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Life Among the Savages Life Among the Savages is a collection of short stories edited into novel form, written by author Shirley Jackson. Originally these stories were published individually in women's magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, Mademoiselle, and others.
Life Application Study Bible The Life Application Study Bible is a study Bible published by Tyndale House Publishers. It is available in a number of editions that use various Bible translations, including the New Living Translation (NLT), the King James Version (KJV), the New King James Version (NKJV), and the New International Version (NIV).
Life Becoming a Landslide EP Life Becoming a Landslide was a 1994 UK single by the Welsh rock group Manic Street Preachers, and was the last release taken from their second album Gold Against The Soul. It remains an important insight into the mindset of the band's lyricist/guitarist Richey Edwards, and a poignant exploration of the metamorphosis of child and adult roles.
Life Between the Exit Signs "Life Between The Exit Signs" was recorded on May 4, 1967 at Atlantic Recording studios, New York City. It was released April 1, 1968, under the record lable Vortex, a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records.
Life Between The Exit Signs "Life Between The Exit Signs" was recorded on May 4, 1967 at Atlantic Recording studios, New York City. It was released April 1, 1968, under the record lable Vortex, a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records.
Life class A life class is a class held in art schools for the purpose of instructing art students on drawing or painting the human figure from live models. Life classes are usually reserved for more advanced students because of the complexities of the human figure and other aesthetic considerations not encountered in more objective subjects.
Life coaching Life coaching is a practice of assisting clients to determine and achieve personal goals. A coach will use a variety of methods, tailored to the client, to move through the process of setting and reaching goals.
Life course approach The Life course approach is used to explain variations in disease incidence, that lifestyle risks to developing chronic diseases cannot be attributable solely to either early life or adult experiences but instead operate cumulatively throughout life (Kuh and Ben-Shlomo, 1997)
Life cycle assessment A life cycle analysis and assessment (also known as life cycle analysis, life cycle inventory, Ecobalance, cradle to grave analysis, well-to-wheel analysis, material flow analysis and dust to dust energy cost) is the assessment of the environmental impact of a given product or service throughout its lifespan.
Life cycle energy analysis Life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) is an approach in which all energy inputs to a product are accounted for, not only direct energy inputs during manufacture, but also all energy inputs needed to produce components, materials and services needed for the manufacturing process. Early expression used for the approach is energy analysis.
Life cycle of geographic mobility The life cycle of geographic mobility is basically a chart that shows the movement or migration of an individual throughout their life. This is important in studying migration because patterns will appear that shows more movement, for example, in a person's twenties than in their 70s.
Life Cycle Engineering Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is an approach to assess the environmental impacts, in conjunction with economic impacts under consideration of technical boundary conditions.Scope of the assessment is usually the whole life cycle of a product consisting of production, use phase and end of life.
Life debt A life debt is a cultural phenomenon in which someone whose life is saved or spared by another becomes indebted or in some way connected to their savior. A life debt sometimes involves servitude, possibly until the indebted can return the favor.
Life During Wartime (Bernice Summerfield) Life During Wartime is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure defined as the expected (mean) survival of human beings based upon a number of criteria such as gender and geographic location. Popularly, it is most often construed to mean the life expectancy at birth for a given human population, which is the same as the expected age at death.
Life extension Life extension refers to an increase in maximum or average lifespan, especially in humans, by slowing down or reversing the processes of aging. Average lifespan is determined by vulnerability to accidents and age-related afflictions such as cancer or cardiovascular disease.
Life extensionist A life extensionist is a person who applies methods and technologies of life extension (LE) to retarding his own aging and to prolonging his own life. The term also applies to anyone who supports the life extension movement, which combats death (especially death due to aging) on all fronts, and works on and lobbies for improving the life expectancy of all humans.
Life Extension Foundation The Life Extension Foundation is a membership organization that informs people about the latest advances in the life extension sciences, sells dietary supplements, and funds life extension research by offering grants to scientists in universities and by supporting startup biotech companies. It was founded in 1980 by Saul Kent.
Life Force (arcade game) Life Force is a scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Konami in 1986 as the North American release of Salamander. Life Force in contrast is set in an organic setting where the player's mission is to eliminate a tumor within a gigantic lifeform.
Life Genesis Life Genesis was part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack. Based on Conway's Game of Life, it allowed players to design opening states and watch their progression, but it also allowed for play against the computer.
Life Gets Meaner Life Gets Meaner is the second studio album from the Los Angeles based pop rock band The Messies. The Messies often get compared to others in their genre, however, Life Gets Meaner sets them apart even further with their blend of electronic and rock.
