33-602: "PDs" redirects here. For other uses, see PDS . [REDACTED] Look up PD or PDS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PD , P.D. , or Pd may refer to: Arts and media [ edit ] People's Democracy (newspaper) , weekly organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Plain Dealer , a Cleveland, Ohio, US newspaper Post Diaspora,
66-720: A NASA data archive system Polydioxanone , a synthetic polymer 15-Cis-phytoene desaturase , an enzyme Poincaré dodecahedral space Other [ edit ] Particularly dangerous situation , special emphasis phrase in weather bulletins from the National Weather Service Piedras Negras International Airport , IATA code PDS Precision Drill Squad , a skilled military performance of Singapore Product design specification Public distribution system , Indian food distribution system The Philip DeFranco Show , on YouTube Permanent Duty Station , in
99-708: A centre-right political party in Albania Democratic Party (Indonesia) ( Partai Demokrat ), a political party in Indonesia Democratic Party (Italy) ( Partito Democratico ), a centre-left political party in Italy Democratic Party (Malta) ( Partit Demokratiku ), a centre-left political party in Malta Democratic Party (Romania) ( Partidul Democrat ), a social-democratic and, later,
132-690: A centre-right political party in Romania Democratic Party – demokraci.pl ( Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl ), Poland Party of Democrats ( Partito dei Democratici ), a defunct political party in San Marino People's Democracy (Ireland) , a defunct political organization in Ireland Progressive Democrats , a defunct political party in the Republic of Ireland Proyecto Dignidad ,
165-539: A disease that continues to worsen and often has no proven total cure Psychotic depression , a major depressive episode that is accompanied by psychotic symptoms Pupillary distance , in optometry Computing [ edit ] Pentium D , a dual-core variant of the Pentium 4 processor Perfect Dark (P2P) , a Japanese peer-to-peer file-sharing (P2P) application designed for use with Microsoft Windows Phase-change Dual , an optical media format Pure Data ,
198-463: A law lecturer at QUB. Other prominent members included Eilis McDermott , Cyril Toman , Eamon McCann and Michael Farrell . The name of the group was selected by accident, according to Bernadette Devlin. The next evening our leaflet and poster were approved by a mass meeting of the students, and taken off to be printed. John D. Murphy, our printer, got the material late at night and only then noticed that our organisation had no name. To comply with
231-495: A microeconomic pricing strategy Probability of default , used in finance (Basel II) Professional degree , or first professional degree Professional development , learning to earn or maintain professional credentials Program director , in service industries Public Debt , of a government Organizations [ edit ] Companies [ edit ] Phelps Dodge , a former American mining company, now part of Freeport-McMoRan Polyphony Digital , developer of
264-610: A political party in Puerto Rico Places [ edit ] Province of Padua (ISO 3166-2:IT), Italy Port Dickson (town) , a coastal city in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Professions [ edit ] Doctor of Pharmacy , also abbreviated PharmD Postdoctoral , a research position or course of study Privatdozent , a title or position especially in German universities Production designer ,
297-632: A political party of Indonesia Parti de la Democratie Socialiste , a defunct provincial political party of Quebec, Canada Schools [ edit ] Princeton Day School , New Jersey, US Peabody Demonstration School , former school in Nashville, Tennessee, US Presbyterian Day School , Memphis, Tennessee, US Providence Day School , Charlotte, North Carolina, US Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University , Bangkok, Thailand Scientific [ edit ] Photothermal deflection spectroscopy Planetary Data System ,
330-459: A profession in film or television Science and technology [ edit ] Medicine [ edit ] Paleolithic diet , a diet based on presumed ancient diets Panic disorder , a condition with excessive fear or anxiety Parkinson's disease , a degenerative neurological condition Paroxysmal dyskinesia , a group of movement disorders Pediatric dentistry , mouth health care and tooth repair for children Peritoneal dialysis ,
363-776: A pull-down resistor Pd test , the outcome of using a drop of para-phenylenediamine (also abbr. "Pd") to identify lichens Palladium , symbol Pd, a chemical element Photodisinfection, an alternative name for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Point-defence , a category of weapons Axiom of projective determinacy , in mathematical logic Pumpe Düse , a Volkswagen Group name for Unit Injector diesel engine technology Other uses [ edit ] The NYSE ticker symbol of PagerDuty Padang railway station , West Sumatra, Indonesia (station code) Full stop (or period, in American English), used in coded military communications Personal development , as used in
