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Foss Dyke The Foss Dyke, or Fosse Dyke, is the oldest canal in England, constructed by the Romans around 120 AD and still in use. It connects the Trent at Torksey to the Witham at Lincoln, and is about 18 km (11mi) long.
Foss, Oklahoma Foss is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. During World War II, the town boasted a population of over 300 residents, relying primarily on Route 66 travellers (which passed half a mile south of the city) and a U.
Fossa (geology) Fossa is a term used in planetary geology to describe a long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. The term, which means "ditch" or "trench" in Latin, is not a geological term as such but is used in the naming of particular features, such as the Cerberus Fossae on Mars.
Fossa hypophyseos In the sphenoid bone, behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellæ; and still more posteriorly, a deep depression, the sella turcica, the deepest part of which lodges the hypophysis cerebri and is known as the fossa hypophyseos (or fossa hypophysialis).
Fossar de les Moreres The Fossar de les Moreres is a memorial plaza in Barcelona, (Catalonia), adjacent to the basilica Santa Maria del Mar. It therefore integrates the quotidian elements of use with a commemorative gesture to the fallen Catalonians in the war of 1714 in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Fosse Way The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum).
Fossegrim In Scandinavian folklore, the fossegrim (plural fossegrimen) is a supernatural spirit or troll said to live under a waterfall (foss). He is known to be an exceptionally talented Hardanger fiddle player who plays all sounds of nature.
Fossil Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record.
Fossil birds Birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that the former survived the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event and the latter did not. For the purposes of this article, a 'bird' is considered to be any member of the clade Aves.
Fossil Butte National Monument Fossil Butte National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located 15 miles west of Kemmerer, Wyoming; the national monument was founded on October 23, 1972. The site preserves one of the richest fossil deposits in the world, a 50-million-year-old lake bed.
Fossil collecting Fossil collecting can be a very relaxing and rewarding hobby. There are no special rules about where one may find fossils, and you can find fossils in many places where sedimentary rocks are exposed, such as clays, shales, limestones, and sandstones.
Fossil Creek Fossil Creek is a perennial river in central Arizona. The headwaters of the creek begin at Fossil Springs, a rare and powerful spring in Arizona, which produces upwards of one million gallons of water per hour.
Fossil group Fossil Galaxy Groups, fossil Groups, or fossil clusters are believed to be the end-result of galaxy merging within a normal galaxy group, leaving behind the X-ray halo. Galaxies within a group interact and merge.
Fossorial A fossorial is an organism that is adapted to digging and life underground such as the badger, the naked mole rat, and the mole salamanders Ambystomatidae. It is most commonly used as an adjective to describe the habit of living underground, even if the physical adaptations are minimal - thus, most bees and many wasps are called "fossorial Hymenoptera", and a great many rodents are considered fossorial.
Foster (crater) Foster is a small lunar crater that lies to the southeast of the larger Joule crater, on the far side of the Moon. The rim of Foster is slightly eroded, and the narrow inner walls slope directly down to the relatively dark interior floor.
Foster and Partners Foster and Partners is a leading firm of architects in the United Kingdom. The practice is strongly associated with its founder, Norman Foster, now Lord Foster, and has constructed many high profile glass and steel, high-tech buildings around the world.
Foster Auditorium Foster Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was built in 1939 and has been used for Alabama basketball, women's sports (in the 1970s and 1980s), graduations, lectures, concerts, and other large gatherings, including registration.
Foster Brooks Foster Brooks (born Louisville, Kentucky, 11 May 1912; died Encino, California, 20 December, 2001) was an American actor and comedian who was most famous for his ongoing portrayal of a drunken man in Las Vegas nightclub performances and television programs.
Foster Business Library The Foster Business Library is the business library at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, serving the 3,500 students, faculty, and staff of the University of Washington Business School. The library, which opened in 1997, is located under a garden, beneath an eighty-foot long skylight, on two floors, adjacent to and connected with Balmer Hall and the Bank of America Executive Education Center.
Foster Care Support Foundation Foster Care Support Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides clothing, toys, and equipment free of charge to foster children throughout the state of Georgia, whom are raised on basic per-diem.
Foster Dam Foster Dam is an embankment type earth-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. Its primary purpose is flood control but it also provides power, navigation improvement downstream and irrigation.
Foster Fitzsimmons Foster Fitzsimmons was an American film and drama professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before becoming a novelist. His most notable work as a writer was his 1949 novel Bright Leaf, which became a film starring Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall in 1950.
Foster Fyans Foster Fyans (1790 - 1870), soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales.
Foster Grant Foster Grant, or FosterGrant, is a brand of eyewear founded by Sam Foster in 1919. The FosterGrant brand is a subsidiary company of FGX International, a consumer goods wholesaler with headquarters in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Foster Hewitt Memorial Award The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is an award named after Foster Hewitt and presented by the Hockey Hall of Fame to members of the radio and television industry who make outstanding contributions to their profession and the game of hockey during their broadcasting career.
Foster High School (Fort Bend County, Texas) It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Foster Hirsch Foster Hirsch is a professor in the film department of City University of New York's Brooklyn College, and the author of sixteen books on subjects related to theatre and film. A native of California, Hirsch received his B.
