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| salik |
| 06/24/02 at 20:02:56 |
| [slm] Now you know why people of India/Pakistan where not bothered of nuclear wars... ;) and I guess it the same stuff they use on those bombers that goes undetected by radars ;) This purely for humour.. all flames to > /dev/null. Comments on how this will new discovery will influence albany are welcome.. ;D http://headlines.sify.com/968news1.html Nuke attack? Be ready with cow dung By Vinay Krishna Rastogi in Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh Cow Protection Commission claims that a new cow dung distemper could save a building from the deadly radiation of a nuclear attack. The new chairman of the commission Radhey Shyam Gupta says that cow dung has been regarded from time immemorial as radiation-proof. Says the vice-chairman of the commission, Purshottam Toshniwal: "Even doctors have proved that if a hand is smeared with cow dung you can't get an X-ray done. If an X-ray is done it would reveal nothing." The commission has also come up with several cow urine-based formulations for heart and kidney ailments although their medicinal benefits have yet to be proved medically. But several Gaushalas being run under the control of the commission are purchasing cow urine at the rate of Rs 5 per litre for such "medicines". Commission chairman Radhey Shyam Gupta said the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur and Delhi are working on a cow urine-based electricity project. Cow dung, they claim, could help the nation take a giant leap in rural electrification. Gupta points to a watch powered by a cow dung-based battery to back his claim. Gupta alleged that even today 50,000 cows and their progeny, including calves, bullocks and oxen, are being killed in 15,000 abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh illegally with the connivance of police and railway police officials. Cow killing is a punishable offence in U.P. |
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| mwishka |
| 06/24/02 at 20:51:44 |
| is there some kind of translation problem here? "cow dung distemper"?? distemper is an old and somewhat generic term for a disease type. i'm sure you've all heard of canine and feline distemper, which pets get vaccinated against. so is it that the dung you use has to come from a cow sick with distemper? which might very well even be terminal in cows - it can be in cats or dogs if untreated. this story gets more bizarre the further i try to figure out exactly what it was that might originally have been said. and actually - no, no i don't want to get into this...stop fingers, stop! he he he we won't you can't make us - - i once read here someone asking if urine was sterile. sigh. no it isn't BUT it has been shown to have some medicinal or disinfectant properties. (no, i don't have the studies.) this makes sense in some regards, since human urine is basic, containing urea. urea will unfold proteins, often at low concentrations. soaps, which clean things, are bases. and detergents are basic - what do strong detergents do? unfold proteins, by charge repulsion. so, urine could have some disinfectant properties. how do detergents clean your clothes? by attaching to the contaminating substances - often fats -and enclosing them in micelles (um, think spherical dahlia - long petals all pointing to a center with their ends extending outwards, forming a roughly spherical surface) with their water-hating ends inside and their water-loving ends in contact with the water, solubilizing them -- making them mix freely throughout the water, putting them into solution (sort of suspension, but, um ignore that..) ok....WHAT on earth was i talking about?? methinks me better go back to the age-range question and put in about -12 or so....... ::) eek...exiting quickly... mwishka |
| 06/24/02 at 21:48:46 |
| mwishka |
| Re: Nuke attacks and cows.. |
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| salik |
| 06/24/02 at 21:17:03 |
| [slm] [quote author=mwishka link=board=bebzi;num=1024963376;start=0#1 date=06/24/02 at 20:51:44]is there some kind of translation problem here? "cow dung distemper"?? [/quote] Distemper is a commenly used word in india for some kind of diluted paint for walls. |
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| 06/24/02 at 21:52:24 |
| paint? ok, i'm fascinated -- what's the explanation for this and in what languages and how did distemper come to mean disease AND thinned paint?? hmmm.....there's got to be a very reasonable explanation.... i have some ideas....would need to check old medical practices.. unless, salik, yo already know the connection? mwishka |
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| salik |
| 06/24/02 at 22:28:02 |
| [slm] Ok the distemper as in paint has this explanation at m-w.com Main Entry: distemper Function: noun Etymology: obsolete distemper, v., to dilute, mix to produce distemper, from Middle English, from Middle French destemprer, from Latin dis- + temperare Date: 1632 1 : a process of painting in which the pigments are mixed with an emulsion of egg yolk, with size, or with white of egg as a vehicle and which is used for painting scenery and murals 2 a : the paint or the prepared ground used in the distemper process b : a painting done in distemper 3 : any of various water-based paints and the distemper as in disease has this explanation Main Entry: distemper Function: noun Date: circa 1555 1 : bad humor or temper 2 : a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: as a : a highly contagious virus disease especially of dogs that is caused by a paramyxovirus (genus Morbillivirus) and is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms b : STRANGLES c : PANLEUKOPENIA 3 : AILMENT, DISORDER <political distemper> <intellectual distempers> - dis·tem·per·ate /-p(&-)r&t/ adjective hmm.. i guess the two are not connected.. one is from temperare and other is from temper ;) does it make sense? sorry I'm latin illiterate. |
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