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Torbjørn Hansen Torbjørn Hansen (born 13 august, 1972 in Bergen) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party (Høyre). He is currently a representative of Hordaland in the Storting, he was first elected in 2001.
Torbjørn Løkken Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in the 3 x 5 km team events.
Torborg Nedreaas Torborg Nedreaas (born November 13, 1906 in Bergen, Norway died June 30 1987) was a Norwegian author who debuted with the collection of short stories Bak skapet står øksen in 1945. The majority of the stories centered on events and interactions during the Second World War.
Torbreck Torbreck Vintners is an Australian winery founded by David Powell in 1994 and is named after a forest in Scotland where he worked as a lumberjack. The wines are made in a style emulating those of the Rhone Valley and are made from various grapes from the Barossa Valley including, Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro.
Torc A torc, also spelled torq or torque (in Latin torques, from torqueo, to twist, because of the twisted shape of the collar), is a rigid circular necklace that is open-ended at the front. The ends of ancient torcs typically bore sculpted ornaments, frequently globes, cubes, or animal heads, and less commonly human figures.
Torcal de Antequera El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain. It is known for its unusual landforms, and is one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europe.
Torcetrapib Torcetrapib (CP-529414, Pfizer) was a drug being developed to treat hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) and prevent cardiovascular disease. It acts by inhibiting cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP), resulting in higher HDL cholesterol levels (the "good" cholesterol-containing particle) and reducing LDL cholesterol levels (the "bad" cholesterol).
Torcida Torcidas are formal (or informal) associations of football fans in Brazil in the same vein as argentian barras and European ultras. The name is based on the verb torcer, which means "to root for" but also "to wring" and "to turn".
Torcolato The Torcolato is a white raisin wine with a warm golden color and sweet flavor, pleasantly persistent, round and thick; it is an excellent dessert wine, one of the top national wines.
Torcross Torcross is a village in the South Hams district of Devon in England. It stands at grid reference at the southern end of Slapton Sands, a narrow strip of land and shingle beach which separates the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley from Start Bay and carries the A379 coastal road north to Dartmouth.
Tord Pedersson (Bonde) Tord Pedersson (Bonde) (died May 1470) was the un-ordained Archbishop of Uppsala from 1468 to 1469. He was born as Tord Pedersson, but since his mother was of the Bonde family, he would often use this name in addition to his own.
Tordenskjold class battleships The Tordenskjold class of coastal battleships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 - when Norway broke out of the union with Sweden - the two ships in the class (Tordenskjold and Harald Haarfagre) remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer Eidsvold class) of the Royal Norwegian Navy until they were considered 'unfit for war' in the mid 1930's.
Tordera Tordera is a town in the comarca of Maresme (province of Barcelona) in Catalonia, situated 64 km from Barcelona and 36 km from Girona on the edge of the Montnegre natural park. Its population as of 2004 was 11719.
Tore Down House Tore Down House is a 1997 album from guitarist Scott Henderson. For this second solo-album (a departure from the work with his fusion band Tribal Tech), he once again wore and recorded a collection of blues music.
Tore Johnson Tore Johnson: 16 year old psycopath (seriously), made himself famous on this server in june due to death threats and plenty of swearing after he got rejected by every single guild he had sent the exact same application to, usually making more than one application to each guild. Claims he's playing 16 hours each day and only get the best grades in school, and claims to be speaking 5 languages fluently, in his application (Though he can't type).
Tore Killingland Tore Killingland (born in 1953) is a Norwegian politician (Liberal Party), business manager and environmentalist and is CEO of EnPro. Prior to this he has been chairman of Natur og Ungdom (1971 - 1973), worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Enviroment and Consumer Centre of Norway before becoming political advisor for the Ministers of Transportation Odd Einar Dørum and Dag Jostein Fjærvoll (1997 - 2000).
