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Bike Magazine Bike Magazine ("Bike") is a British motorcycling magazine published by Emap. The magazine claims the title of "Britain's best-selling motorcycle magazine"based on circulation figures provided by the Audit Bureau of Circulations] (ABC).
Bike Path Rapist The Bike Path Rapist is an American serial killer, who has killed at least three women, and raped many others, in and around Buffalo, New York from 1982 to 2006. The women murdered by the killer were: Linda Yalem, a sophomore at the University of Buffalo who was killed September 29, 1990 ; Majane Mazur, murdered in November, 1992; and Joan Diver, who was murdered on September 29, 2006, and whose body was found on a bike path in Newstead, New York on October 1, 2006.
Bike Switzerland Bike Switzerland is an organization located in Carouge, Switzerland and run by John Klemme. Bikeswitzerland runs 11-day tours across Switzerland stopping in Geneva, Vevey, Chateau d'Oex, Interlaken, Lucerne, Rapperswil, Sax and Romanshorn.
Bike trials riding Bike trials is a form of mountain biking derived from Motorcycle Trials where one slowly negotiates man-made and natural obstacles. It originated in Spain and is said to have been invented by Ot Pi’s father (A world champion motorcycle trials rider) who wanted his son to learn and practice motorcycle trials on an ordinary push bike instead of a motorbike as it is hard for small children to control motorcycle trials bikes.
Bike The Drive Bike The Drive is a recreational event held each year in which Lake Shore Drive is opened exclusively to bicyclists for several hours beginning at dawn. Motor vehicles are prohibited from entering the Drive during this event, which benefits bicycling advocacy work in the region by the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.
Bike-to-Work Day Bike-to-Work Day is an annual event held across the United States that promotes the bicycle as an option for commuting to work. Leading up to Bike-to-Work Day, national, regional, and local bicycle advocacy groups encourage people to try bicycle commuting as a healthy and safe alternative to driving by providing route information and tips for new bicycle commuters.
Bikejoring Bikejoring, similar to skijoring and dog scootering, is a sport where a team of dogs pull a bike. Bikejoring and dog scootering are good non snow season activities and skijoring can be done when and where there is sufficient snow.
Bikem Ekberzade Bikem Ekberzade was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1971. After having completed her high school education in Istanbul she went to the United States where she received a bachelor’s degree in Management from Boston University.
Bikeman Island Bikeman Island was an islet about a half-hours canoe ride Southeast of Betio, Kiribati. Due to changing currents and the construction of a causeway between Betio and Bairiki, Bikeman has been submerged since the early 1990s.
Biker Mice from Mars Biker Mice from Mars is an animated television series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled. It is about three humanoid motorcyclist mice named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie who escaped a war on their home planet Mars.
Biker-Jens Biker-Jens, born Jens Romundstad, is a Danish man who participated in Denmark's first version of Survivor, called Robinson Ekspeditionen in 1998, and later participated in "the final showdown" with some of the contestants returning in 2002, losing a close draw to his main rival, Sonny just before the finals in both cases. Shortly after the show in 2002, he was sent to Kyrgyzstan with the Royal Danish Air Force to serve in Mission Enduring Freedom.
Bikes Blues and Barbeque Bikes, Blues, and Barbeque is an annual motorcycle rally that takes place in Fayetteville, Arkansas (a college town). The event generally takes place during the last weekend in September and usually goes from Wednesday through the weekend.
BikeTV bikeTV is a cable access show that features all sorts of bicycle phenomenoa. It is produced in New York City by a hybrid of bike riders, commuters, racers and activists who represent a cross-section of the bike community and beyond.
Bikie Bikie is an Australian term for a motorcyclist, but which also carries connotations of gang affiliation - it thus has the same meaning as the American term biker. While many of the groups and mores of Australian bikie culture are the same as, and indeed imported from, the U.
