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Éfaté
Efate is also a genus of jumping spiders. Located at 16.69° S and 168.36° E in the Pacific Ocean, Éfaté is an island in The Republic of Vanuatu (Shefa Province). It is also known as Île Vate. It is the most populous (approx. 50000) island in Vanuatu; in terms of land area (899.5 km²) Ef..
F-ATPase
F-ATPase is a protein found in bacterial plasma membranes, mitochondrial inner membranes and in chloroplast thylakoid membranes. It uses a proton gradient to drive ATP synthesis and hydrolyzes ATP to build the proton gradient. The Bovine Mitochondrial F1-Atpase Complexed with the Inhibitor Protein I..
Fat
This article is about lipid molecules. Fat may also refer to obesity or adipose tissue. FAT is also an acronym standing for different meanings. Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. Fats may be either solid or liqui..
FAT
FAT may mean: Factory acceptance test (see Acceptance test), a software engineering conceptFar Eastern Air Transport, an airline of the Republic of China on TaiwanFile Allocation Table, a file system format used by Microsoft operating systemsForces Armées Tchadiennes, the Chad armed forces of the ..
Fat-Man-Do
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Fat-soluble
Fat soluble or fat-soluble refers to properties of compounds in our bodies that are attracted to and accumulated in fat cells within the body. Fat soluble compounds are not readily processed by the lymphatic system as are water soluble compounds. Water-soluble could be considered the opposite of fat..
Fat-tailed Dunnart
The Fat Tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family, the family includes the Little Red Kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian Devil. It has an average body length of 60-90 mm with a tail of 45-70 mm. Ear length is 14-16 mm. Its weight varies..
Fat-tailed Gerbil
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Fat-tailed sheep
The fat-tailed sheep is a category of domestic sheep that comprise approximately 25% of world sheep population (Davidson, 1999). Breeds of fat-tail sheep are commonly found in northern parts of Africa, the Middle and Near East, in particular, the Fertile Crescent, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Varietie..
FATA
FATA can refer to: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces.From Autumn to Ashes, a metalcore band from Long Island, United States. This page expands a four-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a ..
Fataga
Fataga is a village in the province of San Bartolomé de Tirajana on the island of Gran Canaria. The village can trace its' origins back for more than 2000 years, when the area of the current village was inhabited by the Guanche natives. The village became known as Adfatagad in the 16th century, a..
Fatah
Fatah (Arabic: فتح); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: "Palestinian National Liberation Movement") is a major Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confedera..
Fatah - Revolutionary Council
Fatah - Revolutionary Council (better known as the Abu Nidal Organization, after its founder Abu Nidal) was an international terrorist organization created by a split from Fatah in 1974. The group is also known as the Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black June (not to be confused with Black September)..
Fatah al-Intifada
Fatah al-Intifada (Arabic, Fatah Uprising, فتح الانتفاضة) is a Palestinian militant faction founded by Col. Said al-Muragha, better known as Abu Musa. The group is often referred to as the 'Abu Musa Faction'. Officially it refers to itself as the Palestinian National Liberation Movement ..
Fatah Hawks
The Fatah Hawks are a Palestinian militant group, an offshoot of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade which has links to the dominant Fatah Movement. The group has carried out attacks against Israeli military personnel in the Gaza Strip. They first appeared in public by claiming joint responsibility with Ha..
Fatah Special Operations Group
The Fatah Special Operations Group (Fatah-SOG), Martyrs of Tel al-Za'tar, Amn Araissi or Hawari Group was a radical Palestinian faction associated to Fatah, the main group of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The group was led by Fatah radical Col. Abdullah Abd al-Hamid Labib, known as C..
Fatal/Fake
is a Doujin Versus fighting game created by Light's in 2005. The game is based off of TYPE-MOON's Fate/stay night visual novel game. Fatal/Fake has been rising in popularity among Fate/Stay Night fans since its release in 2005. It makes use of Cel-shaded animation and other pixel shader 1.1 - 2.0 ef..
Fatal/Fake Moves
Move List Activation combinations use the numpad system to the right. SaberRoll: 214+D. Rolls on the ground. Makes you invisble to melee attacks. Can go through your opponent. Sword Dance: 214+A, B, or C. A has a shorter-ranged, faster attack that can be chained 3 times(Deals 2000 damage witho..
Fatale
Fatale is a 1992 film by Louis Malle aka Damage.Fatale is also the title of a comic book published in the mid-1990s by Broadway Comics. See also fatal This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ma..
Fatale (comic)
Fatale #1 (1996). Art by J.G. Jones Fatale is the title of a short-lived American superhero comic book published by Broadway Comics in 1996. It was a spin-off of Broadway's flagship series Powers That Be, in which the lead character had first appeared in 1995. Created by former Marvel Comics ..
Fatale (comics)
Fatale is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She is an assassin, usually working for Dark Beast. She first appeared in X-Factor #112, but in X-Men volume 2 #49 it was revealed that Pamela Greenwood, a waitress who had appeared two years before in Uncanny X-Men #299, was in fact F..
Fatale (comic book)
Fatale #1 (1996). Art by J.G. Jones According to Jim Shooter, Fatale was created from men and women comparing their experience in strong women. The aim was to create as much realism in the character as possible while portraying a strong and resourceful woman. Fatale was in many ways a T&A se..
Fatali
Fatali is Eitan Carmi, a psychedelic trance artist from Israel. Discography Moments (Alchemy Records 2003)Faith (BNE Ltd. 2005) External links [Fatali Official Website] ..
Fatalism
Fatalism is the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be. One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this: If it is fated for you to recover from your illness, then you will recover whether you cal..
Fatality
Fatality may mean: DeathFatality (Mortal Kombat) - a finishing move in the Mortal Kombat series of versus fighting games.Fatal1ty - the pseudonym of Johnathan Wendel, a professional electronic sports player. ..
Fatality (comics)
Fatality is a fictional character from the DC Comics universe. History The eldest child of the planet Xanshi's ruling family, the girl who would one day call herself Fatality was sent off-world to be educated by the fabled Warlords of Okaara. When Xanshi was destroyed due to a miscalculation by Gr..
