Encyclopedia

Parashurama Parashurama Bhargava (Sanskrit: परशुराम भार्गव) or Parasurama (Axe-wielding Rama) is the Sixth avatar of Vishnu, belongs to the Treta yuga, and is the son of Jamadagni & Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means Rama-with-the-axe.
Parasite Dolls Parasite Dolls is a science fiction anime OVA that was created in 2002 by AIC and IMAGICA Entertainment. It has ties to both the Bubblegum Crisis and AD Police series but does not include characters from either.
Parasite Eve series Parasite Eve is the name of a Japanese novel by Hideaki Sena, first published in Kadokawa Horror Bunko, which has been adapted into a 1997 film and a 1998 video game for the Sony PlayStation by Squaresoft. A sequel to the game was released in 1999, also for the PlayStation.
Parasite singles Parasite singles (パラサイトシングル, parasaito shinguru) is a Japanese term for people who live with their parents until their late twenties or early thirties in order to enjoy a carefree and comfortable life. The expression parasitic singles is sometimes used as well.
Parasite software Parasite software is software that works on a person's computer, typically without their knowledge or consent and without a visible interface. This can also include software which is installed along with another application, following acceptance of the latter's terms.
Parasite universe A parasite universe (a play on parallel universe and parasite) in Terry Pratchett's Discworld is a universe cut off from the past and future. Like a pond that water cannot flow into or out of they grow stagnant.
Parasitic capacitance In electrical circuits, parasitic capacitance is capacitance that is not taken into account when considering ideal circuit elements. This extra capacitance usually has detrimental effects on the operation of "real life" circuits, reducing their bandwidth or enhancing their susceptivity to interference.
Parasitic computing Parasitic computing is a computing technology where a remote computer tricks a target computer into performing computations of a complex nature under disguise of a standard communications session. For example, this can occur as follows: when a request is sent to a web server for a web page, the communication programs in the requesting machine split it into information packets before sending it across the Internet.
Parasitic life cycles Parasite life cycles can take a variety of forms, all involving the exploitation of one more hosts. Those that must infect more than one host species to complete their life cycles are said to have complex life cycles, while those that infect a single single species have direct life cycles.
Parasitic number An n-parasitic number for 2 leq n leq 9 is a natural number such that, when multiplied by n, the decimal representation of the result is the same as for the original number, except with the rightmost digit moved to the front.
Parasitic structure In a semiconductor device, a parasitic structure is a portion of the device that resembles in structure some other, simpler semiconductor device, and causes the device to enter an unintended mode of operation when subjected to conditions outside of its normal range. For example, the internal structure of an NPN bipolar transistor resembles two PN junction diodes connected together by a common anode.
Parasitic twin A parasitic twin is the result of a situation related to the process that results in teratomas, vanishing twin, and conjoined twins; two unique embryos begin developing in utero, but something goes wrong. Parasitic twins are also known as asymmetrical conjoined twins or unequal conjoined twins.
Parasitic wasp The term parasitic wasp refers to a large, artificial assemblage of Hymenopteran superfamilies which are primarily parasitoids of other animals, mostly other arthropods. Many of them, such as the family Braconidae, are considered beneficial because they control populations of agricultural pests.
Parasitic worm Parasitic worms or helminths are a division of parasites which, unlike external parasites such as lice or fleas, live inside their host. They are worm-like organisms that live and feed off of a living host receiving nourishment and protection while disrupting its host's nutrient absorption, causing weakness and disease.
Parasitiformes The Parasitiformes are a suborder of Acari. Many species are parasitic (most famous of which are ticks), but not all; for example, about half of the 10,000 known species in the suborder Mesostigmata are predatory and live in the soil-litter, rotting wood, dung, carrion, nests or house dust.
Parasitism Parasitism is one version of symbiosis ("living together"), a phenomenon in which two organisms which are phylogenetically unrelated co-exist over a prolonged period of time, usually the lifetime of one of the individuals. The requirement for a prolonged interaction precludes predatory or episodic interactions (such as a mosquito feeding on a host), which are usually not seen as symbiotic relationships.
