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Brodmann area 8 | Guenon | defined portion of the frontal lobe of the guenon. Located rostral to the arcuate sulcus, it was not considered by Brodmann-1909 to be topographically homologous to the intermediate frontal area 8 of the human.
Distinctive features (Brodmann-1905): compared to Brodmann area 6-1909, area 8 has a diffuse but clearly pres... |
Bo Le | Huainanzi | stallion. Duke Mu was quite displeased. Summoning Bo Le, he inquired of him saying: "What a loss! The man you sent to find me a good steed cannot distinguish the color of one coat from another nor a female from a male, what could he possibly know about horses?" Bo Le let out a long sigh and replied: "It always comes to... |
Arvelia Myers | Entrepreneurship & Activism | State Park to community youth. The United States Tennis Association Eastern New York Division acknowledged Myers as a "gamechanger" who promoted tennis throughout the region and as founder and president of Pyramid Tennis Association (PTA) ran an outdoor junior tennis program during the summers and an indoor program dur... |
Bo Le | Historical context | Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE), horse-drawn chariots were increasingly used both for warfare and aristocratic transportation. The first clear evidence of horse riding in China comes from the late 4th century BCE (Goodrich 1984). King Wuling of Zhao (r. 325-298 BCE) initiated the military reform of hufu qishe 胡服騎射 "barbar... |
Bosque Andino Patagónico | Geography | It is culturally significant because of its archaeological and historical value.
The Andean Patagonian forest region is located between 37°S and 55°S latitude, and clothes both sides of the Cordillera. The forest extends for about 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) parallel to the Pacific coast, extending from just south of... |
B-Prolog | Arrays and the array subscript notation | X[I1,...,In], where X is a structure and each Ii is an integer expression. This common notation for accessing arrays is, however, not part of the standard Prolog syntax. To accommodate this notation, the parser is modified to insert a token ^ between a variable token and [. So, the notation X[I1,...,In] is just a short... |
Black Lives Matter | Polls | surveyed, 41% thought that Black Lives Matter advocated violence, and 59% of whites thought that Black Lives Matter distracted attention from the real issues of racial discrimination. By comparison, 82% of black people polled thought that Black Lives Matter was a nonviolent movement, and 26% of blacks thought that Blac... |
A Study in Frustration | Content | to some of his last shortly before he joined the Benny Goodman Orchestra as an arranger and some-time pianist. Like all bandleaders of the time, Henderson recorded with vocalists, but only five songs on this set feature vocals.
A Study In Frustration was reissued on Columbia/Legacy as a three compact disc box set on Ju... |
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond | Honorary degrees & Personal life | was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by the University of Hull. The following year, she was awarded a LLD by the University of Reading.
In 2010, Hale was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Salford. The university's law building is named after her. In 2011, Hale was awarded a LLD by the Univer... |
Bremridge | Feudal barony of Barnstaple & de Tracy | descent of the barony. At some time before his death in 1100 King William II re-granted the barony of Barnstaple to Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30), formerly feudal baron of Totnes. Juhel's son and heir was Alfred de Totnes, who died sine prole some time before 1139, leaving two sisters as his co-heiresses each to a moi... |
Amelia Earhart | Family fortunes | her childhood.
In 1915, after a long search, Earhart's father found work as a clerk at the Great Northern Railway in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Earhart entered Central High School as a junior. Edwin applied for a transfer to Springfield, Missouri, in 1915 but the current claims officer reconsidered his retirement and d... |
Black Lives Matter | 2015 & 2016 | Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. 2016 In 2016, Black Lives Matter demonstrated against the deaths of numerous African Americans by police actions, including those of Bruce Kelley Jr., Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Joseph Mann, Abdirahman Abdi, Paul O'Neal, Korryn Gaines, Sylville Smith, Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont... |
Ben Wallers | The Black Poodle & The Devil | saxophone, which material they would manipulate live. The Devil A three-piece group led by Wallers that has only gigged occasionally during the 2000s. They released an album, The Devil, in 2013. |
Beate S. Lech | Career | Beate S. Lech Career Lech is a graduate of the University of Oslo and Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo. She has collaborated with musicians like Bugge Wesseltoft. On the solo album Min Song Og Hjarteskatt (2011), she show her close relationship to hymns and folk tunes, and her strong desire to make visible female voices i... |
Bradford Morrow | Life | Sparrow Press, who would publish the bibliography in 1978.