Fatality (Mortal Kombat)
Sub-Zero performing a Head Rip fatality in Mortal Kombat. In the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, a Fatality is a special finishing move that can be used against one's opponent at the end of the final match. When the announcer says "Finish Him" (or "Finish Her" if the opponent is female..
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was created in the United States by NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle s..
Fatality rate
Fatality Rate, or Case Fatality Rate, is the ratio of deaths within a designated population, over a certain period of time. An example of a fatality rate would be 9/10,000 per year. This means that within a given year, and out of 10,000 people formally diagnosed with a disease, 9 of them died. ..
Fatali Khan Khoyski
Fatali Khan Iskender oglu Khoyski (December 7, 1875, Sheki - June 19, 1920, Tbilisi) was a prominent Azerbaijani politician, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. References [Fatali Khan Khoyski in Azerbaijan International] ..
Fatalna ljubav
"Fatalna ljubav" is Ceca's seventh album. It contains the following songs: Nije monotonijaZlato srećan putZnamIdi dok si mladVolela sam volelaŠta jos mozes da mi dasFatalna ljubavDa li to ljubav pravi od nas slabićeBeograd ..
Fataluku language
Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 30,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a Papuan language, and is usually considered a Trans-New Guinea language. It is given the status o..
Fatal Acception
Fatal Acception is an industrial band now based in Toronto. The driving force behind Fatal Acception is Chris Whitney. Chris started making music with computers back in 1991. Under the band "Ninety Seven" Chris and Paul Perreault released a demo tape in 1995 called "truncated" featuring five songs...
Fatal Accident Inquiry
A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) is a unique aspect of the Scottish legal system, which is requested by a Procurator Fiscal when a fatal accident has occurred. Generally the Procurator Fiscal will receive notification of a person's death and will investigate any which appear suspicious. Where the de..
Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has an affair with a woman who refuses to allow it end and becomes obsessed with him. It stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. The film was adapted by James Dearden and Nicholas Meyer from an earlier script by Dearden for B..
Fatal Attractions
-->. Fatal Attractions was a major Marvel Comics X-Men crossover in 1993. It involved the X-Men battling Magneto and his Acolytes. Plot The saga began in Uncanny X-Men #304 with the X-Men burying the deceased Illyana Rasputin, or Magik, who was felled by the Legacy Virus. Magneto (who had previo..
Fatal Bond
Fatal Bond was a 'B' grade movie released in 1992. It was filmed in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia, including Narrabeen Caravan Park. It starred Linda Blair and Jerome Ehlers. ..
Fatal Charm
Fatal Charm (also known as The Fatal Charm from 1978-1979) were a punk then rock/pop band from Nottingham, England. From 1980 onwards, their musical style was difficult to define; a variation on the rock/pop genre that defied comparison with other emerging UK acts such as Echo & the Bunnymen, Th..
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
H5N1 Influenza A virus subtype H5N1Genetic structureInfectionGlobal spreadSocial impactPandemic WHO pandemic phases 1. Low risk 2. New virus 3. Self limiting 4. Person to person 5. Epidemic exists 6. Pandemic exists Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America is an ABC two-hour TV movie which first a..
Fatal Desire
Fatal Desire (2006) Television Film Fatal Desire is a made-for-TV film produced by Lifetime. It premiered April 3, 2006 on the network and starred Eric Roberts as Joe, an ex-policeman turned casino pit boss in Atlantic City, and Anne Heche as Tonya Sullivan, a bored housewife with very manipulativ..
Fatal error
In computing, a fatal error is an error which causes a program to abort - and thus may return the user to the operating system. When this happens, data that the program was processing may be lost. A fatal error occurs typically in any of these cases: An illegal instruction has been attemptedInvalid..
Fatal familial insomnia
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited disease of the brain. The gene responsible is carried in just 28 families worldwide; even if only one parent had the gene, the offspring have at best a 50:50 chance of inheriting it and developing the disease. The disease's g..
Fatal Five
The Fatal Five are a supervillain team of the 30th century in the DC Comics universe. They were created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (1967) as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Originally assembled by the Legion to help them destroy the Sun-Eater threatening Earth..
Fatal Frame
Miku has an ability that allows her to sense the supernatural. Fatal Frame, known as Project Zero in Europe and in Japan, is a survival horror series, so far consisting of three games. The first and second games in the series were released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The third game is cur..
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury (餓狼伝説 or Garou Densetsu in Japan) is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo-Geo system. It is SNK's second oldest fighting game (the oldest is Street Smart which released in 1989), and was once a rival to Capcom's Street Fighter series. Contents 1 Gameplay2&..
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
|} Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf is an anime movie based on the fighting game, Fatal Fury. The movie was character designed and directed by acclaimed director Masami Obari. The movie was distributed by Viz Media. Story [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending detail..
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture is an anime movie based on the Neo GeoSNK hit video game, Fatal Fury and is a sequel to these previous movie, [[Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf]] and [[Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle]]. The movie was character designed and directed by acclaimed director Masami Ob..
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
|} Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle is an anime movie based on the Neo Geo SNK hit video game, Fatal Fury and is a sequel to the previous movie, [[Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf]]. The movie was character designed and directed by acclaimed director Masami Obari. The movie was distributed by Viz..
Fatal hilarity
Fatal hilarity is death as a result of laughter. The phrase was first recorded in 1596. Contents 1 In Modern Times2 In history3 In fiction4 References5 External links In Modern Times According to an urban legend, there have been at least two documented instances in which..
Fatal Inertia
Fatal Inertia is an aerial combat racing game by Koei for the PlayStation 3 console, due to launch when the console launches in November. The game will be set during the 23rd century and will place the player in the role of a driver competing in a series of deadly, high-stakes races across a ..
Fatal Instinct
Fatal Instinct is a 1993 comedy spoof movie directed by Carl Reiner which spoofs movies such as Basic Instinct & Fatal Attraction. This movie stars Armand Assante as a lawyer/cop named Ned Ravine who has an affair with a woman named Lola Cain played by Sean Young. Kate Nelligan stars as Ned Ravine's..
