergies, whether in spring, fall o..
Post-Newsweek Stations
Post-Newsweek Stations is the official name of the broadcasting division of the Washington Post Company and is a self-contained corporation within that company. The company originated as WTOP, Inc. in 1949 when CBS sold 55% (controlling interest) of WTOP-AM 1500 in Washington, D.C. to the Post. C..
Post-Newtonian expansion
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Post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters also called "post-nominal initials" or "post-nominal titles" are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal ..
Post-normal science
Post-Normal Science is a concept developed by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz, attempting to characterise a methodology of inquiry that is appropriate for contemporary conditions. The typical case is when "facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent". In such circum..
Post-Nuke
Post-Nuke is a dramatic webcomic (touted as an "online graphic novel") written and illustrated by Andreas Duller. The story follows the life and adventures of Christopher Manic, a trader and scavenger, and his greyhound, Aries. The story is told in chapters, each with about 20 pages. Updates are sc..
Post-Occupation Japan
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Post-och Inrikes Tidningar
Post-och Inrikes Tidningar or PoIT (Swedish: Post and Domestic Newspaper) is the national newspaper and gazette of Sweden, and the country's official notification body for announcements like bankruptcy declarations or auctions. The newspaper is also a strong advertizing body, the largest advertizer..
Post-One year war
This article is a fictional universe timeline of the period following the One Year War of the Gundam anime metaseries. It covers the events in [[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team|Gundam: The 08th MS Team]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket|Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]] and [[Mobile..
Post-painterly Abstraction
Post-painterly Abstraction is a term created by art critic, Clement Greenberg in the 1960s to distinguish his idea of pure art from the Abstract Expressionism movement of about the same time. Greenberg believed that art was progressing to a certain point and that the many movements of art throughout..
Post-Parlo
Post-Parlo is an Austin, Texas based independent record label known for their Home Series, which has featured a split EP with Andrew Kenny (of The American Analog Set) and Benjamin Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service) as well as a one from Bright Eyes and Spoon (band)'s Britt Dani..
Post-perovskite
Post-perovskite is a high-pressure phase of MgSiO3, is composed of the prime oxide constituents of the Earth's rocky mantle (MgO and SiO2), and its pressure and temperature for stability imply that it is likely to occur in portions of the lowermost few hundred km of Earth's mantle. MgSiO3 has the sa..
Post-polio syndrome
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that frequently affects survivors of poliomyelitis, a viral infection of the nervous system, after recovery from an initial paralytic attack of the virus. Typically the symptoms appear 20-40 years after the original infection, at an age of 35 to 60. Symptom..
Post-Pop
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Post-Pop is term used to describe the pop music made after the boyband and girl group/singer era of the late 1990s and early 2000s, generally beginning around 2002. A similar period occurred between 1992 and 1996 when the teen pop of the late 1980s departed in the w..
Post-positivist
In the philosophy of science, the term post-positivist has been used in two ways: 1) To refer to scientific philosophies that arose after, and in reaction to, positivism. This use of the term would include (among others) phenomenology, Marxism, critical theory, poststructuralism, and postmodernism ..
Post-Postmodernism
Post-postmodernism is a term describing a state of affairs after or beyond postmodernism. While it is often described as being impossible, post-postmodernism is an idea that surfaces in a number of debates. Justification Postmodernism defines itself in relation to what it comes after—Modernis..
Post-processual archaeology
Postprocessual archaeology is a form of archaeological theory which is related to the broader development of postmodernism during the 1980s. Postprocessualism, as a movement in archaeology, was sometimes loose and discursive, at other times full of clear-headed polemic and rhetoric. Processual arch..
Post-production
Post-production occurs in the making of audio recordings, films/movies, videos and television programmes. It is the general term for all stages of production happening between the actual recording and the complete record, film or video. Post-production is in fact many different processes grouped un..
Post-prog
Post-prog is another name for the musical genre sometimes called New Prog, not to be confused with Neo-prog. The name Post-prog has been suggested to more clearly differentiate the emerging style from Neo-prog, and also to acknowledge the Post-rock roots and influences of many of the bands currently..
Post-punk
Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock "explosion" of the mid 1970s. For the more recent "post-punk" movement in rock music, see post-punk revival. Contents 1 History2 Music clips3 Related styles4 S..
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival is a movement in modern rock music, being part of the larger indie/garage rock, punk, and dance genres. The post-punk revival draws in part on the conventions of the original post-punk sound from the early 1980s, yet is also an extension of and reaction to the more pop-oriented..
Post-purchase rationalization
It is a common phenomenon after people have invested a lot of time, money, or effort in something to convince themselves that it must have been worth it. See also List of cognitive biases ..
Post-randomized consent
Also known as Zelen's design, this is an experiment design for randomized clinical trials proposed by statistician Dr. Marvin Zelen. In this design, patients are randomized to either the treatment group of the control group before being consented. Because we know which group a given patient is assig..
Post-rational
Some psychological theorists have contended that there are structures of consciousness that are developmentally after rational thought. These structures are referred to as post-rational structures. Sri Aurobindo, Jean Gebser, Clare Graves, Don Beck, Chris Cowan, Ken Wilber, and William Irwin Thompso..
Post-rock
Post-rock is a music genre characterized by nontraditional use of instruments and high musical density. Although firmly rooted in the indie scene, post-rock's elusive and complex style bears little resemblance musically to indie rock or other styles more commonly associated with the scene. The conn..
Post-romanticism
Post-romanticism or Postromanticism is the art of passion and refers to the postmodern re-enactment of romantic themes and motifs in contemporary art. As an emerging trend, inspired by romanticism, and emphasizing the expression of passion and beauty in contemporary art, the cultural movement has be..
Post-Saddam WMD search
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Post-secondary education
Post-secondary or tertiary education, also referred to as third-stage, third level education, or higher education, is the non-compulsory educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium. Tertiary education..
Post-September 11 anti-war movement
Part of a series onAnti-War topics Opposition to... Iraq War War on Terrorism Afghanistan War Vietnam War War of 1812 American Civil War Second Boer War Agents of opposition Anti-war organizations Conscientious objector Draft dodger Peace movement Peace churches Related ideologies An..
Post-ship
Post-ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the age of sail to describe an unrated ship (see rating system of the Royal Navy) which was, for whatever reason, and usually temporarily, commanded by a post-captain instead of a lieutenant or commander. When a post-captain took command of a..
Post-Soviet Russian agriculture
Post-Soviet Russian agriculture is generally carried on by "joint stock companies of the closed type" which is what kolhozy and sovkhozy have been reorganized into. The Russian acronym, transliterated into the Roman alphabet, is "TOO" for this type of organization. TOOs only permit membership and ow..
Post-Soviet states
The Post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republics, are the independent nations that split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its breakup in 1991. Post-Soviet states are subject to various developments in geography, history, politics, economy, and culture in t..
Post-structuralism
Post-structuralism is most easily understood as a loose, historical term that captures broad, major shifts in both Continental Philosophy or Critical Theory and Anthropology. It sometimes used to designate methods of textual and cultural interpretation that emerged in France in the 1960s as a c..
Post-structuralist narrative theory
Post-structuralist narrative theory basically attempts to focus on the essential 'incompleteness' of narratives. This approach endorses the possibility of having indetermined, forever continued reader-centred narratives. Having roots in Jacques Derrida's Structure, Sign, Play in the Discourse of Hum..
Post-surrealism
Post-surrealism is a movement that arose in Southern California in 1934 when Helen Lundeberg and Lorser Feitelson wrote a manifesto explaining their desire to use art to convey the relationship between the perceptual and the conceptual. Sometimes this term is used to refer to art movements related ..
Post-symbolic communication
Post-symbolic communication refers to various speculative scenarios of future human communication methods that bypass the standard symbolic communication used today, as exemplified by spoken languages, the written word, and other non-standard symbolic languages such as Braille (tactile symbols) and ..
Post-transcriptional modification
Post transcriptional modification is a genetic process in cell biology by which, in eukaryotic cells preliminary messenger RNA is converted into mature messenger RNA (mRNA) during the larger process of protein synthesis so ultimately there will be resulting functional proteins. This process is vital..
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is the name given to a group of B cell lymphomas occurring in immunosuppressed patients following organ transplant. It is an uncommon condition occurring in 0.2% of patients within one year of transplant, with an annual incidence of 0.04% thereaf..
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. The experience must involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury, or a threat to ph..
Post-Tribune
The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana is a daily newspaper headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana. It is one of the largest which serves the Northwest Indiana region. Distribution The Post-Tribune is printed at different distributions based on delivery region. Regions, are: GaryMerrillvilleValpara..
Post-Turing machine
A Post-Turing machine is a "program formulation" of an especially simple type of Turing machine, comprising a variant of Emil Post's Turing-equivalent model of computation described below. (Post's model and Turing's model, though very similar to one another, were developed independently. Turing's..
Post-void dribbling (PVD)
urine remaining in urethra after voiding bladder slowly leaks out minutes after urinating ..
Post-Vulgate Cycle
The Post-Vulgate Cycle is one of the major Old French prose cycles of Arthurian literature. It is essentially a rehandling of the earlier Vulgate Cycle, also known as the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, with much left out and much added. The Post-Vulgate, written probably between 1230 and 1240, is an attempt..
Post-war
Post-war is the period of time immediately following the end of a war and enduring as long as war does not resume. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (e.g. the period between World War I and World War II). By con..
Post-War
Post-War is the fifth studio album by M. Ward. It is scheduled to be released on August 22, 2006. Guest appearances included from Jim James, Neko Case and Mike Mogis. Tracklist All songs by Matt Ward except where noted. "Poison Cup""To Go Home" (Daniel Johnston)"Right In The Head""Post-War""Requ..
Post-war consensus
The post-war consensus was an era in British political history which lasted from the end of World War Two to the election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979. The foundations of the post-war consensus can be traced to the reports of William Beveridge, who in 1942 fo..
Post-war Singapore
This article is part ofthe History of Singapore series Early history of Singapore (pre-1819) Founding of modern Singapore (1819-1826) Straits Settlements (1826-1867) Crown colony (1867-1942) Battle of Singapore (1942) Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) Sook Ching massacre (1942-1945) Post..
Post-war Sino-Japanese relations
Foreign relations of Japan The visit to Beijing of Japan's newly elected prime minister, Tanaka Kakuei, culminated in the signing of a historic joint statement (Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China) on September 29 1972 that ended nea..
Post-war Sweden
History of Sweden Prehistoric SwedenEarly HistoryKalmar UnionModern SwedenA New Great PowerSwedish Empire"Age of Liberty"Gustav's AbsolutismUnion with NorwayModernizationIndustrializationWorld War IIPost-war Sweden Sweden emerged unharmed by World War II, beginning two decades of great economi..
Post-World War II baby boom
A U.S. postage stamp depicting the increase in birthrate that the country experienced after World War II. As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of males returning to their country triggered a baby boom after the end of World War II in many countries a..
Post-WWI recession
The post-WWI recession was an economic recession that hit much of the world after the First World War. The decade before the war had seen some of the fastest economic growth in history. In many nations, especially in North America, this growth continued during the war as nations mobilized their ec..
Post-Zionism
Post-Zionism refers to the views of some Israeli and diaspora Jews, particularly in academia, that Zionism fulfilled its ideological mission with the creation of modern State of Israel in 1948 and that the ideology should therefore be considered to be at an end. The term is also used by Right Wing ..
Post-zygotic mutation
A post-zygotic mutation is a mutation that an organism acquires during its lifespan, rather than inheriting from its parent(s). ..
Post/Redirect/Get
Post/Redirect/Get (PRG) is a common design pattern for web applications, to help avoid duplicate form submissions and allow applications to behave more intuitively with browser bookmarks and the reload button. After a web user submits a form to a server, the server typically generates an HTML page ..
Posta
Posta, situated on the right bank of the river Elbe, has since 1922 formed part of the town of Pirna in the Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) district of Saxony, Germany. It consists of Nieder- (Lower) and Oberposta (Upper Posta). The earlier fishing and stone-quarrying settlements of Niederp..
