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Beta wave Beta wave, or beta rhythm, is the term used to designate the frequency range of brain activity above 12 Hz (12 transitions or cycles per second). Beta states are the states associated with normal waking consciousness.
Beta-2 microglobulin β2 microglobulin is a component of MHC class I molecules, which are present on almost all cells of the body (red blood cells are a notable exception). β2 microglobulin lies lateral to the α3 chain on the cell surface.
Beta-2 transferrin Beta-2 transferrin is a carbohydrate-free (desialated) isoform of transferrin, which is almost only found in the cerebrospinal fluid. It is not found in blood, mucus or tears, thus making it a specific marker of cerebrospinal fluid, applied as an assay in cases where cerebrospinal fluid leakage is suspected.
Beta-endorphin Beta-endorphin is an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found in the neurons of both the central and peripheral nervous system. β-endorphin is a peptide, 31 amino acids long, resulting from processing of the precursor proopiomelanocortin (POMC).
Beta-galactosidase β-galactosidase is a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of β-galactosides into monosaccharides. Substrates of different β-galactosidases include ganglioside GM1, lactosylceramides, lactose, and various glycoproteins.
Beta-glucan β-Glucans (or beta-glucans) are natural gum polysaccharides occurring in the bran of cereal grains, most abundantly in barley and oats and to a much lesser degree in rye and wheat. They are useful in human nutrition as texturing agents and as soluble fiber supplements, but problematic in brewing as excessive levels make the wort too viscous.
Beta-hydroxybutyrate Beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, and acetone collectively are called ketone bodies. The first two are synthesized from acetyl-CoA, in the mitochondria of liver cells; acetone is formed by spontaneous decarboxylation of acetoacetate.
Beta-ketothiolase deficiency Beta-ketothiolase deficiency is an uncommon inherited disorder in which the body cannot properly process the amino acid isolecine or the products of lipid breakdown. The condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and is extremely rare having only been reported in 50 to 60 individuals throughout the world.
Beta-lactam A beta-lactam ring (β-lactam) or penam is a lactam with a heteroatomic ring structure, consisting of three carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom. The beta-lactam ring is part of several antibiotics, such as penicillin and cephalosporins, which are therefore also called beta-lactam antibiotics.
Beta-lactam antibiotic β-lactam antibiotics are a broad class of antibiotics which include penicillin derivatives, cephalosporins, monobactams, carbapenems and β-lactamase inhibitors; basically any antibiotic agent which contains a β-lactam nucleus in its molecular structure. They are the most widely used group of antibiotics available.
Beta-lactamase Beta-lactamase is a type of enzyme () produced by some bacteria that is responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins, cephalosporins, cephamycins and carbapenems. These antibiotics have a common element in their molecular structure: a four-atom ring known as a beta-lactam.
Beta-methylamino L-alanine β-methylamino L-alanine, or BMAA, is a neurotoxin found in the seeds of the cycad. This non-proteinogenic amino acid (very similar to the non-essential amino acid alanine) is produced by cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc that live on the plant's roots.
Beta-M Some Soviet era lighthouses and beacons were unique insofar as they were powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators called the Beta M. It was capable of generating 10 watts of electricity, almost enough to power a 12 watt fluorescent light bulb with light output equivelant to a 60 watt bulb.
Beta-peptide β-peptides consist of β amino acids, which have their amino group bonded to the β carbon rather than the α carbon as in the 20 standard biological amino acids. The only commonly naturally occurring β amino acid is β-alanine; although it is used as a component of larger bioactive molecules, β-peptides in general do not appear in nature.
Beta-propeller domain A beta-propeller domain is an all-β protein fold characterized by 4-8 blade-shaped beta sheets arranged toroidally around a central axis. Each sheet typically has four antiparallel β-strands twisted so that the first and fourth sheets are almost perpendicular to each other.
