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Purlieu (album) Purlieu is the title of Second Thought's debut album. Released on Second Thought's own label on May 10 2004 after the dissolution of Project Aristotle Records, Purlieu is a vague concept album about a place that does not exist, which aims to make the listener feel "lost and confused in [a] strange, cold, desolate countryside".
Purlin In architecture or structural engineering, a purlin (or purline) is a longitudinal structural member in a roof. Purlins support the loads from the roof deck or sheathing and are supported by the principal rafters and/or the building walls.
Purna avatar In Hinduism, Vishnu, the Lord of the Universe exists in sixteen expanding Kalas or digits of manifestation. That is, one digit of His manifestation in the vegetable kingdom, two in the animal, and from five to eight in the human, according as souls pass from the savage at one end of the scale to the highest evolved state at the other.
Purna Swaraj The Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26 1930 - resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete independence from the British Empire.
Purple Belt The Purple Belt is the innermost colored belt in the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, running through downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unlike the other belts, it was established in 1995 in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Wayfinder System, a color-coded signage system downtown which helps tourists and locals find many of the common destinations in the city.
Purple cow The term Purple Cow has most recently been used by Seth Godin in his book Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable. Godin's book suggests that marketing as we have known it, dominated by industrial complexes churning out products to meet the market's need, and television advertising directing people to these products, is broken.
Purple cymopterus Purple cymopterus (Cymopterus multinervatus), is an occasional perennial wildflower found in the eastern Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. The plant grows between 3,500 and 6,000 feet, and is also found on the northern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains.
Purple City Music Purple City is a new independent record label launched in the summer of 2004. The intention of Purple City is to be an "across the board" artists record company exploring all styles and genres of music.
Purple Cloud Temple The Purple Cloud Temple, standing on Zhanqifeng Peak, is a temple in Wudangshan. Built in 1413, it consists of several halls, including the Dragon and Tiger Hall, the Purple Sky Hall, the East Hall, the West Hall, the Parent Hall and the Prince Cliff.
Purple Crayon Players The Purple Crayon Players were established in Spring of 2005 at Northwestern University as a student theatre group dedicated to producing quality works of professionally written children's theatre. In its first year of existence, Purple Crayon Players won Northwestern University's "Outstanding New Student Organization" award Their innaugural production, Robin Goodfellow - an adaptation of William Shakespeare]'s A Midsummer Night's Dream by acclaimed playwright [[Aurand Harris - was a joint project with Lovers and Madmen, Northwestern's Shakespearean theatre production group, and successfully toured to the District 65 schools in Spring of 2006.
Purple diet The Purple Diet is a fad diet promoted by Mariah Carey which involves eating only purple foods, such as plums, beetroot and red grapes three days a week. It is claimed that purple foods have anti aging properties due to their high content of anti-oxidants and vitamins.
Purple fringing In photography, and particularly in digital photography, purple fringing is the term for an out-of-focus purple ghost image on a photograph. Images taken with high-contrast boundary areas involving daylight or gas discharge lamps are particularly susceptible, since chromatic aberration is worst for the shortest wavelengths that a camera is sensitive to (violet and/or ultra-violet light).
Purple Haze "Purple Haze" is a song recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States, which also appeared on the US release of their 1967 album Are You Experienced?.
Purple Hearts (Australian band) The Purple Hearts were an Australian rock group, formed in Brisbane in 1964. The band consisted of lead vocalist Mick Hadley, lead guitarist Barry Lyde (known as Lobby Loyde), rhythm guitarist Fred Pickard, bassist Bob Dames, and drummers Adrian 'Red' Redmond (1964-66) and Tony Cahill (1966-67).
Purple Hearts (UK band) Purple Hearts were often considered one of the best British mod revival groups. The Story of mod revivalists the Purple Hearts begins in 1977 when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nicky Lake formed in Romford Essex as The Sockets in 1977 before they even knew how to play their instruments (taking a cue from the then-prevailing DIY aesthetics of the punk rock movement) for the sole purpose of getting a support slot at a Buzzcocks gig at the East London Ploytechic, to debut their tounge-in-cheek Rock Opera 'Reg'.
Purple Heron The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia.