Postage due
Postage due is the term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. While the problem of what to do about letters not paying the full correct fee had existed since the creation of regular postal systems, it was greatly heightened by the advent of postage stamps, since customers were now making the..
Postage meter
A postage meter is an electro-mechanical device for producing evidence of postage (see mail). Postage meters are regulated by a country's postal authority; for example, in the United States, the United States Postal Service specifies the rules for the creation, support, and use of postage meters. ..
Postage stamp
A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. Usually a small paper rectangle which is attached to an envelope, signifying that the person sending the letter or package has paid for delivery, it is the most popular alternative to usi..
Postage stamps and postal history of Afghanistan
The story of postage stamps and postal history of Afghanistan begins with Sher Ali, who established a postal service in the 1860s as part of a program of modernization in the "Kingdom of Kabul". The first stamps appeared in 1871. They were round in shape, imperforate, and printed in black, with a c..
Postage stamps and postal history of Annam & Tongking
This article is a concise postal history of Annam & Tongking: former territories of French Indo-China that are now part of Vietnam. Contents 0.1 Stamp Issues0.2 Geography0.3 Postal History0.4 Source Stamp Issues Dates 1888 - 1892 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc Refer..
Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, a dependancy of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. Like other British territories, it issues it own postage stamps, which provide a source of income for the islands from sale to overseas collectors, as well as for domestic pos..
Postage stamps and postal history of Australia
6d "kangaroo & map", used at Woolloongabba Queensland This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia. The various colonies that joined to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 had long operated their own postal systems; see the articles on the systems of New ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Austria
(pre-stamp postal history here) 3-kreuzer stamp of 1850; note the rough surface of the hand-made paper. The postage stamp issues of Austria began on June 1, 1850 with a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms. At first they were printed on a rough hand-made paper..
Postage stamps and postal history of Canada
The postal history of Canada falls into four major periods: French control (1608-1763), British control (1763-1851), provincial control (1851-1868), and the Dominion of Canada, since 1868. The Maple-leaf Flag, 1989 Contents 1 French control2 British control3 Provincial co..
Postage stamps and postal history of Chad
From 1936, Chad, then a French colony, shared the postage stamps of French Equatorial Africa. In 1959, approaching independence, the country issued its first stamps omitting the letters RF (standing for "République française", French Republic). These included a 15-franc issue depicting a cotton f..
Postage stamps and postal history of China
The story of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s. Contents 1 Imperial China2 Revolution and republic3 Wartime4 Japanese occupation5 P..
Postage stamps and postal history of Denmark
Stamp of 1969, commemorating the 750th anniversary of the Flag of Denmark, used at Odense just a few weeks after issuance This article is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Denmark. Contents 1 Early postal history2 The classic stamps3 Numeral issues4&nbs..
Postage stamps and postal history of Epirus
From 1912 to 1916, the northern part of Epirus (southern Albania) was run by a provisional Greek government, opposing its cession to newly-founded Albania, which ran its own postal service and issued postage stamps for a period during 1914. The first stamps associated with Epirus were issued at Chi..
Postage stamps and postal history of Fiume
After World War I, the city of Fiume (now Rijeka) was claimed by both Yugoslavia and Italy. While its status was unresolved, its postal system was operated by a variety of occupation forces and local governments. The first postage stamps for Fiume were issued 2 December 1918. They were produced ..
Postage stamps and postal history of French Polynesia
Tahiti The use of Tahiti postage stamps on mail first became valid on 25 October 1862, using the general stamps of the French Colonies. In 1882 a shortage of 25c stamps necessitated a surcharge on less-used values. Some of the surcharges also included the name "TAHITI". This happened again in 1884 w..
Postage stamps and postal history of Gabon
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Gabon. French colony The earliest post office was set up at Libreville in 1862; mail from there was routed through the British post office on Fernando Po (now Bioko). Mail used the stamps of the French Colonies general issue, cancelled w..
Postage stamps and postal history of Greece
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Greece. A 5-lepta "large Hermes head", probably used at Pylos in 1886 There was no organized civilian postal system in Greece under the Ottoman Empire, but by the 1850s a limited system had been established by independent Greece. ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong
This article is part of the History of Hong Kong series '''Timeline Prehistory Imperial China'''First contacts with the West Opium Wars     First Opium War     Second Opium War British colony (pre-war)     Founding of crown colony     Early 20th..
Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland
40-aurar stamp of 1930 This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iceland. Regular mail service in Iceland was first established by a charter of 13 May 1776. (add pre-first-stamp postal history here) On 1 January 1873, Iceland issued its first postage stamps. The design ..
Postage stamps and postal history of India
The postage stamps and postal history of India are complicated by the patchwork of British and local rule prior to partition in 1947. For the states with their own stamps, See:For current information on India Post, See: Contents 1 Postal history of India2 Postal history of Indian states..
Postage stamps and postal history of India/Sandbox
The postage stamps and postal history of India are complicated by the patchwork of British and local rule prior to partition in 1947. For the states with their own stamps, See:For current information on India Post, See: Contents 1 Postal history of India2 Postal history of Indian st..
Postage stamps and postal history of Indochina
5c Annam & Tonkin overprint used at Hanoi 5c overprint of 1889 used at Vinh Long The postage stamps of French Indochina begin on May 16, 1886, with the overprinting of "5" or "5 C. CH." on the generic stamps of the French Colonies, for use in Cochin China (mainly Saigon). On January 21..
Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iraq. The earliest postal service known in the area of present-day Iraq was operated by Assyria; archeologists have found a large number of commercial letters written in cuneiform on clay tablets, and enclosed in addressed clay envelopes...
Postage stamps and postal history of Italy
Since Italy was not unified until 1861, its early postal history is tied to the various kingdoms and smaller realms that ruled in the peninsula. Contents 1 Pre-unification2 The Kingdom of Italy3 Humbert I4 Victor Emmanuel III5 Imperial era6 Modern stamps7 Refere..
Postage stamps and postal history of Karelia
Karelia has twice appeared in philately; first as a breakaway republic from Soviet Russia in 1922, and later when Eastern Karelia was occupied by Finland during the Continuation War of 1941 to 1944. 1922 During the 1922 rebellion, the Karelians issued a set of 15 postage stamps, with values from 5..
Postage stamps and postal history of Kazakhstan
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Kazakhstan. Under the Soviet Union, the Kazakh SSR postal service was an integral part of the Soviet system. The republic was periodically recognized in sets of stamps honoring the different parts of the USSR. Kazakhstan became indepe..
Postage stamps and postal history of Kuwait
The postal history of Kuwait begins around 1775, when the East India Company began an overland desert camel service from the head of the Persian Gulf to Aleppo and Constantinople, as an alternative to slower sea travel around the Arabian Peninsula. This operated until 1795. KUWAIT overprint on 4..
Postage stamps and postal history of Kyrgyzstan
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Kyrgyzstan. Under the Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz SSR postal service was an integral part of the Soviet system. The republic was periodically recognized in sets of stamps honoring the different parts of the USSR. Kyrgyzstan declared it i..
Postage stamps and postal history of Macau
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Macau. Contents 1 Early colonial history2 Post-revolution history3 Post-China-integration history4 References Early colonial history The first stamps issued for Macau, appearing in 1884, used the common "Portuguese ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Malaysia
This article is on stamps from Malaysia and their history. Contents 0.1 History0.2 Malaysian stamps0.3 Sports stamps1 Malaysian Federation Stamps1.1 19571.2 19581.3 19591.4 19601.5 19611.6 19621.7 19631.8 See also1.9 External links ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico
The postal system of Mexico may be said to have begun with the Aztecs, who operated a system of messengers; they worked well enough that Hernando Cortes continued using them after the 1521 conquest. After 1579, the right to operate the posts was farmed out to members of the nobility, who were known ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco
The first Moroccan postal stamps were emitted in 1891 by companies which managed only one correspondence between two cities each one Their stamps were of poor quality of printing works. The system was replaced after a reorganization in the end of 1911. Morocco started emitting two series of post..
Postage stamps and postal history of New South Wales
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of New South Wales, a former British colony now part of Australia. New South Wales was the first part of Australia to be settled by Europeans, and the first to operate a postal service, which in 1803 was carrying letters between Sydney and P..
Postage stamps and postal history of Romania
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Romania. Postage stamps have been issued in Romania since the 1870s. Before that, the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia issued postage stamps, a Moldavian issue as far back as 1858. External links [Romaniastamps.com]..
Postage stamps and postal history of Russia
This a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Russia. Traditionally, philatelists include the Soviet Union period in this category also. Contents 1 Early postal history2 Postage stamps3 Revolution3.1 Finnish occupation of Aunus4 Soviet Union5 Post-Sovi..
Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic
See also: Stellaland The Stellaland Republic issued five values of postage stamps in February 1884. They were crudely printed, using the coat of arms as design, and inscribed "REPUBLIEK / STELLALAND". Unused examples can be had today for US$20, but genuinely used copies are much rarer and usual..
Postage stamps and postal history of Sweden
Posten, the Swedish mail service, was established in 1636 by Axel Oxenstierna, and by the 18th century it had been extended throughout the country. The same century also saw the introduction of a practice unique to Sweden, that of attaching a feather to the wax seal of a letter to indicate that it n..
Postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland. (pre-stamp postal history here) Contents 1 Cantonal issues1.1 Zürich1.2 Geneva1.3 Basel2 Federal issues Cantonal issues The first stamps used in Switzerland were issued by the cantons of Zürich..
Postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania
The story of the postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania begins with German East Africa, which was occupied by British forces during World War I. After the war, the territory was named Tanganyika and issued stamps under that name until after a union with Zanzibar in 1964. The first issue ..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Azores
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Azores. Nearly all of the stamps issued for the Azores were stamps of Portugal, overprinted "AÇORES", of which the first appeared in 1868, continuing through 1930; after 1930, Portuguese stamps were used unmodified. The exceptions we..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas
The postal history of Bahamas begins in the 18th century, with the earliest known letters dating from the 1760s. In 1804 a straight-line "BAHAMAS" handstamp came into use. The Royal Mail Line initiated regular mail service in 1841, and from 1846 used a "Crown Paid" handstamp along with a dated postm..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone
The Canal Zone issued its own postage stamps beginning in 1904. Initially they were the current stamps of Panama or (less often) the US, overprinted with "CANAL ZONE" in various ways. Philatelists have identified over 100 varieties, some of them quite rare (and counterfeited). The last of these o..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States
5c Jefferson Davis stamp This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States of America. Contents 1 Beginnings2 Stamps3 Covers4 References5 External links Beginnings Initiated by South Carolina's secession from the United States in..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands. Early mail service depended on occasional calls by ships connecting to the Brazil packet via Montevideo; the earliest recorded letter dates from 28 January 1827. From 1852 to 1880 a schooner (either a government boat..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Indian states
For postage stamps and postal history of India, see Postage stamps and postal history of India The postage stamps and postal history of the Indian states is a complicated subject; British rule was not a uniform exercise of authority, and many states ran their own postal services. The two main cat..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles. Early mail service in the islands consisted of carriage by casual ship, and a number of letters are recorded from this period. A British post office operated during the occupation of 1807 to 1815. In 1825, the Du..
Postage stamps and postal history of the New Hebrides
Stamps and postal history of the New Hebrides New Hebrides was the colonial name for an island group in the South Pacific, now called Vanuatu. Between 1906 and 1980, the islands were an Anglo-French Condominium. One of the outcomes of this arrangement was that both countries issued its own postage..
Postage stamps and postal history of the People's Republic of China
The postal system of the People's Republic of China was established as the General Postal Administration in Beijing in 1949, growing out of the posts that had been operating for several years in the liberated areas. Several of the liberated areas continued to operate their own postal systems; most w..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Ross Dependency
The Ross Dependency originally bore the name King Edward VII Land - a name still used for the area around Cape Colbeck to the west of the ice shelf - and the New Zealand Post Office overprinted some 23,492 postage stamps with that name for use by the 1908 British Antarctic Expedition. Ernest Shackle..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Saar
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the German territory of the Saar. As a border region contested between France and Germany, the Saar has a somewhat complicated philatelic history. (Note that although the state is presently known as "Saarland", English-speaking philatelist..