Life Goes On (Donell Jones album) Life Goes On is the third album by American R&B singer-songwriter-producer Donell Jones and sees him picking up where he left off in 1999 with 'Where I Wanna Be'. A mix of hip hop inspired dance songs, soulful ballads, and uptempo club-friendly tracks.
Life Goes On (TV series) Life Goes On was a television series aired on ABC from September 12, 1989 to May 23, 1993. It was a drama about the Thatcher family, whose son Charles "Corky" Thacher (played by Chris Burke) had Down syndrome, while their daughter Becca (played by Kellie Martin) was gifted but socially awkward with her fellow classmates.
Life Guards (Swedish Army) The Life Guards (Swedish: Livgardet) is a combined cavalry/infantry regiment of the Swedish Army, with responsibility for training. The infantry battalion (called the Guards Battalion) trains ordinary infantry soldiers in both the mechanized and rifle roles, as well as training clerical soldiers.
Life history theory Life history theory is an analytical framework widely used in animal and human biology, psychology, and evolutionary anthropology which postulates that many of the physiological traits and behaviors of individuals may be best understood in terms of the key maturational and reproductive characteristics that define the life course.
Life imprisonment Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the possibility of parole after a set amount of time.
Life in 1472 Life in 1472 is the debut album by American producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri, released by So So Def Recordings in the United States on July 21 1998 (see 1998 in music). It produced the singles "Money Ain't a Thang", "Sweetheart", "The Party Continues" and "Going Home with Me".
Life in a bungalo Life In A Bungalo was conceived by George Koroneos in 1995 as a creative outlet for aspiring writers, artists, and musicians. The magazine debuted in Fall 1995 under the monicker "Marked For Life", but was soon changed to "Life In A Bungalo" after receiving a cease and desist notice from the owners of Marked For Life Comics.
Life in a Day (single) Life In A Day was (until the release of Over My Shoulder) I Am Kloot's highest charting single coming in at #43 in the UK singles chart in 2003. The 2nd CD featured the music video for Life In A Day as well as 2 other b-sides.
Life in a Glasshouse "Life in a Glasshouse" is a song written by the English alternative rock band Radiohead that appears on their 2001 album Amnesiac. It is performed by lead singer Thom Yorke with veteran British trad jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band.
Life in a Lens Museum of Photography & Old Times The Life in a Lens Museum of Photography and Old Times is a museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. Opened in 2001, the museum is dedicated to presenting the history of photography from 1839 to around the beginning of the digital age (2001).
Life in Mono (song) "Life in Mono" is a song by UK trip hop band Mono, which consisted of singer Siobhan de Maré and musician Martin Virgo. It was released on the band's first EP in 1996 which contained various remixes, most notably two by the Propellerheads.
Life in Slow Motion Life in Slow Motion is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released in 2005. Following a muted response to his previous album, A New Day at Midnight, this album is seen by many as a considerable return to the form that brought Gray international acclaim with White Ladder.
Life in the Fast Lane "Life in the Fast Lane" is a song written by Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and Don Henley and recorded by the American rock band Eagles for their 1977 album Hotel California. It was the third single released from this album.
Life in the Iron Mills "Life in the Iron Mills" is a short story by Rebecca Harding Davis set in the factory world of nineteenth century Wheeling, Virginia, now Wheeling, West Virginia. It was her first published work, and it appeared anonymously in April 1861 in the Atlantic Monthly where it caused a literary sensation with its powerful naturalism that anticipated the work of Theodore Dreiser and Emile Zola.
Life insurance Life insurance (life assurance in British English) is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a sum of money upon the occurrence of the insured's death. In return, the policyowner (or policy payor) agrees to pay a stipulated amount called a premium at regular intervals.
Life insurance tax shelter Life insurance proceeds are not taxable in many jurisdictions. Since most other forms of income are taxable (such as capital gains, dividends and interest income), consumers are often advised to purchase life insurance policies to either offset future tax liabilities, or to shelter the growth of their investments from taxation.
Life is your Sacrifice Life is Your Sacrifice is a bootleg album by Cradle of Filth, released by Iannan Records and manufactured in Poland. It contains extracts from two concerts, presented in reverse chronological order: the first recorded at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden on October 2nd 2001, and the second at the Dynamo Open Air festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands on May 22nd 1999.
