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Programmable logic controller | Simulation & Redundancy | it can result in lost productivity and dangerous conditions. PLC simulation software such as PLCLogix can save time in the design of automated control applications and can also increase the level of safety associated with equipment since many "what if" scenarios can be tried and tested before the system is activated. Redundancy Some special processes need to work permanently with minimum unwanted down time. Therefore, it is necessary to design a system which is fault-tolerant and capable of handling the process with faulty modules. In such cases to increase the system availability in the event of hardware component failure, redundant |
Physicians in Canada | History | was established in 1839, and in 1869, it was permanently incorporated. In 1834, William Kelly, a surgeon with the Royal Navy, introduced the idea of preventing the spread of disease via sanitation measures following epidemics of cholera. In 1892, Dr. William Osler wrote the landmark text The Principles and Practice of Medicine, which dominated medical instruction in the West for the following half century. Around this time, a movement began that called for the improved healthcare for the poor, focusing mainly on sanitation and hygiene. This period saw important advances including the provision of safe drinking water to most of |
Panagoula Vemi | null | Panagoula Vemi Panagoula Vemi (born 26 May 1971) is a Greek handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. |
New Waveland Cafe and Clinic | Clinic & Volunteers | and glucometers. As such physicians were described to be practicing battlefield medicine in a M.A.S.H. unit. Volunteers A unique bond between two very disparate groups was formed as a result of the hurricane. Two groups, the Bastrop Christian Outreach Center (BCOC) and attendees of the counter-culture Rainbow Gathering, arrived around the same time in Waveland.
The BCOC efforts were led by Reverend Colonel Pete and Fay Jones who were among some of the first responders.
Each group represented very different philosophies and had little common faith, each was able to put aside their differences and focus entirely on their humanitarian efforts. The |
Postmodernity | Distinctions in philosophy and critical theory | into a second, distinct phase that is nevertheless still "modernity": this has been termed the "second" or "risk" society by Ulrich Beck (1986), "late" or "high" modernity by Giddens (1990, 1991), "liquid" modernity by Zygmunt Bauman (2000), and the "network" society by Castells (1996, 1997). Third are those who argue that contemporary society has moved into a literally post-modern phase distinct from modernity. The most prominent proponents of this position are Lyotard and Baudrillard.
Another set of issues concerns the nature of critique, often replaying debates over (what can be crudely termed) universalism and relativism, where modernism is seen to represent |
Planeta Xuxa | History | July 1998, when the presentress entered maternity leave, several famous singers took turns in the command of the program: Ivete Sangalo; Alexandre Pires; Gabriel, o Pensador; Daniel; Zezé di Camargo & Luciano among others.
In August 1999, the Paquitas of the Generation 2000 also happened to be part of the attraction. The team was formed by Monique Alfradique, Daiane Amendola, Lana Rodes, Thalita Ribeiro, Gabriella Ferreira, Leticia Barros, Joana Mineiro and Stephanie Gulin.
In April of the year 2000, the Planet Xuxa underwent new modifications. The Paquitas went to Xuxa Park (1994), infantile also presented by Xuxa. The presenter started to count |
PL-6 | Aggregates | element ("*" indicates the element is unnamed), and a four-character element c.
The top level of the structure had to be 1, and the remaining levels 2–10, if used, had to be specified in order with no levels skipped. |
Promised Land | Descendants of Abraham | notes that Ishmael's descendants have held much of that land through time.
Mainstream Jewish tradition regards the promise made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as having been given to all Jews, including proselytes and in turn their descendants, with the traditional view being that a convert becomes a child of Abraham, as in the term "ben Avraham". |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Plot | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Plot After a random attack the night before by a local gang known as "The Scullions" and their infantile leader Zed McGlunk (Bobcat Goldthwait), Chief Henry Hurst (George R. Robertson) arrives at the 16th precinct and notifies its captain, Pete Lassard (Howard Hesseman) that the precinct is the worst in the city. Lassard protests saying that his officers are out-manned and old, and cannot get the job done any longer. Nevertheless, Hurst gives Lassard 30 days to turn the precinct around or he is out. Before Hurst leaves, Lieutenant Mauser (Art Metrano) schemes his |
National Smallbore Rifle Association | History | National Smallbore Rifle Association History The NSRA was originally formed in 1901 as the Society of Working Mens Rifle Clubs. A series of heavy defeats during 1899 in the Second Boer War had demonstrated a lack of marksmanship ability amongst British military-age men, whilst the Boers had been able to pick off British officers at ranges in excess of 1,000yards. Although the National Rifle Association had been founded in 1859, ranges suitable for large-calibre service rifles were necessarily rural and costly to travel to. Cost of ammunition for civilians was also a limitation. With the development of the cheap .22 |
Pearl Mist | Service history | Port Everglades, Florida, on an 11-day circuit of Cuba, visiting Cienfuegos, Trinidad, El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba and Havana.
In January 2018, Pearl Seas Cruises announced a new itinerary for Maine and Bay of Fundy. The Maine and Bay of Fundy circuit is transited in the early spring and late fall. |
Pauline Latham | Life and career | candidate in 1999 and 2004 for the East Midlands.
Latham's name was added to the A-List of high priority Conservative candidates created by David Cameron, and she was selected as the candidate for Mid Derbyshire, a new constituency created as a result of changes proposed by the Boundary Commission for England. She was elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election, with 48.3% of the votes and a majority of 11,292.
Latham voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum. She is a member of the European Research Group. Latham voted for then Prime Minister Theresa |
Pretty Hate Machine (Gotham) | Plot | death and sets to find him. Gordon arrives at Lee's (Morena Baccarin) house and finds her infected with the virus. She tries to seduce him, claiming he's infected with the darkness inside him and then knocks him out.
