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P. Ramlee
P. Ramlee Tan Sri P. Ramlee (22 March 1929–29 May 1973) was a Malaysian film actor, director and songwriter. Due to his contributions in the movie and music industry, as well as in the literary scene, he is often attributed as the icon of Malay entertainment in both Malaysia and Singapo..
P. Ramlee House
The P. Ramlee House is a museum situated along Jalan P. Ramlee (formerly Caunterhall Road) in Penang, Malaysia. The building is a restored wooden house that commemorates the late P. Ramlee, Malaysia's foremost singer, actor, composer, and director. Originally built in 1926 by his father and uncle, ..
Páramo
Espeletia (Frailejón) plant in the venezuelan páramo. Páramo is a neotropical alpine ecosystem. It is located in the high Andes region, between the upper forest line (about 3500 m altitude) and the permanent snow line (about 5000 m). The ecosystem consists of accidented, mostly glacier for..
Pär Arvidsson
Pär Arvidsson (born February 27, 1960 in Finspång) was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100m Butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Olympic medalists in swimming (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly 1968: Doug Russell | 1972: Mark Spitz |..
Pêra
Pêra is a Portuguese Parish in the Municipality (concelho) of Silves. It has an area of 20.26 km² and a population of 1,951 (2001) with a population density of 96.3 hab/km². ..
Pérassay
Pérassay is a town and commune in the Indre département of France. ..
PRA
PRA is an abbreviation for: Probabilistic Risk Assessment, an engineering safety analysisPolitical Research Associates, a research group, located in Somerville, Massachusetts, which studies the U.S. political right wing.Positive relative accommodationPeople's Redemption Army, a rebel group in Congo ..
Praat
Praat is a free science software to do phonetics by computer. It has been designed and is continuously developed further by Paul Boersma, from the University of Amsterdam. It can can runs on a wide range of operating systems, including various Unix platforms, Mac and Windows NT. Links [Officia..
Praa Sands
Praa Sands (properly pronounced pray; prah or prar are incorrect), Cornwall, is a coastal village in the Parish of Breage, located off the main road between Helston and Penzance. Formerly serving the local mining industry, it is now predomiently a tourist orientated area. Laying in a sheltered depr..
Prabath Nissanka
Prabath NissankaSri Lankan (SL) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast Tests ODIs Matches 4 23 '''Runs scored 18 53 Batting average 6.00 6.62 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 12* 11 ..
Prabda Yoon
Prabda Yoon (born in 1973 in Bangkok) is a Thai writer, novelist, magazine editor and screenwriter. He is the son of Nation Multimedia Group executive and editor Suthichai Yoon. Prabda graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City in 1997. He worked as a graphic designer briefly in..
Prabhadevi
Prabhadevi is an area in Mumbai wedged between Dadar in the north and Worli in the south. Probably named after the old temple of Prabhadevi which is less popular than the famous Siddhivinayak temple. A mixture of commercial and residential areas along with a small sea-front makes it a very desirable..
Prabhas
Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (born October 23) is a Tollywood actor and the nephew of Tollywood rebel star and Politician Krishnam Raju Uppalapati. Acting Career Prabhas's early movies, Eshwar and Raghavendra, did not fare very well at the box office but he gained stardom with the film, Varsham, op..
Prabhasakshi
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Prabhas Patan
Prabhas Patan, is situated in Gujarat(Saurashtra) and is a pilgrim place or Tirtha. Here Krishna is supposed to have left his mortal body at the end of Krishna avatar (Avatars), having been killed by a hunter by mistaking Krishna for a deer. Contents 1 Mythological story2 Details by a ..
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (May 21, 1921-October 21, 1990) was an Indian philosopher, social revolutionary, poet and linguist. Above all this, however, He is usually remembered for His role as one of the foremost spiritual teachers of Tantra and Yoga of the twentieth century; the founding figure behind ..
Prabhavati Devi
Prabhavati Devi (1906 — 1973) was at the forefront of freedom struggle in Bihar. She was born in Shrinagar now in Siwan district in Bihar to Brajkishore Prasad and Phool Devi. Brajkishore Prasad was himself an ardent Gandhian perhaps the first Congressman in Bihar who had given up a lucrative ..
Prabha Atre
Prabha Atre (b. 1932, Pune) is an eminent Indian vocalist of Kirana Gharana of music. Her contribution to music has gained her several awards, including Padma Bhushan (2002), which is among the highest civilian awards of the Republic of India. Reference India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women (ISBN 8..
Prabhu
(Prabhu should not be confused with Prabhu Deva, another Tamil actor.) Prabhu Prabhu is a famous Indian actor. A native of Tamil Nadu he is the son of world-famous actor Dr. Sivaji Ganesan (often transliterated Shivaji Ganesan). Contents 1 Future Projects2 Career3 Trivia4&nb..
Prabhudas Patwari
Prabhudas Patwari(1909-85) was an Indian lawyer, community activist, freedom fighter and a Gandhian follower.He was the governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu between 1977 and 1980. An advocate of abstinence and moral virtue, he was a teetotaler. He stayed active as an anti-alcohol campaigner in..
Prabhu dayal public school
Prabhu Dayal Public School was founded in the 1950's by Shri Prabhu Dayal Bhatia. The school was then known as Roop Nagar Public School. In September 1986, the school was given its present name as a tribute to the memory of its founder, Late Shri Prabhu Dayal Bhatia (1906-1986), the man who drew f..
Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva, born 3 April, 1973 in Chennai, is a choreographer, actor and film director in India. He is popularly called "India's Michael Jackson" for his fast dance movements. His first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha (Tamil) (year). He has since choreographed over 100 movies. He is Rec..
Prabhu ganesh
Prabhu Ganesh also known as Prabhu Ganesan Social minded malaysian music tycoon with strong interest in the development of music in tucked away villages and rural areas,also the founder of Trident Entertainment. - Vinod Chopra (Music India). ..
Prabhu Guptara
Professor Prabhu Guptara (born 1949 in Delhi, India) is a prominent member of the Guptara family. He is the eldest son of Professor Murli Manohar Guptara and Chinamma Ninan. He is included in Debrett's People of Today and in Who's Who in the World. Contents 1 Profile2 Biography2.1 ..
Prabowo
Gen. Prabowo or Prabowo Subianto was Suharto's son-in-law who allegedly staged the chaos, plunderings, rapings, and murders during the 1998 Reformation. He is the son of former finance minister, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo and his brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, was the controller of one of Indonesia's..
Prabuty
Prabuty (-Polish, German: Riesenburg) is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland located in the Kwidzyn Powiat. The coat of arms of Prabuty, first recorded in 1405, depicts a giant (Riese) and a castle (Burg). In 1509 Eobanus Helius Hessus came to Prussia to become secretary to Bishop Hi..
Prachanda
Prachanda, born Pushpa Kamal Dahal on December 11, 1954, is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)), a Nepalese political party. The CPN(M) leads the Nepalese People's Army, of which Prachanda is the top leader too. Under his leadership, CPN (M) launched the Nepalese People's..
Prachanda Path
Communist Party of Nepal History of Nepal Nepal Civil War Communist Leaders Pushpa Lal Shrestha Mohan Bikram Singh Manmohan Adhikari Chandra Prakash Mainali Madan Kumar Bhandari Madhav Kumar Nepal Prachanda Baburam Bhattarai Current Communist Groups Workers and Peasants Party CPN (Unified..
Prachatice
Statistics Area: 38.9 km² Population: 11,803 (2004) Map Prachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. Contents 1 History2 Prachatice today3 Famous people4 External links History Historical population 1869: 4 911 inhabitants 1900: 5 573 1930: 5 926 1..
Prachinburi
Prachinburi is a town in Thailand, capital of the Prachinburi Province. ..
Prachinburi (disambiguation)
Prachinburi (or Prachin Buri) may refer to the town PrachinburiPrachinburi ProvincePrachinburi districtPrachinburi RiverMonthon Prachinburi redirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Prachinburi Province
Prachin Buri (Thai ปราจีนบุรี) is a province (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Ratchasima, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao and Nakhon Nayok. Contents 1 Geography2 Symbols3 Administrative divisions4 External links Geogr..
Prachin Buri River
The Prachin Buri River(Thai แม่น้ำปราจีนบุรี) begins at the confluence of the Phra Prong, Hanuman and Prachantakham rivers in Amphoe Kabin Buri, Prachin Buri province. It passes Amphoe Si Maha Phot, Mueang Prachin Buri and Ban Sang. The river merges to the Nakhon Nay..
Prachovice
Prachovice is also administrative part of town Dašice, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. Prachovice is a village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,500 inhabitants. External links [Village website] (in Czech) ..
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Prachuap Khiri Khan is a town in Thailand and is the capital of the Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Prachuap Khiri Khan is on the coast at one of the narrowest stretchs in Thailand, only 13km from the Burmese/Myanamer border. It is reached from Bangkok via the Southern Bus terminal. It is home to t..
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Prachuap Khiri Khan (Thai ประจวบคีรีขันธ์) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi in the north and Chumphon in the south. To the west it borders Myanmar. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Symbols4&nb..
Prachya Pinkaew
Prachya Pinkaew (Thai: ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว, b. September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include [[Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior]] and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa. Contents 1 Biography2 Filmo..
Pracinha
Pracinha is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 21.85/21°51'4' S and the longitude is 51.085/51°5'12' W. The population in 2004 is 1,414, the area is 63.238 km² The elevation is 402 m. Pracinha was also a play done by a Cape Verdean poet, Sergio Frusoni..
Pracs Institute
PRACS Institute, Ltd., established in 1983, is a rapidly-growing company that tests new or developing types of medicine. This company currently has locations in East Grand Forks, MN, Fargo, ND, and San Diego, CA. In these three USA locations, there are nineteen study units, over six hundred beds, an..
Practicalism
Practicalism is an informal term for ideologies that consider doctrines of "practicality," or "present feasibility" as superior to those of idealized concepts or virtues. Practicalism may refer a system of government where all major policy decisions are voted upon directly by the people. When a po..
Practical Action
Practical Action is a development charity registered in the United Kingdom which works directly in four regions of the developing world – Latin America, East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia, with particular concentration on Peru, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Until July 2005..
Practical Aesthetics
Practical Aesthetics is an acting technique originally conceived by David Mamet and William H. Macy, based on the teachings of Stanislavsky, Sanford Meisner, and the Stoic Philosopher Epictetus. Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (October 23, 1997). A Dramatist's How-To Guide for the Stage-Struck (review of..
Practical Anarchy
Practical Anarchy is an anarchist magazine that is published quarterly by the Alternative Media Project. Begun in 1991 as an irregular publication, for many years it advocated anarchy as practice, such as organizing housing cooperatives, environmentalism, workplaces and DIY media. In the early 21st..
Practical Computing magazine
Practical Computing (magazine) was a UK computer magazine published [[Wiktionary:monthly|monthly]]. The magazine was published by IPC Electrical Electronic Press Ltd. The first edition was released in August 1978 as a special computer show edition, and the second issue was October 1978. The magazine..
Practical Demonkeeping
Practical Demonkeeping, published in 1992, is Christopher Moore's first novel. It deals with a demon from Hell and his master. The novel has been translated and published in German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending detail..
Practical effect
A practical special effect is one in which a prop object appears to work in a situation where it obviously could not (such as a ringing telephone on stage). No trick photography or post-production editing is involved. This type of effect is normally found in live theatre. In film, the term practica..
Practical equine psychology
Practical equine psychology refers to the practical study of horse psychology. Because very few horses, unlike domestic animals like cats and dogs, have ever formed a voluntary symbiotic relationship with their human keepers, thus their study is specialized. Horses are prey animals that run in he..
Practical Ethics
Practical Ethics is an introduction to applied ethics by modern bioethical philosopher Peter Singer. It was published in 1979 and has since been translated into a number of languages, causing outrage in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The work analyzes, in detail, why and how beings' interests sh..
Practical Fishkeeping
Practical Fishkeeping (also known as PFK) is the United Kingdom's best-selling aquarium publication. It is published every four weeks by Emap Active Ltd. The title covers the entire aquatic market from tropical freshwater and tropical marine fishkeeping throughout the year to small amounts of pond a..
Practical Horseman
Practical Horseman is an equestrian magazine that focuses on English-style riding, most notably, hunter/jumper, as well as dressage and eventing. Known as the "English rider's #1 resource," the magazine has monthly articles on training, riding, turnout of the horse, medical issues, profiles of rider..
Practical idealism
Practical idealism is a term whose earliest recorded use was by Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi Marg 2002). It describes a philosophy which holds it to be an ethical imperative to implement ideals of virtue or good. It further holds it to be equally immoral to either refuse to make the compromises necessar..
Practical joke
A practical joke or prank is a situation set up usually to produce what the perpetrator imagines to be a humorous physical outcome at the expense of the target. Since the set-up or deception is generally eventually revealed to the victim, the butt of the joke is thereby made to feel foolish or vi..
Practical Magic
Practical Magic is a 1998 film in which Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as witches who carry on a family legacy of witchcraft and tragedy. The film is based on a book by Alice Hoffman. Tagline: There's a little witch in every woman. Contents 1 Plot2 Cast3 Trivia4 Exter..
Practical number
A practical number or panarithmic number is a positive integer n such that all preceding positive integers are a sum of distinct divisors of n. The sequence of practical numbers begins 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 54, ... A positive integer [n=p_1^...p_k^&#..
Practical reason
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." -- Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut In philosophy, practical reason is the application of reason to real-world decision-making (ie. deciding on a course of action). Contrast this with theoretical reason (often..
Practical shooting
Practical shooting is a sport which challenges an individual's ability to shoot rapidly and accurately with a full power handgun, rifle, and/or shotgun. To do this, shooters take on obstacle-laden shooting courses called stages, some requiring many shots to complete and some just a handful. While ..
Practical Television
Practical Television, now known as Television, was a UK magazine for the electronics/TV servicing trade, enthusiasts, and the general public. Practical Television commenced publication in September 1934. The chief editor was F.J. Camm. ..
Practical Webdesign
Practical Web Design is a monthly British Web design Magazine. PC Magazines General PC Magazines Digit (magazine) , PC User, APC, PC Pro, Computer Shopper, Personal Computer World, PC Plus, PC Format, PC Magazine, MicroMart Specialized PC Magazines .net, Practical Webdesign, Macworld, C..
Practical Wireless
Practical Wireless is a British radio and electronics magazine, currently in print on a monthly basis. It was founded in 1932 by FJ Camm, whilst at George Newnes Publishers. ..
Practice
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A practice refers to a way that something is done. Practice is also something that is done with the deliberate aim of learning. Most commonly, practice is the act of repeating something over and over for the purpose of learning a..
Practice-based research network
A practice-based research network (PBRN) is a group of health care providers or medical clinics that are typically practicing in non-university based community environments that are networked for the purpose of examining and evauluating the health care processes that occur in real world practices. P..
Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses
redirect [[Template:Mergeto]] Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses include activities common to many Christian denominations, such as evangelism, gathering for group worship and study, and donating money to support their religious activities. This article discusses how the doctrines as well as non-doc..
Practice Avoiding Mistakes
Audio CD cover to the 20-track album "Practice Avoiding Mistakes" by Tokyo Dawn Records. After freely distributing their music for years, on March, 2004, Tokyo Dawn released their first compilation album, "Practice Avoiding Mistakes", on both vinyl and compact disc. Practice Avoiding Mistakes ..
Practice chanter
A practice chanter made out of African Blackwood by R.G. Hardie The bagpipe practice chanter is a double reed woodwind instrument in appearance somewhat like that of a recorder. Although it can be played as an instrument in its own right, its main function is as an adjunct to the bagpipe. In ..
Practice Direction
In English law, a Practice Direction is a supplemental protocol to rules of civil and criminal procedure in the Courts. The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 contains a large number of Practice Directions which give practical advice on how to interpret the rules themselves. Also, individual Courts and judg..
Practice in Christianity
Practice in Christianity (also Training in Christianity) is a work by 19th century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. It was published on September 27, 1850 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, the author of The Sickness Unto Death. Practice is usually considered, along with For Self-Examination and Ju..
Practice management
A practice management system (PMS) is a part of the medical office record. It carries the financial, demographic and non-medical information about patients. This information frequently includes: patient's namepatient's federal identification numberdate of birthtelephone numbersemergency contact p..
Practice of law
In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiations and court proceedings such as lawsuits, and is applied to the professional services of a lawyer or Attorney at Law, barrister, ..
Practice pad
Practice pads are used for quiet drum practices. They simulate the bounce of a drum and usually have a rubber surface. The most famous brands are: HQ Percussion, ProLogix, Vic Firth, Verve, Promark and Remo. Many aspiring drummers choose to start off with a practice pad before buying a drum kit. Pra..
Practice research
Practice research is a form of academic research which incorporates an element of practice in the methodology or research output. Rather than seeing the relationship between practice and theory as a dichotomy, as has sometimes traditionally been the case (see academia: theory and practice heading..
Practice Statement
Until 1966, the House of Lords in the United Kingdom was bound to follow all of its previous decisions under the principle of stare decisis, even if this created "injustice" and "unduly restrict(s) the proper development of the law" (London Tramways Co. v London City Council [1898] AC 375)...
Practice What You Preach
Practice What You Preach is the album released in 1989 by Testament. It has been rumored that each song was recorded live in-studio with little to no overdubs. The album's lyrical themes are more about politics and society than the occult and Satanic themes of the bands previous two albums. The ti..
Practice workflow
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Practicing Cultural Mormon
Practicing Cultural Mormon is a term used for Mormons who no longer believe some (or many) of the doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but who maintain membership and church activity for cultural and social reasons. The Practicing Cultural Mormons do not necessarily hold An..
Practicum
Practicum is a school or college course, especially one in a specialized field of study, that is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied theory: advanced practicums in teaching reading. ..
Practising Law Institute
Practising Law Institute is a non-profit continuing legal education organization chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, founded in 1933. ..
Practolol
Practolol is a beta-adrenergic antagonist that has been used in the emergency treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. External links Scientific Information / Studies*[Guinea Pig study from 1975]*[Liver effect study from 1981]*[Study of uses during surgery]*[Molecular s..
Prada
Prada Corporate Logo Prada, SpA is an Italian fashion company (also known as a "label" or "house") with retail outlets worldwide. The company, originally known in Italian as Fratelli Prada ("Prada Brothers"), was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada. In 1978, Mario's granddaughter Miuccia Prada inh..
Pradakshina
redirect [[Template:Context]]Pradakshina, meaning circumambulation, is a Hindu way of worship where devotees walk around the garbha-griha, the sanctum sanctorum which is the innermost chamber housing the deity. Pradakshina is done in clockwise manner in odd number of times. ..
Pradal Serey
Pradal Serey (ប្រដាល់សេរី; English: Khmer Boxing) is the name of the centuries old kickboxing martial arts of Cambodia. Pradal Serey is founded on four techniques which consits of: blows of the fist, kicks(comprising of kicks from the shin and feet), blows of the elbow, and bl..
Pradamano
Pradamano (Pradaman in friulian) is a town in the province of Udine, north-eastern Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Communes of the province of Udine Aiello del Friuli | Amaro | Ampezzo | Aquileia | Arta Terme | Artegna | Attimis | Bagnaria Arsa | Basiliano | Bertiolo | Bicinicco | Bo..
Praděd
|} Praděd (german Altvater) (1491 meters) is the highest mountain of Hrubý Jeseník mountains and Moravia and it's fifth highest mountain of Czech republic. Average year temperature is about 1°Celsia. Television transmitter is on the top, 162 m high. Upper platform is used as watchtower. H..
Pradeep
Kavi Pradeep (1915-1998) was a popular Indian poet and lyricist. Contents 1 Early life2 Golden Era3 Later life4 The Patriot5 Popular Songs6 Awards7 Quotes8 Plagiarized works of Kavi Pradeep9 Legacy Early life Born Ramchandra Barayanji Dwivedi in 1915..
Pradeep Chauhan
Rear Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, is India's Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Foreign Cooperation, Strategic Threats and Transformation. ..
Pradeep Jayaprakashdaran
Pradeep Sri Jayaprakashdaran (born 13 January 1984, Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer from the city of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. He has played one One-day International to date, against India in the group stage of the 2005 Indian Oil Cup. External links [Player Profile: ] from Cricinfo ..
Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar ( Pradeep Batabyal ) was born in the early 1925 in West Bengal, at 17 he decided to take up acting. His first film was a Bengali film Alaknanda (1947) by renowned filmmaker Debaki Bose. Pradeep Kumar then shifted to Bombay and Filmistan studios, and had a role in the Prithviraj Kapoor,..
Pradeep Seth
Pradeep Seth is an Indian virologist who injected himself in 2003 with a potential vaccine he had developed for HIV. He has been working in the field of virology since 1968. References External links [Doctor Pradeep Seth Official Site] ..
Pradeep Sindhu
Pradeep Sindhu is the serving Chief Technical Officer of Juniper Networks Inc. Sindhu founded Juniper Networks along with Dennis Ferguson, and Bjorn Liencres in February 1996 in California. The company was subsequently reincorporated in Delaware on March 1998 in and went public on the 25th of June..
Pradeep Vyas
Pradeep Vyas is the district collector of the city of Bombay, India. He is an IAS officer and is in charge of administrative duties, land records and taxation for the Central Indian government. He is also in charge of conducting the National elections in India. Among his notable achievements is the..
Pradelles
Pradelle or Pradelles is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Pradelle, in the Drôme départementPradelles, in the Haute-Loire départementPradelles, in the Nord départementPradelles-Cabardès, in the Aude départementPradelles-en-Val, in the Aude département This is a �..
Pradelles-Cabardès
'''Pradelles-Cabardès Lac de Pradelles''' Country      France Région Languedoc-Roussillon Départment Aude Arrondissement Carcassonne Canton Mas-Cabardès INSEE 11297 Postal Code 11380 MayorCurrent Term Serge Cazanave2001-2008 Interco..
Prader-Willi syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome is a genetic disorder in which seven genes (or some subset thereof) on chromosome 15 are missing or unexpressed (chromosome 15q partial deletion). It was identified in 1956 by Andrea Prader, Heinrich Willi, Alexis Labhart, and Guido Fanconi of Switzerland. The incidence of PW..
Pradera (TransMilenio)
Pradera Américas Carrera 53 A ◄ ► Marsella Location Avenida de Las Américas with Carrera 67 Neighborhood Puente Aranda Opened Diciembre de 2003 The simple station Pradera is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000. Contents..
