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French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts is a performing arts program and summer camp located just outside Hancock, New York, on a private lake in the western Catskill mountains. The camp is approximately two and a half hours from New York City between Monticello and Binghamton.
French Workers' Party The Parti Ouvrier Français (POF, or French Workers' Party) was the first Marxist party in France, created in 1880 by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue, Marx's son-in-law (famous for having written The Right to Be Lazy, which criticized labour's alienation). A revolutionary party, it had as aim to abolish capitalism and replace it with a socialist society.
French-American School of New York The French-American School of New York, also known as the École Franco-Américaine de New York or FASNY is a bilingual school located in Westchester County. It serves the substantial local francophone community, offering classes from Nursery to 10th grade, beyond which point students generally commute to the Lycée Français de New York in New York City.
French-Armenian Agreement (1916) French-Armenian Agreement October 27, 1916, was the political and military accord regarding the support of Armenian nationalist (Armenian national liberation movement) on the side of allies for the World War One. The agreement was reported to the Talat Pasha, Ottoman Empire, and a copy of this information was found in the Ottoman Archives HR.
French-Bread is a dojin soft company that specializes in 2D fighting games. They have worked particularly closely with TYPE-MOON, a former dojin soft company themselves, to turn TYPE-MOON's renai game series Tsukihime into the Melty Blood series of fighting games.
French-Canadian music French settlers brought music with them when inhabiting what is now Quebec and other areas throughout Canada. Since the arrival of French music in Canada, there has been much intermixing with the Celtic music of Anglo-Canada.
French-German enmity The term French-German (hereditary) enmity () describes the often hostile relations between France and its eastern neighbors, the German states, that eventually became the German Empire. Many of the events born of this enmity, often one or more per generation, were significant in the history of Europe and the world, ultimately leading to two world wars.
Frenchgate Centre The Frenchgate Centre is Doncaster town's largest Shopping Centre. It has been the heart of the town for over 40 years and has recently received a major multi-million pound refurbishment, and now consists of a new transport interchange and is also among the top 20 centres to shop at in the UK.
Frenching the Bully Frenching The Bully is the debut album by Seattle band The Gits. It was originally released on C/Z Records in 1992 but was later reissued in 2003 with bonus tracks and different cover art on the Broken Rekids label.
Frenching The Bully (Reissue) Frenching The Bully is the debut album by Seattle band The Gits. It was originally released on C/Z Records in 1992 but was later reissued in 2003 with bonus tracks and different cover art on the Broken Rekids label.
Frenchs Forest, New South Wales Frenchs Forest is a suburb in the Warringah Local Government Area, in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 12 kilometres north of Sydney's central business district and comprises both residential and light industrial zoning.
Frenchville, Queensland Frenchville is a suburban area of Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia. Situated at the base of the Berserker Ranges about seven kilometres to the north of the Fitzroy River, the district was named for Anthelme Thozet, first director of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in the 1860s.
Frenchy Bordagaray Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray (January 3 1910 - April 13 2000) was a major-league baseball player for eleven seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees.
Frenkie Frenkie, Bosnian Rapper from Bijeljina, whose real name is Adnan Hamidović. He talks about the political situation in Bosnia and about war, as well as doing songs about his dislike of bad rapping and commercial selling-out.
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Frenštát pod Radhoštěm () is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies under the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy range, in a region rich in history and therefore the town is an important both summer a winter holiday resort.
Frensham Heights School Frensham Heights School is an independent school located in Surrey, England, run by a registered charity, Frensham Heights Educational Trust Ltd. It was founded in 1925 and formed part of the movement for progressive education.
Frensham School Frensham School is a girls secondary boarding and day school located in Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales south of Sydney. The school has approximately 300 students with 250 of those students boarding at the school.
Frente Civico The Frente Civico pro Defensa del Casino de la Selva is a social movement made up of several organizations in Mexico. Its stated purpose is to defend the environment, universal culture and the quality of life in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico and elsewhere.
Frente Democrático Salvadoreño Frente Democrático Salvadoreño (Salvadorean Democratic Front) is a broad front of democratic organizations that was formed in El Salvador in March, 1980. FDS consisted of, amongst others, Movimiento Independiente de Profesionales y Técnicos de El Salvador (MIPTES), Movimiento Popular Social Cristiano (MPSC), Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario (MNR), Trade Union federations, small business owners and a minor sector of dissident militaries.
Frenular delta The frenular delta in human anatomy is the area underneath the penile glans along the penile ventral body, and is composed of a mucosa. The frenulum attaches at the top of the triangle and outlines its sides, which connect with the ridged bands.
Frenzel Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focussed on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning "son of Franciscus".
Frenzy (World of Darkness) In White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games set in the World of Darkness, a frenzy is a temporary state of rage and lack of self-control that a vampire character enters as a response to certain stimuli. During the frenzy, the vampire's inner Beast is in control.
Frenzy LiveCD Frenzy is a free "portable system administrator toolkit" by Mozhaisky Sergei, LiveCD based on FreeBSD. It generally contains software for hardware tests, file system check, security check and network setup and analysis.
Frequency allocation The electromagnetic spectrum is an aspect of the physical world, like land, water, and air. Use of radio frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated by governments in most countries, in a process known as frequency allocation or spectrum allocation.
Frequency assignment authority In telecommunication, frequency assignment authority is the power granted an administration, or its designated or delegated leader or agency via treaty or law, to specify frequencies, or frequency bands, in the electromagnetic spectrum for use in systems or equipment.
