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Burlington Slate Quarries Burlington Slate Quarries are located near Kirkby in Furness in SW Cumbria,England. They have produced a characteristic blue grey slate for hundreds of years with large scale production starting in the early 1800s when the Cavendish family organised small scale quarrying activities by local farmers into a larger group of quarries which then attracted others into the area to live and work in the quarries.
Burlington Sound of Music The Sound of Music Festival is held annually in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. It is held in mid-June and is a cross-genre festival that spreads along the city's lakefront Spencer Smith Park and into the downtown core.
Burlington Township High School Burlington Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Burlington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Burlington Township School District.
Burlington Township School District The Burlington Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Burlington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Burlington Transit Burlington Transit is the public transport provider in the city of Burlington, Ontario Canada. Services began in September 1975, after having been served by neighbouring systems including Hamilton Street Railway (H.
Burlington-Bristol Bridge The Burlington-Bristol Bridge is a truss bridge with a lift span crossing the Delaware River from Burlington, New Jersey to Bristol Township, Pennsylvania in the United States. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 1, 1931.
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad The Burlington-Rock Island Railroad officially came into existence on July 7, 1930, through the reorganization of its parent road, the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Company (T&BV), AKA the “Boll Weevil"http://www.texas-on-line.
Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador Burlington is an incorporated town located at the north side of the mouth of Green Bay Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Burlington, once named Northwest Arm, is a fishing and lumbering community that was permanently settled in the mid 1800's.
Burlington, North Carolina Burlington is a city in Alamance County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County.
Burloak Canoe Club The Burloak Canoe Club is a flatwater canoe-kayak club located in Oakville, Ontario. It serves the communities of Burlington and Oakville and provides a variety of canoe-based activities for local residents focusing primarily on the two disciplines of sprint canoe and sprint kayak.
Burma Area Army Burma Area Army was a Japanese army organized 18 March 1943 to unify the command of the 15th and 28th Armies in Burma. Its first commander was Masakazu Kawabe (18 March 1943 - 30 August 1944) followed by General Hyotaro Kimura (30 August 1944 - 12 September 1945).
Burma Campaign The Burma Campaign was a campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. It was fought primarily between British India, Chinese and American forces against the Empire of Japan and its auxiliary, the Indian National Army.
Burma Campaign UK The Burma Campaign UK is an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and democracy in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Among their goals are the fall of the military dictatorship government and the permanent release of political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma Digest The Burma Digest is a weekly bilingual online journal, published by the Democracy for Burma Alliance, a web-based campaign group set up by Burmese refugees and human rights activists worldwide. It features articles written both in English and Burmese.
Burma National Army The Burma National Army served as the armed forces of the Burmese government created by the Japanese during World War II and fought in the Burma Campaign. It was originally organised by, and fought alongside the Imperial Japanese Army, but later changed sides and fought alongside the Allies.
Burma Plate The Burma Plate is a small tectonic plate or microplate located in Southeast Asia, often considered a part of the larger Eurasian Plate. The Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, and northwestern Sumatra are located on the plate.
Burma Railway The Burma Railway, also known also as the Death Railway, the Thailand-Burma Railway and similar names, is a 415 km (258 mi) railway between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), built by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, to support its forces in the Burma campaign.
Burma studies Burma Studies is a grouping used in research universities around the world as a way of bringing together specialists from different disciplines such as history, cultural anthropology, archeology, religious studies, art history, political science, and musicology, who are doing research in these areas focused on the geographical area of what is today the country of Myanmar or Burma, often using the Burmese language, or a language of one of its ethnic groups such as the Shan, Mon, Karen, Chin, or Kachin.
Burma Socialist Programme Party Burma Socialist Programme Party (; Myanma Hsoshalit Lanzin Pati or Lanzin Party and dubbed ma hsa la by its Burmese acronym by the country at large) was formed by the military regime that seized power in 1962 and was the sole political party allowed to exist legally in Myanmar, formerly Burma, during the period of military rule from 1964 until its demise in the aftermath of the popular uprising of 1988.
Burma Valley, Zimbabwe Burma Valley is a low lying area on the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, located next to the Bvumba hills. Passing on the main tarred road from Mutare the road leads through the mountains, reaching communal farm lands of Chigodora and then passes down into Burma Valley.
Burmah Oil Company Ltd. The Burmah Oil Company was founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886 by David Sime Cargill to develop oil interests on the Indian subcontinent. It became an early and major shareholder in British Petroleum, so restricted its downstream interests to the subcontinent, where BP had no business.
