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Fantastic Four (2005 video game) Fantastic Four is an action adventure game based on the 2005 film of the Fantastic Four. Players play as the characters of the Fantastic Four using combos and special attacks to fight their way through hordes of enemies and bosses.
Fantastic Four (2006 TV series) Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an animated television series on Cartoon Network based on Marvel Comics' hit series. The series combines two-dimensional art and three-dimensional computer animation produced by the France-based animation company Moonscoop.
Fantastic Four: The End Fantastic Four: The End is a six-issue mini-series from Marvel Comics depicting a possible future for the members of the Fantastic Four, Marvel's 45 year old superteam/ superfamily. Written and pencilled by Alan Davis and inked by Mark Farmer, with John Kalisz supplying the color art and Dave Lanphear the lettering.
Fantastic Light Fantastic Light is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced out of the United Kingdom. At age 3, the colt won three minor races but at age 4 came into his own, winning several important international contests.
Fantastic Max Fantastic Max was a cartoon made by Hanna-Barbera in the late 1980s. It centered on a diaper-wearing toddler named Max, who would have adventures in outer space with two of his toys FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called Twinkle-Twinkle and AB Sitter, a C3PO-like android made of blocks.
Fantastic Norway The spirit of engagement in the society is essential with Erlend Blakstad Haffner and Håkon Matre Aasarød. Anxious to draw the attention of the public to architect’s social responsibilities; they christened their project “Fantastic Norway” and took to the road in a red camper van.
Fantastic Planet Fantastic Planet is the English title of La Planète sauvage (literally "The Savage Planet") an animated 1973 science fiction film directed by René Laloux. The film was an international production between France and Czechoslovakia and has been distributed in the United States by Roger Corman.
Fantastic realism (literature) Fantastic Realism (RĂ©alisme fantastique) was a movement which had its hour of glory in the 1960s, and whose founding act was the publication of the book The Morning of the Magicians (Le Matin des magiciens), subtitled "Introduction to Fantastic Realism." Jacques Bergier and Louis Pauwels published the book in October 1959 (Total French-language sales about 2,000,000.
Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner. 20th Century Fox wanted a book that would be a tie-in with the movie, and hired Isaac Asimov to write a novelization based on the screenplay.
Fantastic Voyage (Kurzweil) Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (Rodale Books, ISBN 1-57954-954-3), published in 2004, is a book authored by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. The basic premise of the book is that if middle aged people can live long enough, until approximately 120, they will be able to live forever -- as we overcome all diseases and old age itself.
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain is a 1987 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov about a group of scientists that shrink down to microscopic size in order to enter a human brain so that they can retrieve memories from a comatose colleague.
Fantastico (web hosting) Fantastico is a commercial script library which automates the installation of web applications to a website. Fantastico scripts are executed from the administration area of a website control panel such as cPanel.
Fantastique (pop duo of the early 80s) FANTASTIQUE (from French: fantasy) is a pop Duo of "typical Dutchmen" pair of round-faced Dick Das and blue-eyed Astrid Leuweringen from the city of Haarlem in the North of Netherlands. It was formed by famous Dutch producers' team Cat Music (Geertjan J.
Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. The genre is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by overall look, feel, and theme of the individual work, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction).
Fantasy (fragrance) Fantasy is a women's fragrance from Elizabeth Arden, and is the second perfume to be endorsed by Britney Spears. It is described as "a fragrance alive with enchantment and rich with the thrill of the chase" and as "a magic love potion of sweet temptation that leaves a tantalizing trail of embracing sensuality.
Fantasy (group) Fantasy is a R&B vocal group based in New York who scored several hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "You're Too Late", which hit #1 in 1981. Group members include Ken Roebson, Tami Hunt, Rufus Jackson and Carolyn Edwards.
Fantasy (Mariah Carey song) "Fantasy" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Dave Hall, and recorded for Carey's sixth album Daydream (1995). It is built around a sample of the Tom Tom Club's single "Genius of Love" (1982), which was written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew.
Fantasy (MĂĽnchener Freiheit album) Fantasy was the 1988 release by the German pop group MĂĽnchener Freiheit. This was their second album to be recorded in English, containing English versions of all tracks from their 5th studio album, Fantasie.
Fantasy (psychology) A fantasy is a situation imagined by an individual or group, which does not correspond with reality but expresses certain desires or aims of its creator. Fantasies typically involve situations which are impossible (such as the existence of magic powers) or highly unlikely (such as world peace).
Fantasy art Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. While there is some overlap with science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction art, there are unique elements not generally found in other forms of speculative fiction art.
Fantasy Auto Racing Fantasy Auto Racing is a game where fantasy owner assembles a team that competes against other teams based on the statistical performance of the individual owner's choice of drivers, constructors and components.
Fantasy baseball Fantasy baseball is a game whereby players manage imaginary baseball teams based on the real-life performance of baseball players, and compete against one another using those players' statistics to score points. It is the oldest and most popular form of fantasy sports, and notably one of the most difficult and time-intensive due to the 162-game season of the MLB.
Fantasy Bedtime Hour Fantasy Bedtime Hour is a public access television program on San Francisco channel 29. It can be described by its tagline, "Two girls in bed ill equipped to handle fantasy novel concepts discuss Lord Foul's Bane", referring to the novel by Stephen R.
Fantasy class The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated primarily by Carnival Cruise Lines, The first vessel of the class, Fantasy, entered service in 1990. The eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa Yards, in Helsinki, Finland.
