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Pilikula Golf Club, Mangalore, Karnataka The Pilikula Golf Club was started 7 years ago in 1999 & has seen steady improvement & development during this period. It was registered as a Society in 2001 & affiliated to the Indian Golf Union in 2004.
Pilin Pilin refers to a class of fibrous proteins that have a characteristic fold and are found in pilus structures in bacteria. Bacterial pili are used in the exchange of geneic material during bacterial conjugation, and a short pilus called a fimbrium is used as a cell adhesion mechanism.
Pilin Leon Carmen Josefina Leon Crespo, best known as PilĂ­n LeĂłn, won the 1981 Miss World contest, representing Venezuela. She became the second woman (after Susana Duijm in 1955) from the South American country to win the title.
Piling-up lemma In cryptanalysis, the piling-up lemma is a principle used in linear cryptanalysis to construct linear approximations to the action of block ciphers. It was introduced by Mitsuru Matsui (1993) as an analytical tool for linear cryptanalysis.
Piliscsaba Piliscsaba is a village in Hungary located to the extreme northwest of Pest County near the border of Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the Buda and Pilis hills. It is accessible by Road 10 and lies on the Budapest-Esztergom rail line, 14 km from Budapest.
Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting The Pilkington Committee was set up on July 13 1960 under the chairmanship of British industrialist Sir Harry Pilkington to consider the future of broadcasting, cable and "the possibility of television for public showing". The members were:
Pilkington Recs The Rec's Rugby Football Club is based in St Helens, Merseyside and was founded in 1878 as part of the sports and recreational section of Pilkington Glass. The side played rugby union, and occasionally playing association football.
Pill splitting A pill-splitter is a simple and inexpensive device to split medicinal pills or tablets, comprising some means of holding the tablet in place, a blade, and usually a compartment in which to store the unused part. The tablet is positioned, and the blade pressed down to split it.
Pillai Pillai, Pillay, Pulle or Pilli is a popular title of Tamil and Malayalam speaking people of India and others living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Fiji (See Tamil diaspora and Sri Lankan Tamils)
Pillai prime A Pillai prime is a prime number p for which there is an integer n > 0 such that the factorial of n is one less than a multiple of the prime, but the prime is not one more than a multiple of n. To put it algebraically, n!
Pillar (car) An A-pillar is a name applied by car stylists and enthusiasts to the shaft of material that supports the windshield (windscreen) on either of the windshield frame sides. By denoting this structural member as the "A" pillar, and each successive vertical support after a successive letter in the alphabet (B-pillar, C-pillar etc.
Pillar (Lake District) Pillar is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. Situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group (some dozen fells clustered round it).
Pillar box In the UK, a pillar box is a free-standing post box where post is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. Similar designs exist as historical artefacts in certain Commonwealth of Nations countries.
Pillar coral Pillar corals (Dendrogyra cylindricus) are a type of hard coral which live in the western Atlantic Ocean. They are one of the digitate corals which resemble fingers, or a cluster of cigars growing up from the sea floor, but without any secondary branching.
Pillar Data Systems Pillar Data Systems, Inc. is a networked storage company based in San Jose, California, which manufacturers and sells Storage Area Network (SAN), Networked Attached Storage (NAS), and combined SAN/NAS data storage solutions.
Pillar of Eliseg The Pillar of Eliseg also known as Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd in Welsh, stands near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales, at . It was erected by Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys in honour of his great-grandfather Elisedd ap Gwylog.
Pillar of Fire (theophany) A Pillar of Fire was one of the manifestations of the God of the Israelites (for Nontrinitarians, Yahweh; for Trinitarians, God in the Person of the Holy Spirit) in the Old Testament. In Exodus the pillar of fire provides light so the Israelites can travel by night.
