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11 unusual facts about BAC


Bač

Bač pri Materiji, a settlement in the Municipality of Hrpelje–Kozina

Bač, Ilirska Bistrica, a village in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica

Bač Municipality

Bač Municipality, former municipality in the Republic of Macedonia.

Bač, Serbia

In 1154, the Arab geographer Idrisi wrote that Bač is a rich town with many merchants and craftsmen, a place with a lot of wheat and many "Greek scholars" which could refer to Orthodox priests and monks.

Bačka

The name of "Bač" (Bács) town itself is of uncertain origin and its existence was recorded among Vlachs, Slavs and Hungarians in the Middle Ages.

Bertrada of Laon

Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), (between 710 and 727 – July 12, 783, Choisy) was a Frankish queen.

Frederick Page

When British Aerospace was formed, when BAC merged with Hawker Siddeley and Scottish Aviation, he was Chairman and Chief Executive from 1977 until 1982, when he retired.

Polony sequencing

Also, it is a very flexible technique that enables variable application including BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) and bacterial genome resequencing, as well as SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) tag and barcode sequencing.

Ronald Cartland

He was killed near Berry-au-Bac, France, in 1918, just five months before the Armistice.

Vickers Limited

Vickers brand aircraft were produced from 1911 to until 1965, when BAC ended the name.

Vickers brand aircraft were produced from 1911 to until 1965, when BAC ended the name.


2003 Istanbul bombings

Ilhan admitted that he and two other suspected ringleaders — Habib Akdaş and Gurcan Bac — were responsible; Ilhan referred to himself as ‘an al-Qaeda warrior'.

An Thắng

An Thắng, Bắc Kạn, a rural commune (xã) of Pác Nặm District, Bắc Kạn Province

Bac Beag

Lying south of Lunga with its sister island of Bac Mor, it forms the south western end of the island chain.

Beag simply means small (as opposed to Bac Mòr, its larger sister), but Bac can mean a "bank", or also an "obstacle" or "hindrance".

Behind are the low flat island of Fladda and the tallest island, Lunga, which obscures Bac Mòr and Bac Beag beyond.

BAC Three-Eleven

BAC was thought to have welcomed such encouragement, not being part of the European Airbus (as distinct from Hawker Siddeley) and having little airliner work for the future as the 1-11 project wound down.

Bacha

Colocasia gigantea, also known as "bac ha", a Southeast Asian vegetable.

Baryshnikov Arts Center

The first artist in residence with the BAC was Aszure Barton in May 2005, and the administrative offices opened in November 2005.

Basutoland Congress Party

The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo.

Battle of Ap Bac

Despite the initial success of the Strategic Hamlet Program and the intensified military operations of 1962, the events at Ap Bac placed additional pressure on Diem's government because it showed it could not cope with the resurgence of the Viet Cong, particularly in the regions surrounding the Mekong River.

Belger Arts Center

Extensive holdings of works by Jasper Johns, William Christenberry, Renee Stout, Robert Stackhouse, Terry Winters, Terry Allen, Don Reitz, and William Wiley allow the BAC to loan complete retrospectives of those artists to museums around the country.

Bohol Island State University

These were the: Bohol Agriculture College (BAC) in Bilar; Bohol School of Arts and Trade (BSAT)in Tagbilaran City; Bohol School of Fisheries (BSF) in Cogtong, Candijay; Clarin School of Fisheries (CSF) in Clarin; and Calape National School of Fisheries (CNFS)in Calape.

Botswana Accountancy College

BAC has two main campuses; the main campus being located in Gaborone, and the secondary one in Francistown.

British Aircraft Corporation

In December 1967, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, the Minister of Technology, while reiterating his desire to see a merged BAC and HSA, admitted it would not be possible.

Bruno Amoroso

Amoroso is president of the Federico Caffè Study Centre, Roskilde University; professor at the International University Bac Ha of Hanoi, Vietnam; guest professor at the University of Calabria (Italy), La Sapienza, Rome; Atalim (Ankara), Bari, and other universities.

Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The province was formed in 1900, and has monasteries throughout northern Croatia, as well as in Subotica, Bač, Novi Sad and Zemun, Serbia.

Cronobacter

Cronobacter (Cro.no.bac'ter) is from the Greek noun Cronos (Κρόνος), one of the Titans of mythology, who swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born, and the New Latin masculine noun bacter, a rod, resulting in the N.L. masc.

Cửa Bắc Church

In November, 2006, the Cua Bac Catholic Church became the venue of joint worship service of the Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants with participation of the United States President George W. Bush, who was on an official visit to Vietnam.

Georges Darien

Georges-Hippolyte Adrien was born at 46, Rue du Bac in Paris, to linen draper Honoré-Charles-Emile Adrien, born in 1822 in the Charente, and Françoise-Sidonie Adrien, née Chatel.

Orange Cinéma Séries

Content is provided by exclusive contracts with Warner Bros., HBO, MGM and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts with Gaumont, SND, BAC and Wild Side.

Paris By Night 91

2. Trích Đoạn: "Con Đường Cái Quan: Từ Miền Bắc" (Phạm Duy) - Thế Sơn, Bằng Kiều, Quang Lê, Trần Thái Hòa, Dương Triều Vũ & Trịnh Lam, Quỳnh Vi

Paul Blackman

Many writers, actors and company’s developed their work at BAC during Blackmans tenure included Theatre de Complicite, Ridiculusmus, Clod Ensemble, Told by an Idiot, The Right Size, Talking Pictures, Trestle, Phil Wilmot and the Steam Industry, Jack Shepherd, Arthur Smith, Joe Penhall, Adrian Lester, Douglas Hodge, Paul Merton, Caroline Quentin and Ken Campbell.

RAF Binbrook

On 8 September 1970, Captain William Schaffner, an American exchange pilot flying BAC Lightnings with 5 Squadron, took off from Binbrook in the plane XS894 at 22:06, armed with two Red Top air-to-air missiles.

Somain, Nord

Somain was previously served by the following rail lines: Somain - Péruwelz, Aubigny-au-Bac - Somain, Somain - Halluin via Orchies, Somain - Douai (Nord), and Somain - Douai (Sud).

Sturge–Weber syndrome

Latanoprost is commercially formulated as an aqueous solution in a concentration of 0.005% preserved with 0.02% benzalkonium chloride (BAC).

Thang

Thắng, a township in Hiệp Hoà District, Bac Giang Province, Vietnam

Thông Biện

The four monks mentioned are Mo Luo Qi Yu (Ma Ha Kỳ Vực) Kang Senghui (Khương Tăng Hội), Zhi Jiang Liang (Chi Cương Lương), and Mou Bo (Mâu Bác, i.e. :vi:Mâu Tử) author of the Mouzi Lihuolun (Lý Hoặc Luận).

Yên Định

Yên Định, Bắc Giang in Sơn Động District, Bắc Giang Province, Vietnam