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Piotr Gadzinowski Piotr Gadzinowski (born May 16, 1957 in Częstochowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 11650 votes in 19 Warsaw district, candidating from Democratic Left Alliance list.
Piotr GawryĹ› Piotr GawryĹ› (born 1955) is a Polish bridge international. Gawrys won the World Bridge Olympiad in 1984 and in 2000 as well as the European Individual Bridge Championship in 1992 and the Open European Pairs Championships in 1995.
Piotr Haczek Piotr Haczek (born January 26, 1977) is a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. An indoor world champion in the 4 x 400 metres relay, his success came mainly in relay, his best individual performance being a gold medal at the 1999 European Under 23 Championships.
Piotr Krzywicki Piotr Krzywicki (born October 22, 1964 in Poddębice) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 19944 votes in 9 Łódź district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Piotr Lato Piotrek Lato (born September 5 1979 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after placing fifth in Idol Poland 4 & also Polish version of Big Brother, which is broadcast on Polsat & TVN respectively.
Piotr Misztal Piotr Misztal (born October 19, 1965 in Łódź) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8890 votes in 9 Łódź district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Piotr OĹĽarowski Piotr OĹĽarowski (1725 - 9 May 1794 in Warsaw) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), politic and military commander. Member of the infamous Confederation of Targowica, he reached the offices of Great Crown Hetman and castellan of Wojnice.
Piotr S. Wandycz Piotr Stefan Wandycz is a Polish-American historian, President of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America, and profesor emeritus at Yale University, specializing in Eastern and Central European history.
Piotr Skarga Piotr Skarga (Lithuanian: Petras Skarga), (February 2, 1536 – September 27], [[1612 actual name: Piotr Powęski; referred to in some English sources as Peter Skarga) was a Polish] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit, preacher, hagiographer, polemicist, and leading figure of the Counter-reformation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was called the "Polish Bossuet" due to his oratorical abilities.
Piotr Skut Piotr Skut (Piotr Szut) is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. He is an eyepatch-wearing Estonian pilot and radio expert, who appears in two albums: The Red Sea Sharks and Flight 714.
Piotr Sobocinski Piotr Sobocinski (3 February 1958 - 26 March 2001) was one of the most respected cinematographers ever to come from Poland, picking up where his father, Witold Sobocinski, left off. As a youngster, he felt lead to follow in his fathers footsteps.
Piotr Wilniewczyc Piotr Wilniewczyc (1887-1960) was a Polish engineer and arms constructor. Among his most successful constructions were the Vis-35 pistol , commonly known as the radom for the arsenal in which it was made, and the Mors submachine gun.
Piotr Włostowic Piotr Włostowic (ca. 1080-1153), also known as Peter Wlast, Włost or Piotr Włast Dunin), from a Danish family, was a Silesian noble, castellan of Wroclaw/Breslau, and a ruler (możnowładca) of part of Silesia.
Piotr Zaev Piotr Ivanovich Zaev () (born July 26, 1953 in Lipetsk) is a former boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was defeated by titleholder TeĂłfilo Stevenson of Cuba.
Piotr Zak Piotr Zak is a fictional Polish composer who was the subject of a spoof BBC documentary, The Strange Case of Piotr Zak. The BBC broadcast a performance of his piece Mobile for Tape and Percussion on June 5 1961.
Piotrków County Piotrków County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship. The county seat is the town of Piotrków Trybunalski and the county includes the area around it, but not the town itself which forms a separate urban powiat.
Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski is a town in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the capital of Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship (1975-1998).
PiotrkĂłw Voivodeship Piotrkow Trybunalski Voivodeship (Polish: wojewĂłdztwo piotrkowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, superseded by Lodz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Piotrkow Trybunalski.
Piotta Piotta is one of the most famous Italian hip hop musicians. Piotta, which in Roman slang means "100 liras", became famous with his song "Supercafone" which describes the suburban unpolite, politically incorrect peasant.
