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Flock (Michael Christian) Michael Christian's Flock is a 42 foot tall sculpture made of welded steel. First seen at Burning Man in 2001, it was later donated in November of 2005 to the city of San Francisco by the Black Rock Arts Foundation as a temporary installation lasting until mid-February 2006.
Flock (web browser) Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies, as well as the name of the company developing the web browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser", due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services.
Flock of Dodos Flock of Dodos is a documentary film by American evolutionary biologist and filmmaker Randy Olson. It highlights the debate between proponents of the concept of intelligent design and the scientific establishment that supports evolution.
Flocking (behavior) Flocking is a common demonstration of emergence and emergent behavior, first simulated in 1986 by Craig Reynolds with his simulation program, Boids. It is a simulation of simple agents which are allowed to move, with basic rules governing their movement.
Flockton Grey Flockton Grey was the British racehorse at the centre of one of the largest betting scandals to hit British horseracing, which remains the best-known case of a corrupt trainer and owner using a ringer to race in place of another horse. Because of the use of a ringer, Flockton Grey did not actually run in the race for which he became most famous.
Flodden Wall The Flodden Wall was a defensive structure built around Edinburgh, Scotland, after the disastrous Battle of Flodden (1513), in which King James IV was killed. The construction was a response to threatened English invasion after a war started by James in support of the French and the Auld Alliance.
Floer homology In mathematics, Floer homology is a family of homology theories which share similar characteristics and are believed by experts to be closely related. Some of these theories are due directly to Andreas Floer, while others are derived or inspired by his work.
Floetry Floetry is a Grammy Award-nominated female British R&B, neo soul, and hip hop duo. The members of the group are singer/songwriter Marsha "the Songstress" Ambrosius and emcee/songwriter Natalie "the Floacist" Stewart.
Floo Network The Floo Network is a system by which the wizards and witches of the world of Harry Potter travel as an alternative to apparition, portkeys and broomsticks. It is maintained by the Floo Network Authority, an office that is part of the Department of Magical Transportation within the Ministry of MagicHarry Potter Lexicon - Department of Magical Transportation.
Flood A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge.<Ref>MSN Encarta Dictionary.
Flood (Halo) The Flood is a fictional alien parasitic life form in the Halo video game series. They are introduced in Halo: Combat Evolved as a secondary enemy to the game's protagonist, Master Chief, and returned in Halo 2.
Flood (song) "Flood" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is considered by most fans of the band to be their "breakthrough" song, with sudden success coming in both the contemporary Christian music and alternative rock genres.
Flood basalt A flood basalt is a giant volcanic eruption that coats large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Flood basalts have occurred on continental scales in prehistory, creating great plateaus and mountain ranges.
Flood bypass A flood bypass is a region of land or a large man-made structure that is designed to convey excess flood waters from a river or stream in order to reduce the risk of flooding on the natural river or stream near a key point of interest, such as a city. Flood bypasses, sometimes called floodways, often have man-made diversion works, such as diversion weirs and spillways, at their head or point of origin.
Flood control Flood control is a feature of many communication protocols designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver. Such controls can be implemented either in software or in hardware, and will often request that the message be resent after the receiver has finished processing.
Flood fill Flood fill, also called seed fill, is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to determine which parts of a bitmap to fill with color, and in puzzle games such as Minesweeper, Puyo Puyo, Lumines, and Magical Drop for determining which pieces are cleared.
Flood forecasting Flood forecasting is the use of real-time precipitation and streamflow data in rainfall-runoff and streamflow routing models to forecast flow rates and water levels for periods ranging from a few hours to days ahead, depending on the size of the watershed or river basin. M.
Flood in Miskolc, 1878 The Hungarian city of Miskolc lies on the drainage area of the river SajĂł and the stream Szinva. Both the river and the stream played an important part in the development of the city, but during great rains they also meant danger.
Flood insurance Flood insurance denotes the specific insurance coverage against property loss from flooding. To determine risk factors for specific properties, insurers will often refer to topographical maps that denote lowlands and floodplains that are susceptible to flooding.
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 The Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 reformed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the terms of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 It was designed to "reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made." The bill's main sponsors were Sen.
Flood Range The Flood Range () is an Antarctic range of large snow-covered mountains extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km (60 mi) and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land.
Flood stage Flood stage is the point at which the surface of a river, creek, or other body of water has risen to a sufficient level to cause damage. When a body of water rises to this level, it is considered a flood event.
Flood wall A flood wall (or floodwall) is a man-made primarily vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway which may rise to unusual levels during seasonal or extreme weather events. Flood walls are mainly used on locations where space is scarce, such as cities or where building levees or dikes would interfere with other interests, such as existing buildings, historical architecture or commercial exploitation of embankments.
Flood-meadow A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis.
Flooded engine Flooded engine is a term referring to an internal combustion engine which has been fed an excessively rich air-fuel mixture that cannot be ignited. This is caused by the mixture exceeding the upper explosive limit for the particular fuel.
Floodgate Effect "Floodgate Effect" refers to a generic situation where a small action can result in a far greater effect with no easily discernable limit. The original analogy is that of a floodgate, which once opened, no matter how minutely, will allow water to flow from either side through the gate until both sides are balanced up.
