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  Puck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puck, a character in the Japanese anime/manga Berserk
Puck (goat), a specially captured wild goat crowned "King Puck" at Puck Fair every year in Ireland
Puck (videogames), a minor character appearing in Final Fantasy IX
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puck   (141 words)

  
 Puck (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since, if you "speak of the Devil" he will appear, Puck's euphemistic "disguised" name is "Robin Goodfellow" or "Hobgoblin," in which "Hob" may substitute for "Rob" or may simply refer to the "goblin of the hearth" or hob.
In Ireland "puck" is said to be sometimes used for "goat".
However, the Puck who appears in Neil Gaiman's comic, The Sandman, holds much closer to the idea of Puck as a trickster and maker of mischief.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puck_(mythology)   (503 words)

  
 Uranus' Small Moons
Belinda is the heroine in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.
Uranus XV Puck is the tenth of Uranus' known satellites:
Puck and the other small moons are very dark (albedo less than 0.1).
www.seds.org /nineplanets/nineplanets/uramoons.html   (425 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hockey puck
A puck is a vulcanized, hard rubber disk used in ice hockey, one inch thick (25.4 mm) and 3 inches in diameter (76.2 mm), and weighing between 5.5 to 6 oz (156-170 g).
Pucks can reach speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) when hit by players' sticks, and spectators at hockey games are occasionally injured.
The phrase "dumb as a hockey puck" was once somewhat common; in an ironic twist the smart puck was developed in the late 1990s, which had integrated electronics to track its position, letting TV stations highlight it on the screen.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hockey_puck   (259 words)

  
 The Gargoyles Encyclopedia: Puck
Puck next made a brief appearence when he was found out after casting a massive spell on Goliath, sending him into a sort of dream world 40 years into the future which showed him the horrifying state of the city and his clan had he not returned home from Avalon's quest.
Puck pleaded with him to give up the battle for the child and to spare him from returning to Avalon.
Puck was dumbstruck and crestfallen, but he reluctantly agreed and returned to his mortal form of Owen, saying that Oberon must do as he sees fit.
www.dracandros.com /Jebgarg/tge/puck.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Success: Someone's In The Kitchen With Wolfgang - Wolfgang Puck of Spago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Puck and his wife, Barbara Lazaroff, may not at those favorites--the menu at Spago, the highly successful restaurant ($14 million in annual revenues) that they opened three years ago in Beverly Hills, includes a section labeled "Wolfgang's Childhood Favorites"--but they keep their eyes firmly on what sells.
Puck (who seems always to be dressed in chef's whites) estimates that he spends about half his working hours in the kitchen at Spago.
Puck and Lazaroff do business not just through the Food Co.-- it's the largest of their enterprises, with annual revenues approaching $100 million--but also through limited partnerships, one for each of the 11 "fine dining" restaurants.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3514/is_4_47/ai_64833644   (1548 words)

  
 Shi's Puck Page
Puck, who is the ultimate trickster, is a wild and clever member of the fey classified as Oberon's children.
Puck is the character who interacts most directly with the audience.
As an extra irony Puck steps out of the play at the end of the play to suggest that the whole thing may of itself been a dream in which the audience maybe the players, thus brings to question the aspect of reality.
www.angelfire.com /in/ladyshi/Elves.html   (705 words)

  
 Help Stop Hockey Puck Abuse
Pucks are always frozen before games to reduce their bounce on the ice surface.
Puck spent his younger years being battered and bruised on various hockey rinks across the land, a typical existence for hockey pucks of his generation.
Puck, who was never the same after his fling at superstardom, spent most of his time wandering from one hockey rink to another, and began hitting the bottle.
www.adoptapuck.com   (1880 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | Wolfgang Puck | Icon Brands | Food and Restaurant Industry | brand | brands | branding
While Puck and Lazaroff tried to remain focused on running their restaurants, Puck and a friend conceived the idea of a food company with a line of packaged desserts for grocery store chains.
Puck's frozen food line posed a marketing nightmare: since the frozen items couldn't sell for the same price as the competition given that a Puck creation was supposed to contain better ingredients, it was necessary to find a price-value relationship that wouldn't drive away potential customers.
Puck admittedly made his reputation as a pizza cook, so it is not surprising that pizza is still a driving factor in his 3,500-employee business empire.
www.brandchannel.com /careers_profile.asp?cr_id=28   (1400 words)

  
 Polfracht Shipping Agency Ltd. / Agencja Zeglugowa sp. z o.o.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The very old fishing town of Puck has been connected with the sea since the very beginning of its existence.
If you want to have sporty holidays come to Puck, which pervaded with this spirit for years, has been famous of its great achievements in the country.
Puck is a well-know fishing port, picturesque town with 1000 years history, a recreation and tourist centre.
www.polfracht.pl /polfracht/psal/localinf/puck/portpuck.htm   (213 words)

