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Fontmell Magna Fontmell Magna is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Cranborne Chase on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 671 (2001).
Fontona Fontona (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and the Sal Crioulo) is a village in the weswtern part of the island of Sal. The village is about 4 km west of Espargos and around 1 km south of Palmeiras.
FontWork FontWork is a feature found exclusively in OpenOffice.org that allows users to create stylized text with special effects differing from ordinary text with the added features of gradient color fills, shaping, letter height, and character spacing.
Fonuakula Industrial Park The Fonuakula Industrial Park is located near the Niue Hanan Internation Airport, it offered about 20 warehouse bays to be rented out to the private businesses to use. The industrial park is managed by the Niue Business Centre which is also located at the industrial park.
Fony Fony were a rock/metal group from Surrey, England. Formed in 1998 by Phil Bashford (guitar) & Pete Hamilton (drums), they recorded three studio albums and one live album achieving moderate success within the UK and Europe.
Fonzie Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, popularly known as Fonzie or simply The Fonz, was a fictional character in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) played by Henry Winkler. He was originally a secondary character on the show but became the de facto lead rather quickly, dwarfing the other characters in popularity by the mid-1970s.
Fonzworth Bentley Fonzworth Bentley (born Derek Watkins), formerly known as Farnsworth Bentley, is a hip hop artist, entertainer, and fashion designer, best known for being a manservant to Sean "Diddy" Combs. Bentley now markets his own line of umbrellas.
Foo Foo is a metasyntactic variable or metavariable used heavily in computer science to represent anything in an abstract way. The word foo is often used in computer programming to abstractly represent any part of a complicated system including data, variables, functions, and commands.
Foo Camp Foo Camp is the annual invitation only, no-structure, no plan, tent on the lawns, hacker event hosted by publisher Tim O'Reilly. O'Reilly describes it as "the wiki of conferences", where the program is developed by the attendees at the event, using big whiteboard schedule templates that can be rewritten or overwritten by attendees to optimize the schedule.
Foo fighter The term foo fighter was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over Europe and the Pacific theatre. Contemporary witnesses often assumed that the foo fighters were secret weapons employed by the enemy, and it was not until after the war that it was discovered neither side had anything to do with them.
Foo Swee Chin Foo Swee Chin (often abbreviated FSc) (born July 27, 1977) is a Singaporean comic book artist. 　She is the creator of several alternative comic books, including "A Lost Stock of Children" and "Mince," published by Neko Press, as well as "Chimney 25" and "Zeet," published by Slave Labor Graphics.
Foobar2000 foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows developed by Peter Pawlowski, a former freelance contractor for Nullsoft. Featuring a minimalist interface, it also boasts many features for metadata support and high-quality audio output.
Fooblitzky Fooblitzky is an board game-style computer game published by Infocom in 1985 and designed by a team including interactive fiction authors Marc Blank and Michael Berlyn. It is unique among Infocom titles because (among other reasons) it was the first game Infocom released to incorporate graphics beyond ASCII characters.
Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.
Food and Brand Lab The Food and Brand Lab is a non-profit research facility at Cornell University which focuses on why people buy and eat the foods they do in they quantities they do. Directed by Brian Wansinkthe stated mission of the Lab is to "Conduct top level academic research that enables consumers to use food to help them 'to be what they want to be' -- this could involve eating less, eating better, or enjoying food more.
Food and cooking hygiene Food and cooking hygiene includes a number of routines which should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning.
Food and Drink Federation The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is an organisation that represents and advises the UK food and drink manufacturers. The council is responsible for communicating to and from a range of audiences including the UK government (particularly the Department of Health), regulators and consumers.
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food (humans and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal) and radiation emitting devices (including non-medical devices), biologics, and blood products in the United States.
Food and Drugs Act Food and Drugs Act (formal title An Act respecting food, drugs, cosmetics and therapeutic devices) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada regarding the production, import, export, transport across provinces and sale of food, drugs, contraceptive devices and cosmetics (including personal cleaning products such as soap and toothpaste). It was first passed in 1920 and most recently revised in 1985.
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (), or FEHD (食環署) for short, is a department of Hong Kong Government, reporting to the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau. The department is responsible for food hygiene and environmental hygiene.
