08.11.08
Posted in Miscellaneous at 9:15 pm by Shhh....
By Laura Milligan
No, we’re not advocating the battle to see how few calories you can consume each day or promoting crash diets in any form or function; however, if you’re a snack-o-holic who can’t stop munching and crunching in between meals, try snacking on one of these negative calorie foods instead of gobbling down a cupcake or big bag of chips. Your body can burn more calories just by chewing and processing the snack than the food contains already. In other words, you’ll be able to keep eating throughout the day without packing on extra pounds.
Celery: A staple on most party veggie trays, celery (without the ranch dressing) is a crispy snack that you can enjoy without worrying about taking in any calories. It is high in sugar and sodium, but still much healthier than pigging out on brownies or salty peanuts.
Oranges: Before you leave for work in the morning, toss an orange into your bag for a mid-morning or late afternoon snack. An orange typically contains only 45 calories, so feel free to eat the whole thing!
Strawberries: Strawberries are a popular negative calorie food because of their natural sweetness and juiciness. Sprinkle a few on your breakfast cereal to give your metabolism an extra jumpstart early in the day.
Tangerines: A smaller, more tart version of the orange, tangerines are another negative calorie food that’s both tasty and portable. Enjoy one or two for a snack throughout the day to stimulate your taste buds without having to dig through the candy drawer.
Grapefruit: As big as it is, grapefruit –without the extra sugar on top– is a surprisingly negative calorie food. One-half of a grapefruit only contains 36 calories but a whopping 78% of your daily value of potassium.
Carrots: Carrots don’t just make your eyes sparkle; they also let you snack guilt-free. Snack on baby carrots instead of chips and salsa while you make dinner, or keep a bag in your office refrigerator when you feel the need to eat due to stress.
Apricots: Indulge in nutrient-rich apricots for a sweet snack with negative calories. Your higher metabolism and thinning waistline will thank you.
Lettuce: There’s a dirty little rumor in the magazine industry that the girls at Vogue keep lettuce in their desks to snack on when the hunger pains strike, but they can’t afford to compromise their stick thin figures. We’re guessing you’re not about to go through the day dizzy with starvation, but you can make yourself a hearty salad with lots of lettuce (and other negative calorie veggies!) once you get home. Don’t forget to take it easy on the dressing.
Tomatoes: Chop up a tomato to give your sandwich, salad or egg whites omelet extra flavor without adding any calories.
Cucumbers: Your salad can’t survive on lettuce alone. Cucumbers are another negative calorie food that are great for crunching on when your mouth is getting bored. Check here for tips on growing your own cucumbers.
Watermelon: A traditional summertime treat, enjoying a watermelon is almost fun and delicious as eating candy because of its super sweet, super juicy nature. Plus, you’ll burn off all the calories crunching, digesting, and of course, spitting out the seeds.
Cauliflower: Another party platter vegetable, raw cauliflower is naturally low in fat and of course, calories, so don’t be shy about piling up your cocktail napkin.
Apples: An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but when eaten as a snack instead of candy bars or chips, apples will also keep the calories at bay. With only 81 calories per apple, your body also works a lot harder and longer to digest the fruit many other snack options.
Hot Chili Peppers: Excess seasonings and dressings pile on lots of fat and calories to otherwise healthy meals. To avoid gaining weight simply because you’re a condiments junkie, experiment with more natural seasonings like hot chili peppers, which is a negative calorie food.
Zucchini: Zucchini is a versatile, negative calorie food that can be baked, steamed, fried (not recommended), or prepared in many other ways. With just 15 calories per 100g, make zucchini your new diet staple.
Implementing negative calorie foods into your daily diet doesn’t just help you lose weight by cutting calories; it also speeds up your metabolism and introduces healthier items like fruits and vegetables into your regular food choices and favorite recipes. So no matter how you look at it, you’ll come out ahead.
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Posted in Miscellaneous, Pearls of Wisdom, Events, Do Something...Get Active! at 3:38 pm by Shhh....
