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Biblical archaeology Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Bible. As with the historical records from any other civilization, the manuscripts must be compared to other accounts from contemporary societies in Europe, Mesopotamia, and Africa; additionally, records from neighbors must be compared with them.
Biblical Accommodation Biblical Accommodation is the adaptation of words or sentences from the Bible to signify ideas different from those expressed therin. Thus, if a sinner excuses his fault by saying, "The serpent deceived me", he applies the scriptural words of Eve (Gen.
Biblical Aramaic Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few other places in the Hebrew Bible. See the article on the Aramaic of Jesus for the use of the Aramaic language in the New Testament.
Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) is a publication that seeks to connect the academic study of archaeology to a broad general audience seeking to understand the world of the Bible. Covering both the Old and New Testaments, BAR presents the latest discoveries and controversies in archaeology.
Biblical canon A biblical canon is a list published by a religious authority of those books of the Bible that are considered inspired by God. The lists were written at various times by a number of authors but are mostly written during the formative periods of the Jewish or Christian faiths.
Biblical criticism Biblical criticism is a form of historical criticism that seeks to analyze the Holy Bible through asking certain questions of the text, such as; Who wrote it, when was it written, to whom was it written, why was it written, what was the historical, geographical and cultural setting of the text, how well preserved is the original text, how unified is the text, what sources were used by the author, how was the text transmitted over time, what is the text's genre and from what sociological setting is it derived, when and how did it come to become part of the Bible?
Biblical Cush Cush (כּוּשׁ "Dark," Standard Hebrew Kuš, Tiberian Hebrew Kûš) was the eldest son of Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of Nimrod, mentioned in the "Table of Nations" in the Book of Genesis (X. 6) and in I Chronicles (I: 8).
Biblical Evangelism Biblical Evangelism is a term often used within the Way of the Master evangelism training program for the use of the Ten Commandments in Christian evangelism. It is also known as WDJD (for "What Did Jesus Do?
Biblical chronology Biblical chronology is the academic discipline of identifying the Gregorian calendar dates for events mentioned by the Bible. The dating of events from the narrative of Joseph to the times of the Babylonian captivity, are heavily reliant on the related discipline of Egyptian Chronology, and hinge on the identities of the unnamed Pharoahs in the Bible.
Biblical judges Biblical judges were chief magistrates of the Hebrews in the ancients' sense (against the principle of separation of powers), distinct from modern, merely judicial judges. While judge is the closest literal translation of the Hebrew term used in the Bible, the position is more one of unelected non-hereditary leadership than that of legal pronouncement, once in office comparable to a king (but not anointed).
Biblical literalism Biblical literalism is the adherence to the explicit and literal sense of the Bible.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Houghton Mifflin; 4 edition (September 14, 2000) defines literalism as "1.
Biblical Last Days The Last days are referred to by name eight times in the Bible. Each of these references depicts events that will take place in the final period of history, which - according to the New Testament - started already with the coming of Jesus.
Biblical references to incest In the Tanakh, nearly all incidental Biblical references to incest occur in the Torah, especially in Genesis (בראשית Bereshit), prior to the establishment of Jewish law as described in Leviticus. A few books contain narratives describing the circumstances of particular instances of sexual intercourse among family members, which may be construed as incest and/or endogamy.
Biblical Research Institute The Biblical Research Institute is a service department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the three stated functions of research, apologetics, and service to the church. It consists of four Adventist theologians working at the church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Biblical studies Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures.
Biblical support for dystheism The Bible and the Koran are the primary religious texts of those often called Abrahamics (those who believe in the God of Abraham from the Old Testament). Although the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) all appear to have a eutheistic nature, those expressing dystheistic ideas have cited the words of Abrahamic religious texts as evidence of God's duplicitous nature.
Biblical Storytelling Biblical Storytelling is a discipline in which the storyteller takes a passage from the Bible, studies and reflects on that passge, and then tells it in a way so that the hearers may best connect with the story as well. This is often done by learning the words of the story by heart and acting out the story whilst telling it.