Food and Nutrition Service The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was established in August 8, 1969. FNS is the Federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs.
Food autism Food Autism is a common but most often undiagnosed disease that prominantly manifests itself in children. The food autistic child most commonly has a hard time eating food that is not the correct; temperature, color, consistency, texture ,flavor, and touching other food on the plate.
Food bank A food bank is a place where food, typically non-perishable goods (and sometimes frozen perishable goods such as meats or concentrated juices), are offered to nonprofit agencies for distribution to people in need of food for free or at very low prices (or in exchange for volunteer work). These agencies are typically non-profit organizations or run as part of a church or community outreach group.
Food Basics Canada Food Basics is a no-frills Canadian supermarket chain created by A&P Canada, to compete with the successful "No Frills" warehouse style supermarket operated by Loblaws. Operating in Ontario, Food Basics sells at lower cost due to low maintenance (no free bags, just free cardboard boxes).
Food cart A food cart is a mobile kitchen that is setup on the street to facilitate the sale and marketing of street food to people from the local pedestrian traffic. They are often found in large cities through out the world and can be found to sell food of just about any variety.
Food combining Food combining is the term for a nutritional approach that focuses less upon the quantity and kind of food consumed, and more upon the timing of their consumption. For example, advocates sometimes recommend that carbohydrates and citrus fruits should not be consumed at the same meal, because the enzyme that digests carbohydrates (ptyalin) can only function in an alkaline environment.
Food contaminants Food contamination refers to the presence in food of harmful chemicals and microorganisms which can cause consumer illness. This article addresses the chemical contamination of foods, as opposed to microbiological contamination, which can be found under Foodborne illness.
Food court A food court is a type of indoor plaza contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and providing a common area for self-serve dining. In the United States, food courts became popular in the 1980s in shopping malls and airports.
Food craving A food craving is an intense desire to consume a particular food, as opposed to food in general. Food cravings are especially common in people following structured diet plans, and often interfere with the best of intentions to adhere to a particular style of eating.
Food critic The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyses food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used interchangeably, at least in some circumstances.
Food Conspiracy Food conspiracy is a term that described various organizing efforts in the early 1970s among neighbors who pooled resources to purchase food directly from farmers and small distributors. In the San Francisco Bay area, for instance, a collective of like-minded individuals would establish a phone list, create a list of available goods, members would volunteer for tasks such as taking phone orders and tallying the list on Friday evening, shopping at the Farmers market early Saturday morning and hosting the pick up spot in a basement or garage locally.
Food engineering Food engineering refers to the engineering aspects of food production and processing. Food engineering includes, but is not limited to, the application of agricultural engineering and chemical engineering principles to food materials.
Food faddism Food faddism and fad diet are terms which refer to the tendency for idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns. A fad diet is supposed and promoted to improve health but may do nothing at all, or even have the opposite results if it is nutritionally unbalanced and unconfirmed by scientific studies.
Food fight A food fight is a spontaneous form of chaotic collective behavior, in which food is thrown around a room, usually a cafeteria, in the manner of projectiles. Those who participate in food fights in cafeteria settings are usually punished.
Food for the Poor, Inc. Food for the Poor, Inc. is a ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization based in the United States that provides food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to poor people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry Though the term food fight often refers to the literal throwing of food during an argument or dispute, there is a book by a similar name, called Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis & What We Can Do About It. Published by McGraw-Hill in 2004, Food Fight takes a hard look at what has caused the obesity epidemic in America and why the crisis is spreading overseas.
Food First Food First, also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, is an Oakland-based, member-supported, nonprofit organization, self-described as a "peoples' think tank and education-for-action center," founded in 1975 by Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins.2001 Progress Report, Food First News and Views, Winter 2002, Volume 25, Number 84.
Food First Information and Action Network FIAN (Food First Information and Action Network) or FIAN International is an international organization defending the Human Right to Food. It has members in over 60 countries in America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Food For Less Food For Less is an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Limited. Established in Queensland, it later expanded into New South Wales and became the low-cost supermarket chain for Woolworths, competing with Franklins No Frills and Coles' Bi-Lo.
