Are You Eating Too Much Salt?

We may be getting nearly four times the amount of salt we need
By Kate Barrett
ABC News

Today one group advocating healthy eating says that at some chain restaurants, we may be getting nearly four times the amount of salt we need in a day in one single sitting.

"If the meal was high in fat, it was high in salt. If it was low in fat, it was low in salt. Salt city at restaurants," Michael Jacobson, executive director of Center for Science in the Public Interest told ABC News.

Instead of eating those meals, some suggest steering clear of salty foods and choosing healthier alternatives when eating out, cooking at home and even opting for drive-through where portions are smaller.

U.S. dietary guidelines recommend healthy adults get a maximum daily dose of about 2,300 mg of salt. But some of the meals on CSPI's list had more than 6,000 mg. With large portion sizes, sit-down restaurants like Red Lobster, Chili's and Olive Garden can be more of a problem than fast food.

Doctors like Keith Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, worry because too much salt can contribute to high blood pressure, potentially leading to heart attack and stroke.

But salt is an inexpensive flavor enhancer that your taste buds quickly get used to and crave -- and it can be tricky to monitor how much you're consuming, Ayoob said.

Two cases in point: An otherwise healthy stir-fry can be loaded with salt and so can broth-based soups.

See: Are You Eating Too Much Salt?

GM not renewing 1,100 dealers' leases

GM seeking to reduce the number of dealers from 6,200 to roughly 3,600
By Christopher K. Hepp
Philly.com - Inquirer Staff Writer

Notifications came a day after Chrysler, which is in bankruptcy, announced it was cutting ties with 789 of its 3,200 dealers, including 11 in the Philadelphia region.

The moves by both automakers are designed to bolster performance by reducing the number of competing dealerships.

GM is seeking to reduce the number of its dealers from about 6,200 to roughly 3,600 by the end of 2010. The remaining cuts will come from closed Saturn and Hummer dealers, along with 400 dealers that the company expects will close voluntarily. An additional 500 would be consolidated into other dealerships.

GM is doing so as part of a restructuring aimed at saving the automaker. It has received $15.4 billion in aid from the federal government and faces a June 1 government-imposed deadline to dramatically reduce costs or file for bankruptcy. Chief executive officer Fritz Henderson said yesterday that bankruptcy was "probable."

See: GM not renewing 1100 dealers' leases

Chrysler Plans to Shut 1 in 4 of Its U.S. Dealers

Nearly 800 dealers were given notice that they would be cut off next month
By Bill Vlasic and Nick Bunkley
New York Times

The historic downsizing of the American auto industry swept through new-car showrooms on Thursday, as dealers across the country, from Fuller Jeep in Rockland, Me., to Island Dodge in Hawaii, learned that they would be forced to close their doors.

In all, nearly 800 dealers selling various Chrysler brands were given notice Thursday that they would be cut off next month. Meanwhile, General Motors is preparing to close up to 2,600 more of its dealers by next year.

Dealers like Ward Drennen, who runs the business his great-grandfather opened 101 years ago near Birmingham, Ala., learned of their fate in letters delivered Thursday morning by U.P.S.
“I had a small crowd around me when I opened it, all hoping for the best,” said Mr. Drennen, who took over ownership of Don Drennen Chrysler Jeep from his ailing father only a few days ago.

“We were shocked,” he said. “We’ve been in Birmingham for almost as long as Birmingham has been here, and selling cars for almost as long as they’ve been building them.”

The National Automobile Dealers Association has estimated that all the dealership closings, including ones already announced by G.M. and Chrysler, represent 187,000 jobs, more than the number of people who work for the two car companies in the United States.

“Even though we knew it was coming, it’s still a shock to see those names in black and white,” said John McEleney, chairman of the dealers association.

The unprecedented closings reflect the precarious financial state of both G.M. and Chrysler, which have been subsisting on government loans since the beginning of the year.

