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Fum, Fum, Fum
Fum, Fum, Fum (pronounced foom, foom, foom) is a traditional Catalan Christmas carol. It is thought to have originated in the 16th or 17th Century. The name, however, is not a Spanish word or phrase and is considered to be an onomatopoeia of the sound of the strumming of a stringed musical instrum..

Fumage
Fumage is a surrealist technique invented by Wolfgang Paalen in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas. It was later employed by Salvador Dalí, who called it "sfumato."[link] Both Paalen and Dali used the technique as a basis f..

Fumagillin
Fumagillin is an antibiotic originally used against fungal Nosema apis infections in honeybees. Some studies found it to be effective against some myxozoan parasites, including Myxobolus cerebralis, an important parasite of fish; however, in the more rigorous tests required for U.S. Food and Drug ..

Fumarase
Fumarase is an enzyme involved in the Krebs Cycle that catalyzes the hydration (addition of H2O across a double bond) of Fumarate to L-malate (the natural optical isomer of a protein as apposed to the d isomer) Reaction [Image: Fumarate to L-Malate] Please note that although the picture s..

Fumarase deficiency
Fumarase deficiency is an enzyme irregularity that causes severe mental retardation, unusual facial features, brain malformation, and epileptic seizures due to an abnormally low amount of fumarase in cells. The condition is congenital and is the result of receiving two defective recessive genes on t..

Fumarate
A fumarate is a salt or ester of the organic compound fumaric acid, a dicarboxylic acid. Biochemistry A precursor to L-malate in the Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle. It is formed by the oxidation of succinate by succinate dehydrogenase. Fumarate is converted by fumarase to malate. In simple fumara..

Fumaria
Fumaria is a genus of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia. It is closely allied to Corydalis, and some botanists combine the two genera. The common name is fumitory. Selected species Fumaria bastardiiFumaria capreolataFumaria densiflor..

Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by a fair number of taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "Fumitory family". The family includes some popular garden plants, such as Adlumia Raf. ex DC. — Allegheny VineCorydalis DC. &md..

Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria officinalis (Common Fumitory) is the most common species of the genus Fumaria in Central Europe. It is an herbaceous annual plant, which grows erect, with stalks about 10 to 50 cm long. The fruit is an achene. It contains alkaloids, potassium salts, and tannins. It is also a major source..

Fumaric acid
Fumaric acid General Common name fumaric acid Systematic name (E)-butenedioic acid Other names trans-1,2-ethylenedicarboxylic acid Molecular formula trans-HOOCCH=CHCOOH SMILES OC(=O)C=CC(=O)O Molar mass 116.07 g/mol Appearance white solid CAS number [110-17-8 ..

Fumarium
A Fumarium was a smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine through artificially "aging" the wine. Amphorae were placed in the chamber, which was built on top of a heated hearth, in order to impart a smoky flavor in the wine that also seemed to sharpen the acidity. The wine wou..

Fumarole
Sulfur deposits near a fumarole Sulfureous fumaroles, Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand A fumarole (Latin fumus, smoke) is an opening in Earth's (or any other astronomical body's) crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emit steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur d..

Fumata nera and fumata bianca
The fumata nera ("black smoke" in Italian) is the announcement to the outer world by a conclave that a Papal election wasn't decisive, by means of burning the ballots together with straw or chemicals to produce black smoke. A fumata bianca ("white smoke") announces the conclave is over because a Pop..

Fumay
Fumay is a town and commune in the Ardennes département of France, very close to the Belgian border. Geography It is situated in the Meuse valley, the main part of the town being surrounded by a large meander of the river. Economy Fumay is sometimes known as "The City of Slate" (La Cité d..

Fumble
A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when an offensive player such as the quarterback or a running back drops the ball while it is still in play. A fumble may also be forced by a defensive player who either grabs or punches the ball or butts the ball with his helmet (a move called "tack..

Fumblerooski
In American football, the fumblerooski is a trick play, most famously used by the Nebraska Cornhuskers against the Miami Hurricanes in the 1984 Orange Bowl and used again by Nebraska in 1992. It is no longer allowed in high school, college, or the NFL. In the Fumblerooski, the center, rather than h..