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatu
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08.08.08
Posted in Miscellaneous, Do Something...Get Active!, Employment, Scholarships, Internships, & Fellowship at 6:43 pm by Shhh....
*** Please Spread Widely ***
$50,000 in prizes, fantastic videos, and a whole new insight into American Muslim life - that’s what happened last year and why we’re doing it again!
The “One Nation, Many Voices” Online Film Contest asks you to submit short videos illuminating the American Muslim experience and the values—liberty and justice—upon which America was founded.
Everyone in the U.S. is invited to compete, regardless of race or religion, so grab a camera, visit our website at www.linktv.org/onenation for the complete Rules and Regulations, and get filming! You could win some of the $50,000 in prizes, and every finalist wins a Flip Camera. The deadline is September 26, 2008.
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Tags: American Muslims, Film Contest, Muslim in America
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08.07.08
Posted in Miscellaneous, Employment, Scholarships, Internships, & Fellowship at 11:31 pm by Shhh....
The Bill Pickett Memorial Scholarship Fund (”BPMSF”) strongly supports education and benefits youth each year by providing scholarships to Black high school and college students involved or interested in pursuing careers in Rodeo or animal Science.
This special scholarship is awarded based on academic standing, determination, student needs, community involvement and professional recommendations.
The BPMSF is also very fortunate to receive direct financial support from various individuals and businesses. These funds help to ensure selected students an opportunity both to further their education and to participate in rodeos, one of the most exciting sporting events, and one which is constantly growing in popularity. More importantly, these funds provide these youth with a commitment to their future.
The first donations were received from Ed Frazier, Tulsa Oklahoma, Former State Senator Regis Goff, and Former State Representative Sam Williams of Breckenridge, CO., Bill Raye of Los Angeles, CA, Jim Poole of Pueblo, CO and R&B singer Joyce Kennedy. Corporate sponsors were Jerome Whitney/UPS, Northwest Bank/Bob Willis, and Moses Brewer/Coors Brewing Company. We would like to thank these individuals for their generosity and support in getting the BPMSF started.
The first scholarship recipients were Angela Moreaux of Beaumont, Texas, Nikki Douch of Houston, Texas, Lee and Dawn Akin of Hemet, California, Heather Buck from Hempstead, Texas and Tiffany Carter (1993) Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Rookie of the Year) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Amber Stovall, (1997) Rookie of the Year, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tamsen Douglas, (1999) Rookie of the Year, Reno, Nevada, and Craig Jackson, (2001) Bull Riding Champion, Prairie View, Texas.
The BPMSF congratulates and salutes these students who have persevered beyond expectations, and commends their selfless spirit, as they become upstanding citizens of their respective communities.
The BPMSF currently is developing a traveling exhibit of Black Cowboys of the West and
“The Bill Pickett Spirit of the West Trail Ride”.
For donations and volunteers, please call (303) 373-1246 or fax information to
(303) 373-2747.
http://www.billpickettrodeo.com/new/scholarship.html
FYI - Application is available on the website!
Tags: African American Youth, Bill Pickett, Black Cowboys, Black Rodeo, Black Youth, Scholarships
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 11:19 pm by Shhh....
*Dr. Michael S. Brown*
*Dec. 28, 2001*
The year was 1957. Monroe, N.C., was a rigidly segregated town where all
levels of white society and government were dedicated to preserving the
racial status quo. Blacks who dared to speak out were subject to brutal,
sadistic violence.
It was common practice for convoys of Ku Klux Klan members to drive through
black neighborhoods shooting in all directions. A black physician who owned
a nice brick house on a main road was a frequent target of racist anger.
In the summer of 1957, a Klan motorcade sent to attack the house was met by
a disciplined volley of rifle fire from a group of black veterans and NRA
members led by civil rights activist Robert F. Williams.
Using military-surplus rifles from behind sandbag fortifications, the small
band of freedom fighters drove off the larger force of Klansmen with no
casualties reported on either side.