Tore Lokoloko Sir Tore Lokoloko GCL, GCMG, GCVO, OBE (born 1930) was Governor-General of Papua New Guinea from 1977 to 1983. He was Governor-General during Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee visit to the country, when he was appointed GCVO.
Tore Ruud Hofstad Tore Ruud Hofstad (born August 9, 1979) is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. He won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (2003: 4 x 10 km, 2005: team sprint, 4 x 10 km), one silver (2003: Individual sprint), and one bronze (2005: 15 km).
Tore Schweder Tore Schweder (born 1943) is a Norwegian statistician and is a professor at the Department of Economics and at the Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Synthesis at the University of Oslo. Schweder has worked with scientists in a number of fields, including medicine, demography, sociology, economics, ecology, genetics and fisheries.
Tore Stjerna Tore Stjerna (aka Necromorbus) has played guitar and drums in the following Swedish bands; Watain, Chaos Omen, Corpus Christii, Funeral Mist (Swe), Ofermod, Zavorash, Desolation, In Aeternum (Swe). He is also a producer who owns Necromorbus Studio.
Tore Supra Tore Supra is a French tokamak that began operating after the discontinuation of TFR (Tokamak of Fontenay-aux-Roses) and of Petula (in Grenoble). Its name comes from the words torus and superconductor, as Tore Supra is the only one of the largest tokamaks to have superconducting toroidal magnets, allowing the creation of a strong permanent toroidal magnetic field.
Tore Tønne Tore Tønne (1948-2002) was the Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs (responsible for social affairs) 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Tønne committed suicide after newspaper writings about investigations over alleged improprieties committed after his ministerial period.
Toreador The word toreador is used in English to designate the main performer of Spanish-style bullfighting, who taunts and kills the bull. This word, which roughly translates as "bull handler", is not used in Spain or Latin America, where that role is called matador ("killer") or torero.
Toreador Song The Toreador Song (actually entitled Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre) is one of the most famous compositions from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Sung by the matador Escamillo, it describes various situations in the ring, the cheering of the crowds and the fame that comes with victory.
Torelli theorem In mathematics, the Torelli theorem is a classical result of algebraic geometry over the complex number field, stating that a non-singular algebraic curve (compact Riemann surface) C is determined by its Jacobian variety J(C), when the latter is given in the form of a principally polarized abelian variety. In other words the complex torus J(C), with certain 'markings', is enough to recover C.
Toremifene Toremifene citrate is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) which helps oppose the actions of estrogen in the body. Licensed in the United States under the brand name Fareston, toremifene citrate is FDA approved for use in advanced (metastatic) breast cancer.
Torenth In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, Torenth is a large kingdom located to the east of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. The lands of Torenth have been ruled for over seven centuries by the House of Furstán, a line of powerful Deryni adepts who have maintained the supremacy of the minority Deryni race within Torenthi society.
Torenthi Fiefdoms In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, the Kingdom of Torenth is a feudal monarchy similar to the kingdoms of medieval Europe. Much of Torenth is divided up into a collection of duchies, counties, and baronies, each of which is ruled by a hereditary noble in exchange for swearing fealty to the Crown.
Toreva block A Toreva block landslide is a distinctive landslide type which may occur when a stronger material such as sandstone or limestone overlies a weaker material such as shale and an eroding agent undercuts the weaker lower layer. The type was first recognized by Parry Reiche in 1937, and takes its name from Toreva, Arizona.
Torey Hayden Victoria Lynn Hayden, known as Torey L. Hayden (born May 21, 1951 in Livingston, Montana, USA), is a child psychologist, special education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counselling children with special needs.
Torey Lovullo Salvatore Anthony Lovullo (born July 25, 1965, in Santa Monica, California) was a Major League Baseball infielder and current manager of the AAA Buffalo Bisons. He is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Torez Kulumbegov Torez Kulumbegov (born 1938 (?) and died October 1, 2006), was a political leader of Georgia's territory of South Ossetia, a former Soviet Autonomous Oblast which unilaterally elevated its status to Republic in 1990 and declared its independence from Georgia in 1991.
