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Batrachomorpha Batrachomorpha ("Frog form") is a name given to recent and extinct amphibians that are not related to reptiles. The name was coined by Friedrich von Huene in 1956 to refer to a superorder of his subclass "Eutetrapoda" (the lower tetrapods exclusive of the Urodela) and included the orders Stegocephalia (here includes a number of Labyrinthodontia and Anura.
Batrachomyomachia Batrachomyomachia (Gr. , frog, , mouse, and, , battle) or the Battle of Frogs and Mice is a comic epic or parody on the Iliad, definitely attributed to Homer by the Romans, but according to Plutarch (De Herodoti Malignitate, 43) the work of Pigres of Halicarnassus, the brother (or son) of Artemisia, queen of Caria and ally of Xerxes.
Batrachosauria Batrachosauria ("Frog Saurians") is a name given either to very reptile-like amphibians dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, or to amniotes and those amphibians very closely related to them. In current cladistic schems, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea
Bats day in the fun park Bats Day in the Fun Park, which is also known as Bats Day, Goth Day, Bats Day in the Park and Bats Day Out, started in August 1999 between the promoters of the goth/industrial & deathrock clubs, Absynthe and Release the Bats. It has turned into a
Bats language Bats (also Batsi, Batsbi, Batsb, Batsaw, Tsova-Tush) is the language of the Bats people, a Caucasian minority group, and is part of the Nakh family of Caucasian languages. It had 2,500 to 3,000 speakers in 1975.
Bats people The Bats people () or the Batsbi (ბაცბი) are a small Nakh-speaking community in Georgia who are also known as the Tsova-Tushs (წოვა-თუშები) after the Tsova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti, where they migrated from the North Caucasus in the 16th century.
Bats Theatre Bats Theatre is New Zealand's leading venue for the development of new theatre practitioners and plays. Bats, established in its present form by Simon Bennett and Simon Elson in 1989, is located at 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington.
Batsell Baxter Batsell Baxter (1886 Sherman, Texas – 1956 Nashville, Tennessee) was one of the most important leaders and educators in the Church of Christ in the first half of the 20th Century. He received his early education from David Lipscomb and James A.
Batsi Batsi (Greek, Modern: Μπάτσι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms Batsion is a little cottage in the north of Salamis in the municipality of Salamis placed at the foot of a piney mountain. In the mountain, there is a cave of archeological interest that has not been investigated yet.
Batson v. Kentucky Batson v. Kentucky, , was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which it ruled that a prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges, dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so, may not be used to exclude jurors based solely on their race.
Batson's vein Batson's veins are veins that connect the pelvic veins (draining the inferior end of the urinary bladder and prostate) to the internal vertebral venous plexus. They allow metastasis of cancer from pelvic organs to vertebral column.
Batsto River The Batsto River is a tributary of the Mullica River in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States. Originating in Tabernacle Township, the Batso river is joined by Skit Branch, Deep Run, Springer's Brook, Penn Swamp Branch and Goodwater Run before reaching Batsto Village where a dam forms Batsto Lake.
Batsto Village, New Jersey Batsto Village is a New Jersey Historic site located in Wharton State Forest in the south central Pine Barrens, and a part of the Pinelands National Reserve. It is listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, and is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks & Forestry.
Batsuit The Batsuit (also Bat-Suit) is the costume of the DC Comics superhero, Batman. It is most often depicted as consisting of a scalloped cape, a bat-like cowl, a pair of gloves, boots, a yellow utility belt, and dark briefs over a tight-fitting body suit with the image of a bat emblazoned on the chest.
Batt O'Keeffe (Bartholomew) "Batt" O'Keeffe (born 2 April, 1945), is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála for Cork South Central and is currently the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government.
Battaglione Azad Hindoustan The Battaglione Azad Hindoustan was a unit of Indian troops formed in Fascist Italy under the Raggruppamento Centri Militari in July 1942. The unit, raised initially as the Centro I ,was headed by Iqbal Shedai Borra R.
Battakhin BATTAKHIN, African Arabs of Semitic stock, They occupy the banks of the Blue Nile near Khartum, and it was against them that General Gordon fought most of his battles near the town. Their sheikh, El Obeid, routed Gordon's troops on 4 September 1884, a defeat which led to the close investment of Khartum.
Battalion Commander In the United States Army, the commanding officer of a battalion is a Battalion Commander. The position is usually held by a lieutenant colonel, although a major can be selected for battalion command in lieu of an available lieutenant colonel.
Battalion group A battalion group is a military unit based around a battalion. A typical battalion group consists of an infantry or armoured battalion with sub-units detached from other military units acting under the direct command of the battalion commander.