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#1732765813256396-414: A safeguarded telecommunication system Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS), a superset of QuickBASIC Paradox Development Studios , a game developer subsidiary of Paradox Interactive Medical [ edit ] Paroxysmal depolarizing shift , a pre-seizure interictal neuronal EEG spike in epilepsy. Pigment dispersion syndrome , an affliction of the eye Polydioxanone ,
429-534: A time frame in the Honorverse series of science fiction novels Principia Discordia , a 1965 holy text in Discordianism Production designer , a profession in film or television Production diary , a promotional video podcast Public domain , a copyright status Economics and business [ edit ] Personnel department , of an organization Price discrimination ,
462-528: A type of absorbable suture Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma , a form of histiocytoma Political parties [ edit ] Party of Democratic Socialism ( Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus ), a defunct political party of Germany Social Democracy Party of Albania Party of Democratic Socialism (India) Party of the Sicilians Progressive Democrats , a defunct political party of Ireland Democratic Party of
495-441: A way to filter the blood when the kidneys are not working well Personality disorder , any of various psychiatric problems Peyronie's disease , a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis Pharmacodynamics , the study of how a drug affects an organism Phenyldichloroarsine , a blister agent and vomiting agent Polydipsia , excessive thirst Progressive disease ,
528-850: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages PDS (disambiguation) (Redirected from PDS (disambiguation) ) PDS can refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Partially Deceased Syndrome, a fictional condition in BBC show In the Flesh Panzer Dragoon Saga , a 1998 video game Computing [ edit ] Partitioned data sets , IBM Passive data structure , another term for record Processor Direct Slot , in some old Macintosh computers Personal data service , services to let individuals manage their own personal data by themselves Protective distribution system ,
561-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages People%27s Democracy (Ireland) Inactive Defunct People's Democracy ( PD ; Irish : Daonlathas an Phobail ) was a political organisation that arose from the Northern Ireland civil rights movement . It held that civil rights could be achieved only by the establishment of a socialist republic for all of Ireland . It demanded more radical reforms of
594-717: The government of Northern Ireland than the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association . It was founded on 9 October 1968 at a meeting held in the Queen's University Belfast debating hall. A catalyst for its foundation had been the attack on a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) march in Derry on 5 October by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). The group consisted mainly of students who were involved with
627-736: The Gran Turismo video game series Porter Airlines (IATA airline designator), a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Canada Government and law [ edit ] Police department Preventive detention , an imprisonment that is putatively justified for non-punitive purposes Property damage liability, in insurance Public defender , an attorney appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire one Public domain , works whose exclusive intellectual property rights are no longer valid Punitive damages Political parties [ edit ] Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike ),
660-485: The Left ( Partito Democratico della Sinistra ), a defunct political party of Italy Senegalese Democratic Party ( Parti Démocratique Sénégalais ), a political party of Senegal Sudanese Democratic Party ( Parti Démocratique Soudanais ), a defunct political party of Sudan Democratic Social Party ( Partido Democrático Social ), a defunct political party of Brazil Prosperous Peace Party ( Partai Damai Sejahtera ),
693-650: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association or left wing groups such as the Labour Clubs and Young Socialist Alliance. At the meeting the group decided on five aims: It was initially led by a committee of ten members which consisted of Queen's University students Malcolm Miles, Fergus Woods, Anne McBurnley, Ian Godall, Bernadette Devlin , Joe Martin, Eddie McCamely, Michael O'Kane and Patricia Drinan, as well as Kevin Boyle ,