Cobblepot meets with Ivy (Maggie Geha) and Selina (Camren Bicondova) in their hideout when they are attacked by Nygma and Butch, with Selina escaping. This is part of Cobblepot's plan and he locks down Butch and Nygma in the hideout while he and Ivy escape but Selina is caught. Meanwhile, Bruce and the Shaman meet with Strange (B. D. Wong), who reveals the |
Patrick Watts | BTCC Mazda & BTCC Peugeot | half of the season]. BTCC Peugeot In 1994 he replaced Robb Gravett in the Peugeot Sport team with the Peugeot 405. A good year for both driver and team saw him end the year in eighth place, including four podium finishes. Team mate for 1994, Eugene O'Brien, was replaced by newcomer Simon Harrison in 1995. A slightly more troubled season ended with Watts in tenth place with two podiums.
The new look Total Team Peugeot had a new car in 1996 with the all new Peugeot 406, along with a new team mate for Watts. Harrison was replaced with 1992 champion |
Pleasantville, Iowa | History | Pleasantville, Iowa History Pleasantville was surveyed and established as a town on August 1, 1849 on land then owned by William Wesley Jordan. Previous to the ownership of Mr. Jordan, the land comprising the original town plot of Pleasantville changed hands for one horse and $30.
A petition for incorporation was filed in District Court on June 11, 1872 with an election subsequently held in which there were 46 votes in favor and 16 votes against.
The completion of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line through Pleasantville in 1879 caused an increase in development and Pleasantville became one of the active |
Prince George's County, Maryland | Rural Tier | Names like Clagett, Sasscer, King James and Queen Anne pepper the streets.
The rural tier has been the focus of orchestrated efforts by residents and county government to preserve its rural character and environmental integrity. Under the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Patuxent River Park is the largest natural preserve and provides public access for birdwatching and viewing the rural tier's natural waterfront vistas. In season, the park's Jug Bay Natural Area and the Patuxent Riverkeeper in Queen Anne both offer canoeing and kayaking rentals on the Patuxent. The county's largest collection of tobacco planter mansions and preserved homes |
Opel 8/40 PS | The bodies | They all sat on the same 4,250 mm (167 in) chassis with a 2,880 mm (113 in) wheelbase.
The replacement of the original car with the more powerful Opel 8/40 PS was accompanied by a broadening of the range which now also included a two-seater “Roadster”, a two-seater Coupé and a two-seater Cabriolet. The three four-door bodies were offered as before, still using the same 2,880 mm (113 in) wheelbase, but for the new two-seater models Opel used a shorter chassis with a 2,750 mm (108 in) wheelbase.
In addition to the standard bodies, some special coachbuilt bodied cars were also |
Planarian | Anatomy and physiology | Planarian Anatomy and physiology The planarian has very simple organ systems. The digestive system consists of a mouth, pharynx, and a gastrovascular cavity. The mouth is located in the center of the underside of the body. Digestive enzymes are secreted from the mouth to begin external digestion. The pharynx connects the mouth to the gastrovascular cavity. This structure branches throughout the body allowing nutrients from food to reach all extremities. Planaria eat living or dead small animals that they suck up with their muscular mouths. Food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into the intestines where it is digested |
Punik Gárdony | Career | Ban of Slavonia in 1325 to administer Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia, Punik swore allegiance to Charles' new royal governor immediately. Unlike him, Hector remained faithful to the Babonić clan. This resulted a conflict between the brothers. As loyal to Mikcs Ákos, Punik was appointed ispán of Zagreb County, putting an end to a fifty-year period of vacancy since the emergence of oligarchic powers of Paul Šubić and the Babonići in Croatia and Slavonia, respectively.
After the Babonić revolt was suppressed by Mikcs Ákos before November 1326, Hector also surrendered. As Punik's son Peter Grebeni remembered a charter, Hector gave his portion |
Paloma del Río | Biography | Paloma del Río Biography Paloma del Río was born in Madrid in 1960. After completing the Baccalaureate, she took a clinical assistant course and began to work on the night shift of the intensive care unit of the Ruber Clinic in Madrid to pay for her studies. In her free time she continued with Curso de Orientación Universitaria (COU) studies, and majored in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid without leaving work. She finished her degree with the second best record, so in 1986 she was able to choose a scholarship from the Instituto RTVE to do internships in |
Pirata Morgan | Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1995–2009) | Máscara Sagrada. On December 27, 2003, Pirata Morgan defeated El Zorro to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, almost 20 years after having held it last. Morgan would only hold the title for 39 days before El Zorro regained it. In subsequent years Pirata Morgan has worked more and more with young, low card wrestlers to help improve their skills and less as a serious championship contender.
In 2007 Pirata Morgan introduced a group called Los Piratas to AAA, a group that consisted of Pirata Morgan Jr., Barba Roja, and Drake Morgan. Pirata Morgan would often team with the group and |
Purchase (horse) | Racing career | in second to Eternal in the Brooklyn Handicap and second to Exterminator in the Saratoga Cup. (Exterminator won the Saratoga Cup four years in row: 1918 through 1921 as well as the 1918 Kentucky Derby.) Purchase took the Saranac Stakes carrying 133 pounds and the Huron Stakes carrying 134. In the two races he lost, he came in a good second, and in the race against Exterminator, it was his jockey, claimed Hildreth, who rode Purchase badly, as well as losing his whip. Otherwise, Sam Hildreth was sure he would have won.
Sometime during this streak, Hildreth |
Phishing | Legal responses | helping to identify six men subsequently charged with phishing fraud in Connecticut.
