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Bureau of Diplomatic Security The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, more commonly known as Diplomatic Security, or DS, includes the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), DS's most high profile branch. DS personnel work together as a team to ensure that the State Department can carry out its foreign policy missions safely and securely.
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was formed as a part of the Food and Drug Administration in February 1966 and existed until 1968 when it was merged with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to form the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Bureau of Entomology The Bureau of Entomology was a unit within the Federal government of the United States from 1894 to 1934. It developed from a section of the Department of Agriculture which had been working on entomological researches and allied issues relating to insects.
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines) The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Filipino: Kawanihan ng mga Pangisdaan at mga Yamang-Tubig), abbreviated as BFAR, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for the development, improvement, management and conservation of the Philippines' fisheries and aquatic resources.
Bureau of Heraldry (South Africa) The Bureau of Heraldry is the South African heraldic authority, established in Pretoria on 1 June 1963. It is headed by a State Herald and its functions are to register arms, badges, flags and seals (as well as names and uniforms), to keep a public register, to issue registration certificates and, since 1980, to advise the government on heraldic matters.
Bureau of Indian Standards The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India is involved in the development of technical standards (popularly known as Indian Standards), product quality and management system certifications and consumer affairs.
Bureau of Industry and Security The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce which deals with issues involving national security and high technology. A principal goal for the bureau is helping stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, while furthering the growth of United States exports.
Bureau of Information Resource Management The Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) is a component of Department of State's management family of bureaus, which provides the information technology and services the Department needs to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission.
Bureau of International Expositions The Bureau of International Expositions (or Bureau International des Expositions) is the organization responsible for sanctioning World's fairs. It is based in Paris, France and was established as an international convention in 1928.
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is an agency within the United States Department of State responsible for managing a broad range of nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions. The bureau leads U.
Bureau of Inverse Technology The Bureau of Inverse Technology [bit and sometimes BIT] is an organisation of artist-engineers whose stated aim is to be an "information agency servicing the Information Age". Bureau engineers, so-called BIT agents, are involved from design to deployment and documentation of radical products based on commercially available electronic entertainment components such as cameras, radios, networks, robots, sensors etc.
Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately 258 million acres (1,060,000 km²) or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. Most public lands are located in western states.
Bureau of Lands Management (Philippines) The Philippines' Bureau of Lands Management (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Lupa), abbreviated as BLM, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for administering, surveying, managing, and disposing Alienable and Disposable (A&D) lands and other government lands not placed under the jurisdiction of other government agencies.
Bureau of Legislative Affairs The Bureau of Legislative Affairs is the office of the United States Department of State that coordinates legislative activity for the Department of State and communications between the State Department and Congress. The bureau also manages State Department testimony before Congressional hearings.
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) The Bureau of Meteorology is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was a predecessor agency of the Drug Enforcement Administration. It was formed as a subsidiary of the United States Department of Justice in 1968, combining the Bureau of Narcotics (under the United States Department of the Treasury) and Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (under the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Food and Drug Administration) into one agency.
Bureau of Naval Weapons The Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps) was part of the United States Navy's material organization between 1959 and 1966, with responsibility for procurement and support of naval aircraft and aerial weapons. The bureau was established August 18 1959, by an Act of Congress.
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) is a bureau within the United States Department of State. It coordinates a portfolio of issues related to science, the environment, and the world's oceans.
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is the branch of the United States Department of State charged with constructing, purchasing, and maintaining buildings and real estate in other countries. In this role, it is responsible for building and maintaining facilities for American embassies and consulates.
Bureau of Plant Industry (Philippines) The Philippines' Bureau of Plant Industry (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Paghahalaman), abbreviated as BPI, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for serving and supporting the Philippine plant industry sector.
Bureau of Police Research and Development The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) was set up on 28th August 1970 in furtherance of the objective of the Government of India for the modernisation of police forces. It has evolved as a multifaceted, consultancy organization.
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs The Bureau of Political-Affairs is an agency within the United States Department of State that bridges the Department of State with the Department of Defense. It provides policy in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and policy, military use of space, and defense trade.
Bureau of Prohibition The Bureau of Prohibition (or Prohibition Unit) was the federal law enforcement agency formed to enforce the National Prohibition Act of 1919, commonly known as the Volstead Act, which backed up the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. When it was first established in 1920, it was a unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (or Internal Revenue Service as it is known today).
