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Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection (Cher album) Bittersweet: The Love Songs Collection is a compilation album released by Cher in the year of 1999. Many believe this album to be a re-release of Cher's 1973 album, Bittersweet White Light, but those who have thought that this is a re-release are wrong.
BitTorrent BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol, and a free software implementation of that protocol. The protocol was originally designed and created by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent, Inc.
BitTorrent Open Source License The BitTorrent Open Source Licence, is derived from the Jabber Open Source Licence, which is an Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved license. The BitTorrent client and related pieces of software are licensed under this License which is available here: http://www.
BitTorrent protocol encryption Protocol encryption (PE), Message stream encryption (MSE), or Protocol header encrypt (PHE)It is usually referred to as the more correct protocol header encryption instead. are features of some BitTorrent clients that attempt to make BitTorrent traffic hard to throttle.
BitTorrent tracker A BitTorrent tracker is a server which assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. It is also, in the absence of extensions to the original protocol, the only major critical point, as clients are required to communicate with the tracker to initiate downloads.
Bitucus In Hindu mythology, Bitucus was a famed White Mage of Vana'Diel. In the early centuries, Bitucus was befriended by the Goddess Shiva, who, because of his kindness towards others, gave Bitucus the gift of immortality.
Bituing Marikit Bituing Marikit was the first full-length film produced by Sampaguita Pictures, released in 1938. Its stars were the "Singing Sweetheart of the Philippines" Elsa Oria and "King of the Philippine Movies" Rogelio de la Rosa.
Bituing Walang Ningning Bituing Walang Ningning was a popular Filipino television serial drama that began airing in May 15, 2006, and ended on October 6 of that same year on the ABS-CBN television network. For most of its run, the soap opera was the network's highest rating show in primetime.
Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 was a 110-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO. It is generally considered a successful union strike, although the contract was not beneficial to union members.
Bituminous rocks Bituminous rocks are sedimentary rocks, usually shale, sandstone, limestone or dolostone/dolomite, that contain traces of tar, bitumen, asphalt, petroleum or carbon. For example anthraconite is a bituminous form of limestone, calcite or marble.
Bitwise operation In computer programming, a bitwise operation operates on one or two bit patterns or binary numerals at the level of their individual bits. On many computers, bitwise operations are slightly faster than addition and subtraction operations and significantly faster than multiplication and division operations.
Biu-Mandara languages The Biu-Mandara languages include 79 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in Africa (Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon); this language group is a part of the Chadic language family. Each subgroup in this list contains individual languages.
Biuro SzyfrĂłw The Biuro SzyfrĂłw (, Polish for "Cipher Bureau") was the Polish agency concerned with both cryptography (the use of ciphers and codes) and cryptanalysis (the "breaking" of ciphers and codes).
Biurrun José Vicente Fernández Biurrun, commonly known as Biurrun, (born São Paulo, Brazil, September 1, 1959) was a football player who played as a goalkeeper for CA Osasuna, Athletic Bilbao, RCD Espanyol, Real Sociedad and the Basque Country football team. He played 296 La Liga games between 1983 and 1994.
Biv 10 Records Biv 10 Records was founded by Bell Biv DeVoe/New Edition member Michael Bivins, and was under the distribution of Motown Records. The label was responsible for the discoveries of the R&B quartet Boyz II Men out of Philadelphia, bubblebum group Another Bad Creation from Atlanta, Rapper MC Brains, and teen R&B groups Subway from Chicago and 702 (band).
Bivalvulida The Bivalvulida is an order of myxosporean parasites which contains a number of species which cause economically significant losses to aquaculture and fisheries, such as Myxobolus cerebralis and Ceratomyxa shasta. The Myxosporean stages of members of the bivalvulida are characterised by their two spore valves (hence the name), which meet in a "suture line" which encircles the spore.
