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Barouche A barouche, developed from the calash or calèche of the eighteenth-centuryCasanova mentions a calèche à 2 roues first in 1742, a calèche à 4 roues in 1758 (Gunther), was a fashionable type of horse-drawn carriage in the 19th century. It was a four-wheeled vehicle with two double seats facing each other, a collapsible hood folding like a bellows over the back seat and an outside box seat at the front for the driver.
Barq's Barq's is an American soft drink company. "Barq's" was long the name of the company's signature product, now known as Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer, a brand of root beer notable for being the only major North American root beer to contain caffeine.
Barqah Barqah (Arabic: برقه, transliterated as Barqah, Barqa or Barka with the first two variants being more accurate than the last), in both Arabic and in Turkish, Barqah is the name of the North African region, now eastern Libya, usually called Cyrenaica first as a province of the Caliphate since 644 AD (named after its original capital Barca in Latin), and later after several Arab and Islamic rulers, as a State or Province ("wilayah" or "muhafazah") in Ottoman; Italian colonization and Libyan post-independence times (roughly from 1521 until as recently as the early 1970s when the province-system was abolished in Libya). More details on what Barqah means in Islamic, Ottoman or subsequent contexts can be found in the article Cyrenaica, and more on what it means specifically in Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek contexts can be found in the article Barca.
Barquiel L'Envers In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Duc Barquiel L'Envers is an important nobleman, the full brother of the dead Isabel L'Envers. Barquiel is pale-skinned, with white-blond hair that he keeps cropped quite short, and violet eyes.
Barquq Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (Arabic: المالك الظاهر سيف الدين برقوق) (ruled 1382–1389 and 1390 –1399, also spelled Barkuk, Berkuk) was the first sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty.
Barr body In those species in which sex is determined by the presence of the Y or W chromosome rather than the diploidy of the X or Z, a Barr body is the inactive X chromosome in a female cell, or the inactive Z in a male (Lyon, 2003), rendered inactive in a process called Lyonization. The Lyon hypothesis states that in cells with multiple X chromosomes, all but one is inactivated during mammalian embryogenesis.
Barr McClellan Oliver Barr McClellan (born 1940), the first husband of outgoing Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Carole Keeton Strayhorn, studied at the University of Texas at Austin. As a student McClellan was a strong supporter of Senator John F.
Barr Tribunal The Barr Tribunal was a Public Inquiry established by Resolutions passed by the Dáil Éireann and the Seanad Éireann on the 17th and 18th April 2002, and by Instrument entitled Tribunals of Inquiry Evidence Acts 1921 (Establishment of Tribunal) Instrument (No. 2) 2002 made by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 1st July 2002.
Barr-Reeve Junior-Senior High School <B>Barr-Reeve Junior/Senior High School</B> is a public school located in Montgomery, Indiana serving Barr and Reeve Townships and is located in southeastern Daviess County. The school is a consolidation of Alfordsville and Montgomery High Schools and opened 1965.
Barra Barra or Eilean Bharraigh (in Scottish Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic and predominantly Gaelic-speaking island, and apart from the adjacent island of Vatersay is the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar) in Scotland.
Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge, part of the Tortuguero Conservation Area, in LimĂłn Province in the northeastern part of Costa Rica. It is the second largest rain forest preserve in the country and protects areas that contain hot humid forests, mangroves, canals and marine areas, bounded in part by the San Juan and Colorado rivers, and to the south the Tortuguero National Park.
Barra Honda National Park Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about 12 km from the Tempisque River. It was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the Barra Honda Peak which was formed when islets from the Miocene Era were raised above the plains of the river.
Barra Isles The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles as they were historically owned by the church, are a small archipelago of islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for which they are named.
Barraba, New South Wales Barraba (2001 population: 2139) is a town in the New England region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was formerly the centre of Barraba Shire Local Government Area, but most of this, including Barraba, was absorbed into Tamworth Regional Council in 2004.
