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Far West, New South Wales The Far West region of New South Wales, Australia refers generally to a fairly flat and low lying area in the western part of the state, which is too dry to support wheat or other crops or intensive pastoral. It is west of the North West Slopes, Central West and the Riverina.
Far-field radiation pattern In antenna engineering, the far field is the region beyond approximately 10 wavelengths from the antenna where the spherical wave genereated appears approximately planar, which leads to simplified versions of the radiation equations. A key difference from the near-field region is that power is transmitted in the far-field instead of stored (as it is in the near-field).
Far-western blotting Far-western blotting is a molecular biological method which is based on the technique of Western blotting. While usual western blotting uses an antibody to detect a protein of interest, far-western blotting uses a protein, which can bind the protein of interest.
Farabeuf Farabeuf, Louis Hubert (1841-1910), French surgeon who is said to have introduced hygiene in French medical schools. His statue dominates the central court of the National School of Medicine in Paris and the main amphitheater of it is also named after him.
Farabundo MartĂ­ National Liberation Front The Farabundo MartĂ­ National Liberation Front (in Spanish: Frente Farabundo MartĂ­ para la LiberaciĂłn Nacional, FMLN) is a political party in El Salvador that was formerly a revolutionary guerrilla organization. In 1980 the FMLN was formed as an umbrella group of four left wing guerilla organizations and the Salvadoran Communist Party to fight the Salvadoran government.
Faraday (crater) Faraday is a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon. It lies across the southeast rim of the larger Stöfler crater, and the northwest rim of Faraday forms a wide [across the otherwise flat floor of Stöfler.
Faraday effect In physics, the Faraday effect or Faraday rotation is a magneto-optical phenomenon, or an interaction between light and a magnetic field. The rotation of the plane of polarization is proportional to the intensity of the component of the magnetic field in the direction of the beam of light.
Faraday isolator A Faraday isolator or optical isolator is an optical component which allows the transmission of polarised light in only one direction. They are typically used to prevent unwanted feedback into an optical oscillator (A laser cavity is a good example.
Faraday Lecture The Faraday Lecture was founded in 1924 to commemorate the life and work of Michael Faraday. As a pioneer in the field of electricity and electromagnetism, his work laid the foundation for many of today's advances in technology.
Faraday paradox The Faraday paradox (or Faraday's paradox) is an experiment that illustrates the limitations of Michael Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. Faraday deduced this law in 1831, after inventing the first electromagnetic generator or dynamo, but was never satisfied with his own explanation of the paradox.
Faraday paradox (electrochemistry) The Faraday paradox was a once inexplicable aspect of the reaction between nitric acid and steel. Around 1830, the English scientist Michael Faraday found that dilute nitric acid would attack steel, but concentrated nitric acid would not.
Faraday Society The Faraday Society was a British society for the study of physical chemistry, founded in 1903 and named in honour of Michael Faraday. It published Faraday Transactions from 1905 to 1971, when the Royal Society of Chemistry took over the publication.
Faraday wave Faraday waves are nonlinear standing waves that appear on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle. They are named after Michael Faraday, who first described them in an appendix to an article in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in 1831.
Faraday's law of induction Faraday's law of induction (more generally, the law of electromagnetic induction) states that the induced emf (electromotive force) in a closed loop equals the negative of the time rate of change of magnetic flux through the loop. This simply means that the induced emf is proportional to the rate of change of the magnetic flux through a coil.
Farafangana Farafangana is a town on the south-east coast of Madagascar approximately 400 kilometres south of the capital Antananarivo. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Farafangana is based in the town, led by Bishop Benjamin Marc Ramaroson.
Farah Asyikin binti Zulkifli Farah Asyikin binti Zulkifli (born on November 11, 1979) is a Malaysian singer and songwriter, who placed third on the second season of Malaysian Idol. Over a year later she went on to be on the cast of the replacement singing competition show for Idol One in a Million, where she finished in fifth place.
Farah City District Farah City District is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan, containing the main city of Farah. Its population, which is 85% Pashtun and 10% Tajik, along with other ethnic groups, was estimated at 159,310 in September 2004.
