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Bulbophyllum globuliforme The species Bulbophyllum globuliforme is an epiphyte and grows in subtropical rainforest in Australia's northeast in a variety of habitats including warm temperate rainforest, dry rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests.
Bule (woreda) Bule is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Bule. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Bule is bordered on the south by Kochere, on the west by Yirgachefe, on the northwest by Wenago, and on the east by the Oromia Region.
Bulen (woreda) Bulen is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Metekel Zone, Bulen is bordered by Dangur in the north, by Mandura in the northeast, by Dibate in the east, by the Abay River on the south which separates it from the Kamashi Zone, and by Wenbera in the west.
Bulent Atalay Bulent Atalay is a physicist, artist, and author of the best selling book, Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci, initially published in English by Smithsonian Books (2004), and subsequently in numerous foreign languages, including Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian, etc. He is also the author (or coauthor) of numerous technical articles in theoretical physics, and the author and artist of pair of books of lithographs, Oxford and the English Countryside, and The Lands of Washington.
Bulent's Screen Recorder Bulent's Screen Recorder captures video, audio and images of anything seen on the screen. Any portion of the screen can be selected for recording : Full desktop, any window on your desktop, any region of the screen including Picture In Picture, or 'HandyCam' for auto-pan recording.
Buletin Malam Buletin Malam, (literally Nightly Bulletin) is the first newscast containing international stories ever produced by a private television station in Indonesia. Launched in February 1991 on RCTI, Buletin Malam which was then hosted by Helmi Johannes and Desi Anwar became so popular since it had been focused on developments in the then Soviet Union with its glasnost and perestroika that ended in the country's disintegration.
Bulette A bulette or landshark is a large fictional carnivorous magical beast from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Its original design is based on a figure from various playsets of plastic dinosaurs and other pre-historica animals, though there is no real creature with its shape.
Bulevardul Magheru Bulevardul Gheorghe Magheru is a boulevard in central Bucharest, located between Piaţa Romană and Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu, which leads to the University Square. Formerly known as Bulevardul Take Ionescu and Bulevardul Brătianu, it was build in the early 20th century as a prolongation of Bulevardul Colţei.
Bulgan (city) Bulgan is the capital city of Mongolia's Bulgan province, has a population of 18,000 and has been an established settlement for thousands of years, originally serving as an ancient tribal meeting place. A previously very conservative, even backwards, city, in the last few decades it has seen the gradual effects of Westernisation, with shopping malls and cinemas gradually opening up around the city.
Bulgar language Bulgar (also BolÄźar), also Proto-Bulgarian is the language of the Bulgars, now extinct, whose classification is unclear. There is variation of suppositions about its origins whether it was a Turkic language, or that it linked to the Pamiri languages of the Iranian language group.
Bulgaralpine Bulgaralpine was a sports automobile produced in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and the result of a collaboration between Alpine (a French automobile firm) and ETO Bulet (a Bulgarian export trade organization). Production lasted for three years (1967-1969).
Bulgari Italian jeweler and luxury goods retailer Bulgari (usually written "BVLGARI") is named for its founder, Italian Greek emigrant Sotirios Bulgari (Σωτήριος Βούλγαρης). The company was founded in 1884 in Rome, Italy.
Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics The Bulgarian Olympic Committee claims one gymnast, Charles Champaud, competed for the nation at the 1896 Summer Olympics. This makes Bulgaria one of the 14 nations to appear at the inaugural Summer Olympic Games.
Bulgaria at the 1924 Summer Olympics Bulgaria competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the first official appearance of the nation at the modern Olympic Games, although some sources claim that Charles Champaud represented Bulgaria in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest Bulgaria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 2005 (see ESC2005). This is due to the country only joining the European Broadcasting Union, which countries must be part of in order to compete in Eurovision, in late 2004.
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Bulgaria chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in a national final on 11 March. The TV viewers had 10 minutes to vote by phone calls and SMS for the song to represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2006 .
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Bulgaria will hold national selection called Pesen Na Evrovizija 2007, which includes a semi-final and final. 18 songs will take part in a semi final on 3 February 2007, where a jury will pick 9 to go to the final, with 3 "wildcards" being added in by BNT.
