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Finger Baseball Finger Baseball is a hand game played between two people similar to Odd or Even. The literal act of playing involves only the action of the players' hands and fingers, but the rules effect a simplified, imaginary, corresponding baseball game.
Finger cot A finger cot (or finger stool) is a device resembling a male condom used to cover the fingers. Finger cots are typically used by kitchen workers and others to cover cuts and open wounds while working, in order to prevent infection and the spread of disease.
Finger food Finger food is food eaten with the hands, in contrast to food eaten with a knife and fork, chopsticks, or other utensils. In some cultures, food is almost always eaten with the hands; for example, Ethiopian cuisine is eaten by rolling various dishes up in injera bread.
Finger chopper A finger chopper (also known as a finger guillotine) is either a novelty item or a magic trick, depending on the quality. The basic effect is that a miniature guillotine is shown, a spectator's finger is placed in the "head" hole, and the blade is either dropped or slammed onto the finger, which it goes through.
Finger joint A finger joint or box combing or box joint is a woodworking technique used to join two pieces of wood at right angles to each other. It is much like a dovetail joint except that the pins are square and not angled and usually equally spaced.
Finger Lakes The Finger Lakes, a major tourist destination in the west-central section of Upstate New York, are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly identified as such. The lakes mainly are linear in shape, each lake oriented on a north-south axis.
Finger Lakes Community College Finger Lakes Community College is a two-year college affiliated with the State University of New York. The college has three locations: Canandaigua (the main campus) Geneva, and Newark, in order to serve the needs of several counties in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance is an annual festival held the second-to-last weekend of July in Trumansburg, New York, a small town ten miles north of Ithaca. The GrassRoots Festival, or simply GrassRoots, as it is known, draws nearly 15,000 visitors throughout the course of four days.
Finger millet Finger millet (Eleusine coracana, Amharic ቶኩሶ tōkūsō), also known as African millet or Ragi (Kannada: ರಾಗಿ, Marathi: नाचणी), is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Africa and Asia. Finger millet is originally native to the Ethiopian HighlandsA.
Finger pillory A finger pillory is a style of restraint where the fingers are held in a wooden block, using an L-shaped hole to keep the knuckle bent inside the block. The name is taken from the pillory, a much larger device used to secure the head and hands.
Finger Print Finger Print was an emo hardcore band from France in the beginning of 1990's, heavily influenced by early Ebullition bands like Downcast or Struggle. Finger Print's guitarist was Christophe Mora, who used to play in many other French bands like Jasemine, Ivich, Inertie, Daymare etc.
Finger sleeve A finger sleeve is a cloth used in the sport of basketball which allows the user to access its' advantages while shooting. The use of the finger sleeve enhances the wearers' grip on the ball during a shot as the basketball cannot roll or slip to the top of the fingers throughout the process of taking a shot.
Finger Wharf The Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, Australia, is the largest timbered-piled building in the world. The wharf was built in 1910 with the charter to bring order to Sydney Harbours foreshore facilities.
Fingerboard The fingerboard, (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments), is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of wood that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run.
Fingerboard synthesizer A fingerboard synthesizer is a synthesizer with a ribbon controller or other fingerboard-like user interface used to control parameters of the sound processing. A ribbon controller is similar to a touchpad, however a ribbon controller only registers linear motion.
Fingering Fingering is the choice of which fingers and hand positions to use when playing a musical instrument. For example, when playing the piano, chords or melodies can often be played with a variety of different assignments of fingers to played keys.
Fingerlakes Mall Fingerlakes Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in the outskirts of Auburn, New York, featuring approximately 70 stores, as well as a movie theater and food court. It is currently managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Fingerless gloves Fingerless gloves are garments worn on the hands which resemble regular gloves in most ways, except that the finger columns are half-length and opened, allowing the tops of the wearer's fingers to emerge through.
Fingerlings 3 Fingerlings 3 is the third in Andrew Bird’s series of live albums called Fingerlings. Unlike the previous Fingerlings, Fingerlings 3 contains songs not recorded live in front of an audience; “Dear Dirty” is a studio track and “The Water Jet Cilice” and “Ethiobirds” were recorded live (solo) at Andrew’s home studio in a barn in rural western Illinois.
Fingerpaint Fingerpaint is a kind of paint intended to be applied with the fingers; it typically comes in pots and is used by small children, though it has very occasionally been used by adults either to teach art to children, or for their own independent use.
Fingerpicking Fingerpicking is a technique for playing the guitar, or some other stringed instrument using the fingertips and/or fingernails, rather than with a plectrum (or "pick"). The term is often used synonymously with fingerstyle guitar.