Fantasy Community Council Fantasy Community Council (FanCC) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to developing role-playing game content under the Open Gaming License (OGL). The material is contributed entirely by volunteers and then reviewed, edited, and assembled into netbooks by specialized groups.
Fantasy fiction magazines Magazines which publish fantasy fiction primarily, as opposed to other sorts of fiction, or fantasy comics or other forms of visual art (though most have published poetry, illustration and other art, and some have published at least some kinds of cartoons.
Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap.
Fantasy football (American) Fantasy Football is a fantasy sports game in which participants (called "owners"), arranged into a league, each draft or acquire via auction a team of real-life American football players and then score points based on those players' statistical performance on the field. A typical fantasy league will employ players from a single football league, such as the NFL or an NCAA division.
Fantasy football (board games) Fantasy Football is a genre of board game or wargame which normally involves two teams of fantasy races (such as elves, dwarves or orcs) competing in an extremely violent variant of American Football. Violent future sports such as Rollerball may also be classed as Fantasy Football, however this is less likely.
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. As of 2006, it is the fifth largest board game publisher in the world (#1 and #2 are Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, both wholly owned by Hasbro).
Fantasy Football League Fantasy Football League was a British television programme hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. It began on BBC Radio 5 which was hosted by Dominik Diamond before transferring to BBC 2, with three series being broadcast from January 1994 to May 1996.
Fantasy General Fantasy General is a hex-based fantasy game published by Strategic Simulations in 1996. Its structure was taken from the popular computer wargame Panzer General with the units replaced by fantasy units - with some modifications to the base system.
Fantasy Glades Fantasy Glades was a small theme park which operated until April 28 2002 in the town of Port Macquarie New South Wales, Australia The park operated for 35 years in its rainforest] setting, catering to a child-friendly clientele.
Fantasy hockey Fantasy hockey is a form of fantasy sport where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by professional hockey players or teams. The majority of all fantasy hockey pools are based on the teams and players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and use resource sites like FantasyHockeyJournal.
Fantasy in the Sky Fantasy in the Sky was a fireworks performance at Disneyland Paris from 1993 to 2005 in Marne-la-Vallee, France, Disneyland in Anaheim, California from 1958 to 2000, shortly again in 2004, and at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, until 2003.
Fantasy Magazine Fantasy Magazine is the title of a quarterly magazine of literary fantasy edited by Sean Wallace, launched for the 2005 World Fantasy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. It is also the title of an earlier magazine that was published in the 1950s.
Fantasy Press Fantasy Press was an American publishing house specialising in fantasy and science fiction titles. Established in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, it was most notable for publishing the works of authors such as Robert A.
Fantasy Productions Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH (aka FanPro) is a German game company based in Erkrath producing the German-language versions of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) fantasy role-playing games (the last was only available in German).
Fantasy realms Fantasy Realms is a fantasy manga illustrated by Niko Geyer and Authored by Clay Gardner. It is about a girl named Shiva, who is a traveler and ex-priestess-in-training, a boy named Rico, who is a "flunked cadet" from the military, a boy younger than either Rico or Shiva named Ledin, who is a pickpocket and priest-in-training, a green haired girl who knows magic and is called Landra and barely introduced, and Calais, a Priestess of Gaina who trained Shiva before she ran away and now trains Ledin.
Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi and other jazz music artists.
Fantasy software Fantasy Software were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the early 1980's. They had a number of reasonable hits in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software houses.
Fantasy sport A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie, roto, or fairy-tale sport; or owner simulation) is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport. Probably the most common variant converts statistical performance into points that are compiled and totaled according to a roster selected by a manager that makes up a fantasy team.
Fantasy subgenres The fantasy genre has spawned many new subgenres with no clear counterparts in the myths or folklore upon which the tradition of fantasy storytelling is based, although inspiration from mythology and folklore remains a consistent theme. Since the rise of popular fantasy fiction in the twentieth century, the fantasy genre has subdivided into a number of branches.
Fantasy Sports stock simulations A stock simulation differs from the standard fantasy sports games in that it involves buying and selling of individual player stocks rather than building a team and setting a lineup. The beauty of a game like this is that not only can it involve multiple sports all at the same time, but people who want to play it aren't tied to getting involved only at the beginning of a sport's season.
Fantasy television Fantasy television is a genre of television featuring elements of the fantastic, often including magic, supernatural forces, or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy television programs are often based on tales from mythology and folklore, or are adapted from fantasy stories in other media.
Fantasy world A fantasy world is a type of imaginary world, part of a fictional universe used in fantasy novels and games. Typical worlds involve magic or magical abilitiesBrian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, p 166-7, ISBN 0-253-35665-2 and a medieval theme.
Fantasy wrestling Fantasy wrestling (also referred to as "e-wrestling") is an umbrella term representing the genre of role-playing and statistics-based games which are set in professional wrestling companies. Several variants of Fantasy Wrestling exist: segregated both by the way they are transmitted (through websites, message boards, e-mail, postal mail, or face-to-face) and the method in which the storyline is determined (via roleplay, "angles", strategy- or statistics-based systems, etc.
Fantasyland Fantasyland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Each Fantasyland has a castle as well as several gentle rides themed after Disney movies.
Fantasywear Fantasywear is a style of clothing, usually including lingerie, that people wear in the bedroom usually for living out sexual fantasies. Such costumes are exampled by the outfits ensembles, or by the use of materials such as PVC, Satin or Rubber.
