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FBI Miami shootout, 1986 On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred in Miami, Florida, between multiple FBI agents and two heavily armed suspects. Later known as the FBI Miami shootout, the firefight claimed the lives of two agents, Gerald Dove and Benjamin Grogan, as well as the two suspects, William Matix and Michael Platt.
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists The Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Most Wanted Terrorists" is a list of fugitives who have been indicted by sitting Federal Grand Juries in the United States district courts, for alleged crimes of terrorism. The list formed in late 2001 in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
FBI on The Sopranos A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBI's ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. The Bureau's investigations have met with varying degrees of success.
FBI portrayal in the media The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been a staple of American popular culture since its christening in 1935. That year also marked the beginning of the popular "G-Man" phenomenon that helped establish the Bureau's image, beginning with the aptly titled James Cagney movie, G Men.
FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list The FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list is the third major "wanted" list to have been created by the United States Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation to be used as a primary tool for publicly identifying and tracking down suspected terrorists operating against United States nationals at home and abroad. The first preceding list for this purpose was the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949, during a game of Hearts between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson, International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International) Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s In the 1950s, the United States FBI began to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1950s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual fugitives whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1950s, under FBI Director J.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s In the 1960s, for a second decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1960s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1960s, under FBI Director J.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s In the 1970s, for the third decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1970s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1970s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s In the 1980s, for the fourth decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1980s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1980s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1990s In the 1990s, for the fifth decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1990s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1990s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2000s In the 2000s, the United States FBI continues for a sixth decade to maintain a public list of the people it regards as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 2000s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual fugitives whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 2000s.
FBK Kaunas FBK Kaunas is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga. Originally the club was a baseball club, with the football section being founded in 1993, hence the original name in Lithuanian is Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas.
FBLA-PBL The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an international Career and Technical Student Organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia. FBLA-PBL is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA High School"), middle school ("FBLA Middle Level"), and college ("Phi Beta Lambda") students, as well as professional members ("Professional Division") who primarily help students transition to the business world.
FBM Software FBM Software is a computer security company founded in 2001 by Silicon Valley professionals and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada but is actually based in Makati, Philippines. It markets ZeroSpyware, an anti-spyware software, and other security, privacy, and productivity solutions for consumers and enterprises.
FBNR The Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR) is a simple, small, proliferation resistant, inherently safe and passively cooled nuclear reactor with reduced environmental impact. The reactor is being developed under the auspecise of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
FBR Open The FBR Open is a nationally televised golf tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, held at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) of Scottsdale, Arizona around the last weekend in January. The tournament was originally the Arizona Open, but was known for most of its history as the Phoenix Open until the investment bank, Friedman Billings Ramsey, became the title sponsor in October 2003.
FBTR The Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) first reached criticality in October 1985. The Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) jointly designed, constructed, and operate the reactor.
FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan (Armenian: Ô±Ö€ŐˇÖ€ŐˇŐż) is an Armenian football club that won the Soviet championship in 1973. They play in the Armenian Premier League and are one of the most popular clubs in Armenian football.
FC Astana FC Astana, formerly FC Zhenis until the club was renamed before the 2006 season, are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League, the club won the competition in 2000 and 2001.
FC Auch Gers FC Auch is a French rugby union club currently competing in the French league system. They were promoted to the top flight after winning Pro D2 in 2004, but were relegated to Pro D2 at the end of the 2004/5 season.
FC Barcelona in Europe FC Barcelona in Europe is an article about FC Barcelona and their record in European football competitions. They are the only team to have played in Europe in every season since European competitions began in the 1950s.
FC Barreirense Futebol Clube Barreirense (pron. ) is a Portuguese football club, located in the city of Barreiro, in the District of SetĂşbal, which is considered one of the historic clubs in Portugal that used to play in the Portuguese First Division but now plays in the secondary divisions.
FC Belshyna Babruisk FC Belshyna Babruisk is an Belarusian football club based in Babruysk. They will now play in the Belarusian First League after being relegated from the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football in 2006.
FC Bourg-PĂ©ronnas Football Club Bourg-PĂ©ronnas is a French association football team founded in 1942. They are based in PĂ©ronnas, RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group C, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh is a German football club playing in Berlin. The club was founded in 1895 as Concordia Berlin and was one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900.
FC Cornelly FC Cornelly formed in 2005 are a football team based in South Wales, North Cornelly, they play in the Port Talbot + District Saturday League - Premier Division. A 2nd team was also formed in the summer of 2006 due to increase of player registered.
FC Dacia ChiĹźinÄu FC Dacia ChiĹźinÄu is a Moldovan football club, which plays at the Stadionul Republican in the capital, ChiĹźinÄu. Nicknamed The Yellow-Blues or The Wolves, the club qualified for the 2005-06 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds by finishing third in the Moldovan league the previous season.
FC Derby FC Derby is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and the SĂŁo Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of SĂŁo Vicente and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 4,000.
FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо МоŃква) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. The team play in the Dynamo Stadium in the Russian Premier League, and wear blue and white strips.
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian First Division, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, being a junior team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise.
FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The team has been featured in the Ukrainian Second Division, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian First League, being a junior team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise, which has FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv in the First League.
FC Ekibastuzetc FC Ekibastuzetc are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Shakhtyor Stadium in Ekibastuz. Founder members of the Kazakhstan Super League, they were relegated in 2001, but sealed promotion the following year by winning the first Division.
FC Espanya de Barcelona FC Espanya de Barcelona, also referred to as FC España de Barcelona, was a former Spanish Catalan football club based in Barcelona. They enjoyed a golden age during the 1910s and were Catalan champions three times during the decade.
FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo (ФК Етър Велико Търново) is a Bulgarian football club from Veliko Tarnovo currently competing in the second division of Bulgarian football as PFC Etar-1924. Founded in 1924, the team was champion of Bulgaria during the 1990-91 season.
FC Game Console The Yobo FC Game Console (known as the Neo Fami in Asia) is a compact Famiclone measuring just 143x147x47mm which lacking a 10NES chip can play all Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom titles. The Japanese version of the packaging refer to it as Neo-Fami and as a result it is sometimes referred to as such.
FC GĂĽtersloh FC GĂĽtersloh 2000 is a German football club based in GĂĽtersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft GĂĽtersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than its un-storied predecessors.
FC Chalon Football Club Chalons-sur-SaĂ´ne is a French association football club. They are based in Chalons-sur-SaĂ´ne, Haute-SaĂ´ne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group C, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FC Irtysh FC Irtysh are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Pavlodar. Probably the leading club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Superleague in 1993 (as Ansat Pavlodar), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003.
FC Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty (; ) is a Kazakh football club, playing in the capital, Almaty Central Stadium. They are, along with FC Irtysh Pavlodar and FC Astana, one of Kazakhstan's leading teams having been league champions in 1992 and 2004, as well as cup winners in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2003.
FC Kaisar FC Kaisar are a Kazakhstani football based in the Gany Muratbayeva Stadium in Kyzylorda. The club were founder members of the Kazakhstan Super League and have missed only the 1994 and 1995 seasons following relegation.
FC Lakamatyu Minsk FC Lakamatyu Minsk is an Belarusian football club based in Minsk. They will now play in the Belarusian First League after being relegated from the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football, in 2006.
FC Martigues FC Martigues (Football Club de Martigues) play in the Championnat National, which is the third level of football in France. The club was formed in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when the club gained promotion to the professional Second Division.
FC Montceau Bourgogne Football Club Montceau Bourgogne is a French association football team founded in 1948. They are based in Montceau-les-Mines, Bourgogne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group B.
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, where it was founded in 1980. For the 2006-07 season, the club is taking part in the Persha Liha under the name FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.
FC NaĹŁional BucureĹźti FC NaĹŁional BucureĹźti (formerly Progresul) is a Romanian football club playing in Divizia A. Despite having long resided in the shadow of the three big Bucharest teams (Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid), the club has recently achieved some good results, having thrice finished runners up in the league (in 1996, 97 and 2002), in each case finishing behind one of its Bucharest rivals.
FC Nörtit FC Nörtit is a Finnish television program on Subtv of the FC Nerds format. It tells the story about 16 nerds, who are supposed to learn how to play soccer, trained in 2005 in two months, for afterwards to play against HJK.
FC Rapid BucureĹźti Fotbal Club Rapid BucureĹźti is a football club of Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the GriviĹŁa workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: AsociaĹŁia culturalÄ Ĺźi sportivÄ C.
FC Semey FC Semey are a Kazakhstani football club based in Semipalatinsk. Now considered one of the more minor clubs in the Kazakhstan Superleague, Semey were formerly a leading force and, under the name FC Yelimay Semipalatinsk, they were champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк, also known as Shakhtyor Donetsk (in Russian: Шахтёр Донецк) is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region.
FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sheriff Tiraspol (in Cyrillic: ФК Шериф ТираŃполь) is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol which is a different (and competing) team.
FC Smorgon FC Smorgon is an Belarusian football club based in Smorgon. They will play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football, after being promoted from the Belarusian First League in 2006.
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk is a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. The club was founded in 1940 and currently plays in the Persha Liha under the guidance of Mykola Prystay.
FC Spartak Plovdiv FC Spartak Plovdiv (ФК Спартак Пловдив) are a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv founded in 1947. They have once been Champions of Bulgaria (in 1963), coming second the previous year, and Bulgarian Cup winners (in 1958).
FC Superfund FC Superfund, formerly known as SV Pasching, is an Austrian football club, from Pasching, a suburb of Linz. Since the 2002/03 season, FC Superfund has participated in the Austrian "T-Mobile" Bundesliga.
FC Taraz FC Taraz are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Superleague, they were champions in 1996, although they were relegated in 2001.