Pillar of Fire Church The Pillar of Fire Church (POF) is a Christian denomination headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a congregation in Zarephath, New Jersey and other locations worldwide. It was established by Alma White in 1901 in Denver, Colorado as the Methodist Pentecostal Church"Bishop Alma White: Founder of Pillar of Fire Dies at 84", The New York Times; June 27, 1946; p.
Pillar of the Boatmen The Pillar of the Boatmen (Pilier des nautes) is a square-section stone bas-relief with depictions of several deities, both Gaulish and Roman. Dating to the first quarter of the first century AD, it originally stood in a temple in the Gallo-Roman civitas of Lutetia (modern Paris, France) and is one of the earliest pieces of representational Gaulish art to carry a written inscription (Hatt, 1952).
Pillar Point Harbor Pillar Point Harbor is a boat harbor created by a riprap jetty in San Mateo County, California immediately north of Half Moon Bay. The site was originally inhabitated by the Ohlone people in prehistoric times, and a number of recorded shipwrecks occurred in the immediate area.
Pillar valve A pillar valve is the type of cylinder valve which is commonly found fitted to scuba diving cylinders. The name refers to the part of the cylinder, not to any part of the breathing set which the cylinder is fitted into.
Pillarisation Pillarisation (Verzuiling in Dutch, Pilarisation in French) is a term used to describe the denominational segregation of Dutch and Belgian society. These societies were (and in some areas, still are) "vertically" divided in several smaller segments or "pillars" according to different religions or ideologies, which operate separately from each other in a non-racial form of apartheid.
Pillars of Garendall Pillars of Garendall (PoG) is an RPG developed by Beenox Studios and marketed with Ambrosia Software based on their Coldstone game engine. Demos of the game are available for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows, however, due to problems with the Coldstone game engine which renders the game unplayable in recent versions of Mac OS X, Ambrosia does not sell licenses for the full game anymore.
Pillars of the Church Pillars of the Church, in the first Christian century, seems to have referred to the leaders of the Nazarenes, as the Jerusalem Jesus movement was called, principally, the Family of Jesus, later known as the Desposyni, including his bothers James, Joses or Joseph, Simon or Simeon, and Jude or Judas, and possibly his mother, Mary, and his leading Apostles, principally Cephas or Peter and the Apostle John. in Galatians 2:9 (KJV) Paul refers to "...
Pillars of the sons of Seth The Pillars of the sons of Seth, according to the Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus, were two pillars created by the descendants of Seth and inscribed with many scientific discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's prediction that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction.
Pillbox hat A pillbox hat is a small woman's hat with a flat crown and straight, upright sides. Perhaps the most famous example is the pink pillbox that Jacqueline Kennedy wore on the day her first husband was assassinated.
Pilliga, New South Wales Pilliga is a small village in northern New South Wales, Australia in Narrabri Shire Council. It is located in the Pilliga Forest, which supports a rich assortment of bird life and a significant timber harvesting industry.
Pillion A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion" or may themselves be referred to as a "pillion.
Pillow Pillows are small (and usually soft) support for the head, usually used while sleeping in a bed, or for the body as used on a couch or chair. There are also throw pillows (also called toss pillows), which are pillows that are purely decorative and not designed for support or comfort.
Pillow fight A pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children (but can also occur with teens and adults) in which they attack each other with pillows. Many times pillow fights occur during children's sleepovers.
Pillow fight flash mob A pillow fight flash mob is a fad that has emerged from the social phenomenon of flash mobbing. The flash mob version of massive pillow fights is distinguished by the fact that nearly all of the promotion is Internet-based.
Pillow talk Pillow talk is the relaxed, intimate conversation that often occurs between two sexual partners after the act of lovemaking, usually accompanied by cuddling, caresses, and other physical intimacy. It is associated with sexual afterglow.
Pillows & Prayers Pillows & Prayers is compilation double album released for Christmas 1982 by Cherry Red records. The record was originally sold at 99 pence, which helped ensure that the album peaked at number 1 in the UK Indie charts for 19 weeks and sold over 120,000 copies.
