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Family Radio Service The Family Radio Service (FRS) is an improved walkie talkie system authorized in the United States since 1996. This personal radio service uses frequencies in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band, and so does not suffer the interference effects found on citizens' band (CB) at 27 MHz, or the 49 MHz band also used by cordless phones, toys, and baby monitors.
Family Re-Union Family Re-Union is an annual conference, hosted by former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and Tipper Gore, in Nashville, Tennessee whose goal is to bring together families and those who work with them to talk and design better ways to strengthen family life in America. At the center of Family Re-Union is the belief that programs and guidelines should respond to the needs of families and communities, and should build on their strengths.
Family Readiness Group (US Army) Within United States Army and United States Army Reserve communities, a Family Readiness Group (FRG) is a command-sponsored organization of family members, volunteers, soldiers and civilian employees associated with a particular unit. They are normally organized at company and battalion levels, and fall under the responsibility of the unit's commanding officer.
Family Research Institute The Family Research Institute (FRI) is an American non-profit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado which states that it has "...one overriding mission: to generate empirical research on issues that threaten the traditional family, particularly homosexuality, AIDS, sexual social policy, and drug abuse.
Family saga The family saga is a genre of literature which chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families over a period of time. In novels (or sometimes sequences of novels) with a serious intent, this is often a thematic device used to portray particular historical events, changes of social circumstances, or the ebb and flow of fortunes from a multiple of perspectives.
Family Secrets Family Secrets is a 1984 television movie directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Melissa Gilbert and Stefanie Powers (who also co-wrote and co-produced. It is about three generations of women in the same family and their relationships with each other.
Family Service Agency of San Francisco Family Service Agency of San Francisco (FSA) was founded in 1889 as Associated Charities by Katharine Felton (1873-1940). FSASF is the oldest nonsectarian, nonprofit charitable social-services provider in the City and County of San Francisco.
Family Style Family Style is a blues-rock album by the Vaughan Brothers, released September 1990. The album features guitarists and vocalists Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan in their first studio collaboration.
Family therapy Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view these in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
Family tree A family tree is generally the totality of one's ancestors represented as a tree structure, or more specifically, a chart used in genealogy. The purpose of the family tree is to show the family connections between individuals, consisting of the individuals' names (usually accompanied by dates, and often also places and occupations) connected by various types of line representing marriages, extra-marital unions, and progeniture.
Family tree of Ali â€AlÄ« ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib ()‎ (599 – 661)was an early Islam]ic leader. He is revered by [[Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and as a foremost religious authority on the Qur'an and Islamic jurisprudence.
Family tree of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt The family tree of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, founded by Ahmose I, is complex and unclear, especially at its end. Beginning at the end of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, the family tree is thought to be as follows, shows only major
Family Theater Productions Family Theater Productions is a film, television and radio production company founded by Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. As an off-shoot of his Family Rosary Crusade, in the 1940's-1950's the production facility produced radio and film programing for family entertainment which was sometimes of an explicitly Catholic nature, drawing many of the big names in Hollywood of the era.
Family Ties (film) Family Ties is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-Yong, known for his debut Memento Mori. Mismarketed as a slapstick comedy through its promotional posters, the film is actually a generation-to-generation view of two families through love and life.
Family Tree Entertainment Family Tree Entertainment is a company run by Michael “Blue” Williams which specializes in managing the careers of hip hop and R&B performers. Included among Family Tree's past and present clients are Macy Gray, Donell Jones, Eric Benet, Jagged Edge (band), Killer Mike, Case, Monica Arnold, Trina, Scarface, Nick Cannon, P!
Family Truckster The Wagonqueen Family Truckster was a station wagon created specifically for the comedy National Lampoon's Vacation. The Truckster was a Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon with a modified front end and a "metallic pea" paint job.
Family values Family values is a political and social concept or term that has been used in various nations across the world to describe a set of moral beliefs in society specifically in response to the perception by social or religious conservatives of declining morality within that nation itself."Traditional families hit by declining morals, say mothers", Daily Mail The term is vague in its precise definition as many different groups have claimed that it means different things.
Family Video Family Video is the largest privately-owned video rental chain in the United States, and third largest overall. The company has over 400 stores across fourteen states, with their strongest customer base in the Midwest, and has an emerging commercial property division.
Family Viewing Hour The Family Viewing Hour was a policy established by the Federal Communications Commission in 1975. Under the policy, each television network in the United States had a responsibility to air "family-friendly" programming in the first hour of the prime time lineup (8 to 9 p.
Family Wealth Report Family Wealth Report is an online news publication that provides competitive information to advisors of the wealthy. Coverage includes family offices, wealth-advisory practices, hedge funds, mutual funds and SMAs, in addition to wealth-business best practices and technologies and M&A activity in the high-net-worth space.
Family Without a Name Family Without a Name (in the original French: Famille-sans-nom) is a novel written by French author Jules Verne from 1887 to 1888 about the life of a family in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 that sought an independent and democratic republic for Lower Canada. In the book, the two sons of a traitor fight in the Rebellion in an attempt to make up for the crime of their father.
Family-friendliness Entertainment or information is called "family friendly" if it considered suitable for the whole family. In particular it means that it is not considered harmful for children, which may imply restrictions on nudity, sex, violence, horror, crude language, etc.
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a nonprofit national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education (FACS) in public and private schools through grade 12.
Familyland Television Network Familyland Television Network offers families a variety of spiritual programming and family values-centered entertainment that has been edited to exclude foul language, immodesty, excessive violence and disrespect for authority. Programming also includes exclusive spiritual talk shows with over 500 personalities who are interviewed from a family perspective, plus movie classics with spiritual commentaries, devotional programs, children’s favorites, practical home shows, Christian music, family sitcoms, sports commentaries, and an array of original Christian productions featuring parents, children and youth who visit the Catholic Familyland retreat in Ohio.
FamilyNet FamilyNet Television is a faith-based broadcast and cable channel with award-winning programs which provides a reliable, safe, viewing destination for today’s family. FamilyNet has programming which appeals to viewers of all ages, such as news and current events from a Christian worldview, music specials, and classic movies and TV series, along with original children’s shows, documentaries, and the best in Sunday worship from churches around the country.