Purple Needletail The Purple Needletail is the largest swift found in the Old World. This species is distributed from northeastern Sulawesi through the Philippine islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Marinduque, Catanduanes, Calayan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Leyte, Biliran, Mindanao and Basilan.
Purple Onion Purple Onion is the first studio album by Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, released on September 24, 2002. While the Brigade regulars are consistent on much of the record (Eenor, Skerik, and new percussionist Mike "Tree Frog" Dillon), many special guests appear on the album as well.
Purple prose A term of literary criticism, purple prose is used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensuously evocative beyond the requirements of its context.
Purple People Eaters The Purple People Eaters was the nickname of the Minnesota Vikings football team's defensive line of the late 1960's to the late 1970's, when the Vikings played in four Super Bowls. The name comes from the purple color of the Vikings' uniforms and a song by Sheb Wooley entitled Purple People Eater.
Purple ribbon The purple ribbon is worn in support of the International Purple Ribbon Project to put an end to all interpersonal violence, such as violence against women. In Canada, it is sometimes worn on December 6, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in memory of the École Polytechnique massacre committed by Marc Lépine to denounce violence against women, as an alternate to the white ribbon.
Purple rock crab The purple rock crab, Leptograpsus variegatus, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans from Western Australia to western South America, and in New Zealand from the top of the North Island to Kaikoura or Westport, and the Kermadec Islands. It grows to around 50 mm shell width.
Purple Rain (film) Purple Rain is a 1984 film directed by Albert Magnoli and written by Prince and William Blinn. Prince stars in this semi-autobiographical movie, which was clearly developed around him and his particular talents.
Purple Reedgrass Purple Reedgrass (Calamagrostis purpurascens) is a perennial grass native to most of North America, from arctic Greenland, Canada, and Alaska south to California and Louisiana (though rare and scattered in the southern states of the USA where it is a post-glacial relict), and also in Asia in eastern Siberia. It grows 30 to 70 cm tall.
Purple Revolution Purple Revolution is a term that some have given to the end of Saddam Hussein's governance in Iraq and the coming of democracy to the nation. The name is after the color revolutions trend of democratic revolutionary movements in authoritarian states -- the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon are three examples.
Purple Ribbon Records Purple Ribbon Label is a record label owned by OutKast and distributed through Virgin Records. The label was formerly known as Aquemini Records (named after OutKast's 1998 album) until André 3000 lost interest and pursued acting.
Purple Ronnie Purple Ronnie is a crudely-drawn stick figure cartoon character who has featured in Vimto adverts but now appears mainly on greetings cards, usually accompanied by a simple rhyme. "Purple Ronnie" also has produced many short books intended as gifts to accompany birthdays or special occasions, which incorporate gentle forms of toilet humour and are heavily illustrated.
Purple sulfur bacteria The purple sulfur bacteria are a group of Proteobacteria capable of photosynthesis, collectively referred to as purple bacteria. They are anaerobic or microaerophilic, and are often found in sulfur springs or stagnant water.
Purple Salsify Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus. It is also known as Oyster Plant, Vegetable Oyster, or Common Salsify, or simply as Goatsbeard or Salsify - though as these last names are also applied to other members of the genus, or to the genus as a whole, they are better avoided.
Purple Saxifrage The Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) is a species of plant that is very common all over the high arctic and also some high mountainous areas further south, including northern Britain, the Alps and the Rocky Mountains. It is even known to grow in north Greenland, at 83°15'N, the most northerly plant locality in the world.
Purple Sunbird The Purple Sunbird, Cinnyris asiaticus (formerly Nectarinia asiatica), is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young.
Purple Swamphen The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), formerly also known as the Purple Gallinule, is a large bird in the family Rallidae. From its name in French, talève sultane it is also sometimes known as the Sultana Bird.
Purple trades In the armed forces of Canada, the purple trades are occupations and careers – typically related to logistics or other support – that are not strongly linked to one of the Canadian Forces' three major 'environments' or 'elements': land, sea, or air.
Purple triangle The purple triangle was a Nazi concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify religious prisoners, the Jehovah's Witnesses (Bibelforscher). Unlike the Jews, for whom religion was hereditary, Jehovah's Witnesses had the option to escape the camps by a simple renunciation of their faith.