The literary biannual journal Conjunctions was conceived in late 1980 as "Morrow sat in Beat poet Kenneth Rexroth's library in Santa Barbara, California. The two friends had the idea to assemble a Festschrift for James Laughlin, the beloved editor of New Direct... |
Black Lives Matter | BLM international movement & Australia | been referred to as the "Black Spring". Connections have also been forged with parallel international efforts such as the Dalit rights movement. Australia Following the death of Ms Dhu in police custody in August 2014, protests often made reference to the BLM movement. In July 2016, a BLM rally was organized in Melbour... |
Barrio Chino (Lima) | Location & Culture | the east of Avenida Abancay in the historic district of Lima known as El Centro or Cercado de Lima. Its heart is the pedestrian-only block called Calle Capón, located on Ucayali between Andahuaylas and Paruro, but businesses like restaurants spread along the adjoining roads. Culture The Calle Capón promenade is open ev... |
Bridgend Athletic RFC | History | Division Four East Champions in 2002, were then promoted from Division 3 to WRU Division Two West in 2003 through the league organisation and were promoted to Division 1 in 2004. They have suffered relegation from that league once, but recovered in 2009, winning WRU Division Two West.
In 2012 they were included in the... |
Ben Pease | Life | who bought a schooner that he renamed the Blossom. As captain of the Blossom, Pease traded in the Marshall Islands.
Pease purchased the Water Lily, a 250-ton brig that was built for the opium trade into China, and later fitted it out to engage in the blackbirding trade in the Pacific. While there was some voluntary re... |
Bo Le | Han Yu & Textual attributions | then could they be asked to have the ability of going a thousand li? They are whipped inappropriately and fed in such a way that they cannot fulfil their innate talents. Yet when they cry out, they cannot be understood. With whip in hand the man approaches them and says, "There are not any good horses in the empire." A... |
Brian C. Wimes | Biography | Brian C. Wimes Biography Brian Wimes graduated from the University of Kansas, in 1990, with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in political science. He briefly worked for the Kansas City school district prior to entering law school. He graduated from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in... |
Arthur Abraham | Comeback & Abraham vs. Stieglitz | super middleweight championship. After Abraham landed several hard combinations that put Farias down three times in the fifth round, referee Manuel Maritxalar stopped the fight. On 31 March 2012, Abraham defeated former EBU super middleweight champion Piotr Wilczewski by a lopsided unanimous decision to retain his WBO ... |
Brett Cairns | Family and early life | of Cairns Lake (sjö i Kanada, Manitoba) in commemoration of his early aerial survey work.
His father Norman Douglas Cairns joined the RCAF in 1942 and flew the Supermarine Spitfire during the Second World War. He flew 30 different aircraft and logged 11,144 flying hours over the course of his career. He was also a test... |
Boris Kamkov | Prison, exile and death | trial of the so-called 'Labour party'. In 1933, Kamkov was banished to Arkhangelsk, where he worked as a statistician for a few years. In 1937 Kamkov was re-arrested, with the intention of using him as a witness in the upcoming show trial of Nikolai Bukharin in March 1938. However, Kamkov steadfastly refused to incrimi... |
Bremridge | de Tracy & de Tracy confirmation | by "Oliver de Tracy". de Tracy confirmation An undated confirmation deed relating to Bremelrigge sealed by Henry de Tracy survives as the oldest of the mediaeval deeds amongst the Cruwys Papers at Cruwys Morchard House. It was dated by Dr. Oliver as tempore King Richard I (1089-1099), but by more modern authorities a... |
Brett Cairns | Family and early life | much of the early fundraising and planning for, the establishment of the RCAF museum which over time evolved into the National Air Force Museum of Canada located at Trenton Ontario.
Brett began his leadership development as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets at the age of 11 and achieved the rank of Squadron Wa... |
Brett Cairns | Family and early life | Brett Cairns Family and early life Brett was a third generation military officer whose early life was heavily influenced by his father and grandfather. His grandfather earned his wings with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, and his father flew with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World W... |
Battle of Goose Green | Commanders | command of 2 Para when Jones was killed, was awarded the DSO for his actions at Goose Green. Keeble's leadership at Goose Green was one of the key factors which led to the British victory, in that his flexible style of command and the autonomy he afforded to his company commanders was much more successful than the rig... |
Birmingham Municipal Bank headquarters | Thrift Radiates Happiness & Universe of Sound | national and international artists with all the works focused on finance and investment.
