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Basawon Singh (Sinha) Basawon Singh (Sinha) has been among the greatest nationalists who joined into the freedom struggle at a tender age of 13 and kept on his struggle for the independence of the country from the colonial yoke and fighting for the rights of the underprivileged, industrial labours and agricultural workers all throughout his life. He had spent more than 16 years in prisons in British India fighting for India's independence.
BasĂ­lio da Gama BasĂ­lio da Gama (Minas Gerais, 1740 - Lisbon, 1795) was a Brazilian author with a Portuguese father and Brazilian born mother. He was a member of the Society of Jesus until the order was disbanded and was later accused of Jansenism.
Bascom Hill Bascom Hill is the main quad that forms the symbolic core of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is named after John Bascom, former president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.
Bascom Lamar Lunsford Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 - September 4, 1972) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional (folk and country) music from western North Carolina. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians.
Bascule bridge A bascule bridge is a drawbridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. Bascule is a French term for seesaw and balance, and bascule bridges operate along the same principle.
Bascule Bridge The Bascule Bridge is a paved one-lane highway bridge in Westport, Massachusetts, USA. Route 88 passes over the bridge from Westport Point and Wood Point in southern Westport to the Horseneck Beach State Reservation, connecting with John Reed Road.
Basczax Basczax is a British post-punk band that was formed in Redcar in late 1978, including in the line up vocalist Anne Cahill and drummer Jane McGrath. Starting out as an anti-punk, almost anti-music noise band, it supported the Gang Of Four, amongst others in the early days.
BasCelik BasCelik, also spelled Bash Tchelik, (Serbian for "real steal") is the great villain of his own eponymous story, similar to the Brothers Grimm's "The Crystal Orb" (Aarne-Thompson type 552A), for he hid his soul in a crystal mountain, in an egg, inside a bird, inside a fox. He kidnapped the wife of the hero of the story and forced her to work as his slave.
Basdeo Panday Basdeo Panday (born May 25, 1933) was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 1976-1977, 1978-1986, 1989-1995 and 2001-2006. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North.
Base (politics) In politics, the term base refers to a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office. Base voters are very unlikely to vote for the candidate of an opposing party, regardless of the specific views each candidate holds.
Base (topology) In mathematics, a base (or basis) B for a topological space X with topology T is a collection of open sets in T such that every open set in T can be written as a union of elements of B. We say that the base generates the topology T.
Base address In computing, a base address denotes a memory address serving as a reference point ("base") for other addresses. To specify an absolute address, the relevant base address is added to an offset (aka displacement).
Base Borden Military Museum Base Borden Military Museum is a military museum located on the grounds of CFB Borden. Combining four separate museums, it has numerous items, equipment and vehicles from all eras of Canadian military history, including a large number of historic armored vehicles and aircraft displayed outside in the Major-General F.
Base camp In climbing, a base camp may be set up to provide the starting point for a multiple day or week assault on climbing a mountain. Base camp is used to store supplies that are carried to camps higher up on the mountain.
Base commander The base commander is the officer assigned to command a military base. In the United States armed forces, a base commander is generally an O-6 grade officer, meaning Colonel (Army, Air Force, Marines) or Captain (Navy).
Base conversion divisibility test The base conversion divisibility test is a process that can be used to determine whether or not a certain (positive) natural number a can be divided evenly into a larger natural number b. It is the general case for the well-known test for divisibility by nine.
Base course "Base course" refers to the sub-base layer of an asphalt roadway. Generally consisting of larger grade construction aggregate, spread and compacted to provide a stable base for further layers of aggregates or asphalt pavement.
Base defense operations center A base defence operations center is a command and control facility established by the base commander to serve as the focal point for base security and defense. It plans, directs, integrates, coordinates, and controls all base defense efforts, and coordinates and integrates into area security operations with the rear area operations center/rear tactical operations center.