Pills vs. Planes The Pills Versus Planes EP is the debut release from Bloomington, Indiana-based instrumental group, Ativin. The record is different from their other releases in that it contains perhaps the "heaviest" sounding tracks the band ever created.
Pillsbury Doughboy [Fresh (Sometimes spelled Pop 'n' Fresh), the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising icon] and [[mascot of The Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials. He is a small anthropomorphic character apparently made out of dough.
Pillsbury Chemical and Oil Pillsbury Oil and Chemical is now a defunct manufacturer of industrial lubricants and coolants. The company was located at 139 Summit Street in Southwest Detroit, south of the Mexican Village, between Fort and Jefferson streets, and near the Detroit Marine Terminal.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm, founded in 1868, specializing in Capital Markets and Finance, Energy, Global Sourcing, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Technology, Life Sciences and Communications.
Pilning Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is a village that is disturbed by the busy M4, M49 and A403 as well as a railway line running through it, with a minor station.
Pilolcura Pilolcura (mapudungun: hollow stone) is small coastal settlemnt in the municipality of Valdivia, southern Chile. Pilolcura takes name from the strange rock formations in the beach, wich resembles a stone castle with large archs.
Pilonidal cyst A pilonidal cyst (from Latin meaning 'hair nest') is a blanket term for any type of skin infection near the tailbone. These are normally quite painful, occur somewhat more often in men than in women, and normally happen in early adulthood.
Pilosa The order Pilosa is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. The origins of the order can be traced back as far as the early Tertiary (about 60 million years ago, or only a short time after the end of the dinosaur era).
Pilosella aurantiaca Pilosella aurantiaca (orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, Devil's paintbrush or fox and cubs) is a perennial plant native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe, where it is protected in several regions.
Piloswine are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Piloswine in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Pilot (Avatar: The Last Airbender) The pilot episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender was never aired, instead being replaced by "The Boy in the Iceberg". The episode is currently only available as a bonus feature on the Complete Book 1 Collection's sixth disc.
Pilot (Drake & Josh episode) Pilot was the first episode of the Nickelodeon television show Drake & Josh, so named because it was the pilot episode of the series. It first aired on January 11th, 2004 and has rarely aired since, however, it does air from time to time in countries outside of the United States.
Pilot (experiment) A pilot experiment is a precursor to a full-scale study used to check if the sampling techniques is good. Usually conducted with a smaller sample size than the full study, a pilot is generally intended to test experimental procedures and to obtain information useful for conducting power calculations.
Pilot (Farscape) Pilot is a fictional character and one of two regular animatronic puppet characters on the television science fiction series Farscape. Pilot is operated by Sean Masterson, Tim Mieville, Matt McCoy, Mario Halouvas and Fiona Gentle.
Pilot (In the Heat of the Night) Pilot was the pilot episode of the television series In the Heat of the Night. Aired as a television movie on March 6, 1988, the episode introduced viewers to the police force of a fictionalized Sparta, Mississippi.
Pilot (JAG) "Pilot" is the first episode of the television series JAG, which premiered in two parts on the NBC network on September 23, 1995. It introduces the characters of Lieutenant Harmon Rabb (played by David James Elliott)—a former pilot turned attorney—and his partner Lieutenant Caitlin Pike.
Pilot (locomotive) In railroading, the pilot is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles from the track that might otherwise derail the train. Archaically this was called a cowcatcher, and this is still the common layman's usage, but this term is deprecated and has not been used by railroad workers for more than a century.
Pilot (Life on a Stick) The pilot episode of Life on a Stick starts when the main character (Laz Lackerson) has to find a job or otherwise leave his parents' house forever. So he finds a job at the Yippee Hot Dogs food court restaurant.
Pilot (Part 1) (Lois and Clark episode) "Pilot (Part 1)" is the first episode of the television program Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It was never joined together with the second episode, "Pilot {Part 2)", and remains a stand-alone episode.
