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Parengarenga Harbour Parengarenga Harbour is a natural harbour close to the northernmost point on the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the northern end of the Aupouri Peninsula, it extends inland for over 10 kilometres, almost severing the northern tip of the island from the rest of the peninsula.
Parennefer The Ancient Egyptian noble Parennefer was the Akhenaten's close advisor before he came to the throne, and in later times served as his Royal Butler (a much more important role than it sounds). His titles include "The King's Cup Bearer," "Washer of the King's Hands," "Chief Craftsman," and "Overseer of All the Works in the Mansion of the Aten.
Parens patriae Parens patriae is Latin for "father of the people" In law, it refers to the public policy power of the state to usurp the rights of the natural parent, legal guardian or informal carer, and to act as the parent of any child or individual who is in need of protection, such as a child whose parents are unable or unwilling to take care of him or her, or an incapacitated and dependent individual. In U.
Parent bug The parent bug (Elasmucha grisea) is a shield bug, a type of insect characterized by its shield-shaped body. It is so named because adults remain with their offspring for several weeks after they hatch; this is relatively rare behaviour in the insect world.
Parent coach A Parent Coach is a professionally trained person who guides parents in fulfilling their roles as powerful mentors to their children. Parent Coaches help parents to understand the child's developmental phases, and how to relate to children positively in light of each phase.
Parent education program A parent education program is a course that can be followed to correct and improve a person's parenting skills. Such courses may be general, covering the most common issues parents may encounter, or specific, for infants, toddlers, children and teenagers.
Parent material Parent material, in soil science, means the underlying geological material (generally bedrock or a superficial or drift deposit) in which soil horizons form. Soils typically get a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material.
Parent Profile Parent Profiles are documents (both online and paper) that outline information about possible adoptive families for a birth-mothers child. This service is usually provided by an adoption agency and individuals that help write Dear Birthmom letters.
Parent rock Parent rock refers to the original rock from which something else was formed. It is mainly used in the context of soil formation where the parent rock will have a large influence on the nature of the resulting soil.
Parent-Child Interaction Assessment-II (PCIA-II) The Parent-Child Interaction Assessment-II (PCIA-II; Holigrocki, Kaminski, & Frieswyk, 1999, 2002) is a direct observation procedure. Parents and 3- to 10-year-old children are videotaped as they play at a make-believe zoo.
Parent-offspring conflict Robert Trivers' theory of parent-offspring conflict (1974) predicts that because the genetic interests of parents and offspring are not identical, offspring will be selected to manipulate their parents in order to ensure higher investment, and that, conversely, parents will be selected to manipulate their offspring. This theory is strongly based on the selfish gene theory.
Parent-Teacher Association A Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a voluntary organization bringing together parents and teachers of pupils in a particular school or school district, usually for fund-raising, building parental involvement at school and other activities relating to the welfare of the school, rather than the progress of individual pupils. The term PTA is used in the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and also in some other Commonwealth countries.
Parental alienation Parental Alienation is any behaviour by a parent, a child's mother or father, whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent. Parental alienation can be mild and temporary or extreme and ongoing.
Parental alienation syndrome Parental Alienation Syndrome is a putative disorder proposed by Richard Gardner as "a disturbance in which children are obsessively preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent. In other words, denigration that is unjustified and or exaggerated.
Parental Advisory Parental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to audio and video recordings in the United States containing offensive language. Albums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985 after pressure from the Parents Music Resource Center.
Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics is United States comedian George Carlin's twelfth comedy album. For the most part, it is simply the album version of the HBO special Doin' It Again, with some segments missing, and others rearranged.
Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America is a book by Eric Nuzum about the censorship of music and other media. Its title echoes the Parental Advisory message affixed to music that some consider offensive.
Parental consent Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement or parental notification laws) in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child can legally engage in certain activities.
Parental Consent Act of 2005 The Parental Consent Act of 2005 (HR 181) is a bill "[t]o prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal mental health screening program." The bill was introduced on January 4, 2005, to the first session of the 109th Congress.
Parental investment In behavioral ecology, Parental investment (PI) is any parental expenditure (time, energy etc.) that benefits one offspring at a cost to parents' ability to invest in other components of fitness (Clutton-Brock 1991: 9; Trivers 1972).
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act The federal Parental Kidnapping Protection Act (PKPA), is an Act of Congress signed into law in 1980. The purpose of the Act was to establish national standards for the assertion of child custody jurisdiction within the United States.
