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barney bubbles (born colin fulcher; 30 july 1942 – 14 november 1983) was an english graphic artist whose work encompassed graphic design and music video direction. bubbles, who also sketched and painted privately, is best known for his distinctive contribution to the design practices associated with the british indepen... |
blackridge is a community in eastern allegheny county and is a suburb of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states. this community consists of approximately 650 private homes built from 1920 to 1949. blackridge estates was and remains one of the area's largest residential communities. blackridge lies in the municipalitie... |
basic english (a backronym for british american scientific international and commercial english) is a controlled language based on standard english, but with a greatly simplified vocabulary and grammar. it was created by the linguist and philosopher charles kay ogden as an international auxiliary language, and as an ai... |
bnd may refer to: organisations federal intelligence service (germany) (), the foreign intelligence agency of germany federal intelligence service (disambiguation) bank of north dakota, a state-owned and -run financial institution, based in bismarck, north dakota, usa belleville news-democrat, a newspaper in belleville... |
a brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. brass instruments are also called labrosones or labrophones, from latin and greek elements meaning 'lip' and 'sound'. there are several factors invol... |
blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation) is an antisemitic canard which falsely accuses jews of murdering christian boys in order to use their blood in the performance of religious rituals. echoing very old myths of secret cultic practices in many prehistoric societies, the claim, as it is leveled aga... |
bagpuss is a british animated children's television series which was made by peter firmin and oliver postgate through their company smallfilms. the series of thirteen episodes was first broadcast from 12 february to 7 may 1974. the title character was "a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams". altho... |
naive set theory is any of several theories of sets used in the discussion of the foundations of mathematics. unlike axiomatic set theories, which are defined using formal logic, naive set theory is defined informally, in natural language. it describes the aspects of mathematical sets familiar in discrete mathematics (... |
breathy voice (also called murmured voice, whispery voice, soughing and susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal folds vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are adjusted to let more air escape which produces a sighing-like sound. a simple breathy phonation, (not actually a fricative consonant, as a l... |
in mathematics, bézout's identity (also called bézout's lemma), named after étienne bézout who proved it for polynomials, is the following theorem: here the greatest common divisor of and is taken to be . the integers and are called bézout coefficients for ; they are not unique. a pair of bézout coefficients can be com... |
banacek is an american detective tv series starring george peppard that aired on the nbc network from 1972 to 1974. the series was part of the rotating nbc wednesday mystery movie anthology. it alternated in its time slot with several other shows, but was the only one of them to last beyond its first season. premise pe... |
the blue angels, formally named the u.s. navy flight demonstration squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the united states navy. formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, after the french formed in 1931. the team, composed of six navy and one marine corps demonstration... |
to be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit. in contrast to one's physical birth, being "born again" is distinctly and separately caused by the operation of the holy spirit, and it is not cause... |
the rockwell b-1 lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the united states air force. it has been nicknamed the "bone" (from "b-one"). it is one of three strategic bombers serving in the u.s. air force fleet along with the b-2 spirit and the b-52 stratofortress . the b-1 was first envisioned in... |
the book of common prayer (bcp) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the anglican communion and by other christian churches historically related to anglicanism. the first prayer book, published in 1549 in the reign of king edward vi of england, was a product of the english reformation following... |
a bokken (, , "wood", and ken, "sword") (or a bokutō ) is a japanese wooden sword used for training in kenjutsu. it is usually the size and shape of a katana, but is sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tantō. some ornamental bokken are decorated with mother-of-pearl work and elaborate carvings... |
bmi may refer to: companies and organizations bmi foundation, founded by broadcast music incorporated bmi healthcare, uk bmi film & tv awards bmi research, a research firm flybmi airline, formerly bmi regional and a bmi mainline subsidiary bmibaby.com, former airline, bmi subsidiary british midland international, a uk ... |
