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Bekka Bramlett Rebekka Ruth Lazone "Bekka" Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is a singer from the United States who was briefly part of the band Fleetwood Mac in the mid 1990s. Her only album as part of Fleetwood Mac was Time in 1995.
Bekkefaret Bekkefaret is a township centrally located 3 kilometres outside the center of Norway’s 4th largest city Stavanger. This part of the city is the location of the hospital, and Kyststamveien, the route from Trondheim to Aalborg, Denmark runs through here.
Bekker numbers Bekker numbers are the page numbers used in the Prussian Academy of Sciences edition of the complete works of Aristotle. They take their name from the editor of that edition, the classical philologist August Immanuel Bekker (1785-1871).
Bekkersdal, Gauteng Bekkersdal is a township situated 7km east of Westonaria and 14km south of Randfontein in the Gauteng province. It was established in 1945 to house Africans who worked in town and at the surrounding gold mines.
Bekkestua Bekkestua is a main traffic junction in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a station on one of Oslo's westbound T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library and fire station.
Beklan Empire The Beklan Empire is the fictional kingdom in which Richard Adams' novels Shardik and Maia take place. The empire consists of vassal provinces organized around the central Beklan province, at the center of which is the empire's capital, Bekla.
Bekoji (woreda) Bekoji is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Bekoji is bordered on the south by Gedeb, on the southwest by Kofele, on the west by Munesa, on the north by Digeluna Tijo, on the east by Sherka, and on the southeast by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone.
Bekok Bekok is a town located at the eastern side of the district of Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. Bekok is well-known especially among nature lovers since Bekok is the western entrance to Endau Rompin State Park as well as having a refreshing waterfall known as Sungai Bantang Waterfall.
Bektashi The Bektashi order (Turkish: Bektaşi) is a syncretic religious order related to Shi'a Alevi faith, and is generally considered to be a Shi'a Sufi sect (Tarika). It was founded in the 13th century by the Islamic saint Hacı Bektaş Veli.
Bektashi jokes The Bektashi order is a Sufi religious order (Tarika) and folk figure, the butt of common jokes, anectodes, or stories in some Islamic societies, particularly in Turkey. In these stories, the Bektashi acts as a free thinker and lives beyond the rules of institutional Islam and in that manner challenges the values of the society and popular perception of Islam.
Bekzod Khidirov Bekzod Khidirov (born december 18, 1981) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Asian country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.
Bel (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Bel the pit fiend, is the Arch-Devil currently in charge of Avernus, the First Layer of the Nine Hells of Baator. He is nicknamed "The Pretender" by others of his kin.
Bel and the Dragon The tale of Bel and the Dragon is from chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel. This chapter, along with chapter 13, is referred to as deuterocanonical, in that it is not universally accepted among Christians as belonging to the Bible.
Bel Air, Allegany County, Maryland Bel Air is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Cresaptown to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air.
Bel canto Bel canto (Belcanto, bel canto) (Italian, beautiful singing), an Italian musical term, refers to the art and science of vocal technique which originated in Italy during the late sixteenth century and reached its pinnacle in the early part of the nineteenth century during the Bel Canto opera era. Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti are the best-known exponents of this style, which flourished from approximately 1810 to 1830.
Bel Canto (band) Bel Canto is a Norwegian music trio fronted by Anneli Drecker. Signed originally to Nettwerk Records, their style has evolved over time from a gothic ethereal sound to synth-based pop influenced by world music.
Bel Canto (novel) Bel Canto is a 2001 novel by American author Ann Patchett, published by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2002.
Bel Canto Trio The Bel Canto Trio was created by Columbia Artists Management in 1947. Consisting of tenor Mario Lanza, soprano Frances Yeend and bass-baritone George London, the Bel Canto Trio performed 86 concerts throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico between July 1947 and May 1948.
Bel decomposition In semi-Riemannian geometry, the Bel decomposition, taken with respect to a specific timelike congruence, is a way of breaking up the Riemann tensor of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold into four pieces. It was introduced in 1959 by the physicist Lluis Bel.
Bel Riose In Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, the fictional character Bel Riose was the last strong General of the Galactic Empire, Commander of the legendary Twentieth Fleet, who eventually came to be known as "the Last of the Imperials," and earned this title well. His tactical genius was compared with that of Admiral Puerifoy, and his skill at handling men to be far greater.
Bel-Air Patrol Bel-Air Patrol is a Los Angeles-based private security company and is a division of ADT Security Services. Bel-Air Patrol is staffed by trained, armed patrol officers who respond to burglar alarm activations and phone calls from clients requesting response to suspicious or criminal activity on their properties.