Postage stamps and postal history of the Straits Settlements
1883, 4c Overprint of 1894, 3 cents on 32 cents The Straits Settlements of the Malayan Peninsula have a distinct postal history from the other Malayan areas. Mail was originally handled privately by passing ships; the earliest known postal markings date from around 1806, used by a post..
Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom (universally referred to by philatelists as "Great Britain"). The postal history of Great Britain is notable in at least two respects; first, for the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, and secondly for the establish..
Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
48-star flag, 1957 This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United States. Contents 1 Early postal history2 Provisionals3 First stamps4 Civil war5 Grills6 1869s7 \"Bank Notes\"8 Columbian Issue9 Bureau issues10 Turn ..
Postage stamps and postal history of Transnistria
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Transnistria. Transnistria declared its independence on September 2, 1990, and issued its first stamp in March of 1991. Since then it has typically issued between 3 and 5 different series of stamps per year. The country's name is usually ..
Postage stamps from British colonies
British Somaliland Originally mail from Somaliland used postage stamps of Egypt, then India. In 1903, about 30 types of stamps of India were overprinted "BRITISH / SOMALILAND". In 1904 the protectorate issued its own stamps, featuring a profile of King Edward VII, and inscribed "SOMALILAND PROTECT..
Postage stamps of Ireland
Contents 1 Introduction2 GB used in Ireland3 Stamp issuing authorities3.1 Ofig an Phoist3.2 An Post4 Numbering systems5 Forerunners6 Watermarks7 Overprints7.1 Provisional Government of Ireland7.2 Irish Free State8 Essays9 Definitiv..
Postage stamp block
In philately, a block is a group of postage stamps still attached to each other. Blocks are of interest not only because they are rarer than individual stamps, but they also preserve relative positions of stamps as they were originally printed, information that is crucial to understanding how the st..
Postage stamp booklet
A postage stamp booklet is a set of one or more small panes of postage stamps, usually totalling about 10-20 stamps, folded over and placed in a cardboard cover. Smaller and easier to handle than a whole sheet of stamps, in many countries booklets have become a favored way to purchase stamps. GB..
Postage stamp color
The colors of postage stamps are at once obvious, and among the most difficult areas of philately. Different denominations of stamps have been printed in different colors since the very beginning; as with their successors, postal clerks could distinguish the Penny Black and Twopence Blue more quickl..
Postage stamp design
This stamp of the Falkland Islands is a fine example of modern stamp design: minimal text, intense color, striking subject clearly represented. Postage stamp design is the activity of graphic design as applied to postage stamps. Many thousands of designs have been created since a profile bust..
Postage stamp design error
A postage stamp design error is a mistake made during the design phase of the postage stamp production process. Design errors most commonly occur as minor mistakes, such as a missing letter in the binomial name of an organism depicted on the stamp, but some have been major gaffes, such as a map appe..
Postage stamp error
A postage stamp error is any of several types of failure in the stamp printing process that results in stamps not having the intended appearance. Errors include use of the wrong colors, wrong denominations, missing parts of the design, misplaced or inverted design elements, etc. The term "error" is ..
Postage stamp gum
In philately, gum is the substance applied to the back of a postage stamp to enable it to adhere to a letter or other mailed item. The term is generic, and applies both to traditional types such as gum arabic and to synthetic modern formulations. The use of gum was part of the original proposal by..
Postage stamp problem
The postage stamp problem is the following: Consider that an envelope is able to hold a limited number of postage stamps. Then, consider the set of the values of the stamps -- positive integers only. Then, what is the smallest total postage which *cannot* be put onto the envelope? For example, i..
Postage stamp reprint
A reprint of a postage stamp occurs when the stamp-issuing authority makes additional printings of a stamp after its normal period of usage. A reprint may or may not be valid as postage. While it is common for a postal service to add print runs as stocks are used up by the public, it is also the us..
Postage stamp reuse
In the earlier days of the postage stamp, postal officials worried much about the problem of postage stamp reuse, and invented a number of schemes to mark or deface the stamps. The crux of the problem was the stamp paid the fee for a single usage of the mails, but the stamp itself tended to arrive ..
Postage stamp separation
This pair of coil stamps clearly shows the pattern of perforation holes; also, on the left side of the pair, the stamp was torn, while on the right the perforations were cut with scissors or knife. For postage stamps, separation is the means by which individual stamps are made easily detachab..
Postal
Postal can refer to: Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. the postal servicethe band The Postal Servicethe US slang phrase going postal, a form of mass murder or killing spreePostal, a series of controversial computer games (based on the aforementioned phrase) develope..
Postalveolar click
IPA – number 178 IPA – text IPA – image Entity ǃ X-SAMPA ! Kirshenbaum S! The alveolar and postalveolar clicks are a family of click consonants found only in Africa and in the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. The symbol in the International Phonetic Al..
Postalveolar consonant
Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial-velar Labial-alveolar Labiodental Coronal Linguolabial Interdental Dental Alveolar Apical Laminal Postalveolar Alveolo-palatal Retroflex Dorsal Palatal Labial-palatal Velar Uvular Uvular-epiglottal Radical ..
Postalveolar ejective affricate
The postalveolar ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is tʃʼ. Features Features of the postalveolar ejective affricate: Its manner of articulation is sibilant affricate, whi..
PostalWatch Incorporated
PostalWatch Incorporated is a Virginia based not-for-profit organization formed to "protect individuals and the small business community from" United States Postal Service actions and regulations which they deem "intrusive and burdensome". External links [PostalWatch Home Page - "Watchdog Over..
Postal (computer game)
Postal is an ultraviolent and controversial computer game made by Running With Scissors and published by Ripcord Games in 1997. A trademark lawsuit was filed against Running With Scissors by the United States Postal Service, and dismissed six years later. The sequel, Postal², is perhaps better kno..
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Postal 3
POSTAL 3 is the sequel to Postal², developed by Running With Scissors, Inc. and scheduled for release for the Xbox 360 and PC in the first quarter of 2008. It is currently under the working title of POSTAL 3: Catharsis [link]. While few details have been released, Postal 3 is said..
Postal abbreviation
Postal abbreviation can refer to: United States postal abbreviationsCanadian postal abbreviationsThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the int..
Postal addresses in Ireland
Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland are similar to those in the rest of the English-speaking world, but there is no national post code system. However, Dublin is divided into postal districts, under a system which was similar to that used in cities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Euro..
Postal addresses in the Philippines
Postal addresses in the Philippines are similar in format to addresses to those in the English-speaking world, especially with those in the United States. They are especially used to locate areas in the Philippines. Contents 1 Address elements1.1 Metro Manila address formats1.1.1 ..
Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique
Value Encoding 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 | | | | | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | | | 8 | | | | | 9 | | | | | 0 | | | | | The Postal ..
Postal authority
A postal authority organises collection and delivery of mail (US) or post (UK) within its area of control. Payment for the service has been performed in many ways. Most commonly, since the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, the sender buys a small label (i.e., a postage stamp) which he attach..
Postal Branch
The Postal Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF). Order of precedence |- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:Intelligence Branch | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Postal Branch | width="30%" |Succeeded by:Cadet Instructors Cadre   Canadian ..
Postal censorship
Contents 1 Civil mail2 Military mail3 POW and Internee mail4 Countries known to have enacted postal censorship4.1 Pre-World War I4.2 World War I4.3 Between the wars4.4 World War II4.4.1 Africa4.4.2 America4.4.3 Asia4.4.4 Europe5 Re..
Postal code
A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Germany was the world's first country with a postal code system in the early 1960s. The United States followed a coup..
Postal code of China
The postal code for the People's Republic of China uses a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. Hong Kong and Macau, which have their own postal systems, do not follow this postal code system. See also List of postal codes in China ..
Postal counties of the United Kingdom
The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known officially as the former postal counties, were subdivisions of the UK in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. The raison d'etre of the postal county (as opposed to any other kind of county) was to aid the sorting of mail by enabling different..
Postal history
For a time after the Anschluss in 1938, letters from Austria to Germany were required to add German stamps, resulting in a mixed franking. Postal history is the study of the development of postal systems. Its basis is the activity of postal authorities which issue postage stamps and control ..
Postal Index Number
A PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by the Indian Postal Service (Similar to the ZIP Codes in USA). PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972. Structure There are 8 PIN regions in India. The fir..
Postal interception
Postal interception is the act of illegally retrieving another person's mail for the purpose of ensuring that the mail is not delivered to the recipient, or to spy on them. ..
Postal marking
A postal marking is any kind of annotation applied to a letter by a postal service. The most common types are postmarks and cancellations; almost every letter will have those. Less common types include forwarding addresses, routing annotations, warnings, postage due notices and explanations, suc..
Postal notes
This article is about The US Postal Notes of 1883-1894. You might be looking for information on Post-it notes. Postal notes were the specialized money order successors to the United States Department of the Treasury's postage and fractional currency. They were created so Americans could safely and ..
Postal Order
One of the most famous postal orders in history - the one alleged to have been cashed by George Archer-Shee. In the United Kingdom (UK), a Postal Order is used for sending money through the mail. In the United States, this is known as a Postal money order. Postal Orders are not, strictly sp..
Postal Orders of Alberta
Alberta, which has been a province of Canada since 1905, introduced Canadian postal notes during the reign of King Edward VII. The last issue of Canadian postal notes were issued during the reign of George VI. Alberta is today the only Canadian province where postal orders are being issued. Albe..
Postal Orders of Anguilla
This article or section needs a complete rewrite for }}}. This article is about the British postal orders that were issued in Anguilla,which is a British colony located in the Caribbean Sea. Anguilla was once part of the Federation of St. Kitts - Nevis - Anguilla until 1967,when a referendum was a ..
Postal Orders of Basutoland
Postal orders are known to have been issued in Basutoland, however, information about the postal orders issued is very sketchy. An example of a 6d. (2d. on 1d. poundage) British Postal Order overprinted 'UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA' issued at Mafeteng on 27 June 1939 is known. It is a King George V issue..
Postal Orders of Bophuthatswana
Independence and pre-reunification Bophuthatswana began issuing its own Postal Orders shortly after being granted 'independence' in 1977 by South Africa. As Bophuthatswana did not have its own banknotes (because its currency was the Rand), the postal orders are the closest things to banknotes that ..
Postal Orders of Canada
In Canada, postal orders were known by the name 'postal notes', which means the same thing. As Canada is a federation (originally a confederation), postal notes are usually collected by the province of issue. Canada's postal notes were first issued during the reign of King Edward VII and were discon..
Postal Orders of Cyprus
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Postal Orders of Diego Garcia
The Postal Orders of Diego Garcia include British postal orders issued on Diego Garcia by a British Field Post Office, but it is uncertain when this opened. The island of Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, which is officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory. D..
Postal Orders of East Africa
See also Postal Orders of KenyaPostal Orders of the Somaliland ProtectoratePostal Orders of TanganyikaPostal Orders of UgandaPostal Orders of Zanzibar..
Postal Orders of Great Britain
Great Britain was the first country in the world to issue postal orders, on 1 January 1881. At that time, the United Kingdom included Ireland. In 1922, Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State and began its own independent issues of postal orders. Since 1922, British postal orders have b..
Postal Orders of Hong Kong
Postal Orders of Hong Kong had their own postal order history. First, Hong Kong issued its own local inland postal orders in the late 1890s. Second, it issued British postal orders from the local post offices. The last date of issue from local post offices was 31 December, 1993. The British Forces P..
Postal Orders of Ireland
The Postal Orders of Ireland were issued from 1881 until they were discontinued in late 2001 just before the change over to the Euro. Contents 1 Irish issues of British postal orders2 The first Irish postal orders3 The second series of Irish postal orders4 The third series of ..