Base details Base Details is a war poem by the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon. In the poem Sassoon condemns what he saw as the incompetence and callous indifference to the soldier's at the front displayed by the staff officers, or "scarlet majors" of the British Army, who stayed at the Base "Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel" and "sending glum heroes up the line to death".
Base exchange Base exchange (BX), also referred to as a post exchange (PX) on Army installations, is a large department store-like shop that operates on United States military installations worldwide. Exchanges on Army and Air Force bases are operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), while those on Navy and Marine Corps installations are operated by the Navy Exchange Service (NEX) and the Marine Corps Exchange (MCX).
Base flow (random dynamical systems) In mathematics, the base flow of a random dynamical system is the dynamical system defined on the "noise" probability space that describes how to "fast forward" or "rewind" the noise when one wishes to change the time at which one "starts" the random dynamical system.
Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins is the main Chilean base in Antarctica. It is located at , 13 m elevation, on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Base level The base level of a river or stream is the lowest point to which it can flow, often referred to as the 'mouth' of the river. For large rivers, sea level is usually the base level, but a large river or lake is likewise the base level for tributary streams.
Base load power plant A base load power plant is one that provides a steady flow of power regardless of total power demand by the grid. These plants run at all times through the year except in the case of repairs or scheduled maintenance.
Base metal In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and react variably with dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc.
Base motive Base motives are the underlying reasons why people do what they do. Often interpreted as relational to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory and unconscious or subconscious motive theories, base motives explain actions and their underlying thoughts and memories, both repressed and conscious.
Base on balls In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is credited to a batter and against a pitcher when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is called a "walk" because the batter is then entitled to walk to first base, or more specifically (as defined in the rules of baseball) he is "entitled to first base without liability to be put out.
Base pair In molecular biology, two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds are called a base pair (often abbreviated bp). In the canonical Watson-Crick base pairing, adenine (A) forms a base pair with thymine (T), as does guanine (G) with cytosine (C) in DNA.
Base point pricing Base point pricing is an economics term used to describe the system of firms setting prices of their goods the same to all buyers regardless of the sellers location, even if their transportation costs to the locations are different.
Base rate fallacy The base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect, is a logical fallacy that occurs when irrelevant information is used to make a probability judgment, especially when empirical statistics about the probability are available (called the "base rate" or "prior probability").
Base rock Base Rock is a generic term for aragonite rocks which have no bacterial organisms or coralline algae growing in or on the rock. Base rock is used often used as filler rock in the marine aquarium as it is much cheaper to purchase than live rock.
Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save money on operations and maintenance, aimed at achieving maximum efficiency in line with Congressional and DoD objectives. More than 350 installations have been closed in four BRAC rounds: 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995.
Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 The preliminary 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005. It is the fifth Base Realignment and Closure ("BRAC") proposal generated since the process was created in 1988.
Base Station Subsystem The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) is the section of a GSM network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the Network Switching Subsystem. The BSS carries out transcoding of speech channels, allocation of radio channels to mobile phones, paging, quality management of transmission and reception over the Air interface and many other tasks related to the radio network.
Base types Base types are the base concepts or top concepts in the WordNet ontology of semanticsResults of the EuroWordNet project 71 Base Types. In a cross linguistic research all words are hyponym to one of these base types.
Base Transceiver Station Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is the equipment which facilitates the wireless communication between user equipments and the network. User equipments are devices like mobile phones (handsets), WLL phones, computers with wireless internet connectivity, WiFi and WiMAX gadgets etc.
Base Wars Base Wars is a NES baseball video game that is set in the 24th century where traditional baseball has been replaced with robot players in a futuristic orbital stadium. There are four different types of robots in the game including the cyborg, tank, flybot and motorcycle.
Base4 Base4 is an Free (LGPL) application server for generating, sharing and re-using .Net data layers; this is intended to allow a development team to leverage existing enterprise systems and common functionality instead starting from scratch.
