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Pubali Bank
Pubali Bank (Bengali: ) is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh. It has more branches than any other private bank in the country.[link] History Pubali Bank Limited was initially emerged in the Banking scenario of the then East Pakistan as Eastern Mercantile Bank Limited at the initiat..

Pubarche
Pubarche refers to the first appearance of pubic hair in a child. Pubarche is one of the physical changes of puberty but should not be equated with it since it may occur independently of complete puberty. Pubarche usually results from rising levels of androgens from the adrenal glands or testes but ..

Pubbaka
Pubbaka is a funny character appearing in Pali and Sinhala folk tales and in some Buddhist tales. Pubbaka is given as an example as a stingy person who loses everything for money. See also: Mahadanamutta ..

PubChem
PubChem is a database of chemical molecules. The system is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) which belongs to the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubChem can be accessed for free through a web user interface. PubChem contains mostly small mole..

Pubcookie
Pubcookie is a protocol and a software packare for providing single sign-on within web applications and websites of an organization. An untrusted web application authenticates the end user against a trusted authentication server via a trusted login server. The Pubcookie software is open source and l..

Pubenza Festivities
The Pubenza Festivities are a festival that takes place in Popayán, Colombia, known for its competition of Chirimías which were folkloric musical groups. See Festivals in Colombia for more Colombian festivals. ..

Pubephilia
Pubephilia is the paraphilia involving sexual attraction to pubic hair. ..

Puberty
Puberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and reaches completion by the end. Body differences between boys and girls before puberty are almost entirely restricted to the gen..

Puberty Blues
Puberty Blues is a 1981 Australian film. The film is based on the 1979 novel Puberty Blues, by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, which is a proto-feminist teen novel about two 13 year-old girls from the Sutherland Shire in Sydney, Australia. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ..

Pubes
Pubes can refer to: The pubic hair, in slang.The plural of pubis, part of the body in mammals. 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 inten..

Pubescens
Several animal and plant species are called Pubescens. It mostly signifies covered with down or fine hair. Animal species Picoides pubescens, Downy Woodpecker Plant species Aaronsohnia pubescensAngelica pubescens, ShishiudoBetula pubescens, Downy BirchCarica pubescens, Mountain papayaCinchona pube..

Pubescent
Pubescent has several meanings: A pubescent person is a young individual who is undergoing the physical and mental changes associated with puberty."pubescent" is also a botanical term, referring to a part of a plant that is noticeably covered with trichomes. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..

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Pubic hair
Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region. Although fine vellus hair is present in the area in childhood, the term pubic hair is generally restricted to the heavier, longer hair that develops with..

Pubic piercing
A pubic piercing is a genital piercing on a man. It is the male version of a Christina piercing. Healing times and pain factors are similar to a Christina. The rejection rate is around the same as well. Many men get this piercing because it can offer direct stimulation to the female clitoris during ..

Pubic symphysis
Gray's Fig. 321 - Symphysis pubis exposed by a coronal section. The pubic symphysis (or Symphysis pubis) is the midline cartilaginous joint uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones (pubis). It is located anterior to the urinary bladder and superior to the external genitalia..

Pubic tubercle
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Pubic Wars
Pubic Wars, a pun on the Punic Wars, is the name given to the rivalry between the pornographic magazines Playboy and Penthouse during the 1960s and 1970s. Each magazine strove to show just a little bit more than the other, without crossing the "line of decency" generally accepted at the time. Pent..

Pubis
Pubis can refer to: Mons pubisPubis (bone) 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. ..

Pubis (bone)
Bone: Pubis of pelvis ..

Pubis angelical
Pubis Angelical is a 1979 novel by acclaimed Argentine novelist Manuel Puig. It is perhaps Puig's work most influenced by pop culture. This can be seen in the montage imitating narrative technique, soap opera and science fiction elements. Also like other Puig works, it deals with psychological and s..

Public
Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation. Public als..

Public-access television
Public Access is a segment of the PEG access television model of local cable television production offered in the United States. "Access" television provides training and access to media production technology and distribution methods so that community producers and viewers may participate in the loc..

Public-Class Assault Ship
Public-Class Assault Ship Fast Facts Ship TypeAssault Ship ClassPublic Launched:Universal Century 0079 Class Fate:Decomissioned U.C. 0080 General Characteristics Armament: Large Capital Ship-Class Missiles x2 or Beam Dispersion Smoke Missiles x2 At the outbreak of the One Year War in the anime M..

Public-domain equivalent license
Public-domain equivalent licenses offer many of the same freedoms as releasing a work to the public domain. The permissive licenses used in free software are well-known examples, and include the MIT license and the BSD license. In contrast, copyleft free licenses like the GNU General Public Licen..

Public-key cryptography
Public key cryptography is a form of cryptography which generally allows users to communicate securely without having prior access to a shared secret key. This is done by using a pair of cryptographic keys, designated as public key and private key, which are related mathematically. The term asymmet..

Public-private partnership
Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. In some types of PPP, the government uses..

Public-safety answering point
PSAP is an acronym for Public Safety Answering Point, an agency in the United States, typically county or city controlled, responsible for answering 9-1-1 calls for emergency assistance from police, fire, and ambulance services. There are roughly 6,500 PSAPs. Personnel working for PSAPs can become..

Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands
Publieke Omroep's logo Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations under the tutelage of the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). Publieke Omroep (from the Dutch-language term for public broadcasting) is the name used in the Nether..

