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Ben Whishaw Ben Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at RADA. Whishaw is best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, and plays the lead character in Tom Tykwer's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.
Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge Constructed in the late 1920s, the two-lane Ben Williamson Bridge connects Coal Grove, Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River. Formerly a two-way span before the parallel Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge was completed upstream in 1985, it is used for Kentucky-bound traffic today.
Ben Wilson Ben "Benji" Wilson (March 18, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois - November 21, 1984) was a highly talented basketball player who was shot to death on the eve of his senior season in high school. He was widely regarded as the best high school player in the U.
Ben Wyvis Ben Wyvis is a mountain located in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, in eastern Scotland, north-west of Dingwall. It forms an undulating ridge running roughly north-south for about 5 km, the highest summit of which is Glas Leathad Mòr.
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing Ben Yehuda Street (named after Eliezer Ben-Yehuda) is a main avenue in the downtown of Jewish West Jerusalem, and the site of a pedestrian mall has been bombed several times over the course of a number of conflicts, with great loss of civilian life.
Ben Ziff Benjamin Martin Ziff (born on July 9, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor who has guest-starred in a number of notable television series including American Dreams, Boston Public, ER, Freaks & Geeks, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and That's So Raven and a few others. He also appeared in the 2004 film Little Black Book opposite Brittany Murphy, The Surfer King and most recently the ABC Family original movie The Initiation of Sarah.
Ben Zion Halberstam (The First) Ben Zion Halberstam (pronounced Ben Tzion) (1874–1941) was the leader of the Bobover Hasidim. At the age of thirty-one he succeeded his father, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) as the Rebbe ("grand rabbi") of Bobov thus being crowned as the spiritual leader of thousands of Hasidim.
Ben Zubiri Ben Zubiri (1911-1969), who was also known as Iyo Karpo was a Cebuano composer, actor, and media personality. His most famous composition for which he wrote both the lyrics and music is the song Matud Nila (in English "They Say").
Ben Zyskowicz Ben Berl Zyskowicz (born 24 May 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish-Jewish politician and parliamentarian. Zyskowicz has been chairman of the Finnish Kokoomus (Coalition Party) parliament group since 1993, a member of the parliament bank board since 26 January 1999 and a Member of Parliament of the Coalition Party since 1979.
Ben-Ezer The Ben-Ezer family is a Jewish pioneering family, one of the founding families of Petah Tikva, which was the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in Ottoman Palestine, nicknamed the Mother of Settlements.
Ben-Hur Ben-Hur is the fictional story of Judah Ben-Hur ('son of Hur') (Hebrew: יהודה בן חור) or Benhur, a Judean aristocrat who, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is enslaved through the betrayal of his Roman friend Messala. Embittered and vengeful after regaining his freedom, he is redeemed after encountering Jesus and witnessing his crucifixion.
Ben-Hur (1959 film) Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the most popular live-action version of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). It stars Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur and Stephen Boyd as Messala.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by General Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. Wallace's work is part of an important sub-genre of historical fiction set among the characters of the New Testament.
Ben-my-Chree, British Columbia Ben-my-Chree is a famous former hunting and fishing lodge in Northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located near Atlin on Taku Arm of Taghish Lake in the extreme northwest of the province, and is closer to the Yukon than the rest of the province.
Ben-Zion Sternberg Ben-Zion (Benno) Sternberg (1894-1962), Zionist and signatory of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was born in Czernowitz, Bukovina, a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born to a comparatively prosperous local Jewish family.
Benahavís Benahavís is a small Andalucian pueblo situated just 10 minutes from the Coast behind San Pedro de Alcántara on the Costa del Sol, Southern Spain. There are two current ways to get there from Marbella, one is the best known route and the other is through the luxurious 5-star urbanization, Los Arqueros.
Benahoare Benahoare was the native Guanche name for the Spanish island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands. Prior to its conquest by the Castilians, completed in 1493, the island had been divided into 12 cantons or lordships.