Bureau of Public Affairs The Bureau of Public Affairs is the part of the United States Department of State that carries out the Secretary of State's mandate to help Americans understand the importance of foreign affairs. The Bureau is led by an Assistant Secretary who also serves as Department spokesman.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a federal agency that was formed during Reconstruction to aid distressed refugees of the American Civil War. It became primarily an agency to help the Freedmen (freed slaves) in the South.
Bureau of Resource Management The Bureau of Resource Management assists foreign affairs agency heads with developing policies, plans, and programs to achieve foreign policy goals. The Assistant Secretary of RM and Chief Financial Officer, Bradford R.
Bureau of Sabotage The Bureau of Sabotage is a fictional government entity set in two of Frank Herbert's science fiction novels, Whipping Star and The Dosadi Experiment, and first introduced in his 1964 short story The Tactful Saboteur. It is colloquially known as BuSab.
Bureau of Ships The United States Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on June 20, 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of Engineering.
Bureau of Soils and Water Management (Philippines) The Philippines' Bureau of Soils and Water Management (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Lupa at Tubig), abbreviated as BSWM, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for advising and rendering assistance on matters relative to the utilization of soils and water as vital agricultural resources.
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, renamed in February 2006 when the Bureau of South Asian Affairs absorbed the Office of Central Asian Affairs, is an agency of the Department of State within the United States government. The bureau presently deals with U.
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (BuSandA) was the United States Navy's supply organization between 1892 and 1966. Established in 1842 as the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, the bureau was responsible for the procurement, receipt, storage, shipment, and issuance of food, fuel, clothing, general stores, and other materials.
Bureau of Surrealist Research The Bureau of Surrealist Research, also known as the Centrale Surréaliste, was a Paris-based office in which a loosely affiliated group of Surrealist writers and artists gathered to meet, hold discussions, and conduct interviews with the goal of investigating speech under trance. Located at 15 Rue de Grenelle, it opened in October of 1924, almost simultaneously with the publication of the first Surrealist Manifesto.
Bureau of the Crown Property Bureau of the Crown Property or Crown Property Bureau (Thai: สำนักงานทรัพย์สินส่วนพระมหากษัตริย์) is a Thai non-government agency responsible for managing the personal assets of the King of Thailand and his immediate family. The current King is Bhumibol Adulyadej and the current director of the CPB is Chirayu Isarangkul.
Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament The Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament is essentially the leadership of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and consists of one President and four Vice-Presidents. The current President of the Parliament is Gertrude Mongella from Tanzania.
Bureau of the Public Debt The Bureau of the Public Debt is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. The Bureau's headquarters are located in Washington, DC, but most employees are located in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and improves the quality and effectiveness of DOT's statistical programs through research, development of guidelines, and promotion of improvements in data acquisition and use.
Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation The Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is an agency within the United States Department of State. It is responsible for providing oversight of policy and resources of all matters relating to the verification of compliance---or noncompliance---with international arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements.
Bureau of Yards and Docks The Bureau of Yards and Docks was the branch of the United States Navy responsible from 1842 to 1966 for responsible for building and maintaining navy yards, drydocks, and other facilities relating to ship construction, maintenance, and repair.
Bureau-shaping Bureau-shaping is a rational choice model of bureaucracy that argues that rational officials will not want to maximize their budgets, but instead to shape their agency so as to maximize their personal utilities from their work. For instance, bureaucrats would prefer to work in small, elite agencies close to political power centres and doing interesting work, rather than to run large-budget agencies with many staff but also many risks and problems.
Bureaucracy Bureaucracy is a concept in sociology and political science referring to the way that the administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules are socially organized. This office organization is characterized by standardized procedure (rule-following), formal division of responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships.
Bureaucratic collectivism Bureaucratic collectivism is a theory of class society. It is used by some Trotskyists to describe the nature of the Soviet Union under Stalin, and other similar states in Central and Eastern Europe and elsewhere (such as China and Cuba).
Burebasaga Confederacy Burebasaga is the largest of the three confederacies that comprise Fiji's House of Chiefs, to which all Fijian chiefs belong. It consists of the provinces of Rewa Province, Nadroga, Serua, Kadavu Island off the coast of Suva, and parts of Ba and Ra.