Parasitoid A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism which it ultimately kills (and often consumes) in the process. Thus they are similar to typical parasites except in the certain fate of the host.
Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life.
Paraskevas Boubourakas Paraskevas Boubourakas (Greek: Παρασκευάς Μπουμπουράκας) born in Tyrnavos, (Greek: Τύρναβο, Tirnavos), Larissa, is one of Greece's top male fashion models. He has recently booked the campaign for Dolce & Gabbana, shooting by Steven Meisel in New York with the beautiful Gisele Bündchen.
Paraskevi Tsiamita Paraskevi Tsiamita (born March 10, 1972) is a former athlete from Greece who competed in long jump and triple jump. In 1998 she improved her personal best in triple jump by approximately one metre, and became world champion in 1999 with a personal best jump of 15.
Parasnath Hills The word Parasnath comes from the 23rd Jain Tirthankara Shri Parshwanath Bhagwan. Parasnath hills are a range of small to medium size hills (highest peak 1350 meters) and are located in Jharkhand state, eastern India.
Parasocial interaction Parasocial interaction (or para-social relationship) is a term used by social scientist to describe one-sided, parasocial interpersonal relationships in which one party knows a great deal about the other, but the other does not. The most common form of such relationships are one-sided relations between celebrities and audience or fans.
Parasol wing A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts. Parasol wing designs resemble biplanes lacking their lower set of wings.
Parastacidae Parastacidae is the family of freshwater crayfish found in the southern hemisphere. The family is a classic Gondwana-distributed taxon, with extant members in South America, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, and extinct taxa also in Antarctica.
Parastatal Sector Reform Commission The Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission is the organ of the Tanzanian Government under the Public Corporations Act, 1992 as amended in 1993 and 1999, to co-ordinate implementation of the government's economic reform efforts in the form of privatisation.
Parastatistics In quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, parastatistics is one of several alternatives to the better known particle statistics models (Bose-Einstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics and Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics). Other alternatives include anyonic statistics and braid statistics, both of these involving lower spacetime dimensions.
Parasympathetic ganglion Parasympathetic ganglia are the autonomic ganglia of the parasympathetic nervous system. Most are small terminal ganglia or intramural ganglia, so named because they lie near or within (respectively) the organs they innervate.
Parasympathetic nervous system The parasympathetic nervous system is one of three divisions of the autonomic nervous system. Sometimes called the rest and digest system, the parasympathetic system conserves energy as it slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes sphincter muscles in the gastrointestinal tract.
Parasympathomimetics A parasympathomimetic is a drug or poison that acts by stimulating or mimicking the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). These chemicals are also called cholinergics because acetylcholine (ACh) is the neurotransmitter used by the PNS.
Parasystole Parasystole is a kind of arrhythmia caused by the presence and function of a secondary pacemaker in the heart, which works in parallel with the SA node. Parasystolic pacemakers are protected from depolarization by the SA node by some kind of entrance block.
Parataxis Parataxis (from Greek for 'act of placing side by side'; fr. para, beside + tassein, to arrange; contrasted to syntaxis) is a literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple sentences, often without the use of conjunctions.
Paratenic In parasitology, the term paratenic describes an intermediate host which is not needed for the development of the parasite, but nonetheless serves to maintain the life cycle of the parasite. Alaria americana may serve as an example: the so-called mesocercarial stages of this parasite reside in tadpoles, which are rarely eaten by the definite canine host.
Paratext In literary theory Paratext is, according to GĂ©rard Genette in his work, Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation, "More than a boundary or a sealed border, the paratext is, rather, a threshold". It is "a zone between text and off-text, a zone not only of transition but also of transaction: a privileged place of pragmatics and a strategy, of an influence on the public, an influence that ...
