Originally, shortening was synonymous with lard, and with the invention of margarine by French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès in 1869, margarine also came to be included in the term.
es has been used for domain hacks such as geociti.es, a website mirroring Geocities; thelettervsixtim.es, for the game VVVVVV; beach.es, a website selling beach holidays; localwalmartstor.es for Walmart, which forwards to their main site; and iTun.es for iTunes Ping URL shortening.
In October 2010, the domain of "sex-positive" URL shortening service vb.ly, which was registered in 2009 by Violet Blue and Ben Metcalfe, was seized by the Libyan web authorities for not being compliant with the law of Libya.
The course saw the introduction of a new finale; the construction of a tram line on the Avenue de Grammont in central Tours led to the organisers shortening the finishing straight by 2.4 km.
According to Ancho Kaloyanov, the name of the village is derived from Greek άγιος (agios, "Saint") and the shortening of the personal name Demetrius, i.e. "Saint Demetrius", both through Turkic.
The name Bakaak occasionally appears as Bekaak (reflected in English as "Baykok"), which may be a shortening of bekaakadwaabewizid, meaning "an extremely thin being".
In 1997, after shortening their name to C-Tec, they released a full album, Darker, on the US industrial Wax Trax! label.
The Canadian Hockey League was originally called the CMJHL upon its founding in 1975 before shortening its name some time later
He found out that tension and exertion was always accompanied by a shortening of the muscular fibres, that the reduction of the muscular tonus decreased the activity of the central nervous system, that relaxation was the contrary of states of excitement and well suited for a general remedy and prophylaxis against psychosomatic disorders.
This shortening of names is another common Fijian custom; another notable example of this phenomenon is current rugby star Rupeni Caucaunibuca, widely referred to both inside and outside Fiji as Caucau.
Nohar is hired by what appears to be a "frank" (a coinage by Swann for genetically engineered humans, a shortening of Frankenstein) to investigate the murder of a conservative anti-moreau political figure.
The instructions of the Brigadier were that the patrol should be back in Madagal before 2359 hours, if necessary shortening the prescribed route: Gurunagar - Jaffna - Naga Vihara - Nallur - Kopay - Urumpirai - Kondavil - Kokuvil - Jaffna- Kaliyan - kadu - Madagal.
Shafir Committee - appointed by the Chief of Staff Ehud Barak on 1992, to examine the optimal utilization of military personnel and recommend ways to reduce the active reserve duty days and shortening of compulsory service in the future.
Prior theories of bombing were developed by Italian General Giulio Douhet, British Sir Hugh Trenchard and American Colonel Billy Mitchell, each of whom advocated bombing an enemy's population centers as a method of shortening wars and thus saving more lives than were taken.
In August 2010, New York's governor, David Paterson, signed into law a bill removing mutual-consent requirements and shortening the waiting period for "no-fault" divorce.
For Life Cycle Assessment - Gabi software (GaBi is a word shortening for "Ganzheitliche Bilanz," which means Holistic Balance in German.)
Reed pipes may be tuned in any of several ways: (1) by lengthening or shortening the vibrating length of the reed tongue by means of a wire protruding from the boot of the pipe; (2) by adjusting the effective speaking length of the resonator; (3) by adjusting the metal flap in the side of the resonator or the cap on the top of the pipe (especially with fractional length pipes).
It is also reported that Dunthorne in 1772 received from the Board of Longitude a reward of £50 for this contribution towards shortening the tedious calculations involved in "clearing the lunar distance" (at the same time as a similar reward was given to the contributor of an alternative method for the same purpose, Israel Lyons, 1739–1775).
According to one explanation, the badge is referred to as "Jimmy" because the image of Mercury was based on the late mediaeval bronze statue by the Italian sculptor Giambologna, and shortening over time reduced the name Giambologna to "Jimmy".
Along the Yukon and Kuskokwim River areas, white fish (pike, whitefish) along with shortening and sugar is used.
The cover calls the band "Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters", the name they originally used before shortening it ("Johnny Peebucks" being singer Johnny Bonnel).
Paul Hornung and Frank Metts bought the old distillery complex, sold half, and kept the other half to establish Golden Foods/Golden Brands, a vegetable oil and shortening company.
When Come My Fanatics was rebundled with Electric Wizard for release in 1999, this sample (along with the sample from Son of Nothing) was removed, shortening the track by 22 seconds.