Fumblerules
Fumblerules are humorous rules for writing. Each rule contradicts the advice it gives, such as "Don't use no double negatives." They were written by William Safire under the name "Fumblerules," although similar list by science editor George L. Trigg was published earlier. External link http://www...

Fumble (album)
Banging the Drum is an album by Scream recorded December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia and released in July 1993 through Dischord Records. Track listing "Caffeine Dream" (Scream)"Sunmaker" (Scream)"Mardi Gras" (Scream)"Land Torn Down" (Scream)"Gods Look Down" (Scream)"Crackman*" (S..

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is a 1993 album by Sarah McLachlan. It was produced by Pierre Marchand in Montreal, and released on October 22, 1993. The album was an immediate hit in Canada, where McLachlan was already an established star. Over the next two years, it became her breakthrough album inter..

FUMC
FUMC is an acronym for First United Methodist Church. A city or township name will usually follow. ..

Fumel
Fumel is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne département, in France. ..

Fumet
A fumet (French for "aroma") is a type of concentrated stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Fish fumet is a concentrated version of fish stock. It is made with vegetables (leeks, onion, and celery), spices, water, wine, and fish bones (you can use fish heads, but you must remove ..

Fumetti
This article is about the photocomics, known as "fumetti". For Italian comics, see the page with that name. Fumetti or photo novels are a form of comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. This kind of graphic storytelling has experienced the most popularity in Italy. Italian week..

Fumetti neri
Fumetti Neri is a subgenre of Italian comics, born in Italy with the creation of the Diabolik character. The heroes of fumetti neri are more anti-hero or villain than traditional heroes. Diabolik itself was very loosely based on the French Fantômas character. The subsequent heroes in these comic..

Fumé Blanc
Fumé Blanc is a California wine similar to an oaked sauvignon blanc, which may be used as a synonym for sauvignon blanc in the US. It was first used as a wine name by Napa Valley's Robert Mondavi Winery in 1968. Mondavi had been offered a crop of particularly good Sauvignon Blanc grapes by a gro..

Fume hood
A common modern fume hood. A fume hood or fume cupboard is a large piece of scientific equipment common to chemistry laboratories designed to limit a person's exposure to hazardous fumes. Fume hoods were originally manufactured from timber, but now epoxy coated mild steel is the main construc..

Fumiaki Uto
Fumiaki Uto (宇都文昭) is a Japanese astronomer. He has discovered numerous asteroids. ..

Fumichon
Fumichon is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14590. The INSEE code is 14293. ..

Fumie
A fumie (踏み絵) was a likeness of Jesus or Mary upon which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step in order to prove that they were not members of that outlawed religion. The use of the fumie began with the persecution of Christians in N..

Fumie Suguri
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Fumifugium
Fumifugium, or, The inconveniencie of the aer and smoak of London dissipated together with some remedies humbly proposed by J.E. esq. to His Sacred Majestie, and to the Parliament now assembled is a pamphlet published in London, 1661, by John Evelyn. It is one of the earliest known works on air poll..

Fumigation
Fumigation is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is utilized for control of pests in buildings (structural fumigation), soil, grain, and produce, and is also used during processing of goods to be imported or exp..

Fumihide Aoki
Fumihide Aoki is an employee at Camelot, a video game development company. He was one of the creators of Waluigi, a character in the video game Mario Tennis, which appeared on both the Game Boy Color and the Nintendo 64. ..

Fumihiko Maki
Spiral house in Tokyo Fumihiko Maki (槇文彦, Maki Fumihiko) is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo on September 6, 1928. After studying at the University of Tokyo he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and then to Harvard Graduate School of Design. He worked ..

Fumihiko Sori
Fumihiko Sori (曽利文彦) is a Japanese film director and film producer. He received a nomination for the 'Best Director' prize at the Japanese Academy Awards for his directing debut, Ping Pong. Selected filmography Director 2002 Ping Pong External links ..

