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Figali Convention Center
The Figali Convention Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Panama City, Panama. It has a high-class structure and architecture, making it one of the best if not the best Convention Center in Central America. The capacity of the arena is 10,275. It was built in 2003 as the main venue for th..
Figanières
Figanières is a small village and commune in central Var département of Provence, in southeastern France. ..
Figari
Figari is a commune of the Corse-du-Sud département in France, on the island of Corsica. ..
Figaro
Figaro may refer to any of the following: Figaro, the central character in the comedies, Le Barbier de Séville, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Guilty Mother by Pierre de Beaumarchais. Figaro, a kitten created by The Walt Disney Company. He first appeared in the movie Pinocchio. Then he was later ..
Figaro-Polka
Figaro-Polka op. 320 is a French polka written by Johann Strauss II in 1867 and was dedicated to Auguste Delaunay de Villemessant, who was the editor-in-chief of the Paris newspaper 'Le Figaro'. Strauss was persuaded to travel to Paris after the 1867 Fasching by Comte Charles Xavier Eustache d'Os..
Figaro chain
Figaro is a popular gold or silver link chain design that incorporates a pattern of 2 or 3 small circular links with 1 elongated oval link. The most notable figaro chains are manufactured in Italy. External links: [14k Figaro Chain] ..
Figawi
The Figawi or Figawi Race Weekend is an annual sailing race from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket. It is a relatively prominent race and attracts boats from all around New England, not just Cape Cod. While it is a race, its primary aim is to be a fun event. History The event began under informal circums..
Figbird
The Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis) is a conspicuous and very common medium-sized passerine bird native to Indonesia, New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia, and the islands nearby. Unlike most orioles, Figbirds are gregarious, forming flocks of 20 to 40 birds during the non-breeding season, a..
Figeac
Figeac Country France Région Midi-Pyrénées Départment Lot Arrondissement Figeac Canton Figeac INSEE 46102 Postal Code 46100 MayorCurrent Term Nicole Paulo2001-2008 Intercommunality Communautéde communes duPays de Figeac-Caja..
Figeater beetle
The Figeater beetle, also known as the June bug or June beetle, Green fruit beetle, and several other local variants, is a beetle of the family of the dung beetles, the Scarabaeidae. It occurs in the southern half of North America. Contents 1 Description2 Life cycle3 Pest contro..
Figge Art Museum
The Figge Art Museum opened in Davenport, Iowa on August 6, 2005. It was designed by London architect David Chipperfield, and will replace the Davenport Museum of Art. The museum is located in the 100 year flood plain in Davenport, but is built elevated above that level to prevent any damage from p..
Figging
Figging is a sexual practice involving the insertion of a prepared "finger" of ginger root or even chili pepper into the anus. The burning sensation is said to induce intense pleasure. The technique is used by some practitioners of BDSM, where specially made anal plugs serve the same purpose. Ginge..
Figgjo
Figgjo is a village in the municipality of Sandnes, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 1 502, but it has grown together with Ålgård in the neighboring municipality Gjesdal. Figgjo and Ålgård have a combined population of 8 448. Figgjo is known for the Figgjo AS factories. Previously the villa..
Figgkidd
Figgkidd (born Lee Monro on 18 October 1980) is an Australian rapper who became the first solo hip hop artist to have his debut album released by a major label in Australia - Sony BMG. He is signed to Australian independent Hip Hop label unda K9 and came to prominanace in 2004 with his debut single ..
Figgs
The Figgs are a rock band out of Saratoga Springs, New York. First formed in 1987, their output has included at least eight full length albums (two on a major label in the mid 90s), multiple EPs and singles, a live album, and gigs backing Graham Parker since 1996 and on Graham's 2005 release Songs ..
Figgy Duff
Figgy Duff was a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland. They played a major role in the Maritime roots revival of the 1970s and 80s. Formed in 1976 by Noel Dinn, who named the band after a kind of traditional white pudding, Figgy Duff travelled across Newfoundland, learning traditional songs. ..
Figg Kidd
Figg Kidd is an Australian hip-hop artist. His first recording. "I gotta know" was released via a collaboration between Sony Music and the independent label Unda K9. Recorded in the United States, it was mastered by Segal who was also responsible for mastering such albums as Jay-Z’s The Blueprint ..
Fight! Iczer One
|} Fight! Iczer One is a dark sci-fi anime with a predominantly female cast. It was created by Toshihiro Hirano, and has a small but devoted fan-following among otaku. Relationships are primarily of the yuri variety, for reasons which will be explained later. While there are no explicit scenes..
Fight+
Fight+ is a combat sports channel founded by David McConachie and Steffen Tangstad. Fight+ shows movies, documentaries, classic and exclusive matches, training and educational programming and news. The plan is for Fight+ to become available all over Europe as fast as possible. Countries where Fi..
Fight-or-flight response
The fight-or-flight response, also called the acute stress response, was first described by Walter Cannon in 1929. The theory states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system. The response was later recognized as the first stage of a general adaptation..
FightAIDS@Home
FightAIDS@Home ("Fight AIDS at home") is a distributed computing project for Internet-connected home computers, operated by the Olson Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute. It aims to use biomedical software simulation techniques to search for ways to cure or prevent the spread of AIDS and HI..
Fightback
Fightback is the name of: Fightback!, the Liberal Party of Australia campaign programme.The newsletter of Communist Forum, the English Marxist-Leninist group. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this pag..
Fightball
A real-time card game by James Ernest and Mike Selinker featuring gangs of futuristic basketball players. Each participant is a coach of a basketball team. Each holds a deck of cards, and when the game begins, both participants simultaneously play cards that feature players, balls, shots, and specia..
FightBox
FightBox was a programme shown on BBC THREE and later on BBC Two. It has been likened to a computer-generated Robot Wars. Contestants design their fighters and submit them to the BBC. Out of hundreds of submissions, sixty were chosen to appear on the programme. The programme was presented by Lisa S..
Fighter
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fighter has a number of meanings: A fighter aircraft, a warplane designed to destroy other warplanes in combat.A Fighter (character class), a common archetypal character class in numerous role-playing games.*The specific Fighter (D..
Fighter's Destiny
Fighter's Destiny was a fighting game for the Nintendo 64 by Ocean Software made in 1998. It was a highly unique game, as it combined elements of 3D fighting games with an amateur wrestling-style scoring system. Characters Ryuji Abdul Tomahawk Meiling Ninja Leon Pierre Valerie Bob Boro (s..
Fighter's History
Fighter's History (ファイタース ヒストリ) is a 2D fighting game released by Data East. It was first released in arcades in 1993 but a home port for the Super NES followed in 1994. Selectable characters included: Ray McDougal (レイ・マクドガル) United StatesLiu Feilin (劉 飛鈴,..
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain (ISBN 0712674233) is a Second World War military history book by English author Len Deighton. Published in 1977, Fighter was Deighton's first history book, having made his name as a writer of spy fiction. Deighton was encouraged to write the book by..
Fighters' Guild
The Fighters' Guild is a guild in The Elder Scrolls fantasy universe. It is spread across Tamriel and is supported by the Empire. The Fighters' Guild is dedicated to combat arts and mercenary business, offering its services for a payment. The Fighters' Guild maintains a neutral position towards oth..
Fighters + Lovers
Fighters+Lovers is a Scandinavian clothing company which sells controversial shirts. These shirts feature logos of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. These groups have been labeled by the US government as terrorist organizations in Col..
Fighters Megamix
Fighters Megamix is a 1997 fighting game developed by AM2 and published by Sega exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It combines several characters from various Sega games, from the complete cast of Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers to Janet from Virtua Cop 2 and the Hornet car from Daytona USA, whi..
Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)
D&D character classes Base classes from Player's Handbook Barbarian Bard Cleric Druid Fighter Monk Paladin Ranger Rogue Sorcerer Wizard Alternate base classes Archivist Ardent Artificer Beguiler Binder Divine Mind Dragon Shaman Dread Necromancer Duskblade Favored Soul Healer Hexblade Knight Lu..
Fighter (song)
"Fighter" Single by Christina Aguilera From the album Stripped Single Released April 2003 Single Format Airplay single Genre Pop/Rock Song Length 4:05 Record label RCA Writers Christina AguileraScott StorchE. Dawk Producer Christina AguileraScott Storch Video director Floria Sigismond..