Floodgate Records Floodgate Records is an independent record label with based in Costa Mesa, CA dedicated to developing independent artists. Floodgate Records is part of the EastWest Records family of labels, and has signed many Christian bands.
Flooding (Australian football) Flooding is a tactic used in the sport of Australian rules football. It involves the coach releasing players in the forward line from their set positions and directing them to the opposition forward area, congesting the area and making it more difficult for the opposition to score.
Flooding (psychology) Flooding is a psychotherapeutic technique used to help patients heal their traumatic memories. It works by exposing the patient to their painful memories, with the goal of reintegrating their repressed emotions with their current awareness.
Floodland Floodland, often seen as the band's magnum opus, is the second album by The Sisters of Mercy, released in 1987. Composed and produced by Andrew Eldritch, it marked a change of direction from guitar-oriented rock towards synthesizer-based productions, and may be seen as more closely linked to "Gift", the 1986 album by Eldritch's side-project The Sisterhood than to "First and Last and Always".
Floodlights (sport) The broad-beamed, strong artificial lights known as floodlights are often used to illuminate large or outdoor playing fields while a sports event is being held during low-light conditions. In the top tiers of many professional sports, it is a requirement for stadiums to have floodlights to allow games to be scheduled outside daylight hours.
FloodNet The Zapatista Tactical FloodNet is a Java Applet that assists in the execution of virtual sit-ins by automatically reloading the targeted website several times every minute. Additionally, it allows for users to post statements to the site by sending them to the server log.
Floodplain A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and adjacent areas that carry flood flows, and the flood fringe, which are areas covered by the flood, but which do not experience a strong current.
Floods in Bangladesh Bangladesh, being located at the confluence of several of South Asia's major rivers, suffers from floods almost every year. Major portions of the country are part of the Ganges Delta, the largest flood plain in the world.
Floods in Saint Petersburg Floods in Saint Petersburg are due to the Neva River delta and the eastern part of Neva Bay. There are several factors: cyclones, arising in the Baltic Sea, with a prevalence of west winds cause a "slow" matched Kelvin wave to rise and move towards Neva Creek, where it meets the natural river flow moving in the opposite direction.
Flook Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, although much is penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms.
Floor In architecture, a floor is generally the lower horizontal surface of a room (see also flooring). The various levels of rooms in a building are also called floors or stories/storeysSingular: story or storey; plural: stories or storeys, respectively.
Floor 13 (game) Floor 13 is a single-player computer game set in the United Kingdom, where the player is the director of a secret governmental agency involved in clandestine domestic operations. The headquarters is hidden on the thirteenth floor of a building in London's Docklands, hence the title.
Floor crossing (South Africa) Floor crossing in South Africa is a controversial system under which Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial Legislatures and Local Government councillors may change political party (or form a new party) and take their seats with them when they do so. The floor crossing was enabled by amendments to the Constitution of South Africa and other legislation passed by Parliament.
Floor leaders of the Senate of the Philippines The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called as Senate Floor Leaders) are the two Senators of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders. They serve as the chief spokesperson of their party with regard to their business in the Senate.
Floor model A floor model is a piece of equipment placed in a retail shop's sales area for display purposes. Floor models are taken out of their packaging, and (if possible) plugged in to an electric outlet, cable or satellite television feed, or local area network--especially when the floor model is demonstrating an item classified as consumer electronics.
Floor Medallions Floor Medallions are generally a centerpiece of flooring design the can be made with various flooring materials including natural stone, wood, metal, tile, glass or a variety of other materials suitable for flooring. The pattern can be created using various methods such as mosaic, intarsia, and marquetry.
Floor plan A floor plan (floorplan) in architecture and building engineering is a diagram, usually to scale, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure. Similar to a map the orientation of the view is downward from above, but unlike a conventional map, a plan is understood to be drawn at a particular vertical position (commonly at about mid-level between floors).
Floor to ceiling sandwich In civil engineering the floor to ceiling sandwich is part of a multi-storey building: it is everything that lies between (and including) the ceiling tiles of one floor through to (and again including) the floor tiles of the floor above. This includes all the structural, electrical, mechanical, etc.
Floor vibration In the design of floor systems in buildings vibrations caused by walking, dancing, mechanical equipment or other rhythmic excitation may cause an annoyance to the occupants or impede the function of sensitive equipment. A calculation procedure to analyze steel framed floor systems is given in a design guide published by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Floorball Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponent's goal. Floorball is most popular in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, and is also played in several other countries, such as Norway and the Czech Republic.
Floorcloth A floorcloth, or floor-cloth, is a term for a cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors. The term was previously used also for materials used in place of carpeting or to protect expensive carpets, such as oilcloth, Kamptulicon or other materials.
Floorfillers Floorfillers is a dance album compilation brand by All Around The World Records (in association with UMTV) that has evolved from a range of separate compilations that AATW used to compile for a number of Northern radio stations in Emap's Big City Hits network. Even though these albums would feature many of the same tracks (by acts such as Porn Kings and N-Trance), each one would be tailored for the local market and would be branded under the station name (such as Key 103 or Red Rose Rock FM) and in association with the region's premiere discotheque.
