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unusual facts about Sparks


Tahoe National Forest

The forest also serves as the water supply headwaters for the towns of Lincoln, Auburn, Rocklin, California, and Reno and Sparks, Nevada, which receive the water through elaborate canal systems that largely originated during the California Gold Rush and Comstock Lode eras.


Aliens in the Attic

An alien crew emerges, made up of Skip (J. K. Simmons), the tough commander, Tazer (Thomas Haden Church), a muscle-bound dude armed to the teeth, Razor (Kari Wahlgren), a lethal female alien soldier, and Sparks (Josh Peck), a four-armed techie, who is the only non-threatening intruder.

Amateur Hour

On 25 June 2009 the song Amateur Hour was involved in a stunt when UK magician and mentalist Mark Cairns predicted that radio personality George Lamb would choose the Sparks song in a free choice from a list of 100 tracks that had been recently played on Lambs BBC 6 Music show.

Beatrice Sparks

However, when journalist Aileen Pace Nilsen interviewed Sparks for School Library Journal in 1979, she was unable to find any confirmation of where or when Sparks earned her doctorate.

Beckwourth Pass

In 1850, James Beckwourth discovered Beckwourth Pass and developed his Beckwourth Trail from Truckee Meadows (what is now known as Sparks, Nevada) through the pass into California and on to Marysville.

Charles I. Sparks

Born on a farm near Ontario, in Jackson Township, Iowa, Sparks was educated in the rural schools and Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa.

CIÉ No. CC1

Spark arrestors were fitted at a later stage, along with a system for passing captured sparks back to the firebox.

Counterfeit e.p.

#"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" – 3:02 (written by Ron Mael, originally recorded by Sparks)

Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments

Their only album Transmiticate was released on February 19, 2008 through SparksFly Records and produced by Ethan Allen and Donita Sparks.

Edward C. Reed High School

Edward C. Reed High School is a public secondary school in Sparks, Nevada and is one of three public high schools run by the Washoe County School District within the city of Sparks.

Eleanor Dare

But a 1941 article by journalist Boyden Sparks in The Saturday Evening Post attacked the story, pointing to improbabilities in the stones' account and producing evidence that the "discoverers" were hoaxers.

Eskimos and Egypt

Cundall left the band as they moved more into production (producing mixes for Moby, Sparks, Rammstein, The Tamperer, and produced and played instruments on 'Cruise control' an Australian and New Zealand number 1 single by New Zealand band The Headless Chickens.

Hangman Books

Hangman Books has published poetry books and pamphlets by Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, Bill Lewis, Vic Templer, Joe Corkwell, Sexton Ming, Philip Absolon, Chris Broderick, Mark Lowe, Neil Sparks, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Dan Melchior, Dan Belton, Alfie Howard, Simon Robson, Steve Prince, Joe Machine, Wolf Howard and Amanda Collier, among others.

Henry Sparks

Henry was born in Montevideo where his father Henry P(alafox) G(erona) Sparks (ca.1810 – 18 April 1870), a Liverpool merchant, his wife Sarah (ca.1816 – 5 January 1898) and family had settled.

Hidrogenesse

According to them, their most significant influences are The Smiths and Morrissey, The Associates (the Mac in Eres PC eres Mac stands for their lead singer, Billy Mackenzie), Sparks, The Magnetic Fields, Saint Etienne, Pet Shop Boys and British eccentrics like Lawrence, Jarvis Cocker and Luke Haines.

Hilly Michaels

Hilly Michaels was a New York based session drummer, who performed on the Sparks “Big Beat” album in 1976, which was produced by Rupert Holmes.

Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre

The centre was the ministry base for its founder, the British evangelist and writer, T. Austin-Sparks, who had previously been the minister of the Honor Oak Baptist Church from 1921 to 1926.

Joanna Jeffrees

More recently Joanna has worked on the feature films - The World's End, Molly Moon, Cuban Fury, Sparks and Embers, StreetDance 2 and the new James Bond film Skyfall and can also be seen in an episode of the British TV series Misfits and Peep Show.

Kissing You

"Kissin U", a song by Miranda Cosgrove from Sparks Fly

Mateo Castellanos

This however sparks the wrath of her friends Donald and Jacqueline Stewart (Kenny Ireland and Janine Duvitski), who lure Mateo to their room and sexually assault him with a cucumber.

McKenzie River Corporation

On August 14, 2006, Miller Brewing announced it had completed the purchase of Sparks and Steel Reserve brands from McKenzie River Corp. for $215 million.