Baseball Baseball is a sport played between two teams usually of nine players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposing team.
Baseball (album) Baseball: An Album By Sayanything is the debut album from American rock band, Say Anything. At the time of the album's release, the band was known as Sayanything, which is the name that appears on the cover of the album.
Baseball (computer game) Baseball was the first-ever baseball computer game, and was created on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College in 1971 by student Don Daglow. The game (actually spelled BASBAL due to the 6-character file name length restrictions) continued to be enhanced periodically through 1976.
Baseball (Nintendo game) Baseball is a simple baseball video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released for the Famicom. It was later one of the NES's 18 launch titles when it was released in 1985 in the United States.
Baseball (video game) A number of video game manufacturers referred to their games simply as "Baseball" in the period from 1978 to 1990. Starting in the 1980s, baseball video games often had celebrity names or other identifying titles included with them.
Baseball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Baseball returned as a demonstration sport for the third time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The game played was actually a variant of the sport called Finnish baseball or "pesäpallo".
Baseball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Baseball was again a demonstration sport at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Though it was nominally the "foreign" demonstration sport of that Olympiad, Australia had a long history of baseball dating back to at least 1889.
Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. It was the fifth time that a baseball exhibition had been held, and was the last time that only one game would be played.
Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics held in the United States.
Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team.
Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held over an eleven day period starting August 13 and concluding with the medal finals on August 23. All games will be played at Wukesong Baseball Fields, a temporary venue constructed at the Wukesong Culture and Sports Center.
Baseball at the Summer Olympics Baseball at the Summer Olympics had its unofficial debut at the 1904 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 12 Olympiads (including its centennial in 2004 Athens). Since then, 17 different nations have appeared in Olympic baseball competition, with 3 of those nations, Cuba, Italy and Japan, appearing in all 4 medal editions of the tournament.
Baseball awards Baseball leagues around the world, as well as various sportswriting associations or other interested groups, confer awards on various baseball players and teams for excellence in achievement, sportsmanship, and community involvement.
Baseball America Baseball America is an alternative Major League Baseball resource, with in-depth coverage of every level of the game and a particular focus on up-and-coming players. Baseball America also regularly puts out lists of the top prospects in the sport and covers all aspects of the game from a player-development point of view.
Baseball bat [historically significant baseball bats showcased in a museum. From left to right: bat used by Babe Ruth] to hit his 60th home run during the 1927 season, bat used by [[Roger Maris to hit his 61st home run during the 1961 season, bat used by Mark McGwire to hit his 70th home run during the 1998 season, and the bat used by Sammy Sosa for his 66th home run during the same season.
Baseball business rules Major League Baseball has a set of rules which governs all aspects of the game beyond what happens in the field of play. These are the Business Rules of BaseballThe Official Professional Baseball Rules Book,Office of the Commissioner, New York 2003.
Baseball cap A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiffened and curved peak and it is worn by men, women and children. The back of the cap often has a plastic, Velcro, or elastic adjustor so that it can be quickly adjusted to fit any wearer, although fitted caps are also common.
Baseball color line The baseball color line was the policy, unwritten for nearly its entire duration, which excluded African American baseball players from organized baseball in the United States before 1946. As a result, various Negro Leagues were formed, which featured those players not allowed to participate in the major or minor leagues.
Baseball Digest Baseball Digest is a baseball magazine resource that was first published in August of 1942. It is published 10 times a year – with National and American League schedules, directories and pre-season rosters – the magazine provides insights on Major League Baseball history and on current stars, often from one-on-one interviews.
Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville is the home of the Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League. The ballpark, which opened in 2003, has nearly 6,000 stadium-style chairs and can accommodate more than 11,000 fans with berm and bleacher seating.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936 The first elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were held in 1936. Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were given authority to select individuals from the 20th century; while a special Veterans Committee, made up of individuals with greater familiarity with the 19th century game, was polled to select deserving individuals from that era.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937 The 1937 process of selecting inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was markedly different from the initial elections the previous year. As only half of the initial goal of 10 inductees had been selected in 1936, members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were once again given authority to select any players active in the 20th century; but the unsuccessful 1936 Veterans Committee election for 19th century players led to a smaller Centennial Commission choosing a handful of inductees whose contributions were largely as non-players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1938 The 1938 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted along much the same lines as the 1937 vote. Toward the goal of 10 initial inductees from the 20th century, 8 had now been selected; members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were once again given authority to select any players active in the 20th century, excepting active players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1939 The 1939 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were the last ones conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year. Needing just one addition to complete the initial goal of 10 inductees from the 20th century, members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) were once again given authority to select any players active in the 20th century, excepting active players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1942 The 1942 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was the first to be conducted in three years, and the only regular election in the years 1940 to 1944; in 1939 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually, now that the Hall had opened. This was a widely criticized move, as observers generally agreed that electing 3 players per year - the pace established from 1936 to 1939 - was an ideal number for annual induction.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1944 There was no regular election in 1944 to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame; in 1939 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually, and the next scheduled election was to be in 1945. In addition, the 4-member Old-Timers Committee formed in late 1939 to select deserving individuals from the 19th century had still never met for that purpose, and criticism of the lack of honorees from that period was increasing.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945 The 1945 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame included the first regular election to be conducted in three years, and only the second since 1939; in that year, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually. 1945 also witnessed the first attempt to elect figures from 19th century baseball since the Hall had opened in 1939.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946 The 1946 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame marked a dramatic revision of the methods used one year earlier. The continuing failure to elect modern players led to changes in the ballot process, and forced a re-thinking of the role of the Old-Timers Committee.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1947 The 1947 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame again followed a major revision of the methods used one year earlier. The ongoing difficulties in electing modern players led the Hall of Fame Committee to make further changes in the ballot process of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), and to redefine the electoral jurisdiction of the Old-Timers Committee.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1948 The 1948 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded using the same rules as the highly successful election one year earlier, with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) again authorized to elect players retired less than 25 years.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1949 The 1949 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded using the same rules as the successful elections in the previous two years, with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) again authorized to elect players retired less than 25 years.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1999 The 1999 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame followed the same system in use since 1995. The BBWAA election continued to apply a 75% rule to all eligible players, while the Veterans Committee met in closed door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2000 The 2000 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame followed the same system in use since 1995. The BBWAA election continued to apply a 75% rule to all eligible players, while the Veterans Committee met in closed door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2001 The 2001 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame introduced a new election system. The Baseball Writers Association of America's (BBWAA) election to select from among recent players retained the same rules.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2002 The 2002 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2003 The 2003 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2004 The 2004 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2005 The 2005 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, and the Veterans Committee held a separate election to select from among players retired for over 20 years.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006 The 2006 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001, augmented by a special election; the result was the largest class of inductees (18) in the Hall's history, including the first woman ever elected. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players.
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2007 The 2007 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame are proceeding according to revised rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players.
Baseball Hobby News Baseball Hobby News was a news-oriented magazine about the field of baseball memorabilia collecting. Founded in 1979 by the husband-and-wife team of Frank and Vivian Barning, who served as editor and publisher, respectively, the magazine was published on a monthly basis until 1993.
Baseball Mogul Baseball Mogul is a series of baseball simulation computer games created by Clay Dreslough and first published in 1997. The latest installment, Baseball Mogul 2007, was released in March of 2006 and the 2008 version was supposed to begin beta testing in December 2006 but has been delayed.
Baseball positioning [depth]In baseball, while there are nine named fielding positions, players may move around freely. The positioning for the nine positions is very flexible, although they all have regular depths—distances from home plate, and sometimes lateral positioning.
