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Blood sport Bloodsport or blood sport is a term commonly used by social reformers to describe sport or entertainment which is believed to be cruel, involving needless animal or human suffering. Hunting Social Analysis, American Sports Data.
Blood substitutes Blood substitutes, often called artificial blood, are used to fill fluid volume and/or carry oxygen and other gases in the cardiovascular system. Although commonly used, the term is not accurate since human blood performs many important functions.
Blood Seal In the series Fullmetal Alchemist the Blood Seal is a type of transmutation circle that acts as a seal to bind a person's soul to an object, such as a suit of armor. This type of seal has to be conducted in blood; the soul is bonded to the object and an element in the blood must be bound with the object itself.
Blood Sisters Blood Sisters is a critically acclaimed 2005 book by Barbara and Stephanie Keating. The book concerns the life stories of three girls: the Irish Sarah Mackay, an Afrikaner Hanna Van der Beer and British Camilla Broughton Smith.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (song) "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" is the title track from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1991 album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. It is the tenth track on the playlist and is one of the heaviest songs on the album with a very dark guitar riff and low vocals from Anthony Kiedis.
Blood Sword Blood Sword is a series of gamebooks created by Oliver Johnson and Dave Morris and published by Knight Books in the late 1980s. The books were illustrated by Russ Nicholson and the maps suplied by Geoff Wingate.
Blood Syndicate In Milestone Comics' fictional city of Dakota, the Blood Syndicate is a loose affiliation of super-powered individuals brought together by circumstance; 35 issues of their eponymous comic book, written largely by Ivan Velez, Jr., were published between 1993 and 1996.
Blood test Blood tests are laboratory tests done on blood to gain an appreciation of disease states and the function of organs. Since blood flows throughout the body, acting as a medium for providing oxygen and other nutrients, and drawing waste products back to the excretory systems for disposal, the state of the bloodstream affects, or is affected by, many medical conditions.
Blood transfusion Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery.
Blood type Each blood type (also called blood group) is represented by a substance on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These substances are important because they contain specific sequences of amino acid and carbohydrate that are antigenic.
Blood Thirst Blood Thirst, also known as Blood Seekers and The Horror from Beyond, is a 1971 Horror film directed by Newt Arnold and shot in the Philippines. It tells of an American detective investigating a series of vampiric murders linked to a Manila nightclub.
Blood volume Blood volume is the volume of blood (both red blood cells and plasma) in a person's circulatory system. A typical adult male human has a blood volume of some five liters Blood volume is regulated by the kidney]s.
Blood War In the the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the Blood War is an eternal conflict between the fiends of the Lower Planes. The Tanar'ri are the demonic forces of the Abyss, an evil plane of chaos.
Blood Zone Media Blood Zone Media is a fan-based website of horror, science fiction and fantasy movies and books. It began on October 14, 2005 in San Jose, California, as a collaborative venture between Kevin Nickelson, an online movie reviewer, and Christopher G.
Blood-brain barrier The blood-brain barrier (abbreviated BBB, not to be confused with the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, a function of the choroid plexus) is a membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the central nervous system. It is a physical barrier between the local blood vessels and most parts of the central nervous system and stops many substances from travelling across it.
Blood-ocular barrier The blood-ocular barrier is a membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the eye. It is a physical barrier between the local blood vessels and most parts of the eye itself, and stops many substances from traveling across it.
Blood-oxygen-level dependent Blood-oxygen-level dependent or BOLD fMRI is a method of observing which areas of the brain are active at any given time. Neurons do not have internal reserves of energy in the form of sugar and oxygen, so their firing causes a need for more energy to be brought in quickly.
Blood-Oath Celebration In Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy, the Agaeti Blodhren, or "Blood-Oath Celebration," is held every century in the Elven capital of Ellesméra to honor the bond created between the Elves and the Dragons. As with all celebrations held by the Alfakyn, Agaeti Blodhren is described as being "wondrously, gloriously mad".
Blood-spinning Blood-Spinning is a method used by athletes to shorten the time of the healing of an injury. Small samples of the athlete's blood are spun in a centrifuge in order to increase the concentration of growth hormones.
Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane is a 1998 independent action comedy film (with elements of dark humor) written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film stars Joe Carnahan and Dan Leis as two salesman of a failing used car dealership who are paid $250,000 to allow a convertible onto the dealership lot for two days.
Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears was an American music group, formed in New York City in 1967, which fused jazz and rock or pop music into a hybrid of what came to be known as "jazz-rock". They are among the first of this genre of music.