FamilySearch FamilySearch is a family history website provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It provides its resources free of charge to the public and is one of the preeminent genealogy sites on the Internet.
Famine A famine is a social and economic crisis that is commonly accompanied by widespread malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. Although many famines coincide with national or regional shortages of food, famine has also occurred amid plenty or on account of acts of economic or military policy that have deprived certain populations of sufficient food to ensure survival.
Famine (band) Famine is an IDM, Breakcore, Industrial artist originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He began writing electronic music in 1996, being heavily influenced by the programming styles of cEvin Key, Daniel Myer, Richard Devine, Otto Von Schirach, Photek, and Autechre.
Famine (comics) Famine (real name Autumn Rolfson) is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is most notable for being one of the original four horsemen of the villain Apocalypse.
Famine Early Warning Systems Network Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET ) is a lead organization in the prediction and response to famines and other forms of food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development since its creation in 1986, it analyzes issues such as livestock levels, precipitation and crop failures to predict when and where occurrences of food insecurity will occur, and issues alerts on predicted crises.
Famine scales Famine scales are the ways in which degrees of food security are measured, from situations in which an entire population has adequate food to full-scale famine. The word "famine" has highly emotive and political connotations and there has been extensive discussion among international relief agencies offering food aid as to its exact definition.
Famine, Affluence, and Morality Famine, Affluence, and Morality is an essay written by Peter Singer in 1971 covering the moral obligation of the affluent to donate some of their money to famine relief. One of the core arguments in the essay is that letting someone die of starvation--when you could have reasonably prevented the death with relatively little costs to your own well being--is not significantly different morally than committing murder.
Famines in Ethiopia Traditionally the Economy of Ethiopia was based on subsistence agriculture, with an aristocracy that consumed the surplus. Due to a number of causes, the peasants lacked incentives to either improve production or to store their excess harvest; as a result, they lived from harvest to harvest.
Famous Belgians Famous Belgians or Ten Famous Belgians is a parlour game in which participants must name, from memory, famous Belgians (or ten famous Belgians). Since modern Belgium encompasses parts of historical Flanders and Wallonia, Flemish artists are generally allowed, as are fictional characters such as Hercule Poirot.
Famous Bowl The Famous Bowl is a side dish from Kentucky Fried Chicken introduced in May 2006. It consists of their famous mashed potatoes (or rice where available), brown gravy, sweet corn, popcorn chicken and a three cheese blend.
Famous Dave's Famous Dave's Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que, formerly Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que Shack, is a chain of southern-style barbecue restaurants serving pork ribs, chicken, and beef brisket. Dave Anderson, an Ojibwe who served as the head of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs from 2004 to 2005, started the first Famous Dave's restaurant just outside of Hayward, Wisconsin, in 1994.
Famous Footwear Famous Footwear is a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States, which offers a variety of footwear from brands like: Nike, Skechers, Aerosoles, Steve Madden, New Balance, Converse, Puma, and many other brands.
Famous in the Last Century Famous in the Last Century is an album by the British rock band Status Quo, released in 2000 to largely negative reviews. A DVD of the same name and featuring the same songs was filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 27 March 2000.
Famous last words (sarcasm) The term famous last words has become an expression in the English language for a quote, either fictional or true, that showed a lack of foresight. Often the term is uttered after someone makes a statement that expresses undue optimism, particularly about a task they plan to undertake.
Famous magazine FAMOUS magazine is Australia's first celebrity weekly news magazine. Each issue of the magazine is for sale each Monday, offering the latest news in entertainment, horoscopes, fashion, shopping, beauty and gossip.
Famous Monsters Famous Monsters is a 1999 album by the Misfits. It is the second in what some call the "post-Danzig era" of the band; it's also the last album of new material with new frontman Michale Graves who would quit the band in 2000.
Famous people connected with Prague Prague, the capital of today's Czech Republic, has been for over a thousand years the center and biggest city of Czech lands. A city of such size and historic importance boasts of many famous people who were born or died here, who studied, lived or saw their success here.
Famous predictions There have been many Famous predictions of different kinds, such as predictions made by scientists based on the scientific method, the theoretical non-fiction predictions of social and technological change of futurologists, the economic forecasts of economists regarding financial markets, wealth and resources, philosophical predictions of the perfectibility of man, religious and teleological predictions, and the fictional predictions of science fiction.
Famous Players Film Company The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. The company produced both short and feature-length production and between 1912 and 1919 made 140 silent films.
Famous Studios Famous Studios was the animation studio owned by Paramount Pictures after the company foreclosed on Fleischer Studios and ousted Max and Dave Fleischer in 1942. Isadore Sparber, Dan Gordon, and Max Fleischer's son-in-law Seymour Kneitel became the new heads of the studio, which was moved from Miami back to New York by 1943.
Famous trains The ensuing list of Famous trains primarily includes those train routes that have come to be considered "legendary" both in recent times and during their past history. Before the post-World War II period with the advent of more democratised air transport, rail travel was the predominant means of transportation for long-distance travel - and was therefore most common only for the wealthy or those with an urgent personal or business need.
Famous Thirteen The Famous Thirteen (Spanish Los trece de la fame, the thirteen of the fame) were a group of 16th century Spanish conquistadors that participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru (second expedition) along with their leader, Francisco Pizarro. The following are the names of those who stayed with Pizarro at the famous Isla de Gallo:
Fan (person) The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a sporting club, person, group of persons, company, product, work of art, idea, or trend. There is some confusion as to the origin of the word.
Fan art Fan art or fanart is artwork that is based on a character, costume, item, or story that was created by someone other than the artist. The term, while it can apply to art done by fans of characters from books, is usually used to refer to art derived from visual media such as comics, movies or video games.
Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing (Chinese: čŚĺ†°ĺ†°; Pinyin: FĂ n BÄ«ngbÄ«ng; born 16 September, 1981) is a popular Chinese actress. She was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China and graduated from Xie Jin's Star School and Shanghai Theater Academy.
Fan club A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well known person, group, idea (such as history) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building). Most fanclubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to supporting them.