Bivouac (ants) A bivouac is a structure formed by migratory army ant and driver ant colonies, where a nest is constructed out of the living ant worker's own bodies to protect the queen and larvae, and is later deconstructed as the ants move on.
Bivouac sack In mountaineering, a bivouac, bivy, bivy sack, or bivi bag is an extremely lightweight alternative to traditional tent systems. Very popular among climbers and minimalist campers, a bivy sack at its barest is a thin waterproof fabric shell designed to slip over a sleeping bag, providing an additional 5 to 10 °F of insulation and forming an effective barrier against wind and rain.
Bivouac shelter A Bivouac is a shelter constructed of natural materials. Often utilising a structure of branches to form frame, which is then covered with leaves, ferns and similar for waterproofing and duff (also known as leaflitter) for insulation.
Biwa hoshi Biwa hōshi (Japanese: 琵琶法師), also known as "lute priests" were travelling performers in the era of Japanese history preceding the Meiji period. They earned their income by reciting vocal literature to the accompaniment of biwa music.
Biweekly Biweekly is a reference to an event that occurs once every two weeks. An example of a biweekly event would be the production of some magazines that have lower subscription numbers or budgets than the more common weekly printings, but a content or circulation making the more usual monthly printing unfeasible or less appropriate.
Biweekly Mortgage A Biweekly Mortgage is a payment plan where the borrower makes payments toward his principal and interest every two weeks instead of once monthly. The Biweekly payment is exactly one half of the amount a monthly payment would be.
Bix Barton Bix Barton, Master of the Rum and Uncanny is a fictional comic book character featured in the British science fiction anthology magazine 2000 AD. The character was created by artist Jim McCarthy and writer Peter Milligan, and first appeared in print in 1990.
Bix Brent Bix Brent (stage name of Ruth Anne Guise, born December 2, 1923 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a founding member of The Heathertones who sang on many recordings in the early 1950s. After graduating from Smith College in 1945 with a degree in music, she was awarded a piano/composition scholarship at Juilliard.
Bixbite Bixbite (also known as red beryl, red emerald, or scarlet emerald) is a red variety of beryl (emerald), Be3(Al,Mn)2Si6O18. It is rare and reported from the Wah Wah and Thomas Ranges of mid-western Utah; Mexico; Valle de las Plumas, Patagonia; Girona, Spain; Sitapar, India; and Postmasburg, South Africa.
Bixby Creek Arch Bridge Bixby Bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge in Big Sur, California, 120 miles south of San Francisco along Cabrillo Highway (CA-1).  It is 714 feet long, 24 feet wide and has a main span of 320 feet.
Biyi Bandele Biyi Bandele-Thomas (born 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and playwright generally known as Biyi Bandele. As a playwright he did several works including an adaptation of Things Fall Apart for the British stage as he currently lives in the United Kingdom.
Biz (detergent) Biz is a "stain-activated booster" for washing laundry made by Redox Brands, available in both liquid and powder form. More scientifically, it is the best-known enzyme-based bleach which specifically breaks down proteins in a way that ordinary chemical bleach and detergent do not.
Biz Mackey James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey (July 27 1897 - September 22 1965) was an African American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball, who came to be regarded as black baseball's premier catcher in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His superior defense and outstanding throwing arm were complemented by batting skill which placed him among the Negro Leagues' all-time leaders in total bases, RBIs and slugging percentage, while hitting .
Biz X Magazine Each month Biz X Magazine delves into the issues, ideas, people, businesses and stories that make the border cities of Windsor and metro Detroit unique. We strive to provide our readers with a quality magazine that contains accurate information about the businesses and people that shape our communities.
Bizan Kawakami Bizan Kawakami (川上 眉山; Kawakami Bizan) (March 5, 1869 – June 15, 1908) was a Japanese novelist of Meiji era. Born Akira in Osaka Prefecture, he dropped out of school of liberal arts in Tokyo University and joined Kenyusha.