Publican
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modern usage In modern parlance, a publican is a manager of a pub or bar. In the United Kingdom the word publican can also refer to a landlord. Ancient usage In antiquity, publicans (Latin publicanus) were public contractors, i..

Publican Party
The Publican Party is a minor political party in Scotland, formed initially to fight the now active blanket ban on smoking in "public places" (such as bars, restaurants, etc). The party was founded in March 2005 in Inverness, Highland by two publicans, Kit Fraser and Don Lawson, and claims that in ..

Publication
In Wikipedia, see [Requests for publication]. To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website. The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writin..

Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS is a mathematics journal. It is highly regarded for the quality of its articles and its rigorous refereeing. It is published by Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, with the help of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Publications Mathématique..

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a monthly scientific journal which publishes astronomy research and review papers, instrumentation papers and dissertation summaries. It is managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and published by the University of Chicago Press..

Publication ban
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. A publication ban is a court order which prohibits the public or media from dissem..

Publication bias
Publication bias, also called the positive outcome bias or the "file-drawer problem", arises from the tendency for researchers to publish experimental results that have a positive result (found something), while not publishing findings where the results are negative (found that something did not hap..

Publication of Darwin's theory
The publication of Darwin's theory followed on from the development of Darwin's theory of evolution and culminated in the publication of his book On the Origin of Species. After the initial development of his theory, Darwin slowly accumulated information and experimented to test and develop his idea..

Publication right
The publication right is a copyright granted to the publisher who first publishes a previously unpublished work after that work's original copyright has expired. In practical terms, the publication right is the same as all the exploitative rights granted under copyright, but does not cover the moral..

Publication subvention
In academic publishing, a publication subvention is guaranteed funding towards a partial subsidy of a scholar's publication in book form. The idea has recently been proposed as a possible solution to the "crisis," as some identify it, associated with the difficulty of publishing scholarly books, em..

Publicfile
Publicfile is a small web and ftp server, designed for maximum security. It is written and maintained by Daniel J. Bernstein, famous as the author of qmail and djbdns. While it only supports a limited subset of functionality as compared to e.g. the well known Apache server, it is often used to hos..

Publicis
Logo Publicis Groupe (Euronext: [PUB], NYSE: [PUB]) is a multinational advertising and communications company based in France. It is one of the top four advertising groups in the world. Its current president is Maurice Levy. In 2004, the main subsidiary companies of the gr..

Publicist
A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, or for a work such as a book or movie. Publicists usually work at large companies handling multiple clients. See more at Publicity. The Top US Entertainment Publicists are: Lizze Gru..

Publicis & Hal Riney
Publicis & Hal Riney is an American advertising agency. Founded in San Francisco in 1986 by Hal Riney as Hal Riney & Partners, they joined conglomerate Publicis in 1998. They are best known for their award-winning work on Saturn automobiles and HP. External links [Publicis & Hal Riney] ..

Publicis Worldwide
Publicis Worldwide is the name of the biggest advertising network within the much-expanded Publicis Groupe, which now also houses the Saatchi & Saatchi and Leo Burnett advertising networks, among other brands. The agency has steadily climbed the worldwide rankings as a result of a series of canny ac..

Publicity
Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people (for example, politicians and performing artists), goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment. From a marketing perspective, publi..

Publicity stunt
The media itself often stages stunts for movies and television shows. This image is of a publicity stunt for the series Corner Gas, where CTV paid for 400 tanks of gas for area commuters. Stars of the then-newly popular series, including Brent Butt (shown), pumped the gas at the event. A publ..

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the title of the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas. Before then, single-page newspapers, called broadsides, were published in the English colonies and printed in Cambridge in 1689. It was published for the first time and last on..

Publicly-funded health care
Publicly-funded health care is a health care system that is financed entirely or in majority part by citizens' tax payments instead of through private payments made to insurance companies or directly to health care providers (health insurance premiums, copayments or deductibles)[[Citing..

Publicly listed
The shares of a publicly listed company can be traded at a stock exchange. ..

Publicly Owned Treatment Works
A Publicly Owned Treatment Works (abbreviated POTW) in the United States is a waste water treatment facility owned by a state or a municipality. ..

Publicon
Wolfram Publicon Publicon is a technical publication software marketed by Wolfram Research. It is designed for engineers, physicists, chemists, bioscientists and people who work frequently with technical documents. Although the GUI layout of Publicon is very similar to Mathematica's, the two ..

Public (album)
Public is the debut album by Emm Gryner. Tracks "Hello Aquarius" (Gryner)"Wisdom Bus" (Gryner)"Summerlong" (Gryner)"Death Is a New Day" (Gryner)"Phonecall 45" (Gryner)"Acid" (Gryner)"The Good You Make" (Gryner)"Your Sort of Human Being" (Gryner)"The End" (Gryner)"July" (Gryner)"89 Days of Alcatra..

Public Access
For information on public access cable television, see public-access television. Public Access is a 1993 film directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, and Michael Feit Dougan. It was joint winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. ..

Public access defibrillation
You can help maintain this page by joining [[User:John24601/Wikiprojectfirstaid|Wikipedia First Aid Project]]. In public access defibrillation, automated external defibrillators are placed in busy public places such as malls and office buildings or in hard-to-reach locations such as ships and aircr..

