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Fair (other)
Fair is a type of market, or fête. Fair or FAIR (acronym) may also refer to: Fair * Trade fair, or expo, a trade show * Fair, a level in coin grading * Fair, hair color of a fair haired (blonde) person * Fair (band), a music group * "Fair" (song), a 2022 song by Normani * Fair ball, in baseball, a batted ball which is in play Surname FAIR (acronym) * Factor analysis of information risk, a framework for understanding, analyzing, and measuring information risks by the company Risk Management Insight * FAIR data, data which meet standards of findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability * First article inspection report, a formal method of providing a measurement report for a given manufacturing process Germany * Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, an international accelerator facility for the research using antiprotons and ions United Kingdom * Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, in Northern Ireland * Family Action Information Resource, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs include: * Art fairs, including art exhibitions and arts festivals * County fair (USA) or county show (UK), a public agricultural show exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. * Festival, an event ordinarily coordinated with a theme e.g. music, art, season, tradition, history, ethnicity, religion, or a national holiday. * Health fair, an event designed for outreach to provide basic preventive medicine and medical screening * Historical reenactments, including Renaissance fairs and Dickens fairs * Horse fair, an event where people buy and sell horses. * Job fair, event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. * Regional or state fair, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Survival Trust
The Family Survival Trust (FST) is a charity registered in the United Kingdom, established in order to support and offer counselling for members of abusive cults, religions, and similar organizations, and their families members. It evolved out of the work of FAIR (Family, Action, Information, Rescue/Resource), Britain's main anti-cult group in November 2007. History The Family Survival Trust evolved from FAIR (Family, Action, Information, Rescue), Britain's first anti-cult group.George D. Chryssides, "Britain's anti-cult movement," in ''New Religious Movements: Challenges and Response'', eds. Bryan R. Wilson and Jamie Cresswell, 257–73. London: Routledge, 1999. . p. 260 FAIR was founded in 1976 by MP Paul Rose, as a support group for friends and relatives of "cult" members, with an early focus on the Unification Church, although in the years following this focus expanded to include other new religious movements (NRMs) or what it referred to as "cults". In the late 1970s, it s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairing (other)
Fairing may refer to: Aerodynamics and hydrodynamics *Aircraft fairing, a structure in aircraft design used to reduce drag and improve appearance *Bicycle fairing, a type of fairing coverage for bicycles *Motorcycle fairing, a type of fairing applied to motorcycles *Payload fairing, an aerodynamic structure that encapsulates the payload of a rocket-powered launch vehicle * Cable fairing, a form of fairing applied to towed cables, primarily in marine environments Other uses *Cornish fairing, a type of ginger biscuit *China fairing, a type of porcelain figurine See also *Fair (other) Fair is a type of market, or fête. Fair or FAIR (acronym) may also refer to: Fair * Trade fair, or expo, a trade show * Fair, a level in coin grading * Fair, hair color of a fair haired (blonde) person * Fair (band), a music group * "Fair" ... * Feiring (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairness (other)
Fairness or being fair can refer to: * Justice * The character in the award-nominated musical comedy '' A Theory of Justice: The Musical.'' * Equity (law), a legal principle allowing for the use of discretion and fairness when applying justice * Social justice, equality and solidarity in a society * Distributive justice, the perceived appropriateness of the distribution of goods, benefits, and other outcomes in a society, group, or organization (see also: teleology) * Procedural justice, the perceived appropriateness of rules or procedures used to allocate goods, benefits, and other outcomes (see also: deontology) * Interactional justice, the perceived appropriateness of interpersonal treatment * Environmental justice, the perceived appropriateness of the use or treatment of the environment or people via the environment, typically as a function of interpersonal or international relations * Fairness measure, metrics to quantify the fair distribution of resources * Perceptions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fair (other)
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The Fair may refer to: * ''The Fair'' (film), a 1960 German drama *The Fair Store, in Illinois, US See also *List of people known as the Fair The Fair is an epithet that may refer to: People: *Charles IV of France (1294–1328), King of France and of Navarre, Count of Champagne *Demetrius the Fair (around 285 BC-249 BC or 250 BC), Hellenistic King of Cyrene *Eadwig (941?–959), King o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAIR (Mormon Apologetics Organization)
FAIR (Faithful Answers, Informed Response), formerly known as FairMormon and the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in Mormon apologetics and responds to criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). FAIR comprises volunteers who seek to answer questions submitted to its web site. It was founded in November 1997 by a group of Mormons who wanted to defend their faith on AOL message boards. The members of FAIR are international volunteers. FAIR holds an annual conference where topics of current apologetic issues are presented. The organization also publishes a monthly electronic newsletter (the ''FairMormon Journal'') and a daily news-clipping service (the ''FairMormon Front Page''). FAIR is not officially affiliated with the LDS Church, though its members are "all committed to defending the Church". Name At its inception, FAIR was known as the Foundation for Apologetic Informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation Against Intolerance And Racism
