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Playboy One Playboy One is a free-to-air satellite television channel in the United Kingdom, the only permanently free-to-air television station operated by the Playboy Enterprises. It is described as a general male entertainment channel.
Playboy Publishing The Playboy Publishing Group is a division of Playboy Enterprises. The Publishing segment publishes Playboy magazine, a general-interest magazine targeted to men; special editions, books, and calendars; and the licensing of international editions of Playboy magazine.
Playboy Riots The Playboy Riots occurred in January 1907 during and following the opening performance of The Playboy of the Western World, a controversial Irish play by John Millington Synge. The riots were stirred up by Irish nationalists who viewed the contents of the play as an offence to public morals and an insult against Ireland.
Playboy Special Edition Playboy Special Editions (formerly known as flats then Newsstand SpecialsPlayboy Special Editions FAQ) are a spinoff series of Playboy magazine devoted entirely to softcore nude photographs of the Playboy models that are found sporadically scattered in the monthly Playboy magazine.
Playboy TV Playboy TV is a pay-per-view adult television channel on cable and satellite services, and available in Brazil, United States, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The channel is owned by Playboy Enterprises.
Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words was first published in 1972 by Playboy Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Written by Robert Anton Wilson, it is sub-titled 'A liberated dictionary of improper English, containing over 700 uninhibited definitions of erotic and scatological terms'.
Playboy's Top Party Schools 2002 In 2002 Playboy Magazine compiled a ranking of what they considered to be the top party schools in the United States. Contrary to popular opinion, this is not an annual practice with the magazine, and had only been done one time before – in 1987.
Playboy's Top Party Schools 2006 In 2006 Playboy Magazine compiled a ranking of what they considered to be the top party schools in the United States and Canada. Contrary to popular opinion, this is not an annual practice with the magazine, and has only been done two times before – in 1987 and 2002.
Playboy: The Mansion Playboy: The Mansion is a simulation video game for the PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox consoles, developed by Cyberlore Studios, published by Groove Games and ARUSH Entertainment and licensed by Playboy Enterprises.
Player (band) Player was a popular American rock band during the late 1970s. Their #1 hit, "Baby Come Back" was written by a talented songwriter, Blaine Craven, who passed away in Northern California a couple of years ago.
Player Efficiency Rating The Player Efficiency Rating is freelance writer John Hollinger's all-in-one basketball rating, which boils down all of a player's contributions into one number. Using a detailed formula, Hollinger developed a system that rates every player's statistical performance.
Player character A player character or playable character (PC) is a fictional character in a game who is controlled or controllable by the player. A player character is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game.
Player of the Year of Argentina The Player of the Year of Argentina is a yearly award organized by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle given to the best Argentine footballer, or to the best foreign footballer playing in the Argentine League. This award, known as the Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista ("Silver Olimpia to the best footballer"), is part of the Olimpia awards; the most important sports award in Argentina.
Player positions (paintball) Player positions in paintball refers to the general mindsets and roles of play assumed by players of the sport. These player positions are separated into two categories based upon their respective game types: woodsball, speedball, and scenarioball (often grouped with woodsball).
Player to be named later The concept of the "player to be named later" is most often associated with Major League Baseball, and specifically trades between teams. The "player to be named later" (PTBNL) is generally used to postpone a trade's final conditions or terms.
Player versus player Player versus player, or PvP, is player interaction within a MMORPG, that could be a type of combat in MMORPGs, MUDs and other computer role-playing games pitting a player's skill against another's, where the goal is ultimately the death of the opponent's player character. While this can include player killing or PKing, this term is usually used in a narrower sense, as in player interaction.
Player's Handbook The Player's Handbook (in previous editions of the game, Players Handbook) is a book of [for the seminal fantasy] [[role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It does not contain the complete set of rules, but only those concerning players of the game.
Player's Choice A Player's Choice game is a video game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, or Nintendo GameCube that has sold many copies (For all but GameCube, over a million copies, though GameCube games only need 250,000 copies to be included It is unknown whether any Wii] games will ever be designated as Player's Choice titles.
Player-coach A player-coach, in sports, is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Such an individual may be called as player-manager in sports where the title "manager" is used instead.
Player-run economy In massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), a player-run economy is a feature where the players control all or part of the game's virtual economy. The alternative has the game designers control the economy through setting the prices, the rates of item creation and destruction, and any number of other factors.
Playerhistory Playerhistory is a huge soccer database that contains more than 100,000 player profiles (as of 01 November, 2006) with very detailed information on players from all over the world. It also contains more than 500,000 matches and information on close to 25,000 clubs.
Players Players was an American television series that ran from 1997-1998 from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, starring Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Frank John Hughes and Mia Korf, about three criminals on a work release program from the FBI where they are commissioned to track down the bad guys. 'Players' is also a term used to describe Elizabethan actors.
Players (novel) Players is Don DeLillo's fifth novel, published in 1977. It follows Lyle and Pammy Wynant, a young and affluent Manhattan couple whose casual boredom is overturned by their willing participation in chaotic detours from the everyday.
Players Ball The Players Ball is an annual gathering of pimps held in Chicago, Illinois. The party has been a November tradition since 1974, when pimps from across the country gathered to celebrate the birthday of pimp Don Juan now known as Bishop Don Magic Juan.
Players League The Players' League was a short-lived but star-studded baseball league of the 19th century which has been ruled to be one of six leagues officially recognized as major leagues. It emerged from the Brotherhood of Professional Base-Ball Players, the sport's first players' union.
