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Brushless DC electric motor | Brushless solution | allows brushless motors to have less friction and longer life; their working life is only limited by the lifetime of their bearings.
Brushed DC motors develop a maximum torque when stationary, linearly decreasing as velocity increases. Some limitations of brushed motors can be overcome by brushless motors; they include... |
Bohuslän | History | 1658. The fortress of Carlsten was built in Marstrand during the 17th century. For a period, Marstrand was also a free port (porto Franco), with a free religious practice and, as such, home to the only synagogue in Sweden at the time.
The commercial fishing of herring increased in the 18th century, and the province flo... |
Bookcraft | Growth & Infobases acquisition | Library CD-ROM.
Because Deseret Book was the largest LDS publisher and bookseller, independents like Bookcraft also distributed to national retailers like B. Dalton, Media Play, and Barnes & Noble. For a time, Bookcraft even planned to create its own chain of retail bookstores. Infobases acquisition In 1997, Russell O... |
Atanasie Rednic | Life | Atanasie Rednic Life Atanasie Rednic was born in February 1722 in Giulești, Maramureș from an influential family. He studied by the Jesuits in Cluj and from 1743 in the Institute Pazmanian in Vienna, where he graduated in theology in 1747. He moved to the monastery in Mukachevo of the Order of Saint Basil the Great and... |
Burang Town | Etymology | Burang Town Etymology The Tibetan name of the town (spu hreng) is a corruption of the Zhang-zhung words pu hrang, meaning 'horse head'. Nepalese and Indians call the town Taklakot (Nepali: तकलाकोट, takalākoț, from Tibetan 'Takla Khar').
Saryu Karnali River's Peacock Mouth source is glaciers on the northern slopes of t... |
Biomarkers of exposure assessment | Biomarkers of exposure | that can be measured in the body or after excretion from the body to determine different characteristics of an organism’s exposure. For example, a person or fish’s blood can be tested to see the levels of lead and therefore determine the exposure. |
Buchenwald concentration camp | Establishment | Buchenwald concentration camp Establishment The Schutzstaffel (SS) established Buchenwald concentration camp at the beginning of July 1937. The camp was to be named Ettersberg, after the hill in Thuringia upon whose north slope the camp was established. The proposed name was deemed inappropriate, because it carried ass... |
Burkholderia pseudomallei | Antibiotic treatment and sensitivity testing | various antibiotics are active in vitro (e.g., chloramphenicol, doxycycline, co-trimoxazole), they have been proven to be inferior in vivo for the treatment of acute melioidosis. Disc diffusion tests are unreliable when looking for co-trimoxazole resistance in B. pseudomallei (they greatly overestimate resistance) and ... |
Bhuj | Culture & Media and communications & Education | is situated near Jubilee Ground. Locals often visit Hamirsar Lake for relaxation in natural surroundings.
Bhuj is also famous for its regional cuisine, especially Pakvans, Kutchhi Dabeli (a vegetarian burger made with mashed potato, cooked with masala curry and chutneys), and regional Gujarati sweets. Media and communi... |
Blake of Scotland Yard (1937 film) | Plot | Blake of Scotland Yard (1937 film) Plot Sir James Blake, a leading figure in crime fighting, has retired from Scotland Yard in order to assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James believes that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate... |
Ashes Divide | Background and early years (2003–2007) | Rough versions of three or four songs had been written during the era, including the track "Stripped Away", which was even played at soundchecks at A Perfect Circle concerts while supporting the album. Additionally, the A Perfect Circle demo "Army" was eventually reworked into Howerdel's own "The Stone". Shortly after ... |
Battle of Rossbach | Trap | so the Allies assured themselves that Frederick was retreating and contented themselves with bringing some of their field guns into action. The cavalry hurried to get themselves out of range, but this further disorganized the Allied infantry lines, and caused any remaining unit cohesion to break down.