Burmanniaceae Burmanniaceae is a botanical name of a family of flowering plants, consisting of about a hundred species of herbaceous plants in roughly a dozen genera. Often they are quite remarkable plants, more often red than green, without much leaf area and not growing very big in any way.
Burmese (cat) The Burmese is a breed of domesticated cats split into two subgroups: the American Burmese and the British Burmese. The Burmese was first recognized as a distinct breed in America in 1936 by the Cat Fanciers' Association.
Burmese bamboo shark The Burmese bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium burmensis, is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, the only specimen, and holotype, being found off Rangoon in Burma, between latitudes 18° N and 14° S, and longitude 93° E and 98° E. The holotype's length is 57 cm.
Burmese Border loach The Burmese Border loach, angelicus loach or polka dot loach, Botia kubotai, is a recently described species that has quickly become a popular tropical fish for freshwater aquariums. In 2002, fish collectors working in western Thailand began to expand their search into Myanmar (Burma) area from the Three Pagodas Pass Thai-Myanmar border to look for new fish for the aquarium trade.
Burmese Days Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell. Published in 1934 and based loosely on Orwell's five years as a policeman in the Indian Imperial Police force in Burma (now Myanmar), it is a caustic, fast-paced tale about the waning days of British imperialism before World War II.
Burmese Encyclopedia The Burmese Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published by the Burma Translation Society under the direction of former Burmese Prime Minister U Nu. The project began in 1947, and the first volume was later published via Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd, Hertford, Great Britain.
Burmese English Burmese English is an English language dialect used in Myanmar (formerly Burma). After Britain successfully conquered the Burmese Empire and designated it a colony of British India, education in English became highly regarded, although it did not fully replace Burmese as the vernacular.
Burmese glass Burmese glass is a type of opaque coloured Art glass, shading from yellow to pinkfound in either the rare original "shiny" finish or the more common "satin" finish. It is used for tables glass and small, ornamental vases and dressing table articles.
Burmese Chinese The Burmese Chinese (; Minnan Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Biān-tián-hôa-lâng; ; ) are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Although the Chinese officially make up three percent of the population (1,078,000), this figure may be underestimated because of intermarriage between them and the ethnic Bamar, and because of widespread discrimination against minorities (which compels many to declare themselves as Bamar when applying for birth certificate or national identification card).
Burmese Martyrs' Day Burmese Martyrs' Day () is commemorated every year on July 19. On this day in 1947 at approximately 10:37am, Burma Standard Time, several of Burma's independence leaders were gunned down by a group of armed men in uniform while they were holding a cabinet meeting at what was known as 'The Secretariat' in downtown Rangoon.
Burmese Pony The Burmese Pony originated in the Shan state of Eastern Burma, where it is bred today by local tribes. It shows similarities to the Bhutia, Spiti, and Manipuri ponies of the Himalayan Mountains, suggesting these breed have a similar origin, most likely deriving from the Mongolian horse and other Eastern breeds.
Burmese script The Burmese abugida (Burmese: ; ) is a script in the Brahmic family used in Myanmar for writing Burmese, Mon, Shan and several Kayin (Karen) dialects. The characters are rounded in appearance, because the traditional palm leaves used for writing would have been ripped by straight lines.
Burmese Star Tortoise The Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is becoming extinct in its native Myanmar (Burma). It lives in the dry, deciduous forest, and is eaten both by the native Burmese, and is traded to the Chinese, where it is sometimes found in the food markets.
Burmese units of measurement Burmese units or the Burmese system is a collection of units used in Myanmar. Myanmar is one of only three nations to primarily use a non-metric system of units, the others being Liberia and the United States.
Burmeso language The Burmeso or Taurap language is spoken by some 300 people along the mid Mamberamo River in Papua province, Indonesia. It forms a branch of Malcolm Ross's family of East Bird's Head-Sentani languages, but had been considered a language isolate by Stephen WĂĽrm.
Burn (album) Burn, a hard rock-album by Deep Purple released in 1974, welcomed new vocalist David Coverdale, as well as Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes from Trapeze. This was the first Deep Purple album with the "Mark III" lineup.
Burn (stream) In Scotland, Northern England and some parts of Ireland, burn is a name for watercourses from large streams to small rivers. The term is also used in lands settled by the Scots and Northern English in other countries, notably in Otago, New Zealand.
Burn (UK Band) Burn is a heavy rock band from Loughborough, England. It comprises Jeff Ogden on vocals, Phil Hammond on rhythm guitar, Marc Stackhouse on bass guitar, Barney Stackhouse on keyboard, Julian Gash on lead guitar and Rob Morris on drums.
