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Bridgwater Bay Bridgwater Bay is on the estuary of the River Severn, near Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett. Several of the man-made drainage ditches from the Somerset Levels also drain into the bay.
Bridie A bridie or Forfar bridie is a Scottish type of meat pastry or pie, originally from the town of Forfar, similar to a Cornish pasty in shape, but the pastry is not as hard and no potato is used. It is made of minced beef, sometimes with onions and spices, placed on shortcrust or puff pastry and folded into a semi-circular shape; the whole thing is baked in an oven.
Bridie Goldstein Run for Children The Bridie Goldstein Run for Children is an annual five kilometer run/walk in Syosset, New York] that benefits MercyFirst a non-profit, non-sectarian agency that cares for more than 3,000 abused, neglected and troubled children at over 25 sites annually [http://www.antonnews.
Bridle joint A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it. The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.
Bridle of Constantine Legend holds that after Constantine was proclaimed Caesar then Emperor, he ordered that all honor be paid to his mother, Helena to make up for the neglect paid her by her former husband, Constantius Chlorus. After her conversion to Christianity, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, and sent her on a quest to find the cross and nails used to crucify Jesus.
Bridle Path, Toronto The Bridle Path is an upscale residential neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is characterized by large multi-million dollar mansions and two to four acre (8,000 to 16,000 m²) lot sizes. It is often referred to as "Millionaires' Row".
Bridle Trails neighborhood The Bridle Trails neighborhood can refer to a neighborhood in one of the following cities: Bellevue, Washington, Kirkland, Washington or Redmond, Washington. It is so named for being adjacent to Bridle Trails State Park.
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata is a wallaby which has white 'bridle' line, running down from the back of the neck. Another distinguishing feature is the horny spur on the end of its tail which is usually from 3 to 6 mm long) and is partly covered by hair.
Bridlewood Community Elementary School Bridlewood Community Elementary School is a Canadian elementary and middle school located on 63 Bluegrass Drive, in Kanata, Ontario. It is situated in the Zone 2 school board district in the Kanata South] neighbourhood of [[Bridlewood.
Bridlington (UK Parliament constituency) Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Bridlington railway station Bridlington railway station serves the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Bridport Bridport is a town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the Western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the rivers Brit and Asker, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre (the hangman’s rope being made at Bridport gave birth to the saying "stabbed with a Bridport dagger").
Brie Brie is a historic region of France most famous for its Brie cheese. It was once divided into two sections ruled by different feudal lords: Brie française, corresponding roughly to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne in the Île-de-France région; and Brie champenoise, forming a portion of the modern département of Marne in the historic region of Champagne (part of modern-day Champagne-Ardenne).
Brie (cheese) Brie is a soft cow's milk cheese named after Brie, the French province in which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight greyish tinge under crusty white mould; very soft and savoury with a hint of ammonia.
Brief (law) A brief or factum (latin for "act" or "deed") is a written legal document used in various legal adversary systems that is presented to a court arguing why the party to the case should prevail. In England and Wales, the phrase refers to the papers given to a barrister when they are instructed.
Brief Lives Brief Lives is a collection of short biographies written by John Aubrey in the last decades of the seventeenth century. Aubrey initially began collecting biographical material to assist the Oxford scholar Anthony Wood, who was working on his own collection of biographies.
Brief reactive psychosis Brief reactive psychosis is the psychiatric term for psychosis which is triggered by extreme stress. The condition usually spontaneously resolves itself within two weeks, and the main goal of treatment is to prevent the patient from harming either themself or others.
Briefcase A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. Lawyers commonly use briefcases to carry briefs to present to a court, originating the name.
Brien FitzCount Brien FitzCount (also known as Brian de Insula, Brian des Illes and Brian of Wallingford), was the Lord of Wallingford and Baron Abergavenny, and a staunch supporter of the Empress Matilda during the Anarchy of King Stephen's reign in England.
Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem Hugh, Count of Brienne claimed the regency of Jerusalem (and, indirectly, a place in the succession) in 1264 as senior heir of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Jerusalem, being the son of their eldest daughter, but was passed over by the Haute Cour in favor of his cousin Hugh III of Cyprus. This claim fell to his son Walter V of Brienne and his descendants.
Brienz Brienz is a municipality in the District of Interlaken of the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The village lies on the north bank of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.