Fighter Ace
Fighter Ace is an massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots. It is a Ketsujin Studios game, and players must make an account with the website and connect to the servers to play the game. ..
Fighter aircraft
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The formation displays four generations of Air Force aircraft - three of them fighters A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for a..
Fighter Emergency Program
The Fighter Emergency Program (in German, Jägernotprogramm) was a shift in 1944 by the German air force to halt all production of bombers and shift production to defensive fighters. The program included development of experimental jet aircraft and one fighter featuring vertical takeoff. Because of..
Fighter in the Wind
Fighter in the Wind is a 2004 South Korean film. It is based on the story of Karate competitor Choi Bae-dal who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達) and went across the country, def..
Fighter mafia
The Fighter Mafia was a group of US Air Force fighter advocates who believed that the believed the F-15 Eagle / FX was a move in the wrong direction. They argued that the F-15 was too large and expensive. Designed as a fast interceptor, it had a wide turn radius and was not well suited to close rang..
Fighter Maker
Fighter Maker Games: Fighter Maker for the PlayStation. This is the only Playstation game that runs at 60 fps, mainly due to its simplistic graphics. Fighter Maker is part of Agetec Inc.'s Designer Series. It is 3D and allows users to create custom moves for their fighters. Despite the unique conce..
Fighter Ops
Fighter Ops is a modern air combat simulation product being developed by Xtreme Simulations International (XSI). The project was born out of a frustration at the lack of high fidelity combat simulations in the market place and is aimed at replacing the venerable but aging Falcon 4.0 currently consi..
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag is an IMAX film about a man who wants to be, like his grandfather, a fighter pilot, chronicling his experience at Operation Red Flag, a simulated air war designed to train pilots for combat. The movie shows how they simulate a war without killing each other, the ..
Fighter Toads (comics)
Fighter Toads are the four innocent but very brave toads. Fighter toads features in Raj comics. There names are Fighterr, Masterr, Cuterr and shooterr("terr" is the sound that toads make in hindi comics). These were created by "Dhananjaya", one of the friends of Super Commando Dhruva, another Raj co..
Fightin' 5
Fightin' 5 were Charlton Comics paramilitary team, similar to the Blackhawks. These men were recruited by the CIA in the fall of 1963, during the height of the Cold War. They consisted of five military experts, their initials spelling out, "FIGHT". The five undertook missions around the world figh..
Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
--> The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (often just called the Aggie Band) is the precision military marching band of Texas A&M University. The Aggie Band is composed of approximately 350 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets and the group is the largest military marching band in the United S..
Fightin' Whites
The Fightin' Whites are an intramural basketball team from the University of Northern Colorado. The team chose it's name to make a statement about the nature of teams like 'The Fightn' Reds' which, for some, can be offensive. External links [CafePress Store][SFGate Article][..
Fighting (album)
Fighting is the fifth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1975. (see 1975 in music). After spending four albums trying to find their niche, Thin Lizzy finally forged an identifiable sound featuring the twin guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. This sound draws from hard rock..
Fighting 69th
For the infantry unit based out of New York City, see The 69th Infantry Regiment. The Fighting 69th is a 1940 film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien. It focuses on the exploits of the 165th Infantry regiment, the old "Fighting 69th" during the First World War. The plot centers on misfit Jerry Plun..
Fighting American
Fighting American is a patriotic comic book character created in 1953 by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby, published by Cretswood Publication / Prize Comics and, against normal industry practices, creator-owned. It was later published by Harvey Comics, with Marvel Comics in the 2000s publish..
Fighting Beauty Wulong
is a manga and anime. External links [Official Site][Screenshots from Fighting Beauty Wulong][Screenshots from Fighting Beauty Wulong Rebirth] ..
Fighting Blindly (song)
"Fighting Blindly" is a song by the ska/punk band Sublime. The song was recorded in 1986, and is known to be one of the, if not the, earliest songs recorded by the band. Although this version was never released on one of Sublime's official studio albums, the music was re-recorded with alternate lyri..
Fighting Chance
Fighting Chance was the first recording released by Flee The Seen in 2003. It is actually a self-titled EP as the band was then known as "Fighting Chance" at the time of its release. The band did not take the name Flee The Seen until close to a year later. Kim Anderson and R.L. Brooks are the o..
Fighting Clowns
#endnote_gmrating] All Music Guide [(linked review)] [#endnote_amgrating] | | Last album = [[Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe]](1979) | This album = Fighting Clowns(1980) | Next album = Lawyer's Hospital(1982) }} Fighting Clowns is a 1980 album by The Firesign The..
Fighting Democratic Movement
The Fighting Democratic Movement (Agonistiko Dimokratiko Kinima) is a political party in Cyprus. At the last legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.2 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In 2006 it lost parliamentary representation. ..
Fighting Dems
The Fighting Dems is a nickname given to more than 60 military veterans who are running for Congress as Democrats in the 2006 congressional elections. The term "Fighting Dem" can be applied to all non incumbent military veterans running for Congress in 2006 as Democrats. Other generic names have..
Fighting Elegy
Fighting Elegy (Japanese: Kenka erejii) is a 1966 film directed by Seijun Suzuki, based on the novel by Takashi Suzuki. External links [Tony Rayns essay at criterionco.com] ..
Fighting Fantasy
Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, originally published by Puffin and now by Wizard Books. Despite common claims to the contrary, Fighting Fantasy was not the very first series of gamebooks. The gamebook format used ..
Fighting Fefnir
Fighting Fefnir or is a fictional character in the Mega Man Zero video game series. He is voiced by Kazuya Nakai. History Leader of the Jin'en Gundan ("Army of Ash Flames") with the title of Toushou ("Fighter General" or "Fighting General"). Fefnir's designs were based on that of Original X. He..
Fighting Foodons
|} Fighting Foodons (Called Martial Arts Cooking Legend Bistro-Recipe, 格闘料理伝説ビストロレシピ, in Japan), is an anime series. The original Bistro Recipe comic was first serialized in Comic BomBom in Sep 1999, with 1 Wonder Swan and 2 Game Boy Color video games. TV series first a..
Fighting Force
Fighting Force is a 1997 3D beat 'em up developed by Core Design and published by Eidos in the same lines of classics such as Streets of Rage and Double Dragon. It was released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows and Nintendo 64 (on the latter as Fighting Force 64). While massively hyped, the..
Fighting Force 2
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Fighting Forties
The "Fighting Forties" refer to the 1940's when Britain, the United States, and their allies took on the Axis Powers in Europe and the Far East. The Fighting Forties also refers to the famous Nathanael Herreshoff New York Yacht Club 40's. A prestigious line of yachts, named such due to their compe..
Fighting for Freedom
Fighting for Freedom: The Ukrainian volunteer Division of the Waffen-SS is a book by Richard Landwehr on the 14th Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS (the first Ukrainian division). It was published by Bibliophile Legion Books, in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 1985. From the book The Ukrainian Waffe..
Fighting for Our Lives
Fighting for Our Lives is a pamphlet published by CrimethInc., a U.S. based anarchist collective. According to the authors, this pamphlet was designed to "discusses, in simple language, what is anarchist in everyday life, and how those spheres of cooperation can be expanded." Since its initial publi..
Fighting game
"Fighting game" is a term confusingly and interchangeably used, often depending on locality, to describe two separate genres of video games: "Versus fighting games" (or "fighters") and "Beat'em ups", in which players fight each other or computer-controlled enemies, usually employing some variation o..
Fighting Girl
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Fighting Girl is a Japanese television drama starring Kyoko Fukada. Fukada plays Sayoko, a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior ..
Fighting Gobblers
Fighting Gobblers is the original name for the sports teams of Virginia Tech. Origins Around 1908, Tech students began referring to student athletes as "Gobblers" because of the way they "gobbled" their ample servings of food. In 1913, a local boy serving as a clown mascot had a large turkey pull h..
Fighting Golf
Fighting Golf (also known as Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf) was a modestly successful golfing simulation released by SNK for the NES in 1988. The player could control one of four golfers (Pretty Amy, Miracle Chosuke, Super Mex, and Big Jumbo) each with his or her own strengths and weaknesses. The ga..
