11,875: How many pounds the current 12-foot New Year's Eve ball weighs. It's that heavy because it has 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles capable of producing billions of different light patterns.

Amber Wang, FB Clements 74

Arfa, who died at the young age of 16 in 2012, was the youngest Microsoft-certified professional of the world. She was nine when she was awarded the title,Michael Kors Outlet, which she kept until 2008.

Enter the Dallas-Houston route and Texas' reputation for a friendly business climate. Eckels says an investment-grade market study indicates that the Texas route would be profitable.

But then came the development of tools that could selectively modify individual genes in mice. This proved to be such a powerful and popular technique that the decreasing trend in animal use ground to a halt.