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Pisces
Pisces In some classifications, a superclass of the
Gnathostomata (jawed chordates) comprising the fishes (compare
Tetrapoda). The whole body of a fish is covered with a tough, usually scaly, skin (see
scales), which extends over the eye and contains pigments and sometimes slime glands. The circulatory system is a single circuit with blood passing through two sets of capillaries, one at the gills and the other in the body tissues. Three
semicircular canals are present in the inner ear. The sense of smell is particularly well developed and pressure waves are detected by the lateral-line system (see
lateral-line canal). Fossils of fish date back to the Ordovician period, 505–438 million years ago. There are two classes of modern fish:
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) and
Osteichthyes (bony fishes).
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Pisces IV offers in-depth learning experience
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 11/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Research Laboratory's emergency submersible Pisces IV is going to sea to fill in for its sister sub, Pisces V. The laboratory's ship, Ka'imikai...undersea volcano Loihi off the Big Island. Pisces V, normally used for the laboratory's...
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Star rises for PISCES.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Estates Gazette; 5/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...can communicate. Adam Tinworth talks to PISCES head Roger de Boehmler A fish is working...heart of the industry. This little fish, PISCES, is bringing conveyancing closer to being...day Domesday Book, has incorporated PISCES into its efforts to make online property...
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Xenos supports real-estate market with PISCES membership; Real estate market must prepare for electronic exchange standards.
M2 Presswire; 9/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...2006-Xenos: Xenos supports real-estate market with PISCES membership; Real estate market must prepare for electronic...announced today that it has become an associate member for PISCES. PISCES is a non-profit organisation responsible for developing...
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Bits changing hands.(CB Hillier Parker, PISCES workbench software)
Magazine article from: Estates Gazette; 10/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to be useful. But its use of the new PISCES data standard allows property information...transferred its internal systems to the PISCES standard, following an internal audit...management system. A digital lingua franca PISCES allows different computer systems to use...
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Land registry joins PISCES open standards organisation.
M2 Presswire; 1/7/2008; 693 words
; ...UK Government: Land registry joins PISCES open standards organisation(C)1994...membership of the e-business standards body PISCES (Property Information Systems Common...are delighted to sign up as members of PISCES and look forward to a productive partnership...
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Lonely Planet Purchases Pisces Books From Gulf Publishing.
Business Wire; 7/31/1997; 700+ words
; ...travelers, has announced the acquisition of Pisces Books, the country's leading diving...snorkeling series, from Gulf Publishing. Pisces Books consist of 55 titles, featuring...Cozumel and Scotland. In addition, Pisces publishes how-to guides for snorkeling...
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Calvis extends PISCES portfolio with the launch of PropertyIdeal.
M2 Presswire; 9/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...September 2002-Calvis: Calvis extends PISCES portfolio with the launch of PropertyIdeal...2002, a new addition to its suite of PISCES based business applications. PropertyIdeal...service. PropertyIdeal is built upon PISCES, the real estate standard for common...
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PISCES is swimming upstream.
Magazine article from: Estates Gazette; 10/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...combating this problem with the development of PISCES (property information systems common...describes real estate information. Through PISCES, it is possible to share and exchange...development of this standard and also chair the PISCES International Working Group, our interface...
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS; Survivors tell how 5 died after stricken Pisces filled with water before sinking.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN SURVIVORS of the Pisces boat tragedy told yesterday of their terror...Five people drowned when the ill- fated Pisces sank off the Co Wexford coast three years...saw no lifeboat or lifejackets on the Pisces. Prosecution barrister Paul O'Higgins...
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Pisces is elusive catch for this Scorpio
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/27/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...confused trying to understand a female Pisces (Feb. 26-Mar. 19). Our relationship...There is great affinity between you and Pisces - and her secretive, mysterious nature...the fascination. The problem is that Pisces' indecisiveness and her mysteriousness...
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Pisces
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pisces [Lat.,=the fishes], constellation...one of the constellations of the zodiac . Pisces is traditionally depicted as two fishes...was located c.2,000 years ago) into Pisces. There are no exceptionally bright stars...
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Hypsicles of Alexandria
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...time in which Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini rise (10...and that the quadrants Capricornus-Pisces and Aries-Gemini each require 75 degrees...Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces are in the same series. With the help...
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Astrological Signs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...and the water triplicity, containing Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. The signs are further divided into diurnal and nocturnal...furious; in Leo, fierce and aggressive. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are called fruitful or prolific; and Gemini, Leo, and Virgo...
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Aries
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Pisces; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . It contains...precession of the equinoxes has since shifted the vernal equinox into Pisces. Aries reaches its highest point in the evening sky in December...
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New Age
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...Depending upon the astrological system one uses, the sun is making the transition from the sign of Pisces to that of Aquarius sometime in this century. Pisces, the fish sign, is often associated with Christianity, in which the fish is frequently used...
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