In January 2007, Jeffrey Brett Goodin of California became the first defendant convicted by a jury under the provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. He was found guilty of sending thousands of emails to America Online users, while posing as AOL's billing department, which prompted customers to submit personal and credit card information. Facing a possible 101 years in prison for the CAN-SPAM violation and ten other counts including wire fraud, the unauthorized use of credit cards, and the misuse of AOL's trademark, he was sentenced to serve |
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Kallukoottam | History | first parish priest of the newly formed parish. Under the leadership of Fr Andrews, the second parish priest of the parish, a community hall and a new presbytery were constructed in the years 2013 and 2014 respectively. From 23rd May, 2018 Fr. Jokens is serving as the parish priest of this parish. Every Last Friday of the month charismatic prayer service with Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament is conducted. Now, Kolping Society is promoting natural home garden where vegetables are cultivated without any chemical manure, which is flourishing. Many families participate in the event. |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | LGBT & Abortion and contraception | an official statement that year commemorating Pride Month nor issue the annual cable outlining activities for embassies commemorating Pride Month. They also questioned why the LGBTQ special envoy position had remained vacant and asserted that "preventing the official flying of rainbow flags and limiting public messages celebrating Pride Month signals to the international community that the United States is abandoning the advancement of LGBTQ rights as a foreign policy priority." Abortion and contraception Gillibrand supports abortion rights, stating on her Senate website, "I will always protect a woman's right to choose—no matter what." Gillibrand has voted in favor of federal |
Posterization | Posterizing time | not the bit rate (precision of the output, as in posterization).
The resulting stop-go motion is a temporal form of jaggies; formally, a form of aliasing. This effect may be the intention, but to reduce the frame rate without introducing this effect, one may use temporal anti-aliasing, which yields motion blur.
Compare with time stretching, which adds frames. |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Immigration | that would expand this administration’s unnecessarily cruel immigration enforcement policies, its inhumane immigrant detention systems, or its efforts to build the president’s vanity projects" and urging Congress to "resist efforts to raid critical and effective public safety programs in order to pay for political theatrics" as President Trump's "manufactured emergency" was not justification for "spending taxpayer dollars on an ineffective wall."
Gillibrand told Margaret Brennan in May 2019 that she would not use detention system for immigrants if elected president, citing that immigrants would follow the process granted to them as they did when immigration cases were handled by the Justice |
Planeta Xuxa | Concept | Planeta Xuxa Concept Planeta Xuxa was focused on the musical performances from contemporary artists and bands. The program had the format of a discotech, had the participation of the public and welcomed famous guests. To animate the auditorium and keep the party mood in the studios, Xuxa counted on Paquitas New Generation, with the group of dancers You Can Dance, with the twins Mariana and Roberta Richard and with the dancer Adriana Bombom.
One of the most prominent paintings was Intimidade, in which Xuxa interviewed guests by asking intimate questions. In the premiere program, the interviewee was the actor Marcello Antony. |
Pilgrims of Arès | Organization and meetings & Finances & Cult allegations | publish periodicals, pamphlets, organize conferences and meetings. However, no association represents Pilgrims of Arès in full. One of them, named The Work of the Pilgrimage of Arès, organizes the pilgrimage to the House of the Holy Word. Finances The movement is financed by donations from pilgrims of Arès who pay a tithe of 5% of their income. As recommended in The Revelation of Arès (34 / 6), they pay their donations to Potay himself. However, the group says these donations are discretionary. Cult allegations One of the group's organizations, The Eye Opens, founded in 1987 in Bordeaux, was listed as |
Pholiotina smithii | Edibility | from poisonous species. |
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Poush Mela | Background & Inauguration | in the ground on the north side of Brahma mandir (also referred to as glass temple). On that day, a firework display was held in earlier days after evening prayers. As the mela increased in size, it was shifted to the field in Purbapalli. Inauguration Poush Utsav is inaugurated on 7 Poush (around 23 December). At dawn, Santiniketan wakes up to the soft music of shehnai. The first to enter the scenario is the Vaitalik group, who go round the ashrama (hermitage) singing songs. It is followed by a prayer-meeting at Chhatimtala. Then the entire congregation moves on to Uttarayan |
Multilinear algebra | Origin & Use in algebraic topology | multilinear algebra were made in 1872 by Victor Schlegel when he published the first part of his System der Raumlehre, and by Elwin Bruno Christoffel. A major advance in multilinear algebra came in the work of Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro and Tullio Levi-Civita (see references). It was the absolute differential calculus form of multilinear algebra that Marcel Grossmann and Michele Besso introduced to Albert Einstein. The publication in 1915 by Einstein of a general relativity explanation for the precession of the perihelion of Mercury, established multilinear algebra and tensors as physically important mathematics. Use in algebraic topology Around the middle of the |
Oscar E. Erickson | Biography | served for 10 years until 1932. At that time, he was elected to the North Dakota Senate, where he served until 1936 when he was elected as Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota. He also served as a fieldman in the Real Estate department of the Bank of North Dakota from 1932 to 1935. He served as Insurance Commissioner from 1937 until his death on August 15, 1945.
Near to the end of the legislative session in 1945, Erickson was impeached by the House of Representatives and another commissioner of Insurance was appointed immediately by Governor Fred G. Aandahl. Erickson denied all |
Politics of Pakistan | Provincial and High Courts & Ombudsman/Mohtasib | courts, traffic courts, an insurance appellate tribunal, an income tax appellate tribunal, and special courts for bank offences. There are also special courts to try terrorists. Appeals from special courts go to high courts except for labour and traffic courts, which have their own forums for appeal. Appeals from the tribunals go to the Supreme Court. Ombudsman/Mohtasib A further feature of the judicial system is the office of Mohtasib (Ombudsman), which is provided for in the constitution. The office of Mohtasib was established in many early Muslim states to ensure that no wrongs were done to citizens. Appointed by the |
Papua New Guinea National Club Championship | 2006–2008: Cancellation & 2019: Revival | National Club Championship didn't materialise, while in 2008, the title was won by Sunammad FC, the first national club title won by a club from West New Britain and from the New Guinea Islands Province.
Since 2008, the competition has not been held. 2019: Revival In June 2019, it was announced that the competition would be revived. Under a new system, regional competitions took place across all four regions of the country – Northern (Momase), Southern (Papua), Highlands and Islands – in June and July 2019, before the winners came together in Port Moresby for the finals in September. The champions |
Politics of Pakistan | Kashmir in Pakistani politics | has its own constitution, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act of 1974, and a locally chosen parliamentary form of government, as described above . The constitution allows for many of the structures that comprise a self-governing state, including a legislative assembly elected through periodic elections, a prime minister who commands the majority in the assembly, an indirectly elected president, an independent judiciary, and local government institutions.
