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Panasonic Academic Challenge The Panasonic Academic Challenge (PAC) is one of a small number of national competitions (see also) that is held in June for high school quizbowl teams in the United States. The PAC has been run in June of each year since 1988.
Panasonic AG-DVX100 The Panasonic AG-DVX100 was the first affordable digital progressive scan camcorder. The AG-DVX100, introduced in late 2002 and revised versions AG-DVX100A, made available in January 2004 and AG-DVX100B, introduced on 31 October 2005 made a radical departure from traditional video recording equipment because they were able to record 24 progressive frames per second (24p) at a revolutionary low price.
Panasonic AG-HVX200 The Panasonic AG HVX200 is a low-cost professional fixed lens HD camera released in December 2005 (NTSC) and April 2006 (PAL). By utilizing solid state P2 cards for high-bitrate recording instead of a MiniDV drive for DV recording, the HVX200 is able to offer unique abilities, like variable frame rates (used for slow motion & fast motion cinematography) and a 4x higher bit rate (100 Mbit/s) than mini-DV.
Panasonic Avionics Corporation Panasonic Avionics Corporation (previously incorporated as Matsushita Avionics Systems), is a part of Matsushita Electric Industrial and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California with major business functions also shared with the former headquarters located in Bothell, WA.
Panasonic Awards Panasonic Awards, annual appreciation for the most favorite television programs and performances based on people's choice poll conducted by Indonesia's Citra tabloid since 1997. But in 2004, Citra gave up the polling and instead it has been based on survey by Nielsen Media Research and the results were tabulated and audited by Ernst & Young.
Panasonic CD interface The Panasonic CD interface, also known as the MKE CD interface (for Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics), SLCD or simply Panasonic, is a proprietary computer interface for connecting a CD-ROM drive to an IBM PC compatible computer. It was used briefly in the early 1990s, and is no longer in production.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 The Lumix DMC-L1 is a Panasonic Digital single-lens reflex camera announced the 26 February 2006, using the Four Thirds System lens mount standard. It follows the Olympus E-330 with its live view capacity, permitting an image preview on the screen.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 is a digital camera model manufactured by Matsushita under the Panasonic brand. It was first announced on the second day of the 2004 Photo Marketing Association Annual Convention and Trade Show.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 is a digital compact, point and shoot 10X zoom camera with image stabilization and Panasonic's new Venus III engine. Panasonic referred to the camera in advertising as "World Smallest Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom" for 1-megapixel digital still cameras or higher as of 14th February, 2006.
Panasonic M2 The Panasonic M2 was a video game console design developed by 3DO and then sold to Matsushita (known internationally as Panasonic) for $100,000,000 Before it could be released, however, Matsushita cancelled the project in late 1997], unwilling to compete against fellow Japanese electronics giant [[Sony's PlayStation due to the failure of their own 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console. The M2 was cancelled so close to release, marketing had already taken place in the form of flyers, and one of its prospected launch titles, WARP's D2, had several gameplay screens in circulation (this game was later redesigned from scratch to be released on the Sega Dreamcast).
Panasonic M5 The Panasonic NV-M5 is a VHS recording camcorder, first launched in 1986. As one of the first camcorders to record directly onto VHS, the M5 enjoyed commercial success throughout the late 1980s at a time when VHS was becoming increasingly established as the home video format of choice for consumers.
Panasonic PV-SD4090 The 'Panasonic PV-SD4090 (or Panasonic Palmcam PV-SD4090) was a digital camera that used a SuperDisk (LS120) drive for memory storage that came out in 1999/2000. This enabled it to use the 120 MB SuperDisk/LS120 disk or 3.
Panatalinga Creek Derived from the Kaurna name (Pandlotinga), Panatalinga Creek is a short creek that runs from the foothills in the southern Adelaide suburbs around Chandlers Hill through to Trott Park, South Australia as part of the Field River catchment zone.
Panatang Makabayan The Panatang Makabayan (English: Patriotic Oath) is one of two national pledges of the Philippines, the other being the Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat, which is the pledge to the Philippine flag. It is commonly recited at school flag ceremonies, where it is recited after the singing of the national anthem (Lupang Hinirang), but before the Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat.