Parental leave Parental leave is the right to take time off work, paid or unpaid, to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare. Often, the term parental leave includes maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
Parental responsibility (access and custody) In the states of the European Union and elsewhere, parental responsibility refers to the rights and privileges which underpin the relationship between a child and either its parents or those adults who have a significant role in its life. The terminology for this area of law now includes matters dealt with as contact (visitation in the United States) and residence (see Residence in English law) in some states.
Parenthesome Within the cells of basidiomycete fungi are found microscopic structures called parenthesomes or septal pore caps. They are shaped like parentheses and found on either side of pores in the dolipore septum which separates cells within a hypha.
Parenthetical citation Within the context of a document composed as per some style guide, a parenthetical citation (or parenthetical notation) is a reference to a source that is placed (in parentheses) at the end of a sentence, but prior to the period/fullstop. It typically references a complete citation typically found elsewhere in the document (for example, in a document composed per the MLA style manual the citation may reference a work fully detailed in a Works Cited page).
Parents and Citizens In Queensland, Australia, State Schools, both Primary and Highschool level, are supported by their Parents and Citizens Associations. These groups provide volunteer support, fund raise for infrastructure and other espenses and assist in the administration of their school.
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) is a non-profit organization providing outreach, education, and public awareness in support of the ex-gay community. PFOX - "About Us" PFOX maintains that homosexuality is a choice, not a product of biological determination.
Parents for Inclusion Parents for Inclusion is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which aims to help parents of children with special educational needs and physical disabilities. The charity is pro-inclusion and was founded in 1984 as Parents in Partnership.
Parents for Rock and Rap Parents For Rock And Rap, founded in 1987 by Mary Morello is an anti-censorship campaign which focuses on campaigning for the importance of free speech in popular music. For the work that Mary Morello put in to this, she won a Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award in 1996.
Parents Music Resource Center The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 by four mothers: Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore; Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker; Pam Howar, wife of Washington realtor Raymond Howar; and Sally Nevius, wife of Washington City Council Chairman John Nevius. The mothers were known as the "Washington wives" – a reference to their husbands' connections with the federal government.
Parents Television Council The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based nonprofit organization. Among its campaigns include cable choice for family-friendly networks, exposing advertisers that advertise on what they deem objectionable programming, and calling attention to what they see as the disrespect of religion on television.
Parents Without Rights Parents Without Rights is a political interest and support group based in Florida, United States that campaigns for the reform of family law. It was founded in 1991 by a group of Kennedy Space Center Scientists led by Peter T.
Parents' Rights Coalition The Parents' Rights Coalition is a group, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, dedicated to fighting what they see as liberal, homosexual bias in Massachusetts public schools. They claim that sexual education and tolerance education as practiced in Massachusetts are usually excuses to indoctrinate children with extremist liberal propaganda.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a group of family members and friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. According to PFLAG's mission statement, the organization "promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
Paresh Baruah Paresh Baruah (or Paresh Baruah), born in 1957 at Jeraichakali Bhariagaon, Assam, India, is the self-syled commander-in-chief of the terrorist group ULFA. He is based in Bangladesh, from where he conducts the activites inside India.
Paresh Patel Paresh Jasmat Patel (born July 29, 1965 in Auckland) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Pareto analysis Pareto analysis is a statistical technique in decision making that is used for selection of a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect. It uses the Pareto principle - the idea that by doing 20% of work you can generate 80% of the advantage of doing the entire job.
Pareto efficiency Pareto efficiency, or Pareto optimality, is an important notion in neoclassical economics with broad applications in game theory, engineering and the social sciences. Given a set of alternative allocations and a set of individuals, a movement from one allocation to another that can make at least one individual better off, without making any other individual worse off, is called a Pareto improvement or Pareto optimization.
Pareto index In economics the Pareto index, named after the Italian economist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto, is a measure of the breadth of income or wealth distribution. It is one of the parameters specifying a Pareto distribution and embodies the Pareto principle.
Pareto interpolation Pareto interpolation is a method of estimating the median and other properties of a population that follows a Pareto distribution. It is used in economics when analysing the distribution of incomes in a population, when one must base estimates on a relatively small random sample taken from the population.
Parfact "Parfact" is an example of a cryptolect originating from the Worcestershire area of the UK. Similar to the use of "Cant" (a secret language supposedly used by rogues and vagabonds in Elizabethan England), "Parfact" is thought to have been devised by a group of local teenagers in the mid-1990s as a secret language to conceal true meaning from their peers.
Parfocal lens A parfocal lens is a microscope objective or camera lens that stays approximately in focus when the magnification is changed. For example, if a microscope is switched from a low power objective (10Ă—) to a higher power one (40Ă— or 43Ă—), the object stays in focus.
