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Begovaya Begovaya () "Runings" is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Named after the nearby hippodrome, the station was opened on December 30, 1972, as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius.
Begtse In the Buddhist religion Begtse is called Beg Tse Lcam Sring in Tibetan, and Prana Atma in Sanskrit and is translated into English as "the Great Coat of Mail". He is the main protector for the Hayagriva cycle of practice.
Begues Begues is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the south-west of the comarca, and the municipal territory covers most of the Garraf massif including the peaks of el Montau (658 m) and la Morella (594 m).
Beguiler (Dungeons & Dragons) Beguilers is a character class in the Dungeons & Dragons, combining attributes of rogue and wizard, first presented in the Players Handbook II. They have a very limited selection of spells that focuses primarily on stealth options.
Beguine (dance) The Beguine is a dance, similar to a slow Rumba, that was very modestly popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where the Martinique Beguine is a slow close dance with a roll of hips. If Cole Porter hadn't written (Don't let them) "Begin the Beguine," the dance would scarcely be remembered beyond the Caribbean.
Beguines and Beghards Beghards and Beguines were Roman Catholic lay religious communities active in the 13th and 14th century, living in a loose semi-monastic community but without formal vows. They were influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the Brethren of the Free Spirit, which flourished in and near Cologne around the same time but was condemned as heretical.
Begum Begum, Begüm or Baigum (Turkish: Begüm, Persian: بیگم) is a Turkic title given to female family members of a Baig. The term Begum is derived from the word Baig, and means a female member of the Baig's family.
Begum Nawazish Ali Ali Saleem (Urdu: علی سلیم) is a Pakistani television artist who has shot to fame as the most famous television personality of the country by donning a silk sari and adopting the alter ego of a flirtatious widow hosting a chat show, called The Begum Nawazish Ali Show on Aaj TV. Posing controversial questions that most journalists routinely avoid, Pakistan's answer to Dame Edna Everage tackles taboos as if they were routine matters.
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Urdu: رعنا لیاقت علی خان) (nee Sheila Irene Pant) (1905-1990) was born in a Kumauni brahmin family at Almora in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. However, her grandfather, a Hindu had converted to christianity.
Behaalotecha Behaalotecha, Beha’alotecha, BeHa’alotecha, Beha’alothecha, Beha’alothekha, Be-ha’alotekha, Behaaloscha, Beha’aloscha, B’ha aloth’cha, Beha’aloteha, B’haalot’cha, Beha’alotcha, Be’halot’cha, or Beha’alot’cha (בהעלותך – Hebrew for "when you set up,” the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 36th weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the book of Numbers. It constitutes Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in June.
Behaim (crater) Behaim is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, just to the south of the Ansgarius crater. To the south of Behaim is the Hecataeus crater, and to the east-southeast is Gibbs crater.
Behala Behala and Barisha are localities in South West Calcutta. It is flanked by Mominpur in the north, the New Alipore and Tollygunge in the east, Thakurpukur in the south, and the localities of Budge Budge in the west.
Behalt Cyclorama Behalt, meaning "to keep or remember", is a 10' x 265' cyclorama by Heinz Gaugel. It illustrates the heritage of the Amish and Mennonite people from the Anabaptist beginning in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1525 to the present day.
Behar Behar, BeHar, Be-har, or B’har (בהר – Hebrew for "on the mount,” the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 32nd weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in May.
Behavior Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. Behavior can be conscious or unconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary.
Behavior based AI Behavior Based Artificial Intelligence (BBAI) is a methodology for developing AI based on a modular decomposition of intelligence. It was made famous by Rodney Brooks and his subsumption architecture was one of the earliest attempts to describe a mechanism for developing BBAI.
Behavior driven development In computer science Behavior Driven Development (or BDD) is a programming technique that questions the behavior of an application before and during the development process. By asking questions such as "What should this application do?
