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Flavius Mareka FET College Flavius Mareka FET College is situated in the Northern Free State District of the Free State Province, South Africa. The Flavius Mareka FET College includes the following former institutions: Kroonstad - Mphohadi - and Sasolburg Campus.
Flavius Mihail Moldovan Flavius Mihail Moldovan (born July 27, 1976) is a Romanian football defender who currently plays for the Romanian league side Rapid Bucureşti. Moldovan has also had a few caps for the Romanian national side during his career, which spans back to 1998, when he joined ASA Tîrgu Mureş.
Flavius Paulus Paul was a Hispano-Roman duke of the Visigothic king Wamba. In 672, when sent to crush the rebellion of Hilderic of Nîmes and the Jews in Septimania and Catalonia, he converted to Judaism and proclaimed himself king in Narbonne as Flavius Paulus.
Flavo Protein Flavo Protein is the first protein found on the Electron Transport Chain (ETC). In aerobic respiration, 1 glucose molecule can produce an average of 36 ATP (Adenosine triphosphate - stuff that you can use for energy).
Flavoprotein Flavoproteins are proteins that contain a nucleic acid derivative of riboflavin: the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) or flavin mononucleotide (FMN). These proteins act as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions inside the mitochondria.
Flavor Flavor or flavour (see spelling differences) is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat, may also occasionally determine flavor.
Flavor changing neutral current In theoretical physics, flavor changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are expressions that change the flavor of a fermion current without altering its electric charge. If they occur in the Lagrangian, they may induce processes that have not been observed in experiment.
Flavor of Love Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. The show is part of VH1's Celebreality lineup and its format is similar to that of The Bachelor, with contestants living in a mansion and being put through various challenges while Flav chooses to keep or eliminate them.
Flavor of the Month Flavor of the Month (FOTM) is Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game jargon designating a class of player which has easier to play because (or more powerful over other players). Because this class is preferred by players who seek fast success rather than a challenge, FOTM possesses negative connotations.
Flavor scalping Flavor scalping is a term used in the packaging industry to describe the loss of quality of a packaged item due to either its volatile flavors being absorbed by the packaging or the item absorbing undesirable flavors from its packaging. A classic example is the absorption of various plastic flavors when soft drinks are stored in plastic bottles for an extended period.
Flavor spray Flavor Spray was voted by Time magazine as one of the most amazing products of 2005. Invented by Chef David Burke, known for his Willie Wonka–like creations at New York City restaurant Davidburke & Donatella, flavor sprays that mimic the taste of high-calorie foods but have no fat, calories or carbs.
Flavor text Flavor text is the name given to text for action figure character backgrounds, playing cards, or within the pages of a role-playing game's rulebook. While appropriate to the product's or game's story concept, it usually has no effect on the mechanics of the game, but instead serves to add realism or characterization to the item in question.
Flavored liquor Flavoured liquors or Flavored liquors are distilled alcoholic beverages with added flavorings. They are distinct from liqueurs in that liqueurs have a high sugar content, whereas flavored liquors contain no added sugar.
Flavorist A flavorist, also known as flavor chemist, is someone who uses both chemistry and art to engineer artificial and natural flavors. Affordable refrigeration for the home spurred a major growth of food processing technology.
Flavors (computer science) Flavors, an early object-oriented extension to Lisp developed by Howard Cannon at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for the Lisp machine, was the first programming language to include mixins.pg 46 of Thompson, C.
Flavour (particle physics) Flavour or flavor (see spelling differences), in the context of particle physics, is a quantum number of elementary particles related to their weak interactions. In the electroweak theory this symmetry is gauged, and flavour changing processes exist.
Flavour Magazine Flavour Magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine geared towards 18-30 year old multi-cultural urban audiences. The magazine is characterised by its commitment to promoting new talent, particularly UK music artists and the beautiful diverse models that grace its pages in exclusive photo shoots.
Flavour of the Old School Flavour of the Old School was the debut single by British soul singer, Beverley Knight. The track, which peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in March 1995, was accompanied by a low budget video that saw Knight in the recording studio singing directly into the camera.
Flaw hypothesis methodology Flaw hypothesis methodology - A system analysis and penetration technique where specifications and documentation for the systems are analyzed and then flaws in the system are hypothesized. The list of hypothesized flaws is then prioritized on the basis of the estimated probability that a flaw actually exists and, assuming a flaw does exist, on the ease of exploiting it and on the extent of control or compromise it would provided.
Flaw of averages Flaw of averages is a term coined by Sam Savage of Stanford University to describe the mathematical concept of Jensen's inequality to business executives and students. The flaw of averages states in effect that:
Flawed (song) "Flawed" is a song written by Billymann, Delta Goodrem and Chris Rojas, performed by Delta Goodrem. The song was the first song that Goodrem released in Japan and is taken from her Japanese version of from the album Innocent Eyes.
Flax Bourton Flax Bourton is a village in North Somerset, England, situated on the edge of Nailsea Moor five miles south west of Bristol city centre. It has a primary school, one pub named The Dew Drop Inn (previously The Jubilee Inn), a church dating back to Norman times and is the home of Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club.
Flax Hall Primary School Flax Hall Primary School was a primary school located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1950s in Eve Lane - on the border with Dudley - to serve a newly completed council housing estate which was developed on adjoining farmland.
Flaxid Cricket Club Flaxid Cricket Club is famous cricket club based in Newcastle, Australia. It was founded in 1986 and in 2006 it celebrates its 20th season in the Newcastle & District Cricket Association's City and Suburban competition.
Flaxley Flaxley is a small settlement in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, located in between the larger villages of Westbury-on-Severn and Mitcheldean at the foot of the Vale of Castiard. The most significant feature of the village is Flaxley Abbey which dates back the 12th Century and is now a private residence, although the summer village fetes are still held here.
Flaxton railway station Flaxton railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Flaxton on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5th July 1845 by the York & North Midland Railway. It closed on 22nd September 1930.
