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Bartolomeo Minio Bartolomeo Minio was a Venetian captain and commander (provveditor e capitanio) of Nauplion in the Venetian Morea (modern Nafplion, Greece) from 1479 to 1483 AD. He wrote numerous reports (dispacci) to Venice, which have been used as a valuable historical source about the political and social situation in southern Greece in the 15th century.
Bartolomeo Ramos Bartolomeo Ramos de Pareja ("Ramos" is sometimes spelled "Ramis") was a Spanish music theorist of the Renaissance, who published an important treatise in 1482, describing 5-limit musical tuning for the first time since ancient days.
Bartolomeo Rastrelli Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: Франческо Бартоломео Растрелли) (1700-1771) was a Russian architect of Italian origin. He developed an easily recognizable style of late baroque, both sumptuous and majestic.
Bartolomeo Zaccaria Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo Zaccaria (died 1334) was the first husband of Guglielma Pallavicini (married 1327) and thus Margrave of Bodonitsa in her right. He also carried the title Lord of Damala during his lifetime.
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Bartolomeu de Gusmão, born Bartolomeu Lourenço (1685, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil – November 18, 1724, Toledo, Spain), was a Brazilian-born Portuguese priest and naturalist, recalled for his early work on lighter-than-air airship design.
Bartolomew of Braga The Blessed Bartholomew of Braga, later known as Bartolomeus a Martyribus (Bartolomeu dos Mártires in Portuguese), out of veneration for the church in which he was baptized, was a Portuguese Dominican theologian and archbishop of Braga.
Bartolommeo Carducci Bartolommeo Carducci (1560-1610), Italian painter, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic, was born in Florence, where he studied architecture and sculpture under Bartolomeo Ammanati, and painting under Zuccari. The latter master he accompanied to Madrid, where he painted the ceiling of the Escorial library, assisting also in the production of the frescos that adorn the cloisters of that famous palace.
Barton Beds Barton Beds is the name given to a series of softish grey and brown clays, with layers of sand, of Upper Eocene age, which are found in the Hampshire Tertiary basin, where they are particularly well exposed in the cliffs of Barton, Hordwell, and in the Isle of Wight. Above the highly fossiliferous Barton Clay there is a sandy series with few fossils; these are the Headon Hill or Barton Sands.
Barton Business Park Located 7 miles South of Cumberland, Maryland on US 220, the Barton Business Park for Advanced Manufacturing, provides over 120 Acres of industrially zone real estate and cutting edge educational infrastructure through a partnership with the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, Frostburg State University, and Allegany College of Maryland.
Barton Creek Barton Creek is one of the tributaries that feeds the Texas Colorado River from the Texas Hill Country. The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in the Austin region and forms a greenbelt that is the habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna.
Barton Gellman Barton Gellman is a journalist writing for the Washington Post. Gellman shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize National Reporting with other members of the newspaper's staff, honored for its "comprehensive coverage of America's war on terrorism, which regularly brought forth new information together with skilled analysis of unfolding developments.
Barton Hill railway station Barton Hill railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Barton-le-Willows on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5th July 1845 by the York & North Midland Railway. It closed on 22nd September 1930.
Barton House The George Barton House in Buffalo, New York (USA) was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1903 for George Barton, an employee of the Larkin Company, and his wife Delta Martin Barton (sister of Darwin D. Martin).
Barton Island Barton Island is a small island in the Connecticut River, near Barton Cove, in Gill, Massachusetts, USA. The island is southeast of Riverside (neighborhood) and far southwest of the Chappell Drive & Mohawk Trail road (Route 2) intersection.
Barton Organ Company The Barton Organ Company was an American pipe organ manufacturer during the age of silent movies. 5th largest builder of theater instruments in the nation, Barton focused on the mid-West market almost exclusively.
Barton Peveril College It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Barton railway station Barton Station was opened by the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway on the 1st November 1887 as the first station on the Hillhouse Junction to Southport Central railway line. 14 years later it then came under the jurisdiction of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Barton Springs Barton Springs are four natural springs located on the grounds of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas resulting from water flowing through the Edwards Aquifer. The largest spring, Main Barton Spring (also known as Parthenia, "the mother spring") supplies water to Barton Springs Pool, a popular recreational destination in Austin.
Barton Springs Pool Barton Springs Pool is a man-made swimming pool located on the grounds of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The pool exists in the channel of Barton Creek and is filled by water from Main Barton Spring, the fourth largest spring in Texas.
Barton St David Barton St David is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles south east of Glastonbury and five miles north east of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 538.