Parfum Lubin Parfum Lubin is one of the oldest, and among the most renowned, perfume houses in the world. The parfumerie's early history is inextricably linked to the Napoleonic era's high society and its titillating excesses, and its products became the imprimatur of haute couture, and indicators of fashion and social hierarchy.
Parfums Christian Dior Parfums Christian Dior is the make-up and perfumery line of Christian Dior SA, based on the company created by twentieth-century fashion designer Christian Dior. It was created in 1947 with the launch of Miss Dior perfume.
Parga Parga (Greek: Πάργα), is a town and a municipality located in the northwestern part of Preveza in northwestern Greece being surrounded entirely by the prefecture of Thesprotia and is the only municipality in Greece that is surrounded by another prefecture. It is on a road linking Anthousa and GR-19.
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha Pargalı İbrahim Pasha or Frenk İbrahim Pasha was the first Grand Vizier appointed by Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire (reigned 1520 to 1566). In 1523, he replaced Piri Mehmed Pasha, who had been appointed in 1518 by Süleyman I's father, the preceding sultan Selim I, and remained in office for 13 years, till 1536, during which time he attained a level of authority and influence rivalled by only a handful of other grand viziers of the Empire.
Parge coat Parge coat (concrete): A thin coat of a cementitious or polymeric mortar applied to concrete for refinement of the surface. The typical parge coat is 1/32"-1/16" in thickness; this may be less than the minimum thickness allowed by many mortars types.
Pargyline Pargyline is a monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitor indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe hypertension. It functions by inhibiting the metabolism of catecholamines and tyramine within presynaptic nerve terminals.
Parcham Party of India The Parcham Party of India is a political party in India, working amongst the Muslim minority community. PPI was founded by the Indian Muslim Political Conference on 14 April 2003 at an "Azm-e-millat" convention in Aligarh.
ParchĂ­s (group) ParchĂ­s was a Spanish teenage music group from the eighties. The name is a reference to the board game ParchĂ­s, very popular in Spain, where each player pawns are from a different colour (red, green, blue and yellow).
Parched grain Wheat not fully mature. A common meal in the Middle East, as attested by “And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
Parcheesi Parcheesi is an American adaptation of the Indian Cross and Circle game Pachisi. The game is often subtitled Royal Game of India because Pachisi, created in India around 500 BC, utilized slave girls as red, yellow, blue, and green pawns on palace grounds.
Parchester Village, Richmond, California Parchester Village is a master planned neighborhood in Northwestern Richmond, California. It was originally planned as the first interacial residential development, but was designated all-black after whites lost interest in purchasing here after finding out that it was to be a racially mixed neighborhood.
Parchim (district) Parchim is a Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Nordwestmecklenburg, GĂĽstrow, MĂĽritz, the district Prignitz in Brandenburg, the district Ludwigslust and the district-free city Schwerin.
Parchman, Mississippi Parchman is a small town in Sunflower County, Mississippi in the Mississippi Delta region. Best known as the home of Mississippi State Penitentiary, formerly called Parchman Farm, Parchman is the oldest prison and the only maximum security prison in the state.
Parchment Parchment is a material for the pages of a book, codex or manuscript made from calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. It is distinct from leather in that parchment is not tanned, but stretched, scraped, and dried under tension, creating a stiff white, yellowish or translucent animal skin.
Pari (area) A pari was customary unit of area equal to 50Ă—60 sana lamjel in Manipur, India, approximately 1 hectare. A sana lamjel was defined by the ruler of the kingdom, Nongda Lairen Pakhangpa in 33 CE, being equal to the distance from the floor to the tips of the fingers of his raised right hand while standing (a fathom), plus 4 fingerwidths.
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons.
Paria River The Paria River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 75 mi (121 km) long, in southern Utah and northern Arizona in the United States. It drains a rugged and arid region northwest of the Colorado, flowing through roadless slot canyons along part of its course.
Pariah Pariah, originally the name of the Pariah caste of Indian Hindu society, has gained widespread use as an analogy, especially in the phrase social pariah, as a term for anyone considered an outcast or different by others.
Pariah dog The phrase pariah dog or pie dog originally referred to the wild dogs of India, but has come to refer in common parlance to any population of wild or feral dogs who live near human settlements worldwide, scavenging for food and seldom interacting directly with humans. These populations may or may not be related to the extant pariah dogs of India, depending on their location and heritage.
Parian Chronicle The Parian Marble (or Parian Chronicle or Marmor Parium) is a Greek chronological table, covering the years from 1581 BC to 264 BC. Found on the island of Páros, this inscription was deciphered by John Selden.
