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Bak
Bak or BAK may refer to: Computer * Bak file * ''Betrayal at Krondor'', a DOS-based role-playing video game * Bill and keep reciprocal payment in telecommunications systems Acronyms * Bcl-2 homologous antagonist killer, a protein involved in pro-apoptotic action * Biking Across Kansas * Basic Aeronautical Knowledge Places * Bäk, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany * Bąk (other), several places in Poland * Bak District, Afghanistan * Bak, Hungary * Bäk, Khost Province, Afghanistan * Bak, South Khorasan, Iran People * Aad Bak (1926–2009), Dutch football player * Arkadiusz Bąk (born 1974), Polish football player * Bąk (surname), Polish surname * Jacek Bąk (born 1973), Polish football player * Justyna Bąk (born 1974), Polish long-distance runner * Mateusz Bąk (born 1983), Polish football player * Nisan Bak or Nissan Beck (1815–1889), Hasidic leader, moderniser and printer in Jerusalem; son of Israel Bak * Per Bak (1948–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heydar Aliyev Airport
Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of Baku. On 10 March 2004, the airport was renamed after president Heydar Aliyev. The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Azerbaijan capital Baku, connected to the city by a highway. The airport serves as the hub for national carriers Azerbaijan Airlines and Buta Airways. Facilities Terminals The airport consists of two passenger terminals, Terminal 1 being the newer one, and two cargo terminals. Terminal 1 Terminal 1 was commissioned in April 2014. Its total area is 65,000 square meters. The terminal is designed for 6 million passengers per year. It currently serves up to 3 million passengers annually. The total parking area is 20,000 square meters for 600 vehicles. The airport has a wide range of shops, restaurants, cafés, and duty-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bak File
In computing, ".bak" is a filename extension commonly used to signify a backup, backup copy of a computer file, file. When a program is about to overwrite an existing file (for example, when the user saves the document they are working on), the program may first make a copy of the existing file, with .bak appended to the filename. This common .bak naming scheme makes it possible to retrieve the original contents of the file in case of a failed write that corrupts the file, which could be caused by an Crash (computing), operating system crash, power outage, or disk space exhaustion. Without the backup file, an unsuccessful write event may truncate a file, meaning it cuts off the file at a position, or leaves a blank file. In practice, this could cause a written document to become incomplete or get lost, a multimedia project file (e.g. from a video editor) to become unparseable, and user preferences being reset to default. In a similar manner, a user may also manually make a copy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Bak
Stéphane Bak (born 19 September 1996) is a Franco-Congolese actor and comedian. He was showcased as "The youngest comedian in France," in 2012. As an actor his most notable film roles include Christopher Barratier's '' Team Spirit'', David Moreau's ''Alone'', and Paul Verhoeven’s award-winning '' Elle''. More recently, Bak has starred in André Téchiné’s ''Farewell to the Night'' and Joël Karekezi’s ''The Mercy of the Jungle''. Early life Bak was born in Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis. Bak is of Congolese origin; his father is a delivery driver and his mother is a receptionist, and he has four brothers and sisters. In 2011, he was expelled from high school and forced to take correspondence courses. He was authorised by the French Department of Social Affairs to start working at the age of 14. Career Bak started his career as a stand-up comedian in December 2010, performing in the small clubs of Paris, most notably at Le Palace and at Théâtre Trévise. In 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Bak
Samuel Bak ( he, שמואל בק; born 12 August 1933) is a Lithuanian-American painter and writer who survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel in 1948. Since 1993, he has lived in the United States. Biography Samuel Bak was born in Wilno (Vilnius), Second Polish Republic, on August 12, 1933. Bak was recognized from an early age as having artistic talent. He describes his family as secular, but proud of their Jewish identity. By 1939, when Bak was six years old, World War II began, and the city of Vilnius was transferred from Poland to Lithuania. When Vilnius was occupied by the Germans on June 24, 1941, Bak and his family were forced to move into the ghetto. At the age of nine, he held his first exhibition inside the ghetto. Bak and his mother sought refuge in a Benedictine convent where a Catholic nun named Maria Mikulska tried to help them. After returning to the ghetto, they were deported to a forced labour camp, but took shelter again in the convent where they remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAK (magazine)
''Bak'' is an online, bilingual (English and Turkish), visual arts magazine, first published on 1 January 2006. Published monthly, it features interviews with well-known graphic designers, illustrators, painters, film directors, photographers, 3D artists and sculptors and selected artworks from thousands of contributors all over the world. It is accessible on mobile platforms through its mobile edition. Features The magazine is published in its two official languages (English and Turkish). It has an editorial aim of distributing works by enthusiasts to encourage sharing of ideas, interviewing globally well-known artists for expanding knowledge, and to fill the gap in the number of free-to-read, online, arts magazines. It has offices in Los Angeles and Istanbul. Issues Each ''Bak'' issue has an individual theme. The contributors from all around the world submit their artworks related to that theme and the selected ones are picked for publication. Bak has 17 released issues so f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biking Across Kansas