Flaxton Rural District Flaxton was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the York Rural Sanitary District which was in the North Riding.
FlĂĄklypa Grand Prix FlĂĄklypa Grand Prix (released under the English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix") is a Norwegian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It was released in 1975 and is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust.
Flåvær Flåvær is a fishing station on a group of islets and skerries in Norway in the Herøyfjord, Herøy municipality, Møre og Romsdal County. It includes the islets Flåvær, Husholmen, Torvholmen and Varholmen (the Norwegian term holme translates as islet, signifying that these are small).
FlĂĽchtlinge FlĂĽchtlinge (Refugees) was a 1933 German film depicting Volga German refugees persecuted by the Bolsheviks on the Sino-Russian border in Manchuria in 1928. The refugees are rescued by an athletic, blonde German leader much like the FĂĽhrer; the symbolism is obviously intended to emulate Adolf Hitler.
Flóabardagi Flóabardagi (English: Battle of the Gulf) was a naval battle which took place on June 25 1244 off the coast of Iceland during the Sturlungaöld civil war. The conflicting parties were the followers of Þórður kakali Sighvatsson and those of Kolbeinn "the young" Arnórsson.
Flávia Delaroli Flávia Renata Delaroli Cazziolato (born December 28, 1983 in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A resident of São Paulo, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Flûte d'amour The flûte d'amour or flauto d'amore is pitched in either A or B-flat and is intermediate in size between the modern C concert flute, and the alto flute in G. It is the mezzo soprano member of the flute family.
Fløan church The Fløan church was a medieval church that stood in Fløan in Skatval, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway around 12 km north-west of the centre of neighbouring Stjørdal. The first written record of the church is in Aslak Bolt's register from 1432.
Flèche A flèche (from the French for arrow) is used in French architecture to refer to a spire and in English to refer to a lead-covered timber spire. These are placed on the ridges of church or cathedral roofs and are usually relatively small.
Flea Flea is the common name for any of the small wingless insects of the order Siphonaptera (some authorities use the name Aphaniptera because it is older, but names above family rank do not follow the rules of priority, so most taxonomists use the more familiar name). Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds, and genetic and morphological evidence indicates that they are descendants of the Scorpionfly family Boreidae, which are also flightless; accordingly it is possible that they will eventually be reclassified as a suborder within the Mecoptera.
Flea beetle Flea beetle is a general name applied to the small, jumping beetles of the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. Two differing viewpoints hold that flea beetles are either a distinct subfamily, the Alticinae, or that they make up the tribe Alticini, which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae.
Flea circus A flea circus refers to a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas were attached to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing. Fresnel lenses were mounted on all sides of the housing to allow visitors to view the attraction.
Flea market A flea market, also known as a swap meet in the USA, is a place where vendors come to sell or trade their goods. The goods are usually inexpensive and range in quality depending on several factors which might include; urban or rural location, part of the country, or popularity/size of the flea market.
Fleabag Trilogy The Fleabag Trilogy is a series of three fantasy children's novels by British author Beth Webb. Set in a fantasy world, the series chronicles the trials and tribulations of Gemma and her friend and companion, the titular character Fleabag, a talking black cat.
Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke is an earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, generally assumed to be Anglo-Saxon of origin. As a few potsherds of the early and late Bronze age were found in the most eastern part of the dyke it seems that much older earthworks have been used.
Flecainide Flecainide acetate is a class Ic antiarrhythmic agent used to prevent and treat tachyarrhythmias (abnormal fast rhythms of the heart). It is used to treat a variety of cardiac arrhythmias including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (episodic irregular heartbeat originating in the upper chamber of the heart), paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (episodic rapid but regular heartbeat originating in the atrium), and ventricular tachycardia (rapid rhythms of the lower chambers of the heart).
Fleckfin dottyback The fleckfin dottyback, Pseudoplesiops wassi, is a species of dottyback fish. It is found associated with coral reefs and other rocky coastal habitats in a large part of the south-western Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Samoa and the Solomon Islands.
Flecko Flecko is a minor character in Rocko's Modern Life who appears in the episodes "Day of the Flecko", in which he is a prolonged nuisance to Rocko as the latter tries to get to sleep and "Fly Burgers", in which he sues Rocko after feigning serious injury.
Flecktarn Flecktarn (also known as Flecktarnmuster, Flecktar, Flectar, or simply Fleck) is a 5-colour disruptive camouflage pattern, comprising black, dark green, grey-green and rust-red clumps and spots on a light green background. The use of spots creates a "dithering" effect, which eliminates hard boundaries between the different colours in much the same way the squares in the newest digital camouflage patterns do.
Fleckvieh cattle Fleckvieh cattle started in 1830 when original Simmental Cattle from Switzerland were imported to Bavaria and to Austria to improve the local dual-purpose breeds. At these times, the Simmental cattle were famous for their milk production and drought capacity but were late maturing with little depth and coarse bones.
Flee Flee is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967-71, and "The Jeremy Spencer Band" (comprised of members of the Children of God new religious movement), with particularly strong input from Michael Fogarty. Released in 1979 (see 1979 in music), this is Spencer's third album apart from Fleetwood Mac, and his second recorded while a member of the Children of God.
Flee The Seen Flee The Seen is a Rock band based out of Kansas City, Missouri and is currently signed to Facedown Records. Contrary to both the general acts on the record label to which they are signed, and somewhat popular belief, Flee The Seen is neither a Christian or Straight Edge band.
Fleeing felon rule In Common law, the Fleeing Felon Rule permits the use of force, including deadly force, against an individual who is suspected of a felony and is in clear flight. Force may be used by the victim, bystanders, or police officers.
Fleeming Jenkin Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin (March 25 1833 - June 12 1885) was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, remarkable for his versatility. Known to the world as the inventor of telpherage, he was an electrician and cable engineer, a lecturer, linguist, critic, actor, dramatist and artist.