Fantavision Fantavision was an animation program released to many computer formats in the late 1980s. It was originally released for the Apple IIe computer in 1985, and later released for other platforms like the Commodore Amiga (198?
Fantazia Fantazia is a dance organisation based in the UK. Founded in 1991 by James Perkins, it was set up at a time when breakbeat hardcore was on the ascendent within the rave scene – having grown out of the previous subcultural music genre: Acid House.
FantĂ´mas FantĂ´mas is one of the most popular fictional arch-villains and master criminals in the history of French crime fiction. He is the creation of Marcel Allain (1885-1970) and Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914), a team of French writers.
Fante Confederacy The Fante Confederacy can refer either to the loose alliance of the Fante states in existence at least since the eighteenth century, or it can refer to the briefly lived Confederation formed in 1868 and dissolved in 1874. The Confederation is seen as one of the first self rule movements in Africa.
Fanti Rough-winged Swallow The Fanti Rough-winged Swallow (Psalidoprocne obscura) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts (order Apodiformes).
Fantomcat Fantomcat was an animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, it first aired in 1995 but was animated before Avenger Penguins in 1993 by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish based animation studio. It aired largely on Children's ITV.
Fantomette Fantomette was a character in the French "Bibliotheque Rose" series from Hachette Editions, created in 1961 by Georges Chaulet. Fantomette's alter ego, Francoise, was a girl of about twelve years who dressed up in order to fight crime.
Fantsuamn Foundation Fantsuamn Foundation is a a Nigerian non-profit organisation working in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that is working to develop a rugged computer suited for African conditions. Known as the Solo computer, this wooden-encased PC is being designed to cope with the "heat and dust" of Africa.
Fanwank A fanwank is either an attempt by fans of a work of fiction to explain or justify plot holes or continuity errors, often through convoluted contrivances, or a word to describe a piece of TV or film tie-in fiction, either professional or fan-written, which contains an excessive number of references to the history of the franchise. The term is used both as a verb and a noun; the practice is sometimes known as fanwankery.
Fanwood (NJT station) Fanwood, also known as Fanwood-Scotch Plains, is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Fanwood, New Jersey. The building on the north side of the tracks (westbound platform) is a Victorian building and, like the north building at Westfield, is used by a non-profit organization.
Fanwork Fanwork is the collective term for all creative works based on the creations of fans of popular series. It is most often manifested in fan fiction and fan art, but can be anything where a fan creates something involving a series they enjoy.
Fanya Heller Fanya Gottesfeld Heller is a noted Holocaust survivor, author and philanthropist. Born into a traditional Jewish family in a small village in the Ukraine in 1924, she and her family hid from the Nazi death squads with the help of two Christian rescuers.
Fanyang Fanyang (Traditional Chinese: čŚé™˝) is an ancient city in Northern China, somewhere around the modern-day city of Beijing. It is also known by its other names, Youzhou (Traditional Chinese: 幽州), used for administrative purposes, and Ji (Traditional Chinese: č–Š), as the capital of the Yan.
Fanzhen Fanzhen (in Mandarin Chinese 藩镇 ) name for the renegade military governors of border provinces during the Tang Dynasty, particularly during and after the An Shi Rebellion. An important example is An Lushan, the provincial governor and military commander who started the An Shi Rebellion against the Tang emperor Xuanzong in 755 CE.
Fanzine A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in October 1940 by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, although self-published fanzine-like publications did not originate with science fiction fandom.
Faoilleach Faoilleach or Faoilteach, anglicised as Fulteachs, futtick, furtock etc, is a Scottish Gaelic term which originally referred to a certain period in the agricultural calendar and which refers to the first month of the year, January, in modern Scottish Gaelic.
Faqir Mohammed Faqir Mohammed (born circa 1970 in Chopatra, in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan) is a member of the Mommand tribe whose house was raided by Pakistani security agencies hunting a "high value" al-Qaeda target in 2005. Public sympathy raised him into a position of leadership in the Bajaur Agency.
Far and Away Far and Away (1992) is a drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman play Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893.
Far Above Cayuga's Waters "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" is Cornell University's alma mater. The lyrics were composed circa 1870 by roommates Archibald Croswell Weeks, 1872, and Wilmot Moses Smith, 1874, and set to the tune of "Annie Lisle", a popular 1857 ballad by H.
Far Corporation Far Corporation is a conglomeration of musicians brought together by producer Frank Farian, who is also notable for doing the same thing with groups Boney M and especially Milli Vanilli. In fact, the group's was shortened from the unwieldy "Frank Farian Corporation".
Far darrig A far darrig or fear dearg is a faerie of Irish mythology. The name far darrig is an Anglophone pronunciation of the Irish words fear dearg, meaning Red Man, as the far darrig is said to wear a red coat and cap.
Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force) The RAF Far East Air Force was the command organisation that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the east of Asia. The first organisation dedicated to this task was formed in Singapore in 1930 as Royal Air Force Base Singapore.
Far East Military District The Far Eastern Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War. Its headquarters are now at Khabarovsk.
Far East of Eden series The Far East of Eden series was originally produced as one of the early CD-ROM games for the PC Engine (Turbo Grafx) system, Tengai Makyo II was known for its use of voice and fully animated cinemas to progress its storyline. The game was remade for the Playstation 2 and GameCube in 2003.
Far East Strategic Reserve The Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) began in response to communist aggression in South East Asia following World War II. The socio-political climate of the period was one of fear and uncertainty as totalitarianism evolved from fascism to communism.
