Wednesday, October 12, 2011

etiology \ee-tee-OL-uh-jee\, noun:

1. In Pathology the study of the causes of diseases.

2. Any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics.

Etiology is from the Greek aitiología, determining the cause of something, equivalent to aití cause and logia study.

Stress Eater

• Someone who, in reaction to high levels of stress, eats excessive amounts of food.

"Damn, John just ate four hamburgers and downed a chocolate shake!"

"Yeah, he has been studying for finals all week."

"Wow, that guy is a wicked stress eater."

Trivia

What is the currency in both Costa Rica and El Salvador called—in honor of Christopher Columbus?

• The colon. Columbus’s name in Spanish is Cristobal Colon.

History

• USS Cole: suicide bombers on an explosives-laden boat rammed into the American destroyer in Yemen; 17 US sailors died (2000)
• New World: Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Bahamas (1492)
• Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)
• The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
• Nikita Krushchev: the Soviet premier made an impact when he pounded his shoe on his desk at a UN General Assembly meeting (1960)
• the day of six billion: the official UN-designated approximate day that the world population hit 6 billion; it was 12 years after the population reached 5 billion (1999)
• Bali: 202 people died when a terrorist's bomb destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island (2002)

Birthdays

• Samuel Elmer Imes (1883-1941): physicist whose work verified quantum theory
• Dick Gregory (79): comedian and activist
• Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007): famed Italian tenor; musicians Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Nappy Brown (1929-2008), Sam Moore (76), Chris Botti (49) and Martie Maguire (42) were also born on this date
• Chris Wallace (64): broadcast journalist
• Hugh Jackman (43): stage and screen actor, Wolverine in X-Men; other actors born on this date include Susan Anton (61), Carlos Bernard (49) and Kirk Cameron (41)

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