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Bernard Courtois Born 8 February 1777 Dijon, France Died 27 September 1838 (Age 61) Nationality French Occupation chemist Knownfor discovering iodine Spouse(s) Madeleine Morand Parents Jean-Baptiste Courtois Marie Ble Fairbanks Bernard Courtois , also spelled Barnard Courtois , (12 February 177727...

I was born in Beth Page, New York, Charles Bernard Courtois, into an august heritage that I will never live up to in this lifetime. On Dad's side my great-great-grandfather, Bernard Courtois, the source of my middle name, discovered Iodine in 1811 in France. He also sold ammunition to Napoleon. On Mom's side she traced her lineage back to William Henry Harrison, our former...

Here is a little bit of my writing.The SineThe oscillations are increasing in frequency and amplitude, the dry, emotionless voice of the Dr. Hritch said in monotone, the recording time keyed and duplicated as the bits of his analogue voice were modulated and sent to headphones, server and work-pad.Hard to believe, thought his graduate student and lab assistant, he can be so calm, knowing that...

Ok, before you all go bullistic this is not something to turn you against Christmas or to try to turn you into Christians, far from it, it is a history lesson and that is all. I'm a Pagan by choice, as some of you know from my Newsvine days. I was raised as a Nazarene as a child and even attended a Southern Baptist church during my teens and early twenties, so, I know some things about the...

I can say without hesitation that the NT interface has a nice feel to it .. functionally it issurprisinglyfluid and complete with all the bells and whistles I could have asked for .....It is difficult to get involved in the NT community ... TIME is a huge problem while on NV you get sucked in by the sheer size of the community ... that also is a problem ...to be continued .....

Just testing out the functionality of this platform. Please bare with me I am not as nerdy as this may imply.