The event was an arts and business collaboration between Birmingham based gallery TROVE, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Birmingham Architectural Association (BAA), Birmingham City Council and architecture practic... |
Boletaceae | Edibility | four most sought after boletes, Boletus edulis, B. aereus, B. reticulatus and B. pinophilus, have been collected and commercially exploited for centuries. Boletes are widely collected and sold in markets throughout Spain, particularly the province of Aragon. Scandinavian cuisine praises boletes. They are a regular feat... |
Battle of Jao Modo | Battle & Aftermath | cavalry hit the Dzungar camp from behind, capturing their supplies. As the Dzungars wavered, the Qing launched a massive counterattack supported by artillery. Galdan lost control of his troops, many of whom broke ranks and fled. Once encircled, the Dzungars were destroyed. Galdan's wife, Anu was killed by Qing artille... |
Battle of Long Tan | Preliminary operations | and undermine Australian public support for the war. They would probably have known one of 1 ATF's battalions was involved in the search of Bình Ba and may have considered Nui Dat weakly defended as a result. Undetected, it likely consisted of three battalions of the 275th Regiment with approximately 1,400 men, possibl... |
Biriyani (soundtrack) | Production | Biriyani (soundtrack) Production Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack and film score for Biriyani, continuing his association with Venkat Prabhu, which will be his 100th film. Prabhu has stated that the soundtrack album will have "at least 8 to 9 songs". Besides poet Vaali and the director's father Gangai Amaren,... |
Bingfield Park | null | six storey high terrace of apartments fronting on to Rufford Street (formerly Almina Road).
At the western and northern perimeters, the Park joins Rufford Street; at the south perimeter it meets Bingfield Street. It is close to the disused York Road Underground station and York Way. The Park has an all-weather sports p... |
Battle of Long Tan | Initial contact | Lieutenant David Harris was at Headquarters 1 ATF at Nui Dat when the first reports came in. As Jackson's aide he was aware of the intelligence being received and believed D Company had clashed with a main force regiment. Harris alerted Jackson, before telephoning Major Bob Hagerty—officer commanding 1st APC Squadron—t... |
Bean bag chair | History | Bean bag chair The Sacco chair, also called bean bag chair, is a large fabric bag, filled with polystyrene beads, designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro. The product is an example of an anatomic chair, as the shape of the object is set by the user. History Sacco was introduced in 1968 by three Itali... |
Biggesee | Rail and bus | there is a lake station which allows direct transfer from the train on to a passenger ship. This is the only lake station in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Two multilevel bridges over two arms of the lake form a distinguishing architectural feature. The railway line runs on the lower level, with the road above. Both bridges a... |
Boletaceae | Ecology | beneficial ectomycorrhizal associations with various trees and shrubs. However, a number of ancestral species in genera Buchwaldoboletus and Pseudoboletus, are saprotrophic or parasitic. Evidence suggests that some, if not all, species of Chalciporus might also have a mycoparasitic interaction with other fungi. The exa... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Annual session & Organizational structure | at the session. Legislation passed at the session is subject to review by the organization's Senate.
For most of the BCYP's history, the legislative year was referred to a "session"; however, in the mid-1990s the BCYP began referring to the annual session as a "parliament", in keeping with Parliamentary tradition. Orga... |
Bello, Antioquia | Geography | winds throughout the year.
The city has a total area of 142.36 km² of which 19.7 km² are urban land and 122.66 km² is rural land. This valley is fully urbanized in the plains, and very busy on its slopes. In the valley it is crossed by the Medellín River, which runs south-north, and its 57 streams throughout its 70 ki... |
Basidiobolus ranarum | Habitat and ecology & Pathology | tissues that the pathogenic strains of B. ranarum infect can also be considered as its habitats, B. ranarum can also live in both human and non-human animal (e.g. horses, frogs) tissues. However, instead of a worldwide distribution, the pathogenic lifestyle of B. ranarum only exists in tropical and subtropical regions.... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Interpretation | Serbian); he is consistently treated not as a tree but as a person.
German scholar and folklorist Wilhelm Mannhardt holds that the log represented an incarnation of the spirit of vegetation. The sacrifices offered to the badnjak were meant to guarantee the fertility of fields, the health and happiness of the family. It... |
Black Lives Matter | General election | which includes the mothers of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, and other mothers whose "unarmed African-American children have been killed by law enforcement or due to gun violence," addressed the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 26.
