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BBC Radio One Live in Concert (Dexys Midnight Runners album) BBC Radio One Live in Concert is the only official live album by Dexys Midnight Runners, recorded for the BBC in 1982 and released in 1995. The album is unique as it is the only live recording where the Searching for the Young Soul Rebels-era horn section is present alongside the Too-Rye-Ay-era strings.
BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national radio network, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. It now also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and the internet, through RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Windows Media Player.
BBC Radio Shropshire BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Shropshire. Launched on April 23, 1985 it broadcasts from its studios in Shrewsbury on 96 (in Central and North Shropshire), 90 (from Hazler Hill in Church Stretton), 95 (in Ludlow), 104.
BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. Its studios are located in Southampton, in the same purpose built office-block as the BBC South Today news studios.
BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is the BBC's national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. Operated by BBC Wales, it began in 1978 following the demise of the old "Radio 4 Wales" (previously the Welsh Home Service) when BBC Radio 4 became a national network and moved from medium wave to long wave.
BBC Radiophonic Music BBC Radiophonic Music was the first compilation of music released by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It featured music by three of the Workshop's most prominent composers John Baker,David Cain & Delia Derbyshire.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale studios in London, growing outwards from the then-legendary Room 13.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop - 21 BBC Radiophonic Workshop - 21 was a compilation by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to celebrate their 21st anniversary in 1979. It was compiled as an overview of their work both old and new, showcasing the changes in the Workshop as they developed from backroom sound effects suppliers for BBC Radio to fully-fledged in-house music composers for the whole of the corporation.
BBC Research BBC Research, formerly the BBC Research Department or BBC Research & Development, made major contributions to broadcast technology, carrying out original research in many areas, and developing items like the Peak programme meter (PPM) which became the basis for many world standards.
BBC Resources BBC Resources Ltd provides TV Studio and Outside Broadcast facilities based in London, UK, along with network Post Production facilities in England (ie excluding the other UK Nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) and is a limited company currently owned by the BBC.
BBC Romanian BBC Romanian is the Romanian branch of the BBC World Service (Radio) for Romania and Moldova. Since 2004 it broadcasts on its own frequency (only in Bucharest - 88 FM, ChiĹźinÄu - 97,2 FM, and TimiĹźoara - 93,9 FM); until then its signal was re-broadcast by local radio stations, partners of BBC Romanian.
BBC Rowing Club The BBC Rowing Club is the rowing club of Brisbane Boys' College, an all boys school in Brisbane, Australia. The club is active during Terms 3 and 4 of the school year (October to March, and is open to boys in years 7-12.
BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (GĂ idhlig: BBC Alba) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is the BBC's classical music ensemble in Scotland. Formed in 1935 by the Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte, it developed a strong profile supporting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the UK and abroad, performing regularly at the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh and Cheltenham festivals.
BBC Short Trips The BBC Short Trips books were a series of short story anthologies published by BBC Books based on the television series Doctor Who, following a pattern established by Virgin Publishing's Decalog collections. Three volumes were published between March 1998 and March 2000, before the BBC decided to stop publishing the books.
BBC Sky at Night BBC Sky at Night is a British monthly magazine about astronomy and published by Origin Publishing. The title of the periodical derives for the likenamed Television program produced by the BBC, The Sky at Night.
BBC Soundcrew The BBC Soundcrew was created in the late 1990s to help develop the North American Indian/Desi Music scene to the next level. Created by DJ JoN-E (Johney) and MC LoudMouTH (Gurjit) BBC Soundcrew was developed change the Desi Night Life scene and much more.
BBC South East BBC South East is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for Kent and East Sussex. It was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter (formerly part of the BBC South region), with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters from the former BBC London and South East region.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is given to one sportsman or sportswoman, usually British, every year. The award was originally devised by the BBC producer Paul Fox in 1954 and continues to be organised annually by the BBC.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is given on an annual basis to the coach considered to have made the most substantative contribution to British sport in that year. The award was first presented in 1999, and has been awarded five times out of seven to football managers, including two awards to Arsène Wenger.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award is given to a British sportsperson on an annual basis for 'outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity'. Named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died at the age of 43 after a brave battle against cancer, the award was first given in 1999 to Jenny Pitman, a survivor of thyroid cancer.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is given on an annual basis to a sportsperson who has made a long-running and considerable contribution to sport. The award winners to date have been:
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality is given on an annual basis to the non-British sportsman or sportswoman considered to have made the most substantial contribution to sport in that year. It was first awarded in 1960 to Herb Elliott, the Australian runner.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award is given on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered to have made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. It was first awarded in 1960 to Cooper Racing.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality award is given annually to the British sportsperson below 17 years of age who has made the most substantative contribution to sport in that year. First given as the Newcomer Award, in which the age limit was 25, in 1999 to Dean Macey, it was renamed in 2001 as the award for the Young Sports Personality of the Year.
