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Fairbanks House The Fairbanks House is an historic home in Dedham, Massachusetts. Built by Jonathan Fairebanke for his wife Grace (Lee Smith) and their family in about 1641, it is the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America.
Fairbanks Ice Dogs The Fairbanks Ice Dogs are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's southern division. Originally a part of the America West Hockey League, the Ice Dogs were the 2001-2002 AWHL Organization of the Year.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska, United States. It is part of the 'Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, and is slightly smaller in size than the state of New Jersey.
Fairbourne Fairbourne [no Welsh translation] is a village on the coast of Barmouth Bay to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach in north Wales, surrounded by the Snowdonia National Park. Before the resort was built the coastal area was known as Morfa Henddol, while the outcrop now occupied by the Fairbourne Hotel was called Ynysfaig.
Fairbourne railway station Fairbourne railway station serves the village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn, Aberdovey, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
Fairdale, Illinois Fairdale is a small unincorporated community located in Franklin Township, in the northwestern corner of DeKalb County, Illinois. It is located on the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern RR and on Illinois Route 72, about 7 Km east of Exit 111 from Interstate 39.
Fairey Albacore The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Fleet Air Arm. It had a three-man crew and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance as well as delivering bombs and torpedoes.
Fairey Band The Fairey Band is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Its name comes from Sir Richard Fairey and the Fairey Aviation company, famous in later years for the Fairey Delta 2 aircraft - the first aircraft in level flight to exceed 1,000mph, and had an important contribution to the shape of Concorde and its droop nose.
Fairey Barracuda The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo- and dive-bomber used during World War II, the first of its type to be fabricated entirely from metal. It was introduced to the Fleet Air Arm as a replacement for the Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore biplanes.
Fairey Delta 2 The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 was a British supersonic research aircraft produced in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. It was superior in performance and firepower to its predecessor, the Fairey Fulmar, but did not enter operational service until towards the end of the war.
Fairey Flycatcher The Fairey Flycatcher was a Royal Navy single seat biplane carrier borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation which served in the period 1923 to 1934. It was produced in both landplane (carrier use) and floatplane (catapult use aboard capital ships) forms.
Fairey Fox The Fairey Fox was a light bomber and fighter biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. It was originally produced in Britain for the RAF, but continued in production and use in Belgium long after it was retired in Britain.
Fairey Gannet The British Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne Anti-submarine warfare and Airborne Early Warning aircraft of the immediate post World War II-era developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It has a conventional monoplane mid-wing and tricycle undercarriage.
Fairey Hendon The Fairey Hendon was a British monoplane heavy bomber of the Royal Air Force designed by Fairey Aviation in the late 1920s. The prototype K1695 first flew in November 1930 and until 1934 was known as the Fairey Night Bomber.
Fairey III The Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants. First flying on September 14 1917, examples were still in use during World War II.
Fairey Seafox The Fairey Seafox was a reconnaissance floatplane of the Fleet Air Arm designed to be catapulted from the deck of a light cruiser and serving in the Second World War. Of the total built two were finished as landplanes.
Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. Affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war, such as the destruction of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in Taranto and the famous crippling of the German battleship Bismarck.
Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard (which separates the Westside from the central part of the city) with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end.
Fairfax Baronets The Fairfax Baronets are a line of baronets associated with Charlecote Park in the village of Charlecote in Warwickshire. The baronetcy was first granted in 1836, although it was not until the third baronet that the family became associated with Charlecote Park.
Fairfax Connector The Fairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, and operated by Veolia Transport under contract. The first buses rolled out in September 1985 as a lower-cost alternative to the Metrobus service of the regional Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a combination career and volunteer organization providing fire suppression, emergency medical, technical rescue, hazardous materials, water rescue, life safety education, fire prevention and arson investigation services to Fairfax County, Virginia. Emergency medical services include advanced life support response by paramedic engines and medic transport units.
Fairfax County Park Authority The Fairfax County Park Authority is a department of the Fairfax County, Virginia county government responsible for developing and maintaining the various parks, historical sites, and recreational areas owned or administered by Fairfax County. Figures published as of 2003 indicate the Park Authority manages over 22,617 acres (92 km²) of parkland.
Fairfax County Public Library The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA is ranked in the top 11 best libraries in the country for its size, according to HAPLR (Hennen's American Public Library Ratings) Index for 2005.
Fairfax County Water Authority Fairfax County Water Authority (FCWA or more recently Fairfax Water for short) is the main water company in the Northern Virginia region of the United States, and one of the three major water providers in the Washington, D.C.
Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County is a county of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of 2005, the estimated population of the county is 1,041,200Economic and Demographic Information - Fairfax County; making it by far the most populous county in Virginia, and one of the largest in the United States.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Toronto, Ontario based financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property, casualty and life insurance and reinsurance, investment management and insurance claims management.