Fighting Harada
Fighting Harada(Masahiko Harada) Career Snapshot Born April 23, 1943 Died N/A Total Fights 62 Won 55 Lost 7 Drew 0 Knockouts 22 Titles Won World FlyweightWBA and WBC World Bantamweight Masahiko Harada (born April 23, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan), better known as Fighting Harada, is a fo..
Fighting Hellfish
Fighting Hellfish have developed a number of mods and video projects. They typically go by the name Hellfish Productions. Their name references the Flying Hellfish squad from the television show The Simpsons. GTA:Long Night Hellfish Productions spent a year developing , a finished arcade horror ..
Fighting in a Sack
Fighting in a Sack is the sixth song off of the album, Chutes Too Narrow, by The Shins. It was released December 14, 2004 on Universal Int'l. Track listing "Fighting in a Sack""Baby Boomerang""New Slang (live)""So Says I (video)" External links [The Shins official website][Sub Pop Re..
Fighting in ice hockey
A large fight in an OHL hockey game between the Sudbury Wolves and Ottawa 67s Fighting in ice hockey is a controversial aspect of the sport. The practice of fighting in hockey is condoned in the National Hockey League, the junior leagues, and other professional minor leagues, but is punishabl..
Fighting Island
Fighting Island is a 1,500 acre (6 km²) island in the Detroit River. It is part of Ontario, Canada, opposite Wyandotte, Michigan and downriver from Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Originally populated by Native Americans, it was settled by the French during the 18th century, and has h..
Fighting Layer
Fighting Layer is a 3D fighting game that was released in 1998. It was developed by Arika and published by Namco. Like Street Fighter EX, Fighting Layer has the Super Cancels which are called Barrage Blows, and other numerous attacks like Hard Reversal, Blow Quits, Hard Attack, Super Elusion, Just ..
Fighting Mania
Fighting Mania is an arcade game from Konami in the "Mania" series of arcade games by Konami, and features characters from the anime, Fist of the North Star (or Hokuto no Ken). The "Mania" series of games from Konami mostly feature the word "Mania" in their title or subtitle, but not always, and the..
Fighting Masters
Fighting Masters is a Mega Drive/Genesis fighting game that takes place in a pre-apocalyptic universe. The sun is about to go supernova within hours and representatives from each alien race must fight each other in order to gain the trust and service of an ultra-intelligent race that will grant them..
Fighting McCooks
The Fighting McCooks were members of a family of Ohioans who reached prominence as officers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Two brothers, Daniel and John McCook, and thirteen of their sons served their country in the army, making it perhaps the most prolific family in American milit..
Fighting Network RINGS
RINGS was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion from 1991 to 2002. It was founded by Akira Maeda on May 11, 1991, following the dissolution of the Newborn UWF. At that time, Maeda and Mitsuya Nagai were the only two people to transfer from UWF International, which had been inaugurated just t..
Fighting Norway
Fighting Norway is a 1943 Canadian documentary film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Sydney Newman. Ten minutes in length, the film examines the role of the free forces of occupied Norway during the Second World War. The film particularly concentrates on the training of..
Fighting Sioux Sports Network
The Fighting Sioux Sports Network (or FSSN) is a local cable channel operated in Grand Forks, North Dakota by the University of North Dakota in conjuction with WDAZ-TV also of Grand Forks. The channel airs in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota on cable television provided by Midcontinent Co..
Fighting Socialist Party of Greece
The Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (Greek: Αγωνιστικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας ) (ASKE), is a leftwing Greek political party founded in February 1984. The main core of its founding cadres consisted of members of the organisation committee of PASOK, who im..
Fighting Spirit
For the professional wrestling magazine, see Fighting Spirit magazine. For the Power Rangers episode, see Fighting Spirit (Power Rangers). |} is a boxing anime and manga series created by Jyoji "George" Morikawa (森川 ジョージ Morikawa Jōji) which is serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shon..
Fighting Spirit (Power Rangers)
Fighting Spirit is the 27th episode of the American children's television series Power Rangers Dino Thunder, the tenth series produced as part of the Power Rangers franchise. As with all Power Rangers: Dino Thunder episodes, some of the footage is taken from the Japanese Super Sentai series that Din..
Fighting Spirit magazine
. Fighting Spirit is a monthly professional wrestling and MMA magazine published in the United Kingdom. The magazine launched its first issue on Thursday 13 April 2006. The magazine will compete against established wrestling publication, Power slam. Writers James Denton (Editor)Dan "The Beast" Se..
Fighting Street
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]Fighting Street was the name of the TurboDuo home conversion of the original Street Fighter arcade game. It also has the distinction of being the first CD-ROM game released for a home video game console in North America. ..
Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. It was first aired in October 2003 and was originally presented by Johnny Vaughan. It is currently hosted by Colin Murray and airs on Saturday mornings from 11:00. Contents 1 Format2 ..
Fighting Temptation
"Fighting Temptation" Single by Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte and Free From the The Fighting Temptations soundtrack Released July 5, 2004 Format CD single Genre R&B/Hip-hop Length 3:43 Label Sony Writers Gene Pistilli Jonathan Burks Karriem Mack MC Lyte LaShaun Owens Marie Wright..
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a book and film. It tells the true story of a former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell, who helped a group of students at M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas. The students had been raped, sexually harassed or even beaten by their own paren..
Fighting the World
Fighting The World is an Heavy Metal Album released by Manowar on 1987 (see 1987 in music). Track listing "Fighting The World" – 3:46"Blow Your Speakers" – 3:36"Carry On" – 4:08"Violence And Bloodshed" – 3:59"Defender" – 6:01"Drums Of Doom" – 1:18"Holy War" &nd..
Fighting varietal
Fighting varietal is a term that originated in California during the mid 1980s to refer to any inexpensive cork-finished varietal wine in a 1.5 liter bottle. Fighting varietals have largely replaced the jug wines that were often labeled with semi-generic names. Consumer demand for varietals has esse..
Fighting Vipers
Fighting Vipers is a 3D fighting game developed by Sega-AM2. The game was first released in the arcade in 1995 using the Sega Model 2 hardware and ported the same year for the Sega Saturn with the sufficiently reduced graphics. Contents 1 Gameplay2 Story3 Characters4 Seq..
Fighting Whites
The Fighting Whites were an [[wiktionary:intramural|intramural]] basketball team formed at the University of Northern Colorado in 2002. The reason that an intramural college team briefly attracted a storm of national attention is that, in order to make a satirical protest about stereotypes of Nativ..
Fighting words
Fighting words are written or spoken words, generally expressed to incite hatred or violence and to place the targets of the words in danger of harm. Specific definitions, freedoms, and limitations of fighting words vary by jurisdiction. Contents 1 United States1.1 ''Chaplinsky'' decis..
Fighting Words
Fighting Words is a political webcomic by Ben Smith. Material from the strip is printed as part of [[Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists]] ..
Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling
Fighting World of Japan Pro-Wrestling, frequently shortened to World Japan or WJ, and also known as "Riki Pro", is a professional wrestling promotion formed in Japan in 2003. Riki Choshu, one of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's top stars who had come out of semi-retirement in 2002 left the New Japan promo..
Fighting Yank
Fighting Yank first appeared in Nedor Comics' Startling Comics #10 (September 1941), created by writer Richard E. Hughes (The American Comics Group, Commander Battle, John Force, Herbie Popnecker) and the artist Joe Blummer (Ultra-man, Hop Harrigan, Little Boy Blue). Later on much of the artwork..
Fightstar
Fightstar are a rock band from London, England. In late January 2005, Charlie Simpson left the highly successful British guitar pop trio Busted, citing his marked preference for heavier rock-based music over the lighter pop music he had produced with Busted and his intention to carry on carving o..
Fight (band)
Fight was a band assembled by former Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, after his leaving in 1992. He took with him from Judas Priest the drummer Scott Travis, who actually has not ever left the British band. The line-up was completed by Russ Parrish on guitar, Brian Tilse on guitar and keyboards a..
FIGHT against War and Fascism
FIGHT Against War and Fascism was an anti-fascist broadsheet published in the United States by the American League Against War and Fascism from 1934 until 1938. It was sponsored by socialists and communists. It apparently had Albert Einstein on its editorial committee. Perhaps the most famous inte..
