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Brushless DC electric motor | Brushless vs. brushed motors & Commutator | each half-turn, and so the average torque would be zero and the rotor would not turn. Therefore, in a DC motor, in order to create torque in one direction, the direction of electric current through the windings must be reversed with every 180° turn of the rotor (or turned off during the time that it is in the wrong di... |
Bob Edwards (satirist) | Politics & Death and legacy | Alberta general election as an Independent candidate. He was one of five MLAs elected in a plurality vote in that election. He immediately began advocating for the ready availability of beer and the prohibition of stronger alcoholic beverages, in spite of the fact that he himself was an alcoholic. Death and legacy Edwa... |
Boletaceae | Description & Taxonomy | Boletaceae Description Most species of Boletaceae produce large, fleshy mushrooms, with a more or less central stipe. The fruit bodies typically have tubular hymenophores, although a small number of species (e.g. Phylloporus) are lamellate.
The spore deposit colours are commonly olivaceous (yellowish-green), yellowish... |
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond | Judicial career & Significant lectures & Honorary degrees | objected to the idea of positive discrimination because “no one wants to feel they have got the job in any way other than on their own merits”. Significant lectures On 10 September 2015, she delivered the Caldwell Public Lecture at the University of Melbourne, Australia, on the topic "Protecting Human Rights in the UK ... |
Bushwick Bill | Career | which led to Rap-A-Lot dropping all members from the group except for Bill and DJ Ready Red. Soon after, Rap-A-Lot CEO J. Prince recruited Scarface and Willie Dee, two local aspiring artists out of Texas as the second incarnation of the group. The new lineup began recording together in 1988 and their debut project as a... |
Buchenwald concentration camp | Causes of death & Liberation | that, although a doctor, he was a "legally appointed executioner". Liberation On April 4, 1945, the U.S. 89th Infantry Division overran Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald.
Buchenwald was partially evacuated by the Germans from April 6, 1945, until April 11, 1945. In the days before the arrival of the American army, thous... |
Bremridge | John Dodderidge (1555-1628) | and landed a record prize taken off the Guinea Coast, probably from Spanish galleons from South America, consisting of four chests of gold worth £16,000 with in addition chains of gold and civet-fur. The gold landed at Barnstaple from this voyage weighed 320 lbs. Between June and October 1590 Prudence sent back to Barn... |
Boulder Gardens | null | Boulder Gardens Boulder Gardens (also known as Garth's Boulder Gardens), is an eco-retreat located in Yucca Valley, California. Designed and built by permaculturist Garth Bowles, it has become a destination for environmentalists, yoga classes, and outdoor enthusiasts.
In 1981, Bowles purchased some 640 acres of high de... |
Unconditional (Ne-Yo song) | Live performance | Unconditional (Ne-Yo song) Live performance Craig first performed the song on the series' grand final after he was declared the winner. |
Bevilo tutto | Versions & Recordings | male,
L'acqua gli fa male,
Il vino lo fa cantare! Recordings A version of Bevilo tutto was recorded by the organetto players Andrea and Riccardo, I Ragazzi della Quadriglia on the Album of Teramo region folk songs Il giro del mondo. |
Brett Cairns | Senior officer | North Bay, Ontario from July 1984 to July 1985. He was promoted to Major and assigned to the Directorate of Air Requirements at National Defence Headquarters (Canada) in Ottawa from 1985 to 1988.
On April 19, 1988 Brett rescued a fellow officer who had been overcome by one metre waves and a strong undertow while swimmi... |
Black Lives Matter | Earlier movements | Black Lives Matter Earlier movements BLM claims inspiration from the civil rights movement, the Black Power movement, the 1980s Black feminist movement, Pan-Africanism, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, hip hop, LGBTQ social movements, and Occupy Wall Street. Several media organizations have referred to BLM as "a new civil ... |
C-36 (cipher machine) | null | C-36 (cipher machine) The C-35 and C-36 were cipher machines designed by Swedish cryptographer Boris Hagelin in the 1930s. These were the first of Hagelin's cipher machines to feature the pin-and-lug mechanism. A later machine in the same series, the C-38, was designated CSP-1500 by the United States Navy and M-209 by ... |
CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2014) | Tournament | CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2014) Tournament Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held their fourth annual Torneo Nacional De Parejas Increíbles tournament between March 7 and March 21, 2014, starting with two opening round groups where the winner of each group will advance to the finals. The finals to... |
Benji Madden | Career | Back Down", which features Benji on the track's vocals. The Madden Brothers recording "Greetings from California" was released on September 16, 2014.