Fairfax New Zealand Fairfax New Zealand is New Zealand's largest media company, best known for its daily publication The Dominion Post. The company's other assets include eight other daily newspapers, two nation-wide Sunday paper's and over 60 community-based newspapers throughout the country.
Fairfax Resolves The Fairfax Resolves was a statement drafted on July 17 1774 (soon after the Boston Tea Party) by George Washington, George Mason, and Patrick Henry at Washington's Mount Vernon home, in response to Great Britain's oppression of Massachusetts. The short document provided the following:
Fairfax Stone The Fairfax Stone was a surveyor's marker, placed to settle a boundary dispute between Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and the English Privy Council concerning the Northern Neck of the Potomac River, and to determine the proprietorship and boundaries of a large tract of largely unsurveyed land in the colonies of Maryland and Virginia during the Survey of 1736/37. John Savage and his party made the survey, the results of which include both the placement of the Fairfax Stone as well as the establishment of a line of demarcation known as the Fairfax Line, which extends from the Fairfax Stone south to the headwaters of the Rappahannock River.
Fairfield (Metro-North station) The Fairfield Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Fairfield, Connecticut, including students of Fairfield University — as well as nearby areas such as Black Rock within the city of Bridgeport — via the New Haven Line. The station is the transfer point for the Fairfield University Shuttle.
Fairfield City School District, Butler County, Ohio The Fairfield City School District is a public school district in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It encompasses most of the city of Fairfield and most of Fairfield Township, as well as small parts of the city of Hamilton.
Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield College Preparatory School (Fairfield Prep) is a Jesuit, Catholic high school, located on the campus of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is an all male school of about 900 students.
Fairfield Community Theatre The Fairfield Community Theatre Foundation in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization that operates the 1920 landmark movie theater downtown, presenting mostly independent and second-run films. Ticket and snack prices are kept low, partly because the theater is staffed almost entirely by volunteer teenagers and partly runs on donations.
Fairfield horseshoe Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular ridge walk starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District it takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal Beck. The walk is extremely popular and follows well defined paths throughout with no real difficulties, however care should be taken on the summit of Fairfield in poor visibility as the plateau of that mountain is very flat and can be quite confusing with the danger of steep drops to the north and west.
Fairfield Halls Fairfield Halls is an arts centre in Croydon, London, England and opened in 1962. It contains a concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre (named for local Peggy Ashcroft), the Arnhem Gallery civic hall (Croydon is twinned with Arnhem) and an art gallery.
Fairfield High School, NSW Fairfield High School is a comprehensive, co-educational school in Fairfield, Sydney, Australia, part of the South Western Sydney School Region and the Fairfield School Education Area. Fairfield High School was established in 1955.
Fairfield House Fairfield House, in Newbridge, Bath, England, was the residence of Emperor Haile Selassie I during the five years he spent in exile (1936–1941). Following his return to Ethiopia, he donated it to the city of Bath as a residence for the aged, and it remains so to this day.
Fairfield Inn by Marriott Fairfield Inn by Marriott is a lower cost brand of hotels that are franchised by Marriott International. Spacious guest rooms feature two queen beds or one king, free cable TV, free local calls, telephone, voice mail, dataports (free high speed internet access), individual temperature control, iron and ironing board, and a key-card entrance.
Fairfield Ludlowe High School It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Fairfield Parlour Fairfield Parlour were an English progressive rock band that recorded in the late 1960s into the early 1970s. After the psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope moved further into progressive rock, they renamed themselves Fairfield Parlour.
Fairfield Porter Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 - September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic.Art in its own terms Selected Criticism 1935-1975," by Fairfield Porter, Zoland Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979 ISBN 0-944072-31-3 He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter.
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the famous Govan area on the Clyde in Scotland. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War.
Fairfield Stadium Fairfield Stadium was a stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It was primarily used for football, and was the home field of the Marshall University football team between 1927 and 1990, prior to the opening of Joan C.
Fairfield Stags Fairfield University is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and is classified as Division I-AAA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its athletic programs. Fairfield sponsors 19 varsity sports - baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's crew, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball.
Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio Fairfield Township, one of thirteen civil townships in Butler County, is located in the south central portion of the county. It had a population of 15,571 in 2000, down sharply from 49,353 because of the withdrawal of the city of Fairfield in 1994 and annexations from Fairfield and Hamilton.
Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level university located in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
Fairfield, Alabama Fairfield, founded in 1910 is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with a population of 12,381. Originally named Corey, it was planned as a model city by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company to house workers in their Fairfield Works plant, now owned by U.
Fairfield, Liverpool Fairfield is an area of Liverpool encompassing streets between Tuebrook and Kensington and stretching to Old Swan. It consists of mainly terraced houses and the Victorian Newsham Park, for which the area is notable.
Fairfield, New South Wales Fairfield is a suburb in the City of Fairfield, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, about 30 kilometres from the Sydney central business district. Fairfield supports a mixture of commercial and residential environments.