Public Accountants and Auditors Board
"The Public Accountants' and Auditors' Board is the statutory body controlling that part of the accountancy profession involved with public accountancy in the Republic of South Africa." [Public Accountants' and Auditors' Board] The designation conferred by the board is the RAA. This desig..

Public Accounts Committee
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) (strictly, the Committee of Public Accounts) is a parliamentary committee responsible for overseeing government expenditures to ensure they are effective and honest. The structure and function of the PAC date back to the reforms initiated by William Gladstone, wh..

Public address
A public address system, abbreviated PA system, is an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. It is an amplification setup with an amplifier and loudspeakers, used to reinforce a given sound (e.g.,a person making a speech, prerecorded music, or a live musica..

Public adjuster
A public adjuster acts as an advocate for the policy holder in the insurance claim process. There a three classes of insurance adjusters: staff adjusters (employed by an insurance company or self-insured entity), independent (independent contractors; not insurance company employees) and public adj..

Public administration
The Politics series: Politics by countryPolitical sciencePolitical historyPolitical scientistsComparative governmentInternational relationsPolitical economyPolitical philosophyPolitical psychologyForm of governmentSovereigntyPublic administrationConsent of the governedTheories of political be..

Public Administration Select Committee
The Public Administration Select Committee is a Standing Committee appointed by the British House of Commons to examine the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. It considers matters relating to the quality and standards of a..

Public administration theory
Public administration theory is the amalgamation of history, organizational theory, social theory, political theory and related studies focused on the meanings, structures and functions of public service in all its forms. A standard course of study in PhD programs dedicated to public administration..

Public Advocate
Public Advocate is a governmental position similar to an ombudsman. Depending on the jurisdiction it could be an elected or an appointed position. ..

Public affairs
Public affairs is a catch-all term that includes public policy as well as public administration, both of which are closely related to and draw upon the fields of political science as well as economics. Public policy discussions are generally and consciously partisan, and we assume that participants..

Public Affairs Committee (Malawi)
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) was founded in 1992 by the religious community and other pressure groups in Malaŵi to enter into a dialogue with Kamuzu Banda's Presidential Committee on Dialogue in the transition period from the one-party to the multiparty system of government in Malaŵi. Most accou..

Public Affairs Council
The Public Affairs Council Based in Washington, D.C., The Public Affairs Council is the leading association for public affairs professionals in the United States. Its mission is to advance the field of public affairs and provide resources and training for political action committees and corpor..

Public affairs degrees
Public affairs degrees include: Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.)Master of Public Management (M.P.M.)Master of Public Affairs (M.P.Aff.) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referre..

Public Affection
Public Affection was a name used by the band LIVE before they settled on their current name. In 1989, Public Affection released The Death of a Dictionary and then toured for nearly two years between 1989 and 1990. The Death of a Dictionary: Track Listing Saviour for a DayWho Put the Fear in Here?G..

Public Against Violence
The Public Against Violence (Slovak: Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement that was established in Bratislava, Slovakia on 20 November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum (the VPN was founded some 2 hours before the Civic Forum). It played an important r..

Public and Commercial Services Union
PCS The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is the sixth largest union trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in positions in government departments and public bodies, although some work in information technology for private companies. The union has over 320,000 m..

Public and Private Education in Australia
Education in Australia is sometimes divided into two categories public education and private education. Contents 1 Primary/Secondary1.1 Public1.2 Private2 Tertiary3 See also Primary/Secondary At primary and secondary level public schools educate the majority of students...

Public Announcement
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Public art
Free stamp by Claes Oldenburg, in Cleveland, Ohio. La Joute by Jean-Paul Riopelle, an outdoor kinetic sculpture installation with fire jets, fog machines, and a fountain in Montréal. Iron Man by Anthony Gormley, in Victoria Square Birmingham, UK. The term public art properly ..

Public Auditorium
Public Auditorium (sometimes called Public Hall) is located in the central business district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Since it was opened in 1922, it has served as a concert hall, sports arena and convention center. Although it was planned and funded prior to World War I, construction did not b..

Public awareness of science
Public awareness of science (PAWS) , also public understanding of science is a term relating to the attitudes, behaviors, opinions and activities that comprise the relations between the general public or lay society as a whole to scientific knowledge and organization. It is a comparatively new app..

Public bad
A public bad, in green economics, is a good that produces socially undesirable results. Examples: Pollution is the most obvious example. There are less obvious examples.A public golf course could be seen as a public good insofar as it provides recreation to those who might not otherwise get it...

Public Bank
Public Bank Berhad's branch in Hong Kong, located at Wing On House. Public Bank Berhad is a bank based in Malaysia owned by a Malaysian ethnic Chinese. It has over taken Bumiputra Commerce Bank to be the second largest bank in Malaysia in terms of assets. History Public Bank is currently the..

Public bathing
Contents 1 Public baths today2 Bodily perfection and self-consciousness3 Directions for Public Bathing in Japan4 See also Public bathing has a long history. Although the ancient Greek men practiced nudity in the Gymnasium, it was not acceptable for the women to view the me..

Public benefit corporation
A public benefit corporation is a public corporation chartered by a state designed to perform some public service. A public authority is a type of public benefit corporation that takes on a more bureaucratic role, such as the maintenance of public infrastructure, that often has broad powers to regul..

