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	Peacock (star) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Peacock (star), also known as Alpha Pavonis, brightest star in the far-southern constellation Pavo, the Peacock.
		The star Peacock (Scientific Name Alpha Pavonis) is located at right ascension 20h 25.648m and declination -56° 44.100'.
		Peacock is a relatively bright star with a magnitude of 1.94
	encarta.msn.com /Peacock_(star).html (165 words)

	Peacock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		One of the brighter stars in the sky, Peacock shines at mid-second magnitude (1.94), but is hardly known in the north as it is not visible much north of 32 degrees north latitude.
		One of the hotter stars in its magnitude rank, Peacock is a hot blue class B (B2) star that has been taken both as a hydrogen-fusing dwarf and as a subgiant (which implies that evolution toward death is beginning to take place).
		Peacock is also a close double (found by analysis of the spectrum) with a short period of only 11.8 days, implying a separation of only 0.21 astronomical units (about half Mercury's distance from the Sun).
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/peacock.html (496 words)

	Peacocks
		Unusual peacocks are the Argus pheasant, with eyelike spots on its secondary flight feathers, and the white peacock, thought to be a mutation of the common peafowl.
		The peacock figures in the Bible and in Greek and Roman myth, where it appears as the favorite bird of the goddess Hera, or Juno, and the bird was known to the pharaohs of Egypt and to 14th-century Europe, where it was roasted and served in its own plumage.
		The crown of peacock's feathers leads to a further revelation: that it is the music of the heart which can be expressed through the head; it is the knowledge of the head and the love of the heart that together fully express the divine message.
	www.crystalinks.com /peacocks.html (2825 words)

	Peacock - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- star: the brightest star in the constellation Pavo
		The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, though it is common to hear the female also referred to as a "peacock" or "female peacock".
		Peacock keeping and breeding, including the India blue peacock and green peacock...
	encarta.msn.com /Peacock.html (193 words)

	Peacock.
		The Peacock star is in the starry tail of Pavo.
		Hera transplanted the eyes of Argus Panoptes on to the peacock's tail.
		The peacock was said to be a weather prophet, dancing to foretell rain.
	users.winshop.com.au /annew/Peacock.html (251 words)

	Peacock.
		The Peacock star is in the starry tail of Pavo.
		The eye-like patterns in its tail is said to represent the stars, the universe, the sun, the moon, and the vault of heaven.
		The peacock was said to be a weather prophet, dancing to foretell rain.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/Peacock.html (285 words)

	Restaurant\Bio Form
		For the past three years, Peacock Alley Chef de Cuisine Laurent Manrique has successfully transformed this traditional restaurant into an ever-growing popular fine-dining establishment with his impeccable French style, elegance and outstanding cuisine.
		Peacock Alley is located off the main lobby at The Waldorf-Astoria at 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
		As manager of Peacock Alley, Dupaix is charged with keeping the restaurant at the forefrong of New York's highly competitive culinary scene which he achieves through the implementation of innovative promotions and creative long-term planning.
	www.studyworld.com /culinary/Peacock-Alley-bio.htm (712 words)

	Peacock - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Peacock, common name for three members of the pheasant family.
		Although these birds are more commonly called peacocks, that name is properly applied...
		Pheasant, common name for about 50 species of birds, including such well-known examples as the peacock and jungle fowl.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Peacock.html (115 words)

	Susman Godfrey L.L.P. Attorneys at Law
		After Peacock and his clients prevailed on the appeal to the 11th Circuit of the district court’s decision to grant class certification, the case settled for a substantial sum.
		Peacock served for many years as class counsel to over 3000 homeowners in Corpus Christi, Texas in their suit against petrochemical refineries and facilities along the City’s Refinery Row.
		Peacock is a native of Beaumont, Texas and graduated from Princeton University in 1987 with honors in American History.
	www.susmangodfrey.com /bio/bio-tpeacock.html (860 words)

	Myanmar (Burma): former flags
		The peacock was within a circle whose diameter is 4/9ths of the width of the flag.
		One of the stars is in the very centre of the field, and is much larger than the other 5, (roughly 2+ times the size of the others).
		The 5 smaller stars are placed around the large central star, at roughly the 1 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 8 o'clock, and 11 o'clock positions, (ie., centred in-between the 5 arms of the large central star).
	www.atlasgeo.net /fotw/flags/mm-old.html (1523 words)

	Myanmar Political Parties
		The fighting peacock without the star, was the flag of the student union until 1962, when the military banned the institution.
		The flag was a 2:3 (dark) red flag with a huge white star in the canton and a golden yellow stylized peacock in the lower fly.
		This flag is a 1:2 red flag, with a white star in the canton (a lot smaller) and a yellow peacock centered, even more stylized than the first image and with the body within a yellow ring.
	www.fotw.net /flags/mm}.html (1134 words)