See: Go to Article from The New York Times »

Nike to cut about 1,750 jobs worldwide

Demand for its products slow as the global economic meltdown hurt consumer spending
By Sarah Skidmore
Associated Press

Shoe and apparel company Nike Inc. said Thursday that it will cut about 1,750 jobs worldwide, or 5 percent of its global work force.

About 500 of the jobs lost will be at Nike's world headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. The company did not specify what departments the cuts would be in.

Nike had announced in February that it would cut jobs as part of a realignment of its business. In March, it said it was reducing layers of management, among other organizational changes.
Like many companies, Nike has seen demand for its products slow as the global economic meltdown hurt consumer spending.

The company plans to complete the reductions in the coming weeks.

"Our new structure sharpens our consumer focus globally to drive continued growth while positioning Nike Inc. competitively in today's marketplace," Chief Executive Mark Parker said in a statement. "We remain a growth company and we know these changes have created a stronger organization that will enable us to invest in our most significant opportunities."

The company, whose other brands include Converse, Cole Haan and Umbro, remains the industry leader. But Nike saw its profit drop in the most recent quarter, largely on one-time items, and its revenue fell 2 percent as the economic downturn dragged on.

California to layoffs of 5,000 state workers

Calif. ordering layoffs to cover $15.4B deficit
By Judy Lin
Associated Press

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that thousands of state employees must be laid off and billions of dollars must be slashed from the budget to deal with a deficit that tops $15 billion and could widen again within days.

"I understand that these cuts are very painful and they affect real lives," Schwarzenegger said during a news conference. "This is the harsh reality and the reality that we face. Sacramento is not Washington — we cannot print our own money. We can only spend what we have."
The state approved billions in budget cuts and revenue increases earlier this year but they were not enough to keep up with a sharp drop in tax revenue as the recession batters the state's economy.

California still faces a deficit of $15.4 billion in the fiscal year that starts July 1. That will grow to $21.3 billion if voters reject budget-related measures during a special election next week.
The Republican governor released budget proposals that account for both deficit numbers and call for across-the-board cuts that will strike at the core of state services.

Starting Friday, the administration will send layoff notices to 5,000 state government employees, a move that is designed to cut the general work force by 5 percent but would take months to complete. Funding for health and human services and the higher education system also would be cut.

See: Calif. ordering layoffs to cover $15.4B deficit

KOY-Office of Environmental Affairs Recommends Planting Vegetable Gardens

Vegetable Gardens Save Money, Environmentally-Friendly
KNN Staff

Gardening means different things to different people. Thousands view gardening as a hobby, a relaxing escape from the pressures of an urban environment. For these people, the food produced may be almost secondary. Growing fresh vegetables, herbs, or fruits provides a great sense of joy and accomplishment. A vegetable garden can also reduce the family's food budget, and it can be a source of hard-to-find vegetables such as kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, horseradish, salsify, and pak choi. One of the main reasons that people garden is that vegetables from the supermarket cannot compare in taste, quality, or freshness with vegetables grown in the home garden.

A great many things happen when you plant a vegetable garden, some of them directly related to climate change, others indirect but related nevertheless. Growing food, we forget, comprises the original solar technology: calories produced by means of photosynthesis. Years ago the cheap-energy mind discovered that more food could be produced with less effort by replacing sunlight with fossil-fuel fertilizers and pesticides, with a result that the typical calorie of food energy in your diet now requires about 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy to produce. It’s estimated that the way we feed ourselves (or rather, allow ourselves to be fed) accounts for about a fifth of the greenhouse gas for which each of us is responsible.

Let's change the world - Plant a vegetable garden today!!!!

Hebrew Israelite Community Gains Acceptance In Israel

By Stephanie Rice
The Huffington Post
Dimona, Israel

As a young African-American man in late 1970s Chicago, Atur Yirmeyahu was contemplating the fairly standard dilemmas of whether to go to graduate school and ask his girlfriend of three years to marry him.

