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Fairuzabadi Abu-t-Tahir Ibn Ibrahim Majd ud-Din ul-Fairuzabadi (1329-1414) was an Arab lexicographer born at Karazin near Shiraz (in modern Iran) and educated in Shiraz, Wasit, Baghdad and Damascus. He lived in Jerusalem for ten years and then travelled in western Asia and Egypt, before settling in Mecca in 1368.
Fairview (Vancouver) Fairview is a neighbourhood on the west side of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It runs from 16th Avenue in the south, to Burrard Street in the west, to Cambie Street in the east, and to False Creek in the north.
Fairview Avenue Station Fairview Avenue Station is a proposed station on the proposed light rail line along Minnesota's Central Corridor. It would be located in Saint Paul along University Avenue near its intersection with Fairview Avenue.
Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band The Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, also known as the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band, was a group of young musicians organized in 1970 by banjo- and guitar-player Danny Barker. Based out of the Fairview Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana and led in performance by trumpeter Leroy Jones (who was thirteen when Barker recruited him), the band gained considerable popularity in New Orleans and became a regular feature on the city's music scene.
Fairview High School (Boulder) Fairview High School is one of three public high schools in Boulder, Colorado. It is one of the premier schools academically, and has been for many years according to CSAP results, but is commonly seen as inferior in its aesthetic beauty.
Fairview Pointe-Claire Fairview Pointe-Claire is one of the largest, super regional shopping malls in the Island of Montreal with over 200 stores. The major anchor tenants are la Baie, Sears, DĂ©co DĂ©couverte, Winners, HomeSense, Renaud-Bray, Old Navy, and Sports Experts/Atmosphere.
Fairview Press Fairview Press (formerly Deaconess Press) is the publishing arm of Fairview Health Services, a regional healthcare provider affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Fairview Press publishes books and other forms of patient education materials on topics such as aging and eldercare, grief and bereavement, and health and wellness.
FairVote FairVote - Center for Voting and Democracy is a non-profit organization based in Takoma Park, Maryland that provides information to the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, and voter turnout. It was founded in 1992 by scholars, civic leaders, and former elected officials such as John Anderson, the former Illinois member of Congress who ran for President in 1980.
Fairway Rock Fairway Rock is a small islet in the Bering Strait, located southeast of the Diomede Islands and west of Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales. Known to Eskimo natives of the Bering Strait region in prehistory, Fairway was documented by James Cook in 1778 and named by Frederick Beechey in 1826.
Fairwear Australia Fairwear Australia (or The Fair Wear Campaign) is a community campaign which addresses exploitation of home-based textile and clothing workers in Australia. Made up of churches, non-governmental organisations, schools and community members, FairWear has worked since 1996 to achieve wage justice and fair working conditions for outworkers in Australia.
Fairwood (restaurant) Fairwood (Traditional Chinese: 大快活) is a fast food chain originally established in Hong Kong. Since its conception in December 1972, it has opened 71 restaurants in the Hong Kong region, and has also expanded into Mainland China.
Fairwood, Swansea The electoral ward of Fairwood, City and County of Swansea, South Wales consists of some or all of the following areas, Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Sketty, Upper Killay, Fforest, Hendy, Bolgoed, Crofty, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Grovesend, Llanmorlais, Loughor, Pen-clawdd, Penllergaer, Pentrebach, Pontardulais, Pontlliw, Poundffald, Three Crosses, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower.
Fairy A fairy (sometimes seen as faery, faerie, or even fae; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace or many other euphemismsKatharine Mary Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies "Euphemistic names for fairies" (Pantheon Books, 1976) p. 127.
Fairy (detergent) Fairy is a popular brand of washing up liquid produced by Procter & Gamble in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and sold in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Fairy liquid is traditionally green, prompting the well-known advertising jingle "Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid".
Fairy bread Fairy bread is white bread lightly spread with margarine or butter, and then sprinkled with either sugar or more commonly Hundreds and Thousands (also known as sprinkles or nonpareils, a Masterfoods product consisting of small balls of coloured sugar intended to decorate cakes).
Fairy Bay Fairy Bay (MÄori name: Te Oru Mamaku, "Bay of the Big Black Ferns") is located on the eastern side of Mt Stanley (971m) in Pelorus Sound, part of the Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park, located at the top of the South Island, New Zealand. The origin of the name is thought to have been the Fairy Penguin.
Fairy Dell A popular seafront facility in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England - a paddling pool which for years has been enjoyed by many. The local district council's decision in 2004 to close it over health and safety fears prompted a wave of outrage from people both locally and elsewhere in the country and world, and after a long campaign by the press and town councillors and a public forum, the district council agreed to refurbish and reopen the facility by summer 2006.
Fairy Flag The Fairy Flag (in Scottish Gaelic, An Bratach Sith), is a fragment of cloth owned by the MacLeod Clan and preserved at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where it is on display. The name fairy flag comes from many legends in which the cloth was connected to the Sidhe, a Gaelic term for various supernatural beings, sometimes referred to as the Shining Folk.
Fairy Fore Fairy Fore is a Japanese Visual Kei Band. Their music are used for many Japanese Animation's theme songs, like debut single "Love Sick" was a theme song of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children,2nd single "Vivid" was a theme song of Final Fantasy: Unlimited,and 4th single
Fairy Friends and Neighbors/Just the Two of Us Fairy Friends and Neighbors: Timmy is tired of his parents hanging out with him, so he wishes that Cosmo and Wanda would be his parents' new friends. When he wishes that to happen, he ends up with Vicky babysitting him all day.
Fairy Godmother (Shrek) The Fairy Godmother starred in DreamWorks Animation Studio's Film Shrek 2 as the main antagonist and was voiced by British comedian Jennifer Saunders. Like most characters in the Shrek films the Godmother's original personality was changed.