Benajah Carpenter Benajah Carpenter, founding member of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps under Henry Knox and veteran of the Siege of Boston and Battle of Long Island. Carpenter was born April 27, 1748 and perished at war on the fateful day August 27, 1776.
Benaki Museum The Benaki Museum was established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, at the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens, Greece. The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the modern times, an extensive collection of Asian art, hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop.
Benalla, Victoria Benalla () is an agricultural town of about 10,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about 40 kilometres south of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.
Benalmádena, Málaga Benalmádena is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 12 km to the west of the city of Málaga, on the southern coast between Torremolinos and Fuengirola, in the heart of the Costa del Sol.
Benaloh cryptosystem The Benaloh Cryptosystem is an extension of the Goldwasser-Micali cryptosystem (GM) created in 1994 by Josh Cohen Benaloh. The main improvement of the Benaloh Cryptosystem over GM is that longer blocks of data can be encrypted at once, whereas in GM each bit is encrypted individually.
Benambra, Victoria Benambra is a small town located 22km north-east of Omeo and 437km east of the state capital Melbourne, in the Australian Alps of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Other nearby towns include Swifts Creek, Ensay, and the major town of Bairnsdale.
Benarat 2005 Expedition The Benarat 2005 Expedition to Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak in Malaysia took place between September 8th and October 7th 2005. The expedition was the latest in a series of Anglo-Sarawak cooperative activities which commenced in 1977.
Benares Shoals Benares Shoals (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at , just 6 km West-North-West of ĂŽle Pierre of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters.
Benaroya Hall Benaroya Hall is 2500 seat performance venue in Seattle, Washington that is the home of the Seattle Symphony. Opened in September of 1998 at a cost of $120 million, Benaroya quickly became noted for its technology-infused acoustics, touches of luxury, and prominent location in a complex thoroughly integrated into downtown.
Benazepril Benazepril, brand name Lotensin®, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), congestive heart failure, and chronic renal failure. Upon cleavage of its ester group by the liver, benazepril is converted into its active form benazeprilat, a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.
Bené Roma Bené Roma ("Children of Rome") are the community of Jews who have historically resided in Italy. Despite a continuous presence for over 2000 years, the Italian Jewish community, also known as Italkim (Hebrew for "Italians"; pl.
Benbecula Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning "the mountain of the ford") is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,249, the majority of which are Roman Catholic.
Benben Benben, in Egyptian mythology, or more specifically, in the Ogdoad, is the mound that arose from the primordial waters, Nu, that had upon it Atum, sitting. It was said to have turned into a small pyramid, located in Annu, which was the place Atum was said to dwell within.
Bence Jones protein A Bence Jones protein is a protein often found in the blood and urine of patients with multiple myeloma. The proteins are immunoglobulin free light chains (paraproteins) and are produced by defective plasma cell function.
Bencomo Bencomo (or Benchomo) (died December 1495) was mencey or king of Taoro, a Guanche menceyato on the island of Tenerife. He fought in the First Battle of Acentejo, a victory for the Guanches against the invading Castilians, after having refused the terms of Alonso Fernández de Lugo, but later perished on the heights of San Roque during the Second Battle of Acentejo, alongside his brother Tinguaro.
Bencoolen Street Bencoolen Street (Chinese: 明古连街) is a street in Central, Singapore that starts at the junction of Rochor Road and Jalan Besar and ends at the junction of Fort Canning Road, Stamford Road and Orchard Road. The street houses several landmarks including Sim Lim Square, Bencoolen Mosque and Albert Complex.
Bend (heraldry) In heraldry, a bend is a colored band that runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower right. Writers differ in how much of the field they say it covers; most say approximately one-fifth, but some say it covers one-third if itself charged.
Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a British film released in 2002 and re-released in America in March, 2003, directed by Gurinder Chadha based on the screenplay she wrote with Paul Berges and Guljit Bindra. Since its release, the film was a box office success and has achieved a cult-like status.
