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Floyd Laughren Floyd Laughren (born October 3, 1935 in Shawville, Quebec) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1998 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, and served as Finance Minister and Deputy Premier in the government of Bob Rae.
Floyd Levin Floyd Levin (born September 24, 1922) is a jazz historian who has been published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz Journal International and American Rag. He has received several awards for his work, including the Leonard Feather Communicator Award, given annually by the Los Angeles Jazz Society.
Floyd Little Floyd Douglas Little (born July 4, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 Floyd Little was the 6th selection of the first common NFL-AFL draft.
Floyd Mann Floyd Mann was the Director of Public Safety for the state of Alabama in 1961, when the nonviolent Freedom Riders came into the state seeking an end to segregation. The state's governor at that time, John Patterson, was resisting Attorney General Robert Kennedy's demands that the Freedom Riders be protected from the Ku Klux Klan and others who were attacking them at their Alabama stops.
Floyd River The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 92 mi (148 km) long, in northwestern Iowa in the United States. It enters the Missouri at Sioux City, and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Floyd Robinson Floyd Andrew Robinson (born May 9, 1936 in Prescott, Arkansas) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1960-1966), Cincinnati Reds (1967), Oakland Athletics (early in 1968), and Boston Red Sox (late 1968). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards were a Canadian literary award, given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having at least ten performances in the Toronto area.
Floyd Smith Floyd Smith (Born - May 16, 1935 in Perth, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres and who coached for 4 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Floyd Sonnier Floyd Sonnier (1933 to April 6, 2002), known as "beau Cajun" or the “artist of the Cajuns,” was a native of Pointe Noire, Louisiana and a lifelong resident of Louisiana's Acadiana region. An internationally acclaimed pen-and-ink artist, he specialized in drawings depicting Cajun culture, lifestyle and family, particularly scenes from the first half of the 20th century.
Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman (1914 – 2003) country musician who in the 1930s-40s helped create the western swing and honky tonk styles of music. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.
Floyd Vivino Floyd Vivino aka "Uncle Floyd" (b. October 16 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a television, film, and stage performer primarily known for his influential comedy/variety TV show "The Uncle Floyd Show".
Floyd Williams Floyd Leroy Williams (born September 201939) is a North American mathematician well-known for his work in Lie theory and, most recently, mathematical physics. In addition to Lie theory, his research interests are in homological algebra and the mathematics of quantum mechanics.
Floyd Womack Floyd Seneca Womack nicknamed "Pork Chop" (born November 15, 1978 in Cleveland, Mississippi) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was selected with the 33rd pick of the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft out of Mississippi State University.
Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm is an algorithm which can detect cycles in arbitrary sequences, whether in data structures or generated on the fly (notably including those in graphs and pseudo-random sequences) in O(1) space. The algorithm is named for Robert W.
Floyd-Warshall algorithm In computer science, the Floyd-Warshall algorithm (sometimes known as the Roy-Floyd algorithm or Warshall's algorithm) is an algorithm for solving the all-pairs shortest path problem on weighted, directed graphs in cubic time.
Floyd, Arkansas Floyd (local pronunciation, FLOY-ud) is a small town of White County, Arkansas, United States. Floyd is known for it's old-time charm, special down-town area reminiscent of 50's America, and its annual display of fireworks at the Independence Day.
FloydFest "FloydFest is a world music and arts festival held annually in Floyd County, Virginia, situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It began in 2002 and has received excellent reviews ever since, earning a name for itself in 2005 when it played host to well-known folk singer Ani DiFranco.
Floyds Fork River Floyds Fork River (locally just called Floyds Fork) is a tributary of the Salt River in Kentucky, directly south and east of Louisville. It begins in Oldham County near Floydsburg, flows through eastern Jefferson County and flows into the Salt River near Shepherdsville in Bullitt County.
FlOw flOw is a Flash game created by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark. The game involves the player guiding a tiny, aquatic worm-like microorganism through various depths of the ocean to consume other organisms and to evolve their organism as the player advances.