Beta-silicon effect The beta-silicon effect also called silicon hyperconjugation in organosilicon chemistry is a special type of hyperconjugation and describes the stabilizing effect of a silicon atom placed in a position once removed (β) from a carbocation. A prerequisite is a antiperiplanar relationship between the two groups Silicon in Organic Synthesis Colvin, E.
Betacam Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videotape products developed by Sony from 1982 onwards. In casual use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, or a Betacam video recorder.
Betagarri Betagarri is ska band from Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country. It was formed in 1992, but it was not until February 1997 that they recorded their first album, Betagarri, with the Vitoria record company Mil A Gritos, who also produced their second work, Arren Erro Zaharra, a year later.
Betaines A betaine in chemistry is any neutral chemical compound with a positively charged cationic functional group such as an ammonium ion or phosphonium ion (generally: onium ions) and with a negatively charged functional group such as a carboxyl group. Historically the term was reserved for trimethylglycine only.
Betancuria Betancuria is a Canarian municipality in the northern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands The population is 721 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 6.96/km² and is excepted to reach 100/km² and the area is 103.
Betar Illit Betar Illit (ביתר עילית; unofficially also spelled Beitar Illit -- Illit is pronounced: Eeleet) is an Israeli settlement and city in Gush Etzion, a settlement block in the Northern Judea region of the West Bank. The settlement was established in 1985 and, as of September, 2006, had a total population of 28,400.
Betatron A betatron is a particle accelerator developed by Donald Kerst at the University of Illinois in 1940 to accelerate electrons. The betatron is essentially a transformer with a torus-shaped vacuum tube as its secondary coil.
Betavoltaics Betavoltaics are generators of electrical current, in effect a form of battery, which use energy from a radioactive source emitting beta particles (electrons). A common source used is the hydrogen isotope, tritium.
Betawi The Betawi (Orang Betawi, or "people of Batavia") are the descendants of the people living around Batavia (the colonial name for Jakarta) from around the 17th century. The Betawis are mostly descended from various Southeast Asian ethnic groups brought to or attracted to Batavia to meet labour needs, including people from various parts of Indonesia.
Betazed Betazed is a planet in the fictional television, movie, and book series Star Trek. The Class M planet; a member of the United Federation of Planets, is populated by a species of telepathic humanoids, the Betazoids.
Bete Gris Bete Gris or Bete Grise in French means "Gray Beast" and is the name of a Northern Michigan beach, where the unique sand is said to contain properties which enable it to "sing" in situ when pressed down with the palm of your hand. When the sand is removed from this mysterious beach, it loses its musical properties.
Bete Grise Light The Bete Grise Light, sometimes referred to as the Mendota light was built here to facilitate travel between Lake Superior and Lac La Belle (there being an artificial cut having been made to connect the two). The original plans were laid in 1867 and the lightwas constructed in 1869.
Bete language The Bete language of Nigeria is a nearly extinct language spoken by a small minority of the 3,000 inhabitants of Bete Town, Takum Local Government Authority, Taraba State; its speakers have mostly shifted to Jukun. It is reported to have been close to Lufu and Bibi.
Betel nut Betel nut, also known as Pinang or Areca nut, is the seed of the Betel Palm (Areca catechu). Betel nuts are often chewed for their helpful effects, which are caused by the relatively high levels of alkaloids in the seed.
Betel nut beauty Betel nut beauties, or betel nut girls (檳榔西施, pinyin: bīnláng xīshī), are scantily-clad young women selling betel nut on roadside kiosks in Taiwan. A uniquely Taiwanese phenomenon, they are named after the legendary beauty Xi Shi from the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China.
Betfair Bowl The Betfair Bowl is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 1 furlong (5,029 metres) at Aintree Racecourse during the Grand National meeting in early April.
Betfair Chase The Betfair Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) at Haydock Park Racecourse in November. There are eighteen fences to be jumped in the race.