Bela Čikoš Sesija Bela Čikoš Sesija (Osijek, January 27, 1864 – 1931) was a Croatian painter of historical and allegorical scenes at the turn of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, as well as one of the first representatives of symbolism (Secession/Art Nouveau) in Croatia.
Bela Bates Edwards Bela Bates Edwards (1802-1852) was an American man of letters born at Southampton, Massachusetts, on 4 July 1802. He graduated at Amherst College in 1824, was a tutor there from 1827 to 1828, graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1830, and was licensed to preach.
Bela Bela Bela Bela (previously known as Warmbaths) is a town situated on at a geo-thermic hot springs in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Bela Bela, the Tswana name for the hot springs, produces 22,000 litres per hour at 50°C.
Bela Borsody Bevilaqua, PhD. Doctor Bela Borsody Bevilaqua’s book entitled Víziváros is an amazingly accurate reflection of the last member of the Ramus Hungaricus Branch of the Bevilaqua family. Víziváros describes his scholarly activities, and his life which ended more than four decades ago.
Bela Duarte Bela Duarte is a female artist from Cape Verde, Born in the island of SĂŁo Vicente and was studied decorative arts in Lisbon, Portugal. During the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974, she returned to Cape Verde in Mindelo, together with Manuel Figueira and LuĂ­sa QueirĂłs,she made the Cooperativa da ResistĂŞncia (The Resistance Cooperative).
Bela Gold Bela Gold, also known as Bill Gold was born 30 January 1915 in Kolozsvar Hungary and was married to Sonia Steinman Gold in 1938. Gold attended New York University majoring in industrial engineering for four years, then attended Columbia University for two years in graduate studies on economics.
Belaïd Abrika Belaïd Abrika (1969 - ) is a professor of History at the Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. However, he has become one of the best-known modern Kabyles through his role as a leader and spokesperson of the Arouch (Comité des Âarouchs, Daïras et communes or CADC) protest movement in the region of Kabylie in Algeria.
Beladingala Baale Beladingala Baale(Kannada: ಬೆಳದಿಂಗಳ ಬಾಲೆ) is a 1995 Kannada movie starring Anant Nag. It is based on a Telugu novel titled Vennelalo Aadapilla by Yandamoori Veerendranath which was translated into Kannada by Vamshi titled Beladingala Baale.
Belaid Abdessalam Belaid Abdessalam (Arabic: بلعيد عبد السلام) (born July 1928 in Ain Kebir) is an Algerian politician. He was a nationalist leader in the FLN during Algeria's struggle for independence from France.
Belair (airline) Belair (Belair Airlines AG) is a charter airline based in ZĂĽrich, Switzerland. It operates charter flights to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Calgary, Canada, Europe, the United States, and the Far East for its parent company Hotelplan and ad hoc charters for third parties.
Belair Stud Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governors Samuel Ogle and Benjamin Tasker in 1737 in Collington, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America near what is now the city of Bowie.
Belair, Clay County, Florida Belair is a separate unincorporated community in northern Clay County, Florida, near Orange Park. The community is combined with Meadowbeook Terrace and North Meadowbrook Terrace, to form the Census Designated Place of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace by the U.
Belair, Florida Belair is an unincorporated area located south of Tallahassee in southern Leon County, Florida, USA in the area bordered on the south by Capital Circle SW, on the north by Campbell Pond, on the west by Woodville Highway, and on the east by wooded property.
Beland Honderich Beland Hugh Honderich, OC , LL.D (November 25, 1918 – November 8, 2005) was a Canadian newspaper executive who was the Chairman and Publisher of the Toronto Star and Chairman and President of the Torstar Corporation.
Belanger BĂ©langer is a French surname that derives from the Old French given name Berenger, which is of Germanic origin. In the English-speaking parts of North America, BĂ©langer has been anglicized to Belanger or occasionally to Belonger.
Belanglo State Forest Belanglo State Forest is a planted forest in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located south of Berrima in the Southern Highlands, three kilometres west of the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra.
Belapur Fort Belapur Fort is a fort near the township of Belapur in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay). Built in 1560-1570 by the Siddis of Janjira, after they wrested control of the area from the Portuguese, it is located atop a hillock, near the mouth of the Panvel Creek.
Belarus (tractor) Belarus («Белару́с», earlier «Белару́сь») is a series of four-wheeled tractors produced since 1950 at the Minsk Tractor Plant, MTZ (Мінскі трактарны завод; Ми́нский тра́кторный заво́д, МТЗ) in Minsk, Belarus.
Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics Belarus competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 The Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 is a United States federal law that authorizes assistance for political parties, non-governmental organizations, and independent media working for democracy and human rights in Belarus. The act was signed by President George W.
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest Belarus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, debuting in 2004 (see ESC2004). The country entered the contest in the same year that semi-finals began to be used to determine who would compete in the final, and as of yet Belarus have not qualified for the final.
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Belarus selected their song in two stages, the first allowing the public to choose, and the second requiring a jury to make a final decision. The first round of the selction took place on December 25 and contained 14 songs of which the Belarussian public heard a voted for.
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Belarus chose Dmitry Koldun with the song 'Work Your Magic' to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Using the Eurofest 2007 format on 15 December 2006, televoting narrowed down fifteen performers to Dmitry Koldun, selected by televoting, and Diana Gurtskaya and The Project, selected by the professional jury.
Belarus in the International Song Contest Belarus joined the International Song Contest on its fifth edition (originally named ISC 3) and only reached the 29th place in a field of 32 participants, on the next edition semifinals were introduced and Belarus did not survive to the first one, making them not to return again for over one year where a new organization decided to take part for the ISC 20 in Calgary. Belarusians choose Angelica Agurbash as their representative with the hope of achieving a good place or at least to qualify for the big final.
Belarus Olympic Committee The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь) is one of many national Olympic committees that make up the International Olympic Committee. Created in 1991, the NOC RB (НОК РБ), is charged with selecting athletes to represent Belarus in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, enforcing anti-doping laws and promote sporting activity inside Belarus.
Belarus women's national football team The Belarus women's national football team represents Belarus in international women's football. The team is governed by the Football Federation of Belarus (Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу).
Belarusian alphabet The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language. The alphabet exists in its modern form since 1918 and consists of thirty-two letters.
Belarusian Arabic alphabet The Belarusian Arabic alphabet was based on the Arabic script and was developed in the 16th century (possibly 15th). It consisted of twenty-eight graphemes, including several additions to represent Belarusian sounds not found in Arabic.
Belarusian Association of Journalists The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) is a Belarusian non-governmental organisation, "aiming to ensure freedom of speech and rights of receiving and distributing information and promoting professional standards of journalism" (
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church initially belonged to the Polish Orthodox Church that was granted autocephaly by Constantinople following the First World War. On July 23, 1922, at the Sobor in Miensk, the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Metropolia was resurrected.
Belarusian cuisine Although Belarusian cuisine derives from the same common sources that those of the – neghbours Lithuanians, Ukrainians Poles, and in later times Russians it is sometimes considered as somewhat less rich and impressive than those of its imposing neighbours. In fact, however, this may result from the general lack of national identity which still continues to hold back the development of a nation and also led to the loss of many culinary traditions in the last 100 years.
Belarusian Central Rada The Belarusian Central Rada (Belarusian: Biełaruskaja Centralnaja Rada (The Belarusian central Council), German: Weißruthenischer Zentralrat) was nominally the government of Belarus from 1943-1944. It was a collaborationist government established by Nazi Germany.
Belarusian diplomatic missions Belarus has been the most eager nation of the former USSR to integrate more closely and to re-engage with former Soviet states, and this is reflected in the location of its missions. Oddly, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls the equivalent of its consulates in Russia "divisions".
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Belaruskaya Hreka-Katalickaya Carkva, BHKC), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church, is the heir within Belarus of the Union of Brest. It is listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a sui iuris Church, an Eastern Rite particular Church of the Catholic Church.
Belarusian heraldry Belarusian heraldry is currently used by government entities of Belarus and descendants of the former Belarusian nobility. The national emblem, adopted in 1995, is not a coat of arms due to the lacking of several elements of heraldry, the local municipalities and regions have adopted shields and codified in national law.
Belarusian Hockey League Belarussian hockey league contained a mere four teams : Dynamo Minsk (which changed its name to Tivali Minsk), Plymir Novopolock and a fourth participant Neman Grodno, who were the overall winners. The tournament system (how many times the teams played each other, the structure, etc.
Belarusian language The Belarusian language (беларуская мова, BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova) is the language of the Belarusian people and is spoken in Belarus and abroad. It belongs to the group of the East Slavonic languages, and shares many grammatical and lexical features with other members of the group.
Belarusian Latin alphabet The Belarusian Latin alphabet (also known as Latsinka (in BGN/PCGN) or Łacinka (in itself), from , informal for the Latin alphabet in general) — the common name of the several historically existing systems of rendering the Belarusian (Cyrillic) text in Latin script. It is used, occasionally, in its current form, by certain authors, groups and promoters in the Nasha Niva weekly, the ARCHE journal, and some of the Belarusian diaspora press on the Internet.