Unseen by the Al... |
Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) | Nursing home | not affect the first floor formal rooms, but interior alterations were made to the second and third floors. Spanier put the mansion on the market in 1978 for $500,000.
The mansion was purchased by a group of five partners, who planned a housing development for the property. They subdivided the former estate, leaving th... |
Bolvadin | History & Bolvadin today | Bolvadin History The city was founded in very early times. It was part of Phrygia. In the Roman era it was known as Polybotum and a castle was built here. It then passed into the hands of the Seljuk Turks and then the Ottoman Empire, known as a strategic bridge in the mountains.
Bolvadin was occupied by Greek troops d... |
Binet-Valmer | Biography | Binet-Valmer Biography Born as the son of a physician, Binet-Valmer initially also studied medicine, but later turned his attention towards writing novels and reviews. Although Binet-Valmer was not homosexual himself, several of his novels, particularly his most famous one, Lucien, deal with homosexual themes and chara... |
Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) | Interior | to the third floor. Light from the skylight in the roof was able to reach the basement level. The back staircase "permit[ted] servants access to various sections of the house without having to pass through formal rooms."
Mrs. Brooke loved flowers, and the house was decorated with examples in wood, stone, glass and iron... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | Cultural changes & 1952 steel strike | as a cultural symbol for independence and individuality. Ever-larger families drove the demand for larger automobiles, and for the first time, many families owned more than one automobile. New suburbs such as Levittown, Pennsylvania were rapidly being developed, fueled by the promise of new Interstates and expanding ... |
Battle of Goose Green | Darwin Parks | at Jones and the five paratroopers who accompanied him as he moved forward.
At this juncture of the battle, 2nd Para's advance had stalled. 'A' Company was in the gorse line at the bottom of Darwin Hill, and against the entrenched Argentines who were looking down the hill at them. As it was now daylight, Jones led an u... |
Bo Le | Horse physiognomy | of a state, and describes the appearance of an ideal horse.
A horse's head is king; it should be square. The eyes are the prime ministers; they should be radiant. The spine is the general; it should be strong. The belly and chest are the city walls; they should be extended. The four legs are the local officials; they s... |
Bornean treepie | Description | Bornean treepie Description It is a fairly large bird, 40 centimetres in length, including a long graduated tail, broad rounded wings and short weak legs. The underparts are pinkish-brown. The head is also pinkish-brown with a pale silver crown and a dark stripe over the eye and across the forehead. The back is greyish... |
Boeing KC-767 | USAF lease, cancellation and re-award | was selected. Despite other nations engaging in leasing of military aircraft, there was some criticism. U.S. Senator John McCain questioned whether it is really cost-effective for the USAF to lease aircraft at all, particularly as the aircraft would probably not have many, if any, buyers when their U.S. military servi... |
Black Lives Matter | Democrats | do for African Americans in this country that President Obama couldn't?" Clinton had already met with Black Lives Matter representatives, and emphasized what she described as a more pragmatic approach to enacting change, stating "Look, I don't believe you change hearts. I believe you change laws". Without policy change... |
Bosque Andino Patagónico | Soils | glacifluvial material. While trumaos originate from recent ashes on ancient ashes brown and red-clay soils develop, these soils are not restricted to old ash parent material but do also originate from metamorphic rocks in the Chilean Coast Range.
In the high Andes, the soils are known as lithosols and contain little or... |
Battle of Long Tan | Clearing the battlefield, 19–21 August 1966 | others had ox carts—believed to be carrying medical supplies. These reports were followed up by the 1st APC Squadron and a number of military age males were detained for questioning. The infantry companies completed their search by midday, moving to the edge of the rubber plantation, 500 metres (550 yd) north-east of L... |
Amelia Earhart | Japanese capture theory | of these claims. Various purported photographs of Earhart during her captivity have been identified as either fraudulent or having been taken before her final flight.