Foster J. Sayers Foster Joseph Sayers (April 27, 1924 - November 12, 1944) was a 19 year old infantryman from Centre County. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for acts of bravery near Thionville, France on November 12, 1944.
Foster railway station, Victoria Foster was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station was opened during the 1890s operated untill 1991 when the line to Barry Beach servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait was closed, the line was then dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail.
Foster Railroad The Foster Railroad was begun in 1912, as a railway connecting Fairchild, Wisconsin with Foster, via Hay Creek, in southern Eau Claire County. In 1913, the railroad was extended beyond Foster, via Allen as far as Cleghorn.
Foster slug A Foster slug, invented by Karl Foster in 1931, is a type of shotgun slug designed to be fired through a smoothbore shotgun barrel. Foster slugs can also be fired through rifled barrels, though lead fouling (build-up in the rifle grooves) can be a problem.
Foster Wheeler Corporation Foster-Wheeler (FWLT) is a global conglomerate with a focus on Engineering, Construction and Procurement (EPC) and power, which form two different groups of the company. The company was formed in 1927 by the merger of a power company (created by the Foster family) with Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Company.
Foster's Daily Democrat Foster's Daily Democrat is a six-day (Monday-Saturday) afternoon broadsheet newspaper published in Dover, New Hampshire, for the communities of southeast New Hampshire and southwest Maine. It publishes on Sunday as Foster's Sunday Citizen.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy award-winning, American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, who also created The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series of half-hour episodes.
Foster's rule Foster's rule (also known as the island rule) is a principle in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species will get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. This is the core of the study of island biogeography.
Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Foster is an unincorporated community in the Town of Clear Creek, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, approximately 9 miles south-southwest of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, 7 miles southeast of Cleghorn, and 6 miles northwest of Osseo. Located primarily along Eau Claire County Highway "HH", it is flanked on the west by U.
Foster, Victoria Foster () is a dairying and grazing town 169 kilometres south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in Victoria, Australia. It is about 20 kilometres north of the Gippsland coastline which includes Shallow Inlet, Corner Inlet, Waratah Bay, Yanakie and Wilsons Promontory.
Fosters Freeze Fosters Freeze (full name Foster's Old Fashion Freeze) is a chain of fast-food restaurants in California. It was founded by George Foster in 1946 in Inglewood, California, and claims to have been the first fast-food chain in the state.
Fosters, Ohio Fosters (sometimes given as Foster) is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio straddling the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. It is located about two miles southwest of Hopkinsville, two miles west of Maineville, and two miles northeast of Twenty Mile Stand just off the 3C Highway.
Fostershire "Fostershire" was a name jocularly applied to Worcestershire County Cricket Club in the early part of the 20th century, shortly after the county had achieved first-class status and admission into the English County Championship (in 1899). The name came from the fact that no fewer than seven brothers from this one family played for Worcestershire during this period, three of whom captained the club at some point.
Fosterville Fosterville is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio located on the south-southwestern side of the city. Recent ambitious city revitalization plans, titled 'Youngstown 2010', have subdivided the original Fosterville neighborhood into two newer distinct neighborhood sections: Idora and Warren.
Fota Island Fota Island is a small island in Cork Harbour, Ireland, just north of the larger island of CĂłbh. It is host to Ireland's only wildlife park - as well as the historical Fota House with ornamental gardens and an 18-hole golf course.
Fothad Airgthech Fothad Airgthech ("ingenious" or "plundering"), son of Lugaid mac Con, was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Fothad Cairpthech, reputedly in the 3rd century. They had ruled a year when Fothadh Airgthech killed his brother, and was himself killed by CaĂlte mac RĂłnáin of the fianna in the Battle of Ollarba.
Fothad Cairpthech Fothad Cairpthech ("chariot-fighter"), son of Lugaid mac Con, was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Fothad Airgthech, reputedly in the 3rd century. They had ruled a year when Fothadh Airgthech killed his brother, and was himself killed by CaĂlte mac RĂłnáin of the fianna in the Battle of Ollarba.
Fotheringay The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringay Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in England.
Fotherington-Thomas Basil Fotherington-Thomas is a classic fictional character in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle starring the archetypal English Prep School boy of the 1950's - Nigel Molesworth - who is the supposed author.
Fotki Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite. In many ways, the site appears to have much in common with different popular photo sites, which share a number of so-called Web 2.
Fotomaker Fotomaker was a power pop group based on Long Island, NY which released 3 albums between 1978-79. It was considered to be somewhat of a supergroup of power-pop musicians, featuring what would become some future members of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, albeit for their work with previous bands.
Fotomat Fotomat was a once widespread retail chain of photo development drive-thru kiosks located in shopping center parking lots. Fotomat Corporation was founded by Preston Fleet in San Diego, California in the 1960s, (the first kiosk was opened in Point Loma, California in 1965), and became a public company in 1971 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1977.
Fotomuseum Fotomuseum, Antwerpmuseum has a historical and contemporary collection of photography that is given a new presentation every year. Alongside the collection are frequently changing photography exhibitions, film projections and lectures.
Foton-M Foton-M is an unmanned microgravity research spacecraft based on the Foton, with several improvements, including a new telemetry and telecommand unit for increased data flow rate, increased battery capacity, and a better thermal control system.
Foton-M2 The Foton-M2 in a space mission aboard an unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was put into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-U launcher June 20 2005 at 14:00 Central European Time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by the Russian Space Agency (RKA).