Bend of Islands, Victoria Bend of Islands is a locality north-east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, and is located on the north bank of the Yarra River near the town of Yarra Glen. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik.
Bend Or Bend Or (1877-1903) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1880 edition of the Epsom Derby. His regular jockey Fred Archer, winner of thirteen consecutive British jockey titles, said Bend Or was probably the greatest horse he had ever ridden.
Bend radius Bend radius, which is measured to the inside curvature, is the minimum radius one can bend a pipe, tube, sheet, cable or hose to without kinking it, damaging it, or shortening its life. The smaller the bend radius, the greater is the material flexibility (as the radius of curvature decreases, the curvature increases).
Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. The name Bend was derived from "Farewell Bend," the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town eventually was platted, one of the few fordable points along the river.
Bendahara Bendahara is an ancient Malay position within a government, in the Malay World before the intervention of European powers during the 19th century. A bendahara was appointed by a sultan and was not a hereditary post.
Benday dots The Benday Dots printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Day, is similar to Pointillism. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely-spaced, widely-spaced or overlapping.
Bendectin Bendectin, a mixture of pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6), and doxylamine, is a drug prescribed to treat nausea and vomiting associated with morning sickness. It was voluntarily removed from the market in 1983 by its manufacturer, Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, following numerous lawsuits alleging that it caused birth defects.
Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station is a hydroelectric power station in the Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Bendeela has two 40 MW pump/turbine units, for a total of 80 MW electricity generating capacity.
Bendel Insurance FC Bendel Insurance Football Club, also known as Insurance of Benin Football Club, is a soccer club based in Benin City, Nigeria. They ended their 2004/5 season 12th in the 20-member Nigeria Premier League Their venue, Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium], has a capacity of some 20,000
Benden Weyr Benden Weyr is the second of eight (by the end of the 9th pass) Weyrs on the Planet on Pern in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. Benden Weyr was the second Weyr established, and was named for one of the Pern colony founders, Admiral Paul Benden.
Bender Qassim International Airport Bender Qassim International Airport , also known as Bossaso Airport or Bosasso Airport, is the second largest airport in Somalia. It is located on the outer edge of the city of Boosaaso at Longitude 49° 0' 30" E Latitude 11° 30' 0" N.
Bender-Gestalt Test The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test or simply the Bender-Gestalt test is a psychological test first developed by child neuropsychiatrist Lauretta Bender. The test is used to evaluate "visual-motor maturity", to screen for developmental disorders, or to assess neurological function or brain damage.
Benderli PaĹźa Benderli PaĹźa (Benderli Pasha) was the name of two Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire who were in office between 1821 and 1828. The name Benderli indicates their place of origin: the town of Bender (now Tighina in Moldova).
Benders The Benders were a Sydney jazz band who existed from 1983 to 1985. The band comprised Chris Abrahams (keyboards), Dale Barlow (sax on E), Jason Morphett (sax on False Laughter & Distance), Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Andrew Gander (drums).
Bendigo Petition The Bendigo Petition was an attempt by miners in the colony of Victoria to demand political representation and reasonable limits to taxation from Governor La Trobe, a representative of the British Government. In particular the miners requested reform of the license fee system that applied to miners on the gold fields.
Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. It has a steadily growing urban population of about 86,000 people which places it as the fourth largest urban centre in Victoria after Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat.
Bendis Bendis was a Thracian goddess of the hunt whom the Greeks identified with Artemis, and hence with the other two aspects of the former Minoan Triple Goddess, Hecate and Persephone. She was a huntress, like Artemis, but was accompanied by dancing satyrs and maenads on a fifth century red-figure stemless cup (at Verona).
Bendita Tu Luz "Bendita Tu Luz" (Blessed be your light in English) is a rock en español song, the second single released from Maná's seventh studio album, Amar es Combatir (2006). The song, which features Juan Luis Guerra on the vocals, became Maná's second consecutive number one hit on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.