Far Eastern American Far Eastern Americans are Americans of Far Eastern descent. They include Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Thai Americans, Cambodian Americans, Laotian Americans, and various others.
Far Eastern Commission It was agreed at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, and made public in communique issued at the end of the conference on December 27, 1945 that the Far Eastern Advisory Commission (FEAC) would become the Far Eastern Commission (FEC), it would be based in Washington, and would oversee the Allied Council for Japan. As agreed in the communique the FEC and the Council were dismantled following the Japanese Peace Treaty of September 8, 1951.
Far Eastern Curlew The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing.
Far Eastern Economic Review The Far Eastern Economic Review (Chinese: é 東經濟評論; also referred to as FEER) is an English language Asian news magazine. The Hong Kong-based business magazine was originally published weekly on every Thursday.
Far Eastern Liaison Office The Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) was the cover name for a World War II multi national propaganda section of Special Operations Australia (later Allied Intelligence Bureau). FELO was established on 19 June 1942 following an order by General Thomas Blamey and was commanded by British Major, G.
Far Eastern Myotis The Far Eastern Myotis or Bombinus Bat, Myotis bombinus, is a species of mouse-eared bat found in East Asia. It is widespread but uncommon across the Korean Peninsula, and spends the winter hibernating in caves.
Far Eastern Republic The Far Eastern Republic (Russian: ДальневоŃŃ‚ĐľĚчная РеŃĐżŃĚблика (ДВР); English transliteration: Dalnevostochnaya Respublika (DVR)) sometimes called Chita Republic was a nominally independent state established at Blagoveshchensk, covering the former Russian Far East and Siberia east of Lake Baikal on April 6, 1920. Although nominally independent, it was largely controlled by the RSFSR.
Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (FEU) () in the City of Manila is a nonsectarian, private institution of higher learning in the Philippines. It was founded as a domestic educational institution in 1928 and incorporated in 1933.
Far Eastern University - East Asia College FEU - East Asia College, formerly known as East Asia College of Information Technology (EACIT) and East Asia Institute of Computer Technology (EAICT) was established in 1992. EACIT is an educational partnership of Asia Pacific College (APC), Shoemart, IBM Phils.
Far from the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership; critical notices, too, were plentiful and mostly positive.
Far From Showbiz Far From Showbiz is a single by Norwegian band Beyond Dawn released under Peaceville in 2003 to promote the proceeding album, Frysh, from which the tracks originate. The single marks a striking change in Beyond Dawn's sound from that of mournful doom in favor of a mellow electropop sound.
Far Hills Country Day School Far Hills Country Day School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in Far Hills, New Jersey, United States, serving students in nursery through eighth grade on a 55-acre rural-suburban campus set on rolling hills and bordered by woods with nature trails.
Far Horizons Far Horizons is an anthology of 11 science fiction short stories or novellas by major authors, who also provide introductions and sometimes afterwords for the stories; it is edited by Robert Silverberg. All of the stories make their first appearance in Far Horizons, but none are truly "original" in a sense, as they are all set in one of the author's most popular fictional universes.
Far infrared laser Far infrared laser (FIR laser, terahertz laser) is a laser with output wavelength in far infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between 30-1000 µm (10 THz-300 GHz). It is one of the possible sources of terahertz radiation.
Far left Far left, extreme left, leftist, or radical left are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. The terms "far right" and "far left" are often used to say that someone is an "extremist.
Far North Province The Far North Province, also known as the Extreme North Province (from French Province de l'ExtrĂŞme-Nord), is the northernmost constituent province of The Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Province to the south, Chad to the east, and Nigeria to the west.
Far North Queensland Regiment The Far North Queensland Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army which is infantry based, but has a significantly different role than a standard infantry unit. (It is a Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU), and as its name suggests, surveillance is its primary role - the unit would rarely, by choice, carry out offensive or even defensive operations).
Far point In visual perception, the far point is the point at which an object must be placed along the optical axis for its image to be focused on the retina when the eye is not accommodating. It is sometimes described as the farthest point from the eye at which images are clear.
Far right Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. The terms "far right" and "far left" are often used to say that someone is an "extremist.
Far right leagues Far right leagues (Ligues d'extrĂŞme droite) gathered several French far right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicate themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ligue was often used in the 1930s to distinguish these political movements opposed to parliamentary parties.
Far Reaching Ministries Far Reaching Ministries is a mission organization that assists the people of Africa, with a focus on Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. They have been busy helping the Night Commuters of Northern Uganda in Kitgum and Gulu.
Far Realm The Far Realm, also called Outside, is an extradimensional plane in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Situated very far from the planes of the standard Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, it is often not included in campaign settings.
Far Rockaway (LIRR station) Far Rockaway is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States. The station is located at Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue, and is 23.
Far Rockaway Bus Depot The Far Rockaway Bus Depot, situated on Rockaway Freeway in Arverne, Queens, The Far Rockaway Bus Depot continues to be owned by Green Bus Lines Inc. On January 9, 2006, MTA Bus took over bus routes that had previously been operated by Green Bus Lines.
Far Rockaway, Queens Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. It describes the easternmost section of the Rockaways, usually the area east of Beach 77th Street, comprising the neighborhoods of Bayswater, Edgemere, Arverne, as well as Far Rockaway proper and Downtown Far Rockaway.
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FUSE, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, is a space-based telescope run by the Johns Hopkins University. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on June 24 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins project, and as of October 2006 is still functioning Its Explorer] designation is Explorer 77.
