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Tacit Blue - Home to the homepage of Electronic Space Music group, Tacit Blue. -Two new short films featuring the music of Tacit Blue are up on the " As a point of reference, our brand of "New Age" is in the vein of Tangerine Dream, Steve Roach, Michael Stearns, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. www.moviephile.com /tacitblue

SDNHM: Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) The blue shark is also called the blue whaler or great blue shark. The blue shark has a long, slender body -- up to 12.5 feet -- with a pointed snout. Its upper body is dark blue, the sides are bright blue, and the belly is nearly white. www.sdnhm.org /kids/sharks/shore-to-sea/blue.html

Large blue butterflies Much of the research at the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus on large blue butterflies is done in collaboration with other research groups, particularly the other members of the EU-TMR network on social evolution. At the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus we are investigating how the Alcon blue is able to use different host ants, and what consequences this may have for the evolution and conservation of large blue butterflies. The species of large blue butterfly we study at the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus is the Alcon blue ( Maculinea alcon). www.zi.ku.dk /personal/drnash/atta/Pages/LargeBl.html

Flag of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Additionally, the blue saltire on white design is featured on the Coat of Arms of Nova Scotia, Canada and its flag, but the blue used for Nova Scotia is generally a light blue. At various times colours as light as sky blue or as dark as dark navy have been used (a selection apparently motivated by which colour of blue dye was cheapest at the time), although recent versions have largely converged on the official recommendation of Pantone 300. The Saltire, the flag of Scotland, with a traditional "sky blue" coloured field. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Scotland   (452 words)

Bromothymol blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bromothymol blue, also known as bromthymol blue, is a chemical indicator for weak acids and bases. The bromothymol blue acts as a weak acid in solution and therefore can be in acid or base forms which appear yellow and blue respectively. Bromothymol blue can also be used to determine the presence of carbon dioxide. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bromothymol_blue   (194 words)

Blue Beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He would be shown later in the title in a blue beetle armor outfit, powered by the mystic scarab, working with Batman's team, before being killed with most of the other heroes at the end. Motion picture and radio actor Frank Lovejoy was the Blue Beetle for the first 13 episodes, while for the rest of the shows the actor was uncredited. Blue Beetle "Origin," first show on May 15, 1940 en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Beetle   (2018 words)

Blue Ball, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Ball was annexed by nearby Middletown, Ohio in 1993. Blue Ball straddles the line between Butler and Warren Counties and was in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio and Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio. Blue Ball, Ohio is a semi-ghost town in southwestern Ohio that was established in 1820 at the intersection of the Dixie Highway (later U.S. Highway 25) and what became State Route 122. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Ball,_Ohio   (227 words)

About Xerces Close relatives of the Xerces Blue utilize Deerweed and various lupine species at many locations in the western United States. Xerces was a small butterfly, the upper wing surfaces iridescent blue-violet in the male, brown in the female. It was of great interest to lepidopterists due to the remarkable variation in wing pattern; indeed, some of these varieties were originally considered to represent distinct species, until it was observed that the various forms readily interbred. www.xerces.org /Xerces.htm   (227 words)

Vida Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue also made a name and career after baseball for himself in the San Francisco Bay Area by donating his time to many charitable causes, mostly promoting baseball in the inner city. Blue declined, stating that his given name, Vida, meant "life," and that his mother was fond of it. Blue had a 24-8 record in 1971; he also struck out 301 batters, winning both the Cy Young and MVP awards. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vida_Blue   (384 words)

Soldier Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soldier Blue is an American western movie made in 1970 and directed by Ralph Nelson. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soldier_Blue   (194 words)

Blue roof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A blue roof is a rooftop waterplay area in which water runoff is used to irrigate a green roof, or to cool the roof of a building on hot days, in order to eliminate or at least reduce the HVAC load placed on mechanical refrigeration equipment. Blue roofs are often privately owned, and make efficient use of the otherwise very limited space available in the urban core of a highly populated city. A blue roof is an urban beach located on a roof, with the added requirement that water runoff serves at least one other secondary role (cooling, irrigation, etc.). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_roof   (194 words)

Blue Riband - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Blue Riband of the North Atlantic, westbound and eastbound holders, greatships.net; [2] For example, in athletics the Blue Riband short distance event is the 100 m sprint, while the middle distance version would be the mile or 1500 m. The Blue Riband is an award held by the ship with the record for a transatlantic crossing. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Riband   (384 words)

Operation Blue Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Operation Blue Star (June 4 to June 6, 1984) was the Indian military attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest temple of the Sikh religion. Operation Bluestar was followed by Operation Woodrose, in which the Indian government expanded their operations in Punjab and arrested and killed many thousands of Sikh militants and many innocent civilians. Operation Bluestar is widely regarded in India and the international community as a military embarrassment, poorly conducted and managed. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Blue_Star   (1456 words)

Blue Moves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Moves is the eleventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Moves   (264 words)

Blue Mosque Photo Gallery by Serena Bowles at pbase.com Blue Mosque Photo Gallery by Serena Bowles at pbase.com all galleries >> Africa >> The Trip >> Turkey >> Istanbul >> Blue Mosque The Blue Mosque - or to call it by it's proper name, Sultan Ahmet Camii - is one of Turkey's most famous landmarks. www.pbase.com /serenab/blue_mosque   (264 words)