Floorless roller coaster The floorless roller coaster is a fairly new concept brought forth by legendary coaster manufacturers, Bolliger & Mabillard. The first ever floorless coaster debuted in 1999 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
Floorplan (integrated circuits) In semiconductor device design, a floorplan of an integrated circuit is a diagram of the actual placement of its major components within the chip area. The image below is a mock chip floorplan, shown in a VLSI layout editor window.
Flop (basketball) In basketball, flop is a derogatory term that refers to a defensive player intentionally falling backward to the floor upon physical contact with an offensive player. The hope is that it will appear to the official that the defensive player was knocked off of his feet by the offensive player's contact, thus prompting the official to call a charging foul against the offensive player.
Flop shot A flop shot is a shot in golf in which the player uses a lofted club, such as a sand wedge or a lob wedge, rotates the clubhead to an open position, and strikes down on the ball. This causes the ball to be launched at a very high angle and not travel very far.
Flop-hit Flop-hit, a term coined by American critic Frank Rich in his book The Hot Seat, refers to a theatrical production (often on Broadway, where economics are difficult) that appears to be a hit but turns out to lose money (a "flop.")
Flophouse A flophouse or dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. Occupants of flophouses generally share bathroom facilities and reside in very cramped quarters.
Flopped A flopped image is a static or moving image that is generated by a mirror-reversal of an original across a vertical axis. Flopping can be used to improve the subjective aesthetic appeal of the image in question.
Floppy disk A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive or FDD, the latter initialism not to be confused with "fixed disk drive", which is an old IBM term for a hard disk drive.
Floppy disk controller A floppy disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive. This article contains concepts common to FDCs based on the NEC uPD765 and Intel 82072A and their descendants, as used in the IBM PC and compatibles from the 1980s and 1990s.
Floppy disk format Floppy disk format and density refer to the logical and physical layout of data stored on a floppy disk. Since their introduction, there have been many popular and rare floppy disk types, densities, and formats used in computing, leading to much confusion over their differences.
Floptical Floptical drives combine magnetic and optical technologies to store large amounts of data on a media similar to 3½-inch floppy disks. The name refers specifically to one brand of drive, but is also used more generically to refer to any system using similar techniques.
Flor Jovem da Calheta Flor Jovem (Portuguese meaning young flower, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Flor Juven also in the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Calheta de SĂŁo Miguel in the eastern part of the island of Santiago.
Flor y Canto Segunda EdiciĂłn Flor y Canto Segunda EdiciĂłn is a hymnal which showcases more than 700 hymns and songs in Spanish in a variety of styles, representing music from the Americas, Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico. Flor y Canto is Spanish for 'flower and song'.
Flora In botany, flora (plural: floras or florae) has two meanings. The first meaning, or flora of an area or time period, refers to all plant life occurring in an area or time period, especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life.
Flora (mythology) In Roman mythology, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring. While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime.
Flora and fauna of Ladakh The flora and fauna of Ladakh was first studied by Ferdinand Stoliczka, an Austrian/Czech palaeontologist, who carried out a massive expedition in the region in the 1870s. The fauna of Ladakh have much in common with that of Central Asia generally, and especially those of the Tibetan Plateau.
Flora and vegetation of Belize The Flora and vegetation of Belize are highly diverse by regional standards, given the country's small geographical extent. Situated on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America the flora and vegetation have been intimately intertwined with Belize's history.
Flora Brasiliensis Flora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosperms.
Flora family The Flora family of asteroids is a large grouping of S-type asteroids in the inner main belt, whose origin and properties are relatively poorly understood at present. Roughly 4-5% of all main belt asteroids belong to this family.
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun Flora Marjory Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun1, Chief of the Name and the Arms of Fraser (born October 18, 1930) is currently the only female holder of a lordship of Parliament who has a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. She is the head of the Frasers of Philorth.
Flora Chan Flora Chan (陳慧珊; born May 30 1970) is a popular Hong Kong television actress, whose rise to fame is quite unique from the other actresses in the industry. Flora Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, MA at a young age.
Flora Macdonald Flora Macdonald (1722 – March 5, 1790), Jacobite heroine, was the daughter of Ranald Macdonald of Milton on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and his wife Marion, the daughter of Angus Macdonald.
Flora Nwapa Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (born January 18, 1931 in Oguta; died 1993) is a Nigerian author best known as Flora Nwapa. Her novel Efuru (1966) is among the first English language novels by a woman from Africa.
Flora of Australia The flora of Australia is a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 20,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the effects of continental drift and climate change since the Cretaceous.
Flora of Australia (series) The Flora of Australia is a 59 volume series describing the vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens present in Australian and its external territories. The series is published by the Australian Biological Resources Study who estimate that the series when complete will describe over 20 000 plant species.
Flora of Canada The flora of Canada is quite diverse, due to the wide range of ecoregions and environmental conditions present in Canada. From the warm, temperate broadleaf forests of southern Ontario to the frigid Arctic plains of the Northern Canada, from the wet temperate rainforests of the west coast to the arid deserts, badlands and tundra plains, the biodiversity of Canada's plants is extensive.
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory The Flora of the Australian Capital Territory is the plants that grow naturally in the Australian Capital Territory(ACT). The environments range from Alpine area on the higher mountains, sclerophyll forest, to woodland.