In mid-2014, both of the Madden brothers appeared as coaches on The Voice Kids Australia in a double chair, after the example of the Dutch The Voice of Holland and The Vo... |
Billy Pierce | Development of style | later observed that although it was essentially a compliment to Pierce's ability, he might have picked up more victories and won 20 games sooner in his career had he faced each opponent more equally. With a 1–0 two-hitter at Washington on August 3, in which the White Sox won on an unearned run in the ninth inning with ... |
Brown's Hotel (Catskills) | Insurance and legal issues | in building construction because of the dangers of cancer. The condominium board was given sixty days to demolish the structure.
The Grandview Palace had two insurance policies totaling US $30 million but the insurance companies Illinois Union and Great American Insurance refused to make payments citing falsification o... |
Billy Pierce | Development of style | and sacrifice fly. Pierce was chosen to start the All-Star Game for the AL – the first White Sox pitcher ever to do so – and allowed only one hit through three innings (a single by Stan Musial). Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams recalled of the game: "It was a hot day at Crosley Field and I remember being so concerned f... |
Vide Noir | Release and promotion | of the album on February 16, 2018, and another released on March 30, 2018 titled "When the Night is Over." "Ancient Names (Part 1)" would peak at number 45 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, while "Wait by the River" would peak at number 17 on the same chart, number 22 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart... |
Arthur Augustus Tilley | Career | Renaissance (in volume 7, 1932) and the other The Renaissance in Europe (in volume 8, 1936). Denys Hay later commented that "Looking back on this presentation of the Renaissance the most striking feature is its desultory character... an amalgam of assertions of broad principles with antiquarian observation of detail, i... |
Brown's Hotel (Catskills) | Decline | popular resorts of the mid-20th century. The financers intended to build 250 units initially and eventually several thousand homes in the area. Hotel officials were optimistic that the target demographic of a second-home buyer was different from a hotel vacationer and thus hotel business would not suffer. Bruce Turians... |
Be My Guest (short story) | Plot summary | Be My Guest (short story) Plot summary Kipling "Kip" Morgan takes his on-off girlfriend Anjelica McTavish back to his apartment after despondently sitting through the funeral of his friend and mentor, the biochemist George Liebert. However they find that the place, which is attached to the pro shop at the golf course w... |
Ayşe Ören | Career | energy efficiency, smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT).
She embarked on a project titled 'Smartables' that converts living spaces into comfortable, safe and manageable areas. She aims to build somatosensory bridges between cities and people. |
Black Lives Matter | Broader movement & Strategies and tactics | communities in the U.S. and globally. In 2015 Johnetta Elzie, DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, and Samuel Sinyangwe, initiated Campaign Zero, aimed at promoting policy reforms to end police brutality. The campaign released a ten-point plan for reforms to policing, with recommendations including: ending broken windows... |
Bruce Webster | Career | Litigation: System Failure. He also wrote for two years as an IT management columnist for Baseline.
Webster has been invited to speak at conferences internationally, has appeared on TV news broadcasts, and been cited in publications including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. He has testified before Cong... |
Boschniakia rossica | Morphology & In Chinese medicine | Boschniakia rossica Morphology B. rossica grows between 6–12 inches, with two or three stems per individual. It has tall slender stalks. The roots grow horizontally from a main bulbous mass. It can vary from very dark maroon to reddish brown in color. This is a perennial plant, and flowers every summer. It can produce ... |
Business Ethics (The Office) | Plot & Reception | attended the business ethics seminar. Michael immediately becomes sympathetic toward her, and stands up for Holly when the rest of the staff is reluctant to participate in the rest of the seminar by ordering them to finish it. This in turn, seems to improve their relationship once again.
Meredith provides Outback take... |
CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 | Modifications | frequent stops to allow the stoker to clear the grate of clinker and ash, a tedious task which required the locomotive to be stationary.