Fleet Acts The Fleet Acts were four separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1908, and 1912. These acts, championed by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Secretary of State for the Navy, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, committed Germany to building up a navy capable of competing with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
Fleet Admiral A Fleet Admiral or Admiral of the Fleet, as it was first coined, is a military naval officer of very high rank, if not the highest. It is also a generic term for a senior Admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a fleet or, in some cases, a group of fleets.
Fleet Admiral (science fiction) The rank of Fleet Admiral is common in many science fiction sources as a senior military officer who commands a fleet of spaceships and the rank has been mentioned in numerous films, television productions, and science fiction literature sources.
Fleet Admiral (U.S.) A Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy is an admiral considered to be the equivalent of the United States Army's General of the Army. The United States rank of Fleet Admiral was created in 1944 and was held during and after World War II by the following officers:
Fleet Admiral Cartwright Fleet Admiral Cartwright is a character of the Star Trek universe who appears in two feature films, those being Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He is one of only five Star Trek minor characters to make an appearance in more than one Star Trek film (the others being Sarek, Saavik, David Marcus, and the Klingon Ambassador played by actor John Schuck).
Fleet Admiral Morrow Fleet Admiral Morrow is a character in the fictional universe of Star Trek who makes an appearance as the Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet circa 2285. Morrow is also the first Star Trek character to be seen in a live action production holding the highest rank of Fleet Admiral.
Fleet Air Arm (RAN) The Fleet Air Arm (more formally known as the Australian Navy Aviation Group) is the operational part of the Royal Australian Navy responsible for the operation of aircraft aboard ship. The FAA is currently an all helicopter force, operating four separate types of helicopter in both the anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship roles.
Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team The Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) is a branch of the United States Marine Corps security forces and is capable of rapidly deploying to improve security at United States Government installations worldwide. FAST Marines are deployed at the discretion of the Chief of Naval Operations' and the Commandant of the Marine Corps when the primary and auxiliary security forces of the Marines are unable to adequately respond to a security crisis.
Fleet captain Fleet Captain is a rare military title that may be bestowed upon senior naval captains for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is to temporarily take command of more than one vessel. The rank can, therefore, be interpreted as a close equivalent to Commodore or to the 19th century rank of Flag Officer.
Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group The Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group's (FEWSG) mission as part of the US Navy was to provide electronic warfare simulation in a controlled environment during fleet exercises to help operators deal with EW threats, VAQ-33 and VAQ-34 were the primary electronic aggressor squadrons to provide these fleet services flying EA-3B, EA-4F, EA-6B, EA-7L and EP-3J. FEWSG was joined with the Fleet Deception Group Atlantic in May 1992 to form the Fleet Tactical Readiness Group (FTRG).
Fleet Faction The 'Fleet Faction (艦隊派 kantai-ha) was a group within the Imperial Japanese Navy of the 1920s times, who wanted unlimited naval growth to build the mightiest navy on the face of the earth; thus to challenge the supremacy of powers such as the United States and the USSR.Chuichi Nagumo as a member inside of militaristic Fleet Faction group, he also received a boost in his career from political forces.
Fleet in being In naval warfare, a fleet in being is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and face the enemy, it might lose in battle and no longer influence the enemy's actions, but by simply remaining safely in port the enemy is forced to continually deploy forces to guard against it.
Fleet Management Software Fleet management software is computer software that enables people to accomplish a series of specific tasks in the management of any or all aspects relating to a companies fleet of vehicles. These specific tasks encompass all operations from vehicle acquisition to disposal.
Fleet Marriage A Fleet Marriage is the best-known example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before 1753. It was one which took place in London's Fleet Prison during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (or FNMOC), known prior to 1995 as the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC), is a meteorological and oceanographic center located in Monterey, California. A United States Navy facility, it prepares worldwide weather and oceanographic forecasts every six hours, which are made available to the public by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Fleet of the LACMTA Most buses are equipped with monitors for Transit TV broadcasts and to display real-time bus maps to show the location through GPS navigation; the latter is the first of its kind in the United States. Also, as part of Metro's ATMS project, most buses include a marquee displaying the date and time, Automatic Voice Annunciation (AVA) for audio and visual announcements for each stop, and an audio and visual Stop Requested announcement.
Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines The Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (FPGRM), formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980-1983) and Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983-2001), is a commando-sized specialist unit of the Royal Marines responsible for guarding the United Kingdom's Naval nuclear weapons and other security-related duties.
Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy extended the lives of World War II-era destroyers by shifting their mission from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter.
Fleet Special A Fleet Special is a term applied to an automobile that is produced by a manufacturer with the express intent of it being sold in large volumes to corporate interests for business purposes rather than consumers for personal use.
Fleet Star F.C. Fleet Star Football Club are a football (soccer) club from the town of Gatehouse of Fleet in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. They originally competed in local amateur football in the Stewartry area, but switched to the South of Scotland Football League in 2004.
Fleet Street Lighthouse The Fleet Street Lighthouse is located at Fleet Street just east of the Princes' Gates at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. Built in 1861, the 3 storey wood structure was one of two major lighthouses in Toronto harbour.
Fleet Support Limited Fleet Support Limited (FSL) is a British company formed to run the Portsmouth Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation (FMRO) on a commercial basis. The FMRO was an agency of the Ministry of Defence responsible for repair and maintenance of Royal Navy vessels.
Fleet vehicle Fleet vehicles are groups of automobiles with a single owner, typically a company or corporation, rather than an individual or family. Typical examples are the vehicles owned by a car rental company, the vehicles owned by a utility company, and the vehicles owned by a security or police department.
Fleet Week Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock in a variety of major cities for one week. Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions.
FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo.
Fleeting Joys Fleeting Joys is an independent shoegazing band from Sacramento, California, United States of America founded in 2005 by John Loring and Rorika. Its influences include My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver and other shoegazer bands.