Postal Orders of Malta
The Postal Orders of Malta have been issed at various times. Malta issued its own local inland postal orders in the late 1890s. Currently, the only postal orders that are issued in Malta are British postal orders, which can be bought at any post office in Malta. ..
Postal Orders of Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia, being a federation, has its Postal Orders listed by the state that they are issued in. Negri Sembilan is the only Malaysian state that is a federation in its own right. Each state has its own hereditary monarch. States in Negri Sembilan JelaiJelebuJoholRembauSungei UjongTampin (This list..
Postal Orders of Newfoundland
Newfoundland was not an issuer of its own postal orders, although prior to becoming a Canadian province, Canadian postal notes were allowed to be paid there. Since joining Canada in 1949, a British Field Post Office was opened at Goose Bay. British Postal Orders were issued at B.F.P.O. 9 in Goose ..
Postal Orders of Ontario
During the reign of King Edward VII, Ontario, as a province of Canada began to issue postal notes in a range of denominations up to $10. The last postal notes were issued during the reign of King George VI. Range of Denominations The range is the same as shown on Postal Orders of Canada. Issuing ..
Postal Orders of Scotland
Postal Orders of Scotland were issued in Scotland. Contents 1 Queen Victoria Postal Orders2 Queen Victoria Posthumous-issue Postal Orders3 King Edward VII Postal Orders4 King Edward VII Posthumous-issue Postal Orders5 King George V Postal Orders6 King George V Curren..
Postal Orders of Tanzania
See: Postal Orders of TanganyikaPostal Orders of Zanzibar redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Postal Orders of the Chatham Islands
Although the Chatham Islands are constitutionally part of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands did issue numismatic items prior to the banknote issues of 2000 and 2001 in the form of postal notes and postal orders. Chatham Islands-issued New Zealand Postal Notes Like New Zealand, the Chatham Islands ..
Postal Orders of the Orange Free State
Postal orders of the Orange Free State were introduced on the 1 January, 1898. They came in a range of denominations from 1 Shilling to 1 Pond. The Orange Free State's postal orders were known in Afrikaans as Post Noot (or Postal Note). The Orange Free State postal notes are inscribed in Taal, not A..
Postal Orders of the South African Republic
The South African Republic's postal orders were introduced on the 1 January 1898, which was also the date that the South African Postal Union Convention came into effect. The postal orders are inscribed in Taal. Isuued postal orders do not have counterfoils attached, as the counterfoils was kept b..
Postal Orders of Zanzibar
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. Although Zanzibar is today a part of the United Republic of Tanzania, its numismatic history continues to this d..
Postal organisations
Organizations involved in the Postal system include: International Postal Unions Universal Postal UnionAfrican Postal UnionArab Postal Union National Postal Administrations Member countries of the UPU are (as of 2001): (from public domain source: CIA World Factbook 2001) AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeri..
Postal privatisation bills
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has proposed splitting the powerful and rich Japan Post into four separate companies: a bank, an insurance company, a post office, and a company to handle the retail storefronts on these three. This has been a central goal of his administration. In 2005, ..
Postal Rate Commission
The United States Postal Rate Commission is an independent regulatory agency created by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 to set the rates for different classes of mail by holding hearings on rates proposed by the United States Postal Service. It recommends rates to the Postal Service Board of G..
Postal Reorganization Act
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 abolished the United States Post Office Department, a part of the cabinet, and created the United States Postal Service, a corporation-like independent agency with an official monopoly on the delivery of mail in the United States. ..
Postal savings system
Postal savings systems were offered by many nations' post offices to provide depositors who did not have access to banks a safe, convenient method to save money and to promote saving among the poor. The first nation to offer such an arrangement was Great Britain in 1861. It was vigorously supporte..
Postal service
Postal service may refer to: Mail, anything sent through postal servicesThe Postal Service, an electronic indie pop band 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 ..
Postal services in Andorra
Postal services in Andorra are unique in that they are not operated by the Principality itself, but its two larger neighbouring countries, Spain and France. This is a legacy of the centuries of de facto control exercised by those two countries over Andorra. Today Correos y Telégrafos of Spain and L..
Postal services in Cyprus
Postal services in Cyprus are operated by the government-operated Post Office. A legacy of British colonial rule is the use of 'pillar boxes' (mail boxes) with the initials of the British monarch, although after independence they were painted yellow. Cyprus adopted a postcode system on October 1st,..
Postal Service Act
The Postal Service Act was a piece of United States federal legislation that established the United States Post Office Department. It was signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. ..
Postal service privatization
Several countries have undergone or are in various stages of privatizing their national postal service: Deutsche PostPrivatized in 2000. As of early 2005, 20% of outstanding shares were owned by the German government. In the finance community, Deutsche Post is often cited as a privatization success..
Postal stationery
Postal stationery: Postcard of 1895 A piece of postal stationery is an envelope, letter sheet, or postal card with an amount of postage preprinted on it, at the postcard rate for postcards, and (usually) at the domestic first-class rate for letter sheets and envelopes. In general, postal sta..
Postal System Pinyin
Chinese language romanization Chinese language    General Chinese Mandarin For Standard Mandarin     EFEO     Gwoyeu Romatzyh     Hanyu Pinyin     Latinxua Sinwenz     Lessing-Othmer     Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II   ..
Postal Telegraph and Telephone
A postal, telegraph, and telephone (or PTT) is or was a government agency responsible for postal mail, telegraph, and telephone services in many countries worldwide other than North America and Japan. In some countries, the former government-monopoly PTT has been partially or completely privatized ..
Postal Transportation Service
Contents 1 '''Postal Transportation Service'''2 The Mobile Unit Discontinuance Era3 External links4 References Postal Transportation Service On October 1, 1949, the Post Office Department renamed the Railway Mail Service as Postal Transportation Service (PTS). Although this..
Postal village
A postal village is generally a community, settlement, or hamlet (place) that has a post office and is designated as such by the postal service. This term seems to have been most common in the latter half of the 19th century when it was in common use in maps and gazetteers, variously abbreviated p...
Postal voting
Postal Voting describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed and/or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a Polling station or electronically via an Electronic voting system. It is of benefit to people who may not be able to ..
Postal worker
A postal worker is one who works for a post office, such as a mail carrier. In the U.S., postal workers are represented by the [National Postal Mail Handlers Union - NPMHU] and the American Postal Workers Union, part of the AFL-CIO. In Canada, they are represented by the Canadian Union of ..
Postal²
Postal² is a 2003 computer game by Running With Scissors. It is a sequel to the 1997 Postal. Both are highly and intentionally controversial due to high levels of violence. Unlike its predecessor, Postal² is a first-person shooter based on the Unreal Graphics Engine. Contents 1 Story2&nbs..
Postal²: Share the Pain
Postal 2: Share the Pain is a multi-player computer game. Postal 2, the game that came before this is only single player, this adds multi-player maps. New weapons are available such as grenades that can be set on the ground and explode when ran over. ..
Postanalytic philosophy
Postanalytic philosophy describes a detachment from the mainstream philosophical movement of analytic philosophy, which is the predominant school of thought in English-speaking countries. Postanalytic philosophy derives mainly from contemporary American thought, especially from the works of philosop..
Postans, Western Australia
Postans is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Kwinana. Its postcode is 6167. Suburbs of the Town of Kwinana Anketell | Bertram | Calista | Casuarina | Hope Valley | Kwinana | Kwinana Beach | Kwinana Town Centre | Leda | Mandogalup | Medina | Naval Base | Orelia | ..
Postback
A Postback is an action taken by an interactive webpage, when the entire page and its contents are sent back to the server for processing. This is done to verify passwords for logging in, process an on-line order form, or other such tasks that a client computer cannot do on its own. ..
Postbank
Postbank may refer to: Deutsche PostbankPostbank N.V.PostBank a savings bank that operated in New ZealandThis 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..
PostBank
PostBank was the trading name of the Post Office Savings Bank, a bank owned by the New Zealand Government formed when the New Zealand Post Office, a department of the Government, was spilt up by the Postal Services Act 1987 into PostBank, a Postal Services company (now known as New Zealand Post) a..
Postbank N.V.
The Postbank is a large Dutch bank, part of the ING Group. It has 7.5 million private account holders and is hence one of the largest providers of financial services in the country. It provides current and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, insurance, investments and pensions. As opposed to other..
PostBar
PostBar, also known as CPC 4-State, is the black-ink barcode system used by, among others, Australia Post, the United States Postal Service, The Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, and by Canada Post in its automated mail sortation and delivery operations. This particular bar code system is used on "..
Postboosting
Postboosting is a term coined in the Internet era to describe the activity of a person upon a messageboard or forum. To postboost is to post a message with the sole intention of increasing one's post count rather than contribute meaningfully to a topic. ..
PostBQP
PostBQP is a complexity class consisting of all of the computational problems solvable in polynomial time on a quantum Turing machine with postselection. The addition of postselection makes quantum Turing machines much more powerful, and as a result PostBQP is equal to PP. ..
Postbridge, Devon
Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is situated on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead. Postbridge is situated next to the East Dart River, one of two main tributaries of the River Dart, and consists of a few houses, a sho..
Postbus
A Postbus is a public bus service that is operated as part of local mail delivery. As a means to provide public transport in rural areas with lower levels of patronage where a normal bus service is uneconomic Postbus services are run by the postal delivery company and combine the functions of publi..
Postcard
For the computer diagnostic tool, see Postcard (computing). Postcards, 1930-present. British postal card, used in 1890 A postcard or post card is typically a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope and at a lower rate than..
Postcards
Postcards may mean: The plural of postcardPostcards (TV series), an Australian magazine television seriesPostcards (book), a novel by E. Annie ProulxThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may ..
Postcards (book)
Postcards is E. Annie Proulx's novel about the life and travels of Loyal Blood across the American West. The critically acclaimed predecessor to Proulx's award-winning The Shipping News, it cuts between stories of Loyal's travels and the stories of his own family whom he keeps in contact with for de..
Postcards (TV series)
Postcards is an Australian television series that airs on the Nine Network. It is a lifestyle magazine type program that highlights attractions for locals and tourists. Several versions of the show air throughout the country, localised for each particular state it is broadcast in and produced in c..
Postcards from Buster
Postcards from Buster is a Canadian-produced 42-episode children's television series, containing both animation and live-action that airs on PBS, and is a spin-off of the Arthur cartoon series. The show stars Arthur's best friend, 8-year-old rabbit Buster Baxter (often wrongly referred to as "Bus..
Postcards From Buster Episode Cocoa Beach
The Postcards From Buster Episode Cocoa Beach is about when Bo Baxter and Buster Baxter along with Los Vijaros go to Cocoa Beach Florida in search for the prefect wave. ..
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 Columbia Pictures comedy/drama motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine, with Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Annette Bening, Simon Callow, Gary Morton, and CCH Pounder. Directed by Mike Nichols, ..
Postcardware
Postcardware, also called just cardware, is a style of software distribution similar to shareware, distributed by the author on the condition that users send the author a postcard. The concept was first used by Aaron Giles, author of JPEGView. Another well-known piece of postcardware is the roguelik..
Postcard (computing)
In computing, a postcard is a card that reports error codes produced by a POST. They are easy to use, by simply inserting one into an available expansion slot. Postcards are available in ISA, parallel port, PCI and AGP variants. The card reports either a number, consisting of two hexadecimal digits ..
Postcard Records
Postcard Recordings is a Glasgow based independent record label founded by Alan Horne in 1979 as a vehicle for Orange Juice and Josef K releases. The label's motto was "The Sound of Young Scotland" a parody/tribute to the Motown motto. The label's first release was "Falling and Laughing" by Orange ..
Postcentral gyrus
Postcentral gyrus of the human brain. Gray's FIG. 726– Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. The lateral postcentral gyrus is a prominent structure in the parietal lobe of the human brain and an important landmark. It is almost the same as Brodmann areas 3..
Postcentral sulcus
Postcentral sulcus of the human brain. Gray's FIG. 726– Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. The postcentral sulcus of the parietal lobe lies parallel to, and behind, the central sulcus in the human brain. (A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves on the ..