Piotter Piotter is believed to be a variation on the name Peter, most likely after the famous apostle- Saint Peter, from either German or Slavic origins. Family was historically from the Lake Leba (Polish: Łebsko Lake) region of Pomerania.
Pious Augustus Pious Augustus is the primary villain of the Nintendo GameCube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, though in terms of influence or power many would consider his role to be secondary. Initially a playable character in the first chapter of the Tome of Eternal Darkness, Pious is quickly thrust into a villainous role by powers well beyond his control and initially beyond his understanding.
Pious fraud A pious fraud a term used to describe people who perform fraud in religion (for example, a pious fraud fakes miracles or psychic surgery) because of a sincere belief that the end justifies the means in religious matters.
Pip and Jane Baker "Pip" (Philip) and Jane Baker are British television writers best known for their contributions to the long running science fiction series Doctor Who. A husband-and-wife writing team, they wrote four serials for the programme: The Mark of the Rani, Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe and Time and the Rani.
Pip Eastop Pip Eastop, (born 1958) is a virtuoso horn (instrument) player from London, England. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1974 to 1976, leaving to take up the position of Principal Horn with the Antwerp Philharmonic (now known as the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra).
Pip Pyle Phillip "Pip" Pyle (4 April 1950 - 28 August 2006) was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France. He is best known for his work in the progressive rock bands Hatfield and the North and National Health.
Pip Skid Pip Skid is a noted Canadian rapper and writer, and a cornerstone of the successful Vancouver based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn. Originally hailing from Brandon, Manitoba, Pip (born Patrick Skene, AKA Wicked Nut), is renowned in underground hip hop circles for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals, as well as his clever writing, and angry delivery.
Pip the Troll Pip the Troll is a fictional character who appears in publications of Marvel Comics. He was Prince Gofern, an alien of the Laxadazian race who became mutated into a stunted, satyr-like form during a bout of drunkenness brought on by a mutagenic hallucinogen.
Pipanacoctomys The recently described genus Pipanacoctomys is monotypic and known from Catamarca Province of northwestern Argentina, where specimens are known only from the Salar de Pipanaco. The genus receives its name from the Salar de Pipanaco and “octo” for the figure-eight shape of its cheek teeth.
Pipavav Pipavav is a town on the coast of Gujarat in India which is the site of a shipbreaking shipyard built with the aid of Japanese investors which is built to more modern specification than the primitive yards nearby at Alang. It features large drydocks which could accommodate the salvage of oil tankers but had had no business at the time of a visit by members of Greenpeace.
Pipe and Tabor Pipe and Tabor was a popular medieval combination of a small pipe or flageolet, and a small drum (Tabor). The pipe consists of a cylindrical tube of narrow bore, pierced with three holes, two in front and one at the back, all very near the end of the pipe; and of a mouthpiece of the kind known as whistle, fipple or beak common to the flûtes à bec or recorder family.
Pipe band association A Pipe Band Association is a governing body that regulates competition between pipe bands. Each association is responsible for sanctioning and administering competitive events, providing adjudicators for pipe band contests at Highland games, and for tabulating results and awarding prizes under their jurisdiction.
Pipe banner A pipe banner is a decorative flag for the Scottish Highland bagpipes. It is used when a piper performs at high-profile or State occasions where the pipe banner will be tied to the bass drone of her or his bagpipes.
Pipe bomb A pipe bomb is a simple type of improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates lethal shrapnel.
Pipe cleaner A Pipe cleaner is a type of brush originally intended for cleaning smoking pipes, and is useful for cleaning many other things besides pipes. A typical pipe cleaner is made of two or three lengths of wire about 6 to 12 inches long, twisted together with bristles of some absorbent material, usually cotton.
Pipe Creek Sinkhole Pipe Creek Sinkhole near Swayzee in Grant County, Indiana, is one of the most important paleontological sites in the interior of the eastern half of North America. Uncovered in 1996 by workers at the Pipe Creek Junior limestone quarry, the sinkhole has yielded a diverse array of fossils from the Pliocene epoch dating back five million years.