Beth (song) "Beth" is a song by Kiss that was originally released on their 1976 album, Destroyer. To date, it is their highest-charting single, reaching #7 on Billboard's American charts and attaining gold status.
Beth Anders Elizabeth Rambo ("Beth") Anders (born November 13, 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey sweeper from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Later on she became the head coach of the USA National Women's Team.
Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Beth Avraham Yosef of Toronto (BAYT) is a synagogue near Toronto, Canada, and is one of the largest Orthodox synagogues in North America. "Orthodox Jews respond to defeat of Tory Amendment to Bill C-38", CNW Group, April 14, 2006, retrieved May 23, 2006 It emphasizes family values and attracts Jews from a variety of religious backgrounds with what it calls the "warmth of Torah tradition".
Beth Barr Cynthia Elizabeth ("Beth") Barr (born December 17, 1971) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Her teammates in that race were Janel Jorgensen (butterfly), Tracey McFarlane (breaststroke), and Mary Wayte (freestyle).
Beth Beglin Elizabeth ("Beth") Anne Beglin (born April 2, 1957) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Four years later, when Seoul, South Korea hosted the Games, she once again represented her native country.
Beth Botsford Beth Anne Botsford (born May 21, 1981) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley.
Beth Broderick Beth Alison Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress famous for her portrayal of the character Aunt Zelda in the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 1996 through 2002. More recently, she has made three appearances as Kate Austen's mother on the television show Lost.
Beth Carvalho Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (born May 5, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, and composer. She had sung on the radio from the age of seven, but her first LP was 1968's Andança.
Beth din A beth din or beis din (בית דין, Hebrew: "house of judgment", plural battei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Land of Israel.
Beth Eden Beth Eden, (= The House of Eden) called sometimes Bit Adini in Assyrian sources was an Aramaean state absorbed into the Assyrian Empire from the period of Shalmanasser III. It is usually thought to have been in the bend of the Euphrates River, South of Carchemish.
Beth Edmonds Betheda Edmonds is a Democratic Party State Senator in Maine representing District 10, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. After winning re-election in 2004, Edmonds became President of the Maine State Senate, making her next in the line of succession for the governorship after current Governor John Baldacci.
Beth Geisel Sandra "Beth" Geisel (born c. 1963) was arrested in August 2005 on charges of rape and child endangerment in connection with her sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA).
Beth Hedva Beth Hedva (born Beth Hedva Milinsky August 28, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan) is an internationally recognized psychologist and authority in the still-emerging fields of transpersonal psychology and cross-cultural spiritual traditions.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and New England Deaconess Hospital (founded in 1896).
Beth Karas Beth Karas is a Senior Reporter with Court TV, providing commentary on a number of high-profile cases, including the rape trial of Kobe Bryant, the Martha Stewart trial, and the murder trials of Robert Blake and Scott Peterson.
Beth Levine Beth Levine (born Elizabeth Katz) (1914-2006) was an American fashion designer most known for her designs from the 1940s through the 1970s. Under the label of her husband Herbert Levine she was the best-known American women's shoe designer from the 1950s to the early 1970s, and is still referred to as "The first Lady of American Shoes Design" (was born on December 31] [[1914 in Patchogue, New York, the third of five children of Anna and Israel Katz, Lithuanian immigrants who operated a dairy farm.
Beth Littleford Beth Littleford (born July 17, 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a comedian and television personality best known for her being a correspondent on the popular Comedy Central satirical news series, The Daily Show from 1996 to 2000. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, Rob Fox, and their son, Jackson Oliver Fox, born 30 July 2005.
Beth Logan Elizabeth Henderson Logan was a fictional character on the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She was played by Judith Baldwin, who originated the role (1987); Nancy Burnett, who is most identified with the role (1987-1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001); and Marla Adams (1991).