Williams, a former Marine who volunteered to lead the Monroe chapter of the
NAACP and founded a 60-member NRA-chartered rifle club, described the battle
in his 1962 book, “Negroes With Guns,” which was reprinted in 1998 by Wayne
State University Press.
According to Williams, the Monroe group owed its survival in the face of
vicious violence to the fact that they were armed. In several cases, police
officials who normally ignored or encouraged Klan violence took steps to
prevent whites from attacking armed blacks. In other cases, fanatical
racists suddenly turned into cowards when they realized their intended
victims were armed.
Oddly, it appears that the organized armed blacks of Monroe never shot any
of their tormentors. The simple existence of guns in the hands of men who
were willing to use them prevented greater violence.
It is important to note that the guns were not used offensively. They were
part of an overall strategy that relied primarily on peaceful protest like
picketing or entering whites-only establishments. Williams demonstrated that
the dignified and responsible use of firearms for self-defense was an
important method to achieve justice for those denied fair treatment by all
institutions of government.
The civil rights movement was deeply divided between those who espoused a
pacifist, non-violent approach and those who believed that human beings had
a right and a duty to use force in self-defense. Williams was the most
influential leader of the self-defense wing of the movement.
His effort to provide guns and training to African-American civil rights
supporters was alarming to white politicians. Most state gun control laws,
not just in the South, were blatantly designed to keep guns out of the hands
of blacks and other minorities. Those with racist beliefs were not pleased
when blacks claimed the right to keep and bear arms that is guaranteed to
all Americans.
The connection with the NRA might surprise some people who portray the
organization as a haven for racist rednecks. Former NRA Executive Director
Tanya Metaksa spoke with Williams before his death. She recalls, “He was
very proud of being an NRA member and that the NRA sanctioned his club
without question.”
The civil rights organizations of today bear little resemblance to the
deadly serious armed activists of Monroe. African-American leaders generally
support the liberal white line that guns are evil and have no place in
modern society.
On the other hand, small numbers of responsible black gun owners continue to
honor their heritage by practicing their marksmanship and joining gun rights
organizations. The tradition of the black gun club still lives on in the
Tenth Cavalry Gun club, led by Ken Blanchard in Prince Georges County, Md.
While researching this column, I contacted Don Kates, a civil rights
attorney who went to North Carolina in 1963 to participate in the movement.
I asked if he ever carried a gun during those days and he responded with a
list of a half-dozen that were always within reach.
Kates also suggested that I read a letter written by an old friend of his
from those days, John R. Salter Jr., who is now Professor Emeritus at the
University of North Dakota. Here are two brief quotes:
In the early 1960s, I taught at Tougaloo College, a black school in Jackson,
Mississippi. I was a member of the statewide board of the NAACP and was
Chairman of the Jackson Movement. No one knows what kind of massive racist
retaliation would have been directed at grass-roots black people had the
black community not had a healthy measure of firearms within it.
During most of the 1960s I did civil rights work in various parts of the
South and almost always had with me a .38 special Smith and Wesson
2-inch-barrel revolver ? what you would now erroneously call a “Saturday
Night Special.”
In 1962 the Monroe freedom fighters were overwhelmed by a huge mob that
converged on the town. The Justice Department and the state police ignored
calls for help. The rabid racists were aided by law enforcement that branded
Williams a communist and a dangerous schizophrenic.
Rob Williams eluded an FBI manhunt and fled to Cuba, which he erroneously
believed to be free of racism. Within five years he realized that Cuba was
not as he had imagined and moved on to China. There he was treated as a
celebrity and returned to the United States in 1969 with the quiet blessing
of Richard Nixon.
Williams worked as a China scholar at the University of Michigan and
reportedly advised Henry Kissinger on Chinese affairs. He died in 1996.
Dr. Michael S. Brown is an optometrist and member of Doctors for Sensible
Gun Laws, www.dsgl.org. He may be reached at rkba2000@yahoo.com
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