Flora Rheta Schreiber Flora Rheta Schreiber (April 24, 1918 - November 3,1993), an American journalist, was the author of the 1973 bestseller Sybil, the story of a woman who was purportedly stricken with Dissociative Identity Disorder (or Multiple Personality Disorder). Schreiber had no training in psychiatry and her claim that Sybil suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder was later called into question by Dr.
Flora Stevenson Flora Clift Stevenson (30 October 1839 – 28 September 1905) was a Scottish social reformer with a special interest in education for poor or neglected children, and in education for girls. She was one of the first women in the United Kingdom to be elected to a School Board.
Flora the Red Menace Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 musical by Kander and Ebb starring Liza Minnelli in the title role. Minnelli won a Tony Award for her work on the show, setting a record for the time for the youngest person ever to win the award.
Flora Tristan Flora Tristan (born April 7, 1803 in Paris, France - died November 14, 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist. She was also one of the founders of modern feminism and, through Alina MarĂa Chazal, Paul Gauguin's grandmother.
Flora-Bama The Flora-Bama Lounge and Package (aka The Flora-Bama), located on Perdido Key in Pensacola, Florida, is a beachside oyster bar, nightclub, and Gulf Coast cultural landmark, touted as being America's "Last Great Roadhouse". The Flora-Bama takes its name from its location only feet away from the Florida-Alabama border (it is officially located entirely in Florida).
Florabel Muir Florabel Muir (May 6, 1889 in Rock Springs, Wyoming - April 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an American reporter and newspaper columnist from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was famous for covering both Hollywood celebrities and underworld gangsters.
Floradora "Floradora", also called "Keyword," was a doubly-enciphered diplomatic code used by the Germans during the Second World War. The Allies used IBM tabulating equipment to break the code over period of more than a year in 1941 and 1942.
Floral emblem In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions.
Floral industry Floral industry is one of the major industries in many developing and underdeveloped countries. Floriculture as an industry began in the late 1800s in England, where flowers were grown on a large scale on the vast estates.
Floral Park (LIRR station) Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues. It is primarily a Hempstead Branch station, but there is limited service to the Port Jefferson Branch service (the Main Line) on weekday mornings.
Floral Park Cemetery A Jewish cemetery in North Brunswick, NJ, where many prominent Hassidic Rabbis are buried, including Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and Rabbi Naftali Halberstam of Bobov, Rabbi Samuel Hirsch Horowitz of Spinka and Rabbi Moses Josef Rubin of Cimpulung.
Floral Park Handicap The Floral Park Handicap is a Grade III race run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York in its fall meet. Established for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, age three and up, it's a sprint race, meaning a flat out, full throttle dash, set at 6 furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 Added.
Floral, Saskatchewan Floral, Saskatchewan is a small unincorporated village located in the southeast city limits of Saskatoon, just east of Saskatchewan Highway 16 off the Floral Road exit in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Floral is part of rural municipality Corman Park No.
Floralia The Floralia, also known as the Florifertum, was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora. It was held in late April through early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers.
Florante at Laura Florante at Laura (or Florante and Laura) by Francisco Baltazar (also known as Balagtas) is one of the masterpieces of Philippine literature. Florante at Laura is an abbreviation of the actual title which is: Pinagdaanang Buhay Nina Florante at Laura sa Kahariang Albanya: Kinuha sa Madlang Cuadro historico o pinturang nagsasabi sa mga nangyari nang unang panahon sa imperyo ng Gresya, at tinula ng isang matuwain sa bersong Tagalog.
Floréal (F 730) The Floréal is a small monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the lead ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 8th month of the Republican Calendar.
Florbela Espanca Florbela Espanca () (birth name Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição), Portuguese poet (Vila Viçosa, December 8, 1894 — Matosinhos, December 8, 1930). Precursor of the feminist movement in Portugal, she had a tumultuous and eventful life that shaped her erotic and feminine writings.
Flore (photographer) Grand-daughter of Spanish political refugees and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno, Flore was born in the South of France in 1963. She began photography in 1977 and, after studying in Toulouse, settled in Paris where she lives and currently works.
Floreana Island Floreana Island is an island of the Galápagos Islands. It was named after Juan José Flores, the first president of Ecuador, during whose administration the government of Ecuador took possession of the archipelago.
Florence Aubenas Florence Aubenas (born February 6, 1961 in Brussels) is a Belgian journalist, who worked until 2006 for the French newspaper Libération. She was taken hostage on January 5, 2005, in Iraq along with her translator Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi.
Florence Ballard Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman, nicknamed "Flo" or "Blondie", (June 30 1943 – February 22 1976) was an American singer, best known as the founder and one of the original lead singers of the Motown act The Supremes.
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Florence Baverel-Robert Florence Baverel-Robert (born Florence Baverel on May 24, 1974 in Pontarlier, Franche-Comté), is a French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.
Florence Blue Jays The Florence Blue Jays of Florence, South Carolina began play in the South Atlantic League in 1981. They captured the league title in 1985, but relocated and became the Myrtle Beach Blue Jays after the 1986 season.