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat The Blood, toil, tears, and sweat speech was a famous speech made by Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the British Parliament on 13 May, 1940. It was his first speech to the House after taking over as Prime Minister of Britain in the first year of World War II, having replaced Neville Chamberlain on 10 May.
Blood: A Tale Blood: A Tale is a four-issue comic book limited series first published by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint in 1988 and later re-released by DC under its Vertigo imprint in 1996. The series was written by J.
Blood: The Last Vampire (video game) Blood: The Last Vampire is a graphical adventure video game based on the Original Video Animation(OAV) of the same name. The games are available for the PlayStation 2 in two parts and the PlayStation Portable in one part.
Blood:Water Mission Blood:Water Mission is a non-profit organization founded by the members of the Christian band Jars of Clay, to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. Blood:Water Mission is building clean water wells, supporting medical facilities, and focusing on community and worldview transformation in America and Africa.
Bloodbath Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal band from Stockholm, formed in 2000. These musicians created the three-song Breeding Death EP in 2000, with the vocals of Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), the drumming of Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, and more), the heavy guitar sound of Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (Katatonia, Diabolical Masquerade), and the bass of Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, October Tide).
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero is a 1995 action/adventure film starring Don Wilson, Marcus Aurelius, Michael Blanks and Anthony Boyer. It was directed by Rick Jacobson and written by Brendan Broderick and Rob Kerchner.
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt Bloodfist VII: Manhunt is a 1995 action/adventure film starring Don Wilson, Jillian McWhirter, Jonathan Penner and Steven Williams. It was directed by Jonathan Winfrey and written by Brendan Broderick and Rob Kerchner.
Bloodgate Hill Iron Age Fort The Bloodgate Hill Iron Age Fort is an Iron age hill fort in Norfolk, England, situated on a hill above the village of South Creake in the north of the county. The meaning of the name Bloodgate is unknown, but is taken from the road that runs from the fort to the village.
Bloodhound SAM The Bristol Bloodhound, a British surface-to-air missile, was developed during the 1950s as the UK's main air defence weapon and was in large-scale service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the forces of four other countries from 1958.
Bloodhulk In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Bloodhulk is an Undead. They were originally evil, fanatical, shamanistic humans or similar creatures whom others had come to worship as a god, and had too many sacrifices made to them.
Bloodhype Bloodhype (1973) is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster. The book is eleventh chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series, though it was written second, and it is an oddity for the characters since they only appear in the last third of the book.
Bloodless surgery The term "Bloodless surgery" is a neologism of relatively recent vintage, and in fact is confusing terminology.Farmer S, Webb D, Your Body Your Choice The layman’s complete guide to bloodless medicine and surgery, 2000 pgs.
Bloodless war A Bloodless War is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without death or injury, although the threat of violence usually seem very likely but never happens. Typically these events are recorded in history as wars even though the term "war" generally implies violence.
Bloodletting Bloodletting (or blood-letting, in modern medicine referred to as phlebotomy) was a popular medical practice from antiquity up to the late 19th century, involving the withdrawal of often considerable quantities of blood from a patient in the hopeful belief that this would cure or prevent a great many illnesses and diseases. The practice, of unproven efficacy, has been abandoned for all except a few specific conditions as modern treatments proved or believed to be effective have been introduced.
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures is a short story collection by Vincent Lam, published in 2006. The book, inspired by Lam's own experiences in medical school and as a professional physician, is a volume of interconnected short stories about the lives and relationships of Fitz, Ming, Chen and Sri, four young medical students in Toronto.
Bloodline (World of Darkness) A bloodline is a fictional category of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade. While the term clan refers to considerably populous and well-known groups, bloodline refers to smaller groups.
Bloodlines (comics) Bloodlines was an intracompany crossover that spanned all of the annuals published by DC Comics in 1993. The event was bookended by two Bloodbath specials, written by Dan Raspler, with issue one at the beginning of the event drawn by Chuck Wojtkiewicz and issue two at the end of the event drawn by Sal Velluto.
Bloodlines (TV drama) Bloodlines is a one-off detective thriller starring a released suspect played by Kevin McNally and on-screen daughter Emma Pierson as a new police officer keen to investigate the circumstances of her mother's recent death.
Bloodlines in Vampire: The Requiem A bloodline is a fictional category of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games 'Vampire: The Requiem. While the term clan refers to considerably populous and well-known groups, bloodline refers to smaller groups.
Bloodlust and Perversion Bloodlust and Perversion is a compilation album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. It contains the Bloodlust & Perversion demo, Journey through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern demo and other material.