bsa may refer to: businesses and organizations basketball south africa bearing specialists association, an american trade association belarusian socialist assembly bibliographical society of america birmingham small arms company, uk manufacturer of firearms and vehicles black sky aerospace, an australian aerospace comp... |
the birmingham small arms company limited (bsa) was a major british industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard ch... |
bovril is the trademarked name of a thick and salty meat extract paste, similar to a yeast extract, developed in the 1870s by john lawson johnston. it is sold in a distinctive bulbous jar and as cubes and granules. bovril is owned and distributed by unilever uk. its appearance is similar to the british marmite and its ... |
benjamin david santer (born june 3, 1955) is a climate researcher at lawrence livermore national laboratory and former researcher at the university of east anglia's climatic research unit. he also worked at the max planck institute for meteorology from 1987 to 1992. he specializes mainly in statistical analysis of clim... |
in mathematics, the bernoulli numbers are a sequence of rational numbers which occur frequently in analysis. the bernoulli numbers appear in (and can be defined by) the taylor series expansions of the tangent and hyperbolic tangent functions, in faulhaber's formula for the sum of m-th powers of the first n positive int... |
is a 1986 platform game developed and published by taito for arcades. it was distributed in the united states by romstar, and in europe by electrocoin. players control bub and bob, two dragons that set out to save their girlfriends from a world known as the cave of monsters. in each level, bub and bob must defeat each ... |
in the partnership card game contract bridge, the blackwood convention is a bidding convention developed by easley blackwood in 1933 and still widely used in the modern game. its purpose is to enable the partnership to explore its possession of aces, kings and in some variants, the queen of trumps to judge whether a sl... |
wilfred bailey everett bixby iii (january 22, 1934 – november 21, 1993) was an american actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panellist. bixby's career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series. he is known for his roles in the cbs sitcom my favorite... |
boers ( ; () are the descendants of the proto afrikaans-speaking free burghers of the eastern cape frontier in southern africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. from 1652 to 1795, the dutch east india company controlled dutch cape colony, but the united kingdom incorporated it into the british empire in 1806. ... |
the bronze star medal (bsm) is a united states armed forces decoration awarded to members of the united states armed forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone. when the medal is awarded by the army, air force, or space force for acts of valor ... |
ballarat ( ) (wathaurong: balla arat) is a city in the central highlands of victoria, australia. at the 2021 census, ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third largest city in victoria. within months of victoria separating from the colony of new south wales in 1851, gold was discovered near ballarat, spa... |
the battle of abritus, also known as the battle of forum terebronii, occurred near abritus (modern razgrad) in the roman province of moesia inferior in the summer of 251. it was fought between the romans and a federation of gothic and scythian tribesmen under the gothic king cniva. the roman army of three legions was s... |
the battle of berestechko (ukrainian: битва під берестечком, polish: bitwa pod beresteczkiem; 28 june — 10 july, 1651). was fought between the zaporozhian cossacks, led by hetman bohdan khmelnytsky, aided by their crimean tatar allies, and a crown army under king john ii casimir. it was a battle of a cossack rebellion ... |
bohdan zynovii mykhailovych khmelnytskyi (ruthenian: ѕѣнові богданъ хмелнiцкiи; modern ; 6 august 1657) was a ruthenian nobleman and military commander of ukrainian cossacks as hetman of the zaporozhian host, which was then under the suzerainty of the polish–lithuanian commonwealth. he led an uprising against the commo... |
benjamin william bova (november 8, 1932november 29, 2020) was an american writer and editor. during a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of analog science fiction and fact, for which he won a hugo award six times, and an editorial director of omni... |
the , codenamed operation iceberg, was a battle of the pacific war fought on the island of okinawa by united states army and united states marine corps forces against the imperial japanese army. the initial invasion of okinawa on 1 april 1945 was the largest amphibious assault in the pacific theater of world war ii. th... |
there were two battles of el alamein in world war ii, both fought in 1942. the battles occurred in north africa, in hiro, in and around an area named after a railway stop called el alamein. first battle of el alamein: 1–27 july 1942 second battle of el alamein: 23 october – 4 november 1942 in addition, the battle of al... |
