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Personality Crisis (band) Personality Crisis was a punk rock band formed in 1979 in Winnipeg, Canada. Personality Crisis is widely credited with having a more complex sound than most other punk rock bands of the early 1980s while retaining the power of the early 1980's punk sound.
Personality development An individuals personality is an aggregate conglomeration of decisions we've made throughout our lives (Bradshaw). There are inherent natural, genetic, and environmental factors that contribute to the development of our personality; however, in the pursuit of a more defined persona, many individuals enroll in courses offered in colleges to further or enhance the image they intend to project to others.
Personality disorder Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions. Because of the inflexibility and pervasiveness of these patterns, they can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the persons who are afflicted with these disorders.
Personality pathology In personality psychology, personality refers to enduring patterns of cognition, emotion, and behavior that are activated in particular circumstances and often affect social adaptation. In psychiatry and clinical psychology, personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress.
Personality psychology Personality psychology is a branch of psychology which studies personality and individual differences. One emphasis in this area is to construct a coherent picture of a person and his or her major psychological processes.
Personality Plus Personality Plus is the name of a book by Florence Littauer (ISBN 1-85424-509-0). This article summarises the profiles of the Personality Plus system, and relates them to some other well-known personality system.
Personality quiz A personality quiz is a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) that intends to reveal something about the person who answers them. The personality quiz, unlike a knowledge quiz, has no definite set of right or wrong answers.
Personality rights The Right of Publicity is most commonly defined as the right of every individual to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness, or some other identifying aspect of identity. The Right of Publicity can be referred to as "publicity rights" or even "personality rights.
Personality test A personality test aims to describe aspects of a person's character that remain stable throughout a person's lifetime, the individual's character pattern of behavior, thoughts, and feelings. An early model of personality was posited by Greek philosopher/physician Hippocrates.
Personalized marketing Personalized marketing (also called personalization, and sometimes called one-to-one marketing) is an extreme form of product differentiation. Whereas product differentiation tries to differentiate a product from competing ones, personalization tries to make a unique product offering for each customer.
Personalized medicine Personalized medicine is the use of detailed information about a patient's genotype or level of gene expression and a patient's clinical data in order to select a medication, therapy or preventative measure that is particularly suited to that patient at the time of administration. The benefits of this approach are in its accuracy, efficacy, safety and speed.
Personally identifiable information In information security and privacy, personally identifiable information or personally identifying information (PII) is any piece of information which can potentially be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person.
Personas Personas or personae are fictitious characters that are created to represent the different user types within a targeted demographic that might use a site or product. Personas are given characteristics and are assumed to be in particular environments based on known users’ requirements so that these elements can be taken into consideration when creating scenarios for conceptualizing a site.
Personas of The Undertaker Over the fifteen years that professional wrestling superstar Mark Calaway has been wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation), his "The Undertaker" character has gone through a number of personality changes.
PersonaTV PersonaTV, the television production division of Canadian cable provider Persona, operates cable community channel and real estate listing channels in television markets served by Persona. Unlike similar divisions such as Rogers Television or TV Cogeco, the branding of Persona TV channels may vary according to the market.
Persone Persone is a rock trio from Stockholm, Sweden whose songs are sung in Esperanto, formed in late February and early March of 1986 by Martin Wiese, Borje Lund, Bertilo Wennegren and Per Ola Axelsson. The band has been comprised of the current members since 1990.
Personification Personification, or personification anthropomorphism is a figure of speech that gives non-humans and objects human traits and qualities.(EX: the bear was talking to the little girl) These attributes may include sensations, emotions, desires, physical gestures, expressions, and powers of speech, among others.
Personnel and discography of Deep Purple The various line-ups in the history of the British Hard rock band Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I, Mk II, etc.) The "gap" in the numbering, Mk VI, refers to the series of concerts performed with Joe Satriani on guitar, when Ritchie Blackmore quit the band halfway through the tour in November 1993.
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops PASGT (pronounced pass-get) is the abbreviation for Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops. It consists of the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Vest and the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Helmet.