Fleetscut In Brian Jacques' fantasy world of Redwall, Fleetscut was an elderly hare residing within the legendary mountain of Salamandastron. He served as a personal aide to Lord Stonepaw, badger ruler of Salamandastron, and when the mountain came under threat from the Wildcat Ungatt Trunn and his Blue Hordes, Fleetscut volunteered to leave the mountain to search for help.
Fleetwith Pike Fleetwith Pike is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 648Â metres (2,126Â feet). The fell is a well known feature of the area as it casts an imposing presence over Buttermere lake and the Honister Pass B5289 motor road between Borrowdale and Buttermere.
Fleetwood Branch Line The Fleetwood Branch Line consists of the train line from Preston to Fleetwood once it reached Kirkham and Wesham it continued on towards Fleetwood. It passed through many smaller stations along the way (most of which are now closed).
Fleetwood Lindley Fleetwood Lindley (1888-February 1,1963) was the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's body after burial. In 1901, when Lincoln was exhumed for transfer to a new tomb, Lindley's father was in the Honor Guard and took Fleetwood out of school to help lower the casket.
Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (formed in July 1967) is an influential and commercially successful Anglo-American band that has had a high turn-over of personnel, and varied levels of success. The only two members who have been in the band from the beginning are its namesakes, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, while keyboardist Christine McVie has to date appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician.
Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al) with Fleetwood Mac, a British (electric) blues band, and some of their Chicago blues mentors.
Fleetwood Metal Body Fleetwood Metal Body was an automobile coachbuilder and eventually integrated into General Motors Corporation. The name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars.
Fleetwood Sheppard Fleetwood Sheppard (sometimes spelled as "Shepphard," "Sheppheard," and "Sheppeard") (January 1, 1634 - August 25, 1698) was a British courtier and literary wit who was instrumental in the courts of Charles II of England and William of Orange. He was an educated man known for his lively wit and honesty, and he was an important figure in the poetry of the 1680s and 1690s.
Fleggburgh Fleggburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, sometimes also known as Burgh St Margaret. It is situated to the west of the Trinity Broads complex with the Broads National Park, some 12 km north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 km east of the city of Norwich.
Flehmen response The flehmen response, also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehming, or flehmening, is a particular type of curling of the lips in ungulates, felids, and many other mammals, which facilitates the transfer of odorant chemicals into the vomeronasal organ. In the flehmen reaction, animals draw back their lips in a manner that makes them appear to be "grimacing".
Flechette The word flechette is French and means "dart" (literally, "little arrow"). It is a projectile having the form of a small metal dart, usually steel, with a sharp-pointed tip and a tail with several vanes to stabilize it during flight.
Flechette (company) Flechette is an independent film and television production company operating from Glasgow, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland. The company has had a close association with filmmaker Garfield Kennedy (who produced and directed the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award winning 9/11 documentary, NOVA: Why the Towers Fell, for PBS broadcaster WGBH Boston).
Flechette rifle In the Hyperion universe based upon Dan Simmons' novels, the flechette rifle or pistol was loaded with "egg shaped" cartridges that, when fired, deployed into a cloud of several thousand hyper-velocity steel needles, in a manner similar to the discharge of a shotgun shell, though much more deadly and effective for longer range than a shotgun.
Fleisher Yarn Fleisher Yarn began as an amateur company soccer club of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia and quickly became a national amateur soccer power. They won the Philadelphia Industrial League championship in 1920/21, both the Allied Amateur Cup of Philadelphia and Philadelphia's Telegraph Cup in 1922, a "quadruple" in 1923 winning the Allied Amateur League, the Allied Amateur League Cup, the Allied Amateur Cup, and the American Cup (the last by defeating the professional J&P Coats of the American Soccer League), and the inaugural National Amateur Cup in 1924.
Fleishman-Hillard Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the world's largest public relations agencies, with a global network of offices as well as offices in 22 cities in the United States.
Fleischbutter Fleischbutter (meat butter) is a combination of ground meat, butter, and spices, used as a spread. Fleischbutter is a regional specialty in parts of south and west Germany, and either unknown or considered borderline perverse in the north and east.
Fleischkuekle Fleischkuekle is a type of meat pie made with flat bread, similar to a Cornish pasty, or Russian vareniki. The dish is traditional German Russian recipe, and through immigration became an addition to the Cuisine of North Dakota.
Fleiss' kappa Fleiss' kappa is a variant of Cohen's kappa, a statistical measure of inter-rater reliability. Where Cohen's kappa works for only two raters, Fleiss' kappa works for any constant number of raters giving categorical ratings (see nominal data), to a fixed number of items.
Flekkefjord Flekkefjord is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway, and is the westernmost town of the geographical region Sørlandet. The municipality is bounded by Sokndal and Lund in Rogaland county to the west, by Sirdal to the north and by Kvinesdal to the east.
Fleksnes Fataliteter Fleksnes Fataliteter, commonly known only as Fleksnes, was a Norwegian television comedy series produced between 1972 and 1988, and based on scripts for a British show called "Hancock's Half Hour" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The show was rewritten in Norwegian by Bo Hermansson.
Fleming (crater) Fleming is a large lunar crater that is located on the Moon's far side, and can not be seen from the Earth. It lies about a crater diameter to the east-northeast of Hertz crater, and to the northwest of Lobachevskiy crater.
Fleming McWilliams Fleming McWilliams is a singer and songwriter who is best known for being half of the husband and wife rock and roll duo, Fleming and John. McWilliams' husband is musician John Mark Painter, who she married in August 1991.
Fleming Road Fleming Road (菲林ćŽé“) is a road in Wan Chai and Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The road begins south with Johnston Road, runs across Hennessy Road, Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road, flies over Gloucester Road and runs across Harbour Road and ends at the junction with Convention Avenue and Expo Drive East.
Fleming-Viot process The term Fleming-Viot process refers to a particular subset of Markov processes as defined in the 1979 paper, "Some measure-valued Markov processes in population genetics theory", by Wendell H. Fleming and Michel Viot.
