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Pedro Guevara GUEVARA, Pedro, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Santa Cruz, Laguna Province, Philippine Islands, February 23, 1879; attended Ateneo Municipal, and graduated from San Juan de Letran, Manila, 1896; joined the Filipino forces in the fight against Spain and assisted in promoting the peace agreement of Biakna-bato in 1897; rejoined the Filipino forces during the revolution, served throughout the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; journalist; municipal councilor of San Felipe Neri, 1907; studied law at La Jurisprudencia; lawyer private practice; member of the Philippine house of representatives, 1909-1912; member of the Philippine senate, 1916-1922; chair of the Philippine delegation to the Far Eastern Bar Conference at Peking, China, 1921; elected as a Nationalist Resident Commissioner to the House of Representatives to the Sixty-eighth Congress for a three-year term and to the four succeeding three-year terms (March 4, 1923-F
Pedro Chirino In the beginning of the 17th century, a Jesuit father, Pedro Chirino, recorded an example of an exorcism by a Catholic friar of a woman who had been bewitched and seized with trembling and paroxysms (convulsions, spasms.) Chirino wrote, "Our Brother was sent to ascertain what this disturbance meant, and when he learned what had happened, he called the husband and gave him a little piece of the "Agnus" in a reliquary, exorting him at the same time to have faith, and promising that his wife would soon be healed....
Pedro I of Brazil Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (pron. IPA // in Brazilian Portuguese and // in European Portuguese; English: Peter), known as "Dom Pedro Primeiro" (October 12, 1798 – September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazil's first Emperor.
Pedro Ibarra Pedro Ibarra (born September 11, 1985 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires) is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, ater having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He finished in tenth place with his national team at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach.
Pedro Infante José Pedro Infante Cruz well known as Pedro Infante was born in the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa (November 18, 1917 – April 15, 1957) was a Mexican actor and singer. He is generally regarded as the greatest idol in the history of Mexican cinema, whose popularity remains today undefeated by any other actor long time after his death, that ended a career that embraced the 1940s and 1950s.
Pedro Ipiña Pedro Antonio Ipiña (Born 1956) is one of El Salvador's most celebrated living artists, having gained international recognition capturing the spirituality of life by painting the harsh reality of his country history and its people in a beautiful mysterious world of magic dreams where the fantasy of a drawn poem or a fairy tale story deeply captivate us.
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (September 23, 1924 - January 10, 1978) was the editor of La Prensa — the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family — and husband of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro who later went on to become President of Nicaragua (1990-1996).
Pedro José Cevallos Pedro José Cevallos Salvador (1830–1892) was President of Ecuador 1 July 1888 to 17 August 1888. From April to August 1891 the presidency of Antonio Flores Jijón he was minister of Public Instruction, Interior Affairs en Foreign Affairs.
Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay Pedro Juan Caballero is a city in Paraguay, located in Amambay Department of which it is the capital. The city lies on the border with the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is known as a centre for cheap alcohol and consumer goods, and also as a centre for drug smuggling.
Pedro LĂłpez Pedro Alonso LĂłpez (born 8 October 1948 in Santa Isabel, Colombia) is or was a confessed serial killer in South America, accused of the murder of over 300 victims. Apart from two brief AP wire reports (see below) the story was originally published in The Worlds Most Infamous Murders by Boar and Blundell - Octopus London 1983, subsequent references are derived from this source and an alleged interview with Ron Laytner of the National Examiner published on January 12 1999.
Pedro Luis Lazo Pedro Luis Lazo (born April 15, 1973 in Pinar del RĂ­o Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban baseball. He is used predominantly as a reliever in international competition, although he is a starter in the Cuban National Series, where he plays for Pinar del RĂ­o.
Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz (Piotr Czerniewicz, September 11, 1812 – August 31, 1882), was a physician, scientific writer and publisher. He was born in Lukov (Poland) and immigrated to Brazil in the mid 19th century on a mission from King Louis-Philippe I of France before Dom Pedro II Emperor of Brazil.