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin is a Russian football club based in Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast. In 1990s the club spent five seasons in the Russian Top Division and played in the UEFA Cup, but now plays in the Russian Second Division.
FC Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny (Russian: ФŃтбольный клŃб "Терек") is a Russian football club, currently playing in Russian First Division. Originally founded in 1946, as Dynamo, it changed the name in 1948 to Neftyanik and in 1958 to Terek.
FC Traktor FC Traktor Minsk, (also known as Traktor MTZ, Torpedo MTZ and MTZ), is a now-defunct football team from Byelorussian SSR, was established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktor Plant (MTZ) as a sport section for construction workers (including German POW) and later for local factory personal. This sport section was transformed to a professional football team in 1948.
FC Ultramarina (Cape Verde) Futebol Clube de Ultramarina (Portuguese meaning "overseas", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Futebil Klubi di Ultramarina) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Premier division and plays in the SĂŁo Nicolau Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Ribeira Brava in the island of SĂŁo Nicolau.
FC Väsby United FC Väsby United is a Swedish football club based in Upplands Väsby. The club, formed in 2005 when FC Café Opera Djursholm and Väsby IK merged, is currently playing in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1.
FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was a football club in Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol, a Bundesland in Austria. The complex and intertwinded history of the club started when FC Wacker Innsbruck was founded in 1913 and ended in bankruptcy and folding of FC Tirol Innsbruck in 2002.
FC Z FC Z is a Swedish TV-show about 15 nerds who never have played football (soccer). Now, under management by one of Sweden's best football players through time, Glenn Hysen, FC Z have 4 months to prove to be worthy opponents against Swedish champions DjurgĂĄrdens IF.
FC Zhetysu FC Zhetysu are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founder members of the Kazakhstan Superleague, they were relegated in 1993, 1996 and 2001, being promoted back up immediately each time.
FC Zulu FC Zulu is a Danish television program on TV 2 Zulu of the FC Nerds format. It tells the story about 16 nerds, who never had touched a football, trained in 2004 in three months, for afterwards to play against FCK in PARKEN.
FC2 Fiction Collective Two is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of avant-garde, experimental fiction supported in part by Florida State University, the Florida Arts Council, Illinois State University, the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and private contributors. FC2 was founded as a continuation of the Fiction Collective founded in 1974 in order to "make serious novels and story collections available" and "to keep them in print permanently.
FCAN FCAN (Flash Crowds Alleviation Network) is an adaptive CDN network that dynamically optimizes the system structure between peer-to-peer (P2P) and client-server(C/S) configurations as a possible way to alleviate flash crowds effect.
FCAPS FCAPS is the ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for network management. FCAPS is an acronym for Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security which are the management categories into which the ISO model defines network management tasks.
FCAT Explorer FCAT Explorer is a Program by the state of Florida to help students learn basic FCAT skill to pass the FCAT. The FACT Explorer Has the follows categories: Galatic Libary for 3rd grade reading, Reading Odyessey for 4th grade reading, Math Station for 5th grade math, Reading Island for 6th grade reading, Math navagitor and Reading Boradwalk for math and reading 8th grade and Reading Timeline and Math Timeline for 10th grade.
FCC registration program In telecommunication, FCC registration program is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry will not harm the public switched telephone network or certain private line services.
FCE 28260 FCE 28260 is an inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase. The compound caused inhibition of rat and human prostatic enzymes, with IC50 values of 15 and 16 nM, respectively, compared to the values of 30 and 52 nM shown by finasteride.
FCE Ultra FCE Ultra is an Open Source Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that also supports emulation of the Famicom Disk System and network play via TCP/IP. It is based on the FCE source code, but has become far more advanced than its predecessor.
FCF Juvisy Juvisy FCF is a French female soccer team, currently playing in the Championnat de France de football féminin, the top division of women's soccer in France, of which they are the reigning champions. The club was founded in 1971 as part of the local club ES Juvisy-sur-Orge, but separated from the men's club in 1985 and renamed themselves as Juvisy FCF, a women-only club.
FCI Terrier Group Terrier Group is a designation used by most all-breed dog registries (or kennel clubs) for a group of dog breeds consisting almost entirely of terriers. See Terrier Group for information related to most kennel clubs.
FCIAC FCIAC, the Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference, was established in 1961 and is made up of high schools throughout Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. FCIAC hosts more than 100 combined championship/ tournament games for all sports throughout the academic year.
FCM BacÄu FCM BacÄu is a Romanian football club currently playing in the second Romanian division Divizia B. The club was established in 1950, and has achieved some decent results in the league (despite never having finished in the top 3), 4th place in the 1972/1973 season and 5th place in the 1996/1997 season as its best results there.
FCMM The Festival de Nouveau Cinema et Nouveaux Media de Montréal (FCMM) — the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media — was renamed the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) in 2004. Founded in 1971, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world.