Food groups The food groups are part of a method of classification for the various foods that humans consume in their everyday lives, based on the nutritional properties of these types of foods and their location in a hierarchy of nutrition. Eating certain amounts and proportions of foods from the different categories is recommended by most guides to healthy eating as one of the most important ways to achieve a healthy lifestyle through diet.
Food heritage Food heritage encompasses the origins of plants and animals and their dispersal, the sites where people first cultivated plants and domesticated animals, as well as the earliest locations around the world where people first processed, prepared, sold and ate foods—these include farms, all types of mill, dairies, orchards, vineyards, breweries, restaurants and cafes, markets and groceries, hotels and inns. The history of food underlies the history of the world's people.
Food chain Food chains, food webs and/or food networks describe the feeding relationships between species in a biotic community. Food webs graphically represent the transfer of material and energy from one species to another within an ecosystem.
Food industry The food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry.
Food intolerance Food intolerance or food sensitivity is a negative reaction to a food that is not related to the immune system or to food poisoning. It is caused by the absence of specific chemicals or enzymes needed to digest a food substance.
Food irradiation Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation in order to disinfest, sanitize, sterilize, or preserve food. It is, like most technology involving ionizing radiation, the subject of some controversy regarding its safety.
Food Jammers Food Jammers is a cooking show featuring Micah Donovan, Chris Martin, and Nobu Adilman; three backyard mechanics who make homebrew cooking equipment using junkyard parts, found objects, and locally sourced ingredients. Food is essentially an excuse for them to cook.
Food Lion Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company that operates over 1,200 stores in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia under the Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar, and Reid's nameplates. As of December 2006, Food Lion had approximately 73,000 associates.
Food Lovers' Guide to Australia The Food Lovers' Guide to Australia is a Special Broadcasting Service Australian food/travel television show with mainstay presenters Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill. The series travels around Australia to discover its' multicultural culinary delights.
Food miles Food miles is an expression for the concept that the mileage of food before it reaches the consumer (or the plate) is a good indicator for the environmental impact of the food and its components. The concept of food miles is part of a broader issue of sustainability which deals with a large range of issues including local food.
Food Not Bombs Food Not Bombs is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, serving free vegan and vegetarian food to others. Food Not Bombs ideology claims that myriad corporate and government priorities are skewed to allow hunger to persist in the midst of abundance.
Food of Southern Puglia The food of Lecce, the Salento and Puglia in general is some of Italy's favourite and indeed, Puglia is where Italians themselves go to vacation, the entire nation often citing 'the food' as the reason, just after the beautiful beaches (Like Florida, Puglia is actually defined by water, in this case the Ionian (Jonio in Italian) and the Adriatic (Adriatico).
Food packaging Food packaging is the enclosing of food that requires protection from tampering, whether by physical, chemicals, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed.
Food plot Food Plot is a term that has been coined by the hunting/outdoor industry for planting crops solely for the benefit for wildlife. Food plots generally consist of but are not limited to legumes (clovers, alphalpha, beans, etc.
Food policy Food policy is a plan or course of action intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, behavior, and perceptions to enable people access enough food for an active, healthy life. It consists of the setting of goals for food production, processing, marketing, availability, access, utilization and consumption, as well as the processes for achieving these goals on a local, national, regional and global level.
Food politics Food politics are the political aspects of the production, control, regulation, inspection and distribution of food. The politics can be affected by the ethical, cultural, medical and environmental disputes concerning proper farming, agricultural and retailing methods and regulations.
Food preservation Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food in such a way as to stop or greatly slow down spoilage to prevent foodborne illness while maintaining nutritional value, density, texture and flavor.
Food processor A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the process of preparation of food. Today, the term almost always refers to an electric-motor-driven appliance, although there are some manual devices also referred to as "food processors".
Food Parade Food Parade Incorporated is a Long Island based supermarket chain with two stores in Plainview, New York, and one store under renovation in Uniondale, New York. Food Parade is a member of the ShopRite retailers' cooperative and therefore trades as ShopRite.
Food quality Food quality is the quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers. This includes external factors as appearance (size, shape, color, gloss, and consistency), texture, and flavor; factors such as federal grade standards (eggs) and internal (chemical, physical, microbial).
Food reality television series Food reality television series are programs of the reality television genre that some how focus on food. Some shows within the genre have a competitive aspect, others are similar in nature to documentaries, and others try to help the subjects involved.