Florence Buchsbaum Florence Buchsbaum (January 15, 1926 – April 1, 1996) was born in Strasbourg, France, from which, after a short stay in Portugal, she went with her parents to Brazil in 1940. She married Otto Buchsbaum in 1945.
Flock (web browser) Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies, as well as the name of the company developing the web browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser", due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services.
Flock of Dodos Flock of Dodos is a documentary film by American evolutionary biologist and filmmaker Randy Olson. It highlights the debate between proponents of the concept of intelligent design and the scientific establishment that supports evolution.
Flocking (behavior) Flocking is a common demonstration of emergence and emergent behavior, first simulated in 1986 by Craig Reynolds with his simulation program, Boids. It is a simulation of simple agents which are allowed to move, with basic rules governing their movement.
Flockton Grey Flockton Grey was the British racehorse at the centre of one of the largest betting scandals to hit British horseracing, which remains the best-known case of a corrupt trainer and owner using a ringer to race in place of another horse. Because of the use of a ringer, Flockton Grey did not actually run in the race for which he became most famous.
Flodden Wall The Flodden Wall was a defensive structure built around Edinburgh, Scotland, after the disastrous Battle of Flodden (1513), in which King James IV was killed. The construction was a response to threatened English invasion after a war started by James in support of the French and the Auld Alliance.
Floer homology In mathematics, Floer homology is a family of homology theories which share similar characteristics and are believed by experts to be closely related. Some of these theories are due directly to Andreas Floer, while others are derived or inspired by his work.
Floetry Floetry is a Grammy Award-nominated female British R&B, neo soul, and hip hop duo. The members of the group are singer/songwriter Marsha "the Songstress" Ambrosius and emcee/songwriter Natalie "the Floacist" Stewart.
Floo Network The Floo Network is a system by which the wizards and witches of the world of Harry Potter travel as an alternative to apparition, portkeys and broomsticks. It is maintained by the Floo Network Authority, an office that is part of the Department of Magical Transportation within the Ministry of MagicHarry Potter Lexicon - Department of Magical Transportation.
Flood A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge.<Ref>MSN Encarta Dictionary.
Flood (Halo) The Flood is a fictional alien parasitic life form in the Halo video game series. They are introduced in Halo: Combat Evolved as a secondary enemy to the game's protagonist, Master Chief, and returned in Halo 2.
Flood (song) "Flood" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is considered by most fans of the band to be their "breakthrough" song, with sudden success coming in both the contemporary Christian music and alternative rock genres.
Flood basalt A flood basalt is a giant volcanic eruption that coats large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Flood basalts have occurred on continental scales in prehistory, creating great plateaus and mountain ranges.
Flood bypass A flood bypass is a region of land or a large man-made structure that is designed to convey excess flood waters from a river or stream in order to reduce the risk of flooding on the natural river or stream near a key point of interest, such as a city. Flood bypasses, sometimes called floodways, often have man-made diversion works, such as diversion weirs and spillways, at their head or point of origin.
Flood control Flood control is a feature of many communication protocols designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver. Such controls can be implemented either in software or in hardware, and will often request that the message be resent after the receiver has finished processing.
Flood fill Flood fill, also called seed fill, is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to determine which parts of a bitmap to fill with color, and in puzzle games such as Minesweeper, Puyo Puyo, Lumines, and Magical Drop for determining which pieces are cleared.
Flood forecasting Flood forecasting is the use of real-time precipitation and streamflow data in rainfall-runoff and streamflow routing models to forecast flow rates and water levels for periods ranging from a few hours to days ahead, depending on the size of the watershed or river basin. M.
Flood in Miskolc, 1878 The Hungarian city of Miskolc lies on the drainage area of the river SajĂł and the stream Szinva. Both the river and the stream played an important part in the development of the city, but during great rains they also meant danger.
Flood insurance Flood insurance denotes the specific insurance coverage against property loss from flooding. To determine risk factors for specific properties, insurers will often refer to topographical maps that denote lowlands and floodplains that are susceptible to flooding.
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 The Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 reformed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the terms of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 It was designed to "reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made." The bill's main sponsors were Sen.
Flood Range The Flood Range () is an Antarctic range of large snow-covered mountains extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km (60 mi) and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land.
Flood stage Flood stage is the point at which the surface of a river, creek, or other body of water has risen to a sufficient level to cause damage. When a body of water rises to this level, it is considered a flood event.
Flood wall A flood wall (or floodwall) is a man-made primarily vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway which may rise to unusual levels during seasonal or extreme weather events. Flood walls are mainly used on locations where space is scarce, such as cities or where building levees or dikes would interfere with other interests, such as existing buildings, historical architecture or commercial exploitation of embankments.
Flood-meadow A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis.
Flooded engine Flooded engine is a term referring to an internal combustion engine which has been fed an excessively rich air-fuel mixture that cannot be ignited. This is caused by the mixture exceeding the upper explosive limit for the particular fuel.
Floodgate Effect "Floodgate Effect" refers to a generic situation where a small action can result in a far greater effect with no easily discernable limit. The original analogy is that of a floodgate, which once opened, no matter how minutely, will allow water to flow from either side through the gate until both sides are balanced up.
Floodgate Records Floodgate Records is an independent record label with based in Costa Mesa, CA dedicated to developing independent artists. Floodgate Records is part of the EastWest Records family of labels, and has signed many Christian bands.