Flavius Mihail Moldovan Flavius Mihail Moldovan (born July 27, 1976) is a Romanian football defender who currently plays for the Romanian league side Rapid Bucureşti. Moldovan has also had a few caps for the Romanian national side during his career, which spans back to 1998, when he joined ASA Tîrgu Mureş.
Flavius Paulus Paul was a Hispano-Roman duke of the Visigothic king Wamba. In 672, when sent to crush the rebellion of Hilderic of Nîmes and the Jews in Septimania and Catalonia, he converted to Judaism and proclaimed himself king in Narbonne as Flavius Paulus.
Flavo Protein Flavo Protein is the first protein found on the Electron Transport Chain (ETC). In aerobic respiration, 1 glucose molecule can produce an average of 36 ATP (Adenosine triphosphate - stuff that you can use for energy).
Flavoprotein Flavoproteins are proteins that contain a nucleic acid derivative of riboflavin: the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) or flavin mononucleotide (FMN). These proteins act as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions inside the mitochondria.
Flavor Flavor or flavour (see spelling differences) is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat, may also occasionally determine flavor.
Flavor changing neutral current In theoretical physics, flavor changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are expressions that change the flavor of a fermion current without altering its electric charge. If they occur in the Lagrangian, they may induce processes that have not been observed in experiment.
Flavor of Love Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy. The show is part of VH1's Celebreality lineup and its format is similar to that of The Bachelor, with contestants living in a mansion and being put through various challenges while Flav chooses to keep or eliminate them.
Flavor of the Month Flavor of the Month (FOTM) is Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game jargon designating a class of player which has easier to play because (or more powerful over other players). Because this class is preferred by players who seek fast success rather than a challenge, FOTM possesses negative connotations.
Flavor scalping Flavor scalping is a term used in the packaging industry to describe the loss of quality of a packaged item due to either its volatile flavors being absorbed by the packaging or the item absorbing undesirable flavors from its packaging. A classic example is the absorption of various plastic flavors when soft drinks are stored in plastic bottles for an extended period.
Flavor spray Flavor Spray was voted by Time magazine as one of the most amazing products of 2005. Invented by Chef David Burke, known for his Willie Wonka–like creations at New York City restaurant Davidburke & Donatella, flavor sprays that mimic the taste of high-calorie foods but have no fat, calories or carbs.
Flavor text Flavor text is the name given to text for action figure character backgrounds, playing cards, or within the pages of a role-playing game's rulebook. While appropriate to the product's or game's story concept, it usually has no effect on the mechanics of the game, but instead serves to add realism or characterization to the item in question.
Flavored liquor Flavoured liquors or Flavored liquors are distilled alcoholic beverages with added flavorings. They are distinct from liqueurs in that liqueurs have a high sugar content, whereas flavored liquors contain no added sugar.
Flavorist A flavorist, also known as flavor chemist, is someone who uses both chemistry and art to engineer artificial and natural flavors. Affordable refrigeration for the home spurred a major growth of food processing technology.
Flavors (computer science) Flavors, an early object-oriented extension to Lisp developed by Howard Cannon at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for the Lisp machine, was the first programming language to include mixins.pg 46 of Thompson, C.
Flavour (particle physics) Flavour or flavor (see spelling differences), in the context of particle physics, is a quantum number of elementary particles related to their weak interactions. In the electroweak theory this symmetry is gauged, and flavour changing processes exist.
Flavour Magazine Flavour Magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine geared towards 18-30 year old multi-cultural urban audiences. The magazine is characterised by its commitment to promoting new talent, particularly UK music artists and the beautiful diverse models that grace its pages in exclusive photo shoots.
Flavour of the Old School Flavour of the Old School was the debut single by British soul singer, Beverley Knight. The track, which peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in March 1995, was accompanied by a low budget video that saw Knight in the recording studio singing directly into the camera.
Flaw hypothesis methodology Flaw hypothesis methodology - A system analysis and penetration technique where specifications and documentation for the systems are analyzed and then flaws in the system are hypothesized. The list of hypothesized flaws is then prioritized on the basis of the estimated probability that a flaw actually exists and, assuming a flaw does exist, on the ease of exploiting it and on the extent of control or compromise it would provided.
Flaw of averages Flaw of averages is a term coined by Sam Savage of Stanford University to describe the mathematical concept of Jensen's inequality to business executives and students. The flaw of averages states in effect that:
Flawed (song) "Flawed" is a song written by Billymann, Delta Goodrem and Chris Rojas, performed by Delta Goodrem. The song was the first song that Goodrem released in Japan and is taken from her Japanese version of from the album Innocent Eyes.
Flax Bourton Flax Bourton is a village in North Somerset, England, situated on the edge of Nailsea Moor five miles south west of Bristol city centre. It has a primary school, one pub named The Dew Drop Inn (previously The Jubilee Inn), a church dating back to Norman times and is the home of Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club.
Flax Hall Primary School Flax Hall Primary School was a primary school located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1950s in Eve Lane - on the border with Dudley - to serve a newly completed council housing estate which was developed on adjoining farmland.
Flaxid Cricket Club Flaxid Cricket Club is famous cricket club based in Newcastle, Australia. It was founded in 1986 and in 2006 it celebrates its 20th season in the Newcastle & District Cricket Association's City and Suburban competition.
Flaxley Flaxley is a small settlement in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, located in between the larger villages of Westbury-on-Severn and Mitcheldean at the foot of the Vale of Castiard. The most significant feature of the village is Flaxley Abbey which dates back the 12th Century and is now a private residence, although the summer village fetes are still held here.
Flaxton railway station Flaxton railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Flaxton on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5th July 1845 by the York & North Midland Railway. It closed on 22nd September 1930.
Flaxton Rural District Flaxton was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the York Rural Sanitary District which was in the North Riding.