Bikini A bikini or two-piece is a type of women's swimsuit, characterized by two separate parts — one covering the breasts, the other the groin (and optionally the buttocks), leaving an uncovered area between the two garments. The shapes of both parts of a bikini closely resemble women's underwear, and the lower part of a bikini can therefore range from the more revealing thong or g-string to briefs and the more modest square-cut shorts.
Bikini atomic experiments The Bikini Atomic Experiments were a series of nuclear and thermonuclear tests conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Bikini Islands. The experiments were part of the United States' research into the full effects of the atomic bomb, including post-detonation radioactive fallout.
Bikini Bandits The Bikini Bandits are a parody of famous female action teams like Charlie's Angels. They are a band of bikini-clad, gun-toting super vixens, who star in internet film shorts and their own feature length movies.
Bikini Beach Bikini Beach ( the movie ) is a 1964 teen movie directed by William Asher, and starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. This film belongs to the "Beach Party film" genre of movies, popular in the 1960's.
Bikini Bottom Bikini Bottom is a fictional city that appears in the Nickelodeon animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants. Located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, it is where the series' main characters live, and where most of the episodes take place.
Bikini line The "Bikini line" refers to the exposed skin of female humans at the boundary of bikini style undergarments, both along the lower abdomen and between the legs. Women commonly shave or depilate their bikini line to remove pubic hair from this area.
Bikol languages The Bikol languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken in the Bicol region of the Philippines. It is composed of three main languages: Northern Bikol, Southern Bikol, and Northern Catanduanes Bikol.
Bikram Choudhury Bikram Choudhury (born 1946) is the founder of Bikram Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, a copyrighted series of 26 hatha yoga postures that are performed in a hot (105 degrees Fahrenheit or greater) environment. Bikram is a disciple of Bishnu Ghosh, brother of Paramahansa Yogananda, (author of [of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi]).
Bikram Yoga Bikram Yoga (Bikram Parmar), also known as Hot Yoga, is a style of yoga developed by Bikram Choudhury and a Los Angeles, California based companyCorporate registration for "Bikram Choudury Yoga, Inc." Number: C2288343.
Bikstok Røgsystem Bikstok Røgsystem is a Danish dancehall band consisting of Eaggerman ( Dwayne McFarlane ), Pharfar (Søren Skov) and Blæs B (Lasse Bavngaard). The band is one of the first to perform reggae and dancehall in Danish.
Bil Dwyer Bil Dwyer (born March 30, 1962 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and game show host. Television shows he has hosted include GSN's Extreme Dodgeball, I've Got A Secret and The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, the i network's Dirty Rotten Cheater, and the FSN game show Ultimate Fan League.
Bila Seyo Bila Seyo is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq (East) Welega Zone, Bila Seyo is bordered on the south by Wama Bonaya, on the southwest by Sibu Sire, on the west by Guto Wayu, on the north by Abe Dongoro, on the northeast by Jimma Horo, and on the east by the Mirab Shewa Zone.
Bilabial approximant The voiced bilabial approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is B_o.
Bilabial click The bilabial clicks are a family of click consonants found as phonemes only in the Tuu family, the language of Botswana, and the Damin ritual jargon of Australia, although they do occur as allophones of labial-velar consonants in parts of West Africa.
Bilabial ejective The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is pĘĽ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p_>.
Bilabial flap The bilabial flap is an uncommon non-rhotic flap. It is usually, and perhaps always, an allophone of the labiodental flap, though it is the preferred allophone in a minority of languages such as Banda and some of its neighbors.
Bilad al-Sham The traditional Arabic term Bilad al-Sham (Arabic: بلاد الشام , also transliterated bilad-ush-sham etc.) is a name for the whole Levant or "Greater Syria" region that today contains Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories (sometimes excluding the Jazira region in the north-east of modern Syria).
Bilal (musician) Bilal (born Bilal Sayeed Oliver on August 23 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is a neo soul musician and member of the musical collective known as Soulquarians. In 2001, his debut album — 1st Born Second — was released on the Interscope record label.