Prades
Prades is the name or part of the name of several locations: Communes in France: Prades, Ardèche, in the Ardèche départementPrades, Ariège, in the Ariège départementPrades, Haute-Loire, in the Haute-Loire départementPrades, Pyrénées-Orientales (Prada de Conflent in Catalan), in the Pyrén�..
Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
-->Prades (Prada de Conflent in Catalan) is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France. It is the capital of the historical Conflent comarca. Population (1999): 5,800 (Pradéens). Contents 1 Geography2 Miscellaneous2.1 Twin t..
Pradesh
Pradesh is an Indian province. The name means a (subdivision or) division of a Desh or country. Pradesh is usually translated as a State, in parallel of the states of the United States of America, but the Indian pradesh does not have the same status, rights and dignity as these states. On the contra..
Pradesh Congress Committee
The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India Co..
Prades Tavernier
Prades Tavernier was a weaver and then Cathar parfait in the Comté de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. Tavernier was originally from Prades d'Aillon, and he was named after the town. There he became a successful and prosperous weaver. Unmarried he had a bastard daughter,..
Pradhan
Pradhan is a high, generally ministerial title of Sanskrit origin in cultures of Hindu tradition, mainly in and around the Indian subcontinent. The precise meaning(s) can differ significantly per state, and in many cases the style has been abandoned, as in many Indian princely states (mainly since t..
Pradhan Senadhipati
Pradhan Senadhipati is a supreme military rank of the Nepal military intended to be held solely by the King of Nepal. The rank outranks the Field Marshal rank of Pradhan Senapati and is considered to be a rank held by the Commander in Chief of Nepal. The rank incorporates the word Pradhan meaning ..
Pradhan Senapati
Pradhan Senapati, literally meaning "Chief General" (with the word Pradhan meaning "Chief) but usually translated as "Chief of the Army Staff", is the title of the professional head of the Royal Nepalese Army. The rank is considered to be an equivalent of a General of the Army [1]. Prad..
Pradist Democratic Movement
Pradist Democratic Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Pradista), was a political party in Peru in 1956. Initiator of the party was Manuel Cisneros Sánchez. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was the leader of the party. Later MDP took the name Movimiento Democrático Peruano. It governed Peru be..
Prado
Prado may refer to: Landcruiser Prado, a 4wd vehicle from ToyotaMuseo del Prado, an art gallery in MadridPrado, Spain, a village in Castile-Leonthe prado damPrado RiverMiguelanxo Prado, a spanish comic book artistEd Prado, a U.S. appeals court judgePRADO, a PHP object oriented framework for develop..
PRADO
PRADO is a component-based and event-driven Web programming framework for PHP 5. PRADO reconceptualizes Web application development in terms of components, events and properties instead of procedures, URLs and query parameters. PRADO is an open source project. See also Smarty, a PHP template eng..
Prado, Tolima
Prado is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 9,291 as of the 1993 census. ..
Pradópolis
Pradópolis is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 21.355/21°21'34' S and the longitude is 48.065/48°3'56' W. The population in 2004 was 14,473, the area is 167.68 km². The elevation is 538 m. ..
Prador
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Prado (TransMilenio)
Prado Alcalá ◄ ► Calle 127 Location Autopista Norte with Calle 128 C Neighborhood Usaquén and Suba Opened 2001 The simple station Prado is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, which opened in the year 2000. Contents 1 Location2 History3&nb..
Prado Dam
Aerial photo of Prado Dam The Prado Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Santa Ana River in near Corona, California in Riverside County. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the dam in Lower Santa Ana River Canyon. Its primary purpose is flood control and it is the downstream element of the Santa ..
Prado del Rey
Prado del Rey is a city located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2006 census, the city has a population of 5,968 inhabitants. External links [Prado del Rey] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Muni..
Prado Verde, Texas
Prado Verde is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 200 at the 2000 census. Geography Prado Verde is located at [31°53′24″N, 106°36′47″W] (31.890005, -106.613181)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Unit..
Pradyumna
Pradyumna is a character in Hindu mythology. He was the son of Krishna and Rukmini. When he was a baby he was abducted by the demon Sambara. He was then cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish, but that fish was caught and carried to the house of Sambara. The fish was opened and the child was foun..
Praecereus
Praecereus is genus of cactus. ..
Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae
Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (on the Reunion of Christendom) was an Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on June 20, 1894. It called for the reunion of Eastern and Western churches into the "Unity of the Faith". It also condemned Freemasonry [Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae�..
Praed Street
Praed Street (pronounced 'prayd', rhymes with 'laid') is a street in London's Paddington district (now part of the City of Westminster, most notable for the fact that Paddington Station is situated on it. It runs straight in a west-south-west direction from Edgware Road to Craven Road, Spring Street..
Praegville, Gauteng
Praegville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. Suburbs in Region 3 of Johannesburg Abbotsford | Atholhurst | Atholl Gardens | Atholl | Bagleyston | Benmore Gardens | Beverley Gardens | Birdhaven | Birnam | Blairgowrie | Blue Haven | Bordeaux | Bramley..
Praelector
At the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a praelector is a Fellow of a college. They formally present students during their matriculation and the graduation ceremony at Cambridge, especially during the Congregation of the Regent House when degrees are conferred. External links [Praelector..
Praemunire
Praemunire (an error, from Latin præmonere, to pre-admonish or forewarn), was an offence in English law that took its name from the introductory words of the writ of summons issued to the defendant to answer the charge, "Præmunire facias A.B.," &c., i.e. "cause A.B. to be forewarned." In short, to..
Praeses
Praeses is a Latin word meaning "Seated in front, i.e. at the head (of a meeting or company)". The plural is Praesides. Used for: Roman empire Praeses was one of the more common titles of provincial governors (the generic term was Rector provinciae) at the head of an 'eparchy' (i.e. Roman province..
Praesitlyn
Praesitlyn is a world in the Star Wars universe. It was an intelligence hub of the Old Republic during the Clone Wars. Pors Tonith of the CIS conquered it but was defeated by Nejaa Halcyon and Anakin Skywalker. Summary of Events Due to its high status as an Intelligence hub for the Old Republic, Pr..
Praetexta
A Praetexta or Praetexta Fabula was a category of Roman tragedy which dealt with the themes of historical Roman figures, instead of the conventional Greek myths. Writers of praetextae included Ennius, Pacuvius and Accius. The name apparently refers to the toga praetexta, the official dress of Roman ..
Praetor
Topics in Roman government Roman Kingdom Roman Republic Roman Empire Principate Dominate Western Empire Eastern Empire Ordinary magistrates: PraetorQuaestorPromagistrate AedileTribuneCensorGovernor Extraordinary magistrates: Magister EquitumConsular tribune DictatorTriumviriDecemviri Offi..
Praetorian
Praetorian may mean: Praetorian Guard, a special force of skilled and celebrated warriors used by Roman Emperors.Praetorian (software), an intelligent surveillance software suite. ..
Praetorians (game)
Praetorians is a 3D real-time strategy game developed by Pyro Studios, based on Julius Caesar's campaigns. Players are given the option of a mission where they play as Julius Caesar commanding forces of varying sizes against various barbarian tribes. Or a skirmish can be played in which the playe..
Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard of Caesar Augustus - 1st century. Depicted in a marble bas-relief For the video game, see Praetorians (game) The Praetorian Guard (sometimes Prætorian Guard) (in Latin: praetoriani) comprised a special force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. Before the Emperors, the ..
Praetorian prefect
Praetorian prefect (Latin Praefectus praetorio) was the constant title of a high office in the Roman state that changed fundamentally in nature. Praetorian guards commander The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine abolished it in 314. Praetorian prefects contin..
Praetorian prefecture
--> The division of the Roman Empire into four Praetorian prefectures originated in the age of the Tetrarchy yet outlived that period. In 318 AD, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great organized four prefectures: the Prefecture of Gaul,the Prefecture of Italy and Africa,the Prefecture of Illyricu..
Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
The Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four large Praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. The administrative centre of prefecture was Sirmium. History It was organized in 318, and originally included two dio..
Praetorium
The Praetorium (also called Pilate's House) is the place in what is now the Antonia Fortress where Jesus of Nazareth was brought to trial before Pontius Pilate. The term comes from the Greek word Prai-tor-ion which usually meant military headquarters in a city where the leader or procurator usual..
Praetorius
Praetorius was the name of a distinguished family, or possibly two families, of musicians in Germany in the 16th and 17th centuries. In Germany in the early modern period it became a fashion that educated people called "Schulze" or "Schultheiß" put their name into the Latin language = "Praetorius"..
Praetuttii
Praetuttii (also called llpatrerrioi), a tribe of ancient Italy inhabiting the south of Picenum. Their territory lay between the rivers Vomanum and Tessinnus (Pliny iii. 110) and therefore included Castrum Novum, Interamnia and the Truentus, as well as probably the original of Hadria. From this name..
Praful
Praful is a recent acid jazz mixture band that uses a multitude of instruments, from tenor and soprano saxophones to Indian bamboo flutes, pandeiros, fender rhodes and many other exotic instruments. Two of the Cds One Day Deep and [Pyramid in Your Backyard] have won many awards and worldwid..
Prafulla Chaki
Prafulla Chaki (1888-1908) was an Bengali, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries. Contents 1 Early life2 Revolutionary activities3 The Muzaffarpur killing4 The manhunt and suicide5 External links Early life Prafull..
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (1891 1983) was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as Chief Minister from August 15, 1947 to August 14, 1948, from November 2, 1967 to February 20, 1968 as part of the Indian National Congress, and from April..
Prafulla Chandra Roy
Prafulla Chandra Roy (Bangla: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায়) was a Bengali academician, who spoke of entrepreneurship and himself showed that way. He was born on August 2, 1861 and died on June 16, 1944. He was a chemist and founded Bengal Chemicals. P.C. Roy was born in ..
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (born 1952) is a former president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. He also served as chief minister of the state for two terms, (1985-1990) and (1996-2001), and was one of the youngest chief minister's in the country's hist..
Praful Bidwai
Praful Bidwai (born 1949) is an Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist. His analysis and activism heavily leans towards Marxism though. After studying at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay(he dropped out of college), Bidwai's first notable work in journalism was as a columnist..
Praful Mehta
Praful MehtaEast Africa (EAF) Batting style Left-handed batsman Bowling type Wicketkeeper Tests ODIs Matches - 1 '''Runs scored - 12 Batting average - 12.00 100s/50s -/- 0/0 Top score - 12 ..
Praful Patel
Praful Patel (born February 17, 1957, Kolkata) is an Indian Member of Parliament. He currently holds the title of Minister of Civil Aviation. Shri Patel graduated in Commerce prior to joining the family business with diverse interests in bidis, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, finance, real estate, and pa..
Praga
Praga Północ and Praga Południe Praga's market, Jan Piotr Norblin, 1791. Praga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located on the east bank of the river Vistula. Currently it is administratively divided to: Praga Północ (Praga North)Praga Południe (Pr..
Pragal
Pragal Pragal is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Almada. It has a population of 7,721 inhabitants and a total area of 2.21 Km².   Parishes of Almada municipality ..
Pragatisheel Bahujan Samaj Party
Pragatisheel Bahujan Samaj Party, splinter-group of Bahujan Samaj Party in Madhya Pradesh. PBSP was formed on October 27 1999, when four out of eleven BSP members of the legislative assembly of Madhya Pradesh broke away. ..
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party, a political party in Uttar Pradesh, India. PMSP is based amongst the Bind and Mallah communities. ..
Pragati Legislature Party
Pragati Legislature Party, a political grouping in the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state Orissa. PLP was formed in 1973 by the Utkal Congress, Swatantra Party and others. The PLP leader Biju Patnaik, was elected as the Leader of the Opposition of the Assembly on February 9 1973. His tenure as..
Praga Khan
Praga Khan (real name: Maurice Engelen) is an early techno music musician. His Belgian New Beat style stems back to the 1980s when techno came out of the Belgian underground. Praga Khan teamed up with Jade 4 U and Oliver Adams to form Lords of Acid (also known as "Digital Orgasm") in the late 1980s..
Praga Północ
Praga Północ ..
Praga Południe
Praga Południe Area 22,4 km² Population (2003) 180 000 Population density Mayor Tomasz Koziński Notable landmarks Saska Kępa architecture, Park Skaryszewski, Battle of Olszynka Grochowska battlefield [Praga Południe Website] Praga Południe (South Praga) is..
Pragelato
Pragelato is a comune in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Pragelato was the site of the Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, and the Nordic Combined events of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Piedmont · Communes of the province of Turin Agliè | Airasca | Ala di Stura | Albiano d'..
Pragel Pass
Pragel Pass is a mountain pass (1550 m) in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Uri and Glarus between Hinterthal and Netstal. Klausen Pass links the same cantons further South. The pass road is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. ..
Prager (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Pragjyotisha Kingdom
Pragjyotisha was an ancient kingdom ruled by King Bhagadatta during the time of Kurukshetra War. It was later known by the name Kamarupa. The kingdom roughly falls in modern day Assam state of India. Contents 1 References in Mahabharata1.1 King Bhagadatta of Pragjyotisha1.2 King Va..
Pragma
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pragma may mean: The Greek word pragma (πραγμα), plural pragmata (πραγματα), whose root meaning is 'that which has been done, an act, a deed, a fact', and whose connotations and more extended senses cover a wealth of..
Pragma-dialectics
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Pragmaticism
Pragmaticism is a term used by Charles Sanders Peirce for his pragmatic philosophy after 1905, in order to distance himself and it from pragmatism, the original name, which had been used in a manner he did not approve of in the "literary journals". He said that he coined it because it was "ugly eno..
Pragmatics
Linguistics Theoretical linguistics Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Lexical semantics Structural semantics Prototype semantics Stylistics Prescription Pragmatics Applied linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Generative linguistics Cognitive linguis..
Pragmatic General Multicast
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Pragmatic maxim
The pragmatic maxim, also known as the maxim of pragmatism or the maxim of pragmaticism, is a maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce. Serving as a normative recommendation or a regulative principle in the normative science of logic, its function is to guide the conduct of thought towar..
Pragmatic sanction
A pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. In the late history of the Holy Roman Empire it referred more specifically to an edict issued by the Emperor. When used as a proper noun, not otherwise qualified, it refers to..
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an edict, promulgated by The Emperor Charles V reorganizing the Seventeen Provinces. The Seventeen Provinces were fiefs either of the Holy Roman Empire or of the kingdom of France, united under the rule of the Dukes of Burgundy, hence the name Burgundian Netherlan..
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austrian throne and Habsburg lands would be inherited by Emperor Charles VI's daughter, Maria Theresa, is part of the law of the house of Austria. Events leading to the Pragmatic Sanction Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor wa..
Pragmatic Sanction of 1830
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1830 (Spanish: Pragmática Sanción), issued March 29 1830 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, ratified a Decree of 1789 by Charles IV of Spain, which had replaced the semi-Salic system established by Philip V of Spain with the mixed succession system that predated the Bourbon ..
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King Charles VII of France, on July 7, 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the pope, to be held every ten years, required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, prohibited the pope from bestowin..
Pragmatic theory of truth
Pragmatic theory of truth refers to those accounts, definitions, and theories of the concept truth that distinguish the philosophies of pragmatism and pragmaticism. The conception of truth in question varies along lines that reflect the influence of several thinkers, initially and notably, Charles ..
Pragmatism
Pragmatism, as a school of philosophy, is a collection of many different ways of thinking. Given the diversity among thinkers and the variety among schools of thought that have adopted this term over the years, the term pragmatism has become all but meaningless in the absence of further qualifi..
Pragmatism (non-technical usage)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In ordinary usage, pragmatism refers to behavior which temporarily sets aside a more minor ideal to achieve some higher ideal. A 17th century usage of the term pragmatist has it referring to a person who meddles in the affairs of o..
Pragma once
#pragma once In the C (and C++) programming language, the #pragma once preprocessor directive will usually cause the current source file to be included only once in a build. Most source files cannot be included in a project twice, eg. it is erroneous to compile the third source file below: //..
Pragosh Prabhu
His Grace Praghosa Prabhu, a religious leader of ISKCON, was born in Slough, England in 1961. He is currently serving as Governing Body Commission secretary for the UK and Ireland. In 1998, Praghosa opened Govinda's restaurant in Dublin. ..
Prague
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Old Town (Staré Město) with its Old Town SquareThe Astronomical ClockThe picturesque Charles BridgeNew Town (Nové město) with its busy and historic Wenceslas SquareLesser Quarter (Malá Strana)Prague Castle (the largest castle in the world) wi..
Prague, Nebraska
For other uses of Prague see Prague (disambiguation). Prague is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 346 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Trivia4 External links Geography Prague is located at [41°18′34″N, 9..
Prague, Oklahoma
For other uses of Prague see Prague (disambiguation). Prague is a city in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,138 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 External links Geography Prague is located at [35°29′10″N, 9..
Prague (disambiguation)
List of cities named Prague (Prague is Praha in Czech.) Prague, Czech RepublicPraha, Slovakia - a village outside Lučenec in South-East Slovakia [(tourist info)] Places in the ..
Prague (novel)
Prague is a historical novel by Arthur Phillips about a group of North American expatriates in Budapest, Hungary circa 1990, at the end of the cold war. This is the author's first novel. In 2003 it won The Los Angeles Times/Art Seidenbaum Award for Best First Fiction. The novel was published by Rand..
Prague 1
Prague 1, formally the Prague 1 Municipal District (Městská čast Praha 1), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is co-extensive with the national administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name. Prague 1 includes most of the medieval heart of the city. All of Staré Město (the..
Prague 2
Prague 2, formally the Prague 2 Municipal District (Městská čast Praha 2), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is co-extensive with the national administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name. The district includes all of Vyšehrad and parts of Vinohrady, New Town and Nusle. ..
Prague 3
Prague 3, formally the Prague 3 Municipal District (Městská čast Praha 3), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is co-extensive with the national administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name. The district includes most of the cadastral area of Žižkov and parts of Vinohrady..
Prague Autumn International Music Festival
Prague Autumn International Music Festival is the second largest classical music festval in Prague held annually in September. It is organised under the auspices of Václav Klaus, president of the Czech republic and is co-produced by the City of Prague. History The history of the festival began ea..
Prague Castle
Prague Castle at night. The Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad) is the castle in Prague where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of the Czech Republic (and Czechoslovakia) have had their offices. The crown jewels of the Bohemian Kingdom are kept here. Prague Castle is one o..
Prague Chamber Choir
The Prague Chamber Choir (Pražský komorní sbor) is a Czech choir founded in 1990 by singers of the Prague Philharmonic Choir. It has given concerts in Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Lebanon and many European countries. External links [Prage Chamber Choir official website] ..
Prague Declaration
Prague declaration is a term used for several declarations signed in Prague, Czech Republic. Declarations Prague Summit Declaration - issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO) in Prague on 21 November 2002. [link] The p..
Prague districts
The writing on this Prague street sign indicates it is in the Vinohrady cadastral area and the administrative and municipal district of Prague 3. Prague has a local-government structure of two or three tiers, depending on the area of town. At the top is the Magistrate of the Capital City of Pr..
Prague Fringe Festival
Prague Fringe Festival is an annual event held every May in Prague, Czech Republic. Fringe Festival,on the model of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, permits to more than 150 artists (in about 37 shows), to produce a wide variety of interesting works in alternative theatre, or entertainment (not of the..
Prague grosh
Prague grosh (Czech: "pražský groš", Polish: "grosz praski") was a silver coin that became very common throughout the Medieval Central Europe. Minting of this coin started around 1300 during the rein of the Bohemian king Wenceslaus II. It was the most popular of the early grosh-type coins. ..
Prague High School
Prague High School can refer to: Prague High School in Prague, NebraskaPrague High School in Prague, Oklahoma 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..
Prague Institute
The Prague Institute for Global Urban Development is a research institute which advices urban planners globally. It also publishes the Global Urban Development Magazine and hosts seminars and conferences on Urban planning, especially with a global perspective. External links [Prague Institute..
Prague International Jazz Festival
Prague International Jazz Festival - a traditional jazz festival held annually in Prague (Czech Republic). In 2005 the festival celebrated estimable anniversary - 40 years from its establishment in 1964. With this year belongs Prague´s festival proudly among the most traditional jazz festivals not ..
Prague International Marathon
The Prague International Marathon or PIM, is a race in Prague Czech Republic, held every year in May. In only one decade (since 1995) the marathon became one of the most significant races in the world. According to media it is the world's most international marathon, with two-thirds of runners comin..
Prague International Organ Festival
Prague International Organ Festival is a festival for organ lovers, held annually in Prague, presenting a series of concerts by well-known organ virtuosos from all over the world - such as Kristiaan Seynhaave (2005). The venue where the concerts are held is the stunning baroque St. James Basilica ri..
Prague Linguistic Circle
The Prague Linguistic Circle founded as Cercle Linguistique de Prague (in Czech Pražský lingvistický kroužek) in Prague, became known around the world as the Prague School. Its proponents developed methods of structuralist literary analysis during the years 1928–1939. It has had significan..
Prague Main railway station
Prague Main railway station (in Czech: Hlavní nádraží) is the largest and most important railway station in Prague (Czech Republic). It was opened in 1871 as the Station of Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the so called "1st Republic" (before the World War II) the station was called Wilson st..
Prague Manifesto
For the declaration of principles supporting the Esperanto movement, see Prague Manifesto (Esperanto). The Prague Manifesto (in Russian: Пражский Манифест) is a document that was created by several members of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, an anti-communi..
Prague Manifesto (Esperanto)
Esperanto topics ..
Prague Metro
map of the Prague Metro The Prague metro is an underground public transport network in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the fastest means of transportation around the city and serves over one million passengers a day. Contents 1 Basic information2 Layout and stations3 Tickets4&n..
Prague Metronome
The Prague Metronome from below The Prague Metronome from behind The Metronome is a giant, functional metronome located overlooking the Vltava River and the city center of Prague. It was erected in 1991, and stands on the plinth left vacant by the destruction of an enormous monument to fo..
Prague Offensive
Axis-Soviet War Barbarossa – Finland 1941-44 – Leningrad and Baltics 1941-1944 – Crimea and Caucasus – Moscow – 1st Rzhev-Vyazma – 2nd Kharkov – Stalingrad – Velikiye Luki – 2nd Rzhev-Sychevka – Kursk – 2nd Smolensk – D..