Panatela A panatela (also panetela, panetella) is a long, slender cigar. The word derives from the Spanish word for a long thin biscuit, from the Italian diminutive panatella, which ultimately derives from the Latin pānis, "bread.
Panathenaic Amphorae Panathenaic amphorae were the large ceramic vessels that contained the oil (some 10 gallons, and 60-70 cms high) given as prizes in the Panathenaic Games. This olive oil came from the sacred trees of Athena at Akademia, the amphorae which held it had the distinctive form of tight handles, narrow neck and feet and decorated in a standard form using the black figure technique, and continued to be so long after the black figure style has fallen out of fashion.
Panathenaic Festival The Panathenaea (‘all-Athenian festival') was Athens' most important festival and one of the grandest in the entire Greek world. Except for slaves, all inhabitants of the polis could take part in the festival.
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, ), widely known both as Panathinaikos or PAO, is a Greek sports club based in Athens, Greece. Panathinaikos has been largely successful throughout its history, as its teams and individual athletes have won a total of 487 (as of September 2006) titles in both national and international competitions.
Panavia Aircraft GmbH Panavia Aircraft is a multinational company established by the three partner nations of the Tornado Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) project, Germany, Italy and the UK. The company is based and registered in Germany.
Panavia Tornado The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine fighters, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. There are three primary versions of the Tornado, the fighter-bomber Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike), the interceptor Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant), and the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/Reconnaissance).
Panavia Tornado variants The Panavia Tornado was produced in three major variants; the strike/reconnaissance Interdictor/Strike (IDS), the IDS-based Electronic Combat/Reconnaissance (ECR) and the Air Defence Variant (ADV). There are also several sub-variants of these.
Panay Gulf Panay Gulf is an extension of the Sulu Sea, reaching between the islands of Panay and Negros in the Philippines. The gulf contains the island-province of Guimaras and extends into the Santa Ana Bay between Panay and Guimaras and into Gumarias Strait, between Guimaras and Negros.
Panayia Mu, Panayia Mu Panayia Mu, Panayia Mu (Greek script: Παναγιά μου, Παναγιά μου, English translation: "My Lady, My Lady") was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in Greek by Mariza Koch.
Panayiotis Simopoulos Panayiotis Simopoulos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Σιμόπουλος) is one of Greece's top male fashion models. He has appeared in numerous fashion magazines and events promoting Greek and international products and appearing on ad campaigns for department stores such as JC Penney.
Panayiotis Yamarelos Panayiotis Yamarelos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Γιαμαρέλος), also called as Panos Yamarelos/Giamarelos, is a Greek retired university professor of medical jurisprudence and arguably the most famous coroner in Greece, based in Athens. He was for many years the Head of the Medical Examiners of Greece.
Panayiotis Zaphiris Panayiotis Zaphiris is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design, School of Informatics of City University, London. Before joining City University, he was a researcher at the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University from where he also got his Ph.
Panayot Butchvarov Panayot Butchvarov (born April 2, 1933, in Sofia, Bulgaria) left Syracuse University in 1968 to move to the University of Iowa, where he was at the time of his retirement in 2005 the University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor of Philosophy. He served as President of the Central States Philosophical Association and of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association; he also served as editor of the Journal of Philosophical Research.
Panayotis Varotsos Panayotis Varotsos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βαρώτσος) is a Greek physicist, professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes. His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes.
PanAmSat Founded in 1984 by Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat Corporation () was a satellite service provider headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. It operated a fleet of communications satellites used by the entertainment industry, news agencies, internet service providers, government agencies, and telecommunication companies.
Panbabylonism Panbabylonism is a school of thought within Assyriology and Religious studies that considers the Hebrew Bible and Judaism as directly derived from Babylonian culture and mythology. It was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, advocated notably by Alfred Jeremias, but is now viewed much more reservedly by mainstream academia, its more extreme forms even qualified as pseudoscience.
Panbiogeography Panbiogeography is an intricately related offshoot of biogeography. Biogeography is the study of how very similar organisms are distributed throughout a region, and panbiogeography studies how organisms came to be in a particular location.
Pancake batfish The pancake batfish, Halieutichthys aculeatus, belongs to the family Ogcocephalidae of batfishes. Their distributrition includes western Atlantic, North Carolina, northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.