Commenting on the first of 2016 presidential debates between Hilla... |
Boeing KC-767 | Japan Self-Defense Forces | the first KC-767J for the JASDF was delayed approximately two years due to development issues and the addition of the aircraft receiving FAA certification. The Japanese version of the tanker is equipped only with the boom refueling system. Boeing and its Japanese representative Itochu agreed with Japan Ministry of Defe... |
Bello, Antioquia | History & Geography | "Ciudadano Presidente " of the Antioquia State renamed the village from Hatoviejo to Bello, at the request of a group of people who felt that the name "Hato" made them despised and humiliated as hato was a place for animals. Instead, the name Bello was "more cultured, more appropriate and more worthy of the great patri... |
Boeing KC-767 | Others & USAF KC-X Program | the conversion technology based on its KC-767 tanker design and BAE Systems would perform the majority of aircraft modifications. Marshall Aerospace, Serco, Spectrum, and Capital were also part of TTSC. The Ministry of Defence announced in January 2004 that it had selected the Airbus A330 MRTT to fulfill this requireme... |
Brooklyn Bounce | Career | Brooklyn Bounce Career Menck and Bohn, both natives to Hamburg, met in 1995. The pair had their first chart hit starring as Boyz R Us with the single "Singin' In My Mind". In 1996 the duo debuted as Brooklyn Bounce and released "The Theme (of Progressive Attack)" which scaled the German dance charts as a club favourite... |
Baron Altham | null | sixth Earl of Anglesey. For further history of the legal battle that followed and the descent of the title, see Viscount Valentia. |
Billy Pierce | Development of style & Progress interrupted | seven shutouts that season were the second most by an AL left-hander since 1916, matched only by Hal Newhouser's 1945 total of eight. Progress interrupted Pierce's 1954 season was interrupted when he reported pain in his left arm in a May 25 win over Cleveland; after several days of difficulty in determining the proble... |
Battle of Long Tan | Preliminary operations | its immediate approaches, commencing operations to open the province. The task force had penetrated the VC base areas to the east and come off the better during a number of clashes with companies from D445 Battalion. Further operations had been conducted in the Núi Dinh hills to west, while road operations along Routes... |
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson | Life | many exhibitions in Washington State. In 1919 he established the University of Washington School of Painting and Design. Patterson married painter and former student Viola Hansen in 1922, and the two became major figures of the arts in the Pacific Northwest region. Patterson taught until his retirement in 1947. He die... |
Battle of Long Tan | Casualties | have been removed as they withdrew. Others were so badly mutilated their remains were unidentifiable. Approximately half were believed to have been caused by artillery and the remainder by small arms. The initial estimate was given by an Australian Army spokesman, and some participants in the battle regarded these figu... |
Angus T. Jones | Two and a Half Men | 2012, Jones said that he had been baptized and no longer wanted to appear on Two and a Half Men, calling the show "filth" and saying it conflicted with his religious views. He also encouraged people to stop watching the show. His views gained the attention of the media after Jones appeared in a video posted on the YouT... |
Billy Beane | Front office career | 17, 1997. He continued Alderson's crafting of the Athletics into one of the most cost-effective teams in baseball. For example, in the 2006 MLB season, the Athletics ranked 24th of 30 major league teams in player salaries but had the 5th-best regular-season record.
The Athletics reached the playoffs in four consecutive... |
Brock Marion | Early years & Dallas Cowboys | those years he was named All-Big Sky and All-Big West.
In 2006, he was inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame. Dallas Cowboys Marion was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he was used as a backup safety and on special teams, where he was third on the team wi... |
Brig | Development of the brig & Historic usage | square rigged masts. Historic usage Brigs were used as small warships carrying about 10 to 18 guns. Due to their speed and maneuverability they were popular among pirates (though they were rare among American and Caribbean pirates). While their use stretches back before the 17th century, one of the most famous periods ... |
Barbara Bush | Early life | became president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's. She had two elder siblings, Martha (1920–1999) and James (1921–1993), and a younger brother, Scott (b. 1930). Her ancestor, Thomas Pierce Jr., an early New England colonist, was also an ancestor of Franklin Pier... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 1 | VI Corps had not moved out until after midnight and was on a 15 miles (24 km) march. Smith's XVIII Corps had mistakenly been sent to New Castle Ferry on the Pamunkey River, several miles away, and did not reach Old Cold Harbor in time to assist Torbert.