Burek Burek or Börek are savory or pies or pastries found in many countries of the former Ottoman Empire. They are made of phyllo pastry or flaky pastry dough, and generally filled with cheese (most commonly feta), ground meat, or vegetables (most commonly spinach).
Buren Bayaer Bùrén Bāyáěr (Chinese: 布仁巴雅爾 (Traditional) / 布仁巴雅尔 (Simplified) ; Mongolian: to be added) is a singer, composer and a disc jockey in China. He is a Mongolian Chinese and was born in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China in 1960.
Burette [A burette (also buret) is a vertical cylindrical piece of laboratory glassware] with a volumetric graduation on its full length and a precision tap, or [[stopcock, on the bottom. It is used to dispense known amounts of a liquid reagent in experiments for which such precision is necessary, such as a titration experiment.
Burevestnik Burevestnik (; English:Stormy Petrel) was the All-Union Voluntary Sports Society of students and teachers of the most part of high schools and universities in the USSR, established in 1957 (between 1936 and 1957 the society with the same name united workers of Trade Unions of the State trade and State institutions).
Burfjord Burfjord is a village in Kvænangen municipality in Norway, housing the municipal council. The services of Burfjord include a bank, a post office, a gas station, a medical office, a nursing home, a dentist, a primary school and grocery shops.
Burford, Shropshire Burford is a village and civil parish in the South Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. The village is to the north of the River Teme; on the other side of the Teme is the Worcestershire town of Tenbury Wells.
Burg AM transmitter The AM transmitter in Burg, near Magdeburg, Germany, is a huge facility for longwave and mediumwave broadcasting. Its most dominant constructions are a 324 metre guyed radio mast and two 210 metre guyed steel tube masts.
Burg Birseck Burg Birseck is located in the municipality of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country. Burg Birseck is also called "Untere Burg Birseck" or "Vordere Burg Birseck" and is one of four castles on a slope called Birseck, which confines the plain of the Birs river.
Burg Eltz Burg Eltz is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of the same family that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago.
Burg Hohenwerfen Burg Hohenwerfen The former fortification dating from the 11th century towers high above the Salzach Valley. Hohenwerfen served Salzburg's rulers, the prince-archbishops, not only as a military base but also as a residential and hunting retreat.
Burg Hohenzollern Burg Hohenzollern is a castle, about 50km south of Stuttgart, Germany (), considered home to the Hohenzollern family that came to power during the Middle Ages and ruled Prussia and Brandenburg until the end of World War I.
Burg Maus Burg Maus (meaning Mouse Castle in German) is a castle above the village of Wellmich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies on the east side of the Rhine, north of Burg Katz (Cat Castle) in Sankt Goarshausen and opposite Burg Rheinfels at Sankt Goar across the river.
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein Burg Pfalzgrafenstein is a toll castle on the Falkenau island, otherwise known as Pfalz Island in the Rhine river near Kaub, Germany. Known as "the Pfalz", this former stronghold is famous for its picturesque and unique setting.
Burg Rheinfels Burg Rheinfels is a castle ruin located in Sankt Goar, Germany overlooking the Rhine river. It was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen and was partially destroyed by French Revolutionary Army troops in 1797.
Burgage plots In medieval England and Scotland, burgage plots or burgage tenements were inclosed fields extending the confines of a medieval town, established by the lord of the manor, as divisions of the 'open' manorial fields. The burgesses (equivalents of "burghers") to whom these tracts were allotted, as tenants of the enclosed lands, paid a cash rent instead of, as previously, occupying land by virtue of having given feudal service.
Burgan Field The onshore Burgan Field in the desert of southeastern Kuwait is one of the world's largest and richest oil fields. After its discovery in February, 1938, the USA & UK owned Gulf Oil Corporation began commercial oil production at Burgan in 1946.
Burgas Burgas (also transliterated as Bourgas; Bulgarian: Бургас, Greek: Πύργος, Pírgos) is the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.
Burgas Bay Burgas Bay () is the largest bay of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and one of the largest ones in the Black Sea. It is 41 km at its widest and 25 m at its deepest, reaching 31 km at its greatest innermost extent approximately where the Bulgaria]n city of [[Burgas is located.