Biking Across Kansas (BAK) is an annual recreational and social rally for bicyclists across the state of Kansas, United States. The first Biking Across Kansas took place in June 1975 and has been held annually each year since. The route varies and has traversed all 105 counties of the state. More than 800 bicyclists from Kansas and other states participate each year. The event was founded and organized by Larry and Norma Christie from 1975 through 2001. Charlie Summers served as organizer in 2002 through 2012. In 2013, Biking Across Kansas became a 501c3 non-profit organization, overseen by a board of directors working with an executive director. Stefanie Weaver currently serves as executive director. 2023 BAK BAK 2023: June 19-17, 2023. This 539-mile, eight-day tour begins at the Colorado border near Elkhart, Kansas and ends at the Missouri border near Pleasanton, Kansas. Overnight stops include Satanta, Spearville, Stafford, Newton, Eureka, Chanute, and Garnett. 2022 BAK The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Bąk
Jacek Waldemar Bąk (; born 24 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Other than his country, he competed in France, Qatar and Austria, notably appearing in more than 150 competitive games for Lyon and contributing to win the 2002 national championship. Bąk represented Poland for 15 years, appearing for the nation in two World Cups and Euro 2008. Since 2004 he is a French citizen. Club career Born in Lublin, Bąk made his senior debuts with local Motor Lublin aged just 16, moving to Lech Poznań two years later. In the 1992–93 season, he contributed with 28 games to help the latter club win its third national championship in four years. Bąk signed for Olympique Lyonnais in the 1995 summer, going on to spend one full decade in the French Ligue 1 with that team and RC Lens, joining the latter in January 2002. The sides he played for during that campaign finished in first and second position. Bąk retired in June 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAK (Austria)
The Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung (''Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption''), abbreviated BAK, was established as of January 1, 2010 at the Ministry of the Interior. It is the succeeding institution of the hitherto existing (Bureau for Internal Affairs) (BIA), that had to be reorganized. Organization The BAK is organized outside the section II of the Directorate General for Public Security (GDföS) and is primarily responsible to anticipate, prevent and combat corruption. Furthermore, there is a close cooperation with the ''Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft'' (State Prosecutor against white collar crime and corruption), abbreviated ''WKSta''. These include international police cooperation, assistance and cooperation with the competent bodies of the European Union and with the investigating authorities of the EU Member States. There is also contact person for OLAF, Interpol, Europol and other similar international orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bak District
Bäk District ( ps, باک ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی باک) is situated in the northern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Tere Zayi District to the south, Sabari District to the west, Zazi Maydan District to the north, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan to the east. According to Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), the 2020 estimated population of the district was 24,977 people. The district center is the village of Bäk, located in the southern part close to the border with Tere Zayi District. See also *Districts of Afghanistan The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' ( ps, ولسوالۍ, ''wuləswāləi''; fa, شهرستان, ''shahrestān'') are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first d ... References External links AIMS District MapMeeting in Bak district [Image 1 of 6 (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Jan. 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bak
Thomas Tadeus Bak is a German visual artist, art director, writer and composer, mainly known for his work in photography. Biography Bak was born on April 20, 1978 in Szczecin, Northern Poland. In 1981 his parents emigrated over Denmark to the Federal Republic of Germany and settled in Bremen in 1983. He was entitled as "Germany’s Youngest Draughtsman" at the age of eleven due to his first publication in a German graphic magazine for mature readers and elected twice as the "Official Graphic Designer of the Hochschule fuer Kuenste Bremen" during his studies of Book/Graphic Design and Photography at this university. Bak worked as an art director in European design studios and advertising agencies before he began to lecture the ''Photographic Master Class'' of the IAA (International Academy of Arts) at the age of twenty-seven in Germany, France and Poland. His works are featured in various releases for the music industry, including publications of former Bauhaus vocalist Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakau LRT Station
Bakau LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Sengkang LRT line East Loop in Rivervale, Sengkang, Singapore along Rivervale Drive between the junctions of Rivervale Street and Sengkang East Way. It is located near North Spring Primary School. Etymology The ''bakau'' (Malay for mangrove tree) wood was popularly used as a building foundation Foundation may refer to: * Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization ** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. ** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause .... The word "bakau" brings the idea of strong foundation. History The station opened on 18 January 2003, along with the rest of the Sengkang LRT line East Loop. References External links * 2003 establishments in Singapore Railway stations opened in 2003 Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations LRT stations in Sengkang {{Singapore-LRT-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betrayal At Krondor
''Betrayal at Krondor'' is an MS-DOS-based role-playing video game developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line in the summer of 1993 in video gaming, 1993. ''Betrayal at Krondor'' takes place largely in Midkemia, the fantasy literature, fantasy world developed by Raymond E. Feist in his ''Riftwar'' novels. The game is designed to resemble a book, separated into chapters and narrated in the third-person with a quick-save bookmark feature. Although neither the dialog nor narrative were written by Feist himself, the game is considered canon, having been novelized as ''Krondor: The Betrayal'' five years later. Events in the game were also written into the ''Riftwar'' novels. PyroTechnix completed a sequel, ''Return to Krondor'', which was released by Sierra in 1998. Its protracted development experienced development hell, considerable delay, and the finished product was not nearly as warmly received as ''Betrayal''. GOG.com released an Emulator, emulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