Battalion of Death The Women's Battalion of Death was a small corps drawn from 2,000 female volunteers, formed between the February Revolution and the October revolution in Russia in 1917, commanded by Maria Botchkareva, and loyal to the Provisional Government.
Battalion run The battalion run is a military tradition of gathering a battalion together in formation by companies, wearing physical training (PT) uniforms and having them run a certain distance (usually 4 miles at a 9 minute pace) together.
Battambang Battambang is Cambodia's second-largest city (urban area population 124,290 according to the 1998 census) and the capital of Battambang Province. It is an elegant riverside town, home to some of the best-preserved colonial architecture in the country.
Battell Chapel Battell Chapel, built in 1874-76 as a Civil War memorial, with funds donated by Joseph Battell, and designed by Russell Sturgis, Jr., was the third of Yale's chapels, and is Yale University's largest on-campus house of worship.
Battelle Hall Battelle Hall is a multi-purpose arena and exhibit hall located in Columbus, Ohio, part of the Greater Columbus Convention Center. It was built in 1980, and since then has been used for a variety of events, including concerts, trade shows, and sporting events such as the 1993 and 1994 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournaments.
Batten (theater) In theater, batten, or pipe refers to a long metal pole suspended above the stage (and sometimes above the audience) from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or other curtains may be hung. Usually these battens can be raised or lowered into a fly tower, both for ease of use, and to achieve an effect whereby the suspended items appear to "fly" in or out during a performance.
Battenberg cake Battenberg cake (also: Battenburg cake, Window cake) is a light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when sliced, the characteristic checks are exposed to view.
Battenberg Cup The Battenberg Cup is an award given annually as a symbol of operational excellence to the best ship or submarine in the United States Navy Atlantic Fleet. The cup was originally awarded as a trophy to the winner of cutter or longboat rowing competitions between crews of American and British naval ships.
Battenberg family Battenberg was the title created for the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse, Countess Julia von Hauke. Prince Alexander (1823 - 1888) was the third son Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and by Rhine and of Wilhelmina of Baden.
Battenberg Mausoleum The Memorial Tomb of Alexander I of Battenberg (, Grobnitsa pametnik „Aleksandar І Batenberg“), better known as the Battenberg Mausoleum (Мавзолей на Батенберг, Mavzoley na Batenberg) in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the mausoleum and final resting place of Knyaz (Prince) Alexander I of Battenberg (1857–1893), the first Head of State of modern Bulgaria.
Battente guitar The guitar battente (chitarra battente) is an important string instrument in Italian popular music. The chitarra battente is smaller than a classical guitar, now usually played with four or five metal strings and used mainly in Calabria to accompany the voice.
Batter's box In baseball, softball, and similar sports and games, the batter's box is the place where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. It is usually drawn in chalk on the dirt surrounding home plate.
Batter's eye The Batter's Eye is a solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the center field wall of a baseball stadium, that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch. This dark surface allows the batter to see the pitched ball against a sharply contrasted and uncluttered background, as much for the batter's safety as anything.
Battered woman defence The battered woman defense is a legal defence representing that the person accused of an assault or murder was suffering from battered person syndrome at the material time. Because the defence is almost invariably invoked by women, it is usually characterised in court as battered woman syndrome or battered wife syndrome.
Batterie de cuisine The Batterie de cuisine is the technical term for the range of tools and pans used in a (professional) kitchen. It includes the knives, frying pans, bakeware, indeed the complete set of kitchen utensils required for cooking and for the making of desserts, pastries, and confectionery.
Batters faced by pitcher In baseball statistics, Batters Faced by Pitcher (BFP), also known as Total Batters Faced (TBF), is the number of batters who made a plate appearance before the pitcher in a game or in a season. It is a more precise statistic than innings pitched or appearances, allowing statisticians to better measure a pitcher's per-batter efficiency.
Battersby railway station Battersby railway station serves the village of Battersby in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Esk Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all of the station's passenger services.
Battersea Arts Centre The Battersea Arts Centre (often abbreviated to "BAC") is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, London which specialises in music and theatre productions. It is best known as "The National Theatre of the Fringe" a venue where new productions are first performed and honed prior to tours or possible transfers to the theatres of the West End.
Battersea Bridge Battersea Bridge is a road bridge crossing of the River Thames in south-west London, linking Battersea south of the river with Chelsea to the north. Its 40 foot width makes it London's narrowest road vehicle bridge.
Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency) Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station in London, England, the first part of which was completed in 1939, was the first in a series of very large (for the era) coal-fired electrical generating facilities set up in England as part of the National Grid power distribution system then being introduced. The grade II listed building is being converted to a large commercial and entertainment complex as the centrepiece of a project to rejuvenate the area.