Flu treatment This article is about flu treatment in humans for mild human flu, which includes both efforts to reduce symptoms and to battle the flu virus itself. This overlaps somewhat with efforts to avoid catching the flu in the first place (using vaccines, for example).
Flu-Flu Arrow The Flu-Flu Arrow is a type of arrow specifically designed to travel a short distance, and this is particularly useful when shooting at aerial targets or for certain recreative uses of archery where you deliberately do not want the arrow to travel too far and get lost.
Flubuntu Flubuntu is a name usually given to a Ubuntu install with the Fluxbox window manager. It is built in the same fashion of Kubuntu (KDE + Ubuntu) and Xubuntu (Xfce + Ubuntu), but it doesn't exist as an official distribution — though nUbuntu, a network testing driven derivative, sports Fluxbox, and aims to become a desktop distribution for advanced Linux users.
Fluctuation *In physics, a fluctuation is a variation in an extensive or intensive quantity, such as energy, density or voltage, from its spatial or temporal average. The mean-square fluctuation ^2 is equivalent to the variance in statistics.
Fluctuation dissipation theorem In statistical physics, the fluctuation dissipation theorem is derived from the assumption that the response of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium to a small external perturbation is the same as its response to a spontaneous fluctuation. There is therefore a direct relation between the fluctuation properties of the thermodynamic system and its linear response properties.
Fluctuation theorem The fluctuation theorem (FT) is a theorem from statistical mechanics dealing with the relative probability that the entropy of a system which is currently away from thermodynamic equilibrium (maximum entropy) will increase or decrease over a given amount of time. The second law of thermodynamics predicts that the entropy of an isolated system should tend to increase until it reaches equilibrium, but after the discovery of statistical mechanics physicists realized that the second law is only a statistical one, so that there should always be some nonzero probability that the entropy of an isolated system will spontaneously decrease; the fluctuation theorem precisely quantifies this probability.
Flud backup flĹ­d backup is a completely decentralized system for creating and maintaining online backup of data. Its unique architecture allows it to provide nearly infinite backup resources for free, in a way that is virtually immune from failure.
Flue gas Flue gas is gas that exits to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. Quite often, it refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced at power plants.
Flue gas desulfurization Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is the current state-of-the art technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gases in power plants that burn coal or oil to generate the steam for the steam turbines that drive their electricity generators.
Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion refers to the combustion product gas resulting from the burning of fossil fuels. Most fossil fuels are combusted with ambient air (as differentiated from combustion with pure oxygen).
Flue gas stack A Flue gas stack is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which combustion product gases called flue gases are exhausted to the outside air. Flue gases are produced when coal, oil, natural gas, wood or any other fuel is combusted in an industrial furnace, a power plant's steam-generating boiler, or other large combustion device.
Flue pipe In a pipe organ, a flue pipe is any pipe that is sounded by a fipple, similar to that in a whistle or a flute a bec, rather than by a beating reed, see reed pipe. Most of the pipes in a typical pipe organ are flue pipes; Smaller organs may have only flue pipes.
Fluent (artificial intelligence) In artificial intelligence, a fluent is a condition that can change over time. In logical approaches to reasoning about actions, fluents can be represented in first-order logic by predicates having an argument that depends on time.
Fluent calculus The fluent calculus is a formalism for expressing dynamical domains in first-order logic. It is similar to the situation calculus; the main difference is that situations are considered representations of states.
Fluent interface In software engineering, a fluent interface (as first coined by Martin Fowler) is an objected oriented construct that defines a behavior capable of relaying the instruction context of a subsequent call. Generally, the context is
Fluffing A fluffer is a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming of scenes requiring erections. Presumably, the name arose, at least in part, as a mocking reference to the hair-fluffing make-up artists who kept the starlets in non-pornographic movies looking their very best in every scene.
Fluffy (Darkwing Duck) Fluffy is a fictional cat who appears as an occasional antagonist in the Darkwing Duck comic stories published in Disney Adventures. Through an experiment gone wrong, he has an extraordinary IQ and repeatedly aims to take over St.