Paratha Paratha is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually made with whole-wheat flour, pan fried in ghee/cooking oil, and often stuffed with vegetables, especially boiled potatoes, radish or cauliflower and/or paneer (Indian cheese).
Parathyroid hormone Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is secreted by the parathyroid glands as a polypeptide containing 84 amino acids. It acts to increase the concentration of calcium in the blood, whereas calcitonin (a hormone produced by the thyroid gland) acts to decrease calcium concentration.
Parathyroid hormone-related protein Parathyroid hormone-related protein (or PTHrP) is a protein occasionally secreted by cancer cells (breast cancer, certain types of lung cancer). PTHrP is related in function to the "normal" parathyroid hormone.
Paratransgenesis Paratransgenic is a strategy that tries to eliminate pathogen carrying vector populations. The idea comes from the development of genetic engineering that expression products of foreign engineered genes can block or eliminate the ability of the vector to transmit pathogens.
Paratransit Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically vans or mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers.
Paratrooper Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. Paratroopers offer a tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land.
Paratrooper (ride) A Paratrooper also known as an "Umbrella Ride" is a type of fairground ride based on cars suspended below a wheel which rotates at an oblique angle. The cars are free to rock sideways and swing out under centrifugal force and the wheel rotates.
Paratroopers Brigade (IDF) The Paratroopers Brigade (חטיבת הצנחנים, Hativat HaTzanhanim) is a unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It has a history of carrying out special forces-style missions dating back to the 1950s.
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram is a Tamil-language movie, was set to be directed by Raju Sundaram but is now been replaced by Suresh Krishna and is set to be released in 2007. It stars Dhanush in the lead role and he is supported by Meera Jasmine and Archana.
Paraty Located on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, Paraty (or Parati) is a preserved Portuguese colonial and Brazilian imperial (1822-1889) town. Paraty has become a popular tourist area in recent years, renowned for the beauty of the town and of the magnificence of the coast and mountains in the region.
Paratya Paratya is a genus of fresh-water shrimp of the atyid family, found throughout various freshwater habitats in the western Pacific, with a disjunct northern range in the North Pacific (Japan, Korea, Ryūkyū Islands, Siberia) and South Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island).
Paravan Paravan is a subdivision or caste (a person’s caste is determined by birth) in Hinduism. Some castes like this one were considered a "polluting caste" or being "lower" in class and referred to as "untouchables".
Paravespula Paravespula is a small subgenus of yellowjacket wasps, including two of the best-known wasp species in the world; the German wasp, Vespula germanica, and the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris. It is occasionally treated as a separate genus, but this is not widely accepted.
Paravirtualization In computing, paravirtualization is a virtualization technique that presents a software interface to virtual machines that is similar but not identical to that of the underlying hardware. This requires operating systems to be explicitly ported to run on top of the virtual machine monitor (VMM), which the owner of exclusive rights in a proprietary operating system may decline to allow for strategic purposes, but may enable the VMM itself to be simpler and for the virtual machines that run on it to achieve higher performance.
ParaView ParaView is an open source, freely available program for parallel, interactive, scientific visualization. It has a client-server architecture to facilitate remote visualization of datasets, and generates level of detail (LOD) models to maintain interactive framerates for large datasets.
Parawood Commonly known as the rubber tree or Para rubber tree Parawood is native to the Amazon Region of South America. Information can be traced back to Christopher Columbus when during his second visit to South America, he wondered about the heavy black ball the natives were using in games.
Paraziţii Paraziţii (Romanian for "The Parasites", ) is a Romanian three-man rap group founded in 1994. It consists of Cheloo (Cătălin Ştefan Ion), Ombladon (Bogdan Ionuţ Pastaca), and FreakaDaDisk (Petre Urda).
Parazoa The Parazoa are an ancestral subkingdom of animals, literally translated as "beside the animals". Parazoans differ from their choanoflagellate ancestors in that they are macroscopic and have differentiated cells, but unlike "true animals" (Eumetazoa), they do not have tissues.
