| Greenlight Ledbetter Heights studio
Planting a film studio in Ledbetter Heights offers Shreveport an opportunity to firm up the west edge of downtown, reduce blight, trigger rejuvenation in an under-appreciated corner of the city and help a nascent movie industry put down deeper roots.
The Shreveport City Council on Tuesday ought to approve the lease being recommended by the administration. The 6.7-acre site that the city originally planned for a park would become the first phase of a proposed two-phase project in which Millennium Films eventually would occupy a 20-acre tract. The initial phase that most interests Millennium would include a soundstage, office and craft space.
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Tibet's March Toward Modernization
Modernization has been an important issue confronting countries and regions worldwide in modern times. Since the invasion of the Western powers in the mid-19th century, it has been the most important task of the people of all ethnic groups in China, the Tibetan people included, to get rid of poverty and backwardness, shake off the lot of being trampled upon, and build up an independent, united, strong, democratic and civilized modern country. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and especially since the introduction of reform and opening to the outside world, the modernization drive in China has been burgeoning with each passing day, and achieved successes attracting worldwide attention. China is taking vigorous steps to open even wider and become more prosperous. China's Tibet, with its peaceful liberation in 1951 as the starting point, has carried out regional ethnic autonomy and made a historical leap in its social system following the Democratic Reform in 1959 and the elimination of the feudal serf system.
You are what you eat? Maybe
When I lived in Taiwan over 50 years ago, a young Chinese doctor asked if he could borrow the "V" volume of my World Book Encyclopedia. He was to address the local medical society on the subject of vitamins, and the encyclopedia was his source. In "The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals that are Destroying Your Health," Randall Fitzgerald writes that the "traditional systems of medicine from India and China have developed over 4,000 years of knowledge based on trial-and-error testing of millions of people in the longest and most widespread clinical trial tests of plant based healing in human history." Fitzgerald, who has written investigative pieces for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, would have told my Chinese doctor friend that the natural vitamins dispensed by his ancestors were far more effective than the synthetic vitamins of modern times.
New findings challenge beliefs about DNA
THE first concerted effort to understand the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long-held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution. The new perspective reveals DNA to be a dauntingly complex operating system that processes many more kinds of information than previously appreciated. .
Scientists Find That DNA Handles More Information Than Previously ...
The first concerted effort to understand all the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long-held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution, scientists reported yesterday. The new perspective reveals DNA to be not just a string of biological code but a dauntingly complex operating system that processes many more kinds of information than previously appreciated. The findings, from a project involving hundreds of scientists in 11 countries and detailed in 29 papers being published today, confirm growing suspicions that the stretches of "junk DNA" flanking hardworking genes are not junk at all. But the study goes further, indicating for the first time that the vast majority of the 3 billion "letters" of the human genetic code are busily toiling at an array of previously invisible tasks.
Heath care woes real and present
Mention Michael Moore around these parts of the country and people will look at you as though you have the plague or at least some form of mental illness. All right, I will admit that the man is definitely overweight, needs a good bath and haircut and might seem more credible if he dressed a little better. It probably wouldn't hurt to be a Republican. But when it comes to the questions he poses in his last documentary, "Sicko," I for one think he deserves as much attention as the latest Harry Potter movie. Yes, I should mention that he has an annoying way of bringing out the extreme cases to make his point, but as a physician I can only agree that the essence of the points that he makes are true: 1) People who are sick and need medical insurance often cannot get it.
What's the Deal with: MSG
You might have seen the sign at a Chinese restaurant declaring "No MSG." There seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the white crystalline powder known as MSG, the initials stand for Monosodium Glutamate. Since that is a quite a mouthful we shall stick to calling it MSG. MSG has been used in Asian cooking for centuries to enhance the flavor of food. Originally made by brewing a broth from seaweed, the chemical properties were isolated in the early 1900s. Today MSG is made from fermented sugar beet or sugar cane molasses, in a process quite similar to the way soy sauce is made. Found predominantly in Asian cooking, MSG has wheedled its way into the North American food industry where it is used to add flavor to packaged foods such as soups, sauces, seasonings, and instant snacks.
The International Hyperhidrosis Society Provides Back-to-School Tips for Students Who Sweat Excessively
Going back to school can be a nerve- wracking experience, whether a student is starting at a new high school, going off to college for the first time, or just going back to class after a summer break. An embarrassing health condition such as excessive sweating can certainly add to the stress. The International Hyperhidrosis Society (online at www.SweatHelp.org) has teamed with renowned dermatologist Dee Anna Glaser, M.D., Vice Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Saint Louis School of Medicine, to answer some of the questions about sweating that are on a lot of students' minds as they get ready to go back to school. .
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