Life In Balance Life In Balance is an American nationally touring and recording duo, committed to using sacred musical instruments, blended with current technology, to create a high-energy sonic environment. The husband and wife team, comprising Ami and Steve Sciulli, was formed in 1996.
Life In Pictures Life In Pictures is a metalcore band from Prescott, Arizona that formed in 2000. The band released an EP titled Songs From The Sawmill in 2003 on Limekiln Records, and later a full-length record titled By The Sign Of The Spyglass in 2005 on Clockwork Recordings.
Life Insurance Settlement Association The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) is a non-profit trade organization based in Orlando, Florida. It is the largest association of viatical and life settlement companies in the world, consisting of 122 members spanning five countries.
Life Is a Highway "Life Is a Highway" is a song written by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album Mad Mad World. The song was Cochrane's most famous song, as it was a number one hit in his native Canada, and was ubiquitous on Canadian radio in 1991.
Life Is a Pigsty Life is a Pigsty is a song by Morrisey, from his album Ringleader of the Tormentors. At 7 minutes long, it is the centrepiece of the album, and has been compared by some to the classic Smiths song How Soon is Now?.
Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" is a 1974 song by a group of studio musicians in a group for this purpose called Reunion, with Joey Levine (bubblegum music pioneer with "Chewy Chewy" and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" to his credit), as the lead singer. The song was written by Paul DiFranco.
Life Is a Rollercoaster "Life Is a Rollercoaster" is a pop song written by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels for Irish singer Ronan Keating's solo debut album Ronan (2000). The song was produced by Alexander and received a mixed reception from music critics.
Life Is Worth Losing Life Is Worth Losing is the 18th album (not counting audiobooks, compilations or the George Carlin on Comedy interview CD) by American comedian George Carlin. It was recorded simultaneously with the live broadcast of the HBO special of the same title, his thirteenth HBO stand-up comedy special.
Life line Life lines stem from a neuro-linguistic programming principle that in order to perform some kinds of inner exploration with full commitment, one must let go of various limits and beliefs that are needed day-to-day, and which may be dangerous or psychologically difficult to set aside.
Life Lessons "Life Lessons" is the eighteenth episode in the TV-series Danny Phantom. Danny and Valerie hardly get along, but unfortunately the two are stuck watching over a flour sack for school while at the same time having to avoid Skulker, who is clearly on both their tails.
Life Made Simple Life Made Simple (阿旺新傳) is a 32-episode modernized version of the hit TVB series "Square Pegs" (2002-2003), which broke TVB's record for highest rated television drama of all time in 2003. It started airing from October 24, 2005 on Hong Kong's TVB Jade Channel.
Life Model Decoy In the Marvel Universe, a Life Model Decoy (LMD) is an android designed to function as an exact body double for VIPs. Their design is such that they mimic the subject's outer appearance (fingerprints, hair, all details of the skin), speech patterns, scent, iris and retina patterns, body language, thought patterns (to fool telepaths) and any other biological indicators one could think of.
Life of Galileo Life of Galileo, also known simply as Galileo, is a play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht which was first published in 1940. A screen adaptation of the play, directed by Joseph Losey, was produced in 1975 under the title Galileo.
Life of Homer (Pseudo-Herodotus) The Life of Homer — its unknown author is referred to as Pseudo-Herodotus — is one among several ancient biographies of the Greek epic poet, Homer. It is distinguished from the others by the fact that it contains, in its first lines, the claim to have been compiled by the early historian Herodotus:
Life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830 The life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830 includes some of his life's most significant events, and some of the most important history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Restorationist religious movement he initiated during this period.
Life of Mr Richard Savage Life of Mr Richard Savage (full title is An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage) was the first biography published by Samuel Johnson, and his first prose publication. It was released anonymously in 1744, and detailed the life of Richard Savage, an aristocrat who had died in 1743.
Life of Pi Life of Pi is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. The protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores the issues of religion and spirituality from an early age and survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean.
Life of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1901) The life of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1901) covers the first four decades of his life; these were formative of both his artistic and much of his political thinking. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, and scholar.
Life of Rabindranath Tagore (1901–1932) The life of Rabindranath Tagore (1901–1924) concerns his life in Santiniketan and extensive travels throughout Asia, Europe, and Japan. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, and scholar.
Life of Rabindranath Tagore (1932–1941) This article concerns the life of Rabindranath Tagore (1932–1941), composed of Tagore's last decade of life. Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher, and cultural reformer from a Pirali Brahmin background.
Life of the Party Life of the Party is the third full-length release from The Planet Smashers. Many of its tracks remain staples in the Smashers' live set of today, including "Surfin' in Torfino" and "Super Orgy Porno Party".