Bendito infierno Bendito infierno (released as Sin noticias de Dios in Spain and in English as Don't Tempt Me) is a Mexico/Spain co-production. The screenplay for this comedy film was written especially for Penélope Cruz and Victoria Abril by the award-winning Spanish writer and director Agustín Díaz Yanes of Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto.
Bendix Aviation The Bendix Aviation Corporation, a manufacturer of aircraft parts, was started by inventor Vincent Bendix in 1929 as a continuation of his auto parts company. It was renamed to the Bendix Corporation in 1960, then acquired by the Allied Corporation (later Allied Signal) in 1983, and combined with the former King Radio company to make Bendix-King, which remains a major manufacturer of avionics, as a division of Honeywell.
Bendix trophy The Bendix Trophy is an aeronautical racing trophy. The transcontinental, point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the National Air Races.
Bendor Range The Bendor Range is a small but once-famous subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, about It is approximately 7,000 square kilometres (2,700 mi²) in area and about 40 km long (NW to SE) and about 18 km at its widest. It lies between Anderson Lake on the southeast and the Carpenter Lake Reservoir or the Bridge River Power Project on the north, with the gold-rich valley of Cadwallader Creek on its southwest.
Bendt Bendtsen Bendt Bendtsen (born March 25 1954) has been the leader of the Danish Conservative People's Party since August 5 1999. He has been the Minister of Trade and Industry since 27 November 2001, in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II.
Bene Ephraim The Bene Ephraim, (Hebrew: "Sons of Ephraim") also called Telugu Jews because they speak Telugu, are a small community of Jews living primarily in Kottareddipalem, a village outside Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, near the delta of the River Krishna.
Bene Gesserit The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or Arabic: see the origin of the name) are a key social, religious and political force in Frank Herbert's science fiction universe of Dune. It is described as a secretive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain powers and abilities that can easily be seen as magical to outsiders.
Bene Israel The Bene Israel (Hebrew: "Sons of Israel") are a group of Jews who migrated in the nineteenth century from west Maharashtra to the nearby Indian cities, primarily Mumbai, but also to Pune, Ahmadabad, and Karachi (Karachi later became a part of Pakistan). Prior to these waves of emigrations and to this day, the Bene Israel formed the largest sector of the subcontinent's Jewish population, and constitute the bulk of those sometimes referred to as Pakistani Jews.
Bene Tleilax The Bene Tleilax or Tleilaxu are an extremely xenophobic and isolationist society in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert in the Dune series of novels. The Bene Tleilax are genetic manipulators, equivalent in power to a major house in the Imperium.
Beneath Beneath is a thriller-horror film co-produced in a first time partnership between Paramount Classics (a Viacom subsidiary) and MTV Films (although both co-purchased the rights to Hustle & Flow the previous year). The film is directed by the newcomer Dagen Merrill, who co-wrote the script with Kevin Burke, and the list of producers include Sean Covel and Chris Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite, Think Thank), as well as Troy Craig Poon.
Beneath a Steel Sky Beneath a Steel Sky is a 1994 science fiction, more specifically cyberpunk, point and click adventure game. It featured comedy elements and was developed by Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment.
Beneath Nightmare Castle Beneath Nightmare Castle (ISBN 0-14-032238-8) is a single player roleplaying gamebook written by Peter Darvill-Evans, illustrated by Dave Carson and originally published in 1987. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 25 in the original Puffin printing and not yet included in the recent Wizard reissuing.
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens is a sexploitation satirical film starring Uschi Digart and Kitten Natividad written and directed by breast fetishist Russ Meyer. Released in 1979, this was Meyer's penultimate and most explicit film.
Benecol Benecol is a food product line marketed by McNeil Nutritionals intended to reduce dietary cholesterol. The active ingredients in Benecol products are plant stanol esters, added to base products including margarine-like spreads and yoghurt.