Fatal Labyrinth
Fatal Labyrinth is the title of a role-playing video game produced by Sega of America for its own Mega Drive/Genesis system in 1991. In the single player game you start off as a young, brave and weak hero that has agreed to enter a forbidden labyrinth, battle various monsters and make your way up ..
Fatal Microbes
Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows 7" The Fatal Microbes was a UK punk rock group that existed in the late 1970s. Honey Bane [link] (Donna Tracey) was the lead singer. Other band members were Gem Stone (Gemma Sansom) on drums, Pete Fender (Daniel Sansom) on guit..
Fatal Portrait
Fatal Portrait is the debut album by the heavy metal band King Diamond. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records. Track listing "The Candle" - 6:38"The Jonah" - 5:15"The Portrait" - 5:06"Dressed in White" - 3:09"Charon" - 4:14"Lurking in the Dark" - 3:33"Halloween" - 4:12"Voices from ..
Fatal Racing
Fatal Racing, known as Whiplash in the USA, is a 3D stunt car racing game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published in 1996 for the MS-DOS OS. Fatal Racing can be considered to be a hybrid of Stunts and Destruction Derby. The player picks among a broad selection of cars and drives through tra..
Fatal Recordings
Fatal Recordings is a feminist record label, established by German industrial/techno artist Hanin Elias. Fatal focuses on left-wing political music. It was formed in part because Hanin Elias felt that women did not have a place to record and create electronic music. This perspective was a result of..
Fatal Vision
Fatal Vision is both a book and a television miniseries based on the book. Fatal Vision is the real-life story of Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald, who in 1979 was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife and two small daughters. These murders had taken place in 1970 while MacDonald was a Green Beret C..
Fatal Visions
Fatal Visions was a cult film magazine from Melbourne, Australia that ran for some 20 issues from 1989 to 2000, and was edited by journalist Michael Helms. The magazine featured various reviews and interviews but focused chiefly on covering horror, action and exploitation movies. Due to its prox..
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri is a compilation of law created at instance of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (who was also known as 'Alamgir'). This compilation (or fiqh) is based on Islam's Sharia law, and was the work of many scholars, principally from the Hanafi school. The Fatawa-e-Alamgiri is notable for sev..
Fata Morgana
Fata morgana can refer to: A Roy Jacobsen crime novel, published in 1992An alternative name for Morgan le Fay, the faery shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur (both "fata" and "Fay" mean fairy.) The other uses of the phrase below derive from this use, all meaning an illusion, or illusory prospect..
Fata Morgana (album)
A compilation album that the record label did against the band's will. Songs All music & lyrics written by: Morgana Lefay 1. Time Is God 2. Nowhere Island 3. Maleficium 4. Red Moon 5. To Isengard 6. Lord Of The Rings 7. Madness 8. What Am I 9. Excalibur 10. Mad Messiah 11. Paradise Lost 12. Wonde..
Fata Morgana (film)
Fata Morgana is a film by Werner Herzog, shot in 1969, which captures mirages in the desert. Herzog describes the film as "a documentary shot by extraterrestrials from the Andromeda Nebula, and left behind." The only spoken words consist of a recitation of the Mayan creation myth (the Popul Vuh) b..
Fata Morgana (mirage)
A fata morgana, named after Morgan le Fay, the faery shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur, is a mirage, an optical phenomenon which results from a temperature inversion. Objects on the horizon, such as islands, cliffs, ships or icebergs, appear elongated and elevated, like "fairy tale castles..
Fata Morgana (Nico's Last Concert)
Fata Morgana is the name of Nico's final concert performance recorded six weeks before her death, at the Planetarium der Wilhem-Foerster-Sternwarte in Berlin, on June 6, 1988. Personnel Nico: vocal, Indian pump organJames Young: piano, synthesiserHenry Olsen: guitarEric Graham Dowdall: drums, per..
Fata Sini
Fata Sini (born June 7, 1970) is a Samoan rugby player. His first break was in 1995 when he signed for the Salford City Reds. He also represented his country, Samoa. His position was fly half. He became an instant favourite at The Willows with a impressive style of running and a tackling technique ..
Fatback
This article is about the food. For the band, see Fatback Band. Fatback is the layer of fat along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat. It is often used to make lard. Fatback is a traditional part of southern U.S. cuisine and soul food, where it is used for cracklings or cracklins, and to fl..
Fatback Band
The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) was a 1970s and '80s American funk band. Career They began recording in 1973 with "Street Dance" and "Fatbackin'" (Perception Records), and then issued some singles on Event Records. But initial sales were slim until "(Do The) Spanish Hustle" (1976), was a..
Fatboy
Fatboy was the first studio album by the jam band moe. It was first released in 1992 as a cassette of which only 1,000 were released. The band re-released the album in September of 1999 on CD. The album was recorded in the Spring of 1991 at Happy House Studios, the second floor of an apartment in..
Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 16, 1963, also known as Norman Cook) is an English musician in the dance music genre. His style is known as big beat, a combination of hip hop, breakbeat, rock, trance, house and rhythm and blues. He stopped using 'Quentin' and began call..
Fatburger
Fatburger is an American fast-food restaurant chain that uses the slogan The Last Great Hamburger Stand. It is especially popular on the West Coast. While a fast food restaurant, the food is cooked and made to order. Customers are given a number after ordering and the food and milkshakes are deliv..
Fate, Texas
Fate is a city in Rockwall County, Texas, United States. The population was 497 at the 2000 census. Geography Fate is located at [32°56′2″N, 96°23′4″W] (32.933781, -96.384482)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a t..
Fate/hollow ataraxia
|} Fate/hollow ataraxia (Japanese: フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア) is a Japanese visual novel game created by TYPE-MOON in 2005 which is the sequel to its earlier visual novel Fate/stay night. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Characters2.1 Main Characters2.2 Secondary chara..
Fate/stay night
|} is a Japanese visual novel game created by TYPE-MOON in 2004 that has been adapted into an anime television series by Studio Deen. There is also a manga series, currently serialized in the monthly Shōnen Ace magazine. It has enjoyed immense popularity, especially in Japan, spawning numerous ..