Bilal Ahmed Bilal Ahmed (born January 11 1982, Pirpiai, Nowshera, Pakistan) is an Pakistani cricketer who has also played for the Karachi in the Quaid Azam Trophy and Pakistan U-19, PIA cricket team and now Playing for Port Qasim cricket team.
Bilal Maqsood Bilal Maqsood (Urdu: بلال مقصود) is the son of popular writer, actor, artist and comedian Anwar Maqsood, and is a member of the very popular Pakistani pop band Strings. He has also directed a number of music videos.
Bilal Muslim Mission The Bilal Muslim Mission is an international Shi'a twelver organization, established in East Africa in December 25 1964 World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities through the efforts of Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi] victorynewsmagazine.com.
Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak (Arabic: بلال سعد مُبارك) (born 18 December 1972) is a Qatari shot putter. His best finishes include eleventh place at the 1995 World Championships and tenth place at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Bilal Shafayat Bilal Mustapha Shafayat (born 10 July 1984, Nottingham) is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pacer who can also keep wicket, Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side and is considered a promising young player .
Bilal Skaf Bilal Skaf (Arabic: بلال سكاف) (born 14 September 1981) is a serial gang rapist. He led groups of Lebanese Australian men who committed three of several gang rape attacks against young white women in 2000, described by some as hate crimes.
Bilander A Bilander, also spelled billander or be'landre, was a small European merchant ship with two masts, used in the Netherlands for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea. The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail.
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Bilaspur is known as the "Dhaan Ka Katora", which means Rice Bowl in Hindi, of the Chhattisgarh region in the Bilaspur District, India. It is the third-largest city in the state with a population of 265,178 (agglomeration 330,291) (2001 census).
Bilateral cingulotomy The bilateral cingulotomy is a brain surgery performed to treat chronic pain in cancer patients. Controversially, it is also a self-proclaimed "modern psychosurgical technique" that has replaced the lobotomy as a direct brain surgery used to alleviate mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder when the condition in question has not responded to psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, electroshock, or pharmacological treatment.
Bilateral Investment Treaty A Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) is an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one state in the state of the other. This type of investment is called Foreign direct investment (FDI).
Bilateral monopoly In a bilateral monopoly there is both monopoly (a single seller) and monopsony (a single buyer). A bilateral monopoly model is often used in situations where the switching costs of both sides are prohibitively high.
Bilateral Netting A legally enforceable arrangement between a bank and a counterparty that creates a single legal obligation covering all included individual contracts. This means that a bank’s obligation, in the event of the default or insolvency of one of the parties, would be the net sum of all positive and negative fair values of contracts included in the bilateral netting arrangement.
Bilateral synchronization In telecommunication, bilateral synchronization (or bilateral control) is a synchronization control system between exchanges A and B in which the clock at telephone exchange A controls the data received at exchange B and the clock at exchange B controls the data received at exchange A.
Bilateria The Bilateria, having bilateral symmetry, are a subregnum (a major group) of animals, including the majority of phyla; the most notable exceptions are the sponges and cnidarians. For the most part, Bilateria have bodies that develop from three different germ layers, called the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm.
Bilaval The Bilaval is an Indian raga (musical composition) that appears in the Sikh tradition from northern India, and is part of the Sikh holy scripture (Granth), the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes that can be used; which notes can be used; and their interplay that has to be adhered to for the composition of a tune.
Bilawal Bilawal is the basic thaat (musical mode) in Hindustani classical music. It is equivalent to the Western Ionian mode (C major scale) and contains the notes S R G m P D N S' (see the article on swara for an explanation of these abbreviations).
Bilbo (sword) The bilbo, a thrusting-sword, seems to take its name from its place of manufacture: Bilbao (in the Basque country of northern Spain), famed for its sword-blades, and formerly known as Bilboa in English. Bilbos have well-tempered and flexible blades.