Beth midrash Beth Midrash (or Beis Midrash or Beit Midrash, Hebrew בית מדרש) (plural batei or botei midrash) literally means a "House [of] Interpretation" or "House [of] Lecturing" or "House [of] Learning" in Hebrew. It may refer to a synagogue, yeshiva, or kollel, and refers specifically to the central "study hall" (and/or also to the "place of worship"), which is a place dedicated for Torah and Talmud study.
Beth Medrash Govoha Beth Medrash Govoha (Hebrew: בית מדרש גבוה) is the largest Talmudical Academy in the United States. A Haredi institution, it was founded in 1943 by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in Lakewood Township New Jersey where it remains.
Beth Morgan (basketball) Beth Morgan (later named Beth Cunningham) is a former women's basketball player for the University of Notre Dame and the Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League. She also played on the American teams in the 1997 World University Gameshttp://222.
Beth number In mathematics, the infinite cardinal numbers are represented by the Hebrew letter aleph (aleph) indexed with a subscript that runs over the ordinal numbers (see aleph number). The second Hebrew letter beth (beth) is also used.
Beth Nahrain Beth Nahrain (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ; "the house/land of the rivers") is the Syriac name for Mesopotamia (a Greek-derived word which translates to "the land between the rivers"). It refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in and around the modern-day countries of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
Beth Orton Elizabeth Caroline Orton, commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. Known for her sound which mixes elements of folk and electronica, she is perhaps best known for her collaborations with the Chemical Brothers, and also for her albums Central Reservation and the UK top 10 hit Daybreaker.
Beth Patterson Beth Patterson is an Irish folk and Celtic musician of considerable renown. Combining traditional Irish, Celtic and folk ballads with Cajun, world-beat and progressive rock influences, her own creative songwriting and a unique sense of humor, Patterson's wit, charm, and beauty are as memorable as her powerful music.
Beth Phinney Elizabeth (Beth) Phinney (born June 19, 1938 in Paradise, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until her retirement in 2005, representing the riding of Hamilton Mountain in Ontario for the Liberal Party.
Beth Quist Beth Quist, a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer, began playing piano at age 2. She has a 4-octave soprano voice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour (hammered dulcimer), dumbek, guitar, flute, and various other toys that she can get her hands on.
Beth Smith Beth Smith (Chapman) (born on October 29, 1967 in Denver, Colorado), is the fifth wife of bounty hunter Duane Chapman. Together, they run Da Kine Bailbonds with his sons, Leland Chapman] and Duane Lee Chapman II, and with [[Tim Chapman (unrelated).
Beth Whittall Beth Whittall is a former champion swimmer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. When she was 18 years old and studying pharmacy at Purdue University, Whittall won two gold medals at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City.
Beth Willis Elizabeth (Beth) Willis (née Brennan) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Natalie Imbruglia. She first appeared in 1991 until her departure in 1993 after her wedding to Brad Willis.
Beth Willman Beth Willman is an American astronomer at New York University, working with Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. She and her team have discovered two Milky Way satellites so far, SDSSJ1049+5103 (known commonly as "Willman 1") and UMa dSph.
Beth's Cafe Beth's Cafe is an internationally known restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Located in the Green Lake area of Seattle, near Highway 99 (also known as Aurora), the restaurant is known largely for its "greasy spoon" cuisine and is justifiably famous for its 12-egg omelette.
Bethabara, North Carolina Bethabara (from the Hebrew, meaning "House of Passage" and pronounced beth-ab-ba-ra) is a village located in Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was the site where fifteen men from the Moravian church first settled in 1753 in an abandoned cabin in the hundred-thousand acre tract of land the church had purchased from Lord Granville and dubbed Wachovia.
Bethamangala Bethamangala is a small town in the Bangarpet Taluk of Kolar District in the state of Karnataka, India. It has a large man-made lake which is a popular picnic spot and supplies drinking water to the nearby mining city of Kolar Gold Fields which is about 5 miles from Bethamangala.