Fate/stay night scenarios
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Fate: The Best of Death
Fate: The Best of Death is a compilation album by Death. It contains songs collected from: Scream Bloody Gore - 1987Leprosy - 1988Spiritual Healing - 1990Human - 1991 Track listing "Zombie Ritual" – 4:32"Together as One" – 4:08"Open Casket" – 4:56"Spiritual Healing" – 7:45"Mutilation" – ..
Fateh-110
The Fateh-110 is a single-stage missile with at least a 200 km range, and it is produced domestically within Iran, including the solid fuel propellant. The Aerospace Industries Organization is capable of producing many types of liquid and solid propellants. Iran successfully flight tested the fina..
Fatehabad District
Fatehabada is one of the nineteen districts of Haryana state, India. redirect [[Template:Haryana]] ..
Fatehganj Pashchimi
Fatehganj Pashchimi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatehganj Pashchimi had a population of 20,811. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%..
Fatehganj Purvi
Fatehganj Purvi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatehganj Purvi had a population of 7706. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Fatehgan..
Fatehgarh
Fatehgarh is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Farrukhabad District. Fatehgarh derives its name from an old fort.It is a small city with no significant industial activity. The Indian army has a big establishment in the form of Rajput Regiment C..
Fatehgarh Churian
Fatehgarh Churian is a city and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the state of Punjab, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatehgarh Churian had a population of 15,879. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Fatehg..
Fatehgarh Sahib District
Fatehgarh Sahib district is one of the nineteen districts in the state of Punjab in North-West India. It's Major city is Mandi Gobindgarh - the steel town of India. State of Punjab (India) | History | Politics | Capital Chandigarh Districts Amritsar • Bathinda • Firozpur • ..
Fatehnagar
Fatehnagar is a city and a municipality in Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatehnagar had a population of 19,624. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Fatehnagar has an averag..
Fatehpur, Shekhawati
View of a Bawdi at Fatehpur,Shekhawati Fatehpur is a town of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. It is part of the Shekhawati region. It is midway between Jaipur and Bikaner on National Highway -11. Fatehpur is located at 28°2' North, 75°2' East. Fatehpur is famous for grand havelis with fre..
Fatehpur Chaurasi
Fatehpur Chaurasi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatehpur Chaurasi had a population of 5424. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Fatehpu..
Fatehpur District
Fatehpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh Located in the banks of the sacred rivers Ganga and Jamuna, Fatehpur founds mention in the puranic literature. The ghats of Bhitora and Asni were described as sacred in the purans. Bhitora, the site of the Great Sage Bhrigu, was an important..
Fatehpur Sikri
View across Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri (Hindi: ) was the political capital of India's Mughal Empire under Akbar's reign, from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water. Contents 1 History and significance2 Design3 Important Buildlings4 ..
Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad
Fatehsinghrao GaekwadIndia (Ind) Batting style Right-handed batsman Bowling type n/a First-class record Matches 28 '''Runs scored 831 Batting average 21.30 100s/50s 0/5 Top score 99 Balls bowled 120 Wickets 1 Bowling average 58.00 wickets in in..
Fateh Ali Khan
Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: فتح علی خان ) was born in 1901 in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was the father of legendary Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Their family (originally from Afghanistan) has an unbroken tradition of Qawwali for 600 years. Trained in classical m..
Fateh Jang
Fateh Jang (Fatehjang / Fatehjung / Fatehgarh / Fatehgunj / Fatehganj) is small town located nearly 30 miles southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Rawalpindi-Kohat or Rawalpindi-Mianwali road. The new location of the Islamabad International Airport has been selected on Rawalpindi-Fateh Jang Road and ..
Fateless
This article is about the novel. For the movie version see Fateless (film). Fateless or Fatelessness (Hungarian: Sorstalanság, lit. "Fatelessness") is a novel by Imre Kertész, written between 1960 and 1973 and first published in 1975. The novel is a semi-autobiographical story about a 15-year-..
Fateless (film)
Fateless (Sorstalanság in Hungarian) is a movie directed by Lajos Koltai, released in 2005. It was based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same title by the Nobel Prize winner author Imre Kertész, who also wrote the screenplay. It is the story of a teenage boy who is sent to concentration ..
Fateless Flows
The largest community of experimental electronic msuic composers in Los Angeles, Fateless Flows was founded in 2001 to promote new forms of electronic music on the West Coast and serve as a central hub for the Los Angeles experimental electronic music scene. Fateless Flows comprises signed and unsi..
Fatellapur
Fatellapur is a census town in Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Fatellapur had a population of 5574. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Fatellapur has an average litera..
Fatelords
Fatelords is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game set in outer space. It has been running for several years. It began in 2002. It won a Golden Web Award for 2002-2003, and 2003-2004, and a Canadian Web award in 2002, and a gamespotter award. [link] The game was started..
Fatel Razack
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Fatel Razack (Fath Al Razack , Victory of Allah the Provider) was the first ship to bring indentured labour..
Fatema Mernissi
Fatema Mernissi is a contemporary Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist. Born in Fez in 1940, she studied political science at the Sorbonne and at Brandeis University, where she earned her doctorate. Mernissi is largely concerned with Islam and women's roles in it, analyzing the historical devel..
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Fatemeh Haghighatjou
Reformist MP Fatemeh Haghighatjou, a staunch advocate of women's rights, was sentenced by Iran's Judiciary to 22 months in prison for "working against the Islamic Republic". Fatemeh Haghighatjou, also spelled Haghighatjoo (Persian: فاطمه حقی ..
Fatemeh is Fatemeh
Fatemeh is Fatemeh is a book written by Ali Shariati. In the book, Fatima Zahra the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is described as a role model for Muslim women around the world. It has been written in the pre-revolutionary era of Iran's history where there were no specific sources by whic..
Fatemeh Javadi
Fatemeh Javadi is an Iranian paleontologist and Vice-President. She is the niece of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli. Contents 1 President Ahmadinejad's Cabinet2 Education3 Department of the Environment4 Sustainable Development5 Women in the Executive Branch6 External links ..
Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama (Arabic: فاتن حمامة) (born May 27, 1931 in Al Mansurah, Egypt) is an Egyptian actress. She made her first appearance in the film Yom Said (1940) as a young 7 year old girl with Mohammed Abdel Wahab. She is known as "Sayidat alShasha alArabia" (Lady of the Arabic Screen) in ho..
Faten Mahmoud
Faten Mahmoud is a Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the cabinent of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. She is one of four female members of the Cabinet. ..
Fates Warning
Fates Warning are an influential heavy metal-progressive metal band from Connecticut, USA. Contents 1 History2 Discography3 Videography4 Lineup5 Former members6 See also7 External links History During their debut years, concretized with the album "Night on ..
Fates Worse than Death
Fates Worse than Death (ISBN 0425134067) subtitled An Autobiographical Collage, is a 1990 collection of essays, speeches, and other previously uncollected writings by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. In the introduction to the book, Vonnegut acknowledges that the book is similar to an earlier book, Palm ..
Fatezh
Fatezh (Russian: ) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Usozha River some 45 km north of Kursk. Population: 5,400 (2005 est.); 5,710 (2002 Census). Fatezh was founded in the 17th century and granted town status in 1779. ..
Fate (1953 song)
"Fate" is a popular song. It was from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's Symphony No.2. ..
Fate (1996 game)
Fate is a game which was in development in 1996. It was being developed by DogBone Software. Unfortunately, Intracorp went bankrupt before the game could be completed. Only a demo with four playable levels was released. Story The beginning of the game takes place on Pymandros. You have been captu..
FATE (Chrono Cross)
FATE is a super computer created by Belthasar in the distant future. FATE is self-aware and can operate alone. After Chronopolis was hurled back in time, FATE secured the control of the Military Time Lab. The creation of the super computer is not fully explained in the game, but it is the opinion ..
Fate (comics)
Fate (Jared Stevens) was a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, who first appeared in Fate #0, the start of his own series. His character was closely connected to Doctor Fate. Publication history Fate's first appearance was the starting point for a new series, simply titled Fate. Starti..
Fate (computer game)
Fate (or FATE) is a 2005 single player Action-RPG computer game produced by WildTangent. It was runner-up for "Role Playing Game of 2005" in PC Gamer magazine'. Description The game takes place in the town of Grove, where the "Dungeon Gate" leads would-be adventurers to multiple levels of fame,..
Fate (disambiguation)
Fate may refer to: Fate, as in destiny - refers to the inevitable course of events.Fate (band), a Danish rock bandFate, Texas, a city located in Texas, United States of America"Fate (1953 song)," a song from the 1953 musical play Kismet."Fate (1981 song)," a song by Chaka Kahn.Fate (comics), a DC co..
Fate (In the Heat of the Night)
Fate is a first season episode of the television series In the Heat of the Night. The episode was originally aired on March 22, 1998. ..
FATE (role-playing game)
FATE, Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment, is a generic role-playing game. Fate is currently based on the FUDGE gaming system. It has no fixed setting, traits, or genre and is almost entirely customizable. However, it is designed to offer the least possible obstruction to role-playing..
Fate Is the Hunter
Fate Is the Hunter was a 1961 bestseller by aviation author Ernest K. Gann. Autobiographical, though reading at times like an adventure novel, it describes his years working as a commercial airline pilot when civilian air transport was in its infancy. Reviewing the book on its appearance, Martin C..
Fate Magazine
This section does not cite its [Citing sourcesreferences or sources]. You can [WikiProject Fact and Reference Checkhelp] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.'' Fate Magazine is a magazine of paranormal phenomena, published since 1948. It was founded by Raymond A. Pal..
Fate Map
A fate map is a representation of the developmental history of each cell in the body of an adult organism. Thus, a fate map traces the products of each mitosis from the single-celled zygote to the multi-celled adult. The process of fate mapping was developed by Walter Vogt. External links http..
Fate Marable
Fate Marable (2 December, 1890 - 16 January, 1947) was a jazz pianist and bandleader. Marable was born in Paducah, Kentucky and learned piano from his mother. At the age of 17 began playing on the steam boats plying the Mississippi River. He soon became bandleader for boats on the Streckfus Line wh..
Fate of a Dreamer
Fate of a Dreamer is Ambeon's debut album, released in 2001 by Transmission. The CD features 10 tracks. Tracklisting Estranged (2:47)Ashes (5:29)High (4:12)Cold metal (6:50)Fate (7:39)Sick ceremony (3:44)Lost message (4:30)Surreal (4:37)Sweet little brother (6:06)Dreamer (5:17) Musicians Astrid ..
Fate of Nations
Fate of Nations was the sixth studio album released by the Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant in 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album was his last until his comeback with the seventh studio album Dreamland in 2002. Track listing "Calling to You" (Chris Blackwell, Robert Plant) – 5:48"Down to ..
Fate of Norns
Fate of Norns is a 2004 album by the melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. Track listing "An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm""Where Death seems to Dwell""Fate of Norns""The Pursuit of Vikings""Valkyries Ride""The Beheading of a King""Arson""Once Sealed in Blood" Personnel Fredrik Andersson - drums..
Fate of the Elves of Middle-earth
Readers of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" often speculate about the Fate of the Elves of Middle-earth. Tolkien's published writings give somewhat contradictory hints as to what happened to the Elves of Middle-earth after the One Ring was destroyed at the end of the Third Age. It seems clear from ..
Fate of the unlearned
The term Fate of the Unlearned describes an eschatological question about the ultimate destiny of people who have not been exposed to a particular theology or doctrine and thus have no opportunity to embrace it. It is sometimes combined with the similar question of the Fate of the Unbeliever. Diff..
Fatfield Diet
The Fatfield Diet is a calorie-controlled diet designed to induce healthy weight loss, created in the 1990's by British author and The Sun journalist Sally Ann Voak. The diet was originally devised for a serial feature on the BBC daytime television programme "Bazaar", in which an entire village (Fat..