Pipe dope Pipe dope is slang for anaerobic chemical sealant that is used to make a pipe thread joint leak proof and pressure tight. Although common pipe threads are tapered and therefore will achieve an interference fit during proper assembly, machining and finishing variances usually result in a fit that does not result in 100 percent contact between the mating components.
Pipe dream A pipe dream is a fantastic hope that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible. The term derives from the visions or delusions induced from smoking an opium pipe 'pipe dream' etymology entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, which was popular in Britain and America during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Pipe Dream (video game) Pipe Dream (known as Pipe Mania in Europe) is a puzzle game released in 1989 by LucasFilm Games and originally developed for the Amiga in which the player must connect pipes on a grid to support a flow of water from one endpoint to another. This game was ported to several platforms such as the Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Game Boy, Macintosh, NES, as well as both DOS and Windows 3.
Pipe fitting Pipe fitting is the occupation of installing or repairing piping or tubing systems that convey liquid, gas, and occasionally solid materials. This work involves selecting and preparing pipe or tubing, joining it together by various means, and the location and repair of leaks.
Pipe Jacking Pipe jacking, also known as pipejacking or pipe-jacking, is a method of tunnel construction where hydraulic jacks are used to push specially made pipes through the ground behind a tunnel boring machine or shield, although manual excavation can be used as well. These pipes can be made of steel or concrete.
Pipe Nebula The Pipe Nebula (also known as Barnard 59, 65-67, and 78) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a large but readily apparent pipe shaped dust lane that obscures the Milky Way star clouds behind it.
Pipe organ The pipe organ (Greek ὄργανον, órganon) is a musical instrument that produces sound by admitting pressurized air through a series of pipes. Pipe organs range in size from portable instruments with only a few dozen pipes to very large organs with tens of thousands of pipes, causing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to name it the "king of instruments.
Pipe Rolls The Pipe Rolls are a series of financial records from England, beginning in 1130 and lasting, mostly complete, until 1833. They were used by the Exchequer (treasury) and recorded such things as audits of kings' incomes and expenses.
Pipe smoking Pipe smoking is the activity of burning a substance in a pipe and inhaling or tasting the vapor. The practice developed independently in different parts of the world and has been used as a means to ingest a variety of substances.
Pipe Sergeant The Pipe Sergeant, commonly abbreviated as "P/Sgt", is the number two person in charge of the pipers in a Scottish pipe band or pipes and drums. In terms of seniority, the Pipe Sergeant is secondary only to the Pipe Major, who is the director of bagpipe music in a pipe band.
Pipe Smoker of the Year Pipe Smoker of the Year was an award given out annually by the British Pipesmokers' Council, to honour a famous pipe-smoking individual. Because of regulations banning all advertising and promotion of tobacco, the award was discontinued.
Pipe Smokin' Brick (Demo Tape) Pipe Smokin' Brick is a compilation demo tape by the rock band Ash which was released sometime in 1993 after Garage Girl and contains songs from all of their other demo tapes. This tape was principally released to be sold/distributed by band friend Andrew Johnston on the summer 1993 Decadence Within/Shutdown European tour on which Johnston was roadie.
Pipe wrench The pipe wrench, or Stillson® wrench is an adjustable wrench used for turning soft iron pipes and fittings with a rounded surface. The design of the adjustable jaw allows it to rock in the frame, such that any forward pressure on the handle tends to pull the jaws tighter together.
Pipebursting Pipe bursting is a method of repairing and rehabilitating buried pipelines (such as sewer, water, or natural gas pipes) without the need for a traditional construction trench. An expanding device, which may be either pneumatic or hydraulic, is introduced into the defective pipeline, shattering the pipe and drawing in the new line behind it.
Pipecutter A pipecutter is a type of tool used by plumbers to cut pipe. Besides producing a clean cut, the tool is often a faster and more convenient way of cutting pipe than using a hacksaw, although this depends on the metal the pipe is made out of.
Pipedown Pipedown was a hardcore punk band from Northern California with radical leftist lyrics. Starting in Grass Valley, California in 1997, their lyrics often remind of eco-anarchism, especially since they recommended books like the Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and its Future (Theodore Kaczynski) and Deep Ecology for the 21st Century (George Sessions) on their first album Enemies of Progress.
