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Toughskins are a line of clothing sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. which were primarily marketed for their durability. When launched, the line consisted of children's jeans which were sold with the guarantee that children would grow out of them before the pants wore out. A Sears brand-awareness survey determined that by 1973, the Toughskins had ...
Speck Products. Speculative Product Design, doing business as Speck Products is a San Mateo, California -based company that makes protective cases for portable electronic devices including iPad, iPhone, MacBook, Android devices, Windows Phone devices, tablets and eReaders. [ 1] It became a subsidiary of Samsonite on 29 May 2014.
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. One victim was also raped prior to her murder.
In Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, in which bacon (like all pork) is forbidden as unkosher, "speck" commonly refers to the subcutaneous fat on a brisket of beef. It is a particular speciality of delis serving Montreal-style smoked meat, where slices of the fatty cut are served in sandwiches on rye bread with mustard, sometimes in combination with other, leaner cuts.
Speck Alto Adige ( Ladin language: cioce or ciociul; German: Südtiroler Speck [1] [circular reference]) is a dry-cured, lightly smoked ham produced in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Parts of its production are regulated by the European Union under the protected geographical indication (PGI) status (see also: Tyrolean speck ).
Abraham Speck, Diana Tull [citation needed] George Speck (also known as George Crum; [ 1] July 15, 1824 – July 22, 1914) was an American chef. He was known for his role in popularizing potato chips in Upstate New York and was later mythologized as their creator. Speck was born in Saratoga County, New York. He was a member of the Mohawk people.
Tyrolean speck is a distinctively juniper -flavored ham originally from Tyrol, a historical region that since 1918 partially lies in Italy. Its origins at the intersection of two culinary worlds is reflected in its synthesis of salt-curing and smoking. [citation needed] The first historical mention of Tyrolean speck was in the early 13th ...
Tiny Speck received angel funding of $1.5 million in 2009, [11] followed by Series A funding of $5 million in 2010 from Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. [12] A Series B round of $10.7 million was raised in 2011. [13] Tiny Speck's first product was a computer game called Glitch—a social MMORPG with highly stylized 2D graphics.