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Tick-Borne Disease Alliance

On March 11, 2013, TBDA hosted a forum with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congressman Chris Gibson (R-NY) at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City to discuss the fight against the silent epidemic of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease.


American Maid

She has also been revealed to be an operative (at least part-time) for the US government and had the former alias of Jeanine Smith during a mission with the Tick and Arthur to rescue Yank, a monkey made temporarily smart by cosmic rays, and subsequently kidnapped by the evil ruler Pineapple Pokopo.

Ben Edlund

The Hammers would later work with Edlund again during the creation of The Venture Bros. which draws inspiration from The Tick.

Borrelia turicatae

To prevent tick bites, use insect repellent containing DEET on skin or clothing or permethrin on clothing or equipment.

Chlordimeform

Chlordimeform is an acaricide (pesticide) active mainly against motile forms of mites and ticks and against eggs and early instars of some Lepidoptera insects.

Christopher McCulloch

Working on The Tick (and listening to J.G. Thirlwell's first Steroid Maximus album) helped McCulloch translate the story into cartoon form.

When McCulloch promoted it at a comic book convention in New York, he caught the eye of Ben Edlund, creator of The Tick, who offered McCulloch the chance to write for a Tick spin-off comic while Edlund wrote for the animated series.

Coxiella burnetii

Research in the 1920s and 1930s identified what appeared to be a new type of Rickettsia, isolated from ticks, that was able to pass through filters.

Cretinism

Cretin became a medical term in the 18th century, from an Occitan and an Alpine French expression, prevalent in a region where persons with such a condition were especially common (see below); it saw wide medical use in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and was actually a 'tick box' category on Victorian-era census forms in the UK.

Deer tick

Ixodes ricinus, the European tick sometimes called a "deer tick" or "sheep tick"

Dockrillia linguiforme

Dockrillia linguiforme, the Button Orchid , Tongue Orchid or Tick Orchid is a common small orchid, growing north from Ulladulla in south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Dongducheon Rock Festival

The line-up included Megadeth, BUCK-TICK, Cul-de-sac, Shin Joong Hyun, Yoon Do Hyun, Do Won Kyoung, Kim Kyung Ho, Lee Eun Mi, Crash, Crying Nut, Sinawe, Blackhole, Gigs, Black Syndrome, 3rd Line Butterfly, Rainysun, Bulldog Mansion, Diablo, No Brain, Pia, Jeremy, Frida Kahlo and Lazybone

Ehrlichia Wisconsin HM543746

Ehrlichia Wisconsin HM543746 is an unnamed tick bacteria that spread through Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2009 and is similar to Ehrlichia muris.

Federal political financing in Canada

In 2009, an annual report by Global Integrity, an independent non-profit organization that tracks corruption trends around the world, said that Canada posted a slight "downward tick" based on secrecy surrounding political financing and gaps in government accountability.

From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall

Samuel White, architect and great-grandson of Stanford White, provides perspective on Tick Hall's architectural significance.

Located on a remote cliff overlooking the ocean, Tick Hall was one of a group of seven houses designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White in 1879.

Haemaphysalis concinna

concinna can act as a vector for Francisella tularensis (tularaemia), Rickettsia sibirica (Siberian tick typhus), Rickettsia heilongjiangensis (Far-Eastern spotted fever), Virus of Russian spring-summer encephalitis (RSSE) and tick borne encephalitis (TBE).

Haematoxenus

veliferus infects cattle and the African buffalo and is spread by the tick Amblyomma variegatum.

Heartland virus

The Heartland virus is a novel, tick-borne phlebovirus discovered in northwestern Missouri by Dr. Scott Folk of Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Hurry Up Mode

Hurry Up Mode is the debut studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick.

John Hamburg

After screening his 1996 short film Tick at the Sundance Film Festival, Hamburg wrote and directed the 1998 film Safe Men.

Joseph Everett Dutton

He died in the Congo Free State at the age of 29 from tick fever, or African relapsing fever, while investigating the disease, which is caused by a spirillum that was later named Borrelia duttoni.

Karl Farkas

There he worked as a 'Blitzdichter' (nickname: the Tick), and performed together with Fritz Grünbaum in a 'Doppelconférence', a specialised art-form which was created in Budapest.

Leslie Feinberg

Feinberg has said that ze is battling Chronic Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Bartonella and "co-infections" from a tick bite in the 1970s.