	Myanmar (Burma): former flags
		The peacock was within a circle whose diameter is 4/9ths of the width of the flag.
		One of the stars is in the very centre of the field, and is much larger than the other 5, (roughly 2+ times the size of the others).
		The 5 smaller stars are placed around the large central star, at roughly the 1 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 8 o'clock, and 11 o'clock positions, (ie., centred in-between the 5 arms of the large central star).
	flagspot.net /flags/mm-old.html (1523 words)

	Myanmar Political Parties
		The fighting peacock without the star, was the flag of the student union until 1962, when the military banned the institution.
		The flag was a 2:3 (dark) red flag with a huge white star in the canton and a golden yellow stylized peacock in the lower fly.
		This flag is a 1:2 red flag, with a white star in the canton (a lot smaller) and a yellow peacock centered, even more stylized than the first image and with the body within a yellow ring.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mm}.html (931 words)

	Sea and Sky's Pictures in the Sky: September Constellations
		Aquila is located on the celestial equator, which is the center of an imaginary globe of stars around the Earth known as the celestial sphere.
		This constellation is composed primarily of faint stars.
		Pavo, the Peacock, is visible in latitudes south of 15 degrees north from June through August.
	www.seasky.org /pictures/sky7b09.html (1043 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Peacock blooms behind plate
		Peacock's destination was an indoor sports facility in Tampa where he met with Nationals bullpen coach Randy Knorr.
		Peacock was an unheralded draft-and-follow pick, a 39th round selection in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft who took almost 12 months to sign after spending a year at Manatee (Fla.) Community College.
		Peacock, 21, leads low-Single-A Savannah with 11 homers, is third on the team with 38 RBIs, and entering play yesterday, he was hitting.243.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2006/082006/08032006/210981 (578 words)

	Peacock - Blurtit
		Peacocks are very noisy birds even though pretty calm and quiet during most of the year unless troubled, even in the middle...
		Peacock is a very shy creature and likes to live alone and away from other birds and animals...
		Peacocks are so huge and are powerful flyer; they are less exposed to predators as compared to chickens or little fowls....
	www.blurtit.com /listings.php?query=Peacock&kid=34348020&search_type=content&ad=763773758 (400 words)

	Peacock
		According to Lynne Marie Stockman, the name "Peacock" is a coinage of Great Britain's H.
		Peacock is a hot, blue B2IV subgiant star about 4.7 times the diameter of the sun and about 450 times the luminosity.
		Spectral analysis indicates a companion consisting of a type B star in an 11.75 day orbit.
	domeofthesky.com /clicks/peacock.html (62 words)

	peacock
		Major Peacock was in command of a special force of Burmans and Karens which, shortly before the Japanese advance started, was sent on 13 March 1944 to watch the approaches from Yuwa into the Kabaw Valley.
		On arrival at his old camp site at the Yu river crossing Peacock, whose wireless had failed to function for several days, discovered that the enemy were in possession of Tamu and Hesin, and between him and Moreh, and was uncertain how far out his own troops had withdrawn.
		In spite of his considerable exhaustion and the effects of heatstroke from which he was suffering, Peacock's sole concern was the safety and rescue of Gibson.
	www.burmastar.org.uk /peacock.htm (553 words)

	Star Tales – Pavo
		Pavo flourishes a truncated tail in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
		In mythology, the peacock was the sacred bird of Hera, who drove through the air in a chariot drawn by peacocks.
		How the peacock came to have eyes on its tail is the subject of a Greek myth that began one day when Zeus turned his illicit love Io into a white cow to disguise her from his wife, Hera, who nearly caught them together.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/pavo.htm (318 words)

	The Peacock Theatre Dublin - New Theatre events & plays in Dublin.
		The Peacock Theatre is situated under the Abbey foyer and the entrance is alongside the Abbey building on Lower Abbey Street.
		Seating capacity is 157 and can be used with a traditional seating arrangement or can be formed into a theatre with a 20 X 20 feet central playing area, surrounded on three sides by seating.
		The current programming of the Peacock Theatre is dedicated primarily to the presentation of new plays.
	www.dublinevents.com /dublin-theatres/peacock-theatre.php (252 words)

	Rockford Register Star Online - Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Peacock works at the U.S. Post Office in Rockford and operates a chimney sweeping business.
		Peacock often teams up with re-enactors of Lee and Grant to simulate the surrender that ended the Civil War.
		Peacock has a few other things in common with Custer.
	www.rrstar.com /opinion/columnists/doyle/0620.shtml (498 words)

	Sun.Star Manila - Alice Peacock: Welcome to Wonderland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		From the first notes of her self-titled debut, "Alice Peacock," there are unmistakable influences ranging from pop, rock and folk that all blend into something greater.
		It's an album that imbues the charmingly familiar with a bracing blast of fresh as heard on the initial single, "I'll Be The One," where Alice turns tables on a lover as the track mixes a soulful rhythm with Beatlelesque pop-rock touches.
		Peacock's rise to musical prominence began just a few years ago when she released her first album, "Real Day," all on her own.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/man/2003/09/17/life/alice.peacock.welcome.to.wonderland.html (949 words)