Bethan Elfyn Cardiff-born Bethan Elfyn () is a Welsh radio and television presenter; she currently co-presents the Wales programme on BBC Radio 1 with Huw Stephens as part of the station's regional output every Thursday evening.
Bethanechol Bethanechol (be-Than-e-kol [key]) is a parasympathomimetic choline ester that selectively stimulates muscarinic receptors without any effect on nicotinic receptors. Its chemical structure is 2-((aminocarbonyl)oxy)-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium.
Bethany Bethany was originally two places in ancient Israel, the best known located near Jerusalem, “on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives”: see Bethany (Israel). The other Bethany, “on the east bank of the Jordan River” (unless it is one and the same with the first Bethany), may correspond to Bethabara
Bethany (Israel) Bethany was a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, less than two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, remembered by Christians as the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in the New Testament. Bethany was the home of Simon the Leper.
Bethany Bible College The Bethany Bible College is a small Christian university in the Wesleyan faith in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is chartered by the province of New Brunswick and can grant Bachelor of Arts degrees.
Bethany College (Kansas) Bethany College is a small liberal arts based college located in Lindsborg, Kansas. Founded in 1881 as a preparatory school, the college has grown to an enrollment of 620 and offers programs in education, the sciences and pre-professional areas.
Bethany College of Missions Bethany College of Missions, or BCOM, has been training missionaries since 1949. Bethany College of Missions offers four-year bachelor of arts and one-year certificate programs in missions/cross-cultural studies, with learning taking place on the Bloomington, Minnesota campus and around the world through trek and internship programs.
Bethany Curve Bethany Curve is a Shoegaze band from Santa Cruz, California. The band was formed in 1994, just as the first generation shoegaze bands such as Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, and Cocteau Twins began to dissolve.
Bethany Hamilton Bethany Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to return to surfing.
Bethany Hill School Bethany Hill School is a unique living and learning community sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston in collaboration with service programs in the Metro West area. Bethany Hill School is located on a 100-acre semi-rural campus, in Framingham MA.
Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (BLTS), is the training school for pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Founded in 1946, BLTS was a department of Bethany Lutheran College (BLC), before the two institutions were officially separated in 1974.
Bethany McLean Bethany McLean (born 1971) is a senior editor and business writer for Fortune magazine and is best known as the co-author, with Fortune colleague Peter Elkind, of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, exposing the corrupt business practices of Enron officials. The book was the result of her reporting on Enron for the magazine and she is widely acknowledged as being the first journalist to question Enron's inflated stock price and the business practices that eventually led to the company's demise with her article in the March 5, 2001 issue of Fortune magazine entitled, "Is Enron Overpriced?
Bethany School (Glendale, Ohio) Bethany School is a private day school in Glendale, Ohio, on the outskirts of Cincinnati in the United States. Founded as Bethany Home for children in 1898 by Eva Lee Matthews and Beatrice Henderson, it began offering instruction in 1900 and officially changed its name to Bethany School in 1958.
Bethany School (Goudhurst, Kent) Bethany School is an independent boarding and day school in Goudhurst, Kent in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1866 by the Reverend Joseph James Kendon, it still puts great emphasis on its Anglican character and education for those with learning difficulties.
Bethany Theological Seminary Bethany Theological Seminary is the graduate school and academy for theological education for the Church of the Brethren. Bethany, located in Richmond, Indiana, is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Bethany University Bethany University is a four-year private Christian university located in Scotts Valley, California in Santa Cruz County. It is endorsed by the American arm of the Assemblies of God, a large Pentecostal fellowship (denomination).
Bethany, South Australia Bethany (, postcode 5352) is a small village located about 2 km south east of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. It was originally named Bethanien, but was changed during the Great War in an attempt to remove all German place names from Australia.
Betharaba Betharaba was the first town planted by German Moravians from Pennsylvania in Wachovia, North Carolina, founded 1753. Its early settlers were noted for advanced agricultural practices, especially their "Medicine Garden," which produced over fifty kinds of herbs.