Personnel economics In the 1970's, there was a flurry of research that sought to answer the questions of how prices of goods and services traded within a firm are determined. Many questions about how wages are determined inside a firm, and how the wages of the workers relate to one another within a firm, was raised as a result.
Personnel involved in the development of World War II suicide attacks In the creation of the kamikaze defensive tactic, in the beginning certain Imperial Japanese Navy officers were involved. Later in World War II, some personnel of the Imperial Japanese Army also participated in the development of this defensive tactic:
Persons with Disabilities (Manitoba ministerial responsibility) Since 2001, the Executive Council of Manitoba has included a minister responsible for Persons with Disabilities. This position is not a full cabinet portfolio, and the responsibility has always been taken by a minister with other cabinet duties.
Persoonia Persoonia is a genus of 98 species of shrubs and small trees in the plant family Proteaceae. In the eastern states of Australia, they are commonly known as Geebungs, while in Western Australia and South Australia they go by the common name Snottygobbles.
Persoonia longifolia The Upright Snottygobble (Persoonia longifolia), also known as the Long-leaf Persoonia or just Snottygobble, is a species of tall shrub or small tree in the plant genus Persoonia, reaching 1 to 5 metres (3-17 ft) in height. It is found in the Jarrah forests of southwest Western Australia.
Persoonia micranthera Persoonia micranthera, commonly known as the small-flowered snottygobble, is an endangered prostrate shrub with yellow flowers and thin bark. It grows only on two peaks, Bluff Knoll and Isongerup Peak, in the eastern section of the Stirling Range, Western Australia.
PerspectieF PerspectieF, ChristenUnie-jongeren is the youth organisation of the ChristenUnie and was founded on 23 september 2000 as a merger between the RPF-jongeren and GPJC, the youth organisations of the Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie and the Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond.
Perspective (cognitive) Perspective in theory of cognition is the choice of a context or a reference (or the result of this choice) from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience, cohesively forming a coherent belief, typically for comparing with another. One may further recognize a number of subtly distinctive meanings, close to those of paradigm, point of view, reality tunnel, umwelt, or weltanschauung.
Perspective (graphical) Perspective (from Latin perspicere, to see clearly) in the graphic arts, such as drawing, is an approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is perceived by the eye. The two most characteristic features of perspective are:
Perspective (visual) Perspective, in the context of vision and visual perception, is the way in which objects appear to the eye based on their spatial attributes, or their dimensions and the position of the eye relative to the objects.
Perspective Magazine Perspective is the journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects. Published bi-monthly, it features reviews of recently-completed buildings in Northern Ireland, together with book reviews and local arts updates.
Perspective projection distortion Perspective projection distortion refers here to the inevitable deviation from the appearance of reality which is introduced into drawing and photography by the use of "projectors" onto a flat surface. In a drawing, projectors are imaginary constructs (drawn lines) which aid in the drawing of real images.
Perspective Records Perspective Records was a record label, launched in 1991 by the producing team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Thanks to their long and prosperous relationship with A&M Records, and several of its acts (most notably Janet Jackson), A&M agreed to back the new label.
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is a biannual journal published by the Institute for Anarchist Studies. It offers analysis on various aspects of anarchist theory, in addition to anarchist perspectives on world events, interviews, and book reviews.
Perspectives on Work Perspectives on Work is a publication of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA). It contains news about LERA activites as well as scholarly articles on workplace law, economics and human resources (HR) from both an HR perspective as well as labor relations.
Perspectivism Perspectivism is the philosophical view developed by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that all perception and ideation takes place from a particular perspective in terms of inner drives as elucidated by the “will to power”.
Persuader (comics) The Persuader is name of two fictional characters featured in comic books published by DC Comics. Nyeun Chun Ti first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (January 1967), and was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan.
Persuasive definition A persuasive definition is a type of definition in which a term is defined in such a way as to be an argument for a particular position (as opposed to a lexical definition, which aims to be neutral to all usages), and is deceptive in that it has the surface form of a dictionary definition. As such, when a definition is recognized as persuasive, it is not accepted as legitimate, and often considered fallacious.