Postcodes Plant Database
The Postcodes Plant Database is a UK resource for identifying locally native plant and species based on postcode, hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, it can be used to determine what to plant in conservation schemes. There is also information on relationships between plants and associate..
Postcode Address File
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a data file available from the Royal Mail. Every house and business in the UK has been given a postal address by Royal Mail. This address is used as a routing instruction by Royal Mail staff to sort and deliver mail quickly and accurately. However, it is important..
Postcode lottery
Postcode lottery may mean The allocation of postcodes often bearing little relation to administrative boundariesThe way local budgets and decision-making can lead to different levels of public services in different placesA regional lottery in North East England called The UK Postcode LotteryThis is ..
Postcognitivism
Psychological movements are considered to be post-cognitivist if they are opposed or move beyond the cognitivist theories posited by Noam Chomsky, Jerry Fodor, and others. Examples of postcognivist propositions: connectionismdiscursive psychologydynamicismembodied cognition.situated cognition Ref..
Postcoital test
The postcoital test (PCT) is a test in the evaluation of infertility. It was apparently first performed by J. Marion Sims and later described by Max Huhner, thus it has also been called Sims-Huhner Test. The test is supposed to examine interaction between sperm and mucus of the cervix. The PCT is s..
Postcolonial feminism
Postcolonial feminism is a form of feminist philosophy which often criticizes Western forms of feminism, notably radical feminism and its universalization of female experience. Many postcolonial feminists argue that oppressions relating to the colonial experience, particularly racial, class, and..
Postcommunion
Postcommunion (Latin: Postcommunio) is the text said or sung on a reciting tone following the Communion of the Mass. Form Every Postcommunion (and secret) corresponds to a collect. These are the three fundamental prayers of any given Proper Mass. The Postcommunion is said or chanted exactly like ..
Postcondition
In computer programming, a postcondition is a condition or predicate that must always be true just after the execution of some section of code or after an operation in a formal specification. Postconditions are sometimes tested using assertions within the code itself. Often, postconditions are simpl..
Postcount
Postcount is the number of posts (replies and new threads) made by a user in an internet forum. Posts made in off topic forums are often not counted in postcounts. Impacts of post counts In some online communities, the title appearing beneath a user's display name changes by the number of posts a ..
Postcrania
Postcrania in zoology and vertebrate paleontology refers to all or part of the skeleton apart from the skull. Frequently fossil remains, e.g. of dinosaurs or other extinct tetrapods, consist of partial or isolated skeletal elements, these are referred to as "postcrania". Sometimes there is disagre..
Postcrossing
Postcrossing is a project, inspired by bookcrossing, designed to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world. Participants who send a postcard should receive at least one back, from a postcrosser in another country. Because each postcard received is registered with the website, users..
Postcyberpunk
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Postdated
In banking, postdated refers to cheques which have been written by the maker for a date in the future. Postdated items are described in Article 3, Section 113 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Postdated cheques are often used in conjuction with payday loans. See also antedated References [3 U..
Postdiction
Postdiction, post-shadowing, retroactive clairvoyance, and prediction after the fact are terms used by critics to refer to those who use hindsight to claim to have predicted a significant event such as a plane crash or natural disaster. (Postdiction can also be used to refer to the scientific techni..
Postdigital
Postdigital [link] is a term which has recently come into use in the discourse of digital artistic practice. This term points significantly to our rapidly changed and changing relationships with digital technologies and art forms. Kim Cascone uses the term in his article The Aesthetics of..
Postdoctoral researcher
A postdoctoral appointment (colloquially, a "post-doc") is a temporary research position held by a person who has completed his or her doctoral studies. Postdoctoral appointments commonly last for periods ranging between six months and five years, and have traditionally been dedicated purely to rese..
PostElement
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Postel Award
The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award is an award named after Jon Postel. The award has been presented every year since 1999 by the Internet Society to "honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community." The first recipient of the award was Jon P..
Posten
Posten may refer to: Posten (Sweden), the Swedish postal service.Posten (Norway), the Norwegian postal service.Posten Finland, the Finnish postal service.Posten på Åland, the Ålandian postal service.The Decorah Posten, a notable Swedish international newspaper that was published in Iowa.This is ..
Postencephalitic parkinsonism
This disease is believed to have been caused by a viral illness, stimulating degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra, leading to clinical parkinsonism. The disease followed a condition called encephalitis lethargica (Von Economo's encephalitis). There was an epidemic of this in 19..
Posten (Norway)
Posten is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The word "posten" means "the post" or "the mail" in Norwegian. The Posten was founded in 1647 under the name "Postvesenet" by Henrik Morian. It was established as a private company, and the Dano-Norwegian king Christian IV gave his blessing to t..
Posten (Sweden)
Posten is the name of the Swedish postal service. The word "posten" means "the post" or "the mail" in Swedish. Posten was established in 1636 by Axel Oxenstierna, even though origins can be traced further back, and it was operated as a government agency into the 1990s when it was transform..
Poster
1942 US government war poster. Captain EO film poster British World War 2 posters A poster is any large piece of paper which hangs from a wall or other such surface. They are a frequent tool of advertisers, propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message..
Posteral hypotension
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Posterior Analytics
The Posterior Analytics is a text from Aristotle's Organon containing a classic treatment and discussion of demonstration, definition, and scientific knowledge. The demonstration is distinguished as a syllogism productive of scientific knowledge, while the definition marked as the statement of a thi..
Posterior atlantoöccipital membrane
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Posterior chain
The posterior chain is a group of muscles in the lower body which are important in force development for explosive movements like jumping and sprinting. The muscles which fall into the posterior chain or "p-chain", are the hamstrings, the calves, the glutes, and the lower back. Methods Of Training..
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Posterior cingulate
The posterior cingulate cortex is the backmost part of the cingulate cortex - an area around the midline of the brain. The area is seen in, e.g., humans. Surrounding areas are, e.g., the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. Cytoarchitectonically posterior cingulate cortex is associated with Brod..
Posterior clinoid processes
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Posterior cord
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Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle allows the rima glottidis to be opened; it therefore has the opposite effect to the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle. External links LUC [pcay][Image][Image] Muscles of the [[Template:Muscles of head|Head]] — [[Template:Muscles o..
Posterior cruciate ligament
Diagram of the knee The posterior cruciate ligament (or PCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the medial condyle of the femur. The posterior drawer test is used by doctors to detect injury to the PCL. See also KneeAn..
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Posterior descending artery
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Posterior external arcuate fibers
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Posterior fontanelle
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Posterior Hau Lý Nam Đế
History of Vietnam series Hồng Bàng | Hung Lords An Dương Vương (257–207 BC) Triệu Dynasty (207–110 BC) First Chinese domination (110 BC–AD 40) The Trưng Sisters' revolt (40–43) Second Chinese domination (43–544) ..
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Posterior inferior iliac spine
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Posterior interosseous artery
The posterior interosseous artery (dorsal interosseous artery) is an artery of the forearm. It passes backward between the oblique cord and the upper border of the interosseous membrane. It appears between the contiguous borders of the supinator and the abductor pollicis longus, and runs down th..
Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
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Posterior ligament
The Posterior ligament can refer to: Posterior sacroiliac ligamentPosterior ligament of the head of the fibulaPosterior ligament of the lateral malleolusOblique popliteal ligamentPosterior ligament of elbowThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with th..
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Posterior nucleus (hypothalamus)
The posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus is one of the many nuclei that make up the hypothalamic region of the brain. Diencephalon - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] third ventricle, interventricular foramina, optic chiasm, subfornical organ epithalamus: pineal body, habenula..
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Posterior pituitary
The posterior pituitary comprises the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The posterior pituitary (also called the neurohypophysis) comprises the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and is part of the endocrine system. It consists mainly of neuronal projections (axons) extending from the..
Posterior probability
The posterior probability of a random event or an uncertain proposition is the conditional probability it is assigned when the relevant evidence is taken into account. The posterior probability distribution of one random variable given the value of another can be calculated by Bayes' theorem by mul..
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Posterior segment
The posterior segment is the back two-thirds of the eye that includes the anterior hyaloid membrane and all structures behind it: the vitreous humor, retina, choroid, and optic nerve.[Posterior segment anatomy] Some ophthalmologists specialize in the treatment and management of posterior ..
Posterior semicircular canal
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Posterior superior alveolar artery
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Posterior superior iliac spine
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Posterior Trần Dynasty
The period of 1407 till 1417 in the history of Vietnam is characterized by two revolts, centered around Tran Quy Giang Dinh De and Tran Qui Khoach. Contents 1 Giang Dinh De (1406-1409)2 Tran Quy Khoach (1408-1413)3 Analysis of the Posterior Tran failures4 Le Loi’s entrance ..
Posterior triangle of the neck
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Posterior urethral valves
In medicine posterior urethral valves are a congenital defect of the urethra. Posterior valves are more common in males than females. Contents 1 Diagnosis2 Complications3 Treatment4 Female homolog5 References6 External links Diagnosis Abdominal ultrasound is of so..
Posterior vein of the left ventricle
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Posterior vitreous detachment
A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is an ocular condition in which there is a separation of the vitreous humor from the retina. The vitreous humor fills the eye behind the lens. At birth it is attached to the retina. Over time the vitreous changes, shrinking and developing pockets of liquefact..
Posterity
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents , stem or ancestors: brood, get, issue, offspring, progeny, seed. See kin. ..
Posterization
An example of a photo in JPEG format (24bit color or 16.7 million colors) before posterization, contrasting the result of saving to GIF format (256 colours). Posterization occurs across the image, most obvious in areas of subtle variation in tone. Posterization occurs when a region of an image..
Posterized
See also the image-editing technique posterization North American slang (exact origin unknown) derived from an action in the game of basketball, in which the offensive player "dunks" (see slam dunk) over a defending player in a play that is spectacular and athletic enough to warrant reproduction in..
Postern
Postern, Manila. Tomás Sanz. 1783. SHM A postern is a secondary door or gate, particularly in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location, allowing the occupants to come and go inconspicuously. In the event of a siege, a p..
Postern of Fate
Postern of Fate (published in 1973) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. The novel is the detectives' last appearance, also being the final novel Christie ever wrote. However, it was not the last to be published. Plot [Spoile..
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Posteromarginal nucleus
The posteromarginal nucleus, Rexed lamina I, is located at the most dorsal aspect of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. The neurons located here receive input primarily from Lissauer's tract and relay information related to pain and temperature sensation. ..
Posterstein
Posterstein is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Neighboring Municipalities1.2 Municipal Arrangement2 Culture and Landmarks3 Business and Infrastructure4 External links5 References Geography Neighbor..
Poster art
Poster art has its development origins in Paris, France after the creation of the three-color lithograph process around 1850. Led by the work of the father of the industry, Jules Chéret, the poster provided a low cost method of advertising for theatrical and sporting events as well as store and ..
Poster child
The phrase poster child originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy". However, the term is usually used metaphorically, meaning a shining example or mod..
Poster Children
Poster Children are an indie rock band from Champaign, Illinois. They were founded in 1987 and have issued eight studio albums. Known for their strong Do-It-Yourself ethic, the band members continue to drive their own tour bus, create their own artwork and T-shirt designs, and operate their own r..
Poster Financial Group
Poster Financial Group, Inc., is a Las Vegas, USA-based private investment firm created by Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling to acquire the Golden Nugget Las Vegas and the Golden Nugget Laughlin. Owners and financial difficulties The company's principals were Timothy Poster and Thomas Breitling,..
Poster Girl
Poster Girl is a song by the Backstreet Boys. It was released on their fifth studio album Never Gone. Details Track number: 6Track length: 3.56 Credits Acoustic Guitar, Guitar - Billy MannArranged By - Billy Mann, Supa'FlyasArranged By [Vocals] - Backstreet Boys, Billy MannCo-producer - Su..