Fairy Light Nights Fairy Light Nights is the collective term for a large number of acoustic gigs performed by All About Eve between January 2000 and February 2002. The name stems from the fact that fairy lights were hung from the music and microphone stands.
Fairy Lochs The Fairy Lochs are a small group of lochans approximately 2 miles SE of the village of Badachro near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland. They are the site of a USAAF Liberator crash which was returning servicemen home to the USA at the end of World War II.
Fairy Meat Fairy Meat is a warband-based tabletop game first published by Kenzer & Company in 2000, written and designed by Scott Leaton and illustrated by Brian Vega. The game revolves around the battles of a pack (Circle) of vicious, cannibal fairies.
Fairy painting Fairy painting is a genre of painting and illustration featuring fairies and fairy tale settings, often with extreme attention to detail. The genre is most closely associated with the Victorian era in Great Britain, but has experienced a contemporary revival.
Fairy Queen (locomotive) The Fairy Queen, built in 1855, is the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation today, plying between New Delhi to Alwar in India (note that the oldest operable steam locomotive in existence currently is the John Bull, which was built in 1831; however, the John Bull is preserved in mostly static display). The locomotive was certified by the Guinness Book of Records to be the oldest operational locomotive after the Rajasthan government invoked it in 2004 to lug a deluxe train in order to boost tourism in the area.
Fairy riding Fairy riding (Scottish Gaelic: marcachd shìth/a' mharcachd-shìth/na marcachd-shìth) was a kind of paralysis found in livestock in Scotland. It occurred in the spine of sheep, cows and horses, and was attributed to fairies riding on them.
Fairy Stone State Park Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones." The park's cross-shaped, namesake stone is prevalent in the region, which also features beautiful scenery, rich history and ample recreational opportunities.
Fairy tale A fairy tale is a story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, talking animals and others. These stories often involve royalty, and modern versions usually have a happy ending.
Fairy Tail Members The members of the guild Fairy Tail are the main characters of the manga "Fairy Tail". This mage guild is unliked by the Magic Council because they often cause a lot of unnecessary trouble during their missions.
Fairy Tale Forest The Fairy Tale Forest ( “Sprookjesbos” in Dutch) is a wooded part (of approximately 15 acres) of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by (moving) statues and buildings. Most of them are inspired by fairy tales of the brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault.
Fairy-bluebird The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the family Irenidae, but are related to the ioras and leafbirds.
Fairytale of New York "Fairytale of New York" is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and featured on The Pogues' album If I Should Fall From Grace with God.
Fairytales (album) Fairytales is the second album by Norwegian pop singer Bambee, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). The track "Seventeen" is featured in the video game Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, and the track "Cowgirl" is featured in the video game DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX
Fairytales of Slavery Fairytales of Slavery is the penultimate release by Miranda Sex Garden. Produced in part by Alexander Hacke of EinstĂĽrzende Neubauten, the album blends a great number of elements of different genres, including but not limited to gothic rock, darkwave, industrial, classical and ambient.
Faisal al-Fayez Faisal al-Fayez (Arabic: Ůيصل الŮايز ) (born 1952) was the Prime Minister of Jordan from October 25, 2003, to April 7 2005. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb and himself resigned after being criticized for not being reformist enough.
Faisal Ahmad Shinwari Faisal Ahmad Shinwari was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2001 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government.
Faisal Alam Faisal Alam is a gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims.Faisal Alam Profile; LGBTran's Religious Archives Network July 18, 2006; retrieved December 21, 2006
Faisal bin Fahd Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz (1946—August 21, 1999) was the eldest son of Fahd of Saudi Arabia. He served as Minister of Labor and Minister of Youth, and was president or chairman of many bodies relating to sport.
Faisal bin Musa'id Faisal bin Musa'id bin Abdul Aziz (April 4, 1944, Riyadh - June 18 1975, Riyadh) (Arabic: Ůيصل بن مساعد بن عبد العزيز آل سعŮŘŻ) was the assassin and nephew of King Faisal. The younger Faisal's father was Prince Musa'id bin Abdul Aziz, a half-brother of King Faisal, and fifteenth son of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sayyid Faisal bin Turki (1864 - October 15, 1913) (Arabic: السيد Ůيصل بن ترŮي‏) ruled as Sultan of Muscat and Oman from June 4, 1888 - October 15, 1913. He succeeded his father Turki bin Said as Sultan.
Faisal Bin Shamlan Faisal Othman Bin Shamlan (born 1934) (Ůيصل عثمان بن شملان) [] is a Yemeni intellectual, technocrat, political reformist and public figure. He is a Yemeni member of parliament who has held the post of Oil and Mineral Resources Minister in the post-unification government of Yemen.
Faisal Faisal Faisal Ghazi Faisal (Arabic: Ůيصل غازي Ůيصل) is a winter sports athlete who hoped to represent Iraq in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He studies business management at the Sydney campus of Central Queensland University.
Faisal Fulad Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain’s upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council,since 1996-present. Mr Fulad was appointed to parliament by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa since 2002-present.
Faisal Husseini Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (Arabic: Ůيصل عبدالقادر الŘسيني) (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people.
Faisal I of Iraq Faisal bin Hussein ( Fayṣal ibn Ḥusayn; May 20, 1883 – September 8, 1933) was for a short while king of Greater Syria in 1920 and king of Iraq from 1921 to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty.
Faisal Mosque The Shah Faisal Masjid (شاه Ůيصل مسجد in Urdu) in Islamabad, Pakistan, is one the largest mosques in Asia; it's status being the National mosque of the State. It is a well-known masjid in the Islamic world and is renowned for both its immense size and its architecture.