Burn (Usher song) "Burn" is a R&B song written by American singers/rappers and songwriters Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox for Usher's fourth studio album Confessions (2004). The song was produced by Dupri and Cox and originally planned to be released as the album's lead single - instead of the promo single "Yeah!
Burn After Reading Burn After Reading is an upcoming film, set for release in 2008, starring George Clooney and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. Burn After Reading is a comedic spy caper with Clooney as a CIA agent who loses the disc of a book he is writing, which contains valuable information, and it's up to him to get it back.
Burn bag A burn bag is the informal name given to a container (usually a paper bag or some other waste receptacle) that holds sensitive or classified documents which are to be destroyed by fire after a certain period of time. The most common usage of burn bags is by government institutions, in the destruction of materials deemed Top Secret or Classified.
Burn card In card games, a burn card is a playing card dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players. Burn cards are almost always placed face down next to the discard pile without being revealed to the players.
Burn It Down Burn It Down was a metalcore band from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, whose full-length album, Let The Dead Bury The Dead, was released in 2000. Produced by Ed Rose (The Get Up Kids, Coalesce), the album garnered a 4 "K" review in Kerrang!
Burn Syndrome Burn syndrome is the name given to a powerful psychological phenomenon that affects a person attempting to conduct a covert activity, such as a spy or a smuggler. Burn syndrome can be defined as the irrational fear that a person observing you knows exactly what you are up to.
Burn to Shine (DVD series) Burn to Shine is an ongoing series of music DVDs created by Trixie DVD, a collaberation between filmmaker Christoph Green and ex-Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. The filmmakers select a house that is set to be demolished in a certain city and ask a member of a local band to curate the event.
Burn Up Scramble is an 12 episode anime series directed by Hiroki Hayashi released in 2004. Though the basic premise is in keeping with its predecessors Burn Up and Burn Up Excess it is an entirely new series with some new and some old characters, and a very different art style.
Burn Up W is an anime OVA directed by Hiroshi Negishi and released in 1996. It was soon followed by a series version called Burn Up Excess though it occasionally lacks continuity with the series (similar to the way Tenchi Muyo!
Burn:Cycle Burn:Cycle is a 1994 CD-i title that encompasses puzzle play and 3D graphics with live action footage. The game's star, Sol Cutter, is a small-time data thief whose latest steal at the beginning of the game comes with a nasty sting.
Burnaby (provincial electoral district) Burnaby was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that first appeared on the hustings in the 1928 election. For the federal electoral district of the same name, please see Burnaby (electoral district).
Burnaby Express The Burnaby Express are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League and play in the (Mainland Division / Coastal Conference).
Burnaby Heights Burnaby Heights, known in the early 20th c. as Vancouver Heights, is a quiet, prestigious residential neighbourhood in North Burnaby nestled in between between Boundary Road to the west and Willingdon Avenue to the east.
Burnaby Mountain Parkway Burnaby Mountain Parkway is a major road in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It runs across Burnaby Mountain and connects Hastings Street leading west to Downtown Vancouver and Inlet Drive that becomes Barnet Highway leading east to Port Moody with Simon Fraser University, the City of Coquitlam, and other eastern suburbs.
Burnaby Mountain Secondary School Burnaby Mountain Secondary School is a school that serves grades 8 to 12, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is three stories tall and located at 8800 Eastlake Drive, at the intersection with Beaverbrook Drive.
Burnby Hall Gardens Burnby Hall Gardens are located close to the centre of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. They are home to the national collection of water lilies, and contain the largest such collection to be found in a natural setting in Europe.
Burndy Library The Burndy Library, founded in 1941 by electrical engineer, industrialist, and historian Bern Dibner, is one of the world's largest libraries of books on the history of science and techonology. The library was originally located at the Burndy Engineering Company in Norwalk, CT, but was moved to the campus of MIT in 1992 with the establishment of the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology.
Burned (image) An image is said to be burned when its original gamut considerably exceeds the target gamut, or when the result of processing considerably exceeds the image's gamut. In other words, an image is burned when it contains uniform blobs of color, black, or white where there should actually be detail.
Burned off "Burning off" is a term usually connected with television programming. It refers to shows or series that have been produced and paid for, but have not aired for various reasons and will not be continued in the future.