Bulgarian adjectives A Bulgarian adjective agrees in gender, number and definiteness with the noun it is appended to and is put usually before it. The comparative and the superlative form (unlike most other Slavic languages) are formed analytically.
Bulgarian ancestry of royals of Bulgaria The deposed current Royal House of Bulgaria, contrary to common misconceptions, and despite of the country having spent half a millennium under the Ottoman Empire, descends from earlier monarchs of Bulgaria, both the First Bulgarian Empire and the Second Bulgarian Empire. Scholars have traced several bloodlines in ancestry of tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and his wife Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870-99), progenitors of the present royal family.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS, in Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките, Balgarska akademiya na naukite, abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members.
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) (Bulgarian: Българският земеделски народен съюз; БЗНС) is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923.
Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Alexander Stambolijski The Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Alexander Stambolijski (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz "Alexander Stambolijski") is an agrarian-progressive party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union–People's Union The Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union–People's Union (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz–Naroden Sajuz) is an agrarian-conservative party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgarian People's Union, that won at the last legislative elections, 25 june 2005, it won 5.
Bulgarian Americans Bulgarian Americans are citizens of the United States with significant Bulgarian heritage. Those can include Bulgarian Americans living in the United States for one or several generations, dual Bulgarian American citizens, or any other Bulgarian Americans who consider themselves to be affiliated to both cultures or countries.
Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid The Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid (Ohrid Archbishopric, Archbishopric of First Justiniana and all Bulgaria) was an autonomous Bulgarian Orthodox Church under the tutelage of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1019 and 1767, seated in Ohrid.
Bulgarian B Professional Football Group The Bulgarian B Professional Football Group ("Б" Професионална футболна група) or B PFG ("Б" ПФГ) is a professional football tournament in Bulgaria. It currently comprises two leagues: East and West, each with 14 teams.
Bulgarian car number plates The standard Bulgarian license plates consist of a blue vertical strip (the European strip) on the left side of the plate containing the flag of Bulgaria and the country code of Bulgaria (BG), always followed on a white surface, using black font, by the one- or two-letter province code, four digits and a final two-letter code, called a serie. They thus take the form X(X) NNNN YY.
Bulgarian cricket team The Bulgarian Cricket Team is a fledgling team which represents the nation of Bulgaria in International Cricket competitions. They are not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council and are therefore not entitled to participate in ICC Official events, however they do have an application to the European Cricket Council pending, which should see them granted Affiliate Status in the near future.
Bulgarian cuisine Bulgarian cuisine () is a representative of the cuisine of Southeastern Europe. Essentially Slavic, it shows Turkish, Greek and Middle Eastern influences, and to a lesser extent Italian, Mediterranean and Hungarian ones.
Bulgarian Center for Not-For-Profit Law The Bulgarian Center for Not-For-Profit Law (BCNL) (founded 2001) is a legal entity based in Sofia, Bulgaria with public benefit purposes to provide legal support for the development of civil society in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party (Българска комунистическа партия / Balgarska Komunisticeska Partija) was the ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a Communist state. The Bulgarian Communist Party had dominated the Fatherland Front coalition that took power in 1944, late in World War II, after it led a coup against Bulgaria's fascist government in conjunction with the Red Army's crossing the border.
Bulgarian Communist Party - Marxists Bulgarian Communist Party - Marxists (in Bulgarian: Българска комунистическа партия - марксисти) is a political party in Bulgaria. БКП - марксисти was founded in 1990.
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World states The Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World states (Bulgarian: Bulgarska demokraticheska partiya za evropeiski i svetovin shchati; Българска демократическа партия за европейски и световни щати) is a political party in Bulgaria, led by Ivan Shabanov. The party was founded in 1990.
Bulgarian Democratic-Constitutional Party Bulgarian Democratic-Constitutional Party (in Bulgarian: Българска демократ-конституционна партия) is a right-wing political party in Bulgaria, led by Ivan Ambarev. The party was founded in 1990.