Flooding (Australian football) Flooding is a tactic used in the sport of Australian rules football. It involves the coach releasing players in the forward line from their set positions and directing them to the opposition forward area, congesting the area and making it more difficult for the opposition to score.
Flooding (psychology) Flooding is a psychotherapeutic technique used to help patients heal their traumatic memories. It works by exposing the patient to their painful memories, with the goal of reintegrating their repressed emotions with their current awareness.
Floodland Floodland, often seen as the band's magnum opus, is the second album by The Sisters of Mercy, released in 1987. Composed and produced by Andrew Eldritch, it marked a change of direction from guitar-oriented rock towards synthesizer-based productions, and may be seen as more closely linked to "Gift", the 1986 album by Eldritch's side-project The Sisterhood than to "First and Last and Always".
Floodlights (sport) The broad-beamed, strong artificial lights known as floodlights are often used to illuminate large or outdoor playing fields while a sports event is being held during low-light conditions. In the top tiers of many professional sports, it is a requirement for stadiums to have floodlights to allow games to be scheduled outside daylight hours.
FloodNet The Zapatista Tactical FloodNet is a Java Applet that assists in the execution of virtual sit-ins by automatically reloading the targeted website several times every minute. Additionally, it allows for users to post statements to the site by sending them to the server log.
Floodplain A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and adjacent areas that carry flood flows, and the flood fringe, which are areas covered by the flood, but which do not experience a strong current.
Floods in Bangladesh Bangladesh, being located at the confluence of several of South Asia's major rivers, suffers from floods almost every year. Major portions of the country are part of the Ganges Delta, the largest flood plain in the world.
Floods in Saint Petersburg Floods in Saint Petersburg are due to the Neva River delta and the eastern part of Neva Bay. There are several factors: cyclones, arising in the Baltic Sea, with a prevalence of west winds cause a "slow" matched Kelvin wave to rise and move towards Neva Creek, where it meets the natural river flow moving in the opposite direction.
Flook Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, although much is penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms.
Floor In architecture, a floor is generally the lower horizontal surface of a room (see also flooring). The various levels of rooms in a building are also called floors or stories/storeysSingular: story or storey; plural: stories or storeys, respectively.
Floor 13 (game) Floor 13 is a single-player computer game set in the United Kingdom, where the player is the director of a secret governmental agency involved in clandestine domestic operations. The headquarters is hidden on the thirteenth floor of a building in London's Docklands, hence the title.
Floor crossing (South Africa) Floor crossing in South Africa is a controversial system under which Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial Legislatures and Local Government councillors may change political party (or form a new party) and take their seats with them when they do so. The floor crossing was enabled by amendments to the Constitution of South Africa and other legislation passed by Parliament.
Floor leaders of the Senate of the Philippines The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called as Senate Floor Leaders) are the two Senators of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders. They serve as the chief spokesperson of their party with regard to their business in the Senate.
Floor model A floor model is a piece of equipment placed in a retail shop's sales area for display purposes. Floor models are taken out of their packaging, and (if possible) plugged in to an electric outlet, cable or satellite television feed, or local area network--especially when the floor model is demonstrating an item classified as consumer electronics.
Floor Medallions Floor Medallions are generally a centerpiece of flooring design the can be made with various flooring materials including natural stone, wood, metal, tile, glass or a variety of other materials suitable for flooring. The pattern can be created using various methods such as mosaic, intarsia, and marquetry.
Floor plan A floor plan (floorplan) in architecture and building engineering is a diagram, usually to scale, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure. Similar to a map the orientation of the view is downward from above, but unlike a conventional map, a plan is understood to be drawn at a particular vertical position (commonly at about mid-level between floors).
Floor to ceiling sandwich In civil engineering the floor to ceiling sandwich is part of a multi-storey building: it is everything that lies between (and including) the ceiling tiles of one floor through to (and again including) the floor tiles of the floor above. This includes all the structural, electrical, mechanical, etc.
Floor vibration In the design of floor systems in buildings vibrations caused by walking, dancing, mechanical equipment or other rhythmic excitation may cause an annoyance to the occupants or impede the function of sensitive equipment. A calculation procedure to analyze steel framed floor systems is given in a design guide published by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Floorball Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponent's goal. Floorball is most popular in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, and is also played in several other countries, such as Norway and the Czech Republic.
Floorcloth A floorcloth, or floor-cloth, is a term for a cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors. The term was previously used also for materials used in place of carpeting or to protect expensive carpets, such as oilcloth, Kamptulicon or other materials.
Floorfillers Floorfillers is a dance album compilation brand by All Around The World Records (in association with UMTV) that has evolved from a range of separate compilations that AATW used to compile for a number of Northern radio stations in Emap's Big City Hits network. Even though these albums would feature many of the same tracks (by acts such as Porn Kings and N-Trance), each one would be tailored for the local market and would be branded under the station name (such as Key 103 or Red Rose Rock FM) and in association with the region's premiere discotheque.
Floorless roller coaster The floorless roller coaster is a fairly new concept brought forth by legendary coaster manufacturers, Bolliger & Mabillard. The first ever floorless coaster debuted in 1999 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
Floorplan (integrated circuits) In semiconductor device design, a floorplan of an integrated circuit is a diagram of the actual placement of its major components within the chip area. The image below is a mock chip floorplan, shown in a VLSI layout editor window.