Barton Sutter Barton Sutter is a Duluth, Minnesota-based writer whose poetry and prose often reflect his love of the North-Country. He is the only author to win the Minnesota Book Award in three separate categories: in fiction for My Father’s War and Other Stories, in creative non-fiction for Cold Comfort, and in poetry with The Book of Names: New and Selected PoemsSutter was also appointed Poet Laureate of Duluth, the first in Duluth, MN history.
Barton Turf Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 20 km north-east of the city of Norwich, on the northwestern edge of Barton Broad, the second largest broad of the Norfolk Broads within The Broads National Park.
Barton Zwiebach Barton Zwiebach is a string theorist, a professor at MIT, born in Lima, PerĂş. His undergraduate work was done in Peru, where he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in 1977.
Barton's Bush Barton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of virgin bush (rainforest) in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand. Named after Richard Barton who settled in the area in 1841, it was his desire that this section of the native forest should remain whilst the city of Upper Hutt gradually took shape and land was cleared for farming and settling.
Barton's Pendulums A Barton's Pendulums experiment demonstrates the physical phenomenon of resonance and the response of pendulums to vibration at, below and above their resonant frequencies. In its simplest construction, approximately 10 different pendulums are hung from one common string.
Barton-le-Willows Barton-le-Willows is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, situated by the River Derwent, about eight miles south-west of Malton. The parish had a population of 186 according to the 2001 census.
Barton-Rush Bill The Barton-Rush Communications, Opportunity and Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 would create a single set of national video franchising rules that permit competitors to enter the market without obtaining thousands of individual city-by-city agreements.
Barton-upon-Irwell Barton-upon-Irwell or Barton is an area of the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, Barton was joined with the municipal borough of Eccles in 1933 which was at the time part of the Lancashire administrative county.
Barton, Cambridgeshire Barton is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is about four miles south-west of Cambridge, near junction 12 of the M11 motorway, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 799.
Barton, Cheshire Barton is a village and civil parish in the City of Chester district of Cheshire, England. The village is located near the Welsh border, about twelve miles south of Chester, and only about eight miles east of Wrexham in Wales.
Bartonella henselae Bartonella henselae is a proteobacterium that can cause bacteremia, endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis, and peliosis hepatitis. It is also the causative agent of cat-scratch disease (Bartonellosis) which, as the name suggests, occurs after a cat bite or scratch.
Bartonsville Covered Bridge The Bartonsville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in the village of Bartonsville, in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. Built in 1870 by Sanford Granger, the bridge is a lattice truss style with a 151 foot span across the Williams River.
Bartonsville, Virginia Bartonsville is an unincorporated community located along Opequon Creek in Frederick County, Virginia between Winchester and Stephens City. Bartonsville is on Springdale Road (VA 649) to the west of Valley Pike (US 11).
Bartosz Kizierowski Bartosz Kizierowski (born February 20, 1977 in Warsaw) is a freestyle swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He started his career as a backstroke swimmer, but changed to freestyle in the mid 1990s.
Bartosz Szymoniak Bartosz Szymoniak (born April 26 1984 in Kalisz, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after placing third in Idol Poland 4, the Polish version of Pop Idol, shown by Polsat. Bartek became 2nd runner-up with 14.
Bartow High School Bartow High School, formerly Summerlin Institute is the only high school located in Bartow, Florida. The school is also the location of the International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High, a school which annually finishes in the top five in composite SAT scores in the United States.
Bartram's Garden Bartram's Garden (45 acres) is a garden, including an historic botanical garden and arboretum (8 acres, established circa 1728), located near the intersection of 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The grounds are open daily except for holidays; admission is $5 adult, $4 senior (62 & over) & student, children (12 & under) free..
Barts and The London Football Club Barts and The London Football Club is a team that represents Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. The club has three teams and competes in the University of London (ULU) league and cups, the British University Sports Association (BUSA) league and the United Hospitals' Challenge Cup (UH cup).
Barts and The London Students' Association Barts and The London Students' Association is the students' union for those studying at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Barts and The London Students' Association incorporated into Queen Mary Students' Union in 1995 at the time when St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and The Royal London Hospital Medical College merged with Queen Mary, University of London.
Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry ('also known as BL or often referred to simply as Barts') is the medical school of Queen Mary, University of London (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London) and has existed in this form since 1995.
Baruch Arnon Baruch Arnon (born 8 July 1940 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a classical pianist and renown music teacher. He is currently a professor at the Juilliard School in New York and has previously taught music at the Israel Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and Musica de Camera.
Baruch College Campus High School Baruch College Campus High School (BCCHS) is a New York City public high school located on Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was established in 1997, and resides within Baruch College of The City University of New York.