Faisal Town Faisal Town (Urdu: Ůیصل ٹاؤن) is one of the major residential areas of Lahore, close to Model Town. In the last few years this area has undergone major changes and developments, with the value of property increasing quite considerably.
Faisal-Weizmann Agreement The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement was signed on January 3, 1919, by Emir Faisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 settling disputes stemming from World War I. It was a short-lived agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
Faisalabad Chamber Of Commerce and Industries Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce ann Industry (FCCI) is located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry is ISO-9001-2000 certified organization which was established in 1975.
Faisceau The Faisceau (French for bundle, fascicle) was a short-lived French Fascist political party. It was founded on November 11, 1925 as a far right league by Georges Valois, being was preceded by its newspaper, Le Nouveau Siècle - founded as a weekly on February 26, it became a daily after the party's creation.
Faith Faith is a belief, trust, or confidence, not based on logic, reason, or empirical data, but based fundamentally on volition often associated with a transpersonal relationship with God, a higher power, a person, elements of nature, and/or a perception of the human race as a whole. Faith can be placed in a person, inanimate object, state of affairs, proposition or body of propositions such as a religious creed.
Faith & Hope Faith & Hope is an independent record label which was founded in 1997 by Neil Claxton (Mint Royale) and his friend, David Wood. With an ethos of honesty and realism, Faith & Hope’s acts vary massively in style but all fall under the banner of â€alternative pop’.
Faith & Values Media Faith & Values Media, with headquarters in New York City, is the nation's largest coalition of Abrahamic faith groups dedicated to media production, distribution and promotion. Its member association is made up of denominations, organizations and individuals who encompass Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions in the United States.
Faith (The Cure song) "Faith" is the title track from The Cure's third album and is often said to be Robert Smith's most personal song. Famous for having new lyrics performed in it at nearly every live performance, some range into being nearly twenty minutes long.
Faith +1 Faith +1 is the name of a band created by South Park character Eric Cartman, featuring Butters on drums and Token on bass guitar. Their first album, a collection of pop remakes that replace the word "baby" with "Jesus," sold over 1,000,000 copies and went Murr.
Faith and Freedom Faith and Freedom: How the missionary principle facilitates political freedom, is a book by American author Tom Terry examining the role of the Christian missionary movement in helping create ideas of political freedom.
Faith and rationality Faith and rationality are two modes of belief which are seen to exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Faith is generally defined either as belief not grounded in evidence and/or reason or as belief in what cannot be understood, while rationality is belief grounded in logic and/or evidence.
Faith and Values Coalition The Faith and Values Coalition is an American political action committee composed of evangelical supporters, mostly from the Republican Party. Created by Jerry Falwell in November 2004, its birth was in large part fueled by the results of the 2004 Presidential Election, where exit-polling indicated that an estimated 21% of voters focused mainly on moral values as the central issue when deciding which candidate to choose.
Faith Assembly Faith Assembly is a Synthpop/New Romantic project run by Mark Stacy, who founded the project and currently continues it in the USA. Stacy started out releasing recordings on his own Record Label, The Diary of Winter Publishing, and later was taken on by the record label A Different Drum.
Faith Bandler Faith Bandler (1918 – ), an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage, is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.
Faith Brown Faith Brown (born 28 May 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a British actress, comedienne and impressionist noted for her versatility and voluptuous figure (huge breasts). She has appeared as Anne Bradley in the television series Brookside and as Flast in the Doctor Who episode, Attack of the Cybermen.
Faith City Church Faith City Church (formerly Faith Community Church), is a large pentecostal church in Wanganui, New Zealand. Faith City Church are a part of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand movement and are the proprietors of Faith Academy, a Christian school.
Faith Community Nursing Faith Community Nursing, also known as Parish Nursing, Congregational Nursing or Church Nursing, is a movement of over 10,000 registered nurses, primarily in the United States and Canada, but growing in numbers in the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, is the intentional integration of the practice of faith with the practice of nursing so that people can achieve wholeness in, with, and through the community of faith in which faith community nurses serve.
Faith Domergue Faith Domergue (June 16, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana - April 4, 1999 in Santa Barbara, California) was a film actress. She was of Irish descent and took the name Domergue after her adoptive parents, who eventually moved to California.
Faith Eidse Faith Eidse is a resident of Tallahassee, Florida. she is the author of Voices of the Apalachicola, a book which chronicles the history of the Apalachicola River and the oral stories of the many citizens who have lived their lives by it.
Faith healing Faith healing, or divine healing, is the use of spiritual means in treating disease, sometimes accompanied (in extreme instances) with the refusal of modern medical techniques. Another term for this is spiritual healing.
Faith Hill Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, best known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to country singer Tim McGraw.
Faith Hubley Faith Hubley (16 September 1924 - 7 December 2001) was an Academy Award-winning animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following John's death.
Faith in the City Faith in the City was a report published in the UK in Autumn 1985, authored by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas. The report created a large amount of controversy when it was published, as one of its conclusions was that much of the blame for growing spiritual and economic poverty in British inner cities was due to Thatcherite policies.
Faith Idehen Faith Idehen (born May 2, 1973) is a retired sprinter from Nigeria. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she, together with Beatrice Utondu, Christy Opara Thompson and Mary Onyali, won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay.
Faith In Action Faith in Action was founded in 1984 and is an inter faith volunteer caregiving initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Faith in Action programs consist of local community groups which unite volunteers from many different faiths to cooperatively work as a team to provide care for their community neighbors who have long-term health needs.
Faith Leech Faith Leech (born March 31 1941) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s, who won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics as well as bronze in the 100m freestyle event.
Faith Lehane Faith Lehane (known in the TV series only as "Faith") is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, portrayed by Eliza Dushku. Born December 14, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, Faith is an antihero in the series' narratives.
