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FleXML FleXML is an XML transformation language originally developed by Kristofer Rose. It allows a programmer to specify actions in C programming language or C++, and associate those actions with element definitions in an XML DTD.
Flick Affair The Flick Affair was a German political scandal of the early 1980s relating to political contributions by the Flick company, a major German conglomerate, to various political parties "for the cultivation of the political landscape". Otto Graf Lambsdorff, then minister for economic affairs, was forced to resign in 1984 after being accused of accepting bribes from Flick.
Flick grinder A flick-grinder is a rough and ready surface grinder or tool and cutter grinder, its usage is varied but it may be used where great accuracy is not required, but a machine better than a bench grinder is required.
Flicker (screen) Flicker is visible fading between image frames displayed on cathode ray tube (CRT) based monitor. Flicker occurs when the monitor's CRT is driven at a low refresh rate, allowing the screen's phosphors to lose their excitation (afterglow) between sweeps of the electron gun.
Flicker fixer A flicker fixer is a piece of computer hardware that de-interlaces the output video signal. The purpose of a flicker fixer is to adjust a video signal prepared for TV to the needs of an ordinary CRT computer display.
Flicker fusion threshold The flicker fusion threshold (or flicker fusion rate) is a concept in the psychophysics of vision. It is defined as the frequency at which an intermittent light stimulus appears to be completely steady to the observer (this article centers around human observers).
Flicker Film Festival Flicker Film Festival is an ongoing film festival that happens in many cities around the world. This non-competitive film screening series is dedicated to giving local filmmakers an outlet and forum for their Super 8 and 16 mm short films.
Flicker-free Flicker-free (or 100 Hz or 120 Hz, depending on country) is a term given to televisions that operate at a 100 or 120 hertz frame rate to eliminate flicker, compared to standard televisions that operate at 50 Hz (PAL, SÉCAM systems) or 60 Hz (NTSC). Flicker-free technology noticeably improves viewing quality.
Flickerball Flickerball is a group sport played with an American football in similar situations to dodgeball, such as Gym Class/PE (Physical Education) classes. It is played in a group of 6 to 40 players who are equally divided into two teams.
Flickinger field In the science fiction works of Jack McDevitt, a Flickinger field is an enegy barrier generated by a device small enough to be carried by a person that can contain an atmosphere and regulate the environment for the individual. Essentially the Flickinger field replaces a space suit and allows a person to explore alien environments unencumbered.
Flicky (bird) Flicky is a fictional female bluebird who debuted in the arcade game Flicky as the main character and has since become a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series as a species commonly used for "organic batteries" in the evil Doctor Eggman's robots, also known as Badniks. They also play integral parts in Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Adventure.
FliegerfĂĽhrer Afrika This unit, as part of Luftflotte 2, acted in the Mediterranean and Libya in North African areas during 1941-1942. The commanders were Generalmajor Frohlich and Generalleutnant Hoffman von Waldau, who led the German air support to the German Afrika Korps campaign during the winter of 1941-1942.
Flies (Asimov) Flies is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the June 1953 issue of Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and later appeared in Asimov's collections Nightfall and Other Stories (1969).
Flies (short story) "Flies" is a short story by Robert Silverberg from Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions inspired by a quote from King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.
Flies (song) Flies was a song by Swedish death metal band Mental Break, written by their frontman Jotte PD. The lyrics were typically dark, with their description of a man who lied so much that he rotted inside, and flies began to appear.
Flies graveyard Flies Graveyard or Flies Cemetery are nicknames used in various parts of the United Kingdom for sweet pastries filled with currants or raisins, which are the "flies" in the "graveyard" or "cemetery". In Scotland the formal name is fruit slice or fruit squares, and it is traditional fare at Hogmanay.
Flight Flight is the process by which an animal or object achieves sustained movement either through the air by aerodynamically generating lift or aerostatically using buoyancy, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight.
Flight (comic) Flight is a comics anthology series edited by Kazu Kibuishi, showcasing young and innovative arists and writers. According to Volume One's Afterword by "Scott McCloud's Brain", the average age of its contributors was 24 years, although Volume Two features one or two older contributors.
Flight (military unit) A flight is a military unit in an air force, naval air service, or army air corps. It usually comprises three to six aircraft, with their aircrews and ground staff; or, in the case of a non-flying ground flight, no aircraft and a roughly equivalent number of support personnel.
Flight 714 Flight 714 (Vol 714 pour Sydney), first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero.