Bilbo Zarra Bilbo Zarra or Bilbao la Vieja (Old Bilbao) is the oldest neighbourhood of Bilbao, being older than even the medieval urban district (Zazpikaleak), founded in 1300. It lies right across the stuary, on the left bank, united to the old town by the bridge of San Anton (portrayed in the coat of arms).
Bilboe A bilboe (usually plural: bilboes) is a tool of corporal punishment for men and women alike. The bilboes combine physical discomfort with social humiliation; they were popular in England and America in the colonial and early Revolutionary periods (such as in the Boston Bay Colony) until they were superseded by the use of stocks.
Bilbrook railway station Bilbrook railway station is a station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line serving the village of Bilbrook in Staffordshire, England. This unstaffed station is a little unusual in that the platforms are staggered either side of a road overbridge.
Bilbrough Bilbrough is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, six miles south-west of York, off the A64 road, and just outside the city boundary. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 319.
Bilderberg Group The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg conference is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, academia, media, or politics.
Bildungsroman A bildungsroman (/, German: "novel of education" or "novel of formation") is a novel which traces the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity.
Bildungsroman examples (post-1930) This list extends the examples of Bildungsroman contained in the main article. These are novels that trace the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity.
Bildungsroman examples (pre-1930) This list extends the examples of Bildungsroman contained in the main article. These are novels that trace the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity.
Bile Bile (or gall) is a bitter, yellow or green alkaline fluid secreted by hepatocytes from the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in the gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the duodenum where it excretes waste and aids the process of digestion.
Bile acid Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. They are produced in the liver by the oxidation of cholesterol, and are stored in gallbladder and secreted into the intestine in the form of salts.
Bile acid sequestrant The bile acid sequestrants are a group of medications used for binding certain components of bile in the gastrointestinal tract. They disrupt the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids by sequestering them and preventing their reabsorption from the gut.
Bile bear A bile bear or battery bear is the term used for Asiatic black bears kept in captivity in Vietnam and China so that bile may be extracted from them for sale as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The bears are also known as moon bears because of the cream-colored crescent moon shape on their chests.
Bile Salt Stimulated Lipase Bile Salt Stimulated Lipase (or BSSL) is an enzymatic component of human milk which aids breakdown of fat. Newborn children have inadequate lipase (namely pancreatic lipase) in their gastro intestinal tract and thus nursing mothers must synthensize BSSL in milk to ensure infants metabolize and absorb essential fatty acids.
Bilecik Province Bilecik is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa to the east, Kocaeli and Sakarya to the north, Bolu to the west, Eskişehir to the southeast and Kütahya to the south, spanning an area of 4,307 km². Population is 175,500 (1990).
Bilete de Papagal Bilete de Papagal was a Romanian left-wing publication edited by Tudor Arghezi, begun as a daily newspaper and soon after issued as a weekly satirical and literary magazine. It was published at three different intervals: 1928-1930, 1937-1938, 1944-1945.
Bilevel car The bilevel car (the North American English term) or double-decker (other forms of English) is a design to solve the problem of increasing passenger capacity on railway carriages, without squeezing more (smaller) seats into the same space and/or decreasing the pitch (distance between seats).
Bilgeboard A bilgeboard is a lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard. Bilgeboards are mounted between the centerline of the boat and the sides, and are almost always asymmetric foils mounted at an angle to maximize lateral lift while minimizing drag.
Bilgola Plateau, New South Wales Bilgola Plateau is a locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is generally a very scenic area, with views of the beach on the eastern side, and views of the body of water, Pittwater on the western side.
Bilhah In the Book of Genesis, Bilhah (בִּלְהָה "Faltering; bashful", Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhāh) is the third wife of Jacob, and bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali (see Gen. 30:3-5, 35:25).
Bilharz (crater) Bilharz is a lunar impact crater that lies in the eastern part of the Mare Fecunditatis. It is the largest member of a close triple-crater formation with Atwood crater to the east and Naonobu crater to the northeast.
Bilhete de identidade Bilhete de Identidade (English: Identity Card), commonly abbreviated as BI, is the national identity card of Portugal. BI's are valid for 5 years from date of issue, and can be renewed within 6 months from its expiration date.