Fotron The Fotron was a camera manufactured in Glendale, California by the Traid Corporation and sold door-to-door during the 1960s. Aimed primarily at women, it was marketed as a simpler alternative to "complicated" traditional cameras.
Fou-Lu Fou-Lu is a fictional video game character in the PlayStation and PC role-playing game Breath of Fire IV. While initially antagonistic towards the main characters, he stands out from the usual video game villain archetype by actually being playable during several sequences of the game.
Fouad Hussein Fouad Hussein is a Jordanian journalist and author of the 2005 Arabic language book Al-Zarqawi: The Second Generation of Al Qaeda. It is based on interviews with senior Islamic militants, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Saif al-Adel, a high ranking member of al-Qaeda and Islamic Jihad.
Fouad Jumblatt Fouad Jumblatt (Ůؤاد جنبلاط‎ in Arabic) was a powerful Druze chieftain and director of the Chouf District in Lebanon. He was the father of Kamal Jumblatt, and grandfather of the current Druze political leader, Walid Jumblatt.
Fouad Laroui Fouad Laroui (1958 -) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda. After his studies in the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France, where he studied engineering.
Fouad Siniora Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings: Fouad Sanyoura, Fuad Siniora, Fouad Saniora, Fouad Seniora) (, Fu'Äd As-SanyĹ«rah) is the Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he assumed on 19 July 2005, succeeding Najib Mikati.
Fouad Twal Fouad Twal (born October 23, 1940) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1966, and appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on May 30, 1992.
Foucault pendulum The Foucault pendulum, or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist LĂ©on Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the Coriolis effect. It is a tall pendulum free to oscillate in any vertical plane and ideally should include some sort of motor so that it can run continuously rather than have its motion damped by friction.
Foucault's Pendulum Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault) is a novel by Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988; the translation into English by William Weaver appeared a year later.
Foucault-Habermas debate The Foucault/Habermas debate is a dispute concerning whether Michel Foucault's ideas of "power analytics" and "genealogy" or JĂĽrgen Habermas's ideas of "communicative rationality" and "discourse ethics" provide a better critique of the nature of power within society. The debate compares and evaluates the central ideas of Habermas and Foucault as they pertain to questions of power, reason, ethics, modernity, democracy, civil society, and social action.
Foudry Brook Foudry Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises near the Hampshire village of Silchester before entering Berkshire and flowing through the village of Stratfield Mortimer and onward into the town of Reading.
Fouesnant Fouesnant (Fouenant or Fouen in Breton) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in the région of Bretagne, in France. It lies on the south coast of Finistère, and is bordered by the communes of: Bénodet and Pleuven to the east; Saint-Évarzec to the north; and La Forêt-Fouesnant to the east.
Fougasse (weapon) A fougasse is an improvised mine constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling this with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Fougasse was well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century but was also referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century and was used by Zimmerman at Augsburg in the sixteenth century.
Fouke Monster The Fouke Monster is a legendary cryptid reported near the town of Fouke, Arkansas in Miller County (see map ) during the early 1970s, where it was accused of attacking a local family. Initial sightings of the creature were concentrated in the Jonesville/Boggy Creek area, where it was blamed for the death of local livestock.
Fouling The term fouling refers to the fouling of heat-transferring system components through ingredients contained in the cooling water. In the cooling technology and other technical fields, a first rough distinction is made between macro fouling and micro fouling.
Fouling community Fouling communities are communities organisms found on the sides of docks, marinas, harbors, and boats throughout the world. These communities are characterized by the presence of a variety of sessile organisms including ascidians, bryozoans, mussels, tube building polychaetes, sea anemones, and more.
Foulksrath Castle Foulksrath Castle (Irish: Caislean Ratha) is a 15th century Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It currently functions as a hostel in the An Ă“ige (Irish Youth Hostel Association) network, which is affiliated with Hostelling International.
Foulney Island Foulney Island is a low-lying grass and shingle area 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east of Roa Island, off the southern tip of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, in the historic county of Lancashire (north of the sands).
Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu Foulques Thibaut Robert Jacques Géraud Jean Marie d'Orléans, Petit-Fils de France, Prince de France, duc d'Aumale and comte d'Eu was born on 9 July 1974. He is the son of Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Prince de France and Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves.
Foulridge Foulridge is a small village in the English county of Lancashire, close to the border with North Yorkshire. It is situated just beyond Colne, on the route from the M65 to Skipton, and is an important stopping point on summit pound of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, just before it enters the Foulridge Tunnel.
Foulsham Foulsham is a village in Norfolk, England. It was briefly famous in the 1990s for its show of Christmas lights, which attracted national attention before the road chaos this created caused the lights to be removed.
Found footage Found footage is a filmmaking term which describes a method of compiling films partly or entirely of footage which has not been created by the filmmaker, and changing its meaning by placing it in a new context. It should not be mistaken for documentary or compilation films.
Found Footage Festival Started in 2004, the Found Footage Festival is a live comedy event and screening featuring odd and hilarious clips from videotapes gathered from thrift stores, garage sales, warehouses, and Dumpsters throughout the United States. It has its roots in the found art movement made famous by artists such as Marcel Duchamp, but maintains an irreverent sense of humor with its source material, similar to Found Magazine.