Fairford Leys Fairford Leys is a new village of 1900 homes situated in the south west area of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. It has its own village centre with a range of traditionally fronted shops, a small supermarket, a chinese restaurant, a nursery, an ecumenical church and a community centre.
Fairground organ A fairground organ is a pipe organ which is not played from a keyboard, but rather by mechanical means such as music roll or book music, and designed originally to be used on a fairground or in the United States on a carousel or in a dance-hall or skating rink. In Europe, common fairground organs generate power by steam.
Fairground, Ontario Fairground is a small community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada where the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show took place in the early 19th century. Until that event was moved to Simcoe, this was the spot where fairgoers attended the attractions and farmers displayed their best produce.
Fairhair dynasty The Fairhair dynasty (Norwegian: Hårfagreætten) is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united Kingdom of Norway. It was founded by King Haraldr hinn hárfagri, known as Harald Fairhair or Finehair, around 890.
Fairhaven College Fairhaven College is an interdisciplinary liberal arts college at Western Washington University. Instead of working towards pre-defined majors, Fairhaven students are responsible to shape their own interdisciplinary concentration or major, combining independent study, internships, and Western Washington University courses with Fairhaven courses to define their course of study.
Fairhaven, Washington Fairhaven, Washington was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the City of Bellingham. It is on the south side of Bellingham, and borders Puget Sound on the west and Western Washington University on the northeast.
Fairhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Hartranft, Hunting Park, West Kensington, and Harrowgate.
Fairholme College Fairholme College is an independent girls' school in Toowoomba, Queensland. It is the only school associated with the Presbyterian Church of Queensland that is not owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools' Association.
Fairholme Range The Fairholme Range () is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded by the Trans-Canada Highway on the west side while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka.
Fairchild F8 In computing, the F8 was an 8-bit microprocessor created by Fairchild Semiconductor. The processor itself had no address bus — program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins and the associated cost.
Fairchild Group [Group (新時代集ĺś, Pinyin]: XÄ«nshĂdĂ i jĂtuán) is a well diversified business conglomerate in [[Canada, with headquarters in Vancouver. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name.
Fairchild Hiller FH-227 The Fairchild Hiller FH-227 was a United States-made version of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller. It is superficially similar to the Friendship, though a closer look at the fuselage shows that the FH-227 has a larger cargo area between the cockpit and the passenger area.
Fairchild Publications, Inc. Fairchild Publications, Inc. is a publishing company headquartered in New York City that was formed in 1892 when a peddler by the name of Edmund Fairchild took over a failing newspaper that gave exclusive coverage to the Men’s Clothing business.
Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (released shortly before one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. The company currently employs roughly ten thousand people worldwide, with locations in San Jose, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, Bucheon, South Korea, Penang, Malaysia and Cebu, among others.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a superb, 33 ha (83 acre) botanic garden, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines, located in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
Fairchild TV Fairchild TV (新時代電視) is a Canadian Cantonese cable television channel. It is owned by the Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group), and has studios in the Greater Toronto Area (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fairchild-Dornier 328 family The Fairchild-Dornier 328 family of commuter airliners is comprised of several related models, all based upon the basic turboprop-powered 328. Major variants include the stretched 428 and the turbofan-powered 328JET and 428JET.
Fairchild-Dornier 728 family The 728 family was Fairchild-Dornier's ambitious bid to develop a range of regional jet airliners to supplement the smaller 328JET series, and attracted strong airline interest when launched. Although the aircraft was a modern design, the program ended with the insolvency of Fairchild Dornier.
Fairchildren The term Fairchildren refers to the seminal role that Fairchild Semiconductor played in spawning spin-off companies in Silicon Valley. It is a play on the words "Fairchild" and "children," the latter referring to the formation of (unofficial) spin-off companies from a parent company.
Fairing A fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag. These structures are generally light-weight shapes and covers for gaps and spaces between parts of a vehicle, aircraft or rocket to reduce form drag and interference drag, and to improve appearance.
Fairlawn, Florida Fairlawn is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Miami-Dade County, Florida between the cities of Miami and West Miami. Its unofficial boundaries are from NW 7 Street south to SW 24 Street and from Florida Blvd.
Fairlee Metro-West Fairlee Metro-West is a proposed Transit Oriented Development adjacent to the Vienna Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia. It will replace 65 single-family detached houses with a mixed-use neighborhood including 2,250 residential units, 100,000 square feet of retail and 300,000 square feet of office space.
Fairlie Branch The Fairlie Branch (also known as the Eversley Branch) was a branch line railway in southern Canterbury that formed part of New Zealand's national railway network. Construction began in 1884, and at its fullest extent, it terminated just beyond Fairlie in Eversley.
Fairlie, New Zealand Fairlie is a town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a service town 48 kilometres from Lake Tekapo whose main economic function is to provide goods for the agricultural area that surrounds it.
Fairlight (group) Fairlight (FLT) is a warez and demos group initially involved in the Commodore demoscene, and in cracking to illegally release games for free, since 1987. In addition to the C64, Fairlight has also migrated towards the Amiga and later the PC.