Playfair (lunar crater) Playfair is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern highlands on the near side of the Moon. It lies along the eastern rim of the eroded satellite crater 'Playfair G', a formation that is almost twice the diameter of Playfair itself.
Playfair cipher The Playfair cipher or Playfair square is a manual symmetric encryption technique and was the first literal digraph substitution cipher. The scheme was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone, but bears the name of Lord Playfair who promoted the use of the cipher.
Playfair Project The Playfair Project created an underground link between the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy Building. The project was named after William Henry Playfair, the original designer of both buildings.
Playgear Collection Playgear is a line of products produced by Logitech designed for use with the Sony PlayStation Portable. All cases in the Playgear line utilizes polycarbonate material to act as an armor, while all earphones/headsets utilize neodymium drivers.
Playgirl Playgirl is a monthly erotic lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women.
Playground game A playground game is a game or pastime carried out in a playground. Generations of children in countries throughout the world have developed many different playground games, but some games appear to be common to many countries and generations.
Playground games Playground games are physical and verbal outdoor games which have been devised by groups of children for their own entertainment. These may be adaptations of existing sports or they may only exist informally in children's play areas such as parks, school playgrounds and streets around where children live.
Playground slide Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards around the world. Slides are constructed of either plastic or metal and they have a smooth surface that is either straight or wavy/rippled.
Playground song A playground song is a song sung by children, usually on a playground or other children's gathering place, that describes or comments on the social scene of a playground. Playground songs can, of course, be sung anywhere, and presumably customs like playground songs exist globally.
Playground Twist "Playground Twist" is the third single released by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris and produced by Nils Stevesson and John Stavrou.
Playhouse 90 Playhouse 90 is the name of a 90-minute long dramatic television series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. An anthology in form, each week presented an independent story, allowing the show to form a collective of work that includes such diverse programs as The Miracle Worker, Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Comedian, In the Presence of Mine Enemies and Judgment at Nuremberg, many of which were later produced as feature-length films.
Playhouse of the Ridiculous The Playhouse of the Ridiculous was a New York City theatre presenting works produced and directed by John Vaccaro and Charles Ludlam. Both men are credited with the invention of the Theatre of the Ridiculous, a school of extreme theatre that knew few boundaries in terms of taste and morality.
Playhouse Records Playhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown died from cancer of the pancreas.
Playhouse west Playhouse West, founded in 1981 by actors Jeff Goldblum and Robert Carnegie, is an acting school in located in North Hollywood, California. The school teaches the Meisner technique, which was originally developed at the Neighborhood Playhouse by former Group Theatre member Sanford Meisner.
Playin' Around Playin' Around is an album by Play. Also known by the title Playin' Around the World, it contains about an hour of video segments featuring the members of Play - Anais Lameche, Faye Hamlin, Anna Sundstrand, and Rosie Munter - as they perform a set of songs in concert, rehearse their music videos, discuss their life performing and living on their tour bus, and prepare for their new album Replay by recording tracks in the studio.
Playing company In Renaissance London, playing company was the usual term for a company of actors. These companies were organized around a group of ten or so shareholders (or "sharers"), who performed in the plays but were also responsible for management.
Playing Field Recordings Playing Field Recordings is a record label that operates out of Urbana, IL. It is known for early releases in the midwestern emo scene (Cap'n Jazz, Park, Friction, 8 bark, Sleeping For Sunrise and SacHead among them).
Playing god Playing god refers to someone supposedly taking on the role of a god for human purposes. Alleged acts of playing god may include, for example, deciding who is to live or die, in a situation where not everyone can be saved.
Playing God (film) Playing God is a 1997 film starring David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, and Angelina Jolie. It was Duchovny's first starring role after achieving success with The X-Files, and did not fare well financially or with critics, scoring just 19% at the review site Rotten Tomatoeshttp://www.
Playing It Safe Playing It Safe is the 3rd episode in season 1 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
Playing It Straight Playing It Straight was a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were homosexual and which of them were heterosexual. All of the men pretended to be heterosexual.
Playing the Field Playing The Field was a BBC television drama series which ran for five series from 1998 - 2002. It followed the mainly off the field lives of a women's football team, the Castlefield Blues and was written by, amongst others, Kay Mellor.
Playing the violin The violin player usually holds the instrument under the chin, supported by the left shoulder (but see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them (arco), by plucking them (pizzicato) or by striking the strings with the wood of the bow (Col legno).
Playing time (cricket) Games in the sport of cricket, are played over a number of hours or days, making it one of the sports with the longest playing time, though sailing, yachting, road cycling and rallying are sometimes longer. Typically, first-class cricket are played over three to five days with at least six hours of cricket being played each day.
Playland (San Francisco) Playland at the Beach was an amusement park that opened in 1927 and closed in 1972. The famous funhouse mirror sequence at the end of Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai (1948) was filmed at Playland's Hall of Mirrors.
Playland Park (Texas) Playland Park, a defunct amusement park formerly located in San Antonio, Texas, is most notable for being the former home of "The Rocket", a wooden roller coaster which now operates as The Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
PlayLouder PlayLouder is a digital music and media company that operates one of the most popular alternative music websites in the United Kingdom. It is a music site which provides news, reviews, and other related content.
Playmaker In football, a playmaker is an attacking player who controls the flow of the team's offensive play, and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals. The term overlaps somewhat with attacking midfielder, but playmakers are not constrained to a single position - creativity is the only true requirement, and good passing ability and tactical awareness help.