Brienz Rothorn Bahn The Brienz Rothorn Bahn (BRB) is an gauge tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of Lake Brienz, to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain. The two designers, engineer Alexander Lindner and contractor Theo Bertschinger were supported by the mountain railway pioneer Roman Abt, who had responsibility for equipping the line with his newly developed double lamella rack system.
Brier Creek Brier Creek is a community development project in the Western edge of Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with Brier Creek Country Club, Brier Creek Commons shopping center, nearby condominium/apartment complexes such as Ashley Park at Brier Creek, and a planned elementary school, Brier Creek rapidly became a self-sustained neighborhood in the early 2000's.
Brier score A Brier score measures the accuracy of a set of probability assessments. Proposed by Brier (1950), it is the average deviation between predicted probabilities for a set of events and their outcomes, so a lower score represents higher accuracy.
Briercrest Bible College Briercrest College is a Christian, private college located in Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada, which offers courses in theology, arts, and Christian ministry. There are around 650 students, 500 of whom are in residence.
Briercrest Family of Schools The Briercrest College and Seminary is a group of related Christian educational organizations in Saskatchewan, Canada. They include Briercrest College and Seminary, Caronport High School, and Briercrest Distance Learning.
Brierley Brierley is a town and a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the south-west of Hemsworth, off the A628 road, and is located at approximately 53° 35' 40" North, 1° 23' West, at an elevation of around 100 metres above sea level.
Brierley Hill (UK Parliament constituency) Brierley Hill parliamentary constituency centred on the in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Brieselang Forest Light The Brieselang Forest Light ( German: Briesealanger Waldlicht) is a mysterious light, which is said to be visible at all evening at a certain place in Brieselang forest. Brieselang Forest Light is described either as flashing point, as green lighting point or as flying lighting ball.
Brigada NS Brigada NS is a Brazilian white power skinhead band from SĂŁo Paulo. It released the record "Retorno da Velha Ordem" in 2001, which had a swastika on the cover and racist lyrics calling for blacks to be removed from SĂŁo Paulo and for Neo-Nazis to combat Zionism.
Brigada Specială de Intervenţie a Jandarmeriei Brigada Specială de Intervenţie a Jandarmeriei (Gendarmerie Special Intervention Brigade) is a special operations force belonging to the Romanian Gendarmerie. The unit carries the name "Vlad Ţepes" after the legendary Romanian ruler, "Vlad the Impaler".
Brigade A brigade is a military unit that is typically composed of two to five regiments or battalions, depending on the era and nationality of a given army. Usually, a brigade is a sub-component of a division, a larger unit consisting of two or more brigades; however, some brigades are classified as a separate brigade and operate independently from the traditional division structure.
Brigade 2506 Brigade 2506 was the name given to a CIA-sponsored group made up of 1,511 Cuban exiles who fought in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The brigade's name was derived from the military ID issued to the first member of the brigade to die in military training.
Brigade Commander In the United States Army, the commanding officer of a brigade is a Brigade Commander. The position is usually held by a colonel, although a lieutenant colonel can be selected for brigade command in lieu of an available colonel.
Brigade de répression du banditisme The Brigade de Répression du Banditisme (Banditry Repression Brigade, BRB) is an elite special police unit of the French Ministry of the Interior (Ministère de l'Intérieur). It is in charge of armed robberies, burglaries and scams, and art thefts.
Brigade de recherche et d'intervention The Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (Research and Intervention Brigade, BRI), often called "Anti-Gang Brigade", is an elite police special unit of the French Ministry of the Interior (Ministère de l'Intérieur).
Brigade group A brigade group is term used primarily in armies of the Commonwealth of Nations. It generally refers to a formation which includes three or four battle groups, or an infantry brigade (three battalions), supported by armoured, artillery, field engineer, aviation and support units, and amounting to about 5,000 soldiers.
Brigade General Brigade General is a rank used in many armies to denote the lowest rank of general, corresponding to command of a brigade. The rank is mostly used in countries where it is used as a modern alternative to a previous older rank of Brigadier or Brigadier General.
Brigadier Estanislao López Highway The Brigadier Estanislao López Highway is a highway in the Argentine province of Santa Fe, linking the provincial capital Santa Fe and the city of Rosario. It runs north–south for 170 km, roughly parallel to National Route 11.