Anderson led his attack with the brigade formerly commanded by vet... |
Ashoknagar | Etymology & History | Ashoknagar Etymology It is believed that Great Emperor Asoka, while on his trip to conquer Ujjain, had spent a night in Ashoknagar and hence the name. History History of the town goes back around the ancient Indian Mahabharat, according to many early historians, Ashoknagar town was a part of Chedi Kingdom along with Ch... |
Alviso, San Jose | Demographics & Alviso Marina County Park | of the CDP was 40.8% White, 0.6% African American, 1.1% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 50.5% from other races, and 4.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 75.4% of the population. Alviso Marina County Park This 18.9 acres (76,000 m²) bayside park, though small in size, offers a great deal of acti... |
Battle of Long Tan | Assessment | atypical of the Australian experience, and although 1 ATF invariably inflicted heavy casualties on the VC when encountered in large numbers, they were less important than routine patrolling in separating the guerrillas from the population and maintaining constant pressure, coupled with pacification operations to extend... |
Billy Pierce | Last seasons | to lead the league in complete games since the 1920s, with Ned Garver, Frank Lary, Camilo Pascual and Fernando Valenzuela – all of whom were an inch taller and outweighed Pierce by at least 20 pounds – being the only other pitchers under six feet tall to lead the league more than once since the early 1930s. He remains ... |
Belle Mont | History | Belle Mont History Belle Mont was built between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Mitchell, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, was also one of the first large-scale planters and slaveholders in the area. Mitchell sold the 1,680-acre (680 ha) plantation to another Virginia nati... |
Boyhood's End | null | Boyhood's End Boyhood's End is a cantata for tenor and piano composed by Michael Tippett in 1943, based on text by William Henry Hudson. Tippett wrote the piece for Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, whose talent had impressed him during a rehearsal for My Beloved Spake. Pears and Britten performed Boyhood's End in June... |
Anna Eriksson | New style and film career (2010-) & Personal life | near future. However, she intends to continue performing as a singer. She next plans to film in the United States.
In October 2018, Eriksson released a song "Gaia's Child" in collaboration with Stam1na. Personal life During childhood, Eriksson lived in India, Saudi Arabia and Tanzania because of her father's work as an... |
Bruce Quarrie | Career | Bruce Quarrie Career Quarrie studied English at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University and graduated in 1968. He became a journalist with the Financial Times and then in 1972 joined Patrick Stephens Limited, a Cambridge specialist publisher, as editor of Airfix Magazine, which PSL produced. He wrote the first of his ... |
Bo Le | Historical context | and Herrlee Glessner Creel (1965:654) said the "judging of horses was early recognized as a special art".
During the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BCE), Chinese armies first battled Eurasian nomadic warriors on horseback. As Creel (1965:670) explained, "The riding horse was forced upon the Chinese. It was first thrust up... |
Bremridge | Cobleigh & John Dodderidge (1555-1628) | of Westleigh, passed to the Giffard family. John Dodderidge (1555-1628) At some time the estate of Bremridge became the inheritance of Sir John Doddridge (Doderidge or Dodderidge, etc.) (1555–1628), Justice of the King's Bench in 1612 and Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1589 and for Horsham in 1604. The Dodderid... |
Brown's Hotel (Catskills) | History | Cuba.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the resort became one of the Catskills’ signature hotels, among the three most popular in the area along with
Grossinger's and The Concord. It was a luxurious establishment known for being family-friendly. As with modern-day cruise lines, tourists were enticed by unlimited food and en... |
Beloved (1998 film) | Filming locations | included a soundstage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Landis Valley Museum (Lancaster County, PA) and a field in Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, in Cecil County, Maryland, at a spot just east of Big Elk Creek and just south of the border with Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1998 the State of Maryland compi... |