Playmakers Playmakers was a TV series on ESPN that depicted the lives of the players on a fictional professional football team. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby and Tony Denison.
Playmander The Playmander was a form of electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia. The name derives from Premier Sir Thomas Playford, whose Liberal and Country League (LCL) party was able to stay in power for three decades even while losing several elections in terms of vote numbers.
Playmates Toys Inc Playmates Toys is a Costa Mesa, California toy manufacturer and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Playmates Holdings Ltd() which was founded in 1966. Playmates has been responsible for the creation of many toy figure collections, notably the Cricket dolls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons.
Playmobil Playmobil (pronounced "play-mo-beel", and occasionally referred to as just Playmo) is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group (geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co KG), headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany.
PlayMotion PlayMotion by Greg Roberts (Designer) is a company that produces a next generation videogame technology of the same name. Their product applies practical Computer Vision algorithms to the problem of gesture recognition in a wide array of environments, including Education and exergaming.
Playoff A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion, or a similar accolade.
Playoff beard A playoff-beard is the superstitious practice of a National Hockey League (NHL) player not shaving his beard during the Stanley Cup playoffs. The player stops shaving when his team enters the playoffs and does not shave until his team is eliminated or wins the Stanley Cup.
Playoff Bowl The Playoff Bowl (officially, the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) was a post-season game for third place in the National Football League, played following the 1960-1969 seasons. Bell, a co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles as well as a co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers during much of the 1940's, was the commissioner of the NFL from 1946 until his death in October 1959, which occurred while attending an Eagles-Steelers game.
Playoff format There are several different playoff formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games. Some of the most common are the single elimination, the best-of- series, the total points series, and the round-robin tournament.
Playout Playout is a term in broadcasting for the transmission of radio or TV channels from the broadcaster into the networks that delivers them to the audience. Those networks can consist of terrestrial transmitters for analogue or digital radio and TV, cable networks or satellites (either for direct reception, DTH, or intended for cable headends).
PlayOnline PlayOnline is an online gaming service created by Square Enix, and is used as a hub for all online PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 games the company publishes. Currently, games such as Final Fantasy XI, Tetra Master, JongHoLo (Japan Only), Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion, the Japanese releases of EverQuest II and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, and the upcoming Front Mission Online are supported by the service.
Playplace A Playplace, also known as a Play Place, Playland, or Play Palace, is a large indoor (or sometimes outdoor) area where children can play and romp around on indoor structures. Playplaces are mostly linked to or built in public businesses, such as restaurants, department stores, and in some places (albeit built on a smaller scale), airport terminals and car dealerships.
Playstation (yacht) PlayStation is one of several large catamarans created for the 2000 around the world race known as The Race. Like its competitors, PlayStation was created for sheer speed, pushing the state of the art in materials, construction, and operation.
PlayStation 2 Expansion Bay The PlayStation 2 Expansion Bay is a 3.5" drive bay introduced with the model 30000 and 50000 PlayStation 2 (replacing the PCMCIA slot used in the models 10000, 15000, and 18000, and no longer present as of the model 70000) designed for the network adaptor and internal hard disk drive (HDD).
PlayStation 2 HDD The PlayStation 2 Hard Disk Drive (PS2 HDD) was released on July 19, 2001 in Japan (together with the Network Adaptor) and on March 23, 2004 in North America. It requires the Network Adaptor to connect to the PlayStation 2 and to receive power.
PlayStation 2 Headset The PlayStation 2 Headset is a USB headset used with the PlayStation 2. While the original headset was produced by Logitech and distributed with SOCOM, other headsets that support the usb-audio class may be compatible.
PlayStation Broadband Navigator PlayStation Broadband Navigator (also referred to as BB Navigator and PSBBN) is software for Japanese PlayStation 2 consoles that formats a hard disk drive for use with those consoles and provides an interface for manipulating data on that hard disk drive. It only works with official PlayStation 2 HDD units.
PlayStation Underground PlayStation Underground (PSU) is the name for the online community for video game players, particularly those who prefer the PlayStation brand to others, although many "Undergrounders" (a term for those who frequent PSU) do also enjoy competing brands. The PlayStation Underground includes the information related to the PlayStation franchise on the PlayStation website and the forum.
Playter Estates The Playter Estates is an area in the east end of Toronto bounded by Jackman Avenue in the east, Broadview Avenue in the west, Danforth Avenue in the south, and Fulton Avenue in the north. The neighbourhood is built on land once owned by the Playter family for whom two streets in the area are named.
Playtest A playtest is the process by which a game designer tests a new game for bugs and improvements before bringing it to market. Playtests can be run "open," "closed," "beta," or otherwise.
Plaything A plaything is an object of very little value that exists merely as a source of amusement for someone, to be used at their whim and then quickly discarded. The term originated in the 19th century when it was used to describe various homemade toys given to toddlers as a means to amuse them temporarily, thus keeping them out of an adult's way.
Playwright A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is one that writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance.
Playwright Theatre The Playwright Theatre, located at 2119 East 17th Avenue in Denver, CO is known to many Denver Residents as the former home of the Avenue Theater. It was home to Denver's longest runing musical, Party Of One, which ran until 2006.
Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
Plaza at King of Prussia The Plaza at King of Prussia is part of what is popularly referred to as the King of Prussia Mall, a huge shopping complex in King of Prussia, which is located in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Plaza Accord The Plaza Accord was an agreement signed on September 22, 1985 by the then G5 nations (France, West Germany, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom). The G5 agreed to devalue the US dollar in relation to the Japanese yen and German Deutsche Mark by intervening in currency markets.