Pancake die A pancake die is a simple type of manufacturing die that performs blanking and/or piercing. Many dies perform complex procedures simultaneously (or progressively for progressive die) such as coining, piercing, forming, bending in addition to product removal and transport (for additional manufacturing procedures or packaging).
Pancake dome A pancake dome is an unusual type of volcano found on the planet Venus. They are widely scattered on that planet and often form groups or clusters, though with smaller numbers of pancake domes in each group than is typical for the more common shield volcanos.
Pancake sorting Pancake sorting is a variation of the sorting problem in which the only allowed operation is to reverse the elements of some prefix of the sequence. The goal is to sort the sequence in as few reversals as possible.
Pancarte pour une porte d'entrée (Tailleferre) "Pancarte pour une porte d'entrée" (in English "Handbill for an entrance", sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Onze Chants" or "Eleven Songs" in some sources) is a cycle of eleven songs composed by Germaine Tailleferre to the poems of the novelist and poet Robert Pinget written in 1959. The work was published in 2003 by the French publishers Musik Fabrik.
Pance Kumbev Pance Kumbev (born on December 25 1979 in Veles (Macedonia)) is a Macedonian footballer (defender) playing currently for Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski.He was part of Macedonia national football team.
Pancratium (genus) Pancratium is a genus of about 18 species flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, which also including the genera Narcissus (true daffodils) and Galanthus (snowdrops). The genus is found along the coastline of the Mediterranean area extending to the Canary Islands, tropical Africa and tropical Asia.
Pancratium canariense Pancratium illyricum ot the Canary Sea Daffodil is a species of Amaryllidaceae native to the Canary Islands. It grows on north facing slopes in good light, not exposed to hot burning sun and not baking drought.
Pancreas transplantation A pancreas transplant is an organ transplant that involves implanting a healthy pancreas (one which can produce insulin) into a person who has diabetes. Typically, the recipient's existing pancreas is removed.
Pancreatic fistula A pancreatic fistula is an abnormal communication between the pancreas and other organs due to leakage of pancreatic secretions from damaged pancreatic ducts. An external pancreatic fistula is one that communicates with the skin, and is also known as a pancreaticocutaneous fistula, whereas an internal pancreatic fistula communicates with other internal organs or spaces.
Pancreaticoduodenectomy Originally described by Alessandro Codivilla in 1898 and Kausch in 1912; and perfected by Allen Oldfather Whipple in the 1930s, pancreaticoduodenectomy is the operation of choice for the management of tumours of the head of the pancreas (the most common site of pancreatic cancer). The basic concept behind the pancreaticoduodenectomy is that the head of the pancreas and the duodenum share the same arterial blood supply, and these arteries run through the head of the pancreas, so that both organs must be removed.
Pancrelipase Pancrelipase is a form of enzyme therapy for the treatment of various digestive disorders. It is a mixture of three digestive enzymes, amylase, peptidase, and lipase, which are normally produced by the pancreas.
Pancritical rationalism Pancritical rationalism (PCR) is a development of critical rationalism and panrationalism originated by William Warren Bartley in his book The Retreat to Commitment. PCR attempts to work around the problem of ultimate commitment or infinite regress by decoupling criticism and justification.
Pancrustacea Pancrustacea is a proposed taxon, comprising all crustaceans and hexapods . This grouping is contrary to the Atelocerata hypothesis, in which Myriapoda and Hexapoda are sister taxa, and Crustacea are only more distantly related.
Pancyprian Gymnasium The Pancyprian Gymnasium (Παγκύπριο Γυμνάσιο) was founded in 1812 by Archbishop Kyprianos at a time when Cyprus was still under Ottoman occupation. It was originally called the Hellenic School (Ελληνική Σχολή) and is the oldest high school still in operation on the island.
Panda (musician) Panda (born April 14, 1986) is a Dutch electronic music artist, specialising in Drum and Bass. He gained an interst in leftfield music in his teenage years and then began listening to Drum and Bass acts such as Dieselboy and AK1200; this had a discernable influence on his distinctive “pumper” brand of D&B.
Panda car The phrase panda car refers to a small or medium-sized police car operated by British police forces. They are used for ordinary patrol work, with larger and more powerful vehicles being used for emergency response, traffic patrol and special services.