Public bill
In the legislative process, a public bill is a bill which proposes a law of general application throughout the jurisdiction in which it is proposed, and which if enacted will hence become a public law or public act. The term "public bill" differentiates such a bill from a private bill, which is a l..

Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960
Acts of Parliament of predecessorstates to the United Kingdom Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1600Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1706Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of ScotlandActs of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ..

Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889
The Public Bodies Corrupt Practice Act 1889 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes the active or passive bribery of a member, officer or servant of a public body a criminal offence. Specifically, the Act prohibits a person covered by the Act, whether by himself, or in co..

Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting, also known as public service broadcasting or PSB (though this term has a specific different meaning in the United Kingdom - see public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom), where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the pu..

Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (#redirect [[Template:UnitedStatesCode]]) set up public broadcasting in the United States, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act into law on November 7, 1967, he described its purpose: It announces to the worl..

Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Public broadcasting in New Zealand has undergone many changes since radio broadcasts first commenced in the 1920s. Contents 1 Radio2 Television3 Reorganisation4 Commercialisation5 External links Radio The first radio station, Radio Dunedin, began broadcasting in 1921,..

Public Broadcasting Service
"PBS" redirects here. For , see . The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. Its headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia. PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of ..

Public Broadcasting Services
Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS) is Malta's public broadcasting organization, responsible for the TVM television channel and the Radio Malta and Radju Parlament/1066FM radio stations. It is unrelated to the Public Broadcasting Service of the United States. External link [Official P..

Public call office
Public call office (PCO) is term used for the telephone facilities located at public places in India. There are both the versions in service -manned and coin operated. The state owned telephone company (BSNL) have the largest installation of PCOs in India. As on 2006 there are about 4,199,157 PCOs o..

Public cardroom rules (poker)
While specific rules vary from casino to casino, most public poker cardrooms have similar rules and regulations. Refer to the article on betting and the articles on poker variants for detailed discussion of the rules of poker gameplay. Contents 1 Popular poker variants2 Waiting lists3&..

Public Carriage Office
The Public Carriage Office (PCO) is a body responsible for licensing taxis within the London metropolitan area. The PCO is part of Transport for London and is responsible for licensing the familiar London taxi or "black cab" and is also in the process of licensing private hire or minicab services. ..

Public Chamber
The Public Chamber (Общественная палата) is a newly created institution in Russia whose role will be to analyze draft legislation and the activities of parliament. It will only have consultative powers. The extent of its actual influence is still unclear. ..

Public Choice
Public choice theory began with the formation of the Public Choice Society in the United States in 1969. It was a reaction to government policies recommended by economists during the fifty or so years that preceded it. Policy-oriented microeconomists had used Pigouvian welfare economics as a basis ..

Public choice theory
Public choice theory is a branch of economics that studies the decision-making behavior of voters, politicians and government officials from the perspective of economic theory, namely game theory and decision theory. It can be considered as a bridge between economics and political science. Public c..

Public Citizen
PC Logo Public Citizen is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization engaged in consumer advocacy and political lobbying. Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, its activities span across a diverse range of issues, including energy policy, trade policy, campaign finance reform and accountab..

Public Citizen Litigation Group
Public Citizen Litigation Group is the litigating arm of the non-profit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen. The Litigation Group’s attorneys specialize in cases involving health and safety regulation, consumer rights, separation of powers, access to the courts, class actions, open gove..

Public company
A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. There are two different meanings for this term: A company that is owned by stockholders who are members of the general public and trade shares publicly, often through a listing on a stock exchange. Ownersh..

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or PCAOB) (sometimes called "Peekaboo") is a private-sector, non-profit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a 2002 United States federal law, to oversee the auditors of public companies. Its stated purpose is to 'protect the interests of inv..

Public credit
Alexander Hamilton’s plan implemented ideas of public credit, a national bank, and tariffs and manufactures to promote a fully republican economic system that was directly related to the federal government. Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit supported ideas of war debt assumption, redemption of..

Public Data Network
A Public Data Network is a network established and operated by a telecommunications administration, or a recognized private operating agency, for the specific purpose of providing data transmission services for the public. See also Packet switched network ..

Public data transmission service
In telecommunication, a public data transmission service is a data transmission service that is established and operated by a telecommunication administration, or a recognized private operating agency, and uses a public data network. Note: A public data transmission service may include circuit-sw..

Public defender
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. In the United States, a public defender is a lawyer whose duty is to provide legal..

Public diplomacy
In international relations, the term public diplomacy is a term coined in the 1960s to describe aspects of international diplomacy other than the interactions between national governments. It has been closely associated with the United States Information Agency, which used the term to define its mis..

Public Diplomacy Wiki
The Page Public Diplomacy Wiki is designed to provide a community space in which Public diplomacy practitioners, scholars, students, and interested members of the public can communicate and collaborate on enhancing the study and practice of public diplomacy. The PD Wiki is a constantly evolving spac..

Public Discourse
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Public display of affection
Arthur and Guinevere kiss before all the people. A public display of affection (sometimes abbreviated PDA) is physically demonstrating affection for another person while in the view of others, for example, holding hands or kissing in public (for more far-reaching forms, see indecent exposure)..

Public distribution shop
A public distribution shop, part of India's public distribution system, is a kind of shop in India which is used to distribute rations at a subsidized price to the poor. ..