Pilot (Part 2) (Lois and Clark episode) Pilot (Part 2) is the second episode of the television program Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The episode (and the series) starred Dean Cain as Superman and Clark Kent, Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane and John Shea as Lex Luthor.
Pilot (Prison Break episode) The Pilot is the first episode of the American television series Prison Break which premiered on 29 August 2005 in the United States. It introduces the two main protagonists of the series, Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows (played by Dominic Purcell).
Pilot (short story) "Pilot" is the title of a short story in science fiction author Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence. Sixth in the anthology Vacuum Diagrams, it is a revision of a story first published as a chapbook by Novacon in 1993.
Pilot (Tru Calling episode) Pilot is the first episode of the first season Tru Calling. When her medical school internship falls through, Tru Davies takes a job at the city morgue, where she has an extraordinary encounter with a dead woman.
Pilot (Without a Trace episode) The pilot episode of Without a trace concerned a 28-year-old marketing executive who apparently walked away from everything in her life. When her house is came to, they find all of her things intact, even her purse and cell phone.
Pilot certification in the United States Pilot certification in the United States is under the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Airman Certificate or Pilot Certificate is the proper term, although the word license is commonly used, even by the FAA.
Pilot Controlled Lighting Pilot Controlled Lighting (PCL), also known as Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome Lighting (ARCAL) or Pilot Activated Lighting (PAL), is a technical system by which aircraft pilots can control the lighting of an airport or airfield's runways and taxiways via radio. PCL systems are most common at non-towered or little-used airfields where it is not economical to light the runways all night every night nor to maintain staff to turn the runway lighting on and off as needed.
Pilot error Pilot error is a term used to describe the cause of a crash of an airworthy aircraft where the pilot is considered to be principally or partially responsible. Pilot error can be defined as a mistake, oversight, lapse in judgement, or failure to exercise due diligence by an aircraft operator during the performance of his/her duties.
Pilot in command The Pilot in Command (PIC) of an aircraft is the person aboard the aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the 'captain' in a typical two or three pilot flight crew, or 'the pilot' in case there is only one certified and qualified pilot at the controls of an aircraft.
Pilot licensing and certification Pilot licences (in the United States, certificates) are issued by national aviation authorities, and establish that the holder has been trained by a qualified instructor and has met a specific set of knowledge and experience requirements. The licensed pilot can then exercise a specific set of privileges in the nation’s airspace.
Pilot licensing in Canada Pilot licensing in Canada is governed by Transport Canada in accordance with the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs). A person may operate an aircraft or act as a flight crew member only with a licence issued by Transport Canada.
Pilot Mountain (North Carolina) Pilot Mountain, a quartzite monadnock rising to a peak of 2,421 feet (738 meters) above sea level, is one of the most distinctive natural features in the state of North Carolina. It is a remnant of the ancient chain of Saura Mountains.
Pilot Officer Pilot Officer (Plt Off officially in the RAF; PLTOFF in the RAAF and RNZAF; P/O in the former RCAF and frequently in the RAF) is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks immediately below Flying Officer.
Pilot project on Delivery of water to households far from sources of safe water The South African Child Labour Programme of Action provides that pilot projects should be run on the Delivery of water to households far from sources of safe water. The Survey of Activities of Young People(SAYP) undertaken in 1999 indicated that collecting fuel or fetching water are by far the most common work-related activity done by children in South Africa.
Pilot Pen Tennis Pilot Pen Tennis (played between 1990 and 1998 as the Volvo International) is a professional tennis tournament held in New Haven, Connecticut, and first contested in 1990. The tournament takes place just before the beginning of the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the season, the U.
Pilot Proficiency Award Program The FAA's Pilot Proficiency Award Program (Wings) promotes air safety and encourages general aviation pilots to continue training and provides an opportunity to practice selected maneuvers in a minimum of instruction time. After you've logged three hours of dual instruction under the program and attended at least one FAA-sanctioned safety seminar, you’ll be eligible to receive a distinctive set of wings .
