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Belpre Medal Established in 1996, the Pura Belpré Award is a biennenial recognition presented to a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth.
Belpre-Parkersburg Bridge The Belpre-Parkersburg Bridge is a four lane cantilever bridge that connects Belpre, Ohio to Parkersburg, West Virginia, across the Ohio River. The bridge was completed in 1980, replacing a 1916 suspension bridge (demolished March 16, 1980)Inventory of Suspension Bridges (1900-1924), bridgemeister.
Belsen Trial The Belsen Trial was one of several trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity that the Allied occupation forces conducted against former officials and functionaries of Nazi Germany after the end of World War II.
Belsen Was a Gas "Belsen Was a Gas" is one of the most controversial songs by the British punk band the Sex Pistols. The song is about the concentration camps in Germany during World War II, specifically Bergen-Belsen, which was liberated by British troops in 1945, and was consequently more well-known in that country than similar camps in Eastern Europe (Belsen is also mentioned in their song "Holidays in the Sun]").
Belshazzar Belshazzar (or Baltasar; Akkadian Bel-sarra-usur) was a prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. In the Book of Daniel (chapters 5 and 8) of the Jewish Tanakh or Christian Old Testament, Belshazzar is the King of Babylon before the advent of the Medes and Persians.
Belshazzar's Feast (Walton) Belshazzar's Feast is the title of an oratorio by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1931, and has remained one of the most popular works in the English choral repertoire.
Belsize Park tube station Belsize Park tube station is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north London. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2.
Belstaff Belstaff, founded in Longton, Staffordshire in 1924 is a garment manufacturer currently still based in England where it produces high-performance waterproof jackets. The company has made several advances in jacket technology and currently is one of the most well known companies in its field with some products appearing in several movies.
Belt (firearm) A belt is a device that holds cartridges adjacent to each other in a single row for feeding into a firearm, typically a machine gun. The belt itself only serves to link the cartridges together so that they may be fired in a uniform manner; it does not perform the feeding of the firearm.
Belt alternator starter General Motors introduced a mild hybrid system called belt alternator starter (or BAS) in the 2006 Saturn VUE Green Line. It operates similar to the "start-stop" system used in the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid in that it shuts down the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop and instantly restarts it when the accelerator is pressed.
Belt buckle A belt buckle is a buckle, a clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other. It is said to have been invented during the Elizibethian era by Italian blacksmith Tomaso Kellioni.
Belt Line The Belt Line (or sometimes Beltline) is a proposed light rail or possibly heavy rail (metro) line around the core of Atlanta. Using existing rail track easements, it aims to improve not only transportation, but to add green space and promote redevelopment.
Belt Line Railway The Belt Line Railway was built in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1890s by a railway entrepreneur, James David Edgar. It was constructed as a commuter railway line to service suburban neighbourhoods being built just north of the city.
Belt Line Road (Texas) Belt Line Road is a loop road that traverses across a total of 16 different cities in Dallas County, Texas (USA). While Loop 12 serves as the inner complete loop that encircles Dallas, Belt Line Road is the outer complete loop.
Belt of Venus The Belt of Venus or Venus's Girdle is the Victorian era name for an atmospheric phenomenon seen at sunrise and sunset. Shortly after sunset or shortly before sunrise the observer is, or very nearly, surrounded by a pinkish glow or antitwilight arch that extends roughly 10°–20° above the horizon.
Belt regions of the United States The belt regions of the United States originally referred to the growing regions of various crops, but usage has expanded to other climatic, economic and cultural concentrations. The agricultural regions generally follow lines of latitude, hence the allusion to a long clothing belt.
Belt Railway Company of Chattanooga Organized from the Union Railway Company and the Chattanooga Union Railway in about 1895, the Belt Railway Company of Chattanooga operated about 45 miles of track in and around Chattanooga, TN. It was controlled by the Alabama Great Southern Railroad and may have been in operation, at least on paper, through 1946.
Belt Railway of Chicago The Belt Railway of Chicago , headquartered in Chicago, is the largest intermediate switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad — each of which uses the switching and interchange facilities of the BRC.
Belt sander A belt sander is a machine used to quickly sand down wood and other materials for finishing purposes. It consists of an electrical motor that turns a pair of drums on which a seamless loop of sandpaper is mounted.
Belt transect Belt transects are used in biology to investigate the distribution of organisms in relation to a certain area, such as the seashore. It records all the species found between two lines and how far they are for a certain place or area and how many of them there are.