FCSR Haguenau Football Club Sports RĂ©unis Haguenau is a French association football team founded in 1987. They are based in Haguenau, Alsace, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group B, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara FCU "Poli" TimiĹźoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's top league, Liga 1. However, there is an issue regarding the club's rights to its own history, as former Poli owner Claudio Zambon has been claiming he is the rightful holder of the club records.
Fderîck Fderîck or F'dérick is a city in the north of Mauritania. Situated in a removed area of the Sahara desert, Fderîck was constructed in 1984 around the former French Fort Goudraud to exploit the area's iron deposits.
Fdupes fdupes is a program written by Adrian Lopez to scan directories for duplicate files, with options to list and delete them. It first compares file sizes and MD5 signatures, and then performs a byte-by-byte check for verification.
FDA (trade union) The FDA is a federated British trade union and professional association for senior civil servants and public service professionals, founded in 1919. It has around 16,000 members, including Whitehall policy advisers and senior managers, tax inspectors, economists and statisticians, government-employed lawyers and crown prosecutors, schools inspectors, diplomats, senior national museum staff, accountants and NHS managers.
FDA conspiracy theories The FDA conspiracy theories are a group of conspiracy theories involving various beliefs that the United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and its counterparts in other countries, are not working in the best interest of the public. Rather, it is believed that the FDA exists to further some nefarious goal, usually to increase profits for the drug companies.
FDGB Pokal The FDGB Cup (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in the former East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship.
FDISK, Format, Reload FDISK, Format, Reload (FFR for short), is a computer slang term for the process of deleting and recreating a hard drive partition, formatting it, and re-installing the operating system. An FFR may be performed for various reasons, including an infection by a computer virus or as a way to get rid of accumulated "junk" data and applications that may have accumulated over time and start with a freshly installed system.
FDNY Commissioner The FDNY Commissioner is the head administrator for the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY). Appointed by the Mayor of New York City, there have been 31 FDNY Commissioners, with Nicholas Scoppetta being the current Fire Commissioner.
FDOA Frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) is a technique analogous to TDOA for estimating the location of a radio emitter based on observations from other points. (It can also be used for estimating one's own position based on observations of multiple emitters).
Feague To feague a horse is to put ginger up a horse’s fundament, and formerly, as it is said, a live eel, to make him lively and carry his tail well. It is said, a forfeit is incurred by any horse-dealer’s servant, who shall show a horse without first feaguing him.
Fear & Respect Fear & Respect was a video game for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, and the Xbox 360 consoles that has been cancelled, although intended for a 2006 release. John Singleton was involved in the production of the game.
Fear (Klinik EP) Fear is a record by Klinik, an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed around 1982 by electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. Fear was recorded by Dirk Ivens (voice) & Marc Verhaeghen (electronics), with Eric Van Wonterghem (sequences and percussions on "Sick In Your Mind" (Remix)).
Fear a' bhà ta Fear a' Bhà ta is a Scots Gaelic song from the late 1800s, written by Sìne NicFhionnlaigh of Tong, Lewis who was courting a young fisherman from Uig, Dòmhnall MacRath. The song captures the emotions that she endured during their courtship.
Fear and Desire Fear and Desire (1953) is a film by Stanley Kubrick about a team of soldiers trapped behind enemy lines in a fictional war. It was Kubrick's first feature, and he did most of the work on the film, including cinematography and editing.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign serialized in Rolling Stone magazine and later released as a book, written by gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson and illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Fear and Misery in the Third Reich Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (or The Private Life of the Master Race) is one of Brecht's most famous plays, the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. It was first performed in 1938 and was one of the first major plays to use a style of performing Brecht called 'epic theatre'.
Fear and Trembling Fear and Trembling (original Danish title: Frygt og Bæven) is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio. The title is apparently a reference to Philippians 2:12: "...
Fear Agent Fear Agent is a science fiction comic book series by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore and Jerome Opena, who alternate on story arcs. It stars the rugged alcoholic Texas spaceman Heath Huston, the last Fear Agent, in a series of fast-paced adventures.
Fear Before the March of Flames Fear Before the March of Flames (sometimes abbreviated as FBTMOF or Fear Before) is an experimental metalcore band that resides in Aurora, Colorado. Their current sound can be described as experimental metalcore, drawing influence from the likes of Converge, The Blood Brothers, and Botch.
Fear Effect Fear Effect is a survival horror game for the PlayStation. Developed by Kronos and published by Eidos, Fear Effect concerns the exploits of three mercenaries named Hana, Deke, and Glas in what's either a parallel universe or future version of China.
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is the prequel to the successful PlayStation game, Fear Effect. This game gives players an insight into the previous adventures of the characters in Fear Effect and also shows what brings them together in the first place.
Fear factor The fear factor in occupational terminology refers to the increased per-worker productivity resulting from the threat of impending layoffs. The resultant productivity boost is almost always temporary, since health-related reasons dictate that workers cannot maintain this level of increased output.
