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Pimlico Mystery The Pimlico Mystery is the name given to the circumstances surrounding the 1886 death of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, possibly at the hands of his wife, Adelaide Bartlett, in the Pimlico district of London. It describes the mystery as to how a fatal quantity of chloroform came to be in Mr Barlett's stomach, despite having not caused any damage to his throat or windpipe.
Pimlico Special The Pimlico Special is an American Grade I thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. Like the Preakness, the Pimlico Special is run at the distance of 1 3/16 miles over the dirt.
Pimp A pimp finds and manages clients for a prostitute and engages them in prostitution (in brothels in most cases and some cases street prostitution) in order to profit from their earnings. Typically, a pimp does not force prostitutes to stay with him, but they have been known to be abusive in order to keep their prostitutes in line or maximize profits.
Pimp Tax Pimp Tax is an informal but widespread term for a piece of United States Congress tax legislation introduced to the Senate Finance Committee on June 28, 2006 by Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa. According to Grassley, the bill is intended to curb sex trafficking and sex slavery in the United States by means of strict enforcement of tax laws, for example by requiring a W-2 form be filed for each prostitute managed by a pimp or other employer.
Pimped Out Pimped Out (2006) is the official second single off of Brooke Valentine's album Physical Education. It was released November 21 to radio and already peaked at a #87 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart succeeding her previous single.
Pimpin' All Over the World Released off of The Red Light District, is Pimpin' All Over the World, by rapper Ludacris and singer Bobby Valentino in 2004. The song features Ludacris rapping the verses throughout the song, and then accompanying Valentino on the chorus.
Pimpirev Beach Pimpirev Beach (Pimpirev Bryag pim-'pi-rev 'bryag) is the portion of the NW coast of South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica bounded to the SW by Ereby Point and to the NE by the N corner of the bay marked by an ice sea cave located 5.8 km ENE of Ereby Point and 1.
Pimpirev Glacier Pimpirev Glacier (Pimpirev Lednik pim-'pi-rev 'led-nik) on Livingston Island drains southeastwards towards Pimpirev Beach. It is situated W of Perunika Glacier, S of Tundzha Glacier and E of Kamchiya Glacier and extends 6 km in a SE-NW direction, and 2 km in NW-SE direction.
Pimpri-Chinchwad Pimpri-Chinchwad (Marathi: पिंपरी-चिंचवड) is a city in the Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It consists of the twin towns of Pimpri and Chinchwad which are governed by a common municipal body (the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation or PCMC).
Pimpwar Pimpwar is a free browser based game where you play the role of a pimp on a quest for power and money. Created in 1999 by the folks at the Happy Empire Inc, Pimpwar gained popularity quickly as a result of the off beat humor of its creators and multiplayer game play which encourages players to talk trash to their opponents.
Pin (chess) In chess, a pin is a situation in which a piece is forced to stay put because moving it would expose a more valuable piece behind it to capture. In effect, pinned pieces are blocking a check on a king or blocking an attack on a more valuable piece.
Pin (song) "Pin" is a single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003). It was released on July 22, 2003, and received critical acclaim from critics but did not receive much mainstream attention, especially when compared with the band's next single "Maps".
Pin (wrestling) A pin, a fall, or a pinfall (the latter most commonly used in professional wrestling) is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling that is met by holding an opponent's shoulder blades to the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
Pin Art Pin Art is the name of an executive toy that takes a three-dimensional relief of a surface by using a crowded array of pins that are free to slide back and forth independently. They used to be made of metal pins, but those pins bent easily.
Pin group Just as the special orthogonal group SO(n) has a double cover — the spinor group, denoted Spin(n) — the orthogonal group O(n) has two nonisomorphic covering groups, denoted Pin+(n) and Pin−(n). These are called the pin groups.
Pin cherry The pin cherry or fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) is a species in the genus Prunus. The pin cherry can be found from Newfoundland and southern Labrador, crossing Canada to the west and reaching British Columbia and the southern Northwest Territories.