Prague Orloj
The astronomical clock in the Old-Town Square of Prague The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: , [praʒski: ɔrlɔi]) is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague at [50°5′13.23″N, 14°25′15.30″E], the capital of the Czech Republic. The Orloj..
Prague Party Conference
The Prague Party Conference was a conference of Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. It was held in Prague in January 1912. At the conference, Lenin and his supporters broke away from the rest of the party and formed their own, purely Bolshevik, party. A..
Prague Post
The Prague Post is an English language weekly newspaper published in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the most circulated English language publication in the country. Its target audience is the English speaking community of the Czech Republic and is widely read by business people and other expatriots. ..
Prague Security Studies Institute
The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, secure, democratic, free-market society in the Czech Republic and other post-communist states. History The founding of PSSI was the result of nea..
Prague specifics
Business Hours - office hours are generally between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Shopping opening hours can vary considerably depending on the store. Time - The Czech Republic is on Central European Time, which is GMT plus one hour, and six hours ahead of US Eastern Standard Time during win..
Prague Spring
This article refers to a period of history of Czechoslovakia. For the music festival see Prague Spring Music Festival. The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar, Polish: praska wiosna) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5 1968 when Ale..
Prague Spring International Music Festival
The Prague Spring International Music Festival is a permanent showcase for outstanding performing artists, symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles of the world. The first festival was held under the patronage of Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš, and its organizing committee was made up o..
Prague Stock Exchange
The Prague Stock Exchange or PSE (Czech: Burza cenných papírů Praha, a.s. or BCPP) is the main securities market organiser in the Czech Republic and currently (as of September 2005) the second biggest stock exchange in Central and Eastern Europe. Although the first exchange operated in Prague al..
Prague underground (culture)
Prague underground was an underground culture developed in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and 1970s during the Czechoslovak normalization. The movement was characterized by resistance against conformity, conventions, and consumerism. Because of its non-conformity, it had serious problems w..
Prague uprising
The Prague Uprising was an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city of Prague from German occupation during the World War Two. It lasted from May 5 to May 8, 1945. Contents 1 Broadcast2 Uprising3 Liberation4 See also Broadcast The uprising was triggered on the morni..
Prague Writers Festival
Prague Writers Festival Prague Writers' Festival is one of the most lively cultural events in Prague and one of the more notable literary events in Europe. Its roots go back to 1980, to Keats House in London, when, in cooperation with the journal Index on Censorship there were readings by wr..
Prague Zoo
The main entrance on a Saturday morning. Prague Zoo is a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1931 with the goal to "advance the study of zoology, protect wildlife, and educate the public" in the district of Troja in the north of Prague. The zoo occupies 45 hectares (111 acres) and ..
PragVEC
prag VEC were a post-punk band from London, probably most famous for the song "Cigarettes" on their debut EP: We can sit about, talk about the kinds of fags we smoke. The picture cover of the 1979 PragVEC single:Expert They released two singles and an album on their own Spec Records and play..
Pragyan
Pragyan's Logo The information about Praygan given here, is very limited. For more details about pragyan and competitions, please visit [http://www.pragyan.org] Pragyan '05 was an initiative towards this very immense cause of promoting the cause of celebrating technology. Pragyan '..
Praha, Texas
Praha, Texas is a small town located at 29° 42' 34" N and 97° 5' 55" W, approximately 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Austin. It was originally called Mulberry by the first Anglo settlers, James C. Duff, William Criswell and Leroy Criswell. (It was also known as Hottentot, a name which a..
Prahaar: The Final Attack
Prahaar: The Final Attack is Nana Patekar's production on the army being the last bastion of uprightness in this world. And how a disturbed officer visiting the neighbourhood of a colleague killed by local thugs takes the law into his own hands. Stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Madhuri Dixit. Ex..
Prahasta
In the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Prahasta was a powerful rakshasa warrior and chief commander of Ravana's army of Lanka. By other accounts, he was a son of Ravana and Mandodari. Prahasta leds Ravana's army in the wars against Yama, Kubera and the Devas, and the Asuras and Daityas, through which Rav..
Prahins
Prahins is a municipality in the district of Yverdon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ..
Prahlad
In Hinduism, Prahlad was a son of Hiranyakashipu, a Daitya. Prahlad is known particularly for his steadfast devotion to Lord Vishnu, while defying his father and not losing his faith despite Hiranyakashipu's several attempts to coerce and even kill him. Contents 1 The Devotee2 Attempts ..
Prahladananda Swami
Prahladananda Swami, a religious leader of ISKCON, was born on May 25, 1949. In 1969 he was initiated by Srila Prabhupada, and in 1982 he received the order of sannyasa. In 1986 he started to initiate as a guru, spiritual master, of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Prahladanand..
Prahlad Friedman
Prahlad "Spirit Rock" Friedman (born 1979) is an American professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. Friedman was born in 1979 and plays mostly online now. Some say he has changed his screen names to avoid giving himself away. Friedman won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2..
Prahlad Ji Story from Sri Vishnu Purana
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Prahlad Keshav Atre
Prahlad Keshav Atre (1898-1969), better known as Acharya Atre, was an Indian playwright and novelist in the Marathi language. Often writing under the pseudonym "Keshav Kumar", Atre was a major contributor to literature in the Marathi language. His works, which range from plays to sonnets to verse pa..
Prahok
Prahok is a type of crushed, salted and fermented fish paste (usually of mud fish) that can be used in Cambodian cuisine as a seasoning or a condiment (usually the latter). It originated as a way of preserving fish during the longer months when fresh fish was not available in abundant supply in Camb..
Prahova
The word Prahova can refer to these places in Romania: Prahova CountyPrahova RiverPrahova Valleyredirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Prahova County
"Prahova" redirects here. For , see . Prahova County Facts Development region: ..
Prahova River
For other uses of "", see {{{1. Prahova is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the Bucegi Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and flows into the Ialomiţa (near Adâncata). It has a lengths 183 kilometers, of which 6 km in Braşov County, 161 km in Prahova County and the last 16 km in..
Prahova Valley
For other uses of "", see {{{1. Prahova Valley (Romanian: Valea Prahovei) is the valley where the Prahova river makes its way between the Bucegi and the Baiului Mountains, in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. It is a tourist region, situated about 100 km north of the capital city of Bucharest. ..
Prahran, Victoria
Prahran (pronounced "pran" or "puh-ran") is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington. Prahran Police Station (1887) on the corner of Greville & Macquarie Streets It is an eminently livable part of Melbourne with many shops, res..
Prahran Football Club
Prahran Football Club (Prahran Footy Club, PFC, PAFC and PSFC) is an Australian rules football club based at Toorak Park at the corner of High Street and Orrong Road in Prahran, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 2006, the club competes in D Division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association ..
Prahran Market
The Prahran Market is one of the premier fresh food markets in Melbourne, Australia. It has existed on its present site in Commercial Road, South Yarra, just 200 metres from Chapel Street, for over 125 years. The market boasts a great variety of stalls and shops offering fresh fruit and vegetables, ..
Prahran Mechanics' Institute
Prahran Mechanics' Institute is a subscription library situated at 140 High Street, Prahran, Victoria (Australia). Established in 1854 by subscriptions of the local community, it is one of the oldest surviving mechanics' institutes in Victoria and one of only six still operating its lending librar..
Prahran railway station, Melbourne
Prahran station, originally known as Greville Street Station, is located in the middle of Greville Street, a favorite evening destination with many of the street's bars having DJs and music at night. During the day, Greville Street attracts people because of its cafes, fashion stores and village-l..
Praia
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Municipality of Praia Map --> Statistics Island: Santiago Seat: Praia Population: 113,664 (2001)Ranked 1st Elevation:Lowest:Centre:Highest: Atlantic Oceanabout 5 m (Praia)Pico do Antónia Location: 14.91667/14°55' N lat.23.51667..
Praia (Azores)
Praia, also São Mateus is a Portuguese parish in the district of Santa Cruz da Graciosa in the Azores. The population in 2001 is 901, its density is 166/km² and the area is 12.56 km². ..
Praia (disambiguation)
The name Praia appears in biology: Praia (genus) is a genus of sawflies. More commonly, it appears in a geogrphical context. There are places that have the name Praia (Portuguese for beach): Contents 1 In the Azores1.1 Related2 In Brazil:2.1 Related:3 In Cape Verde4 ..
Praia da Luz
Praia da Luz ("Light Beach") is a beach located about 3km from Lagos (Algarve, Portugal). It is a holiday beach for many Portuguese, English, French and German people. Praia da Luz is an intermediate size beach with two disctinct zones: the fine, clean and white sand characteristic of Algar..
Praia da Rocha
Praia da Rocha (Portuguese: "beach of rocks") is a town in the Algarve, southern Portugal. ..
Praia da Vitória
Praia da Vitória Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R.  A.R. of AzoresA.R. of AzoresA.R. of Azores Party Roberto Monteiro PS Area 161.3 km² Population - Total - Density 20,34288/km² parishes 11 Coordinates [38º04'N 27º04'W]..
Praia de Adegas
Praia de Adegas is a beach situated in the district of Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal. Difficult to access, it is one of the five official naturist beaches in the country. ..
Praia do Almoxarife
Coat of Arms Flag Map Map not yetavailable --> Statistics Island: Faial Municipality: Horta Area:-Total-Water-Rank 10.04 km²km²74.3/km² Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: Atlantic Oceanabout 200 m (centre)western part Name of inhabitants: - sing..
Praia do Cassino
The Cassino Beach (Praia do Cassino in Portuguese) is located adjacent to the city of Rio Grande, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is commonly known in Brazil as the longest beach in the world (approximately 254 km long), streching from the Molhes (stone barrier built into the ocean sep..
Praia do Norte
Coat of Arms Flag Map Map not yetavailable --> Statistics Island: Faial Municipality: Horta Area:-Total-Water-Rank 14 km²km²18.5/km² Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: Atlantic Oceanabout 200 m (centre)western part Praia do Norte (Portuguese for "..
Praia Grande
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Praia Grande (disambiguation)
Praia Grande (Portuguese for "Large Beach") can refer to two cities in Brazil: Praia Grande, Santa CatarinaPraia Grande, São Paulo Praia Grande can refer to beaches throughout the world: Praia Grande, a beach in the city of Florianópolis in Brazil, neighboring Praia de Moçambique and continues ..
Praia Rural
Praia is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Praia in the island of Santiago. The team was founded by members and spectators are primarily from the rural areas of the souther..
Praieira revolt
In Brazil, the "Praieira" revolt was a movement in Pernambuco that lasted from 1848 to 1852, linked to the unresolved conflicts remaining from the period of the Regency and local resistance to the consolidation of the Brazilian Empire that had been proclaimed in 1822. The principal event, which gav..
Prainha
There are parishes that have the name Prainha in Portugal: In the Azores Prainha, a parish in the district of São Roque do PicoIn Brazil Prainha, ParáExternal Links [Prainha Property] This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same ti..
Prainha, Pará
Prainha is a municipality/county in the state of Pará in Brazil. Its latitude is 1.8/1°48' S and the longitude is 53.481/52°28'48' W. The population in 2004 is 30,060, the density is 2.15/km² and the area is 13,895.79 km² The elevation is 70 m. It is located in the Amazon forest. External..
Prainha (São Roque do Pico)
PrainhaFreguesia da Prainha Coat of Arms Flag Map Map not yetavailable --> Statistics Island: Pico Municipality: São Roque do Pico Area:-Total-Water-Rank 27.9 km²21.9/km² Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: Atlantic Oceanabout 200 m (centre)western ..
Prairial
Allegory, unknown author Prairial was the ninth month in the French Republican Calendar. This month was named after the French word prairie, which means meadow. Prairial was the third month of the spring quarter (mois de printemps). It started May 20 or May 21. It ended June 18 or June 19. I..
Prairie
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that historcially supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. It encompassed much of the area referred to as the Gre..
Prairie, Mississippi
Prairie, Mississippi, is a village in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Prairie is located at [33°47′48″N, 88°40′03″W] [Geographic references#3GR3] west of Aberdeen on Mississippi State Highway 382. According to the United States Geological Survey, a vari..
Prairie-Masker
A noise reduction system fitted to some warships of western origin. The Masker portion consists of two bands fitted to the outside of the hull adjacent the vessels engine rooms, compressed air is then forced into the bands and escapes through machined perforations to create a barrier of air bubbles ..
Prairieburg, Iowa
Prairieburg is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 175 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairieburg is located at [42°14′16″N, 91°25′28″W] (42.237829, -91.424416)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the c..
Prairiemon
Prairiemon is an Animal Digimon and the Armor Digivolved form of Patamon through the Digi-Egg of Kindness. He resembles a prairie dog with rabbit ears. He crosses the prairie at the speed of sound and rips through anything in his way. Contents 1 Evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks3&nb..
Prairies of Amazonia
Prairies of Amazonia is the fourth episode in the documentary series The Future is Wild. It is set in South America where the Amazon used to stand in 5,000,000 years time. It features three species. *Carakiller - a descendant of the caracara which has evolved to replace land predators *Babookari ..
Prairieville, Louisiana
Prairieville is a community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is south of Baton Rouge and north of Gonzales, Louisiana. The latitude of Prairieville is 30.302N. The longitude is -90.971W. ..
Prairieville Township, Michigan
Prairieville Township is a township in Barry County, Michigan, United States. The population was 3,175 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94.8 km² (36.6 mi²). 86.2 km² (33.3 mi²) of it is land and 8.5 km² (3.3 mi²) of ..
Prairieville Township, Minnesota
Prairieville Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 346 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.0 km² (34.4 mi²). 89.0 km² (34.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water. Demogra..
Prairiewood, New South Wales
Prairiewood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is primarily a residential suburb. Fairfield Hospital was moved to Prairiewood in 1988 from its original location in Fairfield. It is also home to a golf course and Fairfield Showground. External links Suburbs and ..
Prairiewood Golf Course
The Prairiewood Golf Course is a 9-hole golf course located at Prairiewood Drive and Westgate Circle in Fargo, North Dakota. It measures 5094 yards from the back tees. External links [Prairiewood Golf Course][North Dakota Golf Association website] ..
Prairie (disambiguation)
Prairie is used in the following: Geography: A prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate.Geography: Prairie, Mississippi is a village in Missis..
Prairie Avenue
Prairie Avenue is a street on the south side of Chicago which extends from 16th street to the city's southern limits. In 1812, the area that is now the northern section of this street was the site of the Fort Dearborn massacre. Shortly after the Civil War, the city's wealthy residents settled on P..
Prairie Bible College
Prairie Bible College, incorporated as Prairie Bible Institute (PBI), was opened on October 9 1922 in Three Hills, Alberta. It became renown as a major missionary training centre with alumni eventually working in more than 110 nations around the globe. It's precursor was a local Bible Study group l..
Prairie Capital Convention Center
The Prairie Capital Convention Center is a 8,900-seat multi-purpose arena in Springfield, Illinois. It was built in 1978. The arena hosts local concerts and sporting events for the area. ..
Prairie Chapel Ranch
Bush at his ranch Prairie Chapel Ranch is a 1583 acre (6.4 km²) estate located seven miles (10 km) northwest of Crawford, Texas. It is the home of President George W. Bush. Then–Governor Bush bought the land, which was a former pig farm, in 1999 shortly after earning a $14.3-million p..
Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chicken refers to several birds in the genus Tympanuchus: Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)*Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)*Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)*Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Lesser Prairie Chicken This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..
Prairie City
Prairie City may refer to: Prairie City, OregonPrairie City, IowaPrairie City, IllinoisThis 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 arti..
Prairie City, Illinois
Prairie City is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 461 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie City is located at [40°37′15″N, 90°27′49″W] (40.620740, -90.463582)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census ..
Prairie City, Iowa
Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 History3 Demographics4 External links Geography Prairie City is located at [41°35′53″N, 93°14′12″W] (41.598042, -93.236726)&#..
Prairie City, Oregon
Prairie City is a city in Grant County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,080 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie City is located at [44°27′34″N, 118°42′33″W] (44.459459, -118.709271)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Prairie City, South Dakota
Prairie City is an unincorporated community located in Perkins County, South Dakota. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Prairie City has been assigned the ZIP code of 57649. External links ..
Prairie clover
Prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae), is an uncommon perennial legume found in southern Nevada, USA, and the eastern Mojave Desert. The plant grows to 20 inches in height and has purple flowers. It is usually found alongside sagebrush and piñon-juniper woodlands. References Stewart, Jon Mark. Mojave..
Prairie County
Prairie County is the name of several counties in the United States: Prairie County, ArkansasPrairie County, Montana 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 poin..
Prairie County, Arkansas
Prairie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population is 9,539. The county has two county seats, Des Arc and De Valls Bluff. Prairie County was formed on October 25, 1846 and named for the Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas. Contents 1 Geography1.1&n..
Prairie County, Montana
Prairie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of 2000, the population is 1,199. Its county seat is Terry6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent Counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total ..
Prairie Creek, Arkansas
Prairie Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,849 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie Creek is located at [36°20′27″N, 94°3′42″W] (36.340915, -94.061603)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to th..
Prairie Creek Airport
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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The 14,000-acre (57 km²) park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees. The park is jointly managed by the California Department ..
Prairie Dawn
Prairie Dawn with comedian Margaret Cho. Prairie Dawn is a fictional character, a rather mature seven-year old Muppet girl on the children's television program Sesame Street. She is similar in appearance to a character from the Anything Muppets. She is famous for writing school pageants (e.g...
Prairie dog
For the newspaper, see Prairie Dog. Prairie dogs are small, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches native to the grasslands of North America. An average prairie dog's size is 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) long. In the United States, prairie dogs are primarily found west of..
Prairie Dog
For the rodent, see prairie dog. The Prairie Dog is a newspaper in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. While published every two weeks, the newspaper shares the format of an alternative newsweekly. Published by a worker cooperative, the Prairie Dog takes a left wing editorial position. Planet S, in Sask..
Prairie Dog Central Railway
The Prairie Dog Central Railway is a heritage railway in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Excursions are made most weekend days from May through September, and last almost three hours with two stops totalling just over an hour. 1882 steam locomotive No. 3 is currently being rebuilt, for use in the 2006 season ..
Prairie dropseed
The Prairie dropseed is a species of prairie grass native to a widespread area of the US, from the Mid-West to the eastern seaboard (Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia). Taking up to five years to mature from seed, t..
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien, WI Prairie du Chien is the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin. The population was 6,018 at the 2000 census. Often called Wisconsin's second oldest city, Prairie du Chien was established by French voyageurs in the late 17th century. The city is located near the conf..
Prairie du Chien (town), Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien is a town located in Crawford County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,076. The City of Prairie du Chien is located partially within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 94.1 km² (36...
Prairie du Rocher
Prairie du Rocher ("Prairie of the Rock" in French) is a small town founded in the French colonial period in the American Midwest. The town is located near bluffs that flank the east side of the Mississippi River, in the area once called the "American Bottom" in reference to its rich bottomland soil..
Prairie du Rocher, Illinois
Prairie du Rocher is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 613 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1722 by the French and its name roughly translates to "land under the rock" in French. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Externa..
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Prairie du Sac sign Prairie du Sac is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,231 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Prairie du Sac, just north of Sauk City. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Sauk Prairie4 Tri..
Prairie du Sac (town), Wisconsin
Prairie du Sac is a town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,138 at the 2000 census. The Village of Prairie du Sac is located within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 78.6 km² (30.4 mi²). 76.4 km² (29.5 mi�..
Prairie Falcon
The Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) is a medium-sized falcon of western North America. It is about the size of a Peregrine Falcon or a crow, with an average length of 40 cm (16 in), wingspan of 1 metre (40 in), and weight of 720 g (1.6 lb). As in all falcons, females are noticeably bigger than m..
Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin
Prairie Farm is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 603 at the 2000 census. The Village of Prairie Farm is within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 89.0 km² (34.4 mi²), all land. Demographics As ..
Prairie Farm, Wisconsin
Prairie Farm is a village in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 508 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Prairie Farm, on eastern shore of the Prairie Farm Flowage, a reservoir on the Hay River. Geography Prairie Farm is located at [45°14..
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration is a branch under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a department of the Federal Government of Canada. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration or the PFRA as it is commonly referred was established by an Act of Parliament in 1935 in response to t..
Prairie Fire
Prairie Fire can refer to: A supercomputer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.The mascot for Knox College of Galesburg, IllinoisThe Saskatchewan Prairie Fire of the Rugby Canada Super LeagueThe annual Prairie Fire Festival in Cottonwood Falls, KansasThe Prairie Fire Magazine, a Canadian publicati..
Prairie Giant
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story is a CBC Television miniseries first aired in two consecutive parts on March 12 and March 13, 2006. It dramatizes and fictionalizes the life and career of Tommy Douglas, the Canadian politician who oversaw the legislation of Canada's first medicare program as ..
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Prairie Grove is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,540 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Prairie Grove was the site of the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War...
Prairie Grove, Illinois
Prairie Grove is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 960 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie Grove is located at [42°16′38″N, 88°16′9″W] (42.277343, -88.269278)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census ..
Prairie Hill, Missouri
Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in eastern Chariton County, Missouri. It is located about eight miles northeast of Salisbury. Its post office has closed, mail now comes from Salisbury. ..
Prairie Home, Missouri
Prairie Home is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie Home is located at [38°48′47″N, 92°35′23″W] (38.813012, -92.589786)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bure..
Prairie Island
Prairie Island has multiple meanings: Prairie Island Indian Community in MinnesotaPrairie Island Nuclear Power Plant located nearbyThis 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..
Prairie Island Indian Community
Prairie Island Indian Community is a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota along the Mississippi River, near Red Wing. It was created in 1889, with boundaries modified after that time. Much of the reservation land was lost following construction of Lock and Dam No. 3 alon..
Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant
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Prairie lake
A prairie lake is a somewhat shallow lake that will empty naturally during dry periods allowing a variety of land plants to flourish in the rich nutrients on the lake bottom. The lakes eventually fill up with water returning to their previous state. In northern Florida, a Flatwoods/Prairie Lake is g..
Prairie Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin
Prairie Lake is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,369 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 90.4 km² (34.9 mi²). 85.8 km² (33.1 mi²) of it is land and 4.6 km² (1.8 mi²) of it (5.13%)..
Prairie Lake Township, Minnesota
Prairie Lake Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 51 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.4 km² (35.7 mi²). 91.7 km² (35.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of..
Prairie madness
For the 1970s band, see Prairie Madness (band). Prairie madness is a term that describes an affliction that was common in the United States among white settlers of the Great Plains during the mid to late 1800's. The term describes a 'madness' due to the effect of extreme isolation on an individual...