PostEurop
PostEurop is the association of European public postal operators, one of the constituent unions of the Universal Postal Union. PostEurop was created in 1993 to simplify the exchange of mails in Europe, a task previously undertaken by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administr..
Poste Italiane
Poste Italiane (S.p.A.) is the national postal service for Italy. External Links [homepage] ..
Poste Maurice Cortier
Poste Maurice Cortier was a desert halt in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It can be found along the way from Algiers to the French Sudan. It became popularly known as Bidon 5 because its sign board was an empty gas-can with the numeral 5 painted upon it; and [[wiktionary:bidon|bidon]] is Fr..
Poste Montagnais (Mile 134) Airport
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Poste restante
Poste restante is a service provided by postal systems where the post office holds mail that has a notation written on it until the recipient calls for it. It is a common destination for mail destined for people who are visiting a particular location and have no need, or no way, to have mail deliv..
Postface
A postface is the opposite of a preface, a brief article or explanatory information placed at the end of a book. Sometimes general information about a book and the people for whom it was written is at the back of the book in a postface. In ancient Chinese works, the postface is called 序/叙言. ..
Postfix
The word postfix has several meanings: "Postfix" in computer science means "suffix (computer science)"."Postfix" in lingustics means "suffix (linguistics)".Postfix notation in mathematics is a common name for reverse Polish notation.Postfix (software) is the name of a mail transfer agent program. Th..
Postfix (software)
Postfix is an open source mail transfer agent (MTA), a computer program for the routing and delivery of email. It is intended as a fast, easy-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail. Formerly known as VMailer and IBM Secure Mailer, it was originally written by Wietse Ven..
Postganglionic fibers
In the autonomic nervous system, fibers from the ganglion to the effector organ are called postganglionic fibers. Postganglionic fibers in the parasympathetic division, are cholinergic (that is, they use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitters.) However, postganglionic fibers in the sympathetic d..
Postgenre
Postgenre, a genre in and of itself, is the postmodern approach to creating music and art in the internet age. Inherent in the postgenre ethos is a dutiful strive towards the elimination of cultural bias and stylistic limitations. Postgenre pioneers: Extortion Labs - [link] Kept Blue - &..
Postgirobygget
Postgirobygget is a Norwegian folk band from Oslo. Their members from 1996 was their guitarist and vocalist Arne Hurlén, their bassist and chorus Gunnar Westgaard, Their guitarist and chorus Nils Petter Time, Their keyboardist and mouthplayer Øyvind Kolset, and their drums, percussion and chorus P..
Postgirot Bank
Postgirot Bank is a Swedish bank, owned by Nordea. It operates Postgirot, one of two proprietary clearing systems used for regular transactions such as bill payments in Sweden. Postgirot Postgirot, was developed by Posten, the Swedish postal service, and for a long time it was wholly separate from ..
PostGIS
PostGIS is a geographic information system software program that adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. A visualizing software for PostGIS data is Quantum GIS. The program has been released under the GNU General Public License. External link redirect[[Tem..
Postgraduate Applications Centre
Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC) is an organisation that processes entry into certain taught postgraduate courses in the Republic of Ireland. The system is currently in an early stage of development and only Dublin City University and the National University of Ireland are affiliated. The cent..
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a one-year course in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for undergraduate degree holders that allows them to train to be a teacher. In addition to the PGCE qualification itself, those taking the course in England or Wales are granted either Engli..
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
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Postgraduate diploma
A postgraduate diploma is a qualification awarded typically after a bachelor's degree. Countries which award postgraduate diplomas include Australia, New Zealand, England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. These are similar qualifications but developed independently of each others. Australia ..
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
The Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), also known as a Graduate Diploma of Education (GradDipEd) is a one-year courses in several places like Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, for existing bachelor's degree holders leading to become a qualified teacher. The qualification is normally taug..
Postgraduate education
Degree ceremony at Cambridge. Postgraduate education (or graduate education) involves studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree is required, and is normally considered to be part of tertiary or higher education. In North America this level is generally..
Postgraduate Program in Software Enterprise Management
Postgraduate Program in Software Enterprise Management or PGSEM is a management program for working professionals who want to gain knowledge and diploma in Management. The program is run by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), which is one of the premier management institute of India. ..
Postgraduate Training in Education
Postgraduate Training in Education may refer to: Postgraduate Certificate in Education (United Kingdom)Postgraduate Diploma in Education (rest of the world) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page,..
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a free object-relational database server (database management system), released under a flexible BSD-style license. It offers an alternative to other open-source database systems (such as Ingres, MySQL and Firebird), as well as to proprietary systems such as Oracle, Sybase, IBM's DB2..
PostgreSQL Management Tools
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Postharvest
Postharvest is a field of Sciences which studies maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops. [Postharvest Technology Research][Postharvest Handling][POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY][Writtle Postharvest Unit; Research & Training] ..
Postharvest physiology
Postharvest physiology is a field which studies maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops. ..
Postherpetic neuralgia
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful condition caused by the varicella zoster virus in a dermatomal distribution (the area governed by a particular sensory nerve) after an attack of herpes zoster (HZ) (commonly known as shingles), usually manifesting after the vesicles have crusted over and beg..
Posthitis
Contents 1 Short definition2 Word origin3 Circumcision4 Prevence, uncircumcised Short definition Inflammation of the foreskin of the penis (the prepuce). Word origin The term "posthitis" (pronounced pos-THI-tis) comes from the Greek "posthe" meaning foreskin + "-itis" meanin..
Posthole
In archaeology a posthole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone. They are usually much deeper than they are wide although truncation may not make this apparent. Although the remains of the timber ('postpipe') may survive most postholes are mainly recognisable as circular patches o..
Posthomerica
The Posthomerica is an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna, probably written in the latter half of the 4th century AD, and telling the story of the period between the death of Hektor and the fall of Ilium. Its style has been criticised by many scholars as subpar to Homer, but it is valuable as the earli..
Posthuman
Posthuman can have the following meanings: Posthuman (Human evolution), a hypothetical future being whose basic capacities so radically exceed those of present humans as to be no longer human by our current standards.In the Ultimate Marvel and Wildstorm Comics fictional universes, a person with sup..
Posthumanism
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Posthuman (Human evolution)
A posthuman or post-human is a hypothetical future being whose capabilities so radically exceed those of present humans as to be no longer human by current standards. A posthuman can also be described as the creature that results from radical human enhancement. In these ways, the difference betwee..
Posthuman God
A Posthuman God is a hypothetical future entity descended from or created by humans, but possessing capabilities so radically exceeding those of present humans as to appear godlike. One common variation of this idea is the belief or aspiration that humans will create a God entity emerging from an ..
Posthumous
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Posthumous means after death. Posthumous works are those published after the death of the author. Many examples exist; see list of works published posthumously.A father's posthumous children are those born after his death. The n..
Posthumous Diary
Posthumous Diary (Diario postumo) is a series of poems attributed to the Italian poet Eugenio Montale which first appeared in full in 1996. It was purported to be conceived as a literary time-bomb carried out with the help of a young fan, Annalisa Cima. In 1969 Montale began to give a poem to Cima ..
Posthumous execution
Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Posthumous execution is the ritual execution of an already dead body. A Parliamentary ..
Posthumous name
A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ; Japanese: shigō/tsuigō; Korean: siho; Vietnamese: thụy hiệu) is an honorary name given to royalty in some cultures after the person's death. The posthumous name is commonly used when naming most royalty of China, Kore..
Posthumous recognition
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Posthumus Zone
The "Posthumus Zone" is a song composed by the Los Angeles electronic music group E.S. Posthumus for the TV programs The NFL on CBS and The NFL Today on CBS Sports. The song is repeatedly played at the start and end of the programs, before and after commercial breaks, and during clock stoppages of t..
Posti
Posti (in full Suomen Posti Oyj) or in Swedish Posten (in full Posten Finland Apb) is the Finnish state-owned postal service. It has been organised as a public limited company (Oyj in Finnish) since 2001, and is owned entirely by the Finnish government. It is managed by the Ministry of Transport and..
Postictal state
The postictal state is the altered state of consciousness that a person enters after experiencing an epileptic seizure, such as those occurring with frontal lobe epilepsy. It usually lasts between 5 and 30 minutes[link] and is characterized by drowsiness, confusion, nausea, and other disor..
Postilion
In France, the norm was for horse-drawn carts to be controlled by a rider mounted on one of the drawing horses rather than being controlled from the cart. This was known as a postilion rider. Postilion riders would normally mount the left hand horse of two horses because of the ease of mounting a ho..
Postimees
Postimees (The Courier) is an Estonian newspaper. It was established in 1886 and became Estonia's first daily newspaper in 1891. Postimees is Estonia's biggest daily with over 260,000 readers and a daily circulation of 65,000 to 70,000. In 1997, Postimees launched its own website, which was then ..
Posting
Posting or postadh (Scottish Gaelic) was a process in washing clothes used in Scotland formerly. It meant to trample with the feet, or the act of trampling or treading. In scouring woollen clothing, blankets or coarse linen, when the strength of the arms and manual friction are found insufficient,..
Posting system
The posting system is a transfer system for baseball players moving from a Japanese baseball team to a Major League Baseball team. When a player whose rights belong to a Japanese team wishes to move to a Major League team, he requests the team to make him available for posting. If the team consent..
Postipuu School
Postipuu School is a primary school in Espoo, Finland. It teaches the Finnish curriculum in both Finnish and English. It consists of Finnish and English speaking classes, as well as six classes at Eestinmetsä school, which provides special education at pre-school, primary and secondary school level..
Postliminium
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]The jus posiliminii was a fiction of the Roman law. Postliminium is a right recognized by international law, which contributes essentially to mitigate the calamities of war, wherein persons and things taken by the enemy are restored to their former state, when comin..
Postling
Postling village is situated near the Roman road of Stone Street, about 17 miles (31 km) south of Canterbury, Kent, in South East England. There is much archaeological evidence of continued occupation of the area. Postling Place is the old manor house. The church is dedicated to Saints Mary & Radeg..
Postliterate society
A postliterate society is a society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate. In the Earth society in Dan Simmons's Ilium (novel), for example, only Sa..
Postman's sort
The Postman's sort is a sorting algorithm, a variant of a bucket sort where attributes of the key are described so the algorithm can allocate buckets efficiently. Description This is the algorithm used by letter-sorting machines in the post office: first states, then post offices, then routes, etc...
Postman (comics)
Postman is the name of a Marvel Comics character. He has the ability to permanently erase people's memories, usually specified by naming whatever he wants that person to forget. History Living life aboveground, the bespectacled David had everything society expected of him: a good job working at the..
Postman Pat
Postman Pat is a BBC stop motion animated children's television series aimed at pre-school children, concerning the adventures of Pat, a postman in the (fictional) Yorkshire village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale in Cumbria). The animated series was originally screened ..
Postman Plod
Postman Plod is the name of a comic strip in the British comic Viz and the name of the main character. It was drawn by Graham Dury, who created many other Viz characters, including The Fat Slags. It appeared regularly during the 1980s until the mid-1990s. As his name suggests, Plod is a postman, a..
Postmark
This article is about the postal marking. For the direct mail company see Postmark (company). For the e-mail company see Postmark.net (company) An example of a postmark A postmark is a postal marking made on a letter, package, postcard or the like indicating the (more or less precise) date..
Postmaster
For other things named postmaster, see Postmaster (disambiguation). Postmaster (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), the title of Postmaster Gene..
Postmaster-General's Department
PMG manhole in a city street, Perth, Western Australia. The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was created at Federation in 1901 to control all postal (and later, telecommunications) services within Australia. In mid-1975 it was disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commissio..
Postmaster (computing)
In computers and technology, postmaster is a term used to identify the administrator of a mail server. Nearly every domain will have the e-mail address postmaster@example.com where errors in e-mail processing are directed. Error e-mails automatically generated by mail servers MTAs usually appear to ..
Postmaster (disambiguation)
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office. Postmaster may also refer to: Postmaster (computing), the administrator of an email serverPostmaster, an undergraduate scholar of Merton College, Oxford This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wit..