Behavior Genetics Association The Behavior Genetics Association promotes research into the connection between heredity and behavior. Its science journal is titled Behavior Genetics, "the leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of complex traits.
Behavior change Behavior change has become a central objective of public health interventions over the last half decade, as the influence of prevention within the health services has increased. The increased influence of prevention has coincided with increased multi-lateral and bi-lateral aid in the area of human development, and the increased need for the international development community to show cost-effectiveness for allocated dollars spent.
Behavior modification Behavior modification is a technique of altering an individual's behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the extinction of maladaptive behavior through positive and negative punishment.
Behavior modification facility A behavior modification facility (or Youth Residential Program) is a private, residential educational institution to which parents send adolescents perceived as displaying asocial behavior in an attempt to alter their conduct. A number of such facilities are operated in the United States.
Behavior-shaping constraint A behavior-shaping constraint, also sometimes referred to as a forcing function, or poka-yoke, is a technique used in error-tolerant design to prevent the user from making common errors or mistakes. One example is the reverse lockout on the transmission of a moving automobile.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), founded in 1978 and published by Cambridge University Press, is a journal of Open Peer Commentary modeled on the journal Current Anthropology (which was founded in 1959 by the University of Chicago anthrolologist, Sol Tax).
Behavioral Analysis Unit The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), is a part of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. The mission of the BAU is to provide behavioral based investigative and operational support by applying case experience, research, and training to complex and time-sensitive crimes, typically involving acts or threats of violence.
Behavioral ecology Behavioral ecology is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling an animal to adapt to its environment (both intrinsic and extrinsic). Behavioral ecology emerged from ethology after Niko Tinbergen (a seminal figure in the study of animal behavior), outlined the four causes of behavior.
Behavioral engineering Behavioral engineering is intended to identify issues associated with the interface of technology and the human operators in a system and to generate recommended design practices that consider the strengths and limitations of the human operators.
Behavioral geography Behavioral geography is an approach to Human Geography that examines human behavior using a disaggregate approach. Behavioral Geographers focus on the cognitive processes underlying spatial reasoning, decision making, and behavior.
Behavioral health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or behavioral healthcare.
Behavioral modernity Behavioral modernity is a term used in anthropology and archeology to refer to an important milestone in the evolution of humans. It is a loosely defined list of traits that distinguish humans and their recent ancestors from both living primates and various fossil hominids.
Behavioral Medicine Behavioral Medicine is an interdisciplinary field of medicine concerned with the development and integration of psychosocial, behavioral and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and illness. The term is often used interchangeably with health psychology, however, behavioral medicine development teams include psychiatrists, nurses, and other medical support staff.
Behavioral optometry Behavioral optometry (also known as "functional optometry") is an expanded area of optometric practice that uses a holistic approach in the treatment of vision and vision information processing problems.http://www.
Behavioral Operations Research Behavioral operations research (BOR) examines the behavior of actual human agents in complex decision problems. BOR is the operations management analog of experimental economics and behavioral finance, and is part of the field known as management science.
Behavioral pattern In software engineering, behavioral design patterns are design patterns that identify common communication patterns between objects and realize these patterns. By doing so, these patterns increase flexibility in carrying out this communication.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a United States national health survey that looks at behavioral risk factors. It is run by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and conducted by the individual states.
Behavioral script In the behaviorism approach to psychology behavioral scripts are a sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation. For example, when you enter a restaurant you choose a table, order, wait, eat, pay the bill and leave.
Behavioral sink In 1958, ethologist John B. Calhoun conducted over-population experiments on rats on a farmland in Rockfille, Maryland which resulted in the publication of an article titled Crowding into the Behavioral Sink (Scientific American, 206: 139-148) a study of behavior under conditions of overcrowding.
Behavioral Science Unit The Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) is an entity at the FBI Academy that conducts training, research, and consultation in the applied behavioral and social sciences. The BSU is currently staffed with instructors who teach, research, and consult on a myriad of topics to include conflict and crisis management and communication, domestic terrorism, futuristics, gangs, international terrorism, juvenile crime, and research methods.