Prairie Madness (band)
Prairie Madness is a guitar/piano duo that existed in the 1960s and 70s in Los Angeles and Marin Country, California. Their self-titled album and the single from that album 'Shame The Children', were co-produced by Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum organist, and Joel Sill. Personnel Chris Ducey - Acoust..
Prairie Meadows
Prairie Meadows is a thoroughbred and quarter horse racetrack and casino in Altoona, Iowa. Contents 1 History and information2 Physical attributes3 Racing4 References5 External links History and information In 1984, Prairie Meadows received a license from the Iowa St..
Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap
The Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses. The Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap is raced at Prairie Meadows each year. The race is open to horses, age three and up willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. The race carries a..
Prairie oyster
Prairie oyster may refer to: Rocky Mountain oysters, bull testicles eaten as food,Prairie Oyster, a Canadian country band.A supposed hangover-curing cocktail, usually comprising a raw egg or egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper, sometimes with other salty or acidic ingredients. This is a ..
Prairie Oyster
For the cocktail, see Prairie Oyster (cocktail) Prairie Oyster are a Canadian country music group. The band formed in 1974 as a trio, consisting of singer/bassist Russell de Carle, guitarist Keith Glass and steel guitarist Denis Delorme. They toured and performed on television, but did not record;..
Prairie Parkway
Prairie Parkway is a transportation proposal by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to connect Interstate 80 to Interstate 88 in the outer western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. In July 2002 a planning corridor from I-80 near Minooka to I-88 near Elburn was protected ..
Prairie Plant Systems
Prairie Plant Systems is a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based company established in 1988. It specializes in biosecure underground growth chambers used for plant-made pharmaceuticals . Its most famous contract was Health Canada's marijuana cultivation project in Flin Flon, Manitoba. References [Pr..
Prairie pothole
The Prairie Pothole Region is an area of the Great Plains that is covered with grass-covered wetlands. The PPR is pockmarked with thousands of shallow ponds, known as potholes. The region is important to both agriculture and wildlife, especially fish and birds. for a map of the PPR, see [link&..
Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince was born Charles L. Prince on May 7 1950 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a rock drummer. He was a member of the The Tubes and Journey, and has also worked with Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spoo..
Prairie Public Broadcasting
Prairie Public Broadcasting operates public television and public radio networks in the U.S. state of North Dakota, also reaching neighboring states and Canadian provinces. North Dakota Public Radio has eight stations and 11 translators. Prairie Public Television currently has seven analog (NTSC) ..
Prairie Public Broadcasting Tower
The Prairie Public Broadcasting Tower is a 359.1 metre high guyed TV tower at Amenia, North Dakota, USA at 47°00'45.0" N and 97°11'42.0" W. The Prairie Public Broadcasting Tower was built in 1980. External links http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=602295 ..
Prairie Public Television
Prairie Public Television (or simply PPTV) is a public television network primarily serving the U.S. state of North Dakota, but also reaching neighboring states of Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota and Canadian provinces. Part of Prairie Public Broadcasting along with North Dakota Public Radio, the..
Prairie Restoration
Prairie Restoration is an ecologically friendly way to restore some of the prairie land that was lost to industry, farming and commerce. The State of Illinois alone once held over 22 million acres (89,000 km²) of prairie land and now a mere 2,000 acres (8 km²) of original prairie land exist. ..
Prairie Ridge, Washington
Prairie Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,688 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie Ridge is located at [47°8′43″N, 122°8′54″W] (47.145326, -122.148230)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According t..
Prairie River
Prairie River may be: In the United States: Prairie River in LouisianaPrairie River in MichiganPrairie River in MinnesotaPrairie River in Wisconsin Long Prairie River in Minnesota This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an re..
Prairie River (Wisconsin)
The Prairie River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in north-central Wisconsin in the United States. It is about 40 mi (65 km) long. Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Course The Prairie River flows from Horseshoe Lake in northwestern Langlade County and f..
Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan
Prairie Ronde Township is a township in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,086 at the 2000 census. Prairie Ronde is the birthplace of the women's suffragist Olympia Brown. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94...
Prairie Rose
Prairie Rose may refer to the following: A number of bushy flowering plants: Wild Prairie Rose, Rosa arkansanaSmooth Rose, Rosa blanda Other things: Prairie Rose, North DakotaPrairie Rose State Games, a North Dakota athletic event This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..
Prairie Rose, North Dakota
Prairie Rose is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 68 at the 2000 census. The town is an enclave suburb of Fargo, North Dakota. Prairie Rose was founded in 1975. Geography Prairie Rose is located at [46°48′59″N, 96°50′8″W] (46.816298, -..
Prairie Sac
Prairie du Sac is a town and village in Sauk County, Wisconsin: Prairie du Sac (town)Prairie du Sac (village) 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..
Prairie School
F. B. Henderson House, an example of Prairie School architecture Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States. The style is marked by horizontal lines, flat roofs with broad overhanging eaves, solid construction, crafts..
Prairie Schooner (magazine)
Prairie Schooner is a national literary magazine published quarterly by the University of Nebraska Press. It is based in Lincoln, Nebraska at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was founded in 1926 by Lowry Wimberly and a small group of his students, who together formed the Wordsmith Chapter of S..
Prairie Shrew
The Prairie Shrew, Sorex haydeni, is a small shrew found in the Canadian prairies and midwestern United States. At one time, this species was considered to be a subspecies of the similar Masked Shrew, S. cinereus. It is brown in colour with light grey underparts with a long tail. Its body is about..
Prairie Skink
The Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis) is a skink living in the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is one of only five species of lizards that occur in Canada. Taxonomy The Prairie Skink has first been described by Baird in 1859. Two subspecies are generally recognize..
Prairie skirt
A prairie skirt is an American style of skirt, an article of women's and girls clothing. Prairie skirts are slightly flared to very full, with one or more flounces (deep ruffles) or tiers, and are often worn over a ruffled eyelet or lace-trimmed petticoat. Prairie skirts are so-called after their ..
Prairie South School Division
The Prairie South School Division #210 (effective January 1, 2006, due to provincial amalgamations) is comprised of 45 schools in the west-central part of Saskatchewan. This division has an enrolment of about 7100 students. The Prairie South School Division is composed of the former Moose Jaw Publ..
Prairie Star District
The Prairie Star District of the Unitarian Universalist Association is a district, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, northwestern Missouri, eastern Nebraska, North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, and western Wisconsin. External links [Prairie Star Distri..
Prairie Star Middle School
Prairie Star Middle School is located in Leawood, Kansas. Leawood is a suburb in the southern portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The school feeds into Blue Valley High School. Prairie Star Middle School opened its doors in August 1996. The school is located at 14201 Mission Road, Leaw..
Prairie Theatre Exchange
The Prairie Theatre Exchange is a professional theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It has its origins with the Manitoba Theatre School started by the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1960. In 1972, MTC shut down the school and group spearheaded by Colin Jackson and Charles Huband founded the Manitoba T..
Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois
Prairie Township is a township located in the northeast of Edgar County, Illinois. ..
Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana
Prairie Township is one of 12 townships in Warren County, Indiana. It is almost entirely agricultural and contains a single town, Tab. ..
Prairie Trail Junior High
Prairie Trail is one of the eight junior high schools in Olathe, Kansas. The school opened its doors in the August of 2004, and serves a diverse population. Graduates go to Olathe Northwest High School with select graduates of Oregon Trail Junior High and Santa Fe Trail Junior High. The mascot is t..
Prairie Valley High School
Prairie Valley High School is a high school located in Gowrie, Iowa External links [School review] ..
Prairie View
Prairie View may refer to: Prairie View, Texas, a city in the United StatesPrairie View, Illinois a town in the United StatesPrairie View A&M University, a university located in Prairie View, TexasPrairie View was formerly the name of Bridge City, Texas. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation..
Prairie View, Kansas
Prairie View is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. The population was 141 at the 2000 census. Geography Prairie View is located at [39°49′54″N, 99°34′24″W] (39.831737, -99.573324)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Burea..
Prairie View, Texas
Prairie View is a city in Waller County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,410 at the 2000 census. Prairie View A&M University is located in the city. Geography Prairie View is located at [30°4′56″N, 95°59′30″W] (30.082131, -95.991788)[Geographic references#1GR1..
Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), founded in 1876 is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View A&M University is the second oldest institution of higher education in Texas. With an established reputation for ..
Prairie View Township, Minnesota
Prairie View Township is a township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 215 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.9 km² (35.1 mi²). 90.8 km² (35.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of..
Prairie Village, Kansas
Prairie Village is a city in Johnson County, Kansas and is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The population was 22,072 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Residents of note5 External links Geography Prairie Village is located at [38°..
Prairie Village, Kentucky
Prairie Village is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky centered along Third Street Road & Stonestreet Road. References ↑  External links ..
Prairie Vole
The Prairie Vole, Microtus ochrogaster, is a small vole found in central North America. These animals have long, coarse greyish-brown fur on the upperparts and yellowish underparts. They have short ears and a short tail, somewhat darker on top. They are 15 cm long with a 3 cm tail and weigh abo..
Prairie Warbler
The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through the eye and a yellow spot..
Prairie Web
[ Prairie Web Internet Marketing ] http://www.pwim.com, founded in 1997, brings together the expertise of marketers, programmers and designers with 20 plus combined years of online marketing (SEO/SEM), 55 plus combined years of business marketing and 34 plus combined years of HTML and desig..
Prairie Wind
For the Neil Young album, see Prairie Wind (album). A tiled desktop wallpaper that comes with several versions of the Microsoft Windows(tm) operating system. Filename "prairie wind.bmp". It's dark blue with some lighter blue and greenish blue wispy things on it, perhaps meant to symbolize sheaves o..
Prairie Wind (album)
Prairie Wind is a Neil Young album released in 2005. After recent dalliances with 60s soul music (Are You Passionate?) and rock opera (Greendale, which spawned a Young directed film of the same name), Prairie Wind featured an acoustic based sound reminiscent of his earlier commercially successful ..
Prairie Wrestling Alliance
Contents 1 History2 Roster2.1 Current roster2.2 Tag teams2.3 Inactive roster2.4 Alumni3 Current champions4 External links History Priaire Wrestling Alliance (PWA) is based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Roster Current roster Belle LovitzBill YatesChip Worthin..
Praise
In religion, praise is an empassioned exaltation of God (ie. a Supreme Being, or Creation), typically as an expression of gratitude for one's life or being. In other cases, praise may be tied to more situational aspects such as health and prosperity. In its common usage praise is the act of making ..
Praise-God Barebone
Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon; c.1596 – 1679) was an English leather-seller, preacher and Fifth Monarchist. He became a freeman of the Leathersellers Company in January 1623. Around the same time, he [began?] preaching to large audiences that assembled at his house, The Lock and Key..
Praise (band)
Praise (formed in 1991 in London, England) were a new-age music group, comprising Geoff MacCormack, Simon Goldenberg and Miriam Stockley. Praise released one self-titled album in 1991, reaching number 2 in the UK album charts. Praise mixes European dance beats with a variety of traditional world sa..
Praise (Knott's)
Praise is the name of Knott's Berry Farm's annual Christian music festival. Each year, on New Year's Eve, the park invites a number of popular Christian bands and comedians to perform. The event is always named "Praise" and the year it will be at midnight (e.g. "Praise 2006"). At midnight, they also..
Praise (song)
"Praise" was an uptempo funk number released by legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye in the spring of 1981. The song, written by the soul icon, is a celebration of praising God and, as Gaye mentions in the song, is also a dedication to Stevie Wonder, about whom Gaye sang "Stevie, we really dig you/ho..
Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship
Contents 1 History2 Pastor Michael Neville Legacy3 Pressing Forward4 Today5 External links History In May of 1975, Pastor Michael Neville and his family came to South East Los Angeles to assume the pastorate of a small church. At first the transition was rough for the ex..
Praise of Muhammad in poetry
Islamic poetry is rich in the praise of prophet Muhammad. Rarely is there any Muslim poet who is without any piece written on him. In fact there is a special class of poetry which is known as Nasheed (Arabic) or Naat (urdu), which is the praise of Prophet. This is mainly inspired from the Islamic tr..
Praise song
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A praise song (also commonly called a worship song) is a loosely defined style of music used in a variety of Chr..
Praise the Lard
Praise the Lard, a record album by PIG (Raymond Watts), was initially released on Concrete Records in 1991 and re-released by Cleopatra Records in 1997. The re-released version has an incorrect track listing, due to the use of artwork from the original LP version. Cleopatra Records reissued the a..
Praise the Lord
Praise The Lord is the flagship television program of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, based in southern California. The show is primarily hosted by Paul and Jan Crouch, but has various guest hosts from athletes to actors. Its running time is two hours, and it is shown on weekdays. External link..
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is a patriotic song written by Frank Loesser and published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the Attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II. In 1942, a recording by The Merry Macs reach..
Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins
Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins is a compilation album of the Austrian death metal band Pungent Stench. It was originally released in 1997 on Nuclear Blast after the band had split up. The album was compiled by drummer Wank and contains most rare material of various EPs, compilation albums..
Praise You
"Praise You" is a 1998 song by dance/electronic musician Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, from his second studio album You've Come a Long Way, Baby. Recently, this song has been included in the Fatboy Slim compilation album "Why Try Harder", a "Best Of" album of all of Fatboy Slim's best hits..
Prajadhipok
His Majesty King Prajadhipok (Rama VII, Thai: Phra Pokklao Chaoyuhua) (November 8, 1893 - May 30, 1941) was the seventh king of the Chakri dynasty. He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of Siam. Prajadhipok's reign was the shortest, and probably the most controver..
Prajapati
In Hinduism, Prajapati is Lord of Creatures, thought to be depicted on ancient Harappan seals, sitting in yogic posture, with an erection and what appear to be bison horns. Like the Biblical Adam, he is in close communication with Nature and Nature revolves around him. In the Vedas, Prajapati is ..
Prajatantrik Samajwadi Manch Nepal
Prajatantrik Samajwadi Manch Nepal (Democratic Socialist Plattform Nepal), is a political party in Nepal. The president of the party is Dhundi Raj Shastri and the general secretary Keshab Marhattha. ..
Prajavani
Prajavani ("voice of the people" in Kannada) is the biggest circulation Kannada-language newspaper in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the sister publication of the Deccan Herald. ..
Praja Foundation
Praja Foundation is a non-partisan, voluntary organisation, based in Mumbai, that works on urban and civic issues. Praja runs an Online Complaint Management System (OCMS) in collboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. External Links [Praja Foundation][Praja/BMC Online ..
Praja Parishad Jammu and Kashmir
Praja Parishad Jammu and Kashmir (Popular Association Jammu and Kashmir) is a political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. PP was floated by dissidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2005. The name is taken from the Praja Parishad, which fought against the special status of J&..
Praja Shakti
Praja Shakti is a Telugu daily newspaper. External Links [Official Website] ..
Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party was an Indian political party in existence from 1952 to 1972. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J.B. Kripalani (formerly a close associate of ..
Prajesh
Prajesh is a Hindu name that can be translated as "leader of men". It is also another name for Brahma, the Creator God. ..
Prajñā
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Prajnanapada
Swami Prajnanapada was a teacher in the Advaitic tradition, little known out of his native West Bengal. He taught self realization through the route of janana yoga. He was an astute psychoanalyst as well. He did not lecture groups as he believed customizing his teaching for each disciple. ..
Prajnaptivada
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Prajnatara
Prajnatara was the twenty-seventh patriarch of Indian Buddhism, and traveled around India preaching the Buddha's teachings. He was the guru, or teacher, of Bodhidharma. |- style="text-align: center;" External links [Guru Prajnatara][Prajnatara: A Master’s Master]..
Prajna (Buddhist Monk)
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Prajna Bhatta
Prajna Bhatta (16th century) wrote Rajavalipataka that brings Kashmir's history to the time of its incorporation in the dominions of the Mogul emperor Akbar, 1588. ..
Prakasam district
This article is about the Prakasam district. For the famous leader, click here. Prakasam District is an administrative district in the state of Andhra Pradesh,India. The district headquarters are located at Ongole. The district occupies an area of 17,626 km² and has a population of 3,059,423 of w..
Prakash Aiyangar
Although not well known outside of Mumbai, Prakash Aiyangar is a well-known Bollywood movie star from Bengalapoo, India. Son of a prominent city leader and alumni of the highly regarded International Indian Film Academy (IIFA). Aiyangar begun showing his hidden talent since the age of 12 starting i..
Prakash Amritraj
Prakash Amritraj (born October 2, 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA) is a professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2003. He is the son of Vijay Amritraj and is a non-resident Indian who represents India in tournaments and the Davis Cup. He played tennis for the University of Southern..
Prakash Bhandari
Prakash BhandariIndia (IND) Batting style Right-hand bat (RHB) Bowling type Right-arm off-break Tests First-class Matches 3 63 '''Runs scored 77 2,552 Batting average 19.25 32.71 100s/50s 0/0 4/11 Top score 39 227 Balls bowled 78 8,035 Wickets ..
Prakash Higher Secondary School
Prakash Higher Secondary School is run by Prakash Trust, a registered public educational trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1956. The school is situated in the city of Ahmedabad (Gujarat) in India, is co-educational and the medium of instruction is English. The school maintains a very hig..
Prakash Karat
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Prakash Karat, a communist politician from India. The 56-year old Prakash Karat was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the 11th of April, 2005. Karat ushers in a new generational change within the CPI(M) and as a behind t..
Prakash Kona
Prakash Reddy Kona (b. 14th July 1967) is an Indian novelist, essayist, poet and theorist who lives in Hyderabad, India. He writes in English, and is the author of six books to date: Words on Lips of a Stranger [Poetry: 2006, Writer's Workshop, Calcutta]Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace [..
Prakash Kothari
Prakash Kothari is is the head of sexual medicine at [King Edward Memorial Hospital] in Mumbai. He was dubbed "Man of the Year" in the field of sex by the [World Association for Sexology] at Caracas, Venezuela, and the [Asian Federation for Sexology] in Shanghai dubb..
Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra was born on 13th July 1939 in Bijnaur, U.P- India. He is an Indian film ( hindi films) producer and director. He frequently wrote some song lyrics for his own movies. He started in the late 1950's as a production controller. In 1968 he directed Shashi Kapoor in Hasina Maan Jayegi. T..
Prakash Narain Tandon
Prakash Narain Tandon, born in 1928, is regarded as the doyen of Indian neuroscience. He is also the former president of the Indian National Science Academy. His son Nikhil is a top endocrinologist and his father was a leading botanist. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest national ho..
Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone (born June 10, 1955) is a famous badminton player from Karnataka, India. Shy and soft-spoken, Prakash was initiated into the game at a tender age by his father Ramesh Padukone Sr., who was the Secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association for many years/ Padukone's first official ..
Prakash Puram
--> Prakash Puram is President and CEO of Ixmatch, and a member of President Bush's Export Council. Puram has had leadership and product management roles at Net Perceptions, Honeywell, IBM, Pillsbury, and Unilever. He received a BS from Loyola College, Madras, India; a Business Management diplom..
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj is a famous Actor, Producer in South India, He has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. He is a Kannadiga and known as "Prakash Rai" in Karnataka. But he has become a famous villain in Tamil and Telugu. He is considered to be one of the most natural actors in the..
Prakash Singh
Prakash Singh Prakash Singh was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Contents 1 Details2 Further information3 The medal4 Reference..
Prakrit
Prakrit (Sanskrit prākṛta प्राकृत (from pra-kṛti प्रकृति), "original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual", i.e. "vernacular", in contrast to samskrta "excellently made", both adjectives elliptically referring to vak "speech") refers to the broad family of the ..
Prakrti
Prakrti or Prakriti (from Sanskrit language) is, according to samkhya philosophy, the basic matter of which the universe consists. It is composed of the three gunas: tamas (ignorance), rajas (passion) and sattva (goodness). It is described in Bhagavad Gita as an inferior type of energy to the l..
Praksis
Praksis is a quarterly Marxist journal published in Turkey since 2000. The name of the journal is taken from the Turkish pronunciation of the concept "praxis". The journal supports historical materialism in theory. Among the most discussed topics are classes, contemporary Marxist currents, intellect..
Praktica
Praktica Praktica is a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the DDR prior to reunification. Pentacon is the modern-day successor to Dresden camera firms such as Zeiss Ikon, and for many years Dresden was the world's largest producer of camera..
Praktica luxmedia 5008
Praktica luxmedia 5008 is a German camera (Pentacon Model AX 581) with 5 Megapixel optical resolution, up to 8x optical zoom, and additional up to 4x digital zoom. Capable of recording video though not at full resolution. Has 1.6" LCD display and 0.5" microdisplay. Utilizes 16 MB internal memory, a..
Praktiker
Praktiker is a German hypermarket chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods. It is based in Kirkel, Saarland, and opened its first store in 1978. The chain was until November 2005 a division of METRO AG and is now a full independent corporation, noted at the MDAX. As of 2006, the c..
Pralamba
Pralamba was an asura killed by Krishna. According to the pertinent legend, the asura had attempted to join Krishna and Balarama in a game of jumping, whose conditions dictated that the loser carry the victor on his back. Pralamba promptly lost, and was forced to carry Balarama on his back. However..
Pralay
Pralay in Hindu mythology means the day when Earth will be destroyed by Nature's fury. Pralay is also the name of a Indian Rock Band . It has three members - '''Adam Avil ( Lead guitarist ) , Eddie Avil ( Bassist ) and Brian Soans (Rhythm guitarist). ''' Band Profile Adam Avil ( Lead guitarist )..
Pralaya
Pralaya , in Hindu cosmology , is a period of time of the cycle of existence of the planets where activity does not occur. It lasts, according to computations of the Brahmans, 4,320,000,000 years. The period of activity, Manvantara, has the same duration. Taking 360 Manvantaras and equal number of ..
Pralboino
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Pralidoxime
[[image:pralidoxime.png|right|thumb|[[help:contents|Structure of the molecule pralidoxime]]]] Pralidoxime belongs to a family of compounds called oximes that bind to organophosphate-inactivated acetylcholinesterase. It is used to combat poisoning by organophosphates, in conjunction with atropine. ..
Praline
Praline (pronounced PRAH-LEEN, PRAH-LIN-AY or PRAY-LEEN) is a family of confections made from nuts and sugar syrup. In Europe, the nuts are usually almonds or sometimes hazelnuts. In Louisiana and Texas, pecans are almost always used, and cream is often incorporated into the mixture. Praline candy..