Life on Mars Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. It remains an open question whether life exists on Mars now, or existed there in the past.
Life on Mars (TV series) Life on Mars is a British television drama series, which was first shown on BBC One in January and February 2006. The second and final series started production in April 2006, and will air weekly starting in February, 2007.
Life on neutron stars Originating from a tongue-in-the-cheek suggestion by radio astronomer Frank Drake and developed upon by Robert Forward in two science fiction novels, it has been hypothesised that extraterrestrial life may exist in a neutron star. It would take the form of no known organic carbon-based life as the surface temperature on such a neutron star is 10^6K and has gravity 10^12 times greater than the surface gravitation of Earth.
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet is a study of how people interact with machines and some of the consequences for the way people use these computers by clinical psychologist and professor Sherry Turkle. In the book she explains how peoples' opinion of computers have evolved through time and some of the implications for the new uses of the computer.
Life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship.
Life Pacific College LIFE Pacific College was originally founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California in 1923 as "Echo Park Evangelistic and Missionary Training Institute" by Aimee Semple McPherson. Its name was changed to LIFE Bible College in 1926 upon moving into a newly constructed five-story complex next door to Angelus Temple.
Life review A life review is a phenomenon widely reported in near-death experiences in which a person having died (though in a handful of cases also while alive) rapidly sees much or the totality of their life history in chronological sequence and extreme detail.
Life settlement A life settlement is a financial transaction in which a policyowner possessing an unneeded or unwanted life insurance policy sells the policy to a third party for more than the cash value offered by the life insurance company. The seller receives immediate cash for the policy from the purchasing entity which becomes the new beneficiary of the policy at maturation and is responsible for all premium payments from the time of the purchase until the seller passes away.
Life settlements A life/viatical settlement is simply a way through which an insurance policy holder can benefit from his or her life insurance policy before he or she dies. In a life/viatical settlement, the owner of the policy sells or transfers the death benefit of such a policy to another entity, usually a ‘life settlement company’.
Life support Life support, in the medical field, refers to a set of therapies for preserving a patient's life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life unaided. Life support therapies utilize some combination of several techniques: feeding tubes, intravenous drips, total parenteral nutrition, mechanical respiration, heart/lung bypass, defibrillation, urinary catheterization and dialysis.
Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania (LSGPA) is a biotechnology initiative and non-profit organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania specializing in the advancement of life sciences through technology to improve the healthcare and enhanced economic opportunity of Pennsylvanians. The initiative began in 2001, funded with money from the state's settlement with the tobacco industry.
Life Sciences Research Office Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO) is a non-profit organization based in Maryland US that specializes in assembling ad hoc expert panels to evaluate scientific literature, data, systems, and proposals in the biomedical sciences.
Life Stories for Minimum Wage The debut album from Cuff the Duke entitled Life Stories for Minimum Wage was released in 2002 and recorded at Umbrella Sound and at The House of Miracles in Toronto. The contributing members for this album are Brad Fudge, Paul Lowman, Jeff Peers and Wayne Petti.
Life Story Life Story (also known as The Race for the Double Helix or Double Helix) is a 1987 TV film dramatisation of the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953. It was originally made for the BBC's Horizon science series and is generally considered to be one of the better science docu-dramas.
Life Support Technician Life Support Technicians (LSTs) carry out the vital role of making sure that divers working in saturation systems are operating in safe living conditions. Whilst living in saturation divers need constant monitoring.
Life table In actuarial science, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial table) is a table which shows, for a person at each age, what the probability is that they die before their next birthday. From this starting point, a number of statistics can be derived and thus also included in the table:
Life tenure A life tenure or lifetime tenure is a term of office that lasts for the officeholder's lifetime, unless the officeholder is removed from office under extraordinary circumstances. Federal court judges in the United States gain life tenureship once appointed and confirmed.
Life Toward Twilight Life Toward Twilight is a dark ambient, post-industrial project from Detroit, Michigan. Life Toward Twilight's sound explores genres such as martial industrial and neoclassical, with a heavy presence of ambience and drone.
Life unworthy of life Life unworthy of life (in German: Lebensunwertes Leben) was a Nazi term for those human beings who, by reason of their purported racial or genetic background, the Nazis believed had no right to live and thus should be killed. This concept formed a large component of the Nazi mindset.