Torg Torg is a cinematic multi-genre role-playing game released by West End Games in 1990, which used several (at the time of its release) innovative techniques. Players take the role of Storm Knights, deliberately larger-than-life heroes engaged in fighting the invasion of Earth, to prevent it being conquered by several invading dimensions (called cosms), each with its own separate reality; cosms largely correspond with popular roleplaying genres.
Torgau Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. The town is most well-known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces coming from the west met with forces of the Soviet Union coming from the east during the invasion of Germany on April 25, 1945.
Torgau-Oschatz Torgau-Oschatz is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the districts Riesa-Großenhain, Döbeln, Muldentalkreis and Delitzsch.
Torgeir Brandtzæg Torgeir Brandtzæg (born October 26, 1941) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed between 1962 and 1965. He earned bronze medals both in the large Hill and normal Hill at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Torgersen Island Torgersen Island () is a small rocky island lying just east of Litchfield Island in the entrance to Arthur Harbor, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955.
Torgny Segerstedt Torgny Segerstedt (1876-1945) was a Swedish scholar of comparative religion, later publicist and editor-in-chief of Göteborgs Handels och Sjöfartstidning 1917-1945. As such he is remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance.
Torgny T:son Segerstedt Torgny (T:son) Segerstedt (11 August 1908 - 28 January 1999) was a Swedish philosopher and sociologist. He was the son of the elder Torgny Segerstedt, scholar of comparative religion and publicist remembered especially for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance.
Torgo Torgo is one of the main characters in the 1966 movie "Manos" The Hands of Fate, played by John Reynolds. Torgo, though he appears human, is actually meant to be a satyr — half goat and half human.
Torgo (Robot) Torgo is a fictional character, an alien robot appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. It is from the planet Mekka (where all life is robotic), and has fought the Fantastic Four while in a gladiator arena during the time the Skrull Empire ruled Mekka.
Torch Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by brackets high up on walls, to throw light over corridors in stone structures such as castles or crypts.
Torch (album) Torch is the third studio album by American R&B trio Blaque. Despite the fact of three announced singles ("I'm Good", "Ugly" and "Hopeless") the album was never officially released.
Torch (cocktail) The Torch is a mixed drink created by putting three parts orange soda over ice and quickly adding one part Grenadine syrup, which causes the drink to be red at the bottom shading to orange at the top, hence the name. It is widely considered to have a questionable flavour, though its appearance is considered quite intriguing.
Torch (rapper) Frederik Hahn, better known by his stage name Torch, is a German rapper with Haitian roots from Heidelberg. He was among the first German rappers who began rapping in German in the mid-1980s in Heidelberg, laying the foundation for the success of German hip hop music.
Torch Bay Torch Bay is a freshwater bay connecting Torch Lake with Portage Lake in Houghton County on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts into Lake Superior from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is lined by the unincorporated settlements of Dreamland, Point Mills and Senter and by wooded hills of as much as 200 feet (60 m) in height.
Torch Commando The Torch Commando was a South African organisation of World War II veterans, founded in 1951. The commando was founded in protest against the South African government's plan to remove coloureds from the voters roll in the Cape.
Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan) Torch Lake at 18 miles long is Michigan's longest inland lake and at approximately 18,770 acres (76 km²) is Michigan's second largest inland lake. Portions lay within several townships in Antrim County, including Torch Lake Township, Central Lake Township, Forest Home Township, Helena Township, and Milton Township.
Torch song A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love. Singers (predominantly female) of the Pop Vocal tradition are referred to as "torch singers" when their repertoire consists predominantly of such material.
Torch Song Torch Song was a British synthpop and dance band of the early 1980s consisting of William Orbit, Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert. The band were signed to IRS Records and at one point featured Orbit with vocalist Peta Nikolich, as Mayer decided to concentrate on songwriting within the project.