Farah Damji Farah Damji is an Indian-Asian woman who has been described as an "international conwoman and a convicted fraudster" , with an "infamous reputation" . She is the daughter of property tycoon Amir Damji, who lives in South Africa and in London.
Farah Karimi Farah Karimi (Born 15 November 1960 Isfahan) is a Persian-Dutch writer, human right activist and politician. Karimi is currently representative of the United Nations in Afghanistan affairs (since November 2006).
Farah Pahlavi Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran (née Farah Diba, Persian: فرح دیبا Faraḥ Dība, born October 14, 1938) is the widow and third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (the late Shah of Iran) and the only Shahbanu (Empress) of modern Iran.
Faraizi movement The Faraizi movement was founded by Haji Shariatullah by Bengali Muslims. After returning from Mecca (hence the title Haji) after a 20 year hiatus Shariatullah, seeing the degraded Muslims of Bengal, called on them to give up un-Islamic practices and act upon their duties as Muslims (Faraiz).
Faraj ben Salim Faraj ben-Sālim, Moses Farachi of Dirgent, Ferrarius, Franchinus was a Sicilian-Jewish physician and translator; flourished in the second half of the thirteenth century. He was engaged by Charles IV, Duke of Anjou as translator of medical works from Arabic into Latin.
Faraklata Faraklata (Greek: Φαρακλάτα) is a small settlement located 6 km northeast of Argostoli, NW of Sami and north of the Argostoli-Sami Road (GR-50). Faraklata is passed by the road linking near Razata and Dilinata and a uneven road to Makriotika.
Farallon de Pajaros Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.
Farallon Islands The Farallon Islands are a group of islands and rocks found in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California. They lie 27 miles (43 km) outside the Golden Gate, 20 miles (32 km) south of Point Reyes.
Farallon Plate The Farallon Plate was an ancient, wholly oceanic plate, which began subducting under the west coast of the North American Plate— then located in modern Utah— as Pangaea broke apart during the Jurassic period. Over time the central part of the Farallon Plate completely subducted under the southwestern part of the North American Plate.
Farallon Steamship Disaster The Farallon Steamship Disaster was the disaster of a wooden steamship that hit Black Reef in Cook Inlet and sank in Alaska in January 1910. Everyone on board evacuated to a near-by island and had to survive for a month in a mid-winter climate before they were rescued.
Faramarz Gharibian Faramarz Gharibian (in Persian: فرامرز قریبیان), Actor and Director, Born November 17, 1941, Tehran, Iran. Learning film acting in the School of Visual Arts, US (1971), he started his career with a short role in 'Come Stranger' (1968, Masoud Kimiai).
Farang Farang (in Thai: ฝรั่ง), sometimes pronounced falang, is the generic Thai word for a white foreigner. While generally farang is a neutral word, it can be used in a mocking manner or even as an insult depending on context.
Farasan Island Farasan Island (Arabic: جزيرة فرسان; transliterated: Jazyrat Farasan) is the largest island of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. It is located some 50 km offshore from Jizan, far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
Farasan Islands Farasan Islands (Arabic: جزر فرسان; transliterated: Juzur Farasan) is a large coral island group in the Red Sea, belonging to Saudi Arabia. It is located some 40 km offshore from Jizan, far southwestern part of country.
Faravid Faravid was a semi-legendary King of the Finnic Kvens who is mentioned only in one source, in the medieval Icelandic Egils saga. According to the saga, Faravid made an alliance with Norwegians to fight against Karelian invaders.
Faraz Rabbani Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, is a scholar and researcher of Islamic law and translator of several Arabic works to the English language. A student and teacher of the Hanafi school of Islamic law, Rabbani is of Pakistani-Canadian background, graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in Commerce and Economics.
Farbelism Farbelism is a term used to describe the repetitive formula of color study unique to artist David Scott Moyer. Coined in 1992 with input from an admirer of his work during the Scottsdale Celebration of Fine Art who said, "I love how you put those little farbels on there!
Farce A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant - yet often possible - situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases even further towards the end of the play, often involving an elaborate chase scene. Broad physical humour, and deliberate absurdity or nonsense, are also commonly employed in farce.