John D. Tilney, the Eastern System Locomotive Superintendent, carried out many experiments in an attempt to overcome the coal problem. Some of these involved modifying some of the 4th... |
Berry Houses | Development | Berry Houses The Berry Houses are a housing project located in the Dongan Hills neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. The project consists of eight six-story buildings, it contains 506 apartments housing some 994 residents. The 13.89-acre development is bordered by Dongan Hills Avenue, Seaver Avenue, and Jeff... |
Calendar (British TV programme) | 1968 to January 2007 | first breakfast television programme, six years before the launch of the BBC's Breakfast Time. The programme ran concurrently with a similar ITV Tyne Tees programme, Good Morning North for North East viewers. Both series ended after nine weeks on 27 May 1977.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Calendar's output consiste... |
California Institute of Technology | World Wars | of genes and the chromosome in heredity. In 1930, Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory was established in Corona del Mar under the care of Professor George MacGinitie. In 1926, a graduate school of aeronautics was created, which eventually attracted Theodore von Kármán. Kármán later helped create the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ... |
Bhander | Road & Railways & Air | Datia and also with Jhansi via state highway and National Highway. Jhansi- Kanpur Highway is around 20 km from Bhander towards Chirgaon. According to prashant goswami one more way is connected to bhander to jhansi via unnao. Which is very shortest path jhansi to bhander. Railways Nearest railway junction to Bhander is ... |
Angus T. Jones | Charity work | Martin, Ray Liotta, Selena Gomez, and Shailene Woodley to attend the Variety's Power of Youth benefit for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
In October 2009, Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer presented Jones with the award for the Rising Star of 2009 at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Rising S... |
Black Lives Matter | 2015 | in South Carolina. After the Charleston shooting, a number of memorials to the Confederate States of America were graffitied with "Black Lives Matter" or otherwise vandalized. Around 800 people protested in McKinney, Texas after a video was released showing an officer pinning a girl—at a pool party in McKinney, Texas—t... |
Black Lives Matter | Lack of focus on intraracial violence & Movement for Black Lives statement about Israel | let alone convictions. More broadly, it is claimed that the reference to intraracial violence attempts, in bad faith, to divert attention from the injustice under discussion, an example of whataboutery. Others criticize the term 'black-on-black violence' as it may imply that such violence is due to black race itself, a... |
Bunch–Davies vacuum | null | invariant Green functions on de Sitter space. The Bunch–Davies vacuum can also be described as being generated by an infinite time trace from the condition that the scale of quantum fluctuations is much smaller than the Hubble scale. The state possesses no quanta at the asymptotic past infinity.
The Bunch-Davies state ... |
Bohuslän | Administration & Heraldry | Bohuslän Administration The provinces of Sweden serve no administrative function. Instead, that function is served by the counties of Sweden. For centuries, the administrative county for Bohuslän was the Gothenburg and Bohus County, and as its name implies it consisted of the entire Bohuslän province together with the ... |
Anna Karenina (2012 film) | Critical reception | of Powell and Pressburger. He noted how Knightley "continues to go from strength to strength" and also praised Law as "excellent". Even though he speculated that "the film is going to divide people enormously", he concluded it was one to "cherish despite its flaws". Ian Freer of Empire awarded the film four stars out o... |
CFM International LEAP | Orders | U.S. at list price.
In early 2018, the backlog was at 14,500, with a 59% share of the A320neo market for decided customers as it has an 18 percentage point advantage in utilization rate over the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G.
By July 2018, the Leap had an eight-year backlog with 16,300 sales while 35,000 CFM56s have been sol... |
Caladenia variegata | Description | Caladenia variegata Description Caladenia variegata is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and which usually grows singly, sometimes in colonies of up to ten. It has a single, dark green, sparsely hairy up to 300 mm (10 in) long, 4 mm (0.2 in) wide and which lies on the ground. One or tw... |
Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains) | East Fork Trail | looking at the problem with the San Gabriel Mountains Trailbuilders to determine what can be done about the hazard. As it is, safe passage through 50 meters of trail covered by the rock fall requires crossing the river two additional times.