Frequency compensation In electrical engineering, frequency compensation is a design technique for amplifiers which use negative feedback or those, such as operational amplifiers, that are intended for use with negative feedback. The primary goal of frequency compensation is to avoid unintentionally creating positive feedback, which will cause the amplifier to oscillate.
Frequency counter A frequency counter is an electronic instrument, or component of one, that is used for measuring frequency. Since frequency is defined as the number of events of a particular sort occurring in a set period of time, it is generally a straightforward thing to measure it.
Frequency dependent selection Frequency dependent selection (or Dynamic Selection) is the term given to an evolutionary process where the fitness of a phenotype is dependent on its frequency relative to other phenotypes in a given population. In positive frequency dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype increases as it becomes more common.
Frequency deviation Frequency deviation (Δf) is used in FM radio to describe the maximum instantaneous difference between an FM modulated carrier frequency, and the nominal carrier frequency. The term is sometimes mistakenly used as synonymous with frequency drift, which is an unintended offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency.
Frequency domain sensor Frequency domain (FD) sensor is an instrument developed for measuring soil moisture content. The instrument has an oscillating circuit, the sensing part of the sensor is embedded in the soil, and the operating frequency will depend on the value of soil's dielectric constant.
Frequency drift In electrical engineering, and particularly in telecommunications, frequency drift is an unintended and generally arbitrary offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency. This can be caused by changes in temperature, which can alter the piezoelectric effect in a quartz crystal, or by problems with a voltage regulator which controls the bias voltage to the oscillator.
Frequency duplex Frequency duplex means that the radio transmitter and receiver operates at different frequencies. The term is frequently used in HAM radio operation, where a HAM operator is attempting to contact a repeater station.
Frequency estimation Frequency estimation is the process of estimating the complex frequency components of a signal in the presence of noiseHayes, Monson H., Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Frequency extender In broadcast engineering, a frequency extender is an electronic device that allows high-fidelity analogue audio to be sent over regular POTS telephone lines, without the loss of higher audio frequencies (treble). It is an extended concept of a telephone hybrid.
Frequency changer A frequency changer or frequency converter is an electronic device that converts alternating current (AC) of one frequency to alternating current of another frequency. The device may also change the voltage, but if it does, that is incidental to its principal purpose.
Frequency list In computational linguistics, a frequency list is a sorted list of words (word types) together with their frequency, where frequency here usually means the number of occurrences in a given corpus. A short example could be:
Frequency modulation Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. (Contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant.
Frequency modulation synthesis A 220 Hz carrier tone modulated by a 440 Hz modulating tone with various choices of modulation index, β. The time domain signals are illustrated above, and the corresponding spectra are shown below (spectrum amplitudes in dB).
Frequency multiplier A frequency multiplier is commonly used in a radio receiver or radio transmitter to multiply the base frequency of the oscillator by a predetermined number. This multiplied frequency is then amplified and sent to the final drive stage and into the antenna tuning/coupling circuit for delivery to the transmitting antenna.
Frequency of autism The advent of a possible autism epidemic has become a concern in many communities around the globe, as the number of reported cases of autism has increased dramatically over the past decade. Members of the medical and scientific community are generally quite skeptical about characterizions of the increasing numbers as indicators of an 'epidemic'.
Frequency range A frequence range or frequency band is a range of wave frequencies. It most often refers to either a range of frequencies in sound or a range of frequencies in electromagnetic radiation, which includes light and radio waves.
Frequency response Frequency response is the measure of any system's response at the output to a signal of varying frequency (but constant amplitude) at its input. It is usually referred to in connection with electronic amplifiers, loudspeakers and similar systems.
Frequency scaling Frequency scaling is, in computer architecture, the technique of ramping a processor's frequency so as to achieve performance gains. Frequency ramping was the dominant force in commodity processor performance increases from from 1990 until the end of 2004.
Frequency synthesiser A frequency synthesizer is an electronic system for generating any of a range of frequencies from a single fixed timebase or oscillator. They are found in many modern devices, including radio receivers, mobile telephones, radiotelephones, walkie-talkies, CB radios, satellite receivers, GPS systems, etc.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent Frequence Specific Microcurrent is a therapy involving the use of electronic equipment to neutralize and eliminate disease radiations. The desired effect is to neutralize those frequencies that are incorrect for the damaged or affected tissues.
Frequency The Snowboarder's Journal frequency The Snowboarder's Journal is published quarterly by funny feelings LLC, four coffee-table magazines and a DVD are produced yearly in limited editions featuring mountain travel, interviews, and pictorials. Founded 2001 in Seattle, WA and relocated to Mt.
Frequency-division multiple access Frequency Division Multiple Access or FDMA is an access technology that is used by radio systems to share the radio spectrum. The terminology “multiple access” implies the sharing of the resource amongst users, and the “frequency division” describes how the sharing is done: by allocating users with different carrier frequencies of the radio spectrum.
Frequency-exchange signaling Frequency-exchange signaling is frequency-change signaling in which the change from one significant condition to another is accompanied by decay in amplitude of one or more frequencies and by buildup in amplitude of one or more other frequencies.
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum Frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) is a spread-spectrum method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels, using a pseudorandom sequence known to both transmitter and receiver.
Frequency-change signaling In telecommunication, frequency-change signaling is a signaling method in which one or more discrete frequencies correspond to each desired significant condition of a code. It may be used in both supervisory signaling and data transmission.
Frequency-resolved optical gating In optics, frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) is a derivative of autocorrelation, but is far superior in its ability to measure ultrafast optical pulse shapes. Further, it can determine the phase of the pulse.