Burned-over district The burned-over district was a name coined by historian Whitney Cross in a 1950 book to describe an area in western New York in the United States of America during the Second Great Awakening. The name was given because the area was so heavily evangelized during the revivalism of antebellum America so as to have no fuel (unconverted population) left to burn (convert).
Burner (Burning Man) A burner is anyone who participates in the creation of Burning Man or one of the many regional Burning Man events that occur outside the Black Rock Desert, or anyone who self-identifies with a core set of values manifest at such events.
Burnet Saxifrage Burnet Saxifrage is a plant, Pimpinella saxifraga of the family Umbelliferae a native of the British Isles and temperate Europe and western Asia. It is neither a Burnet, which its leaves resemble, nor a Saxifrage although it has a similar herbal effect as a diuretic.
Burnett Field Burnett Field, in Dallas, Texas, was home to the Dallas Rangers when they joined the American Association in 1959. The 10,500-seat stadium was used part-time from 1960 through 1962 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers, who also played half their games in Fort Worth, Texas using LaGrave Field.
Burnett Heads, Queensland Burnett Heads (population 1600) is a town at the mouth of the Burnett River in Queensland, Australia, located 16 km north of the regional city of Bundaberg. The town's most notable feature is its historic timber lighthouse, dating from 1873.
Burnett Shire Council Burnett Shire is a Local Government Area of Queensland, Australia. The shire surrounds the City of Bundaberg and is in turn bounded by the Shire of Isis to the south , Kolan Shire to the west, Shire of Miriam Vale to the north and by the Coral Sea and Hervey Bay to the east.
Burnett Thompson Pianist, composer, and educator, Burnett Thompson was educated at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Vienna, Austria, and the New England Conservatory of Music. Further studies included work with pianist William Masselos.
Burney Cup The Burney Cup (Ulster Schoolboys Senior Hockey Cup) is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the Spring Term of each school year and progress through to the final is via an open draw.
Burney Lamar Burney Lamar (born August 21, 1980, West Sacramento, California) is a NASCAR driver who began racing go-carts at the age of 5, taught by his father Izzie. Considered by many one of NASCAR's most promising young drivers he was signed as a developmental driver by KHI (Kevin Harvick,Inc) in 2005.
Burnfoot Burnfoot is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 4 kilometres north of Dungiven and 9 kilometres south of Limavady. It is beside the River Roe, with the greater part of the built up area on the western side of Drumrane Road.
Burngreave Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 7.
Burngreave Messenger The Burngreave Messenger is a community newspaper based in the Burngreave ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. It is supported by Burngreave New Deal for Communities, a ten year regeneration programme funded by the government.
Burnham Abbey Burnham Abbey was founded as a house of Augustinian nuns in 1266 by Richard, King of the Romans, who presented the community with the surrounding lands and the parish church of Burnham. The community consisted of around twenty nuns at the outset, but was never especially wealthy and by the time of the dissolution there were only ten.
Burnham Beeches Burnham Beeches is an area of 540 acres of ancient woodland, located close to Farnham Common, Burnham and Beaconsfield, approximately 20 miles (30 km) to the west of London, England. The woodland has been regularly pollarded, with many trees now several hundred years old.
Burnham Overy Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town, the original village adjacent to the parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe, a rather larger hamlet about 1 mile (2 km) away and next to the creek-side harbour.
Burnham Park Burnham Park is located along a stretch of roads leading to Camp John Hay Base, now known as a popular resort hotel in Baguio. It is a scenic park overlooking the city and Mount Cabuyao, the tallest mountain in the Baguio region.
Burnham Plan The Burnham Plan is an essay, principally authored by Daniel Burnham in 1909, entitled The Plan of Chicago. The essay was written in response to a request by the city's social and business upper crust for a detailed city plan.
Burnham railway station Burnham railway station is the railway station for Burnham, Buckinghamshire, although it lies in Cippenham, Slough, Berkshire, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
Burnham Thorpe Burnham Thorpe is a small village and civil parish on the River Burn and near the coast of Norfolk in England. It is famous for being the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, victor at the Battle of Trafalgar and one of England's greatest heroes.
Burnham, Buckinghamshire Burnham lies north of the River Thames, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London and Reading, Berkshire.
Burning Benches "Burning Benches" is a song by English rock band Morning Runner from their debut album, Wilderness Is Paradise Now. It was released 20 February 2006 as the lead single from that album, charting at #19 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music).
Burning Down the House "Burning Down the House" is a 1983 song by Talking Heads, from their album Speaking in Tongues. One of the best examples of Talking Heads music, it is also one of their more popular, reaching #9 on the US Charts in the year of its release.