Barrabás Barrabás was a Spanish musical group of the 1970s and 1980s, led by drummer Fernando Arbex. The group's musical style was initially Latin rock with jazz and funk influences, and later developed into a more disco-orientated sound.
Barracas Barracas is a barrio, or district, in the southeast part of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between the railroad of General Belgrano and the Riachuelo River, and the streets Regimiento de Patricios, Defensa, Caseros, Velez Sársfield, Amancio Alcorta, Lafayette, and Lavardén.
Barrack-Room Ballads The Barrack-Room Ballads are a set of martial songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892, the second in 1896. Many have become classic military ditties, still well known, and are closely linked to British imperialism in many minds, particularly "Gunga Din", "Tommy" and "Danny Deever".
Barrackpore Barrackpore sub-division, under District of North 24 Parganas in the state of West Bengal, is an old and famous administrative territory of India, populated by people from almost all provinces of India. The town was a military and administrative center under British rule, and was the scene of several acts of rebellion against Britain during the 19th century.
Barracks communism Barracks communism (barracks socialism) is the term coined by Karl Marx to refer to primitive egalitarian concepts of communism with bureacratic reglementation of all aspects of social activity. In particular, Marx applied this term to the ideas of Sergey Nechayev exposed in his Fundamentals of the Future Social System and to German "petit bourgeoisie" revolutionaries in the middle of the 19th century.
Barracudina Barracudinas are about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters. Some are described as "long-bodied, slender fishes with large eyes, pointed snouts, and large mouths provided with both small and larger, fang-like teeth" which live deep in the ocean].
Barrage (Transformers) Barrage is the name of two characters in the Transformers universes. Both Barrages are from the Generation 1 line of Transformers, and they are the second example of reusing a name for a completely different character, after Sky High.
Barrage balloon A barrage balloon is a large balloon tethered with metal cables, used to defend against bombardment by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables. Some versions carried small explosive charges that would be pulled up against the aircraft to ensure its destruction.
Barrage jamming Barrage jamming: jamming accomplished by transmitting a band of frequencies that is large with respect to the bandwidth of a single emitter. Barrage jamming may be accomplished by presetting multiple jammers on adjacent frequencies, by using a single wideband transmitter, or by using a transmitter capable of frequency sweep fast enough to appear radiating simultaneously over wide band (e.
Barrage Vauban The Barrage Vauban (Vauban weir) is a weir erected in the 17th century on the river Ill west of the "Petite France" district in Strasbourg. Severals stories high, it houses sculptures in its main level and a panoramical terrace on its roof.
Barraki The Barraki are a group of fictional characters in LEGO's BIONICLE storyline. While they were defeated and banished some time ago, their prison was flooded and they escaped into the surrounding area; they also evolved characteristics of sea monsters in order to survive.
Barranca Yaco The Barranca de Yaco or Barranca Yaco (Yaco's ravine) is a geographical feature in the ancient camino real (royal road) of the Viceroyalty of the RĂ­o de la Plata, located between Villa Tulumba and Sinsacate, in Argentina.
Barranquenho Barranquenho (Barranquenhu; English: Barrancainian) is a dialect of Portuguese heavily influenced by Extremaduran spoken in the Portuguese town of Barrancos (in the border between Extremadura and Andalusia, in Spain, and Portugal).
Barranqueras Barranqueras is a city in the southeast of the province of Chaco, Argentina, on a small tributary river on the right-hand-side (western) shore of the Paraná River, only 7 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and within its metropolitan area. It has over 50,000 inhabitants as per the , being the third most populated in the province.
Barranquilla Group The Barranquilla Group was the name given to the group of writers, journalists, and philosophers who congregated in the Colombian city in the middle of the twentieth century; it became one of the most productive intellectual and literary communities of the period. Among the most influential and notable members were Gabriel García Márquez, Álvaro Cepeda Samudio, Germán Vargas, and Alfonso Fuenmayor, all of whom also comprise the fictionalized Barranquilla Group referred to as the "four friends" of Macondo in Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) (1967), by García Márquez.