FlĂĄklypa Grand Prix FlĂĄklypa Grand Prix (released under the English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix") is a Norwegian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It was released in 1975 and is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust.
Flåvær Flåvær is a fishing station on a group of islets and skerries in Norway in the Herøyfjord, Herøy municipality, Møre og Romsdal County. It includes the islets Flåvær, Husholmen, Torvholmen and Varholmen (the Norwegian term holme translates as islet, signifying that these are small).
FlĂĽchtlinge FlĂĽchtlinge (Refugees) was a 1933 German film depicting Volga German refugees persecuted by the Bolsheviks on the Sino-Russian border in Manchuria in 1928. The refugees are rescued by an athletic, blonde German leader much like the FĂĽhrer; the symbolism is obviously intended to emulate Adolf Hitler.
Flóabardagi Flóabardagi (English: Battle of the Gulf) was a naval battle which took place on June 25 1244 off the coast of Iceland during the Sturlungaöld civil war. The conflicting parties were the followers of Þórður kakali Sighvatsson and those of Kolbeinn "the young" Arnórsson.
Flávia Delaroli Flávia Renata Delaroli Cazziolato (born December 28, 1983 in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A resident of São Paulo, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Flûte d'amour The flûte d'amour or flauto d'amore is pitched in either A or B-flat and is intermediate in size between the modern C concert flute, and the alto flute in G. It is the mezzo soprano member of the flute family.
Fløan church The Fløan church was a medieval church that stood in Fløan in Skatval, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway around 12 km north-west of the centre of neighbouring Stjørdal. The first written record of the church is in Aslak Bolt's register from 1432.
Flèche A flèche (from the French for arrow) is used in French architecture to refer to a spire and in English to refer to a lead-covered timber spire. These are placed on the ridges of church or cathedral roofs and are usually relatively small.
Flea Flea is the common name for any of the small wingless insects of the order Siphonaptera (some authorities use the name Aphaniptera because it is older, but names above family rank do not follow the rules of priority, so most taxonomists use the more familiar name). Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds, and genetic and morphological evidence indicates that they are descendants of the Scorpionfly family Boreidae, which are also flightless; accordingly it is possible that they will eventually be reclassified as a suborder within the Mecoptera.
Flea beetle Flea beetle is a general name applied to the small, jumping beetles of the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. Two differing viewpoints hold that flea beetles are either a distinct subfamily, the Alticinae, or that they make up the tribe Alticini, which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae.
Flea circus A flea circus refers to a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas were attached to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing. Fresnel lenses were mounted on all sides of the housing to allow visitors to view the attraction.
Flea market A flea market, also known as a swap meet in the USA, is a place where vendors come to sell or trade their goods. The goods are usually inexpensive and range in quality depending on several factors which might include; urban or rural location, part of the country, or popularity/size of the flea market.
Fleabag Trilogy The Fleabag Trilogy is a series of three fantasy children's novels by British author Beth Webb. Set in a fantasy world, the series chronicles the trials and tribulations of Gemma and her friend and companion, the titular character Fleabag, a talking black cat.
Fleam Dyke Fleam Dyke is an earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, generally assumed to be Anglo-Saxon of origin. As a few potsherds of the early and late Bronze age were found in the most eastern part of the dyke it seems that much older earthworks have been used.
Flecainide Flecainide acetate is a class Ic antiarrhythmic agent used to prevent and treat tachyarrhythmias (abnormal fast rhythms of the heart). It is used to treat a variety of cardiac arrhythmias including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (episodic irregular heartbeat originating in the upper chamber of the heart), paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (episodic rapid but regular heartbeat originating in the atrium), and ventricular tachycardia (rapid rhythms of the lower chambers of the heart).
Fleckfin dottyback The fleckfin dottyback, Pseudoplesiops wassi, is a species of dottyback fish. It is found associated with coral reefs and other rocky coastal habitats in a large part of the south-western Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, the Caroline Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Samoa and the Solomon Islands.
Flecko Flecko is a minor character in Rocko's Modern Life who appears in the episodes "Day of the Flecko", in which he is a prolonged nuisance to Rocko as the latter tries to get to sleep and "Fly Burgers", in which he sues Rocko after feigning serious injury.
Flecktarn Flecktarn (also known as Flecktarnmuster, Flecktar, Flectar, or simply Fleck) is a 5-colour disruptive camouflage pattern, comprising black, dark green, grey-green and rust-red clumps and spots on a light green background. The use of spots creates a "dithering" effect, which eliminates hard boundaries between the different colours in much the same way the squares in the newest digital camouflage patterns do.
Fleckvieh cattle Fleckvieh cattle started in 1830 when original Simmental Cattle from Switzerland were imported to Bavaria and to Austria to improve the local dual-purpose breeds. At these times, the Simmental cattle were famous for their milk production and drought capacity but were late maturing with little depth and coarse bones.
Flee Flee is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967-71, and "The Jeremy Spencer Band" (comprised of members of the Children of God new religious movement), with particularly strong input from Michael Fogarty. Released in 1979 (see 1979 in music), this is Spencer's third album apart from Fleetwood Mac, and his second recorded while a member of the Children of God.
Flee The Seen Flee The Seen is a Rock band based out of Kansas City, Missouri and is currently signed to Facedown Records. Contrary to both the general acts on the record label to which they are signed, and somewhat popular belief, Flee The Seen is neither a Christian or Straight Edge band.
Fleeing felon rule In Common law, the Fleeing Felon Rule permits the use of force, including deadly force, against an individual who is suspected of a felony and is in clear flight. Force may be used by the victim, bystanders, or police officers.
Fleeming Jenkin Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin (March 25 1833 - June 12 1885) was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, remarkable for his versatility. Known to the world as the inventor of telpherage, he was an electrician and cable engineer, a lecturer, linguist, critic, actor, dramatist and artist.