Biblical Theology Biblical Theology is a discipline within Christian theology which studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing himself to Man following the Fall and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. It particularly focuses on the epochs of the Old Testament in order to understand how each part of it ultimately points forward to fulfillment in the life mission of Jesus Christ.
Biblical witness fellowship Biblical Witness Fellowship is the largest evangelical Renewal Movement within the historic mainline protestant denomination known as the United Church of Christ. Founded in 1978 as the United Church People for Biblical Witness, the movement reorganized as the Biblical Witness Fellowship at a national convocation in Byfield, Mass.
Bibliogram A bibliogram is a verbal construct made when noun phrases from extended stretches of text are ranked high to low by their frequency of co-occurrence with one or more user-supplied seed terms. Each bibliogram has three components:
Bibliographic coupling Bibliographic coupling occurs when two works reference a common third work in their bibliographies. The coupling strength is higher the more citations the two bodies have in common, and this coupling is used to extrapolate how similar the subject matter of the two works is.
Bibliographisches Institut The German publishing company "Bibliographisches Institut" was founded 1826 in Gotha by Joseph Meyer, moved 1828 to Hildburghausen and 1874 to Leipzig. Its production over the years includes such well-known titles as "Meyers Lexikon" (encyclopaedias, since 1839, see "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon"), "Brehms Tierleben" (animal life, 1863-69, 4th ed.
Bibliography of work on Objectivism Ayn Rand and Objectivism are the subject of a large literature, both in favor of Objectivist ideals, and critical. What follows is a general bibliography of major works dealing with Rand's ideology of Objectivism.
Bibliography of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay publications The following bibliography of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay publications aims to catalogue all officially published products containing rules relating to the various editions of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. The role playing game was first published in 1986 by Games Workshop, and has also been published by its subsidiary, Flame Publications, and licenced out to a third party, Hogshead Publications.
Bibliolatry Bibliolatry is a conflation of the words "bible" and "idolatry." It can can refer to an extreme devotion to books in general, but is more often used as derogatory accusation of making an idol out of the written Bible or any other holy text.
Bibliomancy Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses) for 'magical medicine', for removing negative entities, or for divination is universal in all religions of the world.
Bibliomania Bibliomania is an obsessive-compulsive disorder involving the collecting or hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged. One of several psychological disorders associated with books, bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books which have no use to the collector nor any great intrinsic value to a genuine book collector.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana The Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Ambrosian Library) in Milan, which houses the art gallery, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, is one of the great repositories of European culture. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded by Cardinal Federico Borromeo (1564-1631), whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts.
Biblioteca Joanina The Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina) is the Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Portuguese King JoĂŁo V (and named after him). It is located in upper Coimbra, the university historic centre, near the university tower, and is part of University of Coimbra General Library.
Biblioteca Latinoamericana The Biblioteca Latinoamericana is a library featuring Spanish language books, magazines newspapers, and flags from Latin American countries that are all available for check out. Part of the public library system of San Jose, California, USA, the branch has a bilingual, bi-cultural staff.
Biblioteca Marciana The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, the Library of St Mark's, patron of Venice, is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in Italy and holds one of the greatest classical texts' collections in the world.
Biblioteca Nacional de la RepĂşblica Argentina The Biblioteca Nacional de la RepĂşblica Argentina (Spanish, National Library of the Argentine Republic) is the largest library of Argentina and one of the most important in the Americas. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires.
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud In Central and South America and the Caribbean, a Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS, translation: Virtual Health Library) is an institution that employs the World Wide Web to "improve access to reliable, locally relevant information [on health and heath sciences] for health-professionals, researchers, academics, educators, decision makers, and the general public". BVSes are organized under the auspices of the Pan-American Health Organization and the World Health Organization.