Frequent Communion Frequent Communion is the Roman Catholic practice of receiving the eucharist frequently, as opposed to the medieval practice.Frequent Communion - Catholic Encyclopedia article Pope Pius X pushed for the practice of frequent communion,Saint Pius X Reformer of the Liturgy - Angelus Magazine relaxing restrictions on reception for the sickCommunion of the Sick - Catholic Encyclopedia article and children.
Frequent Flyer (TV movie) Frequent Flyer is a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Jack Wagner, Shelly Hack, Nicole Eggert, and Joan Severance based on a true story about a commercial airline pilot and his attempt to be married to three different women at the same time.
Fresa y Chocolate Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) is a Cuban-Spanish-Mexican co-produced film, directed by Tomás GutiĂ©rrez Alea and Juan Carlos TabĂo, based on the short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo) written by Senel Paz in 1990. Senel Paz also wrote the screenplay for the film.
Fresca Fresca is a brand of citrus soft drink made by The Coca-Cola Company. First introduced in the United States in 1963, the drink is now sold throughout the world, although not widely available outside of North America.
Frescati House Frescati (sometimes misspelled 'Frascati') was an estate situated in Blackrock, between the mountains and the sea. During the eighteenth century, Blackrock found favour with the well-to-do of Ireland and it grew into a fashionable seaside resort.
Fresco A fresco (plural frescoes) is any of several related painting types. The word comes from the Greek ΦĎÎĎκο fresko which in turn derives from affresco Latinor fresco ("fresh"), which has Germanic origins.
Fresco Pictures Fresco Pictures is a relatively young film company, formed in 1996 and based in Los Angeles. The principals of the corporation are Peter Johnson and science fiction author Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game.
Fresco-secco Fresco-secco is a painting technique in which watercolors are applied to dry plaster that has been moistened to simulate fresh plaster. In true fresco painting (buon fresco), the plaster is still fresh and has not dried when the watercolors are introduced.
Frescobaldi Family The Frescobaldi Family is a prominent Florentine family that has been involved in the political, sociological and economic history of the Tuscany region since the Middle Ages. As bankers, the Frescobaldis financed ventures for numerous members of European Royal Households, including the wars of King Edward I & Edward II of England.
Fresh Air (Edinburgh) Fresh Air is the alternative music student radio station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. Launched on October 3, 1992, Fresh Air remains the oldest surviving student radio station in the UK to broadcast regularly on the FM waveband.
Fresh Baked Videogames Fresh Baked Videogames was a comedy show about video games hosted by comedian Bert Kreischer. It has many segments, including "Game or Lame" with field correspondent Jonathan Drubner, Free Game For a Shot to the Nuts, Which Game Feels Better, CounterFire, and the hit machinima series Medieval Weapon.
Fresh Democratic Party The Fresh Democratic Party is a liberal political party in Nigeria. The party's ideology is anchored on the acronym FRESH where F stands for Faith, R for Responsibility, E for Equality, S for Security and H for Hope.
Fresh gas flow Fresh gas flow refers to the mixture of medical gases and volatile anaesthetic agents which is produced by an anaesthetic machine. The flow rate and composition of the fresh gas flow is determined by the anaesthetist.
Fresh Choice Fresh Choice is a chain of buffet-style restaurants located in California, Washington, and Texas under the names Fresh Choice, Fresh Choice Express, and Zoopa. The first restaurant was opened in Sunnyvale, California in 1986 and, as of 2006, the chain has 33 locations.
Fresh Kid Ice Chris Wong Won, also known as "Fresh Kid Ice" and as "The Chinaman", is a founding member of controversial rap group 2 Live Crew. He was born in Trinidad and is of half-Chinese, half-Trinidadian descent.
Fresh Kills Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill.
Fresh Kills Landfill The Fresh Kills Landfill on the New York City borough of Staten Island, was formerly the largest landfill in the world, at 2200 acres (890 hectares),and was New York City's principal landfill in the second half of the 20th century. The name "Fresh Kills" refers to its location along the banks of the Fresh Kills] [[estuary in western Staten Island.
Fresh Meadows, Queens Fresh Meadows is a neighborhood in northeastern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, which is bordered to the east by Francis Lewis Boulevard, to the south by Union Turnpike, to the north by Kissena Park, and to the west by Utopia Parkway and Fresh Meadow Lane. It is located on the Flushing side of Hillcrest, which divides Flushing and Jamaica.
Fresh Meat and Old Slabs Very little is known about this unreleased album, which is much more obscure than the other unofficial Beck (non)releases. Beck had this to say, "Yeah, that's something I made for my Mom - actually for her birthday, I think.
Fresh Pond Bus Depot The Fresh Pond Bus Depot is located on Fresh Pond Road near 67th Avenue in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It is adjacent to the Fresh Pond Road () subway station and Fresh Pond Yard, both on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
Fresh Records (UK) Fresh Records was a independent record label, based in the United Kingdom. Most popular (and successful) in the latter 1970s, the label once supported punk groups like Play Dead and competed with labels such as 4AD.
Fresh Start Fresh Start was a grouping within the British Conservative Party opposed to the Maastricht Treaty. It was founded by Michael Spicer and its members included Bill Cash, James Cran, Christopher Gill and Roger Knapman.
Fresh Talent - Working in Scotland Scheme The Fresh Talent - Working in Scotland Scheme is a programme created by the Scottish Executive to allow non-EEA nationals who have studied in Scotland to live and work in the country for up to 2 years after graduation. After the 2 year limit is over, members of the scheme must leave the UK unless they are successful in applying for residency under existing policy, for example the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc (edited by Bonnie Wheeler and Charles Wood) is a collection of scholarly essays on Joan of Arc. First published by Garland publishing in 1996 (ISBN 0-8153-3664-0), it is 336 pages long.
