Junk food and depression

Here are some interesting articles linking the two together.
The holidays are notorious for depression for many folks. Please mind what you eat both at work and at home during this holiday season.
Junk Food Linked To Violence and Depression
A food additive found in most fast foods and junk foods may trigger violence and depression later in [...]

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The skin game in music (an interesting conversation with my wife)

Last night after watching the Tyra show with my wife (something we have not done in months), we got into an interesting conversation about acceptance levels based on skin tones. You see, Tyra’s show was about the expectancies men have of women based on their ethnicities. Sounds very trivial, but it was an interesting way [...]

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Christmas decoration tip #2

“Santa, Rudolph, toy soldiers from The Nutcracker and Frosty were not in attendance at the birth of Jesus. Please…not all together.“

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White skin in a bottle (use at your own risk)

UK’s skin bleaching trade exposed
By CNN’s Alphonso Van Marsh
LONDON, England (CNN) — Accompanied by body-armor vested London police officers, Lambeth Senior Trading Standards Officer Ray Bouch walks into a beauty and cosmetics shop on Brixton’s Electric Avenue.
Bouch works for the London borough’s Public Protection Unit — tasked with keeping everything from faulty condoms to [...]

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Taking the first step

The first of the “10,000 Men” step out for some “field training.”
Taking peace to the streets
By Andrew Maykuth
Inquirer Staff Writer
With enthusiasm that belied their numbers, the first 100 men committed to encouraging thousands of African Americans to become community activists took to the street yesterday in a “field training” exercise.
On a sunny, brisk day, the [...]

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The real question here is “Why?”

Study Shows Ohio Lacks Minority Teachers
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) - Minority teachers continue to be underrepresented in Ohio classrooms while the state’s minority student population grows, a new study found.
Only about 6 percent of the state’s teaching force is made up of minorities, according to a study released by the Center for Teaching Quality in North [...]

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Brazilian injustice

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A teenage girl was locked up on theft charges in an Amazon jail for weeks with 21 men who she said would only let her eat in return for sex, according to authorities, setting off a national scandal over the treatment of women by Brazil’s justice system.
The 15-year-old said [...]

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Who is Keith Leaphart?

Big money is backing a threat to Brady
A newcomer considers a primary run against the Phila. power.
By Marcia Gelbart
Inquirer Staff Writer
While U.S. Rep. Bob Brady has escaped any serious election threat since 2000, his blowout loss in the spring’s Democratic mayoral primary led to rumblings that his Teflon may be eroding.
Now comes a political newcomer, [...]

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Somehow all the noise over an alleged flushing of the koran doesn’t sound all that bad

Funny how there was such an outcry and self-flagellation of some Americans surrounding allegations that interrogators flushed the koran down the toilet. You barbaric Americans should take note on how to apply “justice”.
Saudi Arabia Marks 136th Beheading of 2007
Foxnews.com
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities on Sunday beheaded a citizen convicted of shooting a man [...]

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Christmas decoration tip #1

From time to time over the next few weeks leading up to Christmas, I will be offering some free Christmas decoration advice (observations I have been wanting to get off of my chest for years).
#1
If the glowing outdoor Santa you have been using for years in front of your house has a Black face due [...]

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