The bridge is only accessible via a 10-mile round-trip hike. Despite its popula... |
Buchenwald concentration camp | Establishment & Organization | by the forced labor of prisoners. The first prisoners arrived on 15 July 1937, and had to clear the area of trees and build the camp's structures. By September, the population had risen to 2,400 following transfers from Bad Sulza, Sachsenburg, and Lichtenburg. Organization Buchenwald’s first commandant was SS-Obersturm... |
Brushless DC electric motor | Cordless tools & Heating and ventilation | an AC outlet, so uptake has been faster in that segment of the market. Heating and ventilation There is a trend in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration industries to use brushless motors instead of various types of AC motors. The most significant reason to switch to a brushless motor ... |
Bill Zito | Team management | the Lake Erie Monsters, the Blue Jackets' affiliate club in the American Hockey League. |
Billy Pierce | Offensive support | with the club. Both Richards and Lopez – who became Chicago's manager in 1957 – placed a low emphasis on offense, with Lopez expressing his philosophy that "all a team really needed was pitching and defense, because if you didn't allow the other team to score, eventually they would give you a run, and you'd win the gam... |
Breg pri Ribnici na Dolenjskem | Name & Castle | Breg pri Ribnici na Dolenjskem Name The name of the settlement was changed from Breg to Breg pri Ribnici na Dolenjskem in 1953. In the past the German name was Willingrain. Castle Very little remains of the castle that used to dominate the southern end of the settlement. It is first mentioned as an estate in written do... |
Ali Javan | Life and career | two daughters, Lila and Maia. |
By the Light of the Moon (The Vampire Diaries) | Plot | on Rose and they see that the bite starts healing. They are both relieved that the myth about the werewolf bite being fatal for vampires was not true.
Meanwhile, Stefan (Paul Wesley) is still stuck in the tomb with Katherine who tries to seduce him by invading his mind. Stefan wakes up and tells her to stay out of his ... |
Bassa people (Cameroon) | History | Bassa were anti-colonialists, fighting against German expansion beyond the coast. However, they suffered a major defeat and were subjected to forced labor in the construction of the Douala-Yaoundé "Mittel Kamerun" railway.
Throughout the era of European colonial presence, the Bassa were able to take advantage of Chris... |
Ben Wallers | Biography & The Beale | Ben Wallers Biography Wallers has been releasing music under various guises since 1995. He is best known for being part of the group Country Teasers, formed in Scotland in the mid 1990s. Wallers is generally regarded to be Scottish, but various places of birth have been put forward, including Saville Row, London and St... |
California Institute of Technology | World Wars | his fellows the matrix out of which you can occasionally develop a man like your great astronomer, George Ellery Hale.
In the same year, a bill was introduced in the California Legislature calling for the establishment of a publicly funded "California Institute of Technology", with an initial budget of a million dollar... |
Andrea Ossoinack | Biography | Andrea Ossoinack Andrea Ossoinack (1876-1965) was a businessman and politician who became notable in the process of creating the Free State of Fiume. Biography Andrea Ossoinack was the son of Luigi Ossoinack, one of the foremost businessmen in Fiume. He studied economics in England, and then spent time at his father's ... |
C-36 (cipher machine) | null | three years earlier: an adding device designed for use in vending machines, and combined it with the pinwheel mechanism from an earlier cipher machine (the B-21). The French ordered 5,000 in 1935. Italy and the USA declined the machine, although both would later use the M-209 / C-38. Completely mechanical, the C-35 mac... |
C.H.U.D. | Plot | his wife, remains missing. Bosch interviews A.J. "The Reverend" Shepherd, who runs the local homeless shelter. Shepherd believes recent events to be a part of a massive government cover-up and has the evidence to prove it. Bosch's superiors know more than they are letting on and seem to be taking their cues from Wilson... |
Bo Le | Huainanzi | man who is my porter and firewood gatherer who is called Nine-Cornered Hillock. In judging horses, he is not inferior to my abilities. I respectfully request that you grant him an audience."
Duke Mu granted him an audience and commanded him to search out a fine steed. After three months Nine-Cornered Hillock returned a... |
Battle of Antietam | Terrain and its consequences & Morning phase & Cornfield | three separate, mostly uncoordinated battles: morning in the northern end of the battlefield, midday in the center, and afternoon in the south. This lack of coordination and concentration of McClellan's forces almost completely nullified the two-to-one advantage the Union enjoyed and allowed Lee to shift his defensive ... |
Alliance 90/The Greens | 1980s: Parliamentary representation on the federal level | left the party at the time might have felt similarly about some of these issues, but did not identify with the forms of protest that Green party members took part in.
After some success at state-level elections, the party won 27 seats with 5.7% of the vote in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, in ... |
Barrayar | Plot summary | dead. In the ensuing confusion, Bothari manages to set fire to a good portion of the Imperial Palace to cover their retreat as they take Vordarian himself hostage. When Vordarian defies their orders, Bothari beheads Vordarian at Cordelia's order, and they escape with the replicator - and Vordarian's head - via the sec... |
Bremridge | Norman | a tenant of Robert, Count of Mortain (d.1090) at his Devonshire manor of Donningstone in the parish of Clayhanger, Devon, and was also a tenant of several of the Count's manors in Somerset. The ancient manor of Carteret is on the west coast of Normandy, Manche, immediately to the east of the Channel Islands. The (expan... |
Byers, Kansas | History & Geography & 2010 census | Byers, Kansas History Byers was founded in 1914. It was named for Otto Phillip Byers.