Bizant river shark The Bizant river shark, Glyphis sp. A, is a scientifically undescribed shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the in the Adelaide River Northern Territory, Australia, and the Bizant River in Queensland, Australia.
Bizarre 64 Bizarre 64 was a bulletin board system written for the Commodore 64 by Bill Atchison circa 1985 in order to fill the need for a faster and more professional BBS system than was currently available at the time for the Commodore-64 computer system.
Bizarre Creations Bizarre Creations is a Liverpool-based video game developer beginning development under this name in 1994. The company is most known for the Dreamcast videogame Metropolis Street Racer and their Xbox console game series Project Gotham Racing.
Bizarre magic Bizarre Magic, or Bizarre Magick, is a branch of stage magic, or conjuring, like stage illusions, sleight of hand, or children's shows. The major difference is that bizarre magic uses storytelling and word play to a much greater degree, and less emphasis is placed on the manual dexterity of the performer or the complexity of his equipment.
Bizarro World The Bizarro World, Htrae, is a fictional planet in the DC comics universe. It is the cube-shaped home for Bizarro and his companions, all of which were initially Bizarro versions of Superman, Lois Lane, and their children.
Bizen Museums Bizen, in Okayama Prefecture, hosts two kiln-site museums devoted to the display of ceramics. Bizen is the site of internationally renowned Bizen ware, unglazed stoneware that has existed from at least the Kamakura period (1185–1333) to the present.
Bizimcity Bizimcity is a political cartoon strip, created by Salih Memecan, a prominent Turkish cartoonist. It is staged in an imaginary wild western town with a daily agenda parallel that of Turkey, and with characters who resemble the actual Turkish politicians.
Bizone The Bizone was the combination of the American and the British occupation zones during the occupation of Germany after World War II. With the addition of the French occupation zone, the entity became the Trizone.
BizSmart bizSmart was one of the first virtual banks to be opened in Canada during the dot-com era. Its concept was to provide service through bank machines, Web and telephone service, and to provide a human presence by subletting space at retail stores such as Staples].
Bizzarrini Europa The Europa was a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969. Originally powered by a 1481 cc Fiat straight-4 engine, the car officially became the Europa with the introduction of an 1897 cc Opel powerplant.
BiZone BiZone (formerly "The Bisexual Network of New Jersey") is a statewide member-based organization created to foster a visible community for bisexual, bi-curious, bi-friendly people, their partners, and allies who live in New Jersey.
BI-la kaifa Bi-la kaifa is a religious ejaculational [sic] phrase used by the Fremen people in the Dune universe, created by author Frank Herbert. It has roughly the same meaning as the word amen and translates literally to "Nothing further need be explained".
BICA BICA (Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures) is a DARPA project administered by the Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) which began in 2005 and is designed to create the next generation of [Cognitive Architecture] models of human artificial intelligence. Its first phase (Design) ran from September 2005 to around October 2006, and was intended to generate new ideas for biological architectures that could be used to create embodied computational architectures of human intelligence.
BICC The Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) is a signaling protocol based on N-ISUP that is used to support narrowband ISDN service over a broadband backbone network without interfering with interfaces to the existing network and end-to-end services.
BICSI Since the official break-up of AT&T in 1984 in the United States, BICSI (pr. "BIK SEE") (Building Industry Consulting Service International) has assumed the role that AT&T's free service, BICS, fulfilled in helping with the development and design for information transport systems (ITS) like the ANSI/EIA/TIA 568B structured cabling system standard.
BIFFEX BIFFEX - The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange - was a London-based exchange for trading ocean freight futures contracts with settlement based on the Baltic Freight Index. It started trading dry cargo freight futures contracts in 1985, and was modestly successful for some years.
BIIAB The BIIAB (British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body) is the wholly owned awarding body of BII, a professional body for the licensed retail sector. They offer training courses and qualifications for jobs in liscensed retail sectors.