Fan clutch Fan Clutch refers to an automatic device frequently used in automotive cooling systems. When the engine is cool or even at normal operating temperature, the fan clutch partially disengages the engine's mechanically-driven radiator cooling fan, generally located at the front of the water pump and driven by a belt and pulley connected to the engine's crankshaft.
Fan convention A fan convention, or con, is an event in which the fans of a particular TV show, comic book, or actor, or an entire style of entertainment such as science fiction or anime, gather together to meet famous personalities (and each other) face-to-face.
Fan criticism of George Lucas Fan criticism of George Lucas is a realm of amateur film and fandom criticism focused on the works of film director George Lucas, specifically concerning the Star Wars saga. The Star Wars franchise is one of the most popular and lucrative in film history, but some fans disapprove of changes made to the original films in re-releases and of elements in the prequel episodes.
Fan dance (exercise) The SAS Fan Dance or Long Drag is a training exercise undertaken in the Brecon Beacons by the SAS. In the exercise, prospective members of the regiment undertake a 60 kilometer or 40 mile march through the mountains while carrying a 55-pound 'bergen'.
Fan death Fan death is an urban legend that originated in South Korea, but has since spread to other countries in the Far East. The belief is that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can result in the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside.
Fan edit A fan edit is a version of a film modified by a viewer, that removes, reorders, or adds material in order to create a new interpretation of the film. This includes the removal of scenes or dialog, replacement of audio and/or visual elements, and adding material from sources such as deleted scenes or even other films.
Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada (FANX) (formerly the Canadian National Expo) is a multigenre convention covering the sci-fi, comic book, anime, horror, and gaming genres. It is held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto and has taken place since 1995, when it was named The Canadian National Comic Book Expo.
Fan fiction Fan fiction (also commonly spelled as fanfiction and frequently abbreviated to fanfic or occasionally just fic) is a broadly defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creators. Fan fiction usually describes works which are uncommissioned by the owner of the work, and usually (but not always) works which are not professionally published.
Fan fiction terminology The community surrounding modern fan fiction has generated a considerable amount of slang and jargon over the past several decades. This article serves as an introduction for the reader to the frequent and notable, but sometimes-confusing jargon of the fan fiction subculture.
Fan film A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by professional filmmakers as film school class projects or as demonstration reels.
Fan character Fan characters are fictional characters created by fans of popular media franchises, generally created in the style or setting of the series. They are found in fan works in various media, such as fan fiction, fan art, fan comics, and fan games.
Fan Chan Fan Chan (Thai: ŕąŕ¸źŕ¸™ŕ¸‰ŕ¸±ŕ¸™, English: My Girl) is a 2003 Thai romantic comedy film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. It was the debut film by six young screenwriter-directors, Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem and Komgrit Triwimol.
Fan Changjiang Fan Changjiang (Trad.:čŚé•·ć±ź, Simp.:čŚé•żć±ź) (1909~Oct 1970), originally named Fan Xitian (Trad.: čŚĺ¸Śĺ¤©, Simp.: čŚĺ¸Śĺ¤©), was a famous journalist, reporter and author in China. Fan was born in Sichuan Province (四川çś) and educated at Peking University (北京大ĺ¸). Fan committed suicide in Henan Province at the age of 61.
Fan Changsheng Fan Changsheng (čŚé•·ç”ź fĂ n chángshÄ“ng) (died 318) was a Taoist hermit who was instrumental in the establishment of the Cheng Han state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. He led a Taoist community of over one thousand families on Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan.
Fan Chengda Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the twelfth century. His work deals with the traditional themes of the period, including peasant life, the seasons, Buddhism, and growing old.
Fan Chun Yip Fan Chun Yip (Chinese: čŚäżŠćĄ, born May 1, 1976 in Hong Kong), nicknamed "chutsai" (豬仔), is a Hong Kong professional football player who plays as goalkeeper for Hong Kong team. He currently plays for Happy Valley in the Hong Kong First Division League and was voted the player of the year in the 2003/2004 season.
Fan Chung Fan Rong K Chung Graham (金芳蓉, pinyin: JÄ«n FÄngrĂłng) (born October 9, 1949 in Kaohsiung), known professionally as Fan Chung, is a mathematician who works mainly in the areas of spectral graph theory , extremal graph theory and complex networks (see graph theory for the general article). She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, under the direction of Herbert Wilf.
Fan Chuo Fan Chuo (Traditional Chinese: 樊綽; Simplified Chinese: 樊绰; pinyin: fán chuò) (??? – late 9th century) was a secretary working under the Jie-du (Traditional Chinese: 節度; Simplified Chinese: 节度; pinyin: jié dù) (similar to the Byzantine thema) with headquarters located at Hanoi.
Fan magazine A fan magazine is a professionally written and published magazine intended for the amusement of fans of the subject matter which it covers. It is distinguished from a scholarly or literary magazine on the one hand, by the target audience of its contents, and from a fanzine on the other, by the professional and for-profit nature of its production and distribution.
Fan Mountain Observatory Fan Mountain Observatory (or Fan Mountain Station of Leander McCormick Observatory), an observatory operated by the Astronomy Department of the University of Virginia in southern Albemarle County, Virginia. It was opened in 1966 with a 31-inch Tinsley reflector, with a 40-inch Baker-Schmidt astrometric reflector following in 1972, to extend the parallax work of the McCormick Observatory, which was suffering from light pollution from growing Charlottesville, Virginia by this time.
Fan of Fantasy Fans of Fantasy (FOF) is a Fantasy] [[fansite founded by Tom Pickett, from Winchester, Virginia. The site's content is composed of news, editorials, synopses of the Harry Potter, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, Pendragon, and many more books and films, an encyclopedia of the books, a chat room, a discussion forum, and media such as image galleries, video galleries and Podcast.
Fan service , sometimes written as a single word, fanservice, is a vaguely defined term used in visual media—particularly in anime fandom—to refer to elements in a story that are unnecessary to a storyline, but designed to amuse or excite the audience. It is also sometimes referred to in Japan as a or simply .