Pedro Malo de Villavicencio Pedro Malo de Villaviencio (sometimes Pedro de Malo de Villaviencio) was a member of the Royal Audiencia of Mexico City in the first half of the eighteenth century. From August 1741 to November 3, 1742, he served as interim viceroy of New Spain, in his capacity as president of the Audiencia.
Pedro MartĂ­nez Pedro Jaime MartĂ­nez (born October 25, 1971 in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic) is a baseball pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. He has won three Cy Young Awards and is considered to be one of the top pitchers in the history of baseball.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (February 15, 1519-September 17, 1574), was a 16th century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter, known most notably for his founding of St. Augustine, Florida and his subsequent destruction of the French settlement of Fort Caroline in 1565.
Pedro Messía de la Cerda Pedro Messía de la Cerda, marqués de la Vega de Armijo (February 16, 1700, Córdoba, Spain—1783, Madrid) was a Spanish naval officer and colonial official. From 1761 to 1773 he was viceroy of New Granada (present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador).
Pedro Meyer Pedro Meyer is one of the pioneers and most recognized representatives of contemporary photography. He was the founder and president of the Consejo Mexicano de FotografĂ­a (Mexican Council of Photography) and organizer of the first three Latin American Photography Colloquiums.
Pedro Mir Pedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry.
Pedro Montañez Pedro Montañez, (April 24, 1914-June 26, 1996), was a boxer from Cayey, Puerto Rico. Also known as El Torito De Cayey (The Little Bull of Cayey), he was one of the best boxers in history never to win a world title.
Pedro Monteiro Pedro Monteiro (born July 22, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro) is a butterfly swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 200m butterfly at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, just behind his teammate and countryman Kaio de Almeida.
Pedro Monzón Pedro Damián Monzón (born February 23, 1962, Goya, Corrientes) is an Argentine football coach and former footballer, best known for being the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, during the Italy 1990 competition.
Pedro Mountains Mummy The Pedro Mountain Mummy (also called the Dwarf Mummy of Wyoming) is a small (approximately 40 centimeters) mummified corpse, that was found in 1932 by two prospectors named Cecil Main and Frank Carr in a cave in the Pedro Mountains in Wyoming.
Pedro Moya de Contreras Pedro Moya de Contreras (sometimes Pedro de Moya y Contreras) (ca. 1528, Córdova, Spain—December 21, 1591, Madrid), prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and viceroy.
Pedro Muñoz Seca Pedro Muñoz Seca (El Puerto de Santa María February 21, 1879 – November 28, 1936) was a Spanish dramatist. He was the inventor of a new genre of comic theatre, the astracanada, the most celebrated example of which is his own La venganza de Don Mendo ('Don Mendo's Revenge', 1918), a satire of the works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Pedro Nel GĂłmez Pedro Nel GĂłmez The Antioquenian artist Pedro Nel GĂłmez was an engineer, architect, painter, sculptor and the first Colombian muralist. With the fresco mural technique, Pedro Nel GĂłmez created 2,200 square meters of murals in public buildings.
Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco (born February 2, 1962 in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a retired Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the first Olympic medal of the Dominican Republic.
Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, duque de Veragua Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, duque de Veragua, marqués de la Jamaica (in full, Don Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, duque de Veragua, marqués de la Jamaica y de Villamizar, y conde de los Gelves) (c. 1615, Spain—December 13, 1673, Mexico City) was viceroy of New Spain from December 8, 1673 to December 13, 1673.
Pedro of Castile Pedro (or Peter; August 30, 1334 – March 23, 1369), sometimes known as Pedro the Cruel (Pedro el Cruel) or Pedro the Lawful, was the king of Castile from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Alphonso IV of Portugal.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard (born 1938) is a Peruvian economist and politician, and a former prime minister of the country. He was born in Peru, of Polish and French parents, and since 1999 he became a naturalized United States citizen and conserves dual citizenship.
Pedro Paulet Pedro Paulet (July 2 1874 - 1945) was a Peruvian scientist who in 1895 became the first person to build a liquid-fueled rocket engine, however the engine remained strapped to his test bench. It was not until Robert H.
