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Bay of Greifswald Bay of Greifswald (German: Greifswalder Bodden; Polish: Zatoka Greifswaldzka) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Germany in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its area is 514 km², and its coördinates are roughly 54°15'N, 13°30'E.
Bay of Istruga Bay of Istruga is situated on south part of the Island of KorÄŤula, near the village of Brna. The Bay of Istruga is 500 metres long and 150 metres wide and up to the middle of the bay there is a pile of curative mud, called "liman", which helps cure rheumatic ailments.
Bay of Kamari The Bay of Kamari or Kamari Bay is essentially the beach-front annexe of the village Kefalos, on the Greek island of Kos. The area is popular with British package holidaymakers and many holiday brochures refer to the area as Kefalos.
Bay of Kiel Bay of Kiel (German: Kieler Bucht; Polish: Zatoka Kilońska) is a basin in the south-western Baltic Sea, off the shores of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and the islands of Denmark. It is connected with the Bay of Mecklenburg in the east, Little Belt in the northwest, and Great Belt in the North.
Bay of LĂĽbeck The Bay of LĂĽbeck (German: LĂĽbecker Bucht) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of German lands of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. It forms the southwestern part of the Bay of Mecklenburg.
Bay of Mecklenburg Bay of Mecklenburg or Mecklenburg Bight (German: Mecklenburgische Bucht, Danish: Mecklenburg Bugt, and Polish: Zatoka Meklemburska) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, between the shores of Germany to the south and the Danish islands of Lolland, Falster, and Møn to the north.
Bay of Pigs Invasion The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion (also known in Cuba as the Playa GirĂłn after the beach in the Bay of Pigs where the landing took place) was an unsuccessful United States-planned and funded attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba. An attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro, this action accelerated a rapid deterioration in Cuban-American relations worsened by the Cuban Missile Crisis the following year.
Bay of Puck The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (; ), historically also known as the Bay of Putzig (), is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula.
Bay of Skaill The Bay of Skaill is a small bay on the west coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. It is the location of the famous Neolithic settlement, Skara Brae, and a large residence, Skaill House, the property of the laird on whose estate Skara Brae was discovered.
Bay of Winds The Bay of Winds () is a coastal embayment between Cape Dovers and Avalanche Rocks in Antarctica. It was discovered by Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, under Mawson, who so named it because of the almost constant outflow of cold dense air from the plateau into the bay.
Bay Owl Bay Owls are barn owls of the genus Phodilus, subfamily Phodilinae. Most classification schemes recognize two species in this genus: the Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius) and the Congo Bay Owl (Phodilus prigoginei).
Bay Park Square Bay Park Square also called Bay Park, Bay Park Mall or Bay Park Square Mall, is a shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group, in the Green Bay, Wisconsin suburb of Ashwaubenon, in the United States. The mall opened in 1980.
Bay Parkway (BMT Culver Line) Bay Parkway (originally 22nd Avenue–Bay Parkway) is a local station on the BMT Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and McDonald Avenue above the Washington Cemetery, it is served by the train at all times.
Bay Parkway (BMT Sea Beach Line) Bay Parkway (formerly known as 22nd Avenue) is an unrenovated local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and West 7th Street, it is served by the train at all times and a few trains (the first three trains to Manhattan in the morning, the last three trains from Manhattan in the evening).
Bay Parkway (BMT West End Line) Bay Parkway (formerly Bay Parkway-22nd Avenue) is an express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. It is served by the train (all times) and train during rush hours.
Bay Point Estates Bay Point Estates, located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Miami. It is located in Miami's Upper East Side neighborhood, and is a gated community stretching from NE 41st Street to NE 50th Street alongside Biscayne Blvd.
Bay Point, California Bay Point, formerly West Pittsburg, is a suburb and census-designated place located in north central Contra Costa County, California, just west of the city of Pittsburg and northeast over a low range of hills from Concord. The population was 21,534 at the 2000 census.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. It is bound by 65th Street on the north, Interstate 278 on the east, and the Belt Parkway-Shore Road on the west.
Bay Ridge–95th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) Bay Ridge–95th Street (originally 95th Street–Fort Hamilton) is the southern terminal station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, served by the train at all times. Despite the Bay Ridge name, the station is actually located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, at the intersection of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue.
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador The town of Bay Roberts is located on the north shore of Conception Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The growth of local economy can be connected to the town’s proximity to other major Newfoundland markets, by road and by water.