Farce Side Comedy Hour Farce Side Comedy Hour (aka Farce Side) is a sketch comedy show that performs weekly at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. They perform alongside Barren Mind, a separate troupe that performs improvisational comedy.
Fardalen Fardalen is a valley stretching west from Øvre Årdal in the municipality of Årdal. The highest located road in Norway has its path through the valley, reaches more than 1 400 meters above see close to the famous mountain Store Skagstølstind and ends up in Fortun.
Fare strike A fare strike is a direct action in which people in a city with a public transit system carry out mass fare evasion. Jumping turnstiles, boarding buses through the back or very quickly through the front, and leaving doors open in subway stations are all tactics by which people can participate.
Farebox recovery ratio The farebox recovery ratio of a passenger transportation system is the proportion of the amount of revenue generated through fares by its paying customers as a fraction of the cost of its total operating expenses. Most systems aren't self-supporting, so advertising revenue and government subsidies are usually required to cover costs.
Farecast Farecast is a computer reservation system that utilizes a market prediction algorithm for future price rates on airline tickets. Predictions and recommendations are provided through its website accompanied by price history graphs, destination comparisons, travel date grids and airline rates.
Fareed Armaly Fareed Armaly (*1957 Iowa) is an Arab American artist, curator, and editor who lives an works in the US and Berlin, Europe. He became known as an important agent in the field of Context-Art (developed and influenced from Conceptual Art) during the 1990s through several major exhibition projects combining Installation / Architecture, Media, and Information Design.
Fareinigte Partizaner Organizacje The Fareinigte Partizaner Organizacje (United Partisan Organization; referred to as FPO by its Yiddish initials) was a Jewish resistance organization that took part in the Wilno (Vilna) ghetto uprising during World War II. The partisan organisation was established by Zionist partisans - their leaders were writer Abba Kovner and Yitzhak Witenberg.
Fareless Square Fareless Square is an area within Portland, Oregon where all TriMet bus and MAX, as well as Portland Streetcar transit rides are free. Prior to May 1, 2005, rides within the area on C-TRAN's express routes were also free.
Fares and ticketing on the Mass Rapid Transit Because the rail operators are government-assisted profit-based corporations, fares on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system are currently aimed at least in breaking-even to at least compensate for their costs of running the system. The rail operators collect fares by selling electronic tickets capable of storing data, the price of which are calculated based on the distance between the start and destination stations.
FareStart FareStart is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, USA, that operates a unique program to help get the homeless off the street. It was started as a regular soup kitchen, but its founders then realized that, if they trained their clients to help prepare the food, it would give them the job skills they would need to find employment and stable housing.
Farewell and Goodnight (song) "Farewell and Goodnight" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins, notable for featuring Billy, James and D'arcy on vocals. It is the last song on disc two of the double-disc Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
Farewell Fantastic Venus Farewell Fantastic Venus is a science fiction anthology edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison. It was first published in 1968 as a direct response to the information returned from the first space probes sent to Venus, especially the first atmospheric probe to return data, Venera 4.
Farewell Fondle 'Em Farewell Fondle 'Em is a compilation album that marked the ending of Fondle 'Em Records. The founder and owner of Fondle 'Em Records, Robert "Bobbito" Garcia decided to shut down the label nearing 2001.
Farewell of Slavianka Farewell of Slavianka (in Russian Прощание славянки - Proshchanie Slavianki) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of the Bulgarian women bidding farewell to their husbands who left for the First Balkan War. The march premiered in Tambov in 1912 and was subsequently released as a single.
Farewell speech A Farewell speech is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a form of conclusion to the preceding career (such as that given by Ronald Reagan); or as statements delivered by persons relating to reasons for their leaving (such as that given by Yukio Mishima).
Farewell to the Sea Published in 1987, Farewell to the Sea is the third book in Reinaldo Arenas' Pentagonia which critics have often argued as his best. Set on a Cuban beach immediately following the revolution, a disenchanted poet mourns for the new suppression while his wife longs for the connectivity that she can no longer find.