Flight 93 (TV film) Flight 93 is a 2006 made-for-TV film chronicling the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. It premiered January 30, 2006 on the A&E Network and was re-broadcast several times throughout 2006.
Flight 93 National Memorial Flight 93 National Memorial protects the site of the crash of hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, approximately 2 miles north of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A temporary memorial to the 40 victims of the hijacking was established soon after the crash, with a permanent memorial slated to be constructed and completed by 2011.
Flight attendant Flight attendants, formerly known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses and stewards, are airline staff employed as attendants primarily for the safety of the passengers. Their secondary function is the care and comfort of the passengers.
Flight Attendants and Related Services Association The Flight Attendants & Related Services Association (FARSA) is a national trade union in New Zealand. It represents flight attendants at Jetconnect Long & Short Haul, Mt Cook, Freedom Air, Air Nelson, Air NZ Pacific and Air NZ Long Haul.
Flight ceiling A flight ceiling is the upper altitudinal limit at which any aircraft may fly given its mechanical abilities. For aviation purposes, ceiling is defined as the height (AGL) of the lowest broken or overcast layer aloft or vertical visibility into an obscuration.
Flight controller Flight controllers are personnel who aid in the operations of a space flight, working in Mission Control Centers such as NASA's Mission Control Center, or ESA's Operations Center. Flight controllers sit at computer consoles and use telemetry to monitor in real time various technical aspects of a manned space mission.
Flight Cadet A Flight Cadet is a military or civilian title that is held by someone who is in training to operate an airplane. The training need not to become a pilot, as Flight Cadets may also be learning to serve as a co-pilot, navigator, or flight engineer.
Flight data recorder The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. A separate device is the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), although some recent types combine both in one unit.
Flight deck The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the flight deck.
Flight dynamics Flight dynamics is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are rotations in three dimensions around the vehicle's coordinate system origin, the center of mass.
Flight engineer In aviation, a flight engineer (also referred to as systems operator ) is a member of the aircrew of an aircraft who is responsible for checking the aircraft before and after each flight, and for monitoring aircraft systems during flight. These systems include pressurization, fuel, environmental, hydraulic, and electrical.
Flight envelope In aerodynamics, the flight envelope or performance envelope of an aircraft refers to the capabilities of a design in terms of speed and altitude. The term is somewhat loosely applied, and can also refer to other measurements such as maneuverability.
Flight from Death Narrated by Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, Vanity Fair, Miller's Crossing), Flight from Death was the first film to investigate the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to subconscious influences. The film uncovered death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level.
Flight from the Dark Flight from the Dark was the first book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever. According to sales figures, this first book sold over 100,000 copies in its first month of publication alone.
Flight information display system A flight information display system (FIDS) is a board or a television screen displaying in real-time the different arrivals or departures occurring over a specific period of time. It is located inside or near an airport terminal.
Flight instructor A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly aircraft. Specific privileges granted to holders of a flight instructor certificate vary from country to country, but very generally, a flight instructor serves to enhance or evaluate the knowledge and skill level of an aviator in pursuit of a higher airman certificate or rating.
Flight interruption manifest A Flight Interruption Manifest (FIM) is a document issued by an airline as a substitute ticket for passengers experiencing irregularities during travel when the original ticket is not available. [http://airtravel.
Flight into Danger Flight into Danger is a 1956 Canadian television play starring Corinne Conley, James Doohan, Kate Reid, Zachary Scott and Philip Gilbert. The 60-minute play was written by Arthur Hailey, produced and screened by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcast on August 20 1956 in the General Motors Theatre strand.
Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt describes an event in the Gospel of Matthew, in which Joseph fled to Egypt with his wife Mary and Jesus, after the visit of the magi, having been warned by an angel that Herod had planned a massacre in order to kill Jesus, because a prophesy seemed to say that Jesus may grow up to be a threat to Herod's throne. Matthew is repeatedly careful to describe Joseph only as the husband of Jesus's mother, rather than as Jesus's father.
Flight Information Region A Flight Information Region (FIR) is an aviation term used to describe airspace with specific dimensions, in which a Flight Information Service and an alerting service are provided. It is the largest regular division of airspace in use in the world today.
Flight Instructor Badge The Flight Instructor Badge was a decoration of the United States Army during the Second World War. The badge was issued to members of the United States Army Air Forces who were civilian pilots, appointed as military flight instructors and granted officer commissions to train at military pilot schools.