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (, transliteration: Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi) is a city situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman (on the Dniester estuary leading to the Black Sea) in the Odessa Oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Bessarabia. In 2004, its population was estimated at 48,100.
Bili Ape The so-called Bili Ape, or Bondo Mystery Ape, is a large primate native to the Bili Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "The apes nest on the ground like gorillas but have a diet and features characteristic of chimpanzees," according to a National Geographic report.
Bili Forest The Bili Forest is located in a remote north central region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, the former Zaire. The region, east of the Ubangui River near the town of Bili on the Uele River, is very unstable and virtually lawless, due to a lack of governmental services as the country recovers slowly from civil warfare.
Bili light A bili light is a phototherapy tool to treat newborn jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) which in higher levels causes brain damage Kernicterus leading to cerebral palsy, auditory neuropathy, gaze abnormalities and dental enamel hypoplasia. The therapy uses a blue light (420-470 nm) that converts bilirubin so that it can be excreted in the urine and feces.
Biliary tree The biliary tree is the common anatomic term for the path by which bile is secreted by the liver on its way to the duodenum, or small intestine, of most members of the mammal family. It is referred to as a tree because it begins with many small branches which end in the common bile duct, sometimes referred to as the trunk of the biliary tree.
Bilibil Prior to 1904, the Bilibil people lived on an island offshore from Madang, trading clay pots along the coast from Kar Kar Island to western Morobe. The island was too small to produce enough food for the inhabitants, and the trade therefore was an essential element of their life.
Bilibino Bilibino () is a town in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the confluence of the Karalveyem and the Bolshoy Keperveyem Rivers (Kolyma's basin) 653 km north-west of Anadyr. Population: 6,181 (2002 Census).
Biligirirangan Hills The Biligirirangan Hills, commonly called B R Hills, is a hill range situated in south-eastern Karnataka, at its border with Tamil Nadu in South India. The area is called Biligiriranga Temple Wildlife Sanctuary or simply BRT Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1973.
Bilichild Bilichild (also Bilichildis, Bilichilde, or Blithilde) was the cousin and wife of the Frankish king of Neustria and Burgundy, Childeric II. The two were married in 668 despite the opposition of such important men as the Bishop Leodegar.
Bilinda Butcher Bilinda Jayne Butcher (born September 16, 1961 in London) was a vocalist and guitarist with My Bloody Valentine. While Kevin Shields was MBV's principal guitarist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter, Butcher's vocals were often credited with adding greatly to the otherworldly and ethereal sound apparent in the band's work.
Bilinear interpolation In mathematics, bilinear interpolation is an extension of linear interpolation for interpolating functions of two variables. The key idea is to perform linear interpolation first in one direction, and then in the other direction.
Bilinear transform In digital signal processing, the bilinear transform is a conformal mapping, often used to convert a transfer function H_a(s) of a linear, time-invariant (LTI) filter in the continuous-time domain (often called an analog filter) to a transfer function H_d(z) of a linear, shift-invariant filter in the discrete-time domain (often called a digital filter although there are analog filters constructed with charge-coupled devices that are discrete-time filters). It maps positions on the j omega axis, Re[s]=0 , in the s-plane to the unit circle, |z| = 1 , in the z-plane.
Bilingual belt The bilingual belt is a term for the portion of Canada where both French and English are regularly spoken. It extends from northern New Brunswick in the east through southern Quebec, Eastern Ontario, Northern Ontario and Southern Manitoba.
Bilingual dictionary A bilingual dictionary is a dictionary that translates words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be either mono-directional, meaning it translates only from language A to language B, or can be bi-directional, translating to and from both languages.