Fan Yu Qi Fan Yu Qi or Fan Wu Qi, who lived during the Warring States period, was said to be a Qin general who betrayed his state. He escaped to the state of Yan and later committed suicide to aid the famous assassin Jing Ke in succeeding his assassination of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin.
Fan Zhongyan Fan Zhongyan (Chinese: čŚä»˛ć·ą) (989–1052), born in Wuxian ĺłç¸Ł, Suzhou (in Jiangsu province today), was a prominent politician and literary figure in Song dynasty China. He was also a strategist and educator.
Fan-beam antenna A fan-beam antenna is a directional antenna producing a main beam having a narrow beamwidth in one dimension and a wider beamwidth in the other dimension. This pattern will be achieved by a truncated paraboloid reflector or a circular paraboloid reflector.
Fan-In Fan-In is the number of inputs of an electronic logic gate. Logic gates with a large fan-in tend to be slower than those with a small fan-in, because the complexity of the input circuitry increases the input capacitance of the device.
Fan-tailed Raven The Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus) is like the Chihuahuan Raven one of the smaller species (47 cm in length), in fact it is about the same size as a Carrion Crow but with a much thicker bill, shorter tail and much larger wings. It is completely black including bill, legs and feet and the plumage has a purplish-blue gloss in good light.
Fana Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway and a former municipality. Fana is the largest of the boroughs of the city Bergen in area and it has also the largest growing population with around 35,000 inhabitants.
Fanaa (film) Fanaa (Hindi: फ़ना, Urdu:Ůناء, English: Destruction) is a Bollywood movie released in 2006, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol in pivotal roles. It is directed by Kunal Kohli who previously directed Hum Tum, and is produced under Yash Raj Films.
Fanagalo Fanagalo or Fanakalo is a pidgin based on the Zulu, English, and Afrikaans languages. It is used as a lingua franca, mainly in the gold, diamond, coal and copper mining industries in South Africa — and to a smaller extent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Fanatic Promotion Fanatic Promotion is a boutique artist development company, founded in 1996. Fanatic is known for nearly 10 years of marketing and promoting expertise in the music industry, working with artists and record companies to develop a "buzz" and properly distribute their products.
Fanø Fanø is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø municipality is the municipality (Danish, kommune) that covers the island.
Fanboy Fanboy or fanboi is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version fangirl may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. Fanboys remain loyal to their particular obsession, disregarding any factors that differ from their point of view.
Fanboy Radio Fanboy Radio is a comic book related radio show and podcast. Hosted by Scott Hinze and Oliver Tull, Fanboy Radio has been broadcasting live comic book creator interviews, commentary with an attempt at humor and live listener callers.
Fanboys 'n Da Hood Fanboys 'n Da Hood is the first studio album released by The great Luke Ski under the name "Luke Ski's Psycho Potpourri" in 1996. This album has been out of print since 2003, and many of the tracks have since been re-released on later compilation collections.
Fanboys (2003 film) Fanboys is a fan film from New Zealand that made its debut on the internet in 2003. Set a few days before the release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in 1999, the film follows a Star Wars fan who is recruited by a group of rebels, seemingly from the real Star Wars universe, to steal a copy of the film before its release to aid their cause.
Fanboys (2007 film) Fanboys is a 2007 film directed by Kyle Newman and starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell. It tells the story of a group of Star Wars fanboys who take on a road trip to Skywalker Ranch to fulfill the wish of a friend to see Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace before he dies from cancer.
Fancies Remastered in 2005, Fancies includes 4 collections of short pieces created around whimsical themes. Rutter takes his text from poets such as Shakespeare, Thomas Campion (1567-1620), Edward Lear (1812-1888) and others.
Fancy (singer) Fancy (born Manfred Alois Segieth, July 7, 1946) is a German Eurodance artist who was popular in the mid to late 1980s. He first recorded in the German schlager style under the name of Tess Teiges before having his first hit as Fancy called Slice Me Nice in 1984.
Fancy dance Fancy dance or pan-Indian dancing is a style of dance originally created by members of the Lakota peoples around the turn of the 20th Century in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion at a time when practicing it was largely illegal. It is loosely based on the sacred Sun dance and War dance.
Fancy Dress Party The Fancy Dress Party was a political party in England. They were formed in 1979 as a frivolous alternative to the mainstream electoral parties, and can be seen as a forerunner of the more prominent Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Fancy Dutch The term Fancy Dutch or Gay Dutch refers to the Pennsylvania Germans who belonged to the Reformed and Lutheran churches. They, unlike the Amish, Dunkards and the Mennonites who were considered sectarians did not wear plain clothing, nor did they refuse to fight in wars or do many of the things commonly associated with the "Pennsylvania Dutch" in mainstream culture.
Fandango (1985 film) Fandango was originally a 30 minute black and white student film entitled "Montezuma's Revenge" by Kevin Reynolds while he was a student at USC Film. It was a parody of greek life at his alma mater Baylor University, however due to his father's presidency at the school he did not wish to portray the Baptist institution in an unfavorable light and gave it the alternate distinction as the University of Texas.
Fandango (band) Fandango was a Mexican female pop music group created by Abelardo Leal in 1986 in Monterrey, Mexico. Five unknown girls joined together under the record label EMI and recorded a low-budget debut album Contrastes.
Fandango (ticket service) Fandango is a corporation in the United States that sells film tickets over the telephone and Internet, allowing customers to make sure they have tickets and avoid lines at the movie theater. They are notable for their advertisements, which play before previews in most major movie-theater chains.
Fandango on core Fandango on core is a computer programming term for the effects of a pointer running out of bounds, often leading to a core dump, or failures in other seemingly-unrelated processes. In extreme situations, fandango on core may lead to the overwriting of operating system code, possibly causing data loss or system crashes.
Fandi Ahmad Fandi Ahmad (born 29 May, 1962) is a former professional soccer player from Singapore. During his career, he enjoyed success playing in both Europe and Asia and was captain of the Singapore national football team.
Fandom Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc.) is a subculture composed by like-minded fans (aficionados) characterized by a feeling of closeness to others who share the same interest (Thorne&Bruner 2006).
Fandor Fandor was a German toy company that specialized in toy trains, particularly toys styled after American trains. It was founded by Joseph Kraus and his cousins, Milton and Julius Forcheimer, all from Nuremberg, Germany.