Flop (basketball) In basketball, flop is a derogatory term that refers to a defensive player intentionally falling backward to the floor upon physical contact with an offensive player. The hope is that it will appear to the official that the defensive player was knocked off of his feet by the offensive player's contact, thus prompting the official to call a charging foul against the offensive player.
Flop shot A flop shot is a shot in golf in which the player uses a lofted club, such as a sand wedge or a lob wedge, rotates the clubhead to an open position, and strikes down on the ball. This causes the ball to be launched at a very high angle and not travel very far.
Flop-hit Flop-hit, a term coined by American critic Frank Rich in his book The Hot Seat, refers to a theatrical production (often on Broadway, where economics are difficult) that appears to be a hit but turns out to lose money (a "flop.")
Flophouse A flophouse or dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. Occupants of flophouses generally share bathroom facilities and reside in very cramped quarters.
Flopped A flopped image is a static or moving image that is generated by a mirror-reversal of an original across a vertical axis. Flopping can be used to improve the subjective aesthetic appeal of the image in question.
Floppy disk A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive or FDD, the latter initialism not to be confused with "fixed disk drive", which is an old IBM term for a hard disk drive.
Floppy disk controller A floppy disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive. This article contains concepts common to FDCs based on the NEC uPD765 and Intel 82072A and their descendants, as used in the IBM PC and compatibles from the 1980s and 1990s.
Floppy disk format Floppy disk format and density refer to the logical and physical layout of data stored on a floppy disk. Since their introduction, there have been many popular and rare floppy disk types, densities, and formats used in computing, leading to much confusion over their differences.
Floptical Floptical drives combine magnetic and optical technologies to store large amounts of data on a media similar to 3½-inch floppy disks. The name refers specifically to one brand of drive, but is also used more generically to refer to any system using similar techniques.
Flor Jovem da Calheta Flor Jovem (Portuguese meaning young flower, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Flor Juven also in the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Calheta de SĂŁo Miguel in the eastern part of the island of Santiago.
Flor y Canto Segunda EdiciĂłn Flor y Canto Segunda EdiciĂłn is a hymnal which showcases more than 700 hymns and songs in Spanish in a variety of styles, representing music from the Americas, Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico. Flor y Canto is Spanish for 'flower and song'.
Flora In botany, flora (plural: floras or florae) has two meanings. The first meaning, or flora of an area or time period, refers to all plant life occurring in an area or time period, especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life.
Flora (mythology) In Roman mythology, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring. While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime.
Flora and fauna of Ladakh The flora and fauna of Ladakh was first studied by Ferdinand Stoliczka, an Austrian/Czech palaeontologist, who carried out a massive expedition in the region in the 1870s. The fauna of Ladakh have much in common with that of Central Asia generally, and especially those of the Tibetan Plateau.
Flora and vegetation of Belize The Flora and vegetation of Belize are highly diverse by regional standards, given the country's small geographical extent. Situated on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America the flora and vegetation have been intimately intertwined with Belize's history.
Flora Brasiliensis Flora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosperms.
Flora family The Flora family of asteroids is a large grouping of S-type asteroids in the inner main belt, whose origin and properties are relatively poorly understood at present. Roughly 4-5% of all main belt asteroids belong to this family.
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun Flora Marjory Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun1, Chief of the Name and the Arms of Fraser (born October 18, 1930) is currently the only female holder of a lordship of Parliament who has a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. She is the head of the Frasers of Philorth.
Flora Chan Flora Chan (陳慧珊; born May 30 1970) is a popular Hong Kong television actress, whose rise to fame is quite unique from the other actresses in the industry. Flora Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, MA at a young age.
Flora Macdonald Flora Macdonald (1722 – March 5, 1790), Jacobite heroine, was the daughter of Ranald Macdonald of Milton on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and his wife Marion, the daughter of Angus Macdonald.
Flora Nwapa Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (born January 18, 1931 in Oguta; died 1993) is a Nigerian author best known as Flora Nwapa. Her novel Efuru (1966) is among the first English language novels by a woman from Africa.
Flora of Australia The flora of Australia is a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 20,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the effects of continental drift and climate change since the Cretaceous.
Flora of Australia (series) The Flora of Australia is a 59 volume series describing the vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens present in Australian and its external territories. The series is published by the Australian Biological Resources Study who estimate that the series when complete will describe over 20 000 plant species.
Flora of Canada The flora of Canada is quite diverse, due to the wide range of ecoregions and environmental conditions present in Canada. From the warm, temperate broadleaf forests of southern Ontario to the frigid Arctic plains of the Northern Canada, from the wet temperate rainforests of the west coast to the arid deserts, badlands and tundra plains, the biodiversity of Canada's plants is extensive.
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory The Flora of the Australian Capital Territory is the plants that grow naturally in the Australian Capital Territory(ACT). The environments range from Alpine area on the higher mountains, sclerophyll forest, to woodland.