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Biblioteka Imeni Lenina (), or "Lenin Library," is a Metro station in central Moscow, on the Sokolnicheskaya Line. The station opened on May 15, 1935 and was named for the nearby Lenin Library (now the Russian State Library).
Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières (or BSF; Librarians without Borders in English) is a charitable organisation based in France which provides books and support for libraries, mostly in the Francophone developing world.
Bibliothèque de la Pléiade The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade is a prestigious French collection of books which was created in the 1930s by Gallimard, under the impulsion of André Gide. Its goal is to offer reference editions for major works of literature, with a strong emphasis on works in French language.
Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (Paris Métro and RER) Bibliothèque François Mitterrand is a station of the Paris Métro and RER, named after former French president François Mitterrand and serving the area surrounding the new building of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), whose site near the station is also named after Mitterrand. It is the terminus of Line 14 and is a transfer point to the RER C.
Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand is a specialized public library run by the city of Paris, France municipal library system. Created from a massive collection started in 1897 by journalist and activist Marguerite Durand, the Library opened in 1931 at 79 rue Nationale in Paris.
Bibliotheca (Photius) The Bibliotheca or Myriobiblon was a 9th century work of Byzantine Patriarch Photius, composed of 279 reviews of books which he had read. It was not meant to be used as a reference work, but was widely used as such in the 9th century, and is generally seen as the first Byzantine work that could be called an Encyclopedia.
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) The Bibliotheca (in English: Library), in three books, provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Bibliotheca is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War.
Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum The Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum, or Antitrinitarian Library, first published in 1684, is a posthumous work of Christopher Sandius, an eminent Antitrinitarian, wherein he chronologically lists all the Socinian or modern Antitrinitarian authors from the Reformation to 1684, with a brief account of their lives, and a catalogue of their works. The book was prepared for publication by Benedykt Wiszowaty, who added eight brief essays on the history of Polish Socinianism.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.
Bibliotheca selecta Bibliotheca selecta is a bibliographic almanac by the Jesuit Antonio Possevino, published in two folio volumes by the Vatican printer Domenico Basa in 1593. The full title was Bibliotheca selecta de ratione studiorum in Historia, In Disciplinis, in salute omnium procuranda.
Bibliotheca Teubneriana The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, or Teubner editions of Greek and Latin texts, comprise the most thorough modern collection ever published of ancient (and some medieval) Greco-Roman literature. The series, whose full name is the Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, consists of critical editions by leading scholars (now always with a full critical apparatus on each page, although during the nineteenth century some editiones minores were published either without critical apparatuses or with abbreviated textual appendices).
Bibliotherapy Bibliotherapy appears to have originated as a form of play therapy, Anna Freud's adaptation and expansion of psychoanalysis for the purpose of treating children. Bibliotherapy is considered an expressive therapy.
BiblioVault The BiblioVault is a digital repository for scholarly books that enables publishers to manage their books throughout their lifecycles. Development began in late 2001 under the auspices of the University of Chicago Press, with financial support from the Andrew W.
Biblis Biblis is a municipality in south Hessen, Germany with 9,250 inhabitants, on the circle mountain route ("BergstraĂźe"). The town is located 21 km (13 mi) north of Mannheim and 50 km (31 mi) south of Frankfurt.
Biblis Nuclear Power Plant The nuclear power station Biblis is in the South Hessian municipality of Biblis and consists of two blocks: Block A with an electrical gross achievement of 1200 megawatts and block B with an electrical gross achievement of 1300 megawatts. Both nuclear power station blocks are equipped with in each case a pressurized water reactor.
Biboy Enriquez Leandro "Biboy" Enriquez is a prominent Filipino millionaire and a two-time world champion cockfighter. He is the founder of beauty contests such as, Miss Asia Pacific International and Mutya ng Pilipinas.
Bibrka Bibrka () is a city in western Ukraine, located in the Lviv Oblast (province) about 29 km southeast of Lviv on PI29. The city has been ruled at various points by the Austrian empire, the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and is now part of the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine; as a result Bibrka has several official and native names, including: BĂłbrka (Polish/Russian), Prachnik (German), and Boiberke/Boyberke (Yiddish).