Family Re-Union Family Re-Union is an annual conference, hosted by former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and Tipper Gore, in Nashville, Tennessee whose goal is to bring together families and those who work with them to talk and design better ways to strengthen family life in America. At the center of Family Re-Union is the belief that programs and guidelines should respond to the needs of families and communities, and should build on their strengths.
Family Readiness Group (US Army) Within United States Army and United States Army Reserve communities, a Family Readiness Group (FRG) is a command-sponsored organization of family members, volunteers, soldiers and civilian employees associated with a particular unit. They are normally organized at company and battalion levels, and fall under the responsibility of the unit's commanding officer.
Family Research Institute The Family Research Institute (FRI) is an American non-profit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado which states that it has "...one overriding mission: to generate empirical research on issues that threaten the traditional family, particularly homosexuality, AIDS, sexual social policy, and drug abuse.
Family saga The family saga is a genre of literature which chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families over a period of time. In novels (or sometimes sequences of novels) with a serious intent, this is often a thematic device used to portray particular historical events, changes of social circumstances, or the ebb and flow of fortunes from a multiple of perspectives.
Family Secrets Family Secrets is a 1984 television movie directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Melissa Gilbert and Stefanie Powers (who also co-wrote and co-produced. It is about three generations of women in the same family and their relationships with each other.
Family Service Agency of San Francisco Family Service Agency of San Francisco (FSA) was founded in 1889 as Associated Charities by Katharine Felton (1873-1940). FSASF is the oldest nonsectarian, nonprofit charitable social-services provider in the City and County of San Francisco.
Family Style Family Style is a blues-rock album by the Vaughan Brothers, released September 1990. The album features guitarists and vocalists Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan in their first studio collaboration.
Family therapy Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view these in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
Family tree A family tree is generally the totality of one's ancestors represented as a tree structure, or more specifically, a chart used in genealogy. The purpose of the family tree is to show the family connections between individuals, consisting of the individuals' names (usually accompanied by dates, and often also places and occupations) connected by various types of line representing marriages, extra-marital unions, and progeniture.
Family tree of Ali â€AlÄ« ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib ()‎ (599 – 661)was an early Islam]ic leader. He is revered by [[Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and as a foremost religious authority on the Qur'an and Islamic jurisprudence.
Family tree of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt The family tree of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, founded by Ahmose I, is complex and unclear, especially at its end. Beginning at the end of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, the family tree is thought to be as follows, shows only major
Family Theater Productions Family Theater Productions is a film, television and radio production company founded by Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. As an off-shoot of his Family Rosary Crusade, in the 1940's-1950's the production facility produced radio and film programing for family entertainment which was sometimes of an explicitly Catholic nature, drawing many of the big names in Hollywood of the era.
Family Ties (film) Family Ties is the second film by South Korean director Kim Tae-Yong, known for his debut Memento Mori. Mismarketed as a slapstick comedy through its promotional posters, the film is actually a generation-to-generation view of two families through love and life.
Family Tree Entertainment Family Tree Entertainment is a company run by Michael “Blue” Williams which specializes in managing the careers of hip hop and R&B performers. Included among Family Tree's past and present clients are Macy Gray, Donell Jones, Eric Benet, Jagged Edge (band), Killer Mike, Case, Monica Arnold, Trina, Scarface, Nick Cannon, P!
Family Truckster The Wagonqueen Family Truckster was a station wagon created specifically for the comedy National Lampoon's Vacation. The Truckster was a Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon with a modified front end and a "metallic pea" paint job.
Family values Family values is a political and social concept or term that has been used in various nations across the world to describe a set of moral beliefs in society specifically in response to the perception by social or religious conservatives of declining morality within that nation itself."Traditional families hit by declining morals, say mothers", Daily Mail The term is vague in its precise definition as many different groups have claimed that it means different things.
Family Video Family Video is the largest privately-owned video rental chain in the United States, and third largest overall. The company has over 400 stores across fourteen states, with their strongest customer base in the Midwest, and has an emerging commercial property division.
Family Viewing Hour The Family Viewing Hour was a policy established by the Federal Communications Commission in 1975. Under the policy, each television network in the United States had a responsibility to air "family-friendly" programming in the first hour of the prime time lineup (8 to 9 p.
Family Wealth Report Family Wealth Report is an online news publication that provides competitive information to advisors of the wealthy. Coverage includes family offices, wealth-advisory practices, hedge funds, mutual funds and SMAs, in addition to wealth-business best practices and technologies and M&A activity in the high-net-worth space.
Family Without a Name Family Without a Name (in the original French: Famille-sans-nom) is a novel written by French author Jules Verne from 1887 to 1888 about the life of a family in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 that sought an independent and democratic republic for Lower Canada. In the book, the two sons of a traitor fight in the Rebellion in an attempt to make up for the crime of their father.
Family-friendliness Entertainment or information is called "family friendly" if it considered suitable for the whole family. In particular it means that it is not considered harmful for children, which may imply restrictions on nudity, sex, violence, horror, crude language, etc.
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a nonprofit national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education (FACS) in public and private schools through grade 12.
Familyland Television Network Familyland Television Network offers families a variety of spiritual programming and family values-centered entertainment that has been edited to exclude foul language, immodesty, excessive violence and disrespect for authority. Programming also includes exclusive spiritual talk shows with over 500 personalities who are interviewed from a family perspective, plus movie classics with spiritual commentaries, devotional programs, children’s favorites, practical home shows, Christian music, family sitcoms, sports commentaries, and an array of original Christian productions featuring parents, children and youth who visit the Catholic Familyland retreat in Ohio.
FamilyNet FamilyNet Television is a faith-based broadcast and cable channel with award-winning programs which provides a reliable, safe, viewing destination for today’s family. FamilyNet has programming which appeals to viewers of all ages, such as news and current events from a Christian worldview, music specials, and classic movies and TV series, along with original children’s shows, documentaries, and the best in Sunday worship from churches around the country.
FamilySearch FamilySearch is a family history website provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It provides its resources free of charge to the public and is one of the preeminent genealogy sites on the Internet.