Behavioral targeting Behavioral targeting is a technique used by online publishers & advertisers to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns. The idea is to observe a user’s online behavior anonymously and then select the most relevant advertisement based on their behavior.
Behavioralism Behavioralism (not to be confused with the learning theory, behaviorism) is an approach in political science which seeks to provide an objective, quantified approach to explaining and predicting political behavior. It is associated with the rise of the behavioral sciences, modeled after the natural sciences.
Behaviorism Behaviorism is an approach to psychology based on the proposition that behavior can be studied and explained scientifically without recourse to internal mental states. A similar approach to political science may be found in Behavioralism.
Behaviour therapy Behavior therapy is a form of psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and other forms of psychopathology. Its philosophical roots can be found in the school of behaviorism, which states that psychological matters can be studied scientifically by observing overt behavior, without discussing internal mental states.
Behavioural genetics Behavioural genetics (behavioral genetics) is the field of biology that studies the role of genetics in animal behaviour. The field is an overlap of genetics, ethology and psychology (particularly evolutionary psychology).
Behavioural modelling In hydrology, behavioral modeling is a modelling approach that focuses on the behavior of environmental systems rather than on the underlying physical or biological mechanisms. Behavior can be understood either as a response or as a structure of the system.
Behavioural sciences Behavioural sciences (or Behavioral science) is a term that encompasses all the disciplines that explore the activities of and interactions among organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour through controlled and naturalistic experimental observations and rigorous formulations.
Beheiren Beheiren ("Betonamu ni Heiwa o Shimin Rengo" — Citizen's League for Peace in Vietnam) was a Japanese activist group active from 1965 to 1974. As a coalition of a few hundred anti-war groups it protested Japanese assistance to the United States during the Vietnam War.
Behelit A behelit is a fictional object in the universe of Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga and its anime adaptation. The origin of the word comes from the Syriac word "beherit", which means Satan — the r turning into an l is an often-made mistake in localization.
Behemoth from the World Below The Behemoth from the World Below was the result of an experiment in Sith Alchemy by Seviss Vaa. The Sith lord took a simple lizard on Aduba-3 and mutated it with the Dark Side, turning it into a colossal monster with the ability to shoot a blaster-like beam from its forehead.
Behenian fixed star The Behenian fixed stars are a selection of fifteen stars considered especially useful for magical applications in the medieval astrology of Europe and the Arab world. Their name derives from Arabic bahman, "root," as each was considered a source of astrological power for one or more planets.
Behenic acid Behenic acid, also docosanoic acid, is a normal carboxylic acid, a fatty acid with formula C21H43COOH. In appearance, it consists of white to cream color crystals or powder with a melting point of 74-78°C and boiling point of 306°C.
Behchoko, Northwest Territories Behchoko, Northwest Territories, (Tli Cho) formerly Rae-Edzo was established 1 December 2005 and merged the communities of Rae (after John Rae) and Edzo, which are four miles apart by air and eleven miles apart driving distance. Behchoko is located on the Great Slave Highway, NWT Highway 3, on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately 80 km northwest of Yellowknife.
Behind Blue Eyes "Behind Blue Eyes" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for his never-completed Lifehouse project. It first appeared on The Who's 1971 Who's Next album, along with a number of other outtakes from the aborted project.
Behind Enemy Lines (book) Behind Enemy Lines is a book cowritten by Holocaust survivor Marthe Cohn and Wendy Holden. It details Cohn's exploits as a French Jew during the Holocaust and World War II, when she, working as a nurse, traveled into German territory to collect intelligence for the French resistance movement.
Behind Every Scream Behind Every Scream is the debut studio album of the Los Angeles based pop rock band The Messies. The Messies became a featured band in KIIS FM’s summer long talent hunt and Ellen K’s favorite with their song "Super Sexy".
