Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. La Rouchefoucauld |
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![]() The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong. Pierre Charron |
ad·mon·ish
transitive verb ad·mon·ished, ad·mon·ish·ing, ad·mon·ish·es. 1. To reprove gently but
earnestly. 2. To
counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution.
3. To remind of something forgotten or
disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility. [Middle English amonishen,
admonishen, alteration of amonesten, from Old French amonester, admonester,
from Vulgar Latin *admonest³re³re, from Latin admon¶re : ad-, ad- + mon¶re, to warn]
Dig -dig -dig -until an impatient movement from one of the two
passengers
would admonish him to pull up the window,
draw his arm securely through the leathern strap, and speculate upon the two slumbering
forms, until his mind lost its hold of them, and they again slid away into the bank and
the grave
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary
Over the next several days the facts here on the DM will be about
Serendipitous Discoveries.
This is the first fact on this subject.
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SERENDIPITY 5 Until very recently,
serendipity has been responsible for the discovery of every artificial - nonnutritive
sweetener. Earlier the discovery of saccharin was described. It was the earliest
artificial sweetener discovered. Ira Remsen discovered saccharin in the United States more
than a century ago while he was researching sulfur-nitrogen molecules. In those days it
was usual to report the taste of new chemicals, and sweet-tasting compounds were rare.
Soon saccharin was used as an artificial sweetener, shown to be harmless by the simple
expedient of getting volunteers to eat 5,000 milligrams a day for six months. |
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Aspartame
was discovered in 1965 by James Schlatter who was making compounds for testing as
anti-ulcer drugs and joined two amino acids together, aspartic acid and phenylalanine.
Again an instance of serendipity. Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar. Unlike other
sweeteners, it carries a warning because it contains phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is an
essential amino acid without which we cannot live. The warning is there for the few people
who suffer from phenylketonuria. They lack the enzyme which disposes of surplus
phenylalanine in their body, and so must monitor what they eat, such as meat and dairy
products, which are also rich in this amino acid. Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica | The New Shell Book of Firsts
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"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." Joseph Addison |
TRUE FACT ... Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day. SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University
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Have A Great Day Phillip Bower |
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