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Blake Schilb Blake Schilb, (b. December 23, 1983, Rantoul, Illinois) is a men's basketball player at Loyola University Chicago, and projected by several sources as a potential 2007 NBA Draft pick The 6'7", 220-pound forward averaged 19.
Blake Stepp Blake Roy Stepp (born February 4, 1982 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American basketball player who graduated from Gonzaga University and was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2004 NBA Draft. He appeared in a handful of 2004-05 preseason games with the Wolves, but did not manage to make the final cut.
Blake Stone: Planet Strike Blake Stone: Planet Strike is the sequel to the computer game Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, made by JAM Productions and released on October 28, 1994. It featured new enemies (in reality, they were the three original guards, recolored to look more alien), weapons and levels.
Blake Street railway station Blake Street railway station serves the Hill Hook area of Sutton Coldfield,England. It is situated on the Birmingham Cross-City Line, located on the county boundary between the West Midlands and Staffordshire.
Blake's 7 Blake's 7 was a British science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for their BBC 1 channel. Created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer best known for creating the popular Dalek monsters for the television series Doctor Who, it ran for four seasons between 1978 and 1981.
Blake's Lock Blake's Lock is a lock situated on the River Kennet in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is on the short reach of the River Kennet which is administered as if it were part of the River Thames and is hence owned and managed by the Environment Agency.
Blake's Lotaburger Blake's Lotaburger (often shortened to either Blake's or Lotaburger) is a New Mexico fast food chain based in Albuquerque and consisting of 75 stores as of 2006. Known primarily for its made-to-order hamburgers, Blake's enjoys considerable popularity within its single-state territory.
Blake-Jones Blake-Jones is an east end Toronto neighbourhood, as defined by the city of Toronto. The neighbourhood is in the lower East end of the city, bordered by Danforth Ave to the North, Pape Ave to the West, Greenwood Ave to the East and just south of Riverdale/Boultbee Ave the CN Railway closes the loop.
Blake-Kirkpatrick Scholarship The Blake-Kirkpatrick scholarship is Atlantic Canada's largest undergraduate scholarship, and is awarded to four students each year by the University of New Brunswick"Atlantic Canada's largest undergrad scholarships awarded", APEGNB, July 4, 2005, retrieved August 16, 2006. It was established in 2004 by the university's chancellor, Richard Currie.
Blakedown railway station Blakedown railway station serves the English village of Blakedown, Worcestershire. It was opened (as Churchill station) in 1852, and was later known as Churchill & Blakedown before adopting its current name.
Blakehurst, New South Wales Blakehurst is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blakehurst is located 18km south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Kogarah and is part of the St George area.
Blakelaw and North Fenham Blakelaw and North Fenham is a suburb and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Newcastle in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-west of the city centre, and is entirely surrounded on all sides by the unparished area of Newcastle.
Blakely Southern Railroad The Blakely and Southern Railroad has one of the briefest existances of any railroad line that actually operated track. It was chartered in 1911 and was built in 1911-12, the railroad went bankrupt and was completely abandoned by 1914.
Blakeney, Norfolk Blakeney is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk, between Sheringham and Wells-next-the-Sea. It lies within the North Norfolk AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast.
Blakenhall Blakenhall is a district of Wolverhampton which was developed during the late 19th century just south of the town centre, with hundreds of terraced houses some with shop fronts being built on the main road towards Sedgley as well as many being built in the side streets running off. The next major development in Blakenhall took place in the 1960s when several mutli storey blocks of flats were built, although one tower block was demolished in 2002 and two more are set to follow in 2005.
Blaker Fortress Blaker Fortress is one of the Norwegian fortresses which were constructed in the period of intense competition among the Baltic powers (Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland and the German states) for northern supremacy. The 17th and beginning of the 18th century was a period of virtually continuous war or preparation for war, as follows:
Blakeslee Stadium Blakeslee Stadium is a stadium in Mankato, Minnesota. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Minnesota State University, Mankato and hosts the training camp for the Minnesota Vikings.
Blakesley Hall Blakesley Hall () (a Grade II* listed building) is a Tudor hall on Blakesley Road in Yardley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the oldest buildings in Yardley and is a common example of Tudor architecture with the use of darkened timber and wattle-and-daub which is painted white.
Blaketashi Darwishes The Blaketashi Darwishes is a non-denominational Sufi group dedicated to what its members perceive as the mystical/spiritual teachings of the English artist and poet William Blake and other romantic poets of the 19th century. Blaketashis describe their order alternately as "The Western Sufism of William Blake" and "The Sufism of University Literature Professors.