Bloodlust Software Bloodlust Software is a developer of humorous PC computer games. It was originally formed in 1992 by two high school students (Ethan Petty and Icer Addis) who were angry at the rise of movements against computer game violence.
Bloodlust Software Universe Created by Ethan Petty and Icer Addis, the Bloodlust Software Universe is the fictional shared setting where all of the video games published by Bloodlust Software take place. Since most of the characters in the universe have a knowledge of each other, each game should not be considered its own universe, but instead adds to the lore of the universe itself.
Bloodlust: Subspecies III Bloodlust: Subspecies III is the third film of the Subspecies quadrilogy, which was produced by Full Moon Studios. Full Moon is famous for producing low budgeted horror films, like the Puppet Master film series.
Bloodrock 2 (album) Bloodrock 2 is the second album by the Texan hard rock band Bloodrock, released under Capitol Records in 1970. The album was the beginning of a path on which Bloodrock had progressively less control over their image as Capitol Records soon began marketing band in whatever way they saw fit without the members' consent.
Bloodrock 3 (album) Bloodrock 3 is the third album by the Texan hard rock band Bloodrock, released under Capitol Records in 1971. The album features subtle elements of jazz fusion and marks Bloodrock's first real steps toward progressive rock.
Bloodrock Live (album) Bloodrock Live is a live album by Bloodrock released under Capitol Records in 1972. The album is mainly considered a last-ditch effort by Capitol to save Bloodrock's popularity once it began to considerably decline after the band's previous release, Bloodrock U.
Bloodroot Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States. It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria, and is included in the family Papaveraceae.
Bloodscream Bloodscream (Zachariah Ravenscraft) is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and an enemy of Wolverine. The character's first appearance was in Wolverine (volume 2) #4 (February, 1989).
Bloodshed Derek Michael "Bloodshed" Armstead was an African American rapper, usually affiliated with fellow Harlemites Big L, Ma$e and Cam'Ron (who was Bloodshed's cousin). He was born on July 31, 1975 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Bloodshot (comics) Bloodshot is the title character of the popular comic book series published by Valiant Comics. Bloodshot was re-launched (with the majority of the other Valiant Universe characters) under the banner of Acclaim Comics in 1996 (video game company Acclaim Entertainment purchased Valiant Comics for $65 million in June 1994).
Bloodshot Records Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois which specializes in roots-inflected indie rock, a Chicago brand of outlaw country. It was established in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, who earned her masters degree from Columbia College Chicago the same year, and Rob Miller, who had earned his masters degree from DePaul University in 1993.
Bloodsilk spider In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Bloodsilk spider is a Magical Beast. They are small, compact, short-legged creatures, far from terrifying and gigantic Monstrous spiders, but their silk has an unusual property.
Bloodsport - ECW's Most Violent Matches Bloodsport - ECW's Most Violent Matches (also called Bloodsport ECW: The Most Extreme Matches) is a 2 Disc DVD set produced by World Wrestling Entertainment featuring 19 of the most brutal matches in the history of ECW. Each match was supposedly hand selected by Paul Heyman, who introduces every violent match.
Bloodsport (film) Bloodsport is a 1988 martial arts film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Although it enjoyed little box-office success, it is considered a cult classic by many martial arts film enthusiasts for showcasing a considerable variety of international fighting styles, ranging from Kung Fu to Jeet Kune Do and Muay Thai, among many others.
Bloodstain pattern analysis Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is one of several specialties in the field of forensic science. The use of bloodstains as evidence is not new, however the application of modern science has brought it to a higher level.
Bloodstock Bloodstock is an annual metal music festival held over two days in The Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. The event features big-name mainstream, underground and new bands split between two stages, as well as a 'Metal Market' offering general genre merchandise (such as T-Shirts and jewelry) and CDs.
Bloodstone (band) Bloodstone was a funk / soul group formed in the 1960s in Kansas City, Missouri. Bloodstone was instrumental in the black rock and funk movement of the 1970's, and even had a hand in the brown-eyed soul movement with some Latin music-tinged hits.
Bloodstone: Subspecies II Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) is the second film of the Subspecies quadrilogy, which was produced by Full Moon Studios. Full Moon is famous for producing low budgeted horror films, like the Puppet Master film series.
Bloodstopping Bloodstopping is/was an American folk practice once common in the Ozarks and the Appalachians. It was believed that certain persons, known as bloodstoppers, could halt bleeding in humans and animals by supernatural means.
BloodSpell BloodSpell is a 2006 fantasy film produced by Strange Company. BloodSpell employs filming techniques known as machinima, and is the first feature-length production to use BioWare's Aurora Engine, developed for the computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights, to generate the video portion of the film.
