The IWH Inquirer The IWH Inquirer The IWH Inquirer goes in-depth with editorial articles on a variety of topics, issues, news and reviews with a focus on health, history, science, literature, technology, philosophy and organic gardening. 
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Sun Tzu: The Art of War: Part 1
2007-10-19 04:36:00 The little that is known about Sun Tzu primarily comes from a biography written by Sima Qian in 200 BCE. Sun Tzu was born Sun Wu a member of the Shi, who were aristocrats descended from royalty that had lost their lands in through territorial consolidation. Sun Wu unlike most of his fellow landless scholar peers was a mercenary military advisor. His military prowess became renown, but it was More About: Part , The Art of War
Dying to Look Good: Are you dying to see me or is that lead in your lipstic
2007-10-17 05:21:00 Yet another beauty aid/product/service has come under fire, and that’s the third in three months that has come to my attention. The first was Ginette 35 (Diane 35) the oral contraceptive with known severe side effects for every 1-1666 people like total blindness and extreme depression, being snapped up like candy by teens all over the world because of its touted anti-acne properties, (read more More About: Dying , Good , Lead
Fun with Google Trends
2007-10-15 03:16:00 I have been using Google trends for awhile now for my own comparative research and found it to be fairly useful. It can also be fun stacking up search terms against each other in terms of search popularity and news references to see what the results are. Below I have placed some of these Google Trend searches. If you look at the search terms they are pretty much self explanatory. For a more More About: Trends , Google Trends
Organic Gardening: Companion Planting
2007-10-13 06:47:00 In the estimated 10 000 years modern man has been cultivating, through a practical empirical understanding, relationships between plants were recognised, utilised and extended in our cultivation techniques. This relationship knowledge has come to be known Companion Planting . One of the oldest known companion planting techniques comes from the Native Americans and is called the Three Sisters. More About: Gardening , Organic , Arden , Garde
Hunter S. Thompson: Hell’s Cartographer
2007-10-11 05:31:00 "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt" -Hunter S. Thompson (HST) 16th Feb 2005 Hunter Stockton Thompson four days later whilst seated behind his typewriter on the More About: Hunter S Thompson
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 10 (Systemic Review)
2007-10-09 04:29:00 Out of the nine most popular herbs, six (Basil, Mint, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage and Thyme), are from the Family Lamiacea formerly known as Labiatae. More commonly known as the Mint family, which is interesting considering the Mentha Genus only contributes 25 species to the family versus a whopping 900 for the Salvia Genus. But considering Mint was one of the first ever recorded medicinal plants More About: Health , Review , Popular , Herbs , Part
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 9 (Thyme)
2007-10-07 01:55:00 Thyme, Thymus vulgaris the most widely used species of the Thymus Genus which contains over 350 species with numerous subspecies and varieties. Thymus originates from the Greek Thymon but with a number of contested derivatives among them “fumigate”, “courage”, “perfume”. Thymus vulgaris is one of the few age old plants to retain its Ancient Greek name across most languages, resisting to some More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 8 (Sage)
2007-10-05 04:00:00 Sage, Salvia officinalis retains its Latin root Salvia from salvere, meaning “to be saved” in many languages i.e. Sauge, šalavijas, szałwia, salbei, salie, žalfija, shalfej, shavliya. This attests to Sage’s long standing use in food and medicine that springs from its original indigenous roots in Southwest Asia and the Mediterranean. It has been dated archeologically to have been in popular More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 7 (Rosemary)
2007-10-03 04:48:00 Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis is the single species of the Rosmarinus Genus but has over 17 varieties (cultivars) that we use on a regular basis. It is believed that Rosemary originated from the Mediterranean Basin and has since spread out over the world. It is however a plant which though hardy and very easy to grow, does not do well in freezing conditions and this prevented its use in More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 6 (Parsley)
2007-10-02 21:08:00 Common Parsley or Petroselinum crispum has quite a few synonyms in its taxonomy: Apium crispum, Apium petroselinum, Carum petroselinum, Petroselinum hortense, Petroselinum sativum and Petroselinum vulgare. Parsley has been reclassified quite a few times since binomial nomenclature taxonomy started in the 1700’s with Carl Linnaeus, and this can lead to some confusion if all the synonyms are not More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 5 (Oregano)