Bibron's Toadlet The Bibron's Toadlet or Brown Toadlet, (Pseudophryne bibronii) is a species of Australian ground-dwelling frog, that although has declined over much of its range, is widespread through most of New South Wales, Victoria, south-eastern Queensland and eastern South Australia, including Kangaroo Island.
Bibugn Bibugn is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Bibugn is bordered on the south by Machakel, on the west by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, and on the east by Hulet Ej Enese.
Bibus Bibus is a reference management software designed for OpenOffice.org in particular, with goal of creating an open source bibliographic software that will allow easy formatting of the bibliographic index in OpenOffice.
Bicalutamide Bicalutamide (marketed as Casodex®, Cosudex®, Calutide®) is an oral non-steroidal anti-androgen for prostate cancer. It was first launched in 1995 as a combination treatment (with surgical or medical castration) for advanced prostate cancer and subsequently launched as monotherapy for the treatment of earlier stages of the disease.
Bicameralism In government, bicameralism (bi + Latin , chamber) is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses.
Bicameralism (psychology) In psychology, bicameralism is a controversial theory which argues that the human brain once assumed a state known as a bicameral mind in which cognitive functions are divided between one part of the brain which appears to be "speaking," and a second part which listens and obeys.
Bicast leather Bicast leather (also known as bycast leather or PU leather) is a synthetic upholstery product consisting of a thick polyurethane layer applied to a leather or reconstituted leather substrate. It is commonly found in inexpensive furniture.
Bicategory In mathematics, a bicategory is a concept in category theory used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism. The notion was introduced in 1967 by Jean BĂ©nabou.
Bicaz Canyon The Bicaz Canyon (Cheile Bicazului in Romanian) is one of the most spectacular places in Romania, located in the north-east part of the country, in NeamĹŁ and Harghita counties. The canyon was dug by the waters of Bicaz River and it serves as a passageway between historical Romanian provinces Moldova and Transylvania.
Bicentennial Minutes Bicentennial Minutes was the name of a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS television network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974 until December 31, 1976.
Bicentennial of the Encyclopædia Britannica The first two pamphlets ("numbers") of the Encyclopædia Britannica were issued in December 1768, being sold from the printing office of its originator, Colin Macfarquhar, in Nicholson Street in Edinburgh. In 1968, several celebrations of the Britannica's bicentennial were held, and the three volumes of the 1st edition were reprinted in facsimile.
Biceps stretch reflex A reflex test that examines the function of the C5 reflex arc and to a lesser degree the C6 reflex arc. The test is performed by using of a tendon hammer to quickly depress the biceps brachii tendon as it passes through the cubital fossa.
Bicesse Accords The Peace Accords for Angola, better known as the Bicesse Accords, signed in Lisbon, Portugal on 31 May 1991, both by MPLA and UNITA, with the mediation of Portugal, laid out an electoral process for a transition to multi-party democracy in Angola under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission. The elections were set for 1992, but UNITA refused the results and re-started the Angolan Civil War.
Bicester Town railway station Bicester Town station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, the other being Bicester North railway station. The station is currently under the operation of First Great Western.
Bicinchoninic acid assay The bicinchoninic acid assay or BCA assay is a biochemical assay for determining the total level of protein in a solution, similar to Lowry protein assay, Bradford protein assay or biuret reagent. The total protein concentration is exhibited by a color change of the sample solution from green to purple in proportion to protein concentration, which can then be measured using colorimetric techniques.
Bicipital aponeurosis The bicipital aponeurosis (also known as lacertus fibrosus) is a broad aponeurosis of the biceps brachii which is located in the cubital fossa of the elbow and separates superficial from deep structures in much of the fossa.