Brigadier General Brigadier General (known as simply Brigadier in the UK Army and sometimes known as a one-star general from the United States insignia) is the lowest rank of general officer in some countries, usually ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. It is often a rank used in those militaries which do not maintain the rank of Colonel General (in those countries which do, Major General is normally the first general rank).
Brigadier General Agnew James Agnew was a British soldier, killed in the battle of Germantown, October 4 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. He came to Boston in the latter part of 1775 , holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Brigadier Gerard Stakes The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 7 yards (2,018 metres) at Sandown Park Racecourse in late May or early June.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney. He worked for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats.
Brigantia (goddess) In Gallo-Roman and Romano-British religion, Brigantia was a goddess who is attested several places in Britain and Europe. She was the tutelary goddess of the Brigantes in northern Britain (modern Yorkshire) and of the Brigantes on Lake Constance in Austria (modern Bregenz).
Brigantine Public Schools The Brigantine Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Brigantine, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The district is governed by the Brigantine Board of Education and operates as a Type 1 school district.
Brigden, Ontario Brigden is a rural community located at the crossroads of Courtright Line and Brigden Road, near the city of Sarnia, Ontario. Brigden has a population of about 500 and is the centre of a thriving agricultural district.
Brigg Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in North Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). Earliest references date from the 12th century, the name derived from the old Norse "briggja" meaning a jetty.
Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency) Brigg and Cleethorpes was a constituency in South Humberside which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when its territory was divided between the new constituencies of Cleethorpes and Brigg & Goole .
Brigg and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) Brigg and Scunthorpe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Brigg and Scunthorpe in Humberside. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Briggs & Stratton Flyer The Briggs & Stratton Flyer is a small, simple, lightweight, two-seat vehicle with a wooden frame that doubles as the body and as the suspension. A small gasoline engine is mounted on a fifth wheel, or motor wheel, to drive the flyer.
Briggs (crater) Briggs is a lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum lunar mare, to the east of the large Struve walled-plain. It lies to the northeast of the Eddington walled-plain, and north-northwest of Seleucus crater.
Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II (1907 - 2003) was a racecar constructor, racing team owner, and racecar driver—often described as a renowned racecar enthusiast—an American automobile manufacturer and collector, as well as, being a victorious America Cup sailor (skipper of the Columbia in 1958), and inventor. The Cunningham, a device he invented to gain speed while racing sailboats, is named after him.
Briggs Plan Briggs' Plan was a major resettlement plan tailored by the British during the Malayan Emergency to stifle food and medical supplies to communists in Malaya during the mid-1950s. It was launched by then British High Commissioner of Malaya Sir Henry Gurney and headed by Lieutenant General Sir Harold Rowdon Briggs.
Briggs-Rauscher reaction The Briggs-Rauscher reaction is an example of a clock reaction which causes a visible oscillation in colour over a period of serval minutes. The reation is typically started by a mixture of clear, colourless solutions which then osciallates between pale orange, clear, and black, making an excellent visual demonstration for chemistry courses.
Briggsdale, Columbus, Ohio Briggsdale is a neighborhood on the west/southwest side of Columbus, Ohio. Briggsdale runs all along Briggs Road, and can be defined as the entire area bounded by Clime Road on the south, Demorest Road on the west, Brown Road on the east, and Briggs Road, Eakin Road, and Hopkins Avenue on the north, with South Hague Avenue on the northwest binding Eakin and Briggs Roads.
Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a hospital in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill. With Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare.
Brigham Circle (MBTA station) Brigham Circle is a stop on the E branch of the MBTA's Green Line in Boston, MA. Along with the Longwood Station, it is the closest stop to Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health and the rest of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, all of which are reachable via a short walk from the station.
Brigham Young (1940 film) Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young - Frontiersman) is a movie released in 1940 based upon a story by Lois Bromfield and screenplay by Lamar Trotti. It depicts Brigham Young's succession to the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the assassination of the Church's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, often referred to as BYU, is the flagship university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). About 98% of the students at BYU are members of this churchAbout BYU - Demographis, Nov.
Brigham Young University Arboretum Brigham Young University Arboretum, also known as Harrison Arboretum, is an arboretum located at 800 North Street on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. It includes native plants from both eastern and western regions of the United States.