2007-09-29 06:23:00 Oregano or Origanum vulgare (European), O. onites (Greece, South West Asia) and O. heracleoticum (Italy, West Asia) aka European oregano, Oregano, Pot marjoram, Wild marjoram, Winter majoram, Wintersweet, Satar Barri, Sathra, Vild Mejram. The Genus name Origanum derives from the Greek Oros-mountain and Ganos-Joy alluding to the joy of seeing Oregano growing on the mountainside when in bloom. More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 4 (Mint)
2007-09-27 04:36:00 Mint or Mentha spicata aka Mentha viridis, Spearmint, Naana, Pahari Pudina and Menthe Verte, belongs to the Lamiaceae family which includes Basil, Rosemary and Sage. The Mentha Genus comprises 25 species and a multitude of varieties and natural hybrids. To name a few varieties Pennyroyal, Apple mint, Dahurian Thyme, Asian Mint, and a few hybrids Peppermint, Ginger Mint and Sharp toothed Mint. More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 3 (Dill)
2007-09-25 02:46:00 Dill or Anethum graveolens aka: Peucedanum graveolens, Anethum/Peucedanum sowa, Shubit, Inondo, Kopar, Sjamar, Bazrul shibbat, Soyah, has enjoyed one of the oldest plant relationships with man. The Genus word Anethum finds its roots in the Latin word Anethon, and Dill specifically was referred to by Pliny the Elder or Gaius Plinius Secundus, in his encyclopaedia Naturalis Historia in 77CE, as The More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Part 3
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 2 (Chives)
2007-09-23 04:46:00 Chives or Allium schoenoprasum aka: bei cong, ciboulette, asatsuki, or cebolleta; is perhaps the mildest of the edibles of the Allium Genus which includes Onion, Garlic and Leek. Altogether the Genus covers over 1250 species and is one biggest of the plant world. It matches Basil with its first reported cultivation in Asia around 2300 BCE, although it was predominately in China. Marco Polo More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part , Culinary
Popular Culinary Herbs and their health effects: Part 1 (Basil)
2007-09-21 05:15:00 I thought it might be interesting to look at the 12 most popular culinary herbs produced commercially and consumed world wide. With a focus on their medical effects on the human body as understood so far. These are herbs that are ingested on an almost daily basis by a large percentage of the world population; Basil , Chives, Dill, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Sorrel, Marjoram, Tarragon, More About: Health , Popular , Herbs , Part
Vectors: the ongoing dilemma in effective gene therapy
2007-09-18 04:40:00 The unfortunate recent death of Jolee Mohr on July 24th 2007, aged 36, who was participating in a gene therapy trial, has highlighted the disparity between the amount of new gene purpose discoveries, and the creation of effective gene therapies that can utilise this knowledge. This is not to say this specialised field is being ignored quite the opposite, but rather there has been a lower More About: Therapy , Dilemma , Gene , Effective , Gene Therapy
A Tribute to Roald Dahl the King of Darkly
2007-09-14 03:21:00 Although Roald is most celebrated for his children’s books I only read them when in my twenties (and enjoyed them immensely). No, I was introduced at the age of ten to the strange and wonderful world of My Uncle Oswald. One of the first books I took out with my new hard earned Adult library card. In those pages I was carried to the Desert Mountains and the legendary scarab beetle, and met the More About: The King , King , Roald Dahl , Tribute
The Solanaceae’s the Mafia family of the Plant world
2007-09-11 05:58:00 Love ‘em or hate them, the Solanaceae family is an integral part of global human society. If you haven’t heard of the Solanaceae’s you might be surprised at how big the family tree is and how connected and interesting they are. The head of this large sprawling family is undoubtedly Solanum Tuberosum or Potato. It is consumed as a daily starch the world round at number four behind rice wheat and More About: Family , World , Mafia , Plant , The Plant
Sergei Lukyanenko : The Night Watch (Heinemann 2006)
2007-09-09 05:16:00 Like a gust of fresh cold winter’s air on a midsummer’s day Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko steps up and revitalises a favourite fantasy world and presents an eternal struggle between good and evil in a new and blinding light. With not a damn cloak, cape, count or coffin to be seen in a modern vivid urban Russia, replete with echoes of communism and the impact of free trade and the Mafia. Sergei More About: Watch , Night
Mapungubwe: Southern Africa’s oldest discovered Kingdom
2007-09-07 05:27:00 In early 1932 in Apartheid South Africa, Mr van Graan and his son were out hunting for game near their farm in the Limpopo Valley, at the confluence area of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. In the scorching heat of the day Mr van Graan passed by an old man sitting outside his hut. Thirsty he stopped to ask the old man for a drink of water, what happened next would forever change the scope of More About: Kingdom , Southern , Hern
Chocolate, Aids, Ageing and Stress; the Kingdom of Plants comes to our resc