A slightly different version of the Japanese capture hypothesis is not that the Japanese captured Earhart, but rather that they shot down her plane. Hen... |
Brushless DC electric motor | Brushless solution | and a holding torque when stationary. Controller software can be customized to the specific motor being used in the application, resulting in greater commutation efficiency.
The maximum power that can be applied to a brushless motor is limited almost exclusively by heat; too much heat weakens the magnets and will damag... |
Bookcraft | History | Bookcraft Bookcraft was a major publisher of books and products for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). History In 1940, LDS Church president Heber J. Grant asked the church's Improvement Era magazine to compile his sermons into a book called Gospel Standards. Compiler G. Homer Dur... |
Aussie Malcolm | Immigration & Tobacco & Later years | of 1987. Tobacco As the Minister of Health during the 1981–84 National government, Malcolm features in a 1985 tobacco industry document, a report written by a Tobacco Institute of America official who had visited New Zealand. The official was accompanied by Donald Hoel, a lawyer in the US law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon,... |
Argentina at the 1972 Summer Paralympics | Team | Argentina at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Team Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair., although people who were hard of sight could compete in the demonstration event. This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participan... |
Brig | Hull material & Development of the brig | the famous designer Colin Mudie's 'Little Brigs' (TS Bob Allen and TS Caroline Allen), which are only 10m long and weigh only 8 tonnes. Historically, most brigs were made of wood, although some later brigs were built with hulls and masts of steel or iron. A brig made of pine in the 19th century was designed to last for... |
Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Revolutionary War | corresponded with George Washington, the chairman of the committee considering the Resolves.
Fairfax was torn over the question of American independence during the American Revolutionary War. On his own in 1777, he tried to travel to England. He was arrested in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for refusing to sign a loyalty o... |
Anatol Petrytsky | Biography | by the European press.
He died on March 6, 1964. Buried on Baykovoye cemetery in Kiev (tombstone - bronze, sculptor G. N. Kalchenko, installed in 1970) .
More than 500 works of stage design of A.G.Petrytsky belong to the collection of the Museum of theatre, musician and cinema of Ukraine. Some works are kept at the Na... |
Burning of the Midnight Lamp | Composition and lyrics & Release and reception | harpsichord in the intro, which the musician states "just came to [him]", joking that he "can't play no piano or harpsichord, [he] just picked out different little notes and started from there". The track also marks Hendrix's first use of the wah-wah effect on his guitar recording, described by the Jimi Hendrix: Electr... |
Battle of Antietam | Sunken Road: "Bloody Lane" & Afternoon phase & "Burnside's Bridge" | near the center, the V Corps, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, heard recommendations from Maj. Gen. George Sykes, commanding his 2nd Division, that another attack be made in the center, an idea that intrigued McClellan. However, Porter is said to have told McClellan, "Remember, General, I command the last reserve of the las... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Post World War II to the end of the OBP era | and a weak premier who had to be replaced soon after the 16th Session. Key alumni and strong premiers with good cabinets carried the OBP through the late 1940s when a proper "Senate" and well founded Parliament were established.
It was during this period that the OBP was held in Vancouver. Only one session between 1945... |
Bristol in the English Civil War | null | English Civil War. |
Battle of Long Tan | Casualties | submachine-gun, Browning Automatic Rifle, M1 Garand, and an SGM heavy machine-gun. More than 10,500 rounds of small arms ammunition was also recovered, as well as 300 hand grenades, 40 mortar bombs, 28 RPG-2 rockets, and 22 RCL rounds. Corroboration of these accounts is not yet factually supported. Australian losses am... |
Brian Dayett | Coaching career & Personal life | a coach for the Clinton LumberKings, and later served as the hitting coach for the Spokane Indians. A hitting instructor for the Texas Rangers, Dayett filled a vacancy on the Rangers' coaching staff late in the 2014 season following the resignation of Ron Washington. Personal life Dayett was diagnosed with Parkinson's ... |
Brett Cairns | Senior officer | to another sand bar where a life guard then took over the rescue. For this action, on 26 June 1989 Brett was awarded Canada's Medal for Bravery.