  
 Puck Magazine
The drawing on the front page of Puck and the double-spread in the middle were political in character, while the one on the back cover usually dealt with social issues.
Ulysses Grant was attacked for his drinking whereas Rutherford Hayes was criticised for his decision to ban drink from the table in the White House.
Puck included several cartoons that suggested that the accusations against the preacher, Henry War Beecher, were true.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /ARTpuck.htm   (632 words)

  
 Puck (In-Depth Analysis)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Though there is little character development in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and no true protagonist, critics generally point to Puck as the most important character in the play.
The mischievous, quick-witted sprite sets many of the play’s events in motion with his magic, by means of both deliberate pranks on the human characters (transforming Bottom’s head into that of an ass) and unfortunate mistakes (smearing the love potion on Lysander’s eyelids instead of Demetrius’s).
Puck seems to illustrate many of these contrasts within his own character: he is graceful but not so saccharine as the other fairies; as Oberon’s jester, he is given to a certain coarseness, which leads him to transform Bottom’s head into that of an ass merely for the sake of enjoyment.
www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/msnd/terms/charanal_1.html   (215 words)

  
 Dave's Long Box: Does Puck suck?
Puck was a member of Beta Flight, who were the minor league team compared to Alpha Flight, Department H's heavy hitters.
I know puck worked for a young G. Bob back in the day because here was this little tough guy who may not have been as powerfull as the other people on the team, but he never gave up and was scrappy to the end.
Puck could've had some special super-rare dwarfism condition that just made it so he was more jumpy than the average person, or something.
daveslongbox.blogspot.com /2005/05/does-puck-suck.html   (2547 words)

  
 The Puck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bruhm believes that puck makers in these countries have trouble getting raw materials and that’s played havoc with their formulas as they’ve used inappropriate fillers such as clay.
The NHL rule book states that pucks must be one inch thick and three inches in diameter and weigh between five and one-half and six ounces.
When a puck is frozen, a thin layer of ice forms on it, reducing the friction between the puck and the ice surface.
www.natickcomets.com /pucks   (893 words)

  
 Wolfgang Puck Cruelty.org - A Farm Sanctuary Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While hundreds of restaurants and chefs across the nation have pledged to stop serving crated veal and foie gras because of their inherent cruelty, Puck continues to flout the facts and to feature these items on the menus of his eateries, in his cookbooks, and on his television cooking show.
Puck promotes veal and foie gras to the public, he is helping sustain industries that are steeped in cruelty.
He is also going against the majority of public opinion: More than 70% of Americans polled state their opposition to the force feeding of birds to produce foie gras, and polls have repeatedly shown that most Americans oppose the use of veal crates.
www.wolfgangpuckcruelty.org   (314 words)

  
 Los Angeles Business Journal: Puck struggles to find the right recipe - celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
Puck may also convert the sit-down cafe on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica into a new fine dining restaurant, according to Bobby Burns, part owner of the Marmalade Cafe chain, who has looked at several of the cafe locations.
Puck said the restaurants didn't fit with the rest of the company and were difficult to manage.
Puck said 10 more will be operating by the end of the year and by next spring another 10 will open.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_35_25/ai_107536649   (1207 words)

  
 Home Page
The puck is made with rounded edges that permit the puck to ride over most bumps and imperfections on the pavement.
Super Puck is also designed with holes on either side of the puck that will release air on impact also lessening the impact on the player's body.
The Blue Puck is firmer than the Yellow Puck which enhances the stick handling and passing characteristics of the puck.
www.plarite.com   (369 words)

  
 (GCK6K1) Puck by ExTechOp
Puck is a very urban microcache, manifesting as a small metal can with a magnetic personality.
Puck likes people (specially in white wine sauce) so he stays near them and his buddies the three smiths and Väinämöinen.
Take extreme care when retrieving Puck from his hideout, there are lots of people around at all hours of the day.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=367f6536-4321-4942-930f-aed39015e456   (531 words)

  
 Puck Whacker--The Ultimate Inline Hockey Tournament
In Pool A, Puck Whacker history was made as Joel Gumm and his Vikings team shutout Jensen's RV by a score of 18-0.
Justin White set a Puck Whacker record for most goals in a game as he tallied 10 goals along with 7 assists.
Puck Whacker would like to thank the Wexford County Civic Arena for hosting the Puck Whacker tournament, and a big thank you to all of the participants that helped make this tournament a great success.
www.puckwhacker.com /cadillacarticle.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Puck Breaks Silence on World Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Puck: I felt the same way I felt after those ass wipes kicked me out of the house.
The Puck tells it like it is and that’s what the people want to hear [blows snot rocket].
Puck: First, I thought he was just a big pussy for not nuking them right off the bat, but then I realized his longterm plans.
www.bobfromaccounting.com /2_11_02/Puckarticle.html   (838 words)