Persuasive precedent In law, a persuasive precedent or advisory precedent is a precedent that need not be followed under the legal principle of stare decisis, but is nevertheless followed. Sources of persuasive precedent include the obiter dicta in the judgment of a court whose judgment would otherwise be binding, and the judgments of courts in other jurisdictions where the facts and/or legal system are similar to the case at hand.
Persuasive Percussion Persuasive Percussion was an innovative LP album performed by Terry Snyder and the All Stars and released in 1959 by Command Records (run by Enoch Light). The packaging includes a gatefold cover which, upon being unfolded, lists information about each song.
Pertactin Pertactin (PRN) is a highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis. Specifically, it is an outer membrane protein that promotes adhesion to tracheal epithelial cells.
Pertec Computer Pertec Computer Corporation (PCC), formerly Peripheral Equipment Corporation (PEC), was a computer company based in Chatsworth California which originally designed and manufactured peripherals; floppy drives, tape drives, instrumentation control, and other hardware for computers. Pertec's most successful products were hard disk drives and tape drives, which were sold as OEM to the top computer manufacturers including IBM, Siemens and Digital Computer Corporation, DEC.
Perth (UK Parliament constituency) Perth Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1832. The constituency comprised the burghs of Cupar, Dundee, Forfar, Perth and St Andrews.
Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross (Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, City of Dundee, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas.
Perth Amboy Public Schools Perth Amboy Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States. The Perth Amboy Public Schools are an Abbott District.
Perth Central Area Transit The Perth Central Area Transit System (Perth CAT), or simply CAT, is a set of three bus routes in the center of Perth, a bus route in Fremantle, and a bus route in Joondalup. Unlike all other Transperth services, all CAT routes are fare-free.
Perth College, Perth Western Australia Perth College is a prestigious girls' school located in Mt Lawley, Western Australia for both boarders and day-girls. Founded in 1902 by the Community of the Sisters of the Church with 32 pupils, it now caters for approximately 1000 girls from K-12.
Perth Dance Music Awards The Perth Dance Music Awards (also known as "the PDMAs") is an annual event organised by Teknoscape, a dance music forum and website. The event highlights the year's major accomplishments in Electronic Music by Western Australians.
Perth Football Club The Perth Football Club (known as the Home Demons for sponsorship reasons) is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League. They are based in Lathlain, near Perth, Western Australia.
Perth Gaol The Perth Gaol (often referred to as the Old Perth Gaol) was a gaol (jail) built in Perth, Western Australia between 1854 and 1856 to house convicts and other prisoners. It operated until March 1888 when the last prisoner was transferred to Fremantle Prison.
Perth Glory FC Perth Glory FC is a football (soccer) club from Perth, Western Australia, based at the Members Equity Stadium, playing in the A-League. It is one of the four clubs in the new competition to have survived from the former National Soccer League.
Perth Heat The Perth Heat were one of the foundation members of the now defunct Australian Baseball League. Their first ABL championship was won in season 1990-91, when Graeme Lloyd pitched the Heat to an exciting final Game 5 championship win on the Gold Coast against the Dolphins to take the series 3-2.
Perth International Arts Festival The UWA Perth International Arts Festival is a cultural festival held in Western Australia. The festival was created in 1953 by the University of Western Australia, making it the oldest international arts festival in Australia.
Perth Mint The Perth Mint () is Australia's oldest operating mint. After the foundation stone was laid in 1896 by John Forrest, the Mint opened on June 20 1899 as a branch of the Royal Mint in London to refine gold and manufacture gold sovereigns and half sovereigns to be used as currency in the colony.
Perth River The Perth River is a river located in the Southern Alps in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Its source is in terrace icefields north of the Rangitata Divide and is joined by multiple tributaries, including a creek from Abel Lake.
Perth Royal Show The Perth Royal Show is an annual show held in Perth, Western Australia at the Claremont Showgrounds. It features informational exhibits, agricultural competitions and display animals, a fairground and rides, and showbags.