Flugelhorn The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn or flĂĽgelhorn) is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. It is thought by some to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax (who also developed the saxophone); however, other historians assert that it has been derived from the keyed bugle by Michael Saurle (father), Munich 1832 (Royal Bavarian privilege for a "chromatic FlĂĽgelhorn" 1832), thus predating Adolphe Sax's innovative work
Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark The Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark (German for Aircraft Engine Factory Eastern March) was a large German aircraft engine supplier during the World War II, a part of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch cartel. It specialized in engines for the majority of aeroplanes designed by the Heinkel works and had three large factories at its disposal: in Wiener Neudorf, Biedermannsdorf and Guntramsdorf.
Flugschriften Flugschriften ('Pamphlets') op. 300 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II written in 1865 and first performed on 17 January 1866 at the Habsburg Court Ball in the Rittersaal of the Imperial Hofburg Palace graced by the Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elisabeth.
Flugtag A Flugtag (German: flight day, airshow) is an event in which competitors attempt to fly in homemade flying machines. The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 30 ft high into the sea (or suitably sized reservoir of water).
Flugzeugträger B The Flugzeugträger B (Flugzeugträger is German for aircraft carrier) was the sister ship of the Kriegsmarine's only launched aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin. The Kriegsmarine never named a vessel before it was launched, so it was only given the designation "B" ("A" was the Graf Zeppelin's designation before launch).
Fluid A fluid is defined as a substance that continually deforms (flows) under an applied shear stress regardless of the magnitude of the applied stress. It is a subset of the phases of matter and includes liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids.
Fluid and crystallized intelligence In psychometric psychology, fluid and crystallized intelligence (abbreviated gF and gC, respectively) are factors of general intelligence identified by Raymond Cattell (1971). Fluid intelligence is the ability to find meaning in confusion and solve new problems, whereas crystallized intelligence is the ability to utilize previously acquired knowledge and experience.
Fluid conductance Fluid conductance is related the rate which unit of material can transmit fluids, and is used mainly in hydrology in relation to river and lake bottoms. It is an application of intrinsic permeability to a unit of material with a defined area and thickness.
Fluid Construction Grammar Fluid Construction Grammar (FCG) is a construction grammar formalism designed by Luc Steels implementing the notion of emergent grammar and operates from a multi-agent perspective (none of the agents will speak the exact same language), useful for studies in evolutionary linguistics.
Fluid deprivation test A fluid deprivation test is a medical test for the purposes of diagnosing the causes of polydipsia, a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water. The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo intake of water completely, to determine whether thirst is caused by:
Fluid dynamics Fluid dynamics is the sub-discipline of fluid mechanics dealing with fluids (liquids and gases) in motion. It has several subdisciplines itself, including aerodynamics (the study of gases in motion) and hydrodynamics (the study of liquids in motion).
Fluid Drive Fluid Drive is the trademarked name that Chrysler Corporation assigned to a transmission driveline combination offered from 1939 through 1953 in Chryslers and Desotos, and from 1939 through 1954 in Dodge models. The fluid drive element was a hydraulic coupling inserted in place of the flywheel, and performed the same function as a modern torque converter, only without torque multiplication.
Fluid inclusions [in a time capsule the same size as the diameter of a human hair, the ore-forming liquid in this inclusion was so hot and contained so much dissolved solids that when it cooled, crystals of halite, sylvite, gypsum, and hematite formed. As the samples cooled, the fluid shrank more than the surrounding mineral, and created a vapor bubble.
Fluid mechanics Fluid mechanics is the subdiscipline of continuum mechanics that studies fluids, that is, liquids and gases. It can be further subdivided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest, and fluid dynamics, the study of fluids in motion.
Fluid replacement Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. Fluids can be replaced via oral administration (drinking), intravenous administration, or hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tissue.
Fluid sexuality Fluid sexuality is when a person's sexuality changes over a long period of time. It is not overnight, and usually not extreme, but small changes in sexual attraction can be attributed to the fluidity of human sexuality.