Belgrade Cooperative | History | economic and financial life of Serbia were once acting as a president of Belgrade Cooperative - its organizer and principal job coordinator, Luka Ćelović, subsequent donor and benefactor of Belgrade University, Kosta Taušanović and Lazar Paču, the financial leaders of Serbia of their time, public figures, prominent pol... |
Battle of Long Tan | Assessment | the error of attacking within range of the artillery at Nui Dat and had to withstand the fire of three field batteries and one medium battery as a result. Against this, the force that attacked D Company had done so without heavy weapons in support, potentially because they had been detached for an assault on Nui Dat. L... |
Big Apple (TV series) | Reception | Reception Reviews of the show were largely positive. Variety called it "a triumph all around" and compared it favorably to NYPD Blue and Murder One. Entertainment Weekly praised O'Neill's performance as Detective Mooney and gave the show higher marks than Denis Leary's The Job. |
Black Lives Matter | Ferguson effect & Lack of focus on intraracial violence | the increased homicide rate in St. Louis concluded there was an "absence of credible and comprehensive evidence" for the Ferguson effect being responsible for that city's homicide increase. Lack of focus on intraracial violence Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said about the "Black Lives Matter" movement, "I... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Annual session | the sittings of the BCYP during its December session, members of the BCYP (usually backbenchers) are given the opportunity to present "Private Members' Resolutions" (PMRs) for debate. These are usually on topics related to current events or other issues important to members and usually contain a provision for communica... |
Birth defects of diethylstilbestrol | DES sons | sons"). In the 1970s and early 1980s, studies published on prenatally DES-exposed males investigated increased risk of testicular cancer, infertility and urogenital abnormalities in development, such as cryptorchidism and hypospadias. Research published in the U.S. by Palmer et al. in 2009 further confirmed evidence of... |
Boris Kamkov | Conflict with the Bolsheviks | Left SR party was, however, by no means unanimous in favour of violent resistance to the Bolsheviks. Mark Natanson was one of the most prominent Left SRs, but by no means the only one, to call for continued co-operation with the Soviet government. This sentiment was echoed by many local Left SR branches. This split con... |
British Racing Drivers' Club | Membership status | This rule allowed for Eddie Jordan to join the club. Once invited to join, prospective members must be proposed and seconded by existing members, then in turn, approved by the existing membership, board of directors and BRDC President.
The BRDC's membership was initially restricted to experienced and successful male d... |
Battle of Rossbach | Assessment & Battlefield today | Frederick. French interest in the so-called Prussian war declined sharply after the Rossbach debacle and, with the signing of the Third Treaty of Versailles in March 1759, France reduced its financial and military contributions to the Coalition, leaving Austria on its own to deal with Prussia in Central Europe. Battlef... |
Bademler | History & Trivia | almonds refer to alomond trees in the place of the village before the settlement. Trivia The Turkish film Dry Summer (Turkish: Susuz Yaz), which won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, was shot in Bademler. |
Black Lives Matter | 2017 | Disease among African-Americans; Keith Knight presented the 14th Annual VCU Libraries Black History Month lecture; Lawrence Ross, author of the book Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses talked about how his book related to the "Black Lives Matter" movement; and Velma P. Scantlebury, M... |
Bronze Horseman | Statue & Thunder Stone | Bronze Horseman as her own oeuvre.
The statue portrays Peter the Great sitting heroically on his horse, his outstretched arm pointing towards the River Neva. The sculptor wished to capture the exact moment of his horse rearing at the edge of a dramatic cliff. His horse can be seen trampling a serpent, variously interpr... |
Attic | Ventilation | and louvers should face away from prevailing winds to keep out driven rain. Soffit vents under the eaves normally provide the low vents. Louvered vents in gables can provide the high vents in small houses or short gables.