Pedro Páez Pedro Páez or Pêro Pais (1564 - May 25, 1622) was a Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. He was born in Olmeda de las Cebollas (now Olmeda de las Fuentes, near Madrid) sixteen years before the union of the Spanish and the Portuguese Empires (1580).
Pedro Ramirez Vazquez Pedro Ramirez Vazquez (born 1919 in Mexico City) is a late twentieth century Mexican architect known for having built some of Mexico's most significant buildings in the 1960s and 1970s. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from UNAM in 1943.
Pedro Ramos Pedro Ramos Guerra (born April 28, 1935, in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba) was a Major League pitcher with a 15-year career from 1955 to 1967, and again from 1969 to 1970. He played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees, all of the American League, and the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League.
Pedro Romeiras Pedro Romeiras (born July 3, 1961 in Lisbon), started his career as a soloist with the National Ballet of Portugal after finishing ballet studies at the Royal Ballet School. He is a gold medal winner of the II Prix Français de la Danse 1982 and won a National Globe Award as best dancer of 1982.
Pedro Romero Pedro Romero MartĂ­nez (November 19,1754 - February 10,1839) was a legendary bullfighter from the Romero family in Ronda, Spain. His grandfather Francisco is credited with advancing the art of using the muletilla; his father and two brothers were also toreros.
Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González [pronounced “roh-say-YO”] (born April 5, 1944 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He also served as President of the Council of State Governments as well as Chairman of the Southern Governors' Association, and Democratic Governors Association.
Pedro Sabio Pedro Sabio is a Spanish musician born in Madrid, Spain. He is well known for long years composing and singing his own songs in concerts in different spaces in Madrid, where his fans usually attend to his concerts in Taboo, Chesterfield Café, Moby Dick Club, Planet Hollywood y Bourbon Café.
Pedro Sauer Pedro Sauer is a 6th Degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Rickson Gracie and considered by many experts to be the "most technical instructor in the world." On May 17 2005, he was named "Best of the Best BJJ Instructor" in a worldwide poll conducted by the renowned Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC).
Pedro Sánchez Pedro Sánchez is a Municipal District, in the province of El Seibo, founded in 1928 by Dominican president Horacio Vasquez. The idea was based on an idea that was put into effect in Los Caballeros, near Santiago Province.
Pedro Serrano Pedro Serrano was a Spanish sailor who was supposed to have been marooned for seven or eight years in the sixteenth century on a small desert island. Details of the story differ, but the most common version has him shipwrecked on a small island in the Caribbean off the coast of Nicaragua in 1520s.
Pedro Shimose Pedro Shimose (born 1940) is a poet, professor and essayist from Bolivia. Born in 1940 to Japanese parents, Shimose is well known for his politically-inspired poetry which touches on the themes of national identity and social liberation.
Pedro the Lion Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, and, for over a decade, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. The band combined a biting wit with first person narrative to cover both politics and faith.
Pedro van Raamsdonk Pedro Johannes van Raamsdonk (born October 2, 1960 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the middleweight division (– 71 kg) by eventual bronze medalist Aristides González of Puerto Rico.
Pedro Valente Pedro Valente is among a few select group of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belts under Gracie Jiu-Jitsu's creator, Grandmaster Helio Gracie. Pedro is the founder and owner of Valente Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, one of the largest Martial Arts academies in Florida.
Pedro Velarde y Santillán Pedro Velarde y Santillán (October 25, 1779 – May 2, 1808) was a Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the Dos de Mayo uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. He became a popular hero and martyr figure for Spain's subsequent War of Independence from the French Empire.
Pedro Vicente Maldonado Pedro Vicente Maldonado, (Riobamba, Ecuador, November 24, 1704 – London, England, November 17, 1748) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As well as a physicist and a mathematician, Maldonado was an astronomer, topographer, and geographer.