Bulgarian Empire Bulgarian Empire (, Balgarsko tsarstvo ) is a term used to describe two periods in the medieval history of Bulgaria, during which it acted as a key regional power in Europe in general and in Southeastern Europe in particular, often rivalling Byzantium. The two "Bulgarian Empires" are not treated as separate entities, but rather as one state restored after a period of Byzantine rule over its territory.
Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the other Orthodox churches in 1950s. It was established as an independent Bulgarian ecclesiastical organisation on February 28, 1870 by the decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
Bulgarian Fir Bulgarian Fir (Abies borisiiregis) is a fir native to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria, northern Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Serbia. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 40-50 m (exceptionally 60 m) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.
Bulgarian Football Union The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) (Bulgarian: Български футболен съюз, БФС) is the governing body of football in Bulgaria. It organizes the football league, Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, and the Bulgaria national football team.
Bulgarian Footballer of the Year Bulgarian Footballer of the Year (, Futbolist â„–1 na Balgariya) is an annual title awarded to the best Bulgarian football (soccer) player of the year. The award has been given since 1961, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Bulgarian media.
Bulgarian Human Rights in Macedonia Bulgarian Human Rights in Macedonia or BHRM (Greek: Βουλγαρικά Ανθρώπινα Δικαιώματα στη Μακεδονία - ΒΑΔΜ, Bulgarian: Български Човешки Права в Македония - БЧПМ) is a political organization based in the Greek city of Thessaloniki advocating recognition and promotion of the human rights of the ethnic Bulgarian minorities in northern Greece (primarily in Macedonia) and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It was founded in July 2000 by Nicholas Stojanov and almost instantly caused controversy.
Bulgarian language Bulgarian (Български език, Balgarski ezik) is an Indo-European language, a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic languages. Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from other Slavic languages, such as the elimination of noun declension, the development of a suffixed definite article (see Balkan linguistic union), the lack of a verb infinitive, and the retention and further development of the proto-Slavic verb system.
Bulgarian literature Bulgarian literature is literature written by Bulgarians or residents of Bulgaria, or written in the Bulgarian language; usually the latter is the defining feature. Bulgarian literature can be said to be one of the oldest among the Slavic peoples, having its roots during the late 9th century and the times of Simeon I of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Bulgarian Legion The Bulgarian Legion (, Balgarska legiya) was the name of two military bands formed by Bulgarian volunteers and revolutionary workers in the Serbian capital of Belgrade in the second part of the 19th century. Their ultimate goal was the liberation of the Bulgarian people from the Ottoman rule through coordinated actions with the neighbouring Balkan countries.
Bulgarian Muslims The Bulgarian Muslims (Bulgarian: българи-мохамедани; locally called pomak, ahryan, poganets, marvak, poturnak) are Bulgarians of the Islamic faith. They are descendants of Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians who converted to Islam during the period between the 16th and the 18th century through the Ottoman empire influence.
Bulgarian name Compared to other systems, the Bulgarian name system can be said to be rather simple. As a whole, it has considerable similarities with most other European name systems, and with those of other Slavic peoples in particular.
Bulgarian nouns Bulgarian nouns have the categories grammatical gender, number, case (only vocative) and definiteness. A noun has one of three specific grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) and two numbers (singular and plural), With cardinal numbers and some adverbs, masculine nouns use a separate count form.
Bulgarian National Bank The Bulgarian National Bank (, Balgarska narodna banka) is the central bank of the Republic of Bulgaria and one of the oldest central banks in the world, established on 25 January 1879. The BNB is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government's currency reserves.
Bulgarian National Patriotic Party The Bulgarian National Patriotic Party (Balgarska Nacionalna-Patrioticna Partija) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Union Attack, that won at the last legislative elections, 25 june 2005, 9.
Bulgarian National Radio The Bulgarian National Radio (, Balgarsko natsionalno radio; abbreviated БНР, BNR) is the national radio network of Bulgaria. It was founded on 30 March 1930 as Rodno radio ("Native radio") by a group of intellectuals.