Parâkramabâhu I Parakramabahu I (Sinhala: Maha Parakramabahu, Parakramabahu the Great; 1123 – 1186) was a medieval king of Sri Lanka 1153 – 1186 who ruled from Polonnaruwa. During his reign he unified the whole of the island, (he was one of the last monarchs in Sri Lankan history to do so), oversaw the expansion and beatification of his capital, constructed vast irrigation systems, reorganized the army, encouraged the arts, and undertook military campaigns in southern India and in Myanmar.
Paréage A paréage is a feudal treaty recognising joint sovereignty over a territory by two rulers, who were on an equal footing, pari passu; compare peer. Such a contract could be signed between two secular rulers or, most usually, by a secular and an ecclesiastic ruler, as in the case of the most famous paréage, that which founded the Principality of Andorra.
Parbati River (Himachal Pradesh) Parbati River is a river in Himachal Pradesh, India that flows into the Beas River at Bhuntar, some 10 km south of Kullu. It rises from the Man Talai Glacier below the Pin Parbati pass and flows in a gradual curve from north-northwest to west-southwest past the important temple town of Manikaran.
Parbati River (Rajasthan) The Parbati River in Rajasthan, India, rises in hilly terrain near Chhawar village in the Sawai Madhopur district. It runs for 123 km and falls into the Gambhir River near Kharagpur in Dhaulpur District, Rajasthan.
Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury, zamindar of Teota (now in Manikganj District, Bangladesh), was a well-known philanthropic landholder and an eminent personality of his times. He was born in the early 1850s, and was the elder son of Joy Sankar Choudhuri of Teota, and a younger cousin of Raja Shyama Sankar Chowdhury.
Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) is a political party in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. It was formed in the early 1970s to preserve the rights of the tribal people south-eastern Bangladesh.
Parboil Parboil is an action which refers to partially boiling food in water before finishing cooking it by another method. When something has been parboiled it has been partially cooked; that is, subjected to boiling for a brief period of time.
Parc (HM Prison) HM Prison Parc is a privately run prison in Bridgend, South Wales. It is run by the private security firm Securicor, and was the first prison in the UK to be built under the Government's Private Finance Initiative.
Parc (Montreal Metro) Parc is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro in the Park-Extension ditrict of the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built inside the extreme western part of the Canadian Pacific's former Park Avenue station.
Parc Astérix Parc Astérix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix (by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny). Situated approximately 35 km (20 miles) north of Paris in Plailly in the département of Oise, it opened in 1989.
Parc Astrid Parc Astrid is an urban public park in Anderlecht, Brussels inaugurated on August 13, 1911. It was named Parc du Meir until the mayor of Anderlecht decided to change the name in memory of Astrid of Sweden in 1935.
Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes (translation: Princes' Park) is a 48,527-seat stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the home of football team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and was the national stadium of France until the Stade de France was built for the 1998 Football World Cup.
Parc Ela Parc Ela (Rumantsch: Ela Park) is a Nature Park in the canton of GraubĂĽnden, Switzerland. It is intended to protect the regional biotope, help promote its sustainable use and give a boost to an area rich in scenery and national cultural assets, but weak economically.
Parc fermé Parc fermé, literally meaning "closed park" in French, is a term used to describe a secure area at a Grand Prix circuit where the cars may be stored overnight. According to the FIA Formula One regulations, the area must be "sufficiently large and secure so as to prevent unauthorised access to the cars, while allowing scrutineering to take place.
Parc Festyland Parc Festyland is a relative small theme park situated within the Caen ringroad (A13/A84) in Lower Normandy, France. Sometimes referred to as residing in Carpiquet in terms of Greater Caen, the theme park receives approximately 110,000 visitors a year.