Battersea railway station Battersea was a station on British Rail's West London Line, situated on Battersea High Street, that was closed in 1940. There have recently been calls within the House of Commons to re-open a station at this location.
Battersea Railway Bridge The Battersea Railway Bridge - properly called the Cremorne Bridge, after the pleasure grounds in Chelsea and originally commonly referred to as the Battersea New Bridge - is an east-west bridge across the River Thames in London, between Battersea and Chelsea and forming part of the West London Line from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction. The bridge was designed by William Baker, chief engineer of the London and North Western Railway, and was opened in March 1863 at a cost of ÂŁ87,000.
Battersea South (UK Parliament constituency) Battersea South was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Battersea, Ontario Battersea is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of South Frontenac 20 kilometres north of Kingston. Battersea is well known for its fishing and outdoor activities as it is closely located to Loughborough Lake, Dog Lake and the Rideau Canal Waterway.
Battery (band) Battery is a band partially responsible for the rebirth of Washington DC hardcore. From 1990 to 1998, Battery released a 7", a split 7" with Ignite, two MCDs and three full-lengths on Lost & Found, Conversion, and Revelation Records.
Battery (electricity) In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Batteries consist of electrochemical devices such as one or more galvanic cells, fuel cells or flow cells.
Battery (tort) At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) and volitionally bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them (i.e.
Battery 9 Battery 9 (pronounced, in Afrikaans, as Battery Nege), an industrial music project from Johannesburg, South Africa, is the brainchild of Paul Riekert, who writes, plays and records the music in a mixture of English and Afrikaans. The band name is sometimes written, without a space, as Battery9.
Battery balancer A battery balancer is a device in a battery pack which can actively shuttle energy into a weak cell from other more healthy cells in the pack, they may also include the function of a battery regulator to prevent overcharging. Balancers are often found in Lithium ion battery packs for cell phones and laptop computers.
Battery Cage (band) Battery Cage is an American electronic music project led by Tyler Newman. The project has been active as a performance group since 1995, and is currently releasing CD's through the Philadelphia-based record label Metropolis Records.
Battery Creek High School Battery Creek High School is a 4-year International Baccalaureate public school in Beaufort, South Carolina. It is one of the two public high schools in Beaufort along with Beaufort High School, and is sometimes listed as being in Burton, South Carolina, an unincorporated sub-area of the Beaufort Urban Cluster.
Battery electric vehicle A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is an electric vehicle that utilises chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. Electric vehicles use electric motors instead of, or in addition to, internal combustion engines (ICEs).
Battery eliminator A battery eliminator is a device powered by an electrical source other than a battery, which then converts the source to a DC voltage that may be used by a second device originally designed to be powered by batteries.
Battery eliminator circuit A battery eliminator circuit (BEC) is an electronic circuit designed to deliver electrical power to other circuitry without the need for a battery. Historically the expression was sometimes used to describe devices used to power battery-driven equipment from mains electricity.
Battery Hooper Battery Hooper was a hilltop earthworks fortification, built for the Defense of Cincinnati during the American Civil War on 17 acres in Northern Kentucky by the Union Army to turn back invading Confederate troops. It was constructed to protect Cincinnati and the Ohio River valley.
Battery Check Battery Check is a single released on July 3, 2003 by the Swedish punk-rock band Millencolin comprising of the title track "Battery Check" from the full length album Home from Home along with non-album tracks "E20 Norr" ("Battery Check" sung in Swedish) and "Bowmore". The single E20 Norr, contains the same songs but with tracks 1 and 2 switched.
Battery pack A battery pack is a set of any number of (preferably) identical batteries or individual battery cells. They may be configured in a series, parallel or a mixture of both to deliver the desired voltage, capacity, or power density.
Battery Park (Burlington, VT) Battery Park is a public park overlooking Lake Champlain at the western end of downtown Burlington, Vermont. The park includes a bandshell, a playground, and various monuments, including a bronze statue of Civil War General William W.
Battery Park (Charleston) Battery Park (also known as The Battery), which includes a park known as White Point Gardens, is a landmark promenade in Charleston, South Carolina. First used as a public park in 1837, it became a place for artillery during the American Civil War.
Battery Park City Authority The Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side of Manhattan in New York City. This site is now known as Battery Park City, and was named after Hugh L.
Battery regulator A battery regulator is a device in a battery pack which bleeds off excess charge current to allow all cells or batteries in a string to be fully charged without overcharging other cells. Since they may all reach full charge at different times because of differences in capacity due to age, a regulator keeps all the batteries or cells in balance.