Pin the Tail on the Donkey Pin the Tail on the Donkey is a game played by groups of children. A picture of a donkey (or possibly another animal) is tacked to a wall within easy reach of the children (usually to a large cork bulletin board).
Pin tumbler lock The pin tumbler lock is a lock mechanism that uses pins of varying lengths to prevent the lock from opening without the correct key. Pin tumblers are most commonly employed in cylinder locks, but may also be found in tubular or radial locks.
Pin-lever watch A pin-lever or pin-pallet escapement is a lever escapement used in mechanical watches that uses metal pins on the pallet of the lever, rather than jewels. The pallet is the part of the lever that engages the escape wheel, which is critical for transfering the energy stored in the spring to the balance wheel.
Pin1 Pin 1, or peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase), isomerizes only phospho-Serine/Threonine-Proline motifs. The enzyme binds to a subset of proteins and thus plays a role as a post phosphorylation control in regulating protein function.
Pinacate The Pinacate is a biosphere reserve (the full title is Reserva de la Biosfera el Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) managed by the Mexican Federal Government (SEMARNAT, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources) in collaboration with the government of the State of Sonora (IMADES). It is located in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico, on the eastern edge of the Gran Desierto de Altar, right below the border of Arizona in the United States, and north of the town of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico.
Pinaceae The family Pinaceae (pine family), is in the order Pinales and includes many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. It is the largest conifer family in species diversity, with between 220-250 species (depending on taxonomic opinion) in 11 genera, and the second-largest (after Cupressaceae) in geographical range, found in most the Northern Hemisphere with the majority of the species in temperate climates but ranging from subarctic to tropical.
Pinacol coupling reaction A pinacol coupling reaction is an organic reaction in which a carbon-carbon covalent bond is formed between the carbonyl groups of an aldehyde or a ketone in presence of an electron donor in a free radical process . The reaction product is a vicinal diol.
Pinacol rearrangement The pinacol rearrangement is a method for converting a 1,2-diol to a ketone in organic chemistry. In the course of this organic reaction, a carbocation is formed, and an alkyl group migrates to the carbocation center.
Pinacoteca di Brera The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is an art collection in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the Accademia di Belle Arti ("Academy of Fine Arts" or Accademia di Brera), which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera.
Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia The Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia is an art collection in Venice, Italy. Situated in the sestieri of Cannaregio, on the left bank of the Grand Canal, it includes famous paintings as a self- portrait and Adam and Eve by Palma the Younger, a Sacra Conversazione by Palma the Elder and a Madonna and Child by Bernardo Strozzi.
Pinafore eroticism Petticoating or pinaforing, is a kind of roleplay or fantasy that revolves around a male being dressed as a girl in front of his mother, sisters, or in some cases, girls of his own age whom he had offended by his boorish behavior.
Pinakbet Pinakbet or pakbet is a popular Ilocano dish, from the northern regions of the Philippines, although it has become popular throughout the archipelago. The word is the contracted form of the Ilocano word "pinakebbet", meaning shrunk or shrivelled.
Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with the Alte Pinakothek and the Neue Pinakothek it is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" (the "art district").
Pinal Shah Pinal Shah (born 3 November, 1987, in Baroda) has been selected as the wicket-keeper for India U19s World Cup squad. He is an able batsman and has played five first-class matches for Baroda scoring 377 runs, including a blistering 217* against Services in early 2006.
Pinan series The Pinan series is a series of five empty hand Okinawan Karate forms (kata) taught in various Okinawan styles. The Pinan kata were adapted by Anko Itosu and taught to Gichin Funakoshi, who further adapted them to create the Heian kata.
Pinar de Campoverde Pinar de Campoverde (Pine of the Green Field literally) is a small village located at the foot of the Sierra de Escalona mountain range, nine kilometres from Pilar de la Horadada, in the province of Alicante, Spain. The town has around 3000 inhabitants and is ten kilometres from the Mediterranean coastline.