If a ridge is open, some metal roofing systems can install ridge vents along the entire ridge line... |
Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains) | History & East Fork Trail | Indeed, the sign along the trail 30 feet east of the John Seals Bridge
which announces the start of the Sheep Mountain Wilderness is resting on the old roadbed. East Fork Trail Currently there is a major rock fall approximately 1.56 miles inward along the trail at 34.25733°N 117.75089°W at 2271 feet altitude which pose... |
Ben Speer | Performing career & Technical and business career | Ben Speer Performing career From starting to sing at age 2, Speer went on to a career that led to his being described on the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame website as "one of the most enduring and outstanding lead singers and piano performers in gospel music." During his years with the Speer Family, the group re... |
Birth of the Cool | Background & Davis's nonet | parrying sections. They brought down the tempos of their music ... they adopted a more lyrical approach to improvisation ... Davis's nonet While Evans had originally hoped to work with Charlie Parker on this project, Evans felt that Parker was too dedicated to his own solo voice and not an ensemble sound that Evans was... |
Boyce McDaniel | Sexual harassment incident & Honors | Boyce McDaniel Sexual harassment incident In 1975, McDaniel would be made subject to one of the very first and most popular public testimonies concerning sexual harassment in the workplace when his former administrative assistant Carmita Dickerson Wood, whom McDaniel sexually harassed, brought her case to Lin Farley an... |
Berechiah ha-Nakdan | Other works | Gabirol. Berechiah was also the author of an ethical treatise entitled Sefer Matzref, divided into thirteen chapters. In it he quotes Rabbi Abraham ibn Daud (died c. 1198) without the formula for the dead, so that it is quite probable that the book was composed before 1180. In these essays he invented several Hebrew te... |
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame | 1978 & 1979 & 1980 & 1981 & 1982 | Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame 1978 Louis Armstrong - Duke Ellington - Benny Goodman - Glenn Miller - Ella Fitzgerald 1979 Charlie Parker - Bix Beiderbecke - Fletcher Henderson - Miles Davis - Billie Holiday 1980 John Coltrane - James P. Johnson - Thelonious Monk - Earl Hines - Lester Young - Frank Sinatra 1981 Count B... |
Bonneuil-sur-Marne | Transport | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Transport Bonneuil-sur-Marne is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Bonneuil-sur-Marne is Sucy – Bonneuil station on Paris RER line A. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Sucy-en-Brie, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the town center o... |
Brig | Rigging | of a schooner). On the foremast is a similar sail, called the trysail. Attached to the respective yards of square-rigged ships are smaller spars, which can be extended, thus lengthening the yard, thus receiving an additional sailing wing on each side. These are called studding sails, and are used with fair and light wi... |
Ben Feldman | Early life and education & Personal life | graduating, he moved to New York City, where he performed on Broadway and eventually moved to Los Angeles to act in film and television. Personal life Feldman lives in Los Angeles, California, and is co-owner of a wine label called Angelica Cellars. In 2012, he became engaged to Michelle Mulitz. They were married on Oc... |
Bo Le | Zhanguo ce | an audience with the King of Qi and requested Chunyu Kun 淳於髡, master of the Jixia Academy, to be an intermediary.
Once there was a merchant who was selling a very fine horse. For three whole days together he stood in the market place and no one paid him the least attention. Finally he went to Po Lo and said, "I have a ... |
Bispebjerg Hospital | A green oasis in the city & Bispebjerg Hospital lives up to international standards | hospital is constructed with the original pavilions and some newer buildings that are all connected underground through a large tunnel system. Bispebjerg Hospital lives up to international standards Bispebjerg Hospital lives up to international standards for quality development and safety.
Since 2002 the hospital has ... |
Battle of Long Tan | Fighting continues | them to find D Company's flanks and roll them up, and may have led the VC commander to believe he was engaging a much larger force.
In the meantime, Buick repaired the 11 Platoon radio and re-established communications with Company Headquarters, and with Stanley, who was again able to adjust the artillery by radio. Yet... |
Ben Bredeson | High school career | Ben Bredeson High school career Son of a former center at Illinois State, Bredeson started playing football in 7th grade. At Arrowhead High School he made the varsity team in his freshman year. As a junior he was a first-team All-State selection. As a senior he was again named to the All-State first-team and received f... |
Auguste de Pradines | Early & personal life | Auguste de Pradines Early & personal life Auguste Linstant de Pradines was born in Paris, France on 10 September 1879. He was the son of prominent Haitian lawyer Linstant de Pradines. At 9 years of age, while living in France with his father, Auguste was diagnosed with polio. Physicians recommended that he return to Ha... |
Blackwood Plateau | null | Blackwood Plateau Blackwood Plateau is a part of the Blackwood River landscape between the Whicher Scarp and the Scott Coastal Plain in Southwest Australia.
It is also known as the Donnybrook sunkland. |
British nationality law and Hong Kong | British Overseas Citizen status/British citizenship for certain ethnic Indians (new Indian law) & British Overseas Citizen status/British citizenship for certain ethnic Nepalese (reinterpretation of Nepalese law) | December 2004 who have a BN(O) or BOC parent to automatically acquire BOC status at birth under the provisions for reducing statelessness in articles 6(2) and 6(3) of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order, 1986. If they have acquired no other nationality after birth, they will be entitled to register for full Briti... |
Bosque Andino Patagónico | Climate | and that is the season when most precipitation occurs on the western slopes of the mountains. Some places suffer prolonged droughts in summer, and further east, on the Patagonian plateau, the air is no longer moist and little rain falls at any time of year. Over a west-east distance of 80 kilometres (50 mi), precipitat... |
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