Farewells & Fantasies Farewells & Fantasies is the 1997 posthumous box set of the work of singer/songwriter Phil Ochs, chronicling his life and career in music from 1964 through 1970. With its non-chronological running order, it plays like three separate albums, each showcasing a different side of the extraordinary Ochs.
Farey sequence In mathematics, the Farey sequence of order n is the sequence of completely reduced fractions between 0 and 1 which, when in lowest terms, have denominators less than or equal to n, arranged in order of increasing size.
Farfel the Dog Farfel the Dog was a hound dog puppet that appeared in commercials for Nestlé's Quik from 1953 to 1965. Farfel, with assistance from ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson and fellow puppet Danny O'Day sang "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestlé's makes the very best, chocolate.
Farfield Farfield is one of the seven boarding houses at Gresham's School, an English Public School in Holt, Norfolk. It was opened in 1911 and the housemaster (Major JC Miller) and boys were all transferred there from a smaller building known as Bengal Lodge.
Farfisa Farfisa is a brand name for a series of electronic organs and later multitimbral keyboards, made in Potenza Picena in the Marche region of Italy. The organs were marketed for years in the United States by the Chicago Musical Instrument Company.
Fargo (film) Fargo is a 1996 film created by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It is set in the Upper Midwest (the opening and closing scenes are set in North Dakota and the rest in Minnesota, USA) and tells the tale of a car salesman (William H.
Fargo Moorhead Acro Team Founded in 1969, The Fargo-Moorhead Acro Team is an acrobatic gymnastics program based in Fargo, North Dakota at American Gold Gymnastics. They frequently perform at halftime shows of NBA and NCAA basketball games.
Fargo Rock City Fargo Rock City is a book by Chuck Klosterman. It is a history of heavy metal music, with a particular emphasis on the hair metal that flourished during Klosterman's formative years in the mid-to-late 1980s, through its demise in the early 1990s, and potential rebirth in the late 1990s.
Fargo Tornado of 1957 The Fargo tornado of 1957 was a violent and deadly tornado that struck Fargo, North Dakota on June 20, 1957. The tornado struck the North Fargo (Golden Ridge) area in the early evening hours, causing major devastation.
Fargo-Moorhead Fargo-Moorhead is a common name given to the metropolitan area comprising Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead, Minnesota, and the surrounding communities. These two cities lie on the North Dakota-Minnesota border, on opposite banks of the Red River of the North.
Fargo-Moorhead Beez The Fargo-Moorhead Beez was a professional basketball club based in North Fargo, North Dakota that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1995-1996 season. They were the 1995-1996 and the 1997-1998 International Basketball Association champions.
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (or simply the FM RedHawks) is an independent minor league baseball team baseball team located in the Fargo-Moorhead (made up of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota) metropolitan area. The team is a part of the Northern League and they play at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo.
Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra (FMSO) is a professional orchestra based out of Fargo, North Dakota. The symphony employs local and regional musicians in performances of classical and modern symphonic music.
Farhad Moshiri Farhad Moshiri was born in 1963 in Shiraz, Iran, and studied fine arts at CALARTS in California. In America he first started experimenting with installations, video art and painting before coming back to Tehran in 1991.
Farhad Reza Farhad Reza () (born June 16 1986 in Rajshahi) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and the only batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century in debut.He is a right handed middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.
Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar Hindi: फ़र्हन अख्तर, Urdu: فرہن اَکھتر),(born January 9, 1974), is an emerging contemporary Indian film director. He is the son of very well known scripwriter, poet and lyricist, Javed Akhtar and renowned screenplay writer, Honey Irani.
Farhan Mirza Farhan Mirza (Born 16 February 1975) is formerly a leading Pakistani player, Mirza is married to a Swedish girl and now lives and plays his snooker in Sweden, and he represented his adopted country for the first time at the 2004 IBSF World Championships.
Farhan Nizami Dr Farhan Nizami, CBE is the founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, which is a world-recognized academic centre of excellence, attracting visiting scholars from all parts of the Muslim world. It is an academic institution renowned for its excellence in teaching, research publication and international outreach.