Pinar del RĂ­o (baseball team) Pinar del RĂ­o is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in the western city of Pinar del RĂ­o, the Vegueros are historically one of the more successful teams in the Cuban National Series, winning championships in 1997 and 1998.
Pinar Toprak Pinar Toprak is a Turkish composer, best known for composing the film score for Behind Enemy Lines 2: Axis of Evil and the Xbox 360 video game Ninety-Nine Nights. Toprak completed her Bachelor's degree in Film Scoring at the Berklee College of Music in two years and received a Master of Music degree in composition from the California State University at the age of 22.
Pinara Pinara (Greek: ; Lycian: Pilleñni) – formerly Artymnesus or Artymnesos – was a large ancient city of Lycia (in Asia Minor), at the foot of Mount Cragus, and not far from the western bank of the river Xanthos (Xanthus), where the Lycian hero Pandarus was worshipped. (Strabo xiv.
Pinardville, New Hampshire Pinardville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. It has no official designation as a political or legal entity, but is the historic name for the eastern end of the town of Goffstown, New Hampshire.
Pinarus River The Pinarus river is a small mountain spring fed stream famous in antiquity as the site of the First Battle of Issus, near a small coastal village or town which was reported to straddle the stream which by similar sources, was said to run red with blood after Alexander the Great leading his elite Companion cavalry turned the right flank of the Persians, smashed the center and routed the much larger Persian forces personally led by Darius III of Persia, who subsequently fled the field in a panic.
Pinax In the culture of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia, a pinax (πίναξ) (plural pinakes - πίνακες) or a "board", denotes a votive tablet of painted wood,When they are recovered by archaeologists, painted wooden pinakes have usually lost all but faint traces of their painted images. Moulded terracotta pinakes were also brightly painted.
Pinball Pinball is a type of coin-operated arcade game where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible.
Pinball Construction Set Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Apple II and Atari 800 in 1983 and was later ported to other platforms, such as the Commodore 64 and DOS (as a booter).
Pinball Hall of Fame The Pinball Hall of Fame opened in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2006. It is a project of the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club, and it features pinball machines from all eras, including some very rare machines such as Williams Black Gold.
Pinball Illusions Pinball Illusions is an Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS computer game from 1995 developed by Digital Illusions CE, as a sequel of Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Dreams. The original Amiga release featured three tables - the PC CD version added a fourth, 'The Vikings' (this was written for the Amiga version but not considered good enough for inclusion).
Pinball Number Count Pinball Number Count is a collective title referring to 11 one-minute animated segments on the popular PBS children's series Sesame Street that teach children to count to 12 by following the journey of a pinball through a rather fanciful pinball machine. These segments are notable for the colorful, imaginative animation as well as the funky "One-two-three-FOUR-five..!.
Pinball Wizard "Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached #4 in the UK charts.
Pinball, 1973 is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series, it is preceded by Hear the Wind Sing (1979) and followed by A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), and is the second novel written by Murakami.
Pincer movement The pincer movement (double envelopment) is a basic element of military strategy which has been used, to some extent, in nearly every war. The maneuver is mostly self-explanatory; the flanks of the opponent are attacked simultaneously in a pinching motion after the opponent has advanced towards the center of an army which is responding by moving its outside forces to the enemy's flanks, in order to surround it.
Pincevent Pincevent is an archaeological site in France, near in the French village of Montereau. It was excavated from 1964 onward by a team of the Centre des Recherches Préhistoriques of the University of Paris, led by André Leroi-Gourhan.
Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons "Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons" is the national anthem of Senegal, adopted in 1960. The lyrics were written by LĂ©opold SĂ©dar Senghor and the music by Herbert Pepper, who also wrote the national anthem of the Central African Republic, "La Renaissance". The kora (a type of harp) and balafon (drum) are Senegalese musical instruments.
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge The Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 4,053 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Named after Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, it was established to provide a nature and forest preserve for aesthetic and conservation purposes.