Faith magic Faith magick is that type of magic whose effect is to bring about the desired effect through the application of faith. It is closely related to thelemic magick in that in a sense the application of the will is required.
Faith McNulty Faith McNulty (November 28, 1918 - April 10, 2005) was an American non-fiction author, probably best-known for her 1980 book The Burning Bed. She was born "Faith Corrigan" in New York City, the daughter of a judge.
Faith No More Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Over the course of their 16 year career, Faith No More's vocalists changed.
Faith Nolan Faith Nolan (born 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian social activist folk and jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist of mixed African, Mi'kmaq and Irish heritage. As stated on her website, "her music is her political work, a politics firmly rooted in her being working class, a woman, African Canadian and queer.
Faith Rockefeller Model Faith Rockefeller Model (May 30, 1909–July 2, 1960) is a daughter of Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) and granddaughter of Standard Oil co-founder William Rockefeller (1841–1922). Model was born and died in the city of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Faith Salie "Fair Game" is hosted by Faith Salie, a star of Bravo's improvisational sitcom, Significant Others. She has appeared in numerous sitcoms and dramas — from a turn in gold lamé on Sex and the City to reaching the arcane iconic status of a "tradable life form" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans.
Faith Soloway Faith Soloway is a folk-rock musician, comedic performer, and creator of several folk-rock musicals, based in the Boston area. She studied theater at Indiana University and performed improv comedy regularly, and left school to tour with Second City.
Faith Standish Faith Standish is a fictional character played by Dana Sparks on the NBC soap opera, Passions. Faith Standish was a reclusive woman who is constantly on the run with her daughter, Charity Standish, from evil witches she claims killed her family because they held the magical powers to destroy evil forces.
Faith Stealer Faith Stealer is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is part of the "Divergent Universe" saga which continued until The Next Life.
Faith TV Faith TV is a Christian movie, documentary and biography channel featuring drama, comedy, action, and educational programs and feature films drawn from inspirational media libraries. Some examples of the biographies Faith TV has aired are Martin Luther, History of Christianity, and Christian Heroes of the Bible.
Faith Yokas Faith P Yokas (nee Mitchell) was a fictional New York City police detective played by actress Molly Price on the NBC television drama Third Watch, which ran from 1999 to 2005. Her life revolved around her job and family drama.
Faith-based In the United States, the term faith-based is used to describe organizations that are religious in nature and distinguish those organizations from government, public or private “secular” organizations. In recent years the term has come into public use as an abbreviation of "faith-based initiative", e.
Faith-based community A faith-based community is a community with members who all believe in the same religious concepts, or at least they did when it was founded. Many faith-based communities are communes, although this is not a requirement.
Faith, Hope and Charity Faith, Hope and Charity (Latin: Fides, Spes et Caritas, New Testament Greek: (Pistis, Elpis, and Agape), Church Slavonic: (Věra, Nadežda, Ljuby) are a group of Christian martyred saints, around whom a considerable amount of legendary lore has gathered. Their mother is said to have been Sophia (Greek for Wisdom); Sapientia (Latin for Wisdom) is also mentioned in some accounts, though not as their mother.
Faithful and Discreet Slave The spiritual authority among Jehovah's Witnesses is vested in the Faithful and Discreet Slave, which is a term used to refer to the remaining (living) portion of the group of 144,000 people with a heavenly hope.Watchtower July 1, 1995 p.
Faithful Companions of Jesus The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters (FCJ Sisters) was founded in Amiens in France in 1820 by Marie Madeleine de Bonnault d'HoĂĽet. They are a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope.
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (also known as Faithful) is a book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan. It chronicles exchanges between King and O'Nan about the Red Sox's upcoming 2004 season, beginning with an e-mail in summer 2003, and throughout the 2004 season, from Spring Training to the World Series.
Faithless Faithless are a UK group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band as a cross between hip-hop and dance. While they are mostly famous for their dance songs ("Insomnia" "God Is A DJ" and "We Come 1") the band try to produce albums which offer a blend of styles.
Faithless daughters Faithless daughters who cause their fathers' downfall in order to secure love for themselves is a frequent motif in literature, mythology and history. Some of the stories that rely on the theme of filial betrayal are:
Faithmouse Faithmouse is a religous-themed webcomic written by Dan Lacey. It appears and/or is linked on a large number of Christian and conservative news sites, including Newsmax, Alan Keyes' Renew America, and Mens News Daily.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Ůيض اŘŮ…ŘŻ Ůيض), (1984 - 1911) is considered by many to be a poet in the great tradition of Urdu poets like Ghalib and Iqbal. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab of pre-independence India (now Pakistan).
Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara Historian, writer and intellectual, Faiz Mohammed "Hazara" was among the renown group of Afghans seeking social and political changes in the country, at the beginning of the 20th century. He was a member of what became known as Junbish-i Mashrutyat or The Constitutionalist Movement.
Faiza Ambah Faiza Saleh Ambah is a female Saudi Arabian journalist who currently works as correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. She was one of the first, if not the first, female journalist of that country to become a working reporter for a Saudi news organization, Arab News.
Faizon Love Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima June 14, 1968) is a American actor of Afro-Cuban descentof Love's publicity materials state that he was born in Newark, New Jersey]But other publicity sources give his birthplace as either [[Santiago de Cuba]or [[San Diego, California].
Faja de Oro The Faja de Oro ("Golden Belt") was a Mexican oil transporter that was sunk during the Second World War. It had been an Italian tanker, named the Genoano, seized by the Mexican government while anchored in the port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, one day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.