Public Disturbance
Public Disturbance was a punk band from the central New Jersey shore area of United States that formed circa 1979 and included members Tom ??? on Vocals Paul Cowen on guitar, Daryll Hell on bass & John Radcliffe on Drums. In their time, the group played with the Dead Kennedys Bad Posture and Flippe..

Public Documentation License
The Public Documentation License (PDL) was developed by the company Sun Microsystems for use as the OpenOffice.org documentation. It defines the same rights and restrictions as the Mozilla Public License (MPL) but whereas the latter is concerned with computer code, the PDL was primarily designed as ..

Public domain
The public domain comprises the body of knowledge and innovation (especially creative works such as writing, art, music, and inventions) in relation to which no person or other legal entity can establish or maintain proprietary interests within a particular legal jurisdiction. This body of infor..

Public domain (land)
Public domain is a term used to describe lands that were not under private or state ownership during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States, as the country was expanding. These lands were obtained from the 13 original colonies, from Native American tribes, or from purchase from other coun..

Public Domain Enhancement Act
The Public Domain Enhancement Act (PDEA) (House Bill 2601 for the 108th congress, reintroduced as House Bill 2408 for the 109th congress) is a bill pending in the United States Congress which, if passed, would add a tax for copyrighted works to retain their copyright status. The purpose of the bill..

Public duties
Public duties are performed by military personnel, and usually have a ceremonial or historic significance rather than an overtly operational role. London Three infantry battalions of the British army are currently tasked with the provision of Public Duties. Two of these are from the Foot Guards of t..

Public ecology
The idea of public ecology has recently emerged in response to increasing disparities over political, social, and environmental concerns. Of particular interest are the processes that generate, evaluate and apply knowledge in political, social, and environmental arenas. Public ecology offers a way..

Public economics
Public economics studies the government and how its policies affect the economy and society. It considers how the choices of the government are made and how they can improve or hinder economic efficiency. Public economics also investigates the extent to which it is possible for the government to inf..

Public Editor
The job of the public editor is to criticise the practices, standards and culture of the newspaper, to identify and examine critical errors and omissions, and to act as a liaison to the public. At The New York Times, the position was created in response to the Jayson Blair scandal. The Times' firs..

Public education
Contents 1 History2 Overview3 National public school systems3.1 Scottish education3.2 United States public schools3.2.1 History3.2.2 Funding3.2.3 School vouchers3.2.4 Alternative/charter schools3.2.5 Bilingual education3.2.6 Proposed aboliti..

Public employees for environmental responsibility (PEER)
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is a national alliance of local state and federal resource professionals. As a service organization assisting federal & state public employees, PEER allows public servants to work as "anonymous activists" so that agencies must confront the message, r..

Public Enema No. 1
Public Enema #1 is the first of four yearly CDs of calls, bits and sketches released by KLBJ's Dudley and Bob with Debra. Contents 1 Cover2 Track listing2.1 Junk Food2.2 Hunting Season2.3 The Martinelli Files Cover The cover features Dale Dudley in a parody of Quen..

Public Enemy
This article is about the music group. For other uses, see Public enemy (disambiguation) Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a seminal hip hop group from Long Island, New York known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media and active interest in the concerns of the African Amer..

Public enemy (disambiguation)
Public enemy can refer to: Public enemy (term), the original use of the phrase by the Chicago Crime Commission and the FBI in the 1930s.Public Enemy, the hip hop music group.The Public Enemy, a 1931 American film.Public Enemy, a 2002 South Korean filmPublic Enemy, a 1999 Black Panthers documentary ..

Public Enemy (film)
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Public enemy (term)
Public Enemy is a term which was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and extremely damaging to society. The term was first popularised in April 1930 by Frank J. Loesch, then chairman of the Chicago Crime Commission, in a..

Public Enemy Number Two
Public Enemy Number Two is a novel written in 1987 by Anthony Horowitz. The main character in the book is Nick Diamond, a 13-year-old boy who has already featured in another novel - The Falcon's Malteser. His older brother Herbert Simple - who goes by the name Tim Diamond - is an unsuccessful privat..

Public Entity Risk Institute
The Public Entity Risk Institute, or PERI, is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization that was founded in mid-1996 to promote research, education, and grant-making in the field of risk management for public entities. Mission The PERI mission: "is to serve public, private, and nonprofit organizati..

Public Eye
Public Eye was a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 (7 series in total). It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, ..

Public figure
Public figure is a legal term applied in the context of defamation actions (libel and slander). A public figure (such as a politician, celebrity, or business leader) cannot base a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements unless there is proof that the writer or publisher intentionally defamed the per..

Public file
A Public File (or "station log" or "public inspection file") is a group of documents required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be maintained by all broadcast stations. This includes both TV and radio stations. The public inspection file is typically maintained at the station's main..

Public finance
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Public financing of elections
Public Financing in United States Public financing of elections is a reform long advocated to reduce the dependence of political candidates on their financial contributors. American law allows for public financing of Presidential primary campaigns, but candidates, led by George W. Bush in 2000 ..

Public folklore
Public folklore is the term for the work done by folklorists in public settings in the United States and Canada outside of universities and colleges, such as arts councils, museums, folklife festivals, radio stations, etc. The term is actually short for "public sector folklore" and was first used b..

Public forum debate
Public Forum Debate, sometimes called by its former names, Controversy Debate or Ted Turner Debate, and sometimes called Crossfire Debate, is a relatively new style of debate practiced in National Forensic League competitions. The event is gradually being adopted by other high-school debate leagues...