Perth Town Hall The Perth Town Hall, situated on the corner of Hay and Barrack streets, is the only convict-built town hall in Australia. Designed by Richard Roach Jewell and James Manning in the Victorian Free Gothic style, the hall was built by convicts and free men between 1868 and 1870.
Perth Trades Hall The Perth Trades Hall is the Trades Hall building in Perth used by the Western Australian trade union movement for meetings, offices, social and educational events, and the location of the Trades and Labour Council (TLC), now known as the UnionsWA. Although a Trades and Labour Council (TLC) was established in Perth in 1891, finances to build a Trades Hall were not available until 1911, when Alexander McCallum became General Secretary of the Australian Labour Federation, as the TLC was then called.
Perth Water Perth Water is the section of the Swan River between the Causeway to the east, and Narrows Bridge to the west - a large wide but shallow section of river on the southern edge of the City of Perth, Western Australia.Swan River Trust - Annual Report, 1998-1999 Retrieved 29 December 2006.
Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the capital of Perth.
Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. A population of 1,477,800 (2005 estimate) makes Perth the largest city in Western Australia and home to three-quarters of the state's residents.
Perth—Wellington Perth—Wellington is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Perthite Perthite is used to describe an intergrowth of two feldspars: a host grain of potassium-rich alkali feldspar (near K-feldspar, KAlSi3O8, in composition) includes exsolved lamellae or irregular intergrowths of sodic alkali feldspar (near albite, NaAlSi3O8, in composition). Typically the host grain is orthoclase or microcline, and the lamellae are albite.
Perthshire Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) was a county in central Scotland, which extended from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south.
Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) Perthshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885, when it was divided into Perthshire Eastern and Perthshire Western.
Pertinax of Byzantium Pertinax was Bishop of Byzantium from 169 until his death in 187. Information on his life is mainly drawn from the works of Dorotheus, according to whom he was originally a senior officer of the Roman Empire based in Thrace.
Pertti Karppinen Pertti Johannes Karppinen (born February 17, 1953 in Vehmaa) is a Finnish rower who is legendary for his three consecutive Olympic Gold medals in Single Sculls in 1976, 1980, and 1984. He also won World Championships in 1979 and 1985.
Pertti Niittylä Pertti Ilmari Niittylä (born January 16, 1956) is a former ice speed skater from Finland, who was the nation's leading rider in the 1970s and 1980s. He represented his native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Pertuis d'Antioche The Pertuis d'Antioche is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France, located between the two islands Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron and the continental coast, between the cities of La Rochelle and the naval arsenal of Rochefort. The Pertuis d'Antioche owes its name to the similarity of the contour of its coastline with that of the Mediterranean sea's north-eastern area between Cyprus, Syria and Turkey, which harbours the famous ancient city of Antioch at its center.
Perturbation (astronomy) Perturbation is a term used in astronomy to describe alterations to an object's orbit caused by gravitational interactions with other bodies. For example, the orbits of comets are often perturbed, particularly by the gravitational fields of the giant planets - Jupiter's gravitational influence caused the period of Comet Hale-Bopp's orbit to decrease from 4200 to 2800 years.
Perturbation theory Perturbation theory comprises mathematical methods that are used to find an approximate solution to a problem which cannot be solved exactly, by starting from the exact solution of a related problem. Perturbation theory is applicable if the problem at hand can be formulated by adding a "small" term to the mathematical description of the exactly solvable problem.
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) In quantum mechanics, perturbation theory is a set of approximation schemes directly related to mathematical perturbation for describing a complicated quantum system in terms of a simpler one. The idea is to start with a simple system and gradually turn on an additional "perturbing" Hamiltonian representing a weak disturbance to the system.
Perturbative QCD Perturbative QCD is the study of the theory of Quantum chromodynamics in energy regimes where the strong coupling constant alpha_s is small, allowing Perturbation theory to be applied. In most circumstances, actually computing the predictions of QCD is extremely difficult, due to the infinite number of topologically inequivalent interactions possible.