Behind Products: A Study on Crafts of Bangladesh (book) Behind Products: A Study on Crafts of Bangladesh(2004, ISBN 984-32-1887-9) is a research based book by Bangladeshi designer Chandra Shekhar Saha and architect Masrur Mamun Mithun. This bilingual book (Bengali and English, titled: Drobyer Antarale in Bengali) explores some of the design basics behind the traditional forms of many Bangladeshi crafts optimized through generations.
Behind the Bash Behind the Bash is a show hosted by Giada De Laurentiis that is currently airing on Food Network. The show focuses on what it takes to create the (quoted from Food Network's website)"over-the-top, high-rolling parties from glitzy Las Vegas to New York City.
Behind the Glass Behind the Glass (Russian: За стеклом [Za steklom]) was a "widely popular" Russian copy of the reality TV show Big Brother, first aired in 2001 by television station TV6. Behind the Glass was the first television reality shows in Russia, where six men and women between the ages of 21 and 24 living together in a glass apartment, filmed by 26 cameras.
Behind the Green Door Behind the Green Door (1972) was the first hardcore pornographic movie widely released in the United States. Directed by the Mitchell brothers and starring Marilyn Chambers as Gloria Saunders, the movie depicts her abduction to a sex theater, where she is forced to perform various sexual acts in front of an audience, with characters including nuns and trapeze artists.
Behind the Iron Curtain (Iron Maiden video) Behind the Iron Curtain is a discontinued VHS/BETA/LASERDISC/VHD video by the English metal band Iron Maiden. The video features footage of the band on the road in Eastern Europe in 1984, performing concerts in Poland, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.
Behind the Lines Behind the Lines is a pop/rock song made by Genesis on their album Duke released in March 1980. The group's drummer and vocalist Phil Collins released a re-recorded version on his album of Face Value on February 1981.
Behind the Scenes Behind the Scenes is a Canadian television series original programme on Space: The Imagination Station. Debuting in 1997, the show takes a behind the scenes look and interviews various television series and mini-series cast and film crew of shows on Space.
Behind the Wall of Sleep Behind the Wall of Sleep is an EP by Macabre released in 1994 by Nuclear Blast Records. It contains three new tracks and one cover of Black Sabbath's song Behind the Wall of Sleep from their 1970 debut album Black Sabbath.
Behind the Walls "Behind the Walls" is a special episode of television series Prison Break, summing up the first 7 episodes, including behind the scenes footage and cast commentaries. Background information on the show and the main characters is provided.
Behind the Wheel "Behind the Wheel" is Depeche Mode's twentieth UK single, released on December 28, 1987, and the third single for the album Music for the Masses. Peaking at #21 in the UK charts, it hit a more impressive #6 in West Germany.
Behistun Inscription The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, بیستون in modern Persian; in Old Persian is Bagastana the meaning is "the god's place or land") is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script. It is located in the Kermanshah Province of Iran.
Behjat Sadr Behjat Sadr (1924–) is a famous Iranian painter whose works have been exhibited in major cities across the world, such as New York, Paris, and Rome. She was born to parents Mohammad Sadr Mahallati and Ghamar Amini Sadr in Arak in 1924.
Behlen Observatory Behlen Observatory is a research facility and astronomical observatory owned and operated by the astronomy department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It is located in Mead, Nebraska (USA) about 38 miles northeast of Lincoln, Nebraska and was founded in 1972.
Behold the Man Behold the Man is a novella, later rewritten as a novel, by Michael Moorcock, first published in 1966 in New Worlds. The expanded version was published in 1969 by Allison & Busby It is the story of Karl Glogauer, a man who exits the year 1970 in a friend's time machine and travels back to 28 A.
Behr (paint) Founded in 1947, BEHR is a manufacturer of interior and exterior residential paint, and is known for their extensive range of available colors (over 1,800 colors are represented at most Behr paint-swatch kiosks). Behr has also created an automated paint-mixing software system used in all Home Depot stores, which automatically dispenses the proper amounts of pigments into the paint upon entering a four-digit color code printed on each color swatch.