BIKINI state The BIKINI state was an indication of an alert state previously used by the British government, specifically the Ministry of Defence, to warn of non-specific forms of terrorist activity. In addition, the TESSERAL system is used to warn of a specific threat of terrorist use of surface to air missiles and/or anti-aircraft guns.
BIMST-EC BIMST-EC is the acronym for Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand - Economic Cooperation. This ia a new regional group made up of countries lying around the Bay of Bengal, established in 1997 as a sub-regional grouping to link South Asia with Southeast Asia.
BIMSTEC The Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia. The member nations of this group are : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
BINAP In organic chemistry, BINAP, an acronym used for 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl, is an important chiral ligand widely used in asymmetric synthesis. It consists of two naphthyl groups linked by a single bond with diphenylphosphino groups at the end of each naphthyl group (Figure 1).
BINAS Binas is a Dutch science reference work for the higher levels of secondary school, consisting largely of tables and formulas. The name stands for biologie, natuurkunde, scheikunde (biology, physics, chemistry).
BIND BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain, previously: Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) is the most commonly used DNS server on the Internet, especially on Unix-like systems, where it is a de facto standard. Supported by Internet Systems Consortium.
BIOS interrupt call BIOS Interrupt Calls are a facility that DOS programs, and some other software such as boot loaders, use to invoke the BIOS's facilities. Some operating systems also use the BIOS to probe and initialise hardware resources during their early stages of booting.
BIOS parameter block BIOS parameter block (BPB) is a description of the physical medium (hard disk or floppy) that might be stored in a filesystem's Volume Boot Record. Filesystems with a BIOS parameter block include FAT16, FAT32, HPFS, and NTFS.
BIOSCI BIOSCI, also known as Bionet, is a set of electronic communication forum used by life scientists around the world. It includes the bionet USENET newsgroups and parallel e-mail lists, with public archives since 1992 at www.
BIRDEM BIRDEM, the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders at Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh is a 600-bed multidisciplinary hospital complex of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh.
BIRS The BIRS Index is a share index of the 12 largest companies listed on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE), established on 1 May 2004. BIRS stands for Berzanski indeks Republike Srpske, which is Serbian for The Stock Exchange Index of Republika Srpska.
BIT International College The BIT International College, formerly the Bohol Institute of Technology or BIT is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational institution of higher learning in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. It offers various college courses.
BIT predicate In mathematical logic, the BIT predicate, sometimes written BIT(i,j), is a predicate which tests whether the jth bit of the number i is 1, when i is written in binary. The BIT predicate is often examined in the context of first-order logic, where we can examine the system resulting from adding the BIT predicate to first-order logic.
BIT Sindri BIT Sindri, formerly known as Bihar Institute of Technology, was founded in 1949 at Sindri, an industrial town near Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand, eastern India. It is a state engineering college having a sprawling lush green campus of 450 acres.
BIT Teatergarasjen BIT Teatergarasjen (BIT) are a producer and co-producer of international contemporary theatre and dance in Norway. They emphasise projects that stimulate international co-production and co-operations between different fields of art.
BITSAT BITSAT is the computer based online test for entrance to one of the most reputed technical institute in India, BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science),Pilani. It's generally conducted in the months of April to June.
Bjarkamál Bjarkamál is an Old Norse poem telling the tale of Bödvar Bjarki, the most famous warrior at the court of the legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki, and other warriors. In 1030, King Olaf II of Norway roused his outnumbered army at the Battle of Stiklestad with the Bjarkamál, according to Fóstbrœðra saga.
Bjarkarímur Bjarkarímur is a 15th century Icelandic rímur cycle on the Skjöldungs (the Scyldings of Beowulf), and retells among other things the adventures of Hróarr (Hroðgar) and his brother Helgi (Halga), and those of Böðvarr Bjarki. It appears to be based on the lost Skjöldunga saga and is one of the extant sources of information on that work.