Bay Ronald Bay Ronald was a racehorse that had a huge impact on the breeding of sport horses, mainly through his son Dark Ronald and grandson Teddy, and also carried on his lines in the Thoroughbred racing world, through his son Bayardo. He appears in many dressage, show jumping, and eventing horses today.
Bay Shore Brawlers The Bay Shore Brawlers are an indoor football team based in Aberdeen, New Jersey. They were originally scheduled to begin play as a member of the Eastern Indoor Football League, which is not affilitated with the Arena Football League or Af2 in 2007.
Bay Station (OC Transpo) Bay Transitway Station is a bus-stop on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's transitway served by OC Transpo buses. It is located in the central transitway section at Bay Street, with two substations on Albert Street and Slater Street.
Bay Street Bay Street is a street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the centre of Toronto's financial district and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial industry just as Wall Street is used in the United States and The City is in the United Kingdom.
Bay Street Film Festival The Bay Street Film Festival is an independent film festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada that features local, national, and international films with the theme "Films for the People." The festival is held on 314 Bay Street in the historic Finnish Labour Temple in the heart of the Finnish quarter.
Bay Super V Bonanza Beginning in the late 1940s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Aeromotive) produced nine twin-engine conversions of the Beechcraft Bonanza called the Super "V" Bonanza. The basis of the conversion was the small-tailed, 1953 model C35 Bonanza.
Bay to Breakers The Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco, California. The name reflects the fact that the race runs from the northeast end of the downtown area near The Embarcadero (the Bay side of the city) to the west end of the city and Ocean Beach.
Bay Terrace, Queens Bay Terrace is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens, and is often considered part of Bayside. The Bay Terrace housing development in the 1950's and the creation of the Bay Terrace Shopping Center lent the area its own identity.
Bay Terrace, Staten Island Bay Terrace is the name of a street, which in turn gave its name to a neighborhood, on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York. Staten Island is one of New York City's five boroughs; New York City is the largest city in the United States.
Bay View Tragedy The Bay View Tragedy (often referred to locally, and by labor rights activists, as the Bay View Massacre) was the culmination of events that began on Saturday May 1 1886 when 7,000 building-trades workers joined with 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to strike against their employers, demanding an eight-hour work day.
Bay Windows (newspaper) Bay Windows, a member of the New England Press Association and the National Gay Newspaper Guild, is the largest LGBT newspaper in New England. It is published every Thursday, and is distributed free in Boston and around the greater Boston area.
Bay'ah Bay'ah (Arabic: بيعة), in Islamic terminology is an oath of allegiance to a leader. Under written pact given on behalf of the subjects by leading members of the tribe with the understanding that as long as the leader abides by certain requirements towards his people, they are to maintain their allegiance to him.
Bay-Adelaide Centre The Bay-Adelaide Centre is a proposed Toronto skyscraper that has sat unfinished since 1991. The tower was the last of a series of construction projects in downtown Toronto launched in the boom years of the 1980s.
Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli (Arabic: باية رحولي) (born July 27, 1979) is a Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions.
Bayaguana Bayaguana is a town in the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic, in the province of Monte Plata. It was founded in 1605, when Spain resettled colonists from the northern and western part of Hispaniola closer to Santo Domingo.
Bayaman Erkinbayev Bayaman Erkinbayev (c. 1967 - September 22, 2005) was a top Kyrgyz lawmaker and parliamentary deputy, who was the driving force behind the riots in southern Kyrgyzstan that led to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev on March 24, 2005.
Bayamón, Puerto Rico Bayamón (bah-yah-MON) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city),.
Bayamon Central University The Bayamon Central University —or Universidad Central de Bayamón (UCB) in Spanish— is a private, catholic, and non-profit university in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1961 by the Dominican Order as a community college of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (today known as the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico).
Bayan Ko Bayan Ko (Tagalog "My Country") is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs in the Philippines that, because of its popularity, is sometimes assumed to be a folk song and the unofficial national anthem of the Philippines. It was originally written as a poem by Jose Corazon de Jesus in 1929, and set to music by Constancio de Guzman.
Bayan Northcott Bayan Northcott was born in London in 1940 and read English at Oxford, teaching the subject for six years before turning to music criticism and, later still, to composition. He has been music critic successively of the New Statesman, the Sunday Telegraph and The Independent and is also a director of the contemporary record label NMC.
Bayanat Bayanat (also known as Bayanat Al Oula for Network Services) (Arabic: بيانات الأولى لخدمات الشبكات) is a Saudi company established in 2005 through a consortium of local investors, Bayanat was licensed by the Communication & Information Technology Commission (CITC) to provide local, national, and international data communications services.