Behr's syndrome Behr's syndrome, also known as Behr's disease, is a genetic disorder that results in a spectrum of optic and neurological complications for both sexes. The disorder begins from early childhood with disturbance to vision, and loss or reduction in body control and co-ordination.
Behram KurĹźunoÄźlu Behram KurĹźunoÄźlu (Turkey, 1922 - Miami, USA, 2003) was a Turkish physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami's Center for Theoretical Studies. He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues.
Behramji Malabari Behramji Merwanji Malabari (1853 – 1912) was an Indian journalist and social reformer; born in 1853 at Baroda, the son of a poor Parsi in the employment of the state, who died shortly after his birth. His mother took him to Surat, where he was educated in a mission school, but he never succeeded in gaining an academic degree.
Behrendt Behrendt (variants: Behrend, Berendt, Berent, Behrends, Behrens) is a German family name, which is derived from the given name Bernd. As early as the 17th century, Berend (Berendt) was common in northern Germany.
Behrendt Mountains The Behrendt Mountains () is a group of mountains, 32 km (20 mi) long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing 11 km (7 mi) SW of Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the RARE, 1947-48, under Finn Ronne.
Behrens-Fisher problem In statistics, the Behrens-Fisher problem is the problem of interval estimation and hypothesis testing concerning the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations when the variances of the two populations are not assumed to be equal, based on two independent samples.
Behringer BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH (Behringer) is a German company, founded in its present form in 1989, that manufactures and sells professional (or studio) audio equipment, DJ products, electric pianos and event lighting equipment. The company began outsourcing manufacturing to China before it was common among other manufacturers in this field.
Behrouz Safarzadeh Behrouz Safarzadeh or Behruz Safarzadeh (بهروز صفرزاده in Persian) (born April 25, 1969 in Tehran, Tehran province, Iran) is an Iranian scholar, graduated from The University of Tehran, 1992. He has published some papers on Persian and Arabic language and literature.
Behzad Farahani Behzad Farahani (in Persian: بهزاد فراهانی), actor, screenwriter, Born 1944, Farahan, Iran. Passed a course in theater in France; The father of actresses Shaghayegh and Golshifteh Farahani, started stage acting in 1959, and film acting with The Tryst of Rage (Motallebi) in 1971.
Behzad Nabavi Behzad Nabavi (بهزاد نبوی in Persian) (born 1941) is an Iranian politician. He was a former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran and one of the founders of the reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization.
Behzti Behzti (in Punjabi, Dishonour) is a play written by the British Sikh playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti. The play became the centre of a major controversy in the United Kingdom in December 2004 when the opening night was disrupted by a riot at the Birmingham Rep theatre.
Bechara El Khoury Bechara El Khoury (1890-1 January 1964) (Arabic: بشارة الخوري) was the first post-independence President of Lebanon, holding office from 21 September 1943 to 18 September 1952, apart from an 11-day interruption (11-22 November) in 1943. He had previously served two brief terms as Prime Minister, from 5 May 1927 to 10 August 1928 and from 9 May to 11 October 1929.
Becherovka Becherovka is a herbal bitter liqueur made in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, flavored with anise seeds, cinnamon, and approximately 32 other herbs, first sold in 1807. It is normally served cold, and is often used as an aid to digestion.
Bechgaard salt A Bechgaard Salt is any one of a number of organic charge-transfer complexes that exhibit superconductivity at low temperatures. They are named for scientist Klaus Bechgaard, who was one of the first scientists to synthesize them and demonstrate their superconductivity.
Becho Becho is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Becho is bordered on the south by Kokir, on the west by Walisona Goro, on the northwest by Dawo, on the north by Elu, and on the east by Tole.