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson (born March 3, 1973 in Akranes) is an Icelandic professional footballer. He currently plays for FH, while at one of his former teams, Feyenoord Rotterdam he played alongside his brother Arnar.
Bjarmaland Bjarmaland (also spelled Bjarmland or Bjarmia) was a territory mentioned in Norse sagas up to the Viking Age — and beyond. Most scholars believe that the term (probably related to Permia) refers to the south shores of the White Sea and the basin of the Northern Dvina River.
Bjarne Andersson Bjarne Andersson (Apr 28 1940 - Aug 11 2004) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1964 to 1973. He won the 4 x 10 km silver at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and also finished 6th in the 15km event.
Bjarne Kallis Johan Bjarne Kallis (born March 21 1945 in Kokkola) is the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Party (KD), previously known as the Finnish Christian Coalition (SKL), and a member of the Parliament of Finland. Kallis works as the principal of the Kokkola academy of commerce and has a Master's degree in state sciences.
Bjarne Liller Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen, better known as Bjarne Liller (born 25 September 1935 in Copenhagen, Denmark - Died 6 September 1993) was a banjo player and singer in Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band. He also invented the expression "dalak" as Danish language slang from the phrase "Der er lagt", meaning roughly "Has been laid".
Bjarne Stroustrup Bjarne Stroustrup () (born December 30, 1950 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a computer scientist and the College of Engineering Chair Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University. He is most notable for developing the C++ programming language.
Bjarni Benediktsson Bjarni Benediktsson (April 30 1908 - July 10 1970) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 14 November 1963 to 10 July 1970. His father, Benedikt Sveinsson (1877-1954), was a leader in the independence movement in Iceland and a member of Althingi from 1908 to 1931.
Bjarni FriĂ°riksson Bjarni FriĂ°riksson (born May 29, 1956) is a retired Icelandic judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg) category, together with GĂĽnther Neureuther of West Germany.
Bjartur Bjartur is an Icelandic word, translates "bright" in English. Also the name of a famous fictional character "Bjartur Ă­ sumarhĂşsum" in the story "Independent people" by Nobel prize winning author HalldĂłr Laxness.
Bjärsjöholm Castle Bjärsjöholm Castle is a Renaissance castle from the 16th century, 3 km northwest of Ystad, Scania, in southern Sweden. Originally consisting of four brick buildings built around a courtyard, the present castle consists of two buildings, with a newer addition close by.
Björk discography The Icelandic singer Björk appeared for the first time in 1976 on Radio One, an Icelandic radio station, singing "I Love To Love" and achieved a deal with a record company through which she released in 1977 her first solo album named Björk.
Björklunden Björklunden (in full: Björklunden Vid Sjön, Norwegian for "birch forest by the water") is the northern campus of Lawrence University. The 425-acre estate is on Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin, just south of Baileys Harbor.
Björn (III) Eriksson Björn (ruled 882-932The article Björn in Nordisk familjebok.) was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson and Eric the Victorious, and he was the grand-father of Styrbjörn the Strong, according to the Hervarar saga and Harald Fairhair's saga.
Björn at Haugi Björn at Haugi ("Björn at the Barrow"), Björn på Håga, Björn II or Bern was according to Hervarar saga a Swedish king and the son of Erik Björnsson, and Björn ruled together in diarchy with his brother Anund Uppsale:
Björn Bjarnason Björn Bjarnason (born 14 November, 1944) is the Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Iceland, and has been since May 23, 2003. His father was Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Mayor of the City of Reykjavík.
Björn Dixgård Björn Dixgård (born May 8, 1981 in Falun, Sweden) is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Swedish garage rock band Mando Diao, the name of which occurred to him in a dream and has no meaning. He is a former member of the band Butler.
Björn Emmerling Björn Emmerling (born November 16, 1975 in Würzburg) is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for HTC Stuttgarter Kickers in his native country. The defender made his international senior debut for the German team in 1996, and competed at three Summer Olympics.