Praline bacon
Praline bacon is a cajun breakfast specialty made with bacon smothered in pralines and brown sugar. To make praline bacon, fry the bacon on one side, then smother both sides in a mixture of crushed pralines and brown sugar and return to the skillet to finish cooking. [NPR] reported [..
Prall's Island
Prall's Island, in the Arthur Kill, is shown in red Prall's Island is an uninhabited island in the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New York, and Linden, New Jersey, in the United States. It is one of the minor islands that are part of the borough of Staten Island in New York City. The isla..
PRAM
PRAM can stand for: Phase-change RAM, a computer memory technology similar in concept to writable CD'sParallel Random Access Machine, a computer architectureParameter RAM, a small amount of NVRAM used on early Apple Macintosh machines to store configuration information ..
Pram
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pram may refer to: A conveyance for baby transport, "perambulator" in fullPram (band), an electronica band formed in the 1990sMichael Pram Rasmussen, CEO of Topdanmark and chairman of the board of A.P. Moller-Maersk GroupPram (s..
Pramana
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Pramathesh Barua
Pramathesh Chandra (P.C.) Barua (1903–1951) was a famous actor, director, and screenwriter of Indian films in the pre-independence era. Barua was born in Gauripur in Assam, the son of the King of Gauripur. He graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta in 1924 and soon after travelled to Euro..
Pramath Chowdhury
Pramath Chowdhury (1868-1946), was a renowned Bangladeshi author. He was born in Jessore. Most of the time of his life was spent in West Bengal, now in India. Contents 1 Life2 Works On Language3 Works3.1 Short Stories4 References5 External Links Life Pramath Chowdh..
Pramati
Pramati Application Server 3.0 is the first J2EE 1.3 Certfied Application Server in the world. Present version, Pramati Server 4.1, builds on the widespread adoption of Pramati Server 3.5 by ISVs and enterprises, and will deliver on the promise to provide an easy-to-manage, high-performance J2EETM a..
Prambanan
The Prambanan temple complex Another view Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia, located in central Java, approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta ([7°45′8″S, 110°29′30″E]). It was built around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second ..
PraMek
PraMek is a Martial Art founded by American Matt Powell. The name means "Practical Mechanics of Combat Fighting". It is an American evolution of the formidable combat system of A. A. Kadochnikov. Matt Powell is the former head of K-Sys and the West's most visible Kadochnikov style representative a..
Pramila Vasudevan
Pramila Vasudevan An artist in cutting edge performance and a producer of interactive art, Pramila continues to integrate her diasporic experiences into her artwork - pushing viewers' beyond the confines of their comfort zone. Moved from the US to Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India in 1986 where she stud..
Pramipexole
Pramipexole (Mirapex) is a medication indicated for treating Parkinson's disease. Off-label uses include treatment for cluster headache and restless legs syndrome (RLS). Pramipexole has shown robust effects on pilot studies in bipolar depression. Pramipexole is classified as a non-ergoline dopami..
Pramiracetam
Pramiracetam (amacetam, CI 879) is a nootropic derived from piracetam, but is more potent (lower dosage is used). Its chemical name is 2-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl]acetamide. Pramiracetam was developed by Parke-Davis based on Piracetam, and is 8-30 times stronger..
Pramlintide
Pramlintide acetate (Symlin) is a relatively new adjunct treatment for diabetes (both Type 1 and 2). It is derived from amylin, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream, in a similar pattern as insulin, after a meal. Like insulin, amylin is deficient in individuals with diabetes. By substi..
Pramlocha
According to Hindu mythology, Pramlocha was an apsaras. References A Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion by John Dowson redirect [[Template:Hindu Deities and Texts]] ..
Pramnian
Pramnian wine is a wine of Ancient Greece that was reportedly made on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Seas. Hugh Johnson called it the "Greek equivalent of the rarest and most luscious of all wines, Tokay Essenczia." Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 41. Simon and Schuster 1989 Foo..
Pramod
Pramod is a common Indian male name. It means joy or happiness in Sanskrit and is one of the names of the Hindu god Ganesh. People named Pramod Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer.Pramod Mahajan, an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata PartyPramod Kakarala, a Telugu Film St..
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Pramodya WickramasingheSri Lankan (SL) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium Tests ODIs Matches 40 134 '''Runs scored 555 344 Batting average 9.40 8.59 100s/50s -/1 -/- Top score 51 32 ..
Pramod Kakarala
1981-present; Actor/Engineer Acted in various movies from the late 90s thru to the present Currently resides in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Is best known for his role in "Ammamma, Ammay Nachindhi" ..
Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan Death On the morning of 22 April 2006, Mahajan's estranged younger brother, Pravin shot him four times with his licensed .32 Browning pistol inside the former's apartment in Mumbai following a dispute. Four bullets were fired. The first missed Mahajan, but the other t..
Pramod Rae
Pramod Kumar Rae is a Fijian trade unionist and political organizer of Indian descent. He currently serves as General Secretary of the National Federation Party (NFP), and has been attempting to revive the popularity of the party, once a major player on the political scene but without parliamenta..
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer Javanese do not have surnames in the Western sense. Toer is not Pramoedya's family name, and usually he is formally addressed as only Mr Pramoedya. (February 6 1925 – April 30 2006) was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics, and histories of his home..
Pramote Teerawiwatana
Pramote Teerawiwatana (born 14 June 1967) is a male badminton player from Thailand. Teerawiwatana competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Tesana Panvisvas. They defeated Ashley Brehaut and Travis Denney of Australia in the first round, then were defeated in ..
Pramuka Garuda
Pramuka Garuda / Eagle Scout (Indonesia) Medal National badge Ensign redirect[[Template:Portal]]Eagle Scout (Pramuka Garuda) is the highest rank in each age group for Scouts in Gerakan Pramuka for those Scouts who can fulfill the Pramuka Garuda qualification. Eagle Scouts are expect..
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Pramukh Swami Maharaj (born December 7, 1921 in the village of Chansad in Gujarat, India) is a spiritual leader of the Hindu organisation of Bochasanwasi Akshar-Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). He was initiated into monkhood as Swami Narayanswarupdas, and at the age of 28 was appointed as ..
Pram (band)
Pram are a band formed in Birmingham, England in 1990. The band originally consisted of Rosie Cuckston and Sam Owen, and their first album Gash was self-released and sold by mail order and at gigs. The band attracted the attention of Too Pure Records (already home to Stereolab, Mouse on Mars and..
Pram (ship)
A pram or pramm was a type of shallow-draught flat-bottomed ship used in Europe during the 18th century, particularly in the Baltic Sea during the Great Northern War and Napoleonic Wars, as the pram's shallow draught allowed it to approach the shore. They typically carried 10-20 guns on one gun deck..
PRAM consistency
PRAM consistency (pipelined random access memory) also known as FIFO consistency All processes see memory writes from one process in the order they were issued from the process. Writes from different processes may be seen in a different order on different processes. Only the write order needs to b..
Pram Point
Pram Point is the location of New Zealand's Scott Base. It is located in Antarctica, near McMurdo Sound. It was named by Robert Scott's 1902 expedition when they kept a Norwegian 'pram' dinghy there to get from the shore of Ross Island to the Ross Ice Shelf. ..
Prana
This page contains Indic text. Without rendering support, you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts. [Enabling complex text support for Indic scriptsMore...] Prana (Devanagari: प्राण, prāNa) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'breath' and is understood as t..
Pranab
Pranab is a common male name from the Bengal region in India. This name is sometimes pronounced as 'Pranav' or 'Pronob'. Pranab Mukherjee is an Indian politician. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya is the current director of the Department of Physical Education, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He was ..
Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee (left) with Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh Taken at the second Plenary Session , entitled 'India: A Rising Global Power'. at the International Institute for Strategic Studies 2006 "Shangri-La Dialogue" Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, We..
Pranab Roy
Pranab RoyIndia (IND) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests First-class Matches 2 72 '''Runs scored 71 4056 Batting average 35.50 40.96 100s/50s -/1 13/11 Top score 60* 230* Balls bowled - 241 Wickets - 1 Bowling..
Pranahuti Aided Meditation
Pranahuti, or transmission of superfine thought, is a unique feature of the system of Rajayoga of Sri Ramchandra ji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur, U.P India. This is supposed to make the task of the aspirant easier. The Master says that without the help of Pranahuti it will be difficult, if not impossible..
Pranas Končius
Pranas Končius, nicknamed Adomas (born in 1911 in Bargaliai, Kretinga district) was the last Lithuanian anti-soviet resistance fighter killed in action by occupying soviet forces on July 6, 1965 (or according to other sources shot himslef in order not to be captured on July 13). There still were re..
Pranas Morkūnas
Pranas Morkūnas (1900-1941) - Lithuanian translator and poet dadaist. Biography and literary works Morkūnas was born in Riga, Latvia on 9 October 1900. In 1919 he was volunteer in Lithuanian army, later he participated in Lithuanian Riflemen's Union. From 1924 he was studying Lithuanian language..
Pranayama
This page contains Indic text. Without rendering support, you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts. [Enabling complex text support for Indic scriptsMore...] Pranayama (Devanagari: प्राणायाम, prāNāyāma) is a breathing exercise originally e..
Pranay Gupte
PRANAY GUPTE Pranay Gupte writes a daily column for The New York Sun, "Lunch at The Four Seasons." It profiles leaders in business, finance, industry, banking, investment, law, education, health, politics, diplomacy, media, the arts, entertainment, academe, government, and other fields. He also wri..
Prana (band)
Prana are Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Nick Taylor, and Andy Guthrie, a Goa trance project from Japan. Discography Cyclone (Matsuri Productions 1996)Geomantik (Matsuri Productions 1997) ..
Prana Film
Prana Film was a short-lived silent-era German film studio. Its intent was to produce occult and supernatural themed films. Its only film, Nosferatu, was its end: it declared bankruptcy in order to dodge copyright infringement suits from Bram Stoker's widow. ..
Prana pratishta
Prana pratistha is the Hindu theological term for a rite or ceremony (Samskara in Sanskrit) by which the spirit or being of a deity is infused or brought to inhabit a murti or cult image of that deity. According to orthodox Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma, this rite can only be performed by a pract..
Pranburi
Pranburi (Thai ปราณบุรี) may refer to the town and district of Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailandthe Pranburi River, which flows through the districtthe Pranburi dam, an artificial lake in the upper Pranburi riverthe Pranburi Forest Park at the estuary of the Pranburi r..
Pranburi River
The Pran Buri River (Thai: ) is a river in the Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand, on the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula. The Pran Buri river originates in southern part of the Kaeng Krachan National Park, and after 130 km mouths into the Gulf of Thailand. The only town at the river course i..
Prance music
History and origins Prance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the early 21st century. Prance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 80 and 120 bpm, sampling medieval and Renaissance instrumentation, eg. lute, harpsichord, and shawm. Prance took a sideways ste..
Prandtl-Glauert method
The Prandtl-Glauert singularity is closely related to the wave-particle duality of "bridge flow" or flow barrier. The equation is a mixed derivative. ..
Prandtl-Glauert singularity
The Prandtl-Glauert singularity, at which point a sudden drop in air pressure occurs, is generally accepted as the cause of the visible condensation cloud that often surrounds an aircraft travelling at transonic speeds, though there remains some debate. It is an example of a mathematical singular..
Prandtl (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Prandtl number
The Prandtl Number is a dimensionless number approximating the ratio of momentum diffusivity and thermal diffusivity. It is named after Ludwig Prandtl. It is defined as: [\mathit = \frac] where: [\nu] is the kinematic viscosityα is the thermal diffusivity Typical values f..
Praneetha
Praneetha is an Indian female name. It means pure water in Sanskrit. ..
Pranė Dundulienė
Pranė Dundulienė (February 12, 1910 in Pilypai - February 27, 1991 in Vilnius) a Lithuanian ethnographer. She graduated in history from Stefan Batory University in Vilnius in 1938. Until 1940 she had a position in the Lithuanian Scientific Society, in 1940-1950 in the Lithuanian Academy of Science..
Prang
Prang can mean:- A slang word for an aircraft (or other vehicle) crashing::see [[wiktionary:prang]], accidents and incidents in aviation, motor-vehicle collision. A prang is a type of South-East Asian temple spire.A slang name for crack cocaineA Pranger is a type of German public humiliation device...
Pranger
''For "someone who prangs", see prang. Pranger in Poznań in the form a of column. The Pranger (the German word means 'which pinches badly') is a physical punishment device invented in Germany. Similar to the stocks and pillory, the Pranger was connected from the neck via a chain, to a pa..
Prange Way
Prange Way was a chain of discount stores owned by the H.C. Prange Co. of Sheboygan, Wisconsin which began as a Filene's Basement-type discount shop in the basement of the flagship Prange building, in 1911, then became a discount retailer in the vein of Kmart, Wal-Mart and Target. They had many loca..
Prangins
Prangins is a village in the Nyon (district) of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Near Prangins there is the transmission facility HBG Prangins for time signal transmissions. Prangins also hosts one of the branches of the Swiss National Museum. External links [Swiss National Museum] ..
Prang (type of temple spire)
A prang is a tall finger-like spire, usually richly carved. This was a common feature of Khmer religious architecture and was later adopted by Thai builders, typically in the Ayutthaya (1350–1767) and Bangkok periods. In Thailand it appears only with the most important religious buildings. The fi..
Prankstar
Prankstar is film in production by, actor and comedian, Tom Green. No real details are known about this film, other than it's name, to date. ..
Pranksta Rap
"Pranksta Rap" is the ninth episode from the sixteenth season of the animated TV series The Simpsons. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Bart sees a commercial for the rap show "Murder 4 Life" and decides to go, even though Lisa is disappointe..
Prankster
The Prankster (real name: Oswald Loomis) is a fictional character and villain who appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. The Prankster's first appearance was in Action Comics #51 in 1942. The Prankster's particular gimmick was the use of various practical jokes and gags in committing ..
Prankster (Comics)
"The Prankster" was a short-lived super hero published by Charlton Comics. His only appearance was in the last issue of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, #60 in Nov/Dec 1967. He was created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Jim Aparo, and is considered O'Neil's first creation, The Prankster is a fr..
Pranks a Lot
"Pranks a Lot" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Brief summary: After receiving a special hard-to-find can of invisible spray from a prank store, SpongeBob and Patrick decide to spray themselves and pr..
Prank (The Batman)
Prank is a character from the TV series The Batman. He only appeared once, in the episode "The Apprentice". Prank is Donnie, a prankster and a classmate of Barbara Gordon, A.K.A. Batgirl. He was unhappy that people didn't like his jokes and pranks. One day, he saw the Joker at a comedy club, where..
Prank call
A prank call, also known as a crank call, hoax call, or phony phone call is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. As with all practical jokes, prank calls are generally done for humorous effect, though there is a thin line between humor and harassment, and the person receiving the c..
Prank Call of Cthulhu
Prank Call of Cthulhu is the 58th episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. It first aired October 21, 2005 on Cartoon Network. The title and the episode are parody of Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft. In H.P. Lovecraft books, Cthulhu is green, but in this episode, he's purple and has a ch..
Prank Patrol
Prank Patrol is a television show currently airing on Discovery Kids Canada & YTV. The main part of the program consists of a prank being pulled on an unsuspecting victim. The show also includes a segment that is entitled "Recipe for a Prank". This part of the show explains in detail a prank, writte..
Prank Records
Prank Records is a hardcore punk record label based out of San Francisco in the United States of America. They have existed since 1995, actively releasing hardcore punk bands on vinyl and in CD format, with over 80 releases. Started by former Auburn University WEGL 91.1 FM radio DJ, Maximum_Rock_a..
Pranlukast
Pranlukast is a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor-1 antagonist. This drug works similarly to Merk&Co's Singulair (Montelukast). Medications of this class, which go under a variety of names according to whether one looks at the American, British or European system of nomenclature, have as their primar..
Prannoy Roy
Prannoy Roy anchoring a news program on NDTV Prannoy Roy (born on October 15, 1949) is an Indian media figure. He is currently the president of New Delhi Television (NDTV). Roy attended The Doon School, Dehradun and went to Haileybury (UK) for his A-levels. He graduated in Economics from th..
Prantij
Prantij is a city and a municipality in Sabar Kantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Prantij had a population of 22,306. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Prantij has an average liter..
Pranvera Hoxha
Pranvera Hoxha is the only daughter of Enver and Nexhjime Hoxha, who were Dictator and First Lady of Albania for forty years. She is an architect who is married to Klement Kolaneci. She designed, with other architects, including her husband, the International Cultural Centre, in Tirana. It was forme..
Pranzo Oltranzista
Pranzo Oltranzista is Mike Patton's second solo project. It is subtitled "Musica da Tavola per Cinque (Banquet Piece for Five Players)," and is based on "Futurist Cookbook" by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, written in 1932. Following on from Adult Themes for Voice, it contains a number of tracks linked ..
Pran Kishore
Pran Kishore Kaul is a famous Kashmiri stage personality. In addition to acting, he has directed and written screenplays. He was bestowed an award from the Sahitya Natak Academy for his novel Sheen Tu Watu Pod. He was one of the founders of the Miltsar Kashmir Music & Dance Group, a group that tr..
Pran Kumar Sharma
Pran Kumar Sharma (born August 15, 1938), better known as Pran, is one of the most successful Indian cartoonists. Pran began his career in 1960 as a cartoonist for the Delhi-based newspaper Milap with comic strip Daabu. In 1969, he sketched Chacha Chaudhary for the Hindi magazine Lotpot, which made..
Pran Nath
For the Hindustani singer, see Pandit Pran Nath. Pran Nath is a physicist at Northeastern University, concentrating in theoretical partical physics. ..
Pran Sikhand
Pran redirects here. For the cartoonist, see Pran Kumar Sharma. Pran was born Pran Sikand (born 12 February 1920 in Delhi), he is a veteran Bollywood actor. He is a well-known character actor in films like Don, Amar Akbar Anthony and Majboor. He started his film life as a villain in a Punjabi fil..
Prapaksha Kamboja
The fourth prince of the Kambojas referenced in the Mahabharata is the younger brother of the illustrious prince Sudakshina Kamboja. In the epic, this prince is simply addressed as Kamboja, but according to Pandit Bhagavadatta Sharma, the real name of the prince was Parpakash Kamboja (Bharata ka It..
Prapañca
In Buddhism, Prapañca (Sanskrit) is a play of words, meaningful conceptualization of the world through the use of language refers to how people use concepts and language in order to understand the world, and you have to rid yourself of this tendency to become enlightened. Very important in Madhyam..
Praporshchik
Praporshchik (Russian: ) was originally a name of a junior officer position in the military of the Russian Empire, equivalent to ensign. It was first introduced in Strelets New Regiments. The name originates from Slavonic prapor (прапор), meaning flag; the praporshchik was a flag-bearer in Ki..
Prarabdha karma
"Prarabdha is that portion of the past karma which is responsible for the present body. That portion of the sanchita karma which influences human life in the present incarnation is called prarabdha. It is ripe for reaping. It cannot be avoided or changed. It is only exhausted by being experienced. Y..
Prarieton, Indiana
Prarieton, Indiana is a small town of about 250 residents in southwestern Vigo County, Indiana. Today, due to its proximity to both Terre Haute's southern shopping district (along US-41 for approximately two miles south of I-70), and the Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary, it has mostly become a commu..
Prarie Region Honour Band
The Prairie Region Honour Band (A.K.A. Prairie Region Cadet Honour Band or simply just Honour Band) is an annual music concentration of the best cadet musicians in the Prarie Region. Contents 1 Direction2 Routine3 History4 Past Locations Direction Today, the direction of the ..
Prarie West Golf Course
The Prairie West Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course located at 2709 Long Spur Trail in Mandan, North Dakota. It measures 6681 yards from the back tees. External links [Prarie West Golf Course][North Dakota Golf Association website] ..
Pras
Pras is the stage name of Samuel Prakazrel Michel (born October 19, 1972), an American rapper. Born in Haïti, Pras is a member of the popular hip hop group The Fugees. His debut solo effort, Ghetto Supastar, was released in the autumn 1998, following solo releases of his bandmates Wyclef Jean an..
Prasad
Prasāda (Sanskrit), prasād (Hindi) or prasādam (Tamil) is both a mental condition of generosity, as well as a material substance that is first offered to a deity and then consumed with the faith that the deity's blessing resides within it. In contemporary Hindu religious practice in India, the de..
Prasadis
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 July 2006. The Prasadi Sikhs are a bran..
Prasad Bidapa
A well-known fashion designer, Prasad Bidapa has specialised in training models for the Miss India beauty pageants. Many of the past beauty queens are his students. He hails from Kodagu. He was in the news when he was arrested in Dubai in June 2005 after being found with marijuana. He was released a..
Prasaṅgika
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Prasanna
Prasanna is a word in Hinduism, which means "He who is happy and brings happiness to people". It is also used in phrases like Ganesha Prasanna !, Durga Mata Prasanna!Prasanna is a male name in the Hindu community.Prasanna is a South Indian Actor.'''Prasanna is also the name of a noted carnatic music..
Prasanna (actor)
Prasanna, often described as the most happening Tamil hero. He debuted with Susie Ganesan's Five Star went on to become a hero for those directors who want the protagonist to don the boy-next-door look. Still riding on the success of his second film Azhagiya Theeye produced by Prakash Raj, Prasann..
Prasanna Amarasekara
Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara (born March 21, 1981) is Sri Lankan sprinter. External link *IAAF profile for [Prasanna Amarasekara] ..
Prasanna Ghali
Contents 1 Work History2 Education3 Teaching4 External links Work History Prasanna Ghali was the Lead Programmer on [[Wave Race: Blue Storm]], a video game for the Nintendo GameCube, and Ridge Racer 64, a video game for the Nintendo 64. He also is given special thanks on 10..
Prasanna Jayawardene
Prasanna JayawardeneSri Lankan (SL) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type - Tests ODIs Matches 5 3 '''Runs scored 9 4 Batting average 3.00 2.00 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 5 4 ..
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
P.C. Mahalanobis Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (Bangla: প্রশান্ত চন্দ্র মহলানবিস) (June 29 1893–June 28, 1972) was an Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is best known for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure. He did pione..
Prasar Bharati
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) is India's national public broadcaster. It comprises Doordarshan television and All India Radio. Prasar Bharati was established on November 23, 1997 following a demand that the government owned broadcasters in India should be given autonomy like th..