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists The Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Most Wanted Terrorists" is a list of fugitives who have been indicted by sitting Federal Grand Juries in the United States district courts, for alleged crimes of terrorism. The list formed in late 2001 in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
FBI on The Sopranos A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBI's ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. The Bureau's investigations have met with varying degrees of success.
FBI portrayal in the media The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been a staple of American popular culture since its christening in 1935. That year also marked the beginning of the popular "G-Man" phenomenon that helped establish the Bureau's image, beginning with the aptly titled James Cagney movie, G Men.
FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list The FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list is the third major "wanted" list to have been created by the United States Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation to be used as a primary tool for publicly identifying and tracking down suspected terrorists operating against United States nationals at home and abroad. The first preceding list for this purpose was the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949, during a game of Hearts between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson, International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International) Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1950s In the 1950s, the United States FBI began to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1950s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual fugitives whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1950s, under FBI Director J.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1960s In the 1960s, for a second decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1960s decade in context, and then an historical list of individual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1960s, under FBI Director J.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1970s In the 1970s, for the third decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1970s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1970s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s In the 1980s, for the fourth decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1980s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1980s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1990s In the 1990s, for the fifth decade, the United States FBI continued to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 1990s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual suspects whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 1990s.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2000s In the 2000s, the United States FBI continues for a sixth decade to maintain a public list of the people it regards as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Following is a brief review of FBI people and events that place the 2000s decade in context, and then an historical list of indivdual fugitives whose names first appeared on the 10 Most Wanted list during the decade of the 2000s.
FBK Kaunas FBK Kaunas is a Lithuanian football team from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga. Originally the club was a baseball club, with the football section being founded in 1993, hence the original name in Lithuanian is Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas.
FBLA-PBL The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an international Career and Technical Student Organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia. FBLA-PBL is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA High School"), middle school ("FBLA Middle Level"), and college ("Phi Beta Lambda") students, as well as professional members ("Professional Division") who primarily help students transition to the business world.
FBM Software FBM Software is a computer security company founded in 2001 by Silicon Valley professionals and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada but is actually based in Makati, Philippines. It markets ZeroSpyware, an anti-spyware software, and other security, privacy, and productivity solutions for consumers and enterprises.
FBNR The Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR) is a simple, small, proliferation resistant, inherently safe and passively cooled nuclear reactor with reduced environmental impact. The reactor is being developed under the auspecise of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
FBR Open The FBR Open is a nationally televised golf tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, held at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) of Scottsdale, Arizona around the last weekend in January. The tournament was originally the Arizona Open, but was known for most of its history as the Phoenix Open until the investment bank, Friedman Billings Ramsey, became the title sponsor in October 2003.
FBTR The Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) first reached criticality in October 1985. The Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) jointly designed, constructed, and operate the reactor.
FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan (Armenian: Ô±Ö€ŐˇÖ€ŐˇŐż) is an Armenian football club that won the Soviet championship in 1973. They play in the Armenian Premier League and are one of the most popular clubs in Armenian football.
FC Astana FC Astana, formerly FC Zhenis until the club was renamed before the 2006 season, are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League, the club won the competition in 2000 and 2001.
FC Auch Gers FC Auch is a French rugby union club currently competing in the French league system. They were promoted to the top flight after winning Pro D2 in 2004, but were relegated to Pro D2 at the end of the 2004/5 season.
FC Barcelona in Europe FC Barcelona in Europe is an article about FC Barcelona and their record in European football competitions. They are the only team to have played in Europe in every season since European competitions began in the 1950s.
FC Barreirense Futebol Clube Barreirense (pron. ) is a Portuguese football club, located in the city of Barreiro, in the District of SetĂşbal, which is considered one of the historic clubs in Portugal that used to play in the Portuguese First Division but now plays in the secondary divisions.
FC Belshyna Babruisk FC Belshyna Babruisk is an Belarusian football club based in Babruysk. They will now play in the Belarusian First League after being relegated from the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football in 2006.
FC Bourg-PĂ©ronnas Football Club Bourg-PĂ©ronnas is a French association football team founded in 1942. They are based in PĂ©ronnas, RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group C, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh is a German football club playing in Berlin. The club was founded in 1895 as Concordia Berlin and was one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900.
FC Cornelly FC Cornelly formed in 2005 are a football team based in South Wales, North Cornelly, they play in the Port Talbot + District Saturday League - Premier Division. A 2nd team was also formed in the summer of 2006 due to increase of player registered.
FC Dacia ChiĹźinÄu FC Dacia ChiĹźinÄu is a Moldovan football club, which plays at the Stadionul Republican in the capital, ChiĹźinÄu. Nicknamed The Yellow-Blues or The Wolves, the club qualified for the 2005-06 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds by finishing third in the Moldovan league the previous season.
FC Derby FC Derby is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and the SĂŁo Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo on the island of SĂŁo Vicente and plays in a stadium with a capacity of 4,000.
FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow (Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Moskva, Russian: Динамо МоŃква) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. The team play in the Dynamo Stadium in the Russian Premier League, and wear blue and white strips.