Björn Engquist Björn Engquist (also Bjorn Engquist; born 2 June 1945 in Stockholm) has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of young (and not so young) applied mathematicians.
Björn Envall Björn Envall , born in 1942, is an automobile designer and was head of the design department at Saab, until his retirement. He started his career at Saab as an apprentice, under Sixten Sason, in the 1960s, especially helping with the design of the Saab 99 and the ill-fated Saab Catherina sports car.
Björn Eriksson Björn Eriksson (born December 7, 1945) is a Swedish civil servant. A former director of the Coast Guard, the Customs, and the Police, he is since 1996 governor of Östergötland County, residing at the castle in Linköping.
Björn Gelotte Björn Gelotte (born in 1975) is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band In Flames. He joined the band after drummer Daniel Erlandsson left, and was then the drummer for the next two albums, The Jester Race and Whoracle.
Björn J:son Lindh Björn J:son Lindh (born 25 October 1944 in Arvika, Sweden) is a Swedish flautist and composer. Lindh has scored music for films including Mannen på taket, directed by Bo Widerberg and Jägarna, directed by Kjell Sundvall.
Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen (sometimes spelled Bjoern Kircheisen) (born August 6 1983 in Erlabrunn) is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000. He won 4 x 5 km team silver medals both at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Björn Ranelid Björn Ranelid (May 21, 1949 - ) is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers.
Björn Rosengren Björn Folke Rosengren, born April 14, 1942 in Täby, county of Stockholm; Swedish, active in the labour union and a Social Democratic politician; chairman of the Swedish community salaried employees' association (SKTF) 1976-1982 and the white-collar's central organisation TCO 1982–1994 (a position he was forced to leave after a visit to a pornclub, called Tabu), county governor in the county of Norrbotten 1995-1998, minister of business 1998-2002, member of the parliament 2002.
Björn Stallare Björn Stallare was an 11th century Norwegian diplomat involved in the marriage negotiations between Olaf II of Norway and Olof of Sweden about Ingegerd Olofsdotter; these also involved Ragnvald Ulfsson and Hjalti Skeggiason.
Björn Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky (born July 17, 1967) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky, and Mark Pinger.
Björns trädgård Björns trädgård ("Björn's Garden"), is a small public park in Södermalm in Stockholm, named after Carl Gustaf Björn, a gardener. His son, Carl Fredrik Björn, known as "Rike Björn" ("Rich Björn"), inherited the garden in the 1880s, and donated the garden to the city in his will upon his death in 1915.
Bjørgvin class battleships The Bjørgvin class coastal battleships were ordered by Norway in 1912 to supplement the older Eidsvold class and Tordenskjold class coastal battleships. The two ships laid down were compulsoraly purchased by the Royal Navy when World War I broke out, and classified as monitors.
Bjørn Andresen Bjørn Johan Andresen was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 26 January 1955. He is most famous for playing the fourteen year old Tadzio in the Luchino Visconti screen adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella, Death in Venice.
Bjørn Benkow Bjørn Benkow is a Norwegian journalist that became infamous for his notoriosly fakings of interviews with celebrities. Among the persons Benkow claimed to have interviewed is Bill Gates, Michael Schumacher, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Thatcher, all of them denying that the interviews took place.
Bjørn Grinde Bjørn Grinde (born July 3, 1952 in Oslo) is a biologist working in the fields of genetics and evolution, with a particular interest in human evolution. He studied natural sciences as well as psychology and anthropology at the University of Oslo, resulting in a Dr.
Bjørn Kristensen Bjørn Kristensen (born October 10, 1963) is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played for English club Newcastle United, where he was nicknamed "Benny". He played 20 matches and scored two goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at the 1988 European Championship.
Bjørn Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is an Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and a former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen. He became internationally-known for his best-selling and controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist.

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