Melvin Sparks

As part of the burgeoning soul-jazz scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sparks often backed organists like Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Charles Earland.

Mile End Stadium

It is famous for hosting a gig by Britpop band Blur in June 1995, where 27,000 fans saw the band supported by The Boo Radleys, Sparks, John Shuttleworth, Dodgy and The Cardiacs.

Much 'I Do' About Nothing

Georgina Sparks is supposed to be a part of the equestrian circuit, mentions having lasted longer than Lohan in rehab, and sold her show horse for money to buy cocaine.

Neshamah

Sparks had sent a copy of his earlier CD Guitar Bazaar to avant-garde composer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn who liked the Bartok "Rumanian Dances" arrangements on that CD.

Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor of business, and Jill Emma Marie Sparks (née Thoene), a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant.

Nneka

Nneka Ogwumike, American basketball player with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks

Percy Sparks

Born on March 7, 1880 in Ottawa, Canada, Sparks was the great grandnephew of Ottawa pioneer Nicholas Sparks.

Powder keg

Powder keg is also used in literature as in the lyrics of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart: "We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks".

Radio Stars

The band undertook an extensive UK tour in 1978, which also featured Trevor White (a member of both Sparks and Jet) and Chris Gent (saxophone/backing vocals), but Gordon left soon after.

Randy Sparks

Randy Sparks (b. 29 July 1933, Leavenworth, Kansas) is a musician, singer-songwriter and founder of The New Christy Minstrels and The Back Porch Majority.

Rick Buckler

In 1983, Buckler joined 'Time U.K.', featuring himself, Jimmy Edwards and Ray Simone, both formerly of 'MasterSwitch', Danny Kustow from the Tom Robinson Band and former Sparks/Radio Stars bassist Martin Gordon.

Robert Stewart Sparks

In 1925 he voted against a request by the Humane Animal Commission for funding of five additional inspectors: "You know how I stand about animals," said Sparks, a former president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Ron E Sparks

As with the name of American president Harry S. Truman, the "E" in "Ron E Sparks" does not stand for anything, and thus adding a dot after it to indicate abbreviation is arguably incorrect.

Somos Distribution

The content is produced by in-house production organizations as well as European and American companies, such as Telecinco, Antena 3, Cadenatres, DeAPlaneta, Expressive, Wanda Films, Splash News, Sparks Networks and others.

Sparks High School

Over the past years, Sparks has been renowned for their boys' soccer team, winning a State title in November 2011, defeating the Wolverines of Truckee High School of Truckee, CA by a scored of 1-0 on a lone goal from Roger Garcia for the 3A State title.

Stephanie Sparks

Though Jones and Stirling were considered great golfers in their day, the big contrast between Sparks and the film's star, Jim Caviezel, who played Bobby Jones, was that Sparks was once a great player with much promise, though it was never completely fulfilled, and Caviezel had never picked up a golf club in his life.

Thelma Biral

She was given a Press Prize for the role; but, for years afterwards, she limited her performances to the theatre, where she earned plaudits for protagonizing James Sparks' Sparks, Bernard Slade's Soufflé and, from 1991 to 1996, Sebastián Moncada's Brujas (Witches).

Triboluminescence

Wint-O-Green Life Savers work especially well for creating such sparks, because wintergreen oil (methyl salicylate) is fluorescent and converts ultraviolet light into blue light.

Tryphena Sparks

Tryphena Sparks (20 March 1851 - 17 March 1890), born in Puddletown, Dorset, the youngest child of James and Maria Sparks, was Thomas Hardy's cousin and possible lover.

Twin Sparks

Twin Sparks (foaled 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who set a new world record for six furlongs on dirt of 1:06.49 while winning the November 21, 2009 Caballos del Sol Handicap at Turf Paradise Race Course in Phoenix, Arizona.

Vida 23

The song was written by Clinton Sparks, William Grigahcine, Armando Pérez, and it was produced by Clinton Sparks and DJ Snake.It Song perform On Latin Grammy Awards of 2011 by Pitbull.

Watchman Nee

Through Barber, Watchman Nee was introduced to the writings of D.M. Panton, Robert Govett, G.H. Pember, Jessie Penn-Lewis, T. Austin-Sparks, and others.

William A. J. Sparks

Sparks was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883).

William Bourne Oliver Peabody

Peabody wrote several biographies for Sparks's Library of American Biography, namely, those of David Brainerd, Cotton Mather, James Oglethorpe, and Alexander Wilson.


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