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#1732765813256726-616: The Political Hostages Release Committee which spearheaded the campaign against internment in the early 1970s. He subsequently went on to found the first Irish-language secondary school in Northern Ireland Meánscoil Feirste . When Sinn Féin ended its boycott of elections and gained mass support among the republican community, PD entered a political crisis. From 1982 on, a number of activists left them and joined Sinn Féin. At
759-556: The Republic — earning a rebuke from Ruairi Quinn and Basil Miller, then leaders of Students for Democratic Action, a revolutionary socialist student organisation, for letting British imperialism off the hook. In later years, members of the PD either quit politics altogether or became independent left-wing activists (such as Devlin and Farrell). In 1971, PD became a founder of the Socialist Labour Alliance . In
792-651: The Republican prisoners then on the " blanket protest " in support of political status and the subsequent death of Bobby Sands and nine of his comrades during the H-Block hunger strikes , a number of members of the organisation, led by Vincent Doherty - then a member of the Political Committee and a former party general election candidate - argued that PD should join Sinn Féin, which had moved openly to
825-558: The United States military forces (see temporary duty assignment ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PDS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PDS&oldid=1165461883 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
858-608: The founder of the website Insex Pee Dee Pound (mass) Pulldown (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PD . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PD&oldid=1243214330 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Short description
891-465: The graphical audio-processing language USB PD (USB Power Delivery), an extension of the USB standard Physics [ edit ] Photodiode , a semiconductor device that converts light into current Potential difference , or voltage Partial discharge , an undesirable discharge phenomenon in high voltage dielectrics Other uses in science and technology [ edit ] PD resistor ,
924-573: The law, he had to put up the name of the organisation responsible at the bottom of the leaflet, and, the story goes, he read through it, decided it was all about people's rights and christened us People's Democracy. After marches in Belfast, in imitation of Martin Luther King Jr. 's March 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches , about 40 People's Democracy members held a four-day march between Belfast and Derry starting on 1 January 1969. The march
957-545: The left in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1981 , two members of People's Democracy were elected to Belfast City Council . John McAnulty and Fergus O'Hare were elected in a joint campaign with the IRSP . Fergus O'Hare won the council seat of Gerry Fitt , a sitting Westminster MP. O'Hare had been a founding member of the National H-Block/Armagh Committee and had previously been chairperson of
990-705: The mid-1970s, the experience of the Ulster Workers' Council strike led to PD predicting a loyalist takeover in Northern Ireland, but it later came round to the view that this perspective was incorrect, giving loyalism a degree of autonomy from imperialism which it did not possess. The minority which clung to the old perspective left to form the Left Revolutionary Group, becoming the Red Republican Party in 1976, which
1023-544: The self-help and personal growth requiring fields peu difficile , in mountaineering, "little difficult" climbing grade International French adjectival system See also [ edit ] PD-50 , a 1979 currently non-floating floating dry dock made in Sweden PD Draw , a bridge over the Passaic River, New Jersey, US PD-1 , a cell surface receptor protein pd , the nickname of Brent Scott,
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1056-468: Was moribund by 1978. During the 1970s, PD evolved towards Trotskyist positions and, by merging with the Dublin -based Movement for a Socialist Republic , was recognised by the reunified Fourth International as its Irish section. PD was especially active around the issues of internment and prisoners' rights. Following the formation of the National H-Block/Armagh Committee in 1979 to build support for
1089-450: Was repeatedly attacked by loyalists along its route, including an incident at Burntollet bridge on 4 January where the marchers were attacked by about 200 unionists , including off-duty special constables , armed with iron bars, bottles and stones, while the RUC stood by and watched. PD became increasingly radicalised as a result of these events. They also attacked the censorship laws in
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