Purple Tory Purple Tories are members of Canadian federal or provincial Conservative Parties who consider themselves to be libertarians. The name is believed to have been derived from the fact that purple has traditionally been a libertarian color, but also possibly because the ideology is somewhat of a combination of Red Toryism and Blue Toryism.
Purple Turtle The Purple Turtle is the name of a group of burners, mostly visual and performance artists as well as engineers and photographers, that is based in San Diego. Collectively known as 'purple turtlers,' they create a camp that provides a large public 'chill space' known as the Purple Turtle Catnip Lounge at Burning Man and other regional events and art festivals in or near San Diego.
Purple worm In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the purple worm is a magical beast and a classic D&D monster. It is akin to an enormous (5 feet wide and tall and 80 feet long) and bizzare earthworm.
Purple-K Purple-K is a dry chemical fire suppression agent used in some dry powder fire extinguishers. It is the most effective dry chemical in fighting class B (flammable liquid) fires, and can be used against some class C (energized electrical equipment) fires.
Purple-naped Lory The Purple-naped Lory Lorius domicella is a forest-dwelling parrot endemic to the islands of Seram, Ambon, and perhaps also Haruku and Saparua, South Maluku, Indonesia. It is considered vulnerable, the main threat being from trapping for the cage-bird trade.
Purple-throated Mountain-gem The Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaema) is a hummingbird which breeds in the mountains of southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica and western Panama. It is replaced in southern Costa Rica by its close relatives, the White-throated and Gray-tailed Mountain-gems, with which it is sometimes considered conspecific.
Purple-T-Wiki purple-t-wiki is a PHP-based wiki engine released under the GPL. The package is intended for web designers who want to integrate a fast and simple wiki edit page or "box" into an existing web site without messing with template systems such as that used in Kwiki.
Purplene <BR>Purplene were an indie rock band whose life began in the industrial Australian city of Newcastle in 1996, culminating in the release the 2004 Purplene LP, then disbanding in the spring of 2005 as one of Sydney's most respected rock groups.
PurpleWiki PurpleWiki is a WikiWikiWeb implementation by Eugene Eric Kim and Chris Dent that adds Purple Numbers to paragraphs, headers, lists, and other fine-grained elements on a Wiki page. The numbers can be used to link to these elements.
Purpose Driven Purpose Driven is a term coined by Rick Warren to name the philosophy which focuses one structuring life, family, career, and church around five purposes which Warren identifies in scripture as having been given by Jesus Christ: to know and love God (worship), to love others (fellowship), to grow spiritually (discipleship), to serve others with your talents (ministry) and to share the Good News (evangelism).
Purpose trust A purpose trust is a type of trust which has no beneficiaries, but instead exists for advancing some non-charitable purpose of some kind. In most jurisdictions, such trusts are not enforceable outside of certain limited and anomalous exceptions, but some countries have enacted legislation specifically to promote the use of non-charitable purpose trusts.
Purposeful omission Purposeful omission is the leaving out of particular nonessential details that can be assumed by the reader, (if used in literature), according to the context and attitudes/gestures made by the characters in the stories. It allows for the reader to make their own abstract representation of the situation at hand.
Purposive theory Purposive theory is a theory of statutory interpretation that holds that common law courts should interpret legislation in light of the purpose behind the legislation. Purposive theory stands in contrast to textualism or statutory derogation, two other prominent common law interpretation theories.
Purposive way Much of EU law is drawn up in a purposive way . A purposive approach sets out general principles and leaves the finer details to be filled in later by the judges, who are expected to apply the law along the principles set out in the law.
Purpure In heraldry, purpure is a tincture, more or less the equivalent of the colour "purple", and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed to metals). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45 degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view of an observer, or else indicated by using purp.
Purpurite Purpurite is a mineral, basically Manganese Phosphate, MnPO4 although with varying amounts of iron depending upon the source of the mineral. It is a striking pink purple colour as might be expected of a manganese containing mineral.