Found Magazine FOUND Magazine, created by Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and New York City, collects and catalogs found notes, photos, and other interesting items, publishing them in an irregularly-issued magazine, in books, and on its Web site. Items found and published have ranged from love letters to homework assignments, and they are contributed by people who find them in a variety of places such as city streets, bus seats, inside school desks, and so on.
Found object A found object, in an artistic sense, indicates the use of an object which has not been designed for an artistic purpose, but which exists for another purpose already. Found objects may exist either as utilitarian, manufactured items, or things (including, at times, dead bodies) which occur in nature.
Found photography Closely related to found photography is "vernacular photography" ("vernacular" refers to the content of the photograph - everyday, common events.) Found photography implies the recovery of a "lost" or unclaimed or discarded vernacular photograph.
Found poetry Found poetry is the rearrangement of words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages that are taken from other sources and reframed as poetry by changes in spacing and/or lines (and consequently meaning), or by altering the text by additions and/or deletions. The resulting poem can be defined as "treated" (changed in a profound and systematic manner) or "untreated" (conserving virtually the same order, syntax and meaning as in the original).
Found That Soul Found That Soul was released by Manic Street Preachers on February 26, 2001, and was the first single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album. Writing credit was shared by all three members of the band, James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire.
Found: quantity of sheep found: quantity of sheep are a Perth-based, Australian experimental rock band that formed in 2001 as a collaboration between Trent Barrett and Neil Rabinowitz. Their name was taken out of a lost and found advertisement.
Foundation (architecture) A foundation is a structure that transmits loads from a building or road to the underlying ground. A footing is a slab element that acts as the foundation, transferring loads from the superstructure to the ground.
Foundation (novel) Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). It is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951.
Foundation degree The Foundation Degree is a vocational qualification introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available in England. It is similar in level to the American associate's degree, and in the United Kingdom sits between the Higher National Diploma & Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts level of education.
Foundation deposit Foundation deposits are ritual mudbrick lined pits or holes dug at specific points under Ancient Egyptian temples or tombs, which were filled with ceremonial objects, usually amulets, scarabs, food, or ritual tools, and were supposed to prevent the building from falling into ruin.Shaw, Ian.
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) is an organization whose mission is to "support the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as it promotes international medical education through programmatic and research activities.".
Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology The Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) was established in 1980, as a private national institution. The Foundation is registered with the Central Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan, as a charitable institution.
Foundation for Agronomic Research The Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR) is a non-profit (501(c)(3) research and education foundation, created in 1980 by the Board of Directors of the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) to expand its research efforts beyond that possible with PPI’s resources and mandate. The mission of FAR is to improve the economic vigor and sustainability of agriculture in North America and around the world, while protecting and enhancing the environment.
Foundation for American Veterans Foundation for American Veterans, Inc. is a non-profit organization with the general mission of providing assistance to American veterans in cases where limits of Federal, State, or local assistance have been reached.
Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research, usually shortened to FAIR, is an organization specializing in Mormon apologetics, and refuting accusations by anti-Mormons. FAIR is made up of volunteers who seek to answer questions submitted to the web site.
Foundation for Biomedical Research The Foundation for Biomedical Research is a American lobby group. They are the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to improving human and veterinary health by promoting public understanding and support for humane and responsible animal research.
Foundation for Contemporary Art The Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA) is a Ghanaian visual arts foundation that aims to create an active network of artists and provide a critical forum for the development of contemporary art in Ghana. Based in Accra, the FCA was founded in 2004.
Foundation for Economic Education The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) was the first modern think tank established in the United States specifically to promote, research and promulgate free-market and libertarian ideas. It continues to do so through its monthly magazine, The Freeman, as well as through pamphlets, lectures, and academic sponsorship.
Foundation for Equal Families The Foundation for Equal Families is a Canadian gay and lesbian rights group founded in 1994 following the failure of Bill 167 in the Ontario parliament. The group's mandate is "Dedicated to achieving recognition and equality for same sex relationships and associated family rights through education and legal action".
Foundation for Focused Ultrasound Research The Foundation for Focused Ultrasound Research (FFUS) is an American non-profit (501c3) charity designed to promote both education and research within the area of medical appplications of focused ultrasound (HIFU).
Foundation for Iberian Music The Foundation for Iberian Music (The Graduate Center, The City University of New York is a cultural and educational initiative intended to promote and disseminate the classical and popular traditions of Iberian music, including those rooted in the Mediterranean, Latin American, and Caribbean cultures.[http://en.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a non-profit group whose stated concerns involve civil liberties in academia in the United States. Founded in 1999, according to their website FIRE's mission is "to defend and sustain individual rights at America's increasingly repressive and partisan colleges and universities," including the rights to "freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience.
Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is as a non-government organization formed in 1986. Since its founding, FMA "has sought to enhance the popularization and social marketing of development-oriented issues and campaigns through media-related interventions, social communication projects, and cultural work.
Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam The Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam (FMV) was founded in 2000 by Christopher J. Carpenter a former Representative in Vietnam of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to provide grass-roots assistance to the poorest villages of the country as a contribution towards the National Hunger Eradication and Poverty Alleviation Programme of Vietnam].
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is a non-profit, non-government organisation that fosters the protection of Australia's native plants, animals and cultural heritage through fundraising for environmental education and conservation projects.