	Eulace Peacock
		Peacock beat Owens in seven of the ten 100–yard dashes they ran against each other in 1935, but due to an injury Peacock was unable to compete in the Olympics.
		Eulace Peacock was born August 27, 1914, in Dothan, Alabama, the son of James Peacock, who was part Cherokee Indian, and Rose Ann Chambers.
		Eulace Peacock never lost a dual meet, competing for Temple University, and his school records of 9.5 seconds in the 100–yard dash and 26 feet, 3 inches in the long jump, were still Temple University records in 1989, more than fifty years after they were set.
	www.yonkershistory.org /pea.html (799 words)

	S.F. Poly, USF football star Peacock dies
		Merrill Peacock, an outstanding running back at San Francisco's Poly High School in the early-to-mid 1940s who went on to start at end for USF's famed unbeaten and untied football team in 1951, died Sunday in St. Helena, at 77.
		Peacock earned All-City honors in football at Poly High, and one of his prep opponents at the time, Bob Moore of St. Ignatius High, said his skills still remain memorable.
		Peacock briefly joined his Dons' coach, Joe Kuharich, with the NFL Chicago Cardinals in 1952, and later became a Bay Area building contractor.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/02/SPG036V84U1.DTL (331 words)

	Amazon.com: Alice Peacock: Music: Alice Peacock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The midtempo songs on Alice Peacock's self-titled album focus on folky pop-rock confections a la Sheryl Crow and Shawn Colvin.
		Alice Peacock, however, knew what she was doing when she assembled her self-titled album.
		Alice Peacock's singing is subtle yet soulful; her songwriting is catchy but brainy, with great lyrical turns; and the arrangements are appealing -- at times harkening back to Globe Sessions-era Sheryl Crow.
	www.amazon.com /Alice-Peacock/dp/B00006FI9Y (1139 words)

	Peacock Bass Fishing Trips, Payara, Dorado and other Exotic Species
		Peacock bass fishing guided trips and destinations....A primer focused on helping you to select when and where to catch peacock bass.
		If you are after a trophy peacock, choose only those destinations known for their ‘big’ fish population (such as Northern Brazil or certain rivers in Southern Venezuela).
		The most famous peacock bass lake in Venezuela, nice accommodations and flexible stay make it a great choice for those not prepared to commit more than a week to a trip.
	www.interangler.com /articles/peacockbassprimer.html (5060 words)

	Myanmar (Burma): former flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The insignia of the Myanmars, the dancing peacock on that flag was taken from King Mindon's 1-kyat silver coin.
		Some sources indicate this star was on the upper hoist, not centred.
		Evans (1970) wrote that "Burma" "based its new flag on the emblem used by the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mm-old.html (1523 words)

	Donors and Sponsors of The Peacock Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Peacock Foundation is a 501(c) 3 organization that survives on the gifts of others.
		In September of 2005 Discover A Star granted $5,000 to support a pilot program designed to partner The Peacock Foundation with Olivecrest to create a foster care transition program for families merging foster children and biological children.
		The Peacock Foundation was blessed with office supplies and the materials needed to build the first stage of the animal care center.
	www.peacockfoundation.org /donate.htm (394 words)

	Sun.Star Davao - The peacock and the tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		REOG, a ceremonial dance that depicts martial arts bravery that originated in East Java, was created by one of the Kings of Kediri during the 12th century to appease the spirits when a town suffered bad luck.
		Later on, the drama dance of peacocks and tigers designed to please the spirit "Danyang" has been re-enacted as part of cultural displays in Indonesia and in other parts of the world.
		The traditional cultural performance is joined in at the end of the dance by bustling and noisy crowd and musicians carrying their instruments.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2005/03/29/feat/the.peacock.and.the.tiger.html (233 words)

	CMT.com : Don Robey : Biography
		Star turns romantic with his new video, "She's Everything." Watch it on CMT Loaded.
		Based on her work, Robey decided to start Peacock Records and recorded Brown as his first artist.
		In 1952, Robey merged his Peacock label with Dave Mattis' Duke Records of Memphis, TN, and Duke-Peacock was born.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/robey__don2/bio.jhtml (987 words)

	Welcome to Molly Peacock's Web site
		Molly Peacock, a poet and a creative nonfiction writer, is the author of five books of poetry, including Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems (W.W. Norton and Company in the US and UK and Penguin Canada).
		Peacock’s latest project is a one-woman staged monologue in poems, “The Shimmering Verge,” produced by Femme Fatale Productions, which she is performing in theatres throughout North America.
		Former Poet-in-Residence at the American Poets’ Corner (Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City) and former President of the Poetry Society of America, Peacock is one of the creators of Poetry in Motion on subways and buses throughout North America.
	www.mollypeacock.org /bio.html (365 words)

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