Linus's Law

In the book The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age (2001), Torvalds introduces his law in the prologue "What Makes Hackers Tick? a.k.a. Linus's Law", suggesting that every motivation that makes a man do something can be classified under "survival", "social life" or "entertainment".

Lunada

Thalía was also to release Sangre Caliente and Aventurero as singles, but they were canceled due to the tick-borne Lyme disease that prevented her from working during treatment.

Michiro Endo

One entitled Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album, which features bands such as Buck-Tick, Dir en grey, Group Tamashii and Jun Togawa covering The Stalin and Endo's solo songs.

Mischief Night

Also the eve has been known in Yorkshire as "Mischievous Night", "Miggy Night", "Tick-Tack Night", "Corn Night", "Trick Night" and "Micky Night" but is celebrated on November 4 on the eve of Bonfire Night.

Notes From New York

The week consisted of day long sessions, workshopping various Musical Numbers including Die Vampire Die (Title of Show), Come to Your Senses (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Nothing In Common (Wearing Someone Else's Clothes: Jason Robert Brown), You Shall Go To The Ball (SOHO Cinders) and two pieces devised by Taking Notes' resident MD new British Musical Theatre composer Michael Bruce, entitled A Little Less Ordinary and Looking Back (Ed: The Musical).

Ornithodoros hermsi

Ornithodros hermsi is a vector of Borrelia hermsii which can cause tick-borne relapsing fever in humans.

Phillip E. Hardy

In a May 9, 1994 Music Connection magazine review, Hardy’s vocal style was compared to Harry Chapin and in a July 4, 1994 article said his drumming was described as “As precise as the tick-tock of Big Ben and rocks like a run away renegade.

Pin compatibility

The tick-mark here represents the omitted subfamily designator – most commonly HC (high-speed CMOS), but can also be blank (original TTL), C (CMOS), LS (low-power Schottky), and many others.

Rhipicephalus microplus

In Louisiana, Governor Ruffin Pleasant in 1917 signed legislation sponsored by freshman State Senator Norris C. Williamson of East Carroll Parish to authorize state funding to eradicate the cattle tick.

Schwein

Members Raymond Watts (vocals, programming, guitar) and Hisashi Imai (Buck-Tick; guitar and noise), both having worked together in Schaft, were joined by Atsushi Sakurai (Buck-Tick; vocals), Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM; vocals and programming) and Lucia Cifarelli (KMFDM; vocals).

ShareScope

ShareScope Pro has live tick-by-tick intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, FOREX, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.

Stolen Sleep

This CD featured the line up of John Zewizz, Bob Avakian and Gimmie Sparks, with help from Zora and Tick.

The Black and White Album

The song "Tick Tick Boom" was the official theme song for WWE's Survivor Series 2007 and also featured in the Madden NFL 11 soundtrack.

The Jane

Notable shows which were presented there include Hedwig and the Angry Inch and tick, tick ... BOOM!.

Tick paralysis

The two ticks most commonly associated with North American tick paralysis are the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis); however, 43 tick species have been implicated in human disease around the world.

Tick Yes

Tick Yes clients have included Alcon, Aristocrat, Bayer Animal Health, Bayer Consumer Care, Eli Lilly and Company, Galderma, Janssen-Cilag, Schwarzkopf Landcom, Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia and Unilever.

Tick-borne encephalitis

Serological testing can also be performed with an ELISA.

Tick-Tock

Tick-Tock's first appearance was in Spider-Woman #50 (June 1983), and he was created by Ann Nocenti and Brian Postman.

When the Hangman assumed control of the Night Shift, he encouraged each member to join him in a campaign of terror against Hollywood, pointing to their backgrounds for reasons why they should hate Hollywood.

Tick, Tick, Tick

Tik Tik Tik (also known as Tick! Tick! Tick!), a 1981 Tamil film.

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Directed by Scott Schwartz, with choreography by Christopher Gatelli, the cast featured Raúl Esparza as Jon, Jerry Dixon as Michael, and Amy Spanger as Susan.

Molly Ringwald and Natascia Diaz later replaced Spanger as Susan and Joey McIntyre replaced Esparza as Jon.

The performance attracted the attention of a young producer named Jeffrey Seller, who became a fan of Larson's work.

Western University College of Veterinary Medicine

In 2008, the Banfield Pet Hospital on campus was opened to the community, providing primary care services such as vaccinations, spaying and neutering, microchiping, surgery, dental exams and cleanings, as well as flea, tick and heartworm control.


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