BloodStorm BloodStorm is a fighting game released into arcades in 1994 by Strata and developed by Incredible Technologies, the same people who created Time Killers. It is considered by some as a 'sequel' to Time Killers, even though both games' backgrounds have nothing to do with each other (similar to how some say Waku Waku 7 is a sequel to Galaxy Fight).
Bloodties (comics) [a 1993 Avengers]/[[X-Men crossover and a direct sequel to the X-Men Fatal Attractions detailing the fallout from the infamous mindwipe of Magneto and his ultimate defeat. The story is about Exodus and his attempt to kidnap Luna, the daughter of Crystal and Quicksilver and therefore, the granddaughter and heir of Magneto.
Bloody Bloody is the adjectival form of blood but may also be used as a swear word or expletive attributive (intensifier) in Britain, Ireland, South East Asia, Australia, and increasingly North America. Nowadays it is considered (by most of the population of these countries) to be a very mild expletive, and unlikely to cause offence in most circles.
Bloody April During the First World War, the month of April 1917 was known as Bloody April by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The RFC suffered particularly severe losses - about three times as many as the German Air service over the same period.
Bloody Assizes The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials in September 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England. The site of the trials survives almost unchanged — the Oak Room of the Antelope Hotel, Dorchester, Dorset.
Bloody Friday (1972) The Belfast Bomb Blitz and Bloody Friday are among the names given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 21, 1972. The bombings were part of a concerted bombing campaign carried out by the Provisional IRA against economic and military targets in Northern Ireland.
Bloody hand Under the old English forest laws, bloody hand was one of the four kinds of trespasses in the royal forest, by which the offender, being apprehended and found with his hands or other body part stained with blood, is judged to have killed the deer, even though he was not found hunting or chasing.
Bloody Christmas Bloody Christmas refers to the controversy surrounding the brutal beating of seven young Latino men by about fifty members of the Los Angeles Police Department while the young men were in police custody on Christmas day, 1951. The men had been rounded up after fighting with some of the officers at a bar in Elysian Park.
Bloody Mallory Bloody Mallory is a 2002 French film directed by Julien Magnat and written by Magnat and Stéphane Kazandjian. The film stars Olivia Bonamy, Adrià Collado, Jeffrey Ribier, Laurent Spielvogel, Valentina Vargas, Julien Boisselier, and Thylda Barès.
Bloody Mary (cocktail) A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.
Bloody Mary (person) Bloody Mary is a name applied to both Queen Mary I of England and to a figure of Western folklore. Mary I acquired the epithet during the reign of her successor Elizabeth on account of the perceived ferocity of her religious persecutions.
Bloody Pit of Horror Bloody Pit of Horror (Original Italian Title: Il Boia Scarlatto) is an Italian gothic horror movie from 1965 about an Italian castle owner who is possessed by an evil spirit of its sado-masochistic past when a group of models come to use his property for a special photo shoot. The models soon find themselves victims of his special brand of torture.
Bloody Roar Bloody Roar (ă–ă©ăă‡ă‚Łăア) is a series of fighting games created by Hudson Soft, and developed together with Eighting. The series has been published by multiple companies, including, Virgin Interactive, Activision and Konami.
Bloody show Bloody show is the passage of a small amount of blood or blood-tinged mucus through the vagina near the end of pregnancy. It can occur just before labor or in early labor as the cervix changes shape, freeing mucus and blood that occupied the cervical glands or cervical os.
Bloody Stupid Johnson Bergholt Stuttley Johnson, better known as Bloody Stupid Johnson, is a landscape gardener and inventor on the Discworld (a fictional world created by author Terry Pratchett), and is mentioned in a number of books. Though he has died before the timeline in which most of the books are set, his legacy lives on.
Bloody Sunday (1887) Bloody Sunday, London, 13 November, 1887, was the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O'Brien. The demonstration was organized by the Radical Federation.
Bloody Sunday (1939) Bloody Sunday (; ) is the term used to describe an incident that took place at the beginning of World War II. On September 3, 1939, two days after the German invasion of Poland, a highly controversial massacre occurred in and around the town of Bydgoszcz () in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Bloody Sunday (1972) Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by members of 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city. Thirteen people, six of whom were minors, died immediately, while the death of another person 4½ months later has been attributed to the injuries he received on the day.
Bloody Sunday (band) Bloody Sunday is a hardcore Christian band from Virginia Beach, Virginia. The name comes from the Irish massacre in 1972 in which 14 Irish Civil Rights activists were shot dead by the British Parachute Regiment.