Baseball Prospectus Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball. Baseball Prospectus has fathered several popular new statistical tools which have become hallmarks of baseball analysis, including VORP (Value over replacement player)PAP (Pitcher Abuse Points)[http://www.
Baseball rules Baseball rules are the rules for baseball played under three major rules codes, which differ only slightly. The North American professional leagues and many amateur leagues use the Official Baseball Rules, which are published to the public by The Sporting News; U.
Baseball Reliquary The Baseball Reliquary is a nonprofit, educational organization "dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of baseball history and to exploring the national pastime’s unparalleled creative possibilities." The Reliquary was founded in 1996 in Monrovia, California and is funded in part by a grant from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Baseball stirrups Stirrups are socks worn by baseball players up until about the early 1990's when baseball players started wearing their pants like pajamas. They go on top of normal socks and resemble stirrups, hence the name.
Baseball superstition Baseball is a sport with a long history of superstition. From the very famous Curse of the Bambino to some players' refusal to wash their clothes or bodies after a win, superstition is present in all parts of baseball.
Baseball TAS Baseball Tasmania was the governing body of baseball within Tasmania, before its financial callopse, since this time there has been no organised Baseball in the state of Tasmania. Baseball Tasmania was governed by the Australian Baseball Federation
Baseball Writers Association of America The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers and magazines. The BBWAA was founded in 1908 to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century.
Baseband Baseband is an adjective that describes signals and systems whose range of frequencies is measured from 0 to a maximum bandwidth or highest signal frequency; it is sometimes used as a noun for a band of frequencies starting at 0. It can often be considered as synonym to lowpass, and antonym to passband.
Baseboard A baseboard or skirting board or skirting is a wooden board, normally three inches to 11 inches (75–300 mm) high, covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface (usually plaster or drywall) and the floor.
Baseboard management controller A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized microcontroller embedded on the motherboard of many computers, especially servers. The BMC is the intelligence in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) architecture.
BaseBean In object-oriented programming, a BaseBean is a utility object from which concrete entities are derived (via subclassing). Proper design suggests that the inherited functionality should be provided via delegation instead.
Based on a True Story (Fat Freddy's Drop album) Based on a True Story is the eagerly anticipated, long awaited first studio produced album by New Zealand group Fat Freddy's Drop. It debuted at number 1 and went gold in its first day, and so far has become the longest album by a New Zealand group/artist to stay at number 1.
Basehead Basehead (known in Europe as dc Basehead) is a hip hop group headed by Michael Ivey, a native of Maryland, United States. Playing a cut-and-paste combination of rap, R&B, reggae, rock and funk, the Basehead sound has been loosely categorized as both "slacker rap" and "intelligent hip-hop".
Basel Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerland's third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
Basel Accord The Basel Accord(s) or Basle Accord(s) (see spelling section below) refers to the banking supervision Accords (recommendations on banking laws and regulations), Basel I and Basel II issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS).
Basel Convention The Basel Convention (verbose: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). It does not, however, address the movement of radioactive waste.
Basel I Basel I is the term which refers to a round of deliberations by central bankers from around the world, and in 1988, the Basel Committee (BCBS) in Basel, Switzerland, published a set of minimal capital requirements for banks. This is also known as the 1988 Basel Accord, and was enforced by law in the Group of Ten (G-10) countries in 1992, with Japanese banks permitted an extended transition period.
Basel II Basel II, also called The New Accord (correct full name is the International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards - A Revised Framework) is the second Basel Accord and represents recommendations by bank supervisors and central bankers from the 13 countries making up the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) to revise the international standards for measuring the adequacy of a bank's capital. It was created to promote greater consistency in the way banks and banking regulators approach risk management across national borders.
Basel problem The Basel problem is a famous problem in number theory, first posed by Pietro Mengoli in 1644, and solved by Leonhard Euler in 1735. Since the problem had withstood the attacks of the leading mathematicians of the day, Euler's solution brought him immediate fame when he was twenty-eight.

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