Pedro Zamora Pedro Zamora (February 29, 1972–November 11, 1994) was an openly gay, Cuban-American HIV-positive AIDS educator who became famous for his activism, testimony before Congress, and his appearance on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco. President Bill Clinton credited Zamora with personalizing and humanizing those with the disease.
Pedrosillo de los Aires Pedrosillo de los Aires is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 32 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 425 people.
Peduel Peduel (), is an Israeli settlement located on the western edge of the central Samarian region of the West Bank, about 25 km east of Tel Aviv. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Alei Zahav and Bruchin.
Pedunculopontine nucleus The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) (or pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus) is located in the brainstem, caudal to the substantia nigra and adjacent to the superior cerebellar peduncle. It is composed by a wide variety of neurochemical cell types, including cholinergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic cells.
Pedway A pedway is an elevated or underground pedestrian walkway, often connecting urban high-rises to each other, other buildings, or the street. They are used as a quick way to move from building to building, away from traffic and inclement weather.
Pee Dee (tribe) The Pee Dee tribe (formerly spelled Pedee) of northeastern South Carolina received formal recognition by the state in the spring of 2005, after application by remnants of the historic tribe. The tribe gives its name to a major river and a region.
Pee Dee Pride The Pee Dee Pride was a minor-league hockey organization housed in Florence, South Carolina, where they played from 1997 until 2005. The organization, which is one of the five charter members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), was originally housed in Knoxville, Tennessee and was known as the Knoxville Cherokees.
Pee Shy Pee Shy (1993-1998) were an indie pop band from Tampa, Florida, whose clever, literate lyrics and unorthodox if primitive instrumentation led them to a brief major label career that ended just as they were attracting national commercial radio airplay. They released two albums for Mercury Records, played with artists including Stereolab, Luna, the Village People and Shannon Wright, and twice performed at the annual South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
Pee Ta Khon Pee Ta Khon (the Ghost Festival) is the most common name for a group of festivals held in Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand. The events take place over three days some time between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the town’s mediums.
Pee Wee King Pee Wee King, born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), was an American country music songwriter and recording artist. He was born in Milwaukee to a Polish American family and lived in Abrams, Wisconsin, during his youth.
Pee Wee Marquette Pee Wee Marquette (born William Crayton Marquette in Montgomery, Alabama) was the master of ceremonies at New York City's Birdland (jazz club). Marquette was under four feet tall, most likely three foot nine, and his high enthusiastic voice can be heard making the introductions on Art Blakey's 1954 record A Night at Birdland.
Pee Wee Reese Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23 1918 - August 14 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. Reese was a ten-time All Star shortstop who contributed to seven league championships for Brooklyn.
Pee Wee Russell Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, (27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was a jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but eventually focused solely on clarinet.
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special is the Christmas television special based on the American Saturday-morning children's program Pee-wee's Playhouse. The special, which premiered on December 21, 1988 , is a variety show that features a number of celebrities of the time as well as several musical numbers, educational segments, and segments commonly found in the show: a secret word ("year"), connect the dots with the Magic Screen, a visit from the King of Cartoons, a claymation Penny cartoon, etc.
Peeblesshire Peeblesshire (Siorrachd nam PĂąballan in Gaelic), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a county of Scotland. Its main town was Peebles, and it bordered Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.
Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency) Peeblesshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Selkirkshire to form Peebles and Selkirk. The constituency was again renamed in 1918 to Peebles and Southern, when Selkirk was combined with Roxburghshire to form Roxburgh and Selkirk.
Peebo Peebo is a nickname for the UK city Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Its use came about following a suggestion by a listener to the Peterborough breakfast show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, which is presented by Andy Burrows.
Peebos Peebos are a fictonal self-aware robotic bombs from the comic, Gold Digger. The inventions of Brianna Diggers, they've gone from being simply self-guided bombs to a large line of specialized models for various tasks.
Peedi Peedi Peedi Peedi (born October 18, 1978, Pedro Zayas, and formerly Peedi Crakk) is a rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's North Philadelphia neighborhood in a community known as "Ice City". He was once a member of State Property, alongside Beanie Sigel, longtime friend Freeway, Young Gunz, Oschino Vazquez and Omillio Sparks.