But these provisions are hollow. Under Section 56 of the Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act (which was drafted by the Federal Ministries of Law and Kashmir Affairs in Islamabad), the Pakistani government |
Peugeot 203 | The end & Australian production | their larger newer 403 model with the smaller 7CV (7 fiscal horsepower) engine from the 203. At the time of the 203's demise, this stripped down version of the Peugeot 403 was presented as the replacement for the 203, though it could be argued that the spacious front-wheel-drive 1300 cc Peugeot 304, which appeared only in 1969, or indeed the consecutively named Peugeot 204 more directly occupied the market niche which in the early 1950s the 203 had made its own. Australian production The 203 was released on the Australian market in September 1949. The 203 was also assembled |
Pay-by-plate parking | Principles | another parking spot and still have a paid status compared to other systems. Previously with parking meters and pay by space, the payment did not follow the driver which resulted in a parking ticket if they decided to move spaces. In addition to this advantage, the driver could also purchase time by phone so that the driver does not have to go back to the machine to extend their parking session. The pay by plate machines accept coins, credit cards, debit cards and NFC for smart phone payments, making it unnecessary for drivers to carry large amounts of change. The |
Prime meridian (Greenwich) | History | the rotation axis of the Earth; this much smaller effect is due to the uneven distribution of the Earth's mass. To make computations feasible, scientists defined ellipsoids of revolution; a given ellipsoid would be a good compromise for measurements in a given area, such as a country or continent. The difference between the direction of a plumb line or vertical, and a line perpendicular to the surface of the ellipsoid of revolution—a normal to said ellipsoid—at a particular observatory, is the deflection of the vertical.
When the Airy transit circle was built, a mercury basin was used to align the telescope |
Polydore | null | Polydore Polydore (Polydorus) is an opera by the French-Italian composer Jean-Baptiste Stuck, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 15 February 1720. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, is based on the Greek legend of Polydorus, youngest son of King Priam of Troy, murdered by Polymestor, King of Thrace, for his treasure. |
Passion (manga) | Book One | Passion (manga) Book One Book One begins with senior student Hikaru Umino luring teacher Mr. Shima into an empty classroom afterschool and raping him. Shima complains about Hikaru's poor technique and asks him to "take responsibility" for his actions. Hikaru responds with marriage proposal, but Shima harshly tells Hikaru he doesn't love him, and to think about how to apologize. Hikaru agonizes over his actions, becoming depressed when he sees the scratch marks left on his back, imagining that Shima was in horrible pain. Nevertheless, he stalks Shima, visiting his apartment block every day after school.
Meanwhile, Shima continuously flirts with |
Prince of Wales Public School (Peterborough, ON) | Community Hub | Prince of Wales Public School (Peterborough, ON) Community Hub The school has been designated a Community Hub by the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network. The boundaries of the new hub are: Aylmer St. to Goodfellow Road; and Charlotte Street to Lansdowne Street. The hub serves to unify the community through a variety of family activities (Peterborough Examiner, June 18, 2009). |
Pinhas Lavon | Political life | the Chief of Staff of the IDF Moshe Dayan by holding important policy meetings without Dayan being present, directly contacting IDF officers without following the established chain of command and attempting to scuttle Israeli purchases of arms from France. The culmination came when Operation Susannah (as the Lavon affair was officially called) was launched when Dayan was out of the country. |
Posterization | Photographic process & Applications | same general appearance, but portions of the original image that presented gradual transitions are replaced by abrupt changes in shading and gradation from one area of tone to another. Printing posterization from black and white requires density separations, which one then prints on the same piece of paper to create the whole image. Separations may be made by density or color, using different exposures. Density Separations may be created by printing three prints of the same picture, each at a different exposure time that will be combined for the final image. Applications Typically, posterization is used for tracing contour lines |
Programmable logic controller | Invention and early development | controller" as well. He was involved in the invention of the Allen-Bradley programmable logic controller (PLC) during 1958 to 1960. Struger is credited with creating the PLC acronym. Allen-Bradley (now a brand owned by Rockwell Automation), the manufacturer of the controller, became a major programmable logic controller device manufacturer in the United States during the tenure of Struger.
Early PLCs were designed to replace relay logic systems. Relay systems were large and bulky and had an assortment of issues. The hard-wired nature made it difficult for design engineers to alter the process. Even small changes would require rewiring and careful updating |
Pierre Culioli | Biography | Pierre Culioli Biography Culioli was born in Brest in 1914 and in 1938 married Ginette Dutems, a mayor's daughter from Mer who died in June 1940, a victim of a bombing raid. In appearance he was unprepossessing—a small, slight wiry man with a nervous manner, horn-rimmed spectacles, and a toothbrush moustache, allegedly grown in derision of Hitler's own.
He was the son and the grandson of French Army officers and himself became a regular French infantry lieutenant. He took part in the disastrous summer campaign of 1940, and was taken prisoner; however, he was soon repatriated on medical grounds and |
Pierre Dørge | Career | Pierre Dørge Career A native of Copenhagen, Dorge belonged to a free-jazz big band from 1969 to 1971 that was led by John Tchicai. As leader of Thermaenius in 1978, he borrowed from Balkan folk music. Two years later he led the New Jungle Orchestra, borrowing from African styles. He has worked with Johnny Dyanai, Khan Jamal, David Murray, and Don Cherry. |
PAOK FC | Zagorakis–Vryzas management with massive fans' support (2007–2012) | became the shortest-lived PAOK coach ever, sitting on the bench for 38 days only. With Dermitzakis at the helm, PAOK faced Ajax and was ultimately eliminated on the away goals rule, managing a 1–1 draw in Amsterdam and a thrilling 3–3 draw in Thessaloniki. Entering the UEFA Europa League playoff round, PAOK were drawn against Fenerbahçe, also eliminated from the Champions League third qualifying round. This time, PAOK fared much better and after winning the home game 1–0 in Thessaloniki, secured a memorable 1–1 draw after extra time in Constantinople. Dermitzakis was removed after a 1–0 loss to Panathinaikos on |
Postmodernity | Uses of the term | Era, the Industrial Revolution, or the Enlightenment. In philosophy and critical theory postmodernity refers to the state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity, a historical condition that marks the reasons for the end of modernity. This usage is ascribed to the philosophers Jean-François Lyotard and Jean Baudrillard.