Benedek Broadcasting Benedek Broadcasting is a former television broadcaster, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. The company began operations in the early 1990s and was largely formed by their buyouts of Brisette Broadcasting and Stauffer Communications.
Beneden Merwede The Beneden Merwede is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, the continuation of the Boven Merwede after the branching-off of the Nieuwe Merwede ship canal. It flows from Hardinxveld-Giessendam to Dordrecht, where it splits into the Noord and Oude Maas rivers.
Benedetta Carlini Benedetta Carlini (1591-1661) was a Catholic mystic and lesbian nun, who lived in Counter-Reformation Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Judith Brown chronicled her life in Immodest Acts (1986), which discussed the events that led to her archival significance for historians of women's spirituality and lesbianism.
Benedetto Croce Benedetto Croce (February 25, 1866 - November 20, 1952) was an Italian critic, idealist philosopher, and politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy of history and aesthetics, and was a prominent liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade.
Benedetto I Zaccaria Benedetto I Zaccaria (circa 1235 – 1307), Genoese admiral, was the Lord of Phocea (from 1288) and first Lord of Chios (from 1304), the founder of Zaccaria fortunes in Byzantine and Latin Greece. He was, at different stages in his life, a diplomat, adventurer, mercenary, and statesman.
Benedetto Santapaola Benedetto Santapaola (Catania, June 4 1938), better known as Nitto is a prominent mafioso from Catania, the main city and industrial centre on Sicily's east coast. His nickname is il cacciatore (the hunter), because of his passion for shooting game.
Benedetto Spera Benedetto Spera (Belmonte Mezzagno, July 1, 1934) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia and the boss of the Belmonte Mezzagno Mafia family and the mandamento of Misilmeri in the province of Palermo. He was convicted in absentia for the killing of the two prominent anti-mafia judges Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone by car bomb, receiving life sentences.
Benedicamus Domino Benedicamus Domino (Latin for "Let us bless the Lord") is a closing salutation used in the Roman Mass instead of the Ite missa est in Masses which lack the Gloria (such as those during Lent). The response, said afterwards, is "Deo gratias" ("Thanks be to God").
Benedicite The Benedicite (also Benedicite, omnia opera or A Song of Creation) is a canticle that may be used in the Anglican liturgy of Morning Prayer. The text is either verses 35–65 or verses 35–66 of The Song of the Three.
Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for plotting to surrender the American fort at West Point, New York, to the British during the American Revolution.
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (March 21 1679- April 16 1715) was a British nobleman and politician. He was the second son of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore and became his father's heir upon the death of his elder brother, Cecil in 1681.
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (b. 1977) is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama, Hawking, for which he was nominated as Best Actor at the 2005 British Academy Television Awards.
Benedict Fitzgerald Benedict Fitzgerald (born 1949) is an American screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for The Passion of the Christ with Mel Gibson. His other writing credits include a television screenplay of Moby Dick in 1998 and Wise Blood in 1979.
Benedict Iroha Benedict Iroha (born November 29, 1969 in Aba) is a former Nigerian football (soccer) defender. Playing for the Nigerian national team, he was featured in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as when they won the 1994 African Nations Cup.
Benedict Jablonski Benedict Jablonski, aka Ben Jason, was a longtime science fiction fan and booster who co-designed the Hugo Award based on a rocket-shaped hood ornament from an Oldsmobile 88. He was also chairman of the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, Ohio at which Gene Roddenberry previewed the two-hour pilot of his new series, "Star Trek," for SF fans.
Benedict Jones Benedict Jones is a research psychologist and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen who studies the biological and social factors underlying face perception and preferences. Ben is particularly interested in how changes in hormone levels influence face preferences and how experience shapes the type of faces we consider attractive.
Benedict Joseph Labre Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (1748 – 1783) was a French mendicant and Roman Catholic saint. The oldest of fifteen children, he was born in Amettes, near Arras in the north of France, and was religious from a very early age.