Fight Back
Fight Back is Subterfuge's and Pride Recordz' first official release. Since these were the earlier days of Subterfuge, this record was more 80's punk-hardcore in the vein of DRI and DC's Youth Brigade. It was released on June 11, 1999. Tracks Life As A MarineTake A StandYou Can't Control MeWhat Hav..
Fight Back!
cover of the "Fight Back!" LP Fight Back! is an anarcho-punk collection album, by the band Oi Polloi, with the Oi Polloi songs from the old splits with A.O.A. and Betrayed. Since you no longer can get a hold of the, this LP was released as a re-release of the old splits, but only with the Oi ..
Fight Back!™ With David Horowitz
Fight Back! With David Horowitz was a weekly consumer advocate show that ran from 1976-1992. The show, hosted by David Horowitz, attempted to inform consumers about corportations and other big businesses whose products were of poor quality. The format of the show allowed for some humorus segments, s..
Fight Back to School
Fight Back To School (traditional Chinese: 逃學威龍) is one of the more successful films Stephen Chow was able to make during his more prolific years, arguably due to the commercial and critical success of 1990's All For The Winner. The talented cast features many of Chow's w..
Fight Club
This is about the novel. For the film, see Fight Club (film). For other uses, see Fight Club (disambiguation). Fight ClubThroughout the book, Palahniuk writes the name of the club in lower case. The only occurrence of Fight Club as a proper noun is in the novel's title. Thus, all references to "f..
Fight Club (disambiguation)
Fight Club is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Several other products have been derived from it: Fight Club (film)Fight Club (video game)Fight Club (musical) Unrelated to the above franchise: Fight Club (community) -- A soon-to-be-released online community devoted to the Halo Demo for Mac.Fight Club (g..
Fight Club (film)
Fight Club (1999) is a film based on the novel Fight Club (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk. It was directed by David Fincher and starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, and Helena Bonham Carter. It also featured an original soundtrack by the Dust Brothers. Contents 1 Plot2 Differences..
Fight Club (musical)
Fight Club (sometimes also referred to as Fight Club: The Musical) is a musical believed to be in development based on Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club. During readings of the books [[Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories|Stranger than Fiction]] and Haunted, Palahniuk reported that discussions were..
Fight Club (video game)
Fight Club is a fighting video game based on the film Fight Club, which was based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. It was released in 2004 by Vivendi Universal. Voice actor Dave Wittenberg recorded the voice for "Jack" (the narrator of the book and film). Gameplay The game follows..
Fight Dem Back
Fight Dem Back, often abbreviated FDB, is an Australian & New Zealand anti-racist group. It concentrates its attention on the small Australian & New Zealand fascist and neo-Nazi scenes. Contents 1 Name2 Politics3 Criticism4 References5 See also6 External links Name ..
Fight doctor
In boxing, the fight doctor is an official that monitors the health of the fighters and evaluates their ability to continue fighting. ..
Fight Fiercely, Harvard
The song Fight Fiercely, Harvard was originally written by Tom Lehrer as a satirical "genteel" college fight song parody (reflecting Harvard's status as a sports non-powerhouse), with lyrics such as "Hurl that spheroid down the field" and "Come on, chaps, fight for Harvard's glorious name / Won't it..
Fight Fire with Fire
Song From Ride the Lightning Album by Metallica ReleasedNovember 16, 1984 RecordedSweet Silence Studios Copenhagen, Denmark, 1984 GenreThrash metal Length47:47 LabelElektra Records Producer(s)Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen , Mark Whitaker Tracks Fight Fire with Fire (4:45) Ride the Lightni..
Fight for Fame
Fight For Fame is a one-hour reality show produced by E! Entertainment Television, and producers Jay James, Tim Puntillo, Alan Blassberg, and Brian Lando. A long established Talent Agency - Acme Talent & Literary - provides two top agents, Adam Lieblein (President) and Greg Meyer to add focus to the..
Fight for Life (disambiguation)
Fight for Life may refer to: Fight for Life (game), a 1996 Atari Jaguar video game Fight for Life (movie), a 1987 TV movie Fight for Life (event), an annual charity boxing event held in New Zealand This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same ..
Fight for Life (game)
Fight for Life is the title of a video game developed and published by Atari for its ill-fated Jaguar system in 1996. By rendering all the characters in polygons, the fighting game was hyped as a demonstration of the power of the Atari Jaquar system in the face of the upcoming 32-bit CD-based Sega ..
Fight for Life (movie)
Fight For Life is a 1987 made-for-television movie that starred Jerry Lewis and Patty Duke. Jerry Lewis and Patty Duke star as Dr Bernard and Shirley Abrahms. Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a 6 year old daughter that suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. As the little girl's parents, J..
Fight for Love
Fight for Love is a 1989 album by 54-40. Track listing "Here in My House" (3:49)"Kissfolk" (3:33)"Over My Head" (3:25)"Miss You" (4:34)"Baby Have Some Faith" (5:51)"Fight for Love" (2:55)"Laughing" (3:51)"Walk Talk Madly" (4:42)"Where Is My Heart" (3:25)"Journey" (7:44) ..
Fight for the Dardanelles
Fight for the Dardanelles is a 1915 British silent film, directed by Percy F. Smith. Percy Smith was known as a recorder of nature. He was a pioneer in the filed of scientific documentaries. During the Great War, however, he used his talents to support the Allied war effort. He shot aerial views of..
Fight for the Rock
Fight for the Rock is the fourth album released by the band Savatage. Released in 1986, it is largely regarded as the band's worst ever release by both fans and band members alike, with the band referring to it as "Fight for the Nightmare". Jon Oliva even said in concert in October 1994, "I've nev..
Fight For Your Life
Fight For Your Life is a 1977 action film starring William Sanderson (of Blade Runner fame), who plays Kane, a hate-fuelled redneck who absconds from jail with his sidekicks (an Asian and a Mexican) and - following some routine chaotic character-building sadism - hole up in the secluded house of a ..
Fight for Your Mind
Fight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. It was his last solo album before adding The Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk-rock ("Gold to Me"), Bl..
Fight For Your Right
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) was the first single released from the Beastie Boys' breakthrough album, Licensed to Ill (1986). It is one of their best-known songs. It reached #7 on the Billboard 100, and was later named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock..
Fight from the Inside
"Fight From The Inside" Song by Queen From the album News of the World Album released October 28 1977 Recorded July-September 1977 Genre Rock Song Length 3:03 Record label EMI / Hollywood Records Producer Mike Stone and Queen News of the World Album Listing Spread Your Wings(Track 5) ..
Fight Hunger
Fight Hunger is a global initiative calling for the end of child hunger by 2015. It is organised by the World Food Programme and its partners, and comprises of different activities throughout the year. Fight Hunger is closely linked with the UN Millennium Development Goals, most specifically Goal n..
Fight In The Skies
Fight In The Skies is a board wargame written by Mike Carr which models World War I style air combat. Carr began working on the game after watching the movie The Blue Max. The game attracted a devoted following and it became an early Gen Con tradition to play the game on Saturday morning. Editi..
Fight Klub
Fight Klub is a circut for battle rappers, founded on the goal do defeat opponents with skills and win money, hosted by it's founder, International P. Originally a DVD series, they eventually provided MTV2 with their pilot episode, featuring the battle between 40 Cal (of Dipset infamy) and Cardi, fo..
Fight Like a Brave
"Fight Like A Brave" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1987 album, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. It is the first song on the album and was released as a single. According to Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, "Scar Tissue," this song is about overcoming drug addiction. Kiedis' drug ab..
Fight Music
"Fight Music" is a 2001 rap single by the rap group D12. It is from their 2001 debut album Devil's Night. The beginning of the video with Ice-T and all the different styles of music is a play on the beginning of the film The Warriors. The quotes, "Can you count?" and "Can You Dig It?" are taken di..
Fight Night: Round 2
Fight Night: Round 2 is the sequel to EA Sports acclaimed Fight Night 2004. It is a boxing game descended from the lineage of the Knockout Kings series of games and is produced for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube consoles. Contents 1 History2 Gameplay3 GameCube extras4 ..