Fingerplate A fingerplate (or a finger-plate) is an item of door furniture that protects a door from wear and tear (and accumulation of dirt) caused by people opening it with their hand. It is usually at chest height opposite the hinge, a
Fingerpost A fingerpost (sometimes referred to as a guide post) is a name given to traditional British sign posts comprising a post with one or more arms - known as fingers - pointing in the direction of travel to named places on the fingers. They are typically made from cast-iron or wood, with poles painted in black, white or grey, and fingers with black letters on a white background and often include distance information in miles.
Fingerprint A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger.Peer Reviewed Glossary of the Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST) A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar (palm and fingers) or plantar (sole and toes) skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin.
Fingerprint authentication Fingerprint authentication refers to the automated method of verifying a match between two human fingerprints. Fingerprints are one of many forms of biometrics used to identify an individual and verify their identity.
Fingerprints of the Gods Fingerprints of the Gods is a book first published in 1995 by speculative author Graham Hancock, in which he contends that some previously unidentified ancient but highly-advanced civilization had existed in prehistory, one which served as the common progenitor civilization to all subsequent known ancient historical ones. Supposedly, sometime after the end of the last Ice Age this civilization passed on to its inheritors knowledge of such things as astronomy, architecture and mathematics.
Fingerprints: Best Of 1994 - 2000 Fingerprints: The Best Of Powderfinger 1994 - 2000 is a compilation album by Powderfinger. It contains tracks from the first four albums of Powderfinger and two unreleased songs called "Bless My Soul" and "Process This".
Fingerskate The fingerskate or fingerboard is a miniature version of the skateboard. It takes the same shape as a skateboard, but is only 96 millimetres long, and hence is simpler, composed of a board, griptape, two trucks,four wheels, and a dupa.
Fingerspelling Fingerspelling (sometimes known as dactylology) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands. There are many manual alphabets (also known as finger alphabets or hand alphabets) in use, past and present — especially in deaf education and, subsequently adopted as a distinct part of a number of sign languages around the world.
Fingerstyle guitar Fingerstyle guitar is the musical methodology of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to individual digits, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick) or strumming all the strings of the instrument in chords. The term is often used synonymously with fingerpicking, although in recent years the two have frequently been considered as distinct or semi-distinct forms.
Fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States.
Fingertips'93 "Fingertips '93", was the third single taken from Roxette's album, "Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places" and this version of the song is different from the album version. Slightly rerecorded with added drums and guitars made this version more rocky and commercial compared to the low key soft version from "Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places".
Finghin Collins Finghin Collins (born March 31, 1977) is an Irish pianist. He won first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1999, and has performed with many of the world's finest orchestras and conductors.
Fingilish Fingilish (Farsi + English) (also Penglish or Pinglish, Finglish, Pingilish) is a term used to describe the way Persian words are written in Latin alphabet. This type of writing is commonly used in online chat, emails and SMS.
Finglish The term Finglish was introduced by professor Martti Nisonen in 1920s in Hancock, Michigan to describe a linguistic phenomenon he encountered in America. As the term describes, Finglish is a mixture of English and Finnish.
Fingo (Mfengu) Fingo (Ama-Fengu, wanderers), a Bantu Negro people, allied to the Zulu family, who have given their name to the district of Fingoland, the South West portion of the Transkei division of the Cape Province. The Fingo tribes were formed from the nations broken up by Shaka and the Zulu; after some years of oppression by the Xhosa, they appealed to the Cape government in 1835 and were permitted by Sir Benjamin d'Urban to settle on the banks of the Great Fish River.
Fingrid Fingrid Oyj is a Finnish national electricity transmission grid operator. It's owned by the Finnish state (12%), power companies Fortum and Pohjolan Voima (both 25%) and financial investors (insurance companies - 38%).
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be Fings ain't wot they used t'be is a play with music, rather than a normal musical. The play, by Frank Norman, himself a Cockney, has music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, a Jew who also grew up on London's East End.
Finham Finham is a mainly residential suburb in the most southern part of the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. Finham shares its Southern boundary along the A45 with Styvechale to the North, and part of its southeastern boundary is shared with Baginton, Warwickshire, which is a village situated to the South-east of Coventry.
Finch (TTC) Finch is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Canada. It is the northern terminus of the line's Yonge Street section, and the northernmost station in the system (the planned Spadina extension will contain more northern stations).
Finch Foundry Finch Foundry is a 19th century water-powered forge situated in Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon, England and originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools. The Foundry has been a National Trust property since 1994.