The first post office in Byers was established in April 1915. Geography Byers is located at 37°47′16″N 98°52′2″W (37.787830, -98.867114). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.19 square miles (0.... |
Billy Beane | Software industry & Depiction in book and film Moneyball | 2007, the software company NetSuite named Beane to its board of directors. NetSuite co-founder Evan Goldberg cited Beane's ability to combine facts with instinct as an important factor in the decision to involve him in the company. Beane also served as a consultant for, and also appears in, the video game MLB Front Off... |
Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Correspondence with Washington | no right to make any or scarce any Laws binding on the Colonies. It has given me much Uneasiness. For altho' I wish as much as any one that we were legally exempted from it, yet I hold it clearly that we ought to abide by our Constitution. The common Consent and Acquiescence in the Colonies for such a Length of time is... |
Black Lives Matter | Lack of focus on intraracial violence | attention to police killings of unarmed African Americans, and he encouraged it to expand its focus to include "black-on-black crime".
In response, it has been noted that there are already a number of movements active against violence within the black community. Others have commented that it is reasonable to hold sworn... |
Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) | 1893 addition | and connecting all three bays with a wide terrace. The addition brought the kitchen out of the basement, and added a second set of back stairs and a rope-pulled elevator, operated using counterweights (like a dumbwaiter). "[T]he western section was constructed for food preparation, general storage, servant's quarters, ... |
Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavindrulu | Refuting Visishtadvaita | in his later works such as Siddhanta Sindhuhu. and Vendanta Sangrahaha. |
California Institute of Technology | World Wars | "Millikan's School." Millikan initiated a visiting-scholars program soon after joining Caltech. Scientists who accepted his invitation include luminaries such as Paul Dirac, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Hendrik Lorentz and Niels Bohr. Albert Einstein arrived on the Caltech campus for the first time in 1931 to ... |
Arnold Flammersfeld | Education & Career | Arnold Flammersfeld Arnold Rudolf Karl Flammersfeld (February 10, 1913 – January 5, 2001) was a German nuclear physicist who worked on the German nuclear energy project during World War II. From 1954, he was a professor of physics at the University of Göttingen. Education From 1931 to 1937, Flammersfeld studied physics... |
British nationality law and Hong Kong | British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 & British Nationality Act, 1948 | on 1 January 1915, codifying for the first time the law relating to British nationality. No major change was introduced but it set into law how people associated with Hong Kong – as part of "His Majesty's dominions" – would acquire British subject status. British Nationality Act, 1948 The Commonwealth of Nations' heads... |
Argonnerwaldlied | Lyrics | mehr.
|: Und ob er auch so stark mag sein,
In unsere Stellung kommt er doch nicht 'rein. :|
6. Der Sturm bricht los, die Mine kracht,
Der Pionier gleich vorwärts macht.
|: Bis an den Feind macht er sich ran
Und zündet dann die Handgranate an. :|
7. Die Infantrie steht auf der Wacht,
Bis daß die Handgranate kracht... |
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond | Early life & Judicial career | 1989, she was appointed Queen's Counsel. Judicial career Hale was appointed a Recorder (a part-time circuit judge) in 1989, and in 1994 became a judge in the Family Division of the High Court of Justice (styled The Honourable Mrs Justice Hale). Upon her appointment, as is convention, she was appointed a Dame Commander ... |
Bidong Island | Vietnamese refugees | and other locations in Southeast Asia decreased after June 1979. A Geneva Convention held in July 1979 resulted in Vietnam agreeing to restrain the flow of refugees and the Southeast Asian countries agreeing to take all those who came to their shores provided that the Western countries guaranteed resettlement for the m... |
Battle of Rossbach | Initial battlefield dispositions | from the Goldacker manor rooftop in Rossbach. The initial stages of Allied movement convinced him that the Allies had started retreating southward towards their magazines; he sent out patrols to learn from the peasants what could be gleaned. They reported back that Soubise had taken the Weissenfels road; it led not onl... |
Bobbi Sykes | Harvard and later activism | Education from Harvard University in 1983. She was the first black Australian to graduate from a United States university. She returned to Australia where she continued her life as an activist and was appointed to the Nation Review, as Australia's first (presumed) indigenous columnist. In 1994 her role was recognised w... |
Battle of Goose Green | Argentinian defences | re-join RI 12 after the fall of Goose Green airfield. The task force, in 1982, also contained a company of the ranger-type 25th Infantry Regiment (25th Special Infantry Regiment or RI 25).