One "project" of modernity is said by Habermas to have been the fostering of progress by incorporating principles of rationality and hierarchy into public and artistic life. (See also postindustrial, Information Age.) Lyotard understood modernity as a cultural condition characterized by constant change in the pursuit of progress. Postmodernity |
Peter Fourier | Early life | their Catholic faith to them. He had his pupils engage in dialectics on Sundays on the various virtues and vices in practice by the congregation. This style proved immensely successful.
Fourier led an extremely ascetic way of life while serving the people of his parish. He would spend much of the night in prayer. He refused the services of a housekeeper, even when his own stepmother offered to provide his care. His severe self-denial enabled him to direct much of the income of the parish to the needy of the town. He himself would often spend the night nursing the sick |
Philosophy of human rights | Alasdair MacIntyre on human rights | and unicorns.
MacIntyre made this critique of human rights in the context of a wider argument about the failure of the Enlightenment to produce a coherent moral system. Philosophers of the enlightenment sought to cast aside the discredited notions of hierarchy and theology as justifications for morality. Instead, MacIntyre argues, the enlightenment placed the individual as the sovereign authority to dictate what is right and wrong. However allegiances to historical notions of morality remained and philosophers sought to find a secular and rational justification for existing beliefs. The problem, MacIntyre maintains, is that theological morality was developed to overcome defects in |
Patrick F. Philbin | Career | Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft. According to Comey, Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the anticipated appointment of Philbin to the position of Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General.
Philbin subsequently returned to private practice by joining the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a partner focusing on appellate litigation, complex litigation, and data security. In 2019, Philbin was appointed as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel in the Trump Administration. |
Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor | Wenzhou pilot program | of the QFII quota, the latter which allows investment in Chinese public markets with offshore foreign currencies and, in the RQFII, offshore renminbi. While the QFII announcement was seen as a potential threat to Hong Kong as a financial center, Hong Kong is considered likely one of the first investment destinations for Wenzhou investors. "Premier Wen Jiabao says the central government is determined to break the mainland's banking monopoly, and if [the Wenzhou] pilot schemes in the special financial zone newly set up ... prove successful they can be promoted and implemented nationwide", the South China Morning Post reported. |
Prince Yamashiro | null | about whom nearly nothing is known. |
Phippsburg, Colorado | Geography | Phippsburg, Colorado Geography Phippsburg is located at 40°13′56″N 106°56′35″W (40.232102,-106.943150). |
Polignac (card game) | Slobberhannes | the infamous thief and not the card; which is in fact a Queen. |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Childcare & Children's programming & Criminal justice reform | teachers and caregivers. Children's programming In 2019, following the announcement by the Federal Communications Commission of rules changes to children's programming through modifying the Children’s Television Act of 1990, Gillibrand and eight other Democratic senators signed a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that expressed concern that the proposed changes "would limit the reach of educational content available to children and have a particular damaging effect on youth in low-income and minority communities" and asserted that the new rules would see a reduction in access to valuable educational content through over-the-air services. Criminal justice reform In February 2013, Gillibrand was |
Olympiacos F.C. | Five consecutive Championships, Two presences in UEFA Champions League knockout phase (2004–2010) | in the 2008–09 Superleague Greece, winning every match at home, but facing difficulties away. They ended up winning the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup, celebrating the 14th double in Olympiacos history. After an impressive UEFA Cup run at home, with some spectacular wins against Benfica (5–1) and Hertha BSC (4–0), the team managed to get through to the round of 32, facing French side Saint-Étienne.
In the summer of 2009, Olympiacos signed major players, such as Olof Mellberg from Juventus for €2.5 million, midfielder Jaouad Zairi from Asteras Tripolis and Enzo Maresca from Sevilla. Many other players returned from loan spells, |
Postmodernity | Distinctions in philosophy and critical theory | the former and postmodernity the latter. Seyla Benhabib (1995) and Judith Butler (1995) pursue this debate in relation to feminist politics, Benhabib arguing that postmodern critique comprises three main elements; an anti-foundationalist concept of the subject and identity, the death of history and of notions of teleology and progress, and the death of metaphysics defined as the search for objective truth. Benhabib argues forcefully against these critical positions, holding that they undermine the bases upon which feminist politics can be founded, removing the possibility of agency, the sense of self-hood and the appropriation of women’s history in the name of |
Nicky Thomas | Early life | Joe Gibbs for whom Thomas recorded the plaintive "Running Alone" and "Lonesome Road" issued as by Cecil Thomas, as well as a version of "Let It Be" credited to Nicky Thomas. Thomas' collaboration with Gibbs resulted in a number of hits including "Don't Touch Me", "Mama's Song" and "God Bless The Children". Thomas and Gibbs also covered a number of well regarded R&B hits that included Tyrone Davis' "Turn Back the Hands of Time" and "(Baby) Can I Change Your Mind" and Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia". He topped the Jamaican charts in 1970 with "Have a Little |
Programmable logic controller | Scan time | only for setting up the machine could be segregated from those parts required to operate at higher speed. Newer PLCs now have the option to run the logic program synchronously with the IO scanning. This means that IO is updated in the background and the logic reads and writes values as required during the logic scanning.