Bayandur Bayandur is one of Turkic tribes known from Arab and Persian Middle Age geographers and writers as being one of the seven tribes in the Kimak Kaganate in the period of 743-1050 AD. The other six constituent tribes per Abu Said Gardizi (d.
Bayanchur Khan Bayanchur Khan (known also as Moyanchur Khan) was the emperor of Uyghur State from 747 to 759 AD. His official title was "Ay Tengrida Qut Bolmish, El Tutmish Bilge Qaghan" (Born with glory on Moon Heaven, state developed wise ruler).
Bayani Bayani, meaning "of the Bayán", more commonly known as Azalis, or Azali Bábís, are followers of the Báb. Bayanis believe that Siyyid `Ali Muhammad, known as the Báb, was a Manifestation of God and who claimed that position in 1848.
Bayani Fernando Bayani Fernando (born July 25, 1946) is the current chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). He concurrently holds the position of director of the Department of Public Works and Highways National Capital Region.
Bayanihan Bayanihan (pronounced as bah - yah - nee - han) is a Filipino term taken from the word bayan, referring to a nation, town or community. The whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.
Bayano Bayano, also known as Ballano or Vaino, was an African enslaved by Spaniards who led the biggest of the slave revolts of 16th century Panama. Captured from the Mandinka tribe in West Africa, it is alleged that he and his comrades were Muslim.
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is located on the west bank of the Connetquot River, in Long Island's Suffolk County, New York, USA nearby East Islip in the hamlet of Great River. The extensive landscape garden is in the nature of an estate arboretum, laid out, starting in 1887, for William Bayard Cutting (1850 - 1912) by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, and given to the people of Long Island by his widow and daughter "to provide an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest, and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty; and to bring about a greater appreciation and understanding of the value and importance of informal planting.
Bayard family The Bayard family has been a prominent family of lawyers and politicians throughout American history, primarily from Wilmington, Delaware. Beginning as Federalists, they joined the party of Andrew Jackson and remained leaders of the Democratic Party into the 20th century.
Bayard H. Faulkner Bayard Hilton Faulkner (1894 – 1983) was a former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, USA, and chairman of the 1950 Commission on Municipal Government. The legislation crafted by this commission to update and reform New Jersey's municipal law is commonly called the Faulkner Act, named in his honor.
Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an African-American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and earlier and principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He counseled Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bayard-Condict Building The Bayard-Condict Building, originally known simply as the Bayard Building, is the only work of architect Louis Sullivan in New York. The building is located at 65 Bleecker Street, in the NoHo neighbourhood of New York City and built in association with architect Lyndon P, Smith between 1897 and 1899 in the Chicago School style.
Bayat Bayat was the name of one the 24 Oghuz Turkish clans purported to descend from Oghuz Khaqan according to Oghuzname and the oral legends prior to that book's writing in early 14th century. It is also the name of several localities and persons often in connection with the clan or the legend.
Bayawan City Bayawan City is a 5th class component city in the 3rd Congressional District of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 101,391 people (with an average annual growth rate of 2.
Bayazid Bastami Bayazid Bastami (Persian بايزيد بسطامى ), also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804-874CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bostam (alternate spelling: Bastam), Iran. The name Bastami means "from the city of Bastam".
Bayán (exposition) In Bábism, a Bayán (), or exposition, denotes the whole body of the works of the Báb, the central one being the Persian Bayán. Some modern Bábís (followers of the Báb) call themselves 'Bayaní' after this title of the Báb's writings.
Baybayin Baybayin or Alibata (known in Unicode as the Tagalog script) is a pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system that originated from the Javanese script Kavi. The writing system is a member of the Brahmic family and is believed to be in use as early as the 14th century.
Bayberry wax Bayberry wax is an aromatic green vegetable wax. It is removed from the surface of the fruit of the bayberry (wax-myrtle) shrub by boiling the berries in water and skimming the wax from the surface of the water.
Bayble Bayble (Gaelic Pabail) is a large village in Point (An Rubha), a region of the Isle of Lewis, and is near the town of Stornoway. It is split into Upper Bayble (Pabail Uarach) and Lower Bayble (Pabail Iarach), separated by a burn at the bottom of the valley.
Baydaratskaya Bay Baydaratskaya Bay () is a gulf in Russia, located in the southern part of the Kara Sea between the coastline of the Northern termination of the Ural Mountains (Polar Ural) and Yamal Peninsula. The length of the gulf is approx.