Pilot Project on Children used by adults in the commission of crime The South African Child Labour Programme of Action has identified Children used by adults in the commission of crime (CUBAC), one of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, as a priority area for action on child labour in South Africa.
Pilot Range The Pilot Range is a group of mountains in far eastern Elko County, in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the Great Basin region of the western United States. It begins about 15 miles (24 km) north of the community of West Wendover, and continues northward for approximately 30 miles (48 km).
Pilot Speed Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate) is a Canadian rock band that formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. The quartet's debut EP was released in 2001 which gathered attention from MapleMusic Recordings who later signed them.
Pilot valve A Pilot valve is a dead man's switch which requires a human operator to hold it in the mid-position and take some action if the operator takes off pressure or applies full pressure. Often (especially in heavy rail applications) this type of fail-safe braking is provided with one foot and one hand control to reduce driver fatigue by giving them the option to switch between the two.
Pilot wave In theoretical physics, pilot wave theory was the first known example of a hidden variable theory, presented by Louis de Broglie in 1927. Its more modern version, the Bohm interpretation, remains a controversial attempt to avoid the non-deterministic character of quantum mechanics.
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation is a title that is presented to all cosmonauts who fly for the Russian space program. Usually accompanying the distinction is the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest title that can be awarded to a Russian for performing heroic deeds while in service of the state.
Pilot-induced oscillation Pilot-induced oscillation (PIO), more correctly named pilot-aircraft-coupling, occurs when the pilot of an aircraft inadvertently commands an often increasing series of corrections in opposite directions, each an attempt to cover the aircraft's reaction to the previous input with an overcorrection in the opposite direction. As such it is a coupling of the frequency of the pilot's inputs and the aircraft's own frequency.
Pilot-link pilot-link is a library of utilities for connecting to and synchronising with Palm OS-based PDAs on Unix and Unix-based operating systems. It uses a set of 'conduits' for the exchange of information from different Palm applications.
Pilotage Pilotage is the use of fixed visual references on the ground or sea by means of sight or radar to guide oneself to a destination, sometimes with the help of a map or nautical chart. People use pilotage to for activities such as guiding vessels and aircraft, hiking and Scuba diving.
Piloti Pilotis or piers, are supports such as columns, pillars, stilts, by which a building is lifted above what is underneath, whether it is ground or water. They are traditionally found in stilt and pole dwellings such as fishermen's huts in Asiafr.
Pilots (Goldfrapp song) "Pilots" is a electronic song written by British group Goldfrapp for their debut studio album Felt Mountain (2000). The song was produced by Goldfrapp and received a positive reception from music critics.
Pilotta Pilotta (in Greek ), is a card game broadly similar to Contract Bridge, played primarily in Cyprus and is closely related to the french game Belote. It is very popular among the Cypriot population, and especially the youngsters, who usually arrange “pilotta meetings” in places such as cafés.
Pilottone Pilottone and the related neo-pilottone are special synchronization signals recorded by analog audio recorders designed for use in motion picture production. Before the adoption of timecode by the motion picture industry in the late 1980s, pilottone-sync was the basis of all motion picture sound recording systems.
Pilotwings Pilotwings is a Nintendo video game for the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, originally released in 1990, and included with the system in some early packages. A flight simulator game, Pilotwings features lessons and goals in light plane flight, rocketbelt, hang glider, and skydiving.
Pilpul Pilpul (Hebrew: פילפול, loosely meaning "sharp analysis") refers to a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis in attempts to either explain conceptual differences between various halakhic rulings or to reconcile any apparent contradictions presented from various readings of different texts. This method, based on Avot (6:6), the Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 31a), Rashi (commentary on Tractate Kiddushin of the Babylonian Talmud, 30a, s.