Bickershaw festival The Bickershaw festival was a festival held in the village of Bickershaw, near Wigan on 5-7 May 1972. The festival was put together under the auspices of a collection of local businessmen, but the primary organiser was Jeremy Beadle before he became known as a television presenter.
Bicoherence In mathematics, in the area of statistical analysis, bicoherence is a squared normalised version of the bispectrum. The bicoherence takes values bounded between 0 and 1, which make it a convenient measure for quantifying the extent of phase coupling in a signal.
Bicolano (Albay) Bikolano Buhi-Daraga is one of the main groups of Bikol dialects spoken in the Philippines. It is spoken in the Rinconada (Buhi, Camarines Sur) and Daraga corridors, which includes the towns of Bato, Balatan (Camarines Sur), Libon, Polangui, Oas, Guinobatan, Camalig, and Daraga (in Albay), and the cities of Iriga (Camarines Sur) and Ligao (Albay).
Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat The Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat, Oecomys bicolor, is a rodent species from South and Central America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
Bicolored Conebill The Bicolored Conebill, Conirostrum bicolor, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is a resident breeder in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas, northeast Peru and Brazil.
Bicommutant In algebra, the bicommutant of a subset S of a semigroup (such as an algebra or a group) is the commutant of the commutant of that subset. It is also known as the double commutant or second commutant and is written S^{prime prime}.
Bicorne The bicorne or bicorn is an archaic form of hat associated with the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Much worn by European and American military and naval officers, it is most readily associated with Napoléon Bonaparte.
Bicubic interpolation In numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics, bicubic interpolation is one of the most common interpolation methods in two dimensions. With this method, the value f(x, y) of a function f at a point (x, y) is computed as a weighted average of the nearest sixteen samples in a rectangular grid (a 4x4 array).
Biculturalism A policy of biculturalism is typically adopted in nations that have emerged from a history of national or ethnic conflict in which neither side has gained complete victory. This condition usually arises as a consequence of colonial settlement.
Bicycle and motorcycle geometry Bicycle and motorcycle geometry is the collection of key measurements (lengths and angles) that define a particular bike configuration. Primary among these are wheelbase, steering axis angle, fork offset, and trail.
Bicycle boulevard A bicycle boulevard (also known as a bicycle detour or a bicycle priority street) is a roadway which has been designed or modified to prevent or at least discourage its usage for through travel by automobiles (but usually permitting property access by same) while still allowing through travel by cyclists. In contrast with segregated cycle facilities, bicycle boulevards typically allow motor vehicle traffic, but are designed to give priority to cyclists.
Bicycle clips Bicycle clips, also called trouser clips, are small C-shaped pieces of thin metal worn around the ankle when cycling in trousers. They are designed to prevent the bottom of the trousers from becoming caught in the chain or crank mechanism, and from being covered in oil and dirt.
Bicycle collecting As with many consumer products, early bicycles were purchased solely for their usefulness or fashionableness and discarded as they passed from use or favor. Some items were thrown into storage and survived, but many others went to the scrapyard.
Bicycle commuting Bicycle commuting is the act of commuting to work or school by bicycle, a common form of utility cycling. Bicycling is the dominant mode of commuting in countries such as India and China and is also common in many European countries (though rare in most parts of the United States).
Bicycle craze Bicycle craze refers to several different times when, for a period of a few years, many people all over the world wanted to buy and ride a bicycle. In brief, they occurred in 1819, 1868, the decade of the 1890s, and the 1970s.
Bicycle culture Many cities contain subcultures of bicycle enthusiasts, including racers, bicycle messengers, bicycle transportation activists, bicycle mechanics, and cyclists who share an interest in peace and justice activism or various counter-culture groups. Group activities may involve competitive cycling, fun rides, or even civil disobedience, which is how motorists may characterize the activities of Critical Mass.
Bicycle fork A bicycle fork is the portion of a bicycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. A fork consists of two dropouts which hold the front wheel axle, two blades which join at a fork crown, and a steerer or steering tube to which the handlebars attach (via a stem) allowing the user to steer the bicycle.