Life with Father Life with Father is the title of a humorous autobiographical book of stories written in 1936 by Clarence Day, Jr., which was adapted into a 1939 Broadway play by Lindsay and Crouse, which was, in turn, made into a 1947 movie and a television series.
Life With Bonnie Life With Bonnie was an ABC television comedy airing 2002-2004 which outlined the life of Bonnie, who juggled her personal life and a TV talk show position. Life With Bonnie was also shown on Living TV during ABC's airings and is currently airing re-runs on Family Channel in Canada.
Life Without Buildings Life Without Buildings were a Glasgow, Scotland based post-punk band. Formed during the summer of 1999 at the Glasgow School of Art the band consisted of Will Bradley (drums), Chris Evans (bass), Robert Johnston (guitar), and Sue Tompkins (vocals).
Life Without Limbs Life Without Limbs is an organization aiming towards giving people who are living with no limbs motivation and inspiration in their lives through giving speeches worldwide about faith in Jesus Christ, and the impact your faith in God can help the world. Founded in 2005 by Nick Vujicic, who delivers the speeches worldwide, Life Without Limbs teaches in both Christian and non-Christian environments, including churches, schools, and other venues.
Life's Blood Life's Blood was a hardcore punk band formed by four first year college students in New York City in 1987. It consisted of Adam Nathanson on guitars, Neil Burke on bass, John Kriksciun on drums, and on vocals, Combined Effort promoter and fanzine editor Jason O'Toole.
Life's Work Life's Work was a sitcom that lasted from 1996 to 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel that starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney who had a husband named Kevin Hunter (played by Michael O'Keefe), who was a basketball coach, and two lovely kids.
Life-death-rebirth deity The category life-death-rebirth deity also known as a "dying-and-rising" god is a convenient means of classifying the many divinities in world mythology or religion who are born, suffer death or an eclipse or other death-like experience, pass a phase in the underworld among the dead, and are subsequently reborn, in either a literal or symbolic sense. Such figures might include Osiris, Adonis, the phoenix, Jesus, Baldur, Odin, and Mithras.
Life-Line Life-Line is Heinlein's first published science fiction story (1939), about a man who builds a machine that will predict how long a person will live. It does this by sending a signal along the world line of a person and detecting the echo from the far end.
Life-Link Friendship-Schools Life-Link Friendship-Schools is an independent Non Governmental Organisation which aims to promote contact and cooperation between young people around the world and their schools, through active participation in shared projects, vital for our time (e.g.
Life-process model of addiction The life-process model of addiction is the view that addiction is not a disease but rather a habitual response and a source of gratification and security that can be understood only in the context of social relationships and experiences.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. These three aspects are listed among of the "unalienable rights" of man.
Life, the Universe and Everything Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume (but often still reffered to as, the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's trilogy) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction series by Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Life: A User's Manual Life: A User's Manual (the original title is La Vie mode d'emploi) is Georges Perec's most famous novel, published in 1978, first translated into English by David Bellos in 1988. Its title page describes it as "novels", in the plural, the reasons for which become apparent on reading.
Lifeboat Foundation The Lifeboat Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards a technological singularity.
Lifebuoy (soap) Lifebuoy is a brand of soap originally marketed by Lever Brothers in England beginning in 1895. Popular for over 100 years, it is still available in the United States, through specialty shops that import it through Jupiter Imports (UK) in England Though Lifebuoy has gone out of production in the U.
Lifecasting Lifecasting is the process of creating a three-dimensional copy of a living human body, through the use of molding and casting techniques. In rare cases lifecasting is also practiced on living non-human animals.
Lifeforce (comics) Lifeforce is a mutant super villain in the Marvel Comics Universe. Most notably a member of the second incarnation of the Dark Riders, her mutant ability enabled her to suck the life out of her enemies and absorb their strength into herself.
Lifeforce Records Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn, and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to larger labels, such as Between the Buried and Me and Trivium.
Lifeguard A lifeguard in the most general sense of the word is an emergency service worker, who is a qualified strong swimmer, trained and certified in water rescue, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); who is responsible for overseeing the safety of users of a recreational water feature, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a private or public beach.
Lifeguard (comics) Lifeguard (Heather Cameron) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Salvador Larroca, she first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #6 (December 2001).
LifeGem LifeGem is a company offering to synthesize diamonds from the carbonized remains of people or pets. The company was founded in 2001 by Greg Herro, Mike Herro, Rusty VandenBiesen, and Dean VandenBiesen, and was first based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
Lifehacker.com Lifehacker is an advertising-supported weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005. The site is owned by Gawker Media and covers Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks.

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