Panda corydoras Corydoras panda is a species of catfish belonging to the genus Corydoras, of the Family Callichthyidae, and is a native member of the riverine fauna of South America. It is found in Peru, most notably in the Huanaco region, where it inhabits the Rio Aquas, the Rio Amarillae, a tributary of the Rio Pachitea, and the Rio Ucayali river system.
Panda crossing The panda crossing in the United Kingdom was an early attempt at a signal-controlled pedestrian road crossing. The introduction of such a system was desired, to replace the zebra crossing, which had warning signals (in the form of Belisha beacons) but no proper controlling signals.
Panda diplomacy Panda Diplomacy is a term used to describe China's use of Giant Pandas as diplomatic gifts to other countries. The practice existed as far back as the Tang Dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair of pandas to the Japanese emperor.
Panda Express Panda Express is a giant "fast casual" restaurant chain serving Americanized Chinese cuisine. It operates mainly inside the United States of America, in shopping malls, supermarkets, airports, strip plazas, and college campuses.
Panda Software Panda Software is a computer security company founded in 1990 by Panda's CEO, Mikel Urizarbarrena, in the city of Bilbao, Spain. Initially centered on the production of antivirus software, the company has expanded its line of applications to include firewall application, spam and spyware detection applications, cybercrime prevention technology, and other system management and security tools for businesses and home users.
Panda-ma-tenga Panda-ma-tenga is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located west of Hwange on the Zimbabwe/Botswana border. The village was established in 1871 by a trader, George Westbeech, who set up camp here.
Panda-Z is a Japanese anime television series. The series consists of short comedy sketches, involving the adventures of Pan-Taron, a chibi robotic panda, pilot of the Panda-Z mecha, and his equally small cute robotic friends, as they fight the evil Skull Panda, leader of the Warunimal forces.
Pandacan, Manila Pandacan is a district of the City of Manila in the Philippines, located south of the banks of the Pasig River and belongs under the 6th congressional district of Manila, divided into forty three (43) barangays that includes Zone 90 to Zone 95 and barangays 829 to 872.
Pandaemonium (film) Pandaemonium is a 2000 film, directed by Julien Temple, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce. It is based on the early lives of English poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, in particular their collaboration on the "Lyrical Ballads", and Coleridge's writing of Kubla Khan.
Pandalian Pandalian (or PandaMonium) is a multinationally developed animated series, with characters created by the Taiwanese company named TVbean, animation produced by Fuji Creative Corporation and Planet Inc. (called PLANET ENTERTAINMENT Inc.
Pandalus borealis Pandalus borealis (also called Pandalus eous) is a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many different English names are used, with little consensus (deep-water shrimp, cold-water shrimp, northern shrimp, Alaskan pink shrimp, pink shrimp, northern red shrimp).
Pandamonium (TV series) Pandamonium was a 1982-83 animated series that aired on CBS. When an evil alien named Mondraggor attempted to steal the Pyramid of Power, the pyramid shattered into many pieces, which scattered around the world.
Pandan Reservoir Pandan Reservoir (Chinese: 班丹蓄水池) is a reservoir located in Jurong East in the West Region of Singapore. Formed by damming Sungei Pandan, it is the largest service water reservoir in Singapore which provides non-potable water to the industrial areas in western Singapore, particularly in the Jurong Industrial Estate.
Pandanallur style The Pandanallur style of Bharata Natyam is mainly attributed to Minakshisundaram Pillai (1869–1954). He was a dance Guru who lived in the village of Pandanallur, which is in the Thanjavur district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Pandanus Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. The genus is native to the Old World tropics and western Pacific Ocean islands, with the largest number of species in Madagascar and Malesia (Wagner, Herbst, & Sohmer 1990).
Pandanus amaryllifolius Pandanus amaryllifolius is a tropical plant in the screwpine genus which is known commonly as pandan and used widely in South East Asian cooking. It is an erect green plant with fan-shaped sprays of long, narrow, bladelike leaves and woody aerial roots.
Pandanus boninensis Pandanus boninensis is an Asian species of shrub that is common in the Distylium-Schima dry forests and Raphiolepsis-Livistona dry forests of the Ogasawara Islands.Endemic] to [[Japan, it has aerial prop roots and grows on rocks.