Before the year was over, he had decided on a wholly unorthodox way forward. Scrapping the university plans and breaking up with his girlfriend, he left his hometown for a sleepy desert settlement in southern Israel.

He has hardly seen his family in the three decades since he packed his bags, but here, in this working-class Negev town, he says he has found his rightful home. Yirmeyahu is part of the 2,500-strong Hebrew Israelite community settled in one of three neighboring villages.

The first group of vegan, polygamous and ethnically African-American settlers arrived in 1969, following their young, charismatic leader, Ben Ammi Ben Israel. Ben Ammi, formerly a Chicago factory worker named Ben Carter, preached that black Americans were descendants of one of Israel's lost tribes and needed to return to their homeland.

To the Hebrew Israelites, or Black Hebrews as they're known here, Ben Ammi is the Messiah and their exodus from America an escape from oppression and violence.

Yirmeyahu said he grew up in a crime-ridden neighborhood, experimented with drugs in college and "shudders to think" what might have become of him if he had stayed in Chicago.

"The most common cause of death in the black community was handgun murder," he said, sitting on a bench in the village courtyard on a recent afternoon, a group of teenage boys playing basketball nearby. "I've been shot. I've wrestled with individuals with guns. The black experience -- the captivity -- it wasn't a picnic."

Life hasn't always been carefree here either. For decades, the group battled the government for the right to live in Israel. They refused to officially convert to Judaism to satisfy the religious nationalists who doubted their authenticity, arguing they didn't need to prove themselves to anyone. There were mass deportations, and newcomers often resorted to sneaking in, sometimes posing as tour groups.

"It was a big struggle," said Hagit Peres, a Ben-Gurion University professor and anthropologist who has studied the Black Hebrews. "They didn't get anything easily, and many left during the process."

In recent years, some of that tension has dissolved. There was a turning point in 2003 when the government awarded the community permanent residency, allowing them to join the army and apply for full citizenship. Several weeks ago, the government approved a citizenship application from a Black Hebrew man for the first time.

"It's a great victory for us," said Avichiel Ben Israel, a spokesman for the group. "It shows us that the God of Israel lives. We see it in a very historic manner -- after 40 years, being recognized."

Hiskiyahoo, the director of the one of the nearby villages, said the citizenship is validation that Ben Ammi's teachings are correct and that community members are following the right path in their quest to create what they call the Kingdom of Yah, or "Kingdom of God," on Earth.

"All the things he said have come to pass," Hiskiyahoo said.

To be sure, the Black Hebrews have come a long way in their relations with government and society here. They run a successful national chain of vegan restaurants, more than 300 of their youth are serving in the army and their choirs regularly perform throughout the country. In 2006, Israelis even chose Black Hebrew singer Eddie Butler to represent them in the Eurovision song contest.

"Before, people thought that we were a cult," said Avichiel, the spokesman. "That perception has changed now that people have the opportunity to visit and see that it couldn't be farther from the truth. We have a culture, a way of life."

But while their lifestyle has similarities to Judaism -- they practice circumcision, celebrate Passover and observe the Sabbath -- there are major differences that still raise eyebrows among Jewish Israelis. There's the polygamy, for example. It's common for men to take several wives and have more than a dozen children -- a practice Avichiel says stems from an uneven female-to-male ratio and strict purity rules that keep women from fulfilling their domestic role during their periods and after childbirth.

"There are more women than there are men, it's really practical," he said, sitting on a couch in an office with a framed photo of Ben Ammi staring serenely from the wall. "During menstruation, she's set aside and doesn't prepare food. After childbirth she's isolated for 40 days after a boy, or 80 days after a female. So you kind of need more than one."

Yirmeyahu, the Chicago native, has only one wife and no children but hopes to marry two more women and have at least 10 kids. He is also hopeful he will be among the next to receive Israeli citizenship. "I was never an American anyway," he said.