Fluid shares The concept of fluid shares was coined by Jonar Nader in his book How to lose friends and infuriate people. The fluid share program, designed to start a "chain-reaction" in underperforming companies, involves four steps:
Fluid Science Laboratory The Fluid Science Laboratory is an European (ESA's) science payload designed for use in Columbus built by Alenia Aeronautica Spazio. It is a multi-user facility for conducting fluid physics research in microgravity conditions.
Fluid theory of electricity The fluid theory of electricity is a now defunct theory that postulated an electrical fluid which was responsible for many electrical phenomenon. Although, he was not the first proponent, Benjamin Franklin worked to develop the theory.
Fluid-structure interaction Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) occurs when a fluid interacts with a solid structure, exerting pressure on it which may cause deformation in the structure and thus alter the flow of the fluid itself. Such interactions may be stable or oscillatory, and are a crucial consideration in the design of many engineering systems, especially aircraft.
Fluidic wallpaper A new wallcovering being developed by Boeing that uses compressed air to block outside noise in an airplane cabin. Fluidic wallpaper employs compressed air to counterbalance oscillating pressures that make up low-frequency noise.
Fluidization Fluidization (or fluidisation) is a process similar to liquefaction whereby a granular material is converted from a static solid-like state to a dynamic fluid-like state. This process occurs when a fluid (liquid or gas) is passed up through the granular material.
Fluke (band) Fluke is an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager. The band's conception was influenced by the members interest in the burgeoning acid house music scene and particularly the work of Cabaret Voltaire and Giorgio Moroder.
Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings is the seventh novel by Christopher Moore. Published in 2003, it combines elements of absurdist and fantasy fiction, as well as the author's own brand of social commentary and humor.
Flume A flume is a waterwork with open water table, that leads water from a diversion dam or weir completely aside a natural flow, often an elevated box structure (typically wood) that follows the natural contours of the land. These have been extensively used in hydraulic mining, for the transportation of logs in the logging industry, electric power generation and to power various mill operations by the use of a waterwheel.
Flummery Flummery (from the Welsh llymru) is a sweet soft pudding that is made from stewed fruit and thickened with cornstarch. Traditional British flummeries were kind of like porridge as they were often oatmeal based and cooked to achieve a smooth and gelatineous texture; often sugar and milk was added and occasionaly orange flower water.
Flunixin Meglumine Flunixin Meglumine is a NSAID (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) used in horses. Because it targets the inflamed tissue, Flunixin Meglumine is mainly used for colic pain, muscle pain, and joint disease, as well as to alleviate fevers and pain.
Fluorescein Fluorescein is a fluorophore commonly used in microscopy, in a type of dye laser as the gain medium, and in forensics and serology to detect latent blood stains. Fluorescein has an absorption maximum at 490 nm and emission maximum of 514 nm (in water).
Fluorescence Fluorescence is a luminescence that is mostly found as an optical phenomenon in cold bodies, in which the molecular absorption of a photon triggers the emission of another photon with a longer wavelength. The energy difference between the absorbed and emitted photons ends up as molecular vibrations or heat.
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a type of spectroscopy based on the measurement of fluorescence intensity and the analysis of it fluctuations, which can be due to the diffusion of the observed fluorophore in the excitation volume or to changes in the fluorescence quantum yield arising from chemical reactions. Measurements are usually made on only a few molecules at a time - of the order of 10 milliseconds - which is achieved by illuminating tiny volumes (around 1 femtoliter), available by employing two-photon excitation microscopy or confocal microscopy.
Fluorescence in Plants: Natural and Modified Some plants are naturally fluorescent, such as the Day-Glo flower. These contain pigments like betaxanthis which absorb shorter wavelengths of light exciting electrons to a higher energy state and emit longer wavelengths of light as the electrons return to the ground state.
