Renowned herbalist James Duke, a former ecologist with the USDA, has published (in the April, 2008 issue of Alternative & Complementary Therapies) an exhaustive review of the scientific literature on the pomegranate. His conclusion: it is “one of the most promising of health foods” with “a dozen known anti-inflammatory phytochemicals and some 3 dozen antioxidants.” Duke found studies that suggest pomegranate fruit and/or juice may help prevent or alleviate:
* Atherosclerosis
* Heart disease
* High cholesterol
* Prostate cancer
* Alzheimer's disease
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A spatial representation of every star within 14 light-years of the Solar System in orthographic projection. There are 32 stars in this region, including the Sun. The stars are colored according to the spectral type, which may not reflect the actual color. Please see this Wikipedia article for the listing of stars. The stars on this map may not all be visible to the naked eye, as many are dwarf stars. Some of this information may be preliminary and not entirely accurate as a result. Each grid square represents 1 square light year. The grid is aligned to the ecliptic. Planets are not shown on this map because they orbit stars at a relatively small distance. They would be indistinguishable at this scale.
Move the mouse while holding the button to rotate the map. Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Move the cursor over a star to display information. Click on a star to visit its Wikipedia entry. If the application doesn't work, you might need to install the newest Adobe Flash Player plugin (at least Version 9 is required).
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Here are the top 100 flicks accoring to the well respected and veteran movie critic source. At least one of my top 3 (2001) made it!
The list include...
- Citizen Kane - Orson Welles
- The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton
- The Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu) - Jean Renoir
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (L'Aurore) - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- L'Atalante - Jean Vigo
Here is a great opportunity to discover or re-discover some gems of Cinema.
The Telegraph doees point out not one British-made film has made it which I think is a pity...
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