KOY's Participation in the 2009 Durban Review Conference--Geneva Switzerland

KNN Staff
Dimona, Israel

The Durban Review Conference (20-24 April) served to evaluate progress towards the goals which had been originally set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban, South Africa-2001).

The Review Conference which convened on 20-24th April in Geneva, Switzerland served as a catalyst to fulfilling the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action agreed at the 2001 World Conference through reinvigorated actions, initiatives and practical solutions.

The African Hebrew Israelite Community's NGO the African Hebew Development Agency (AHDA) was represented by Dr. Ahtur Khazriel Ben-Yehuda on April 24, 2009.

Dr. Khazriel Ben-Yehuda diplomatically delivered a sharp blow by way of undeniable, solid words of truth to the world's statesmen and women, citing the global community's need to acknowledge "TRUTH" in order to end the lies, fears, profound ignorance and hatred which has brought the human family at its lowest point in the 6,000 years since the Genesis.

Though not shown on this footage, he received a standing ovation afterwards, and the clip of his speech was shown on Israel's Channel 2.

To view and listen to his thought-provoking discourse which has been heralded to the four corners of the earth, surely playing its role in activating the universal corrective forces to bring about the end of unrighteousness, please click here, then scroll down to the "15:00-18:00, 12th meeting" under African Hebrew Development Agency and enjoy!!!

Dimona's Exemplary Lifestyle Lauded as Model for Global Community

GHANA'S FORMER MINISTER MAJOR QUASHIGAH NAMED FOR AFRICA'S BEST HEALTH MINISTER AWARD

By The Country Award Council
Ghana Music

The Country Awards Council – Ghana has named Ghana's Former Minister for Health, Major Quashigah, FGNAHAF as Africa's Best Health Minister in recent times and Ghanaians should be proud.

The Award will be presented to the Former Health Minister later this month in Accra.

This recognition is as a result of Quasigah's outstanding and exceptional contribution towards initiating a national health education on healthy lifestyle living and nutrition in Ghana and his efforts has grandly become extremely successful since the Africa Union has called on member states to declare the last Friday of each year as Africa's Healthy Lifestyles Day. A decision the AU took in July 2008.

In a letter addressed to the Former Health Minister, Major Quashigah by Prince Immanuel Ben–Yehuda of the African Israelite Hebrew Development Agency dated 8th March 2009, it reads “Their efforts certainly serve as vindication of the vision that you had, to develop a new paradigm for health in Africa which has its core the prevention of diseases. But also the AU/WHO programme represents a tribute to you and the people of Ghana for leading in a direction in which all of the continent can benefit. For truly all are benefiting from your vision, courage and genuine for our people.”

The letter further said “I am taken aback the story you shared with us about how you sat on the side of your bed and wept upon your appointment to head the health ministry, wondering how you could transform it from “a spending ministry,” to that which assisted the President and the nation to meet economic development goals. Verily God heard the sincerity in your plea and you have accomplished that and much more. Today we testify that the entire continent is prepared to follow your example.”

The beginning of this effort by Ghana's Former Health Minister was necessitated when he once visited a small town in Israel. Quasigah's enormous efforts dates back to 4th October 2005 when he featured in a press briefing at Ghana's Ministry of Information where he delivered a paper on “Creating Wealth through Health, a New Paradigm shift for Ghana's Development” with focus on nutrition, healthy lifestyle and preventive health with curative medicine as the last result.

In a background history of the community during the press briefing, Major Quashigah said “The African Israelite Hebrew Community in Israel has a population of about 3000 African American people who migrated to Israel and through the adoption of healthy lifestyle and environment, has been able to overcome the health problems facing Africans and people of African descent today”.

In addition he stated that, “Dimona, popularly known as the “Village of hope in Israel” has modelled its health care on health promotion and disease prevention instead of treatment; citing that after 38 years of actively promoting lifestyle changes including regular exercise, and environmental cleanliness, Dimona has effectively eliminated most communicable diseases and more especially, non – communicable diseases we treat in Africa today.

