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[blobby]

Originally Posted by Lexi

This thread will turn us all into spooky.

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Originally Posted by gumby013

I have one of the diseases on that list.

Are we supposed to gues?
my guess: Epistaxiophobia
No reason, just thourght that it would be hard to pronounse.

[brooklyntam]

do we get a prize if we get it right? is it...

---Exstrophy of the bladder

[Lexi]

Epilepsy?

I know I probably spelled it wrong.

[Kale]

Willard S Boyle (born August 19, 1924) is a Canadian physicist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device.
Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Boyle served in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II but did not see active service. He gained a BSc (1947), MSc (1948) and PhD (1950) from McGill University.
After receiving his doctorate Boyle spent one year at Canada's Radiation Lab and two years teaching physics at the Royal Military College of Canada. In 1953 Boyle joined Bell Labs where he invented the first continuously operating ruby laser with Don Nelson in 1962, and was named on the first patent for a semiconductor injection laser. He was made director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at the Bell labs subsidiary Bellcomm in 1962, providing support for the Apollo space program and helping to select lunar landing sites. He returned to Bell Labs in 1964, working on the development of integrated circuits.
In 1969, Boyle and George E. Smith invented the Charge-coupled device (CCD), for which they have been joint recipients of the Franklin Institutes Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973, the IEEEs 1974 Morris Liebmann Award, and the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize.
Boyle was Executive Director of Research for Bell Labs from 1975 to his retirement in 1979, when he moved back to Nova Scotia and served on the research council of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research and the Science Council of the Province of Nova Scotia.

[germuhknee]

Antonio Lauro

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Antonio Lauro

Born August 3, 1917
Ciudad Bolvar, Venezuela Died April 18, 1986
Caracas, Venezuela Antonio Lauro (born August 3, 1917 in Ciudad Bolvar, Venezuela, died April 18, 1986 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan guitarist, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers of the 20th century.

[brooklyntam]

Zombies on the Airwaves of Paris

Zombies on the Airwaves of Paris is the first release by the Australian band Snowman released in September 2004.


Track listing
"Interlude 1." 0:48
"Lost in the Woods" 3:24
"Interlude 2." 0:49
"Horror Song" 4:52
"Nightmare Records" 3:12
"Mood Swing" 2:31
"Termites" 4:22
"Interlude 3." 1:05
"Zombies on the Airwaves of Paris" 4:53


EP by Snowman
Released September, 2004
Recorded Cazair House, Aust.
January - May 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Length 25:56
Label Snowman Empire
Producer(s) Steve Bond & Snowman
Snowman chronology
Zombies on the Airwaves of Paris
(2004) Snowman
(2006)

[jwdd27]

Taylor Road Middle School is a middle school teaching grades 6-8th in Fulton County, Georgia. It is located by Chattahoochee High School in the suburb of Alpharetta.

The principal is Edward Williamson and the mascot of the school are the Tigers.

Green and grey are the school colors and their mascot is the tiger.

Performances

Each year the school's students prepare a musical for performance. In 2006, the musical will be The Music Man, which will be performed on November 17 and 18.

Awards

In 1995 Taylor Road Middle School was named a Georgia School of Excellence; and, in 2003, it received recognition as a Beacon School by the Georgia Middle School Association.

Five Taylor Road teachers have earned National Board Certification, and over 50% hold advanced degrees.

[Lexi]

Nine diseases
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In the Finnish mythology, the Nine diseases are the sons of Loviatar, the blind daughter of Tuoni. She is impregnated by wind (some versions of the story tell that Iku-Turso fathered them). According to the version told in the Kalevala they are Pistos (consumption), hky (colic), Luuvalo (gout), Riisi (rickets), Paise (ulcer), Rupi (scab), Syj (cancer), and Rutto (plague). The ninth, a witch and the worst of all, remains unnamed. He, the personification of envy, is banished by his mother to become the scourge of mankind. Other rune versions mention nine diseases by name the witch being the tenth son. Some of them also use more esoteric names such as Nuolennoutaja (Retriever of arrow), Painaja (Strainer), Kielen kantaja (Carrier of tongue), Ohimoiden ottaja (Taker of temples), and Sydmen syj (Eater of heart).[citation needed] Louhi, the Mistress of North who acts as a midwife to the sons, sends them to Kaleva where they are defeated by Vinminen.








I love this thread

[brooklyntam]

Big Game (poker)

The Big Game refers to a famous poker table in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio casino. It is famous for being the highest stakes table regularly in play. The table includes a variety of poker games in rotation, changed every 8-10 hands and selected from a list of the players' choices, including:

Texas hold 'em (limit and no limit)
Seven-card stud (Eight or better, Hi/Lo Regular)
Omaha (limit and pot limit)
Deuce-to-seven triple draw
Ace-to-Five triple draw

The area is completely private in that it is separate from the rest of the casino, however, anyone who can afford the minimum buy in of $80,000 is welcome to play. Usually players buy in for at least $200,000.

Regular participants in the game include the following: Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Chau Giang, Barry Greenstein, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Chip Reese and Johnny Chan.

In the no-limit and pot-limit games, no player can wager more than $100,000 per hand.[1] In the limit games, the blinds often go as high as $4000/$8000 but are normally played at $2000/$4000.

[Djtron75]

Journal of Experimental Medicine
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine (J Exp Med or JEM; ISSN 0022-1007) is an academic journal that publishes research papers and commentaries in the biomedical area. Topics covered include immunology, inflammation, infectious disease, hematopoiesis, cancer, stem cells and vascular biology. The journal has a history of predominantly publishing basic research, although studies in human subjects form an increasing proportion of papers published (around 10% in 2004).[1]

JEM was founded in 1896, which makes it among the longest established of scientific journals. Initially published at the Johns Hopkins University, it was taken over in 1905 by the Rockefeller University Press, the current publishers, and is published on a not-for-profit basis. There is no single Editor-in-Chief, with eleven academic Editors and a hundred strong Advisory Board.

JEM is published monthly. An online archive of articles back to 1896 is available in text and PDF formats (material from 1996 and earlier is only available in PDF). Material over 6 months old is freely accessible, and access to all papers is also provided free of charge to developing countries.

Its 2004 impact factor was 14.588, putting it amongst the leading biomedical journals.