Benedict Lust Benedict Lust, MD, DO, ND (February 3, 1872 - September 5, 1945), was the founder of naturopathic medicine in the first decade of the twentieth century, largely as a result of his healing experiences with Father Sebastian Kneipp.
Benedict Read Benedict William Read (born 1945, Seer Green, Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire) is an English art historian, the son of the eminent art critic and poet Sir Herbert Read. Usually known as Ben Read, he is the author of numerous books, essays and articles on nineteenth and twentieth century art history, and is probably the most authoritative writer on British Victorian sculpture alive today.
Benedict Sandiford Benedict Sandiford is a British actor who is best known for his role as son Neil on the British sitcom Barbara. He also made guest appearances on Heartbeat, Peak Practice, A Touch of Frost, Touching Evil, Pie in the Sky, Cadfael, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street.
Benedict the Moor St. Benedict ("The Moor") (1526 – April 4, 1589) was born of Christopher and Diana Manasseri, Africans who were taken to San Fratello (also known as San Fradello or San Philadelphio), Diocese of Messina, Sicily as slaves and later were converted to Christianity.
Benedict Vilakazi (soccer) Benedict Vilakazi (born August 9, 1982) is a football (soccer) player from South Africa who plays in central midfield for South African club side Orlando Pirates. He has been noted as one of the smallest current professional international footballers (standing at a mere 5'3") but makes up for this with a strong physical presence.
Benedict's reagent Benedict's reagent (also called Benedict's solution or Benedict's test) is a reagent consisting of hydrated copper sulfate used as a test for the presence of monosaccharides (such as glucose and fructose); it is also used for some disaccharides like maltose, or more generally for the presence of aldehydes, in a solution.
Benedictine (condiment) Benedictine is a condiment made with cucumbers and cream cheese. It is used to make cucumber sandwiches and was invented around the turn of the 20th Century by Jennie Carter Benedict, a caterer and restauranteur in Louisville, Kentucky.
Benedictine College Benedictine College is a small university in Atchison, Kansas. It is a dynamic Roman Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts, and residential college located on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River about forty-five minutes northwest of Kansas City, Kansas.
Benedictine High School (Ohio) Benedictine High School is a private, Roman Catholic, college preparatory high school for men, located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The school serves grades 9-12 and has an enrollment of over 420 young men for the 2005-2006 school year.
Benedictine Secondary School, Pannonhalma The Benedictine Secondary School of Pannonhalma is a boarding school for boys, one of the most distinguished secondary schools in Hungary, led by and situated next to the thousand-year-old Pannonhalma Benedictine Archabbey.
Benedicto Kiwanuka Benedicto Kabimu Mugumba Kiwanuka (May 1922 - September 22, 1972) was the first Prime Minister of Uganda, leader of the Democratic Party (Uganda) and one of the early leaders that led the country in the transition between colonial British rule and independence. He was murdered by Idi Amin's regime in 1972.
Benedictum Benedictum is a heavy metal/progressive metal band from San Diego, California, currently having released their debut album and in preparation to go on tour. It was originally formed by vocalist Veronica Freeman and guitarist Pete Wells after the end of their earlier band Malady.
Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three great canticles in the opening chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis. The Benedictus was the song of thanksgiving uttered by Zachary (Zacharias or common modern English spelling: Zechariah) on the occasion of the birth of his son, Saint John the Baptist.
Benedikt *Benedikt is a spelling of the name Benedict used in several languages, notably German, but also all the Scandinavian languages and a number of Slavic languages like Bosnian, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, as well as Turcic.
Benedikt Eppelsheim Benedikt Eppelsheim is a world-renowned German manufacturer of high- and low-voiced saxophones, the soprillo and tubax, which are available exclusively from him. He also makes bass saxophones, contrabass saxophones, and contrabass clarinets.
Benedikt Sarnov Benedikt Sarnov (born 1927) is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer old enough to have vivid memories of the Stalin period. His entire career in the Soviet period involved a struggle between what he wanted to publish and what would pass the censors' vigilant eye.

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