Plaza de Armas The Plaza de Armas (Plaza of Arms) is the name for the main square in many Latin American cities. While some large cities have both a Plaza de Armas and a Plaza Mayor, in most cities those are two names for the same place.
Plaza de España (Madrid) Plaza de España (or "Plaza of Spain" in English) is a large square, and popular tourist destination, located in central Madrid at the western end of the Gran VĂa. It features a monument to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is bordered by two of Madrid's most prominent skyscrapers.
Plaza de España (Seville) The Plaza de España is one of Seville's most easily recognised buildings and the epitome of the Moorish Revival in Spanish architecture. In 1929 Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition and numerous buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza designed by AnĂbal González.
Plaza de la CiudadanĂa Plaza de la CiudadanĂa (Citizenry Square) is the new development that is currently being built in the southern façade of the Palacio de La Moneda (Chile's presidential palace). It used to be part of the grass garden and parking area of the Palace.
Plaza de Mayo The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish for May Square) is the main square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, at ; it is flanked by HipĂłlito Yrigoyen, Balcarce, Rivadavia and BolĂvar streets. Several of the city's major landmarks are located around the Plaza: the Cabildo (the city council during the colonial era), the Casa Rosada (home of the executive branch of the federal government), the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, the current city hall or municipalidad, and the headquarters of the NaciĂłn Bank.
Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de CaballerĂa de Sevilla The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de CaballerĂa de Sevilla is the oldest bullring in Spain. It is the site of the annual Feria de Abril in Sevilla, one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world.
Plaza Dorrego Plaza Dorrego (Spanish: Dorrego Square) is a square located in the heart of San Telmo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the 19th century, San Telmo was the main residential barrio (neighbourhood) of the city and Plaza Dorrego was its focal point.
Plaza Fiesta San AgustĂn Plaza Fiesta San AgustĂn is one of the largest shopping malls in Mexico, and the largest located in the metropolitan area of Monterrey. Founded in 1988, it has grown to include shops and department stores dedicated to over 150 commercial activities.
Plaza Garibaldi Plaza Garibaldi is a plaza in Mexico City famous for its gatherings of itinerant mariachi and jarocho bands (buskers). The plaza is surrounded by numerous restaurants and bars catering to aficionados of mariachi music, the most famous of which is Salon Tenampa.
Plaza Las Américas Plaza Las Américas is a large and famous shopping mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, located right across from the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, and close to WKAQ-TV's studios. "Plaza", as known by many Puerto Ricans, is the largest shopping mall in a hispanic country and in the Caribbean the first American-style mall built in Puerto Rico.
Plaza Magazine Plaza Magazine International is an international publication, focusing on design, interior decoration and fashion with a "hip" Scandinavian perspective. Plaza Magazine is published 6 times per year by Plaza Publishing Group AB, and is sold is over 40 countries world wide.
Plaza Nueva The Plaza Nueva (New Square) of Bilbao is a monumental square of Neoclassical style built in 1821. Its name comes from the previously existing Plaza Vieja or Old Square in the place where the Ribera Market was built.
Plaza Rakyat Plaza Rakyat is a Malaysian skyscraper project that has been on hold since 1997 due to an economic crisis. The project comprises an 81-storey office tower, a condominium, a hotel and a shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Plaza Rakyat LRT station Plaza Rakyat LRT station is an LRT station operated by Rapid KL served by the Ampang and Sri Petaling lines. It is named and located near Plaza Rakyat, which to date is still not completed due to excessive costs.
Plaza SĂ©samo Plaza Sesamo is a Mexican educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a co-pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, along with its predecessor Sesame Street, combining both education and entertainment.
Plaza Suite Plaza Suite, based on the Broadway play by Neil Simon, is a 1971 movie starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, and Lee Grant. The film is divided into three acts, all of which take place in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel.
Plaza Theatre The Plaza Theatre is an historic building located at 125 Pioneer Plaza in El Paso, Texas. The theater stands as one of the city's most well-known landmarks, and remains operational today, showing various Broadway productions, musical concerts, and individual performers.
Plaza-Midwood Plaza-Midwood, is a neighborhood located approximately one mile to the northeast of Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The neighborhood is roughly bound by Hawthorne Lane to the west, The Plaza to the north, Briar Creek Road and the Charlotte Country Club to the east and Central Avenue to the south.
Plazas de soberanĂa Plazas de soberanĂa ("places of sovereignty") is the term that has been historically given to the Spanish possessions in North Africa (as opposed to what was previously part of the Spanish protectorate over the north of Morocco).
Plazović The Plazović (Serbian Cyrillic: Плазовић) or KiÄ‘oš (Hungarian: KĂgyĂłs; Serbian Cyrillic: КиђоŃ), is a river in southern Hungary and northern Serbia. It flows entirely within the BaÄŤka region, and during its 129 km long course, on a section of only 15 km, it crosses the Hungarian-Serbian border eight times (92 km in Hungary, 37 km in Serbia).
PlĂĽcker coordinates In geometry, PlĂĽcker coordinates, introduced by Julius PlĂĽcker in the 19th century, are a way to assign six homogenous coordinates to each line in projective 3-space, P3. Because they satisfy a quadratic constraint, they establish a one-to-one correspondence between the 4-dimensional space of lines in P3 and points on a quadric in P5 (projective 5-space).