Fresh water Fresh water is water containing very low concentrations of dissolved salts and other impurities. It is an important renewable resource, necessary for the survival of most land organisms, and needed by humans for drinking and agriculture, among many other uses.
Freshen Up Gum Freshen Up is a chewing gum with flavored gels inside that is manufactured by Cadbury Adams in Brasil and exported to the North American market. Current flavors include cinnamon, peppermint, spearmint, and bubble gum.
Fresherlonger FresherLongerTM is a food storage product sold by The Sharper Image since March 2006 that uses silver nanoparticles to reduce bacterial, viral and fungal growth. They are stated as allowing food stored in them to stay "fresher longer" up to 3-4 times over other containers.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (often simply Freshfields) is a "Magic Circle" law firm based in the Fleet Street area of the City of London, England. The firm has 515 partners and principal consultants, and 2,463 lawyers, in 28 offices throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Freshford Freshford is a village in the Avon valley six miles south-east of Bath, in the county of Somerset, England. The short stretch of valley between Bathampton and Bradford-upon-Avon is particularly distinctive, because of the wooded slopes and fertile valley floors, which make it feel like "ideal English countryside".
Freshly Squeezed Freshly Squeezed is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4 from the 21 August 2006. The programme takes the format of a music-based breakfast show, featuring live performances, music videos and interviews.
Freshman fifteen The freshman fifteen is a slang name for the weight gain of fifteen pounds that may occur during the freshman (first) year of study in college or university, particularly while living in residence halls or dormitories. It is sometimes called the freshman five, or more in jest, the freshman fifty.
Freshman urban program Freshman Urban ProgramThe Freshman Urban Program (FUP) is a pre-new-student-week orientation program for incoming freshmen at Northwestern University, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a 5 day program to orient students with eachother, the neighboring area, and the social justice ideas important to campus and the Chicago-area at large.
Freshmeat Freshmeat is a website that allows computer users to keep track of the latest software releases and updates as well as write/read reviews and articles, send or receive comments to or from the author, and many other features. Although a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix systems, Freshmeat covers releases for software on a variety of operating systems, including Linux and Microsoft Windows, as well as closed-source or commercial software.
FreshMinds FreshMinds is a company that provides business research and recruitment consultancy services to Fortune 500 companies and Government departments. It is located in the United Kingdom and was founded in August 2000 by Charlie Osmond and Caroline Plumb after they graduated from Oxford University.
Freshpair Freshpair is an internet retailer of men’s and women’s underwear. The company was founded in New York City in 2000 and sells a large number of well-known underwear brands including Maidenform, Wacoal, and Calvin Klein.
Freshwater butterflyfish The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the Order Osteoglossiformes. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
Freshwater Bay (Western Australia) Freshwater Bay, in the Australian state of Western Australia, includes the Claremont Foreshore of the Swan River. Though dull at first sight, Freshwater Bay plays host to a large variety of plants, animals, soil and rocks, all dependant on each other for survival.
Freshwater ecoregion Ecoregions are defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as "relatively large units of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species, with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change". Freshwater ecoregions represents the freshwater habitats of a particular geographic area, including rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands.
Freshwater fishing in Pakistan Pakistan is a nation blessed with many varieties of freshwater fish, and angling is a popular sport. Pakistan has everything from the famous mahseer, to several types of catfish to wild brown trout in mountain streams and lakes.
Freshwater flounder Freshwater flounder can be found in freshwater springs (completely non-brackish) in Central Florida. I saw hundreds of them over the course of a decade of scuba diving, so I am quite certain that they exist, but have only been able to find articles on river dwelling species which migrate to brackish waters later in life.
Freshwater prawn farm A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawn or shrimp for human consumption. Freshwater prawn farming shares many characteristics with, and many of the same problems as, marine shrimp farming.
Freshwater Place Freshwater Place is a high-rise complex in the Southbank, Melbourne district of Melbourne Australia. The complex consists of a 62 floor residential skyscraper and PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, a 36 storey office building.
Freshwater spider crab The freshwater spider crab, Halicarcinus lacustris, is a spider crab of the family Hymenosomatidae found in lakes and slow-flowing streams and rivers in south east Australia including the Norfolk Islands, and New Zealand. It is the only species of freshwater crab in New Zealand.
Freshwater whipray The freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, is a very large freshwater stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins in Southeast Asia, eastern Borneo, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Freskin Freskin was minor noble active in the reign of King David I of Scotland. His name appears only in a charter by King William to Freskin's son, William, granting Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus, Kintrae, and other lands in Moray, "which his father held in the time of King David".
Fresnedoso Fresnedoso is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 75 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 119 people.
Fresnel diffraction In optics, Fresnel diffraction or near-field diffraction is a process of diffraction which occurs when a wave passes through an aperture and diffracts in the near field, causing any diffraction pattern observed to differ in size and shape, relative to the distance. It occurs due to the short distance in which the diffracted waves propogate, which results in a fresnel number less than 1 (F lesssim 1).
Fresnel equations The Fresnel equations, deduced by Augustin-Jean Fresnel , describe the behaviour of light when moving between media of differing refractive indices. The reflection of light that the equations predict is known as Fresnel reflection.
Fresnel lantern A Fresnel lantern (or merely Fresnel) is a spotlight used in theatre, which employs a Fresnel lens to wash light over an area of the stage. The lens produces a wider, soft-edged beam of light, which is commonly used for back light and top light.
