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Where did By-Tor's name come from?

The Rush Frequently Asked Questions on the Internet File
Rush's road manager, Howard, came up with the title at a party. There were two dogs at the party, one a German shepherd and the other a tiny white nervous dog. Howard used to call the shepherd By-Tor because anyone that walked into the house was bitten. The other dog was a snow-dog (white ...). So from that night on Howard called the pair of dogs "By-Tor and the Snow Dog." - from scrs_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

Where did the Name come from?

Frequently Asked Questions - GROWW - Grief Recovery Online
The name comes from the founders of the company, widows and widowers, who found one another in chat rooms on America Online. See also our History page.

What is a TOR?

Canada-US-Ontario-Michigan Border Transportation Partnership
The Environmental Assessment Act in Ontario requires proponents to prepare a Terms of Reference (TOR), before undertaking an individual environmental assessment (EA). A TOR is a document that describes: Comments on the draft TOR will be incorporated in the Final TOR, which is submitted to the Ontario Minister of the Environment. A TOR must be approved by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment before an individual EA can proceed.

Why did it take so long to develop the 407 East EA ToR?

East Environmental Assesment - Frequently Asked Questions
In the summer of 2003, a draft ToR was completed in accordance with the requirements of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. The ToR was prepared as a "focused" document and was intended to be submitted under section 6(2)(c) of the Environmental Assessment Act. Section 6(2)(c) allows the proponent to limit the number and type of alternatives that will be carried forward for further study.

Where did SARS come from?

Sars - FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
The disease is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong province in China in November and then spread to Hong Kong and elsewhere.

Where did sugar come from?

Kombucha FAQ Part 1b sugar - Frequently Asked Questions
According to information presented in Encyclopedia Britannica, sugar was known in India as early as 3000 BC. Gaura, an old Indian word for sugar, was apparently derived from the name Gur, an ancient monarchy in Bengal.

Where Did Bee-Quick Come From?

Frequently-Asked Questions
A brief history: Both beekeepers had difficulty in shaking and brushing bees at harvest. The son kept designing new and innovative escape boards, bought a very expensive, powerful, and noisy Stihl backpack-type blower, and after getting frustrated with each approach, bought a bottle of Butyric Anhydride.

Where did the Simulator come from?

NASA - JPL Solar System Simulator
The Solar System Simulator originated as JPL's SPACE software package, which consisted of a set of computer graphics programs designed to simulate spacecraft trajectories and produce various photographic and video products. The SPACE package was specifically designed for animating space missions and was uniquely suited to JPL mission design.

How did the band come together?

Jack Johnson - FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions
Adam has said... "JP Plunier introduced me to Jack. I was in a Latin Group with Merlo. I suggested him and it went from there"

If there is no God, where did all this come from?

Jhuger - About
I could tell you what I've read about evolution, the big-bang, super-universes, quantum foam, and all that stuff. Eventually you'd ask a question I can't answer, then I'd have to go look it up. Even If I had the time for that shit, in the end you'd ask a question science hasn't answered yet. So let's save time and skip ahead to "I don't know."

Where did the name "Isaac" come from?

Isaac - FAQ
Yes, the product is named after some guy who has been dead for 276 years: Sir Isaac Newton, considered by many to be the greatest scientific mind in human history. From the very beginning we wanted to develop a system that would offset the head loads that occured during rapid deceleration. In a perfect world this would be an "equal and opposite reaction," Newton's Third Law of Motion.

Where did Randalls come from?

Randall Cattle Frequently Asked Questions Page
Randall cattle originated on the farm of Samuel J. Randall and his son Everett in Sunderland, Vermont. Genetic isolation, subsistence farm management and selection on that farm resulted in the Randall breed we have today. Blood typing, anecdotal evidence and careful observation yield a general overview of the breed's unique ancestry.

How did UDIC come about?

Ultima Dragons -- Frequently Asked Questions
By September 1994, a very large number of Dragons had given up on Prodigy and written the Prodigy Dragons off as a lost cause. That month, it was discovered that some Dragons had Internet email addresses, and knew someone that knew someone else's address, and so on... the upshot being that, in the space of roughly a week, about two dozen Dragons had been reunited from across the United States.

Where did MorningWell come from?

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.
A) The programme content was originally designed to address the problem of travel sickness. It has long been established that one of the primary emetic detectors in the process of Emesis (the physical act of being sick) is the vestibular system. The DAVAL programme addresses the vestibular system in the most logical fashion - incidentally a mode which has never been done before.

How did the Interstate Highway System come to be?

misc.transport.road FAQ
In 1944, Congress authorized construction of an interstate expressway system connecting major cities and industrial centers. No money was involved in the bill. The project never took off until the awarding of the first contract for I-70 in Missouri, in 1956. North Dakota was the first state to complete its Interstates. More information is available at http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/summer96/p96su10.htm and http://eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/InterstateHighways/InterstateHighwaysdocuments.html .

Where did the information come from?

KMFDM FAQ
Almost all information contained in this FAQ comes from Sascha K. or the KMFDM page at http://www.kmfdm.net

Where did the name Black Sox come from??

Joe Jackson Frequently Asked Questions
Contrary to popular belief, the name Black Sox was not given to the 1919 White Sox because of the 1919 World Series scandal. The name was given to them because they played in dirty uniforms because their owner Charles Comiskey used to charge the players .25 cents for cleaning their uniforms. The players refused to pay to have their uniforms cleaned and chose instead to play in dirty uniforms, hence the name Black Sox.

How did Toyota come up with those names?

Toyota FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Camry is based on the word "kan muri," or "crown." Toyota produced a car called the Crown, as well as the Corona, which is related to the word "crown." (From Camryman's Camry Reference page which no longer appears to be around.) Cressida - Cressida was a Shakespeare character (the daughter of Calchas in Troilus and Cressida) and the name of the fourth satellite out from Uranus, named after that character.

Where did this newsgroup come from?

alt.vampyres FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Condensed Vers...
The document reproduced below represents the control post for the newsgroup alt.vampyres made to alt.config on September 6, 1992.. I added the "For your newsgroups file:" line, and am reissuing the newsgroup, for those who have automatic parsing. -- Bill Fenner <fenner@cs.psu.edu>] alt.vampyres is a new alt group dedicated to the vampyre, be it modern day, or historical accounts. Related poetry, writings, films, art, etc. are open for discussion and information exchange here.
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