Fairlight CMI The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1978 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia.
Fairlight Cove Fairlight Cove is a small village on the East Sussex coast approximately 3 miles east of Hastings. The village suffers from coastal erosion which has threatened a number of properties directly on the cliff edge.
Fairlight Children Fairlight Children is an electroclash side project from Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk. The band has two other members, Tiff and Marianne, whose potential participation level beyond backing vocals has not been publicly discussed.
Fairlington, Virginia Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria. The main thoroughfares are Interstate 395 (Shirley Highway) which divides the neighborhood into North and South Fairlington, State Route 7 (King Street) and State Route 402 (Quaker Lane).
Fairly Secret Army Fairly Secret Army was a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy in that series, and the scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs.
Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia Fairmont is a town located in eastern British Columbia, Canada. This resort town has a population of approximately 300, but receives many vacationers from Calgary, who come to play on Fairmont's three golf courses on the Columbia River, and visit the Fairmont Hot Springs.
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. It holds an 83.
Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Seattle) The Fairmont Olympic Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Seattle, Washington, occupying the city block between 4th and 5th Avenue and between University and Seneca Streets. It was built in 1924, and in 1979, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fairmont Palliser Hotel The Fairmont Palliser, (formerly known simply as the Palliser Hotel) is a hotel of the Canada-based Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The historic hotel is located in downtown Calgary, Alberta on 9th Avenue South adjacent to the Calgary Tower and Palliser Square.
Fairmount and Veblen Railway The Fairmount and Veblen Railway (F&V) was a short line railroad which operated in Richland County, North Dakota; Roberts County, South Dakota; and Marshall County, South Dakota. The railroad was established in 1913, and that year constructed trackage from Fairmount, North Dakota southward to the towns of Rosholt, Claire City, and Veblen, South Dakota.
Fairmount Line The Fairmount Line or Dorchester Branch is a line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Except for a short portion in Milton, it lies entirely within Boston, passing through the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Hyde Park.
Fairmount Park Depending upon the criteria, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest municipal public park in the world at over 9,100 acres (37 km²). This figure includes all parkland within the city limits, as all 65 city parks are considered part of Fairmount Park and overseen by the Fairmount Park Commission.
Fairmount Park, Seattle, Washington The Fairmount Park neighborhood of West Seattle in Seattle, Washington, runs along both sides of Fauntleroy Way SW from SW Graham Street in the south to SW Edmunds Street in the north. Neighborhood features include Fairmount Playfield--a city park--and Fairmount Park Elementary School, part of the Seattle Public Schools system (soon to close and merge with High Point Elementaryhttp://www.
Fairmount Water Works The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction.
Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fairmount is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name "Fairmount" itself derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits, and where William Penn originally intended to build his own manor house.
Fairmount, Richmond Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th Century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill. Much of the neighborhood was developed from the 1880s to the 1920s, and its buildings largely reflect Queen Anne-style architecture.
Fairness Doctrine The Fairness Doctrine was a regulation of the United States' Federal Communications Commission which required broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in what was deemed an honest, equal and balanced manner. It has since been repealed by the FCC and aspects of it have been questioned by courts.
Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act The Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Construction Labour Mobility) is a statute in Ontario, Canada, that was passed in 1999 to address the difficulties Ontario construction companies and labourers faced attempting to obtain contracts and work in the province of Quebec.
Fairness measure Fairness measures or metrics are used in network engineering to determine whether users or applications are receiving a fair share of system resources. There are several mathematical and conceptual definitions of fairness.
Fairplay Fairplay, The International Shipping Weekly is a weekly news magazine devoted to the international merchant shipping industry. It was founded by Thomas Hope Robinson in 1883 and has been in continual publication ever since, adding an internet and email daily news service in 1996.
Fairshare With the motto "Scotland's Campaign for Local Democracy", Fairshare is a Scottish movement for proportional representation in local and regional elections. Its members feel that a new voting system is necessary to insure that everyone's interest are fairly represented in government.
FairShare FairShare is an idea for a voluntary investment-based patronage system to replace intellectual property and copyright while still insuring that artists are fairly compensated. It was designed by Freenet creator Ian Clarke, Steven Starr and Rob Kramer in response to allegations that artists would not receive adaquate compensation for their work without enforceable copyrights.
Fairton, New Jersey Fairton is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Fairfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Milleville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes.
Fairtrade certification Fairtrade certification (usually simply Fairtrade or Fair Trade Certified™ in the United States) is a product certification system designed to allow consumers to identify products which meet agreed environmental, labour and developmental standards. Overseen by a standard-setting body, FLO International, and a certification body, FLO-CERT, the system involves independent auditing of producers to ensure the agreed standards are met.