Farhud Farhud (translation from Arabic: "pogrom", "violent dispossession") was a violent pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad, Iraq on June 1-2, 1941. It took place when the city was without a political leadership after Rashid Ali al-Kaylani had fled but before British and Transjordanian forces had arrived.
Faria Academic Plus School Faria Elementary School, commonly known as the Faria A+ School is a public elementary school and magnet school in the Faria neighborhood of Cupertino, California. It is one of the few elementary schools in the United States to reach an API score of 1000 (in 2006) and is ranked the top elementary school in the state of California.
Faria Alam Faria Alam, (born 3 September 1966 in Bangladesh, then East Pakistan) was a Football Association secretary who had an affair with former England national football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and FA chief executive Mark Palios, leading to Palios's resignation. She stated on Celebrity Big Brother that she is of Bengali and Pakistani descent with some Persian blood.
Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger is an action role playing game developed by Game Arts and Hi-Score, and published by Nexoft in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It borrowed heavily from other major RPG's of the time, primarily Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, and uses experience points, like most typical RPGs.
Fariborz Lachini Fariborz Lachini, (In Persian: فریبرز لاچینی) (born on August 25, 1949) is a hugely popular Canadian/Iranian film composer. He started his career in Iran by writing music for children by creating Avaz Faslha va Rangha at the age of 18 which caught the attention of royal family of the time.
Farid Al Attrach Farid Al Attrach (1915-December 26, 1974) (Arabic: فريد الأطرش) (Alternate spellings: Farid El-Atrache, Farid Al Atrash, Farid El Atrash, Fareed Al Atrache, Fareed Al Atrash and Fareed El Atrash) is an Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. He is one of the most important names of twentieth century Arab music.
Farid Esack Farid Esack (1959- ) is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue.
Farid Essebar Farid Essebar (born in 1987, known as Diabl0) is a Moroccan black hat hacker. He was one of the two masterminds (along with Turkish Atilla Ekici) behind the spread of the Zotob Computer virus that targeted Windows 2000 operating systems in 2005.
Farid Mukhametshin Farid Mukhametshin (also Ferit Mokhametshin, Tatar: Färit Xäyrulla ulı Möxämmätşin, Russian Фарид Хайруллович Мухаметшин /Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin) (born May 22, 1947 in Almetyevsk) is a Tatarstan statesman and the former Prime Minister of Tatarstan. He is the Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Republic since May 27, 1998.
Farid Rastagar Farid Rastagar (Persian: فريد رستگار ) is an Afghan singer, music arranger, and composer. He is one of the 80s era singers who rose to popularity as Afghanistan’s pop music was reaching its zenith of maturity.
Farid Shawki Farid Shawki Mohammad Abduh Badawi (Arabic: فريد شوقى محمدعبده بدوي) (July 3, 1920 in Cairo - July 27, 1998) known as Farid Shawki was an Egyptian actor, scriptwriter and film producer. In his life, he acted in 361 films, 12 play and 12 television series; wrote 22 film scripts; and produced 26 films.
Faridah Begum bte Abdullah v. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Faridah Begum bte Abdullah v. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (1996) 1 MLJ 617 was the first and is as of 2007 the only case to have been heard by the Special Court of Malaysia which hears cases brought against the Malay rulers.
Faridpur, Bangladesh Faridpur is a district of Bangladesh in Dhaka division with an area of 2072.72 sq km, is bounded by Rajbari and Manikganj districts on the north, Gopalganj district on the south, Dhaka, Munshiganj and Madaripur districts on the east, Norail, Magura and Rajbari districts on the west.
Fariduddin Ganjshakar Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganjshakar commonly known as Baba Farid (Persian: بابا فرید الدّین مسعود گنج شکر ) was a 12-th century Sufi preacher and saint of Punjab. He is recognised as the first acclaimed poet of Punjabi language.
Farimang Mamadi Singateh Alhaji Sir Farimang Mamadi Singateh (1912 – 19 May 1977) was the second and last Governor General of The Gambia, representing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Succeeding Sir John Warburton Paul, who had previously been Governor before independence, Sir Farimang was the only Gambian citizen to hold that post, beginning in 1966.