Battery Rocks Battery Rocks () are a rocky outcrop situated to the west of the harbour of Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The rocks take their name from a gun battery that was situated there from 1739, following a petition by Penzance Borough council for protection from French naval attacks.
Battery Street Tunnel The Battery Street Tunnel, built in 1952, runs for 3,140 feet (957 m) under Battery Street in Seattle, Washington's Belltown neighborhood from Western Avenue in the southwest to Denny Way in the northeast. It connects the Alaskan Way Viaduct to Aurora Avenue N.
Battiadae In Greek mythology, the Battiadae are descendants of Battus, the founder of Cyrene. A famous descendant of Battus and thus one of the Battiadae was Callimachus, the Greek poet and the best known member of the Neoteroi.
Batticaloa Batticaloa (මඩකළපුව in Sinhala, மட்டக்களப்பு in Tamil) was the provincial capital of the eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is also the seat of the Eastern University of Sri lanka.
Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. The two statistics are related, in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.
Batting average on balls in play In baseball statistics, Batting average on balls in play (abbreviated BABIP) is a statistic measuring the percentage of balls that are not home runs, strikeouts, or bases on balls that the batter is credited with a hit on BABIP is commonly used in sabermetric] analysis, as a consistently high or low BABIP is hard to maintain. Therefore, BABIP can be used to spot fluky seasons by baseball players, as those whose BABIPs are extremely high can often be expected to regress in the following season, and those players whose BABIPs are extremely low can often be expected to improve in the following season.
Batting Average with Runners in Scoring Position Batting Average with Runners in Scoring Position (abbreviated BA/RISP or BA/RSP) is a baseball statistic derived by dividing a players hits with runners on second or third base by his at bats with runners in scoring position. Batting Average with Runners in Scoring Position is often used as an indicator of clutch ability, as a hit with a runner on second or third will likely score the runner and is thus considered a clutch situation.
Batting order (baseball) The batting order in baseball is the sequence in which the nine members of the offensive lineup take their turns in batting against the pitcher. The batting order is set by the manager before the game begins (although substitutions may subsequently take place).
Batting out of turn In baseball, a sequence of nine players come to bat according to their team's batting order, taking turns in an attempt to become a runner and reach base or to help preceding runners to score. Occasionally, one or more batters may bat in the incorrect order, thus violating rule 6.
Batting position Batting position is a player's ordinal rank in going to bat, in a sport such as baseball or cricket where the two teams take turns out in the field and in at bat (innings). Fielding position is a player's standardized location when the team is out in the field.
Batting Park Factor Batting Park Factor, also simply called Park Factor or BPF, is a baseball statistic that indicates the difference between runs scored in a team's home and road games. Most commonly used as a metric in the sabermetric community, it has found more general usage in recent years.
Battins Battins is an electoral ward of the borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, and part of the Leigh Park housing estate. The ward made local electoral history in the 2004 English Borough Council elections by returning a Conservative Party councillor for the first time in over thirty years.
Battis Shirala Battis Shirala (also called Shirala) is a small town in India, 60 kilometers west of the district headquarters of Sangli and about 350 kilometers from Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state. State transport and private buses run daily between Mumbai and Shirala.
Battista Farina Giovanni Battista "Pinin" Farina (later Battista Pininfarina) (November 2, 1893 - April 3, 1966) was the founder of the Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name forever associated with many of the best-known postwar sports cars (especially Ferraris).
Battista Franco Veneziano Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct name of Giovanni Battista Franco( before 1510 - 1561) was an Italian Mannnerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 1500s. He is also known as Il Semolei or just Battista Franco.
Battle Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. Battles are most often fought during wars or military campaigns and can usually be well defined in time, space and action.
Battle (band) Battle are a UK post punk/indie rock band. The band were originally known as 'Killing Moon' but after too many comments regarding the song of the same name by Echo And The Bunnymen they decided on the name Battle.
Battle (formation) A battle was a medieval military formation, analogous and ancestral to the modern term batallion. In late medieval warfare, field armies were often drawn up into three main battles, also called guards: the vanguard, the middle guard, and the rearguard, often abbreviated to simply the van, middle, and rear.
Battle at the ice of Storsjön The Battle at the ice of Storsjön of 1178 ended the autonomy of Jamtland due to the lost war against the Birkebeiner, the army of Sverre of Norway. According to the sagas (Sverris saga), the Jamtlanders were killed by sword blows in their backs.
Battle Against the Dried-Up Demons at the Cultural Festival Battle Against the Dried-Up Demons at the Cultural Festival (Japanese: - 干物妖怪と激闘文化祭 - Himono Youkai to Gekitou Bunkasai) is the 128th episode of the anime series InuYasha. It was first broadcasted in Japan on October 13, 2003.