Blalock-Taussig shunt The Blalock-Taussig shunt is a surgical procedure to give palliation to cyanotic heart defects which are common causes of blue baby syndrome. In modern surgery, this procedure is temporarily used to direct blood flow to the lungs and relieve cyanosis while the infant is waiting for corrective surgery.
Blaž Kraljević Blaž Kraljević (born June 17, 1947 in Ljubuški, Bosnia and Herzegovina - died August 9,1992 near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was a Herzegovinan Croat paramilitary leader during the first few months of the Bosnian War. Prior to his return to Bosnia and Herzegovina he lived in Australia.
Blaže Koneski Blaže Koneski (Macedonian: Блаже Конески) (born in Nebregovo, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia 1921 - 1993) was one of the most distinguished Macedonian poets. He received his education in Prilep, Skopje, Kragujevac, Belgrade (enlisted in 1939 under the name Blagoje Konjevic, Serbian: Благоје Коњевић), and Sofia (enlisted in 1941 under the name Blagoy Konev, Bulgarian: Благой Конев, listing Bulgarian as his nationality).
Blam Honey Blam Honey was a goth-industrial band from Japan, formed in 1995 of two members: Tatsuya (vocals, guitar, percussion) and Ryonai (programming, percussion). They've given themselves the nickname 'Industrial Gender Unit'.
Blambot Blambot is the name of an online type foundry and is the alias of freeware and shareware computer font designer Nate Piekos. Blambot specializes in script and display typefaces for use as lettering in both print and online comics.
Blame To Blame is to hold another person or group responsible for perceived faults, be those faults real, imagined, or merely invented for perorative purposes. Blame is an act of censure, reproach, and often cases outright condemnation.
Blame Canada "Blame Canada" is a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman), in which the fictional parents of South Park, led by Sheila Broflovski, decide to blame Canada for the trouble their children have been getting into since watching the Canadian-made fictional movie Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire. The parents refuse to accept that by not preventing their children from watching Terrance and Phillip in the first place, they are themselves to blame for their children's misbehavior.
Blame it on Rio Blame it on Rio is a 1984 romantic comedy film, written by Charlie Peters & Larry Gelbart and directed by Stanley Donen. Cast members included Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, and Demi Moore.
Blame It on Lisa "Blame it on Lisa" is an episode from the thirteenth season of The Simpsons in which the family goes to Brazil in search of Lisa's pen pal, a Brazilian orphan named Ronaldo. The title is a pun on the movie Blame it on Rio.
Blame It on the Sun "Blame It on the Sun" is one of the songs of the legendary musician Stevie Wonder. "Blame It on the Sun" appeared for the first time on Stevie Wonder's famous early 1970's album Talking Book.
Blame It on the Weatherman "Blame It on the Weatherman" was the fourth and final single from Irish girl group B*Witched's debut album. Like the other three singles from the album, "Blame It on the Weatherman" reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart.
BlameShift BlameShift is a five-piece hard rock/post hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York. The band was formed in 2003, and after undergoing several lineup changes, they released their debut album, Drop Down in July 2005 for Can't Stop Records.
Blamethrower "Blamethrower" is the seventh single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben, and the first track to be taken from their second album, Very Fast Very Dangerous. It was released in April 2005 as a download-only single, a first for the band.
Blaming the Victims Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question, is a collection of esseys, co-edited by Edward Said and Christopher Hitchens, and first published by Verso in 1988 (ISBN 0-86091-887-4).
Blanagram A blanagram (from blank+anagram) is a word which is an anagram of another but for the substitution of a single letter. The term has its origin in competitive Scrabble, where a blank tile on a player's rack may be used to form any of several possible words in conjunction with the player's other tiles.
Blanaid Salkeld Blanaid Salkeld (1880-1959) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and actor, whose well-known literary salon was attended by, among others, Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien. Her son, Cecil ffrench Salkeld was one of the leading Irish artists of the day; her granddaughter Beatrice married Brendan Behan.
Blanc Coursier Herald Blanc Coursier Herald was an officer of arms in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, associated with the Order of the Bath. The name of the office derives from the white horse in the arms of the Hanoverian monarchs.
Blanc de noirs Blanc de noirs is a French term (literally "white of blacks") for a white wine produced entirely from black grapes. It is often encountered in Champagne, where a number of houses have followed the lead of Bollinger's prestige cuvée Vieilles Vignes Françaises in introducing a cuvée made from either Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier or a blend of the two (these being the only two black grapes permitted within the Champagne AOC appellation).
Blanc Rival In the fictional Gundam universe, the SCV-73 Blanc Rival is the fifth Pegasus class mobile suit carrier during the One Year War in UC 0079. The ship appeared briefly in the Playstation 2 game Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front.