Flight Level Aviation Flight Level Aviation is a provider of advanced or recurrent instrument flight training for pilots of single-engine and multi-engine piston aircraft. Their particular specialties are training in the Cessna 210, T210, and P210 series of aircraft; IFR emergency training; and deadstick instrument approach training.
Flight Lieutenant Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt in the RAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF, F/L in the RCAF prior to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above Flying Officer and immediately below Squadron Leader.
Flight mode Flight mode (or airplane mode) is a feature included in some electronic devices that deactivates radio transmitters and receivers. It mostly applies to cell phones, but it is applicable to any electronic device that transmits radio signals as its primary function.
Flight Meteorologist Badge The Flight Meteorologist Badge is a military badge decoration of the United States Navy which is issued to officers of the Restricted Line who are commissioned as weather and meteorology specialists. To be issued the Flight Meteorologist Badge, an officer must also have completed flight training to qualify as a Naval Aircrew Member.
Flight of Fear (Kings Dominion) Flight of Fear is an enclosed launched roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. It is one of two roller coasters named Flight of Fear; the two rides are clones of each other, and the other Flight of Fear is located at Kings Island.
Flight of Fear (Paramount's Kings Island) Flight of Fear is a roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Island and has a clone at Paramount's Kings Dominion. For most of the 2006 operating season, the clone at Kings Dominion had been closed, but reopened on August 18 under the management of new owner Cedar Fair, L.
Flight of the Amazon Queen Flight of the Amazon Queen (FOTAQ) is a graphical point-and-click adventure game by Interactive Binary Illusions originally released in 1995 for DOS and Amiga and re-released as freeware in 2004 for use with ScummVM. It is very similar in style in many ways to Lucasarts' many popular point-and-click adventures of the 1990s.
Flight of the Bumblebee "The Flight of the Bumblebee" is a famous orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899-1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, right after the magic Swan-Bird gives Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) instructions on how to change into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive).
Flight of the Conchords The Flight of the Conchords are a folk/pop/comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie of The Black Seeds and Figwit fame and Jemaine Clement of The Humourbeasts. Billing themselves as "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group depends upon a combination of witty banter and acoustic guitars to work the audience.
Flight of the Eagle Flight of the Eagle is the English title for the 1982 Swedish movie Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd, starring Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, and Göran Stangertz as Andrée, Fränkel, and Strindberg. It is based on Per Olof Sundman's novelization of the true story of an ill-fated attempt to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon by Salomon August Andrée in 1897.
Flight of the Earls In September 1607, Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell set sail from Rathmullan, a village on the shore of Lough Swilly in County Donegal, with ninety of their followers. Their intended destination was Spain, but they disembarked in France and proceeded overland to Italy.
Flight of the Eisenstein Flight of the Eisenstein is an upcoming Science Fiction novel by James Swallow based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, published by the Black Library. Scheduled for a spring 2007 release, this will be the fourth book of the Horus Heresy series, started with Horus Rising and continued in False Gods and Galaxy in Flames.
Flight of the Intruder Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 film directed by John Milius, which is based on the novel by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts. The film stars Danny Glover as Commander Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli, Willem Dafoe as Lieutenant Commander Virgil 'Tiger' Cole, and Brad Johnson as Lieutenant Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton.
Flight of the Wild Geese The Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on October 3, 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland. More broadly, the term "Wild Geese" is used in Irish history to refer to Irish soldiers who left to serve in continental European armies in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Flight of the Wounded Locust Flight of the Wounded Locust is a six-song 7" EP by San Diego, California noisecore band The Locust. It was released in 2001 on Gold Standard Laboratories, and was their penultimate release on the label before moving to ANTI- (their final release being the split 7" with Melt-Banana).
Flight Officer Badge A Flight Officer Badge is a decoration used by some of the world's air forces to denote those who have received training as co-pilots, observers, or other aircraft support personnel. The primary difference between a flight officer and a pilot is that the pilot is responsible for flying and operating the aircraft, while the flight officer assists with such duties as navigation and systems control.
Flight physical Military and civilian pilots must pass routine medical examinations known as "Flight Physicals" in order to retain the privilege of piloting an aircraft. Military pilots go to a flight surgeon, an armed forces physician qualified to perform such medical evaluations.
Flight progress strip A flight progress strip is a small strip of paper used to track a flight in air traffic control. It may seem as an artifact of days gone by, however it is still used in modern ATC as a quick way to annotate a flight, to keep a legal record of the instructions that were issued, to allow others to see instantly what is happening and to pass this information to other controllers who go on to control the flight.