Bulgarian National Revival The Bulgarian National Revival (, Balgarsko natsionalno vazrazhdane or simply Възраждане, Vazrazhdane), sometimes called the Bulgarian Renaissance, was a period of socio-economic development and national integration among Bulgarian people under Ottoman rule. It is commonly accepted to have started with the historical book, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, written by the Hilendar Monastery monk of Bulgarian origin Paisius in 1762 and lasted until the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 as a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
Bulgarian News Agency The Bulgarian News Agency (; abbreviated БТА, BTA) is the national news agency of Bulgaria. It was founded in 1898 through a decree of Knyaz Ferdinand of Bulgaria during the government of Konstantin Stoilov.
Bulgarian Olympic Committee The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (Български олимпийски комитет, abbreviated as БОК, BOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Bulgaria and a part of the International Olympic Committee. It was formed on 30 March 1923 (with Bulgaria participating in the Olympic Games since the first modern Olympiad in 1896), disbanded for a short period between September 1944 and 1952, since when it has continuously represented the country in the Olympic movement.
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005 - Elections were held on June 25, 2005, for the 240 members of the National Assembly. According to exit polls, the Leftist Coalition for Bulgaria had a lead with around 31%, but without a majority, necessitating the creation of a coalition.
Bulgarian placename etymology Bulgarian placename etymology is characterized by the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Balkans through the ages and the position of the country in the centre of the region. While typical Bulgarian placenames of Slavic origin vastly dominate, toponyms which stem from Greek, Thracian, Latin and Turkish can also be encountered.
Bulgarian presidential election, 2006 The 2006 Bulgarian presidential election (, Izbori za prezident na Balgariya 2006) was held on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament. The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September–20 October.
Bulgarian Posts The Bulgarian Posts (Български пощи, Balgarski poshti) are the national postal service of Bulgaria. The company was founded after the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, as the Russians handed all the post and telegraph offices to the newly-restored Bulgarian state on 14 May 1879.
Bulgarian Professional Football League The Bulgarian Professional Football League (Българска професионална футболна лига) or BPFL (БПФЛ) organizes the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, Bulgarian B Professional Football Group and the Bulgarian Cup tournaments. It unifies the Bulgarian professional football clubs.
Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee The Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee (Bulgarian: Български революционен централен комитет) or BRCK was a Bulgarian revolutionary organisation founded in 1869 among the Bulgarian emigrant circles in Romania. The decisive influence for the establishment of the committee was exerted by the Svoboda newspaper which Lyuben Karavelov began to publish in the autumn of 1869.
Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bulgarian: Bălgarska Socialističeska Partija or Българска социалистическа партия) (BSP or БСП) is a political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. It was formed in 1990 in post-communist Bulgaria, following the decision of the Bulgarian Communist Party to abandon Marxism-Leninism.
Bulgarian State Railways The Bulgarian State Railways (, Balgarski darzhavni zheleznitsi, abbreviated as БДЖ, BDZ) are Bulgaria's state railway company and the largest railway carrier in the country, established as an entity in 1885. The company's headquarters are located in the capital Sofia.
Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir The Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir is a musical ensemble, created in Bulgaria in 1951 by Philip Koutev, "the father of Bulgarian concert folk music." They became widely known in alternative music circles when the record label 4AD released a series of albums of their music from 1986 onwards, under the title Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.
Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia The Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia (Bulgarian: Българска фондова борса - София, Balgarska fondova borsa - Sofiya, abbreviated BSE) is a stock exchange operating in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was originally founded on 15 April 1914 through a tsar's decree, but ceased to operate after the Second World War as Bulgaria became a Communist state.
Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup. It takes place before the new season begins.
Bulgarian umbrella A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism in it which shoots out small pellets containing poison. Such an umbrella was used in the assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on September 7, 1978 (the birthday of the Bulgarian State Council Chairman Todor Zhivkov who had often been the target of Georgi Markov's criticism), on Waterloo Bridge in London (Markov died four days later), and also in the failed assassination attempt against the Bulgarian dissident journalist Vladimir Kostov the same year in the Paris underground.
Bulgarian unification The Unification of Bulgaria (, Saedinenie na Balgariya) was the act of unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the then-Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia in the autumn of 1885. It was co-ordinated by the Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee (BSCRC).