In the later part of 1988 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the Directing Staff of the one year Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario. While there he... |
Benyoucef Benkhedda | Early life | Benyoucef Benkhedda Early life Benyoucef Benkhedda was born in 1920 in Berrouaghia, Médéa Province. The son of a Qadi, he attended both the local Madrasah and French colonial school. He later attended the Ibn Rochd lycée at Blida where he met pioneering Algerian nationalists such as Mohamed Lamine Debaghine, Saad Dahla... |
Battle of Rossbach | Aftermath | also had approximately 12,000 civilian camp followers. There were chefs, hair dressers, perruquiers, barbers, wives and mistresses, pastry chefs, tailors and clothiers of all kinds, saddle makers, bridle makers, grooms, and servants of all varieties who served the nobility. In addition, the army had its usual motley cr... |
Brown's Hotel (Catskills) | Jerry Lewis association | Brown Derby, and the main night club was originally known as "The Playhouse." The name was changed to The Martin & Lewis Playhouse when Jerry arranged for the debut of the M&L move, "Living it Up." Dean Martin never showed up so Jerry did a solo. That was the first time Jerry actually performed at Brown's Hotel. The ni... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Transition to BCYP to present | when necessary assists the Youth Parliament in its community service programs and other events.
Developments in the 1980s saw Taylor Statten's dreams of 1916 come to fruition with the formation of the Youth Parliament of Canada in 1980. The Western Canada Youth Parliament (WCYP) was also formed during this time period.... |
Brett Cairns | Family and early life | was described in the 1924 Canadian Report on Aviation as "the greatest ever undertaken for aerial survey, and, when considered in light of the practical results, is one of the most brilliant achievements in the history of flying." The operation covered 15,000 square miles of area in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba a... |
Bulbophyllum lilianae | Description & Taxonomy and naming & Distribution and habitat | egg-shaped and curved, 4.5–6 mm (0.18–0.24 in) long and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide and the petals are oblong to egg-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide. The labellum is pink, egg-shaped, thick and fleshy, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide. Flowering occurs between July a... |
Battle of Rossbach | Opening moves | Frederick realized the gambit by 2:30 pm. By 3:00 pm, the entire Prussian army had struck camp, loaded their tents and gear, and fallen into line. Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz took his 38 squadrons of cavalry and moved toward the Janus and Pölzen, small hills between Rossbach and Reichardtswerben. Except for a few mo... |
Bosque Andino Patagónico | Deciduous forest & Magellanic forest | as boxleaf azara (Azara microphylla), Chilean wineberry (Aristotelia chilensis), Darwin's barberry (Berberis darwinii, box-leaved barberry (Berberis microphylla) and the bamboo coligüe cane (Chusquea culeou), as well as a wide range of herbs. Magellanic forest The southern end of the forest is characterised by a colder... |
Austrian Empire | Foundation | Empire and a reorganization under a Napoleonic imprint of the German territories lost in the process into a precursor state of what became modern Germany, those possessions nominally having been part of the Holy Roman Empire within the present boundaries of Germany, as well as other measures weakening Austria and the H... |
British nationality law and Hong Kong | British citizenship for non-ethnic Chinese which were wrongfully denied & British Overseas Citizen status/British citizenship for certain ethnic Indians (new Indian law) | minority children of Indian descent from Hong Kong were wrongly refused. The applications dated from the period July 1997 onwards. Where the applicant in such cases confirms that he or she still wishes to receive British citizenship the decision will be reconsidered on request. British Overseas Citizen status/British c... |
Battle of Long Tan | 12 Platoon attempts to link up with Buick | and that it was only a matter of time before his entire company would be overrun, despite the devastating effect of the artillery on the VC assault formations. 12 Platoon departed at 17:15, moving south-east in an attempt to retrieve the now cut-off 11 Platoon, but having been forced to leave 9 Section behind to protec... |
Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) | Furness | before the project was officially announced. The committee hired Furness to advise them, and later chose him to be the library's architect.