Baruch Epstein Rabbi Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860-1941) (Hebrew: ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian rabbi, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah. He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabbi of Novarodok and author of the work Arukh HaShulkhan.
Baruch Goldstein Baruch Kappel Goldstein (December 9 or December 12, 1956–February 25, 1994, ) was an American-Israeli physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, killing 29 attendants of the Ibrahimi Mosque (within the Cave of the Patriarchs) and wounding another 150 in a shooting attack.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg (born July 28, 1925) is an American scientist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine for "discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." Blumberg identified the Hepatitis B virus, and later developed the diagnostic test and vaccine for it.
Baruch Spinoza Benedictus de Spinoza or Baruch de Spinoza (Hebrew: ברוך שפינוזה) (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Jewish origin, considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy and, by virtue of his magnum opus the posthumous Ethics, one of the definitive ethicists. His writings, like those of his fellow rationalists, reveal considerable mathematical training and facility.
Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz Rabbi Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz (1913-1999), or 'Reb Burechel' as he was known, was born into a distinguished chasidic dynasty, and became a renowned Hasidic rebbe until he renounced his position following the turmoil of World War II.
Baruj Benacerraf Baruj Benacerraf (born 29 October, 1920) is a Venezuelan-American immunologist who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self". His brother is well-known philosopher Paul Benacerraf.
Barwala Barwala is a city and a municipal committee in Hisar district in the state of Haryana, India. There is also a small town and industrial estate called Barwala in Panchkula district, near the towns of Dera Bassi and Raipur Rani.
Barwani Barwani also known as Badwani or Siddh Nagar, is a town in southwestern Madhya Pradesh state of India. The town is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River, and is the administrative seat of Barwani District.
Barwick Green "Barwick Green" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. It is a "maypole dance" from the suite My Native Heath, written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood.
Barwick-in-Elmet Barwick-in-Elmet is a village on the outskirts of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is one of only two places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient kingdom of Elmet, the other being Sherburn-in-Elmet.
Barwick, Norfolk Barwick is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated adjacent to the slightly larger village of Stanhoe, some 30 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.
Barwon Highway The Barwon Highway is one of the more obscure state highways of Queensland. It joins the Leichhardt Highway a few kilometres north of Goondiwindi and travels northwest for a couple of hundred kilometres until it reaches the Carnarvon Highway 44 kilometres south of St.
Barycentric Coordinate Time Barycentric Coordinate Time (TCB) is a coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to orbits of planets, asteroids, comets, and interplanetary spacecraft in the Solar system. It is equivalent to the proper time experienced by a clock at rest in a coordinate frame co-moving with the barycenter of the Solar system: that is, a clock that performs exactly the same movements as the Solar system but is outside the system's gravity well.
Barycentric Dynamical Time Barycentric Dynamical Time (TDB) was a time standard used to take account of time dilation when calculating orbits of planets, asteroids, comets and interplanetary spacecraft in the Solar system. It was never well defined, and was not rigorously correct as a relativistic time scale.
Barycentric subdivision In geometry, the barycentric subdivision is a standard way of dividing an arbitrary convex polygon into triangles, a convex polyhedron into tetrahedra, or, in general, a convex polytope into simplices with the same dimension, by connecting the barycenters of their faces in a specific way.
Baryogenesis In physical cosmology, baryogenesis (also referred to as Baryon genesis) is the generic term for hypothetical physical processes that produced an asymmetry between baryons and anti-baryons in the very early universe, resulting in the substantial amounts of residual matter that comprise the universe today.
Baryon In particle physics, the baryons are the family of subatomic particles which are made of three quarks. The family notably includes the proton and neutron, which make up the atomic nucleus, but many other unstable baryons exist as well.
Baryon sweep In the fictional universe of Star Trek, a baryon sweep is a routine maintenance procedure for starships, designed to eradicate them of unwanted baryon particles that have accumulated naturally over time. It is performed by exposing the starship—in a way that would be deadly for humans—to a type of radiation.
Barytocalcite Barytocalcite is a barium calcium carbonate mineral with formula: BaCa(CO3)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system typically as massive to druzey accumulations of transparent white to yellow to grey aggregates of slender prismatic crystals.
Barzakh Barzakh () is the word for the term of life after death in which the soul of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the mortal realm into the spirit world and into a kind of "cold sleep" where the soul will rest until the Qiyamah (Judgement Day). It is a term referred to in Islamic eschatology and the Qur'an.