The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) is an American nonprofit organization, founded in 2021, that campaigns against diversity and inclusion programs, ethnic studies curricula, and antiracism initiatives rooted in critical race theory (CRT). It instead favors rooting them in liberalism and provides such programming along those lines such as its own ethnic-studies curriculum based on liberal ideals instead of CRT. Founding and advisors FAIR was founded in early 2021 by Bion Bartning, a co-founder of Eos Products. Bartning, who is of mixed Ashkenazi Jewish, Mexican, and Yaqui heritage, had sent his children to attend Riverdale Country School, a private school located in The Bronx, in New York City. Bartning observed his children's schooling in the fall of 2020, which was conducted virtually over Zoom. The school introduced a theme of "allyship" for the schoolyear, promoting the idea that members of "privileged classes" should advance the interests and the voices of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum For Academic And Institutional Rights
''Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc.'', 547 U.S. 47 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the federal government, under the Solomon Amendment, could constitutionally withhold funding from universities if they refuse to give military recruiters access to school resources. Law schools were unwilling to allow recruiters onto campus because they considered the military's so-called "Don't ask, don't tell" policy discriminatory. The Supreme Court held oral arguments on December 6, 2005, and issued an 8–0 decision March 6, 2006, finding the Solomon Amendment constitutional. Background In 1993, Congress passed the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, codified at , which required that the military discharge a member who (with certain exceptions): : s engaged in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts ... r ifthe member has stated that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual, or words ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation For American Immigration Reform
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a non profit, anti-immigration organization in the United States. The group publishes position papers, organizes events, and runs campaigns in order to advocate for changes in U.S. immigration policy. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies FAIR as a hate group with ties to white supremacist groups. FAIR was founded in 1979 by Michigan surgeon and white nationalist John Tanton. Other co-founders include Otis Graham and former Gulf Oil CEO, Sydney Swensrud. It is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C. History The "founder of the modern immigration reform movement"—John Tanton, an ophthalmologist in Petoskey, Michigan—"saw a threat coming in the soaring rates of immigration" and that the "environment was threatened by overpopulation". Frustrated by the lack of interest of his "liberal colleagues in groups such as Planned Parenthood and the Sierra Club where he was actively engaged, he helped establish "three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a progressive left-leaning media critique organization based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1986 by Jeff Cohen and Martin A. Lee. FAIR monitors American news media for bias, inaccuracies and censorship, and advocates for more diversity of perspectives in the news media. FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group". FAIR publishes ''Extra!'', a magazine of media criticism, and also produces the radio program ''CounterSpin'', which features interviews with journalists, scholars, and activists on current media-related news stories. Mission FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media watch group" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints." FAIR refers to itself as a "progressive group that believes that structura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Against Islamophobia And Racism
The Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) was a London-based Muslim advocacy and lobbying group which campaigns against discrimination in the form of Islamophobia and racism.T. Modood in: Spencer (2003) p. 106 It was established in 2001 as an independent charitable organization with the aim of monitoring media coverage of Islam and Muslims, and challenging examples of Islamophobia through dialogue with media organizations. It produced numerous publications relating to Islamophobia in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2000, Navid Akhtar and Samar Mashadi have been directors of FAIR. Aims and activities According to the group's mission statement, it was set up "for the purpose of raising awareness of and combating Islamophobia and racism, monitoring specific incidents of Islamophobia and racism, working towards eliminating religious and racial discrimination, campaigning and lobbying on issues relevant to Muslim and other multi-ethnic communities in Britain." FAIR was active in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Families Acting For Innocent Relatives
Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1998 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Based in Markethill, it describes itself as a "non-sectarian, non-political organisation" that works "in the interests of the innocent victims of terrorism in South Armagh." Leadership FAIR was founded, and led until his resignation in November 2012, by Willie Frazer, a South Armagh man who lost five members of his close family to Provisional IRA violence during the Troubles. Frazer claimed to represent those who feel marginalised by concessions granted to Irish republicans during the Northern Ireland peace process and by the inclusion of Sinn Féin in its government; a party regarded by many as the political wing of the Provisional IRA. Political action FAIR opposed the early conditional release of republican militants following the 1998 Belfast Agreement and has called for full public inquiries into alleged collusion between Irish authorities a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
