The Balwen Welsh Mountain is a breed of Welsh mountain sheep. The Balwen has a base colour of black/ brown or dark grey, with a white blaze on the face, four white feet and a half white tail. The name Balwen is derived from the Welsh phraseBal meaning white blaze. It is thought farmers over the years used the Balwen as landmarks on the hills as a means of recognizing ones flock. By whatever means, the Balwen has been preserved by the continued belief of committed enthusiasts that the Welsh Mountain is a 'sheep for all seasons'. For many years the Balwen was confined to an area of central Wales on the borders of the old counties of Cardigan, Brecon and Carmarthen. The catchment area of the river Tywi, north of Rhandirmwyn (now the Llyn Brianne Dam) was the breeding grounds for the Balwen sheep, and the ancestry of all Balwens can be traced back to the Tywi valley. The
Balwen Welsh Mountain Sheep is a small very hardy breed. They are easy to manage having very few health problems associated with many of the larger breeds. They have excellent feet requiring little attention and can get by with only the minimum of feeding at peak times of the year. The Balwen is an excellent mother, having very few lambing problems with plenty of milk capable of rearing twin lambs under the right circumstances. Research Balwen Welsh Mountain More information about Balwen Welsh Mountain
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian patriot. He was born in 1856 at Batnagiri and died in 1920. Born of the Brahmancaste of Chitpavans, he was educated at the Deccan college, became a lawyer and in 1880 founded two newspapers, The Mahratta, printed in English and The Kesari printed in a local language. From his newspapers he attacked British occupation of India and appealed for independence. He was imprisoned by the British for sedition, and in 1908 following violent resistance among his supporters to the British occupation, he was sentenced to six years' transportation. In 1918 he went to Britain to prosecute his action against Sir Valentine Chirol claiming defamation contained in articles written by Chirol. Research Bal Tilak
BAL is an abbreviation for British Anti-Lewisite.
BAL is an abbreviation for Balance
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Bagatelle is a game played on a long flat board or table, varying in length between six and teen feet and in breadth from 1.5 to 3 feet, with a semicircular far end, covered with cloth like a billiard-table. The game is played with spherical balls and a cue or mace. At the end of the board or table are nine cups or sockets of just sufficient size to receive the balls. These sockets are arranged in the form of a regular octagon or a circle, with the ninth in the middle, and are numbered from one upwards, the center socket being numbered nine.
Nine balls are used, generally one black, four white, and four red, the distinction between white and red being made only for the sake of variety. In the ordinary game, at starting, the black ball is placed on a point in the longitudinal middle line of the board, a few inches in front of the nearest of the sockets, and the player places one of his eight balls on a corresponding point at the other end of the board, and tries to strike the black ball into one of the sockets with his own. After this his objective is to place as many of his balls as possible in the sockets. Each ball so placed counts as many as the socket is numbered for, and the black ball always counts double. He who first makes the number of points agreed on wins.
In the typical Edwardian game of bagatelle, eight white balls and one red ball were used. The red ball being placed on a spot in the center of the table, about a foot closer to the baulk than the nearest socket. Each player then took a turn to strike each of the white balls from the baulk, the first ball being played on to the red bal, with the objective of lodging every ball in a socket and scoring the values indicated by each socket, the red ball counting double points.
The name bagatelle is also applied to similar variations of the game with a smaller board in which small balls about the size of a marble are propelled along a channel at the side with the objective of having them catch in cups or sockets, each of which is numbered with a value of points, arranged over the surface of the board. Research Bagatelle
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