Movie review for 12 Monkeys (science)
By Mr D Stevens
This is a very entertaining futuristic science fiction movie, that has one of the best trailers out there purely for its suspense.
It stars Bruce Willis (Die Hard) as James Cole who has been placed in a psychiatric ward, lead by Kathryn Railly played by the lovely Madeleine Stowe (We were soldiers), in the same ward is Jeffrey Goines played charismatically by Brad Pitt, he simply steals the show in every scene he is in.
Cole tells an unbelieving Kathryn that he is from the future where there are no animals, and a plague has wiped out most of humanity, and his mission is to prevent the first occurrence of the virus that lead to the plague.
However he is constantly taken back to the future for a progress report, which disorientates his thoughts and mindset. It turns out he is a prisoner in the future, and doing this mission will guarantee a pardon.
It seems there are problems sending him back to the correct time line to continue his mission; after being debriefed on how progress on the mission is going. When sent back, in some cases he is several years out of sync with the proposed date he is supposed to be in, with one occurrence landing him in the trenches of the First World War where he is unfortunately shot in the leg.
Of course Kathryn doesn’t believe a word he says, and sees him as an advanced delusional schizophrenic, until she happens to look through an archive book of the First World War, and sees a clear picture of James in it, she also happens to have the bullet from World War One in his leg removed and analysed, and she confronts him as to how he came to have a bullet from World War One in his leg.
At this point she begins to believe him, and although James wishes for it not to be true, and that he is still a psychiatric patient (since he prefers this timeline) in a world without a plague, realises he must continue his mission of preventing the plague that has wiped out most of humanity. It becomes a desperate race against time for James and Kathryn to find who is responsible for the plague, the only clue they have to go on is a sect called the Twelve Monkeys that may or may not be responsible for setting off the first instance of the plague.
Mr D Stevens is a reviewer at Movie reviews
Crazy Weight Loss Diet Fads
By Paul Strachocki
You may see the hottest models in the world supporting the great new diet fad. You may even see a famous fat person turned skinny talking about how the diet fad made it possible. Some of these celebrities may even have diet fads marketed under their names. There is a strong pull inside of us to believe them. After all, they are society’s ideal for what we should look like. But what exactly do they know about nutrition and health? How many years have they remained skinny? As a society, we really need to learn how to analyze celebrity endorsements more critically.
Many of the more recent diet crazes have been driven by book sales. To fight back, nutrition experts such as Jo-Ann Heslin and Annette B. Natow have written books of their own urging more caution in the acceptance of fad diets. These ‘miracle’ weight loss diets often throw out a lot of information that is assumed to be scientific, but in reality is at best speculative information. Many times these diets gain quick acclaim and everybody reads fad diet books instead of legitimate books written by nutritionists and health scientists.
While celebrities are typically the faces of these fad diets, there is usually someone else behind them. When these people can’t find celebrity endorsers, they will often try to market their fad diet books themselves. For example, you may have heard of the grapefruit diet, cabbage soup diet, and eggs and fasting diet. The lack of scientific data behind such extreme fad diets makes them dangerous.
The cabbage soup diet is an interesting example. It has yet to be endorsed by any medical establishment. In fact, the American Heart Association says it can be harmful. The people who created the diet say they have witnessed 15lbs of weight loss in a week, without telling that it was likely mainly water weight that was lost. Once you return to drinking and eating the way you did before, your weight will likely go up higher than ever. Worse still, you may suffer from stomach cramps and diarrhea while you’re on the diet.
You’ll find a variety of other really strange fad diets out their too. One set of fad diets is based on an idea that the types of foods you mix during your meals determines whether you gain or lose weight. Another set of fad diets goes into mind over matter types of ideas. One product even claims to make you dream more so you’ll lose more weight while you sleep.
A really common fad diet ploy is to sell you a gimmick food that is supposed to get rid of your hunger when eaten in place of a meal. You’ve probably seen such weight loss candy bars, teas, and milkshakes in your local grocery store. How many skinny people do you know that are taking part in these types of fad diets? There is no scientific evidence from reputable sources to support these claims. The reality is that they’re the works of cunning individuals who know how profitable your desperation can be. Just remember that such fad diets are no substitute for patience and self-discipline.
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Paul Strachocki
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