Air defence was provided by a battery of six 20 mm Rheinmetalls manned by air force personnel, and two radar-guided Oerlikon 35 mm... |
Calendar (British TV programme) | 1968 to January 2007 | Calendar (British TV programme) 1968 to January 2007 Calendar first aired on the launch day of Yorkshire Television – Monday 29 July 1968. Since its launch, the programme has been produced at ITV Yorkshire's main studios in Kirkstall Road, Leeds. Calendar's first presenter was Jonathan Aitken. In later years, it was ho... |
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond | Judicial career | appointment was accompanied by the appointments of Andrew Cheung and Beverley McLachlin. The appointment was gazetted by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam and took effect 30 July 2018 for a three-year term.
In December 2018, during an interview to mark the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1... |
Attingal Outbreak | Details | rule over the kingdom. The king, who spent his life in hiding or in the open met at different times face to face with death. He saved his life either in disguise or keeping his eyes peeled for the enemies. But the Dutch commander Stein Van Gollenesse recorded that Marthanda Varma was a cruel, audacious, greedy, unkind ... |
Bruce McTavish | Education & Amateur boxing & Refereeing | Bruce McTavish Education After his amateur boxing career, McTavish attended Auckland University where he attained an economics degree. Amateur boxing McTavish was an amateur boxer. He retired with a record of 31 wins and 2 losses. He boxed as early as 9 years old until his early 20s. Refereeing Now settled in the Phili... |
Birth of the Cool | Davis's nonet & Recording | Zwerin played trombone and former Dizzy Gillespie vocalist Kenny Hagood sang on "Darn That Dream" and "Why Do I Love You". There was a further short residency the following year at the Clique Club, these three sets making up the nonet's only live appearances. Arranger and Capitol Records talent scout Pete Rugolo heard ... |
California Institute of Technology | Organization and administration | $799,472. Chameau served until June 30, 2013. Thomas F. Rosenbaum was announced to be the ninth president of Caltech on October 24, 2013, and his term began on July 1, 2014. Caltech's endowment is governed by a permanent Trustee committee and administered by an Investment Office.
The Institute is organized into six pri... |
Big Three (Atlanta Braves) | Big Three era | as he posted a 22-6 record, and John Smoltz once again making the All Star team. The "Big Three" helped the Atlanta Braves win the NL West for the third consecutive season, despite trailing the San Francisco Giants for most of the season. The Braves eventually fell to the Phillies in the 1993 NLCS. Greg Maddux won his ... |
Bremridge | null | Bremridge Bremridge is a historic estate within the former hundred of South Molton in Devon, England. It is now within the parish of Filleigh but was formerly in that of South Molton. It is situated 8 miles north-west of South Molton. Since the construction of the nearby A361 North Devon Link Road direct access has bee... |
Battle of Rossbach | Seven Years' War | Battle of Rossbach Seven Years' War Although the Seven Years' War was a global conflict, it took a specific intensity in the European theater based on the recently concluded War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle concluded the earlier war in which Prussia and Austria were a part;... |
Big Three (Atlanta Braves) | Big Three era | fourth consecutive NL Cy Young Award with a league-leading 19-2 record and 1.63 ERA. In 1995 the Big Three won its first (and only) World Series over the Cleveland Indians, with Tom Glavine receiving the World Series MVP for his efforts. The Big Three had another strong season in 1996, with John Smoltz leading the leag... |
Brushless DC electric motor | null | Brushless DC electric motor A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC motor or BL motor), also known as electronically commutated motor (ECM or EC motor) and synchronous DC motors, are synchronous motors powered by direct current (DC) electricity via an inverter or switching power supply which produces an alternating current... |
Burning of the Midnight Lamp | Release and reception & Legacy | song is "one of Jimi Hendrix's more interesting records of his early career", praising the "wildly imaginative, psychedelic lyric" and the "striking" musical performance. In the AllMusic review of the album, writer Cub Koda also identified "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" as one of the highlights of the record, along wit... |
CAESAR self-propelled howitzer | Operational deployment | Operational deployment In June 2009, the French Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that eight CAESAR would be sent to Afghanistan to support French operations. They were deployed during the summer.