Blanca Canales Blanca Canales (1906 – 1996) born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, was a Puerto Rican nationalist leader. Canales may possibly have been the first women to have led a revolt against the United States when at age 24, she led the Jayuya Revolt.
Blanca CerĂłn Blanca CerĂłn PerĂ­n (born August 11, 1974 in Salamanca, Castile-Leon) is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 50 m Freestyle, and the 4x100 m Freestyle Relay.
Blanca de Castejon Blanca de Castejon (1914-1969) was a Puerto Rican actress who became very successful in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. It was never clear if de Castejon was born in New York off Puerto Rican parents, or if she was actually born in Puerto Rico.
Blanca Soto Blanca Soto (born Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides, January 5, circa 1979 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) is a Mexican model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997 and became Miss Mexico World.
Blanca Zumárraga Blanca Rosalía Zumárraga Contreras (born January 6, 1981 in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico) competed in the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico, representing Puebla, the state in which she was raised. She received the title of Miss Mexico World and represented her country in the 2002 Miss World pageant, held on December 7, 2002.
Blancanus (crater) Blancanus is a lunar impact crater located in the rugged southern region of the Moon, to the southwest of the Clavius walled-plain. To the northwest lies the comparably-sized Scheiner crater, and south-southwest of Blancanus is the worn Klaproth crater.
Blancmange curve In mathematics, the blancmange curve is a fractal curve constructible by midpoint subdivision. It is also known as the Takagi curve, after Teiji Takagi who described it in 1903, or as the Takagi–Landsberg curve, a generalization of the curve.
Blanco (compound) Blanco was a compound used by British soldiers (and Commonwealth troops of various nations). The compound was used on cotton webbing infantry equipment, notably the Web Equipment '37 Pattern during the Second World War, though Blanco was used both before and after that conflict.
Blancs d'Espagne Blancs d'Espagne (Spanish Whites) was a term used to refer to those legitimists in France who, following the death of the Comte de Chambord in 1883, supported the Spanish Carlist claimant rather than the Orleanist candidate, who was supported by the vast majority of French royalists.
Bland tomtar och troll Bland tomtar och troll (), is a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual. Founded in 1907 and continuing to this very day, several of the foremost Swedish authors and illustrators have worked for the annual.
Bland-Altman plot In analytical chemistry, a Bland-Altman plot is a method of data plotting used in comparing two different assays (each assay is a procedure to determine how much of a component part is in a mixture). It is identical to a Tukey mean-difference plot, which is what it is still known as in other fields, but was popularized in medical statistics by Bland and Altman.
Blanda The Blanda is a river in Iceland running from the southwest side of the Hofsjökull glacier into Húnaflói bay at Blönduós. The Blanda is among the longest rivers in the country with a length of circa 125 km and has a catchment area estimated at 2370 km².
Blandford Stakes The Blandford Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at the Curragh in September.
Blanding's Turtle The Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a species of semi-aquatic turtle. It is the only species in the genus Emydoidea, and is considered to be a threatened or endangered species throughout much of its range.
Blandwood Mansion and Gardens Blandwood Mansion, originally built as a four room Federal style farmhouse in 1795, is the restored home of two-term North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead (1841-1844) in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.
Blanchard Valley Conference The Blanchard Valley Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in Hancock, Hardin, and Putnam Counties in northwest Ohio. Its name derives from the Blanchard River, which runs through the area in which the schools are located.
Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center The Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, or BVHS, is a regional hospital serving a large northwestern Ohio area with campuses in Findlay and Bluffton, Ohio. The hospital has been headquartered in Findlay since 1895, while the Bluffton Community Hospital was found in 1908 by Dr.
Blanchard, Bailey, and Lawrence theory The Blanchard, Bailey, and Lawrence theory is an informal name for a controversial behavioral model of male-to-female transsexualism. This taxonomy claims there are two types of males who wish to transition: those who exhibit homosexuality and those who exhibit autogynephilia.
Blanchardism Blanchardism is a term which is often applied to the economic theories of MIT economist Olivier J. Blanchard, particularly as relates to the role of the individual consumer within the wider context of macroeconomics.
Blanchardstown Blanchardstown (Baile Bhlainséir in Irish) is a sprawling suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Originally a town in its own right, it is now the largest urban area in the County of Fingal, and serves as a regional service centre for the county along with Swords.
Blanchardville Bullets The Blanchardville Bullets is an amateur baseball team that plays in the Home Talent Baseball League in Blanchardville, Wisconsin. The Bullets were started in 1934 and have been playing in the Home Talent League ever since.