FATF Blacklist
The FATF Blacklist is the common shorthand description for the Financial Action Task Force list of "Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories" (NCCTs); that is, countries which it perceives to be non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Although non-appea..
Fath
Fath was an Iranian newspaper published by virtually the same team of journalists that published Khordad. Its editor in chief was Yadollah Eslami. ..
Fathead (brand)
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Father
Father with child "Daddy" and "Fatherhood" redirect here. For other uses, see Daddy (disambiguation) and Fatherhood (disambiguation). A father is traditionally the male parent of a child. Like mothers, fathers may be categorised according to their biological, social or legal relationship with..
Father's Day
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Father's Day Official name Also called Observed by Most countries Type Historical Significance Begins Ends Date Varies regionally Gregorian Date (2006) Celebrations Observances Related to Mother's Day Father's Day is a holiday to c..
Father's Day (disambiguation)
Father's Day may refer to: Father's Day, an episode of Doctor Who'', a British science-fiction television show;Fathers' Day, a remake of the French film Les Compères.Fathers' Day, a Sam Wood film.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same t..
Father's Day (Doctor Who)
Father's Day is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 14, 2005. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Cast4 Trivia5 References6 External links6.1 Reviews Synopsis The Ninth Doctor brings Rose to 1987 so s..
Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli. It is the sequel to Father of the Bride. Originally released by MGM, the film is now in the public domain. Despite the fact that Warner Bros. Entertainment (via ownership of Turner Entertainment) owns the distribution righ..
Father, Dear Father
Father, Dear Father was a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV from 1968 to 1973 (which was followed by the 1978 sequel series "Father, Dear Father, in Australia", which was filmed and set in Australia). A divorced British novelist Patrick Glover (Patrick Cargill), and..
Father-in-law
A father-in-law is a spouse's father. See also Affinity (law)MarriageMother-in-law ..
Father-in-Law
Father-in-Law is an episode of the American sitcom Yes, Dear Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Greg comes home and thinks that the Hughes are away until he is told that Jimmy parked down the street. Greg wants to build a jungle gym for Sam. Christ..
Father-in-law of Europe
The sobriquet "Father-in-law of Europe" was carried by two European monarchs in the late 19th and early 20th century: Christian IX of Denmark and Nikola I of Montenegro, both on account of their children's marriages to foreign princes and princesses. ..
Father-son rule
The Father-son rule is a drafting rule in the sport of Australian rules football whereby the sons of former players can bypass the standard draft or zone requirements and play for the same club as their father. The exact qualification requirements vary in each league, but generally requires the fath..
Fathercraft
Emerging principally in Britain and the USA (but also throughout Europe) in the 1920s, fathercraft can best be desribed as the science of male parenting. A detailed discussion of fathercraft can be found at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/gend/17/2 ..
Fatherfucker
Fatherfucker is an album by Peaches, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). Tracklisting Don't Give a Fuck - 1:22I'm the Kinda - 3:31I U She - 2:45Kick It feat. Iggy Pop - 2:31Operate - 3:29Tombstone - 3:08Shake Yer Dix - 3:34Rock 'N' Roll - 4:12Stuff Me Up - 3:13Back It Up, Boys - 3:59The Inch - ..
Fatherhood (book)
Fatherhood is a 1986 children's book drawn and written by Bill Cosby, published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. It was later adapted into an animated television series of the same name, which debuted on Nick at Nite in 2004. ..
Fatherhood (disambiguation)
Fatherhood may mean: Being a Father, male parent of a childThe US TV show FatherhoodThe Father is one of Freud's key concept ; "The Name of the Father" is also used by Jacques Lacan. redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Fatherhood (TV series)
Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This is Nick at Nite's first original animated series. Not only has it aired on Nickelodeon, it was announced for YTV's Fall 2006..
Fatherland
Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" or "forefathers." It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations. (Compare to motherland and homeland.) Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" (or rather, translations of this English word in their langua..
Fatherland (film)
Fatherland is the title of two films: Fatherland, a TV movie inspired by Robert Harris's alternate history novel.Fatherland, a 1986 film directed by Ken Loach. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Fatherland (Kazakhstan)
Fatherland (Otan) is a political party in Kazakhstan, led by Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov. At the last legislative elections, 19 September and 3 October 2004, the party won 60.6 % of the popular vote and 42 out of 77 seats. A sign for the Otan (Fatherland) Party in Turkistan, Kazakhstan. ..
Fatherland (Ken Loach film)
For the alternative history film see Fatherland (novel) Fatherland is a 1986 movie directed by Ken Loach. ..
Fatherland (novel)
Fatherland is a bestselling 1992 thriller novel by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris which doubles as a work of alternate history based on the premise of a world in which Nazi Germany was triumphant in World War II, in a similar way to Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle. Con..
Fatherland and Freedom
The phrase "fatherland and freedom" or "fatherland and liberty" may refer to Basque Country and Freedom, a terrorist group better known as ETAFor Fatherland and Freedom, a Latvian political partyFatherland and Liberty ("Patria y Libertad"), a extreme right political movement in several Latin America..
Fatherland Front
There have been at least two organisations known as the Fatherland Front. For the Vietnamese organisation, see Vietnamese Fatherland Front.For the historic Bulgarian organisation, see Fatherland Front (Bulgaria). This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated..
Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)
Fatherland Front (FF) was originally a Bulgarian political resistance movement during World War II. The Zveno movement, the communist Bulgarian Workers Party, a wing of the Agrarian Union and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, where part of the FF. The constituent groups of the FF had widely con..
Fatherland League (Netherlands)
The Fatherland League (Dutch:Vaderlandsch Verbond) was a Dutch liberal / reactionary political party founded in 1924. The party was founded on November 15, 1924, by members of various (conservative) liberal groups, by initiative of J.A.A.H. de Beaufort and R.A. Fockema. Its initial members were in..
Fatherland Party
Fatherland Party is the name of at least four political parties Afghanistan - Watan Party (i.e. Fatherland Party), the modern incarnation of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of AfghanistanKazakhstan - Fatherland PartyNorway - Fatherland PartyUkraine - Fatherland Party See also: ..