BBC Symphony Chorus The BBC Symphony Chorus is one of the finest and most distinctive amateur choruses in the United Kingdom and celebrated its 75th Anniversary during the 2003-04 season. It makes more television and radio appearances than any other choir and performs an unusually broad range of repertoire in prestigious venues such as the Barbican Centre and the Royal Albert Hall.
BBC television drama The British Broadcasting Corporation has been a producer and broadcaster of television drama since even before it had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. As with any major broadcast network, drama forms an important part of its schedule, with many of the BBC's top-rated programmes being from this genre.
BBC television idents Since the early 1950s, idents have been used by the BBC across all its channels to define them and create separate identities for each. Through the years, the technology to develop these idents has evolved with the corporation, moving from simple still black and white images to sophisticated full colour images as seen today.
BBC Television Shakespeare The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. The series was initiated by Cedric Messina, and produced by Messina, Jonathan Miller, and Shaun Sutton; directors and other crew varied from play to play.
BBC Third Programme The BBC Third Programme was the third national radio network broadcast by the BBC, founded in 1946 and subsequently incorporated, in 1970, into BBC Radio 3. The other two were the Home Service (mainly speech based) and the Light Programme, dedicated to light music, usually cover versions of popular music of the day played by the "in-house" BBC orchestras.
BBC Three Counties Radio BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to as "Beds, Herts and Bucks"). Its main studios are on Hastings Street in Luton; the studios at Willen in Milton Keynes produce a separate breakfast show from 6.
BBC Trust The BBC Trust is the new body which oversees the BBC and which came into effect on 1 January 2007. Along with an Executive Board, the Trust took over the role of the old Board of Governors and it is independent of BBC management.
BBC Two BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming.
BBC Two 1991-2001 idents This article is about the set of idents used on BBC Two between 1991 and 2001. For more of the channel's identity before and after this timescale, please see the channel's section within the BBC television idents article.
BBC UK regional TV on satellite The BBC has provided on the UK digital satellite service all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations, which provides local news inserts and (outside England) regional presentation. Because England and Scotland are countries in their own right, Wales is a principality and Northern Ireland is a province (see also Provinces of Ireland), technically only the English devision are regions, and UK wide programming is refered to as national or network.
BBC Voices from the Archives Voices from the Archives is a BBC website providing free access to audio interviews with authors, artists, actors, architects broadcasters, cartoonists, composers, dancers, filmmakers, musicians, painters, philosophers, photographers, playwrights, poets, political activists, religious thinkers, scientists, sculptors, sports, writers.
BBC Wales BBC Wales () is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff (not to be confused with Broadcasting House in London which is the headquarters of BBC Radio), it directly employs around 1100 people, and produces a range of television, radio and online services.
BBC West Midlands BBC West Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for the West Midlands County, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of southern Cheshire.
BBC WM BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands and South Staffordshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on November 7, 1970 as BBC Birmingham, it currently broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.
BBC World Service The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. The English language service broadcasts 24 hours a day.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy (also known as the BBC2 Television Trophy) was a competition for British rugby league clubs held between 1965 and 1980. It was designed specifically for television, and the then director of BBC2, broadcaster David Attenborough, was instrumental in its creation.
BBCode BBCode is an abbreviation for Bulletin Board Code, the lightweight markup language used to format posts in many message boards. The available tags are usually indicated by rectangular brackets surrounding a keyword, and they are parsed by the message board system before being translated into a markup language the web browsers understands, usually HTML or XHTML.
BBE (band) Trance act BBE consists of Italian producers Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier and Frenchman "Mister 303", Emmanuel Top. Seven Days and One Week was one of the biggest selling records worldwide of the short-lived dream house movement, reaching number 3 in the UK and number 1 in Germany.