the brezhnev doctrine was a soviet foreign policy that proclaimed that any threat to "socialist rule" in any state of the soviet bloc in central and eastern europe was a threat to all of them, and therefore, it justified the intervention of fellow socialist states. it was proclaimed in order to justify the soviet-led o... |
a bain-marie (; ), also known as a water bath or double boiler, a type of heated bath, is a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials gently or to keep materials warm over a period of time. a bain-marie is also used to melt ingredients for cooking. history the name comes from the frenc... |
belgian may refer to: something of, or related to, belgium belgians, people from belgium or of belgian descent languages of belgium, languages spoken in belgium, such as dutch, french, and german ancient belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in gallia belgica belgian dutch or flemish, a variant of dutch... |
ballu tundu or ballu sardu is a traditional sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle. the dance was described as early as 1805 by mameli and by la marmora in 1825. in northern and central sardinia, the dance is lively and animated with leaps and agile movements and usually accompanied b... |
barbagia (; or ) is a geographical, cultural and natural region of inner sardinia, contained for the most part in the province of nuoro and ogliastra and located alongside the gennargentu massif. the name comes from cicero, who described the land as inhabited by barbarians; roman domination over this part of the island... |
motor racing developments ltd., commonly known as brabham (), was a british racing car manufacturer and formula one racing team. founded in 1960 by australian driver jack brabham and british-australian designer ron tauranac, the team won four drivers' and two constructors' world championships in its 30-year formula one... |
the boeing b-17 'flying fortress' is an american four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the united states army air corps (usaac). fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the b-17 was used primarily in the european theater of operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during world war ... |
trieste is a swiss-designed, italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe. in 1960, it became the first crewed vessel to reach the bottom of challenger deep in the mariana trench, the deepest point in earth's seabed. the mission was the final goal for project nekton, a series of dives conducted by the united states n... |
the battle of bouvines was fought on 27 july 1214 near the town of bouvines in the county of flanders. it was the concluding battle of the anglo-french war of 1213–1214. although estimates on the number of troops vary considerably among modern historians, at bouvines, a french army commanded by king philip augustus rou... |
the battle of actium was a naval battle fought between octavian's maritime fleet, led by marcus agrippa, and the combined fleets of both mark antony and cleopatra vii philopator. the battle took place on 2 september 31 bc in the ionian sea, near the former roman colony of actium, greece, and was the climax of over a de... |
the zebrafish (danio rerio) is a freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (cyprinidae) of the order cypriniformes. native to india and south asia, it is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio (and thus often called a "tropical fish" although both tropical and subtropical). it is... |
balance may refer to: common meanings balance (ability) in biomechanics balance (accounting) balance or weighing scale balance, as in equality (mathematics) or equilibrium arts and entertainment film balance (1983 film), a bulgarian film balance (1989 film), a short animated film la balance, a 1982 french film televisi... |
the battle of adwa (; ; , also spelled adowa) was the climactic battle of the first italo-ethiopian war. the ethiopian forces defeated the italian invading force on sunday 1 march 1896, near the town of adwa. the decisive victory thwarted the campaign of the kingdom of italy to expand its colonial empire in the horn of... |
in a dynamical system, bistability means the system has two stable equilibrium states. a bistable structure can be resting in either of two states. an example of a mechanical device which is bistable is a light switch. the switch lever is designed to rest in the "on" or "off" position, but not between the two. bistable... |
bjørn lomborg (; born 6 january 1965) is a danish author and the president of the think tank copenhagen consensus center. he is the former director of the danish government's environmental assessment institute (eai) in copenhagen. he became internationally known for his best-selling and controversial book the skeptical... |
the banda islands () are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the banda sea, about south of seram island and about east of java, and constitute an administrative district (kecamatan) within the central maluku regency in the indonesian province of maluku. the islands rise out of deep ocean and have a total ... |
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