Farina gegenĂĽber Farina gegenĂĽber (literally "Farina opposite") is the short form of "Johann Maria Farina gegenĂĽber dem JĂĽlichs-Platz" (German for "Johann Maria Farina opposite the JĂĽlichs Square"), the world's oldest Eau-de-Cologne-Factory in Cologne, established in 1709. The company's logo is a red tulip.
Farinata Farinata (which literally means floured) is a thin, crisp, pizza-like pancake from Liguria, which is also eaten in Alessandria and is similar to the socca from Nice. It is made stirring chick pea flour into a mixture of water and olive oil to form a loose batter, and baking it in the oven.
Farington Farington is a small village to the immediate north of Leyland in Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Farington is a rural community, although signs of farming are on the decrease as the area becomes more of a commuting base for workers using the nearby motorways.
Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani (Arabic: فارس أحمد جمعان آل شويل الزهراني), suspected terrorist - twelfth 'most-wanted' on Saudi Arabia's list of 26 'most-wanted' suspected terrorists - was arrested by Saudi police on August 5, 2004. Most of the other suspects on the list had previously been either killed or arrested following a series of bomb incidents in Riyadh in May of 2003.
Farit Zigangirov Farit Zigangirov (born August 15, 1954) is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Field Hockey Team from the Soviet Union at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Farkas's lemma Farkas's lemma is a result in mathematics which is used amongst other things in the proof of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker theorem in nonlinear programming. It states that if A is a matrix and b a vector, then exactly one of the following two systems has a solution:
Farkasréti Cemetery Farkasréti Cemetery or Farkasrét Cemetery (Hungarian: Farkasréti temető) is one of the most famous cemeteries in Budapest. It was opened in 1894 and is noted for its spectacular sight towards the city (several people wanted it more to be a resort area than a cemetery).
Farkhonda Hassan Dr. Farkhonda Hassan (Arabic: الدكتورة فرخندة حسن) is a professor of Geology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is chair of the Commission on Human Development and Local Administration of the Shoura Assembly (Second House of the Egyptian Parliament).
Farkhor Air Base Farkhor Air Base (37°28'15"N 69°22'56"E) is the only Indian military base situated in a foreign country, at Farkhor/Ayni in Tajikistan. The base is located 130 kilometres (80 miles) south east of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan just 2 kms from the Afghanistan border.
Farleigh College Farleigh College is a mainly residential special school for pupils with Asperger’s syndrome, situated at Newbury Manor, an 18th century country house near Mells, Somerset, England. The school is co-educational, is fully approved by the DfES, and accepts pupils between the ages of ten and seventeen.
Farleigh House Farleigh House is a large country house in the English county of Somerset that was formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and has sometimes been called Farleigh New Castle. Indeed, it was largely built with stone taken from the ruins of the mediaeval Castle itself.
Farleigh School Farleigh School is an IAPS Roman Catholic boarding and day prep school of approximately 400 children. Situated in 60 acres of parkland in the Test Valley, Hampshire, the school was founded as a male boarding school in 1953 by the late Jocelyn Trappes-Lomax.
Farley (comic strip) Farley is a American comic strip written and drawn by Phil Frank, appearing daily (except Saturday) in the San Francisco Chronicle. The strip originally began in 1975 as Travels With Farley, a nationally syndicated strip, but missing the "timeliness and joy of doing local politics" and dissatisfied with the four-to-six week lead time required of syndication, switched to working exclusive for the Chronicle, enabling him to quickly mine local events -- usually overnight -- for his satire.
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. is a candy manufacturer originally founded in 1996 as Favorite Brands International (a merger under the umbrella of both Farley's Candy Company and Sathers Candy Company).
Farley's Eatery and Pub Farley's Eatery & Pub is a restaurant in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is considered a staple of Scrantonian culinary culture. Farley's promotes itself as having the "the best steak and seafood in downtown Scranton.
Farley's yard The Farley's Yard Trust takes its inspiration from the lives and works of Roland Penrose and Lee Miller. They lived at Farley Farm in East Sussex which came to be known as The Home of The Surrealists in England and holds a dazzling collection of artistic treasures.

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