BBEdit Lite BBEdit Lite is a text editor by Bare Bones Software that is a stripped down or "lightweight" version of their flagship product BBEdit. BBEdit Light has many of the same basic features as BBEdit such as regular expressions, plug-in architecture and the same text engine.
BBGKY hierarchy A formal theoretic result in statistical physics named after Bogoliubov, Born-Green, Kirkwood, and Yvon. For large systems of interacting particles, the BBGKY hierarchy describes the time development of the N-particle distribution function in terms of the (N+1)-particle distribution function.
BBj BBj is the current version of the BBx programming language, developed by BASIS International starting in the mid-1980s. Both BBx and BBj are dialects of Business Basic, a derivative of BASIC oriented towards business programming.
BBlog bBlog is a Web publishing system (also known as content management system) written in PHP and utilizing a MySQL database. It is used to manage frequently updated Web content, especially Weblogs, and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
BBL Finals Weekend The Finals Weekend is the British Basketball League season showpiece finale, where the Playoff finals of the BBL, English Basketball League and Women's EBL take place. For the 2006-07 season the Finals Weekend will be played on April 28 and April 29, 2007 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne.
BBN Report 1822 BBN Report 1822 specifies the method for connecting a host computer to an ARPANET router, called an Interface Message Processor (IMP). This connection and protocol is generally referred to as 1822, the report number.
BBQ with Bobby Flay BBQ with Bobby Flay is a travelogue like television series where celebrity chef Bobby Flay tours the USA, city by city, in search of the best barbecqued food. The show airs on Food Network and Food Network Canada.
BBS: The Documentary BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott Sadofsky of textfiles.com.
BBV BBV is a video and audio production company specialising in science fiction drama, known for its links with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who (founder Bill Baggs is a fan, and BBV productions often feature characters and/or actors from the series). The name of the company is short for Bill & Ben Video, "Ben" being the nickname of Bill Baggs's wife, Helen.
BBx BBx is the original name for the Business Basic interpreter developed by BASIS International in 1985. Subsequent generations of BBx have been BBxPROGRESSION/2, BBxPROGRESSION/3, PROGRESSION/4, PRO/5 and Visual PRO/5.
Bc programming language bc is "an arbitrary precision calculator language" with syntax similar to the C programming language. It is generally used by typing the command bc on a Unix command prompt and entering a mathematical expression, such as (1 + 3) * 2, whereupon 8 will be outputted.
Bcl-2 Bcl-2 is the prototype for a family of mammalian genes and the proteins they produce. They govern mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilisation (MOMP) and can be either pro-apoptopic (Bax, Bak and Bok among others) or anti-apoptopic (including Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Bcl-w, among an assortment of others).
Bcl-2 homologous antagonist killer The Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer (BAK) protein is a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 gene family which is involved in initiating apoptosis. It has a relative molecular weight of 23,400 and contain 211-amino acids.
Bcl-2-associated death promoter The Bcl-2-associated death promoter (BAD) protein is a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 gene family which is involved in initiating apoptosis. It does not contain a C-terminal transmembrane domain for outer mitochondrial membrane and nuclear envelope targeting, unlike most other members of the Bcl-2 family
Bcore disc BCore Disc is the main independent Spanish label focused on hardcore punk DIY culture. It has been active since 1990 and it has released most of Spanish hardcore bands in its earliest period, and through the years it has opened its style range to all indie rock tendencies, from the poppier Les Philippes to the post-rock of G.
BC (video game) BC was going to be an action-adventure video game in development for Microsoft's Xbox video game system by Intrepid Computer Entertainment, a satellite of Lionhead Studios. It was cancelled in 2004, having been in development for some time; why is not known though it has been alleged that it was "overly ambitious.
BC Forest Discovery Centre The BC Forest Discovery Centre, located in Duncan, chronicles the history of logging in British Columbia, Canada. Its mission is to be British Columbia's foremost interpreter and presenter of the forest community – past, present and future.
BC Hydro BC Hydro is one of the largest electric utilities in Canada, serving more than 3.6 million customers in an area containing over 94 per cent of British Columbia's population whose purpose is to provide, "reliable power, at low cost, for generations.
BC Legislature Raids The "BC Legislature Raids" is the term used to describe the search warrants executed on the Legislature of British Columbia in 2003 and the associated criminal proceedings and media circus surrounding it. It has taken three years for even only part of all the information relating to this search to be released to the public.