Burning Feet Syndrome Burning feet syndrome, also known as Grierson-Gopalan syndrome, is a medical condition that causes severe burning and aching of the feet, hyperesthesia, and vasomotor changes of the feet that leads to excessive sweating. It can even affect the eyes, causing scotoma and amblyopia.
Burning Flames From Antigua and Barbuda, this band represents the epitome of the high-energy, multiple-influenced, synthesizer-driven soca. Years of tourist gigs and being the backup band to Montserrat calypsonian Arrow laid the groundwork for their solo debut.
Burning Flipside Burning Flipside (or Flipside) is an annual alternative arts and performance festival staged in the Texas Hill Country west of Austin. Modeled on and loosely associated with Burning Man, Flipside is one of several Regional Burns around the USA.
Burning Force Burning Force (バーニングフォース) is a 3D shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1989 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was later ported to the Sega Genesis (Sega Megadrive) in 1990.
Burning Heart Records Burning Heart Records is an independent record label based in Ă–rebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America.
Burning Chrome Burning Chrome (ISBN 0-06-053982-8) is a collection of short stories written by William Ford Gibson. Most of the stories take place in Gibson's Sprawl, an anonymous, shared setting for most of his cyberpunk work.
Burning Legion The Burning Legion is the huge demonic army created by the titan Sargeras in the fictional Warcraft universe. Originally a playable race in Warcraft III, the race was changed during play-testing to a set of non-player characters and monsters.
Burning of Jaffna library Burning of Jaffna library was a watershed event in the ongoing Sri Lankan civil war. A Sinhalese mob went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 2 1981, burning the market area of Jaffna, the office of a Tamil newspaper, the home of the member of Parliament for Jaffna, the Jaffna Public Library and killing four people.
Burning of Judas The Burning of Judas is an Easter-time festival in many Orthodox and Catholic Christian communities, where an effigy of Judas Iscariot is burned. Though not an official part of the Easter liturgical cycle, the custom is typically a part of the reenactment of the story of the Passion that is practiced by the faithful during Easter.
Burning on Fort Itaipu Sentinels The Burning on Forte Itaipu Sentinels UFO Incident was one of the most famous that involved injuries to human beings. It took place on November 4, 1957, on the Forte Itaipu, in the city of Praia Grande, SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
Burning Palms Burning Palms is a beach in the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, Australia. It has a surf club and a local cabin community, and is a popular day-walk destination, along with the 'figure-8' rock pools on the rock shelf to the beach's south.
Burning Rangers Burning Rangers is a video game developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn. The player takes on the role of a new recruit to the futuristic firefighting organization of the title, and must explore locations where various emergencies have taken place, extinguishing fires and rescuing survivors.
Burning Sensations Burning Sensations was a short-lived Los Angeles area rock band. The group is best known for its MTV hit "Belly of the Whale", and for covering the Jonathan Richman song Pablo Picasso, which was included in both the 1984 film and soundtrack of director Alex Cox's Repo Man starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez.
Burning Shore Press Established in 2005, Burning Shore Press is a publisher of serious "underground" literature and is based in Long Beach, California. It has thus far published the novel Heaping Stones, by Rob Woodard, and the play Don Giovanni, by Dan Fante.
Burning Sosobra Burning Sosobra was an album released by Floater in January 2001. It featured twelve new songs, a cover of the Doors' "Waiting for the Sun", and the 1996 Radio hit "Alcoholic", which had never previously appeared on a full length album.
Burning Spear Winston Rodney (born March 1, 1948), also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.
Burning the clavie Burning the clavie is an ancient Scottish custom still observed at Burghead, Scotland, a fishing village on the Moray Firth, near Forres. The clavie is a bonfire of casks split in two, lighted on 11 January, i.
Burning The Ground "Burning The Ground" is the 20th single by Duran Duran, released in December of 1989 as the only new track on the compilation album Decade: Greatest Hits. The song is essentially a clever megamix of Duran Duran's history, featuring tidbits of all of the band's hits of the previous ten years.
Burning The Process Burning The Process was a 2001 album from Pressure 4-5, released on Dreamworks Records. It features 11 tracks, three of which - These Hands, Beat the World, and Even Worse - were featured on a prior three song sampler release and were re-recorded for this album.
Burning Tree Club Burning Tree Club is a private, all-men golf club in Bethesda, Maryland. Membership into the club is extremely exclusive and has been played by numerous presidents, foreign dignitaries, high-ranking executive officials, congressmen, and military leaders.

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