“In fact Dimona has been extensively studied by renowned researchers from diverse fields and they have been amazed at their findings. These include no single record of the following: heart disease, diabetics, prostrate cancer, infant and maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS; and malaria said the Former Health Minister”.

After having toured the length and breath of Ghana, inaugurating keep fit clubs, constructing regenerative and nutrition health centres, personally designing adverts and posters to be put on television and bill boards, moving from one second cycle school to the other and finally ensuring that government came out with a national health policy in September 2007 with emphasis on creating wealth through health, Major Quasigah's fight for this course to promote this initiative did not end in Ghana.

He went an extra mile to further deliver a speech on Health Education, Healthy Lifestyle Living and Nutrition at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Conference in Geneva in 2006 and the African Union Health Ministers Conference in South Africa in 2007.

As of now, Britain and other countries have reintroduced cookery and nutrition as a subject to be studied by students thereby ensuring that everyone has first hand information on proper food intake of diets such as low sugar, low fat, low salt etc., and further reinforcing their physical education in schools and amongst the entire citizenry.

Why should Ghana not be proud of this, the pace setters yet we falling behind an initiative we have propounded, still having huge health expenditures thereby weakening our economy because of the adoption of western of life.

These obvious and envious, invaluable, unique and exemplary leadership contributions as Ghana's former Minister for Health made him to be admitted into the WEST AFRICA NOBLES FORUM IN 2005.

In addition, the West African Noble's Forum crowned Quashigah as the BEST HEALTH MINISTER in West Africa for the year 2008.

Today Quasigah's legacy has stood the test of time, redefining Africa's Excellence and once again making Ghana the pace setter in African Affairs. It is of no doubt that one sole, armed with truth courage and dedication can change the destiny of a nation.

Major Quashigah is a Distinguished Leader of Great Humane, A Governor, An Intelligent Statesman, An Expect in Intelligence, A Ranger, A Paratrooper, A Peacekeeper, A Warrior, A Defender, An Astute Politician, An Orator, A Youth Developer, A Musician, A Boxer, An Athlete, A Marshal Artist, An Agriculturalist, A Health Advocate, A Manager, An Administrator, A Strategist, A Policeman, A Holistic Soldier and Army Officer (Rtd.), A Facilitator, A Moderator, A Mentor and Role Model; A True Patriot and an Illustrious Son of Mother Ghana.

As one time Ghana's Minister for Food & Agriculture during the President Kufour's Administration, for the first time in many years, Ghanaians experienced abundant food supply all year round. Some of his greatest records made in that ministry were the perennial post harvest losses that were significantly reduced. Furthermore, the ministry also effectively promoted the processing, storage and packaging of agricultural products adding value to them while ensuring that Ghanaians eat nutritious diet from locally produced foods, commodities and products. In addition the Agricultural Policy was designed. His performance in this ministry made him to be adjudged the MINISTER OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP in 2002 by Ghanaians. In the year 2003 Quashigah was crowned as both the PERSONALITY and MINISTER OF THE YEAR.

This is a legacy of an illustrious son of Ghana that other Ministers of State and Ghanaians in general should emulate in order for a better Ghana to be built.

In conclusion, Ghana's Former Health Minister deserves to be honoured for such a brilliant display of patriotism for Ghana, far and beyond and service to humanity which will forever remain an unprecedented record in global history.

The council further wish to congratulate the men and women of all professionals back in the Ministry of Health for their support services and encourage them to keep up with the good work. God Bless Our Homeland Ghana And May God Bless The Black People.
Source: The Country Award Council - Ghana Music

http://www.modernghana.com/news/210255/1/ghanas-former-minister-major-quashigah-named-for-a.html

Classic Prince Aharon Classes Available on "CD"

Digitally re-mixed classics are now available
KNN Staff

Digitally re-mixed classic of Nasik Aharon are now available. Timeless classes such as "The Law of Increase", "Removing The Curse of Tempermentalism", and "The Secrets Hidden in the Mind of Yah" just to name a few are now available.