  
 Puck Fair
The fair is one of Ireland's oldest and longest celebrated and is held without fail on 10th, 11th and 12th August every year with 12 hours of free family street entertainment.
The main events of the festival include the traditional horse fair, parade and coronation ceremony of King Puck, open air night concerts, fireworks display, children's competitions, street entertainers and dancing displays.
It is estimated that the Fair is worth in excess of €6,000,000 to the local economy as over 100,000 people pass through Killorglin during the three days of Puck Fair.
www.puckfair.ie   (154 words)

  
 Reality TV Hall of Shame!
Puck reluctantly agreed to return the pilfered pooch, then had the audacity to grovel for a reward when he handed it back to its rightful owner.
Puck somehow managed to charm pretty sorority girl Rachel for a while, and they bonded over, among other things, their discomfort concerning roommate Pedro's HIV-positive status.
All the stress Puck was causing was aggravating Pedro's illness, and Pedro, too nice to want to cause any conflict, couldn't see the more obvious solution: that Puck was the one who should leave, even if he had to be kicked out.
www.realitytvhallofshame.com /cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article1004.art&page=1   (1215 words)

  
 Danielle's Anti-Puck Bunny Page
The sentence you're most likely to hear when watching a hockey game with a Puck Bunny is, "He is really cute!"(or hot, good looking, fine, etc.) The second most likely sentence you'll hear is, "He is really ugly!"(or any other degrating term) Who really cares, if the player is good, looks DO NOT matter.
Most of the time, Puck Bunnies have no clue what hockey is all about, nor do they know stats, what period it is, what the score is, who scored the last goal, who's between the pipes, who's refereeing that game, etc. This is a horrible thing!!!
Puck Bunnies must be stopped before they become even more numerous than they already are.
www.angelfire.com /mi2/antipuckbunnies   (311 words)

  
 Tom Benjamin's NHL Weblog: A Game of Puck Position
The puck marks the amount of the ice controlled by one side or the other, much like the football marks the amount of territory controlled by football teams.
The team that initially controls the puck off the faceoff has the initiative in using all that open ice for a shot or a breakout or whatever.
What's most important is the quality of puck possession: you most want possession of the puck when you're team is skating towards the opponents net, with speed, and preferably leaving opposing players behind.
www.canuckscorner.com /weblog/nhllog/archives/2005/12/a_game_of_puck.html   (3510 words)

  
 Adopt a Puck
You'll be doing these pucks a favor by taking them out of circulation before they get a chance to be abused and tortured.
Each hockey puck comes in a plastic holder which consists of a crystal clear globe (in which the puck lives) sitting on a gold pedestal.
Not that hockey pucks require much in the line of care and attention anyway - they don't eat much - They love to be held and fondled...
www.adoptapuck.com /gateway.html   (322 words)

  
 her name is beautiful and wreck colliding into each other
pucked up by the devil in the wishing well @ 12/26/2005 03:09:00 AM
pucked up by the devil in the wishing well @ 12/26/2005 02:46:00 AM
pucked up by the devil in the wishing well @ 12/24/2005 01:33:00 AM
puckingasusual.blogspot.com   (595 words)

  
 Computing Papers on Puck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The pucks had a friction of 0.7 so that when robots tried to consume them with their grippers, the pucks didn t bounce around excessively.
The diffuse reflectance spectrum was corrected for the wavelength-dependent system response and the throughput of the instrument by normalizing it to that of a Spectralon 99% reflectance puck (SRS-99 010, Labsphere, Inc., North Sutton, NH), which was measured with the probe in contact with the puck (no coupling media was used).
The GPS puck is connected to a separate Mica2 node acting as a GPS receiver, with the PPS time signal tied to an interrupt line.
computing.breinestorm.net /puck   (2888 words)

  
 MTV.com - Onair - The Real World: San Francisco
Puck is a San Francisco bicycle messenger who was born and raised in the Bay Area and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
At 25-years-old, he has reached the pinnacle of his career as a bike messenger and is widely known in and around the city.
Puck calls his life "harsh," and takes at least one good spill on his bike every week.
www.mtv.com /onair/dyn/realworld-season3/personality.jhtml?personalityId=1018   (140 words)

  
 Puck #1, Puck Building, Lafayette Street
The Puck Building housed Puck Magazine, whose cover quoted Puck as saying "What fools these mortals be!".
We're not sure which way this Puck's mirror is pointing, but his twin on another corner of the building (2-jpg) points his mirror down at the street so that we may personally confirm his words.
Perhaps the early Life Magazine was a competitor of Puck, for we realize now their "Winged Life", featured earlier on NYCJPG, was based on Puck.
www.nycjpg.com /2003/pages/0618.html   (179 words)

  
 Puck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The puck is a puzzle in the shape of a hockey puck, i.e.
Canadian Puck) then it is best to choose piece 12 so that the blank pieces will end up at positions 1-4.
On the Canadian puck it is possible however, since some pieces are indistinguishable.
www.geocities.com /jaapsch/puzzles/puck.htm   (691 words)

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