Blanche Barrow Bennie Iva "Blanche" Frasure (born Caldwell) (January 1, 1911 - December 24, 1988) was the third wife of Marvin "Buck" Barrow and a member of the Barrow gang. Born in Garvin, Oklahoma, she was the only child of Matt Fontain Caldwell and Lillain Bell Pond.
Blanche Calloway Blanche Calloway (February 9, 1904 - December 16, 1978) was a Jazz singer, bandleader, and composer from Baltimore, Maryland. She is not as well known as her younger brother Cab Calloway, but she may have been the first woman to lead an all male orchestra.
Blanche Devereaux Blanche Marie Elizabeth Hollingsworth Devereaux was one of the four main characters on the 1985-1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, and its CBS spin-off The Golden Palace. She was portrayed by Rue McClanahan, who won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy in 1986 for her performance.
Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the Democratic senior United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate when she was elected in 1998 at the age of 38.
Blanche Long Blanche Beulah Revere Long (December 17, 1902 -- May 11, 1998) was the first lady of Louisiana from 1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960. She was also a "partner in power" to her husband, Governor Earl Kemp Long.
Blanche Lyon Pursuivant Blanche Lyon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (sometimes Blanch Lyon) was a British office of arms created during the reign of King Edward IV. In 1602, the office was made "extraordinary" for the appointment of Francis Thynne, before his promotion to Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary that same year.
Blanche of Lancaster Blanche of Lancaster (March 25, 1345 – September 12, 1369) was an English noblewoman, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster by his wife Isabel de Beaumont. Both she and her elder sister Maud, Countess of Leicester were born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lindsey.
Blanchetown, South Australia Blanchetown (, postcode 5357) is a town in South Australia, on the right (West) bank of the Murray River 130 km northeast of Adelaide. The Blanchetown Bridge is the westernmost (and furthest downstream) of the four times that the Sturt Highway crosses the Murray River.
Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller (October 2, 1909–November 29, 1992) was born Blanchette Ferry Hooker in New York City. She was the daughter of Elon Hooker, founder of Hooker Electrochemical Company, and his wife, Blanche Ferry.
Blanchimont The Blanchimont turn is one of the most fearsome turns in Formula 1. Part of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, this high-speed left-hand turn, present in both the old, 14-km circuit, and the new, shorter, 7-km track, it is the final sweeping corner of the track before the Bus Stop chicane, which leads to the pit straight.
Blanching Blanching is a cooking term that describes a process of food preparation wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (shocked) to halt the cooking process.
Blanching (coinage) Blanching is the whitening of metal, by various means, such as soaking in acid or by coating with tin. This term is commonly used in coinage, in which pieces are given a lustre and brilliance before images are struck into the surface.
Blank & Jones Blank & Jones is a German dance act, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank (born June 15, 1971), René Runge (born June 27, 1968), better known as DJ Jaspa Jones and the producer Andy Kaufhold ( N*D*K) (born December 17, 1969).
Blank (archeology) In archaeology, a blank is a thick, shaped stone biface of suitable size and configuration for refining into a stone tool. Blanks are the beginning products of lithic reduction, and during prehistoric times were often created for trade or later refinement at another location.
Blank expression A blank expression is a facial expression characterized by the neutral position of facial features and implies a lack of strong emotion. It may be caused by a lack of emotion, boredom, slight confusion (such as when someone refers to something which the listener does not understand) or a deliberate attempt to disguise one's emotions, such as when playing poker.
Blank check A blank check (carte blanche), in the literal sense, is a cheque that has no numerical value written in, but is still signed. In the figurative or metaphoric sense, it is used in politics to describe legislation that is open-ended or vague, and therefore subject to abuse.
Blank-firing adaptor A blank-firing adaptor or blank-firing attachment (BFA), sometimes called a blank adaptor or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition. Blank firing adapters are required for allowing blanks to cycle most automatic firearms.
Blanka Pauli Blanka Pauli (in the Czech Republic known as Blanka PaulĹŻ, born March 31, 1954) is a former Czech cross country skier who competed during the 1970's and 1980's. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and finished 4th in the 20 km at those same games.
Blanket A blanket is a type of bedding, generally a large, rectangular piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while they sleep. Blankets are distinguished from sheets by their thickness and purpose; the thickest sheet is still thinner than the lightest blanket, because blankets are for warmth, while sheets are for hygiene, comfort and aesthetics.
Blanket loan A blanket loan, or blanket mortgage, is a mortgage client securing several parcels of property, frequently used by developers who have purchased a single tract of land intending to subdivide into individual parcels. The developer normally requires a "partial release" clause so that individual parcels can be released from the blanket mortgage as they are sold...