Prasar Bharti
Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) is India's national public broadcaster, comprising of Doordarshan television and All India Radio. It was founded on November 23 1997 to combine the previously separate government broadcasters. K.S. Sarma, chief executive officer, Prasar Bharati, on ..
Prasat Ak Yum
Prasat Ak Yum is a temple of Angkor, Cambodia. It was constructed in the late 8th century on the site of an earlier structure, and was itself covered by the West Baray in the early 11th century. Although the ruins are visually unimpressive, they are significant as a forerunner of the later templ..
Prasat Kravan
Prasat Kravan is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, located south of the Srah Srang baray. The remains consist of five brick towers on a raised platform; while the exterior is unremarkable, some of the interiors feature unusual brick bas-reliefs. Angkorian Sites [edit] Angkor Angkor T..
Prasat Preah Vihear
Prasat Preah Vihear (Khmer regular script: , Prasat Preah Vihear; Thai Prasat Khao Phra Wiharn) is an Angkorian temple situated on a ridge in the Dângrêk Mountains in Cambodia, just across the border from Thailand. It gives its name to Preah Vihear province, in which it sits. Contents 1&nbs..
Prase
Prase is a green translucent chalcedony (quartz). It gets its coloring from chlorite and hornblende and has been used for engravings since antiquity. External links [Prase at mindat.org] ..
Praseodymium
For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#ffbfff; color:black" | References |} Praseodymium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pr and atomic number 59. Contents 1 Notable characteristics2 Applications3 Hist..
Praseodymium(III) chloride
praseodymium(III) chloride heptahydrate IUPAC name praseodymium(III) chloride General Molecular formula PrCl3 Molecular weight 247.24 amu (anhydrous) 373.77 amu (heptahydrate) Appearance blue-green solid (anhydrous) light green solid (heptahydrate) CAS number ..
Praseodymium(III) sulfide
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. Praseodymium(III) sulfide General Other names Molecular formula Pr2S3 Molar mass 378.0..
Prashanth
Prashanth, Son of veteran film actor, producer and director Thiagarajan. Popularly known as Top Star and Kathal Ilavarasan (the prince of love). He remains the hot favourite among the youngsters and is the heart throb of teeny boppers. Contents 1 Early Life2 Profile2.1 Family3&nb..
Prashanthi Nilayam
Prasanthi Nilayam is the name of the main ashram of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba located in the town Puttaparthi. The ashram is located in the Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh state, South India. Prasanthi Nilayam means literally abode of the highest peace. The guru gives daily darshan to his t..
Prashant Bhawalkar
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. Prashant Bhawalkar is the author of a novel Chambers of the Sea, written in 2005. Based on the classical Sanskri..
Prashant Damle
Prashant Damle is a versatile Marathi actor, who has acted in many Marathi dramas, movies and television serials for over 15 years. His famous drama 'Gela Madhav Kunikade' has set records by having more than 1200 shows and is still running. Contents 1 Stage2 Films3 Television..
Prashant Vaidya
Sudhakar RaoIndia (IND) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox Tests ODIs Matches 0 4 '''Runs scored 15 Batting average 7.50 100s/50s -/- Top score 12 ..
Prashna Upanishad
Prashna Upanishad (IAST praṣnopaniṣad) is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. It is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Atharvaveda. It figures as number 4 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. In Sanskrit, Prashna mean question. This book consists of six qu..
Prasinohaema
Classification Genus Prasinohaema Prasinohaema flavipesPrasinohaema parkeriPrasinohaema prehensicaudaPrasinohaema semoniPrasinohaema virens ..
Prasiola
Prasiola is a genus of fresh water and marine green algae. Each individual plant is small but they usually grow side by side to form a green turf on the rock surface. Prasiola crispaPrasiola linearisPrasiola sinicaPrasiola tibeticaPrasiola yunnanica ..
Prasiolite
Prasiolite or vermarine is a green-colored form of quartz, usually produced by artificially heat-treating amethyst. Since 1950, almost all has come from one small mine in Brazil. Natural prasiolite has also been obeserved in Lower Silesia in Poland.[link] The gem has a refractive index ..
Praski park
The Praski Park is a park in Warsaw, capital of Poland. It is located in the Praga district on the right bank of the river Vistula. The park was established between 1865 and 1871. It's designer was J. Dobrowolski. In 1927 the zoological garden (Ogród Zoologiczny') was established on the park groun..
Praskolesy
Praskolesy is name of several locations in the Czech Republic: village Praskolesy in Central Bohemian Region (Beroun District)village Praskolesy is administrative part of village Mrákotín in Vysočina Region (Jihlava District) This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambigu..
Praskolesy (Beroun District)
See other places named Praskolesy. Praskolesy is a village in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 800 inhabitants. External links [Village website] (cz) ..
Praskovya Zhemchugova
Nikolai Argunov (1771-c1829): the portrait of Praskovya Ivanovna Zhemchugova-Sheremeteva, 1803 Praskovya Ivanovna Zhemchugova also Kovaleva or Kovalyova, Kovaleva-Zhemchugova, Zhemchugova-Sheremeteva, and Sheremeteva or Sheremetyeva (Прасковья Ивановна Жемчугова, К�..
Praslin
For the town in France, see Praslin, Aube. Praslin is the second largest island of the Seychelles, lying north east of Mahé. It is named for the French Duc de Praslin and has a population of around 5,000 people. The island is known for its beaches, for its endemic black parrot, and for the Vall�..
Praslin Island Airport
Praslin Island Airport is located on Praslin Island. The airport is currently only serviced by Air Seychelles, who fly scheduled flights to Mahé and charters to the other islands off the Seychelles. History During the last few years Praslin has undergone an expansion to deal with increased passen..
Praslin Quarter
Praslin is a Quarter of Saint Lucia, a small Caribbean island nation found to the north of Venezuela. Inside Praslin Quarter is a village named Praslin, which is located at [13°52′N 60°54′W]. Quarters of Saint Lucia Anse-la-Raye | Castries | Choiseul | Dauphin | Dennery | ..
Prasoon Joshi
Prasoon Joshi, born 16 September, 1971 at Almora in Uttaranchal, India, is the regional Creative Director for McCann-Erickson for south and south-east Asia, as well as a lyricist for many popular Bollywood movies; among them Fanaa, Rang De Basanti, Black and Hum Tum, and has also created many advert..
Prasoon Pandey
Prasoon Pandey, born 1961 is a renowned Indian director of advertising films. Advertising Age listed him among the Top 100 advertising film directors of the world. Gunn Report ranked him at No. 24 in a list of the best and most awarded ad film directors in 2001. His 'one black coffee' ad for Ericcso..
Prasophyllum
Prasophyllum is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). Species of this genus are commonly called "Leek Orchids.' .There is no designated type species. Prasophyllum australe R.Br. was designated as lectotype () The botanical name is derived from the Greek words prason (leek) and phyllon (lea..
Prassa
Prassa (also Prassas) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement on Crete. Archaeology Two Middle Minoan houses were uncovered at Prassa, which were in use until Late Minoan I. Reference Swindale, Ian http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/prassa.htm Retrieved 4 February 2006 Ex..
Prasterone
Prasterone Hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one CAS number 53-43-0 ATC code A14AA07 Chemical formula C19H28O2 Molecular weight 288.43 Bioavailability ?% Metabolism Hepatic Elimination half-life 12 hours Excretion Urinary:?% Pregnancy category X Legal status Commerciall..
Prasthanatrayi
Hindu texts ..
Prasugrel
Prasugrel is a novel platelet inhibitor developed by Sankyo and produced by Ube and currently under clinical development in cooperation with Eli Lilly for acute coronary syndromes planned for PCI. Prasugrel is a member of the thienopyridine class of ADP receptor inhibitors, like ticlopidine and clo..
Prasun Mukherjee
Prasun Mukherjee is, at present, the Commisioner of Police in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is an IPS officer. Born in 1950, he had his Education from Patna University (Mathematics) and entered the IPS in 1973 and allotted the West Bengal Cadre. In his policing career, he has been p..
Prasutagus
Prasutagus was king of a British Celtic tribe called the Iceni, who inhabited roughly what is now Norfolk, in the 1st century AD. His wife was Boudica. Prasutagus may have been installed as a pro-Roman ruler following the defeat of a rebellion of the Iceni in 47. As an ally of the Rome his tribe we..
Prasuti
Prasuti is a Hindu goddess, who is the wife of Daksha and mother of many daughters by him. Her most famous daughters are Rohini and Sati. redirect [[Template:Hindu Deities and Texts]] ..
Prat
Prat may refer to: Prat, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor département in FrancePrath, the Syriac name for the Euphrates riverThe buttocks (slang since 1567)*Pratfall, which means 'to fall on one's buttocks'An ass (slang since 1968), equivalent to arsehole, as in the phrase 'don't be such a prat' &#..
Pratânia
Pratânia is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 22.808/22°48'30" S and the longitude is 48.665/48°39'58" W. The population in 2004 is 4,274, and the area is 180.38 km². The elevation is 685 m. ..
Pratapa Simha
Pratapa Simha (17XX - 1777) was the king of Nepal between 1775 and 1777. He was the son of Prithvi Narayana. ..
Pratapgad
Pratapgad is a massive fort located in the Sahyadri mountain range of western Maharashtra, India, 25 kilometres from Mahabaleshwar. This fort stands 900 metres above sea level. Shivaji commissioned Moropant Trimbak Pingle, who completed the construction of this fort in 1656 AD. The fort holds a tem..
Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh, RajasthanPratapgarh, Uttar PradeshPratapgarh District (UP) 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. ..
Pratapgarh, Rajasthan
This article is about the town in Rajasthan. For the city and district in Uttar Pradesh, see Pratapgarh. Partapgarh, also called Partabgarh or Pratapgarh, is a town in Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan, India. Pratapgarh is located at 24.03° N 74.78° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 4..
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
This article is about the city and district in Uttar Pradesh. For the city in Rajasthan, see Pratapgarh, Rajasthan. Pratapgarh, also called Bela, Bela Pratapgarh, Partapgarh or Partabgarh, is a city of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pratapgarh District. Contents 1..
Pratapgarh City
Pratapgarh City is a town and a nagar panchayat in Pratapgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pratapgarh City had a population of 12,339. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Prata..
Pratapgarh District
Pratapgarh(Hindi:प्रतापगढ) district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Pratapgarh district is a part of Allahabad division. Pratapgarh district, lies between 25o34' and 26o 11' latitudes while between 81o19' and 82o27' longitudes. Primarily, an agrarian district..
Prataprao Gujar
Prataprao Gujar (actual name Kudtoji Gujar) was the second Sarnaubat (Commander-in-chief) of Shivaji's army, which was probably the most successful guerilla force in 17th century India. He was given the pseudonym of Prataprao (The brave) by Shivaji in acknowledgement of his bravery in the war agains..
Pratapsasan
Pratapsasan is a census town in Khordha district in the Indian state of Orissa. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pratapsasan had a population of 11,970. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pratapsasan has an average literacy ra..
Pratapsingh
Pratap Singh Birth name: Title: Maharaja Sawai Birth: Place of birth: Death: Preceded by: Madhosingh I Succeeded by: Jagatsingh Marriage: Children: Maharaja Sawai Pratapsingh was ruler of Amber from 1778 to 1803. He has no relation to Pratap Singh, Maharana of Mewar. ..
Pratapsingh Raoji Rane
Pratapsingh Raoji Rane ..
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a prominent Indian political scientist, constitutional expert and commentator. He currently heads the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He has in the past been Professor of Government at Harvard and Professor of Philosophy and Law and Governance, at the Jawaharlal Nehru ..
Pratap Chand
Pratap Chand is a Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represents the Nasinu Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the general elections of 1999 and 2001. In early March 2006, Chan..
Pratap Chatterjee
--> Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and was raised in India, although he now lives in California. He serves as the executive director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based anti-globalization ..
Pratap Singh, Maharana of Mewar
Maharana Pratap Maharana Pratap (1540-1597) was a ruler of Mewar, a state in north-western India. He belonged to the Sisodia clan of Suryavanshi rajputs. The epitome of fiery Rajput pride and self-respect, Pratap has for centuries exemplified the qualities that Rajputs aspire to. Contents 1..
Pratap Singh Giani
Pratap Singh Giani (also Partap Singh Gyani, 1855-1920) was a Sikh schoolman and calligraphist. He was born in 1855, the son of Bhai Bhag Singh Giani of Lahore. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt Punjabi, Urdu and Sanskrit and studied Sikh scriptures. In 1884, he accompanied Thakur Singh Sandhanva..
Pratap Singh Kairon
Pratap Singh Kairon (1901-1965) was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province (then comprising of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh) , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab. Contents 1 Early Life2 Political Career2.1 Entry into politics2.2&nb..
Pratap Singh Shah
Pratap Singh Shah (d. 1777[Royal Court of Nepal])was the second Nepalese monarch. He ruled from 1775 to 1777. References ..
Pratas Islands
Pratas Islands from space, January 1986 The Pratas Islands or Dong-Sha Islands (Traditional Chinese: }) consists of three islands located in northeastern South China Sea, 340 km southeast of Hong Kong. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Settlements4 Government5 See al..
Prata d'Ansidonia
Prata d'Ansidonia is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
Prata di Principato Ultra
Prata di Principato Ultra is a town (commune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Campania · Communes of the province of Avellino Aiello del Sabato | Altavilla Irpina | Andretta | Aquilonia | Ariano Irpino | Atripalda ..
Pratdip
Pratdip, also known as "El Prat" is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The oldest documents that refer to Pratdip by name are papal bulls of Pope Anastasius IV in 1154. Most of the people of Pratdip work in agriculture in the pastures, fiel..
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata (thai ประทีป อึ้งทรงธรรม ฮาตะ), even known as Khru Prateep (thai ครู ประทีป, Teacher Prateep), * 1952-08-09 in Bangkok, is Secretary General of the Duang Prateep Foundation and Senator in Thailand. Life Prateep ..
Prater
The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna's second district. The name Prater derives ultimately from the Latin word pratum meaning meadow, possibly via Spanish prado. The term Prater is often used to mean the Wurstelprater amusement park which stands in one corner of the Prater and includes..
Prath
Prath may refer to: A Punjabi word that describes a large flat metal tray (usually made from brass) used mainly for mixing and making doughThe Syriac name of the Euphrates river This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refer..
Prathaba Mudhaliar Charithram
Prathaba Mudhaliar Charithram This book is a tribute to the father of world of Tamil drama-Prathapa mudaliar.This book was written by Vedanayagam Pillai in the year 1870. ..
Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram
Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram ("The Life of Prathapa Mudaliar"), written in 1857 and published in 1879, was the first novel in the Tamil language. Penned by Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai, it was a landmark in Tamil literature, which had hitherto seen writings only in poetry. The book gave birth to a n..
Pratheebhan balaratnasingam
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Prather
Prather is a surname, and may refer to Brianne PratherMaurice PratherMiranda PratherVictor Prather See also Prather Coliseum ..
Prathersville, Missouri
Prathersville is a village in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 111 at the 2000 census. Geography Prathersville is located at [39°18′51″N, 94°16′35″W] (39.314169, -94.276513)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census B..
Prather Coliseum
Prather Coliseum is a 3,900-seat multi-purpose arena in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It was built in 1970 and is home to the Northwestern State University Demons basketball team. It hosted the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament in 2005-06. ..
Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil is governor of Rajasthan state in India.She is a leader of Indian National Congress party.She is 16 th governor of the state. Earlier she was deputy chair person of Rajya Sabha. She hails from Maharashtra and was President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. She was Table T..
Pratibha Ray
Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer. She was born on 21 January1943, at Alabol, a remote village in the Balikuda area of Cuttack district, Orissa state. She is one of the famous fiction writers in contemporary India. She writes novels and short stories in her mother tongue Oriya. Pratib..
Pratibha Singh
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Pratica della mercatura
The Florentine merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti compiled his Libro di divisamenti di paesi e di misuri di mercatanzie e daltre cose bisognevoli di sapere a mercatanti between 1335 and 1343, probably in 1339-1340. The work is commonly known as the Pratica della mercatura, the name given to it wh..
Pratica di Mare Air Force Base
Pratica di Mare Air Force Base is an Italian Air Force installation south-west of Rome, Italy. ..
Pratidwandi
Pratidandi is a 1972 film directed by Satyajit Ray. External links [satyajitray.org on the film][UCSC page] ..
Pratigya
Pratigya is a 1975 Indian Hindi film. Produced by Dharmendra and B.S Dahal the film is directed by Dulal Guha. The music is given by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film stars Dharmendra trying to take revenge on Ajit who killed his parents. He goes to the village and pretends to be the new police Inspector..
Pratihara
The Pratiharas were an Indian dynasty who ruled kingdoms in Gurjar region of Rajasthan and northern India from the 6th to the 11th centuries. They are called Gurjara-Pratiharas in one late inscription that indicates the region of their origin. The Arab chronicles mention they were the rulers of the ..
Pratikraman
Pratikraman, a Sanskit word, is a process of repentance of sins (prayaschit) during which Jains repent for their wrongdoings during their daily life, and remind themselves to refrain from doing so again. All devout Jains should do pratikramans at least twice a day. Pratikramans are of five types:..
Pratima Kumari
Pratima Kumari is an Indian weightlifter. 28 year-old Pratima, a double gold medallist at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, returned the positive test during a pre-Olympic anti-dope campaign which began on July 30. Pratima Kumari was the first to be caught. She was among five weightlifters..
Pratimoksha
The Pratimoksha (skt.) deals with the buddhist vows of personal liberation given by the Buddha to his followers. "Prati" means liberation, "moksha" from cyclic existence. The Pratimoksha comprehends the vows for nuns and monks (Buddhist monastics) as well as vows for the lay followers of Buddhism. ..
Pratinas
Pratinas was one of the earliest tragic poets of Athens, he was a native of Phlius in Peloponnesus. About 500 BC he competed with Choerilus and Aeschylus, when the latter made his first appearance as a writer for the stage. Pratinas was also the introducer of satyr plays as a species of entertainme..
Pratincole
The Pratincoles are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they typically hunt their insect prey on t..
Pratique
Pratique is the license given to a ship to enter port on assurance from the captain to convince the authorities that she is free from contagious disease. See also: Quarantine This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Pratisakhya
Hindu texts ..
Pratitnagar
Pratitnagar is a census town in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Pratitnagar had a population of 7078. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Pratitnagar has an average literac..
Pratitya-samutpada
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Pratiwi Sudarmono
Pratiwi Pujilestari Sudarmono (born July 31 1952 in Sanduko) is an Indonesian scientist and former astronaut candidate. She is currently associate professor at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta. Pratiwi Sudarmono received a Master's degree from the University of Indonesia in 1977, and the Ph.D. ..
Prati (rione of Rome)
Prati is the XXII rione of Rome. Its logo is the shape of Hadrian's mausoleum, in a blue color on a silver background. Anyway Hadrian's mausoleum (the modern Castel Sant'Angelo) was not in this area, but in the close by rione Borgo. ..
Prato
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Prato is a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. Historically, the economy of Prato has been based upon the textile industry. The renowned [Datini archives] are a siginifcant archive of early medieval documents produced ye..
Pratola Peligna
Pratola Peligna is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
Pratola Serra
Pratola Serra is a town (commune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Campania · Communes of the province of Avellino Aiello del Sabato | Altavilla Irpina | Andretta | Aquilonia | Ariano Irpino | Atripalda | Avell..
Pratovecchio
Pratovecchio is a town and comune in Arezzo province, Tuscany. Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373. External links [Official site] Tuscany · Communes o..
Prato (Cookbook)
Prato is the common name for a traditional Austrian cookbook first published in 1858 by Katharina Prato (1818-97, born Polt) as "The South German Cuisine". It became popular under the name "The Large Prato" (Die grosse Prato) and appeared in 80 editions as well as several translations until 1957. I..
Prato della Valle
Prato della Valle is a 90,000 square meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy. It is the largest square in Padova and is believed to be the second largest in Europe after the Red Square in Moscow. The square today is a monumental space of extraordinary visual impact, with a green island at the ce..
Prato reaction
The Prato reaction in organic chemistry describes the functionalization of fullerenes and nanotubes with azomethine ylides in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition Addition of azomethine ylides to C60: synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of fullerene pyrrolidines Michele Maggini, Gianfranco Sco..
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste Country      France Région Languedoc-Roussillon Départment Pyrénées-Orientales Arrondissement Céret Canton Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste INSEE 66150 Postal Code 66230 MayorCurrent Term Bernard Remedi2001-2008 In..
Pratt
The word Pratt is sometimes used in a derogatory manner meaning idiot. It is also a surname, and may refer to Al Pratt, American baseball playerAl Pratt, fictional comics character the AtomAndy Pratt, American baseball playerAngela Pratt, Notable HOSF active from 2004Awadagin Pratt, (born 1966), Ame..
Pratt's Bottom
Pratt's Bottom is a village in Chelsfield parish, in the more rural part of the London Borough of Bromley, England. External links [Historical notes on the village] ..
Pratt, Kansas
Pratt is a city in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. The population was 6,570 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pratt County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Pratt is located at [37°39′1″N, 98°44′17″W] (37.650321, -98.738068)[Geographic refere..
Pratt, West Virginia
Pratt is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA along the Kanawha River. The population was 551 at the 2000 census. Geography Pratt is located at [38°12′26″N, 81°23′14″W] (38.207149, -81.387354)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census..
Pratt-Romney family
The Pratt-Romney Family is the name of a U.S. political family. It is linked by marriage to the Smith Family. Contents 1 Family Members1.1 William Pratt1.2 ..
Pratt-Smoot Act
The Pratt-Smoot Act was passed by the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover on March 3, 1931. It was introduced by Ruth Baker Pratt and Reed Smoot. The Act provided $100,000, to be administered by the Library of Congress, to provide blind adults with books. The pr..
Pratteln
Pratteln is a small town in the Canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. The town has a population of about 16,000, 37% of which are from other countries. ..
Pratten Park
Pratten Park is the original home of the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Magpies played there for around half a century before moving west to Lidcombe Oval. The Ashfield ground is still home to the Western Suburbs Cricket Club, a club that has had Michael Clarke and Bob Simpson among its playing ranks ..
Prattsburgh, New York
Prattsburgh (or Prattsburg) is a town in Steuben County, New York, USA. The population was 2,064 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is taken from its most promininent community. The Town of Prattsburgh is in the northeast part of the county. Contents 1 History2 Geography3&nbs..