Pertuzumab Pertuzumab (also called 2C4 and Omnitarg®) is a monoclonal antibody, the first of its class in a line of agents called "HER dimerization inhibitors". By binding to HER2, it inhibits the dimerization of HER2 with other HER receptors, which is hypothesized to result in slowed tumor growth.
Peru 1993 Census The Peru 1993 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population made on July 11, 1993 by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Its full name in Spanish is IX Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda ("Ninth Population and Fourth Household Census").
Peru at the Summer Olympics Peru made its first official appearance at the Summer Olympic Games at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. However, some sources consider Carlos de Candamo, a fencer who competed in the foil and épée events in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Peruvian nationality, and therefore, Peru's first Olympic competitor.
Peru de lacroix Louis Peru de LaCroix (14 september 1773 - 1837), was a french general who battled in the army of Napoleón I and later travelled to Colombia, where he joined the army of Simón Bolívar. He is famous for his biographical work of Bolivar, El Diario de Bucaramanga, a valuable source of information for historians about Bolivar´s beliefs and private life.
Peru-Bolivian Confederation The Peru-Bolivian Confederation (or Confederacy) was a short-lived confederated state that existed in South America between the years 1836 and 1839. Its head of state, titled Supreme Protector, was Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz.
Peru-Chile Trench The Peru-Chile Trench is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometers (100 mi) off the coast of Peru and Chile. It reaches a maximum depth of 8,065 meters (26,460 ft) below sea level in Richards Deep and is approximately 5,900 kilometers (3,666 mi) long; its mean width is 64 kilometers (40 mi) and it covers an expanse of some 590,000 square kilometers (228,000 mi²).
Peru-United States Free Trade Agreement The Peru-United States Free Trade Agreement (officially the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA); Spanish Acuerdo de PromociĂłn Comercial PerĂş-Estados Unidos) is a bilateral commercial treaty, whose objectives are eliminating obstacles to trade, consolidating access to goods and services and favoring private investment in and between both nations. Apart from commercial issues, it incorporates economic, insitutional, intellectual-property, labor and environmental policies, among others.
Perućac Perućac (Cyrillic Перућац) is a village in western Serbia in the immediate proximity of the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated near the 346 km-long Drina River, which constitutes the natural border between Serbia and Bosnia.
Perugina Perugina is an Italian confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy. The company was formed in 1907 by Giovanni Buitoni, the young heir to Perugina, and Luisa Spagnoli, a confectioner in her own right, in the charming and ancient Umbrian hill town of Perugia in central Italy.
Perumal Mupnar Perumal Mupnar is a Fijian politician of Indian descent, who held the Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency in the House of Representatives for the Fiji Labour Party in the parliamentary election of 2001. In the parliametnary election held on 6-13 May 2006, he transferred to the Nadi Rural Indian Communal Constituency and held it for the FLP.
Perumathura Situated 29 kilometers north of Trivandrum is a tiny village called Perumathura. It is 23 Kilometers from the Trivandrum international airport (20 minutes drive), 29KM from Trivandrum railway station and bus stations.
Perumpanarruppatai Perumpanarruppatai, is a Tamil poetic work in the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the Sangam period corresponding to between 100 BCE – 100 CE. Perumpanarruppatai contains 500 lines of poetry in the Achiriyappa meter.
Perumthachan Perumthachan also spelled as "Perunthachan" meaning (the master carpenter or the master craftsman) is a honorific title that is used to refer to an ancient legendary carpenter, architect, woodcarver and sculptor from Kerala, India. However Perumthachan is an important figure in the folklore of Kerala and many a wondrous structure and architecture that still stand are attributed to him.
Perun In Slavic mythology, Perun (with many spelling and pronunciation variants among modern Slavic languages) is the highest god of the [and the god of thunder] and [[lightning. His other attributes were the mountain, oak, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages this was joined with the notion of the sky of stone), horses and carts, weapons (the hammer, axe and arrow), war, and fire.
Perunilam Perunilam is a small gramam (a fraction of a village) of Poonjar village, on the punniar (sacred) river the, left stream of one of the two main arms of the river Meenachil of Kottayam district of Kerala,India.