French Workers' Party The Parti Ouvrier Français (POF, or French Workers' Party) was the first Marxist party in France, created in 1880 by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue, Marx's son-in-law (famous for having written The Right to Be Lazy, which criticized labour's alienation). A revolutionary party, it had as aim to abolish capitalism and replace it with a socialist society.
French-American School of New York The French-American School of New York, also known as the École Franco-Américaine de New York or FASNY is a bilingual school located in Westchester County. It serves the substantial local francophone community, offering classes from Nursery to 10th grade, beyond which point students generally commute to the Lycée Français de New York in New York City.
French-Armenian Agreement (1916) French-Armenian Agreement October 27, 1916, was the political and military accord regarding the support of Armenian nationalist (Armenian national liberation movement) on the side of allies for the World War One. The agreement was reported to the Talat Pasha, Ottoman Empire, and a copy of this information was found in the Ottoman Archives HR.
French-Bread is a dojin soft company that specializes in 2D fighting games. They have worked particularly closely with TYPE-MOON, a former dojin soft company themselves, to turn TYPE-MOON's renai game series Tsukihime into the Melty Blood series of fighting games.
French-Canadian music French settlers brought music with them when inhabiting what is now Quebec and other areas throughout Canada. Since the arrival of French music in Canada, there has been much intermixing with the Celtic music of Anglo-Canada.
French-German enmity The term French-German (hereditary) enmity () describes the often hostile relations between France and its eastern neighbors, the German states, that eventually became the German Empire. Many of the events born of this enmity, often one or more per generation, were significant in the history of Europe and the world, ultimately leading to two world wars.
Frenchgate Centre The Frenchgate Centre is Doncaster town's largest Shopping Centre. It has been the heart of the town for over 40 years and has recently received a major multi-million pound refurbishment, and now consists of a new transport interchange and is also among the top 20 centres to shop at in the UK.
Frenching the Bully Frenching The Bully is the debut album by Seattle band The Gits. It was originally released on C/Z Records in 1992 but was later reissued in 2003 with bonus tracks and different cover art on the Broken Rekids label.
Frenching The Bully (Reissue) Frenching The Bully is the debut album by Seattle band The Gits. It was originally released on C/Z Records in 1992 but was later reissued in 2003 with bonus tracks and different cover art on the Broken Rekids label.
Frenchs Forest, New South Wales Frenchs Forest is a suburb in the Warringah Local Government Area, in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 12 kilometres north of Sydney's central business district and comprises both residential and light industrial zoning.
Frenchville, Queensland Frenchville is a suburban area of Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia. Situated at the base of the Berserker Ranges about seven kilometres to the north of the Fitzroy River, the district was named for Anthelme Thozet, first director of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in the 1860s.
Frenchy Bordagaray Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray (January 3 1910 - April 13 2000) was a major-league baseball player for eleven seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees.
Frenkie Frenkie, Bosnian Rapper from Bijeljina, whose real name is Adnan Hamidović. He talks about the political situation in Bosnia and about war, as well as doing songs about his dislike of bad rapping and commercial selling-out.
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm Frenštát pod Radhoštěm () is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies under the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy range, in a region rich in history and therefore the town is an important both summer a winter holiday resort.
Frensham Heights School Frensham Heights School is an independent school located in Surrey, England, run by a registered charity, Frensham Heights Educational Trust Ltd. It was founded in 1925 and formed part of the movement for progressive education.
Frensham School Frensham School is a girls secondary boarding and day school located in Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales south of Sydney. The school has approximately 300 students with 250 of those students boarding at the school.
Frente Civico The Frente Civico pro Defensa del Casino de la Selva is a social movement made up of several organizations in Mexico. Its stated purpose is to defend the environment, universal culture and the quality of life in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico and elsewhere.
Frente Democrático Salvadoreño Frente Democrático Salvadoreño (Salvadorean Democratic Front) is a broad front of democratic organizations that was formed in El Salvador in March, 1980. FDS consisted of, amongst others, Movimiento Independiente de Profesionales y Técnicos de El Salvador (MIPTES), Movimiento Popular Social Cristiano (MPSC), Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario (MNR), Trade Union federations, small business owners and a minor sector of dissident militaries.
Frenular delta The frenular delta in human anatomy is the area underneath the penile glans along the penile ventral body, and is composed of a mucosa. The frenulum attaches at the top of the triangle and outlines its sides, which connect with the ridged bands.
Frenzel Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focussed on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning "son of Franciscus".
Frenzy (World of Darkness) In White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games set in the World of Darkness, a frenzy is a temporary state of rage and lack of self-control that a vampire character enters as a response to certain stimuli. During the frenzy, the vampire's inner Beast is in control.
Frenzy LiveCD Frenzy is a free "portable system administrator toolkit" by Mozhaisky Sergei, LiveCD based on FreeBSD. It generally contains software for hardware tests, file system check, security check and network setup and analysis.
Frequency allocation The electromagnetic spectrum is an aspect of the physical world, like land, water, and air. Use of radio frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated by governments in most countries, in a process known as frequency allocation or spectrum allocation.
Frequency assignment authority In telecommunication, frequency assignment authority is the power granted an administration, or its designated or delegated leader or agency via treaty or law, to specify frequencies, or frequency bands, in the electromagnetic spectrum for use in systems or equipment.
Frequency compensation In electrical engineering, frequency compensation is a design technique for amplifiers which use negative feedback or those, such as operational amplifiers, that are intended for use with negative feedback. The primary goal of frequency compensation is to avoid unintentionally creating positive feedback, which will cause the amplifier to oscillate.