Paride ed Elena Paride ed Elena (Paris and Helen) is an opera by Gluck, the third of his Italian reformist works, following Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste. Like its predecessors, its libretto was written by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Parietal eye A parietal eye, also known as a parietal organ or third-eye is a part of the epithalamus present in some animal species. The eye may be photoreceptive and is usually associated with the pineal gland, regulating hormone production for thermoregulation.
Parietal foramen At the back part of the parietal bone and close to the upper or sagittal border is the parietal foramen, which transmits a vein to the superior sagittal sinus, and sometimes a small branch of the occipital artery; it is not constantly present, and its size varies considerably.
Parietal pleura The portion of the pleura external to the pulmonary pleura lines the inner surface of the chest wall, covers the diaphragm, and is reflected over the structures occupying the middle of the thorax; this portion is termed the parietal pleura.
Parietal scales Parietal scale refers to the scales of a snake which are on the head of the snake and are connected to the frontals towards the posterior. These scales are analogous to and take their name from the parietal bone which forms the roof and sides of the cranium in humans.
Parietaria judaica Parietaria judaica (spreading pellitory) is a species in the family Urticaceae, commonly nicknamed sticky-weed. In Australia it is also known as asthma weed, due to the high incidence of allergies to its pollen.
Parigala Parigala, also known as the Fairy Castle, is considered one of Azerbaijan's lesser-known archeological treasures and historical mysteries. The site consists of a limestone brick structure of three rooms with a window, built 300 meters up the side of a cliff in the foothills of the Caucases Mountains near the village of Chardaghlar in northwest Azerbaijan.
Pariguayo Pariguayo is a pejorative term used in informal Dominican Spanish to refer to those who act in a fearful or cowardly manner when confronted with a dangerous situation. The term originated with the Operation Power Pack invasion of the Dominican Republic by North American soldiers in April, 1965.
Parijat (writer) Bishnu Kumari Waiba, entitled Parijat (1937-1993) was a Nepalese writer. Her most acclaimed publication was Siris Ko Phul(Blue Mimosa), which has also been adapted in the literature curriculum of some colleges in English speaking countries.
Parika Parika is a port village located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. It is popular for its ferry service, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, to and from the Essequibo Islands and West Demerara area.
Parikrama school of music The Parikrama School of Music is a music school in the Hauz Khas village in the city of Delhi in India.It is owned and operated by Sonam Sherpa(The lead guitarist of the band Parikrama) and his wife Dina Sherpa.
Parimutuel betting Parimutuel betting (from the French language: pari mutuel, mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.
Parinaud's syndrome Parinaud's Syndrome, also known as Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome or Pretectal Syndrome is named for Henri Parinaud (1844-1905), considered to be the father of French ophthalmology. It is a cluster of abnormalities of eye movements and pupil dysfunction, characterized by:
Parineeta Parineeta () is a 1914 Bengali language novella written by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and is set in Calcutta, India during the early part of the 20th century. It is a novel of social protest which explores issues of that time period related to class and religion.
Parineeta (2005 film) Parineeta (Hindi: परिणीता, Urdu: پرنیتا, translation: The Married Woman) is a Bollywood musical adaptation of the 1914 Bengali novella, Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar, based upon a screenplay by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the movie featured Saif Ali Khan as Shekhar, Sanjay Dutt as Girish, Vidya Balan as Lalita, and Amitabh Bachchan as the narrator.
Paring Bol-anon The Paring Bol-anon or the Bohol Clergy is the fraternity of Roman Catholic priests who come from Bohol, Philippines, the majority of whom are currently serving in the parishes of the two dioceses in Bohol, namely, the Diocese of Tagbilaran and the Diocese of Talibon, while a good number of them are also serving outside the province, most notably Manila, Mindanao and the United States, either as bishops, chaplains, pastors or guest priests.
Parinirvana In Buddhism, parinirvana (Sanskrit: परिनिर्वाण parinirvāṇa; Pali: परिनिब्बाण parinibbāṇa; Chinese: 般涅槃, bō niè pán) is the final nirvana, usually understood to be within reach only upon the death of the body of someone who has attained complete awakening (bodhi). It is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice and implies a release from the cycle of deaths and rebirths as well as the dissolution of all worldly physical and mental aggregates or skandhas (form, feeling, perception, mental fabrications and consciousness).
Parintins Parintins is a city in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Its population was 109,150 (2005) and its area is 5,952 km²IBGE - Located on Tupinambarana] island in the [[Amazon River, Parintins is known for a popular folklore festival held there each June.