Fajans' rules In inorganic chemistry, Fajans' Rules, formulated by Kasimir Fajans, are used to predict whether a chemical bond will be covalent or ionic, and depend on the charge on the cation and the relative sizes of the cation and anion. They can be summarized in the following table:
Fairview (Vancouver) Fairview is a neighbourhood on the west side of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It runs from 16th Avenue in the south, to Burrard Street in the west, to Cambie Street in the east, and to False Creek in the north.
Fairview Avenue Station Fairview Avenue Station is a proposed station on the proposed light rail line along Minnesota's Central Corridor. It would be located in Saint Paul along University Avenue near its intersection with Fairview Avenue.
Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band The Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, also known as the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band, was a group of young musicians organized in 1970 by banjo- and guitar-player Danny Barker. Based out of the Fairview Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana and led in performance by trumpeter Leroy Jones (who was thirteen when Barker recruited him), the band gained considerable popularity in New Orleans and became a regular feature on the city's music scene.
Fairview High School (Boulder) Fairview High School is one of three public high schools in Boulder, Colorado. It is one of the premier schools academically, and has been for many years according to CSAP results, but is commonly seen as inferior in its aesthetic beauty.
Fairview Pointe-Claire Fairview Pointe-Claire is one of the largest, super regional shopping malls in the Island of Montreal with over 200 stores. The major anchor tenants are la Baie, Sears, DĂ©co DĂ©couverte, Winners, HomeSense, Renaud-Bray, Old Navy, and Sports Experts/Atmosphere.
Fairview Press Fairview Press (formerly Deaconess Press) is the publishing arm of Fairview Health Services, a regional healthcare provider affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Fairview Press publishes books and other forms of patient education materials on topics such as aging and eldercare, grief and bereavement, and health and wellness.
FairVote FairVote - Center for Voting and Democracy is a non-profit organization based in Takoma Park, Maryland that provides information to the public about the impact of voting systems on political representation, proportional representation, and voter turnout. It was founded in 1992 by scholars, civic leaders, and former elected officials such as John Anderson, the former Illinois member of Congress who ran for President in 1980.
Fairway Rock Fairway Rock is a small islet in the Bering Strait, located southeast of the Diomede Islands and west of Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales. Known to Eskimo natives of the Bering Strait region in prehistory, Fairway was documented by James Cook in 1778 and named by Frederick Beechey in 1826.
Fairwear Australia Fairwear Australia (or The Fair Wear Campaign) is a community campaign which addresses exploitation of home-based textile and clothing workers in Australia. Made up of churches, non-governmental organisations, schools and community members, FairWear has worked since 1996 to achieve wage justice and fair working conditions for outworkers in Australia.
Fairwood (restaurant) Fairwood (Traditional Chinese: 大快活) is a fast food chain originally established in Hong Kong. Since its conception in December 1972, it has opened 71 restaurants in the Hong Kong region, and has also expanded into Mainland China.
Fairwood, Swansea The electoral ward of Fairwood, City and County of Swansea, South Wales consists of some or all of the following areas, Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Sketty, Upper Killay, Fforest, Hendy, Bolgoed, Crofty, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Grovesend, Llanmorlais, Loughor, Pen-clawdd, Penllergaer, Pentrebach, Pontardulais, Pontlliw, Poundffald, Three Crosses, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower.
Fairy A fairy (sometimes seen as faery, faerie, or even fae; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace or many other euphemismsKatharine Mary Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies "Euphemistic names for fairies" (Pantheon Books, 1976) p. 127.
Fairy (detergent) Fairy is a popular brand of washing up liquid produced by Procter & Gamble in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and sold in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Fairy liquid is traditionally green, prompting the well-known advertising jingle "Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid".
Fairy bread Fairy bread is white bread lightly spread with margarine or butter, and then sprinkled with either sugar or more commonly Hundreds and Thousands (also known as sprinkles or nonpareils, a Masterfoods product consisting of small balls of coloured sugar intended to decorate cakes).
Fairy Bay Fairy Bay (MÄori name: Te Oru Mamaku, "Bay of the Big Black Ferns") is located on the eastern side of Mt Stanley (971m) in Pelorus Sound, part of the Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park, located at the top of the South Island, New Zealand. The origin of the name is thought to have been the Fairy Penguin.
Fairy Dell A popular seafront facility in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England - a paddling pool which for years has been enjoyed by many. The local district council's decision in 2004 to close it over health and safety fears prompted a wave of outrage from people both locally and elsewhere in the country and world, and after a long campaign by the press and town councillors and a public forum, the district council agreed to refurbish and reopen the facility by summer 2006.
Fairy Flag The Fairy Flag (in Scottish Gaelic, An Bratach Sith), is a fragment of cloth owned by the MacLeod Clan and preserved at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where it is on display. The name fairy flag comes from many legends in which the cloth was connected to the Sidhe, a Gaelic term for various supernatural beings, sometimes referred to as the Shining Folk.
Fairy Fore Fairy Fore is a Japanese Visual Kei Band. Their music are used for many Japanese Animation's theme songs, like debut single "Love Sick" was a theme song of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children,2nd single "Vivid" was a theme song of Final Fantasy: Unlimited,and 4th single
Fairy Friends and Neighbors/Just the Two of Us Fairy Friends and Neighbors: Timmy is tired of his parents hanging out with him, so he wishes that Cosmo and Wanda would be his parents' new friends. When he wishes that to happen, he ends up with Vicky babysitting him all day.
Fairy Godmother (Shrek) The Fairy Godmother starred in DreamWorks Animation Studio's Film Shrek 2 as the main antagonist and was voiced by British comedian Jennifer Saunders. Like most characters in the Shrek films the Godmother's original personality was changed.
Fairy Light Nights Fairy Light Nights is the collective term for a large number of acoustic gigs performed by All About Eve between January 2000 and February 2002. The name stems from the fact that fairy lights were hung from the music and microphone stands.