Brigham Young University Hawaii Brigham Young University Hawai‘i, is a private co-educational university in the town of Lā‘ie thirty-five miles from Honolulu, Hawai‘i on the windward coast of the island of O‘ahu in the United States. Brigham Young University Hawaii is an undergraduate institution that educates some 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific islands, the U.
Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near-Eastern Studies is a study center for Brigham Young University situated on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Israel. The center teaches curriculum concerning Near Eastern history, Hebrew and Arabic language, and the Gospels in the New Testament.
Brighamia insignis Brighamia insignis (Hawaiian alula) is an endangered species of Hawaiian lobelioids, native to the island of Kauai. This short-lived perennial species is a member of a unique endemic Hawaiian genus with only one other species.
Brighella Brighella (French: Brighelle) is a comic, masked character from the Commedia dell'arte. His early costume consisted of loosely-fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a battachio or slapstick, or else with a wooden sword.
Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency) Brighouse and Spenborough was a parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, covering the town of Brighouse and the metropolitan borough of Spenborough. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons in the marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough on 4th May 1950. The seat became vacant following the death of Member of Parliament Frederick Arthur Cobb.
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough on 17th March 1960. The seat became vacant following the death on 23 November 1959 of the Labour Party Member of Parliament Lewis John Edwards, who had held the seat since a by-election in 1950, but whose majority had been cut to only 47 votes at the 1959 general election.
Brighstone Down Brighstone Down is a chalk down on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to the village of Brighstone, in the southwest of the island, and rises to 215 metres at its highest point, northeast of the village of Mottistone.
Brighstone Forest Brighstone Forest is located in the southwest of the Isle of Wight. It lies on the hilly ridges known as Brighstone Down and Westover Down, close to the small town of Brighstone, and is part of the Isle of Wight AONB.
Bright and Shiny (album) Bright and Shiny was an album released by Columbia Records, featuring Doris Day backed by Neal Hefti's orchestra, on March 20, 1961. It was released in two forms; a monaural LP (catalog number CL-1614) and a stereophonic LP (catalog number CS-8414).
Bright and Shiny (song) "Bright and Shiny" is the title song of Doris Day's 1960 LP of the same name. The song was written by Bob & Dick Sherman who had just come off of their success with Johnny Burnette's premiere version of "You're Sixteen" and with Annette Funicello's rendition of "Tall Paul".
Bright Blue Bright Blue is a sporadic South African band that was prominent on the progressive scene in the final years of apartheid. The band's name "reflected the paradox of being bright in a very blue time" but was also a tribute to Chelsea FC
Bright Desert In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Bright Desert is a fictional desert located in the central Flanaess. The Bright Desert is independent of the control of any external nation, and has been significantly organized under the control of Rary the Traitor, though its enemies (among whom it counts The Free City of Greyhawk, The Duchy of Urnst and The Circle of Eight) do not acknowledge it as a nation.
Bright Eyes Germany Bright Eyes Germany is a German heavy metal and hard rock Magazine, which is available at the internet for free. The magazine exists since the mid of 1999 and is run by Bernd Joachim, Thomas Klaner, Carsten Nissen, René Otto and Oliver Vollmer plus some freelancers.
Bright Finance Stadium The Bright Finance Stadium (often fondly referred to as the Stadium of Bright in a take-off of Sunderland's Stadium of Light) is a Football ground, and home to the oldest Football club in the world, Sheffield F.C..
Bright Flight (Missouri Scholarship) Bright Flight is a Missouri merit-based scholarship in the amount of $2000 per annum to Missouri's qualifying graduating high school seniors who enroll in a Missouri accredited college or university. From June 2004 to July 2005, 8390 students were enrolled in the Bright Flight program, which totalled over $15 million in state expenditures.
Bright Future (policy) ‘Bright Future’ was an innovation policy initiated by the National government in New Zealand in 1999. Originally called ‘Five Steps Ahead’, it was designed to identify the areas in which New Zealand innovation could be under threat, including its tall poppy syndrome.
Bright giant The luminosity class II in the Yerkes spectral classification is given to bright giants. These are stars which straddle the boundary between giants and supergiants, and the classification is in general given to giant stars with exceptionally high luminosity, but which are not sufficiently bright or massive to be classified as supergiants.