Fantastic Four (2006 TV series) Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an animated television series on Cartoon Network based on Marvel Comics' hit series. The series combines two-dimensional art and three-dimensional computer animation produced by the France-based animation company Moonscoop.
Fantastic Four: The End Fantastic Four: The End is a six-issue mini-series from Marvel Comics depicting a possible future for the members of the Fantastic Four, Marvel's 45 year old superteam/ superfamily. Written and pencilled by Alan Davis and inked by Mark Farmer, with John Kalisz supplying the color art and Dave Lanphear the lettering.
Fantastic Light Fantastic Light is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced out of the United Kingdom. At age 3, the colt won three minor races but at age 4 came into his own, winning several important international contests.
Fantastic Max Fantastic Max was a cartoon made by Hanna-Barbera in the late 1980s. It centered on a diaper-wearing toddler named Max, who would have adventures in outer space with two of his toys FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called Twinkle-Twinkle and AB Sitter, a C3PO-like android made of blocks.
Fantastic Norway The spirit of engagement in the society is essential with Erlend Blakstad Haffner and Håkon Matre Aasarød. Anxious to draw the attention of the public to architect’s social responsibilities; they christened their project “Fantastic Norway” and took to the road in a red camper van.
Fantastic Planet Fantastic Planet is the English title of La Planète sauvage (literally "The Savage Planet") an animated 1973 science fiction film directed by René Laloux. The film was an international production between France and Czechoslovakia and has been distributed in the United States by Roger Corman.
Fantastic realism (literature) Fantastic Realism (RĂ©alisme fantastique) was a movement which had its hour of glory in the 1960s, and whose founding act was the publication of the book The Morning of the Magicians (Le Matin des magiciens), subtitled "Introduction to Fantastic Realism." Jacques Bergier and Louis Pauwels published the book in October 1959 (Total French-language sales about 2,000,000.
Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner. 20th Century Fox wanted a book that would be a tie-in with the movie, and hired Isaac Asimov to write a novelization based on the screenplay.
Fantastic Voyage (Kurzweil) Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (Rodale Books, ISBN 1-57954-954-3), published in 2004, is a book authored by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. The basic premise of the book is that if middle aged people can live long enough, until approximately 120, they will be able to live forever -- as we overcome all diseases and old age itself.
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain is a 1987 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov about a group of scientists that shrink down to microscopic size in order to enter a human brain so that they can retrieve memories from a comatose colleague.
Fantastico (web hosting) Fantastico is a commercial script library which automates the installation of web applications to a website. Fantastico scripts are executed from the administration area of a website control panel such as cPanel.
Fantastique (pop duo of the early 80s) FANTASTIQUE (from French: fantasy) is a pop Duo of "typical Dutchmen" pair of round-faced Dick Das and blue-eyed Astrid Leuweringen from the city of Haarlem in the North of Netherlands. It was formed by famous Dutch producers' team Cat Music (Geertjan J.
Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. The genre is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by overall look, feel, and theme of the individual work, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction).
Fantasy (fragrance) Fantasy is a women's fragrance from Elizabeth Arden, and is the second perfume to be endorsed by Britney Spears. It is described as "a fragrance alive with enchantment and rich with the thrill of the chase" and as "a magic love potion of sweet temptation that leaves a tantalizing trail of embracing sensuality.
Fantasy (group) Fantasy is a R&B vocal group based in New York who scored several hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "You're Too Late", which hit #1 in 1981. Group members include Ken Roebson, Tami Hunt, Rufus Jackson and Carolyn Edwards.
Fantasy (Mariah Carey song) "Fantasy" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Dave Hall, and recorded for Carey's sixth album Daydream (1995). It is built around a sample of the Tom Tom Club's single "Genius of Love" (1982), which was written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew.
Fantasy (MĂĽnchener Freiheit album) Fantasy was the 1988 release by the German pop group MĂĽnchener Freiheit. This was their second album to be recorded in English, containing English versions of all tracks from their 5th studio album, Fantasie.
Fantasy (psychology) A fantasy is a situation imagined by an individual or group, which does not correspond with reality but expresses certain desires or aims of its creator. Fantasies typically involve situations which are impossible (such as the existence of magic powers) or highly unlikely (such as world peace).
Fantasy art Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. While there is some overlap with science fiction, horror and other speculative fiction art, there are unique elements not generally found in other forms of speculative fiction art.
Fantasy Auto Racing Fantasy Auto Racing is a game where fantasy owner assembles a team that competes against other teams based on the statistical performance of the individual owner's choice of drivers, constructors and components.
Fantasy baseball Fantasy baseball is a game whereby players manage imaginary baseball teams based on the real-life performance of baseball players, and compete against one another using those players' statistics to score points. It is the oldest and most popular form of fantasy sports, and notably one of the most difficult and time-intensive due to the 162-game season of the MLB.
Fantasy Bedtime Hour Fantasy Bedtime Hour is a public access television program on San Francisco channel 29. It can be described by its tagline, "Two girls in bed ill equipped to handle fantasy novel concepts discuss Lord Foul's Bane", referring to the novel by Stephen R.
Fantasy class The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated primarily by Carnival Cruise Lines, The first vessel of the class, Fantasy, entered service in 1990. The eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa Yards, in Helsinki, Finland.
Fantasy Community Council Fantasy Community Council (FanCC) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to developing role-playing game content under the Open Gaming License (OGL). The material is contributed entirely by volunteers and then reviewed, edited, and assembled into netbooks by specialized groups.