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) was established in 1997, and is an association of 20 national labelling initiatives that promote and market the Fairtrade Certification Mark in their countries. Fairtrade labelling organizations exist in 15 European countries as well as in Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Fairbanks Ice Dogs The Fairbanks Ice Dogs are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's southern division. Originally a part of the America West Hockey League, the Ice Dogs were the 2001-2002 AWHL Organization of the Year.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska, United States. It is part of the 'Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, and is slightly smaller in size than the state of New Jersey.
Fairbourne Fairbourne [no Welsh translation] is a village on the coast of Barmouth Bay to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach in north Wales, surrounded by the Snowdonia National Park. Before the resort was built the coastal area was known as Morfa Henddol, while the outcrop now occupied by the Fairbourne Hotel was called Ynysfaig.
Fairbourne railway station Fairbourne railway station serves the village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn, Aberdovey, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
Fairdale, Illinois Fairdale is a small unincorporated community located in Franklin Township, in the northwestern corner of DeKalb County, Illinois. It is located on the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern RR and on Illinois Route 72, about 7 Km east of Exit 111 from Interstate 39.
Fairey Albacore The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Fleet Air Arm. It had a three-man crew and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance as well as delivering bombs and torpedoes.
Fairey Band The Fairey Band is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Its name comes from Sir Richard Fairey and the Fairey Aviation company, famous in later years for the Fairey Delta 2 aircraft - the first aircraft in level flight to exceed 1,000mph, and had an important contribution to the shape of Concorde and its droop nose.
Fairey Barracuda The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo- and dive-bomber used during World War II, the first of its type to be fabricated entirely from metal. It was introduced to the Fleet Air Arm as a replacement for the Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore biplanes.
Fairey Delta 2 The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 was a British supersonic research aircraft produced in response to a specification from the Ministry of Supply for investigation into flight and control at transonic and supersonic speeds.
Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. It was superior in performance and firepower to its predecessor, the Fairey Fulmar, but did not enter operational service until towards the end of the war.
Fairey Flycatcher The Fairey Flycatcher was a Royal Navy single seat biplane carrier borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation which served in the period 1923 to 1934. It was produced in both landplane (carrier use) and floatplane (catapult use aboard capital ships) forms.
Fairey Fox The Fairey Fox was a light bomber and fighter biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. It was originally produced in Britain for the RAF, but continued in production and use in Belgium long after it was retired in Britain.
Fairey Gannet The British Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne Anti-submarine warfare and Airborne Early Warning aircraft of the immediate post World War II-era developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It has a conventional monoplane mid-wing and tricycle undercarriage.
Fairey Hendon The Fairey Hendon was a British monoplane heavy bomber of the Royal Air Force designed by Fairey Aviation in the late 1920s. The prototype K1695 first flew in November 1930 and until 1934 was known as the Fairey Night Bomber.
Fairey III The Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants. First flying on September 14 1917, examples were still in use during World War II.
Fairey Seafox The Fairey Seafox was a reconnaissance floatplane of the Fleet Air Arm designed to be catapulted from the deck of a light cruiser and serving in the Second World War. Of the total built two were finished as landplanes.
Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. Affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war, such as the destruction of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in Taranto and the famous crippling of the German battleship Bismarck.
Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard (which separates the Westside from the central part of the city) with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end.
Fairfax Baronets The Fairfax Baronets are a line of baronets associated with Charlecote Park in the village of Charlecote in Warwickshire. The baronetcy was first granted in 1836, although it was not until the third baronet that the family became associated with Charlecote Park.
Fairfax Connector The Fairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, and operated by Veolia Transport under contract. The first buses rolled out in September 1985 as a lower-cost alternative to the Metrobus service of the regional Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a combination career and volunteer organization providing fire suppression, emergency medical, technical rescue, hazardous materials, water rescue, life safety education, fire prevention and arson investigation services to Fairfax County, Virginia. Emergency medical services include advanced life support response by paramedic engines and medic transport units.
Fairfax County Park Authority The Fairfax County Park Authority is a department of the Fairfax County, Virginia county government responsible for developing and maintaining the various parks, historical sites, and recreational areas owned or administered by Fairfax County. Figures published as of 2003 indicate the Park Authority manages over 22,617 acres (92 km²) of parkland.
Fairfax County Public Library The Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA is ranked in the top 11 best libraries in the country for its size, according to HAPLR (Hennen's American Public Library Ratings) Index for 2005.
Fairfax County Water Authority Fairfax County Water Authority (FCWA or more recently Fairfax Water for short) is the main water company in the Northern Virginia region of the United States, and one of the three major water providers in the Washington, D.C.
Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County is a county of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of 2005, the estimated population of the county is 1,041,200Economic and Demographic Information - Fairfax County; making it by far the most populous county in Virginia, and one of the largest in the United States.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Toronto, Ontario based financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property, casualty and life insurance and reinsurance, investment management and insurance claims management.
Fairfax New Zealand Fairfax New Zealand is New Zealand's largest media company, best known for its daily publication The Dominion Post. The company's other assets include eight other daily newspapers, two nation-wide Sunday paper's and over 60 community-based newspapers throughout the country.