Frequency counter A frequency counter is an electronic instrument, or component of one, that is used for measuring frequency. Since frequency is defined as the number of events of a particular sort occurring in a set period of time, it is generally a straightforward thing to measure it.
Frequency dependent selection Frequency dependent selection (or Dynamic Selection) is the term given to an evolutionary process where the fitness of a phenotype is dependent on its frequency relative to other phenotypes in a given population. In positive frequency dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype increases as it becomes more common.
Frequency deviation Frequency deviation (Δf) is used in FM radio to describe the maximum instantaneous difference between an FM modulated carrier frequency, and the nominal carrier frequency. The term is sometimes mistakenly used as synonymous with frequency drift, which is an unintended offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency.
Frequency domain sensor Frequency domain (FD) sensor is an instrument developed for measuring soil moisture content. The instrument has an oscillating circuit, the sensing part of the sensor is embedded in the soil, and the operating frequency will depend on the value of soil's dielectric constant.
Frequency drift In electrical engineering, and particularly in telecommunications, frequency drift is an unintended and generally arbitrary offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency. This can be caused by changes in temperature, which can alter the piezoelectric effect in a quartz crystal, or by problems with a voltage regulator which controls the bias voltage to the oscillator.
Frequency duplex Frequency duplex means that the radio transmitter and receiver operates at different frequencies. The term is frequently used in HAM radio operation, where a HAM operator is attempting to contact a repeater station.
Frequency estimation Frequency estimation is the process of estimating the complex frequency components of a signal in the presence of noiseHayes, Monson H., Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Frequency extender In broadcast engineering, a frequency extender is an electronic device that allows high-fidelity analogue audio to be sent over regular POTS telephone lines, without the loss of higher audio frequencies (treble). It is an extended concept of a telephone hybrid.
Frequency changer A frequency changer or frequency converter is an electronic device that converts alternating current (AC) of one frequency to alternating current of another frequency. The device may also change the voltage, but if it does, that is incidental to its principal purpose.
Frequency list In computational linguistics, a frequency list is a sorted list of words (word types) together with their frequency, where frequency here usually means the number of occurrences in a given corpus. A short example could be:
Frequency modulation Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. (Contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant.
Frequency modulation synthesis A 220 Hz carrier tone modulated by a 440 Hz modulating tone with various choices of modulation index, β. The time domain signals are illustrated above, and the corresponding spectra are shown below (spectrum amplitudes in dB).
Frequency multiplier A frequency multiplier is commonly used in a radio receiver or radio transmitter to multiply the base frequency of the oscillator by a predetermined number. This multiplied frequency is then amplified and sent to the final drive stage and into the antenna tuning/coupling circuit for delivery to the transmitting antenna.
Frequency of autism The advent of a possible autism epidemic has become a concern in many communities around the globe, as the number of reported cases of autism has increased dramatically over the past decade. Members of the medical and scientific community are generally quite skeptical about characterizions of the increasing numbers as indicators of an 'epidemic'.
Frequency range A frequence range or frequency band is a range of wave frequencies. It most often refers to either a range of frequencies in sound or a range of frequencies in electromagnetic radiation, which includes light and radio waves.
Frequency response Frequency response is the measure of any system's response at the output to a signal of varying frequency (but constant amplitude) at its input. It is usually referred to in connection with electronic amplifiers, loudspeakers and similar systems.
Frequency scaling Frequency scaling is, in computer architecture, the technique of ramping a processor's frequency so as to achieve performance gains. Frequency ramping was the dominant force in commodity processor performance increases from from 1990 until the end of 2004.
Frequency synthesiser A frequency synthesizer is an electronic system for generating any of a range of frequencies from a single fixed timebase or oscillator. They are found in many modern devices, including radio receivers, mobile telephones, radiotelephones, walkie-talkies, CB radios, satellite receivers, GPS systems, etc.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent Frequence Specific Microcurrent is a therapy involving the use of electronic equipment to neutralize and eliminate disease radiations. The desired effect is to neutralize those frequencies that are incorrect for the damaged or affected tissues.
Frequency The Snowboarder's Journal frequency The Snowboarder's Journal is published quarterly by funny feelings LLC, four coffee-table magazines and a DVD are produced yearly in limited editions featuring mountain travel, interviews, and pictorials. Founded 2001 in Seattle, WA and relocated to Mt.
Frequency-division multiple access Frequency Division Multiple Access or FDMA is an access technology that is used by radio systems to share the radio spectrum. The terminology “multiple access” implies the sharing of the resource amongst users, and the “frequency division” describes how the sharing is done: by allocating users with different carrier frequencies of the radio spectrum.
Frequency-exchange signaling Frequency-exchange signaling is frequency-change signaling in which the change from one significant condition to another is accompanied by decay in amplitude of one or more frequencies and by buildup in amplitude of one or more other frequencies.
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum Frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) is a spread-spectrum method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels, using a pseudorandom sequence known to both transmitter and receiver.
Frequency-change signaling In telecommunication, frequency-change signaling is a signaling method in which one or more discrete frequencies correspond to each desired significant condition of a code. It may be used in both supervisory signaling and data transmission.
Frequency-resolved optical gating In optics, frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) is a derivative of autocorrelation, but is far superior in its ability to measure ultrafast optical pulse shapes. Further, it can determine the phase of the pulse.