Bulgarian Vampires Almost every culture has its own myths and legends about vampires, or as they're also known "the living dead". Bulgaria is a country in Europe, which is neighbour of Romania, from where the story of Count Dracula was inspired.
Bulgarian wine Grape growing and wine production have a long history in Bulgaria, dating back to the times of the Thracians. Wine is, together with beer and grape rakia, one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the country.
Bulgarians The Bulgarians (Bulgarian: българи or Bǎlgari) are a South Slavic people generally associated with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. The majority of the Bulgarians nowadays live in the Republic of Bulgaria, although there are Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of other countries.
Bulgarrenault Bulgarrenault (or Bulgar Renault) was an automobile produced in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and the result of a collaboration between Metalhim (a Bulgarian defense firm) and Bulet (a Bulgarian export trade organization). Production lasted for five years (1966-1970), during which the factory in Plovdiv produced two Renault models: the Renault 8 and the Renault 10.
Bulgartabac Bulgartabac Holding Group AD or simply Bulgartabac () is a Bulgarian tobacco holding company and one of the leading tobacco products producers in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as a major European cigarette producer. Established in 1947 and based in the capital Sofia, it includes 22 joint-stock subsidiary companies in the tobacco-growing regions of the country.
Bulguksa Bulguksa is a Buddhist temple in the North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is home to seven National treasures of Korea, including Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo (Blue Cloud Bridge), and two gilt-bronze statutes of Buddha.
Bulimba Creek, Queensland The Bulimba Creek flows into the Brisbane River near The Gateway Bridge. Bulimba creek has a catchment that includes Mansfield and Carindale and frequently breaks its banks, in intense rainfall, such as the rainfall in thunderstorms.
Buliugu Li Buliugu Li (步六孤麗) (d. 465), more commonly known in historical accounts as Lu Li (陸麗) (because after the change of Xianbei names to Han names in 496, "Buliugu" was changed to "Lu"), formally Prince Jian of Pingyuan (平原簡王), was a high level official for the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei who served mostly during the reign of Emperor Wencheng.
Bulk and Skull Bulk and Skull are fictional characters in the Power Rangers universe. They appeared as permanent cast members from the original series of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers until Power Rangers: In Space, and Bulk by himself was a regular in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, making the pair the two longest-appearing characters in the program.
Bulk billing Bulk billing is a payment option under the Medicare system of universal health insurance in Australia. The health service provider, usually a physician is paid 85% of the scheduled fee directly by the government by billing the patient via their Medicare card; the government.
Bulk bins Bulk bins refer to the big bins of food that are commonly seen throughout grocery stores in north america. They usually have a scoop in them and you just scoop out the contents of the bulk bin, put it into a cellophane bag and then it's weighed at checkout.
Bulk cargo Bulk cargo is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). These cargos are usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or solid, into a bulk carrier's hold, railroad car, or truck/trailer/semi-trailer body.
Bulk confectionery Bulk confectionery is a method of commercially dispensing multiple small units of confectionery, either in manufactured bags with a fixed number of units per container, or by the amount of mass placed in a bag. The former is typically used in vending machines, while the later is more common in retailers that specialize in selling confectionery.
Bulk material handling Bulk Material Handling is an engineering field that is centred around the design of equipment (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and control) used for the transportation of materials such as ores and cereals in loose bulk form. It can also relate to the handling of mixed wastes.
Bulk Richardson number The Bulk Richardson Number is a dimensionless number in meteorology relating vertical stability and vertical shear (generally, stability divided by shear). It represents the ratio of thermally produced turbulence and turbulence generated by vertical shear.
Bulk sale A bulk sale is a sale of goods by a business that represents all or substantially all of its inventory to a single buyer unless such a sale would be common in the ordinary course of its business. In order to protect the purchaser from claims made by creditors of the seller, the seller must usually complete an affidavit outlining its secured and unsecured creditors.
Bulk soil In soil science, bulk soil refers to soil that is not penetrated by the root systems of plants. It is the cultivated top soil above a root limiting layer (hardpan), or it is the soil supporting the cultivated plants in a field.