Belt-drive turntable There are two main types of phonograph turntable drives still being manufactured today, the older style belt-drive or newer direct-drive systems; the names are based upon the type of motor system found in each.
Beltane Fire Festival Beltane Fire Festival is an annual participatory arts event and ritual drama, held on April 30 on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It is inspired by the ancient Gaelic festival of Beltane which was historically held on May eve and marked the beginning of summer.
Beltar In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Beltar is the Suel goddess of Malice, Caves, and Pits. She was formerly a goddess of earth and mines, but was supplanted by other Suel gods until her only worshippers were nonhuman slaves.
Belted magnum The term "belted magnumrefers to any caliber cartridge, generally rifles, utilizing a shell casing with a pronounced "belt" around its base that continues 2-4mm past the extractor groove]. This design originated with the British gunmaker Holland and Holland for the purpose of [[headspace|headspacing certain of their more powerful cartridges.
Belted plaid The belted plaid (or, if you prefer, a plaid worn belted) is basically a large blanket-like piece of fabric which is wrapped around one's body, the material being pleated or, more accurately, loosely gathered, and secured at the waist by means of a belt. Typically, a portion of the belted plaid hangs down to about the knees with the rest of the material being wrapped up around one's upper body in a variety of ways and pinned or otherwise secured to keep it in place.
Beltinci Beltinci (Hungarian Belatinc or Belatincz) is a town and a municipality in Northeastern Slovenia, located near the river Mura (hence the name) in the region of Prekmurje. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants.
Belting (beating) Belting is the use of belts made of strong materials (usually leather) as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities). It is most often associated with educational institutions where it has been used as disciplinary measure but it has also been applied domestically by parents.
Belton and Manthorpe Belton and Manthorpe is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, consisting of Belton and Manthorpe, just north of Grantham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 517.
Belton Chalets The Belton Chalets are a complex of historic hotel buildings in the village of West Glacier, Montana, near the western entrance to Glacier National Park. The chalet was built in 1910 by the Great Northern Railway as the first component of the railroad's ambitious program of hotel, road, and trail construction in Glacier.
Belton with Browston Belton with Browston is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish consists of the villages of Belton and Browston Green, and is situated some 8 km south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 10 km north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.
Beltrami, Minneapolis Beltrami is a neighborhood in the Northeast community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are Broadway Street NE to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, East Hennepin Avenue to the south, and Central Avenue and Harrison Street NE to the west.
Beltrán de Osorio y Díez de Rivera Beltran de Osorio y Diez de Rivera (1919-1994), a Spanish aristocrat known as the "Iron Duke" of Alburquerque, was an amateur horse jockey who became obsessed with winning Britain's Grand National Steeplechase horse race when after watching a film of the race on his eighth birthday. However, each of his attempts ended in failure.
Belturbet Belturbet (Beal Tairbert literally translated meaning "the mouth of Tairbert Island" in the Irish language) is a town in Ireland, located twelve miles from Cavan town , and sixty seven from Dublin city. Belturbet connects Cavan with Ballyconnell (N3 road).
Beltway sniper attacks The Beltway sniper attacks took place during three weeks of October 2002 in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured by spree killers in and around Washington, D.
Beltway Series The Beltway Series is the name of the interleague series played between the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles. The series name is taken from the two beltway highways, the Baltimore Beltway and the Capital Beltway, that service Baltimore and Washington, D.
Beluga The Beluga Whale or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of cetacean. This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the Beluga - the word derives from the Russian word for white.
Beluga sturgeon The beluga (Huso huso) is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea.
Belur Math Belur Math is a religious abbey located in the neighbourhood of Belur in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India. It is the location of the Ramakrishna Temple, as well as many other temples, and is the headquarters of the related organisations the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
Belus (Assyrian) Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in an Assyrian context refers to one or another purportedly ancient and historically nonexistent Assyrian king, such king in part at least an euhemerization of the Babylonian god Bel Marduk.
Belus (Babylonian) Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in a Babylonian context refers to the Babylonian god Bel Marduk. Though often identified with Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter as Zeus Belos or Jupiter Belus, in other cases Belus is euhemerized as an ancient king who founded Babylon and built the ziggurat.
Belva Ann Lockwood Belva Ann Lockwood (October 24 1830 - May 19 1917) was a United States attorney, politician, author, and noted feminist. Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions of her time, to gain a good education.
Belvedere (ETS) Belvedere Station was the original northern terminus of the LRT (route 201) line which opened April 22, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately at Fort Road and 129 Avenue, between Clareview Station and Coliseum Station.