Flight recorder A flight recorder is a recorder placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of an aircraft accident or incident. For this reason, they are required to be capable of surviving the conditions likely to be encountered in a severe aircraft accident.
Flight simulator A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by state of the art computer technology.
Flight suit A flight suit is a full body garment, worn while flying an aircraft, such as, military aircraft and gliders. These suits are generally made to keep the wearer warm, as well as being practical, and durable (including fire retardant).
Flight Sergeant Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, F/Sgt, F/S, FSgt or FS) is a non-commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, above Chief Technician and below Warrant Officer. It is equivalent to a Staff Sergeant in the British Army and has a NATO rank code of OR-7.
Flight Service Station A Flight Service Station (FSS) is an air traffic facility which provides pilot briefings regarding current weather and possible hazards along a route of flight. A FSS may also give en route communication services and Visual flight rules (VFR) search and rescue (SAR) assistance.
Flight Standards District Office A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO (pronounced "fizz-doe"), is a regional office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration that particularly concentrates on enforcement of the Federal Aviation regulations. There are about 82 such regional offices.
Flight Surgeon Wings (Canada) In the Canadian Forces, a Flight Surgeon is any Medical Officer who has completed the Flight Surgeon's Course at the School of Operational Medicine at DRDC (Defence Research and Development Canada) Toronto. They are awarded their wings upon the completion of the course and are entitled to wear them for the rest of their CF career.
Flight test instrumentation Flight test instrumentation is the name given to the recording and monitoring equipment fitted to experimental aircraft to monitor their behaviour in flight. It can refer to both military and civil applications, and can monitor various parameters from the temperatures of specific components to the speed of the engines.
Flight to Arras Flight to Arras (French: Pilote de guerre) is a book by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Written in 1942 it recounts his role in the French air force as pilot of a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940.
Flight to Varennes The Flight to Varennes (June 20-21, 1791) was a significant episode in the French Revolution during which the French royal family, faced with a decrease in royal authority, attempted unsuccessfully to escape abroad disguised as a Russian aristocratic family. This represented a turning point after which popular hostility towards the monarchy as an institution, as well as towards Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as individuals, became more pronounced.
Flight Unlimited II Flight Unlimited II is the second game of the Flight Unlimited series of general aviation flight simulators created by Looking Glass Studios, acclaimed for their sophisticated physics and pioneering gameplay features. It was released in 1997.
Flight Unlimited III Flight Unlimited III was the third and last of the Flight Unlimited series of General aviation flight simulators created by Looking Glass Studios, released in 1999. It included ten user-flyable aircraft in total, and several new features.
Flight1 Airlines Flight1 is a proposed airline due to start operations from Shobdon Aerodrome in 2010. It will operate services to London City, and other destinations in the UK, such as smaller airports like Cambridge Airport and Inverness Airport.
FlightGear FlightGear is a collaborative project that aims to create a sophisticated free flight simulator framework. It is cross-platform, running on a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and various Unix systems.
Flightless Cormorant The Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), also known as the Galapagos Cormorant, is a cormorant native to the Galapagos Islands. It is the only cormorant that has lost the ability to fly and was once placed in its own genus, Nannopterum or Compsohalieus, although current taxonomy places it in the genus with most of the other cormorants, Phalacrocorax.
FlightSafety International FlightSafety International is the world's leading provider of professional aviation training, as well as simulation equipment and software. The company services are provided to both military and civil aviation organizations worldwide for fixed-wing, rotor and tiltrotor aircraft.
FlightView FlightView is a set of flight tracking tools developed for the general public and commercial and private aviation by RLM Software, a software company based in Allston, MA. Introduced in 1994 as FlightView Dispatch, it was the only commercial radar-based set of applications available in real-time flight tracking.
Flik In radio astronomy, the unit flik was coined by a group at Lockheed in Palo Alto, California as a substitute for the SI derived unit W cm-2 sr-1 µm-1, or watts divided by centimeters squared, steradians, and micrometers.
Flik's Flyers Flik's Flyers is a spinner ride inside "a bug's land" at Disney's California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Guests ride in Flik's bug-made contraption fashioned from man-made objects.