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Barzan Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti (February 17 1951 – January 15, 2007) (sometimes aka: Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen) (Arabic: برزان إبراهيم الحسن التكريتي; Barzān Ibrāhīm al-Ḥasan at-Tikrītī) was one of three uterine half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and a leader of the Mukhabarat, the intelligence organisation was believed to have tortured and murdered thousands of opponents of the regime. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam Hussein at one time, he was believed to have been a presidential adviser at the time of his capture.
Barzavu Barzavu is a village in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan, a hilly region near the Iranian border. It is 150 miles south of Baku and is known as the hometown of Shirali Muslimov (aka Mislimov), an ethnic Talish shepherd who was believed by some to have been the oldest man that ever lived.
Barzaz Breiz The Barzaz Breiz ( "The Plaints of Brittany", Barz refers to "barde" and Breiz means "Brittany") is the collection of Breton folk tales, legends and music collected by Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué and published in 1839. Hersart grew up in the manor of Plessix in Nizon, near Pont-Aven, half Breton himself.
Bas Belder Bastiaan (Bas) Belder (born on 25 October 1946 in Ridderkerk) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the ChristenUnie-SGP, part of the Independence and Democracy and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Belder him self is a member of the SGP, the Reformed Political Party .
Bas Cuvier Bas Cuvier is one of the most famous bouldering sites in Fontainebleau. Due to a remarkably good concentration of boulders, wide variety of problems of varying levels and relative closeness to the town it has become one of the first places that many climbers visit.
Bas Ek Pal Bas Ek Pal (Hindi: बस एक पल, Urdu: بس ایک پل) is a 2006 Bollywood film, directed by Onira. The movie stars Juhi Chawla, Urmila Matondkar, Jimmy Shergill, Sanjay Suri, Rehaan Engineer and Yashpal Sharma.
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (Hindi: बस इतना सा ख़ाब है, Urdu: بس اتنا سا خواب ہے) is a 2001 Hindi movie was written and directed by Goldie Behl. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Sushmita Sen and Jackie Shroff.
Bas Jan Ader Bas Jan Ader (born Apr 19 1942 in Winschoten, the Netherlands, lost at sea in 1975 between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Ireland) was a Dutch conceptual artist, performance artist, photographer and filmmaker. Ader's work was presented as photographs and film of his performances.
Bas Rutten Sebastian "Bas" Rutten (February 24, 1965 -) is a mixed martial arts fighter and color commentator. He was a three time King of Pancrase, former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion, and is a certified MTBN Thai Boxing instructor, Pancrase instructor, a 5th Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin karate and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Bas van der Vlies Bastiaan Johannis "Bas" van der Vlies (born June 29 1942, Sliedrecht) is a Dutch politician. He is member of the confessional Political Reformed Party (SGP), and a member of Dutch Parliament since June 1981.
Bas van Fraassen Bastiaan Cornelis van Fraassen (born Goes, the Netherlands, 5 April 1941) is a member of the Princeton University Philosophy department, currently entering phased retirement. He previously taught at the Yale University, The University of Southern California (USC), and the University of Toronto.
Bas-Congo Bas-Congo (post-[de la République démocratique du Congo|2006], Kongo Central) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only province with a coastline (Atlantic Ocean), and its regional capital is Matadi.
Bas-relief Bas-relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. The word is derived from the Italian basso rilievo, the literal translation meaning "low contrast" as opposed to "alto rilievo" ("high contrast").
Bas-Uele Province Bas-Uele (Lower Uele) is one of the provinces created in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Constitution of May 2005 which became law on 18 February 2006. It lies in the north-east of the country on the Uele River and was formerly part of the province of Orientale.
Basadingen-Schlattingen Basadingen-Schlattingen is a municipality in the district of Diessenhofen, in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 1999 from the union of the municipalities of Basadingen and Schlattingen.
Basal (medicine) Basal is a term used by diabetics and health care professionals to describe a low, continuous dosage of insulin (either as a basal rate from an insulin pump or a slow-acting insulin injection) intended to "cover" the glucose output of the liver.
Basal body A basal body is an organelle formed from a centriole, a short cylindrical array of microtubules. It is found at the base of a eukaryotic cell cilium or flagellum and serves as a nucleation site for the growth of the axoneme microtubules.
Basal ganglia The basal ganglia are a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem. Mammalian basal ganglia are associated with a variety of functions: motor control, cognition, emotions and learning.
Basal metabolic rate Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state (meaning that the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting in humans). The release of energy in this state is sufficient only for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, brain and the rest of the nervous system, liver, kidneys, sex organs, muscles and skin.