Fight Night: Round 3
Fight Night: Round 3 is a boxing game developed by EA Sports. It is the sequel to EA Sports' previous boxing title, [[Fight Night: Round 2]], which was released in 2005. Round 3 was released on February 22, 2006 for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP and PlayStation 2. The Cover Art features Arturo Gatti and..
Fight Night 2004
Fight Night 2004 is a boxing game developed by EA Sports. It is the successor to EA's previous boxing series, Knockout Kings. A sequel, [[Fight Night: Round 2]], was released in 2005 and 2006's release of [[Fight Night: Round 3]]. Its chief draws are a career mode, in-depth and reasonably realisti..
Fight of My Life
Fight of My Life was the third full length album by the Christian third-wave ska band, The Insyderz, and was released in 1998. Track listing "Jigsaw""What Happened to Joe?""Paradise""The Hunted""Game Day""Forgive and Forget""Trinidad""Rat Race""Just What I Needed""Fight of My Life" ..
Fight of the Century
The 1971, March 8th edition of Time Magazine Fight of the Century was the promotional nickname given to the first boxing match between champion Joe Frazier (26-0, 23 KOs) and challenger Muhammad Ali (31-0, 26 KOs), held on March 8, 1971 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Ali had been stripp..
Fight of the Millennium
The Fight Of The Millennium was a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF's world Welterweight championships. Planned by promoters Bob Arum and Don King, it pitted WBC world champion Oscar De La Hoya, a Mexican-American, versus IBF world champion Fél..
Fight of the Week
After NBC's cancellation of The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports in the spring of 1960, ABC took over the prime-time boxing program, although it was renamed as the Fight of the Week. Legendary boxing commentator Don Dunphy did the blow-by-blow description of the bouts each week. They took place on Sat..
Fight On
"Fight On" is the fight song of the University of Southern California. It was composed in 1922 by USC dental student Milo Sweet, with lyrics by Sweet and Glen Grant, for a student spirit competition. The song is played at all USC Trojan and Women of Troy sports competitions, as well as many other US..
Fight on, Loyola
Fight on, Loyola is the fight song for Loyola Marymount University. Lyrics Fight on Loyola, Fight to win Roar on you Lions, Roar again Keep up the spirit born of old, Our loyalty will ne'er grow old Fight on Loyola, We're all here Backing you with a cheer, We're beside you, Here to guide you So, F..
Fight or Flight
Fight or Flight can mean a couple things: Fight-or-flight response, the biological response of animals to acute stressFight or Flight (album), an album by the British rock band Turin Brakes"Fight or Flight (Enterprise episode)", a first season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise This is a [disamb..
Fight or Flight (album)
Fight or Flight is the third EP by British rock band Turin Brakes. The EP was released by Source Records in 2000 on CD and 7" vinyl. Tracklisting Mind over MoneyNine To FiveEmergency 72Christine ..
Fight or Flight (Enterprise episode)
Fight or Flight is the 2nd episode (production #103) of the television series [[Star Trek: Enterprise]]. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Plot3 Trivia4 External links Synopsis The Enterprise encounters an alien ship that's their first chance of first contact, but find no activity and h..
Fight Paris
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Fight Raiders, Fight
Fight Raiders, Fight is the Fight song of the Texas Tech University "Red Raiders". Originally written for the "Matadors", the first name of teams representing the then Texas Technological College, the fight song was updated by Carroll McMath in 1936 to reflect the change from "Matadors" to "Red Rai..
Fight song
A fight song is a primarily sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team. Although the term "fight song" is primarily an American term, the use of fight songs is commonplace around the..
Fight Songs
Fight Songs is the fourth studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, first released on April 27, 1999 (see 1999 in music). It features the song, "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)", which was named one of the top songs of all time by Blender magazine. The group's second record on Elektra Reco..
Fight Test
Fight Test (US Version) is an EP by The Flaming Lips, released on Warner Records in 2003, shortly after the release of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots that same year. It is an enhanced disc, and it contains covers of Radiohead's "Knives Out", Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and Bec..
Fight The Bear
Fight The Bear is the first full-length album from the Simi Valley, CA based punk rock band Midget Fan Club. The title of the album was derived from a Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Mike Myers as the head of Columbia Pictures presenting "wacky new television shows for the American audience t..
Fight the Power
For the Isley Brothers song, see Fight the Power, Pt. 1 & 2 "Fight the Power" was a 1989 song by the hip-hop group Public Enemy. It is featured prominently in the opening credits of the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing, and is heard at numerous points throughout the movie. First released on the ..
Fight the Power, Pt. 1 & 2
"Fight the Power, Pt. 1 & 2" became a hit recording for the Isley Brothers when released in 1975. Among the group's socio-political anthems, the song rose to #1 on the R&B singles chart and #4 on the pop singles chart. The song became controversial for having the word "bullshit" in after one of Rona..
Fight the Power...Live!
Fight the Power...Live! is a live album by Public Enemy in 1989 and also a video. This footage was recorded live on that same year and has never been sold in stores on CD. Track listing "Countdown To Armageddon""Public Enemy No. 1""Miuzi Weighs A Ton""Night Of The Living Baseheads""Fight The Powe..
Fight the Tide
Fight The Tide is an album by the band Sanctus Real. It was released in 2004 under Sparrow Records. As of 2006, it is their most popular album. Track listing "Everything About You" (Rohman, Hammitt, Goodrum, Tjornhom)"The Fight Song" (Hammitt, Goodrum)"Alone" (Rohman, Hammitt)"Things Like You" (..
Fight to be Free
Fight To Be Free is an album by Nuclear Assault released in 1988. Track Listing Fight To Be FreeEqual RightsStand Up ..
Fight To Be Free
information Fight to be free is a single released by Nuclear Assault in 1988. track list Fight to be FreeEqual RightsStand Up..
FIGJAM
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. FIGJAM is an acronym standing for "Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me".FIGJAM is a si..
FIGlet
Figlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of fonts, comprised of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII Art). Contents 1 History2 Behaviour3 Sample Usage4 External links History According to the main page, figle..
Figment
Figment, a small purple dragon, is the mascot of the Imagination! pavilion at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort. He first appeared in March 1983 in the pavilion's Journey Into Imagination dark ride, in which Dreamfinder, a jolly wizard-like scientist, created him and taught him how to..
Figmentalism (idealism) versus realism
Figmentalism (idealism) versus Realism Plato is generally considered to be the first Idealist but may only be the first recorded as such. His "ideas" where translated and came down to us through history and much of the original thinking has been lost through this process and probably partly by de..
Figo (disambiguation)
Figo or FIGO can mean: Luís Figo, a Portuguese footballerFIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et d’Obstetrique)Ponta Figo, São Tomé and Príncipe, a village in São Tomé IslandMichelia figo, an evergreen tree This is a [..
Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes
-->Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes is a "Jizz Band" from the fictional Star Wars universe. They were seen playing in the Mos Eisley Cantina on the planet Tatooine in [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|A New Hope]]. The band is made up of seven members which are all of the species called Bith from t..
FIGS
FIGS is an acronym for French, Italian, German, Spanish. These are usually the first four languages chosen when a company enters the European market. See also CJK Chinese, Japanese, Korean ..
Figtree
Figtree is a village in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 37 km south-west of Bulawayo on the main Bulawayo-Plumtree road. The village is named after a wild fig tree which in the 19th century those wishing to enter the Matabele Kingdom had to wait by this tree for per..
Figueira
There are parishes that have the name Figueira (Portuguese for figtree): Contents 1 ..
Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. CentroBaixo MondegoCoimbra Party António Duarte Silva PSD Area 378.21 km² Population - Total - Density 62,601165,5/km² parishes 18 Coordinates [] Municipal holiday June ..
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. CentroBeira Interior NorteGuarda Party António Ribeiro PSD Area 508.6 km² Population - Total - Density 6,88414/km² parishes 17 Coordinates [40º53'N 6º57'W] ..
Figueiredo's Video and DVD
Figueiredo's Video and DVD is a movie rental business located in Northern California. It was opened in 1983 and currently has seven locations within Humboldt and Mendocino County: Arcata, two locations in Eureka, Fort Bragg, Fortuna, McKinleyville, and Rio Dell. External links [Figsvideo ..
Figueirense Futebol Clube
Figueirense Futebol Clube, also known as Figueirense, is a Brazilian football team in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Contents 1 History2 Stadium3 Titles4 Idols5 Trivia6 Reference7 External links History 1921 Founded as Figueirense Foot-ball Club.1932 The tea..