Peechi Peechi is a village situated in the district of Thrissur(Kerala), India, and is famous for its dam and wild life sanctuary. The village's beauty is added by the foresty area and is protected by Kerala Forest Reserch Institute(KFRI).
Peek (crater) Peek is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Mare Smythii near the eastern limb of the Moon. This part of the lunar surface is subject to the effects of libration, and the crater can be hidden from sight during an unfavorable libration.
Peekaboo Peekaboo (also Peek-a-boo, Peep-eye) is a game similar to hide and seek, but played with babies. In the game, one (child, teenager, or adult) hides their face, pops back into the baby's view, and says — to the baby's amusement — Peekaboo! I see you!
Peel (fruit) Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable. Botanically], it is referred to as the [[Pericarp|exocarp, but this term also includes the hard cases of nuts, which are not considered to be peels.
Peel (tool) A peel is a shovel-like tool used by bakers to slide loaves of bread, pizzas, pastries, and other baked goods into and out of an oven. It is usually made of wood, with a flat carrying surface (like a shovel's blade) for holding the baked good and a handle extending from one side of that surface.
Peel Commission The Peel Commission of 1936, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal Commission of Inquiry set out to propose changes to the Mandate for Palestine following the outbreak of the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It was headed by Earl Peel.
Peel Engineering Company Peel Engineering Company was a manufacturing company based on the Isle of Man that made fiberglass fairings and boats. They were also the makers of the Peel P50 the Peel Trident microcars, and the Peel Viking Minisport which were the only automobiles to ever be made on the Isle of Man.
Peel Green Peel Green is a district at the western end of the town of Eccles, in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Peel Green is split by the M60 motorway, whichs run north-south through its centre.
Peel Group The Peel Group is a collection of property and transport companies based in the United Kingdom. Also known as Peel Holdings, its assets are worth more than ÂŁ3bn and include major developments mainly across Northern England.
Peel P50 The Peel P50 was a microcar first released in 1962, by the Peel Engineering Company located on the Isle of Man. It was designed strictly as a town car advertised as capable of seating "one adult and a shopping bag".
Peel Regional Council Peel Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada. It currently consists of 22 members: the mayors of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon, nine additional councillors from Mississauga, five additional councillors from Brampton, four additional councillors from Caledon, and the regional chair, who is appointed by council members.
Peel Regional Police The Peel Regional Police (PRP) provides policing services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. As of 2007, it is the second largest municipal police service in Ontario (trailing Toronto Police Service), and third largest in Canada.
Peel Regional Road 50 Peel Regional Road 50 (formerly known as Highway 50) is a former provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, running northwest from Toronto, which has been downloaded to local authorities. South of Steeles Avenue, Highway 50 continues into Toronto as Albion Road.
Peel River (Canada) The Peel River is a tributary of the Mackenzie River in the Yukon and Northwest Territories in Canada. Its source is in the Ogilvie Mountains in the central Yukon at the confluence of the Ogilvie River and Blackstone River.
Peel Session TX 09/03/00 Peel Session TX 09/03/00 is an EP in Warp's series of Peel Sessions; the label released a number of sessions recorded by their artists—such as Autechre and Boards of Canada—for renowned late DJ John Peel's show on Radio 1.
Peel Sessions (Hot Snakes album) Peel Sessions is an EP by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2005 by Swami Records. It was recorded in the Fall of 2004 while the band was on tour in the UK, for broadcast on BBC Radio 1's John Peel program.
Peel tower Peel towers (spelt Pele towers in England) are small fortified keeps, built along the English and Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by moss-troopers to warn of approaching danger. By an Act of Parliament in 1455 each Peel Tower was required to have an iron basket on its summit and a smoke or fire signal, for day or night use, ready to hand.
Peel Trident The Peel Trident was the second microcar made by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man, first released in 1964. This new model featured two seats or the option of one seat and a dettachable shopping basket instead of the single seat of the previous Peel P50, though it retained a three-wheeled design.