Parc Ivoloina Parc Ivoloina is a recreational, zoological and educational park, with zoological exhibits, free-ranging lemurs, botanical trails, dugout canoe tours, and environmental education programs in Madagascar. Located near the city of Toamasina, it is run by the Madagascar Fauna Group - a conservation-centric NGO.
Parc Jean-Dradeau The Parc Jean-Drapeau (also called parc des ĂŽles) is situated South of Montreal in Canada, Quebec right in the middle of Saint-Laurent river. It is composed of two island, Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island.
Parc Jean-Drapeau The Parc Jean-Drapeau (also called parc des ĂŽles) is situated South of Montreal in Canada, Quebec right in the middle of Saint-Laurent river. It is composed of two island, Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island.
Parc metro station Parc/Park is a metro station in Brussels that is located beneath the Parc de Bruxelles in the center of the city. It was opened on December 17, 1969, as a premetro station, and became a heavy metro station in 1976.
Parc Monceau Parc Monceau (//) is a public park situated in the 8th and 17th Arrondissements of Paris at the junction of Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue de Prony and Rue Georges Berger. At the main entrance is a rotunda (see photo).
Parc Montsouris Parc Montsouris is a public city park of Paris, in the 14th arrondissement, in Rive Gauche (the southern portion of the city proper). The park is 15 hectares in area and is designed in the style of an English Garden, which was popular at the end of the 19th century.
Parc-extension Park-Extension is a neighborhood in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The neighborhood is located in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Park-Extension borough, reaching a population of 145,485 (2001) and an area of 16,05 km².
Parcelforce Parcelforce (full-name Parcelforce Worldwide) is the parcel delivery arm of the Royal Mail postal service in the UK. Since 1986 regular daily mail services have been provided by the Royal Mail while retail postal outlets are operated by the Post Office.
Parcent Parcent, population 1100, is a small village located in the Pop Valley of La Marina Alta, Alacant Province, region of Valencian Country, about one hour's drive north of the city of Alacant. It is characterized by the small but beautiful church surrounded by rolling hills and mountains.
Parclo interchange The parclo interchange (short for partial cloverleaf interchange) is a successor to the cloverleaf interchange. The parclo interchange was developed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation as a replacement for the cloverleaf on 400-Series Highways], removing the dangerous [[Interchange (road)#Weaving|weaving patterns and allowing for more acceleration and deceleration space on the freeway.
Parco dell'Uccellina Parco dell' Uccellina is a unique treasure of the Tuscan regione. It is the home to many wild animals such as wild boar, deer, daini (little deer), red foxes, porcupines, turtles, and many species of rare Italian birds.
Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise The Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise (National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, often abbreviated to Abruzzo National Park) is an Italian national park founded in 1923. The majority of the park is located in the Abruzzo region though it is not constrained by regional boundaries and also includes territory in Latium and Molise.
Parcoblatta fulvescens Parcoblatta fulvescens is a species of cockroach, measuring about 1" long. Parcoblatta pennsylvanica and Parcoblatta virginica may be grouped together with this species under the name Pennsylvania woods cockroach, since they are similar.
Parcoblatta virginica Parcoblatta virginica is a species of cockroach, measuring about 1" long. Parcoblatta pennsylvanica and Parcoblatta fulvescens may be grouped together with this species under the name Pennsylvania woods cockroach, since they are similar.
Pardah hai pardah Pardah Hai Pardah is a Qawwali style song from the Bollywood 1977 film, Amar Akbar Anthony. It was performed by playback singer Mohammed Rafi and the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi; the film's musical directors were the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
Pardaillan Pardaillan, the name of an old French family of Armagnac, of which several members distinguished themselves in the service of the kings of France in the 16th and 17th centuries. Antoine Arnaud de Pardaillan, marechal de camp, served Henry IV in Franche-Comté, Picardy and Savoy, and was created marquis de Montespan in 1612 and marquis d'Aritin in 1615 under Louis XIII.
Pardalotidae The large and diverse passerine bird family Pardalotidae includes the pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, gerygones and allies. The family originated in Australasia and now includes about 70 species in 15 or 16 genera.