Pilsen Plzeň (Czech name) or Pilsen (German equivalent, sometimes used in English) is a city in western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Plzeň Region and the fourth-most-populous city in the Czech Republic.
Pilsley, Derbyshire Pilsley is a rural village in Northeast Derbyshire, near Chesterfield. Pilsley is actually comprised of two smaller villages, Lower Pilsley & (Upper) Pilsley, but most locals class the two as just one, fairly large village.
Pilsworth Pilsworth is a small area in the District Borough of Bury. It is most notable for Park 66, a leisure park comprised of A Ten-Pin bowling alley, a Supermarket (Asda), a Vue cinema, and a selection of restaurants such as Pizza Hut.
Piltdown Man The so-called "Piltdown Man" consists of fragments of a skull and jawbone collected in 1912 from a gravel pit at Piltdown, a village near Uckfield, East Sussex. The fragments were claimed by experts of the day to be the fossilised remains of a hitherto unknown form of early human.
Pilton railway station Pilton Yard, in the village of Pilton, to the North of Barnstaple was, between 1895 and 1935, the main depot and operating centre of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. Goods facilities were also provided at Pilton, but passengers were catered for at the nearby Barnstaple Town station, which provided a junction with the LSWR main line to Ilfracombe.
Pilum The pilum (plural pila) was a heavy javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally about two meters long overall, consisting of an iron shank about 7 mm in diameter and 60 cm long with pyramidal head.
PiĹźmaniye PiĹźmaniye or Pishmaniye is a Turkish dessert that is a kind of candy floss made up of thousands of strands of flour and sugar and garnished with pistachio. Pishmaniye occupies an important place in the Turkish cuisine.
Piłsudski Square Piłsudski Square is located in downtown Warsaw, Poland. It has been called successively Saxon Square (Plac Saski, after Poland's Saxon kings' "Saxon Palace", destroyed in World War II, that used to stand adjacent to the square), Piłsudski Square (after Józef Piłsudski), Victory Square (in honor of the victory of Poland and her allies in World War II) and now is again called Piłsudski Square.
Piłsudskiite A Piłsudskiite (in Polish, Piłsudczyk) was a supporter of Poland's Józef Piłsudski, founder of the World War I-era Polish Legions, an architect of Poland's restoration to independent statehood following World War I, and a major influence on Polish politics in the Interbellum.
Pim Doesburg Willem ("Pim") Doesburg (born October 28, 1943 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) a retired football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for his national team in the years 1967–1981. He played for Sparta Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven, winning the Dutch title twice (1986 and 1987).
Pim Fortuyn Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuyn (pronounced ; officially spelt Fortuijn), (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismaticMargry, Peter Jan: The Murder of Pim Fortuyn and Collective Emotions. Hype, Hysteria, and Holiness in the Netherlands?
Pim van de Meent Pim van de Meent (born November 20, 1937 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who played for Holland Sport, DOS and NEC Nijmegen. He is more famous for being a football coach, who worked for clubs like NEC Nijmegen (1981-1985) and De Graafschap.
Pim weight Pim weight, a polished stone about 5/8 inch (15 mm) diameter, equal to about two-thirds of a Hebrew shekel. Many specimens have been found since their initial discovery early in the 20th century, and each one weighs about 7.
Pima Canyon Pima Canyon is a significant canyon located in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, USA. Pusch Ridge forms the northwestern cliffs of Pima Canyon, dramatically rising from Pima Creek on the canyon floor.
Pima Community College Pima Community College is a primarily two-year institution of higher education in Pima County, Arizona, and serves the Tucson metropolitan area. The community college district consists of six campuses, four education centers, and several adult education learning centers.
Pimania Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game released by Automata UK Ltd in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32 and ZX81 computers. The player had to negotiate a surreal landscape, with the aid of the mysterious Pi-Man, Automata's mascot.
Pimephales Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows (a common name also used specifically of Pimephales notatus), is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P.

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