Special-purpose I/O modules may be used where the scan time of the PLC is too long to allow predictable performance. Precision timing modules, or counter modules for use with shaft encoders, are used where the scan time would be too long to reliably count |
Philippine Nautical Highway System | Detailed description and impact | for hire over individual SRNH road segments, and the ferry segments accept walk-aboard passengers as well as vehicles. |
Papua New Guinea National Club Championship | 1976–1994: Early years & 1995–2005: Pre-NSL growth and further OFC qualification | Oceania Club Championship held 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. The side lost their opening qualification match and progressed no further.
Guria Lahi became the first side outside of the two soccer strongholds to win the National Club Championship, in 1988. Playing against two-time champions Buresong in the final, the Lahi-based team won 1–0.
In 1989 and 1992, Guria FC won their second and third titles, claiming the record for most championships, which would stand until 1999. 1995–2005: Pre-NSL growth and further OFC qualification In the four years from 1995 to 1999, the competition was won by one side – ICF University. The side |
Programmable logic controller | Discrete (digital) and analog signals | above 22 V DC representing On, values below 2VDC representing Off, and intermediate values undefined. Initially, PLCs had only digital I/O.
Analog signals are like volume controls, with a range of values between zero and full-scale. These are typically interpreted as integer values (counts) by the PLC, with various ranges of accuracy depending on the device and the number of bits available to store the data. As PLCs typically use 16-bit signed binary processors, the integer values are limited between -32,768 and +32,767. Pressure, temperature, flow, and weight are often represented by analog signals. Analog signals can use voltage or current |
PQCC | Objective | PQCC The Production Quality Compiler-Compiler Project (or PQCC) was a long-term project led by William Wulf at Carnegie Mellon University to produce an industrial-strength compiler-compiler. PQCC would produce full, optimizing programming language compilers from descriptions of the programming language and the target machine. Though the goal of a fully automatic process was not realized, PQCC technology and ideas were the basis of production compilers from Intermetrics, Tartan Laboratories, and others. Objective The focus of the project was on the semantics and machine-dependent phases of compilation, since lexical and syntactic analysis were already well understood. Each phase was formalized in a |
Piti Belmonte | Playing career & Manager career | Figueres. He resumed the most of 1his career playing for teams in his native region, and eventually hang up his boots in February 2010, aged 36, with UDA Gramenet. Manager career After hanging up his boots Villa was a manager of UDA Gramenet, and had to deal with the club's financial problems during the 2009–10 season. In November 2010, he signed with lowly CP San Cristóbal.
In June 2011, Piti was appointed manager of UE Sant Andreu. He finished his both seasons with two mid-table finishes (10th and 7th, respectively), and was relieved from his duties in May 2013.
On 10 June |
Polson Pier | null | Polson Pier Polson Pier, previously known as The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex (or simply The Docks), is a multi-purpose entertainment complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the largely industrial Port Lands area of the city along the shore of Toronto Harbour. The site is also home to an amusement area, with facilities for go-karts, rock climbing, swimming, mini golf, beach volleyball, and a driving range.
Polson Pier is also home of the Rebel (formerly Sound Academy), a concert hall-nightclub. The Lakeview Drive-In is located at the far end of the driving range that is used during the day. |
Prenk Bib Doda | Return from exile | exile Doda's return to Mirdita consisted of a visit to Shkodër meeting Young Turk members and wiring the Grand vizier that he would work toward gaining support of the tribes for the new government and to create a CUP branch in Mirdita. He also expressed uncertainties with his relationship with the tribe and the local vali while he advised the government to govern the region fairly. Back in the region, Doda accompanied by two CUP members met with members of Mirdita's five bajraktars (2,500 men) on 30 September at the church of St. Paul where the abbot gave a |
Phylakopi I culture | null | Phylakopi I culture The Phylakopi I culture (Greek: Φυλακωπή) refers to a "cultural" dating system used for the Cycladic culture that flourished during the early Bronze Age in Greece. It spans the period ca. 2300-2000 BC and was named by Colin Renfrew, after the settlement of Phylakopi on the Cycladic island of Milos. Other archaeologists describe this period as the Early Cycladic III (ECIII). |
Punik Gárdony | Career | Punik Gárdony Career Punik was born into the Slavonian-origin gens Gárdony as the son of Vukoslav (or Ulkoszló). He had a brother Hector, ispán of Kőrös (Križevci) County from 1321 to 1322.
Punik was a familiar to the Babonić kindred along with Hector. In 1321, the Gárdony brothers had their tax-exemption was confirmed by King Charles I of Hungary. In December 1322, the 1247 and 1291 royal permissions to authorise to finish Greben Castle was transcribed upon the request of Punik and Hector, while they resided in Temesvár (today Timișoara, Romania), the royal seat of Charles.
When Mikcs Ákos was appointed as |
Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925) | Princess of Orléans & Duchess of Chartres | Princess Françoise of Orléans (1844–1925) Princess of Orléans Françoise d'Orléans was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine the daughter of Prince François, Prince of Joinville (son of King Louis Philippe I), and of Princess Francisca of Brazil (daughter of Emperor Peter I of Brazil). Duchess of Chartres On 11 June 1863 at Saint Raphael's Church in Kingston upon Thames, England, she married her first cousin Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres. They had five children. Princess Françoise died in Château de Saint-Firmin. |
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | Methane in the Martian atmosphere | temperature profiles of Mars's carbon dioxide atmosphere, and to the study composition of the planet's atmosphere through the infrared radiation that is reflected and emitted by the planet. Methane in the Martian atmosphere On March 2004, Professor Vittorio Formisano, the researcher in charge of the Mars Express Planetary Fourier Spectrometer, announced the discovery of methane in the Martian atmosphere. However, methane cannot persist in the Martian atmosphere for more than a few hundred years since it can be broken down by sunlight. Thus, this discovery suggests that the methane is being continually replenished by some unidentified volcanic or geologic process, |
Print capitalism | Terminology & Development of the Modern Nation-State | Terminology The term was coined by Benedict Anderson, and explained in depth in his book Imagined Communities in 1983. Development of the Modern Nation-State The printing press is widely credited for modern nationalism and the birth of the nation-state as the primary actors in political legitimacy. Soon after the invention of the Gutenberg-style printing press in 1454, literature such as the Bible was printed in vernaculars. The publication of the 95 Theses in 1517 sparked the reformation, under which Europe went through 200 years of warfare that led to the gradual establishment of the nation-state as the powers that were |
Prosatanica Shooting Angels | Trivia | Prosatanica Shooting Angels Trivia The following dedication can be found in the album's booklet:
This album is dedicated to A.J.H., to HAT of old-GORGOROTH in their times of A Sorcery Written in Blood and Pentagram as well as to SILEXATER.