Furness's earliest known drawing (c.1887) shows a plan and a massing of volumes close to the library as built—a stair tower separating vertical circulation from the reading room an... |
Bruce McTavish | Naturalization | first effort done in 2010. Congressman Carmelo Lazatin filed House Bill No. 1445 in 2010 which endorsed McTavish's application for citizenship by naturalization through legislation. The bill was referred to the Committee on Justice, which the body later approved after some amendments. The first effort failed when a new... |
Billy Pierce | Later career & San Francisco Giants (1962–64) | that lead seven times. Indeed, Pierce was seen to be the team's only consistently effective starter in 1960, picking up eight complete-game victories by mid-August. On June 20, 1961, Pierce broke Ed Walsh's White Sox record of 1,732 career strikeouts. San Francisco Giants (1962–64) On November 30, 1961 he was traded to... |
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame | 1989 & 1990 & 1991 & 1992 & 1993 | Milt Jackson - Shorty Rogers - Sonny Stitt - Isham Jones - Lawrence Welk - Mildred Bailey 1990 Artie Shaw - Buck Clayton - Kenny Burrell - Johnny Hodges - Don Redman - Jo Jones - Les Paul - Mel Tormé 1991 Horace Silver - Clarence Williams - Paul Desmond - Andy Kirk - Baby Dodds - Bud Powell - Max Roach - Red Norvo - Le... |
Brussels, Wisconsin | History & Geography & 2000 | Americans were destroyed in a firestorm that swept across southern Door County in October 1871. A few stone houses made of local dolomite survived. More common are 1880s red brick houses, distinguished by modest size and gable-end, bull's-eye windows. Some houses have detached summer kitchens with bake ovens appended t... |
B-Prolog | Matching clauses | code tends to be more compact and faster. The B-Prolog compiler and most of the library predicates are written in matching clauses.
A matching clause takes the following form:
H, G => B
where H is an atomic formula, G and B are two sequences of atomic formulas. H is called the head, G the guard, and B the body of the c... |
British Racing Drivers' Club | World War II and aftermath | British Racing Drivers' Club The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) is an exclusive invitation-only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Except under exceptional circumstances, members must have been born in the United King... |
Audio Active | History | the band in 1992, and produced many of their recordings. The band's debut album The Way Out is the Way In, was recorded with zither player Laraaji, and Sherwood produced their Happy Shopper in Europe album, released on his On-U Sound label in 1995. Their 1997 album Apollo Choco was described by Allmusic as "an example ... |
Arrow (season 1) | Casting | ex-girlfriend, named after Dinah Laurel Lance, who "may or may not end up being the Black Canary with time". Cassidy said she was drawn to the show by Berlanti, Nutter, Kreisberg, and Guggenheim, whom she called smart, creative, and edgy. Hollands' character is described as "Oliver's celebutante younger sister who's te... |
Bill Bagley | Biography | Bill Bagley Biography Bagley served in the California Assembly as a Republican from 1960 to 1974, representing Marin and Sonoma Counties (then, Assembly District 7). From 1989-2002, Bagley served as a member of the University of California Board of Regents and in 2002, was named Alumnus of the Year by the California Al... |
Brothers in the Saddle | Reception | Brothers in the Saddle Reception The film recorded a loss to RKO of $35,000. |
Beloved (1998 film) | Plot | a clean and seemingly mentally handicapped young woman (Thandie Newton) named Beloved finds her way into Sethe's yard and is taken in by her.