Torch Song Trilogy Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein, running in New York City from June 10, 1982, to May 19, 1985 at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street). In 1988, it was made into a film starring Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein and Brian Kerwin.
Torchic are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the Pokémon media franchise. Torchic are one of three species of Pokémon that players can choose from at the beginning of their adventure in the Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald versions of the series.
Torchlight Parade The Torchlight Parade is the finale in a long series of parades around the greater Seattle area under the auspices of Seafair, a Seattle summertime celebration. The parade is one of the original Seafair events dating to the 1951 centennial celebration.
Torchy the Battery Boy Torchy the Battery Boy was the second television series produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson. It was another collaboration with author Roberta Leigh and was directed by Anderson, with music scored by Barry Gray, art direction from Reg Hill and special effects by Derek Meddings.
Tori Amos' 2007 studio album Tori Amos's as yet untitled upcoming studio album will be released in the spring/early summer of 2007. During the 2005 summer tour and in several recent interviews while promoting the career-spanning collection "A Piano", Amos has revealed cryptic details about the album.
Tori Amos: Complete Videos 1991-1998 Tori Amos: The Complete Videos 1991-1998 is a VHS cassette of all of Tori Amos's videos from Little Earthquakes through From the Choirgirl Hotel, with the exception of Professional Widow. It runs approximately 75 minutes and was released in on February 15, 1999 by Atlantic Records.
Tori Busshi Tori Busshi (止利仏師) was a Japanese sculptor active in the late 6th and early 7th century. He was from the Kuratsukuri (鞍作, "saddle-maker") clan, and his full title was Shiba no Kuratsukuri-be no Obito Tori Busshi (司馬鞍作部首止利仏師); Busshi is a title meaning "the maker of Buddhist images".
Tori Sinclair Tori Sinclair (born 18 February 1964, also known as Lisa Comshaw, Lisa Shaw, Tory Sinclair and Fawna) is a bondage model and actress who started her career in fetish modelling in the 1990s. She has also appeared in a number of mainstream movies of the "erotic thriller" genre.
Tori Spelling Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills 90210.
Tori Thompson Tori Dawn Thompson (born October 25, 1993) is an American singer and actress from Santa Maria, California. In 2003, she and her sister, Taylor appeared on the reality talent show American Juniors to join a pop group of the same name.
Toribash Toribash is a physics-based, turn-based fighting game created by Hampus Söderström (AKA Hampa), a Swedish software developer. Toribash was a "Best Game Idea" finalist at the 2006 Swedish Game Awards.
Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza was born on April 15, 1750 in Chachapoyas, his hometown, when José Antonio Manso de Velasco, count of Superunda, was governing the Viceroyalty of Peru. He was of the most illustrious precursors of the national independence.
Torigoe, Ishikawa Torigoe (鳥越村; -mura) was a village located in Ishikawa District, Ishikawa, Japan. On February 1, 2005 the village merged with a number of other villages and towns from the district and the city of Matto forming the city of Hakusan and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Torii A is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Shinto shrine, although it can be found at Buddhist temples as well. It has two upright supports and two crossbars on the top, and is frequently painted vermilion.
Torii Kiyomitsu Torii Kiyomitsu (鳥居清満)(c. 1735-1785) was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese ukiyo-e art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he was the third head of the school, and was originally called Kamejirō before taking the gō Kiyomitsu.
Torii Kiyomoto Torii Kiyomoto (鳥居清元)(1645-1702) was a kabuki actor from Osaka and painter of billboards and other kabuki advertisements; the founder of the Torii school of artists, he painted in what would come to be known as an early form of the ukiyo-e style. Onstage, he went by the name Torii Shōshichi.
Torii Mototada (1539-1600), son of Torii Tadayoshi, was a daimyo (feudal lord) in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the commander of the garrison of Fushimi Castle. He died at the siege of Fushimi where his garrison was greatly outnumbered and destroyed by the army of Ishida Mitsunari during the final years of the Sengoku period of Japan.
