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Have you ever wondered the best way to eat food - raw, slightly cooked, moderately cooked or well done? Do you know that the way you prepare food can determine whether you can get all of the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and simple sugars from your food? Although all of the nutrients might be in the food, if the food is cooked incorrectly the food will not digest ...More

Website: www.chefmoz.org What is it about?: Restaurant directory run by volunteer editors (a feature that I really like) ; part of the Open Directory Project. Solicits public submissions of restaurant entries and reviews. More

While mainstream media and many Republican politicians are responding to this issue regarding an Afghan man who is facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity, the long trend of Islamic persecution towards Christians is something that has been going on for a long time. Bring this fact up to some people and they will quickly remind you of the Crusades (a war between the Catholic church and ...More

WJZ) African-American students from St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore and students from Beth Tfiloh High School, in Pikesville, have come together to share their cultures. On Wednesday, as part of an exchange program called BLEWS, sophomores from both schools met at Beth Tfiloh to learn about Purim, a Jewish holiday. Later, all students went to St. Frances, where they shared laughs while working in the community garden. They also spent ...More

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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - BMW intends to start serial production of a hydrogen-burning 7-Series executive car within two years, the world's largest premium automaker said on Tuesday. "We will present such a vehicle to the public in less than two years," a spokesman said, confirming media reports. BMW had said last year its hydrogen-fuelled cars, which emit only water vapour, would make their debut in 2010. BMW intends to build a few ...More

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research has long shown that older adults face a higher risk of death soon after losing a spouse. But a new study suggests that while the phenomenon affects white spouses, the same is not true of black spouses. In an analysis of data on more than 400,000 older married couples in the U.S., researchers found that the death of a spouse appeared to substantially increase a ...More

Darla Montgomery has raised the bar in local TV. At 43, the petite African-American news veteran, who still looks like she’s barely 30, has commanded a salary higher than any female news anchor before her. (more...) More

A CNN poll today reminded me of something I had thought about a while ago: "Should homeowners be allowed to rebuild in flood-prone areas of New Orleans?" At the time of this post, 72% say no while the remaining (28%) says yes. When this issue first came up, my initial reaction was "no" because it would legitmize the endless pork spending on folks who continue to build in areas they know are prone ...More

First, the news... HAVANA, March 20 (Reuters) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is visiting communist Cuba to learn about disaster relief, a visit prompted by the failure of the U.S. government to cope with Hurricane Katrina, he said on Monday. The controversial Nation of Islam leader, who is visiting Cuba for a week, criticized Washington for refusing a Cuban offer to send doctors after Katrina devastated New Orleans last August, ...More

Shay Reily of BookerRising comments on a recent article in the New York Times that suggests that the plight of African-American men has worsened despite the gains of other groups: "Let us not forget the how-not-to-be-poor-in-America formula put forth by black libertarian economist Walter Williams: graduate from high school, don't have children before marriage, stay away from drugs, stay out of jail, and have a decent work ethic. While it is ...More

"The experiment started in a small way in 1994, when Estonia became the first country in Europe to introduce a “flat tax” on personal and corporate income. Income is taxed at a single uniform rate of 26%: no schedule of rates, no deductions. The economy has flourished. Others followed: first, Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia's Baltic neighbours; later Russia (with a rate of 13% on personal income), then Slovakia (19% on ...More

I just caught this latest article that had me ready to S-L-L-L-AP somebody. Here is more self-dumbing down of our own race: == "Enter former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial who is claiming that the upcoming election will not fair. More