Fantasy fiction magazines Magazines which publish fantasy fiction primarily, as opposed to other sorts of fiction, or fantasy comics or other forms of visual art (though most have published poetry, illustration and other art, and some have published at least some kinds of cartoons.
Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap.
Fantasy football (American) Fantasy Football is a fantasy sports game in which participants (called "owners"), arranged into a league, each draft or acquire via auction a team of real-life American football players and then score points based on those players' statistical performance on the field. A typical fantasy league will employ players from a single football league, such as the NFL or an NCAA division.
Fantasy football (board games) Fantasy Football is a genre of board game or wargame which normally involves two teams of fantasy races (such as elves, dwarves or orcs) competing in an extremely violent variant of American Football. Violent future sports such as Rollerball may also be classed as Fantasy Football, however this is less likely.
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. As of 2006, it is the fifth largest board game publisher in the world (#1 and #2 are Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers, both wholly owned by Hasbro).
Fantasy Football League Fantasy Football League was a British television programme hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. It began on BBC Radio 5 which was hosted by Dominik Diamond before transferring to BBC 2, with three series being broadcast from January 1994 to May 1996.
Fantasy General Fantasy General is a hex-based fantasy game published by Strategic Simulations in 1996. Its structure was taken from the popular computer wargame Panzer General with the units replaced by fantasy units - with some modifications to the base system.
Fantasy Glades Fantasy Glades was a small theme park which operated until April 28 2002 in the town of Port Macquarie New South Wales, Australia The park operated for 35 years in its rainforest] setting, catering to a child-friendly clientele.
Fantasy hockey Fantasy hockey is a form of fantasy sport where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by professional hockey players or teams. The majority of all fantasy hockey pools are based on the teams and players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and use resource sites like FantasyHockeyJournal.
Fantasy in the Sky Fantasy in the Sky was a fireworks performance at Disneyland Paris from 1993 to 2005 in Marne-la-Vallee, France, Disneyland in Anaheim, California from 1958 to 2000, shortly again in 2004, and at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, until 2003.
Fantasy Magazine Fantasy Magazine is the title of a quarterly magazine of literary fantasy edited by Sean Wallace, launched for the 2005 World Fantasy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. It is also the title of an earlier magazine that was published in the 1950s.
Fantasy Press Fantasy Press was an American publishing house specialising in fantasy and science fiction titles. Established in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, it was most notable for publishing the works of authors such as Robert A.
Fantasy Productions Fantasy Productions Medienvertriebsgesellschaft GmbH (aka FanPro) is a German game company based in Erkrath producing the German-language versions of Shadowrun, BattleTech, and Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) fantasy role-playing games (the last was only available in German).
Fantasy realms Fantasy Realms is a fantasy manga illustrated by Niko Geyer and Authored by Clay Gardner. It is about a girl named Shiva, who is a traveler and ex-priestess-in-training, a boy named Rico, who is a "flunked cadet" from the military, a boy younger than either Rico or Shiva named Ledin, who is a pickpocket and priest-in-training, a green haired girl who knows magic and is called Landra and barely introduced, and Calais, a Priestess of Gaina who trained Shiva before she ran away and now trains Ledin.
Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by Dave Brubeck, Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi and other jazz music artists.
Fantasy software Fantasy Software were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the early 1980's. They had a number of reasonable hits in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software houses.
Fantasy sport A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie, roto, or fairy-tale sport; or owner simulation) is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport. Probably the most common variant converts statistical performance into points that are compiled and totaled according to a roster selected by a manager that makes up a fantasy team.
Fantasy subgenres The fantasy genre has spawned many new subgenres with no clear counterparts in the myths or folklore upon which the tradition of fantasy storytelling is based, although inspiration from mythology and folklore remains a consistent theme. Since the rise of popular fantasy fiction in the twentieth century, the fantasy genre has subdivided into a number of branches.
Fantasy Sports stock simulations A stock simulation differs from the standard fantasy sports games in that it involves buying and selling of individual player stocks rather than building a team and setting a lineup. The beauty of a game like this is that not only can it involve multiple sports all at the same time, but people who want to play it aren't tied to getting involved only at the beginning of a sport's season.
Fantasy television Fantasy television is a genre of television featuring elements of the fantastic, often including magic, supernatural forces, or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy television programs are often based on tales from mythology and folklore, or are adapted from fantasy stories in other media.
Fantasy world A fantasy world is a type of imaginary world, part of a fictional universe used in fantasy novels and games. Typical worlds involve magic or magical abilitiesBrian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, p 166-7, ISBN 0-253-35665-2 and a medieval theme.
Fantasy wrestling Fantasy wrestling (also referred to as "e-wrestling") is an umbrella term representing the genre of role-playing and statistics-based games which are set in professional wrestling companies. Several variants of Fantasy Wrestling exist: segregated both by the way they are transmitted (through websites, message boards, e-mail, postal mail, or face-to-face) and the method in which the storyline is determined (via roleplay, "angles", strategy- or statistics-based systems, etc.
Fantasyland Fantasyland is one of the "themed lands" at the many Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. Each Fantasyland has a castle as well as several gentle rides themed after Disney movies.
Fantasywear Fantasywear is a style of clothing, usually including lingerie, that people wear in the bedroom usually for living out sexual fantasies. Such costumes are exampled by the outfits ensembles, or by the use of materials such as PVC, Satin or Rubber.
Fantavision Fantavision was an animation program released to many computer formats in the late 1980s. It was originally released for the Apple IIe computer in 1985, and later released for other platforms like the Commodore Amiga (198?