Encyclopedia: Blue Mosque The mosque became known in the west as the Blue Mosque because of the predominantly blue colouring of paintwork of the interior. This blue paint was, however, not part of the mosque's original decor and it is being progressively removed. The mosque is also only a short distance from the shore of the Bosphorus, and from the sea its domes and minarets dominate the skyline of the old part of the city, as was its builders' intention. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blue-Mosque   (264 words)

Blue giant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In astronomy, a blue giant is a star with a spectral type of O or B and class of III (giant). Blue giant is a misused term, as giant implies an advanced evolutionary state. Other blue giants are merely misclassified hydrogen fusing dwarf stars, such as Spica or the Pleiades, their exceptional brightness making earlier astronomers believe they were elderly giants and the classification has simply stuck. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_giant   (272 words)

Blue Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom. Thus, after 1864, the plain blue ensign is permitted to be worn, instead of the Red Ensign, by two categories of civilian vessel: First, British merchant vessels whose officers and crew include a certain number of retired Royal Navy personnel, or Royal Navy reservists. Permission for yachts to wear the blue ensign (and other special yachting ensigns) was suspended during both World War I and World War II. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Ensign   (650 words)

Cornflower blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cornflower blue is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue. Cornflowers, (Centaurea cyanus) are among the few "blue" flowers that are truly blue, most "blue" flowers being blue-purple. The novelist Chuck Palahniuk has claimed that the color cornflower blue appears at least once in each of his books. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornflower_blue   (134 words)

Common Blue -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a small (Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings) butterfly in the family (Family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs) Lycaenidae. The wings or the male are iridescent blue with a white fringe. In some areas the females have a blue colouration to the wings. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/common_blue.htm   (283 words)

Code Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Code blue is almost universally used to represent a real or suspected imminent loss of life - the patient has stopped breathing and his/her heart has stopped beating. Code Blue is a technical, jargon term for medical emergencies in the United States. During an incident, the term "bomb threat" is not to be used, instead it must be referred to as an "incident" or a "code blue." This is due to the negativity of the term Bomb Threat, and it will lead to less panic through the crowd. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Code_Blue   (335 words)

Bonnie Blue Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1836, the Bonnie Blue Flag served as the inspiration for the original Flag of Texas, known as the "Burnet Flag". The Bonnie Blue Flag, a single white star on a blue field, was the flag of the short-lived Republic of West Florida. An Ulster immigrant named Harry McCarthy was present, and later wrote "The Bonnie Blue Flag" ("bonnie" being a Scottish word meaning "beautiful") which became a popular marching song, and led to the flag being used as an unofficial flag of the Confederate States of America. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bonnie_Blue_Flag   (422 words)

Blue Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. The Blue Whale is the second loudest animal in the world (the loudest is the sperm whale [1]). Before whaling the largest population (202,000 to 311,000) was in the Antarctic but now the largest concentrations are in the North-East Pacific, the Antarctic, and the Indian Ocean, none of which contain more than a few thousand blue whales. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Whale   (3170 words)

Water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Water (from the Old English word wæter; c.f German "Wasser", from PIE *wod-or, "water") is a tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless (it has a slight hint of blue) substance in its pure form that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the most universal solvent. Water is a very good solvent, chemically not unlike ammonia, and dissolves many types of substances, such as various salts and sugar, and facilitates their chemical interaction, which aids complex metabolisms. Polluting water may be the biggest single misuse of water; to the extent that a pollutant limits other uses of the water, it becomes a waste of the resource, regardless of benefits to the pollutor. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Water   (2606 words)

Blue vitriol - Definition of Blue vitriol - Blue vitriol in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. Blue water, the open ocean. Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/Blue+vitriol   (2606 words)

Blue straggler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue straggler stars appear to violate standard theories of stellar evolution, in which all stars born at the same time should lie on a clearly defined curve in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with their positions on that curve determined solely by their initial mass. Blue stragglers are stars in open or globular clusters that are hotter and bluer than other cluster stars having the same luminosity. However, the measurement of pulsations is very difficult, given the scarcity of variable blue stragglers, the small photometric amplitudes of their pulsations, and the crowded fields the stars are often found in. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_straggler   (334 words)

Blue Shark, Prionace glauca Baby Blue Sharks are nourished via a yolk sac placenta, and are born at a length of 35-50cm. The Blue Shark has a conical snout, a circular eye, and a long pectoral fin. The Blue Shark is recognised by its distinctively coloured slender body with a conical snout, and long, scythe-like pectoral fins. www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/pglauca.htm   (334 words)

Rail Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue was introduced in various experimental forms ('Chromatic Blue' and 'Electric Blue') and with various stripes before settling down to a standard colour scheme known as 'rail blue' in 1966. Carriages were painted in Rail Blue with a pale grey area at window level, separated by a white band. During the Rail Blue period, locomotives were painted in a solid Rail Blue with warning yellow ends. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_Blue   (366 words)

Blue Peter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. Many items from Blue Peter's history have passed into television legend, especially moments when things have gone wrong, such as the much-repeated clip of Lulu the elephant (from a 1969 edition) who defecated on the studio floor and then proceeded to attempt an exit, dragging her keeper along the ground behind her. The presenters also maintain the famous Blue Peter Garden, adjacent to Television Centre, which was originally designed by Percy Thrower. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Peter   (2168 words)

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