Parintins Folklore Festival Parintins Folklore Festival (Festival FolclĂłrico de Parintins) is a popular annual celebration held in the Brazilian city of Parintins, Amazonas. It is the second-largest annual festival in Brazil; only the Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro draw more participants.
Parioli Parioli is a neighbourhood in the city of Rome. The name derives from the denomination Monti Parioli, a series of tufo hills, given to the area before its incorporation into the city proper at the beginning of the 20th century.
Paripatra Prince Paripatra Sukhumbhand (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้าบริพัตรสุขุมพันธุ์ กรมพระนครสวรรค์วรพินิต) was a highly influential Thai military officer during the absolute monarchy period of the early-1900's. He was Chief of Staff of the Royal Thai Army, Commander of the Royal Thai Navy, Naval Minister, Army Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister, and Privy Councelor to King Vajiravudh and King Prajadhipok.
Parirenyatwa Hospital Parirenyatwa Hospital is the largest medical centre in Zimbabwe. Located in Harare, the hospital was formerly known as the Andrew Fleming Hospital, and was named after the principal medical officer to the British South Africa Company.
Paris (1928 musical) Paris is a 1928 Cole Porter musical, his first Broadway hit, which introduced the song "Let's Do It" sung by the show's star, Irene Bordoni. The show was eventually made into a feature film by Warner Brothers the following year starring Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Jason Robards Sr.
Paris (2003 musical) Paris is a musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English, based on the mythology of the Trojan War. It was first performed live in 2003 by both The Regals Musical Society Inc (Sydney Australia) and the Laycock Street Theatre(Gosford, Australia), see A Working Light for production archive (Gosford, Australia) with English assisting in the direction of the production and appearing as the Fisherman in one performance of the Gosford Production.
Paris (rapper) Oscar Jackson, Jr. (born October 29, 1967 in California), better known as Paris, is a hip hop artist from San Francisco known for his militantly confrontational rapping, and especially the controversial track "Bush Killa.
Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'AĂ©ronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display and the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin (ILA).
Paris Blues Paris Blues is a 1961 American feature film. It stars Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz musician Eddie Cook, and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen romance two vacationing American tourists: Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward).
Paris Carnegie Public Library The Paris Carnegie Public Library was opened to the public on June 24, 1904. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is still home to the Paris Public Library in Paris, Illinois, located in Edgar County.
Paris Club The Paris Club is an informal group of financial officials from 19 of the world's richest countries, which provides financial services such as debt restructuring, debt relief, and debt cancellation to indebted countries and their creditors. Debtors are often recommended by the International Monetary Fund after alternative solutions have failed.
Paris Colonial Exposition The Paris Colonial Expostion was a six-month event held in Paris, France, that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense resources of France's colonial possessions. The exposition opened on 6 May 1931 in the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern outskirts of Paris.
Paris Combo Paris Combo is a musical group based in Paris, France that has an eclectic style, blending elements from the traditional French chanson, American jazz and swing, Roma music and North African music. The group identifies itself as a world music group.
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on March 20, 1883, is an important and one of the first intellectual property treaties. On account of this treaty, intellectual property systems, including patents, of any contracting state are accessible to the nationals of other states party to the Convention.
Paris Crew The Paris Crew is the name given to a quartet of Canadian sport rowers from Saint John, New Brunswick. Robert Fulton, George Price, Samuel Hutton, and Elijah Ross, along with reserve oarsman James Price, became Canada's first-ever international sporting champions when they defeated the London Rowing Club to win the World Rowing Championship at the 1867
Paris Dakar Bike Race The Paris Dakar Bike Race is a cycle race of 7,000 kilometers through France, Andorra, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal organized by Bike Dreams, a Netherlands-based company. It is not related to the Dakar Rally in which entrants use only motorized transport.
Paris District High School Paris District High School (PDHS) is a regional high school in Paris, Ontario, Canada. The school itself was built in 1923, and was known officially as Paris High School until a large addition was constructed in the late 1960s.
Paris Fire Brigade The Paris Fire Brigade (French Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris, BSPP), is the fire service for the city of Paris and the surrounding départements of Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine. The remaining departments in the Paris Metropole have their own fire brigades.
Paris Grey Paris Grey (born Shanna Jackson, November 5 1965, in Glencove, Illinois) is an American singer, most known for her work with the Detroit based, techno music producer Kevin Saunderson, as Inner City. The group found international crossover success in the late 1980s with a mixture of solid electronic beats, sweeping synthetic strings and Paris' soulful vocals on tracks such as "Good Life", "Big Fun", and "Ain't Nobody Better".
Paris Chamber of Commerce The Paris Chamber of Commerce (Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris or CCIP) is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.

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