Basal plate (neural tube) In the developing nervous system, the basal plate is the region of the neural tube ventral to the sulcus limitans. It extends from the rostral mesencephalon to the end of the spinal cord and contains primarily motor neurons, whereas neurons found in the alar plate are primarily associated with sensory functions.
Basal plate (placenta) Changes in the placenta involve the disappearance of the greater portion of the stratum compactum, but the deeper part of this layer persists and is condensed to form what is known as the basal plate. Between this plate and the uterine muscular fibres are the stratum spongiosum and the boundary layer; through these and the basal plate the uterine arteries and veins pass to and from the intervillous space.
Basal rate In biology, basal rate is a rate of continuous supply of some chemical or process. In the case of diabetes mellitus, it is a low rate of continuous insulin supply needed for such purposes as controlling cellular glucose and amino acid uptake.
Basal reader Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books," they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works.
Basalikos During the last chapter in Fire Emblem 7 (the first Fire Emblem game ever to hit stores in America) Nergal creates Morphs (Life like re-creations of people) of past bosses or generals you may have fought in previous chapters. One of those morphs is Brendan, father of Lloyd and Linus.
Basalt fiber Basalt fiber or fibre is a material made from extremely fine fibers of basalt, which is composed of the minerals plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine. It is similar to carbon fibre and fiberglass, having better physicomechanical properties than fiberglass, but being significantly cheaper than carbon fibre.
Basangouda Patil Basangouda Ramangouda Patil (born December 13, 1963) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bijapur constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Basanite Basanite (IPA: ) is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. The mineral assembly is usually abundant feldspathoids (nepheline or leucite), plagioclase, and augite, together with olivine and lesser iron-titanium oxides such as ilmenite and magnetite-ulvospinel; minor alkali feldspar may be present, as illustrated by the position of the field for basanite in the QAPF diagram.
Basant Basant, sometimes called Jashan-e Baharaan (جشن بهران, झशन ए भहरान lit. Spring Festival) or Basant Panchami (بھسنت پھنچمِ, बसंत पंचमी ), is a festival celebrating the arrival of Spring.
Basanta Kumar Nemwang Basanta Kumar Nemwang is a Nepalese politician and Member of Parliament, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). Nemwang has contested the Panchthar-1 constituency in all three legislative elections held since 1991.
Basara Nekki is a fictional character in the Macross universe, the lead singer and guitarist of the band Fire Bomber. He first appears in Macross 7, and also appears in the movie Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me and the OAVs Macross 7 Encore and Macross Dynamite 7.
Basarab I of Wallachia Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia (c. 1310–1352), sometimes referred to as Întemeietorul ("The Founder"), given his role in the creation of the state, together with his position as common ancestor of rulers in the Basarab dynasty.
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia in the 15th Century, repeating the achievement of Dan II in being elected by the boyars as Prince on five different occasions. Also similarly to Dan II, he succeeded one Prince (this time Radu cel Frumos) on four separate occasions.
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, between the years 1477-1481, and again from 1481 to 1482. Curiously, and symbolicly of the unstable political climate of Medieval Wallachia, despite the fact that he was removed from his position in 1481, and replaced the same year, two other men were granted the title Prince of Wallachia between his two reigns.
Basarab Nicolescu Basarab Nicolescu (b. March 25, 1942, Ploieşti, Romania) is a theoretical physicist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
Basarab railway station Basarab railway station (Romanian: Gara Basarab) in Bucharest is situated near the city's main station, Gara de Nord. Built in 1959 to handle a share of the main station's traffic and mainly used by short-distance commuter trains run by Căile Ferate Române, it is often considered to be an annex of Gara de Nord, to which it is linked by a footbridge (in CFR timetables the station is referred to as "Bucureşti Nord Gr.
Basarabi culture The Basarabi culture was an archeological culture in Romania, dated between 8th - 7th centuries BC. It was named after Basarabi, a village in Dolj County, south-western Romania, nowadays an administrative component of the Calafat municipality.
Basaseachic Falls Basaseachic Falls on the Basaseachic River are the second-highest waterfall in Mexico, located in the Parque Nacional Basaseachic at Cañon Basaseachic in the Copper Canyon region of northwest Mexico, near Creel, Chihuahua. They are 312 meters (1,023 feet) tall, second in Mexico only to the Cascada de Piedra Volada.
Basavaraja Devaru Sri Basavaraja Devaru is the head of the Dharwad based Mansur Sri Revana Siddeshwara Mutt. The Mutt follows Shaivism based on the teachings of Revana Siddheshwara a Veerashiva saint from North Karnataka, India.

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