Food Race The Food Race refers to the relationship between food supply and human population postulated by Daniel Quinn. Quinn advocates the view that human population, is controlled by food supply, like all other animals.
Food Records Food Records was a record label set up in 1984 by Andy Ross and David Balfe. Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution going through Rough Trade Distribution, Food licenced acts to the Polygram offshoot London and Warner's WEA Records, before becoming closely associated with the EMI group's Parlophone label.
Food Routes Network Headquartered in Millheim, Pennsylvania, Food Routes Network is a national non-profit organization that provides support to a variety of other localized groups that encourage sustainable agriculture and community-based food systems. It’s goal is to re-introduce Americans to their food: the seeds from which it grows, the farmers who produce it, and the routes it takes from the farm to their tables.
Food science Food science is a discipline concerned with all technical aspects of food, beginning with harvesting or slaughtering, and ending with its cooking and consumption. It is considered one of the agricultural sciences, and is usually considered distinct from the field of nutrition.
Food sovereignty "Food sovereignty" is a term originally coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996 "Global Small-Scale Farmers' Movement Developing New Trade Regimes", Food First News & Views, Volume 28, Number 97 Spring/Summer 2005, p.2.
Food supplements A food supplement is, typically, a nutrient added to a foodstuff which would otherwise not contain that nutrient. In general, the term is restricted to those additives which are deemed to be positive for health, growth or well-being.
Food Safety and Inspection Service The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is charged with ensuring that all meat, poultry, and processed egg products in the United States are safe to consume and accurately labeled. This includes all food products that contain more than 2-3% meat products.
Food Separation Diet A Food Separation Diet is an ecclectic approach to eating and dieting which utilizes the separation of food group types at meals. A reinvention of traditional eating styles which is key to this nutritional system and its benefits.
Food Stamp Program The Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.
Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by an appointed board that is intended to act in the public interest.
Food taster A food taster is a person that takes food to be served to someone else to confirm that it is safe to eat and does not contain toxins or poisons. The person to whom the food is going to be served is usually an important person, like an emperor or monarch, or anyone that could possibly be under threat of assassination or harm.
Food travelogue television series Food travelogue television series are programs that focus on people who travel to various locales, primarily for the local cuisine specialties. The format itself varries little between shows, and is mainly driven by the personality of the host or hosts.
Food truck A mobile kitchen, known colliqually in some regions as a "X" Truck, is a mobile venue that sells food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell mostly frozen or prepackaged food; others are more like restaurants-on-wheels.
Food Technology (magazine) Food Technology is a monthly food science and technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago, Illinois. The magazine addresses current issues related to food science and technology, including research, education, food engineering, food packaging, nutraceuticals, laboratory issues, and other items related to IFT.
Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award The Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award has been awarded by the Institute of Food Technologists since 1959. It is awarded for development of an outstanding food process or product that represents a significant advance in the application of food technology to food production.
Food waste Food waste (American English: garbage is any form of biodegradable waste] that was originally intended for consumption. It will typically consist of [[vegetable scraps, meat scraps and other discards from the kitchen.
Food-feed system Food-feed system is under the integrated livestock-crop production system where crops are grown on farms and the produces are harvested for human consumption and the crop-residues or by-products of such crops are used as feeds for livestock eg. intercropping of cowpeas between rows of cassava.
Food-mass feeder Food-mass feeders are organisms (animals) that feed on body parts of other organisms, using a number of strategies and feeding behaviors to acquire them. Examples of food-mass feeders are carnivores (feed on meat), herbivores (feed on plants), piscivores (feed on fish), insectivores (feed on insects), ophiophagous (feed on snakes), etc.
Foodcourtia Foodcourtia is the "food court" planet featured in the universe of the cartoon series Invader Zim, which served as the place Zim would serve and toil after he was banished for single-handedly ruining Operation Impending Doom I.
Foodies Foodies is a slang term used to describe people with a strong love of fine dining, food and the experience of dining out or creating elaborate meals at home. The term used to describe those who closely follow the openings and closings of new restaurants and the comings and goings of celebrity chefs.
Foodland Ontario Foodland Ontario, founded in 1977, is a consumer promotion program of the government of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its mandate is to promote the penetration of Ontario-grown produce and other agricultural products into the Ontario market and their consumption by Ontarians.
