#24816 - 03/26/01 04:23 PM
Re: Autophagy
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
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In Organic Chemistry, there is the famous story about the chemist Kekule, who had been trying to discover what made compounds like benzene so different from the others. In a dream, he had a vision of a snake catching ahold of its tail, and forming a ring. Suddenly he realized that benzene
could be a ring. And so it turned out to be.
Kekulé von Stradonitz, Friedrich August (1829-1896), German chemist, best known for proposing the ring structure of the benzene molecule. Kekulé was born in Darmstadt. He studied architecture at the University of Giessen but turned to chemistry after he heard the lectures of the German chemist Justus von Liebig. In 1856 he became assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and in 1858 was appointed to a similar position at the University of Ghent. From 1865 until his death, Kekulé was professor of chemistry at the University of Bonn.
The results of Kekulé's research on the linking of carbon atoms were of great importance in the development of organic chemistry. He introduced the concept of tetravalent carbon atoms joining with each other and with other atoms to form the molecules of organic compounds. See Aromatic Compounds; Chemistry; Chemistry, Organic.
"Kekulé von Stradonitz, Friedrich August," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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#24817 - 03/26/01 05:00 PM
Re: Autophagy
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enthusiast
Registered: 02/24/01
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Loc: Hartsville, New York.
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There is an Iroquois story about a lady who eats herself, and then tries to eat her husband, but he escapes because an old man lengthened himself to let the lady's husband across a river. The man does the same thing for the cannibal, but she falls off
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#24818 - 03/26/01 07:55 PM
á la insel.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
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And then there was the story of two snakes who fought. And it just so happens that they were black rat snakes. Well,
one got a-hold of the otherun's tail and started up. That didn't set too well with th'otherun, so he hauled off and chomped down on the tail of the one whose head was occupied
eatin' his tail, and started up. Well, the more those snakes felt themselves being eaten, the madder they got an' the faster they ate, till purty soon there wasn't
nothin' left. And that there's a true story. Let that be a lesson to all, that not only do you need to watch what's in front of you, you'd best be lookin' out for what might be coming up behind you...
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Hyla, I liked your post the way it was. I can go anywhere and read smut. I really like it when this place stays
"clean". Innuendo is so much funnier than having straight dirt shoved down your throat, anyway, and some of the plays on words here have been great!
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#24819 - 03/27/01 05:02 AM
Oh dear - the pathetic fallacy?
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old hand
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Loc: London, UK
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Jackie I worry for you my love. You said: I can go anywhere and read smut. Surely even Kentucky is not so far gone in sin that every surface is graffittised with jejune or peurile material of a scatological or similar nature? Since I have rejected that notion (else would be very wary of going to Kentucky for Easter...) I can only conclude that this is like the literary device - the pathetic fallacy - in which nature reflects the mood of the protagonist (thunderstorms when she's angry, gentle showers at times of redemption, sun shining on happy moments when journeys end in lovers' meetings and so on), so that wherever you go you seem to see smut. What's going on in that wonderful mind of yours? Couldn't you in any way change all that smut you see into nice little bunny rabbits hopping about and chewing on carrots?    cheer the sunshine warrior ps. For 'on-topic' type stuff, does the root 'phage/phagy' refer to consumption of any sort, or eating only? I ask because, having participated in a collaborative vampire novel (don't ask), I was looking for a scientific-sounding word to describe their condition and could only come up with haematophage (which I promptly contracted to haemophage) - but 'eating' blood doesn't have quite the same feel does it? Haemodipsia anyone?
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#24821 - 03/27/01 08:55 AM
Re: Oh dear - the pathetic fallacy?
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old hand
Registered: 03/16/00
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Loc: London, UK
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Of course, Suryaputri, I never expected any but the purest thoughts to hover within your cephalos - like the princess at the Swayamvara, as Kalidasa would say, your passage is reminiscent of the paddy fields at night, with a lone lover, lantern in hand, walking from tree to tree, lighting up each as he passes, so that all we, the viewers, can see is one tree at a time, lit up... then fading, as another picks up the glory of your passing! cheer the sunshine warrior ps. The Kalidasa image is particularly resonant for a Nair (me being one) because according to tradition, Nair husbands and wives did not live together - since their households were always those in which they were born. Brothers would look after their sisters' children in a paternal sense. Thus, for any procreation to take place, husbands had to trek across those verdant paddy fields after dark to the dwelling places of their spouses, there to consummate their marriages. Folklore also says that, if the wife was fed up with her husband and wanted a separation, she would leave his house slippers outside the door - whence he knew that he was not welcome there any more!
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#24822 - 03/27/01 09:02 AM
Re: Oh dear - the pathetic fallacy?
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/14/01
Posts: 2373
Loc: New York City
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<<jejune or peurile material>>
Is puerile smut child pornography?
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#24824 - 03/27/01 09:31 AM
Re: Oh dear - the pathetic fallacy?
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/14/01
Posts: 2373
Loc: New York City
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<<Nah. It's just written by children...>>
Ah! Child's pornography!
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#24825 - 03/27/01 09:56 AM
Re: Oh dear - the pathetic fallacy?
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/28/00
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The Kalidasa image is particularly resonant for a Nair (me being one) because according to tradition...
That is quite interesting shanks. I don`t suppose you are aware of a web page where we could read up on it further.
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