Fleet Acts The Fleet Acts were four separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1908, and 1912. These acts, championed by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Secretary of State for the Navy, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, committed Germany to building up a navy capable of competing with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
Fleet Admiral A Fleet Admiral or Admiral of the Fleet, as it was first coined, is a military naval officer of very high rank, if not the highest. It is also a generic term for a senior Admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a fleet or, in some cases, a group of fleets.
Fleet Admiral (science fiction) The rank of Fleet Admiral is common in many science fiction sources as a senior military officer who commands a fleet of spaceships and the rank has been mentioned in numerous films, television productions, and science fiction literature sources.
Fleet Admiral (U.S.) A Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy is an admiral considered to be the equivalent of the United States Army's General of the Army. The United States rank of Fleet Admiral was created in 1944 and was held during and after World War II by the following officers:
Fleet Admiral Cartwright Fleet Admiral Cartwright is a character of the Star Trek universe who appears in two feature films, those being Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He is one of only five Star Trek minor characters to make an appearance in more than one Star Trek film (the others being Sarek, Saavik, David Marcus, and the Klingon Ambassador played by actor John Schuck).
Fleet Admiral Morrow Fleet Admiral Morrow is a character in the fictional universe of Star Trek who makes an appearance as the Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet circa 2285. Morrow is also the first Star Trek character to be seen in a live action production holding the highest rank of Fleet Admiral.
Fleet Air Arm (RAN) The Fleet Air Arm (more formally known as the Australian Navy Aviation Group) is the operational part of the Royal Australian Navy responsible for the operation of aircraft aboard ship. The FAA is currently an all helicopter force, operating four separate types of helicopter in both the anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship roles.
Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team The Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) is a branch of the United States Marine Corps security forces and is capable of rapidly deploying to improve security at United States Government installations worldwide. FAST Marines are deployed at the discretion of the Chief of Naval Operations' and the Commandant of the Marine Corps when the primary and auxiliary security forces of the Marines are unable to adequately respond to a security crisis.
Fleet captain Fleet Captain is a rare military title that may be bestowed upon senior naval captains for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is to temporarily take command of more than one vessel. The rank can, therefore, be interpreted as a close equivalent to Commodore or to the 19th century rank of Flag Officer.
Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group The Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group's (FEWSG) mission as part of the US Navy was to provide electronic warfare simulation in a controlled environment during fleet exercises to help operators deal with EW threats, VAQ-33 and VAQ-34 were the primary electronic aggressor squadrons to provide these fleet services flying EA-3B, EA-4F, EA-6B, EA-7L and EP-3J. FEWSG was joined with the Fleet Deception Group Atlantic in May 1992 to form the Fleet Tactical Readiness Group (FTRG).
Fleet Faction The 'Fleet Faction (艦隊派 kantai-ha) was a group within the Imperial Japanese Navy of the 1920s times, who wanted unlimited naval growth to build the mightiest navy on the face of the earth; thus to challenge the supremacy of powers such as the United States and the USSR.Chuichi Nagumo as a member inside of militaristic Fleet Faction group, he also received a boost in his career from political forces.
Fleet in being In naval warfare, a fleet in being is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and face the enemy, it might lose in battle and no longer influence the enemy's actions, but by simply remaining safely in port the enemy is forced to continually deploy forces to guard against it.
Fleet Management Software Fleet management software is computer software that enables people to accomplish a series of specific tasks in the management of any or all aspects relating to a companies fleet of vehicles. These specific tasks encompass all operations from vehicle acquisition to disposal.
Fleet Marriage A Fleet Marriage is the best-known example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before 1753. It was one which took place in London's Fleet Prison during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (or FNMOC), known prior to 1995 as the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC), is a meteorological and oceanographic center located in Monterey, California. A United States Navy facility, it prepares worldwide weather and oceanographic forecasts every six hours, which are made available to the public by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Fleet of the LACMTA Most buses are equipped with monitors for Transit TV broadcasts and to display real-time bus maps to show the location through GPS navigation; the latter is the first of its kind in the United States. Also, as part of Metro's ATMS project, most buses include a marquee displaying the date and time, Automatic Voice Annunciation (AVA) for audio and visual announcements for each stop, and an audio and visual Stop Requested announcement.
Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines The Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (FPGRM), formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980-1983) and Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983-2001), is a commando-sized specialist unit of the Royal Marines responsible for guarding the United Kingdom's Naval nuclear weapons and other security-related duties.
Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy extended the lives of World War II-era destroyers by shifting their mission from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter.
Fleet Special A Fleet Special is a term applied to an automobile that is produced by a manufacturer with the express intent of it being sold in large volumes to corporate interests for business purposes rather than consumers for personal use.
Fleet Star F.C. Fleet Star Football Club are a football (soccer) club from the town of Gatehouse of Fleet in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. They originally competed in local amateur football in the Stewartry area, but switched to the South of Scotland Football League in 2004.
Fleet Street Lighthouse The Fleet Street Lighthouse is located at Fleet Street just east of the Princes' Gates at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. Built in 1861, the 3 storey wood structure was one of two major lighthouses in Toronto harbour.
Fleet Support Limited Fleet Support Limited (FSL) is a British company formed to run the Portsmouth Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation (FMRO) on a commercial basis. The FMRO was an agency of the Ministry of Defence responsible for repair and maintenance of Royal Navy vessels.
Fleet vehicle Fleet vehicles are groups of automobiles with a single owner, typically a company or corporation, rather than an individual or family. Typical examples are the vehicles owned by a car rental company, the vehicles owned by a utility company, and the vehicles owned by a security or police department.
Fleet Week Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock in a variety of major cities for one week. Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions.
FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo.
Fleeting Joys Fleeting Joys is an independent shoegazing band from Sacramento, California, United States of America founded in 2005 by John Loring and Rorika. Its influences include My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver and other shoegazer bands.