Public Franchise League
The Public Franchise League was "a small informal group of high-minded citizens backed by Boston lawyer Louis D. Brandeis and Boston merchant Edward A. Filene." Its secretary from 1906 to 1913 was Joseph Bartlett Eastman. ..

Public funding
Public funding is money given from tax revenue or other governmental sources to an individual, organization, or entity. See also Public funding of sports venues ..

Public funding of sports venues
The public funding of sports venues has been controversial. The public funds that have gone, or have been proposed to go to the construction and maintenance of some buildings have been argued by some to be better spent on other causes. In the some cases, the majority of funds used in the construct..

Public good
For the egalitarian terms, see Common good and Public interest In economics, a public good is a good that is non-rival. This means: consumption of the good by one individual does not reduce the amount of the good available for consumption by others.For current definitions of public goods see any ma..

Public goods game
The Public goods game is a standard of experimental economics; in the basic game subjects secretly choose how many of their private tokens to put into the public pot. Each subject keeps the tokens they do not contribute plus an even split of the tokens in the pot (researchers running the game multip..

Public Gyan
According to their website [FAQ], PublicGyan is a virtual prediction market utilizing the power of market forces to aggregate information from different individuals to create a more accurate prediction of events. Members (currently by invitation only) are given virtual currency called "Mo..

Public health
Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. Health is defined and promoted differently by many organizations. The World Health Organization, the United Nations body that sets standards and provides global surveillance of disease, ..

Public Health - Seattle & King County
Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is the Public Health department that is jointly managed by the City of Seattle and King County governments serving approximately 1.7 million residents in King County, Washington State. Some of its unique services include King County Medic One, gay and ..

Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (Agence de santé publique du Canada) is an agency of the Department of Health within the government of Canada which is responsible for public health and, more specifically, emergency preparedness and response and infectious and chronic disease control and preventi..

Public health centres in Japan
In Japan, a public health centre (Japanese: 保健所 Hokensho) is not a doctor's clinic. It has responsibility for public health matters. It is also responsible for treatment of people with chronic health problems such as mental illness. It also licenses beauty salons, barbers, and restaurants, an..

Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is a United States federal law passed in 1970 that required a stronger health warning on cigarette packages. The warning read: "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health." The act also banned cigarette ..

Public Health Emergency Preparedness
In the United States government, the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (or OPHEP) is the branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The office was established in June of 2002 at the request of Tommy Thompson, and is responsible for emergency preparedness and the protect..

Public health informatics
Public Health Informatics has been defined as the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning. It is one of the subdomains of (bio)medical or health informatics. References Public Health Informatics and Informatio..

Public health in mainland China
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the goal of health programs has been to provide care to every member of the population and to make maximum use of limited health-care personnel, equipment, and financial resources. The emphasis has been on preventive rather than curative medici..

Public health law
Public health law focuses on legal issues in public health practice and on the public health effects of legal practice. Public health law typically has three major areas of practice: police power, disease and injury prevention, and the law of populations. Police power This area of are employed by ..

Public Health Service Achievement Medal
Public Health Service Achievement Medal The Public Health Service Achievement Medal is a decoration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services which is issued to those personnel who display meritorious achievement and excellence in accomplishing the mission of the Department..

Public Health Service Act
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. The Public Health Service Ac..

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
''You may also be looking for Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), a mobile telephony standard. PHS Cap Device The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is the uniformed division of the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. Mem..

Public high school
A public high school is a high school that is funded by the government using income from taxes. Most high schools in the United States are for students between the 9th and 12th grades, or approximately 14 to 18 years old. In the USA, most grade levels are referred to with pet names, instead of by n..

Public history
Public history is the practice of history outside of the traditional academic setting of the university. Public historians are historians who work in museums, archives, and preservation. Public history is history that both engages the public and uses the public in the recording of history. ..

Public holidays in Albania
Public holidays in Albania Holidays DateEnglish nameLocal nameRemarks January 1-January 2New Year's DayViti i Ri February 11 (2003)Small BayramBajrami i Vogël date varies, al-Eid saghir in Islamic countries March 7Teacher's DayDita e Mësuesvenon official March 8Mother's DayDita e Nënësnon ..

Public holidays in Argentina
This is a table of national public holidays of Argentina. Date English name Local name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Año Nuevo International holiday floating Good Thursday Jueves Santo International Catholic holiday (optional) floating Good Friday Viernes Santo I..

Public holidays in Armenia
Holidays in Armenia Holidays DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks 1 JanuaryNew Year DayԱմանօր 6 JanuaryChristmas DayՍուրբ Ծնունդreligious 24 AprilGenocide Remembrance Day Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր Armenian Genocide in 1915 28 MayRepublic DayՀանրապետո..

Public holidays in Australia
Australia has ten standard public holidays nationally. Public holidays have been determined through a combination of: Statutes, with specific gazetting of public holidays; andIndustrial awards and agreements. In some states an additional day such as Melbourne Cup Day is provided on a local basis. ..

Public holidays in Azerbaijan
Public holidays in Azerbaijan include the following. Independent Azerbaijan 1999 Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day 1 January 20 Martyr's Day Commemorates Black January (1990) when Soviet troops entered Baku and killed more than 180 civilians. Also victims of the ..