Peel-Harvey Estuary The Peel Harvey Estuary is a natural estuary which lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuary carries the Old Coast Road which is the main thoroughfare between Perth and the coastal towns of the south west corner of the state including Bunbury and Busselton.
Peel, Isle of Man Peel is often called the only city in the Isle of Man because it is the home of the Island's cathedral; legally it is the fourth largest town on the island after Douglas, Onchan and Ramsey. Its population is 3,785 according to the 2001 census.
Peeli Patti Aur Raja Jani Ki Gol Dunya Peeli Patti Aur Raja Jani Ki Gol Dunya (Urdu: پیلی پتی اور راجہ جانی کی گول دنیا) is the second album released by Pakistani rock band, Noori. The album was released in September 2005.
Peelite The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party, and existed from 1846 to 1859. They were called "Peelites" because they were initially led by Sir Robert Peel, who was the British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846.
Peenman Enterprises Peenman Enterprises was the name of a fictitious company that was created by radio host Phil Hendrie as a "sponsor" for Hendrie's parodies of Art Bell. Based in part on Art's real-life sponsor C Crane Company, Peenman often was the backdrop for outrageous and ridiculous survivalist products, usually centered on dealing with the collapse of Western civilization.
Peep (album) Peep is the debut album by Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus (named just "Rasmus" back then). It was first released in 1996, in Finland, Estonia and Russia, and subsequently in other countries such as Germany.
Peep search Peep Search (or BetaSkipScan) is feature available on many videocassette recorders and most camcorders, whereby the unit can show you what is on the tape during rewind and fast forward operations. For this feature to work seamlessly, the tape must be fully laced up (wrapped around the video heads) during rewind and fast-forward operation, which is not usually supported on VHS decks and therefore makes VHS almost the only video tape format where peep search is not usually available.
Peep show A peep show or peepshow is an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. This may or may not be a sex show, although the latter kind has eventually become the most common usage of the term since the advent of cinema and television, which destroyed various kinds of entertainment provided by wandering showmen.
Peep Show (Canadian TV series) Peep Show was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1975 and 1976. The series, a 16-episode anthology of half-hour drama programs by new and emerging Canadian writers and directors, was produced by George Bloomfield and Gerald Mayer.
Peephole bra A peephole bra is a brassiere, without cups, or the cups of which loosely cover the breasts. These kinds of bras do not give the breasts much support, and are generally intended for wearing in sexual situations.
Peephole optimization In compiler theory, peephole optimization is a kind of optimization performed over a very small set of instructions in a segment of generated code. The set is called a "peephole" or a "window".
Peeping Tom (song) "Peeping Tom" is a song by British rock band Placebo, from their third album Black Market Music which was released in 2000. A live version is also featured on their DVD Soulmates Never Die (Live in Paris 2003).
Peeps (novel) Peeps is a 2005 novel by Scott Westerfeld about a parasite which causes people to become cannibalistic and become repelled by that which they once loved; it is the basis for many myths, mainly vampirism, but also lycanthropy, zombies, and others. The parasite changes the physiology of the affected person, granting them almost "superhuman" powers, such as extreme night vision (the protagonist claims that he has to tape over the dimly lit clock on his DVD player in order to sleep), the ability to climb nearly smooth vertical surfaces, and increased strength.
Peer Gynt Peer Gynt is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1867, and first performed in Oslo (then called Christiania) on 24 February 1876, with incidental music by the composer Edvard Grieg.
Peer Leadership Program The Peer Leadership Program, often known as Peer, is a school-run organization that looks upon upperclassmen to help ease the transition of freshmen to high school. Now found in many high schools and colleges across the United States, the Peer Program focuses on team building in creating trust and friendship throughout the school community.
Peer mentoring Peer Mentoring is a form of mentoring that takes place in learning environments such schools, usually between an older more experienced student and a new student(s). Peer Mentors should not be confused with prefects.
Peer pressure Peer pressure comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group of people in which one feels comfortable may override the personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes or behaviors.

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