Fleetscut In Brian Jacques' fantasy world of Redwall, Fleetscut was an elderly hare residing within the legendary mountain of Salamandastron. He served as a personal aide to Lord Stonepaw, badger ruler of Salamandastron, and when the mountain came under threat from the Wildcat Ungatt Trunn and his Blue Hordes, Fleetscut volunteered to leave the mountain to search for help.
Fleetwith Pike Fleetwith Pike is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 648Â metres (2,126Â feet). The fell is a well known feature of the area as it casts an imposing presence over Buttermere lake and the Honister Pass B5289 motor road between Borrowdale and Buttermere.
Fleetwood Branch Line The Fleetwood Branch Line consists of the train line from Preston to Fleetwood once it reached Kirkham and Wesham it continued on towards Fleetwood. It passed through many smaller stations along the way (most of which are now closed).
Fleetwood Lindley Fleetwood Lindley (1888-February 1,1963) was the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's body after burial. In 1901, when Lincoln was exhumed for transfer to a new tomb, Lindley's father was in the Honor Guard and took Fleetwood out of school to help lower the casket.
Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (formed in July 1967) is an influential and commercially successful Anglo-American band that has had a high turn-over of personnel, and varied levels of success. The only two members who have been in the band from the beginning are its namesakes, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, while keyboardist Christine McVie has to date appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician.
Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al) with Fleetwood Mac, a British (electric) blues band, and some of their Chicago blues mentors.
Fleetwood Metal Body Fleetwood Metal Body was an automobile coachbuilder and eventually integrated into General Motors Corporation. The name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars.
Fleetwood Sheppard Fleetwood Sheppard (sometimes spelled as "Shepphard," "Sheppheard," and "Sheppeard") (January 1, 1634 - August 25, 1698) was a British courtier and literary wit who was instrumental in the courts of Charles II of England and William of Orange. He was an educated man known for his lively wit and honesty, and he was an important figure in the poetry of the 1680s and 1690s.
Fleggburgh Fleggburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, sometimes also known as Burgh St Margaret. It is situated to the west of the Trinity Broads complex with the Broads National Park, some 12 km north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 km east of the city of Norwich.
Flehmen response The flehmen response, also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehming, or flehmening, is a particular type of curling of the lips in ungulates, felids, and many other mammals, which facilitates the transfer of odorant chemicals into the vomeronasal organ. In the flehmen reaction, animals draw back their lips in a manner that makes them appear to be "grimacing".
Flechette The word flechette is French and means "dart" (literally, "little arrow"). It is a projectile having the form of a small metal dart, usually steel, with a sharp-pointed tip and a tail with several vanes to stabilize it during flight.
Flechette (company) Flechette is an independent film and television production company operating from Glasgow, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland. The company has had a close association with filmmaker Garfield Kennedy (who produced and directed the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award winning 9/11 documentary, NOVA: Why the Towers Fell, for PBS broadcaster WGBH Boston).
Flechette rifle In the Hyperion universe based upon Dan Simmons' novels, the flechette rifle or pistol was loaded with "egg shaped" cartridges that, when fired, deployed into a cloud of several thousand hyper-velocity steel needles, in a manner similar to the discharge of a shotgun shell, though much more deadly and effective for longer range than a shotgun.
Fleisher Yarn Fleisher Yarn began as an amateur company soccer club of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia and quickly became a national amateur soccer power. They won the Philadelphia Industrial League championship in 1920/21, both the Allied Amateur Cup of Philadelphia and Philadelphia's Telegraph Cup in 1922, a "quadruple" in 1923 winning the Allied Amateur League, the Allied Amateur League Cup, the Allied Amateur Cup, and the American Cup (the last by defeating the professional J&P Coats of the American Soccer League), and the inaugural National Amateur Cup in 1924.
Fleishman-Hillard Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the world's largest public relations agencies, with a global network of offices as well as offices in 22 cities in the United States.
Fleischbutter Fleischbutter (meat butter) is a combination of ground meat, butter, and spices, used as a spread. Fleischbutter is a regional specialty in parts of south and west Germany, and either unknown or considered borderline perverse in the north and east.
Fleischkuekle Fleischkuekle is a type of meat pie made with flat bread, similar to a Cornish pasty, or Russian vareniki. The dish is traditional German Russian recipe, and through immigration became an addition to the Cuisine of North Dakota.
Fleiss' kappa Fleiss' kappa is a variant of Cohen's kappa, a statistical measure of inter-rater reliability. Where Cohen's kappa works for only two raters, Fleiss' kappa works for any constant number of raters giving categorical ratings (see nominal data), to a fixed number of items.
Flekkefjord Flekkefjord is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway, and is the westernmost town of the geographical region Sørlandet. The municipality is bounded by Sokndal and Lund in Rogaland county to the west, by Sirdal to the north and by Kvinesdal to the east.
Fleksnes Fataliteter Fleksnes Fataliteter, commonly known only as Fleksnes, was a Norwegian television comedy series produced between 1972 and 1988, and based on scripts for a British show called "Hancock's Half Hour" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The show was rewritten in Norwegian by Bo Hermansson.
Fleming (crater) Fleming is a large lunar crater that is located on the Moon's far side, and can not be seen from the Earth. It lies about a crater diameter to the east-northeast of Hertz crater, and to the northwest of Lobachevskiy crater.
Fleming McWilliams Fleming McWilliams is a singer and songwriter who is best known for being half of the husband and wife rock and roll duo, Fleming and John. McWilliams' husband is musician John Mark Painter, who she married in August 1991.
Fleming Road Fleming Road (菲林ćŽé“) is a road in Wan Chai and Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The road begins south with Johnston Road, runs across Hennessy Road, Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road, flies over Gloucester Road and runs across Harbour Road and ends at the junction with Convention Avenue and Expo Drive East.
Fleming-Viot process The term Fleming-Viot process refers to a particular subset of Markov processes as defined in the 1979 paper, "Some measure-valued Markov processes in population genetics theory", by Wendell H. Fleming and Michel Viot.
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