Frequent Communion Frequent Communion is the Roman Catholic practice of receiving the eucharist frequently, as opposed to the medieval practice.Frequent Communion - Catholic Encyclopedia article Pope Pius X pushed for the practice of frequent communion,Saint Pius X Reformer of the Liturgy - Angelus Magazine relaxing restrictions on reception for the sickCommunion of the Sick - Catholic Encyclopedia article and children.
Frequent Flyer (TV movie) Frequent Flyer is a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Jack Wagner, Shelly Hack, Nicole Eggert, and Joan Severance based on a true story about a commercial airline pilot and his attempt to be married to three different women at the same time.
Fresa y Chocolate Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) is a Cuban-Spanish-Mexican co-produced film, directed by Tomás GutiĂ©rrez Alea and Juan Carlos TabĂo, based on the short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo) written by Senel Paz in 1990. Senel Paz also wrote the screenplay for the film.
Fresca Fresca is a brand of citrus soft drink made by The Coca-Cola Company. First introduced in the United States in 1963, the drink is now sold throughout the world, although not widely available outside of North America.
Frescati House Frescati (sometimes misspelled 'Frascati') was an estate situated in Blackrock, between the mountains and the sea. During the eighteenth century, Blackrock found favour with the well-to-do of Ireland and it grew into a fashionable seaside resort.
Fresco A fresco (plural frescoes) is any of several related painting types. The word comes from the Greek ΦĎÎĎκο fresko which in turn derives from affresco Latinor fresco ("fresh"), which has Germanic origins.
Fresco Pictures Fresco Pictures is a relatively young film company, formed in 1996 and based in Los Angeles. The principals of the corporation are Peter Johnson and science fiction author Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game.
Fresco-secco Fresco-secco is a painting technique in which watercolors are applied to dry plaster that has been moistened to simulate fresh plaster. In true fresco painting (buon fresco), the plaster is still fresh and has not dried when the watercolors are introduced.
Frescobaldi Family The Frescobaldi Family is a prominent Florentine family that has been involved in the political, sociological and economic history of the Tuscany region since the Middle Ages. As bankers, the Frescobaldis financed ventures for numerous members of European Royal Households, including the wars of King Edward I & Edward II of England.
Fresh Air (Edinburgh) Fresh Air is the alternative music student radio station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. Launched on October 3, 1992, Fresh Air remains the oldest surviving student radio station in the UK to broadcast regularly on the FM waveband.
Fresh Baked Videogames Fresh Baked Videogames was a comedy show about video games hosted by comedian Bert Kreischer. It has many segments, including "Game or Lame" with field correspondent Jonathan Drubner, Free Game For a Shot to the Nuts, Which Game Feels Better, CounterFire, and the hit machinima series Medieval Weapon.
Fresh Democratic Party The Fresh Democratic Party is a liberal political party in Nigeria. The party's ideology is anchored on the acronym FRESH where F stands for Faith, R for Responsibility, E for Equality, S for Security and H for Hope.
Fresh gas flow Fresh gas flow refers to the mixture of medical gases and volatile anaesthetic agents which is produced by an anaesthetic machine. The flow rate and composition of the fresh gas flow is determined by the anaesthetist.
Fresh Choice Fresh Choice is a chain of buffet-style restaurants located in California, Washington, and Texas under the names Fresh Choice, Fresh Choice Express, and Zoopa. The first restaurant was opened in Sunnyvale, California in 1986 and, as of 2006, the chain has 33 locations.
Fresh Kid Ice Chris Wong Won, also known as "Fresh Kid Ice" and as "The Chinaman", is a founding member of controversial rap group 2 Live Crew. He was born in Trinidad and is of half-Chinese, half-Trinidadian descent.
Fresh Kills Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill.
Fresh Kills Landfill The Fresh Kills Landfill on the New York City borough of Staten Island, was formerly the largest landfill in the world, at 2200 acres (890 hectares),and was New York City's principal landfill in the second half of the 20th century. The name "Fresh Kills" refers to its location along the banks of the Fresh Kills] [[estuary in western Staten Island.
Fresh Meadows, Queens Fresh Meadows is a neighborhood in northeastern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, which is bordered to the east by Francis Lewis Boulevard, to the south by Union Turnpike, to the north by Kissena Park, and to the west by Utopia Parkway and Fresh Meadow Lane. It is located on the Flushing side of Hillcrest, which divides Flushing and Jamaica.
Fresh Meat and Old Slabs Very little is known about this unreleased album, which is much more obscure than the other unofficial Beck (non)releases. Beck had this to say, "Yeah, that's something I made for my Mom - actually for her birthday, I think.
Fresh Pond Bus Depot The Fresh Pond Bus Depot is located on Fresh Pond Road near 67th Avenue in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It is adjacent to the Fresh Pond Road () subway station and Fresh Pond Yard, both on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
Fresh Records (UK) Fresh Records was a independent record label, based in the United Kingdom. Most popular (and successful) in the latter 1970s, the label once supported punk groups like Play Dead and competed with labels such as 4AD.
Fresh Start Fresh Start was a grouping within the British Conservative Party opposed to the Maastricht Treaty. It was founded by Michael Spicer and its members included Bill Cash, James Cran, Christopher Gill and Roger Knapman.
Fresh Talent - Working in Scotland Scheme The Fresh Talent - Working in Scotland Scheme is a programme created by the Scottish Executive to allow non-EEA nationals who have studied in Scotland to live and work in the country for up to 2 years after graduation. After the 2 year limit is over, members of the scheme must leave the UK unless they are successful in applying for residency under existing policy, for example the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc (edited by Bonnie Wheeler and Charles Wood) is a collection of scholarly essays on Joan of Arc. First published by Garland publishing in 1996 (ISBN 0-8153-3664-0), it is 336 pages long.