Blanket primary In United States politics, the blanket primary (also known as a jungle primary) is a system used for selecting party candidates in a primary election. In a blanket primary, voters may pick one candidate for each office without regard to party lines; for instance, a voter might select a Democratic candidate for governor and a Republican candidate for senator.
Blanket protest The blanket protest was part of a dispute involving Provisional IRA and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners held in the Maze prison ("Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland. The republican prisoner's status as political prisoners, the Special Category Status, had begun to be phased out in 1976.
Blanketing Blanketing is interference caused by strong radio signals. Although the spectral mask of a radio station's transmitter suppresses spurious emissions on other frequencies in the band, being extremely close to a station may allow them to still be strong enough to cause significant interference.
Blankets (graphic novel) Blankets is a 600-page black-and-white graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions. A memoir, the book tells the story of Thompson's childhood in an Evangelical Christian family, his first love, and his early adulthood.
Blankney Blankney is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 239 according to the 2001 census. The village is about 16 km (10 miles) south of Lincoln and 16 km north of Sleaford.
Blanks and Postage Blanks and Postage (often abbreviated B&P) is a method of acquiring recordings, typically live music, by mailing blank CD-Rs or DVD-Rs and a self-addressed stamped envelope to an experienced trader. The trader copies the desired recordings to the discs and mails them back in the envelope, receiving nothing for the service.
Blanquism In left-wing discourse, 'Blanquism' refers to a conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui. Blanquism holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators Having taken power, the revolutionaries would then use the power of the state to introduce socialism] or [[communism.
Blantyre Celtic F.C. Blantyre Celtic were a former football team that played under the auspices of the Scottish Junior Football Association. Their home ground was near Springwell in Blantyre and they had as local rivals Blantyre Victoria, known locally as the Vics.
Blantyre mining disaster The Blantyre mining disaster which happened on the morning of October 22, 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was and remains Scotland’s worst. Blantyre Colliery, William Dixons pit numbers 1 and 2 both blasted killing 207 miners of which the youngest victim was a boy of 11.
Blantyre railway station Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line 14 km (8Âľ miles) south east of Glasgow Central railway station (Low Level).
Blantyre Victoria F.C. Blantyre Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in the town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed the Vics, they were formed in 1890 and play at Castle Park where their record attendance is 6,000.
Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Blantyre (Gaelic: Baile an t-Saoir) is a burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland with a population of about 17,000. It is bounded by the River Clyde to the north, the Rotten Calder to the west, the Park Burn to the east and the Rotten Burn to the south.
Blarenberghe Louis-Nicolas and Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe were two French brothers born in Lille, painting usually in Gouache during the 18th century. Their style was similar, and often they worked on the same painting together.
Blarney Stone The Blarney Stone is a block of limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney about 8 km from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery).
Blas Cabrera Blas Cabrera is a physicist at Stanford University who was searching for magnetic monopoles; on the night of February 14, 1982, the detector recorded an event which had the perfect signature hypothesized for a magnetic monopole. After he published his discovery (B.
Blas de Lezo Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta, also known as "Patapalo" (Pegleg), and later as "Mediohombre" (Half-man) for the many wounds suffered in his long military life (3 February 1689 – 7 September, 1741), was a Spanish admiral and one of the greatest strategists and commanders in the history of the Spanish Navy.
Blas Piñar Blas Piñar (Toledo, :Spain November 22, 1918) is a Spanish politician. He had conncections with Catholic organizations; directed the Institute of Spanish Culture (Instituto de Cultura Hispánica); served as deputy (procurador) in the Cortes and Councilor for the Movimiento Nacional.
Blasco Núñez Vela Blasco Núñez Vela (1490 - January 18, 1546) was the first Spanish viceroy of Peru, from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546. He was charged by King Charles I with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to protect the Indigenous people of America from the rapacity of the conquistadors and their descendants.
Blashyrkh Blashyrkh is a fictional kingdom heavily featured in the lyrics of black metal band Immortal. According to the band's singer and bassist Abbath, this frozen kingdom was created by the hatred of both himself and Demonaz.
Blaschko's lines Blaschko's lines, also called the Lines of Blaschko, are an extremely rare and unexplained phenomenon of human anatomy first presented in 1901 by German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko. Neither a specific disease nor a predictable symptom of a disease, Blaschko's lines are an invisible pattern built into human DNA.
Blasket Islands The Blasket Islands (Na BlascaoidĂ­ in Irish - etymology uncertain: it may come from the Norse word "brasker", meaning "a dangerous place") are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish-speaking population.

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