Fantazia Fantazia is a dance organisation based in the UK. Founded in 1991 by James Perkins, it was set up at a time when breakbeat hardcore was on the ascendent within the rave scene – having grown out of the previous subcultural music genre: Acid House.
FantĂ´mas FantĂ´mas is one of the most popular fictional arch-villains and master criminals in the history of French crime fiction. He is the creation of Marcel Allain (1885-1970) and Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914), a team of French writers.
Fante Confederacy The Fante Confederacy can refer either to the loose alliance of the Fante states in existence at least since the eighteenth century, or it can refer to the briefly lived Confederation formed in 1868 and dissolved in 1874. The Confederation is seen as one of the first self rule movements in Africa.
Fanti Rough-winged Swallow The Fanti Rough-winged Swallow (Psalidoprocne obscura) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts (order Apodiformes).
Fantomcat Fantomcat was an animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, it first aired in 1995 but was animated before Avenger Penguins in 1993 by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish based animation studio. It aired largely on Children's ITV.
Fantomette Fantomette was a character in the French "Bibliotheque Rose" series from Hachette Editions, created in 1961 by Georges Chaulet. Fantomette's alter ego, Francoise, was a girl of about twelve years who dressed up in order to fight crime.
Fantsuamn Foundation Fantsuamn Foundation is a a Nigerian non-profit organisation working in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that is working to develop a rugged computer suited for African conditions. Known as the Solo computer, this wooden-encased PC is being designed to cope with the "heat and dust" of Africa.
Fanwank A fanwank is either an attempt by fans of a work of fiction to explain or justify plot holes or continuity errors, often through convoluted contrivances, or a word to describe a piece of TV or film tie-in fiction, either professional or fan-written, which contains an excessive number of references to the history of the franchise. The term is used both as a verb and a noun; the practice is sometimes known as fanwankery.
Fanwood (NJT station) Fanwood, also known as Fanwood-Scotch Plains, is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Fanwood, New Jersey. The building on the north side of the tracks (westbound platform) is a Victorian building and, like the north building at Westfield, is used by a non-profit organization.
Fanwork Fanwork is the collective term for all creative works based on the creations of fans of popular series. It is most often manifested in fan fiction and fan art, but can be anything where a fan creates something involving a series they enjoy.
Fanya Heller Fanya Gottesfeld Heller is a noted Holocaust survivor, author and philanthropist. Born into a traditional Jewish family in a small village in the Ukraine in 1924, she and her family hid from the Nazi death squads with the help of two Christian rescuers.
Fanyang Fanyang (Traditional Chinese: čŚé™˝) is an ancient city in Northern China, somewhere around the modern-day city of Beijing. It is also known by its other names, Youzhou (Traditional Chinese: 幽州), used for administrative purposes, and Ji (Traditional Chinese: č–Š), as the capital of the Yan.
Fanzhen Fanzhen (in Mandarin Chinese 藩镇 ) name for the renegade military governors of border provinces during the Tang Dynasty, particularly during and after the An Shi Rebellion. An important example is An Lushan, the provincial governor and military commander who started the An Shi Rebellion against the Tang emperor Xuanzong in 755 CE.
Fanzine A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in October 1940 by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, although self-published fanzine-like publications did not originate with science fiction fandom.
Faoilleach Faoilleach or Faoilteach, anglicised as Fulteachs, futtick, furtock etc, is a Scottish Gaelic term which originally referred to a certain period in the agricultural calendar and which refers to the first month of the year, January, in modern Scottish Gaelic.
Faqir Mohammed Faqir Mohammed (born circa 1970 in Chopatra, in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan) is a member of the Mommand tribe whose house was raided by Pakistani security agencies hunting a "high value" al-Qaeda target in 2005. Public sympathy raised him into a position of leadership in the Bajaur Agency.
Far and Away Far and Away (1992) is a drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman play Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893.
Far Above Cayuga's Waters "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" is Cornell University's alma mater. The lyrics were composed circa 1870 by roommates Archibald Croswell Weeks, 1872, and Wilmot Moses Smith, 1874, and set to the tune of "Annie Lisle", a popular 1857 ballad by H.
Far Corporation Far Corporation is a conglomeration of musicians brought together by producer Frank Farian, who is also notable for doing the same thing with groups Boney M and especially Milli Vanilli. In fact, the group's was shortened from the unwieldy "Frank Farian Corporation".
Far darrig A far darrig or fear dearg is a faerie of Irish mythology. The name far darrig is an Anglophone pronunciation of the Irish words fear dearg, meaning Red Man, as the far darrig is said to wear a red coat and cap.
Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force) The RAF Far East Air Force was the command organisation that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the east of Asia. The first organisation dedicated to this task was formed in Singapore in 1930 as Royal Air Force Base Singapore.
Far East Military District The Far Eastern Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which traces its history originally to the East Siberian Military District originally formed in 1918, during the Russian Civil War. Its headquarters are now at Khabarovsk.
Far East of Eden series The Far East of Eden series was originally produced as one of the early CD-ROM games for the PC Engine (Turbo Grafx) system, Tengai Makyo II was known for its use of voice and fully animated cinemas to progress its storyline. The game was remade for the Playstation 2 and GameCube in 2003.
Far East Strategic Reserve The Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) began in response to communist aggression in South East Asia following World War II. The socio-political climate of the period was one of fear and uncertainty as totalitarianism evolved from fascism to communism.