Famine A famine is a social and economic crisis that is commonly accompanied by widespread malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. Although many famines coincide with national or regional shortages of food, famine has also occurred amid plenty or on account of acts of economic or military policy that have deprived certain populations of sufficient food to ensure survival.
Famine (band) Famine is an IDM, Breakcore, Industrial artist originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He began writing electronic music in 1996, being heavily influenced by the programming styles of cEvin Key, Daniel Myer, Richard Devine, Otto Von Schirach, Photek, and Autechre.
Famine (comics) Famine (real name Autumn Rolfson) is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is most notable for being one of the original four horsemen of the villain Apocalypse.
Famine Early Warning Systems Network Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET ) is a lead organization in the prediction and response to famines and other forms of food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development since its creation in 1986, it analyzes issues such as livestock levels, precipitation and crop failures to predict when and where occurrences of food insecurity will occur, and issues alerts on predicted crises.
Famine scales Famine scales are the ways in which degrees of food security are measured, from situations in which an entire population has adequate food to full-scale famine. The word "famine" has highly emotive and political connotations and there has been extensive discussion among international relief agencies offering food aid as to its exact definition.
Famine, Affluence, and Morality Famine, Affluence, and Morality is an essay written by Peter Singer in 1971 covering the moral obligation of the affluent to donate some of their money to famine relief. One of the core arguments in the essay is that letting someone die of starvation--when you could have reasonably prevented the death with relatively little costs to your own well being--is not significantly different morally than committing murder.
Famines in Ethiopia Traditionally the Economy of Ethiopia was based on subsistence agriculture, with an aristocracy that consumed the surplus. Due to a number of causes, the peasants lacked incentives to either improve production or to store their excess harvest; as a result, they lived from harvest to harvest.
Famous Belgians Famous Belgians or Ten Famous Belgians is a parlour game in which participants must name, from memory, famous Belgians (or ten famous Belgians). Since modern Belgium encompasses parts of historical Flanders and Wallonia, Flemish artists are generally allowed, as are fictional characters such as Hercule Poirot.
Famous Bowl The Famous Bowl is a side dish from Kentucky Fried Chicken introduced in May 2006. It consists of their famous mashed potatoes (or rice where available), brown gravy, sweet corn, popcorn chicken and a three cheese blend.
Famous Dave's Famous Dave's Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que, formerly Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que Shack, is a chain of southern-style barbecue restaurants serving pork ribs, chicken, and beef brisket. Dave Anderson, an Ojibwe who served as the head of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs from 2004 to 2005, started the first Famous Dave's restaurant just outside of Hayward, Wisconsin, in 1994.
Famous Footwear Famous Footwear is a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States, which offers a variety of footwear from brands like: Nike, Skechers, Aerosoles, Steve Madden, New Balance, Converse, Puma, and many other brands.
Famous in the Last Century Famous in the Last Century is an album by the British rock band Status Quo, released in 2000 to largely negative reviews. A DVD of the same name and featuring the same songs was filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 27 March 2000.
Famous last words (sarcasm) The term famous last words has become an expression in the English language for a quote, either fictional or true, that showed a lack of foresight. Often the term is uttered after someone makes a statement that expresses undue optimism, particularly about a task they plan to undertake.
Famous magazine FAMOUS magazine is Australia's first celebrity weekly news magazine. Each issue of the magazine is for sale each Monday, offering the latest news in entertainment, horoscopes, fashion, shopping, beauty and gossip.
Famous Monsters Famous Monsters is a 1999 album by the Misfits. It is the second in what some call the "post-Danzig era" of the band; it's also the last album of new material with new frontman Michale Graves who would quit the band in 2000.
Famous people connected with Prague Prague, the capital of today's Czech Republic, has been for over a thousand years the center and biggest city of Czech lands. A city of such size and historic importance boasts of many famous people who were born or died here, who studied, lived or saw their success here.
Famous predictions There have been many Famous predictions of different kinds, such as predictions made by scientists based on the scientific method, the theoretical non-fiction predictions of social and technological change of futurologists, the economic forecasts of economists regarding financial markets, wealth and resources, philosophical predictions of the perfectibility of man, religious and teleological predictions, and the fictional predictions of science fiction.
Famous Players Film Company The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. The company produced both short and feature-length production and between 1912 and 1919 made 140 silent films.
Famous Studios Famous Studios was the animation studio owned by Paramount Pictures after the company foreclosed on Fleischer Studios and ousted Max and Dave Fleischer in 1942. Isadore Sparber, Dan Gordon, and Max Fleischer's son-in-law Seymour Kneitel became the new heads of the studio, which was moved from Miami back to New York by 1943.
Famous trains The ensuing list of Famous trains primarily includes those train routes that have come to be considered "legendary" both in recent times and during their past history. Before the post-World War II period with the advent of more democratised air transport, rail travel was the predominant means of transportation for long-distance travel - and was therefore most common only for the wealthy or those with an urgent personal or business need.
Famous Thirteen The Famous Thirteen (Spanish Los trece de la fame, the thirteen of the fame) were a group of 16th century Spanish conquistadors that participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru (second expedition) along with their leader, Francisco Pizarro. The following are the names of those who stayed with Pizarro at the famous Isla de Gallo:
Fan (person) The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a sporting club, person, group of persons, company, product, work of art, idea, or trend. There is some confusion as to the origin of the word.
Fan art Fan art or fanart is artwork that is based on a character, costume, item, or story that was created by someone other than the artist. The term, while it can apply to art done by fans of characters from books, is usually used to refer to art derived from visual media such as comics, movies or video games.
Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing (Chinese: čŚĺ†°ĺ†°; Pinyin: FĂ n BÄ«ngbÄ«ng; born 16 September, 1981) is a popular Chinese actress. She was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China and graduated from Xie Jin's Star School and Shanghai Theater Academy.
Fan club A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well known person, group, idea (such as history) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building). Most fanclubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to supporting them.
Fan clutch Fan Clutch refers to an automatic device frequently used in automotive cooling systems. When the engine is cool or even at normal operating temperature, the fan clutch partially disengages the engine's mechanically-driven radiator cooling fan, generally located at the front of the water pump and driven by a belt and pulley connected to the engine's crankshaft.