Fumihiko Tachiki
Fumihiko Tachiki (立木文彦 Tachiki Fumihiko, born April 29, 1961) is a seiyū. Notable voice roles Gendo Ikari in Neon Genesis EvangelionChoro-sama (elder) in Little Snow Fairy SugarDon Krieg in One PieceMachisu (Lt. Surge) in PokémonDaedalus in The Vision of EscaflowneVodka in Detective Cona..

Fumihiro Joyu
Fumihiro Joyu (上祐史浩 Jōyū Fumihiro; born 17 December 1962) was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999. Biography Fumihiro Joyu, originally f..

Fumika Suzuki
Fumika Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木史華 Suzuki Fumika, born October 11, 1974 in Tochigi, Japan) is a Japanese seiyū (voice actor in Japan), and a former race queen in the 1990's. ..

Fumiko Kaneko
Fumiko Kaneko (1903 - 1926) was a Japanese anarchist who was arrested and convicted for conspiring against the Meiji emperor of Japan. Early life Kaneko was born to a former policeman and a laborer, and spent the first nine years of her life as an unregistered child. This status impeded Kaneko from..

Fumiko Kometani
Fumiko Kometani, born in Osaka, Japan in 1931, is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a long resident of the United States. Kometani moved to America as an abstract painter in 1960, settling in the MacDowell colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh Greenfeld (now living in Cali..

Fumiko Orikasa
Fumiko Orikasa (折笠富美子 Orikasa Fumiko, born on December 27,1974 in Tokyo) is a seiyū. Voice roles Chise in SaikanoChiyoko in Millennium ActressCiel in Shingetsutan TsukihimeSherry Bellmond in Konjiki no Gash Bell!!Meyrin Hawke in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINYPacifica Casull in Scrapped..

Fumimaro Konoe
Prince Fumimaro Konoe (Kyūjitai: 近衞文麿, Shinjitai: 近衛文麿, Konoe Fumimaro) (sometimes Konoye, October 12 1891–December 16 1945) was a Japanese politician and the 34th (June 4 1937–January 5 1939), 38th (July 22 1940–July 18 1941) and 39th (July 18 1941–October 18 1941) Pri..

Fumina South, Victoria
Fumina South is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Willowgrove Road, in the Baw Baw Shire. ..

Fuminosato Station
Fuminosato Station, (文の里駅, -eki) station number T29, is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It takes about five minutes to walk to Showacho Station (M24) on the Midosuji Line. Trains starting from Fuminosato bound for ..

Fumio Demura
Fumio Demura (born in Yokohama, Japan in 1938) is a martial artist and martial arts teacher. Background At the age of 10 he began training in the martial arts under Asano Sensei, and started training under Ryusho Sakagami in Shito Ryu Itosu Kai karate when he was 12. Demura received his 1st Degree..

Fumio Nakahira
Captain Fumio Nakahira of the Japanese Imperial Army was one of the last holdouts of the Second World War. He was discovered in April, 1980 on Mount Halcon on Mindoro Island in the Philippines. See also Hiroo OnodaShoichi YokoiJapanese holdout External link http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/ ..

Fumio Niwa
Fumio Niwa (丹羽文雄 Niwa Fumio, born on November 22, 1904 in Mie Prefecture, Japan, died April 20, 2005 in Musashino, Tokyo) was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel The Buddha Tree (Japanese Bodaiju, 1956). The eldest son of a priest in th..

Fumito Ueda
Fumito Ueda is a Japanese video game designer. Ueda was the director and lead designer of the PlayStation 2 video games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Both games have certain degree of cult status among gamers. Ueda's productions are distinguished by a severe economy of plot and scenario, illustr..

Fumiya Fujii
Fujii Fumiya (藤井フミヤ Fujii Fumiya) is a male Japanese popular music artist. Contents 1 Discography1.1 Singles1.2 Albums2 External link Discography Singles 'Moonlight magic' (20 November 1999)'Stay with me.' (19 April 2000)'INSIDE' (10 May 20..

Fumiya Sato
Fumiya Sato (さとう　ふみや Sato Fumiya; original name is 佐藤文子 Sato Ayako) is a Japanese artist, born on 22 December, 1965. He is best known for the comic Kindaichi series and Detective School Q. ..