Finch West (TTC) Finch West is a proposed station of the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway in Toronto, Canada, to be built on its western branch, the Spadina line. If built, it would be located on Keele Street at Finch Avenue West, and could open in approximately 2013 or 2014.
Finchley Catholic High School Finchley Catholic High School for Boys is in North Finchley, part of the London Borough of Barnet. Founded in 1926, it has eighty years of history (which have seen two former schools, "Finchley Grammar School" and "The Challoner School" merge to become Finchley Catholic High School).
Finchley Nurseries Finchley Nurseries is a small, mainly open air garden centre situated in the Mill Hill Green Belt, in North London. It caters for a wide range of plants and garden structures, and also has a playground, some farm animals (which unfortunately have recently died) and a small shop selling farm produce.
Finchley Road & Frognal railway station Finchley Road & Frognal railway station is on Finchley Road in the London Borough of Camden in North London. It is on the North London Line, and the station and all trains serving it are operated by Silverlink.
Finchley Road tube station Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at the corner of Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens in the London Borough of Camden, London NW3. It is on the Jubilee Line, between West Hampstead and Swiss Cottage and on the Metropolitan Line between Baker Street and Wembley Park.
Finial The finial is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed to decoratively emphasise the apex of a gable, or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. Smaller sized finials can be used as a decorative ornament on the ends of curtain rods or applied to chairs and furniture.
Finiflex Records Finiflex Records is the independent record label and recording studio originally set up by the band Finitribe in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is now run primarily as recording studio by former Finitribe band member & producer John Vick.
Finis Ewing Finis Ewing (July 10, 1773 – July 4, 1841) Was the primary founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination on February 4, 1810. Originally ordained by Transylvania Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1803, Ewing became one of the leading ministers in the Second Great Awakening or Great Revival that took place on the American frontier in the early-1800s.
Finis Jennings Dake Finis Jennings Dake (1902-1987) was an American Pentecostal minister and evangelist known primarily for his voluminous writings on the subjects of Pentecostal (or Charismatic) Evangelical Christian spirituality and Premillennial Dispensationalism: his most well known work being his Dake Annotated Reference Bible.
Finis Valorum Finis Valorum (40–21 BBY) was a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, who first appeared in the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Valorum was played by actor Terence Stamp who has stated that the character was inspired by then United States President Bill Clinton.
Finish Line (pricing game) Finish Line was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Lasting from February 21, 1978 to September 25, 1978, it was played for a large prize worth more than $1,000, and used small prizes.
Finish Line, Inc. Finish Line is the second largest athletic retailer based in the United States, with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company, founded in 1976 by Alan Cohen and David Klapper, operates 550 stores in 46 states.
Finishing Finishing is the procedure that some single malt Scotch whisky undergoes whereby the spirit is matured in a cask of a particular origin and then spends time in a cask of different origin. Typically, the first cask is an American oak cask formerly used to mature bourbon.
Finishing move Finishing moves in video games often involve the violent and gory death of the enemy it is performed upon. The most (in)famous examples of these types of finishing moves are the "Fatalities" of the Mortal Kombat franchise, which involve attacks ranging from decapitation of a defeated opponent to even eating them whole and spitting out the bones.
Finishing school A finishing school is a type of private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares students especially for social activities. The name reflects that it follows ordinary school and is intended to complete the educational experience.
Finisterre Range Finisterre Range is a mountain range in north-eastern Papua New Guinea, at . The unnamed highest point of the range , which is ranked 45th in the world by prominence, is usually quoted at 4,175 m, but SRTM data suggests that it is nearer to 4,120 m.
Finisterre Range campaign The Finisterre Range campaign, also known as the Ramu Valley-Finisterre Range campaign, was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Several actions in the campaign are sometimes known collectively as the Battle of Shaggy Ridge.
Finitary In mathematics or logic, a finitary operation is one, like those of arithmetic, that take a number of input values to produce an output. An operation such as taking an integral of a function, in calculus, is defined in such a way as to depend on all the values of the function (infinitely many of them, in general), and is so not prima facie finitary.
Finitary boolean function A finitary boolean function is a function of the type f : mathbb{B}^k to mathbb{B} , where mathbb{B} is a generic 2-element set, typically mathbb{B} = left { 0, 1 right } , frequently interpreted for logical applications as mathbb{B} = left { false, true right } , and where k is a positive integer.
Finite deformation tensors In continuum mechanics, finite deformation tensors are used when the deformation of a body is sufficiently large to invalidate the assumptions inherent in small strain theory. This is commonly the case with elastomers, plastically-deforming materials and other fluids and biological soft tissue.