Barranquilla, Atlántico Barranquilla, an Industrial, Portuary, and Special District, is a city and municipality located in northern Colombia. Capital of the Atlantico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port on the Colombian Caribbean region and the fourth largest city of Colombia.
Barranquitas, Puerto Rico Barranquitas (bahr-rahn-KEE-tahs) is a small mountain town located in the central region, north of Aibonito and Coamo; south of Corozal and Naranjito; east of Orocovis; and west of Comerio. Barranquitas is spread over 6 wards and Barranquitas Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Barratt Band The Barratt Band was formed in 1980 by Norman Barratt (Late of Gravy Train) and in its initial stages consisted of Norman Barratt (Guitar, Vocals), Dave Morris (Keyboards), Tim Hatwell (Bass) and Russ Caldwell (Drums). The band recorded their first album 'Playing in the City' in 1981 at Chapel Lane Studios just outside Hereford.
Barré Lyndon Barré Lyndon (October 12, 1896 – October 23, 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He may be best remembered for three screenplays from the 1940s: The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945) and The Man in Half Moon Street (1945).
Barre (ballet) Barre, as used in ballet terminology, refers to a handrail used during warm up exercises. The term more widely refers to the series of exercises themselves, and also to the part of class which is comprised of barre exercises.
Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale Barre Adan Shire (), also known as Barre Hiiraale, is the Minister of Defense of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which was formed in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2004. He was previously the TFG Minister for National Reconstruction and Resettlement.
Barre chord Barre chords (sometimes misspelled as Bar chords) are a type of guitar chord where one or more fingers are used to press down multiple strings across the guitar fingerboard (like a bar pressing down the strings). Barring the strings enables the guitarist to play a chord not restricted by the tones of the guitar's open strings.
Barre Sangarsh Samuha Barre Sangarsh Samuha (वर्रे संघर्ष समूह, Nepali for 'Barre Struggle Group') was a communist faction in Barre, Nepal. The group emerged in the early 1980s, after breaking of from the Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal).
Barred Antshrike The Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World in Mexico, Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and also South America east of the Andes down to northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Barred Becard The Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia. Becards and tityras were formerly considered to be cotingas, but are now usually included in the large tyrant flycatcher family.
Barred Buttonquail The Barred Buttonquail, Turnix suscitator is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Barred Dove The Barred Dove (Geopelia maugei) is a small dove which is native to the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia including East Timor. It is closely related to the Zebra Dove of south-east Asia and the Peaceful Dove of Australia and New Guinea.
Barred fingerfin The barred fingerfin (Cheilodactylus pixi) is a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found only off the coasts of Namibia and South Africa, in rock pools and from shallow depths to 120 metres, on rocky reef areas. Its length is up to 30 centimetres.
Barred moray The barred moray, Echidna polyzona, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Tuamotus islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef, at depths down to 10 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Barred Parakeet The Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola, also known as Lineolated Parakeet or Catherine Parakeet) is a bird found in western Panama, southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, northern Colombia, Venezuela and the Andean mountains in Peru.
Barred spiral galaxy A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a band of bright stars emerging from the center and running across the middle of the galaxy. Spiral arms appear to emerge from the ends of the "bar" in these galaxies, whereas they appear to emerge directly from the core in ordinary spiral galaxies.
Barred Warbler The Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds throughout eastern Europe and across much of temperate Asia. Lately it has declined in some areas (including Germany), due to habitat loss because of intensified agriculture.
Barredtail corydoras The barredtail corydoras or Cochu's catfish, Corydoras cochui, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Upper Araguaia River basin in Brazil.
Barreirense Barreirense (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Barrerensi) is a football (soccer) club in Maio Island, Cape Verde. Their first title in history since independence was claimed in 2006 and became the latest team that advanced to the national division for the first time.