Fairfax Resolves The Fairfax Resolves was a statement drafted on July 17 1774 (soon after the Boston Tea Party) by George Washington, George Mason, and Patrick Henry at Washington's Mount Vernon home, in response to Great Britain's oppression of Massachusetts. The short document provided the following:
Fairfax Stone The Fairfax Stone was a surveyor's marker, placed to settle a boundary dispute between Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and the English Privy Council concerning the Northern Neck of the Potomac River, and to determine the proprietorship and boundaries of a large tract of largely unsurveyed land in the colonies of Maryland and Virginia during the Survey of 1736/37. John Savage and his party made the survey, the results of which include both the placement of the Fairfax Stone as well as the establishment of a line of demarcation known as the Fairfax Line, which extends from the Fairfax Stone south to the headwaters of the Rappahannock River.
Fairfield (Metro-North station) The Fairfield Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Fairfield, Connecticut, including students of Fairfield University — as well as nearby areas such as Black Rock within the city of Bridgeport — via the New Haven Line. The station is the transfer point for the Fairfield University Shuttle.
Fairfield City School District, Butler County, Ohio The Fairfield City School District is a public school district in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It encompasses most of the city of Fairfield and most of Fairfield Township, as well as small parts of the city of Hamilton.
Fairfield College Preparatory School Fairfield College Preparatory School (Fairfield Prep) is a Jesuit, Catholic high school, located on the campus of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is an all male school of about 900 students.
Fairfield Community Theatre The Fairfield Community Theatre Foundation in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a nonprofit organization that operates the 1920 landmark movie theater downtown, presenting mostly independent and second-run films. Ticket and snack prices are kept low, partly because the theater is staffed almost entirely by volunteer teenagers and partly runs on donations.
Fairfield horseshoe Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular ridge walk starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District it takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal Beck. The walk is extremely popular and follows well defined paths throughout with no real difficulties, however care should be taken on the summit of Fairfield in poor visibility as the plateau of that mountain is very flat and can be quite confusing with the danger of steep drops to the north and west.
Fairfield Halls Fairfield Halls is an arts centre in Croydon, London, England and opened in 1962. It contains a concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre (named for local Peggy Ashcroft), the Arnhem Gallery civic hall (Croydon is twinned with Arnhem) and an art gallery.
Fairfield High School, NSW Fairfield High School is a comprehensive, co-educational school in Fairfield, Sydney, Australia, part of the South Western Sydney School Region and the Fairfield School Education Area. Fairfield High School was established in 1955.
Fairfield House Fairfield House, in Newbridge, Bath, England, was the residence of Emperor Haile Selassie I during the five years he spent in exile (1936–1941). Following his return to Ethiopia, he donated it to the city of Bath as a residence for the aged, and it remains so to this day.
Fairfield Inn by Marriott Fairfield Inn by Marriott is a lower cost brand of hotels that are franchised by Marriott International. Spacious guest rooms feature two queen beds or one king, free cable TV, free local calls, telephone, voice mail, dataports (free high speed internet access), individual temperature control, iron and ironing board, and a key-card entrance.
Fairfield Ludlowe High School It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Fairfield Parlour Fairfield Parlour were an English progressive rock band that recorded in the late 1960s into the early 1970s. After the psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope moved further into progressive rock, they renamed themselves Fairfield Parlour.
Fairfield Porter Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 - September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic.Art in its own terms Selected Criticism 1935-1975," by Fairfield Porter, Zoland Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979 ISBN 0-944072-31-3 He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter.
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the famous Govan area on the Clyde in Scotland. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War.
Fairfield Stadium Fairfield Stadium was a stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It was primarily used for football, and was the home field of the Marshall University football team between 1927 and 1990, prior to the opening of Joan C.
Fairfield Stags Fairfield University is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and is classified as Division I-AAA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its athletic programs. Fairfield sponsors 19 varsity sports - baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's crew, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball.
Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio Fairfield Township, one of thirteen civil townships in Butler County, is located in the south central portion of the county. It had a population of 15,571 in 2000, down sharply from 49,353 because of the withdrawal of the city of Fairfield in 1994 and annexations from Fairfield and Hamilton.
Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level university located in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
Fairfield, Alabama Fairfield, founded in 1910 is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with a population of 12,381. Originally named Corey, it was planned as a model city by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company to house workers in their Fairfield Works plant, now owned by U.
Fairfield, Liverpool Fairfield is an area of Liverpool encompassing streets between Tuebrook and Kensington and stretching to Old Swan. It consists of mainly terraced houses and the Victorian Newsham Park, for which the area is notable.
Fairfield, New South Wales Fairfield is a suburb in the City of Fairfield, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, about 30 kilometres from the Sydney central business district. Fairfield supports a mixture of commercial and residential environments.
Fairford Leys Fairford Leys is a new village of 1900 homes situated in the south west area of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. It has its own village centre with a range of traditionally fronted shops, a small supermarket, a chinese restaurant, a nursery, an ecumenical church and a community centre.