Fairy Lochs The Fairy Lochs are a small group of lochans approximately 2 miles SE of the village of Badachro near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland. They are the site of a USAAF Liberator crash which was returning servicemen home to the USA at the end of World War II.
Fairy Meat Fairy Meat is a warband-based tabletop game first published by Kenzer & Company in 2000, written and designed by Scott Leaton and illustrated by Brian Vega. The game revolves around the battles of a pack (Circle) of vicious, cannibal fairies.
Fairy painting Fairy painting is a genre of painting and illustration featuring fairies and fairy tale settings, often with extreme attention to detail. The genre is most closely associated with the Victorian era in Great Britain, but has experienced a contemporary revival.
Fairy Queen (locomotive) The Fairy Queen, built in 1855, is the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation today, plying between New Delhi to Alwar in India (note that the oldest operable steam locomotive in existence currently is the John Bull, which was built in 1831; however, the John Bull is preserved in mostly static display). The locomotive was certified by the Guinness Book of Records to be the oldest operational locomotive after the Rajasthan government invoked it in 2004 to lug a deluxe train in order to boost tourism in the area.
Fairy riding Fairy riding (Scottish Gaelic: marcachd shìth/a' mharcachd-shìth/na marcachd-shìth) was a kind of paralysis found in livestock in Scotland. It occurred in the spine of sheep, cows and horses, and was attributed to fairies riding on them.
Fairy Stone State Park Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones." The park's cross-shaped, namesake stone is prevalent in the region, which also features beautiful scenery, rich history and ample recreational opportunities.
Fairy tale A fairy tale is a story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, talking animals and others. These stories often involve royalty, and modern versions usually have a happy ending.
Fairy Tail Members The members of the guild Fairy Tail are the main characters of the manga "Fairy Tail". This mage guild is unliked by the Magic Council because they often cause a lot of unnecessary trouble during their missions.
Fairy Tale Forest The Fairy Tale Forest ( “Sprookjesbos” in Dutch) is a wooded part (of approximately 15 acres) of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by (moving) statues and buildings. Most of them are inspired by fairy tales of the brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault.
Fairy-bluebird The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines. They are the sole members of the family Irenidae, but are related to the ioras and leafbirds.
Fairytale of New York "Fairytale of New York" is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and featured on The Pogues' album If I Should Fall From Grace with God.
Fairytales (album) Fairytales is the second album by Norwegian pop singer Bambee, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). The track "Seventeen" is featured in the video game Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX, and the track "Cowgirl" is featured in the video game DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX
Fairytales of Slavery Fairytales of Slavery is the penultimate release by Miranda Sex Garden. Produced in part by Alexander Hacke of EinstĂĽrzende Neubauten, the album blends a great number of elements of different genres, including but not limited to gothic rock, darkwave, industrial, classical and ambient.
Faisal al-Fayez Faisal al-Fayez (Arabic: Ůيصل الŮايز ) (born 1952) was the Prime Minister of Jordan from October 25, 2003, to April 7 2005. He took office following the resignation of Ali Abu al-Ragheb and himself resigned after being criticized for not being reformist enough.
Faisal Ahmad Shinwari Faisal Ahmad Shinwari was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2001 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government.
Faisal Alam Faisal Alam is a gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims.Faisal Alam Profile; LGBTran's Religious Archives Network July 18, 2006; retrieved December 21, 2006
Faisal bin Fahd Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz (1946—August 21, 1999) was the eldest son of Fahd of Saudi Arabia. He served as Minister of Labor and Minister of Youth, and was president or chairman of many bodies relating to sport.
Faisal bin Musa'id Faisal bin Musa'id bin Abdul Aziz (April 4, 1944, Riyadh - June 18 1975, Riyadh) (Arabic: Ůيصل بن مساعد بن عبد العزيز آل سعŮŘŻ) was the assassin and nephew of King Faisal. The younger Faisal's father was Prince Musa'id bin Abdul Aziz, a half-brother of King Faisal, and fifteenth son of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sayyid Faisal bin Turki (1864 - October 15, 1913) (Arabic: السيد Ůيصل بن ترŮي‏) ruled as Sultan of Muscat and Oman from June 4, 1888 - October 15, 1913. He succeeded his father Turki bin Said as Sultan.
Faisal Bin Shamlan Faisal Othman Bin Shamlan (born 1934) (Ůيصل عثمان بن شملان) [] is a Yemeni intellectual, technocrat, political reformist and public figure. He is a Yemeni member of parliament who has held the post of Oil and Mineral Resources Minister in the post-unification government of Yemen.
Faisal Faisal Faisal Ghazi Faisal (Arabic: Ůيصل غازي Ůيصل) is a winter sports athlete who hoped to represent Iraq in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He studies business management at the Sydney campus of Central Queensland University.
Faisal Fulad Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain’s upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council,since 1996-present. Mr Fulad was appointed to parliament by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa since 2002-present.
Faisal Husseini Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (Arabic: Ůيصل عبدالقادر الŘسيني) (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people.
Faisal I of Iraq Faisal bin Hussein ( Fayṣal ibn Ḥusayn; May 20, 1883 – September 8, 1933) was for a short while king of Greater Syria in 1920 and king of Iraq from 1921 to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty.
Faisal Mosque The Shah Faisal Masjid (شاه Ůيصل مسجد in Urdu) in Islamabad, Pakistan, is one the largest mosques in Asia; it's status being the National mosque of the State. It is a well-known masjid in the Islamic world and is renowned for both its immense size and its architecture.
Faisal Town Faisal Town (Urdu: Ůیصل ٹاؤن) is one of the major residential areas of Lahore, close to Model Town. In the last few years this area has undergone major changes and developments, with the value of property increasing quite considerably.