Denver is initially happy to have Beloved around, but learns that she is Sethe's reincarnated daughter. Nonetheless, she chooses not to divulge Beloved's origins to Sethe. One ni... |
Brushless DC electric motor | Commutator & Brushless solution | torque in one direction. Brushless solution The development of semiconductor electronics in the 1970s allowed the commutator and brushes to be eliminated in DC motors. In brushless DC motors, an electronic servo system replaces the mechanical commutator contacts. An electronic sensor detects the angle of the rotor, a... |
Bispebjerg Hospital | Main hospital in the inner city “Byen” & A modern city hospital | Bispebjerg Hospital Main hospital in the inner city “Byen” Bispebjerg Hospital was built in 1913, and today it is the workplace for 3,000 employees. It is a large hospital with many different specialties, complex patient cases and a diversified group of patients. The hospital serves as community hospital for the inhabi... |
Boletaceae | Toxicity | mice, Bolesatine causes massive thrombosis, while at lower concentrations it is a mitogen, inducing cell division to human T lymphocytes. A similar compound, bolevenine, has been isolated from the poisonous Neoboletus venenatus in Japan.
More recent studies have associated the poisoning caused by R. satanas with hyperp... |
By Your Leave | Reception | giving both the direction and photography "good" grades. Motion Picture Daily gave the film a glowing review, saying that this comedy "Straight as a die this one got right over to every funny-bone in the audience ...," and the "picture is as smooth a drawing room farce as has been seen in some time". They applauded the... |
Battle of Long Tan | Clearing the battlefield, 19–21 August 1966 | and blood trails indicated many more casualties had been moved the previous night. With the clearance continuing, two wounded VC still bearing arms were killed by D Company, 6 RAR after they moved to engage them, while in a separate incident another wounded soldier was also killed. A third wounded VC was later captured... |
Black Lives Matter | Democrats | with our chapters, our communities, allies, and supporters, we remain unequivocal that a Presidential Town Hall with support from the DNC does not sufficiently respond to the concerns raised by our members", continuing to demand a full additional debate.
After the first debate, in October 2015, a speech by Hillary Clin... |
Buckeye Fork | null | Buckeye Fork Buckeye Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a tributary to the Muskingum River.
A variant name is "Buckeye Creek". The stream was named for the buckeye trees along its course. |
Bhander | Geography & Demographics & Road | Bhander Geography Bhander is located at 25.73°N 78.75°E. It has an average elevation of 211 metres (692 feet).
Bhandar or Bhander is another village in Rajasthan in Pali district and in tehsil Bali. Demographics As of 2001 India census, Bhander had a population of 20,667. Males constitute 53% of the population and fema... |
Bruce Webster | Early life and education & Career | Bruce Webster Early life and education Webster studied computer science at Brigham Young University in 1978, graduating in 1978. He had received a full National Merit Scholarship for his studies. He went on to do graduate work in computer science at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Career Webster, since 1980, has ... |
Belgrade Cooperative | The building & Reconstruction | cultural monument in 1966.
The building is often named as one of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade. Reconstruction Belgrade Cooperative Building was renovated several times. The most important changes in the construction and architectural structure were made in 1956/57 and 1958/59. During those years, the Geolog... |
Boonsak Ponsana | Career | his successful run at the Singapore Open Super Series beating Wang Zhengming of China in a thrilling two set match. Prior to his participation in the 2012 Singapore Open, injury had caused him to skip some tournaments in 2011, and his earlier 2012 results had not been especially good, although he did qualify for the Ol... |
Breastfeeding contraindications | Alcohol | to an infant, the fat content in your breast can cause toxins from alcohol to build up. It is advised that mothers only limit their drinking to one or two drinks a week so the spread of toxins does not reach the breast. If a mother is binge drinking while breastfeeding and the toxins spread to the infant; there will be... |
Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) | 20th century | filed through the drawing room of the Brooke residence to pay their last respects." His obituary listed sons George III, Edward Jr. (now divorced) and Charles living at home. George III served as executor for his father's estate, which took several years to settle. In 1942, at age 54, George III married Virginia Muhlen... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 2 | 2 Although the June 1 attacks had been unsuccessful, Meade believed that an attack early on June 2 could succeed if he was able to mass sufficient forces against an appropriate location. He and Grant decided to attack Lee's right flank. Anderson's men had been heavily engaged there on June 1, and it seemed unlikely tha... |
Anna Eriksson | New style and film career (2010-) | for this section previously. Eriksson plays the lead role in the film and wrote the script, music, did sound design and editing herself .