Fairground organ A fairground organ is a pipe organ which is not played from a keyboard, but rather by mechanical means such as music roll or book music, and designed originally to be used on a fairground or in the United States on a carousel or in a dance-hall or skating rink. In Europe, common fairground organs generate power by steam.
Fairground, Ontario Fairground is a small community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada where the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show took place in the early 19th century. Until that event was moved to Simcoe, this was the spot where fairgoers attended the attractions and farmers displayed their best produce.
Fairhair dynasty The Fairhair dynasty (Norwegian: Hårfagreætten) is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united Kingdom of Norway. It was founded by King Haraldr hinn hárfagri, known as Harald Fairhair or Finehair, around 890.
Fairhaven College Fairhaven College is an interdisciplinary liberal arts college at Western Washington University. Instead of working towards pre-defined majors, Fairhaven students are responsible to shape their own interdisciplinary concentration or major, combining independent study, internships, and Western Washington University courses with Fairhaven courses to define their course of study.
Fairhaven, Washington Fairhaven, Washington was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the City of Bellingham. It is on the south side of Bellingham, and borders Puget Sound on the west and Western Washington University on the northeast.
Fairhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Hartranft, Hunting Park, West Kensington, and Harrowgate.
Fairholme College Fairholme College is an independent girls' school in Toowoomba, Queensland. It is the only school associated with the Presbyterian Church of Queensland that is not owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools' Association.
Fairholme Range The Fairholme Range () is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded by the Trans-Canada Highway on the west side while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka.
Fairchild F8 In computing, the F8 was an 8-bit microprocessor created by Fairchild Semiconductor. The processor itself had no address bus — program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins and the associated cost.
Fairchild Group [Group (新時代集ĺś, Pinyin]: XÄ«nshĂdĂ i jĂtuán) is a well diversified business conglomerate in [[Canada, with headquarters in Vancouver. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name.
Fairchild Hiller FH-227 The Fairchild Hiller FH-227 was a United States-made version of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller. It is superficially similar to the Friendship, though a closer look at the fuselage shows that the FH-227 has a larger cargo area between the cockpit and the passenger area.
Fairchild Publications, Inc. Fairchild Publications, Inc. is a publishing company headquartered in New York City that was formed in 1892 when a peddler by the name of Edmund Fairchild took over a failing newspaper that gave exclusive coverage to the Men’s Clothing business.
Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (released shortly before one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. The company currently employs roughly ten thousand people worldwide, with locations in San Jose, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, Bucheon, South Korea, Penang, Malaysia and Cebu, among others.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a superb, 33 ha (83 acre) botanic garden, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines, located in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
Fairchild TV Fairchild TV (新時代電視) is a Canadian Cantonese cable television channel. It is owned by the Fairchild Media Group (a subsidiary of the Fairchild Group), and has studios in the Greater Toronto Area (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fairchild-Dornier 328 family The Fairchild-Dornier 328 family of commuter airliners is comprised of several related models, all based upon the basic turboprop-powered 328. Major variants include the stretched 428 and the turbofan-powered 328JET and 428JET.
Fairchild-Dornier 728 family The 728 family was Fairchild-Dornier's ambitious bid to develop a range of regional jet airliners to supplement the smaller 328JET series, and attracted strong airline interest when launched. Although the aircraft was a modern design, the program ended with the insolvency of Fairchild Dornier.
Fairchildren The term Fairchildren refers to the seminal role that Fairchild Semiconductor played in spawning spin-off companies in Silicon Valley. It is a play on the words "Fairchild" and "children," the latter referring to the formation of (unofficial) spin-off companies from a parent company.
Fairing A fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag. These structures are generally light-weight shapes and covers for gaps and spaces between parts of a vehicle, aircraft or rocket to reduce form drag and interference drag, and to improve appearance.
Fairlawn, Florida Fairlawn is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Miami-Dade County, Florida between the cities of Miami and West Miami. Its unofficial boundaries are from NW 7 Street south to SW 24 Street and from Florida Blvd.
Fairlee Metro-West Fairlee Metro-West is a proposed Transit Oriented Development adjacent to the Vienna Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia. It will replace 65 single-family detached houses with a mixed-use neighborhood including 2,250 residential units, 100,000 square feet of retail and 300,000 square feet of office space.
Fairlie Branch The Fairlie Branch (also known as the Eversley Branch) was a branch line railway in southern Canterbury that formed part of New Zealand's national railway network. Construction began in 1884, and at its fullest extent, it terminated just beyond Fairlie in Eversley.
Fairlie, New Zealand Fairlie is a town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a service town 48 kilometres from Lake Tekapo whose main economic function is to provide goods for the agricultural area that surrounds it.
Fairlight (group) Fairlight (FLT) is a warez and demos group initially involved in the Commodore demoscene, and in cracking to illegally release games for free, since 1987. In addition to the C64, Fairlight has also migrated towards the Amiga and later the PC.
