Old beer and new monkeys

“Antibiotic” Beer Gave Ancient Africans Health Buzz (National Geographic)
Humans have been downing beer for millennia. In certain instances, some drinkers got an extra dose of medicine, according to an analysis of Nubian bones from Sudan in North Africa.
George Armelagos is an anthropologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. For more than two decades, he and [...]

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Smith and Z adding their mix to the beauty industry

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z are among the big-name investors in a Brooklyn-based beauty line called “Carol’s Daughter,” according to the New York Post.
The group of movie and music stars invested $10 million in the Brooklyn beauty-products company started by Lisa Price and plan to take the brand nationwide, according to the paper…more

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But I thought Islam was a peaceful religion

This Week’s Palestinian Authority Sermon: We (Muslims) Will Rule America; Israel is a Cancer; Jews are a Virus Resembling AIDS; Muslims Will Finish Them Off
“We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again. The day will come when we will rule America. [...]

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