Flim & the BB's Flim & the BB's are a contemporary jazz band that formed in the late seventies and are the first jazz band to appear on compact disc. The band's name comes from the nickname of Jimmy Johnson (bassist) and the initials of the other two members, Bill Berg and Billy Barber (musician) (Dick Oatts, a woodwind player, would join the group in 1984.
Flimbo's Quest Flimbo's Quest is a 2D platform game published by British publishing house System 3 (later renamed to Studio 3 Interactive) for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC. A ZX Spectrum version was produced but never released.
Flimwell The village of Flimwell is in the Rother District of East Sussex, close to the border with Kent. The village is located at a busy crossroads on the A21 road where two roads - A268 to Hawkhurst and a secondary road, the B2087 - cross it.
Flin Flon School Division The Flin Flon School Division maintains and operates three Elementary Schools and two High Schools in the city of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. The Flin Flon School Division provides educational services to the children of Flin Flon, Channing, Manitoba, as well as the residentially developed nearby areas of Big Island, Schist Lake, and Bakers Narrows on Lake Athapapuskow.
Flinders Highway, Queensland Flinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland from east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry (Barkly Highway continues from Cloncurry to the Northern Territory border at Camooweal and beyond). Flinders Highway and passes a number of small outback towns.
Flinders Lane, Melbourne Flinders Lane is a minor street in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The street runs parallel to and to the north of Flinders Street and as a narrow one way lane takes on the name of the wider main street.
Flinders Park, South Australia Flinders Park (, postcode 5025), is located in the western suburbs of the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, with many of its streets bearing the names of famous explorers.
Flinders Petrie Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), known as Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Abydos and Amarna.
Flinders River The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia at about 840 km. The river rises in the Great Dividing Range northeast of Hughenden and flows past Hughenden, Richmond and Julia Creek then northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria near Karumba.
Flinders Street Station Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city blocks.
Flinders University Hall Established in 1971, the Flinders University Hall (commonly Uni Hall) is a students' residence situated on the grounds of Flinders University in Adelaide. It provides on-campus accommodation and meals for 232 university students, most of which attend Flinders University but also those attending other universities in South Australia.
Flinders, Victoria Flinders is a town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.
Flink Flink, sometimes referred to as The Mis-adventures of Flink, is a 2D scrolling platform game developed by Psygnosis, reliant on the then still fairly new CD-ROM media to store large levels, highly detailed graphics and atmospheric music (with the obvious exception of the Mega Drive/Genesis version, which is a cut-down version of the game). The game is very colourful and cartoonish, and is comparable with UbiSoft's Rayman, released 2 years later.
Flint (band) Flint was a solo project by Keith Flint of the The Prodigy. The band had four members; Keith on vocals, Jim Davies (Prodigy live guitar, ex-Pitchshifter) on guitar, Kieron Pepper (Prodigy live drummer, ex-RealTV, ex-Happy Gilmore) and Tony Howlett (co-wrote Baby's Got a Temper, but not related to Liam Howlett) (both) on drums.
Flint Cultural Center The Flint Cultural Center is a campus of institutions located in Flint, Michigan. It is dedicated to promoting area residents with an array of cultural, scientific, and artistic experiences and promotes understanding of the diverse cultures reflected in the Greater Flint community.
Flint Fuze The Flint Fuze were a professional basketball team located in Flint, Michigan, United States, in 2001. They were a part of the Continental Basketball Association and played their home games at the IMA Sports Arena.
Flint Glass Flint Glass is an experimental electronic project by French electronic musician Gwenn Trémorin. Flint Glass' debut album was released on Brume Records, which was co-founded by Trémorin and Boris Volant from the experimental collective Atelier112.
Flint Hills The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County in the north to Chautauqua County, Kansas and Osage County, Oklahoma in the south. The WWF has designated the Flint Hills as an ecoregion, distinct from other grasslands of the Great Plains.
Flint Local 432 Flint Local 432 (also known as the Local) is an all-ages, drug and alcohol free music venue and youth arts center located in the heart of Flint, Michigan. The Local's name is a reference to the autoworker unions located in the area.
Flint railway station Flint railway station serves the town of Flint in Flintshire, North Wales. It located on the North Wales Coast Line and is served by Arriva Trains Wales services from Crewe and Manchester to Holyhead, and by Virgin Trains services to and from London Euston.
Flint Rhem Charles Flint Rhem (January 24, 1901 - July 30, 1969) born in Rhems, South Carolina was a Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1924-28, 1930-32, 1934 and 1936), Philadelphia Phillies (1932-33) and Boston Braves (1934-35).
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