Bilingual education Bilingual education involves teaching all subjects in school through two different languages - in the United States, instruction occurs in English and a minority language, such as Spanish or Chinese, with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model. The following are several different types of bilingual education program models:
Bilingual pottery Bilingual pottery (or, in the singular, a bilingual vase) is a term used to denote pottery from amongst the earliest Attic vases which present on one side the earlier black figure style and on the other the later red figure style, sometimes showing with the same scene. They show a time of style-change, and may have been due to the uncertainty of the market for the new, red-figure style.
Bilingual pun A bilingual pun is a pun in which a word in one language is similar to a word in another language. Typically, use of bilingual puns results in in-jokes, since there is often a very small overlap between speakers of the two languages.
Bilingual sign Bilingual sign (or, by extension Multilingual) is the representation on a panel (sign, usually traffic sign, safety sign and informational sign) of texts in more than one language. The use of bilingual signs is usually reserved to situations where there is a legal administrative bilingualism (bilingual regions) or situated at State borders, or where it is a relevant touristic or commercial movement (airports, rail stations, ports, border checkpoints, touristic towns, international itineraries, international institutions headquarters).
Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow: Trudeau's Master Plan and How it Can be Stopped was a controversial 1977 book by Jock V. Andrew, a retired naval officer, which alleged that Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's policy of official bilingualism was a plot to make Canada a unilingually francophone country by instituting reverse discrimination against anglophone Canadians.
Bilingualism in Canada Bilingualism in Canada refers to laws and policies of the federal government – and some other levels of government – mandating that certain services and communications be available to the public in both English and French. The population of the country itself is by a large majority monolingual as only 17.
Bilingualism in Ottawa One controversial aspect of the City of Ottawa Act is the manner in which it addresses official bilingualism within Ottawa's municipal government. Prior to the enactment of the Act, Glen Shortcliffe, a special advisor appointed by the provincial government to make recommendations on municipal governance in Ottawa-Carleton, recommended in 1999 that the new amalgamated city of Ottawa be designated as officially bilingual, with municipal services available in both English and French.
Bilinguis In law, bilinguis is the name historically given to a jury which passes in any case between an Englishman and a foreigner, in which one part of the jury is natives, and the other foreigners, if required. The word in the Latin signifies double-tongued.
Bilitrium In the fictional Star Trek universe, Bilitrium is a crystalline substance with incredible explosive capability when used in conjunction with other materials and technology such as an antimatter converter. Bilitrium was first used in the first season Deep Space Nine episode "Past Prologue".
Bilkent University Bilkent University (In Turkish: Bilkent Üniversitesi) was founded on October 20, 1984 by İhsan Doğramacı through the resolution of the foundations which had earlier been established by him. The establishment of this private university was later approved by an act of Parliament.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) is the largest transparently operated On May 11 2006 The Economist reported that the Stichting INGKA Foundation is technically the world's largest charitable foundation while also alleging that the foundation's primary purposes are tax avoidance and anti-takeover protection for the home furnishings retail group IKEA. charitable foundation] in the world, founded by [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure Bill and Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure is a straightforward single screen action/puzzle game where the main characters have to collect items while time travelling in order to pass their history test. They start in the year 1801 and they end up in their present day high school passing their history test so that they don't have to go to military school.
Bill "Hoss" Allen Bill Allen (aka "Hossman" or "Hoss"; born William Trousdale Allen III, Gallatin, Tennessee; died February 25, 1997, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame and notoriety from the 1950s through the 1990s for playing rhythm and blues and black gospel music on Nashville radio station WLAC.
Bill "The Fox" Foster Bill "The Fox" Foster (January 23, 1932 — May 10, 2000) was an emcee on Comedy Central's The Man Show under the show's original hosts, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel. He was known as "The World's Fastest Beer Drinker".
Bill (Kill Bill) Bill (played by David Carradine) is the character for whom the movie Kill Bill is named and is the leader of The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, which included Bill's brother, Budd. Bill's code name is "Snake Charmer".
Bill (proposed law) A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a legislature that has not been ratified, adopted, or received assent. Once a bill has become law, it is thereafter an act; but in popular usage (or even in moments of scholarly imprecision) the two terms are often treated interchangeably.

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