BC Šiauliai KK Šiauliai (Lithuanian: Krepšinio Klubas Šiauliai; English: Basketball Club Šiauliai) is the major basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania participating in LKL. It is the third best team in the LKL for three consecutive years after the Lithuanian basketball grands Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris.
BC Place Stadium BC Place Stadium is Canada's first domed stadium and is the largest air-supported stadium in the worldBC Place Backgrounder. It is located on the north side of False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia, and home to the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and the region's largest consumer shows, trade shows and special events.
BC Rail BC Rail (AAR reporting marks BCOL and BCIT), known as the British Columbia Railway between 1972 and 1984 and as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE; AAR reporting marks PGE and PGER) before 1972, was a railway that operated in the Canadian province of British Columbia between 1912 and 2004. It was a class II regional railway and the third-largest in Canada, operating 2 320 km (1,441 miles) of mainline track.
BC Report BC Report was a newsmagazine published in British Columbia, Canada, that was noted for its right-wing or conservative editorial stance. BC Report was published by the producers of the comparable Alberta Report and Western Report magazines.
BC Sakalai KK Sakalai (Lithuanian: Krepšinio Klubas Sakalai; English: Basketball Club Sakalai/Hawks) is a basketball club of Vilnius, Lithuania participating in LKL. Best achievement in the domestic league - 3rd place in 1998-1999 season.
BC Sports Hall of Fame The BC Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1966 by Eric Whitehead and other groups of sports minded individuals in British Columbia. It was established to honour and to show tribute to British Columbia's outstanding athletes, teams, builders and pioneers of sport.
BC Sustainable Energy Association The British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association, or BCSEA, is a non-profit association of citizens, professionals and practitioners committed to promoting the understanding, development and adoption of sustainable energy, energy efficiency and conservation in British Columbia.
BC Transit BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Greater Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia.
BC-STV BC-STV is a proposed voting system recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform for use in British Columbia. A member of the Single Transferable Vote family of voting systems, BC-STV was narrowly defeated in a referendum in 2005, but will likely be re-proposed in identical form in 2008.
BCDMH BCDMH is a chemical disinfectant used for recreational water and drinking water purification. It is a white crystalline compound with a slight bromine and acetone odor and is insoluble in water, but soluble in acetone.
BCeSIS BCeSIS (the British Columbia Enterprise Student Information System) is the implementation of a common student information system by independent schools and school districts of British Columbia, Canada. eSIS is commercial software developed by The Administrative Assistants Ltdof Ontario, Canada, that provides the foundation for the centrally hosted, web accessible student information system.
BCE Place BCE Place is an office complex in downtown Toronto, Canada, comprising the 21,000 square metre (5.2 acre) block bounded by Yonge Street to the east, Wellington Street West to the north, Bay Street to the west, and Front Street to the south.
BCG disease outbreak in Finland in the 2000's BCG disease is an adverse effect of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine. The vaccine contains living mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis, and in BCG disease, tha bacterium causes a diseases in persons vaccinated.
BCJR algorithm The BCJR algorithm is an algorithm for maximum a posteriori decoding of error correcting codes defined on trellises (principally convolutional codes). The algorithm is named after its inventers: Bahl, Cocke, Jelinik and Raviv L.
BCMath BCMath is a set of PHP functions for performing arbitrary precision mathematics. The acronym BC is short for "binary calculator", which is also the name of the POSIX / GNU arbitrary precision math language bc.
BCPA Flight 304 British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Flight 304 was a Douglas DC-6, named Resolution and registered VH-BPE, on a scheduled flight from Sydney to San Francisco, with scheduled stops at Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island, Honolulu, that crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport on October 29, 1953, killing 19 people, including the American pianist William Kapell.
BCPL BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is a computer programming language designed by Martin Richards of the University of Cambridge in 1966; it was originally intended for use in writing compilers for other languages. Although not widely used now, it was very influential, because it was highly portable (see below), and because it inspired and influenced Dennis Ritchie's widely-used C programming language.
BCS National Championship Game The BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by Series organizers to determine the NCAA Division I-A national football championship. The game was first played at the conclusion of the 1998 College Football season after the Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences and the Rose Bowl Game joined the members of the former "Bowl Alliance" to form the Bowl Championship Series.