Faisal-Weizmann Agreement The Faisal-Weizmann Agreement was signed on January 3, 1919, by Emir Faisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 settling disputes stemming from World War I. It was a short-lived agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
Faisalabad Chamber Of Commerce and Industries Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce ann Industry (FCCI) is located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry is ISO-9001-2000 certified organization which was established in 1975.
Faisceau The Faisceau (French for bundle, fascicle) was a short-lived French Fascist political party. It was founded on November 11, 1925 as a far right league by Georges Valois, being was preceded by its newspaper, Le Nouveau Siècle - founded as a weekly on February 26, it became a daily after the party's creation.
Faith Faith is a belief, trust, or confidence, not based on logic, reason, or empirical data, but based fundamentally on volition often associated with a transpersonal relationship with God, a higher power, a person, elements of nature, and/or a perception of the human race as a whole. Faith can be placed in a person, inanimate object, state of affairs, proposition or body of propositions such as a religious creed.
Faith & Hope Faith & Hope is an independent record label which was founded in 1997 by Neil Claxton (Mint Royale) and his friend, David Wood. With an ethos of honesty and realism, Faith & Hope’s acts vary massively in style but all fall under the banner of â€alternative pop’.
Faith & Values Media Faith & Values Media, with headquarters in New York City, is the nation's largest coalition of Abrahamic faith groups dedicated to media production, distribution and promotion. Its member association is made up of denominations, organizations and individuals who encompass Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions in the United States.
Faith (The Cure song) "Faith" is the title track from The Cure's third album and is often said to be Robert Smith's most personal song. Famous for having new lyrics performed in it at nearly every live performance, some range into being nearly twenty minutes long.
Faith +1 Faith +1 is the name of a band created by South Park character Eric Cartman, featuring Butters on drums and Token on bass guitar. Their first album, a collection of pop remakes that replace the word "baby" with "Jesus," sold over 1,000,000 copies and went Murr.
Faith and Freedom Faith and Freedom: How the missionary principle facilitates political freedom, is a book by American author Tom Terry examining the role of the Christian missionary movement in helping create ideas of political freedom.
Faith and rationality Faith and rationality are two modes of belief which are seen to exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Faith is generally defined either as belief not grounded in evidence and/or reason or as belief in what cannot be understood, while rationality is belief grounded in logic and/or evidence.
Faith and Values Coalition The Faith and Values Coalition is an American political action committee composed of evangelical supporters, mostly from the Republican Party. Created by Jerry Falwell in November 2004, its birth was in large part fueled by the results of the 2004 Presidential Election, where exit-polling indicated that an estimated 21% of voters focused mainly on moral values as the central issue when deciding which candidate to choose.
Faith Assembly Faith Assembly is a Synthpop/New Romantic project run by Mark Stacy, who founded the project and currently continues it in the USA. Stacy started out releasing recordings on his own Record Label, The Diary of Winter Publishing, and later was taken on by the record label A Different Drum.
Faith Bandler Faith Bandler (1918 – ), an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage, is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.
Faith Brown Faith Brown (born 28 May 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a British actress, comedienne and impressionist noted for her versatility and voluptuous figure (huge breasts). She has appeared as Anne Bradley in the television series Brookside and as Flast in the Doctor Who episode, Attack of the Cybermen.
Faith City Church Faith City Church (formerly Faith Community Church), is a large pentecostal church in Wanganui, New Zealand. Faith City Church are a part of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand movement and are the proprietors of Faith Academy, a Christian school.
Faith Community Nursing Faith Community Nursing, also known as Parish Nursing, Congregational Nursing or Church Nursing, is a movement of over 10,000 registered nurses, primarily in the United States and Canada, but growing in numbers in the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, is the intentional integration of the practice of faith with the practice of nursing so that people can achieve wholeness in, with, and through the community of faith in which faith community nurses serve.
Faith Domergue Faith Domergue (June 16, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana - April 4, 1999 in Santa Barbara, California) was a film actress. She was of Irish descent and took the name Domergue after her adoptive parents, who eventually moved to California.
Faith Eidse Faith Eidse is a resident of Tallahassee, Florida. she is the author of Voices of the Apalachicola, a book which chronicles the history of the Apalachicola River and the oral stories of the many citizens who have lived their lives by it.
Faith healing Faith healing, or divine healing, is the use of spiritual means in treating disease, sometimes accompanied (in extreme instances) with the refusal of modern medical techniques. Another term for this is spiritual healing.
Faith Hill Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, best known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to country singer Tim McGraw.
Faith Hubley Faith Hubley (16 September 1924 - 7 December 2001) was an Academy Award-winning animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following John's death.
Faith in the City Faith in the City was a report published in the UK in Autumn 1985, authored by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas. The report created a large amount of controversy when it was published, as one of its conclusions was that much of the blame for growing spiritual and economic poverty in British inner cities was due to Thatcherite policies.
Faith Idehen Faith Idehen (born May 2, 1973) is a retired sprinter from Nigeria. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she, together with Beatrice Utondu, Christy Opara Thompson and Mary Onyali, won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay.
Faith In Action Faith in Action was founded in 1984 and is an inter faith volunteer caregiving initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Faith in Action programs consist of local community groups which unite volunteers from many different faiths to cooperatively work as a team to provide care for their community neighbors who have long-term health needs.
Faith Leech Faith Leech (born March 31 1941) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s, who won a gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics as well as bronze in the 100m freestyle event.
Faith Lehane Faith Lehane (known in the TV series only as "Faith") is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, portrayed by Eliza Dushku. Born December 14, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, Faith is an antihero in the series' narratives.
Faith magic Faith magick is that type of magic whose effect is to bring about the desired effect through the application of faith. It is closely related to thelemic magick in that in a sense the application of the will is required.