2007-08-31 06:05:00 From its origins in South America, cocoa is the sweet tooth that could save your life. Studies have confirmed cocoa powder and cocoa butter has significantly high levels of phenols, which are known anti-oxidants. Phenols are present in all plants, but have been found in higher concentrations in wine, fruit, tea, vegetables and cocoa (Theobroma cacao). One of the things phenols do as an More About: Kingdom , Plants , Chocolate , Stress , Aids
Wormholes and FTL Travel; Sci-Fi and Science edge closer together
2007-08-29 05:45:00 In 1935 Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen using the General Theory of Relativity as their base united two theories; that of black holes and white holes, together they created a theoretical Einstein-Rosen bridge that linked two parts of space or even two universes through a tunnel. They showed that if one could traverse such a tunnel you would effectively be travelling faster than light, as you More About: Science , Travel , Edge , Closer
Welcome to your local Manicure Salon; Disease, Disfigurement and possibly D
2007-08-27 03:14:00 When going to get a manicure the last thing on your mind is the risk of major infection, permanent disfigurement, miscarriage, cancer or even death. Yet for clients and workers in manicure salons these risks are a real threat. I have often been assailed by that permanent reek of hardcore chemicals when walking past any manicure salon. This made me wonder at the health implications for the More About: Local , Disease , Salon , Figure , Ossi
Psychology and Buddhism Today; the links between east, west, old and new gr
2007-08-25 04:19:00 In a little over 997 years or 128 years if you count Wilhelm Wundt as the original father, modern psychology has grown from a branch of philosophy into a discipline with over 30 distinct yet overlapping specialisations. Combined, it is on a quest to fully understand the human mind and its complete relation to the physical organ of the brain. The word psychology stems from the Greek “psyche” or More About: Links , Today , East , West , Buddhism
Affordable individual DNA sequencing; what will it mean for You?
2007-08-24 05:16:00 April 14th 2003 marked the end of the first Human Genome project, at a cost of 2.7 Billion US dollars, and for the first time completely transcribed a whole human DNA code. In 2007 it can be officially achieved for 1 million as it was earlier this year for Jim Watson, (of the original Crick and Watson team that constructed the first precise structure of DNA in 1953), by the 454 Life Sciences More About: Individual , Dual
The possible role of the biggest Order of them all: Virales on Planet Earth
2007-08-22 05:48:00 Viruses from the Latin “virus” meaning poison undoubtedly occupy a crucial role in the earth’s biosphere. Yet they defy solid explanation by modern science and there is some question as to whether they are living organisms at all. Viruses exhibit characteristics of both organic life and inorganic, living and non-living. All viruses are capable of self replication, but so are crystals estimated to More About: Earth , Planet , Planet Earth , Role , Order
Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind
2007-08-20 04:18:00 In Roodepoort, South Africa this year 2007, a pretty 17 year old girl, Risma du Toit with a mild case of acne began taking Ginette 35 (Generic of Diane 35). It was prescribed by her family doctor as an oral contraceptive that was dually touted to prevent conception and cure acne, it also happened to be the only option available under her mothers medical aid scheme. Within five months and 10 days More About: Meet , Make , Blind , Going , Inet
Organic Gardening: Pest Control
2007-08-18 03:02:00 We have only been using inorganic pesticides for the last 4 decades, and the first one DDT, was only discovered in 1948 by Paul Muller a Swiss chemist. Now you might remember what a miracle and then fiasco DDT was and still is. To put this in perspective modern man has been cultivating crops since 8000 BC. That's 9,955 years we have been successfully farming without the benefit of Mr. Heller's More About: Gardening , Organic , Pest , Control , Pest Control
Organic Gardening: Compost
2007-08-16 06:04:00 On the farm, Compost Day came twice a year and was an event unto itself. No matter the weather we dressed for the occasion in gumboots and little else. On that day we would turn out the main cow byre and create new 5 metre high compost piles. Right next to them we would deconstruct the old ones and cart them off to the growing fields to be lined up ready for use. It was our May Day and hazing all More About: Gardening , Organic , Arden , Garde , Organ
Buddhism: A beginners guide: Part 8
More articles from this author:2007-08-15 00:37:00 "Where there is nothing; where naught is grasped… Paranirvana do I call it the utter extinction of aging and dying."-Shakyamuni Buddha Nirvana is simply the experience of freedom from the cycles of Samsara or the eternal cycles of cause and effect, death and re-birth. There are two stages to Nirvana; firstly to achieve and experience this freedom or enlightenment is Nirvana, you are free but More About: Guide , Buddhism , Part , Guid 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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