Postmaster General
A Postmaster General is the national politician in charge of the postal system of a country. In most nations he or she is an appointed official of cabinet rank. See: United Kingdom Postmaster GeneralUnited States Postmaster GeneralPostmaster General of CanadaPostmaster-General's Department, Austra..
Postmaster General of Canada
The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Canada Post. In 1851, management of the post office was transferred from Britain to the provincial governments of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The position..
Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993. Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation. The Postmaster w..
Postmature birth
A postmature birth occurs when a human pregnancy lasts longer than 42 weeks, or more than three weeks past the expected delivery date. In such a birth the placenta can begin to fail, causing declining delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus. This can result in the death of the fetus if deliver..
Postmenopausal osteoporosis
Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a form of osteoporosis that commonly occurs during the decades after menopause. It is a pathological condition of the human skeleton that is characterized by the following features : low bone massbone fragility caused by worsening of microscopic structural properties o..
Postmillennialism
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Postminimalism
Postminimalism is a term utilised in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop, the aesthetic of minimalism. The expression is used specifically in relation to music and the visual arts, but can refer to any field using minimalism as a critical reference point. ..
Postmodernism
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Postmodernism is a term usually used to describe the historical period that occurs after modernism, as we..
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a 1991 book by Fredric Jameson which started its life as a 1984 article in a 1984 article in the New Left Review. External links http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/jameson.htm ..
Postmodernism in language
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodernism in language refers to..
Postmodernism in political science
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodernism in political science ..
Postmodernist film
Postmodernist film describes the ideas of postmodernism in film. Postmodernism in film can loosely be used to describe a film in which the audience's suspension of disbelief is destroyed, or at the very least toyed with, in order to free the audiences appreciation of the work, and the creators means..
Postmodernist school
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Postmodernity
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodernity (also called post-mo..
Postmodern American Poetry
Postmodern American Poetry is a 1994 poetry anthology edited by Paul Hoover; it is a Norton anthology published by W. W. Norton and Co.. The introduction identifies the use of postmodern with its early mention by Charles Olson, and identifies the field chosen as experimental poetry from after 1945. ..
Postmodern architecture
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. Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Decons..
Postmodern art
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern art (sometimes called p..
Postmodern Christianity
Postmodern Christianity is a relatively recent development in the Christian religion. However, many Christian postmodernists will be quick to assert that their style of thought has an affinity with such foundational Christian thinkers as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas and such famed Christian..
Postmodern Coup D'etat (Republic of Turkey)
Military coup in Turkey, called 'post-modern coup' (February 28), overthrows the coalition government on 28 February 1998. See also Multi-Party Period of Republic of TurkeyMilitary coup in Turkey, 1980Coup by MemorandumMilitary coup in Turkey, 1971 ..
Postmodern Culture
Postmodern Culture is an electronic academic journal founded in 1990. It is the result of an early experiment in electronic content delivery via the Internet and has succeeded in becoming a leading publication of interdisciplinary thought on cultural experience. The journal publishes commentary an..
Postmodern dance
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern dance is a 20th century..
Postmodern feminism
redirect [[Template:POV-check]] Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory. The largest departure from other branches of feminism, is the argument gender is itself constructed through language. The most notable proponent of this a..
Postmodern literature
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PostModern MTV
PostModern MTV was a nightly program in the early 90s on MTV, originally hosted by Kevin Seal featuring such pre-grunge "alternative" artists as The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees, and Love and Rockets. The show was essentially a weeknight version of the Sunday night program 120 Minutes, with an e..
Postmodern music
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern music is both a musical..
Postmodern novel
The postmodern novel is a form of novel that breaks off from traditional "modernist" techniques of writing, for a thorough look at these differences see Harvey's "The Condition of Post-Modernity". See also Postmodern literature ..
Postmodern philosophy
''' Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern philosophy is an ecl..
Postmodern picture book
Postmodern picture books are a specific genre of picture books. Characteristics of this unique type of book include non-linear narrative forms in storybooks, books that are "aware" of themselves as books and include self-referential elements, and what is known as metafiction. A classic example of..
Postmodern theater
Postmodernism series Previous: Modernism Postmodernity Postmodern philosophy Postmodern architecture Deconstructivist Architecture Postmodern literature Postmodern music Critical theory Globalization Minimalism in Art Minimalism in Music Consumerism Postmodern theatre is a recent phen..
Postmortem (1998 film)
Postmortem is a 1998 film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Charlie Sheen (credited as Charles Sheen). Plot James McGregor receives a fax of a stranger's obituary. The next day, he is arrested and charged with the stranger's murder. Cast Charlie Sheen .... James McGregorMichael Halsey .... ..
Postmortem (band)
Postmortem Active since: 1989 Genre: Death metal Band members Bass guitar: Marcus Marth (since 1989) Lead singer: Matthias Rütz (since 1990) Bass guitar: Tilo Voigtländer (since 1991) Drummer: Max Scheffler (since 2006) Postmortem is a German death metal band from B..
Postmortem (novel)
Post Mortem is the first book of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series of books by author Patricia Cornwell. ..
Postnatal
Postnatal (Latin for 'after birth') is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks. The period is also known as postpartum and, less commonly, puerperium. Biologically, it is the time after birth, a time in which the mother's body, including hormone..
POSTNET
Value Encoding 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 | | | | | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | | | 8 | | | | | 9 | | | | | 0 | | | | | POSTNET is a barcode symbology that is used b..
Postnik Yakovlev
Postnik Yakovlev (Постник Яковлев), nicknamed "Barma" (Барма) ('the mumbler'), was the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. According to legend, Ivan the Terrible blinded him so that he could never build anything so beautiful again. However, this is probably a myth, as P..
Postnomial
A form of title in the form of an acronym that follows an individual's name. For example: A Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is authorized to use the postnominal KBE. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects is authorized to used the postnominal FAIA. A Doctor of Philos..
PostNuke
PostNuke is a free, open source content management system (a 'nuke') forked from PHP-Nuke, released under the GNU General Public License. The PostNuke project was started because some PHP-Nuke users believed there should be a more open development environment. The users felt the only way this could ..
Postobón
Postobón, is a colombian company of sodas, established in Medellín, Colombia, on October 11, 1904. External links [Postobon] ..
Postojna
Občina Postojna --> Area: 269.9 km² Population - males - females 14,5817,1587,423 Mayor: Jernej Verbič Average age: 39.83 years Residential areas: - households: - families: 29.92 m²/person5,0784,013 Working active: - unemployed: 7,226778 ..
Postolar Tripper
Postolar Tripper is a hip-hop/ethno band from Croatia. It consists of bandmembers Davor Valčić and Darko Predragović. They first appeared on the music scene by posting their song "Aaaaaaaaa.!?" on a radio station in 2002. The song "Tužna priča o selu" followed; confirming the band's hip-hop/et..
Postoloprty
Postoloprty is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 5,000 inhabitants. The town is situated near Louny. Villages Březno, Dolejší Hůrky, Hradiště, Levonice, Malnice, Mradicem, Rvenice, Seletice, Seménkovice, Skupice, Strkovice and Vrbka are administrat..
Poston, Arizona
Poston is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona in the United States of America. The population was 389 at the 2000 census. Poston was the site in World War II of one of the United States' largest Japanese internment camps, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were held over a..
Poston War Relocation Center
The Poston Relocation Center, located in Yuma County (now in La Paz County) of Arizona, was the largest of the internment camps operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Actually composed of three camps, arranged in a north-south chain approximately three miles apart. Posto..
Postoperative fever
Postoperative fever is a common condition challenging doctor's to find the right diagnosis, because it can be a hallmark of serious underlying conditions. The most common causes have been summarized in a handy mnemonic: the five W's. These tend to occur at specific days after surgery (postoperative..
Postoperative nausea and vomiting
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is an unpleasant complication affecting about a third of the 10% of the population undergoing general anaesthesia each year. This equates to about two million people in the United Kingdom annually. Contents 1 Impact2 Management3 Pharmacolog..
Postorbital
The postorbital is one of the bones in vertebrate skulls which forms a portion of the dermal skull roof and, sometimes, a ring about the orbit. Generally, it is located behind the postfrontal and posteriorly to the orbital fenestra. In some vertebrates, the postorbital is fused with the postfrontal ..
Postorbital Bar
The postorbital bar is a bone which, with the exception of Tarsiers runs around the eyesocket of most Prosimians. This is in contrast to the higher primates, Anthropoids, who have evolved fully enclosed sockets to protect their eyes. One theory for this evolutionary difference is the relative impo..
Postorder
Postorder is a possible order for traversing nodes in a tree, tree structure, or graph. Please see tree traversal for more information. Note: The term postorder is not the opposite of the binary relation preorder. Applications Postorder traversal, for example, can be used to iteratively solve dat..
Postorder tree walk
In Computer Science PostOrder Tree Walk refers to the algorithm of a binary search tree that traverses the tree in a manner that the root of the subtree is printed after the values in its left subtree and the right subtree. The Algorithm can be represented as: Postorder-Tree-Walk(x) 1. if x != N..
Postosuchus
Postosuchus was a basal archosaur ("ruling lizard") which lived in what is now North America during the end of the Triassic period (220-205 million years ago). It was a running carnivore which preyed on cynodonts and other creatures smaller than itself. Its name means "Post crocodile", from the Po..
Posto Santo
Posto Santo is a parish in the district of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 967, its density is 43.5/km² and the area is 22.21 km². Location:*Latitude: 38.67 (38°40') N*Longitude: 27.23 (23°14') WAltitude: 45 m ..
Postpartum depression
Postpartum depression (also postnatal depression) is a form of major depression which can affect women and less frequently men after childbirth. It is widely considered to be treatable. Contents 1 Baby Blues2 Diagnosis3 Causes3.1 Evolutionary psychological hypothesis4 Ef..
Postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction
Pelvic floor dysfunction is a group of clinical conditions that includes urinary incontinence, anal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sensory and emptying abnormalities of the lower urinary tract, defecatory dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and several chronic pain syndromes, including vulvodynia...
Postpartum period
The postpartum period is the period consisting of the months or weeks immediately after childbirth or delivery. It is a time when the woman adjusts, both physically and psychologically, to the process of childbearing. It last for about six weeks or until the body has completed its adjustment and h..
Postpartum Support International
Postpartum Support International'' (PSI) is an international 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to eliminating the denial and ignorance of emotional health related to childbirth. Formed on June 26, 1987, PSI has 90 coordinators worldwide offering social support to mothers and families who have suffered..
Postpipe
In archaeology a postpipe (or post pipe) is the term given to the remains of an upright timber placed in a posthole. Given the right conditions, timbers may survive over long periods of time and a recovered postpipe can simply be of solid wood. Under less preservative conditions however, only a dark..
Postponement
A Postponement involves re-arranging a time or date to another later one. The term can be applied to anything in that criteria, sometimes sporting events are postponed due to weather for example. This does not mean the same as cancellation See also Postponement in supply chain management, also know..
Postpositional phrase
A postpositional phrase (PP) is a linguistic term for a phrase whose head is a postposition. The term is used in syntax. English has prepositional phrases instead of postpositional phrases, since it does not use postpositions but prepositions, which differ in that they precede their objects. A ter..
Postpositivism
In philosophy, postpositivism is, as the prefix indicates, a metatheoretical stance following positivism. One of the main supporters of postpositivism was Sir Karl R. Popper. Others mentioned in connection with postpositivism are John Dewey and Nicholas Rescher. In the social sciences, postpositivi..
Postprandial
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Postprandial refers to the time after a meal. Most medical terms have a reasonably logical derivation. Not so with "postprandial". Post- is Latin for "behind, backward, later, or afterward". Prandial comes from the Latin, too, fro..
Postprints
A postprint is a digital draft of a research journal article after it has been peer reviewed. A digital draft before peer review is called a preprint. Preprints + [postprints] = "[eprints]". Eprints are at the heart of the Open Access initiative to make research freely accessibl..