Pipefitter A pipefitter (also called steamfitter) is someone who lays out, assembles, fabricates, maintains and repairs piping systems. A plumber is a type of pipefitter who concentrates on piping systems for liquids (potable water, sewage, etc); other types of piping systems include steam, ventilation, hydraulics, chemicals or fuel.
Pipeline (computer) In computing, a pipeline is a set of data processing elements connected in series, so that the output of one element is the input of the next one. The elements of a pipeline are often executed in parallel or in time-sliced fashion; in that case, some amount of buffer storage is often inserted between elements.
Pipeline (Digital Electronics) In Digital Electronics, a pipeline is the process in which a complex algorithm or process is broken into several smaller stages and implemented sequentially. The result from the previous stage being used as the input to the next stage.
Pipeline (software) In software engineering, a pipeline consists of a chain of processes or other data processing entities, arranged so that the output of each element of the chain is the input of the next. Usually some amount of buffer is provided between consecutive elements.
Pipeline (song) "Pipeline" is a surf rock song by The Chantays. It was also recorded by Johnny Thunders, Hank Marvin, Agent Orange, The Ventures, The Challengers, Anthrax, and Dick Dale with the help of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Pipeline (Unix) In Unix-like computer operating systems, a pipeline is the original software pipeline: a set of processes chained by their standard streams, so that the output of each process (stdout) feeds directly as input (stdin) of the next one. Each connection is implemented by an anonymous pipe.
Pipeline Debate The Pipeline Debate (May 8 to June 6, 1956) was one of the pivotal moments in the history of the Parliament of Canada. Although it began as a procedural issue, the controversy eventually contributed to the downfall of the Liberal government of Louis St.
Pipeline inspection gauge [pig used in natural gas pipelines]A Pipeline inspection gauge or pig in the pipeline industry is a tool that is sent down a pipeline and propelled by the pressure of the product in the pipeline itself. It is the chief device used in pigging.
Pipeline Music Pipeline Music Inc. is a record label notable for having negotiated the rights to distribute more than 400,000 hours of classical Russian audio and video recordings from the archive of the Russian State Television and Radio Company and dating back to the 1930s, including works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Mstislav Rostropovich and Yehudi Menuhin.
Pipeline programming When a language is originally designed without any syntax to nest function calls, pipeline programming is a simple syntax change to add it. The programmer connects notional program modules into a flow structure, by analogy to a physical pipeline carrying reaction products through a chemical or other plant.
Piper (genus) Piper is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae that includes about 1,000–2,000 species of shrubs, herbs, and lianas, many of which are keystone species in their native habitat, while others are a major invasive species in areas where they are introduced. The genus contains species suitable for studying natural history, natural products chemistry, community ecology, and evolutionary biology.
Piper Bravo The Piper Bravo is a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. It was built to replace the Piper Alpha platform, which was destroyed by a fire and subsequent series of explosions in 1988.
Piper Cars Piper Cars was a United Kingdom manufacturer of specialist sports cars (an associate company of a camshaft and engine tuning parts manufacturer of the same name). The company was initially based in Hayes, then in Kent, with production taking place from 1968 at Wokingham, Berkshire and from 1973 at South Willingham, Lincolnshire..
Piper J-3 The Piper J-3 ‘Cub’ was a small, simple, light aircraft built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. With tandem (fore and aft) seating, it was intended for flight training but became one of the most popular and best-known light aircraft of all time.
Piper J-4 The Piper J-4 "Cub Coupe" was a two place side by side version of the famous J-3. The first J-4s had a Continental A65 (some with up exhaust), an open cowl, oil and spring landing gear, wing tanks, a modified tail wheel system and many other changes.
Piper J-5 The Piper J-5 'Cub Cruiser' was a larger, more powerful postwar variation of the basic Piper J-3 Cub. It was designed just two years after the J-3 Cub, and differed by having three seats instead of two, a 75-hp Continental engine and a cruising speed of 85 mph.