In 2019 the film received the Grand Prix and Best Feature Film awards at the Prague Independent Film Festival.
The same year at Vienna Independent Film Festival, the film received th... |
Berechiah ha-Nakdan | Fox Fables | how his word to keep. But then came a day when he was a hungered and he looked hither and thither for meat, and lo, a fat sheep fair to look on and goodly to eat (Gen. iii. 6). Then to himself he said, "Who can keep every law?" and his thoughts were bewildered with what he saw. He said to himself, "It overcomes me the ... |
Boa imperator | Geographic range & Behavior | America and northwestern Colombia, as well as several islands along the coasts of these areas. The type locality given is "l'Amerique meridionale, principalement au Mexique" (Central America, principally Mexico).
Boa imperator can acclimatize to a variety of environmental conditions, from tropical rainforests to arid d... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 4–12 | planned three actions to make some headway. First, in the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. David Hunter was making progress against Confederate forces, and Grant hoped that by interdicting Lee's supplies, the Confederate general would be forced to dispatch reinforcements to the Valley. Second, on June 7 Grant dispatched hi... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Public celebration | oak sapling to be used as the badnjak, taking it to the church yard, and preparing drink and food for the assembled parishioners. The ritual includes Vespers, placing the badnjak on the open fire built in the church yard, blessing or consecrating the badnjak, and an appropriate program with songs and recitals. In some ... |
Brushless DC electric motor | Brushless vs. brushed motors | the rotor, the rotating part of the machine, and stationary magnets on the stator which surrounds the rotor. One or both sets of magnets are electromagnets, made of a coil of wire wound around an iron core. DC running through the wire winding creates the magnetic field, providing the power which runs the motor. Howev... |
C.H.U.D. | Plot & Theatrical release & Home media | AJ finds Bosch's gun and shoots and kills Wilson before he runs over them, then the truck explodes as it falls on the manhole, Bosch is still alive and George, Lauren, and AJ are saved. Theatrical release C.H.U.D. was given a limited release theatrically by New World Pictures beginning in August 1984. The film opened a... |
By the Light of the Moon (The Vampire Diaries) | Plot | make Klaus furious and he'll come to kill everyone but Elena; Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) joins them and does not agree with Elena's suicidal plan. Bonnie and Jeremy leave Elena alone with the moonstone and Elena gets the opportunity to steal it and tries to sneak out of the house. She is stopped by Bonnie and Jeremy be... |
Boreolestes sylvestris | Distribution | Boreolestes sylvestris Distribution The type locality for Boreolestes sylvestris is 6 km from Ghooseriple at the Molchepa riverside in North-Western Caucasus, Republic of Adygea, Russia.