Playboy Publishing The Playboy Publishing Group is a division of Playboy Enterprises. The Publishing segment publishes Playboy magazine, a general-interest magazine targeted to men; special editions, books, and calendars; and the licensing of international editions of Playboy magazine.
Playboy Riots The Playboy Riots occurred in January 1907 during and following the opening performance of The Playboy of the Western World, a controversial Irish play by John Millington Synge. The riots were stirred up by Irish nationalists who viewed the contents of the play as an offence to public morals and an insult against Ireland.
Playboy Special Edition Playboy Special Editions (formerly known as flats then Newsstand SpecialsPlayboy Special Editions FAQ) are a spinoff series of Playboy magazine devoted entirely to softcore nude photographs of the Playboy models that are found sporadically scattered in the monthly Playboy magazine.
Playboy TV Playboy TV is a pay-per-view adult television channel on cable and satellite services, and available in Brazil, United States, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The channel is owned by Playboy Enterprises.
Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words was first published in 1972 by Playboy Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. Written by Robert Anton Wilson, it is sub-titled 'A liberated dictionary of improper English, containing over 700 uninhibited definitions of erotic and scatological terms'.
Playboy's Top Party Schools 2002 In 2002 Playboy Magazine compiled a ranking of what they considered to be the top party schools in the United States. Contrary to popular opinion, this is not an annual practice with the magazine, and had only been done one time before – in 1987.
Playboy's Top Party Schools 2006 In 2006 Playboy Magazine compiled a ranking of what they considered to be the top party schools in the United States and Canada. Contrary to popular opinion, this is not an annual practice with the magazine, and has only been done two times before – in 1987 and 2002.
Playboy: The Mansion Playboy: The Mansion is a simulation video game for the PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox consoles, developed by Cyberlore Studios, published by Groove Games and ARUSH Entertainment and licensed by Playboy Enterprises.
Player (band) Player was a popular American rock band during the late 1970s. Their #1 hit, "Baby Come Back" was written by a talented songwriter, Blaine Craven, who passed away in Northern California a couple of years ago.
Player Efficiency Rating The Player Efficiency Rating is freelance writer John Hollinger's all-in-one basketball rating, which boils down all of a player's contributions into one number. Using a detailed formula, Hollinger developed a system that rates every player's statistical performance.
Player character A player character or playable character (PC) is a fictional character in a game who is controlled or controllable by the player. A player character is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game.
Player of the Year of Argentina The Player of the Year of Argentina is a yearly award organized by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle given to the best Argentine footballer, or to the best foreign footballer playing in the Argentine League. This award, known as the Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista ("Silver Olimpia to the best footballer"), is part of the Olimpia awards; the most important sports award in Argentina.
Player positions (paintball) Player positions in paintball refers to the general mindsets and roles of play assumed by players of the sport. These player positions are separated into two categories based upon their respective game types: woodsball, speedball, and scenarioball (often grouped with woodsball).
Player to be named later The concept of the "player to be named later" is most often associated with Major League Baseball, and specifically trades between teams. The "player to be named later" (PTBNL) is generally used to postpone a trade's final conditions or terms.
Player versus player Player versus player, or PvP, is player interaction within a MMORPG, that could be a type of combat in MMORPGs, MUDs and other computer role-playing games pitting a player's skill against another's, where the goal is ultimately the death of the opponent's player character. While this can include player killing or PKing, this term is usually used in a narrower sense, as in player interaction.
Player's Handbook The Player's Handbook (in previous editions of the game, Players Handbook) is a book of [for the seminal fantasy] [[role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It does not contain the complete set of rules, but only those concerning players of the game.
Player's Choice A Player's Choice game is a video game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, or Nintendo GameCube that has sold many copies (For all but GameCube, over a million copies, though GameCube games only need 250,000 copies to be included It is unknown whether any Wii] games will ever be designated as Player's Choice titles.
Player-coach A player-coach, in sports, is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Such an individual may be called as player-manager in sports where the title "manager" is used instead.
Player-run economy In massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), a player-run economy is a feature where the players control all or part of the game's virtual economy. The alternative has the game designers control the economy through setting the prices, the rates of item creation and destruction, and any number of other factors.
Playerhistory Playerhistory is a huge soccer database that contains more than 100,000 player profiles (as of 01 November, 2006) with very detailed information on players from all over the world. It also contains more than 500,000 matches and information on close to 25,000 clubs.
Players Players was an American television series that ran from 1997-1998 from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, starring Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Frank John Hughes and Mia Korf, about three criminals on a work release program from the FBI where they are commissioned to track down the bad guys. 'Players' is also a term used to describe Elizabethan actors.
Players (novel) Players is Don DeLillo's fifth novel, published in 1977. It follows Lyle and Pammy Wynant, a young and affluent Manhattan couple whose casual boredom is overturned by their willing participation in chaotic detours from the everyday.
Players Ball The Players Ball is an annual gathering of pimps held in Chicago, Illinois. The party has been a November tradition since 1974, when pimps from across the country gathered to celebrate the birthday of pimp Don Juan now known as Bishop Don Magic Juan.
Players League The Players' League was a short-lived but star-studded baseball league of the 19th century which has been ruled to be one of six leagues officially recognized as major leagues. It emerged from the Brotherhood of Professional Base-Ball Players, the sport's first players' union.