Pinckney's Treaty Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
Pinconning cheese Pinconning Cheese is an aged semi-soft whole cow's milk cheese named for Pinconning, Michigan, USA, near where it was first produced. It was developed by Dan Horn sometime after 1915 as an aged version of ColbyPinconning Cheese History.
Pincoya The Pincoya, goddess of the Chiloean Seas, with a long head of hair, incomparable beauty, cheerful and sensual, rises from the depths of the sea. Naked and pure, she personifies the fertility of marine species.
Pincushion distortion In geometric optics and cathode ray tube (CRT) displays, pincushion distortion is a divergence from the rectilinear projection, in which image magnification increases with increasing distance from the optical axis.
Pind Dadan Khan (tehsil) Pind Dadan Khan (Urdu/Punjabi: پنڈ دادن خان) is a tehsil, a minor administrative area of Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the bank of River Jhelum, about 28 kilometres from the M2 motorway.
Pind Ranjha Pind Ranjha is small village located nearly 20 kilometers from Islamabad, Pakistan. The new location of the Islamabad International Airport has been selected at Pind Ranjha near Fateh Jang and the construction will start in 2006.
Pindamonhangaba Pindamonhangaba is a municipality in the state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, sitting in the ParaĂ­ba valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, SĂŁo Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is accessed to the Via Dutra (highway) at the 99th km (BR-116).
Pindaré River The Pindaré River is a river in Maranhão state of north-central Brazil. The Pindaré rises in the low hills which separate its basin from that of the Tocantins River to the south, and flows north into the Baía de São Marcos.
Pindarics Pindarics, the name by which was known a class of loose and irregular odes greatly in fashion in England during the close of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. The invention is due to Abraham Cowley, who, probably in Paris, a place where he had no other books to direct him and perhaps in 1650, found a text of Pindar and determined to imitate the Greek poetry in English, without having comprehended the system upon which Pindar's prosody was built up.
Pindaya Caves Pindaya Caves, located in Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site located on a limestone ridge. It is particularly known for its interior, which contains over 8,000 images of Buddha.
Pindjarup The Pindjarup or Pinjareb is the name of the Indigenous Australian group of Noongar speakers, living in the region of South West Western Australia between Port Kennedy on the coast, between Rockingham and Mandurah to Australind on the Leschenault Inlet, and between a point between Byford and Armadale on the Darling Scarp, south to Benger near Brunswick Junction.
Pindrow Fir The Pindrow Fir or West Himalayan Fir (Abies pindrow) is a fir native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east through northern India to central Nepal. It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,700 m in forests together with Deodar Cedar, Blue Pine and Morinda Spruce, typically occupying cooler, moister north-facing slopes.
Pindus The Pindus (Greek: Πίνδος, Aromanian: Pind) mountain range is located in northern Greece. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2637 m (Mount Smolikas). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the "spine of Greece". The mountain range stretches from near the Albanian border in northern Greece to the north of the Peloponnese.
Pindus (city) Pindos or Pindus (Greek: ), also called Acyphas or Akyphas (), was an ancient city of Greece, one of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris, situated upon a river of the same name, which flows into the Cephissus near Lilaea. Strabo, Theopompus, and Stephanus of Byzantium call the city Akyphas.
Pindus-Macedonian Principality The Pindus-Macedonian Principality (also Pindo or Pindos; in Aromanian: Principatu di la Pind) was an autonomous state set up under fascist Italian and Bulgarian control in northwest Greece and southern Yugoslavia during the Second World War. The Pindus region spans southern parts of present-day Albania and the the former yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in addition to northwestern Greece.
Pindushi Pindushi (; ) is an urban-type settlement in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, 160 km north of Petrozavodsk. Population: 5,190 (2002 Census); 6,611 (1989 Census).