Fan convention A fan convention, or con, is an event in which the fans of a particular TV show, comic book, or actor, or an entire style of entertainment such as science fiction or anime, gather together to meet famous personalities (and each other) face-to-face.
Fan criticism of George Lucas Fan criticism of George Lucas is a realm of amateur film and fandom criticism focused on the works of film director George Lucas, specifically concerning the Star Wars saga. The Star Wars franchise is one of the most popular and lucrative in film history, but some fans disapprove of changes made to the original films in re-releases and of elements in the prequel episodes.
Fan dance (exercise) The SAS Fan Dance or Long Drag is a training exercise undertaken in the Brecon Beacons by the SAS. In the exercise, prospective members of the regiment undertake a 60 kilometer or 40 mile march through the mountains while carrying a 55-pound 'bergen'.
Fan death Fan death is an urban legend that originated in South Korea, but has since spread to other countries in the Far East. The belief is that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can result in the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside.
Fan edit A fan edit is a version of a film modified by a viewer, that removes, reorders, or adds material in order to create a new interpretation of the film. This includes the removal of scenes or dialog, replacement of audio and/or visual elements, and adding material from sources such as deleted scenes or even other films.
Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada (FANX) (formerly the Canadian National Expo) is a multigenre convention covering the sci-fi, comic book, anime, horror, and gaming genres. It is held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto and has taken place since 1995, when it was named The Canadian National Comic Book Expo.
Fan fiction Fan fiction (also commonly spelled as fanfiction and frequently abbreviated to fanfic or occasionally just fic) is a broadly defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creators. Fan fiction usually describes works which are uncommissioned by the owner of the work, and usually (but not always) works which are not professionally published.
Fan fiction terminology The community surrounding modern fan fiction has generated a considerable amount of slang and jargon over the past several decades. This article serves as an introduction for the reader to the frequent and notable, but sometimes-confusing jargon of the fan fiction subculture.
Fan film A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by professional filmmakers as film school class projects or as demonstration reels.
Fan character Fan characters are fictional characters created by fans of popular media franchises, generally created in the style or setting of the series. They are found in fan works in various media, such as fan fiction, fan art, fan comics, and fan games.
Fan Chan Fan Chan (Thai: ŕąŕ¸źŕ¸™ŕ¸‰ŕ¸±ŕ¸™, English: My Girl) is a 2003 Thai romantic comedy film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. It was the debut film by six young screenwriter-directors, Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem and Komgrit Triwimol.
Fan Changjiang Fan Changjiang (Trad.:čŚé•·ć±ź, Simp.:čŚé•żć±ź) (1909~Oct 1970), originally named Fan Xitian (Trad.: čŚĺ¸Śĺ¤©, Simp.: čŚĺ¸Śĺ¤©), was a famous journalist, reporter and author in China. Fan was born in Sichuan Province (四川çś) and educated at Peking University (北京大ĺ¸). Fan committed suicide in Henan Province at the age of 61.
Fan Changsheng Fan Changsheng (čŚé•·ç”ź fĂ n chángshÄ“ng) (died 318) was a Taoist hermit who was instrumental in the establishment of the Cheng Han state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. He led a Taoist community of over one thousand families on Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan.
Fan Chengda Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the twelfth century. His work deals with the traditional themes of the period, including peasant life, the seasons, Buddhism, and growing old.
Fan Chun Yip Fan Chun Yip (Chinese: čŚäżŠćĄ, born May 1, 1976 in Hong Kong), nicknamed "chutsai" (豬仔), is a Hong Kong professional football player who plays as goalkeeper for Hong Kong team. He currently plays for Happy Valley in the Hong Kong First Division League and was voted the player of the year in the 2003/2004 season.
Fan Chung Fan Rong K Chung Graham (金芳蓉, pinyin: JÄ«n FÄngrĂłng) (born October 9, 1949 in Kaohsiung), known professionally as Fan Chung, is a mathematician who works mainly in the areas of spectral graph theory , extremal graph theory and complex networks (see graph theory for the general article). She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, under the direction of Herbert Wilf.
Fan Chuo Fan Chuo (Traditional Chinese: 樊綽; Simplified Chinese: 樊绰; pinyin: fán chuò) (??? – late 9th century) was a secretary working under the Jie-du (Traditional Chinese: 節度; Simplified Chinese: 节度; pinyin: jié dù) (similar to the Byzantine thema) with headquarters located at Hanoi.
Fan magazine A fan magazine is a professionally written and published magazine intended for the amusement of fans of the subject matter which it covers. It is distinguished from a scholarly or literary magazine on the one hand, by the target audience of its contents, and from a fanzine on the other, by the professional and for-profit nature of its production and distribution.
Fan Mountain Observatory Fan Mountain Observatory (or Fan Mountain Station of Leander McCormick Observatory), an observatory operated by the Astronomy Department of the University of Virginia in southern Albemarle County, Virginia. It was opened in 1966 with a 31-inch Tinsley reflector, with a 40-inch Baker-Schmidt astrometric reflector following in 1972, to extend the parallax work of the McCormick Observatory, which was suffering from light pollution from growing Charlottesville, Virginia by this time.
Fan of Fantasy Fans of Fantasy (FOF) is a Fantasy] [[fansite founded by Tom Pickett, from Winchester, Virginia. The site's content is composed of news, editorials, synopses of the Harry Potter, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, Pendragon, and many more books and films, an encyclopedia of the books, a chat room, a discussion forum, and media such as image galleries, video galleries and Podcast.
Fan service , sometimes written as a single word, fanservice, is a vaguely defined term used in visual media—particularly in anime fandom—to refer to elements in a story that are unnecessary to a storyline, but designed to amuse or excite the audience. It is also sometimes referred to in Japan as a or simply .
Fan Yu Qi Fan Yu Qi or Fan Wu Qi, who lived during the Warring States period, was said to be a Qin general who betrayed his state. He escaped to the state of Yan and later committed suicide to aid the famous assassin Jing Ke in succeeding his assassination of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin.