Prattsville
Prattsville may refer to: Prattsville, New York, a town in Greene County.Prattsville, Arkansas, a town in Grant County. 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 ..
Prattsville, Arkansas
Prattsville is a town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census. Geography Prattsville is located at [34°18′58″N, 92°32′45″W] (34.316050, -92.545868)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
Prattsville, New York
Prattsville is a town in Greene County, New York, USA. The population was 665 at the 2000 census. The Town of Prattsville is in the northwest part of the county. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities and locations in Prattsville5 External links His..
Prattville
Prattville is the name of three communities in the United States: Prattville, AlabamaPrattville, CaliforniaPrattville, OklahomaThis 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 lin..
Prattville, Alabama
Prattville is a city located in Autauga County, Alabama and partially in Elmore County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,303. The city is the county seat of Autauga County, Alabama. It is nicknamed "The Fountain City" due to the many artesian wells in the area. Cont..
Prattville, California
Prattville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 28 at the 2000 census. Geography Prattville is located at [40°12′29″N, 121°9′24″W] (40.208022, -121.156603)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Unit..
Prattville, Oklahoma
Prattville is a community in Sand Springs, Oklahoma on OK-97. Prattville is 10 miles west of Tulsa and is on the south banks of the Arkansas River. Several industries once operated on the river near the Highway 97 bridge in an area called Lotsee. Other communities/towns in and around Prattville i..
Prattville Christian Academy
Prattville Christian Academy is a Christian academy located in Prattville, Alabama. The school teaches kindergarten through twelfth grade. External links [Prattville Christian Academy] ..
Prattville High School
Prattville High School is a high school in Prattville, Alabama and forms part of the Autauga County School System. As of 2005 it has an enrollment of some 2,100 students and a faculty of 103 teachers. The original building was constructed in 1970 and extended in 1983, 2002, and 2004. A gynmasium was..
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these compani..
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is a Canadian aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC's headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, just outside Montreal. Like its larger American sibling, Pratt & Whitney (P&W), it is a business unit of United Technologies. United Technologies has given PWC a world mandate for s..
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
The JT15D is a small turbofan engine built by Pratt & Whitney Canada. It was introduced in 1971 at 2,200 lbf thrust, and has since undergone a series of upgrades to just over 3,000 lbf thrust in the latest versions. It is the primary powerplant for a wide variety of smaller jet aircraft, notably biz..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6
The PT6 is a turboprop aircraft engine manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Canada and is the most popular turboprop in history [link]. It has an unusual design in that the air enters from the rear of the engine and the power section is at the front. However, it is the power section that requi..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 engine family is a series of 2,000 to 5,000 horsepower (1,500 to 3,700 kW) turboprops manufactured by Pratt and Whitney's Canadian subsidiary, headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec. Pratt & Whitney Canada have adopted a relatively unusual engine configuration for th..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300
The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300 is a family of turbofan engines being developed specifically for business jet applications. The basic configuration is as follows: single stage fan, driven by a 3 stage LP turbine, supercharging a 4 stage axial/single stage centrifugal HP compressor, driven by a tw..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307
The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307 is a new centre-line turbofan engine developed specifically for a tri-engine application on the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet. The PW307 was certified by Transport Canada in March 2005. The PW307, in common with other members of the PW300 engine family, has a sin..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW500
Pratt & Whitney Canada are developing the PW500 medium thrust turbofan series for small business jet applications. The PW530 family has a single stage fan, driven by a 2 stage LP turbine, supercharging a 2A/1CF axial-centrifugal HP compressor, driven by a single stage HP turbine. Although similar..
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600
The PW600 family of extremely small turbofan engines is being developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada for use in very light jets. Designed with scalability in mind, the engines can produce between 900 lbf and 3,000 lbf (13.34 kN) of Take-off thrust, flat-rated typically to ISA+10C. First run of the 250..
Pratt & Whitney F100
F100 for a F-15 Eagle being tested The F100 is an afterburning turbofan engine manufactured by Pratt & Whitney which powers the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Falcon. Contents 1 Variants1.1 F100-PW-1001.2 F100-PW-2001.3 F100-PW-220/220E1.4 F100-PW-2292 Specifications Va..
Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100
The F119-PW-100 is an afterburning turbofan engine developed for the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter by Pratt & Whitney. F-22A Raptor - F119 The engine delivers thrust in the 35,000 lbf thrust class (156 kN) and is designed for supersonic flight without the use of afterburner (su..
Pratt & Whitney F135
The F135 afterburning turbofan is the primary powerplant for the advanced, single-engine tactical F-35 Lightning II, being developed by Lockheed Martin. The F-35 has unique capabilities for land-based conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL), carrier-variant takeoff and landing (CV) and short takeof..
Pratt & Whitney J48
The Pratt & Whitney J48 is a Pratt & Whitney licensed-built version of the Rolls-Royce Tay turbojet (not to be confused with the current Rolls-Royce Tay turbofan). Powered Grumman F9F PantherNorth American F-93Lockheed F-94 Starfire Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engine..
Pratt & Whitney J52
P&W J-52 image undergoing preparations for a test The Pratt & Whitney J52 was an axial-flow turbojet engine built for the US Navy, in the 9,000lbf class. It powered the A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder and the EA-6 Prowler. Within Pratt & Whitney it had the designation JT8A, and provided the basis fo..
Pratt & Whitney J58
J58 on full afterburner, showing shock diamonds The Pratt & Whitney J58 (also known as the JT11D) was the jet engine used on the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" and A-12 OXCART. The J58 produced 32,000 lbf (142 kN) of thrust. It was the first engine to be able to operate on afterburner for exten..
Pratt & Whitney JT3C
YJ57-P-3 cut-away demonstrator at USAF Museum The Pratt & Whitney JT3C (USAF designation: J57) was a development of the T45 turboprop engine intended for the XB-52. As the B-52 power requirements grew, the design evolved into a turbojet. The JT3C was the first 10,000 lbf (45 kN) thrust class e..
Pratt & Whitney JT3D
TF33s of a C-141 Starlifter leave exhaust trails over Antarctica The Pratt & Whitney JT3D is an early turbofan engine which is still in service today, mainly on military aircraft. Pratt & Whitney produced over 8000 JT3Ds between 1959 and 1985. The engine is a turbofan derivative of the Prat..
Pratt & Whitney JT4A
The Pratt & Whitney JT4A was an axial-flow turbojet engine of the late 1950s. A two-spool turbojet in the 17,000 lbf (76 kN) thrust class, it was essentially the bigger brother of the Pratt & Whitney JT3C. Before the arrival of the Pratt & Whitney JT3D turbofan engine, the JT4A was used to power c..
Pratt & Whitney JT8D
A JT8D pictured mounted on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operated by DHL at the Portland International Jetport in 2004 The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass (0.96 to 1) turbofan jet engine, introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1964 with the inaugural flight of Boeing's 727. It was a modif..
Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D engine was the first high-bypass-ratio engine to power a wide-bodied aircraft. Its first initial application was the Boeing 747-100, the original "Jumbo jet". It was also Pratt & Whitney's first high-bypass turbofan. The JT9D family of engines consists of three distinct se..
Pratt & Whitney PW2000
Pratt & Whitney's PW2000 series engines is a high-bypass turbofan aero engine with a thrust range from 37,000 to 43,000 lbf (165 to 190 kN) built by Pratt & Whitney . It is designed for the Boeing 757. As a 757 powerplant, the engine competes with the Rolls-Royce RB211-535. An improved version laun..
Pratt & Whitney PW4000
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with certified thrust ranging from 52,000 to 99,040 lbf (230 to 441 kN). It was built as the successor to the JT9D series engines and has found much wider application than its predecessor. It is divided into 3 distinct ..
Pratt & Whitney PW6000
Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine designed for the Airbus A318 with a design thrust range of 18,000 to 24,000 lbf (80 to 107 kN). Pratt & Whitney designed the engine with minimum complexity to significantly reduce maintenance cost and achieve weight and fuel consumption savin..
Pratt & Whitney R-1340
The Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp was a reciprocating engine widely used in American aircraft from the 1920s onward. It was the company's first engine, and the first of the famed Wasp family. It was a single-row, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial design, and displaced 1,344 cubic inches (22 liters); bore..
Pratt & Whitney R-1535
The Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior was an engine used in American aircraft in the 1930s. It was a two-row, 14-cylinder air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 1,535 cubic inches (25.2 liters); bore and stroke were 5-3/16" and 5-3/16" (131.8 mm and 131.8 mm). Models R-1535-13: 825 hp (6..
Pratt & Whitney R-1690
The Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet was an engine widely used in American aircraft from the 1920s through 1940s. It was a single-row, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 1,690 cubic inches (27.7 L). The BMW 132 was an improved version of this engine. Contents 1 Models2 ..
Pratt & Whitney R-1830
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Twin Wasp" (sectioned) A R-1830 used in a B-24 Liberator restoration project. The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp was an engine widely used in American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. It was a two-row, 14 cylinder, air-cooled radial design. It displaced 1,830 ..
Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp was an aircraft engine, and part of the long-lived Wasp family. It was a two-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 2,804 cubic inches (46 liters); bore and stroke were 5.75" and 6". The R-2800 is considered ..
Pratt & Whitney R-4360
Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major (sectioned) The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major was a large radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II. It was the last of the Wasp family and the culmination of its maker's piston engine technology, but the war was over before it could ..
Pratt & Whitney R-985
The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior was an engine widely used in American aircraft starting in the 1930s. It was a scaled-down version of the original R-1340, and the second in the Wasp family. It was a single-row, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 985 cubic inches (16.1 liter..
Pratt & Whitney TF-30
The TF-30, produced by Pratt & Whitney was the world's first afterburning turbofan. It was first proposed for the F6D Missileer missile carrier. The engine powered early F-14 Tomcat air superiority fighters, the F-111 medium bomber and without an afterburner in the A-7 Corsair light attack aircraft..
Pratt & Whitney Wasp
Wasp was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Pratt & Whitney, and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. Wasp series R-1340 WaspR-985 Wasp JuniorR-1830 Twin WaspR-1535 Twin Wasp JuniorR-2800 Double WaspR-4360 Wasp Major This is a [disa..
Pratt County, Kansas
Pratt County (PR) Counties in Kansas County seat Pratt Largest city Pratt Area—Total—Land—Water, % km² (736 mi²)1,904 km² (735 mi²)2 km² (1 mi²), 0.10% Population—Total (2000)—Density 9,6475/km² (1..
Pratt Institute
The Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Pratt is one of the leading art schools in the United States and offers programs in art, architecture, fashion design, design, creative writing, library science, and other areas. Char..
Pratt knot
The Pratt knot is a method of tying a tie around one's neck and collar. It is also known as the Shelby knot and the Pratt-Shelby. The knot was invented by Jerry Pratt, a worker of the US Chamber of Commerce. He had been wearing his tie in the Pratt knot for some twenty years before it became popula..
Pratul Chandra Ganguli
Pratul Chandra Ganguli (1884-1957) was an Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Short biography Pratul hailed from Narayanganj, now in Bangladesh. He was a member of the Anushilan Samiti. Following the arrest of Pulin Bihari Das ( the main organizer of the Dhaka branch of Anushilan Sami..
Pratunam Market
Pratunam Market Thai: is one of Bangkok's major markets, focusing on clothest which makes it Thailand's largest clothing market. The name Pratunam means Water gate. The market is open 24 hours a day and is located at the intersection of Ratchaprarop and Phetburi roads in the district Ratchathewi. ..
Pratyahara
Pratyahara is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. At this stage, the consciousness of the individual is internalized in order that the sensations from the senses of taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell don't reach their respective centres in the brain. With this..
Pratyekabuddha
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Pratyusha
"Pratyusha" is the Sanskrit word for the first ray of sun in the morning - and as such it is the name generally given to females in India. ..
Pratyutpanna Sutra
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Pratz
Pratz (Luxembourgish: Proz) is a small town in the commune of Préizerdaul, in western Luxembourg. As of 2005, the town has a population of 347. ..
Praunheim (Frankfurt am Main)
Data Area: 4.556 km² Population: 15,850 Population density: 3,479 people per km² Postal code 60488 Telephone area code: 069 Incorporation Area district: Mitte-West City districts: 422 - Siedlung Praunheim423 - Siedlung Westhausen424 - Praunheim-Süd425 - Alt-Pra..
Pravasi Bharatiya Community Service Award
The Pravasi Bharatiya Community Service Award is an honour granted annually by the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), to honour persons of Indian ancestry for their contributions to countries they are members of. One of the 2004 awards went to Mahendra Chaudhry, a former Prim..
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
The Government of India recognizes the first week of January as the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindi: Pravasi - Non-resident or diaspora, Bharatiya - Indian, Divas - day). The occasion is marked by special programs to recognize the contributions of NRI/PIO individuals of exceptional merit, felicitate ..
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. Awardees for 2005 M. Arunachalam - Chairman, Indian Chambers of Comme..
Pravastatin
In medicine and pharmacology, pravastatin (Pravachol® or Selektine®) is a member of the drug class of statins, used for lowering cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular disease. Pravastatin was identified originally in a mold called Nocardia autotrophica by researchers of the Sankyo Pharma Inc..
Pravda
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. The front page of an issue of Pravda. The main headline says: "Declaration by the Soviet Leadership" Pravda (Russian: , "The Truth") was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party betw..
Pravda (disambiguation)
Pravda ("The Truth" in many Slavic languages - пра́вда, prawda, pravda) Newspapers: Pravda was a leading newspaper of the Soviet UnionKomsomolskaya Pravda is an all-Russian daily newspaper.Pionerskaya Pravda is an all-Russian newspaper.Moskovskaya Pravda Pravda is a major newspaper in Slovak..
Pravda (Slovakia)
Pravda (the Slovak word for "Truth") is a major newspaper in Slovakia. Communist Pravda In the past, the newspaper was the Slovak equivalent of the Soviet/Russian newspaper Pravda. Founded in 1945 (other Slovak Pravdas existing before [in 1925-1932, 1944 ] were shut down), it was a publica..
Pravda Castle
Remains of Pravda Castle can be found on the hill above village Pnětluky in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The name can be literally translated as The truth. First written document mentions Pravda in 1380. Today's castle was built probably during second half of 15th centur..
Pravda Lounge-Bar
Pravda is well known for being the portal of the electronic music scene in the northeast zone of Mexico. It opened its doors in 2004 in the port of Tampico, and ever since it has revolutionated the musical scene, creating a cultural movement by generating new genres in the region and fading old o..
Pravdinsk
Pravdinsk (Russian: [ Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast ..
Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
Pravdinsky District (Russian: ) is a district (raion) of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The district's administrative center is Pravdinsk. The district is situated in the south of the oblast, at the border to Poland. It is populated sparsely. The river Lava runs through the district. Economy is cente..
Pravec
Praveccould mean: Petr Pravec, a Czech astronomer.Pravec is an alternate transliteration of Pravets (also Pravetz, or Правец in Bulgarian), a town in central western BulgariaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refe..
Praveen
Praveen means the one who is expert in all. You can say the master of all. ..
Praveen Bala
Praveen Kumar Bala is the Mayor of the Fijian town of Ba, a position he has held since 1996. He was reelected unopposed by the Town Council on 28 October 2005, after leading his National Federation Party (NFP) to a landslide victory in the municipal elections held on 22 October, taking 14 of the..
Praveen Togadia
Praveen Togadia is an oncologist from Gujarat, India, and the International General Secretary of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a major Hindutva organization advocating for Hindu Rashtra. Togadia is seen by some as one of the VHP's most forceful, but controversial, orators, highlighting issues th..
Pravets
Pravets (Bulgarian: Правец, also transliterated as Pravetz or Pravec) is a town in central western Bulgaria, located approximately 60 km from the capital Sofia. The coat of arms of Pravets on a billboard Pravets has a population of 4,512 people. Mountains surround it, which allows for ..
Pravetz series 8
The Pravetz series 8 computers were Bulgarian-made clones of the Apple II. ..
Pravex Bank
Pravex Bank is a private commercial bank based in Kiev, Ukraine. Founded and owned by Leonid Chernovetskyi, it was licensed by the National Bank of Ukraine in 1992. Nowadays it focuses itself mainly on retail business - consumer express credits, auto mortgages, housing loans, business loans and col..
Pravia
Pravia is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by Cudillero and Muros de Nalón, on the east by Candamo and Soto del Barco, on the west by Cudillero and Salas, and on the south by Candamo and Salas. Since 774, when the king Silo es..
Pravic
Pravic is a language used and referred to in the science-fiction book The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Pravic is a fictional constructed language: in the book, it is said to have been constructed by a person named Farigv. Pravic is spoken on the planet Anarres, where followers of the philoso..
Pravin
Pravin, Praveen or Praveena (प्रवीण) is a sanskrit word roughly translated as "expert" or "proficient". It is a common first name in India. ..
Pravin Amre
Pravin AmreIndia (IND) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak Tests ODIs Matches 11 37 '''Runs scored 425 513 Batting average 42.50 20.51 100s/50s 1/3 -/2 Top score 103 84* ..
Pravin Singh
Pravin Singh (d. 2003) was a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who won the Tavua Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2001. Singh was killed in an automobile accident in 2003, and was succeeded as the Tavua O..
Pravoberezhnaya Line
The Pravoberezhnaya Line (Russian: ) (also known as Zanevsko-Lakhtinskaya), is a line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, opened in 1985 it is the newest line in the system with the stations featuring a modern design. The line originally opened as an access from the centre for the new resident areas a..
Pravuil
Pravuil is a character from Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series. Overview Arthur Penhaligon meets Pravuil in the Coal Cellar. Pravuil tells him that he was once 'Deputy Assistant of Stars' and was cast down from on high. Discovering Arthur has the Minute Hand, Pravuil swears his loyalty to the..
Pravuil (archangel)
Pravuil is an archangel mentioned in the Second Book of Enoch who is "quicker in wisdom than the other archangels" and writes all the deeds of the Lord. In the book, God commands Pravuil to get books and a reed of quick-writing for Enoch. Pravuil then tells Enoch to "write all the souls of manki..
Pravy
Pravy is very small village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 90 inhabitants. External links [Short official information about the village] (cz) ..
Prawal
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. Prawal (a Hindi word) in Eng..
Prawet
Prawet (Thai: ) is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok, located in the southeast of the town. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Bang Phli (Samut Prakan Province), Prawet, Saphan Sung, Bang Na, Phra Khanong, Suan Luang, Saphan Sung and Lat Krabang (Bangkok). In October 2005 the..
Prawn
Prawns are edible, shrimp-like crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata . They are distinguished from the superficially similar shrimp by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro="tree"; branchia="gill"), but is lamellar in shrimp. The sister tax..
Prawn cocktail
Prawn Cocktail is a seafood dish, which is usually served as an Entrée (Appetizer). It consists of prawns, leaf salad and sauce Marie Rose - a combination of mayonnaise and ketchup sometimes also known as Russian dressing. Prawn cocktail is often served with bread. The dish was very popular in t..
Prawn cracker
Freshly made prawn crackers A prawn cracker, also called a shrimp chip, shrimp cracker or similar combination, is a cracker made mostly from shrimp and flour, usually tapioca or potato flour. Despite its high shrimp content any shrimp taste is usually quite subtle. These crackers are popular t..
Prawn Song Records
Prawn Song Records is the record label owned by Les Claypool of Primus. The name is a parody of Led Zeppelin's famous label Swan Song Records. The label was created in 1989 for the initial limited release of the Primus live album Suck On This. To fund the release, the band borrowed some money fro..
Praxagora
Praxagora is the leading character in Aristophanes' play, Assemblywomen. She masterminds a plot to gain female control of the Athenian democracy by sneaking into the assembly on the Pnyx disguised as a man. Through her persuasive debating technique and her carefully prepared policies (and with some ..
Praxagoras
Praxagoras was born on the island of Kos about 340 BC His father, Nicarchus, and his grandfather were physicians. Very little is known of his personal life, and none of his writings have survived. Between the death of Hippocrates in 375 BC and the founding of the school at Alexandria, Egypt, Greek m..
Praxair
Praxair, Inc. is a Fortune 300 company founded in 1907. It is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. They are a provider of specialty gases. Dennis Reilley has been chairman and chief executive officer of Praxair since 2000. With 27,000 employees and operations in 40 countries Praxair, Inc. (NYS..
Praxe
The Praxe is a student's tradition in Portuguese universities and other institutions of higher education, is a word that means a body of ritual and custom founded upon ancient traditions of the University of Coimbra, the oldest university of Portugal, which is an important part of the academic lif..
Praxeas
Praxeas was a Monarchian from Asia Minor who lived in the end of the 2nd century/beginning of the 3rd century. He believed in the unity of the trinity and vehemently disagreed with any attempt at division of the personalities or personnages of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the Christian Church..
Praxeology
Praxeology is the science of human action. The term was first coined in 1890 by Alfred Espinas in the Revue Philosophique, but the most common use of the term is in connection with the work of the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises and his followers. Explanation Von Mises attempted to find the co..
Praxias and Androsthenes
Praxias and Androsthenes, Greek sculptors, who are said by Pausanias (x. 19, 4) to have executed the pediments of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Both were Athenians, Praxias a pupil of Calamis. The statement raises historic difficulties, as, according to the leaders of the recent French excavations..
Praxidike
For the moon of Jupiter, see Praxidike (moon). In Greek mythology, Praxidike is the goddess of judicial punishment. She formed a group known as the Praxidikai, along with her two daughters Arete (a goddess of virtue) and Homonoia (a goddess of concord). She had a son, Ktesios, god of the household...
Praxidike (moon)
Praxidike (prak-sid'-ə-kee, IPA: [prækˈsɪdəki] Greek Πραξιδίκη), or Jupiter XXVII, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000&nbs..
Praxilla
Praxilla, of Sicyon, was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. She was one of the nine lyric Muses. According to Athenaeus (xv. 694), she was famous as a composer of scolia (short lyrical poems sung after dinner), which were considered equal to those of Alcaeus and Anacreon. She also wrote dith..
Praxinoscope
The Praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The praxinoscope improved on the zoetrope by replacing its n..
Praxis
As a word, praxis can mean: Praxis is a Latinate English noun, referring to the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice.Praxis is a term in Eastern Orthodox theology, referring to the practice of faith, especially worship. The following things are known as Praxis: The Praxis is also ..
Praxis (band)
Praxis is the name of an ever-changing Bill Laswell musical project. First appearing in 1992 with the critically successful Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), the project has attempted to push the envelope of structure and progressiveness on a number of musical forms not normally amenable to the ava..