Figueiró dos Vinhos
Figueiró dos Vinhos Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Leiria Party Rui Almeida Silva PSD Area 173.4 km² Population - Total - Density 7,08041/km² parishes 5 Coordinates [] Municipal holiday John the BaptistJune 6 Websi..
Figueres
''for other uses see Figueres (disambiguation) Town church tower, Figueres Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The Castilian form of the name is Figueras. It is located at 39 metres above the sea, near the Pyrenees and the Frenc..
Figueres (disambiguation)
Figueres can refer to: Figueres, a town in Catalonia, Spain, the birthplace of the artist Salvador Dalí. José Figueres Ferrer (1906-1990) was a militar, politician and three times president of Costa Rica (1948-1949, 1953-1958, and 1970-1974).His son, José María Figueres Olsen (1954- ) also wa..
Figueroa Street
Figueroa Street is a street in Southern California, United States. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30 miles/48 km between the communities of Eagle Rock and Wilmington. Termini are at Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington and just north of the Ventura Freeway west of Pasad..
Figueroa Street Tunnels
The Figueroa Street Tunnels are a set of four four-lane tunnels that carry northbound traffic on State Route 110 (the Pasadena Freeway) through Elysian Park in Los Angeles, California, United States. From south to north, the four tunnels measure 755, 461, 130 and 405 feet (230, 141, 40 and 123 m) ..
Figueroa v. Canada (Attorney General)
Figueroa v. Canada (Attorney General), [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the right to participate in a federal election under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court struck down a provision requiring a political party to nominat..
Figueruelas
Figueruelas (population 1,040) is a small town and municipality in the Spanish Autonomical Region of Aragón, province of Zaragoza. The city hosts a General Motors plant that builds the models Opel Corsa and Opel Meriva, among others. ..
Figuig
Figuig ([32°7′0″N, 1°13′37″W]; also Ifiyey) is a Berber town in southeastern Morocco in the Atlas Mountains, on the border with Algeria. The town is built around an oasis of date palms, called tazdayt in the Berber languages, surrounded by rugged, mountainous wilderness. Moder..
Figumate
A line of Japanese action figures made by Konami. They are packaged in blind boxes and are currently available only in Japan. Their current licenses include Negima and Rumble Roses. The figures are similar to block figures, such as Kubricks and Mini-Mates, but are not in the standard "blocky" desi..
Figural urn
A Figural urn is a style of vase or larger container where the basic urn shape, of either a classic amphora or a crucible style, is ornamented with figures. These may be attached to the main body, forming handles or simply extraneous decorations, or may be shown in relief on the body itself. ..
Figurate number
A figurate number is a number that can be represented as a regular and discrete geometric pattern (e.g. dots). If the pattern is polytopic, the figurate is labeled a polytopic number, and may be a polygonal number or a polyhedral number. The first few triangular numbers can be built from rows of 1,..
Figurational Sociology
Figurational sociology is a research tradition in which figurations of humans - evolving networks of interdependent humans - are the unit of investigation. Although more a methodological stance than a determinate school of practice, the tradition has one essential feature: Concern for process, not ..
Figurative
Figurative may refer to: Figurative artFigurative language This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Figurative art
The Creation of Adam, a figurative work by Michelangelo Figurative art describes artwork - particularly paintings - which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational. The term "figurative art" is often taken to mean art which represents the hu..
Figurative system of human knowledge
The original "figurative system of human knowledge" tree, in French. The "figurative system of human knowledge", sometimes known as the tree of Diderot and d'Alembert, was a tree developed to represent the structure of knowledge itself, produced for the Encyclopédie by Jean le Rond d'Alember..
Figura etymologica
Figura etymologica describes a rhetorical figure in which words with the same etymological derivation are used adjacently. Examples would include the English phrase might and magic. Note that to count as a figura etymologica, it is necessary that the two words be genuinely different words, and not j..
Figure
Figure can refer to any of the following: A figure is a synonym for a number.Significant figures in a decimal number.A person's figure.Figure of speech, also called a rhetorical figure.Figure skating.Figure in wood.Miniature representation of something.Musical figure, distinguished from musical mot..
Figure-eight knot (mathematics)
In knot theory, a figure-eight knot (also called Listing's knot) is the unique knot with a crossing number of four, the smallest possible except for the unknot and trefoil knot. Contents 1 Origin of name2 Description3 Importance in mathematics4 References Origin of name ..
Figure-four
A figure-four is a term used to describe particular grappling holds. The name "figure-four" comes from the positioning of the limbs involved in the hold, which resemble a number "4". A keylock or toe hold can be referred to as a figure-four hold, when it involves a figure-four formation with the ..
Figure-ground
In visual perception, figure-ground refers to humans' ability to separate elements based upon contrast. The audial version of the figure-ground phenomenon is often called the cocktail party effect. See also Figure-ground in map design ..
Figure-ground in map design
An effectively designed map is one in which the intended message is clearly communicated to the percipient, or map user. By employing the concept of figure-ground, a viewer can easily distinguish between the main figure on a map and the background information. Several concepts that are key to deve..
Figure-of-eight follow through
Figure-of-eight follow through loop attached to carabiner The Figure-of-eight follow through loop is a type of knot. Canonical Name: figure-of-eight follow through loop. Variant Name(s): figure-of-eight rewoven loop. Category: loop on the end. Origin: Unknown. Related knots: Figure-of-eight ..
Figure-of-eight knot
The figure-of-eight knot is a type of knot. See also Figure-eight knot (mathematics)List of knots External links [Grog's Animated Knots: How to tie the figure of eight knot] ..
Figure-of-eight loop
Figure-of-eight loop Canonical Name: figure-of-eight loop. Variant Name(s): Flemish loop, figure eight on a bight. Category: loop on the bight. Origin: Ancient. Related knots: Figure-of-eight knot, Figure-of-eight follow through, Figure-of-nine loop Releasing: Can jam badly in any rope type...
Figure-of-nine loop
Canonical Name: figure-of-nine loop. Category: loop on the bight. Related knots: Figure-of-eight knot, Figure-of-eight follow through, Figure-of-eight loop Releasing: Can jam badly in any rope type, but somewhat less likely to jam than a figure-of-eight loop. Efficiency: Unknown. Caveat: None, secu..
Figured bass
Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is a kind of integer musical notation used to indicate intervals, chords, and nonchord tones, in relation to a bass note. Figured bass is closely associated with basso continuo, an accompaniment used in almost all genres of music in the Baroque period. Contents 1&nb..
Figured You Out
"Figured You Out" is a 2004 single by the band Nickelback, the second one from their 2003 album The Long Road. The Meaning of The Song While there is no clear reference or explanation of the song's lyrics, the lyrics itself are self explanatory: the song centers around a man's relationship with h..
Figurehead
For the metaphorical use, see Figurehead (metaphor) Seute Deern figurehead A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration, often female or bestiary, found at the prow of ships of the 16th to the 19th century. The practice was introduced with the galleons of the 16th century, although earlier shi..
Figurehead (metaphor)
In politics, a figurehead, by metaphor with the carved figurehead at the prow of a sailing ship, is a person who holds an important title or office yet executes little actual power. Common figureheads include constitutional monarchs, such as the Emperor of Japan, or presidents in parliamentary democ..
Figures on a Beach
Figures on a Beach was a musical band formed in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1980s out of the prior band Razor 1922. Figures on a Beach played in a artistic New Romantic/techno-pop style that was thoroughly engaging and hard to pin down. The group recorded an independent EP, Swimming, in 1983, and..
Figure (music)
In music, a figure is a recurring fragment or succession of notes that may be used to construct the accompaniment. A figure is distinguished from a motif in that a figure is background while a motif is foreground: "A figure resembles a moulding in architecture: it is 'open at both ends', so as to be..
Figure (wood)
In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain): a "figured wood" is not plain. The figure of a particular piece of wood may be due to the cut, or to innate properties of the wood. A few of the tropical hardwoods, like the rosewoods, may have quite ..
Figure 17
|} Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru (フィギュア17つばさ&ヒカル) is an original anime series written by Genco Olm that was later adapted into a manga by Guy Nakahira. The original anime which aired on TV Tokyo is published in English by Anime Works. This anime is unusual in that the epis..