Bicycle frame A bicycle frame is the main component of a bicycle, onto which wheels and other components are fitted. The modern and most common frame design for an upright bicycle is based on the safety bicycle, and is made of two triangles, a main triangle and a paired rear triangle.
Bicycle Federation of Australia The Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA) is the peak Australian body representing non-competitive cyclists, and directly represents over 20,000 cyclists who belong to its affiliated groups in all states of Australia. Established in 1979 as a non-profit organisation, it advocates and lobbies Governments and the private sector for the several million Australians who ride bicycles for recreation, sport and transport.
Bicycle Gospel Records Bicycle Gospel Records is a Cincinnati based DIY record label started by Alex Kuhling and Alex York. After starting in 2005, it has changed its name to There Is No Heaven, named after the first line of the John Lennon song, 'Imagine'.
Bicycle helmet A bicycle helmet is a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle. They are designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist in falls while minimizing side effects such as interference with peripheral vision.
Bicycle infantry Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on the battlefield using bicycles. The term dates from the late 19th century, when the "safety bicycle" became popular in Europe, the United States and Australia.
Bicycle Industry The Bicycle Industry or Cycling Industry can broadly be defined as the industry concerned with bicycles and cycling. It includes at least bicycle manufacturers, part or component manufacturers, and accessory manufacturers.
Bicycle kick A bicycle kick, scissors kick, Pelé kick or overhead kick is an expert move in football, which is made by throwing the body up into the air, making a shearing movement with the legs to get one leg high overhead to reach the ball (in original head height), which gets kicked backward over the player's head.
Bicycle mechanic A bicycle mechanic is a mechanic who can perform a wide range of repairs on bicycles. A person who works in a cycling store is usually only considered a bike mechanic if that person has experience repairing bikes.
Bicycle monarchy 'Bicycle monarchy' or 'bicycling monarchy' is a British term that refers to the more informal and modest personal styles of the royal families of countries in Scandinavia and the Low Countries, particularly the Netherlands.
Bicycle Museum of America The Bicycle Museum of America is a small museum nested inside the cozy town of New Bremen, Ohio. The Museum, one of the largest private collections of bicycles in the world, is located at 7 West Monroe Street in historic New Bremen.
Bicycle pedal A bicycle pedal provides the connection between the cyclist's foot or shoe and the crankarm allowing the leg to be used to turn the crank. Pedals usually consist of a spindle that threads into the crankarm and a body, on which the foot rests or is attached, that is free to rotate on bearings with respect to the spindle.
Bicycle performance In both biological and mechanical terms, the bicycle is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, investigators have calculated it to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation.
Bicycle Path Bicycle Path is a historic road in Central Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, built in the late 19th Century in order to capitalize on the bicycle craze of that period. It ran north and south from Patchogue to just east of Port Jefferson, tends to run mostly west of New York State Route 112,
Bicycle racing Bicycle racing encompasses many forms in which bicycles are used for competition. Bicycle racing includes road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX racing and bike trials, cycle speedway, and Skid Kids.
Bicycle Records Bicycle Records is an Olympia-based record label started in 2001 by Bob Schwenkler as an outlet for the recordings he was making of local musicians Ross Cowman, June Madrona and Eli Moore (Palisades, LAKE). The label has since signed The Winning Lasses, Robin Cutler and Yes,Please.
Bicycle safety Bicycle safety is the use of practices designed to reduce risk associated with cycling. Some of this subject matter is controversial: for example, neither bicycle helmets nor cyclepaths have been proven to deliver improved safety.
Bicycle suspension Bicycle suspension refers to the system or systems used to suspend the rider and all or part of the bicycle in order to protect them from the roughness of the terrain over which they travel. Bicycle suspension are used primarily on mountain bicycles, but are also common on hybrid bicycles, and can even be found on some road bicycles.

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