The distribution of Boreolestes sylvestris includes the upper part of the Belaya River basin. |
Berechiah ha-Nakdan | Other works | a translator, his version being extant of Adelard of Bath's Quæstiones Naturales, entitled Dodi ve-Nekhdi or Ha-She'elot. He also wrote Ko'aḥ Avanim, a translation-adaption of a Latin lapidary containing a description of sixty-three species of stones and their magical properties. Besides these works, Berechiah is also ... |
Ann Donnelly | Career as a prosecutor & State judge | and grand larceny, among other crimes. Donnelly was also part of the prosecution team in the murder trial of Sante Kimes and her son Kenneth Kimes Jr. State judge From 2009 to 2015, she served as a judge of the New York Court of Claims. Concurrently, she served at various points on the New York Supreme Court (the state... |
Automotive X Prize | Validation stage & Educational program & Competing teams | testing as other finalist teams. Educational program The United States Department of Energy joined the PIAXP as a sponsor, funding an educational program targeted to young people. The first component of the Education Program is a web site created in partnership with Discovery Education, www.FuelOurFutureNow.com, featu... |
Arnold Flammersfeld | Career | renamed the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry), in Berlin-Dahlem. From 1939 to 1941, he was a staff scientist at Walther Bothe's Institut für Physik at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für medizinische Forschung (KWImF, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research, reorganized and renamed in 1948 the Max-Planck Institut... |
Amelia Earhart | Speculation on disappearance & Gardner Island hypothesis | of Howland), the Japanese-controlled Marshall Islands (870 miles (1,400 km) at the closest point of Mili Atoll), and the Japanese-controlled Northern Mariana Islands (2,700 miles (4,300 km) from Howland). Gardner Island hypothesis The Gardner Island (Nikumaroro) hypothesis assumes that Earhart and Noonan, having not fo... |
Bobby Grich | Hall of Fame candidacy | of Fame, although his standard WAR is lower than that of Bill Dahlen and fellow second baseman Lou Whitaker. There are more than 10 Hall of Fame second basemen with a lower JAWS. The JAWS statistic is particularly compelling given that it incorporates both career and peak year statistics. |
Austrian Empire | After 1859 & Foreign policy | in 17 provinces, the Hungarians pressed for autonomy, and Venetia was attracted by the now unified Italy.
After Austria was defeated in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the German Confederation was dissolved, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 was adopted. By this act, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Empire of A... |
Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 | null | U.S. is concerned about the Belarusian government's increasingly repressive steps against independent media and pro-democracy groups. He said that Belarusian security forces used excessive force against peaceful protesters following the parliamentary elections and referendum.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ... |
Black Lives Matter | 2016 | August, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Black Lives Matter protested the death of Bruce Kelley Jr. who was shot after fatally stabbing a police dog while trying to escape from police the previous January.
Beginning in August, several professional athletes have participated in the 2016 U.S. national anthem protests. The pr... |
CFM International LEAP | Design | CFM International LEAP Design The LEAP's basic architecture includes a scaled-down version of Safran's low pressure turbine used on the GEnx engine. The fan has flexible blades manufactured by a resin transfer molding process, which are designed to untwist as the fan's rotational speed increases. While the LEAP is desi... |
Brushless DC electric motor | Commutator | rotary switch on the motor's shaft called a commutator. It consists of a rotating cylinder divided into multiple metal contact segments on the rotor. The segments are connected to wire electromagnet windings on the rotor. Two or more stationary contacts called "brushes", made of a soft conductor like graphite, press ... |
Battle of Long Tan | Reaction at Nui Dat | had been reported close to the western side of the Australian TAOR, and one of its battalions had (incorrectly) been believed involved in an attack on Phú Mỹ in the south-west of the province on 11 August. Consequently, Jackson reasoned that if the battle unfolding near Long Tân was the opening phase of an attack on Nu... |
Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | Qualification | a maximum of 1 boy or girl per nation. These quotas will be subtracted from that nation's continental quota in the relevant event. All athletes qualified in the 1500 m, 3000 m and 2000 m steeplechase will compete their Stage 2 event in the cross country run.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes ... |
Beni Mora | Background & Structure & First Dance | the other two movements. Structure The work is scored, in the words of Michael Kennedy "most piquantly and colourfully". The three movements are titled, First Dance, Second Dance, and Finale: "In the Street of the Ouled Naïls." First Dance The dance opens with a broadly-phrased melody on the strings into which a strong... |
Brachycephalus olivaceus | Description | Brachycephalus olivaceus Description It is distinguished from other cogenerate species by having a robust body, bufoniform, with an adult length between 9.4 to 12.9 millimetres (0.37 to 0.51 in); a rough dorsum, and its general coloration being predominantly dark-green to brown. The skin on its dorsum shows no dermal c... |
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