BCS National Championship Game 2001 The BCS National Championship Game 2001 or BCS title game 2001 for the 2000 season was played on January 3, 2001 at the Pro Player Stadium Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Florida. The teams were Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles.
BCS National Championship Game 2002 The BCS National Championship Game 2002 or BCS title game 2002 for the 2001 season was played on January 3, 2002 at the Rose Bowl Pasadena, California. The teams were the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
BCS theory BCS theory (named for its creators, Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer) explains conventional superconductivity, the ability of certain metals at low temperatures to conduct electricity without electrical resistance. BCS theory views superconductivity as a macroscopic quantum mechanical effect.
Bd's mongolian barbeque bd's mongolian barbeque is an American restaurant chain serving almost exclusively patron-prepared stir-fry meals. It was founded by Michigan entrepreneur Billy "BD" Downs and his wife after a visit to a similar restaurant in London and is headquartered in Ferndale, Michigan.
Bdellium Bdellium (Hebrew bedolach) was an aromatic gum like myrrh that was exuded from a tree, almost certainly the species now called guggul (Commiphora wrightii). Bdellium was an adulterant of the more costly myrrh; guggul is still used as a binder in perfumes.
Bdelloidea Bdelloidea is a class of rotifers found in fresh water and moist soil. Bdelloids (pronounced with a mouthed and almost silent B rather like "deltoids" with a silent 't') typically have a well developed corona, divided into two parts, on a retractable head.
BD +20°307 BD +20°307 is a young star, slightly more massive than the Sun, and is located about 300 light-years away in the constellation Aries. It also has a dust cloud orbiting it, like other stars, except for the fact that its temperature is over 100 kelvins and is made up of extremely tiny particles.
BD-J BD-J, or Blu-ray Disc Java, is the interactive platform supporting advanced content for Blu-ray Disc. BD-J allows bonus content on Blu-ray Disc titles to be far more sophisticated than bonus content provided by standard DVD, including network access (such as for downloading updated trailers or accessing live studio events), picture-in-picture and access to local storage.
BDM Werk Glaube und Schönheit The BDM-Werk Glaube und Schönheit, the BDM Belief and Beauty Society, was founded in 1938 to serve as a tie-in between the work in the League of German Girls and that of the Nazi Frauenschaft. Membership was voluntary and open to girls between the ages of 17 and 21.
BDNA test Branched-chain DNA testing or bDNA testing is a test administered by the Chiron company to measure the viral load of HIV in a sample of blood. A phosphorescent chemical that is known to bind to HIV RNA is added to the suspect DNA.
BDNI Center 1 BDNI Center I is a 317 metre tall skyscraper with 62 floors, whose construction is currently on-hold in the city of Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta in Indonesia. BDNI centre was designed by PT Airmas Asri, Pei Partnership Architects.
BDO Stoy Hayward BDO Stoy Hayward LLP is a partnership of chartered accountants in the United Kingdom. It is the UK member firm of BDO International, the fifth largest worldwide network of professional service firms in the world.
BDO World Darts Championship The BDO World Darts Championship began in 1978, when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the English city of Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985.
BDS C BDS C (or the BD Software C Compiler) is a compiler for a sizeable subset of the C programming language, that ran on and generated code for the Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 processors. It was written by Leor Zolman and first released in 1979 when he was 20 years old.
BDSM Rights Flag The BDSM Rights Flag is a flag that is intended to represent the belief that people whose sexuality or relationship preferences include Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, or Sadism and Masochism (BDSM) deserve the same human rights as everyone else, and should not be discriminated against for pursuing BDSM with consenting adults.
Be a Man "Be a Man", the last official Hole single, was a co-written by Hole members Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson and frequent guest Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins). Released in 2000 as a double A-side (the other track being from P.
Be a Man (album) Be a Man is a hip hop] [[album released on October 7, 2003 featuring professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Among the tracks, the album features a song where Savage makes fun of Hulk Hogan along with a tribute song to Curt Hennig.
Be All You Want Me to Be "Be All You Want Me to Be" is a song by English rock band Morning Runner and is featured on their debut album, Wilderness Is Paradise Now. It was released 24 October 2005 as the band's second single, charting at #44 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music).
Be An Angel Be An Angel is a Romanian human rights organisation based in Cluj-Napoca. Although the organisation's mission is to combat discrimination in Romanian society in all its forms, its main field of activity is in LGBT rights and dealing with discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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