Three were deployed 1 August 2009 by the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (3è RAMa), followed by five others, de... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Annual session | of confidence, such as a money bill or a motion of non-confidence.
During the week that the BCYP meets in the Legislature, the members elect a new Premier, Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Speaker for the next legislative year.
On the last day of the annual sitting of the BCYP, a Prorogation ceremony is held. As par... |
Blue Murder at St Trinian's | Synopsis | pool, Mangan runs off with it, with Harry and the fourth form girls in pursuit. The girls' team leaves the pool and Prince Bruno makes it clear that his choice of bride is Myrna Mangan. Mangan hides in the Coliseum, but is found by the girls. At a press conference to announce his wedding to Myrna, Prince Bruno is hit i... |
Battle of Long Tan | 12 Platoon attempts to link up with Buick | and daring. Riley was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, while Dohle was mentioned in despatches (MiD). Yet, without tools to cut the straps, the infantry had to smash the crates open using machetes or the butts of their rifles to get to the inner metal boxes. Under heavy fire Warrant Officer Class Two Jack ... |
British Columbia Youth Parliament | Transition to BCYP to present | provincial government to open the membership of the Boys' Parliament to all or face losing the use of the legislative buildings. Thus the B.C. Youth Parliament came into being for the 44th Session in 1974. The new organization was non-denominational and membership was open to boys and girls. The first female Premier wa... |
Barbara Bush | Activism & Personal life and interests | House Preservation Fund, which she renamed the White House Endowment Trust. The trust raises funds for the ongoing refurbishment and restoration of the White House. She met her goal of raising $25 million towards the endowment. The White House residence staff generally found Barbara Bush to be the friendliest and most ... |
Arthur Abraham | Abraham vs. Stieglitz IV, Murray | to cement his place as the number 1 super-middleweight. Prior to the fight, Abraham made plans to continue his boxing career for a further two more years before considering the possibility of retirement. In an interview, he said, "I will not lose. I plan on continuing my career for at least another two years and then r... |
Brimbank Council dismissal, 2009 | Appointment of Inspectors of Municipal Administration | Brimbank Council dismissal, 2009 On 15 September 2009, the Victorian Minister for Local Government announced that the City of Brimbank council would be sacked, and administrators appointed until November 2012, this followed the Ombudsman's report in May and two reports from the Local Government Inspector. Appointment o... |
British nationality law and Hong Kong | Early colonial era & British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 | after it became a British colony in 1842 was a British subject. The Naturalisation of Aliens Act, 1847 expanded what had been covered in the Naturalisation Act, 1844, which applied only to people within the United Kingdom, to all its dominions and colonies. The Act made provisions for naturalisation as well as allowing... |
Brunei People's Party | Current status of PRB | and Secretary General of PRB, Yassin Affandi, co-founded the National Development Party. The National Development Party is the third political party that is operating legally in Brunei to date. |
Bo Le | Textual attributions | on Treatments for Horses". The third veterinary text was extant during the Sui Dynasty (578-618): Bole zhima zabing jing 伯樂治馬雜病經 "Bole’s Classic on Curing the Various Illnesses of Horses".
Chinese legends associate Bole with the origins of veterinary acupuncture for horses, which some Western sources misinterpret as hi... |
CS 27 | Operational history | a displacement topping 6000 pounds will generally have more in common with 30 footers than the outboard powered boats in the 25 to 26 foot range. This is certainly true of the CS 27. It is a fast boat with real adult size room below decks, and it comes with an inboard diesel, double lifelines, two speed winches, a pres... |
Bobby Grich | Baseball career & Hall of Fame candidacy | he stated: "I was short on talent so I had to be long on intensity." Hall of Fame candidacy Grich became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. In the BBWAA election, he received eleven votes, or 2.6% of the vote, below the 5% threshold needed to stay on the ballot. He was therefore removed from futur... |
California Institute of Technology | Honor code | students, and by a similar body at the graduate level, called the Graduate Honor Council.
The honor code aims at promoting an atmosphere of respect and trust that allows Caltech students to enjoy privileges that make for a more relaxed atmosphere. For example, the honor code allows professors to make the majority of ex... |
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