Fluorescence lifetime imaging Fluorescence lifetime imaging or FLIM is a technique for producing an image based on the differences in the exponential decay rate of the fluorescence from a fluorescent sample. It can be used as an imaging technique in confocal microscopy and other microscope systems.
Fluorescence microscope A Fluorescence Microscope is a light microscope used to study properties of organic or inorganic substances using the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence instead of, or in addition to, reflection and absorption.
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is a technique used in cellular imaging where a fluorochrome attached to a molecule is destroyed on purpose with an intense flash of light (by a laser). This is done in a well defined area to study the repopulation of this area with peripheral molecules still fluorescent.
Fluorescence spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy or fluorometry or spectrofluorimetry is a type of electromagnetic spectroscopy used for analyzing fluorescent spectra. It involves using a beam of light, usually ultraviolet light, that excites the electrons in molecules of certain compounds and causes them to emit light of a lower energy, typically, but not necessarily, visible light.
Fluorescent green pig Fluorescent green pigs were first bred by a group of researchers led by Prof. Wu Shinn-Chih at the Department of Animal Science and Technology at National Taiwan University, announcing the results of the experiment in January 2006.
Fluorescent in situ hybridization FISH (Fluorescent in situ hybridization) is a cytogenetic technique which can be used to detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes. It uses fluorescent probes which bind only to those parts of the chromosome with which they show a high degree of sequence similarity.
Fluorescent lamp A fluorescent lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor in argon or neon gas, resulting in a plasma that produces short-wave ultraviolet light. This light then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light.
Fluorescent multilayer card Using the same technology as the fluorescent multilayer disc, the fluorescent multilayer card is a card containing a square shaped clear part which has multiple layers each with a different fluorescent material that reflects light at a different frequency than the other layers, so that the number of layers is limited only by the thickness of the card. Because of this, a card with the data area roughly 25 mm or one inch wide should be able to hold 10 GB of data.
Fluorescent Multilayer Disc Fluorescent Multilayer Disc (FMD), is an optical disc format developed by Constellation 3D that uses fluorescent, rather than reflective materials to store data. Reflective disc formats (such as CD and DVD) have a practical limitation of about two layers, primarily due to interference, scatter, and inter-layer cross talk.
Fluorescent tag In molecular biology and biotechnology, a fluorescent tag is a part of a molecule that researchers have attached chemically to aid in detection of the molecule to which it has been attached. The tag is some kind of fluorescent molecule (also known as fluorophore).
Fluorescent-activated cell sorting Fluorescence-activated cell-sorting (FACS) is a type of flow cytometry (FCM), a method for sorting a suspension of biological cells into two or more containers, one cell at a time, based upon specific light scattering and fluorescent characteristics of each cell. However, FACS is a Trademarked term that is owned by Becton-Dickinson and is not a general term.
Fluoride poisoning In high concentrations, as with almost all substances, fluoride compounds are toxic. 5 grams of full strength sodium fluoride will kill most adult humans; a lethal dose is approximately 75 mg per kilogram of body mass.
Fluoride therapy Fluoride therapy is the delivery of fluoride to the teeth topically or systemically, which is designed to prevent tooth decay (dental caries) which results in cavities. Most commonly, fluoride is applied topically to the teeth using gels, varnishes, toothpaste/dentifrices or mouth rinse.
Fluoride volatility Fluoride volatility is a method for the removal of elements, which form volatile fluorides, from fused molten fluoride salts. Its principle of operation is the chemical oxidation of the elements in the spent fuel by atomic fluorine, which then escapes.
Fluorichterite Fluorichterite [ Ca2(Mg,Fe,Al)5(Al,Si)8O22(OH)2 ] is an inosilicate/amphibole and is found at Wilberforce in Ontario, Canada - the only location it is known to exist. The crystals form in a skarn formation and the alteration it undergoes produces many odd and rare minerals like fluorichterite.
Fluorine absorption dating Fluorine absorption dating is the use of fluorine to determine the duration of time an object found in the soil has been there. It is a relative dating technique, in comparison to absolute dating techniques like radiocarbon dating.