Pine (e-mail client) Pine is a powerful freeware text-based e-mail client: the University of Washington's mail user agent (Email client) its name being an acronym for: "Program for Internet News & Email" (or "PINE Is Nolonger Elm" if you so prefer.) Originally written for inexperienced users, Pine's basic features are generally very easy to use.
Pine Barrens speculation From 1789 to 1796, Georgia governors George Walton, Edward Telfair and George Mathews, while in office made gifts of three times as much land as Georgia then contained. In Montgomery County alone with an area of 407,680 acres (1,650 km²), three men received gifts totalling 2,664,000 acres (10,780 km²).
Pine Belt The Pine Belt is a region of the North American continent entirely enclosed with the United States of America, known for its abundance in pine trees. The Pine Belt spans from Oklahoma and Arkansas, across the South and Southeast, and upwards along the East Coast to New York.
Pine Bluff metropolitan area The Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a three-county region in southeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Pine Bluff. The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2000 was 107,341 people.
Pine Bluff Observatory The Pine Bluff Observatory (PBO) is located in Cross Plains, Wisconsin (USA) about 15 miles west of Madison. The observatory was built in 1958 and is mainly used by students and faculty of the University of Wisconsin for teaching and research in astronomy.
Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area.
Pine Bush Central School District The Pine Bush Central School District is in Pine Bush, New York and spans all of the Town of Crawford and includes part of six other townships in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties. The district was established in 1938.
Pine Bush, New York Pine Bush is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Crawford, in Orange County, New York, USA, roughly coterminous with the 12566 ZIP code and 744 telephone exchange in the 845 area code (both of which spill over into adjacent regions of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County (Another regional identifier, the Pine Bush Central School District, takes in part of the Town of Mamakating in Sullivan County as well). The population was 1,539 at the 2000 census.
Pine cone golf Pine cone golf (PCG) refers to the practice of hitting a pine cone with a golf club (or surrogate), usually for amusement but sometimes for training. Forms of pine cone golf have been documented as taking place across the US and in the UK (see references).
Pine Castle Eagles Football Roster The Pine Castle Eagles Football Roster is relatively large, considering Pine Castle Christian Academy's small high school enrollment. As many as half of PCCA's male high school students may be on the team at a given time.
Pine Cove Pine Cove is a fictional town on the California coast, at the entrance to Big Sur. It serves as the setting for some of the novels by absurdist fiction writer Christopher Moore, who modeled it on his former residence of Cambria, California.
Pine Creek First Nation The Pine Creek First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is Pine Creek 66A Reserve, located approximately 110 kilometres north of Dauphin along the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipegosis between the communities of Camperville and Duck Bay.
Pine Crest School Pine Crest School was founded in 1934 by Mae McMillan who was a tutor to children of families spending the winter in South Florida, USA. Years later, it is now one of the most elite private schools in Florida, regularly sending dozens of students to Ivy League universities, prestigious liberal arts colleges, and the University of Florida every year.
Pine Grove Covered Bridge Pine Grove Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the East branch of the Octoraro Creek on the border between Lancaster County and Chester County in Pennsylvania, United States. It is the longest covered bridge in Lancaster County.
Pine honey Pine honey is a particular type of honey that the honey bees produce, not on the basis of nectar or pollen, as is the case for other types of honey, but by using the honeydew excreted by a insect, an aphid named Marchalina hellenica, which lives by sucking on the sap of certain pine species, and leaves the honeydew on the trunks of these trees. Pine honey is produced only in western (mainly southwestern) Turkey and in a number of Greek islands.
Pine Hill Plantation Pine Hill Plantation was a large cotton plantation of 3270 acres (13 km2) established between 1829 and 1832 in northern Leon County, Florida, United States touching the southeast arm of Lake Iamonia established by Dr. Edward Bradford.
Pine Island (Ontario) Pine Island is an island in northern Ontario, Canada with a mix of year-round and seasonal (cottage) residents. Some of them live near the island; and some of those neighbors live on other smaller islands nearby.