Fatherland Party (Norway)
The Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet) is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. The party is far right in nature, whilst its deputy leader Bjarne Ottar Betten has been included as a candidate for the Demokratene for the forthcoming Norwegian election. External link (..
Fatherland Union
Fatherland Union is a translated name for: Pro Patria Union, a political party in Estonia.Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein), a political party in Liechtenstein. See also: Fatherland This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an re..
Fathers' Day (film)
Fathers' Day is a 1997 comedy film that was directed by Ivan Reitman and starred Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nastassja Kinski. It is a remake of the 1983 French film Les Compères. In the film, a woman (Kinski) gets two former lovers (Williams and Crystal) to help her sea..
Fathers' rights
The Fathers' rights movement is a stream in the men's movement primarily interested with family law and gender bias issues as it affects biological fathers. Historically related to the men's rights movement and to masculism, its advocates see it as a necessary corollary to the women's rights and c..
Fathers' rights movement in Italy
The fathers' rights movement in Italy consists of a number of diverse pressure groups, ranging from charities (defined as ONLUS in the Italian Law) and self-help groups to civil disobedience activists, who started to obtain wide publicity in 2003. The movement's origin can be traced to 1984 when Pa..
Fathers' rights movement in the UK
The fathers' rights movement in the UK consists of a number of diverse pressure groups, ranging from charities (whose activities are regulated by the Charity Commission) and self-help groups to civil disobedience activists, who started to obtain wide publicity in 2003. The movement's origin can be..
Fathership
Fathership The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity. Fathership can also refer to a vessel, aircraft and spacecraft. In science fiction In the computer game series Homeworld there are the races Taiidan and the Vaygr. The Vaygr leader is a male called Makaan. The Vaygr's main spaceship w..
Fathers & Sons (movie)
Fathers & Sons is a 1992 film drama written and directed by Paul Mones about a serial killer starring Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane and Famke Janssen ..
Fathers 4 Justice
Fathers 4 Justice Logo Fathers 4 Justice (or F4J) is an international fathers' rights pressure group founded and focused primarily in the United Kingdom that campaigned for equal parenting, family law reform and equal contact for divorced parents with children. The United Kingdom branch anno..
Fathers 4 Justice protests
Fathers 4 Justice is a fathers' rights pressure group based in the United Kingdom, who have staged many protests which have received national news coverage because of their circumstances. Contents 1 Tower Bridge protest2 House of Commons protest3 Buckingham Palace protest4 S..
Fathers and families
Fathers and Families is a fathers' rights organization dedicated to protecting a child's right to the love and care of each parent. Fathers and Families advocate for the presumption of joint custody in divorce proceedings and for a variety of other father's rights oriented causes. As perhaps the pre..
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons is an 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev, his best known work. The title of this work in Russian is Отцы и дети (Ottsy i Deti), which literally means "Fathers and Children"; the work is often translated to Fathers and Sons in English for reasons of euphony. Contents 1 H..
Fathers Direct
Fathers Direct is a UK national information centre on fatherhood. It is a government-sponsored [link] charity (reg. no. 1075104) founded in 1999 [link] by professionals with expertise in social work, family policy, business development and communications. Fathers Direct aims to..
Fathers for virginia
Fathers For Virginia http://fathersforvirginia.org an affiliate of American Coalition for Fathers and Children is a non-profit advocacy and support group based in Virginia, United States that campaigns for the reform of family law and the creation of a family law system, legislative system, and publ..
Fathers of the Dwarves
In the Norse Mythology and in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves were the first of their race. It is told in The Silmarillion that the Vala Aulë created the Dwarves because he was impatient for the arising of the Children of Ilúvatar (Elves and..
Fathers of the Holy Sepulchre
The Fathers of the Holy Sepulchre, or Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, are are the six or seven Franciscan Fathers, who with as many lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica. To the right of the Sacred Tomb in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre is the chap..
Father (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Father (real name Mr. Wigglestein) is a cliche of the pipe-smoking 1950's nuclear family father figure, and the highest ranking enemy of the Kids Next Door on the animated series [[Codename: Kids Next Door]]. He is the leader of the Adults and arguably the show's main villain, as well as the legal..
Father (The Avengers)
"Father" is the codename given to a blind female British government official who appears as a supporting character in the 1998 film The Avengers, based on a very brief appearance in the British TV series of the same name. She can be regarded as a foil for "Mother," a wheelchair-bound male British go..
Father and Daughter
Father and Daughter is a Paul Simon song, orignially released as a single. It is a notable addition to the Simon anthology mainly due to the fact that the song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. Written for the childrens animated film The Wild Thornberrys Movie, it was released in 2..
Father and Master
Father and Master (Italian: Padre padrone) is a 1977 film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It won the 1977 Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. [link] External links ..
Father and Scout
Father and Scout is a 1994 comedy, starring Bob Saget. External links [Father and Scout] at IMDB ..
Father and Son
Father and Son (1907) is an autobiography by Edmund Gosse, also intended to be a biography of his father, the zoologist Philip Henry Gosse. The book tells of the upbringing of Edmund Gosse, which was extreme in a religious way. His parents did not allow their son to read fictional books, which cause..
Father and Son (Ronan Keating song)
"Father and Son" is a pop song originally performed by American singer Cat Stevens and covered by Irish singer Ronan Keating on his greatest hits compilation 10 Years of Hits (2004). Keating's version was released as a single in the fourth quarter of 2004 and featured re-recorded vocals by Cat Stev..
Father and Son Game (The Twilight Zone)
In the Twilight Zone episode "Father and Son Game," Ed Marinaro plays a "type A" businessman of the future. Convinced he can run his business better than his son, he tries to outpace him by living healthier. Just when he thinks he has beaten every health problem, a new one arises. Each time he is fo..
Father Bressani Catholic High School
Father Bressani Catholic High School is a high school in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada operated by the York Catholic District School Board. Student Council Executive Members Cristina Rizzuto (President), Daniel Salvatore (Senior VP), Kevin Talbott (Junior VP), Sarah DeCaria (Treasurer), Alex Ferr..