Fluorine deficiency Fluoride or fluorine deficiency is a medical condition in which a human, or other organism lacks the necessary compounds containing fluorine to keep bones and teeth healthy. The extent to which the condition truly exists, and its relationship to fluoride poisoning has arisen some controversy.
Fluorinert Fluorinert™ is the brand name for the line of electronics coolant liquids sold commercially by 3M. It is an electrically insulating, inert perfluorocarbon fluid which is used in various cooling applications but is mainly for cooling electronics.
Fluoroscopy Fluoroscopy is an imaging technique commonly used by physicians to obtain real-time images of the internal structures of a patient through the use of a fluoroscope. In its simplest form, a fluoroscope consists of an x-ray source and fluorescent screen between which a patient is placed.
Fluorosilicate glass Fluorosilicate glass (FSG) is a dielectric used in between copper metal layers during silicon integrated circuit fabrication process. It has a low dielectric constant (k) and is now widely adopted by semiconductor foundries on geometries sub 0.
Fluoxetine Fluoxetine hydrochloride is an antidepressant drug used medically in the treatment of depression, body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hypochondriasis and panic disorder.
Fluphenazine Fluphenazine is a typical antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of psychoses such as schizophrenia and acute manic phases of bipolar depression. It belongs to the piperazine class of phenothiazines and is extremely potent; more potent than haloperidol and around fifty to seventy times the potency of chlorpromazine.
Flurry Flurry is an OpenGL-based screensaver originally written by Brian Wade (for the PC) and converted to the Mac by Calum Robinson, released under the BSD License for Mac OS X. It draws a complex 'flurry' of colourful particles on a black background.
Flush toilet A flush toilet or water closet (WC) is a toilet that disposes of the waste matter by using water to send them through a drainpipe to another location. Modern toilets incorporate an 'S' bend; this 'trap' creates a water seal which remains filled with water between flushing, thus providing a hygienic barrier by preventing sewer gases from passing up the drainpipe.
Flush: a biography Flush: a biography, first published in 1933, is one of two fictional biographies written by Virginia Woolf, the other being Orlando: A Biography. Written after the completion of her emotionally draining The Waves, Flush provided Woolf a welcome break from her more demanding and experimental writings.
Flush: A Biography Flush: A Biography, a book about Elizabeth Barret Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. Commonly read as a modernist consideration of city-life seen through the eyes of a dog, Flush serves a harsh criticism of the supposedly unnatural ways of living in the city.
Flushed Away Flushed Away is an animated film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a co-production between Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.
Flushing (military tactic) Flushing (or Flush) is a military tactic employed by skirmishers (normally infantry). This is where multiple skirmishing units work together using guerilla warfare tactics or espionage in order to maintain a strategic advantage over the enemy before attacking major strategic points (ie outposts, airports and docks) which will hold trade and gains time to make an offensive.
Flushing Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line) Flushing Avenue is a station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, and the train at all times except weekends and late nights.
Flushing Bay, New York Flushing Bay, New York is a semienclosed body of water (a bay) located off the north shore of Long Island, near the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens, and immediately adjacent to New York City's LaGuardia Airport and Rikers Island, site of one of New York's city jails.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, occasionally referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City, USA, roughly at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway. It is the third largest public park in the City of New York and was created as the site of the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.
Flushing Remonstrance The Flushing Remonstrance, considered by many to be in some ways a precursor to the United States Constitution's provision on freedom of religion in the Bill of Rights, was signed on December 27, 1657 in Flushing, at the time part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland (now part of Queens, New York) by a group of English citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers and the religious policies of the Governor of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant had formally banned all other religions outside of the Dutch Reformed Church from being practised in the colony, in accordance with the laws of the Dutch Republic.
Flushing River The Flushing River, also known as Flushing Creek, is a waterway that flows through the northern part of central Queens in New York City, emptying into the East River. The river is located in a valley that may have been a larger riverbed prior to the last Ice Age, neatly dividing Queens into a western and an eastern halves.

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