Praxis (dance music act)
Praxis is a house music studio project assembled by producer Bill Laswell. With singer Kathy Brown, Praxis had two Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart entries, including 1997's "Turn Me Out (Turn To Sugar)," which hit #1. "Turn Me Out" returned to the dance chart in 2003 with new remixes, this time cl..
Praxis (Orthodox)
Praxis is the customary use of knowledge or skills, distinct from theoretical knowledge. The term is used in Eastern Orthodox theology to refer to the practice of the faith, especially to worship. Contents 1 Orthodox praxis2 Corresponding terminology in western traditions3 See als..
Praxis (word)
Praxis is the process by which a theory or lesson becomes part of lived experience through a cycle of action-reflection-action[link]. Rather than a theory being simply developed at the intellectual level, ideas are tested and experienced in the real world, followed by an opportunity for ..
Praxis School
Praxis school was a Marxist humanist philosophical movement that originated in Zagreb and Belgrade in the SFRY, during the 1960's. Prominent figures among the school's founders include Gajo Petrović and Milan Kangrga of Zagreb and Mihailo Marković of Belgrade. From 1964 to 1974 they published the ..
Praxis test
The Praxis Series is a set of teacher certification exams written and administered by the Educational Testing Service. Various Praxis tests are usually required before, during, and after teacher training courses in the U.S. To be certified to teach in most U.S. states, one must earn qualifying sco..
Praxiteles
Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus, was the greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC, who has left an imperishable mark on the history of art. It has been maintained by some writers that there were two sculptors of the name, one, a contemporary of Pheidias, the other, his mo..
Praxithea
In Greek mythology, Praxithea (Greek ???) or Pasithea was a Naiad Nymph daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. According to Apollodorus Praxithea married Erichthonius of Athens and by him had a son named Pandion I. Another Praxithea (though it could have been the same one) married Padion I's son Erecht..
Pray
Pray may refer to: PrayerPray, a commune of the Loir-et-Cher département, in FrancePray, a comune in the province of Biella (Piedmont, Italy)A song by Take ThatA song by DJ BoboPray, an album by Rebecca St. James See also Prey (disambiguation) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] pa..
Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng (born 30 January 1966) is a Thai golfer. He was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won five events on the tour and was o..
Prayagpur
Prayagpur is a census town in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Prayagpur had a population of 5149. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Prayagpur has an average literacy ra..
Prayagraj Express
Prayag Raj Express is an Indian Railways' express train which runs between the cities of Allahabad and New Delhi, India. It is the longest train in Asia, with more than 25 coaches including 8-10 air-conditioned coaches. It runs on Indian Railways' fastest track section (Allahabad to New Delhi) whi..
Prayer
Maria Magdalene in prayer. Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit, including a monotheist God, Saints, gods within a pantheon, or others; either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be..
Prayers
This article is about the anime OVA. For the form of worship, see Prayer. |} is an anime set in the year 2014 where young of Japan have rebelled against the government for segregating Shibuya and declared themselves to be independent of Japan. In the city, there are special people called "prayers..
Prayers For Assassin
Prayers For The Assassin is a book by Robert Ferrigno that imagines America one day being an Islamic Republic. ..
Prayers for the Assassin
Prayers for the Assassin is a political thriller, and a work of speculative fiction, written by American crime writer Robert Ferrigno. The story is set in 2040, after economic strife and a pair of nuclear attacks have led to civil war, causing the United States to split into two hostile and compet..
Prayers of Steel
Prayers of Steel is the name of the only full-length album released by the power metal band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to Rage. The only other release that followed under the name Avenger was the EP Depraved to Black (1985 also). Tracklist BattlefieldSouth Cross UnionPrayers of..
Prayers on Fire
Prayers on Fire, by The Birthday Party, was released in April 1981 on the 4AD record label. This was the band's first full length release on an international record label. After leaving Australia to broaden horizons in England, the band returned to Melbourne to record this album. It was recorded a..
Prayer (RuneScape)
Prayer is a trainable skill in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) RuneScape. Prayer is based on the burying of bones that are dropped when creatures die. Higher level monsters, such as giants or dragons, drop bigger bones that provide more prayer experience. Contents ..
Prayer (song)
"Prayer" is the first single from Disturbed's 2002 album Believe. It is a conversation between lead singer David Draiman and God after the death of his grandfather. The video for this song was banned in the US by MTV and other music television channels for having imagery too similar to that of 9-11..
Prayer beads
(See: Prayer) Prayer beads are traditionally used to keep count of the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions. They are used by followers of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith. There seem to be basically three uses for prayer beads: Repetition of the same..
Prayer before a Crucifix
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Prayer before birth
Prayer before birth is a poem written by Irish poet Louis McNeice (1907 - 1963) at the height of the Second World War. In the poem, Louis McNeice expresses his fear at what the world's tyranny can do to the innocence of a child and blames the human race "for the sins that in me the world shall commi..
Prayer book
A prayer book is a book outlining the liturgy of religious services. The Anglican prayer book is known as the Book of Common Prayer.The Roman Catholic prayer book may be known as a Breviary.The Jewish prayer book is known as the Siddur. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Prayer Book Rebellion
The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rebellion occurred in the southwest of England in 1549. In the 1540s the government of Edward VI introduced a range of legislative measures as an extension of the Protestant Reformation in England & Wales. The primary aim being to remove certain practices from t..
Prayer Book Society of Canada
The Prayer Book Society of Canada is an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada which "promotes the understanding and use of the Book of Common Prayer as a spiritual system of nurture for life in Christ" (PBSC website). The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) used in Canada was originally compose..
Prayer circle
In Mormonism, a Prayer Circle, also known as the True Order of Prayer is a ritual established by Joseph Smith, Jr. that some Mormons believe is a more potent means of receiving blessings and revelation from God. The ritual involves an antiphonic recitation of prayer by participants joined in a circ..
Prayer During the Day
Prayer During the Day is a liturgy of the Church of England from the service book Common Worship. Along with Night Prayer (or "Compline"), it is a daily prayer service to supplement Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, the only daily prayer services provided for by the Book of Common Prayer. The Churc..
Prayer For Cleansing
Prayer For Cleansing is a straightedge melodic death metal band with elements of hardcore punk stylings from Raleigh, North Carolina. They are often cited as the most important band in the creation of metalcore.#redirect [[Template:Fact]] Contents 1 Biography2 Line-Up3 Discography4..
Prayer for relief
The prayer for relief is what the plaintiff asks of the court -- for example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of monetary damages, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or both. ..
Prayer for the dead
Wherever there is a belief in the continued existence of man's personality through and after death, religion naturally concerns itself with the relations between the living and the dead. And where the idea of a future judgment obtains, prayers are often offered on their behalf to the Higher Powers. ..
Prayer in Christianity
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Prayer in Hinduism
Contents 0.1 Hindu/Vedic prayer0.2 The Upanishads0.3 The Hindu prayer ''Aum''0.4 Bhakti Yoga, or the Yoga of Devotion Hindu/Vedic prayer The Vedic faith system, known today as Hinduism, is known to stretch back to around 3000 BCE. Over its lifetime, it has incorporated all sor..
Prayer in the Hebrew Bible
Prayer occurs frequently in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Long prayers by such figures as Solomon, Daniel, and Moses are recorded. Many of the Psalms are in fact prayers by David for example Psalm 103: ...Bless the Lord O my soul and do not forget all his benefits... verse 2) Shorter prayers b..
Prayer in the New Testament
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Prayer mat
Typical manufactured prayer mat showing the Kaaba A prayer mat or prayer rug, (in Arabic, سجادة sajada (plural sajjad) or musallah, in Persian: جانماز Janamaz), is a piece of fabric (often decorated) used by Muslims during their five daily prayers (Salat). Though not required for p..
Prayer meeting
A prayer meeting is, as its name describes, a meeting of people for the purpose of prayer as a group. Prayer meetings are normally conducted by one or more members of the clergy. Prayer meetings usually occur at churches on days other than the normal day of worship (usually Sunday), and are sometim..
Prayer Mountain
Prayer Mountain is a Christian retreat in South Korea, operated by the Yoido Full Gospel Church, Korea's largest church. It is located in Jori-myeon, Paju, in northern Gyeonggi province near the Demilitarized Zone. It has facilities for 10,000 people. See also Christianity in KoreaTourism in Sout..
Prayer of Abandonment
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Prayer of Columbus
The Prayer of Columbus is a poem written by the late American poet, Walt Whitman. The poem evokes the enterprising spirit of the Christopher Columbus in a God-fearing light, who rediscovered the North American continent in 1492, leading to the colonization of the Americas by the emerging European p..
Prayer of Humble Access
The Prayer of Humble Access was an integral part of the early Books of Common Prayer of the Church of England, and has continued to be used throughout the Anglican Communion. Its name is derived from the fact that it is recited before partaking of the Eucharist (hence, humble access to the altar or..
Prayer of Manasseh
This short work of only 15 verses purports to be the penitential prayer of the Judean king Manasseh, who is recorded in the Bible as one of the most idolatrous (2 Kings 21:1-18). However, after having been taking captive by the Assyrians, he prays for mercy (2 Chronicles 33:10-17) and turns from his..
Prayer of Quiet
The Prayer of Quiet is a term from Christian theology. It is regarded by writers on mystical theology as one of the degrees of contemplation, and must be distinguished therefore from meditation and from affective prayer. It holds an intermediary place between the latter and the prayer of union. As t..
Prayer of Repentance
The Prayer of Repentance is the common name of a prayer created by Meher Baba. Meher Baba dictated the prayer in Kuldabad in November, 1951. The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's followers, along with the O Parvardigar and the Beloved God Prayer. The ..
Prayer of Saint Ephrem
A prayer attributed to Saint Ephrem the Syrian used with emphasis by the Eastern Orthodox Church during the Great Lent. It is accompanied by many prostrations: one after each line, and twelve at the end. It is usually performed many times during the Lent services of the Liturgy of the Presanctified ..
Prayer of Saint Francis
The Prayer of Saint Francis is a Christian prayer for Peace widely attributed to the 13th-century saint Francis of Assisi, although the prayer in its present form cannot be traced back further than 1912, when it was printed in France in a small spiritual magazine called La Clochette (The Little Bell..
Prayer of the Blessed Virgin
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Prayer of the Children
The Prayer of the Children is a song. The words and music were written by Kurt Bestor and it was arranged by Andrea S. Klouse for a four-part men's choir. History Kurt Bestor, a doctor, was in Serbia during the Yugoslav wars in the early 1990s. While he was delivering medical supplies, he found t..
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Prayer of the Rollerboys is a 1991 independent sci-fi/drama, starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette. Tagline: Better say your prayers, boy... they're coming. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Trivia3 References4 External links Plot summary Corey Haim plays Griffin in the not so d..
Prayer Reverie
Prayer Reverie is a main character in the manga series Gundam SEED X Astray and a supporting character in the manga series Gundam SEED Destiny Astray. He is the former pilot of the experimental ZAFT DRAGOON suit YMF-X000A Dreadnought that was used by the Junk Guild before he apparently died due t..
Prayer rope
Eastern Orthodox prayer rope A prayer rope is a loop made up of knots, usually made of wool, that is used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern-Rite Catholics to count the number of times they have prayed the Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." Histo..
Prayer software
Prayer Software is a computer resource that executes a series of instructions initiated by a human user. Its general purpose is to improve the user's prayer experience. It is not limited to the end user, but can also apply to groups of communities who pray. Prayer software can be downloaded from ..
Prayer stick
A prayer stick is a stick-shaped object used for prayer. For example, the rituals of the Pueblo contain many prayers; thus the Zuñi have prayers for food, health, and rain. Prayer-sticks, that is sticks with feathers attached as supplicatory offerings to the spirits, were largely used by the Puebl..
Prayer Tower
The Prayer Tower on the campus of Oral Roberts University The Prayer Tower is located on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Opened in 1967, the 200ft (60.9m) glass and steel tower was built to be emblematic of Christianity. The tower's observation deck gives a 360° vie..
Prayer to Saint Joseph
The following Prayers to Saint Joseph are Catholic prayers to Saint Joseph. Prayer for intercession for spiritual blessings Oh, Saint Joseph, whose protection is so great, so prompt, so strong, before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, Saint Joseph, do assist me b..
Prayer to Saint Michael
The Prayer to Saint Michael is a Christian prayer addressed to Michael the archangel. It is used most prevalently among Catholics. The prayer was composed by Pope Leo XIII at the end of the 19th century; he made it part of a set of prayers to be recited on behalf of the Church at the end of Low M..
Prayer wheel
Prayer wheels bring good luck Prayer wheels in Samye Prayer wheels are called Mani wheels by the Tibetans. A prayer wheel is a wheel on a spindle, and on the wheel are written or encapsulated prayers or mantras. According to the Tibetan Buddhist belief, spinning such a wheel will have ..
Praying For Time
"Praying For Time" is a song written and performed by George Michael, released on Epic Records in 1990. The song was Michael's first single in almost two years, entering the UK singles chart in August 1990. A dark and sombre reflection on social ills and injustice, the song was hailed by critics ..
Praying Indian
Praying Indian is a 17th century term referring to Native Americans of New England who converted to Christianity. In 1646, the General Court of Massachusetts passed an "Act for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians". This act and the success of Reverend John Eliot and other missionarie..
Praying mantis
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A praying mantis, or praying mantid, is a large insect of the order Mantodea, named for their "prayer-like" stance. The word mantis derives from the Greek word Mantes for prophet or fortune teller; the plural is therefore mantes, with mantises also acceptab..
Praying Mantis (band)
Praying Mantis are an English New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band. Though very much a part of the NWOBHM scene, they pursued a musical direction more melodic and AOR sounding than their contemporaries. Their formation considerably pre-dates the NWOBHM. They were formed in 1974 by the Troy brothers..
Praying mantis (disambiguation)
A praying mantis is an insect. Praying mantis may also mean: Northern Praying Mantis, the Northern Chinese self-defence technique from ShandongSouthern Praying Mantis, the Southern Chinese self-defence technique of the Hakka peopleOperation Praying Mantis, a 1988 naval battlePraying Mantis (band), ..
Praying mantis hook
The praying mantis hook is the signature hand posture of Northern Praying Mantis style martial arts. Purpose It is primarily used in seizing the opponent's arm in order to divert their attack or to draw them closer in order to carry out an attack. It can also be used to pluck an opponent's fist out ..
Praying mantis kung fu
Praying mantis kung fu is a style of the Chinese martial art of kung fu. For more information, see Northern Praying Mantis a self-defence technique from the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong.Southern Praying Mantis a self-defence technique of the Hakka people. This is a [disambiguation..
Praying of Daniel the Immured
"Praying of Daniel the Immured" ("Моление Даниила Заточника" in Russian, or Moleniye Danila Zatochnika), is a Russian literary monument of the 13th century. The work is written in the form of an epistle to Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl and Suzdal. The author ..
Praying with Anger
Praying with Anger (1992) was the directorial debut of M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan wrote, directed, and starred in the film, which was about an Indian-American man's return to India. The film did not have a wide release, and played only in festivals. Trivia M. Night Shyamalan - Dev RamanMike Mu..
Prayssac
Prayssac (pronounced [pʀesak] in the IPA) is a commune and town in the Lot département of south-west France. Home to 2340 residents the town was in 1768 the birthplace of the soldier Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istrie. The UN/LOCODE is FRPSC. ..
Pray (album)
Pray is the sixth album from Christian pop rock artist Rebecca St. James. It was released on October 20, 1998 by ForeFront Records. Track listings "Pray" – 4:28"OK" – 4:37"Give Myself Away" – 3:48"Hold Me Jesus" – 5:04"I'll Carry You" – 4:41"Come Quickly Lord" – 4:29"Peace" – 5:50"M..
Pray / Get Into A Groove
"Pray / Get Into A Groove" was the fourteenth single by the Japanese j-pop group Every Little Thing, released on January 1, 2000. Track listing PrayGet Into A GroovePray (Ramdoubler's Remix)Get Into A Groove (HAL's Remix)Pray -Instrumental-Get Into A Groove -Instrumental- Chart positions Chart (..
Pray Anything
"Pray Anything" is the tenth episode of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons. It aired on February 9, 2003. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The family attends a WNBA game, and when they are there, Ned Flanders wins a half-time shot, with h..
Pray For Mojo
Pray For Mojo is the fourth album by Mustard Plug. Track listing "Send You Back""Not Giving In""Someday, Right Now""Everything Girl""Away From Here""Throw a Bomb""Lolita""Mend Your Ways""So Far To Go""Time Will Come""Yesterday""We're Gunna Take On the World"..
Pray for Rain
Pray For Rain refers to: Pray for Rain, San Francisco-based band and film score composers.PFR, a 90's Christian rock 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..
Pray for Rain (Band)
Pray for Rain is a San Francisco, California-based band specialising in film soundtracks, led by St. Louis, Missouri musician Dan Wool. Other members of Pray for Rain are Gary Brown, Paul Trupin (1958-1992) and James Woody. Among their many soundtracks are the scores to several Alex Cox films, incl..
Pray for the Soul of Betty
Pray For The Soul Of Betty is a hard rock band of New York City. The band currently consists of Michael Hamboussi (drums), João Joya (guitar) and Craig Taylor (bass). Until 2006, it also included lead vocalist Constantine Maroulis. Betty is a symbol that may refer to the entire band as a whole, a ..
Pray for the Soul of Betty (album)
Pray For The Soul Of Betty is the self-titled hard rock debut album of the band Pray For The Soul Of Betty released on May 10 2005, self-produced locally by the band, global release courtesy of Koch Entertainment, who released it in two editions, explicit and clean; re-engineered by Michael Burgma..
Pray for the Wildcats
Pray for the Wildcats is a 1974 U.S. television movie originally aired on ABC. The movie was an action-drama and was directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starred William Shatner and Andy Griffith. It co-starred Robert Reed, Marjoe Gortner, Angie Dickinson, and Lorraine Gary. It was released in 1987..
Pray Naked
Pray Naked (a.k.a. The Seventy Sevens) is the title of The 77s' sixth album, released in 1992 on the Brainstorm Artists, Intl label. The band's first album after reforming with members of The Strawmen. The title was dropped by the record label, without consulting with the band. It was issued wi..
Pray TV
Pray TV is a 1980 comedy film spoofing televangelism. The film stars Dabney Coleman, Paul Cooper, Rosemary Alexander, and Lewis Arquette. It was directed by Rick Friedberg. Devo appears and plays as "Dove", a Christian rock band. A failing UHF TV station is "reborn" as Christian television stati..
Praze-An-Beeble
Praze-An-Beeble (Cornish: Pras an Bibell), sometimes shortened to Praze, is a village in central Cornwall, in the south-west of Great Britain. Location Praze's location is best described simply as being between (though not halfway between) the nearby towns of Camborne (2.5 miles) and Helston (7 m..
Prazepam
Prazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. External links [Inchem - Prazepam][Meds-help.com - Prazepam] Benzodiazepines [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] ..
Prazeres
The name Prazeres (Portuguese meaning pleasure): Prazeres, a parish in the municipality of Calheta on the Madeira Islands, Portugal Prazeres, a parish in the municipality of Lisboa, Portugal This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title...
Prazeres, Madeira
Prazeres (Portuguese meaning [[wikt:en:pleasure|pleasures]]) is a parish in the district of Calheta in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 672, its density is about 51.7/km² and the area is about 13 km². It is located on a road linking with Jardim do Mar and its main road. The main i..
Praziquantel
Contents 1 History2 Pharmacokinetics3 Mode of Action4 Uses5 Contraindications and Precautions6 Side effects7 Dosage8 Brand names9 External references History Praziquantel was developed in the laboratories for parasitological research of Bayer AG in Ge..
Prazo
A prazo was a large estate leased to Portuguese colonial settlers and traders in Africa to exploit the continent's resourses. Prazos operated like a semi-feudal system and were most commonly found in the Zambezi River Valley. ..
Prazoin
Prazoin is a drug used to treat hypertension, as well as many other related conditions. It is a member of a family of drugs called Alpha Adrenoceptor Blockers. These work by competitively antagonising the receptors that respond to the sympathetic neurotransmitter Noradrenaline (Norepinephrine). Th..
Prazosin
Prazosin, brand name Minipress®, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It belongs to the class of alpha-adrenergic blockers, which lower blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels. Specifically, prazosin is selective for the alpha-1 receptors on vascular smooth muscle..
Pražského povstání
Pražského povstání is a Prague Metro station on Line C. ..
Pražský Krysařík
Prazsky Krysarik A small dog from the Czech and Slovak Rebublics that is rarely seen outside its country of origin. Contents 1 Appearance2 Temperament3 History4 Health5 Life Expectancy6 External links Appearance The dogs coat consists of short glossy hair and its..
Prazzo
Prazzo is comune of the Cuneo province in the Italian region of Piemonte. The main village is split in two parts, Prazzo Superiore (upper) and Prazzo Inferiore (lower), at about 1Km from each other on the national route 22. Prazzo is part of local community of the "Valle Maira" valley. The town h..
Pra Jiad
Pra Jiad is a type of armband worn by Muay Thai athletes. In the past, their use was to give confidence and luck to the athletes. Nowadays, some gyms will give Pra Jiad to their athletes to boost their confidence. Some fighters wear one Pra Jiad, some wear two. ..
Pra Kru Bah
Pra Kru Bah, Thai Buddhist monk, a former soldier and famous professional Muay Thai fighter, who left his old life behind and founded Wat Acha Thong, The Golden Horse Monastery, above Chiangrai, Thailand. At the monastery, he provides a home for hill tribe children, from the Akha and all of the pr..
Pra River
Pra River may refer to: Pra River (Russia)Pra River (Ghana) 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. ..
Pra River (Ghana)
The Pra River is a river in Ghana. The Pra is the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide. Rising south of the Kwahu Plateau and flowing southward, the Pra enters the Gulf of Guinea east of Takoradi. In the 19th century, the Pra ser..
Pra River (Russia)
Pra River (Russian: ) is a river in the Ryazan Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka River. It is 167 km in length. The area of its basin is 5520 sq km. The Pra River freezes up in late November and stays under the ice until April. ..
Préaux-Bocage
Préaux-Bocage is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14290. The INSEE code is 14518. ..
Préaux-Saint-Sébastien
Préaux-Saint-Sébastien is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14290. The INSEE code is 14518. ..

 

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