Father Brown
Father Brown is a fictional detective created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton and who stars in five volumes of in total 48 short stories, later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1870 - 1952), a parish priest in Bradford, Yorkshire, who was involved ..
Father C. P. Meehan
Father C. P. Meehan, an Irish-Catholic priest, was friend and confessor to Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and encouraged him to write his autobiography. He wrote poetry for The Nation (Irish newspaper), a radical nationalist newspaper, under the pen-name 'Clericus'. He also published a biography o..
Father Callahan
Father Donald Callahan is a fictional character created by Stephen King. He originally appeared in 'Salem's Lot and later the Dark Tower series with Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah and finally The Dark Tower. He is an alcoholic with a troubled faith. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]..
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is a name used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and several other Commonwealth Countries, as well as Ireland, for the gift-bringing figure of Christmas or yuletide. The name is also used in translation in many other countries; see Santa Claus. Although Fathe..
Father Corbeil
Father Jean Jacques Corbeil was a French Canadian missionary who collected and documented musical instruments of Zambia's Bemba people during the middle of the twentieth century. He published a book with photos and brief descriptions. Part of his collection is now housed at the University of Zambi..
Father Cucchiara Memorial School
Father Cucchiara Memorial School (Traditional Chinese:郭怡雅神父紀念學校) is a catholic primary school established by Sisters Announcers of the Lord (Traditional Chinese:顯主女修會) in Cheung Ching Estate, Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong in 1977. Catholic Church started to be in-charge o..
Father Dámaso
Father Dámaso or Padre Dámaso is one of the notorious characters in the novel Noli Me Tangere. The novel was written by José Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not or "Social Cancer") is a controversial novel that exposed the abuses of the Spanish Friars (belon..
Father Damien
Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who helped lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai and also died of the disease. Damien redirects here. For the other uses, see Damien (disambiguation). Father Damien, formally Joseph (Jozef) de Veuster, ss.cc. and Blessed Damien of Molokai (Janu..
Father Damien Statue
The Father Damien Statue stands in front of the Hawaii State Capitol, greeting all its visitors. The Father Damien Statue, also called the Blessed Damien of Molokai Statue, is the centerpiece of the entrance to the Hawaii State Capitol and the Hawaii State Legislature in Honolulu, Hawaii. A ..
Father David Bauer
David Bauer - St. Michael's College Hockey Team (1944) David Bauer For other men with the same name, see David Bauer Father David Bauer, OC, CSB, (November 2, 1924 – November 9, 1988), a native of the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario, was a professional ice hockey player, buil..
Father Divine
On December 16 John Hunt, a white millionaire and disciple from California calling himself John the Revelator, met the Jewett family of Denver, Colorado. He kidnapped their 17 year-old daughter Delight and took her back to California without her parent's consent. Renaming her "Virgin Mary," John ..
Father Don't Cry
Father Don't Cry is a single/ep released by Doubting Thomas in 1991 on Wax Trax! Records (Catalog number: WAX 9138). It has been re-released in 1997 on Metropolis Records (Catalog number: MET 065) with additional material. "Father Don't Cry" is also a song by Doubting Thomas that appears on their a..
Father Dougal McGuire
Ardal O'Hanlon as Father Dougal Father Dougal McGuire is a character in the comedy series Father Ted, played by the actor Ardal O'Hanlon. Renowned for sleeping in his Irish national football team shirt and He-Man sheets, the dense Father Dougal is one of life's innocents. He quite cheerfully a..
Father Dowling Mysteries
Father Dowling Mysteries (also known as Father Dowling Investigates in the UK) is an American television mystery series that appeared between 30 November 1987 and 2 May 1991 on the ABC network. Father Frank Dowling (played by Tom Bosley, who is in fact Jewish) is a Catholic priest who continually ..
Father Earth
Father Earth is a fictional character from the Judge Dredd universe and appears in progs 122-125 of the UK comic book 2000AD. Half-man, half-plant, Father Earth was a bizarre mutant and prophet who believed that Mega-City One had to be destroyed to free the Earth of its tyranny of concrete and stee..
Father Edward D. Kelly
Father Edward Denis Kelly (December 30 1860, Hartford, Michigan - March 26 1926), Father Edward Denis Kelly was ordained on June 16 1886 in Detroit, Michigan. Father Kelly became Bishop of Grand Rapids on January 26 1911. He is noted as a major contributor to the founding of Theta Phi Alpha, a Cat..
Father Figure
"Father Figure" was a song written and performed by George Michael and released on Epic Records on January 1 1988. The third single taken from the Faith album, it was a sharp and sensual tale of seduction which was more than five minutes long and epitomised the sexual nature of Michael's writing whi..
Father Frost (fairy tale)
Father Frost is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev. Andrew Lang included it, as "The Story of King Frost", in The Yellow Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details foll..
Father Gaspar Garcia Laviana
Father Gaspar Garcia Laviana (called Martín as nom de guerre) was a Nicaraguan priest who took up arms to fight as solider with the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) in 1978. Laviana was born in 1941 in Tuilla, Langreo, Asturias (Spain). He became a Sacred Heart priest in 1966. Af..
Father Goose
Father Goose may refer to: [[Father Goose: His Book]], by L. Frank Baum, or the character of that name in his other works.Father Goose, the title of the book by Chapman Mortimer that won the 1951 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fictionFather Goose (film), the name of the unrelated 1964 movie st..
Father Goose (film)
Father Goose is 1964 romantic comedy war adventure starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron. Plot During World War II, South Pacific beachcomber Walter Eckland (Grant) is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau (Caron) arr..
Father Grigori
Father Grigori, with his Winchester rifle, Annabelle. Father Grigori, voiced by Jim French, is a character in Valve Software's hit computer game sequel Half-Life 2, appearing throughout the Ravenholm chapter (Chapter 6) of the game. He is a balding middle-aged man, dressed in gloomy clothing a..
Father Guido Sarducci
Don Novello as Fr. Sarducci Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Nov..