Flora Rheta Schreiber Flora Rheta Schreiber (April 24, 1918 - November 3,1993), an American journalist, was the author of the 1973 bestseller Sybil, the story of a woman who was purportedly stricken with Dissociative Identity Disorder (or Multiple Personality Disorder). Schreiber had no training in psychiatry and her claim that Sybil suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder was later called into question by Dr.
Flora Stevenson Flora Clift Stevenson (30 October 1839 – 28 September 1905) was a Scottish social reformer with a special interest in education for poor or neglected children, and in education for girls. She was one of the first women in the United Kingdom to be elected to a School Board.
Flora the Red Menace Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 musical by Kander and Ebb starring Liza Minnelli in the title role. Minnelli won a Tony Award for her work on the show, setting a record for the time for the youngest person ever to win the award.
Flora Tristan Flora Tristan (born April 7, 1803 in Paris, France - died November 14, 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist. She was also one of the founders of modern feminism and, through Alina MarĂa Chazal, Paul Gauguin's grandmother.
Flora-Bama The Flora-Bama Lounge and Package (aka The Flora-Bama), located on Perdido Key in Pensacola, Florida, is a beachside oyster bar, nightclub, and Gulf Coast cultural landmark, touted as being America's "Last Great Roadhouse". The Flora-Bama takes its name from its location only feet away from the Florida-Alabama border (it is officially located entirely in Florida).
Florabel Muir Florabel Muir (May 6, 1889 in Rock Springs, Wyoming - April 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an American reporter and newspaper columnist from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was famous for covering both Hollywood celebrities and underworld gangsters.
Floradora "Floradora", also called "Keyword," was a doubly-enciphered diplomatic code used by the Germans during the Second World War. The Allies used IBM tabulating equipment to break the code over period of more than a year in 1941 and 1942.
Floral emblem In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions.
Floral industry Floral industry is one of the major industries in many developing and underdeveloped countries. Floriculture as an industry began in the late 1800s in England, where flowers were grown on a large scale on the vast estates.
Floral Park (LIRR station) Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues. It is primarily a Hempstead Branch station, but there is limited service to the Port Jefferson Branch service (the Main Line) on weekday mornings.
Floral Park Cemetery A Jewish cemetery in North Brunswick, NJ, where many prominent Hassidic Rabbis are buried, including Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and Rabbi Naftali Halberstam of Bobov, Rabbi Samuel Hirsch Horowitz of Spinka and Rabbi Moses Josef Rubin of Cimpulung.
Floral Park Handicap The Floral Park Handicap is a Grade III race run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York in its fall meet. Established for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, age three and up, it's a sprint race, meaning a flat out, full throttle dash, set at 6 furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 Added.
Floral, Saskatchewan Floral, Saskatchewan is a small unincorporated village located in the southeast city limits of Saskatoon, just east of Saskatchewan Highway 16 off the Floral Road exit in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Floral is part of rural municipality Corman Park No.
Floralia The Floralia, also known as the Florifertum, was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora. It was held in late April through early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers.
Florante at Laura Florante at Laura (or Florante and Laura) by Francisco Baltazar (also known as Balagtas) is one of the masterpieces of Philippine literature. Florante at Laura is an abbreviation of the actual title which is: Pinagdaanang Buhay Nina Florante at Laura sa Kahariang Albanya: Kinuha sa Madlang Cuadro historico o pinturang nagsasabi sa mga nangyari nang unang panahon sa imperyo ng Gresya, at tinula ng isang matuwain sa bersong Tagalog.
Floréal (F 730) The Floréal is a small monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the lead ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 8th month of the Republican Calendar.
Florbela Espanca Florbela Espanca () (birth name Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição), Portuguese poet (Vila Viçosa, December 8, 1894 — Matosinhos, December 8, 1930). Precursor of the feminist movement in Portugal, she had a tumultuous and eventful life that shaped her erotic and feminine writings.
Flore (photographer) Grand-daughter of Spanish political refugees and daughter of the painter Olga Gimeno, Flore was born in the South of France in 1963. She began photography in 1977 and, after studying in Toulouse, settled in Paris where she lives and currently works.
Floreana Island Floreana Island is an island of the Galápagos Islands. It was named after Juan José Flores, the first president of Ecuador, during whose administration the government of Ecuador took possession of the archipelago.
Florence Aubenas Florence Aubenas (born February 6, 1961 in Brussels) is a Belgian journalist, who worked until 2006 for the French newspaper Libération. She was taken hostage on January 5, 2005, in Iraq along with her translator Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi.
Florence Ballard Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman, nicknamed "Flo" or "Blondie", (June 30 1943 – February 22 1976) was an American singer, best known as the founder and one of the original lead singers of the Motown act The Supremes.
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Florence Baverel-Robert Florence Baverel-Robert (born Florence Baverel on May 24, 1974 in Pontarlier, Franche-Comté), is a French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.
Florence Blue Jays The Florence Blue Jays of Florence, South Carolina began play in the South Atlantic League in 1981. They captured the league title in 1985, but relocated and became the Myrtle Beach Blue Jays after the 1986 season.
Florence Buchsbaum Florence Buchsbaum (January 15, 1926 – April 1, 1996) was born in Strasbourg, France, from which, after a short stay in Portugal, she went with her parents to Brazil in 1940. She married Otto Buchsbaum in 1945.
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