Bethau Bethau is a community on the southeast edge of the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies right on the boundary with Saxony about 35 km southeast of the district seat at Wittenberg and 12 km north of Torgau.
BethAnn Bonner BethAnn Bonner was the runner up of Soapnet's I Wanna Be a Soap Star 3. Although she did not win, in 2006 she was offered the contract role of police officer Talia Sahid on the ABC Daytime soap opera One Life To Live, debuting in December of that year.
Bethe ansatz In physics, the Bethe Ansatz is a method for finding the exact solutions of certain quantum many-body models. It was invented by Hans Bethe in 1931 to find the exact eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model Hamiltonian.
Bethe formula The Bethe formula, found by Hans Bethe in 1933, describes the energy loss per distance travelled of swift charged particles (protons, alpha particles, atomic ions, but not electrons) traversing matter (or, alternatively, the stopping power of the material):
Bethe lattice A Bethe lattice or Cayley tree, introduced by Hans Bethe in 1935, is a connected cycle-free graph where each node is connected to z neighbours, where z is called the coordination number. It can be seen as a tree-like structure emanating from a central node, with all the nodes arranged in shells around the central one.
Bethe-Bloch formula The Bethe-Bloch formula (more precisely: Bethe formula, see below) describes the energy-loss by ionization of swift charged particles (protons, alpha particles, atomic ions, but not electrons) traversing matter.
Bethel (god) Bethel meaning in Hebrew and Phoenician and Aramaic 'House of El' or 'House of God' is seemingly the name of a god or an aspect of a god in some ancient middle-eastern texts dating to the Assyrian, Persian and Hellenistic periods.
Bethel (Israel) Bethel (Hebrew בֵּית־אֵל, Standard Hebrew Bet El, Beyt El, Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ-ʼĒl) is a Biblical city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem in Samaria (Northern West Bank). Bethel has been identified by some with the ruins surrounding the Palestinian village of Beitin and by others with the modern Israeli settlement of Beit El.
Bethel (Metro-North station) The Bethel Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Bethel, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. The average travel time from this station to Grand Central Terminal is 1 hour, 52 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at Stamford or South Norwalk.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1793 by Richard Allen, an African-American, at Sixth and Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first African-American church opened in the United States.
Bethel Baptist Church (Delaware) Bethel Baptist Church is an evangelical church in North Wilmington, Delaware. The congregation, founded in 1952, has historically held to traditional Baptist beliefs, and lists among its distinctives a passion about the power and absolute authority of the Word of God in all its ministries.
Bethel College (Tennessee) Bethel College is a Cumberland Presbyterian college in McKenzie, Tennessee. It was founded in 1842 in McLemoresville, Tennessee as Bethel Seminary, becoming Bethel College in 1850, and given a state charter in 1847, making it one of the oldest colleges to use the name "Bethel College.
Bethel Henry Strousberg Bethel Henry Strousberg (born 20 November, 1823 in Neidenburg, East Prussia; died May 31, 1884 in Berlin born as Baruch Hirsch Strousberg) was a German industrialist and railway entrepreneur during its rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century. He cemented his social standing with the construction of the Palais Strousberg in Berlin's Wilhelmstrasse designed by August Orth.
Bethel High School (Virginia) Bethel High School is a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia. Bethel is one of four high schools located in the Hampton school district, the other four being: Phoebus High School, Hampton High School, and Kecoughtan High School.
Bethel School District Bethel School District No. 403 is a public school district in Pierce County, Washington, USA and serves 200 square miles of unincorporated Pierce County including Spanaway, Graham, Kapowsin, and the city of Roy.
Bethel University (Minnesota) Bethel University is a leader in Christian higher education with approximately 6,000 students from 36 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in Arden Hills, Minnesota, with additional seminary locations on both coasts, Bethel University offers majors, minors, and advanced degrees in nearly 100 relevant fields.

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