Foss, Oklahoma Foss is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. During World War II, the town boasted a population of over 300 residents, relying primarily on Route 66 travellers (which passed half a mile south of the city) and a U.
Fossa (geology) Fossa is a term used in planetary geology to describe a long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. The term, which means "ditch" or "trench" in Latin, is not a geological term as such but is used in the naming of particular features, such as the Cerberus Fossae on Mars.
Fossa hypophyseos In the sphenoid bone, behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellæ; and still more posteriorly, a deep depression, the sella turcica, the deepest part of which lodges the hypophysis cerebri and is known as the fossa hypophyseos (or fossa hypophysialis).
Fossar de les Moreres The Fossar de les Moreres is a memorial plaza in Barcelona, (Catalonia), adjacent to the basilica Santa Maria del Mar. It therefore integrates the quotidian elements of use with a commemorative gesture to the fallen Catalonians in the war of 1714 in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Fosse Way The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum).
Fossegrim In Scandinavian folklore, the fossegrim (plural fossegrimen) is a supernatural spirit or troll said to live under a waterfall (foss). He is known to be an exceptionally talented Hardanger fiddle player who plays all sounds of nature.
Fossil Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record.
Fossil birds Birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that the former survived the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event and the latter did not. For the purposes of this article, a 'bird' is considered to be any member of the clade Aves.
Fossil Butte National Monument Fossil Butte National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located 15 miles west of Kemmerer, Wyoming; the national monument was founded on October 23, 1972. The site preserves one of the richest fossil deposits in the world, a 50-million-year-old lake bed.
Fossil collecting Fossil collecting can be a very relaxing and rewarding hobby. There are no special rules about where one may find fossils, and you can find fossils in many places where sedimentary rocks are exposed, such as clays, shales, limestones, and sandstones.
Fossil Creek Fossil Creek is a perennial river in central Arizona. The headwaters of the creek begin at Fossil Springs, a rare and powerful spring in Arizona, which produces upwards of one million gallons of water per hour.
Fossil group Fossil Galaxy Groups, fossil Groups, or fossil clusters are believed to be the end-result of galaxy merging within a normal galaxy group, leaving behind the X-ray halo. Galaxies within a group interact and merge.
Fossorial A fossorial is an organism that is adapted to digging and life underground such as the badger, the naked mole rat, and the mole salamanders Ambystomatidae. It is most commonly used as an adjective to describe the habit of living underground, even if the physical adaptations are minimal - thus, most bees and many wasps are called "fossorial Hymenoptera", and a great many rodents are considered fossorial.
Foster (crater) Foster is a small lunar crater that lies to the southeast of the larger Joule crater, on the far side of the Moon. The rim of Foster is slightly eroded, and the narrow inner walls slope directly down to the relatively dark interior floor.
Foster and Partners Foster and Partners is a leading firm of architects in the United Kingdom. The practice is strongly associated with its founder, Norman Foster, now Lord Foster, and has constructed many high profile glass and steel, high-tech buildings around the world.
Foster Auditorium Foster Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was built in 1939 and has been used for Alabama basketball, women's sports (in the 1970s and 1980s), graduations, lectures, concerts, and other large gatherings, including registration.
Foster Brooks Foster Brooks (born Louisville, Kentucky, 11 May 1912; died Encino, California, 20 December, 2001) was an American actor and comedian who was most famous for his ongoing portrayal of a drunken man in Las Vegas nightclub performances and television programs.
Foster Business Library The Foster Business Library is the business library at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, serving the 3,500 students, faculty, and staff of the University of Washington Business School. The library, which opened in 1997, is located under a garden, beneath an eighty-foot long skylight, on two floors, adjacent to and connected with Balmer Hall and the Bank of America Executive Education Center.
Foster Care Support Foundation Foster Care Support Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides clothing, toys, and equipment free of charge to foster children throughout the state of Georgia, whom are raised on basic per-diem.
Foster Dam Foster Dam is an embankment type earth-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. Its primary purpose is flood control but it also provides power, navigation improvement downstream and irrigation.
Foster Fitzsimmons Foster Fitzsimmons was an American film and drama professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before becoming a novelist. His most notable work as a writer was his 1949 novel Bright Leaf, which became a film starring Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall in 1950.
Foster Fyans Foster Fyans (1790 - 1870), soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales.
Foster Grant Foster Grant, or FosterGrant, is a brand of eyewear founded by Sam Foster in 1919. The FosterGrant brand is a subsidiary company of FGX International, a consumer goods wholesaler with headquarters in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Foster Hewitt Memorial Award The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is an award named after Foster Hewitt and presented by the Hockey Hall of Fame to members of the radio and television industry who make outstanding contributions to their profession and the game of hockey during their broadcasting career.
Foster High School (Fort Bend County, Texas) It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Foster Hirsch Foster Hirsch is a professor in the film department of City University of New York's Brooklyn College, and the author of sixteen books on subjects related to theatre and film. A native of California, Hirsch received his B.
Foster J. Sayers Foster Joseph Sayers (April 27, 1924 - November 12, 1944) was a 19 year old infantryman from Centre County. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for acts of bravery near Thionville, France on November 12, 1944.