Faith McNulty Faith McNulty (November 28, 1918 - April 10, 2005) was an American non-fiction author, probably best-known for her 1980 book The Burning Bed. She was born "Faith Corrigan" in New York City, the daughter of a judge.
Faith No More Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Over the course of their 16 year career, Faith No More's vocalists changed.
Faith Nolan Faith Nolan (born 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian social activist folk and jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist of mixed African, Mi'kmaq and Irish heritage. As stated on her website, "her music is her political work, a politics firmly rooted in her being working class, a woman, African Canadian and queer.
Faith Rockefeller Model Faith Rockefeller Model (May 30, 1909–July 2, 1960) is a daughter of Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) and granddaughter of Standard Oil co-founder William Rockefeller (1841–1922). Model was born and died in the city of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Faith Salie "Fair Game" is hosted by Faith Salie, a star of Bravo's improvisational sitcom, Significant Others. She has appeared in numerous sitcoms and dramas — from a turn in gold lamé on Sex and the City to reaching the arcane iconic status of a "tradable life form" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans.
Faith Soloway Faith Soloway is a folk-rock musician, comedic performer, and creator of several folk-rock musicals, based in the Boston area. She studied theater at Indiana University and performed improv comedy regularly, and left school to tour with Second City.
Faith Standish Faith Standish is a fictional character played by Dana Sparks on the NBC soap opera, Passions. Faith Standish was a reclusive woman who is constantly on the run with her daughter, Charity Standish, from evil witches she claims killed her family because they held the magical powers to destroy evil forces.
Faith Stealer Faith Stealer is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is part of the "Divergent Universe" saga which continued until The Next Life.
Faith TV Faith TV is a Christian movie, documentary and biography channel featuring drama, comedy, action, and educational programs and feature films drawn from inspirational media libraries. Some examples of the biographies Faith TV has aired are Martin Luther, History of Christianity, and Christian Heroes of the Bible.
Faith Yokas Faith P Yokas (nee Mitchell) was a fictional New York City police detective played by actress Molly Price on the NBC television drama Third Watch, which ran from 1999 to 2005. Her life revolved around her job and family drama.
Faith-based In the United States, the term faith-based is used to describe organizations that are religious in nature and distinguish those organizations from government, public or private “secular” organizations. In recent years the term has come into public use as an abbreviation of "faith-based initiative", e.
Faith-based community A faith-based community is a community with members who all believe in the same religious concepts, or at least they did when it was founded. Many faith-based communities are communes, although this is not a requirement.
Faith, Hope and Charity Faith, Hope and Charity (Latin: Fides, Spes et Caritas, New Testament Greek: (Pistis, Elpis, and Agape), Church Slavonic: (Věra, Nadežda, Ljuby) are a group of Christian martyred saints, around whom a considerable amount of legendary lore has gathered. Their mother is said to have been Sophia (Greek for Wisdom); Sapientia (Latin for Wisdom) is also mentioned in some accounts, though not as their mother.
Faithful and Discreet Slave The spiritual authority among Jehovah's Witnesses is vested in the Faithful and Discreet Slave, which is a term used to refer to the remaining (living) portion of the group of 144,000 people with a heavenly hope.Watchtower July 1, 1995 p.
Faithful Companions of Jesus The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters (FCJ Sisters) was founded in Amiens in France in 1820 by Marie Madeleine de Bonnault d'HoĂĽet. They are a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope.
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (also known as Faithful) is a book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan. It chronicles exchanges between King and O'Nan about the Red Sox's upcoming 2004 season, beginning with an e-mail in summer 2003, and throughout the 2004 season, from Spring Training to the World Series.
Faithless Faithless are a UK group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band as a cross between hip-hop and dance. While they are mostly famous for their dance songs ("Insomnia" "God Is A DJ" and "We Come 1") the band try to produce albums which offer a blend of styles.
Faithless daughters Faithless daughters who cause their fathers' downfall in order to secure love for themselves is a frequent motif in literature, mythology and history. Some of the stories that rely on the theme of filial betrayal are:
Faithmouse Faithmouse is a religous-themed webcomic written by Dan Lacey. It appears and/or is linked on a large number of Christian and conservative news sites, including Newsmax, Alan Keyes' Renew America, and Mens News Daily.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Ůيض اŘŮ…ŘŻ Ůيض), (1984 - 1911) is considered by many to be a poet in the great tradition of Urdu poets like Ghalib and Iqbal. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab of pre-independence India (now Pakistan).
Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara Historian, writer and intellectual, Faiz Mohammed "Hazara" was among the renown group of Afghans seeking social and political changes in the country, at the beginning of the 20th century. He was a member of what became known as Junbish-i Mashrutyat or The Constitutionalist Movement.
Faiza Ambah Faiza Saleh Ambah is a female Saudi Arabian journalist who currently works as correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. She was one of the first, if not the first, female journalist of that country to become a working reporter for a Saudi news organization, Arab News.
Faizon Love Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima June 14, 1968) is a American actor of Afro-Cuban descentof Love's publicity materials state that he was born in Newark, New Jersey]But other publicity sources give his birthplace as either [[Santiago de Cuba]or [[San Diego, California].
Faja de Oro The Faja de Oro ("Golden Belt") was a Mexican oil transporter that was sunk during the Second World War. It had been an Italian tanker, named the Genoano, seized by the Mexican government while anchored in the port of Tampico, Tamaulipas, one day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.
Fajans' rules In inorganic chemistry, Fajans' Rules, formulated by Kasimir Fajans, are used to predict whether a chemical bond will be covalent or ionic, and depend on the charge on the cation and the relative sizes of the cation and anion. They can be summarized in the following table:
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