Postrizinske
Postrizinske - a brand of beer produced by the Nymburk Brewery. Its name comes from Bohumil Hrabal's book Postřižiny (translated into English as Cutting It Short), later (1980) made into a well-known film by Jiří Menzel. Bohumil Hrabal spent his childhood in Nymburk as a step-son of the brewer..
PostScript
For the literary term, see Postscript PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Contents 1 History2 Usage in printing2.1 Before PostScript2.2 PostScript printing2.3 Font handli..
Postscript
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. For information about the PostScript page description language, see PostScript. A PostScript (from post scriptu..
PostScript Magazine
PostScript is the thrice-termly publication of Oxford University Scout and Guide Group (OUSGG). It is not only a newsletter informing members, ex-members and old members of upcoming events and activities, but also serves as a permanent record of the group’s history. A copy of each new issue is s..
PostScript Printer Description
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their PostScript printers. A PPD also contains the PostScript code (commands) used to invoke features for the print job. As such, PPDs function as drivers for all..
PostSecret
Screenshot of PostSecret with an example postcard. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Contents 1 Overview2 Instructions3 Public attention4 Book5 Spin-offs6 See also7&..
Postsynaptic density
The postsynaptic density (PSD) is a cytoskeletal specialization at neuronal synapses that was originally identified as an electron-dense region at the membrane of a postsynaptic neuron, as viewed by electron microscopy. PSDs are usually comprised of L-glutamate neurotransmitter receptors, their mol..
Postsynaptic potential
Postsynaptic potentials are changes in the membrane potential of the neuron that receives information at a synapse. Postsynaptic potentials are graded potentials. They are caused by the presynaptic neuron releasing neurotransmitters from the terminal button at the end of an axon into the synaptic..
Posttranslational modification
Posttranslational modification is the chemical modification of a protein after its translation. It is one of the later steps in protein biosynthesis for many proteins. The bottom of this diagram shows the modification of primary structure of insulin, as described. A protein (also called a pol..
Postulant
A Postulant (from the Latin postulare, to ask) was originally one who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate. Its use is now generally restricted to those asking for admission into a monastery, both before actual admission and for the length of time proceeding their admission into the noviti..
Postulate
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 term postulate, or axiom, indicates a statement or assumption that is agreed by everyone to be so obvious o..
Postulates of special relativity
See also: Special relativity Postulates of special relativity 1. First postulate (principle of relativity) Observation of physical phenomena by more than one inertial observer must result in agreement between the observers as to the nature of reality. Or, the nature of the universe must not chang..
Postulator
In the Roman Catholic Church, a postulator is a church official who presents a plea for canonization or beatification of a person they think should become a saint. [link] ..
Postum
250px Postum is a powdered coffee substitute sold by the Post Cereals company. The caffeine-free beverage mix was originally created by company founder C. W. Post in 1895 and marketed as a healthful alternative to coffee. Post was a Seventh-day Adventist and a student of Dr. John Harvey Kello..
Postuma Cornelia Sulla
Postuma Cornelia Sulla was a child of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. She was delivered after Sulla's death. ..
Postumus
Contemporary coin of Postumus, celebrating the victories of the first emperor of the Gallic Empire. Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was emperor of the Gallic Empire from 259 to 268. Contents 1 Rise to power2 Rule3 References4 External links Rise to power Little is ..
Postural aftercontraction
Postural Aftercontraction. The postural aftecontraction is an involuntary contraction of a muscle which occurs after a strong prolonged (eg 1 minute ) voluntary contraction of a muscle is performed against resistance. It occurs most strongly in the proximal muscles of the limbs, particular the delt..
Postural drainage
Drainage used in bronchiectasis and lung abcess. The patient's body is positioned so that the trachea is inclined downward and below the affected chest area Dorland's Medical Dictionary.. Postural drainage is essential in treating bronchiectasis and patients must receive physiotherapy to learn to t..
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (or POTS) is a condition of orthostatic intolerance in which a change from the supine position to an upright position causes an abnormally-high increase in heart rate, often, but not always accompanied by a sharp fall in blood pressure. The syndrome was ide..
Posture collar
A model wearing a posture collar and a harness gag A posture collar is a rigid collar that is wide enough to reach from under the chin to the shoulders. It significantly restricts neck movement and forces the wearer to adopt a heads-up posture. This type of collar promotes a sense of pride in ..
Posturography
Posturography is a general term that covers all the techniques used to quantify postural control in upright stance in either static or dynamic conditions. Among them, Computerized dynamic posturography (CDP), also called test of balance (TOB), is a non-invasive specialized clinical assessment techni..
Postvention
A Postvention is an intervention conducted after a suicide, largely taking the form of support for the bereaved (family, friends, professionals and peers). Family and friends of the suicide victim may be at increased risk of suicide themselves. The aim is to support and debrief those affected; and ..
Postverk Føroya
--> Postverk Føroya [ˈpɔstvɛʰʂk ˈfœɹja] is the postal service of the Faroe Islands and was founded on 1st April 1976 under the Home Rule of the Faroe Islands. Since 16th December 2005, it is a public joint stock company under the name P/F Postverk Føroya (retroactive from 1st..
Postverta
In Roman mythology, Postverta was the goddess of the past and one of the two Carmentes (along with the goddess Porrima). During childbirth, prayers were offered to summon the Carmentes to preside over the labor. Porrima was said to be present at the birth when the baby was born head-first; Postversa..
Postville, Iowa
Postville is a city in Allamakee County, Iowa near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of US Highways 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51. The population was 2,273 at the 2000 census. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Allamakee County in a quad county or four corner regi..
Postville, Newfoundland and Labrador
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Postville, population 250. I..
Postville Airport
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Postville Courthouse State Historic Site
The Postville Courthouse State Historic Site is a reconstructed county courthouse located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The original frame courthouse was built in 1840, and the current courthouse, which is a close replica of the first, was built in 1953. The building's unusual history is derived ..
Postwar (book)
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 is a 2005 book by Tony Judt, a historian and Director of New York University's Erich Maria Remarque Institute. The book examines the history of Europe from the end of World War II (1945) to 2005 and has won considerable praise for its breadth and comprehens..
Postwar reconstruction
Postwar reconstruction is usually used as a term for "reconstruction after a war". Post (meaning after) war (meaning fighting of a sorts) and reconstruction meaning (in a sense (rebuilding). ..
Postwar Sherman tanks
M4A4 Sherman medium tank, a major export type during WWII, in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. M4A4 Sherman V (early) General characteristics Crew 5 Length 238.5 inches Width 103 inches Height 108 inches Weight 65,400 pounds empty Armour and armament Armour 2 inches fro..
Postwatch
Postwatch was set up in January of 2001 to help customers with any issues or complaints they have with any Postal Service (including the Royal Mail) in the United Kingdom. Postwatch also works closely with Postcomm, the Postal Service Regulator. Postwatch works to ensure customers receive the best..
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is a porcine disease. This disease causes illness in piglets, with clinical signs including progressive loss of body condition, visibly enlarged lymph nodes, difficulty in breathing, and sometimes diarrhea, pale skin, and jaundice. However, the exact..
Postwick with Witton
Postwick with Witton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the two nearby villages of Postwick and Witton. It is situated some 8 km east of the city of Norwich.[#endnote_osexp1] The civil parish has an area of 8.29 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 32..
PostX
PostX is a Cupertino, California based company that is a provider of diverse range of secure email and messaging solutions. History PostX began operations in the year 1996. Technology PostX provides both [push and pull based solutions] for secure email delivery. PostX uses its patented ..
Post & Telecommunication Hub
Post & Telecommunication Hub (also known as Guangdong Telecom Plaza) is a 260 metre (853 foot) tall skyscraper located in Guangzhou, China. The 66 storey building was completed in 2003. The building has 6 underground floors and 66 floors above ground which contain offices. The building is the 76th..
Post (album)
Post is the third solo album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk released in June of 1995. The album was produced in conjunction with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, Graham Massey of 808 State, and electronica producer Howie B. Building on the success of her previous album Debut, Björk continue..
Post (comics)
Post (Kevin Tremain) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men (2nd series) #50. Kevin Tremain was a mutant captured and studied by the Mandarin. On a secret mission, the Six Pack attacked the secret base Tremain was held in. Tremain was mort..
Post (Paul Kelly album)
Post is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1985. It was released on White/Mushroom Records in Australia, thought might be thought of more as a demo recording that saw a release: many of the tunes recorded for this session were re-recorded on Kelly's next album (his debut wit..
Post (route)
A post is a route ran by a receiver in American Football, usually by a wide receiver. After running a set distance down field the receiver cuts towards the near goal post, a skinny post, or towards the far goal post, a fat post. ..
Post (South Africa)
The Post is an English language newspaper owned by Independent News and Media and published in Durban, South Africa. As of June 2006, it has a readership of 340 000 [link]. External link [Post online edition] ..
Post and lintel
Stonehenge is an example of post and lintel construction Post and lintel is a simple construction technique, also called "post and beam", where a horizontal member (the lintel) is supported by two vertical posts at either end. This very simple form is commonly used to support windows and door..
Post and Mail building, Birmingham
The Birmingham Post and Mail building was constructed in the 1960s and was a symbol of the rebuilding of Birmingham, England following the devastation of World War II. It was home to the Birmingham Post and Evening Mail newspapers. As of November 2005, it is in the late stages of demolition, due to..
Post and Pair
Post and Pair, a card game popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. A hand consisted of three cards, a pair royal ranking highest, or failing this, the highest pair. Another name of the game was Pink. Three card brag is a descendant of the game. Possibly the name of an early version of poker in Engl..
Post and Telecom of Kosovo
Post and Telecom of Kosovo (Albanian: Posta dhe Telekomi i Kosovës) is the national postal and telecommunications authority of Kosovo. Post and Telecom of Kosovo was created on 21st December 1965. After the Kosovo War, Post and Telecom of Kosovo has four Business Units: Post of Kosovo, Telecom of ..
Post anesthesia care unit
"PACU" redirects here. For the fish, see Pacu (fish). A post anesthesia care unit, often abbreviated PACU, is a vital part of hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and other medical facilities. It is an area designed to provide care for patients recovering from anesthesia, whether it be general an..
Post box
Post boxes in AustraliaThe yellow box is for express mail. France (ancient) A Post box (UK & others), sometimes also called a mailbox (US, Canada & others), is a physical box used to collect outgoing mail, that is mail that is to be sent to a destination. Post box can also refer to a let..
Post carbon
Post carbon refers to a view of the world after the decline of oil production (see peak oil). It is seen as being a world centred around local communities where each community is sustainable and to some degree self-sufficient. References [Community Solutions][Communities of the Futu..
Post Cereals
Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals was founded by C. W. Post. It began in 1895 with the first Postum, a "cereal beverage", developed by Post in Battle Creek, Michigan. The first cereal, Grape-Nuts was developed in 1897. The Postum Cereals company, after acquiring Jell-O gelatin in 1925, Baker's..
Post Christian
Post Christian is a term used to describe a person or a society whose foundational philosophy is believed to have originated within Christianity, but has developed beyond the confines of Christianity to encompass a wider worldview. Within evangelical Christian circles the term is typically used ..
Post church
A post church is a church building which predates the stave churches and differ in that the corner posts do not reside on a sill but instead have posts dug into the earth. Posts are the vertical, roof-bearing timbers that were placed in the excavated post holes [link]. This type of constr..
Post Coitum, Animal Triste
Post Coitum, Animal Triste is a 1997 film by French director Brigitte Roüan. Roüan stars in the film as Diane Clovier, a married mother of two who has an affair with the friend of a young writer she is mentoring. Meanwhile, her husband, a lawyer, is defending a woman charged with murdering he..
Post correspondence problem
The Post correspondence problem is an undecidable decision problem that was introduced by Emil Post in 1946. Because it is simpler than the halting problem and the Entscheidungsproblem it is often used in proofs of undecidability. Informally the problem can be described as follows. Given a dictiona..
Post count
Post count refers to the number of messages written by an individual on an internet forum or message board. This is generally tabula