Barrel cortex The barrel cortex is the part of the somatosensory cortex of rodents where sensory inputs from the whiskers in the contralateral side of the body are represented. Inputs carrying information from a given whisker terminate in discrete areas of layer IV forming anatomically distinguishable areas called barrels.
Barrel hitch The Barrel Hitch or "Barrel Sling", named for its use in hoisting cargo aboard ships, is a simple yet effective way to suspend an object while keeping it vertical. It works by forming a "sling" around the object, which supports it from either side and underneath.
Barrel man A barrel man or barrelman is a type of souvenir doll or statuette commonly found in the Philippines. The statuette usually consists of a crude male figurine carved out of wood, surrounded by a round wooden barrel.
Barrel organ A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument made of a series of pipes, and bellows, like any other traditional organ. Rather than being played by a musician the organ is played by a cylinder studded with staples, bridges or pins.
Barrel Rock Barrel Rock is a small barren rock within the edge of Cohasset Harbor in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. The rock is north of Sutton Rocks, northwest of Quarry Point, south of Chittenden Rock, and east of Brush Island.
Barrel Roll Offensive The Barrel Roll Offensive is a military attack in Harry Turtledove's fictional Great War trilogy. The attack was directed against Confederate Army entrenchments and fortifications outside of White House, Tennessee by the US First Army under Lieutenant General George Custer on Remembrance Day, April 22 1917, during World War I.
Barrel shifter A barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can shift a data word by any number of bits in a single cycle. It is implemented as a sequence of multiplexors: the output of one MUX is connected to the input of the next MUX in a way that depends on the shift distance.
Barrel vault A Barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. The curves are typically circular in shape, lending a semi-cylindrical appearance to the total design.
Barreleye Barreleyes, also known as spookfish (a name also applied several species of chimaera), are small, deep-sea, odd-looking osmeriform fish comprising the family Opisthoproctidae. Found in tropical-to-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the family contains thirteen species in six genera (four of which are monotypic).
Barrelled space In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics barrelled spaces are topological vector spaces where every barrelled set in the space is a neighbourhood for the zero vector. They are studied because the Banach-Steinhaus theorem still holds for them.
Barrels per calendar day Barrels per calendar day (bc/d or bcd) is a standard petroleum downstream industry measurement of actual refinery throughput, as opposed to designed capacity. BCD is computed by dividing the number of refined barrels of oil processed by the actual number of days the refinery was in operation.
Barrels per day Barrels per day (abbreviated BPD, bpd or b/d) is a measurement used to describe the amount of crude oil (measured in barrels) produced or consumed by an entity in one day. For example, an oil field might produce 100,000 bpd, and a country might consume 1 million bpd.
Barren Cross Barren Cross is a Christian Rock and Heavy Metal band that was formed in California in 1984 by high school pals Ray Parris(guitar) and Steve whitaker(drums). By 1983, bassist Jim LaVerde and vocalist Mike Lee were added.
Barren Grounds Bird Observatory The Barren Grounds Bird Observatory was situated in the Barren Grounds Nature Reserve on the escarpment of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1982 by Birds Australia as Australia's third bird observatory, in order to provide a base for the study and enjoyment of the birds of the area.
Barren Island, Falkland Islands Barren Island (Spanish: Isla Pelada; 52° 22' 33" S, 59° 41' 60" W) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying south west of East Falkland and south east of George Island. It is run as a sheep farm and is known for its penguin colonies.
Barren Mind Barren Mind is an improvisational comedy troupe that performs weekly at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. They perform alongside the Farce Side Comedy Hour, a separate troupe that performs sketch comedy.
Barren-ground Caribou Barren-ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) are a subspecies of caribou that are found mainly in the Canadian territories Nunavut and the Northwest Territories and western Greenland. They are medium sized caribou with the females 90 kg (198 lb) and the males 150 kg (331 lb).