Perushim The Perushim () were disciples of Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (known as the Vilna Gaon), who left Lithuania to settle in the Land of Israel, then a province of the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Perusia The ancient Perusia, now Perugia, first appears in history as one of the twelve confederate cities of Etruria. It is first mentioned in the account of the war of 310 or 309 BC between the Etruscans and the Romans.
Peruvian Booby The Peruvian Booby Sula variegata is an endemic bird of the Peruvian current whose distribution is restricted to the west coast of South America from Punta Pariñas (4.6°S) in Peru to Concepcion in Chile (Harrison 1988).
Peruvian cuisine Peruvian cuisine is usually considered one of the most diverse in the world and is on par with French, Chinese and Indian cuisine. In January 2004, The Economist said that "Peru can lay claim to one of the world's dozen or so great cuisines" while at the Fourth International Summit of Gastronomy Madrid FusiĂłn 2006, regarded as the world's most important gastronomic forum, held in Spain between January 17th and 19th, Lima] was declared the "[[Gastronomic Capital of the Americas" to its pre-Inca and Inca] heritage and to [[Spanish people|Spanish, Basque, African, Sino-Cantonese, Japanese and finally Italian immigration (mainly throughout the 19th century), Peruvian cuisine combines the flavors of four continents.
Peruvian Communist Party (Red Flag) Peruvian Communist Party (Red Flag) (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Peruano (Bandera Roja)), was a communist party in Peru founded in 1964 following a split in the Peruvian Communist Party. PCP(BR) sided with China and Maoism in the Sino-Soviet split.
Peruvian Debate Association The Peruvian Debate Association is a legally ordained, non-profit institution, which organizes and coordinates activities to promote and increase debate in and among schools and universities in Peru. This association was founded in September 2002, by Sixto Ramos, Philosophy, Economics and Peruvian History teacher at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt and representatives from 6 other schools; Santa MarĂ­a Marianistas, San Ignacio de Recalde, Markham College, Casuarinas, Newton and Carmelitas.
Peruvian Democratic Union Peruvian Democratic Union (in Spanish: Unión Democrática Peruana) was a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1942 by Julio Marcial Rossi Corsi with the name Frente de la Peruanidad en Defensa de la democracia.
Peruvian Diving Petrel The Peruvian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii is a small seabird that feeds in offshore waters in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile. Like the rest of the diving petrels it is a nondescript bird, with a dark back and pale belly, and blue feet, and can be separated from the rest of its family only by differences in its beak and nostrils.
Peruvian Humanist Movement Party The Peruvian Humanist Movement Party (Partido Movimiento Humanista Peruano) is a Peruvian political party, and a member of the ConcertaciĂłn Descentralista together with the Partido por la Democracia Social - Compromiso PerĂş. The PMHP won the regional elections of 2001 for the northern region of Lambayeque.
Peruvian Immortal The Peruvian Immortal is the name given to a spectacular chess game played by the Peruvian master (later grandmaster) Esteban Canal against an unknown amateur in a simultaneous exhibition he gave at Budapest in 1934. In just 14 moves, Canal sacrificed both his rooks and his queen, finishing with Boden's mate:
Peruvian literature In the history of Peruvian literature, the oral indigenous tradition and the technical resources of writing (incorporated by Spaniards) converge in each other. From the beginning, it was possible to gather and to express the different and complex cultural realities that entered in conflict immediately after the conquest.
Peruvian national election, 2006 The first round of the 2006 Peruvian national election was held on April 9, 2006 to elect the President of the Republic, two Vice-Presidents, 120 Members of Congress, and five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament (plus 10 substitutes), for the 2006-2011 period.
Peruvian nationality law According to the Peruvian Constitution and nationality legislation passed in 1996 as well as an executive order declared in 1997, Peruvian nationality can be passed by birth via jus soli or by registration if born overseas and duly registered at a Peruvian embassy or consulate before the child reaches 18 years of age. In addition, infants or minor children found abandoned on Peruvian territory are assumed to be Peruvian citizens.

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