Classes taught by his son and student Ahtur Keymah are also being released. Please contact our KNN Staff at keymah777@aol.com for more information.

Place your order today!!!!!!

A Very Special Passover for The African Hebrews Israelites

Their story of determination to find their own place in modern Israel has a happy ending
by Julian Kossoff
Telegraph.co.uk

Passover is with us once again and the Biblical epic of the exile and the journey home of the people of Israel, fills-up the Jewish conciousness.

Forty years in the wilderness finally ends with the redemption of return. And so it is for the Black Hebrews. After decades of denial they have finally found acceptance in the land of Israel.
Recently 62-year-old Ben Yehuda - father of 10 children and husband of three women - became the first member of the his community to gain full Israeli citizenship.

"I can only describe this journey in relationship to my forefathers," he said. "They were able to endure. As long as we put fulfilling the will of the God of Israel first, there's no challenge that we can't overcome."

Initially viewed as a shadowy sect, the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem - or Black Hebrews, as they are more commonly - have sparred with the Israeli government for decades over their right to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return.

But presaging Ben Yehuda's achievement last month, Israel granted the community permanent residency status in 2003, offering its 3,000 members a five-year path to apply for citizenship on an individual basis.

Theirs story of determination to find their own place in modern Israel which saw many trial and tribulations has a happy ending, strengthening Israel's claim to be a flourishing multi-cultural democracy, and a powerful anecdote against the extremist "Zionism equals racism" lie.

The founders of the Hebrew community are blacks, primarily from Chicago, who identify themselves as descendants of the Tribe of Judah and view Israel as their ancestral homeland.
Their lifestyle incorporates Baptist worship practices and elements of traditional African culture. They fast on the Sabbath and are strict vegans. They also manufacture kosher vegan foods at their factory in the desert town of Dimona.

Like Karaite Jews, the Black Hebrews observe biblically mandated holy days but not those instituted by rabbinical decree, such as Hanukkah and Purim. They also celebrate their own holidays, including an annual spring festival called New World Kingdom Passover, a two-day commemoration of the anniversary of the 1967 "exodus" from America.

The 1970s and '80s were characterized by mass arrests and deportations on one side, and by accusations of racism and denials of the legitimacy of the Israeli government on the other.
But since, the tension has subsided and the unique community now commands the respect of their fellow Israelis.

In August 2008, Israel's president, Shimon Peres, celebrated his 85th birthday in Dimona, where he visited their settlement, the Village of Peace, and told the black Hebrews. "Your community is beloved in Israel. You give the country happiness and song and hope for a better world."

Also See: Black Hebrews

8 and Counting: Mass Murders in 2009

As US Reels From Latest Killings, Some Say Such Shootings Are on the Rise
ABC News.com











A brutal shooting spree in Alabama. A mass slaying in a nursing home on a Sunday morning. A bloody rampage at an immigration center.

As the public struggles to uncover the reasons behind the eight seemingly senseless mass murders so far this year, many researchers are working to determine whether this apparent surge in violence indicates a larger trend, and whether to expect more in the months to come.

Mark Kopta, chairman and professor in the department of psychology at the University of Evansville in Indiana, has researched extensively the country's mass killings, which he defines as attacks leading to the deaths of at least five people, including the killer's suicide.

"This is not a savory subject," Kopta said.

But, he added, it may be one that is becoming increasingly relevant to the U.S. public. In a paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago this month, he found three incidents in the United States fitting this profile between 1930 and 1970. Three more followed over the course of the 1970s.

In the 1980s, however, there were 10 such incidents of mass murder. The 1990s had 17; and, since the new millennium began, there have been 25 such mass murders.

Six of them occurred last year. And 2009 has already topped that with eight such killings.