Burgas Lakes The Burgas Lakes (Бургаски езера) or Burgas Wetlands (Бургаски влажни зони) are a group of coastal lakes of varying saltiness located around the Bulgarian city of Burgas in the proximity of the Black Sea. They constitute the largest group of lakes in the country and comprise some of Bulgaria's biggest and most important lakes.
Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline The Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline (or Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline) is a proposed oil pipeline to transport Russian oil from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas to the Greek Aegean port of Alexandroupoli. An official agreement for the pipeline's construction was signed by the three countries in January 2005.
Burgenland Burgenland (Hungarian Várvidék, Őrvidék or Felsőőrvidék, Croatian Gradišće, Slovenian Gradiščansko) is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte (towns with a charter) and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities.
Burgenland Croatian language Burgenland Croatian language or dialect (gradišćanskohrvatski jezik) belongs to the South Slavic branch of the Slavic languages. It is a regional language variant of the Croatian language spoken in Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Burgenland Croats Burgenland Croats are ethnic Croats in the Austrian province of Burgenland. Although an enclave hundreds of kilometres away from their original homeland, they have managed to preserve culture and language for centuries.
Burgenlandkreis The Burgenlandkreis is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Merseburg-Querfurt, Weißenfels, Leipziger Land, Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Altenburger Land, Greiz, district-free Gera, Saale-Holzland, Weimarer Land, Sömmerda and the Kyffhäuserkreis.
Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador Burgeo is a town and fishing village located on the south coast of Newfoundland, seventy-five miles from Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Post Office was established in 1856 and the first Postmaster was Richard Bradshaw.
Burger Bowl Burger Bowl is an athletic field on the West Campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, at the intersection of Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Street. The bowl-shaped field picked up the "Burger" name during the 1970s, when Burger King opened a restaurant across Hemphill Avenue from the field.
Burger Geldenhuys Burger Geldenhuys, born Schalk Burger on 18 May 1956 in Kroonstad, in the Free State Province, South Africa is a South African rugby union player. He is the most capped player in the history of the Blue Bulls franchise, with 128.
Burger Ranch (Portugal) Burger Ranch is a major fast food restaurant chain in Portugal. At the end of 2005 it had 22 franchised restaurants, of which 20 were located in continental Portugal and one each in the Portuguese Madeira and Azores island groups.
Burger's Daughter Burger's Daughter is a novel by South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, originally published in Britain in 1979 by Jonathan Cape Ltd. It follows the life of Rosa, the title character, as she comes to terms with her father Lionel's legacy as an activist in the SACP over the course of 30 years.
Burgerless burger A burgerless burger, especially in Southern California, means a burger made without a meat patty. Unlike the veggie burger which is not available in all fast-food restaurants, a "burgerless burger" is more widely available.
Burgertime Burgertime ( バーガータイム) is a 1982 Japanese arcade game created by Data East Corporation for its DECO Cassette System. The game was originally titled Hamburger in Japan, but was renamed Burgertime before being introduced to the United States.
Burgerville, USA Burgerville, USA is a privately held chain of restaurants found only in Oregon and southwest Washington. As the chain's name suggests, Burgerville's sandwich menu consists mostly of hamburgers, though it also offers chicken and turkey sandwiches, gardenburgers, and halibut fish and chips.
Burgess H The Burgess H was an early airplane and possibly the first air machine specifically designed and built for military use. Classified as the "Model H military tractor", it was developed and built in 1912 by Burgess Company and Curtis, which in the following year became The Burgess Company.
Burgess Hill Town F.C. Burgess Hill Town Football Club (founded 1882) plays football (soccer) in the Isthmian League First Division South, the eighth tier of English football. The club plays its home games at Leylands Park in Burgess Hill, a town in South-East England.
Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was a versatile American actor and is best known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and the Penguin in the television series Batman.
Burgess Shale The Burgess Shale is a black shale fossil bed (Lagerstätte) named after Burgess Pass, close to where it was found, high up in the Canadian Rockies in Yoho National Park near the town of Field, British Columbia. Fossils were first found in the Burgess Shale in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, who returned in the following years to collect additional specimens.
Burgfrieden Burgfrieden - literally "peace of the castle" - is a German term used for the civil truce the Social Democratic Party of Germany and other socialist organizations such as the Free Trade Unions associated with the SPD agreed to during World War I. The trade unions refrained from striking, the SPD voted for war credits in parliament and no critique of the government's policies were published.