Fairlight CMI The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1978 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia.
Fairlight Cove Fairlight Cove is a small village on the East Sussex coast approximately 3 miles east of Hastings. The village suffers from coastal erosion which has threatened a number of properties directly on the cliff edge.
Fairlight Children Fairlight Children is an electroclash side project from Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk. The band has two other members, Tiff and Marianne, whose potential participation level beyond backing vocals has not been publicly discussed.
Fairlington, Virginia Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria. The main thoroughfares are Interstate 395 (Shirley Highway) which divides the neighborhood into North and South Fairlington, State Route 7 (King Street) and State Route 402 (Quaker Lane).
Fairly Secret Army Fairly Secret Army was a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy in that series, and the scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs.
Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia Fairmont is a town located in eastern British Columbia, Canada. This resort town has a population of approximately 300, but receives many vacationers from Calgary, who come to play on Fairmont's three golf courses on the Columbia River, and visit the Fairmont Hot Springs.
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. It holds an 83.
Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Seattle) The Fairmont Olympic Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Seattle, Washington, occupying the city block between 4th and 5th Avenue and between University and Seneca Streets. It was built in 1924, and in 1979, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fairmont Palliser Hotel The Fairmont Palliser, (formerly known simply as the Palliser Hotel) is a hotel of the Canada-based Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The historic hotel is located in downtown Calgary, Alberta on 9th Avenue South adjacent to the Calgary Tower and Palliser Square.
Fairmount and Veblen Railway The Fairmount and Veblen Railway (F&V) was a short line railroad which operated in Richland County, North Dakota; Roberts County, South Dakota; and Marshall County, South Dakota. The railroad was established in 1913, and that year constructed trackage from Fairmount, North Dakota southward to the towns of Rosholt, Claire City, and Veblen, South Dakota.
Fairmount Line The Fairmount Line or Dorchester Branch is a line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Except for a short portion in Milton, it lies entirely within Boston, passing through the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Hyde Park.
Fairmount Park Depending upon the criteria, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest municipal public park in the world at over 9,100 acres (37 km²). This figure includes all parkland within the city limits, as all 65 city parks are considered part of Fairmount Park and overseen by the Fairmount Park Commission.
Fairmount Park, Seattle, Washington The Fairmount Park neighborhood of West Seattle in Seattle, Washington, runs along both sides of Fauntleroy Way SW from SW Graham Street in the south to SW Edmunds Street in the north. Neighborhood features include Fairmount Playfield--a city park--and Fairmount Park Elementary School, part of the Seattle Public Schools system (soon to close and merge with High Point Elementaryhttp://www.
Fairmount Water Works The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction.
Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fairmount is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name "Fairmount" itself derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits, and where William Penn originally intended to build his own manor house.
Fairmount, Richmond Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th Century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill. Much of the neighborhood was developed from the 1880s to the 1920s, and its buildings largely reflect Queen Anne-style architecture.
Fairness Doctrine The Fairness Doctrine was a regulation of the United States' Federal Communications Commission which required broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in what was deemed an honest, equal and balanced manner. It has since been repealed by the FCC and aspects of it have been questioned by courts.
Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act The Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Construction Labour Mobility) is a statute in Ontario, Canada, that was passed in 1999 to address the difficulties Ontario construction companies and labourers faced attempting to obtain contracts and work in the province of Quebec.
Fairness measure Fairness measures or metrics are used in network engineering to determine whether users or applications are receiving a fair share of system resources. There are several mathematical and conceptual definitions of fairness.
Fairplay Fairplay, The International Shipping Weekly is a weekly news magazine devoted to the international merchant shipping industry. It was founded by Thomas Hope Robinson in 1883 and has been in continual publication ever since, adding an internet and email daily news service in 1996.
Fairshare With the motto "Scotland's Campaign for Local Democracy", Fairshare is a Scottish movement for proportional representation in local and regional elections. Its members feel that a new voting system is necessary to insure that everyone's interest are fairly represented in government.
FairShare FairShare is an idea for a voluntary investment-based patronage system to replace intellectual property and copyright while still insuring that artists are fairly compensated. It was designed by Freenet creator Ian Clarke, Steven Starr and Rob Kramer in response to allegations that artists would not receive adaquate compensation for their work without enforceable copyrights.
Fairton, New Jersey Fairton is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Fairfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Milleville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes.
Fairtrade certification Fairtrade certification (usually simply Fairtrade or Fair Trade Certified™ in the United States) is a product certification system designed to allow consumers to identify products which meet agreed environmental, labour and developmental standards. Overseen by a standard-setting body, FLO International, and a certification body, FLO-CERT, the system involves independent auditing of producers to ensure the agreed standards are met.
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) was established in 1997, and is an association of 20 national labelling initiatives that promote and market the Fairtrade Certification Mark in their countries. Fairtrade labelling organizations exist in 15 European countries as well as in Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
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