Finite difference A finite difference is a mathematical expression of the form f(x + b) − f(x +a). If a finite difference is divided by b − a, one gets an expression similar to a differential quotient, except that it uses finite quantities instead of infinitesimal ones.
Finite difference method In mathematics, more precisely in numerical analysis, finite differences play an important role, they are one of the simplest ways of approximating a differential operator, and are extensively used in solving differential equations.
Finite dimensional von Neumann algebra In mathematics, von Neumann algebras are self-adjoint operator algebras that are closed under a chosen operator topology. When the underlying Hilbert space is finite dimensional, the von Neumann algebra is said to be a finite dimensional von Neumann algebra.
Finite element method Mathematically, the finite element method (FEM) is used for finding approximate solution of partial differential equations (PDE) as well as of integral equations such as the heat transport equation. The solution approach is based either on eliminating the differential equation completely (steady state problems), or rendering the PDE into an equivalent ordinary differential equation, which is then solved using standard techniques such as finite differences, etc.
Finite element method in structural mechanics Finite element method (FEM) is a powerful technique originally developed for numerical solution of complex problems in structural mechanics, and it remains the method of choice for complex systems. In the FEM, the structural system is modeled by a set of appropriate finite elements, which may have physical properties such as thickness, coefficient of thermal expansion, density, Young's modulus, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio.
Finite field In abstract algebra, a finite field or Galois field (so named in honor of Évariste Galois) is a field that contains only finitely many elements. Finite fields are important in number theory, algebraic geometry, Galois theory, cryptography, and coding theory.
Finite field arithmetic Arithmetic in a finite field is different from standard integer arithmetic. There are a limited number of elements in the finite field; all operations performed in the finite field result in an element within that field.
Finite group In mathematics, a finite group is a group which has finitely many elements. Some aspects of the theory of finite groups were investigated in great depth in the twentieth century, in particular the local theory, and the theory of solvable groups and nilpotent groups.
Finite intersection property In topology, the finite intersection property is a property of a collection of subsets of a set X. A collection has this property if the intersection over any finite subcollection of the collection is nonempty.
Finite model theory Finite model theory is a subfield of model theory that focuses on properties of logical languages, such as first-order logic, over finite structures, such as finite groups, graphs, databases, and most abstract machines. It focuses in particular on connections between logical languages and computation, and is closely associated with discrete mathematics, complexity theory, and database theory.
Finite potential barrier (QM) In quantum mechanics, the finite potential barrier is a standard one-dimensional problem which demonstrates the phenomenon of quantum tunnelling. The problem consists of solving the time-independent Schrödinger equation for a particle with a finite size barrier potential in one dimension.
Finite potential well The finite potential well (also known as the finite square well) is a simple problem from quantum mechanics. It is an extension of the infinite potential well, in which a particle is confined to a box, but one which has finite - not infinite - potential walls.
Finite Risk insurance Finite Risk insurance is the term applied within the insurance industry to describe what is typically a multi-year insurance contract where the insurer bears limited underwriting, credit, investment and timing risk. The assessment of risk is often conservative.
Finite state machine A finite state machine (FSM) or finite state automaton (plural: automata) is a model of behavior composed of a finite number of states, transitions between those states, and actions. A state stores information about the past, i.
Finite thickness In formal language theory, a class of languages mathcal L has finite thickness if for every string s, there are only finite consistent languages in mathcal L. This condition was introduced by Dana Angluin in connection with learning, as a sufficient condition for language identification in the limit.
Finite type invariant In the mathematical theory of knots, a finite type invariant is a knot invariant that can be extended (in a precise manner to be described) to an invariant of certain singular knots that vanishes on singular knots with m + 1 singularities. It is then said to be of type m.
Finite verb A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.
Finite-dimensional distribution In mathematics, finite-dimensional distributions are a tool in the study of measures and stochastic processes. A lot of information can be gained by studying the "projection" of a measure (or process) onto a finite-dimensional vector space (or finite collection of times).
Finitism In the philosophy of mathematics, finitism is an extreme form of constructivism, according to which a mathematical object does not exist unless it can be constructed from natural numbers in a finite number of steps.
Fink In computing, the Fink project is an effort to port Unix programs to Mac OS X. Fink uses dpkg, Debian's package management system, APT, as well as its own frontend program, fink (which is implemented as a set of Perl modules).