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian First Division, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, being a junior team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise.
FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The team has been featured in the Ukrainian Second Division, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian First League, being a junior team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise, which has FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv in the First League.
FC Ekibastuzetc FC Ekibastuzetc are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Shakhtyor Stadium in Ekibastuz. Founder members of the Kazakhstan Super League, they were relegated in 2001, but sealed promotion the following year by winning the first Division.
FC Espanya de Barcelona FC Espanya de Barcelona, also referred to as FC España de Barcelona, was a former Spanish Catalan football club based in Barcelona. They enjoyed a golden age during the 1910s and were Catalan champions three times during the decade.
FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo (ФК Етър Велико Търново) is a Bulgarian football club from Veliko Tarnovo currently competing in the second division of Bulgarian football as PFC Etar-1924. Founded in 1924, the team was champion of Bulgaria during the 1990-91 season.
FC Game Console The Yobo FC Game Console (known as the Neo Fami in Asia) is a compact Famiclone measuring just 143x147x47mm which lacking a 10NES chip can play all Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom titles. The Japanese version of the packaging refer to it as Neo-Fami and as a result it is sometimes referred to as such.
FC GĂĽtersloh FC GĂĽtersloh 2000 is a German football club based in GĂĽtersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft GĂĽtersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than its un-storied predecessors.
FC Chalon Football Club Chalons-sur-SaĂ´ne is a French association football club. They are based in Chalons-sur-SaĂ´ne, Haute-SaĂ´ne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group C, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FC Irtysh FC Irtysh are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Pavlodar. Probably the leading club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Superleague in 1993 (as Ansat Pavlodar), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003.
FC Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty (; ) is a Kazakh football club, playing in the capital, Almaty Central Stadium. They are, along with FC Irtysh Pavlodar and FC Astana, one of Kazakhstan's leading teams having been league champions in 1992 and 2004, as well as cup winners in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2003.
FC Kaisar FC Kaisar are a Kazakhstani football based in the Gany Muratbayeva Stadium in Kyzylorda. The club were founder members of the Kazakhstan Super League and have missed only the 1994 and 1995 seasons following relegation.
FC Lakamatyu Minsk FC Lakamatyu Minsk is an Belarusian football club based in Minsk. They will now play in the Belarusian First League after being relegated from the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football, in 2006.
FC Martigues FC Martigues (Football Club de Martigues) play in the Championnat National, which is the third level of football in France. The club was formed in 1921 and played regional football until the early 1970s when the club gained promotion to the professional Second Division.
FC Montceau Bourgogne Football Club Montceau Bourgogne is a French association football team founded in 1948. They are based in Montceau-les-Mines, Bourgogne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group B.
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, where it was founded in 1980. For the 2006-07 season, the club is taking part in the Persha Liha under the name FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.
FC NaĹŁional BucureĹźti FC NaĹŁional BucureĹźti (formerly Progresul) is a Romanian football club playing in Divizia A. Despite having long resided in the shadow of the three big Bucharest teams (Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid), the club has recently achieved some good results, having thrice finished runners up in the league (in 1996, 97 and 2002), in each case finishing behind one of its Bucharest rivals.
FC Nörtit FC Nörtit is a Finnish television program on Subtv of the FC Nerds format. It tells the story about 16 nerds, who are supposed to learn how to play soccer, trained in 2005 in two months, for afterwards to play against HJK.
FC Rapid BucureĹźti Fotbal Club Rapid BucureĹźti is a football club of Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the GriviĹŁa workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: AsociaĹŁia culturalÄ Ĺźi sportivÄ C.
FC Semey FC Semey are a Kazakhstani football club based in Semipalatinsk. Now considered one of the more minor clubs in the Kazakhstan Superleague, Semey were formerly a leading force and, under the name FC Yelimay Semipalatinsk, they were champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк, also known as Shakhtyor Donetsk (in Russian: Шахтёр Донецк) is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region.
FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sheriff Tiraspol (in Cyrillic: ФК Шериф ТираŃполь) is a Moldovan football club, playing in the city of Tiraspol, capital of Transnistria. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol which is a different (and competing) team.
FC Smorgon FC Smorgon is an Belarusian football club based in Smorgon. They will play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football, after being promoted from the Belarusian First League in 2006.
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk is a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. The club was founded in 1940 and currently plays in the Persha Liha under the guidance of Mykola Prystay.
FC Spartak Plovdiv FC Spartak Plovdiv (ФК Спартак Пловдив) are a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv founded in 1947. They have once been Champions of Bulgaria (in 1963), coming second the previous year, and Bulgarian Cup winners (in 1958).
FC Superfund FC Superfund, formerly known as SV Pasching, is an Austrian football club, from Pasching, a suburb of Linz. Since the 2002/03 season, FC Superfund has participated in the Austrian "T-Mobile" Bundesliga.
FC Taraz FC Taraz are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Superleague, they were champions in 1996, although they were relegated in 2001.