Bayer designation Many of the brighter stars are given names which are known as Bayer designations. These designations, which were introduced by Johann Bayer in his star atlas Uranometria (named after Urania) in 1603, consist of a Greek letter followed by the genitive (in Latin) of the name of the constellation in which the star lies.
Bayer MaterialScience Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is an independent subgroup within Bayer AG. It was created as part of the restructuring of Bayer AG from the former business group Bayer Polymers, with certain of its activities being spun off to Lanxess AG.
Bayerische Oberlandbahn The Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) is a private railway in Germany run by Connex. It consists of three diesel train lines operating south from Munich to the destinations Lenggries, Tegernsee and Bayrischzell which are in the Bavarian Prealps.
Bayerisches Zuchtrennen The Bayerisches Zuchtrennen is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Munich Racecourse, Munich in late July / early August.
Bayernhof Music Museum Bayernhof Music Museum features a major collection of automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located six miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, it is housed in German-style mansion sited on an 18-acre, dramatic overlook some 540 feet above the Allegheny River Valley.
Bayes estimator In decision theory and estimation theory, a Bayes estimator is an estimator or decision rule that maximizes the posterior expected value of a utility function or minimizes the posterior expected value of a loss function. (See also prior probability.
Bayes's theorem Bayes's theorem (also known as Bayes's rule or Bayes's law) is a result in probability theory, which relates the conditional and marginal probability distributions of random variables. In some interpretations of probability, Bayes's theorem tells how to update or revise beliefs in light of new evidence: a posteriori.
Bayesian average A Bayesian Average is a method of calculating the mean of a data set where there is a known prior probability of the value being estimated. It is of particular value when calculating means of multiple differently sized datasets from a larger population.
Bayesian experimental design Bayesian experimental design differs from the classical approach in that the purpose of the experiment is explicitly represented in the form of a loss function. Different loss functions imply different ways to optimise the design.
Bayesian inference Bayesian inference is statistical inference in which evidence or observations are used to update or to newly infer the probability that a hypothesis may be true. The name "Bayesian" comes from the frequent use of Bayes' theorem in the inference process.
Bayesian inference in phylogeny Bayesian inference in phylogeny generates a posterior distribution for a parameter (composed of a phylogenetic tree (its branch lengths and topology) and a model of evolution) based on the prior for that parameter and the likelihood of the data (generated by a multiple alignment). The Bayesian approach has become more popular due to advances in computational machinery, especially, Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms.
Bayesian poisoning Bayesian poisoning is a technique used by spammers to attempt to degrade the effectiveness of spam filters that rely on bayesian filtering. Bayesian filtering relies on Bayesian probability to determine whether an incoming mail is spam or is not spam ("ham").
Bayesian probability Bayesian probability is an interpretation of probability suggested by Bayesian theory, which holds that the concept of probability can be defined as the degree to which a person believes a proposition. Bayesian theory also suggests that Bayes' theorem can be used as a rule to infer or update the degree of belief in light of new information.
Bayeux Tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth which depicts scenes commemorating the Battle of Hastings in 1066, with annotations in Latin. It is presently exhibited in a special museum in Bayeux, Normandy, France.
Bayezid I Bayezid I (Ottoman: بايزيد اول, Turkish: Beyazıt, nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman: ییلدیرم), "the Thunderbolt"; 1354–1403) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He ascended to the throne following the death of his father Murad I in the first Battle of Kosovo and immediately had his younger brother Yakub strangled to prevent him from staging a coup.
Bayezid II Mosque Bayezid II Mosque was commissioned by Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512, and it is located in the Bayezid Square. Bayezid Mosque construction started in 1501 and was completed 1506 by the architect Yakub Sah bin Sultan Sah in Istanbul, Turkey.
Bayfair Center The Bayfair Center shopping mall, located in San Leandro, California, formerly known as the Bay Fair Mall. It is currently anchored by department stores Macy's, Kohl's and Target along with an external Century Theatres multiplex.
Bayfordbury Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire is the location of the University of Hertfordshire's observatory and biologygeography field station. Also located here is a large stately home, now privately owned, which used to house the curator of the observatory.
Bayfront MRT Station Bayfront MRT station, is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Phase 1 in Singapore that is under construction, formerly known as the Downtown Extension. It shall connect the proposed integrated resort at Marina Bay to the current Circle Line as well as also the North East Line at the Chinatown MRT Station.
Bayham Old Abbey Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, situated near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded by the Premonstratensian monastries in the 13th century, Bayham remainied an Abbey until dissolution in the 15th Century.