Playfair (lunar crater) Playfair is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern highlands on the near side of the Moon. It lies along the eastern rim of the eroded satellite crater 'Playfair G', a formation that is almost twice the diameter of Playfair itself.
Playfair cipher The Playfair cipher or Playfair square is a manual symmetric encryption technique and was the first literal digraph substitution cipher. The scheme was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone, but bears the name of Lord Playfair who promoted the use of the cipher.
Playfair Project The Playfair Project created an underground link between the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy Building. The project was named after William Henry Playfair, the original designer of both buildings.
Playgear Collection Playgear is a line of products produced by Logitech designed for use with the Sony PlayStation Portable. All cases in the Playgear line utilizes polycarbonate material to act as an armor, while all earphones/headsets utilize neodymium drivers.
Playgirl Playgirl is a monthly erotic lifestyle magazine published in the United States that features seminude or fully nude men. The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women.
Playground game A playground game is a game or pastime carried out in a playground. Generations of children in countries throughout the world have developed many different playground games, but some games appear to be common to many countries and generations.
Playground games Playground games are physical and verbal outdoor games which have been devised by groups of children for their own entertainment. These may be adaptations of existing sports or they may only exist informally in children's play areas such as parks, school playgrounds and streets around where children live.
Playground slide Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards around the world. Slides are constructed of either plastic or metal and they have a smooth surface that is either straight or wavy/rippled.
Playground song A playground song is a song sung by children, usually on a playground or other children's gathering place, that describes or comments on the social scene of a playground. Playground songs can, of course, be sung anywhere, and presumably customs like playground songs exist globally.
Playground Twist "Playground Twist" is the third single released by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris and produced by Nils Stevesson and John Stavrou.
Playhouse 90 Playhouse 90 is the name of a 90-minute long dramatic television series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. An anthology in form, each week presented an independent story, allowing the show to form a collective of work that includes such diverse programs as The Miracle Worker, Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Comedian, In the Presence of Mine Enemies and Judgment at Nuremberg, many of which were later produced as feature-length films.
Playhouse of the Ridiculous The Playhouse of the Ridiculous was a New York City theatre presenting works produced and directed by John Vaccaro and Charles Ludlam. Both men are credited with the invention of the Theatre of the Ridiculous, a school of extreme theatre that knew few boundaries in terms of taste and morality.
Playhouse Records Playhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown died from cancer of the pancreas.
Playhouse west Playhouse West, founded in 1981 by actors Jeff Goldblum and Robert Carnegie, is an acting school in located in North Hollywood, California. The school teaches the Meisner technique, which was originally developed at the Neighborhood Playhouse by former Group Theatre member Sanford Meisner.
Playin' Around Playin' Around is an album by Play. Also known by the title Playin' Around the World, it contains about an hour of video segments featuring the members of Play - Anais Lameche, Faye Hamlin, Anna Sundstrand, and Rosie Munter - as they perform a set of songs in concert, rehearse their music videos, discuss their life performing and living on their tour bus, and prepare for their new album Replay by recording tracks in the studio.
Playing company In Renaissance London, playing company was the usual term for a company of actors. These companies were organized around a group of ten or so shareholders (or "sharers"), who performed in the plays but were also responsible for management.
Playing Field Recordings Playing Field Recordings is a record label that operates out of Urbana, IL. It is known for early releases in the midwestern emo scene (Cap'n Jazz, Park, Friction, 8 bark, Sleeping For Sunrise and SacHead among them).
Playing god Playing god refers to someone supposedly taking on the role of a god for human purposes. Alleged acts of playing god may include, for example, deciding who is to live or die, in a situation where not everyone can be saved.
Playing God (film) Playing God is a 1997 film starring David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, and Angelina Jolie. It was Duchovny's first starring role after achieving success with The X-Files, and did not fare well financially or with critics, scoring just 19% at the review site Rotten Tomatoeshttp://www.
Playing It Safe Playing It Safe is the 3rd episode in season 1 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
Playing It Straight Playing It Straight was a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were homosexual and which of them were heterosexual. All of the men pretended to be heterosexual.
Playing the Field Playing The Field was a BBC television drama series which ran for five series from 1998 - 2002. It followed the mainly off the field lives of a women's football team, the Castlefield Blues and was written by, amongst others, Kay Mellor.
Playing the violin The violin player usually holds the instrument under the chin, supported by the left shoulder (but see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them (arco), by plucking them (pizzicato) or by striking the strings with the wood of the bow (Col legno).
Playing time (cricket) Games in the sport of cricket, are played over a number of hours or days, making it one of the sports with the longest playing time, though sailing, yachting, road cycling and rallying are sometimes longer. Typically, first-class cricket are played over three to five days with at least six hours of cricket being played each day.
Playland (San Francisco) Playland at the Beach was an amusement park that opened in 1927 and closed in 1972. The famous funhouse mirror sequence at the end of Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai (1948) was filmed at Playland's Hall of Mirrors.
Playland Park (Texas) Playland Park, a defunct amusement park formerly located in San Antonio, Texas, is most notable for being the former home of "The Rocket", a wooden roller coaster which now operates as The Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
PlayLouder PlayLouder is a digital music and media company that operates one of the most popular alternative music websites in the United Kingdom. It is a music site which provides news, reviews, and other related content.
Playmaker In football, a playmaker is an attacking player who controls the flow of the team's offensive play, and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals. The term overlaps somewhat with attacking midfielder, but playmakers are not constrained to a single position - creativity is the only true requirement, and good passing ability and tactical awareness help.
