Africa

"Forty years after King was gunned down on April 4th the challenges that King faced, and that civil rights leaders still face four decades after his assassination are even greater says author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson.

Now, civil rights leaders must confront the indifference, even outright hostility, of many white and non-white Americans to affirmative action, increased spending on social programs, and civil rights marches, and the tormenting plight of the urban black poor, says Hutchinson.

The chronic problems of gang, and drug violence, family breakdown, police abuse, the soaring incarceration rate of young black males, the mounting devastation of HIV and AIDS disease in black communities, abysmally failing inner city public schools, says Hutchinson, have made things even worse for African-Americans. The mostly middle-class civil rights leaders at times have seemed clueless on how to get a handle on those problems.

The furious internal fights among blacks over gay marriage, abortion, and immigration have tormented, perplexed, and forced civil rights leaders to confront their own gender and political biases.

Forty years after King’s murder, the weighty challenges that face African-Americans perplex and frustrate many blacks, says Hutchinson ."

I found the press release above in www.prbuzz.com , written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson. Hutchinson is a nationally acclaimed author and political analyst as mentioned in his blog http://earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com. I am not a fan of politics and I do not like using the words "black" and "white". But it seems that we still see problems in Africa and politicians have to think about it. I like the freedom in North America and I wish we see the freedom everywhere in the world.

Cranberry: nutrition fact

The cranberry is a source of the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus, plus various vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin B1 Thiamine, Vitamin B2 Riboflavin, Vitamin B2 Complex Niacin. Cranberry is also rich in vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and phytonutrients, including flavonoids such as proanthocyanidins (OPC) which are beneficial antioxidants. One cup of cranberries contains about 44 calories. One can of cranberry sauce contains about 600 calories, so be very cautious when dipping into the cranberry sauce while dieting.

Overall, studies have demonstrated that cranberry juice is equivalent to red wine with respect to polyphenol content, antioxidant activity, and vasodilator activity. Although preliminary, the results show that cranberry juice should definitely be a part of a heart-healthy diet.

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bull riders!

If you haven't got your Professional Bull Riders finals tickets you should do that as soon as possible! The Professional Bull Riders World Finals will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada and the tickets will be sold out soon I guess. I want to plan a trip to Las Vegas to attend this exciting event. I have watched the competition before on TV, but this time I would like to try it live and at the right place where it is really happening!

If you search "bull riders" in youtube you will get a big list of exciting clips, but none of them give you the feeling of being in the stadium. Last year PBR announced that they will be partnering with some video game companies to produce video games for Wii, Xbox 360, etc. But again if you are a fan of those games , you know that it won't be as wonderful as the real game!

Last year I was watching Justin McBride, a two-time PBR World Champion, in the final competition and it was so exciting that I decided to attend next year. The Professional Bull Riders World Finals have been held in Las Vegas since 1994. I am sure I will have a lot of fun over there this year. Hope to see you there also!

Cranberry harvest

The nice picture above shows the cranberry harvest. It is a very typical way of harvesting a fruit. I am including a couple short clips about that also.

Happy birthday sweety!

There is a place on internet where you can buy large number of birthday cards for a cheaper price and use them whenever you need. The most important reasons for doing that are :

1. You save your time.
2. You save your money.
3. You can personalize your cards easily.
4. You are always prepared.
   

Shopping online always save you time. You select your cards, order them and you receive them by post at home. Isn't that easy? Most cards are as cheap as $2. So for every card that you buy in a store you can buy two cards from this online card store.

When I want to buy a card in a store, I always have this problem that you can not modify the cards. Your choices are limited to what is in the store and you can not change the cards. But if you buy your cards online then you can personalize them and add your own messages to them. The messages will be printed and will not be hand written any more!

I have selected a card and modified it to have the sentence "Happy birthday sweaty" written in it. It is not only birthday cards that you can find there. You can select any greeting card or holiday card you want and they are all cheap and nice.

healthy body with Raspberry

Raspberries contain significant amounts of antioxidants. Such antioxidants have potential health protection against several human diseases. Raspberry is rich in fiber (up to 20% fiber per total weight) . One cup o f Raspberry contains about 50% daily value of vitamin C and about 60% daily value of manganese and 30% daily value of dietary fiber.

financial counseling

If you want to start investing your money in a business or you have a financial problem you may want to consider advices of a financial counseling service provider like George Divel.

His services include stocks , retirement planning, tax-exempt investments and many other financial services that you can find in his website.