Belarusian presidential election, 2006 The elections for the position of president of Belarus took place on March 19 2006. The winner of the elections holds the office until the next round of scheduled elections, which are determined by the country's House of Representatives.
Belarusian People's Front Belarusian People's Front "Revival" or BPF (Belarusian: Беларускі Народны Фронт "Адраджэньне", БНФ, Biełaruski Narodny Front "Adradžeńnie") is a political party created in Belarus during the perestroika times. Its first and most charismatic leader was Zianon Pazniak.
Belarusian resistance movement Belarusian resistance movement was a resistance movement in Belarus, part of the anti-fascist resistance movement which fought against the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany during World War II. The movement began when Soviet soldiers stationed in Belarus who were cut off from their units during Operation Barbarossa hid and grouped in the forests, eventually organizing the first partisan units.
Belarusian Republican Youth Union The Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM) (Belarusian: Беларускі Рэспубліканскі Саюз Моладзі, Russian: Белорусский республиканский союз молодежи, БРСМ) is an organized youth group in the Eastern European country of Belarus. The goals of the BRSM are to promote patriotism and to instill individual moral values into the youth of Belarus, using activities such as camping, sporting events and visiting memorials.
Belarusian Ridge The Belarusian Ridge (, Belaruskaya Gryada) is a line of terminal moraines. This ridge, consisting of low, rolling hills, runs for about 500 km west from the area of the Brest region, which is close to the border of Poland to the Russian town of Smolensk.
Belarusian Scout Association The Belarusian Scout Association (ABS, Аб'яднанне беларускіх скаўтаў, transliterated Ab'yadnannye Belaruskikh Skautaǔ) is one of the nationwide Scouting organizations in Belarus. The association was founded in 1991 and liquidated in 2005 by the Supreme Court of Belarus, but still continues to operate.
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) (Biełaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada)) is unregistered is a political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics also known as BSUIR (Belarusian: Белару́скі Дзяржа́ўны Унівэрсытэ́т Інфарм́атыкі І Радыёэлектр́онікі; Russian: Белору́сский Госуда́рственный Университе́т Информа́тики и Радиоэлектро́ники) - is a large scientific and educational centre in Belarus located in Minsk capital. BSUIR was founded in March 15, 1964.
Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja" The Belarusian Women's Party "Nadzieja (Biełaruskaja Partyja Žančyn "Nadzieja") is a political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of president Alexander Lukashenko. In legislative elections held between October 13-17, 2004, the party did not secure any seats.
Belarusian-American relations Interstate relations between the United States and Belarus began in 1991 upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Belarus was a part of. However, the relations have turned sour due to accusations by the United States that Belarus has been undemocratic.
Belarusian-European Union relations Belarusian-European relations refers to relations between Belarus and the European Union. While the EU recognized Belarus aftet their independence from the Soviet Union, the relationship has turned sour due to the 1994 election of Alexander Lukashenko, the current leader of Belarus.
Belarusians Belarusians or Belarusans (, previously also spelled Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorussians) are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland (especially in the former Bialystok province), Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Noticeable numbers have immigrated to the USA and Canada in the early 20th century.
Belarussian cricket team The Belorussian Cricket team is the team that represents Belarus in International Cricket competitions. They are not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council and are therefore not entitled to participate in ICC Official events, however they do have an application to the European Cricket Council pending, which should see them granted Affiliate Status in the near future.
Belasica Belasica (Macedonian and Bulgarian: Беласица, also transliterated as Belasitsa or Belasitza; Greek: Μπέλες, Béles, or Κερκίνη, Kerkíni) is a mountain range in the region of Macedonia in Southeastern Europe, shared by northwestern Greece (about 50%), southeastern Republic of Macedonia (30%) and southwestern Bulgaria (20%). The area is particularly famous for the Battle of Kleidion of 1014, which proved crucial for the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Belastok Voblast Belastok Voblast (, ) was a territorial unit in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into BSSR in November 1939. The administrative center of the province was the city of Belastok (Modern Polish city of Białystok).
Belatacept Belatacept is a hybrid protein composed of an immunoglobulin, and CTLA 4, which is a molecule crucial for T-cell costimulation, selectively blocking the process of T-cell activation. It was developed by Bristol-Myers-Squibb.
Belatu-Cadros In Celtic mythology, Belatu-Cadros ("fair shining one" or "fair slayer"), also rendered Belatucadros or Belatucadrus, was a deity worshipped in northern Britain, particularly in Cumberland and Westmorland. He may be related to Belenus and Cernunnos, and was equated in the Roman period with Mars.