Fresh water Fresh water is water containing very low concentrations of dissolved salts and other impurities. It is an important renewable resource, necessary for the survival of most land organisms, and needed by humans for drinking and agriculture, among many other uses.
Freshen Up Gum Freshen Up is a chewing gum with flavored gels inside that is manufactured by Cadbury Adams in Brasil and exported to the North American market. Current flavors include cinnamon, peppermint, spearmint, and bubble gum.
Fresherlonger FresherLongerTM is a food storage product sold by The Sharper Image since March 2006 that uses silver nanoparticles to reduce bacterial, viral and fungal growth. They are stated as allowing food stored in them to stay "fresher longer" up to 3-4 times over other containers.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (often simply Freshfields) is a "Magic Circle" law firm based in the Fleet Street area of the City of London, England. The firm has 515 partners and principal consultants, and 2,463 lawyers, in 28 offices throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Freshford Freshford is a village in the Avon valley six miles south-east of Bath, in the county of Somerset, England. The short stretch of valley between Bathampton and Bradford-upon-Avon is particularly distinctive, because of the wooded slopes and fertile valley floors, which make it feel like "ideal English countryside".
Freshly Squeezed Freshly Squeezed is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4 from the 21 August 2006. The programme takes the format of a music-based breakfast show, featuring live performances, music videos and interviews.
Freshman fifteen The freshman fifteen is a slang name for the weight gain of fifteen pounds that may occur during the freshman (first) year of study in college or university, particularly while living in residence halls or dormitories. It is sometimes called the freshman five, or more in jest, the freshman fifty.
Freshman urban program Freshman Urban ProgramThe Freshman Urban Program (FUP) is a pre-new-student-week orientation program for incoming freshmen at Northwestern University, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a 5 day program to orient students with eachother, the neighboring area, and the social justice ideas important to campus and the Chicago-area at large.
Freshmeat Freshmeat is a website that allows computer users to keep track of the latest software releases and updates as well as write/read reviews and articles, send or receive comments to or from the author, and many other features. Although a majority of the software covered is open source for Unix systems, Freshmeat covers releases for software on a variety of operating systems, including Linux and Microsoft Windows, as well as closed-source or commercial software.
FreshMinds FreshMinds is a company that provides business research and recruitment consultancy services to Fortune 500 companies and Government departments. It is located in the United Kingdom and was founded in August 2000 by Charlie Osmond and Caroline Plumb after they graduated from Oxford University.
Freshpair Freshpair is an internet retailer of men’s and women’s underwear. The company was founded in New York City in 2000 and sells a large number of well-known underwear brands including Maidenform, Wacoal, and Calvin Klein.
Freshwater butterflyfish The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the Order Osteoglossiformes. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
Freshwater Bay (Western Australia) Freshwater Bay, in the Australian state of Western Australia, includes the Claremont Foreshore of the Swan River. Though dull at first sight, Freshwater Bay plays host to a large variety of plants, animals, soil and rocks, all dependant on each other for survival.
Freshwater ecoregion Ecoregions are defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as "relatively large units of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species, with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change". Freshwater ecoregions represents the freshwater habitats of a particular geographic area, including rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands.
Freshwater fishing in Pakistan Pakistan is a nation blessed with many varieties of freshwater fish, and angling is a popular sport. Pakistan has everything from the famous mahseer, to several types of catfish to wild brown trout in mountain streams and lakes.
Freshwater flounder Freshwater flounder can be found in freshwater springs (completely non-brackish) in Central Florida. I saw hundreds of them over the course of a decade of scuba diving, so I am quite certain that they exist, but have only been able to find articles on river dwelling species which migrate to brackish waters later in life.
Freshwater prawn farm A freshwater prawn farm is an aquaculture business designed to raise and produce freshwater prawn or shrimp for human consumption. Freshwater prawn farming shares many characteristics with, and many of the same problems as, marine shrimp farming.
Freshwater Place Freshwater Place is a high-rise complex in the Southbank, Melbourne district of Melbourne Australia. The complex consists of a 62 floor residential skyscraper and PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, a 36 storey office building.
Freshwater spider crab The freshwater spider crab, Halicarcinus lacustris, is a spider crab of the family Hymenosomatidae found in lakes and slow-flowing streams and rivers in south east Australia including the Norfolk Islands, and New Zealand. It is the only species of freshwater crab in New Zealand.
Freshwater whipray The freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, is a very large freshwater stingray of the family Dasyatidae, found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins in Southeast Asia, eastern Borneo, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Freskin Freskin was minor noble active in the reign of King David I of Scotland. His name appears only in a charter by King William to Freskin's son, William, granting Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus, Kintrae, and other lands in Moray, "which his father held in the time of King David".
Fresnedoso Fresnedoso is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 75 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 119 people.
Fresnel diffraction In optics, Fresnel diffraction or near-field diffraction is a process of diffraction which occurs when a wave passes through an aperture and diffracts in the near field, causing any diffraction pattern observed to differ in size and shape, relative to the distance. It occurs due to the short distance in which the diffracted waves propogate, which results in a fresnel number less than 1 (F lesssim 1).
Fresnel equations The Fresnel equations, deduced by Augustin-Jean Fresnel , describe the behaviour of light when moving between media of differing refractive indices. The reflection of light that the equations predict is known as Fresnel reflection.
Fresnel lantern A Fresnel lantern (or merely Fresnel) is a spotlight used in theatre, which employs a Fresnel lens to wash light over an area of the stage. The lens produces a wider, soft-edged beam of light, which is commonly used for back light and top light.
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