Public holidays in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has eleven national holidays, based on three separate calendars: Gregorian, Islamic, and Bengali calendars. Date Calendar English name Bengali name Description 1 Shawwal Islamic Eid ul-Fitr Muslim festival marking the end of the month of Ramadan 10 Dhul Hijja Islamic Eid..

Public holidays in Belarus
Public holidays in Belarus Holidays DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New YearNovy Hod January 7Orthodox Christmas January 14Orthodox New Year March 8International Women's Day March 15Constitution DayAdopted in 1994 May 1International Labor Day May 9Victory DayDenotes the victory against ..

Public holidays in Belgium
The following is a list of Belgian public holidays with their Dutch, French and German names. Holiday Date Dutch French German New Year's Day January 1 [nl] [fr] [de] Easter varying [nl] [fr] [de] Easter Monday varying [nl] ..

Public holidays in Bolivia
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's DayNuevo Año February 2Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria floatingGood Friday floatingCorpus Christi May 1Labour DayDia del trabajo August 6Independence DayDia de la Patria November 1All Saints DayTodos Santos December 25Christmas DayNavidad ..

Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The holidays of Bosnia and Herzegovina include, in various jurisdictions: Date English Name Local Name Remarks According to the Gregorian and Julian calendars January 1 New Year Nova godina January 7 Christmas Božić Orthodox January 9 Republic Day Dan Republike Republika Srpska Janua..

Public holidays in Brazil
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's DayConfraternização Universal, Ano Novo floatingCarnivalCarnavalTuesday before Ash Wednesday, although festivities begin in the preceding Friday floating (44 days before Good Friday)Ash WednesdayQuarta-feira de CinzasOnly the morning is cons..

Public holidays in Bulgaria
Holidays in Bulgaria: Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Nova godina March 3 Liberation Day Den na osvobozhdenieto Liberation from Ottoman rule. Moveable Easter Sunday Velikden Orthodox Easter. Moveable Easter Monday Velikden Orthod..

Public holidays in Cambodia
This is a list of holidays observed in Cambodia. Contents 0.1 Cambodian calendar1 National holidays2 Miscellaneous3 See also Cambodian calendar Cambodia has various special dates and ceremonies that are considered to be a very special part of the Cambodia calendar year: T..

Public holidays in Cape Verde
The following is a list of public holidays in Cape Verde: January 1: New Year's DayJanuary 20: Heroes' DayFebruary: CarnivalMay 1: Labour DayJuly 5: Independence DayAugust 15: Assumption (Day of Our Lady of Grace)September 12: National DayNovember 1: All Saints' DayDecember 25: Christmas Day Each c..

Public holidays in Colombia
The following are public holidays in Colombia: Año Nuevo (New Years Day) (January 1)Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) (January 6*)Día de San José (St. Joseph’s Day) (March 19)Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Holy Friday) (variable dates in March or April)Primero de Mayo (Labor ..

Public holidays in Cuba
Public holidays in Cuba Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 Liberation Day Triunfo de la Revolución The day of the victory of the Revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959 – after Fulgencio Batista fled the night before – which established the government in Cuba that reigns t..

Public holidays in Ecuador
Public holidays in Ecuador DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's DayAño Nuevo March-AprilHoly ThursdayJueves Santodate moves March-April Good FridayGood Fridaydate moves May 1Labor DayDia del Trabajo May 24The Battle of PichinchaBatalla del Pichincha July 24The Birthday of Simón ..

Public holidays in Estonia
All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament. Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Uusaasta February 24 Independence Day Iseseisvuspäev Moveable Friday Good Friday Suur reede The Friday before Easter Sunday May 1 May Day ..

Public holidays in Finland
All official holidays in Finland are established by acts of Parliament. The official holidays can be divided into Christian and non-Christian holidays. The main Christian holidays are Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost and All Saints' Day. The non-christian holidays are New Year's..

Public holidays in Georgia
Public holidays in Georgia include the following (Labour Code of Georgia, Article 64). Date English Name Georgian Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day ახალი წელი January 7 Orthodox Christmas ქრისტეშობა January 19 Baptism Day of our Lord Jesus Chri..

Public holidays in Germany
Except for national holidays, public holidays in Germany (gesetzliche Feiertage) are determined by the federal states. Public Holidays DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1 New Year's DayNeujahr January 6 EpiphanyHeilige Drei Könige in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt m..

Public holidays in Ghana
In addition to Christian holidays, Ghana celebrates Independence Day (March 6) and Republic Day (July 1). Another important holiday observed in Ghana is the Farmers' Day. Introduced by Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the National Farmers' Day was organised as a day’s activity for the nation to ..

Public holidays in Hong Kong
General holidays in Hong Kong are times when Hong Kong workers get rest from their work, in conjunction with special occasions. They were set by the General Holidays Ordinance. Date English Name Local Name Remarks Every Sunday 所有星期日 1 January The first weekday of January (N..

Public holidays in Hungary
Holidays in Hungary: Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Újév March 15 National Day Nemzeti ünnep Márciusi ifjak ("March youths"), memorial day of the 1848 Revolution. There are usually speeches and music pieces performed; several people wear ..

Public holidays in Indonesia
Public holidays in Indonesia Date English name Local name Remarks 1 January New Year's Day Tahun Baru Masehi Chinese New Year Tahun Baru Imlek date varies Eid ul-Adha Idul Adha date varies Hijra Tahun Baru Hijriyah date varies Hari Raya Nyepi ..