Belavezha Accords The Belavezha Accords () is the agreement signed at the state dacha near Viskuli in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on December 8, 1991, by the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, Stanislav Shushkevich, Boris Yeltsin, and Leonid Kravchuk, which declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place.
Belavia Belavia Belarusian Airlines (Belarusian: "Белавія", Russian: "Белавиа") is an airline based in Minsk, Belarus. It is the national airline of Belarus serving a network of European cities and the CIS.
Belém Cultural Center The Belém Cultural Center (CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém), located in the Belém quarter of Lisbon, is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. CCB includes very complex areas such as an auditorium for opera, ballet, symphony concerts and congresses, high security meeting halls, and a 7,000 m² exhibition area.
Belém Palace The Belém National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Belém, meaning "Bethlehem Palace") is the official residence of the President of Portugal. It is located in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Belém, close to the Tagus river and near many touristic and cultural attractions.
Belén Dreik Belén Dreik was born in Havana (Cuba), where she studied to become a dancer of the Cabaret Tropicana, before she decided to be a singer. She went later to Madrid where Alejo Stivel produced her album Un sorbito de amor, 2002.
Belcan Belcan is an engineering consulting firm headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Belcan employs 6000 employees in 58 locations around the world, serving a wide range of industries, with sales of nearly $400 million.
Belconnen Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the Capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory (June 2001 Census).
Belconnen Blue Devils The Blue Devils are a football (soccer) team in Belconnen, Australia. They play in the New South Wales Premier League, and lost to Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the 2005 Preliminary Final, whilst they were Premiers (1st in the league) and losing Grand Finalists in 2004.
Belconnen Remand Centre Belconnen Remand Centre or BRC is an Australian remand custody facility located in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia first opened in 1976. The centre at times holds a small number of illegal immigrants.
Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory Belconnen (postcode 2617) is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. It contains the Belconnen Town Centre, Lake Ginninderra and residential areas, particularly to the south of the suburb, Emu Ridge, where significant numbers of medium density dwellings are located.
Belcoo Belcoo (Irish: BĂ©al CĂş) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 12 miles from Enniskillen. It is situated on the Fermanagh/County Cavan border beside the village of Blacklion in the Republic of Ireland.
Belcourt Castle Belcourt Castle is the former summer cottage of Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, located in Newport, Rhode Island. Begun in 1891 and completed in 1894, it was only intended to be used for six to eight weeks of the year.
Belda Belda (Bengali: েবলদা) is a small town in India, West Bengal located approximately 35 km south of Kharagpur, and belongs to the Midnapore West district. The town is near NH-5 of the famous Golden Quadrilateral.
Beldame Stakes The Beldame Stakes is a Grade I race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares three-years-old and up. It's run at the beginning of October at Belmont Park for a distance of a mile and an eighth and offers a purse of $600,000.
Beldaran Beldaran is a fictional character in David Eddings' fantasy books Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. She is also mentioned in The Belgariad and The Malloreon, which follow the adventures of her descendant, Belgarion.
Belden Bly Belden Bly (born c. 1914 in Revere, Massachusetts - died November 3, 2006 in Wakefield, Massachusetts) was an American teacher and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for 16 terms from 1948 to 1979, representing Saugus, Massachusetts.
Belden Place Belden Place is a one lane street (or alley) in San Francisco, California that was transformed from a basic service corridor in to one of the more lively dining areas of the city. Due to the outdoor dining/attitude/food and general geography, it is seen as being part of the French Quarter, which generally includes other such places as Claude Lane (also dining), the French Consulate and Notre Dame des Victoires (a French church) nearby.
Beldum are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Beldum in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Beleaguered Castle Beleaguered Castle is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the games touted as "Freecell without cells" because its game play is somehow akin to the popular solitaire computer game but without extra empty spaces to maneuver.
Beledweyne Beledweyne (also transliterated as Belet Uen or Belet Weyne) is a city in Somalia. It is the capital of the Hiraan province, and is located in the central valley of the Shebelle River near the border with Ethiopia, some 206 miles (332 km) north of the capital Mogadishu.
Belegarth Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is a live-action battlegame organization devoted to simulating Dark Age and Mediæval combat. Primary focus is on real world regions such as Western Europe and Asia, but also includes elements of fantasy such as from J.
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School Belen Jesuit Preparatory School is a Roman Catholic high school in Miami, Florida. It was established in Cuba by the Jesuits in 1854, but moved to the United States after the communist government of Fidel Castro, himself an alumnus, took power.
Belen, New Mexico Belen (IPA: ) (Spanish: Belén) is a city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem and over time has gained the nickname "Hub City" because of its location at the center of the state.

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