Barrenjoey High School Barrenjoey High School is in the Sydney suburbs of Palm Beach and Avalon, and backs onto Avalon Beach, often used as a location for the popular Australian soap opeara, Home and Away. Barrenjoey is a comprehensive, co-educational high school.
Barrenjoey, New South Wales Barrenjoey is located in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the farthest northern tip of Pittwater. On the 2nd March 1788 Arthur Phillip named the headland "Barrenjuee" (meaning little kangaroo or wallaby).
Barrens of Doom and Despair In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Barrens of Doom and Despair is an evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of Outer Planes that form part of the cosmology used in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Barrera versus Morales trilogy The Barrera versus Morales fight trilogy is one of boxing's most famous trilogies of all time, involving two of Mexico's most revered fighters: "The Baby-Faced Assassin" Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik "El Terrible" Morales. After their third fight was over, many fans and critics started calling it "the Latino version of Ali and Frazier".
Barret Oliver Barret Oliver (born August 24 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an US child actor and currently works as a photographer. He is famous for such roles as the boy Bastian in the film adaptation of The NeverEnding Story and an android in D.
Barret Robbins Barret Robbins (born August 26, 1973 in Houston, Texas) was a former American Football center for the National Football League Oakland Raiders where he played for nine seasons between 1995 to 2004. After playing for Texas Christian University, he was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round.
Barretina A barretina is a traditional Catalan hat that was frequently worn by men, especially in the countryside, until the 19th century. It is a hat in the form of a bag, made of wool, usually red, or sometimes purple.
Barrett family of Jamaica The Barrett family played an important role in the history of Jamaica. Hercie Barrett with his family arrived on the island of Jamaica in 1655 and soon family members acquired great wealth and various mineral and agricultural rights on the island and became some of the dominant plantation owners of the island.
Barrett House The Barrett House (circa 1800), also known as Forest Hall, is an Federal style American mansion located on Main Street, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, USA. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public several days a year.
Barrett Lyon Barrett Lyon born March 18th, 1978 is the founder of Prolexic, the world's first DDoS defence service, a company started from his bedroom that grew into a multi-national coproration protecting hundreds of its customers against attacks. He is also the creator of The Opte Project that mapped the entire Internet, creating intricate designs.
Barrett M90 The Barret M90 was a 1990 bolt-action, bullpup sniper rifle designed by Barrett Firearms Company as a smaller, more civilian friendly alternative to the Barrett M82A1. It has since been displaced by the Barrett M95.
Barrett Parkway Barrett Parkway (officially Ernest W. Barrett Parkway, though nobody uses the full name) is a major thoroughfare between western and northern Cobb County, Georgia that runs from southwest of Marietta, north and then northeast near Kennesaw.
Barrett Ruud Barrett Ruud (born May 20, 1983 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was selected with the fourth pick of the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Nebraska.
Barrett Strong Barrett Strong (born February 5, 1941 in West Point, Mississippi) is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry Gordy's Motown label, and is the performer on the label's first hit, "Money (That's What I Want)" (#2 US R&B in 1960).
Barrett Watten Barrett Watten, (born 1948 in Long Beach, California), is a contemporary American poet, editor, and educator often associated with the Language poets. Since 1994, Watten has taught modernism and cultural studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Barrett Wendell Barrett Wendell (23 August 1855–8 February 1921) was an American academic known for a series of textbooks including English Composition, studies of Cotton Mather amd William Shakspere, A Literary History of America, The France of Today, and The Traditions of European Literature.
Barrett Willoughby Barrett Willoughby, also known as Florence Barrett, was a best-selling novelist who wrote works of romantic fiction and nonfiction from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her writing was mainly mostly set in Alaska, where she spent many years.
Barrett's Privateers Barrett's Privateers is a folk song in the style of a sea chanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers. Although Barrett, the Antelope and other specific instances mentioned in the song are fictional, Barrett's Privateers is full of many authentic details of privateering in the late 1700's.