Pine Island Bay Pine Island Bay () is a bay about 40 miles long and 30 miles wide, into which flows the ice of Pine Island Glacier, at the southeast extremity of Amundsen Sea. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS Pine Island, seaplane tender and flagship of the eastern task group of USN Operation Highjump which explored this area.
Pine Island Glacier Pine Island Glacier () is a broad glacier flowing west-northwest along the south side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-66, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Pine Island Bay.
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge The Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the southwest coast of Florida south of Charlotte Harbor, north of Sanibel Island in Pine Island Sound. The 601 acre refuge was established on September 15, 1908.
Pine Island Sound Pine Island Sound is located in Lee County, Florida, lying between Pine Island (Lee County, Florida) and the barrier islands of Captiva Island, North Captiva Island and Cayo Costa, which separate the Sound from the Gulf of Mexico. The Sound connects to Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor to the north, and to San Carlos Bay and the Caloosahatchee River to the south.
Pine Lake (Washington) Pine Lake is a popular recreation and fishing spot. Renovated in 2004, it includes a swimming beach, boat launch (non-motorized only), picnic tables, play structures, basketball court, climbing walls, and a large baseball field.
Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado The Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado was a deadly tornado in central Alberta on July 14, 2000 that struck a campground and trailer park. Twelve people were killed, making it the first killer tornado in Canada since 1987.
Pine mushroom Pine mushrooms are gilled mushrooms which are found worldwide generally growing in woodland. These ectomycorrhizal fungi are typically edible species which exist in a symbiotic relationship with various species of pine.
Pine Manor College Pine Manor College, or PMC, is a private, liberal arts women's college located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1911 and serves approximately 500 students, 75% of whom live on the 60-acre campus.
Pine Mountain Lake, California The gated entrance to the private community of Pine Mountain Lake lies eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland. The main gate is located on Ferretti Road, which partly circumscribes the development.
Pine Mountain Music Festival The Pine Mountain Music Festival (often abbreviated PMMF) is a music festival held in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan each summer. The festival's schedule varies each year, typically including at least one major opera, a night of scenes from famous operas, performances by several chamber music groups, a symphony, organ and voice recitals, and performances by members of the Orchestra Fellowship Program.
Pine Mountain, Georgia (community of) Pine Mountain is an unincorporated community located in eastern Rabun County, Georgia at an elevation of 1661 feet. It is the birthplace of Ranger "Nick" Nicholson, an important figure in the early development of the Chattahoochee National Forest and Rabun County.
Pine nut Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus). About 20 species of pine produce seeds large enough to be worth harvesting; in other pines the seeds are also edible, but are too small to be of value as a human food.
Pine nut oil Pine nut oil, also called pine seed oil or cedar nut oil, is a pressed vegetable oil, extracted from the edible seeds of several species of pine. Pine nut oil has a relatively low smoke point, and is therefore not generally used for cooking.
Pine Point Mine The past producing Pine Point Mine is located west of Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories and east of Hay River, Northwest Territories, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. It produced lead and zinc ores between 1964-1988.
Pine Point, Northwest Territories Pine Point was the townsite built at the Pine Point Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada, which was an open-pit lead and zinc mine. The first buildings were erected in 1952 during the original exploration and development campaign, and even before that a number of log cabins had been built some ways distance in the late 1920s.
Pine rocklands The pine rocklands were South Florida's dominant plant community, occupying about 186,000 acres in the Miami Rockridge, a large limestone outcrop that extends south from the Miami River to the Everglades National Park. Because of its high elevation, the Miami Rockridge was the first area to be impacted by development.
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a Psychiatric Hospital and mental health treatment facility based primarily in West Michigan. Founded in 1910 in Cutlerville, Michigan as the Christian Psychopathic Hospital, the name was changed in 1952 to Pine Rest.
Pine Ridge Pine Ridge is the name of several places in the United States and Canada, most notably the Pine Ridge region of northwestern Nebraska and southwestern South Dakota and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of southwestern South Dakota.

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