Piper Malibu The Piper PA-46 Malibu, known plainly as the Piper Malibu, is a light aircraft that is manufactured by The New Piper Aircraft Company of the United States. The aircraft is powered by a single engine and has the capacity for one pilot and five passengers.
Piper Maru "Piper Maru" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of The X-Files. When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation.
Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser The Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser is a small touring aircraft first flown in March 1947, a development of the earlier PA-12 Super Cruiser. It was launched at a time of serious financial difficulty for the company, and indeed, soon after the release of the Family Cruiser, Piper was placed in receivership.
Piper PA-18 The Piper PA-18 "Super Cub" was a single-engine piston aircraft manufactured by Piper. In all its variants it holds a special place in the hearts of bush pilots, banner and glider tow pilots and short field enthusiasts in the western aviation world.
Piper PA-24 Comanche The Piper PA-24 Comanche is a four-seat, low-wing, all-metal, light aircraft with retractable landing gear that was first flown in 1957. Together with the twin-engine version of the same airframe, the Twin Comanche, it made up the core of the Piper aircraft line-up until 1972 when the production lines for both aircraft were wiped out in a flood.
Piper PA-40 Arapaho The Piper PA-40 is a twin-engine redesign of the Piper Twin Comanche, a twin-engine aircraft produced by Piper in four different models (PA30, PA30B, PA30C, PA39) from 1963 to 1972. The Arapaho was modified as follows:
Piper's Hill (Kettering BC Ward) Piper's Hill Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council which is statistically regarded as a marginal ward between Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The ward was last fought at Borough Council level in the 2003 local council elections, in which both seats were won by the Conservatives, unseating former Liberal Democrat councillor John Coleman
Piperacillin/tazobactam Piperacillin/tazobactam is a combination antibiotic containing the extended-spectrum penicillin antibiotic piperacillin and the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam. It is commonly marketed by Wyeth under the trade name Tazocin® or Zosyn®.
Piperia Piperia is a genus of the orchid family Orchidaceae. This genus has the following characteristics: (a) a bisexual perennial nongreen plant that grows from buried tubers; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) pollen that is sticky, and which is removed as sessile anther sacs; and (d) stigma fused with its style into a column.
Piperia yadonii Piperia yadonii, also known as Yadon's Piperia or Yadon's rein orchid, is an endangered orchid endemic to a narrow range of coastal habitat in northern Monterey County, California. In 1998 this plant was designated as an endangered species by the United States government, the major threat to its survival being continuing land development from an expanding human population and associated habitat loss.
Piperine Piperine is the alkaloid responsible for much of the taste and smell of black pepper along with chavicine (an isomer of piperine). It has also been used in some forms of traditional medicine and as an insecticide.
PiperJet In October 2006, Piper Aircraft announced that they would be developing a single-engined Very Light Jet (VLJ), known as the PiperJet, to compete with the twin-engined Eclipse 500 and Cessna Citation Mustang. The aircraft will carry 6 passengers and be capable of cruising at 360knots, at a maximum altitude of 35000ft.
Pipers Island Pipers Island is an island in the River Thames at Reading in the English county of Berkshire, located at . The island is small and entirely occupied by a public house and restaurant, and by moorings for an associated boat hire and cruise business.
Pipers' Guild The Pipers' Guild is an organization, originally formed in the United Kingdom, in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Members make their own bamboo pipes, similar to tin whistles, and form local ensembles to play these pipes.
PipeRench The PipeRench Reconfigurable Computing Project is a project from the Carnegie Mellon University intended to improve reconfigurable computing systems. It aims to allow hardware virtualization through high-speed reconfiguration, in order to minimize resource constraints in FPGAs and similar systems.
Pipes of Peace (song) "Pipes of Peace" is a song written by Paul McCartney, which was first released on his album also called Pipes of Peace on 31 October 1983. It was also released as a single on 5 December 1983 and reached #1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks.