Belvedere (fort) The Forte Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere (often called simply Belvedere) is a fortification in Florence, Italy. It was built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici during the period 1590–1595, with Bernardo Buontalenti as the designer, to protect the city and the Medici rule thereover.
Belvedere (Potsdam) Belvedere on the Klausberg (German: Belvedere auf dem Klausberg from the Italian word for fine view) is located in the north of Brandenburg's capital of Potsdam. It was built from 1770-1772 under the rule of Friedrich the Great on the ridge, which bordered the northern edge of Sanssouci Park.
Belvedere (structure) Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from Italian (literally "fair view"), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. A belvedere may be built in the upper part of a building so as to command a fine view.
Belvedere Castle Belvedere Castle sits upon Vista Rock, the second highest natural elevation in Central Park, New York City. It was designed as an additional feature of the Central Park "Greensward" plan by Calvert Vaux and the sculptor Jacob Wrey Mould, when the team of Olmsted, Vaux and Mould were reappointed to oversee the park's construction once again in 1865.
Belvedere Estate Belvedere Estate consists of Belvedere House and the 30 acre (120,000 m²) grounds surrounding it, in which the National Library of India is housed. Its is located near the Alipore Zoological Gardens, in Calcutta.
Belvedere House and Gardens Belvedere House and Gardens is a famous country house located near Mullingar, in county Westmeath, Ireland. Its gardens which include The Jealous Wall and many acres of forest, attract thousands of visitors annually for their beauty.
Belvedere Incinerator The Belvedere Incinerator is a proposed incineration facility in the Western Riverside Waste Authority in London with a capacity of 575,000 tonnes waste per annum. The plant was initially proposed 15 years ago by Cory Environmental and has undergone significant planning delays.
Belvedere-Tiburon Library The Belvedere-Tiburon Library is a public library serving the communities of Belvedere, California, and Tiburon, California, in Marin County, California. The library opened in 1997 at its present location of 1501 Tiburon Boulevard in Tiburon.
Belvedere, South Carolina Belvedere is a census-designated place and suburb of North Augusta, South Carolina, is in Aiken County, South Carolina, and is a part the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 5,631 at the 2000 census.
Belvelly Castle Belvelly Castle is a 13th century Tower house in County Cork. It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, next to the only bridge connecting Great Island (on which the town of Cobh is situated) to the mainland.
Belvidere and Delaware River Railway The Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (B&DR) was formed in 1995 as a Class III Railroad in the United States when the Conrail Delaware Secondary was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, which operates several railroad services in western New Jersey and eastern Pennslyvania.
Belvidere Delaware Railroad The Belvidere Delaware Railroad (Bel Del) was a railroad running along the eastern shore of the Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey north via Phillipsburg, New Jersey to Belvidere, New Jersey. It served as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, carrying mainly anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to population centers along the coast.
Belvidere High School (New Jersey) Belvidere High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Belvidere, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Belvidere School District.
Belvidere Tornado Outbreak The Belvidere Tornado Outbreak was the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 21, 1967 across the Upper Midwest, in particular the Chicago area including the suburbs of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois. It was the most notable tornado of 1967 and one of the most notable to occur in the Chicago area.
Belvoir Fortress (Israel) The Crusader fortress of Belvoir, located on a hill of the Naphtali plateau, 20 km. south of the Sea of Galilee and about 500 meters above the Jordan Valley, was originally a part of the feudal estate of a French nobleman named Velos who lived in Tiberias.
Belvoir St Theatre Belvoir St Theatre was founded in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood at Belvoir St Surry Hills, and is the home of Company B. The building was purchased by a sydicate of people and there are currently 600 owners including: Robyn Archer, Gillian Armstrong, Peter Carey,Ruth Cracknell, Judy Davis, Mel Gibson, Max Gillies, Dorothy Hewitt, Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Dame Joan Sutherland, Patrick White, David Williamson, Neil Armfield, Mike Willesee, Colin Friels, and Gwen Plumb.
Belvoir, Leicestershire Belvoir (pronounced 'beaver') is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to the county boundary, the nearest town being Grantham in Lincolnshire (eight miles east of the village).
Belweder Belweder (; Polish: Pałac Belwederski, Belweder Palace, from the Italian bello and vedere — "beautiful" and "to see") is a palace in Warsaw, a few kilometers south of the Royal Castle. The present building is the latest of several that have stood on the site since 1659.