Playmakers Playmakers was a TV series on ESPN that depicted the lives of the players on a fictional professional football team. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby and Tony Denison.
Playmander The Playmander was a form of electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia. The name derives from Premier Sir Thomas Playford, whose Liberal and Country League (LCL) party was able to stay in power for three decades even while losing several elections in terms of vote numbers.
Playmates Toys Inc Playmates Toys is a Costa Mesa, California toy manufacturer and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Playmates Holdings Ltd() which was founded in 1966. Playmates has been responsible for the creation of many toy figure collections, notably the Cricket dolls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons.
Playmobil Playmobil (pronounced "play-mo-beel", and occasionally referred to as just Playmo) is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group (geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co KG), headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany.
PlayMotion PlayMotion by Greg Roberts (Designer) is a company that produces a next generation videogame technology of the same name. Their product applies practical Computer Vision algorithms to the problem of gesture recognition in a wide array of environments, including Education and exergaming.
Playoff A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion, or a similar accolade.
Playoff beard A playoff-beard is the superstitious practice of a National Hockey League (NHL) player not shaving his beard during the Stanley Cup playoffs. The player stops shaving when his team enters the playoffs and does not shave until his team is eliminated or wins the Stanley Cup.
Playoff Bowl The Playoff Bowl (officially, the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) was a post-season game for third place in the National Football League, played following the 1960-1969 seasons. Bell, a co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles as well as a co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers during much of the 1940's, was the commissioner of the NFL from 1946 until his death in October 1959, which occurred while attending an Eagles-Steelers game.
Playoff format There are several different playoff formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games. Some of the most common are the single elimination, the best-of- series, the total points series, and the round-robin tournament.
Playout Playout is a term in broadcasting for the transmission of radio or TV channels from the broadcaster into the networks that delivers them to the audience. Those networks can consist of terrestrial transmitters for analogue or digital radio and TV, cable networks or satellites (either for direct reception, DTH, or intended for cable headends).
PlayOnline PlayOnline is an online gaming service created by Square Enix, and is used as a hub for all online PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 games the company publishes. Currently, games such as Final Fantasy XI, Tetra Master, JongHoLo (Japan Only), Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion, the Japanese releases of EverQuest II and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, and the upcoming Front Mission Online are supported by the service.
Playplace A Playplace, also known as a Play Place, Playland, or Play Palace, is a large indoor (or sometimes outdoor) area where children can play and romp around on indoor structures. Playplaces are mostly linked to or built in public businesses, such as restaurants, department stores, and in some places (albeit built on a smaller scale), airport terminals and car dealerships.
Playstation (yacht) PlayStation is one of several large catamarans created for the 2000 around the world race known as The Race. Like its competitors, PlayStation was created for sheer speed, pushing the state of the art in materials, construction, and operation.
PlayStation 2 Expansion Bay The PlayStation 2 Expansion Bay is a 3.5" drive bay introduced with the model 30000 and 50000 PlayStation 2 (replacing the PCMCIA slot used in the models 10000, 15000, and 18000, and no longer present as of the model 70000) designed for the network adaptor and internal hard disk drive (HDD).
PlayStation 2 HDD The PlayStation 2 Hard Disk Drive (PS2 HDD) was released on July 19, 2001 in Japan (together with the Network Adaptor) and on March 23, 2004 in North America. It requires the Network Adaptor to connect to the PlayStation 2 and to receive power.
PlayStation 2 Headset The PlayStation 2 Headset is a USB headset used with the PlayStation 2. While the original headset was produced by Logitech and distributed with SOCOM, other headsets that support the usb-audio class may be compatible.
PlayStation Broadband Navigator PlayStation Broadband Navigator (also referred to as BB Navigator and PSBBN) is software for Japanese PlayStation 2 consoles that formats a hard disk drive for use with those consoles and provides an interface for manipulating data on that hard disk drive. It only works with official PlayStation 2 HDD units.
PlayStation Underground PlayStation Underground (PSU) is the name for the online community for video game players, particularly those who prefer the PlayStation brand to others, although many "Undergrounders" (a term for those who frequent PSU) do also enjoy competing brands. The PlayStation Underground includes the information related to the PlayStation franchise on the PlayStation website and the forum.
Playter Estates The Playter Estates is an area in the east end of Toronto bounded by Jackman Avenue in the east, Broadview Avenue in the west, Danforth Avenue in the south, and Fulton Avenue in the north. The neighbourhood is built on land once owned by the Playter family for whom two streets in the area are named.
Playtest A playtest is the process by which a game designer tests a new game for bugs and improvements before bringing it to market. Playtests can be run "open," "closed," "beta," or otherwise.
Plaything A plaything is an object of very little value that exists merely as a source of amusement for someone, to be used at their whim and then quickly discarded. The term originated in the 19th century when it was used to describe various homemade toys given to toddlers as a means to amuse them temporarily, thus keeping them out of an adult's way.
Playwright A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is one that writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance.
Playwright Theatre The Playwright Theatre, located at 2119 East 17th Avenue in Denver, CO is known to many Denver Residents as the former home of the Avenue Theater. It was home to Denver's longest runing musical, Party Of One, which ran until 2006.
Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
Plaza at King of Prussia The Plaza at King of Prussia is part of what is popularly referred to as the King of Prussia Mall, a huge shopping complex in King of Prussia, which is located in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Plaza Accord The Plaza Accord was an agreement signed on September 22, 1985 by the then G5 nations (France, West Germany, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom). The G5 agreed to devalue the US dollar in relation to the Japanese yen and German Deutsche Mark by intervening in currency markets.