Purpurmond Purpurmond (in English, Purple Moon) was the 6th studio album by MĂĽnchener Freiheit in their native language, reaching #17 in the German charts. Three minor hit singles were released from the album, the most successful being the lead-off single Verlieben verlieren.
Purr-Chance to Dream "Purr-Chance to Dream" is a 1967 Tom and Jerry cartoon short directed by Ben Washam and produced by Chuck Jones. It was the last Tom and Jerry short released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the last of the Chuck Jones shorts in Tom and Jerry series.
Purranisaurus Purranisaurus is a genus of marine crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic period of the Tithonian of Argentina. Rusconi orginally regarded Purranisaurus potens to be a plesiosaur, however, Gasparini (1975) demonstrated that it was in fact a metriorhynchid crocodyliform, and that it was a junior synonym of Metriorhynchus.
Purrkur Pillnikk Purrkur Pillnikk is a legendary rock band from late punk era in Iceland. The band existed for 18 months (1981-1983) and were very active as they released at least two LPs' worth of songs, along with one live-album and one EP.
Purse bid A purse bid is an initial step in arranging a professional boxing match, involving the fight's / card's promoter(s). All interested registered promoters may bid on the amount of the purse (the total money that the fighters will be paid for the match), if the sides representing each fighter fail to agree on it before the deadline.
Purse distribution In horse racing, the term purse distribution may refer to the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period of time, or to the percentages of a race's total purse that are awarded to each of the highest finishers. This article focuses on the latter definition.
Purse organizer Purse organizers are items used to assist women in finding objects in their handbag, in cases where this might be difficult due to overload. The purse organizer is inserted into the purse, and has several pockets which can be used to group different kinds of items (e.
Purser A ship's purser, or just purser, is the person on a ship responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships the purser is the officer responsible for all administration and supply; frequently the cooks and stewards answer to him as well.
Purshia Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico.
Purshia tridentata Purshia tridentata is a nitrogen fixing shrub in the genus Purshia, native to mountainous areas of western North America ranging from southeastern British Columbia in the north, east to Montana and south to California and New Mexico. It grows on arid mountainsides; in California it occurs between 700-3400 m above sea level (Jepson), but lower further north, at 320-1065 m in British Columbia (Plants of British Columbia).
Pursuit Brigade The Pursuit Brigade () was a Polish World War II unit of the Polish Air Force. It took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939 as the main aerial reserve of the commander in chief and was used for air cover of the Polish capital.
Pursuit Force Pursuit Force is a video game made exclusively for the PlayStation Portable which puts the player in the role of a tough cop who joins up to a new elite police unit to restore order to a city overrun with gangs. This elite unit, known as the Pursuit Force, specialises in direct armed encounters with adversaries, whether it be on foot or on the bonnet of a speeding car.
Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau The pursuit of Goeben and Breslau was a naval action that occurred in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted to intercept the German Mittelmeerdivision (Mediterranean Division) comprising the battlecruiser SMS Goeben and the light cruiser SMS Breslau. The German ships evaded the British fleet and passed through the Dardanelles to reach Constantinople where their arrival was a catalyst that contributed to the Ottoman Empire joining the Central Powers by issuing a declaration of war against the Triple Entente.
Pursuit of Nazi collaborators The pursuit of Nazi collaborators refers to the post-WWII pursuit and apprehension of individuals who were not citizens of the Third Reich at the outbreak of World War II and collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. Hence, this article does not cover former members of the NSDAP and their fate after the war.
Pursuit of the House-Boat Pursuit of the House-Boat (sometimes called In Pursuit of the House-Boat or The Pursuit of the House-Boat) is an 1897 novel by John Kendrick Bangs, and the second one to feature his Associated Shades take on Hell.
Pursuit Special The Pursuit Special is the car driven by the main character Max Rockatansky in the films Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. It is a Ford Falcon XB GT coupe customized to become a police interceptor of the Main Force Patrol.
Pursuit-evasion In computer science, pursuit-evasion (also sometimes referred to as cops and robbers) is a family of problems in which one group attempts to track down members of another group in an environment where movement is constrained by a graph.
Pursuivant A Pursuivant, or more correctly a pursuivant of arms, is a junior officer of arms. Most pursuivants are attached to official heraldic authorities, such as the College of Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh.