Far Eastern American Far Eastern Americans are Americans of Far Eastern descent. They include Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Thai Americans, Cambodian Americans, Laotian Americans, and various others.
Far Eastern Commission It was agreed at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, and made public in communique issued at the end of the conference on December 27, 1945 that the Far Eastern Advisory Commission (FEAC) would become the Far Eastern Commission (FEC), it would be based in Washington, and would oversee the Allied Council for Japan. As agreed in the communique the FEC and the Council were dismantled following the Japanese Peace Treaty of September 8, 1951.
Far Eastern Curlew The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing.
Far Eastern Economic Review The Far Eastern Economic Review (Chinese: é 東經濟評論; also referred to as FEER) is an English language Asian news magazine. The Hong Kong-based business magazine was originally published weekly on every Thursday.
Far Eastern Liaison Office The Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) was the cover name for a World War II multi national propaganda section of Special Operations Australia (later Allied Intelligence Bureau). FELO was established on 19 June 1942 following an order by General Thomas Blamey and was commanded by British Major, G.
Far Eastern Myotis The Far Eastern Myotis or Bombinus Bat, Myotis bombinus, is a species of mouse-eared bat found in East Asia. It is widespread but uncommon across the Korean Peninsula, and spends the winter hibernating in caves.
Far Eastern Republic The Far Eastern Republic (Russian: ДальневоŃŃ‚ĐľĚчная РеŃĐżŃĚблика (ДВР); English transliteration: Dalnevostochnaya Respublika (DVR)) sometimes called Chita Republic was a nominally independent state established at Blagoveshchensk, covering the former Russian Far East and Siberia east of Lake Baikal on April 6, 1920. Although nominally independent, it was largely controlled by the RSFSR.
Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (FEU) () in the City of Manila is a nonsectarian, private institution of higher learning in the Philippines. It was founded as a domestic educational institution in 1928 and incorporated in 1933.
Far Eastern University - East Asia College FEU - East Asia College, formerly known as East Asia College of Information Technology (EACIT) and East Asia Institute of Computer Technology (EAICT) was established in 1992. EACIT is an educational partnership of Asia Pacific College (APC), Shoemart, IBM Phils.
Far from the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership; critical notices, too, were plentiful and mostly positive.
Far From Showbiz Far From Showbiz is a single by Norwegian band Beyond Dawn released under Peaceville in 2003 to promote the proceeding album, Frysh, from which the tracks originate. The single marks a striking change in Beyond Dawn's sound from that of mournful doom in favor of a mellow electropop sound.
Far Hills Country Day School Far Hills Country Day School is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in Far Hills, New Jersey, United States, serving students in nursery through eighth grade on a 55-acre rural-suburban campus set on rolling hills and bordered by woods with nature trails.
Far Horizons Far Horizons is an anthology of 11 science fiction short stories or novellas by major authors, who also provide introductions and sometimes afterwords for the stories; it is edited by Robert Silverberg. All of the stories make their first appearance in Far Horizons, but none are truly "original" in a sense, as they are all set in one of the author's most popular fictional universes.
Far infrared laser Far infrared laser (FIR laser, terahertz laser) is a laser with output wavelength in far infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between 30-1000 µm (10 THz-300 GHz). It is one of the possible sources of terahertz radiation.
Far left Far left, extreme left, leftist, or radical left are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. The terms "far right" and "far left" are often used to say that someone is an "extremist.
Far North Province The Far North Province, also known as the Extreme North Province (from French Province de l'ExtrĂŞme-Nord), is the northernmost constituent province of The Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Province to the south, Chad to the east, and Nigeria to the west.
Far North Queensland Regiment The Far North Queensland Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army which is infantry based, but has a significantly different role than a standard infantry unit. (It is a Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU), and as its name suggests, surveillance is its primary role - the unit would rarely, by choice, carry out offensive or even defensive operations).
Far point In visual perception, the far point is the point at which an object must be placed along the optical axis for its image to be focused on the retina when the eye is not accommodating. It is sometimes described as the farthest point from the eye at which images are clear.
Far right Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. The terms "far right" and "far left" are often used to say that someone is an "extremist.
Far right leagues Far right leagues (Ligues d'extrĂŞme droite) gathered several French far right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicate themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ligue was often used in the 1930s to distinguish these political movements opposed to parliamentary parties.
Far Reaching Ministries Far Reaching Ministries is a mission organization that assists the people of Africa, with a focus on Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. They have been busy helping the Night Commuters of Northern Uganda in Kitgum and Gulu.
Far Realm The Far Realm, also called Outside, is an extradimensional plane in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Situated very far from the planes of the standard Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, it is often not included in campaign settings.
Far Rockaway (LIRR station) Far Rockaway is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States. The station is located at Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue, and is 23.
Far Rockaway Bus Depot The Far Rockaway Bus Depot, situated on Rockaway Freeway in Arverne, Queens, The Far Rockaway Bus Depot continues to be owned by Green Bus Lines Inc. On January 9, 2006, MTA Bus took over bus routes that had previously been operated by Green Bus Lines.
Far Rockaway, Queens Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. It describes the easternmost section of the Rockaways, usually the area east of Beach 77th Street, comprising the neighborhoods of Bayswater, Edgemere, Arverne, as well as Far Rockaway proper and Downtown Far Rockaway.
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FUSE, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, is a space-based telescope run by the Johns Hopkins University. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on June 24 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins project, and as of October 2006 is still functioning Its Explorer] designation is Explorer 77.
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