Torii Station Torii Station (Japanese: トリイステーション) is located in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Home to the United States Forces Japan, 10th Area Support Group, and 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group.
TorikaraBallmon TorikaraBallmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. TorikaraBallmon is a Baby Level Food Digimon whose name comes from the Japanese words "Tori," meaning chicken; and "kara", meaning spicy.
Torin Thatcher Torin Thatcher (15 January, 1905 - 4 March, 1981) was an actor born in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India to British parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.
Torin's Passage Torin's Passage is a graphic adventure game developed and released by Sierra On-Line, designed by Al Lowe. The game holds the distinction of being a family friendly game by Lowe, designer of the adult-oriented Leisure Suit Larry series of games.
Toritodon are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Toritodon in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Torjus Hemmestveit Torjus Hemmestveit was a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with his brother, Mikkjel Hemmestveit in 1928. The brothers, originally from Morgedal, Norway had a key role in the development of Telemark skiing by creating the world's first skiing school in 1881 at Christiania, Norway (now Oslo).
Torkel Styrbjörnsson Torkel Styrbjörnsson, Torgils, Sprakalägg or Sprakling is considered to have been the son of the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong, the son of king Olof (II) Björnsson of Sweden. His mother was Tyra, the daughter of Harold Bluetooth (king of Denmark and Norway).
Torkham Torkham is a town belonging to Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, right on the border with Pakistan. It is linked by a highway with Jalalabad to the west, Peshawar in Pakistan to the east, and is only five kilometers west of the Khyber Pass.
Torkil Torkils were a Turkic tribe of the Middle Ages, possibly of Kipchak or Oghuz origin. The Torkil were one of the tribes who formed the Chornye Klobuki ("Black Hats", Turkic "Karakalpak"), semi-nomadic tribes who fought as border guards for various Russian princes.
Torkoal are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Torkoal in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Torlak TorlakPDF document (Serbian: Торлачки говор or Torlački govor) is the name used for the Slavic dialects spoken in southern and eastern Serbia, northeast Republic of Macedonia (Kratovo-Kumanovo), northwest Bulgaria (Vidin-Bregovo) and also further afield in the Caraş-Severin County in Romania. Some linguists classified it as the fourth dialect of Serbo-Croatian language (with Shtokavian, Chakavian and Kaykavian) and today as the second Serbian language macro-dialect (with Shtokavian).
Torlaks Torlaks (Torlaci, Торлаци) is a name for Slavic inhabitants of south-eastern Serbia and northern Macedonia who speak the Torlakian dialect. Being a distinctive South Slavic population in the past, in each country the members of the group are considered and self-declare as Serbs and Macedonians respectively.
Torleep In Brian Jacques' fantasy world of Redwall, Torleep was an old male hare living in the legendary mountain of Salamandastron during the time of Badger Lord Stonepaw. He wore a monocle and spoke in a very regimental voice.
Tormé Tormé were an English band whose guitarist was Bernie Torme, whom the band was obviously named after. Torme's singer was Phil Lewis, who had previously been in the English bands Girl and New Torpedos, and who is now in the American band L.
Torn (LeToya Luckett song) "Torn" is the first official single (second overall) from American R&B singer LeToya's debut album LeToya which was released in March 2006 and soon became a hit, having a high airplay, just missing out the top ten on the U.S.
Torn Out Pages From The Middle Agez Torn Out Pages From The Middle Agez is the debut album by Plans & Apologies, released in early 2003 on the Artists Against Success record label. It was recorded at the Hive recording studio in Derby, with the exception of 'Ocean Schematic' which was recorded at South East Derbyshire College.
Tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus (or, in rare cases, cumulus) cloud base and the surface of the earth. Tornadoes can come in many shapes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, with the narrow end touching the earth.