Baychester, Bronx Baychester is a neighborhood in the northeastern area of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, bounded by Boston Road to the northwest, the Hutchinson River to the east, Pelham Parkway to the south, and Laconia Avenue to the west. Other main roads include East Gun Hill Road, Eastchester Road, and Allerton Avenue.
Baychimo The Baychimo was a steel 1,322 ton cargo steamer built in 1914 in Sweden and owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, used to trade pelts for provisions in Inuit settlements along the Victoria Island coast of the North West Territories of Canada. It became a notable ghost ship in this region.
Bayi Rockets Bayi Shuanglu Rockets (八一双鹿电池火箭) or Bayi Rockets or Bayi Army Rockets or Bayi Shuanglu are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Bayi ("eight one") means "August First", so the English name of the team could be translated as August First Rockets, but this name is very rarely seen in English-language Chinese media.
Bayide Acoustic EP Bayside Acoustic EP is a slef titled EP by the Long Island Emo/pop punk band Bayside. It is comprised mostly of an intimate acoustic show recorded shortly after, and in memory of, the death of drummer John "Beatz" Holohan in a tour bus accident on October 31, 2005.
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese:巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Pinyin: Bāyīnguōlèng Měnggǔ Zìzhìzhōu, Mongolian in Cyrillic script: Баянголын Монгол өөртөө засах тойрог, Uyghur:
Bayles railway station, Victoria Bayles was a railway station on the Strezlecki line in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The station was opened in 1922, and was one of only station to remain open the entire life of the Strezlecki line which closed in 1959.
Bayless Conley Bayless Conley is an American pastor and television personality known mostly for his program Answers With Bayless Conley which airs currently on the Church Channel. Answers runs every week on the Church Channel in over 100 countries.
Bayley House This house, at 16 Fairmont Avenue in Newton, Massachusetts was designed and built in 1883 by the Boston-based architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns, noted for their commercial and residential architecture in the late 1800s. Originally built for James C.
Baylham Baylham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about seven miles north of Ipswich and six miles south of Stowmarket. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 251.
Baylor College of Dentistry Baylor College of Dentistry (BCD), located in east Dallas, Texas (USA), is the dental education unit of the Texas A&M University System, and a component of the Texas A&M Health Science Center. Almost two-thirds of all the dentists in the Metroplex received their education at BCD, and more than one-third of all dentists in Texas are graduates of the college.
Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine has been consistently rated the top medical school in the state of Texas and among the best in the United StatesAmerica's Best Graduate Schools 2007 US News and World Report. Accessed January 3 2007..
Baylor Massacre The Baylor Massacre was the September 27 1778, attack on the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of Colonel George Baylor during the American Revolutionary War. It occurred in the present-day town of River Vale, New Jersey.
Baylor School Baylor School is a co-educational private secondary school on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Set on the banks of the Tennessee River, it is one of the largest day and boarding secondary schools in the country.
Baymed Cup Baymed Cup is the name of a new knockout cup competition for South Africa's 2nd-level football (soccer) clubs sponsored by Baymed Medical Scheme. The competition will be played in August to October of each year and will include the 16 teams that make up the Mvela Golden League.
Baymont Inn & Suites Baymont Inn & Suites is a hotel franchise owned by Wyndham Worldwide and based in the United States.Budgetel chain began as an idea by Steven Marcus to create a limited-service, discount-priced motel chain.
Baynard's Castle Baynard's Castle was at various times a castle, house and palace that existed on the same site, in the south west corner of the City of London, for 600 years from the time of the Norman Conquest until the Great Fire of London. It had a strategic position on the bank of the Thames where the city walls came down to the river, by the River Fleet and the Fleet Tower (near the present day Blackfriars station).
Baynes Sound Baynes Sound is a stretch of water between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The sound is a narrow western off-shoot of the Georgia Strait that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia.
Bayonet mount A bayonet mount or bayonet connector is a fastening mechanism that relies on mated surfaces; a male side with one or more pins or slots, and a female receptor with matching slots and a spring that maintains a clamping force. To couple the two surfaces, users are expected to align the pin(s) on the male with the slot(s) on the female and push the two together.
Bayou City Art Festival The Bayou City Art Festival (formerly the Westheimer Colony Art Festival) is an arts festival held biannually in Houston, Texas (USA) in Memorial Park in the spring, and in Downtown Houston in the fall by the Art Colony Association.
Bayou Classic The State Farm Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1978 the game has been held the final Saturday in November at the Louisiana Superdome.

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