Bloody Sunday Inquiry The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville inquiry, was established in 1998 by Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday for a second inquiry. The inquiry was set up to establish a definitive version of the events of Sunday 30 January 1972, superseding the Tribunal set up under Lord Widgery that had reported on 19 April 1972, 11 weeks after the events, and to resolve the accusations of a whitewash that had surrounded it.
Bloody Tie Bloody Tie is a Korean film released in 2006. Directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jeong-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryu Seung-beom.
Bloody Tubs The Bloody Tubs (or Blood Tubs) were a nineteenth century gang of opportunistic street toughs in Baltimore, Maryland, who worked primarily for nativist Know Nothing politicians to commit election fraud.Jensen, B.
Bloody Valentine War In the Cosmic Era alternate universe of the fictional Gundam anime metaseries, the Bloody Valentine War is a war between the Earth Alliance, an alliance of four major governments on Earth; ZAFT, a nation of space colonies located at L5; and the Three Ships Alliance, an alliance of Earth Alliance moderate factions, the Clyne Faction, and the neutral Orb Union. This conflict is covered in the TV series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Bloody Wolf Bloody Wolf, known in Japan as Narazumo Sentou Butai: Bloody Wolf (translates from Japanese as "Ruffian Combat Force: Bloody Wolf") and Battle Rangers in Europe, is a run and gun arcade game released by Data East in 1988. Two commandos take on an entire army with many weapons, and defeat bosses to advance levels.
Bloody-nosed beetle The bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) is a large flightless leaf beetle. It gets its common name from a defensive behaviour of exuding a foul-tasting bright red fluid from its mouth, and is also called blood spewer or blood spewing beetle.
Bloom The term bloom usually refers to the general expression describing the aesthetic experience of one or more flowers on a flowering plant. Also used as a metaphor for young people at the peak of their beauty or health.
Bloom (Winx Club) Bloom is a fictional character from the animated series, the Winx Club. She is the informal leader of the Winx Club group, and her first appearance was in Una fata a Gardenia (translation: A Fairy in Gardenia) (4kids dub: It Feels Like Magic).
Bloom County Bloom County was a popular American comic strip by Berke Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the lens of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children have adult personalities (and vocabularies) and animals can talk.
Bloom syndrome Bloom syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by a high frequency of breaks and rearrangements in an affected person's chromosomes, discovered and first described by dermatologist Dr. David Bloom in 1954.
Bloomability Bloomability is a book written by Sharon Creech about a young girl who lives with her semi-nomadic family in the modern day United States of America. She is given the opportunity to attend a The American School In Switzerland, a boarding school in Switzerland, where the majority of the storyline takes place.
Bloombase Technologies Bloombase Technologies develops and markets a complete basket of enterprise information security solutions to address these security issues. Bloombase Technologies formulated a vision of least invasive information security solution approach for next generation enterprise data transit and storage systems to accelerate electronic business.
Bloomberg Terminal The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer system that enables financial professionals to monitor real-time financial market movement and trades. Most large financial organisations have subscriptions to the Bloomberg service, which costs between $1,750 and $2,100 per terminal per month.
Bloomers (musical comedy troupe) Founded in 1978 at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Bloomers is the nation's premier all-female musical sketch comedy troupe. The group consists entirely of undergraduate women who write, direct, and perform all-original material.
Bloomfield High School (Connecticut) Bloomfield High School is the sole public high school serving the town of Bloomfield, Connecticut. Bloomfield High School has been a four-year high school since 1985, changing from a three-year high school as school age population and public school attendance declined.
Bloomfield River cod The Bloomfield River Cod (Guyu wujalwujalensis) is a very small fish in the Guyu genus and the Percichthyidae family that is only found in an 11 kilometre stretch of the Bloomfield River (between two large waterfalls) in North Queensland, Australia. These waterfalls appear to have blocked the migration of more aggressive tropical freshwater fish species such as the Sooty Grunter (Hephaestus fuliginosus) that have presumably naturally displaced the Bloomfield River Cod from its former range in pre-historical times.
Bloomfield Road Bloomfield Road is the home of English football club Blackpool Football Club. The venue was used during the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship after having two stands redeveloped between 2001 and 2002, giving the ground a capacity of 11,295 (all-seated, including the temporary East Stand).
Blooming onion A blooming onion or onion blossom is a food dish consisting of one large fried vidalia onion which is cut to resemble a flower. It is served as an appetizer at several restaurants, such as the chain Outback Steakhouse.
Bloomingdale School District The Bloomingdale School District is a comprehensive public school district serving students in Kindergarten through 8th grade, serving approximately 665 students in Bloomingdale, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
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