Battle Arena Toshinden Battle Arena Toshinden (バトルアリーナ闘神伝 in Japan) is a fighting game for the PlayStation. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D battle arena, rather than the traditional side-to-side fighting space that had been popular since Street Fighter II.
Battle Assembly Battle Assembly is the term used by the United States Army Reserve to describe monthly drills, where soldiers practice their warrior skills one weekend per month as members of the Army Reserve. These meetings used to be referred to simply as "drill" or "weekend drill" but according to former Chief of the Army Reserve, Lieutenant General James R.
Battle Athletes Victory Battle Athletes Victory or just Battle Athletes is an anime set in the distant future where after many years of war with an extraterrestrial race, they agreed on a settlement in which there would be a contest of physical strength between one representative from each race. Although the alien race was far superior to the humans, a human champion prevailed, marking an era of peace over humanity, in which it would try to physically improve itself.
Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran On November 19, 1941, during World War II, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran fought each other in the Indian Ocean, off Western Australia. The two ships destroyed each other and Sydney was lost with all 645 hands.
Battle box In collectible card games, the term battle box is used by some companies to describe a set of cards available for purchase as a single unit. A battle box is generally ready to play as-is (without the use of additional booster packs), containing complete decks for two players.
Battle B-Daman (anime) Battle B-Daman also spelled Battle B'Daman, or in full in Japan B-Densetsu! Battle B-Daman (B-伝説 バトルビーダマン), is an anime and manga series by Eiji Inuki that first aired in January 1997 in Japan, replacing Beyblade in its timeslot.
Battle Bakraid Battle Bakraid is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game by Eighting released in 1999. Players control one of nine fighter jets and shoot enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance through the game.
Battle Beast Battle Beast is a beat-em-up, side-scrolling fighting game released for the PC in 1995. In the style of Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, a player can play against another human opponent or computer-controlled opponents in different levels using hand-to-hand combat and special moves and weapons to defeat each other.
Battle Beasts Battle Beasts is the name of a line of small 2" tall action figure toys and accessories created and largely produced by Takara and distributed by Takara in Japan (under the name "BeastFormers") and by Hasbro outside of Japan, starting in 1984. Each Beast is an anthropomorphised animal with body armor that came with a unique weapon.
Battle Blog Battle Blog is a personal scale blogging application introduced in August 2003. The original Battle Blog, a rudimentary feat of programming, sported the earliest example of democratic content control ever integrated into a personal blogging application.
Battle Branch Mine The Battle Branch Mine, sometime referred to as the Battle Creek Mine, was located near the town of Auraria in Lumpkin County, Georgia. During the Georgia Gold Rush, sometime before the Gold Lottery of 1832, men from several different states were all working in the same stream when a dispute over the possession of the place ended in a fight in which a number of men were seriously wounded, providing the name for the mine ultimately located there.
Battle Bridge The Battle Bridge is from the fictional Star Trek universe. On Starfleet vessels that have the ability to separate the primary and secondary hulls, the battle bridge is the control center for the secondary hull during separated operations.
Battle cry A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit. The content and nature of battle cries vary, depending on whether their intent is to threaten, invoke a family name or family lands, or call on a god for assistance.
Battle Cars Battle Cars is a video game for the Super NES published by Namco in 1993. It is a futuristic racing game in which cars are equipped with missiles, grenade launchers, and sliding disks which are used to eliminate opponents.
Battle Cattle: The Card Game Battle Cattle: The Card Game is a card game published by Steve Jackson Games. The game mechanics are based on the same system as Car Wars: The Card Game, so the two games are able to be combined, with some players playing cows and some players playing cars.
Battle Circuit is an action "beat 'em up" game developed and published by Capcom for the CPS-2 arcade hardware for Japan and Europe in 1997. Taking place in an alternate future earth, the game revolves around a group of bounty hunters who must capture the mad scientist Dr.
Battle Clash Battle Clash (an 8 megabit video game, known as Space Bazooka in Japan) is an anime-influenced game for the Super NES which makes use of the bazooka-shaped Super NES Super Scope light gun. The title was released in 1992 by Nintendo and developed by Intelligent Systems.
Battle Command Knowledge System The Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS) is a United States Army knowledge management program headquartered at Fort Leavenworth, KS. Civil Affairs is one of the collaborative forums that provides information to members who are interested in civil-military operations.
Battle Creek Crunch The Battle Creek Crunch is a charter member of the Continental Indoor Football League (formerly the Great Lakes Indoor Football League). They play their home games at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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