Purtell Park Purtell Park is a rugby league ground in Bardon, a suburb in Brisbane's west. It was the home ground for the Western Suburbs Panthers, who played in the South East Division's Mixwell Cup and Mixwell Colts Challenge, and who played in the Queensland Cup until the end of 2003.
Purulia arms drop case Purulia arms drop case is an infamous incident in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an Antonov-26 aircraft in the Purulia district of India on December 17, 1995. Despite the passage of years, the incident is wrapped in mystery and not many details are known about the case, nor is there much consensus regarding the chain of events and the evidence in question.
Pururavas According to Vedas, Pururavas is a mythological entity associated with the Surya (the sun) and Usha (the dawn), and is believed to resided in the middle region of the cosmos. The Rig Veda states that he was a son of Ila, and was a pious king.
Purushamedha Purushamedha (literally translated, "sacrifice of the cosmic Purusha") is a Vedic yajna (fire-sacrifice) described in the Yajurveda (VS 30–31). The verse describes people from all classes and of all descriptions tied to the stake and offered to Prajapati.
Purusharthas In Hinduism, the purusharthas are the canonical four aims of human life. These goals are, in the traditional sequence: righteousness morality (Sanskrit: dharma), wealth (artha), pleasure and love (kama), and liberation from the cycle of reincarnation (moksha).
Purushottam Das Tandon Purushottam Das Tandon पुरुशोत्तम दास टंडन August 1, 1882 – July 1, 1962), was a freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh in India, of Khatri descent. He is widely remembered for his efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi.
Purushottam Khedekar Purushottam Khedekar is the founder of Maratha Seva Sangh (MSS), an organizaton pandering to the revival of Maratha glory. He is also the founder of the controversial hardline group Sambhaji Brigade, known for their anti-Brahman stance and perpetrating violence against several scholars, academics, and other figures who oppose their radical theology.
Purushottamananda Swami Purushottamananda (1931-2005) was born on June 14 1931 at Moodahadu, a village near Saligrama in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka as Ramachandra Bayari. He completed matriculation and served as a teacher in Malpe and Madikeri.
Purvanchal Purvanchal is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end of Uttar Pradesh state. It is bounded by Nepal to the north, Bihar state to the east, Bagelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state to the south, the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh to the west.
Purveyance Purveyance is the right of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use, and was developed in England over the course of the late eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. In theory, the king's prerogative allowed him to collect goods needed for both household and military use, although the latter was discontinued in 1362.
Purvis Short Purvis Short (born July 2 1957, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.
PurVIEW PurVIEW is an integrated image display and viewing plug-in software package that incorporates stereoscopic viewing technology for ESRI ArcGIS 9. Using ArcMap, geodatabase contents can be directly accessed and reviewed superimposed on standard geo-referenced 3-dimensional image models, revealing errors and omissions, or natural changes.
Pury End Pury End is a hamlet of approximately 100 houses within the parish of Paulerspury, near Towcester, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Off the beaten track, the village is usually visited by walkers as the ancient "Grafton Way" footpath crosses through the village and runs down Carey's Road.
Pus Pus is a whitish-yellow or yellow substance produced during inflammatory responses of the body that can be found in regions of pyogenic bacterial infections. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess.
Pusaka Pusaka is a collaboration of dance music producers and DJs Chris Cox of Thunderpuss and DJ Irene. In 2001 their song "You're the Worst Thing For Me," featuring vocals by Thea Austin, hit number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Pusan International Film Festival Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF, 부산국제영화제, 釜山國際映畵祭), held annually in Busan(also Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from September 13 to September 21, 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea.
Pusan National University Pusan National University (PNU) (also called Busan National University) is one of the most recognized national institutes of high eduction in South Korea. The main campus of the university is located in Pusan (also called Busan), South Korea.
Pusat Sains Negara Pusat Sains Negara or National Science Centre is a science centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Perched atop a hill on 8 hectares of landscaped grounds at Bukit Kiara on the northwestern fringes of the city, the centre was officially opened on 29 November 1996 by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad.