Belweder (TV set) Belweder was the brand name of the OT1471 television set, manufactured in People's Republic of Poland (PRL) from 1957 to 1960 at the Warszawskie Zakłady Telewizyjne (WZT). It was the second (after the Wisła) TV set made in Poland and the first one designed entirely domestically.
Bely Gorod Bely Gorod (; "White Town") is a part of Moscow, Russia. The name comes from the fact that Bely Gorod was surrounded by white stone fortification wall which was built in the end of 15th century and demolished in the end of 17th century.
Belyaev (crater) Belyaev is a lunar crater that is attached to the outer edge of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side of the Moon. It is a worn formation with a small crater pair overlaying the southern rim, and several smaller craters across the relatively irregular interior.
Belyi's theorem In mathematics, Belyi's theorem on algebraic curves states that any non-singular algebraic curve C, defined by algebraic number coefficients, represents a compact Riemann surface which is a ramified covering of the Riemann sphere, ramified at three points only.
Belzec extermination camp Bełżec was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. Operating in 1942, the camp was situated in occupied Poland about half a mile south of the local railroad station Belzec in the Lublin district of the General Government.
Bełz Voivodeship Bełz Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Bełskie, Latin: Palatinatus Belzensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795. Together with the Ruthenian Voivodeship it was part of Red Ruthenia province.
Bešenovo monastery The Bešenovo Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Бешеново / Manastir Bešenovo) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to legend, the monastery of Bešenovo was founded by Serbian King Dragutin at the end of the 13th century.
Bema Gold Bema Gold Corporation is a Vancouver, British Columbia based intermediate gold producer with operating mines and development projects in Russia, South Africa, Chile and Canada. Bema operates the Julietta Mine in Russia, the Petrex Mines in South Africa, is a 50% owner of the Refugio MIne in Chile and is 49% owner of the Cerro Casale gold/copper deposit also in Chile.
Bema Hapothle In chemistry, Bema Hapothle is an extended acronym for Bell-Marcus-Hammond-Polanyi-Thornton-Leffler, referring to the combined contribution of the theories of these chemists to the rationalization of changes in transition state structure to perturbations, such as change of reaction solvent.Jencks, WP.
Bemani Pocket The Bemani Pocket series was a short-lived attempt by Konami to capitalize on the market of portable entertainment in the late 1990s They were introduced on the Japanese market circa 1998 and they featured versions of most Bemani games, from Beatmania to ParaParaParadise.
Bemaraha Woolly Lemur The Bemaraha Woolly Lemur (Avahi cleesei), also known as Cleese's Woolly Lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar, named after John Cleese. The scientist who discovered the species named it after Cleese, star of Monty Python, mainly because of Cleese's fondness for lemurs, as shown in Operation Lemur With John Cleese and Fierce Creatures, and his efforts at protecting and preserving them.
Bemba people The Bemba (also called BaBemba) belong to a large group of peoples in northeast and northwestern Zambia who trace their origins to the Luba and Lunda states of the upper Congo basin, in what became Katanga Province in southern Congo-Kinshasa (DRC). Bemba history is a major historical phenomenon in the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally homogeneous region of central Africa.
Bembe (ethnic group) The Bembe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania. In 1991 the Bembe population of the DRC was estimated to number 252,000, with no estimate available for the number of Bembe in Tanzania groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Bembeya Jazz Bembeya Jazz National is a Guinean musical group that gained fame in the 1960s for their infectious Afropop rhythms. Featuring Sekou ("Diamond Fingers") Diabaté, who grew up in a traditional griot musical family, the band won over fans in Conakry, Guinea's capital city, during the heady days of that country's newfound independence.
Bembicinae The Bembicinae is a large subfamily of crabronid wasps, that includes over 80 genera, and over 1800 species. Bembicines were originally a part of a single large family Sphecidae, then for many years were treated as a separate family, and recently have been placed back into a larger family, the Crabronidae this time.
Bembine Tablet The Bembine Tablet, the Bembine Table of Isis or the Mensa Isiaca (Isiac Tablet) was an elaborate tablet of bronze with enamel and silver inlay of probable Roman origin and mimicking Egyptian style. It was used by the 17th century hermeticist Athanasius Kircher as the primary source for developing his translations of Egyptian hieroglyphics; the hieroglyphics on the Tablet are now known to be nonsense, and Kircher's translations spurious.
Bembridge Bembridge is a village located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, leading to claims by residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England.
Bembridge Beds The Bembridge Beds are strata forming part of the fluvio-marine series of deposits of Oligocene age, in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire, England. They lie between the Hamstead beds above and the Osborne beds below.