Pandanus tectorius Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus (screwpine), occurring in northern Queensland, Australia and Indonesia east through the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean to Hawaii (where it is known locally as the hala tree). Its exact native range is unknown due to extensive cultivation; it may be an early Polynesian introduction to many of the more isolated Pacific islands on which it occurs.
Pandarathil Pandarathil is a surname of Malayalam-speaking Namboodiri Brahmins of South-west India. It was originally a honorific title conferred on a few aristocratic families by the Maharaja of erstwhile Travancore in recognition of their special services as vassals of the ruling monarch.
Pandari Bai Pandari Bai (1930 - 2003) was a prominent heroine of South Indian languages films during the 1950s and 60s. She has the distiction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Sivaji Ganesan and Dr.
Pandava Sena Pandava Sena is a UK youth group for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Pandava Sena organises and runs festivals, retreats, music, dramas, discussions, presentations, debates, and more, to spread the message of Krishna Consciousness to youth.
Pandavleni Caves Pandavleni Caves are a group of around twenty four 2000-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves, built by the Jain kings as home for the Jain saints. This holy site is located 8 km south of Nashik in the Nashik district in Maharashtra state of central India.
Pandeism Pandeism is a term that has been used at various times to describe religious beliefs. It is now particularly addressed to syncretist concepts incorporating or mixing elements of pantheism (that God is identical to the universe) and deism (that the creator-god who designed the universe no longer exists in a status where he can be reached, and can instead be confirmed only by reason).
Pandeism (Godfrey Higgins) Pandeism was used by some 19th century figures (particularly religionist Godfrey Higgins, later echoed by occult figure John Ballou Newbrough), to describe the beliefs that they attributed to a particular cult or sect, the worshipers of a group of gods called Pans.
Pandelis Pouliopoulos Pandelis Pouliopoulos (10 March 1900-6 June 1943) (Greek: Παντελής Πουλιόπουλος) was a Greek communist and onetime general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). He stood the internationalist and revolutionary character of the communist movement.
Pandemic Studios Pandemic Studios is a video game developer notable for creating destructible environments that is based in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Australia. Recently, their major hits have been Full Spectrum Warrior, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Destroy All Humans and Mercenaries.
Pandemonium (Dungeons & Dragons) In the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Windswept Depths of Pandemonium is the Outer plane where Chaotic Evil and Chaotic Neutral petitioners are sent after death. Pandemonium is a large, complex cavern that never ends.
Pandemonium (role-playing game) Pandemonium is a comedy role-playing game designed by Stephan Michael Sechi and published by MIB Productions, Inc. It is inspired by the fictional "news" that appears in tabloid publications such as the Weekly World News.
Pandemonium (video game) Pandemonium is a platform game, published by Crystal Dynamics, for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC, and Nokia N-Gage. It features Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town.
Pandenulf of Capua Pandenulf was the Count of Capua, claiming that title from 862 and holding it successfully during the tumultuous civil war of 879 – 882. He was the son and successor of Pando, but was removed on his father's death by his uncle the bishop, Landulf II.
Pandi Melam Pandi melam is a classic performance (melam) of different musical instruments that are unique to Kerala state of south India. The most traditional of all melam's is 'Pandi Melam' which is generally performed outside the temples.
Pandiatonic In music pandiatonic chords and successions are those formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic. The term was invented by Nicolas Slonimsky to describe examples such as the added sixth or the nonfunctional tonality of composers such as Aaron Copland (in his populist works; Jaffe, 1992), Igor Stravinsky (in his neoclassical works), and more recently Steve Reich and John Adams (Jaffe, 1992).
Pandigital number In mathematics, a pandigital number is an integer that in a given base has among its significant digits each digit used in the base at least once. For example, 1223334444555567890 is a pandigital number in base 10.
Pandion I In Greek mythology, Pandion I was a legendary king of Athens, the son and heir to Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea. He married his maternal aunt, Zeuxippe, and they had four children, Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, and Philomela.
Pandit Kalyan Mukherjee Kalyan Mukherjee is one of the most distinguished sarod players of the present generation. A student of the legendary sarod player Ustad Bahadur Khan and noted sitar player and ethnomusicologist Sri Ajoy Sinha Roy, Kalyan has proved himself to be one of the most successful torch bearers of the Senia Maihar School of Indian classical music.
Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar was prominent Indian freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh who took active part in Quit India movement and held many responsible positions in Indian politics such as Member of Parliament and Consituent Assembly in the year 1952. He was also Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha between 1958 and 1963.
Pandith Amaradeva Pandit Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva (born Albert Perera on December 5, 1927) is a renowned Sri Lankan vocalist and musical composer, whose trademark musical style incoporates Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas. His music is often referred to as having forged what may be considered a truly Sri Lankan sound - this fact remains, however, his musical hallmark.
Pandiya Kula Kshatriya Mara Nadar The History of Pandiyan Kingdom starts with the early prehistory of India before 12000 to 15000 years ago. The ancient Pandiyan kingdom had soverignity over most of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Southern Karnataka and Srilanka.
Pandji Tisna Anak Agung Pandji Tisna (11 February 1908 – 2 June 1978), also known as Anak Agung Nyoman Pandji Tisna or I Gusti Nyoman Pandji Tisna or just Pandji Tisna, was the 11th and last king of Buleleng, Singaraja, in the northern part of Bali, Indonesia. He succeeded his father, Anak Agung Putu Djelantik, in 1944.
Pando (application) Pando is a free (funded with publicity within the application) proprietary software application that allows its users to share files via P2P. It's mainly aimed at sending e-mail attachments of large file-size, but can it can also be used to share files in other ways.
Pando (unit) The Pando is an informal unit of length or distance most commonly used as a rough guide to the dimensions of a room, living space or other dwelling or building. One Pando is defined as six feet, or alternatively, the approximate height of an average man.
Pando of Capua Pando the Rapacious () (died 862, or 863) was the second son of Landulf I of Capua and brother of Lando I. When his father died (843), Lando succeeded to the countship, but Pando and their younger brother Landulf were associated as co-rulers (with no real power).
Pandokratoros monastery Pantokratoros monastery (Greek: Μονή Παντοκράτορος) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks seventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Pandolfo IV Malatesta Pandolfo IV Malatesta, nicknamed Pandolfaccio (Bad Pandulph) (July 1475 – June 1534) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini and other cities in Romagna. He was a member of the House of Malatesta and a minor player in the Italian Wars.
Pandora In Greek mythology, Pandora ("all gifted") was the first woman, fashioned by Zeus as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. According to the myth, Pandora opened a container releasing all the miseries of mankind—greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining—leaving only hope inside.
Pandora (Free Monitoring System) Pandora FMS are a Free Software set of programs, licensed under the GNU General Public License, that allows to analyze in a visual way status and performance of several parameters from different Operating Systems, servers, applications and hardware systems such as firewalls, proxies, data bases, web servers or routers. All integrated into an open and distributed architecture.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a 1951 drama film made by Romulus Films and released by MGM. It was directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Joe Kaufmann and Albert Lewin from his own screenplay, based on the legend of The Flying Dutchman.
Pandora Archive PANDORA is a web archive of Australian online publications, established initially by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and now built in collaboration with a number of other Australian state libraries and cultural collecting organisations, such as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian War Memorial, and the National Film and Sound Archive. The State Library of Tasmania is not participating in PANDORA, but is running its own project called Our Digital Island.
Pandora sphinx moth The Pandora sphinx moth (Eumorpha pandorus), also called the Pandorus Sphinx Moth is a North American moth in the Sphingidae family. It is a large, greenish gray moth with darker patches and pink edges and small pink eye spots.
Pandorina Pandorina is a genus of green alga composed of 8, 16, or sometimes 32 cells, held together at their bases to form a globular colony surrounded by mucilage. The cells are ovoid or slightly narrowed at one end to appear keystone- or pear-shaped.
Pandoro Pandoro, as well as its counterpart Panettone, is a traditional Italian sweet yeast bread, most popular around Christmas and other special occasions, but eaten all year round. Pandoro is typically shaped like a frustum with a star section.
Pandosia (Bruttium) Pandosia (Greek: ) was an ancient city of Bruttium (now Calabria), Italy, situated near the frontiers of Lucania (now Basilicata). Strabo describes it as a little above Consentia (modern Cosenza), the precise sense of which expression is far from clear (Strab.

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