Foodservice The foodservice (or food service) industry generally encompasses those places, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal eaten away from home. This industry includes restaurants, school and hospital cafeterias, catering operations, and many other formats.
Foodtown Foodtown is a New Zealand upscale supermarket chain owned by Progressive Enterprises. Foodtown operates 30 supermarkets throughout the country and is one of the first supermarkets to offer online shopping and loyalty cards.
Foof chair Foof Chairs are a type of bean bag chair filled with urethane foam instead of polystyrene beans. Urethane foam, which is the same material used in quality sofa cushions does not break down or lose its shape as is common with bean bag chairs filled with polystyrene beads.
Fook Lam Moon Fook Lam Moon (traditional chinese: 福臨門) is a chinese restaurant chain with its main and original branch at 35-45 Johnston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Fook Lam Moon means fortune and blessings come to your home.
Fool (song) "Fool" is a Latin pop song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her 2001 album Laundry Service. This song was officially available as a single only in Brazil, where it was released to promote the soundtrack of a popular telenovela.
Fool and Final Fool and Final is a Bollywood film to be released in 2007. The film directed by choreographer Ahmed Khan stars Sunny Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Bipasha Basu, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan and many more actors.
Fool Hearted Memory "Fool Hearted Memory" was country music singer George Strait's first number one single, written by Byron Hill and Blake Mevis. The single was from George Strait's 1982 "Strait From The Heart" album on MCA Records and was included in the soundtrack of the feature film "The Soldier" on Embassy Films.
Fool in the Rain "Fool in the Rain" is a song on English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, In Through The Out Door. In 1980, it was their final song to ever make the pop singles charts, reaching #21Inductee Timeline, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies is a 2005 book by Josh Frank and Caryn Ganz about the American alternative rock band Pixies. The book, written as an oral history, covers the career of the band from their inception, to their breakup in 1993 and eventual reunion in 2004.
Fool's Bargain Fool's Bargain is a fictional Star Wars ebook written by Timothy Zahn and published on 1 February 2004, and later in print with Survivor's Quest. The novel is set before Survivor's Quest in the Star Wars Expanded Universe timeline.
Fool's Errand (novel) Fool's Errand is a book by Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's Quest, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny); it resumes the story of FitzChivalry Farseer after he has wandered the world and finally settled to a quiet, cottage-dwelling life with his adopted son Hap.
Fool's guard Fool's guard (in German Alber) is the name of a ward in the German school of historical fencing. In the Fool's Guard, the point of the sword is lowered to the ground, appearing to "foolishly" expose the upper parts of the body and inviting an attack.
Fool's Gold Loaf Fool's Gold Loaf is a sandwich made by a restaurant in Denver, Colorado called the Colorado Gold Mine Company. The sandwich consists of a single loaf of hollowed out, warmed bread, one jar of peanut butter and jelly each, and a pound of bacon.
Fool's Overture Fool's Overture is the epic closing track off of Supertramp's 1977 album Even in the Quietest Moments. Written and sung by guitarist, keyboard player, singer and songwriter Roger Hodgson, the song tells about World War II England and the lessons learned from it.
Fool-saint A fool-saint is a role model, or a figure in someone's life who is admired. The fool-saint is a person who is a saint because of the miracles they create yet a fool because all of the miracles they create amount to nothing.
Foolabai Foolabai (1664 - 1682) was a famous Jat woman popularly known as Bhakt Shiromani Foolabai. She was born in 1664 AD in the family of Jat chieftain of Manju gotra in the village Manjuwas situated at a distance of 20 km from Nagaur in Nagaur district.
Foolin' Foolin is a 1983 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Pyromania. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #28 on Pop Singles.
Foolish (song) "Foolish" is the 2002 debut single by R&B singer Ashanti, produced by Irv Gotti and taken from her self-named album. The song samples DeBarge's 1983 song "Stay With Me" in an identical manner to The Notorious B.
Foolish Beat "Foolish Beat" is the fourth single from American singer Debbie Gibson's debut album Out of the Blue. Her first ballad release, this made Gibson the youngest person to single-handedly write, produce and sing a number-one single entirely on her own when it hit the top of the U.

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