Bulk transfer A bulk transfer, such as is governed by Article Six of the Uniform Commercial Code, usually refers to a series of contracts for transferring the ownership of a business which has a physical inventory of merchandise and fixed capital such as equipment, plumbing, large tools, and so forth.
Bulk vending Bulk vending is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties (in capsules) selected at random and dispensed generally through non-electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from full line vending – i.
Bulkhead (partition) A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. Bulkheads in a ship serve several purposes: They increase the structural rigidity of the vessel, divide functional areas into rooms and create watertight compartments that can contain water in the case of a hull breach or other leak.
Bulkhead line Bulkhead line is an officially set line along a shoreline, usually outside of the dry land, to demark a territory allowable to be treated as dry land, to separate the jurisdictions of dry land and water authorities, for construction and riparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions to navigation, etc.
Bulkley River The Bulkley River in British Columbia is a major tributary of the Skeena River. Known for the finest steelhead fishing in Canada and among the best in the world, the Bulkley is 257 km long with a drainage basin covering 12,400 km².
Bulkley Valley The Bulkley Valley is an area in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The Bulkley River runs through the valley which is bounded on the west by the Hudson Bay Mountain range and on the east by the Babine Mountains.
Bulkworthy Bulkworthy is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, about 9 miles southwest of Great Torrington, and on the River Torridge. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 83.
Bulky waste Bulky waste or bulky refuse is a technical term taken from waste management to describe waste types that are too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection. It is usually picked up regularly in many countries from the streets or pavements of the area.
Bull & Finch Pub [Bull & Finch Pub is a bar / restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill] neighborhood of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Common. The Bull & Finch has gained much notoriety from the exterior shots used of it on the show Cheers.
Bull (mythology) The worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world is most familiar to the Western world in the episode of the idol of the Golden Calf made by Aaron and worshipped by the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sinai (Exodus). Marduk is the "bull of Utu".
Bull bar A bull bar (also roo bar or nudge bar in Australia) is a device fitted to the front of a vehicle to protect the vehicle (and its passengers) from damage in a collision with an animal . They vary considerably in size and form, and are usually made out of welded steel or aluminium tubing, and, more recently, polycarbonate materials.
Bull call spread A bull call spread is a bullish, vertical spread options strategy that is established by buying an at-the-money call while simultaneously writing a higher striking out-of-the-money call of the same underlying security and expiration month.
Bull Creek Primary School Bull Creek Primary School is a small primary school located in Bull Creek, Western Australia, outside of Perth. It is sitauted between Oberthur Primary School and Bull Creek Shopping Centre, the school being 32 years old.
Bull Garrison House Bull Garrison House was located on Tower Hill, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. During King Philip's War, on December 15, 1675, it was attacked and burned by the Narragansett Indians, fifteen of its defenders losing their lives.
Bull Island Bull Island or North Bull Island is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore. It is less than two centuries old, having been formed by sand building up after the North Bull Wall was completed in the early 19th century to keep clear the channel to Dublin Port.
Bull Lake glaciation The Bull Lake Glaciation is a glacial period that began roughly 200,000 years ago and ended 130,000 years ago when several large sheets of ice moved down the Buffalo River valley from the north and from the Tetons in the west. The name Bull Lake Glaciation itself is derived from the well-preserved moraines found in the vicinity of Bull Lake near the Wind River Mountains.
Bull Moose Jackson Benjamin (Bull Moose) Jackson (1919 – 1989) was an American blues and rhythm and blues singer and saxophonist. He acquired his nickname from members of the Lucky Millinder orchestra when he played with it in the mid-1940s; his colleagues thought he looked like a bull moose.
Bull Moose Special The Bull Moose Special is the name given to the armored train that Quinn Morton, a Kanawha County coal operator and a group of Baldwin-Felts Detectives drove through a tent colony of striking miners and their families during the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike. While driving through, Morton, the detectives, and the deputies opened fire on the colony with machine guns and high powered rifles, killing one miner and injuring several others.

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