Fumiyo Fujiyoshi
Fumiyo Fujiyoshi (藤吉文世 Fujiyoshi Fumiyo) is a character in the novel Battle Royale, and the film and manga of the same name. In the film she was played by Aki Inoue. Pre-Program Fumiyo Fujiyoshi is one of the class of third-year students at the fictional Shiroiwa Junior High School. She ..

Fumiyo Narita
Fumiyo Narita (born 1971) is a Japanese concert pianist, now residing in New York City. She studied in the USA with Michael Rogers and Matthew Cameron, and now has an active teaching schedule. She has a particular interest in the music of Schubert. ..

Fumiyuki Beppu
Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之, born April 10 1983, Japan) is a Japanese professional road racing cyclist, since 2005. He is currently the youngest member (along with Jurgen van den Broeck of Belgium and Janez Brajkovič from Slovenia) on the 2006 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team squad. O..

Fumi Hirano
Hirano Fumi (平野文 Fumi Hirano) is a seiyū and an essayist born on April 23, 1955 in Tokyo who is best known for voicing Lum in anime series Urusei Yatsura (which was her debut seiyū role). Fumi attended Tamagawa University in Machida, Tokyo where she graduating with a degree in Theatre from ..

Fumi Nakashima
Fumi Nakashima is a video game character designer for the Square Enix corporation. She has been credited on the following titles during her employment with the company: Final Fantasy X — (2001; as Chief Sub-character Designer)The Bouncer — (2000; as Assistant Character Designer)Parasite Eve II ..

FUMO
FUMO is an Open Mobile Alliance specification for updating the firmware of mobile devices over the air. See also SCOMO ..

Fumonisins
Fumonisins can refer to: Fumonisin B1Fumonisin B2This 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. ..

Fumonisin B1
The structure of Fumonisin B1 Fumonisine B1 is an inhibitor of ceramide synthase. Fumonisin B1 is the most prevalent member of a family of toxins produced by several species of Fusarium moulds which occur mainly in maize. Fumonisin B1 contamination of maize has been reported worldwide at m..

Fumonisin B2
Fumonisin B2 is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Fusarium moniliforme. It is a sructural analog of Fumonisin B1. Fumonisin B2 is more cytotoxic than Fumonisin B1. Fumonisin B2 inhibits sphingosine acyl-transterase. Fumonisine B2 and other fumonisines frequently contaminate maize and other crops..

Fumoon
Fumoon is a Japanese animated movie by Osamu Tezuka. ..

Fumoto no iro
Fumoto no iro (麓の色 Sex in the Foothills) is an ancient Japanese text that tells the story of a sixty year old gigolo named Ogiya Yashige. Though fictional, Yashige is notable for flouting contemporary Japanese notions of morality, which dictated that (gay) male prostitutes were ..

Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr
Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr was Sultan of Pate, Kenya, 1779 to 1809. Around 1800 the Pate Sultan took over Lamu, however, they were deeply resented by the people of Lamu. Fumomadi was persuaded ("by a faithful old advisor") to build a fort on the seafront in Lamu Town, to protect members of his governme..

Fu Manchu
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional character, an evil genius of Manchu origin, first featured in a series of novels by Birmingham author Sax Rohmer (real name Arthur Sarsfield Ward) during the early years of the 20th century. "Imagine a person, tall, lean and fe..

Fu Manchu (band)
Fu Manchu King of the Road Logo. Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. Rolling Stone describes their sound as: "Super heavy and bass happy Detroit rock 'n' roll is totally deep-fried, fuzzed out, window breakin', pot..

Fu Manchu (disambiguation)
Fu Manchu can refer to: Fu Manchu, the fictional literature character.The Fu Manchu moustacheFu Manchu (band), the California rock band For the food fu-manjū, see wheat gluten. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..

Fu Manchu moustache
A Fu Manchu moustache takes its name from the fictional character of Fu Manchu, who was often depicted with such a style of moustache on film. A fu manchu extends downward past the mouth and on either side of the chin. Often times the ends of the moustache would hang past the jaw line with pointed..

Fu Mingxia
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu. Fu Mingxia (Chinese: 伏明霞, pinyin: Fú Míngxiá) was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall (5'2"). She broke..

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