Foster railway station, Victoria Foster was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station was opened during the 1890s operated untill 1991 when the line to Barry Beach servicing the oil fields in Bass Strait was closed, the line was then dismantled and turned into the Great Southern Rail Trail.
Foster Railroad The Foster Railroad was begun in 1912, as a railway connecting Fairchild, Wisconsin with Foster, via Hay Creek, in southern Eau Claire County. In 1913, the railroad was extended beyond Foster, via Allen as far as Cleghorn.
Foster slug A Foster slug, invented by Karl Foster in 1931, is a type of shotgun slug designed to be fired through a smoothbore shotgun barrel. Foster slugs can also be fired through rifled barrels, though lead fouling (build-up in the rifle grooves) can be a problem.
Foster Wheeler Corporation Foster-Wheeler (FWLT) is a global conglomerate with a focus on Engineering, Construction and Procurement (EPC) and power, which form two different groups of the company. The company was formed in 1927 by the merger of a power company (created by the Foster family) with Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Company.
Foster's Daily Democrat Foster's Daily Democrat is a six-day (Monday-Saturday) afternoon broadsheet newspaper published in Dover, New Hampshire, for the communities of southeast New Hampshire and southwest Maine. It publishes on Sunday as Foster's Sunday Citizen.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy award-winning, American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, who also created The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series of half-hour episodes.
Foster's rule Foster's rule (also known as the island rule) is a principle in evolutionary biology stating that members of a species will get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment. This is the core of the study of island biogeography.
Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Foster is an unincorporated community in the Town of Clear Creek, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, approximately 9 miles south-southwest of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, 7 miles southeast of Cleghorn, and 6 miles northwest of Osseo. Located primarily along Eau Claire County Highway "HH", it is flanked on the west by U.
Foster, Victoria Foster () is a dairying and grazing town 169 kilometres south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in Victoria, Australia. It is about 20 kilometres north of the Gippsland coastline which includes Shallow Inlet, Corner Inlet, Waratah Bay, Yanakie and Wilsons Promontory.
Fosters Freeze Fosters Freeze (full name Foster's Old Fashion Freeze) is a chain of fast-food restaurants in California. It was founded by George Foster in 1946 in Inglewood, California, and claims to have been the first fast-food chain in the state.
Fosters, Ohio Fosters (sometimes given as Foster) is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio straddling the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. It is located about two miles southwest of Hopkinsville, two miles west of Maineville, and two miles northeast of Twenty Mile Stand just off the 3C Highway.
Fostershire "Fostershire" was a name jocularly applied to Worcestershire County Cricket Club in the early part of the 20th century, shortly after the county had achieved first-class status and admission into the English County Championship (in 1899). The name came from the fact that no fewer than seven brothers from this one family played for Worcestershire during this period, three of whom captained the club at some point.
Fosterville Fosterville is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio located on the south-southwestern side of the city. Recent ambitious city revitalization plans, titled 'Youngstown 2010', have subdivided the original Fosterville neighborhood into two newer distinct neighborhood sections: Idora and Warren.
Fota Island Fota Island is a small island in Cork Harbour, Ireland, just north of the larger island of CĂłbh. It is host to Ireland's only wildlife park - as well as the historical Fota House with ornamental gardens and an 18-hole golf course.
Fothad Airgthech Fothad Airgthech ("ingenious" or "plundering"), son of Lugaid mac Con, was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Fothad Cairpthech, reputedly in the 3rd century. They had ruled a year when Fothadh Airgthech killed his brother, and was himself killed by CaĂlte mac RĂłnáin of the fianna in the Battle of Ollarba.
Fothad Cairpthech Fothad Cairpthech ("chariot-fighter"), son of Lugaid mac Con, was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Fothad Airgthech, reputedly in the 3rd century. They had ruled a year when Fothadh Airgthech killed his brother, and was himself killed by CaĂlte mac RĂłnáin of the fianna in the Battle of Ollarba.
Fotheringay The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringay Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in England.
Fotherington-Thomas Basil Fotherington-Thomas is a classic fictional character in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle starring the archetypal English Prep School boy of the 1950's - Nigel Molesworth - who is the supposed author.
Fotki Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite. In many ways, the site appears to have much in common with different popular photo sites, which share a number of so-called Web 2.
Fotomaker Fotomaker was a power pop group based on Long Island, NY which released 3 albums between 1978-79. It was considered to be somewhat of a supergroup of power-pop musicians, featuring what would become some future members of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, albeit for their work with previous bands.
Fotomat Fotomat was a once widespread retail chain of photo development drive-thru kiosks located in shopping center parking lots. Fotomat Corporation was founded by Preston Fleet in San Diego, California in the 1960s, (the first kiosk was opened in Point Loma, California in 1965), and became a public company in 1971 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1977.
Fotomuseum Fotomuseum, Antwerpmuseum has a historical and contemporary collection of photography that is given a new presentation every year. Alongside the collection are frequently changing photography exhibitions, film projections and lectures.
Foton-M Foton-M is an unmanned microgravity research spacecraft based on the Foton, with several improvements, including a new telemetry and telecommand unit for increased data flow rate, increased battery capacity, and a better thermal control system.
Foton-M2 The Foton-M2 in a space mission aboard an unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was put into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-U launcher June 20 2005 at 14:00 Central European Time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by the Russian Space Agency (RKA).