Burggrafenamt The Burggrafenamt (, ) is the part of the Adige (Etsch) river valley between Naturns and Bolzano, in the western part of South Tyrol, Italy. According to the 2001 census, 79% of the population of the Burggrafenamt speaks German as first language, and 21% Italian.
Burggrave In Germany, a burggrave was originally a judge or governor appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached. The word is formed from burg, city, and grave, judge or count.
Burgh Burgh (pronounced: ) represents an autonomous corporate entity, usually a town, and has been in use in Scotland since the 12th century. Recognition of burgh status has now, however, little more than ceremonial value.
Burgh by Sands Burgh by Sands (Burgh is pronounced Bruff, not Burg) is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, situated near the Solway Firth. The parish includes the village of Burgh by Sands along with Longburgh, Dykesfield, Boustead Hill, Moorhouse and Thurstonfield.
Burgh Castle Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, near Great Yarmouth, some 6 km west of Great Yarmouth and within the Broads National Park.
Burgh Island Burgh Island () is a small tidal island off the south coast of Devon in England near to the small seaside village of Bigbury on Sea. There are only two buildings of any significance on the island, the larger being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel, the smaller being a public house, The Pilchard.
Burgh Muir The Burgh Muir was an area to the south of Edinburgh city centre upon which much of the southern portion of the city now rests, following expansions of the 18th and 19th Centuries. It was part of the ancient forest of Drumselch, and was gifted to the city by David I in the twelfth century.
Burghal Hidage The Burghal Hidage is a Anglo-Saxon document providing a list of Wessex's fortified burhs. It offers an unusually detailed picture of the network of burhs that Alfred the Great designed to defend his kingdom from the predatations of Viking invaders.
Burghead Burghead ( or Ceann Bhuirgh) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, and a former fishing and trading port. The present town was built between 1805 and 1809 destroying in the process more than half of the site of an important Pictish hill fort.
Burghead transmitting station The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead () in Scotland for long- and medium-wave radio transmission that started service on 12th October 1936. The site is owned by National Grid Wireless and houses a long wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two medium wave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio Five Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz.
Burgher people The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) with local Sinhalese ancestry.
Burghley Horse Trials The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Burghley is classified by the FEI as one of the five leading three day events in the world (the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day, the Adelaide Horse Trials and the LuhmĂĽhlen Horse Trials).
Burghwallis, South Yorkshire Burghwallis is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, about 8 miles north of Doncaster itself. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 278.
Burglar alarm Burglar (or intrusion), fire and safety alarms are found in electronic form today. Sensors are connected to a control unit via either a low-voltage hardwire or narrowband RF signal, which in turn connects to a means for announcing the alarm, hopefully to elicit some response.
Burglar alarm control panel A burglar alarm control panel is a wall-mounted unit where the detection devices and wiring of the alarm are ultimately connected and managed. These includes devices such as bells, sirens, door contacts, motion detectors, etc.
Burglary Burglary – also called breaking and entering – is a crime related to theft or another crime. It typically involves someone breaking into a house, business, boat, or motor vehicle with an intent to commit a crime.
Burglary (history) The original common law definition of burglary consisted of six specific elements: "breaking and entering the dwelling of another during the night with the intention to commit a felony therein". To a greater or lesser extent, these elements have been replaced in the various common law countries (see burglary).
Burgmann College Burgmann College is a residential college affiliated with the Australian National University in Canberra. Established in 1971, it is the only Australian college to combine undergraduate accommodation with a substantial postgraduate student body.
Burgo's Catch Phrase Burgo's Catch Phrase was a game show which ran on the Nine Network in Australia since 1997, starring John Burgess. It was originally made by Ensemble TV 7, but after that company lost its franchise it was produced by Southern Star (1997-2001) then Reg Grundy Productions.
Burgomaster Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgomeister, literally translated meaning 'master of the citizens') is the English form, rendering (often the Anglo-Saxon equivalent Mayor is substituted) various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate and/or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration:
Burgon Society The Burgon Society was founded in 2000 for the study and promotion of academical dress, to preserve its history, and to advise film and television companies and interested others in the correct usage of academical dress.

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