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin is a Russian football club based in Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast. In 1990s the club spent five seasons in the Russian Top Division and played in the UEFA Cup, but now plays in the Russian Second Division.
FC Terek Grozny FC Terek Grozny (Russian: ФŃтбольный клŃб "Терек") is a Russian football club, currently playing in Russian First Division. Originally founded in 1946, as Dynamo, it changed the name in 1948 to Neftyanik and in 1958 to Terek.
FC Traktor FC Traktor Minsk, (also known as Traktor MTZ, Torpedo MTZ and MTZ), is a now-defunct football team from Byelorussian SSR, was established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktor Plant (MTZ) as a sport section for construction workers (including German POW) and later for local factory personal. This sport section was transformed to a professional football team in 1948.
FC Ultramarina (Cape Verde) Futebol Clube de Ultramarina (Portuguese meaning "overseas", Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Futebil Klubi di Ultramarina) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Premier division and plays in the SĂŁo Nicolau Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Ribeira Brava in the island of SĂŁo Nicolau.
FC Väsby United FC Väsby United is a Swedish football club based in Upplands Väsby. The club, formed in 2005 when FC Café Opera Djursholm and Väsby IK merged, is currently playing in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1.
FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was a football club in Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol, a Bundesland in Austria. The complex and intertwinded history of the club started when FC Wacker Innsbruck was founded in 1913 and ended in bankruptcy and folding of FC Tirol Innsbruck in 2002.
FC Z FC Z is a Swedish TV-show about 15 nerds who never have played football (soccer). Now, under management by one of Sweden's best football players through time, Glenn Hysen, FC Z have 4 months to prove to be worthy opponents against Swedish champions DjurgĂĄrdens IF.
FC Zhetysu FC Zhetysu are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founder members of the Kazakhstan Superleague, they were relegated in 1993, 1996 and 2001, being promoted back up immediately each time.
FC Zulu FC Zulu is a Danish television program on TV 2 Zulu of the FC Nerds format. It tells the story about 16 nerds, who never had touched a football, trained in 2004 in three months, for afterwards to play against FCK in PARKEN.
FC2 Fiction Collective Two is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of avant-garde, experimental fiction supported in part by Florida State University, the Florida Arts Council, Illinois State University, the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and private contributors. FC2 was founded as a continuation of the Fiction Collective founded in 1974 in order to "make serious novels and story collections available" and "to keep them in print permanently.
FCAN FCAN (Flash Crowds Alleviation Network) is an adaptive CDN network that dynamically optimizes the system structure between peer-to-peer (P2P) and client-server(C/S) configurations as a possible way to alleviate flash crowds effect.
FCAPS FCAPS is the ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for network management. FCAPS is an acronym for Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security which are the management categories into which the ISO model defines network management tasks.
FCAT Explorer FCAT Explorer is a Program by the state of Florida to help students learn basic FCAT skill to pass the FCAT. The FACT Explorer Has the follows categories: Galatic Libary for 3rd grade reading, Reading Odyessey for 4th grade reading, Math Station for 5th grade math, Reading Island for 6th grade reading, Math navagitor and Reading Boradwalk for math and reading 8th grade and Reading Timeline and Math Timeline for 10th grade.
FCC registration program In telecommunication, FCC registration program is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry will not harm the public switched telephone network or certain private line services.
FCE 28260 FCE 28260 is an inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase. The compound caused inhibition of rat and human prostatic enzymes, with IC50 values of 15 and 16 nM, respectively, compared to the values of 30 and 52 nM shown by finasteride.
FCE Ultra FCE Ultra is an Open Source Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that also supports emulation of the Famicom Disk System and network play via TCP/IP. It is based on the FCE source code, but has become far more advanced than its predecessor.
FCF Juvisy Juvisy FCF is a French female soccer team, currently playing in the Championnat de France de football féminin, the top division of women's soccer in France, of which they are the reigning champions. The club was founded in 1971 as part of the local club ES Juvisy-sur-Orge, but separated from the men's club in 1985 and renamed themselves as Juvisy FCF, a women-only club.
FCI Terrier Group Terrier Group is a designation used by most all-breed dog registries (or kennel clubs) for a group of dog breeds consisting almost entirely of terriers. See Terrier Group for information related to most kennel clubs.
FCIAC FCIAC, the Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference, was established in 1961 and is made up of high schools throughout Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. FCIAC hosts more than 100 combined championship/ tournament games for all sports throughout the academic year.
FCM BacÄu FCM BacÄu is a Romanian football club currently playing in the second Romanian division Divizia B. The club was established in 1950, and has achieved some decent results in the league (despite never having finished in the top 3), 4th place in the 1972/1973 season and 5th place in the 1996/1997 season as its best results there.
FCMM The Festival de Nouveau Cinema et Nouveaux Media de Montréal (FCMM) — the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media — was renamed the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) in 2004. Founded in 1971, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world.