Bright green environmentalism The term bright green has emerged in the past few years to refer to a subcategory of environmentalism, distinguishing it from traditional forms. Bright green environmentalism aims for a society that relies on new technology and improved design to achieve gains in ecological sustainability without reducing (indeed, increasing) the potential for economic growth.
Bright House Networks Bright House Networks is a cable company owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York. This cable service currently serves cable in Indianapolis, Central Florida (Tampa and Orlando), Birmingham, west suburban Detroit and Bakersfield.
Bright House Networks Stadium Bright House Networks Stadium (formerly UCF Stadium) is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, that is in the construction stages. Located on the campus of University of Central Florida, it will be primarily used for American football, and will be home to the UCF Golden Knights.
Bright Leaf Bright Leaf is a 1949 novel written by Foster Fitzsimmons, which was adapted into a 1950 film by Henry Koster and starring Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall. The works derive their name from the type of tobacco grown in North Carolina after the American Civil War.
Bright Sheng Bright Sheng (surname Sheng, born Shèng Zōngliàng, [in Shanghai], [[China, December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist. He has lived in the United States since 1982 and is on faculty at the University of Michigan.
Bright Star Catalogue The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars or Yale Bright Star Catalogue, is a star catalogue that lists of all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye.
Bright Victory Bright Victory is a 1951 film, adapted by Robert Buckner from Baynard Kendrick's novel Lights Out. It was directed by Mark Robson, and it stars Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Jim Backus, and Rock Hudson.
Bright's disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. The term is no longer used, as diseases are now classified according to their more fully-understood etiologies.
Bright-line rule A bright-line rule, or bright-line test, is a term generally used in law which describes a clearly defined rule or standard, comprised of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation. The purpose of a bright-line rule is to produce predictable and consistent results in its application.
Bright-rumped Attila The Bright-rumped Attila or Polymorphic Attila, Attila spadiceus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from northwestern Mexico to western Ecuador, Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and on Trinidad.
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions is a production company created by Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane. The company is most notable for their production work on the American sitcom Friends, which aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004.
Brighter than a Thousand Suns "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" is a song by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson. The song is featured on their 2006 album, A Matter of Life and Death.
Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology is a two-CD overview of the early years of Duncan Sheik's career, released on Rhino Records on October 24, 2006. The title is a play on and tribute to singer-songwriter Nick Drake's second album, Bryter Layter.
Brightest cluster galaxy Brightest cluster galaxies {BCGs) are the brightest and most massive galaxies in the universe, emitting purely photospheric light. They are generally elliptical galaxies which lie close to the host galaxy cluster kinematic centre, and except for those undergoing major mergers, they lie at the bottom of the cluster potential well and close to the X-ray peak emission.
Brightman Street Bridge The Brightman Street Bridge is a 922-foot long, four-lane wide drawbridge spanning the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. It was authorized in 1903 by the state legislature, and building took place between 1906 and 1908, when it opened full time on October 10, 1908.
Brightness Reef Brightness Reef is a 1995 science fiction novel by David Brin and the fourth book of six set in his Uplift Universe (preceded by The Uplift War and followed by Infinity's Shore). It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.
Brightness temperature Brightness temperature is a measure of the intensity of radiation thermally emitted by an object, given in units of temperature because there is a correlation between the intensity of the radiation emitted and physical temperature of the radiating body which is given by the Stefan-Boltzmann law.
Brighton & Hove Brighton & Hove is a unitary authority and city in East Sussex on the south coast of England. It was formed as a unitary authority on April 1, 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex districts of Brighton and Hove.
Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company operates almost all bus services in the city of Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom. The company was established in 1884 as Brighton, Hove and Preston United Omnibus Company Official company history sub-website and has been part of the Go-Ahead Group since 1993.
Brighton (UK Parliament constituency) Brighton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was divided into single-member seats from the United Kingdom general election, 1950. It elected two Member of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election.
Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign The Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Brighton and Hove PSC) was established in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom in 1997 as an affiliated branch of the National Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which was founded in 1982. They support a wide range of national and international initiatives and campaigns to help bring about the end to the illegal occupation (as they believe it to be) of Palestinian land and restore human rights.
Brighton Applefest Brighton's Applefest was created in 1975 by the merchants of Brighton, Ontario to promote the Brighton area, and the apple-based culture around it. It is now Brighton's largest yearly event, taking place annually during the last week of September.

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