A.J.H. stands for Andrew Jay Harris (a.k.a. "Akhenaten"), who was the frontman of American/German black metal band Judas Iscariot.
The track "The Dark Side of the Moon" features samples of spoken word (dubbed in German) of the homonymous 1990 film. |
Philippine Nautical Highway System | Detailed description and impact | using the nautical highway, including ALPS The Bus, Partas, RORO Bus Transport, Ceres Transport, Bachelor Express, Gasat/Valisno Express and Philtranco. Each operates multiple daily bus trips over the SRNH between Manila bus terminals sited in Cubao and Pasay City and Iloilo City, with connections available in Iloilo for onwards transportation. The SRNH segment between Manila and Iloilo runs by road to Batangas City, by ferry to Calapan City, by road to Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, by ferry to Caticlan (gateway to Boracay, located in Malay, Aklan) and onwards by road to Iloilo City. Private van transport is generally available |
PAOK FC | 2017–18 eventful season | Kominis disallowed a 90th minute goal scored by Fernando Varela with a header. The goal was initially credited to PAOK by both the referee who pointed the center spot and the linesman who never raised his flag and ran towards the center. About 10–15 seconds later and while PAOK players were celebrating, linesman Pontikis was approached by AEK players who were protesting and approximately 3 minutes after the goal was scored, they altered their decision. The goal was ruled out for offside (according to referee Kominis, Maurício influenced play). Savvidis (wearing a jacket) entered the pitch with few members of |
Nadia Nerina | Early life and training | of dance did not come until after her parents moved the family to Durban, the major city in the coastal province of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). There she studied drama with Elizabeth Sneddon at Natal University, ballet with Eileen Keegan, a gifted teacher who had danced with Anna Pavlova's company, and stagecraft and mime with Dorothea McNair. Keegan is credited with laying the foundations of Nerina's strong classical ballet technique. After Judd's mother died, while she was in her early teens, her teachers advised her father to send their talented pupil to England for further instruction.
In 1945, not long after World |
Palaephatus | "Palaephatus of Paros" & "Palaephatus of Abydos" | work to Palaephatus of Athens. "Palaephatus of Abydos" Palaephatus of Abydos, an historian who lived in the time of Alexander the Great, and is stated to have been loved (παιδικά) by the philosopher Aristotle, for which the Suda quotes the authority of Philo, Peri paradoxou historias, and of Theodorus of Ilium, Troica, Book 2. Suidas gives the titles of the following works of Palaephatus: Cypriaca, Deliaca, Attica, Arabica.
(Smith explains that some writers believe that this Palaephatus of Abydos wrote the fragment on Assyrian history, which is preserved by Eusebius of Caesarea, and which is quoted by him as the work |
Polson Pier | null | an appeal heard January 2007. By the summer of 2008, the complex had been sold to new owners who took measures to appease its neighbours, including ending all-night parties and soundproofing its indoor venue.
The complex lies between the Polson Slip to the north and the channel to Toronto's turning basin to the south. |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Immigration & Internet privacy | at sensitive locations with the exception of special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to report annually regarding enforcement actions in those locations. Internet privacy Gillibrand was a co-sponsor of the controversial PROTECT IP Act, which would restrict access to web sites judged to be infringing copyrights.
On January 18, 2012, the NY Tech Meetup and other cybertech organizations held a demonstration with 2,000 protesters in front of the offices of Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, New York's other U.S. Senator, who also supported the bill. Some demonstrators complained that the bill had originated with wealthy |
Partition of a set | Refinement of partitions & Noncrossing partitions | cards}. The 2-part partition corresponding to ~C has a refinement that yields the same-suit-as relation ~S, which has the four equivalence classes {spades}, {diamonds}, {hearts}, and {clubs}. Noncrossing partitions A partition of the set N = {1, 2, ..., n} with corresponding equivalence relation ~ is noncrossing if it has the following property: If four elements a, b, c and d of N having a < b < c < d satisfy a ~ c and b ~ d, then a ~ b ~ c ~ d. The name comes from the following equivalent definition: Imagine the elements 1, |
Norman G. Baker | Second hospital & Federal case and conviction | opened in November. Reportedly, Baker accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars which he kept in various safe deposits known only to him and his new accomplice, Thelma Yount. Postal inspectors claimed that the hospital cleared about $500,000 in one year.