FCSR Haguenau Football Club Sports RĂ©unis Haguenau is a French association football team founded in 1987. They are based in Haguenau, Alsace, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group B, the fifth tier in the French football league system.
FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara FCU "Poli" TimiĹźoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's top league, Liga 1. However, there is an issue regarding the club's rights to its own history, as former Poli owner Claudio Zambon has been claiming he is the rightful holder of the club records.
Fderîck Fderîck or F'dérick is a city in the north of Mauritania. Situated in a removed area of the Sahara desert, Fderîck was constructed in 1984 around the former French Fort Goudraud to exploit the area's iron deposits.
Fdupes fdupes is a program written by Adrian Lopez to scan directories for duplicate files, with options to list and delete them. It first compares file sizes and MD5 signatures, and then performs a byte-by-byte check for verification.
FDA (trade union) The FDA is a federated British trade union and professional association for senior civil servants and public service professionals, founded in 1919. It has around 16,000 members, including Whitehall policy advisers and senior managers, tax inspectors, economists and statisticians, government-employed lawyers and crown prosecutors, schools inspectors, diplomats, senior national museum staff, accountants and NHS managers.
FDA conspiracy theories The FDA conspiracy theories are a group of conspiracy theories involving various beliefs that the United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and its counterparts in other countries, are not working in the best interest of the public. Rather, it is believed that the FDA exists to further some nefarious goal, usually to increase profits for the drug companies.
FDGB Pokal The FDGB Cup (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in the former East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship.
FDISK, Format, Reload FDISK, Format, Reload (FFR for short), is a computer slang term for the process of deleting and recreating a hard drive partition, formatting it, and re-installing the operating system. An FFR may be performed for various reasons, including an infection by a computer virus or as a way to get rid of accumulated "junk" data and applications that may have accumulated over time and start with a freshly installed system.
FDNY Commissioner The FDNY Commissioner is the head administrator for the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY). Appointed by the Mayor of New York City, there have been 31 FDNY Commissioners, with Nicholas Scoppetta being the current Fire Commissioner.
FDOA Frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) is a technique analogous to TDOA for estimating the location of a radio emitter based on observations from other points. (It can also be used for estimating one's own position based on observations of multiple emitters).
Feague To feague a horse is to put ginger up a horse’s fundament, and formerly, as it is said, a live eel, to make him lively and carry his tail well. It is said, a forfeit is incurred by any horse-dealer’s servant, who shall show a horse without first feaguing him.
Fear & Respect Fear & Respect was a video game for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, and the Xbox 360 consoles that has been cancelled, although intended for a 2006 release. John Singleton was involved in the production of the game.
Fear (Klinik EP) Fear is a record by Klinik, an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed around 1982 by electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. Fear was recorded by Dirk Ivens (voice) & Marc Verhaeghen (electronics), with Eric Van Wonterghem (sequences and percussions on "Sick In Your Mind" (Remix)).
Fear a' bhà ta Fear a' Bhà ta is a Scots Gaelic song from the late 1800s, written by Sìne NicFhionnlaigh of Tong, Lewis who was courting a young fisherman from Uig, Dòmhnall MacRath. The song captures the emotions that she endured during their courtship.
Fear and Desire Fear and Desire (1953) is a film by Stanley Kubrick about a team of soldiers trapped behind enemy lines in a fictional war. It was Kubrick's first feature, and he did most of the work on the film, including cinematography and editing.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign serialized in Rolling Stone magazine and later released as a book, written by gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson and illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Fear and Misery in the Third Reich Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (or The Private Life of the Master Race) is one of Brecht's most famous plays, the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. It was first performed in 1938 and was one of the first major plays to use a style of performing Brecht called 'epic theatre'.
Fear and Trembling Fear and Trembling (original Danish title: Frygt og Bæven) is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio. The title is apparently a reference to Philippians 2:12: "...
Fear Agent Fear Agent is a science fiction comic book series by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore and Jerome Opena, who alternate on story arcs. It stars the rugged alcoholic Texas spaceman Heath Huston, the last Fear Agent, in a series of fast-paced adventures.
Fear Before the March of Flames Fear Before the March of Flames (sometimes abbreviated as FBTMOF or Fear Before) is an experimental metalcore band that resides in Aurora, Colorado. Their current sound can be described as experimental metalcore, drawing influence from the likes of Converge, The Blood Brothers, and Botch.
Fear Effect Fear Effect is a survival horror game for the PlayStation. Developed by Kronos and published by Eidos, Fear Effect concerns the exploits of three mercenaries named Hana, Deke, and Glas in what's either a parallel universe or future version of China.
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is the prequel to the successful PlayStation game, Fear Effect. This game gives players an insight into the previous adventures of the characters in Fear Effect and also shows what brings them together in the first place.
Fear factor The fear factor in occupational terminology refers to the increased per-worker productivity resulting from the threat of impending layoffs. The resultant productivity boost is almost always temporary, since health-related reasons dictate that workers cannot maintain this level of increased output.
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