Fotron The Fotron was a camera manufactured in Glendale, California by the Traid Corporation and sold door-to-door during the 1960s. Aimed primarily at women, it was marketed as a simpler alternative to "complicated" traditional cameras.
Fou-Lu Fou-Lu is a fictional video game character in the PlayStation and PC role-playing game Breath of Fire IV. While initially antagonistic towards the main characters, he stands out from the usual video game villain archetype by actually being playable during several sequences of the game.
Fouad Hussein Fouad Hussein is a Jordanian journalist and author of the 2005 Arabic language book Al-Zarqawi: The Second Generation of Al Qaeda. It is based on interviews with senior Islamic militants, including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Saif al-Adel, a high ranking member of al-Qaeda and Islamic Jihad.
Fouad Jumblatt Fouad Jumblatt (Ůؤاد جنبلاط‎ in Arabic) was a powerful Druze chieftain and director of the Chouf District in Lebanon. He was the father of Kamal Jumblatt, and grandfather of the current Druze political leader, Walid Jumblatt.
Fouad Laroui Fouad Laroui (1958 -) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda. After his studies in the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France, where he studied engineering.
Fouad Siniora Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings: Fouad Sanyoura, Fuad Siniora, Fouad Saniora, Fouad Seniora) (, Fu'Äd As-SanyĹ«rah) is the Prime Minister of Lebanon, a position he assumed on 19 July 2005, succeeding Najib Mikati.
Fouad Twal Fouad Twal (born October 23, 1940) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1966, and appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on May 30, 1992.
Foucault pendulum The Foucault pendulum, or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist LĂ©on Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the Coriolis effect. It is a tall pendulum free to oscillate in any vertical plane and ideally should include some sort of motor so that it can run continuously rather than have its motion damped by friction.
Foucault's Pendulum Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault) is a novel by Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988; the translation into English by William Weaver appeared a year later.
Foucault-Habermas debate The Foucault/Habermas debate is a dispute concerning whether Michel Foucault's ideas of "power analytics" and "genealogy" or JĂĽrgen Habermas's ideas of "communicative rationality" and "discourse ethics" provide a better critique of the nature of power within society. The debate compares and evaluates the central ideas of Habermas and Foucault as they pertain to questions of power, reason, ethics, modernity, democracy, civil society, and social action.
Foudry Brook Foudry Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises near the Hampshire village of Silchester before entering Berkshire and flowing through the village of Stratfield Mortimer and onward into the town of Reading.
Fouesnant Fouesnant (Fouenant or Fouen in Breton) is a commune in the département of Finistère, in the région of Bretagne, in France. It lies on the south coast of Finistère, and is bordered by the communes of: Bénodet and Pleuven to the east; Saint-Évarzec to the north; and La Forêt-Fouesnant to the east.
Fougasse (weapon) A fougasse is an improvised mine constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling this with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Fougasse was well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century but was also referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century and was used by Zimmerman at Augsburg in the sixteenth century.
Fouke Monster The Fouke Monster is a legendary cryptid reported near the town of Fouke, Arkansas in Miller County (see map ) during the early 1970s, where it was accused of attacking a local family. Initial sightings of the creature were concentrated in the Jonesville/Boggy Creek area, where it was blamed for the death of local livestock.
Fouling The term fouling refers to the fouling of heat-transferring system components through ingredients contained in the cooling water. In the cooling technology and other technical fields, a first rough distinction is made between macro fouling and micro fouling.
Fouling community Fouling communities are communities organisms found on the sides of docks, marinas, harbors, and boats throughout the world. These communities are characterized by the presence of a variety of sessile organisms including ascidians, bryozoans, mussels, tube building polychaetes, sea anemones, and more.
Foulksrath Castle Foulksrath Castle (Irish: Caislean Ratha) is a 15th century Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It currently functions as a hostel in the An Ă“ige (Irish Youth Hostel Association) network, which is affiliated with Hostelling International.
Foulney Island Foulney Island is a low-lying grass and shingle area 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east of Roa Island, off the southern tip of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, in the historic county of Lancashire (north of the sands).
Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu Foulques Thibaut Robert Jacques Géraud Jean Marie d'Orléans, Petit-Fils de France, Prince de France, duc d'Aumale and comte d'Eu was born on 9 July 1974. He is the son of Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Prince de France and Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves.
Foulridge Foulridge is a small village in the English county of Lancashire, close to the border with North Yorkshire. It is situated just beyond Colne, on the route from the M65 to Skipton, and is an important stopping point on summit pound of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, just before it enters the Foulridge Tunnel.
Foulsham Foulsham is a village in Norfolk, England. It was briefly famous in the 1990s for its show of Christmas lights, which attracted national attention before the road chaos this created caused the lights to be removed.
Found footage Found footage is a filmmaking term which describes a method of compiling films partly or entirely of footage which has not been created by the filmmaker, and changing its meaning by placing it in a new context. It should not be mistaken for documentary or compilation films.
Found Footage Festival Started in 2004, the Found Footage Festival is a live comedy event and screening featuring odd and hilarious clips from videotapes gathered from thrift stores, garage sales, warehouses, and Dumpsters throughout the United States. It has its roots in the found art movement made famous by artists such as Marcel Duchamp, but maintains an irreverent sense of humor with its source material, similar to Found Magazine.
