This map shows teen birth rates by ZIP code for Dallas County in 2012. The birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 girls age 15-19.
A successful gigger in the Amazon basin, Peru. Gigging is the practice of hunting fish or small game with a gig or similar multi-pronged spear. Commonly harvested wildlife include freshwater suckers, saltwater flounder, and small game, such as frogs. A gig can refer to any long pole which has been tipped with a multi-pronged spear. The gig pole ranges in length from 8 to 14 feet for fish gigs and 5 to 8 feet for frog gigs. A gig typically has three or four barbed tines similar to a trident; however gigs can be made with any number of tines.
Look up giga-in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Giga (/ËdÊÉªÉ¡É/ or /ËÉ¡ÉªÉ¡É/) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a (short-form) billion (10 9 or 1000000000). It has the symbol G. Giga is derived from the Greek word Î³Î¯Î³Î±Ï, meaning  giant . The Oxford English Dictionary reports the earliest written use of giga in this sense to be in the Reports of the IUPAC 14th Conference in 1947: The following prefixes to abbreviations for the names of units should be used: G giga 10 9 Ã.