Bemidji Airlines Bemidji Airlines Airline Codes (November 2006) is a charter airline based in Bemidji, Minnesota USA. It was established in 1946 and operates domestic cargo flights, as well as extensive charter and air taxi services out of Bemidji and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
Bemidji Curling Club The Bemidji Curling Club is a curling club located in the city of Bemidji, Minnesota. It is notable for its long line of champions in many different competitions, including men's and women's rinks which represented the United States in the 2005 World Curling Championship and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Beminitiya Seya Also known as the Great Famine, Beminitiya Seya was a period of over a decade in which ancient Ceylon's irrigation systems failed as a result of neglect. To expand agricultural production, the ancient Singhalese deforested many surrounding areas.
Bemmel Bemmel is a village in Gelderland in the municipality of Lingewaard. It was previously a municipality of its own, but in 2001 it merged with Huissen and Gendt to form the new municipality Bemmel, which was later renamed Lingewaard.
Bemotrizinol Bemotrizinol (USAN, trade name Tinosorb® S, INCI Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine) is an oil soluble chemical which is added to sunscreens to absorb UV rays. It is a broad spectrum UV absorber, absorbing UVB as well as UVA rays.
Bempton railway station Bempton railway station serves the village of Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's is a brand of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc., headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, and owned by Unilever.
Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day is an annual event, held in late April or early May, in which Ben and Jerry's scoop shops give out free ice cream cones all day. Over one million free cones are given away each year.
Ben "Beanie" Harper Ben Harper called "Beanie" in his youth, was a character in the now-defunct American Soap Opera, Love of Life. As a child, he was played by Dennis Parnell and Tommy White, and as an adult, he was played by Christopher Reeve, in his first role; and Chandler Hill Harben.
Ben (album) Ben was the second full-length solo album by teenage pop-soul music phenomenon Michael Jackson. Released in August 1972, seven months after his auspicious debut as a soloist, Got to Be There, the album showcased a Jackson in vocal and artistic growth.
Ben and Me Ben and Me was a two reel short subject produced by Disney and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the children's book written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and first published in 1939.
Ben Aaronovitch Ben Aaronovitch is a London-born British writer who has worked on television series including Doctor Who, Casualty, Jupiter Moon and Dark Knight. He is the son of economist Dr Sam Aaronovitch and the younger brother of actor Owen Aaronovitch and British journalist David Aaronovitch.
Ben Abernathy Ben Abernathy is an editor at WildStorm Productions/DC Comics, where he edits the Eisner-winning Ex Machina, The Boys, Astro City, Gen13, and many more. He's also held editorial positions at both Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Enterprises.
Ben Adam Ben Adam (Hebrew script: בן אדם, English translation: "Human Being", literally "Son of Adam") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Hebrew by Yardena Arazi.
Ben Agajanian Ben Agajanian was an American college and professional football player. A placekicker, he played college football at the University of New Mexico, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers in 1960, 1961, and 1964.
Ben Aigan Ben Aigan is a hill in Moray rising to a height of 471m (1546 feet) to the east of the River Spey, which flows along the foot of its western and northern slopes. It lies to the east of Rothes and north east of Craigellachie.
Ben Alder Ben Alder is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scotish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean. The vast summit plateau is home of one of Britain's highest bodies of standing water, Lochan a' Garbh Choire.
Ben Alexander (rugby league footballer) Ben Alexander was an Australian rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers in the Australian National Rugby League competition, he was the younger brother of Australian rugby international Greg Alexander. His position of choice was at hooker or in the halves.
Ben Ali Apartments The Ben Ali Apartments was a proposed 12-story senior citizens apartment building at corner of 119 Main Street and Limestone in Lexington, Kentucky. It would have been constructed above the existing four level Ben Ali parking structure.
Ben Ames Williams Ben Ames Willaims (7 March 1889 – 3 February 1953) American writer who published over thrity novels, including The Strange Woman (1945), House Divided (1947), Leave Her to Heaven (1946), and Come Spring (1940). His writing traversed a wide range of genres and evinced considerable expertise in a number of divergent fields.
Ben Ammi Ben Ammi (born Ben Carter in the United States, 1939), also known as Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, is the founder and spiritual leader of The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem. He claims to have received a vision from the angel Gabriel in 1966.
Ben Andrews Ben Andrews (born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 1985) is a American gay porn actor (porn star) who performs in pornographic movies. He is 6'2", weighs 165 pounds, and is best known for his exceptionally large penis, which reportedly measures 11 inches long, 9 inches in circumference and is uncircumcised.

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