Fink (band) Fink, AKA Fin Greenall, is a singer-songwriter, producer and DJ from Brighton, England. It is also the name given to the touring trio fronted by Greenall himself, completed by Guy Whittaker (bass) and Tim Thornton (drums).
Fink (music) Fink, AKA Fin Greenall, is a singer-songwriter, producer and DJ from Brighton, England. It is also the name given to the touring trio fronted by Greenall himself, completed by Guy Whittaker (bass) and Tim Thornton (drums).
Finke River The Finke River is one of the largest rivers in central Australia. It’s source is in the Northern Territory's MacDonnell Ranges, and the name Finke River is first applied at the confluence of the Davenport and Ormiston Creeks, just north of Glen Helen (Google Maps image).
Finkelstein Finkelstein (פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן, פינקלשׁט(י)ין, Финкельштейн) is a Yiddish surname (originated from German Karfunkelstein, a "carbuncle stone") shared by a number of notable individuals:
Finkelstein reaction The Finkelstein reaction is an SN2 reaction that involves the exchange of one halogen atom for another. Halide exchange is an equilibrium reaction, but the reaction can be driven to completion by taking advantage of differential solubility of halide salts.
Finlaggan Pursuivant Finlaggan Pursuivant of Arms is a private officer of arms appointed by the Chief of the Name and Arms of MacDonald of MacDonald and High Chief of Clan Donald – presently the Baron MacDonald of Slate. This post was revived in August 2005, after five centuries, in a ceremony attended by Ross Herald of Arms in Ordinary from the Court of the Lord Lyon and the four MacDonald chiefs.
Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics Finland competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. The Grand Duchy of Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time, but Finland's results are kept separate from those of Russia.
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Finland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was selected on 10 March 2006 in a final held in the Caribia hall in Turku, hosted by Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen. The Finnish viewers chose the band Lordi to perform Hard Rock Hallelujah, a rock anthem, at Eurovision.
Finland Plot The Finland Plot, Finland Plan, Finland Strategy or Finland Declaration are names of a theory espoused by Sondhi Limthongkul and supporters affiliated with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in 2006 describing a plot allegedly developed by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and former left-wing student leaders to overthrow the Thai monarch and take control of the nation. The plot allegedly originated in Finland.
Finland Proper (constituency) Finland Proper (formerly Turku Province South) is a constituency represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative region of Finland Proper, with a population of 450,968 (as of 2002).
Finland Swedish Finland Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Swedish-speaking Finns as their mother tongue. For the most part, these dialects and the dialects spoken in Sweden are mutually intelligible, and the Swedish dialects in Finland are considered varieties of Standard Swedish.
Finland women's national football team The Finland women's national football team represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi-finals of the 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden and beaten Denmark.
Finland's declaration of independence The Finnish declaration of independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917. It aimed at elevating Finland from being an autonomous Russian Grand Duchy into an independent and sovereign nation-state.
Finland's language strife The language strife was one of the major conflicts of Finland's national history and domestic politics. (The others revolve around the relations to Tsarist Russia, to Socialism, and to the Finnic peoples under Russian jurisdiction.
Finland-Sweden athletics international Finnkampen (Swedish, literally The Finn Battle), Suomi-Ruotsi-maaottelu (Finnish, literally Finland-Sweden-international) or Ruotsi-ottelu (among Finland-Swedes Sverigekampen), literally The Sweden Battle, is a yearly athletics international competition held between Sweden and Finland. It is, since the late 1980s, the only athletics international (with only two participating countries) still held at professional level.
Finland-Swedish Assembly The Finland-Swedish Assembly (formerly) Finland-Swedish Association (nowadays) (Finlandssvensk samling in Swedish) is a non-affiliated organization in Finland that strives to protect the linguistic and human rights of the Swedish-speaking Finns.
Finlandia Hymn The Finlandia Hymn (in Finnish Finlandia-hymni) refers to a serene hymn-like section of the patriotic symphonic poem Finlandia, written in 1899 and 1900 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was later re-worked by the composer into a stand-alone piece
Finlands Svenska Television Finlands Svenska Television (FST) is the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE's Swedish department which provides television programmes in the Swedish language for the Swedish minority in Finland. Programmes are broadcast in segments on YLE's two main channels, TV1 and TV2, including YLE's main Swedish-language daily news bulletin TV-nytt at 18:15 on TV1.
Finlay MacDonald (musician) Finlay MacDonald is a keyboardist and sometime member of Scottish alternative rock bands Teenage Fanclub and BMX Bandits. He is no relation to Teenage Fanclub's current drummer Francis MacDonald who was also in both bands.

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