Pardek Pardek, a character from the fictional television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, appeared in the episodes Unification I and Unification II as a Romulan senator. He was portrayed by character actor Malachi Throne.
Pardes Hanna-Karkur Pardes Hanna-Karkur (Hebrew: פרדס חנה-כרכור) is a town (local council) in the Haifa District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, its population is 29,300 (end of 2004) and its area is 23,000 dunams (23 km²).
Pardi Pardi is a town and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Roughly 14 km south of the district headquarters city of Valsad, Pardi has a rail station on the Mumbai-Vadodara line of Western Railway (India).
Pardo In Brazil, pardo is the formal racial classification of brown people, as used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in censuses since 1950. The word is Brazilian Portuguese for "brown" or "grey-brown".
Pardon (Religious observance in Brittany) Pardon, from the Latin perdonare, — assimilated in form to donum, a gift, middle English, to the old French perdun and pardun, and modern French pardonner — signifies in Brittany the feast of the patron saint of a church or chapel, at which an indulgence is granted. Hence the origin of the word "Pardon" as used in Brittany.
Pardon my French "Pardon my French" or "Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase ostensibly disguising profanity as French. The phrase is uttered in an attempt to excuse the user of profanity or curses in the presence of those offended by it under the pretense of the words being part of a foreign language.
Pardon Me "Pardon Me" is a song by American alternative rock band Incubus from their 1999 album Make Yourself. It was the first Incubus song to receive a considerable amount of radio airplay, reaching #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Pardot Kynes Pardot Kynes is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He was the Imperial Planetologist (Planetary Ecologist) of Arrakis prior to the start of the novel Dune, and was featured in the Prelude to Dune series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.
Pardus (computer game) Pardus is a free (with pay to play extras) Sci-Fi browser-based MMORPG (or Massive Multiplayer Online Browser Game - MMOBG) playing in a future where traders, pirates and other pilots of various races and factions strive to gain wealth and fame in space. It has inspirations from classic computer games such as Elite and Master of Orion II.
Pare The Pare (pronounced “Pahray”) are an ethnic group who inhabit the Pare Mountains which is part of the Kilimanjaro Administrative Region. Pareland is also known as Vuasu (Asu the root word and Chasu or Athu, the language).
Pare Lorentz Pare Lorentz (December 11 1905-March 4 1992), born Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz in Clarksburg, West Virginia, began his career as an author and critic, but is best known as an American film director. He was the director of the United States Film Service from 1938-40, and produced documentary films including The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) and The River (1938 film).
Pare-Pare Pare-pare is a city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about 155 km (95 miles) north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people.
Pareatis In French law, Letters of Pareatis were documents required for the extension of a legal decision into jurisdictions other than that where it was originally made. The "Gallican liberties" included a requirement that papal decisions would not have effect in France without the King's Pareatis.
Pareiasaur The Pareiasaurs - family Pareiasauridae - are a group of medium-sized to large (60 cm to 3 meters long), stocky, early, reptilian herbivores, that flourished during the Permian period. These ungainly-looking animals had very large bodies (weights of 600 kg would not have been unusual), strong limbs, broad feet, and short tails.
Pareidolia Pareidolia (pronounced or ), first used in 1994 by Steven Goldstein, describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being mistakenly perceived as recognizable. Common examples include images of animals or faces in clouds, seeing the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse.
Parel Vallei High School Parel Vallei High School is a dual-medium high school located in Parel Vallei, a suburb of Somerset West, which is in the Western Cape, South Africa. In summer it competes in inter schools sports activities with Hoërskool Strand (English: Strand High School) and Hottentots Holland High School.
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis Parelaphostrongylus tenuis or brainworm is a small parasitic nematode that infects the brain of many ungulates. Its natural host, the white-tailed deer, is unaffected by its presence; other species, however, suffer severe neurological damage that eventually leads to death.

Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.