Pipestem Clematis The Pipestem Clematis (Clematis lasiantha) is found on the Pacific coast of North America, from the San Francisco Bay Area southwards into Baja California. It extends as far east as the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, but does not grow in the Central Valley, nor at heights greater than about 2000 metres.
Pipestem Resort State Park Pipestem Resort State Park is a state park located in southern West Virginia on the border between Mercer and Summers counties. The park was built with grants provided by the Area Redevelopment Administration of the U.
Pipestone Creek Pipestone Creek is a waterway that runs through various locations throughout Alberta, Canada. For example, over 100 acres of Pipestone Creek parkland is situated in Millet, Alberta, with a combination of meadows and urban forest.
Pipestone National Monument Pipestone National Monument preserves traditional catlinite quarries just north of Pipestone, Minnesota. The catlinite, or "pipestone", was and is used to make peace pipes, vitally important to traditional Plains Indian culture.
Pipestone, Manitoba Pipestone Manitoba is a small hamlet located at the corner of highways 2 and 83, approximately half an hour from either Virden Manitoba, or Melita Manitoba. Mainly an agricultural hub, the primary business in the small cattle market owned and run by Gene Parks.
Pipette A pipette (also called a pipet or a pipettor) is a laboratory instrument used to transport a measured volume of liquid. Pipettes are commonly used in chemistry and molecular biology research as well as medical tests.
Piphat A piphat is a kind of ensemble in the classical music of Thailand. The smallest piphat, called "Piphat khruang ha", is composed of six instruments: pi nai (oboe); ranad ek (xylophone); khong wong yai (gong circle); taphon or other Thai drums; khlong thad, another kind of Thai drums, and ching (small cymbals).
Pipi & Bibi's Pipi & Bibi's was a game produced by Toaplan, the makers of Hellfire and Zero Wing. The main objective was to control your character around a room while avoiding enemies, plant bombs in certain locations, and get back to the exit before the bombs exploded.
Pipil grammar This article provides a grammar sketch of the Nawat or Pipil language, an endangered language spoken by the Pipils of western El Salvador, belonging to the Nahua group within the Uto-Aztecan language family. There also exists a brief typological overview of the language that summarizes the language's most salient features of general typological interest in more technical terms.
Pipil language Pipil or Nawat is the language originally spoken by the Pipils of western El Salvador and still remembered by some of them, mostly elderly. The Pipils themselves and people in El Salvador generally refer the language as Nawat (in Spanish spelling, náhuat); Pipil as a name for the language is used by the international scholarly community, chiefly to differentiate it more clearly from Nahuatl.
Pipiltin Pipiltin were members of the very highest social sphere in the ancient Aztec Empire. These people were members of the hereditary nobility and occupied the top positions in the government, the army and the priesthood.
Piping Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids, from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the best and most efficient manner of transporting fluid to where it is most needed.
Piping and plumbing fittings Fittings are used in pipe and plumbing systems to connect straight pipe or tubing sections, to adapt to different sizes or shapes, and to regulate fluid flow, for example. Fittings, especially noncommmon types, can be expensive, and require time, materials, and tools to install, so they are a non-trivial part of piping and plumbing systems.
Piping Lane Piping Lane was a brown gelding Australian thoroughbred racehorse, bred and trained in South Australia, who came to prominence by winning the 1972 Melbourne Cup over 3200 metres at odds of 40/1.The very good racehorse Gunsynd ran third.
Pipkins Pipkins (originally Inigo Pipkin) was a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang, were the stars of ATV's legendary pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981.
Piplan Piplan is a town (tehsil), situated in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It is in the district of Mianwali which is situated on north, almost 52 km distant (by road), Piplan is surrounded by many other similar towns; in west there is Indus river, in South a Beautiful town Kundian and Mianwali, in east Harnauli and Qaidabad, and in North Kaloor-Kot.
Pipo of Ozora Pipo of Ozora (Ozorai PipĂł in Hungarian; Filippo Scolari, Lo Scolari or Pippo Spano in Italian; 1369 - December 1426), son of a Florentine destitute merchant, was a general, strategist and confidant of Sigismund of Hungary.

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