Public Holidays in Jamaica
Public holidays in Jamaica include Christian holidays as well as Labour Day (May 23), Independence Day (6 August), Emancipation Day (1 August), and National Heroes Day (18 October). See also JamaicaCulture of Jamaica ..

Public holidays in Jordan
Public holidays in Jordan. Date English name Local name Remarks 1 January New Year's Day 30 January King Abdullah's Birthday 1 May Labour Day 25 May Independence Day 9 June King Abdullah's accession to the throne 14 November Birthday of ..

Public holidays in Macau
The following is a list of the public holidays in Macau (Macao), as set by the Ordem Executiva nº 60/2000 (Executive Order no. 60/2000). Date English name Local Chinese name Local Portuguese name January 1 New Year's Day 元旦 Fraternidade Universal 1st day of 1st month (Lunar) Lunar New..

Public holidays in Mongolia
Public holidays in Mongolia Date English name Local name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Tsagaan Tsar Tsagaan Tsar is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. The date falls anywhere between the end of January and early March in the Gregorian calendar. March 8 Int..

Public holidays in Morocco
Public holidays in Morocco: Public Holidays in Morocco DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks Muharram 1 Muslim New YearFatih Muharram Rabi' al-awwal 12 Birth of the prophet MuhammadEid Al Mawled Shawwal 1 Eid ul-FitrEid Sghir Dhu al-Hijjah 10Eid ul-AdhaEid Kbir January..

Public holidays in Myanmar
Public holidays in Myanmar Date (2006) English name Burmese name Remarks 4 January Independence Day Lut lat yay nei marks independence from Great Britain in 1948 12 February Union Day Pyidaungzu nei anniversary of the Panlong Treaty 2 March Peasants Day Taungthu lèt..

Public holidays in North Korea
Public holidays in North Korea Date English name Local name Remarks 1 January New Year's Day 16 February Kim Jong Il's Birthday 15 April Kim Il-Sung's Birthday 1 May Labour Day 15 August Independence Day, established when Japan surrendered to Alli..

Public holidays in Palau
Public holidays in Palau DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's Day The same as everyone else on the Gregorian Calendar. March 15Youth Day May 5Senior Citizens Day June 1President's Day July 9Constitution Day 1st Monday in Septe..

Public holidays in Panama
List of holidays in Panama: January 1, New Year's DayJanuary 9, Martyrs' DayCarnival's Monday. The Monday before Ash Wednesday.Carnival's Tuesday. The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.Holy Friday - Friday of Roman Catholic Holy Week - Death of ChristMay 1, May Day - Labour DayNovember 3. Separation..

Public holidays in Paraguay
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. DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's DayAño Nuevo January 6Three Kings DayDía de los Reyes ..

Public holidays in Qatar
This is a list of public holidays in Qatar: Weekend (2 Days) - Friday, SaturdayIndependence Day (1 Day): September 3 (1971, from the United Kingdom)Eid ul-Feter (4 Days)Eid ul-Adha (4 Days) ..

Public holidays in Romania
Public holidays in Romania Date English name Local name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Anul Nou January 2 New Year's Day Anul Nou Moveable Easter Monday Paştele Orthodox Easter May 1 Labour Day Ziua Muncii December 1 Union Day Unirea Romaniei cu ..

Public holidays in Russia
Below is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Russian government. On these days, government offices, embassies and some shops, are closed. If the date of observance falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday will be a day off in lieu of the holiday. Contents 1 Offi..

Public holidays in Samoa
Public holidays in Samoa Holidays Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day January 2 Day after New Year's Day The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday First Sunday after the first full moon since the vernal equinoxEaster Sunday The day after Easter SundayEaster Monday ..

Public holidays in South Africa
Holidays in South Africa: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date !! English name !! Afrikaans name |- | 1 January || New Year's Day || Nuwejaarsdag |- | 21 March || Human Rights Day || Menseregtedag |- | The Friday before Easter Sunday || Good Friday || Goeie Vrydag |- | The day after Easter Sunday || Eas..

Public holidays in South Korea
Public holidays in South Korea Holidays Date English Name Local Name Remarks Romanized Hangul Hanja January 1 New Year's Day Sinjeong 신정 新正 1st month, 1st day of the lunar calendar Lunar New Year's Day Seollal 설날 Usually in early..

Public holidays in Spain
Public holidays in Spain: Public Holidays in Spain DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1 New Year's DayAño Nuevo January 6 EpiphanyDía de los Reyes March 19 Father's DaySan José moveableGood FridayViernes Santo moveableEaster SundayDia de Pascua May ..

Public holidays in Switzerland
In Switzerland holidays - with the exception of August 1 - are defined on a cantonal basis. Holidays in the entire country are written in bold. Abbreviations for the Swiss cantons are described in Cantons of Switzerland. Date Name Holiday in January 1 New Year's Day entire Switzerland January 2..

Public holidays in Tajikistan
Holidays in Tajikistan: DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks January 1New Year's Day-- March 8International Woman's Day-- March 20 - March 22Persian New YearNavruz- May 1International Labour Day-- May 9Victory Day-- September 9Independence Day-- November 6Constitution Day-- November 9National Reconci..

Public holidays in Thailand
Public holidays in Thailand Date English name Local name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day Wan Khun Pee Mai February Magha Puja Mahka Bucha Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the third lunar month), Theravada Buddhist holiday April 6 Cha..