Barrett-Byam Homestead The Barrett-Byam Homestead is a historic house, now headquarters of the Chelmsford Historical Society, located at 40 Byam Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The original house dates to circa 1663, though much or all today's structure may date from the mid-1700s.
Barrhaven, Ontario Barrhaven is a rapidly growing suburban area located in the southwest corner of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, about 20 km (12 miles) southwest of downtown Ottawa. Prior to amalgamation with the city of Ottawa, Barrhaven was located within the city of Nepean.
Barrhead Barrhead (Ceann a' BhĂ irr in Scottish Gaelic although Gaelic is not spoken by natives of this part of Scotland] or Baurheid by some locals) is a small town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, 8 miles southwest of Glasgow on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes, population approx. 20,000.
Barri Gòtic The Barri Gòtic ('Gothic Quarter' in Catalan; Castilian: Barrio Gótico) is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. Many of the buildings date from Medieval times, some from as far back as the Roman settlement of Barcelona.
Barricade (2007 film) Barricade is an upcoming horror/splatter feature film from German director Timo Rose. It stars American actors Raine Brown and Joseph Zaso and Germany's André Reissig, Thomas Kercmar, Manoush, and Andreas Pape.
Barricade (arcade game) Barricade is an overhead view maze arcade game released by RamTeK in 1976. Players move their blocks across the screen to create walls to try and surround their opponents and force them to crash into the walls or any block.
Barricado In military fortification, a barricado is a defensive barrier, hastily built with barrels, wagons, timber, rocks, furniture, or any other accessible materials, to protect against an enemy's advancing assault. Traditionally, barricados were generally made of trees, which were crossed with batons as long as a half-pike, bound around with iron at the feet, and usually set up in passages, or breaches, to block both horses and foot soldiers.
Barrick Gold Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional buisness units (RBU's) located in Australia, South Africa, North America and South America. Barrick is currently undertaking mining and exploration projects in Papua New Guinea, the United States, Canada, Australia, Peru, Chile, Russia, South Africa, Argentina and Tanzania.
Barrie (electoral district) Barrie is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Barrie Arena The Barrie Arena, sometimes also called the Dunlop Arena, is a 3,000 seat arena located in Barrie, Ontario. It was built in 1932 and served as the main ice hockey venue in the city until the Barrie Molson Centre was built.
Barrie Colts The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League, based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. There was also another unrelated Barrie Colts team which played Junior A & B hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association from the 1920's to 1940's.
Barrie Goulding Barrie Goulding is a UK TV producer who has produced several controversial videos, among them Caught In The Act and Executions. Caught In The Act features uncensored CCTV footage of, among other things, armed robberies, drug deals, and coverage of the scandal over the Princess Diana video spy controversy.
Barrie Island, Ontario Barrie Island is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Manitoulin District, the township comprises a separate island off the northern shore of Manitoulin Island which is separated from the main island by two small bays joined by a narrow unnamed strait.
Barrie Molson Centre The Barrie Molson Centre is a 4,195-seat multi-purpose arena in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Barrie Molson Centre, also known as the BMC, held its first ever OHL game on December 31, 1995 when the Barrie Colts hosted the Sudbury Wolves.
Barrie Zwicker Barrie Wallace Zwicker (born 1934) is an award-winning Canadian alternative media journalist, documentary producer, and left-wing political activist. He is most famous for his documentary work, which has dealt primarily with 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Barrie-Collingwood Railway The Barrie-Collingwood Railway (AAR reporting marks BCRY) is a shortline railway operating between the Towns of Innisfil and Collingwood in south central Ontario, Canada. The line was started in 1998 and runs on abandoned Canadian National (CN) trackage which was collectively purchased by the railroad's namesake municipalities.
Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford (previously known as Barrie—Simcoe) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. This riding was created in 1996, when Barrie—Simcoe riding was renamed.

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