Among several libel suits, in 1938, Baker sued RKO for $1.1 million after the March of Time newsreel had portrayed him as a quack. Federal case and conviction A first federal case against Baker in 1937 failed because the Appellate Court did not accept the prosecutorial argument that transporting recordings abroad to broadcast to the United States was breach of the |
Paul Rodriguez (actor) | Awards & Company owner | at #74 on its list of the "100 Greatest Standups of all Time." Rodriguez was acknowledged with the "Humanitarian of the Year Award" by the City of Fresno for his work in the area of water conservation. Company owner Rodriguez is a part-owner of the Laugh Factory comedy venue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., where comedian/actor Michael Richards was filmed as he engaged in a highly publicized on-stage rant against two black male hecklers. Of Richards' repeated use of the word "nigger", Rodriguez said, "Once the word comes out of your mouth and you don't happen to be African |
Poritia erycinoides | Description | upper hindwing blue area is small and reduced to discal quadrate spots in 3 and 4. The females resemble those of the common gem (P. hewitsoni) but with yellow spots on the upper hindwing. The males of the blue gem are bluer than the common gem which is greener. |
Pteria penguin | Distribution and habitat & Pearl culture | Pteria penguin Distribution and habitat Pteria penguin is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region. Its range extends from the East African coast and the Red Sea to India, southern China, southern Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and northern Australia. It is found attached by its byssal threads to a number of different substrates but typically to hydroids, at depths of less than about 25 m (82 ft). Pearl culture Wild oysters of this species seldom contain pearls. When they do, they tend to be irregular in shape and have the same range of pinkish hues that are typical of the nacre |
Poush Mela | Background | Poush Mela Poush Mela (Bengali: পৌষ মেলা) is an annual fair and festival that takes place in Santiniketan, in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal, marking the harvest season. Commencing on the 7th day of the month of Poush, the fair officially lasts for three days, although vendors may stay until the month-end as per the university regulations. From 2017 onwards the fair lasted for six days. The key characteristic of this fair include live performances of Bengali folk music, such as baul, kirtan and Kobigan. Background Devendranath Tagore with twenty followers accepted the Brahmo creed from |
Prince George's County, Maryland | Prince George's County Commuter Rail & Airports | runs on the AMTRAK route between Baltimore Penn Station and Washington Union Station. It has three stops in the county: Bowie State station, Seabrook station, New Carrollton station, Airports The College Park Airport (CGS), established in 1909, is the world's oldest continuously operated airport and is home to the adjacent College Park Aviation Museum.
Privately owned general aviation airfields in the county include Freeway Airport (W00) in Mitchellville, Potomac Airfield (VKX) in Friendly, and Washington Executive Airpark/Hyde Field (W32) in Clinton, along with numerous private heliports.
The area is served by three airports: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington |
Piasa | John Russell account | revise its appearance and iconography.
When contemporary historians, folklorists, and tourism promoters are looking for a narrative description of the story behind the Piasa "Bird", they often rely on Russell's account. This colorful version of the tale can be adapted to allow a wide range of interpretation and allow other cities and counties to claim promotional rights to the legend. |
Patrick K. O'Donnell | Career & Personal life | Marines.
He received the Colby Circle Award for Outstanding Military History for Beyond Valour.
Washington's Immortals was selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far (History) and was named of the 100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time by the Journal of the American Revolution. Personal life He is native of Westlake, Ohio, and attended American University for his undergraduate studies and Johns Hopkins for his graduate work.
O’Donnell is also the founder of the website Drop Zone. It hosts more than 4,000 oral history interviews he conducted with American veterans of wars from World War I |
Prince George's County, Maryland | Central County | events.
Bowie is best known as a planned Levittown. William Levitt built traditional homes, as well as California contemporaries along U.S. Route 50, the key highway to the eastern shore and the state capital of Annapolis. Bowie has currently grown to be the largest city in Prince George's County, with more than 50,000 people. It also has a large Caucasian population, compared to much of the county (48% of the population). Housing styles vary from the most contemporary to century old homes in Bowie's antique district (formerly known as Huntingtown), where the town of Bowie began as a haven for thoroughbred |
Pleasantville, Iowa | 2000 census | up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.11.
29.1% were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,000, and the median income |
Nootka Crisis | null | Nootka Crisis The Nootka Crisis, also known as the Spanish Armament, was an international incident and political dispute between the Spanish Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the fledgling United States of America triggered by a series of events that took place during the summer of 1789 at the Spanish outpost Santa Cruz de Nuca, in Nootka Sound, present-day British Columbia, Canada. The commander of the outpost, Jose Esteban Martínez, seized some British commercial ships which had come for the maritime fur trade and to build a permanent post at Nootka Sound. Public outcry in England led to |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Family and childhood | his younger sister Fatima Jinnah. The parents were native Gujarati speakers, and the children also came to speak Kutchi and English. Jinnah was not fluent in Gujarati, his mother-tongue or in Urdu, he was more fluent in English. Except for Fatima, little is known of his siblings, where they settled or if they met with their brother as he advanced in his legal and political careers.
As a boy, Jinnah lived for a time in Bombay with an aunt and may have attended the Gokal Das Tej Primary School there, later on studying at the Cathedral and John Connon School. In |
Pittsburgh Phantoms (RHI) | Jerseys | The jerseys did not have fightstraps and should have a hand-written number on the inside tag of the jersey. The captain and alternate captain designations were worn on the upper left front of the jersey. |
Quinceañera (film) | Critical response | Weekly, who gave the film a C grade, found the plot "contrived" and melodramatic, and summarized it as "suds being sold as ethno-sensitive reality". The Christian Science Monitor's Peter Rainer felt that the Quinceañera "is best approached with lowered expectations", and that despite being "heartfelt and well-observed" it failed to adequately explore its contrasting themes of race, sexuality and religion. |
Philip D. Coombs | Biography | McDonell ensued, with his children asserting that there were changes made in his Will after his death. A Will contest was filed in the Thurston County Superior Court that continued until the case was mediated and a settlement was reached in 2002. |
Open Wonderland | Shared applications | and they can drill down into the data by generating sub-graphs.
The ability to mix and match these three types of applications within a Wonderland world enables developers to create rich, interactive collaborative experiences for distributed groups of users. |
Panel truck | History | Panel truck History A body design that appeared very early in history of light-duty trucking was the "delivery car or van was actually the first type of panel truck." A panel truck is similar in function to its smaller cousin the sedan delivery, a station wagon with no backseat and no side windows aft of the front doors. Both types of vehicles are frequently used as delivery vehicles.
Panel trucks are often used by construction and maintenance contractors and were sometimes configured for ambulance and hearse roles. Other variations include canopy express models, which have open display areas behind the driver's |
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