Figure 8
Figure 8 might refer to: Figure 8, an expression describing a Lissajous curve that resembles the number 8Figure 8, the basis for compulsory figures in figure skatingFigure 8 (album), a 2000 album recorded by American singer-songwriter Elliott SmithFigure-of-eight knot, (also called a Flemish Knot),..
Figure 8 (album)
Figure 8 (2000) is the name of the fifth album recorded by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. The album, released on DreamWorks Records on April 18, 2000, was Smith's second release on a major label. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Sonora Studios in Los Angeles, Capitol Studi..
Figure 8 Island
Figure 8 Island is an island in North Carolina just north of Wrightsville Beach with around 441 houses on it. It is surrounded on one side by the intracoastal waterway and the other by the Atlantic Ocean. It is a private island and the only way to get onto it is via a gated bridge. This has led..
Figure 8 racing
Figure 8 racing is a form of racing that also combines elements of demolition derby. Racing is done on a track shaped like an 8. Because of this layout crashes are inevitable. The cars used are standard cars, but are usually modified for lightess and safety. A large scoop is often placed on the roof..
Figure drawing
figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci Figure drawing, also known as life drawing, is an exercise in drawing the human body in its various shapes and positions. It is arguably the most difficult subject an artist commonly encounters, and entire classes are dedicated to the subject. The human f..
Figure eight knot
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The term figure eight knot may refer to: an everyday object resulting from t..
Figure Four
Figure Four is a Christian moshcore band from Winnipeg, Canada. They started in 1996 and are currently signed to Solid State Records. The band is currently on hiatus, as two of its members are now in the full-time touring hardcore/punk band Comeback Kid. They have indicated that they have not broke..
Figure International
The Figure International is an annual women's figure competition run by the International Federation of BodyBuilders. The contest is held annually as part of the Arnold Classic, and was first held in 2003 (this was the first professional figure contest in the IFBB). Jenny Lynn has won the most tit..
Figure It Out
Figure It Out contestant Brett Noble milks a dairy goat with his toes on August 4, 1999 at Nickelodeon Studios, Florida. Figure It Out was a television game show hosted by Summer Sanders that originally aired on Nickelodeon and is now shown on Nick Games and Sports (Nick GAS). Kids with speci..
Figure moe zoku
Figure moe zoku (フィギュア萌え族) (literally "Figure Budding Tribe") is a coinage made by Japanese journalist Akihiro Otani who expected "Otaku(or Geek)" as the criminal image of the 2004 Nara 1st grade girl's murder. '"Figure moe zoku"(temporary)' strictly. Otani also calls Otakus only ..
Figure Number Five
Figure Number Five is the fifth album released by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. A few different editions of this album existed upon release. The normal release with 11 tracks, as well as a limited edition release with a second CD of demos from 1997. Contents 1 Track List..
Figure of Eighty
The Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found throughout continental Europe and has a scattered distribution in England and Wales, although it is absent from Scotland and Ireland. The wingspan is 35-45 mm, the dark brown forewings being marked with dark-ce..
Figure of Insensitivity
Figure of Insensitiveness (or FofI) is an inverse scale of measure of the sensitivity of an explosive substance. In this context, sensitivity refers to how sensitive an explosive is to factors such as rough handling, elevated storage temperature etc. Thus an explosive substance with a smaller FofI..
Figure of merit
A Figure of Merit is a quantity used to characterize the performance of a device relative to other devices of the same type. It is often used as a marketing tool to convince consumers to choose a particular brand. Examples Clock rate of a CPU Contrast Ratio of an LCD Frequency Response of a Spea..
Figure of speech
A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetorical , or elocution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use. Note that not a..
Figure of the Earth
The expression figure of the Earth has various meanings in geodesy according to the way it is used and the precision with which the Earth's size and shape is to be defined. The actual topographic surface is most apparent with its variety of land forms and water areas. This is, in fact, the surface o..
Figure Olympia
The Figure Olympia is an annual women's figure competition run by the International Federation of BodyBuilders. The contest was first held in 2003. Davana Medina has won all three contests to date. Winners Year Winner 2003 Davana Medina 2004 Davana Medina 2005 Davana Medina ..
Figure painting
Sitting nude (1993) oil on canvas by Frans Koppelaar Figure painting is a form of the visual arts in which the artist uses a live model as the subject matter of a two-dimensional piece of artwork using paint as the medium. The live model can be either nude or partly or fully clothed and the..
Figure painting (hobby)
Figure painting is the hobby of painting miniature figures and/or model figures, either in its own right or as an adjunct to role-playing games, wargames, military modeling, etc. Because of the small scale of these figures, the often finely sculpted detail can be lost by simply applying solid color..
Figure skate
Figure skates Figure skates are a type of ice skate used by figure skaters. The skates are comprised of a boot and a blade that is attached with screws to the sole of the boot. Inexpensive sets for recreational skaters are available, but most figure skaters purchase boots and blades separatel..
Figure skating
Figure skaters Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice, often to music. Figure skaters compete in multiple levels, from novice to elite, and at national and international competitio..
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four figure skating events were contested, and winter sports were introduced for the very first time. Figure skating was one of the few sports in which women were allowed to compete in 1908. The venue was the Prince's Skating Club, in the district of Knightsbridge, L..
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual
Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging. Results Place Skater Nation Score 1 Ulrich Salchow Sweden 377.3 2 R..
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's special figures
Gold medalist Nikolai Panin's real name was Nikolai Kolomenkin, but he competed under the pseudonym "Panin". Place Skater Nation Score 1 Nikolai Panin Russia 43.8 2 Arthur Cumming Great Britain 32.8 3 Geoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain 20.8 Sources De Wael, Herman. Herm..
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Mixed pairs
Twelve years later, silver medalist Phyllis Johnson would capture a bronze medal with a new partner at the 1920 Olympics. Place Skaters Nation Score 1 Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger Germany 11.20 2 Phyllis Johnson James Johnson Great Britain 10.30 3 Madge Syers Edgar Syer..
Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Women's individual
Without rivals Jenny Herz and Lily Kronberger present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal. Place Skater Nation Score 1 Madge Syers Great Britain 252.5 2 Elsa Rendschmidt Germany 211.0 3 Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain 192.1 4..
Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Contents 1 Men's singles2 Ladies' singles3 Pair skating4 See also Men's singles Pos Athlete 1 Gillis Grafström (SWE) 7 2 Andreas Krogh (NOR) 18 3 Martin Stixrud (NOR) 24.5 Gillis..
Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The three figure skating events held at the 1924 Winter Olympics were not the first figure skating events contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had also been on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title. Men PosAthlete 1 Gilli..
Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Figure skating, Men PosAthlete 1 Gillis Grafström (SWE) 12 2 Willy Böckl (AUT) 13 3 Robert von Zeebroeck (BEL) 27 Figure skating, Women PosAthlete 1 Sonja Henie (NOR) 8 2 Fritzi Burger (AUT) 25 3 Beatrix Loughran ..
Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics
At the 1932 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Figure skating, Men PosAthlete 1 Karl Schäfer (AUT) 9 2 Gillis Grafström (SWE) 13 3 Montgomery Wilson (CAN) 24 Figure skating, Women PosAthlete 1 Sonja Henie (NOR) 7 2 Fritzi Burger (AUT) 18 3 Maribel Vinson (USA)..
Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Figure skating, Men Medal Athlete Points Gold Karl Schäfer (AUT) Silver Ernst Baier (GER) Bronze Felix Kaspar (AUT) Figure skating, Women Medal Athlete Points Gold Sonja Henie (NOR) Silve..
Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal while Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the United States. Button also became the first figure skater to p..
Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
At the 1952 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Men Medal Athlete Points Gold Dick Button (USA) Silver Helmut Seibt (AUT) Bronze James Grogan (USA) Women Medal Athlete Points Gold Jeannette Altwegg (GBR) Silver Tenley Albright (USA) ..
Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Men Medal Athlete Points Gold Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA) Silver Ronnie Robertson (USA) Bronze David Jenkins (USA) Women Medal Athlete Points Gold Tenley Albright (USA) Silver Carol Heiss (U..
Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
The Figure skating 1960 Winter Olympics results in Squaw Valley, California, United States. Men's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold David Jenkins (USA) Silver Karol Divin (TCH) Bronze Donald Jackson (CAN) Women's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold Carol Heiss (USA) ..
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
The Figure skating 1964 Winter Olympics results in Innsbruck, Austria. Women's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold Sjoukje Dijkstra (NED) Silver Regine Heitzer (AUT) Bronze Petra Burka (CAN) Men's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold Manfred Schnelldorfer (FRG) Silve..
Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
The Figure skating 1968 Winter Olympics results in Grenoble, France. Women's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold Peggy Fleming (USA) Silver Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) Bronze Hana Maskova (TCH) Men's singles Medal Athletes Points Gold Wolfgang Schwarz (AUT) Silver Tim..
Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results Women Medal Athletes Points Gold Beatrix Schuba (AUT) Silver Karen Magnussen (CAN) Bronze Janet Lynn (USA) Men Medal Athletes Points Gold Ondrej Nepela (TCH) Silver Sergey Chetverukhin (URS) Bronze Patrick ..
Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results Ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic sport in this year Contents 1 Women2 Men3 Pairs4 Ice Dancing Women Medal Athletes Points Gold Dorothy Hamill (USA) Silver Dianne de Leeuw (NED) Bronze Christine Er..
Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the 1980 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results. List of IOC country codes Contents 1 Women2 Men3 Pairs4 Ice Dancing Women Medal Athletes Points Gold Anett Pötzsch (GDR) Silver Linda Fratianne (USA) Bronze Dagmar Lurz (FRG) Men Medal ..
Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results Contents 1 Women2 Men3 Pairs4 Ice Dancing Women Medal Athletes Points Gold Katarina Witt (GDR) Silver Rosalynn Sumners (USA) Bronze Kira Ivanova (URS) Men Medal Athletes Points Gold Scott Hamil..
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics The events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Contents 0.1 Top-8 finishes table0.2 Men's0.2.1 Free Skate final standings (top 8)0.3 Women's0.3.1 Free Skate final standing..
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results The venue was the Halle Olympique located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville. Contents 1 Medal table2 Ladies3 Men4 Pairs5 Ice Dancing Medal table Pos. Country..
Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics Figure skating results Contents 1 Women2 Men3 Pairs4 Ice Dancing Women Medal Athlete Gold ..
Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The Figure skating 1998 Winter Olympics results Contents 1 Medal table2 Men3 Women4 Pairs5 Ice Dancing6 External links Medal table Pos. Country Total 1 Russia 3 2 0 5 ..
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating. All events were held at the Delta Center. Contents 1 Medal table2 Men3 Ladies4 Pairs5 Ice Dancing6 References Medal table Pos. Country ..
Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Four figure skating events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the Palavela venue. Contents 1 Medal table2 Pairs2.1 Short Program2.2 Free Skate2.3 Medals3 Men3.1 Short Program3.2 Free Skate3.3 Medals4 Ice Dancing4.1 Compulso..
Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Ladies
These are the results of the ladies' figure skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. More than one hundred million people watched the free skate on television. Ladies' figure skating is one of the most popular sports of the games. Ladies' Figure Skating - Results Rank Name Nation To..
Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's
Men's Figure Skating - Results Rank Name Nation Total Score SP FS 1 Evgeny Plushenko 258.33 1 1 2 Stephane Lambiel 231.21 3 4 3 Jeffrey Buttle 227.59 6 2 4 Evan Lysacek 220.13 10 3 5 Johnny Weir 216.63 2 6 6 Brian Joubert 212.89 4 7 7 Ma..
Figure skating at the Olympic Games
These are the Olympic medalists in figure skating. Contents 1 Men2 Men's special figures3 Ladies4 Pairs5 Ice Dancing6 External links Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Host city 1908 Ernst Baier (GER) Dick Button (US..
Figure skating jump
Rotation Landing A figure skating jump is determined by the take-off edge, and number of revolutions completed. Any jump of at least one but fewer than two revolutions is a single jump; similarly for double, triple, and quadruple jumps. Current world-class competition for men requires a ..
Figure skating spins
Maria Butyrskaya performing a layback spin Spins are an element in figure skating. There are many types of spins, identified by the position of the arms, legs, and angle of the back. The skater rotates on the round part of the blade, called the ball of the foot, just behind the toe pick. Spin..
Figure study
A Figure study is a painting, drawing or sculpture made for study purposes with a live model as the subject matter. The live model can be clothed, partly clothed or nude and the art work is a representation of the full body of the model. Figure studies are usually completed in a relatively short ..
Figure with Meat
Francis Bacon's Figure with Meat Figure with Meat (1954) is a painting by Francis Bacon. The figure mimics that of Pope Innocent X as recreated in the portrait by Diego Velázquez, placed between two bisected halves of a cow. The carcass hanging in the background is derived from Rembrandt's C..
Figurine
For the indie band, see Figurine (band) A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Figurine is a diminutive form of the word figure, and generally refers to a small human-made statue that represents a human (or deity or animal). They are typically smaller than life-size, and may be realistic or iconic ..
Figurines
Figurines is an indie rock band from Denmark, formed in the mid-1990s. The band released their first EP, The Detour, in 2001 and their first full-length album, Shake A Mountain, in 2003. The band began to receive national attention in Denmark around the time of the full-length release, and began t..
Figurines (band)
Discography This Scandinavian band formed in the mid-90's to release the following: 2001: The Detour EP 2003: Shake a Mountain 2005: Skeleton Members Andreas Toft:bass Christian Hjelm:vocals/guitar Claus Salling Johansen:guitar/backing vocals Kristian “Volle” Volden:drums/percussion Singles..
Figurine (band)
Figurine is an indietronica band based in the USA. The band members, friends since high school, are somewhat secretive about their identities, using the pseudonyms David Figurine, James Figurine (Jimmy Tamborello) and Meredith Figurine and not releasing any band photos. While the band seems to be i..
Figurist
Figurists were a group of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. The origin of the Jesuit Figurists in China can be traced to the ideas of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci. He had seen in ancient Chinese religion evidence of God, which convinced him that there was a..
Figwit
In the Lord of the Rings movies, Figwit is the fan-derived name for an unnamed Elf extra. Figwit's name stands for "Frodo is great… who is THAT?!?" Figwit is seen in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|the first movie]] during the council of Elrond. He sits next to Ar..
Fig island
Fig island is an archaeological site on the south Atlantic Coast of South Carolina. Although it is one of the most complex shell-ring sites in North America, it is definitely not one of the largest. Within Fig Island are three separate shell-rings appropriately named Fig Island 1, Fig Island 2, and..
Fig leaf
A fig leaf is the covering up of an act or an object that is embarrassing or disagreeable. The term is a metaphorical reference to the Biblical Book of Genesis, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to cover themselves after they realize that they are naked. This phrase can be confused with olive b..
Fig Newton
A plastic tray of Fig Newtons The Fig Newton (in Europe, a Fig Roll) is a soft, cake-like pastry filled with fig jam. A patented and trademarked product of Nabisco, Fig Newtons originated in the United States and have since spread across the world. They have traditionally been rather unusual ..
Fig Rig
Fig Rig is a camera stabilization device for smaller film/video cameras, designed by film director Mike Figgis. External Links [Official site][build your own] ..
Fig Tree Bridge
Fig Tree Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Lane Cove River, west of central Sydney, Australia. It is immediately to the north of Tarban Creek Bridge and the more well known Gladesville Bridge. The bridge carries Burns Bay Road and a footpath and connects the suburb of Hunters Hill to Linley P..
Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland
Fig Tree Pockets is part of the western suburbs of Brisbane. Placed within a pocket of the Brisbane River, the suburb is rather remote, and is home to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. ..
Fig wasp
Fig wasps are wasps of the family Agaonidae which pollinate figs or are otherwise associated with figs. The family as presently defined is polyphyletic, including several unrelated lineages whose similarities are based upon their shared association with figs; efforts are underway to resolve the m..
Fi Glover
Fi (Fiona) Glover, (born February 27th 1970) is a BBC journalist and presenter. Although currently absent on maternity leave normally she is host of BBC Radio 4's Sunday morning news analysis programme Broadcasting House, which she took over from Eddie Mair in 2004. Her style is characterised by a ..
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