Found Magazine FOUND Magazine, created by Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and New York City, collects and catalogs found notes, photos, and other interesting items, publishing them in an irregularly-issued magazine, in books, and on its Web site. Items found and published have ranged from love letters to homework assignments, and they are contributed by people who find them in a variety of places such as city streets, bus seats, inside school desks, and so on.
Found object A found object, in an artistic sense, indicates the use of an object which has not been designed for an artistic purpose, but which exists for another purpose already. Found objects may exist either as utilitarian, manufactured items, or things (including, at times, dead bodies) which occur in nature.
Found photography Closely related to found photography is "vernacular photography" ("vernacular" refers to the content of the photograph - everyday, common events.) Found photography implies the recovery of a "lost" or unclaimed or discarded vernacular photograph.
Found poetry Found poetry is the rearrangement of words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages that are taken from other sources and reframed as poetry by changes in spacing and/or lines (and consequently meaning), or by altering the text by additions and/or deletions. The resulting poem can be defined as "treated" (changed in a profound and systematic manner) or "untreated" (conserving virtually the same order, syntax and meaning as in the original).
Found That Soul Found That Soul was released by Manic Street Preachers on February 26, 2001, and was the first single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album. Writing credit was shared by all three members of the band, James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire.
Found: quantity of sheep found: quantity of sheep are a Perth-based, Australian experimental rock band that formed in 2001 as a collaboration between Trent Barrett and Neil Rabinowitz. Their name was taken out of a lost and found advertisement.
Foundation (architecture) A foundation is a structure that transmits loads from a building or road to the underlying ground. A footing is a slab element that acts as the foundation, transferring loads from the superstructure to the ground.
Foundation (novel) Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). It is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951.
Foundation degree The Foundation Degree is a vocational qualification introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available in England. It is similar in level to the American associate's degree, and in the United Kingdom sits between the Higher National Diploma & Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts level of education.
Foundation deposit Foundation deposits are ritual mudbrick lined pits or holes dug at specific points under Ancient Egyptian temples or tombs, which were filled with ceremonial objects, usually amulets, scarabs, food, or ritual tools, and were supposed to prevent the building from falling into ruin.Shaw, Ian.
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) is an organization whose mission is to "support the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as it promotes international medical education through programmatic and research activities.".
Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology The Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) was established in 1980, as a private national institution. The Foundation is registered with the Central Board of Revenue, Government of Pakistan, as a charitable institution.
Foundation for Agronomic Research The Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR) is a non-profit (501(c)(3) research and education foundation, created in 1980 by the Board of Directors of the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) to expand its research efforts beyond that possible with PPI’s resources and mandate. The mission of FAR is to improve the economic vigor and sustainability of agriculture in North America and around the world, while protecting and enhancing the environment.
Foundation for American Veterans Foundation for American Veterans, Inc. is a non-profit organization with the general mission of providing assistance to American veterans in cases where limits of Federal, State, or local assistance have been reached.
Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research, usually shortened to FAIR, is an organization specializing in Mormon apologetics, and refuting accusations by anti-Mormons. FAIR is made up of volunteers who seek to answer questions submitted to the web site.
Foundation for Biomedical Research The Foundation for Biomedical Research is a American lobby group. They are the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to improving human and veterinary health by promoting public understanding and support for humane and responsible animal research.
Foundation for Contemporary Art The Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA) is a Ghanaian visual arts foundation that aims to create an active network of artists and provide a critical forum for the development of contemporary art in Ghana. Based in Accra, the FCA was founded in 2004.
Foundation for Economic Education The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) was the first modern think tank established in the United States specifically to promote, research and promulgate free-market and libertarian ideas. It continues to do so through its monthly magazine, The Freeman, as well as through pamphlets, lectures, and academic sponsorship.
Foundation for Equal Families The Foundation for Equal Families is a Canadian gay and lesbian rights group founded in 1994 following the failure of Bill 167 in the Ontario parliament. The group's mandate is "Dedicated to achieving recognition and equality for same sex relationships and associated family rights through education and legal action".
Foundation for Focused Ultrasound Research The Foundation for Focused Ultrasound Research (FFUS) is an American non-profit (501c3) charity designed to promote both education and research within the area of medical appplications of focused ultrasound (HIFU).
Foundation for Iberian Music The Foundation for Iberian Music (The Graduate Center, The City University of New York is a cultural and educational initiative intended to promote and disseminate the classical and popular traditions of Iberian music, including those rooted in the Mediterranean, Latin American, and Caribbean cultures.[http://en.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a non-profit group whose stated concerns involve civil liberties in academia in the United States. Founded in 1999, according to their website FIRE's mission is "to defend and sustain individual rights at America's increasingly repressive and partisan colleges and universities," including the rights to "freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience.
Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is as a non-government organization formed in 1986. Since its founding, FMA "has sought to enhance the popularization and social marketing of development-oriented issues and campaigns through media-related interventions, social communication projects, and cultural work.
Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam The Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam (FMV) was founded in 2000 by Christopher J. Carpenter a former Representative in Vietnam of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to provide grass-roots assistance to the poorest villages of the country as a contribution towards the National Hunger Eradication and Poverty Alleviation Programme of Vietnam].
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is a non-profit, non-government organisation that fosters the protection of Australia's native plants, animals and cultural heritage through fundraising for environmental education and conservation projects.
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