Tornado (comic) Tornado was a shortlived weekly British comic published for 22 issues by IPC Magazines between March 1979and August 1979. After the cancellations of the Starlord] and [[Action (comic)|Action titles IPC launched Tornado as a way to use up stories already commissioned for the other titles.
Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) was founded by Terence Meaden in 1974. Originally called the Tornado Research Organisation it was expanded in 1982 following the inclusion of the Thunderstorm Census Organisation (TCO) after the death of its founder Morris Bower and his wife.
Tornado Alley Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio and lower Missouri River Valleys, as well as the Southeast.
Tornado climatology Tornadoes are a rare weather phenomenon, involving a whirling column of air in contact with both a cloud and the ground. They can cause death and destruction almost anywhere on the globe; however, there are areas which are far more likely to experience them.
Tornado code In computer science, tornado codes are a class of erasure codes that support error-correcting and have fast encoding and decoding algorithms. Software-based implementations of tornado codes are about 100 times faster on small lengths and about 10,000 times faster on larger lengths than software-based Reed-Solomon erasure codes while having only slightly worse overhead.
Tornado intensity and damage Tornadoes vary in intensity regardless of shape, size, and location. While strong tornadoes are typically larger than weak tornadoes, there are several instances of F5 tornadoes with damage paths less than 500 feet (150 m) wide.
Tornado myths As a powerful force of nature, tornadoes have become a source of some persistent urban legends and common misconceptions. These urban legends are typically in the form of folk wisdom on how to find safe shelter from a tornado, or how to minimize property damage.
Tornado Mart Tornado Mart is a Japanese mens' clothing retailer often located in Marui shopping centers across the country. Tornado Mart is known for the tight fit of its clothing and has a customer base primarily of thin, fashion consious young men.
Tornado of Souls "Tornado of Souls" is a song by the thrash metal band Megadeth widely renowned and admired in metal circles for its technical complexity, which was written by David Ellefson and Dave Mustaine, and featured on the Rust in Peace album, released originally in 1990, and re-released in 2004, by Capitol Records. Dave Mustaine supposedly does not consider the song to be a great hit, although some argue that it is the best song Megadeth has ever written, mainly for the talent displayed by Marty Friedman with his improvised solo (3:08), and its dark and well written lyrics.
Tornado outbreak While there is no single agreed upon definition, generally more than six tornadoes in a day in the same region is considered a tornado outbreak. A series of continuous or near continuous tornado outbreaks is a tornado outbreak sequence.
Tornado outbreak sequence A tornado outbreak sequence (or extended tornado outbreak) is a period of continuous or near-continuous high tornado activity consisting of a series of tornado outbreaks. Major tornado outbreak sequences occurred in May 1917, 1930, 1949, and 2003.
Tornado Records Tornado Records is an independent record label founded in 2004 by former Queens of the Stone Age bassist/vocalist Nick Oliveri and a friend formerly from DUNA Records. It was created as an outlet to release the music of Nick's band Mondo Generator, his solo albums, and other artists he admires.
Tornado watch A tornado watch (code: WT; sometimes referred to as a "red box" by meteorologists and storm chasers) is issued when weather conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms that are capable of producing tornadoes. A tornado watch therefore implies that it also a severe thunderstorm watch.
Tornakalns Tornakalns is a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia. Located on the western bank of the Daugava River (neighborhoods along this shore are collectively known as Pardaugava), Tornakalns was an early suburb to Riga, consisting largely of gardens and mansions.
Tornatrás Tornatrás is an archaic term denoting a Eurasian person of mixed Spanish and Chinese descent in the Philippines, as well as persons of mixed Indio (Spanish-era term for Filipinos), Chinese, and Spanish ancestry. The said term comes from the Spanish words torna, meaning 'turn', and atrás, meaning back.
Tornau (Dübener Heide) Tornau is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Tor zur Dübener Heide whose seat is in the town of Gräfenhainichen.

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