Plaza de Armas The Plaza de Armas (Plaza of Arms) is the name for the main square in many Latin American cities. While some large cities have both a Plaza de Armas and a Plaza Mayor, in most cities those are two names for the same place.
Plaza de España (Madrid) Plaza de España (or "Plaza of Spain" in English) is a large square, and popular tourist destination, located in central Madrid at the western end of the Gran VĂa. It features a monument to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is bordered by two of Madrid's most prominent skyscrapers.
Plaza de España (Seville) The Plaza de España is one of Seville's most easily recognised buildings and the epitome of the Moorish Revival in Spanish architecture. In 1929 Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition and numerous buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza designed by AnĂbal González.
Plaza de la CiudadanĂa Plaza de la CiudadanĂa (Citizenry Square) is the new development that is currently being built in the southern façade of the Palacio de La Moneda (Chile's presidential palace). It used to be part of the grass garden and parking area of the Palace.
Plaza de Mayo The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish for May Square) is the main square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, at ; it is flanked by HipĂłlito Yrigoyen, Balcarce, Rivadavia and BolĂvar streets. Several of the city's major landmarks are located around the Plaza: the Cabildo (the city council during the colonial era), the Casa Rosada (home of the executive branch of the federal government), the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires, the current city hall or municipalidad, and the headquarters of the NaciĂłn Bank.
Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de CaballerĂa de Sevilla The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de CaballerĂa de Sevilla is the oldest bullring in Spain. It is the site of the annual Feria de Abril in Sevilla, one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world.
Plaza Dorrego Plaza Dorrego (Spanish: Dorrego Square) is a square located in the heart of San Telmo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the 19th century, San Telmo was the main residential barrio (neighbourhood) of the city and Plaza Dorrego was its focal point.
Plaza Fiesta San AgustĂn Plaza Fiesta San AgustĂn is one of the largest shopping malls in Mexico, and the largest located in the metropolitan area of Monterrey. Founded in 1988, it has grown to include shops and department stores dedicated to over 150 commercial activities.
Plaza Garibaldi Plaza Garibaldi is a plaza in Mexico City famous for its gatherings of itinerant mariachi and jarocho bands (buskers). The plaza is surrounded by numerous restaurants and bars catering to aficionados of mariachi music, the most famous of which is Salon Tenampa.
Plaza Las Américas Plaza Las Américas is a large and famous shopping mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, located right across from the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, and close to WKAQ-TV's studios. "Plaza", as known by many Puerto Ricans, is the largest shopping mall in a hispanic country and in the Caribbean the first American-style mall built in Puerto Rico.
Plaza Magazine Plaza Magazine International is an international publication, focusing on design, interior decoration and fashion with a "hip" Scandinavian perspective. Plaza Magazine is published 6 times per year by Plaza Publishing Group AB, and is sold is over 40 countries world wide.
Plaza Nueva The Plaza Nueva (New Square) of Bilbao is a monumental square of Neoclassical style built in 1821. Its name comes from the previously existing Plaza Vieja or Old Square in the place where the Ribera Market was built.
Plaza Rakyat Plaza Rakyat is a Malaysian skyscraper project that has been on hold since 1997 due to an economic crisis. The project comprises an 81-storey office tower, a condominium, a hotel and a shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Plaza Rakyat LRT station Plaza Rakyat LRT station is an LRT station operated by Rapid KL served by the Ampang and Sri Petaling lines. It is named and located near Plaza Rakyat, which to date is still not completed due to excessive costs.
Plaza SĂ©samo Plaza Sesamo is a Mexican educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a co-pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, along with its predecessor Sesame Street, combining both education and entertainment.
Plaza Suite Plaza Suite, based on the Broadway play by Neil Simon, is a 1971 movie starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, and Lee Grant. The film is divided into three acts, all of which take place in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel.
Plaza Theatre The Plaza Theatre is an historic building located at 125 Pioneer Plaza in El Paso, Texas. The theater stands as one of the city's most well-known landmarks, and remains operational today, showing various Broadway productions, musical concerts, and individual performers.
Plaza-Midwood Plaza-Midwood, is a neighborhood located approximately one mile to the northeast of Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The neighborhood is roughly bound by Hawthorne Lane to the west, The Plaza to the north, Briar Creek Road and the Charlotte Country Club to the east and Central Avenue to the south.
Plazas de soberanĂa Plazas de soberanĂa ("places of sovereignty") is the term that has been historically given to the Spanish possessions in North Africa (as opposed to what was previously part of the Spanish protectorate over the north of Morocco).
Plazović The Plazović (Serbian Cyrillic: Плазовић) or KiÄ‘oš (Hungarian: KĂgyĂłs; Serbian Cyrillic: КиђоŃ), is a river in southern Hungary and northern Serbia. It flows entirely within the BaÄŤka region, and during its 129 km long course, on a section of only 15 km, it crosses the Hungarian-Serbian border eight times (92 km in Hungary, 37 km in Serbia).
PlĂĽcker coordinates In geometry, PlĂĽcker coordinates, introduced by Julius PlĂĽcker in the 19th century, are a way to assign six homogenous coordinates to each line in projective 3-space, P3. Because they satisfy a quadratic constraint, they establish a one-to-one correspondence between the 4-dimensional space of lines in P3 and points on a quadric in P5 (projective 5-space).
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