Fan Zhongyan Fan Zhongyan (Chinese: čŚä»˛ć·ą) (989–1052), born in Wuxian ĺłç¸Ł, Suzhou (in Jiangsu province today), was a prominent politician and literary figure in Song dynasty China. He was also a strategist and educator.
Fan-beam antenna A fan-beam antenna is a directional antenna producing a main beam having a narrow beamwidth in one dimension and a wider beamwidth in the other dimension. This pattern will be achieved by a truncated paraboloid reflector or a circular paraboloid reflector.
Fan-In Fan-In is the number of inputs of an electronic logic gate. Logic gates with a large fan-in tend to be slower than those with a small fan-in, because the complexity of the input circuitry increases the input capacitance of the device.
Fan-tailed Raven The Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus) is like the Chihuahuan Raven one of the smaller species (47 cm in length), in fact it is about the same size as a Carrion Crow but with a much thicker bill, shorter tail and much larger wings. It is completely black including bill, legs and feet and the plumage has a purplish-blue gloss in good light.
Fana Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway and a former municipality. Fana is the largest of the boroughs of the city Bergen in area and it has also the largest growing population with around 35,000 inhabitants.
Fanaa (film) Fanaa (Hindi: फ़ना, Urdu:Ůناء, English: Destruction) is a Bollywood movie released in 2006, starring Aamir Khan and Kajol in pivotal roles. It is directed by Kunal Kohli who previously directed Hum Tum, and is produced under Yash Raj Films.
Fanagalo Fanagalo or Fanakalo is a pidgin based on the Zulu, English, and Afrikaans languages. It is used as a lingua franca, mainly in the gold, diamond, coal and copper mining industries in South Africa — and to a smaller extent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Fanatic Promotion Fanatic Promotion is a boutique artist development company, founded in 1996. Fanatic is known for nearly 10 years of marketing and promoting expertise in the music industry, working with artists and record companies to develop a "buzz" and properly distribute their products.
Fanø Fanø is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø municipality is the municipality (Danish, kommune) that covers the island.
Fanboy Fanboy or fanboi is a term used to describe an individual (usually male, though the feminine version fangirl may be used for females) who is utterly devoted to a single fannish subject, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. Fanboys remain loyal to their particular obsession, disregarding any factors that differ from their point of view.
Fanboy Radio Fanboy Radio is a comic book related radio show and podcast. Hosted by Scott Hinze and Oliver Tull, Fanboy Radio has been broadcasting live comic book creator interviews, commentary with an attempt at humor and live listener callers.
Fanboys 'n Da Hood Fanboys 'n Da Hood is the first studio album released by The great Luke Ski under the name "Luke Ski's Psycho Potpourri" in 1996. This album has been out of print since 2003, and many of the tracks have since been re-released on later compilation collections.
Fanboys (2003 film) Fanboys is a fan film from New Zealand that made its debut on the internet in 2003. Set a few days before the release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in 1999, the film follows a Star Wars fan who is recruited by a group of rebels, seemingly from the real Star Wars universe, to steal a copy of the film before its release to aid their cause.
Fanboys (2007 film) Fanboys is a 2007 film directed by Kyle Newman and starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell. It tells the story of a group of Star Wars fanboys who take on a road trip to Skywalker Ranch to fulfill the wish of a friend to see Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace before he dies from cancer.
Fancies Remastered in 2005, Fancies includes 4 collections of short pieces created around whimsical themes. Rutter takes his text from poets such as Shakespeare, Thomas Campion (1567-1620), Edward Lear (1812-1888) and others.
Fancy (singer) Fancy (born Manfred Alois Segieth, July 7, 1946) is a German Eurodance artist who was popular in the mid to late 1980s. He first recorded in the German schlager style under the name of Tess Teiges before having his first hit as Fancy called Slice Me Nice in 1984.
Fancy dance Fancy dance or pan-Indian dancing is a style of dance originally created by members of the Lakota peoples around the turn of the 20th Century in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion at a time when practicing it was largely illegal. It is loosely based on the sacred Sun dance and War dance.
Fancy Dress Party The Fancy Dress Party was a political party in England. They were formed in 1979 as a frivolous alternative to the mainstream electoral parties, and can be seen as a forerunner of the more prominent Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Fancy Dutch The term Fancy Dutch or Gay Dutch refers to the Pennsylvania Germans who belonged to the Reformed and Lutheran churches. They, unlike the Amish, Dunkards and the Mennonites who were considered sectarians did not wear plain clothing, nor did they refuse to fight in wars or do many of the things commonly associated with the "Pennsylvania Dutch" in mainstream culture.
Fandango (1985 film) Fandango was originally a 30 minute black and white student film entitled "Montezuma's Revenge" by Kevin Reynolds while he was a student at USC Film. It was a parody of greek life at his alma mater Baylor University, however due to his father's presidency at the school he did not wish to portray the Baptist institution in an unfavorable light and gave it the alternate distinction as the University of Texas.
Fandango (band) Fandango was a Mexican female pop music group created by Abelardo Leal in 1986 in Monterrey, Mexico. Five unknown girls joined together under the record label EMI and recorded a low-budget debut album Contrastes.
Fandango (ticket service) Fandango is a corporation in the United States that sells film tickets over the telephone and Internet, allowing customers to make sure they have tickets and avoid lines at the movie theater. They are notable for their advertisements, which play before previews in most major movie-theater chains.
Fandango on core Fandango on core is a computer programming term for the effects of a pointer running out of bounds, often leading to a core dump, or failures in other seemingly-unrelated processes. In extreme situations, fandango on core may lead to the overwriting of operating system code, possibly causing data loss or system crashes.
Fandi Ahmad Fandi Ahmad (born 29 May, 1962) is a former professional soccer player from Singapore. During his career, he enjoyed success playing in both Europe and Asia and was captain of the Singapore national football team.
Fandom Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc.) is a subculture composed by like-minded fans (aficionados) characterized by a feeling of closeness to others who share the same interest (Thorne&Bruner 2006).
Fandor Fandor was a German toy company that specialized in toy trains, particularly toys styled after American trains. It was founded by Joseph Kraus and his cousins, Milton and Julius Forcheimer, all from Nuremberg, Germany.
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