Bechowiec-1 Bechowiec-1 was a Polish World War II machine pistol developed and produced by the underground Armia Krajowa resistance organisation. It was designed in 1943 by engineer Henryk Strąpoć and was being produced in several underground facilities, mostly in the area of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Opatów Kielecki.
Bechukotai Bechukotai, Behukotai, Bechukosai, Behukothai, Bechukkothai, B'chukotai, B’hukothai, Be-hukkotai, Bechuqotai, Behuqotai, Behukotay, or BeChukotay (בחוקותי – Hebrew for "to my decrees,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 33rd weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in May.
Bei Mir Bistu Shein The Yiddish song (using the Hebrew alphabet: ), which became famous with English lyrics but using the German title (Anglicised spelling of correct German ), is a popular song from a Yiddish musical. The title was later also spelled "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" and means "to me you're beautiful".
Bei Shizhang Bei Shizhang (Simplified Chinese:贝时璋, Traditional Chinese:貝時璋, pinyin:Bèi Shízhāng; also written Shi-Zhang Bei), is a renowned Chinese biologist and educator. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Bei'an Bei'an (Chinese: 北安; pinyin: Běi'ān）is a city in Heilongjiang province in the People's Republic of China. It was the provincial capital of Bei'an province of Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan during the Second World War.
Beidi Beidi (北狄) is a term which originally denoted an ancient ethnic group (Di) but is now used to refer to all non-Han ethnic groups in today's Northern China, Mongolia, and Siberia, especially those who lived beyond the Great Wall.
Beidweiler Longwave Transmitter The Beidweiler Longwave Transmitter is a high-power broadcasting transmitter for the French-speaking programme of RTL radio on the longwave frequency 234 kHz. The Beidweiler longwave transmitter, situated at 49°43'58" N and 6°19'08" E, at Beidweiler in Luxembourg, went in service in 1972 as replacement of the old Junglinster Longwave Transmitter.
Beige box (phreaking) In phone phreaking, a beige box is a device used to illegally use another person's phone line. It is technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset — a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
Beige Brigade The Beige Brigade is a group of colourful and passionate New Zealand sport fans who identify themselves by wearing beige colours. A version of this uniform was worn by the New Zealand limited overs cricket team during the 1980s (in contrast to the more familiar black, which is worn by almost all New Zealand sports teams, including the current cricket team).
Beige Planet Mars Beige Planet Mars is an original novel by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Beighton Beighton ward—which includes the districts of Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe, and Sothall—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with Rotherham and covers an area of 5.
Beighton Station Beighton railway station lies where the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway crosses Rotherham Road. It was built to serve the village of Beighton, at the time within Derbyshire but following changes in boundaries now within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Beihai class gunboat The Beihai class gunboats first entered service in the 1960’s and had been completely taken out of active service by the late 1990’s and were transferred to law enforcement agencies. However, just like the Shantou, Huangpu and Yulin classes that were transferred for law enforcement adaptation, these obsolete and aging boats are not satisfactory in their new roles due to their low maximum speed, sometime as low as 10 knots, which was not sufficient enough to catch the smugglers’ high speed motorboats.
Beihan Beihan (Arabic: بيحان), also known as Bayhan al Qisab (Arabic: بيحان القصاب), is a city in western Yemen, which has about 100.000 inhabitants according to the census of 2005 conducted by the Yemeni government.
Beijing Beijing English Pronunciation] (Chinese: 北京 Chinese Pronunciation]; Pinyin: Běijīng; ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was formerly known in English as Peking or Peiking English Pronunciation].
Beijing Ancient Observatory The Beijing Ancient Observatory () is a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China. The revolutionary tools used within this ancient observatory were built in 1442 during the Ming Dynasty, and later amended during the Qing.
Beijing Bicycle Beijing Bicycle (2002) is a film by the 6th generation Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai about a boy from the Chinese countryside and his search for the bike he depends upon for his job. It drawns from influences such as Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thief and Peter Yates's Breaking Away.

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