Pusat Tenaga Raayat The Pusat Tenaga Rakyat was a major political party in Malaysia opposed to the United Malays National Organization and the Malay-supremacist ideology of Ketuanan Melayu. It formed an opposition coalition with the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action.
Pusey House, Oxford Pusey House was opened in 1884 in part as a memorial to Dr Edward Bouverie Pusey, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University, canon of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, England, and for forty years a figurehead of the Oxford Movement, a movement of the 19th century which sought to bring the Church of England to a deeper understanding of its witness as part of the universal Catholic Church. It was also intended to continue the work of Dr Pusey in "restoring the Church of England's Catholic life and witness".
Push (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a push is an attempt by the booker to make the wrestler win more matches and become more popular with the fans. A push can also be based on a single major win against a major star (for example, Shelton Benjamin's 2004 winning streak over Triple H), and it is not uncommon for a push to be accompanied by a turn or a change in the wrestler's gimmick.
Push and pull factors A push factor is a feature or event that pushes a person away from or encourages a person to leave his or her current residence (especially the parental home), city, state or country (especially of origin); organization, or religion (especially one's original rel). Push factors for leaving one's current residence include family conflict (such as divorce and domestic violence), worries, unfavorable conditions in the current residence, parental oppression, unfavorable use of parental controls, opposing one's parents' wishes, disagreement with parental teachings or the teachings of one's parental religion, and unfavorable conditions or lack of services in the locality of the current residence.
Push America Push America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1977 through Pi Kappa Phi as a way for undergraduate fraternity brothers to assist persons with disabilities. Originally titled PUSH America, its first acronym was Play Units for the Severely Handicapped then it changed to People Understanding the Severely Handicapped.
Push Button Objects Push Button Objects (or PBO) is the alias of Edgar Farinas, a producer of IDM. His style of music uses hip-hop as a underlying foundation, but with the addition of DSP-processed sounds, unusual samples, elements of electro, Detroit techno, Miami bass, jungle, and other musical rudiments somewhat alien to the genre of hip-hop, but with unique results.
Push dagger A Push dagger (alternately known as: punch dagger, punch knife, push knife, push dirk, or T-handled knife) is a short knife with a "T" handle designed to be grasped in the hand so that the blade protrudes from the front of one's fist, typically between the 2nd and 3rd finger. They are usually double-edged, and intended solely for fighting (with the possible exception of "keychain knives" which have a single-edged 1" serrated blade, thus being more suitable for light utility).
Push e-mail Push e-mail is used to describe e-mail systems that provide an "always-on" capability, in which new e-mail is instantly and actively transferred (pushed) as it arrives by the mail delivery agent (MDA) (commonly called mail server) to the mail user agent (MUA), also called the email client. Most of today's clients are smartphones.
Push forward In mathematics, the push forward (or pushforward) of a smooth map F : M → N between smooth manifolds at a point p is, in some sense, the best linear approximation of F near p. It can be viewed as generalization of the total derivative of ordinary calculus.
Push inventory Philosophy of inventory where supply (inventory) is allocated from the production site to the warehouses based on the forecast for each warehouse. This method can best be applied when production quantities exceed the short-term quantities of orders.
Push It (Rick Ross song) Push It is the second single off of rapper Rick Ross's debut album Port of Miami. It samples Scarface (Push It to the Limit) from the movie Scarface and the story of the video has a very similar theme to Scarface.
Push It (Static-X song) Push It is the first single from the industrial metal band Static-X's first album, Wisconsin Death Trip. Push It is one of Static-X's best known songs and is credited, along with "I'm with Stupid", for making Wisconsin Death Trip Static-X's best selling album.
Push It to the Limit "Push It to the Limit" is a R&B/Dance song performed by Corbin Bleu, a young American singer-actor closely associated with The Walt Disney Company and its projects. Released in November 2006, it quickly rose to be the most downloaded song at iTunes Music Store.
Push of pike The push of pike was a particular feature of late medieval and Early Modern warfare that occurred when two opposing columns of pikemen—often Swiss mercenaries or landsknechts—collided and became locked in position along a front of interleaved pikes. The push of pike would continue until one of the opposing formations collapsed, which would generally lead to massive casualties.

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