See: Why? The Alarming Leap in Mass Murders

Earthquake Slams Italy

Thousands Homeless, 1,500 Injured
by Gary Davis
Associated Content

Italy has had an earthquake. Italy's earthquake occurred in the city of L'Aquila and is now responsible for the deaths of 90 people as BBC News reports.

Another source, OFW Station out of Manila, Philippines, tells us that the intensity of the earthquake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale which is quite strong leaving tens of thousands homeless. It hit in several Italian cities.

In BBC News' article "Powerful Italian quake kills many," the reporting goes on to add that in addition to the dead and homeless, 1,500 are injured and many are missing which of course typically means more people will be found dead.

The Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi declared a state of emergency and also was quoted in the article as saying there will be a "record number of rescuers.

"The impact of the earthquake affected 26 cities and damaged thousands of buildings. Somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 are homeless and the Italian authorities are trying to find a place to put them. Many are carrying their belongings with them.

According to witnesses there was quite a bit of panic. The large earthquake measuring 6.3 was preceded by an earthquake measuring 4.6. People, in a panicked state ran into the street to see walls crumbling.

It is supposed that many of the missing people are under ruble.

The final state of the city is that a tremor is occurring every 30 minutes.

Many of the buildings in the town of L'Aquila had walls destroyed. Keep in mind L'Aquila is an "ancient town" and these buildings were not capable of withstanding this type of shaking.

See: Eyewitnesses describe Italy earthquake

The Wonders of Peroxide

The Many Benefits of 3% Peroxide
KNN Staff

This was written by Becky Ransey of Indiana

'I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little old bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1..00 at any drug store. My husband has been in the medical field for over 36 years, and most doctors don't tell you about peroxide, or they would lose thousands of dollars.'

1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I bathe) No more canker sores and your teeth will be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash. (Small print says mouth wash and gargle right on the bottle)

2. Let your tooth brushes soak in a cup of 'Peroxide' to keep them free of germs.

3. Clean your counters, table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray it on the counters.

4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour peroxide on it to kill salmonella and other bacteria.

5. I had fungus on my feet for years - until I sprayed a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every night and let dry.

6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes several times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would not heal with any medicine, but was healed by soaking in peroxide.

7. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your septic system like bleach or most other disinfectants will.

8. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50 mixture whenever you have a cold, or plugged sinuses. It will bubble and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes then blow your nose into a tissue.

9. If you have a terrible toothache and cannot get to a dentist right away, put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth and hold it for ten minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly.

10. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid boils, fungus, or other skin infection.

11. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on clothing, pour directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute, then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.

12. I use peroxide to clean my mirrors with, and there is no smearing which is why I love it so much for this.

I could go on and on. It is a little brown bottle no home should be without! With prices of most necessities rising, I'm glad there's a way to save tons of money in such a simple, healthy manner.

Enjoy!!!!!

G20 SUMMIT DOUBLES-UP AGAINST DANIEL’S PROPHECY

“OBAMA” HITS LONDON AS G20 SUMMIT STARTS WITH THE HAND OF PROPHECY AGAINST THEM
by Soferet Baht Yehuda
KNN London, British Isles

The Bible predicts that Europe (including America) will never unite again as one nation. They will try, but they will not stick together. The futility of these efforts is described in these words.

"And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. (Daniel 2: 43)

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. ( Daniel 2:44)

As the World’s 20 greatest economic powers convene for its London summit to discuss the global financial, poverty, environmental, and geo-political crisis, on the eve of the historic event, KNN’s Correspondent in London poses the question, “ Has President Barack Obama, stepped into King Nebuchadnezzer’s nightmare on his first official visit since becoming President of the United States?”

Daniel’s prophetic interpretation of the King’s dream foresaw the demise of the systems devised and upheld by the governments of this world. The original prophecy related to the 10 toes of the statue representing the original 10 nations of the European Community. Even with 20 strong, the stone cut off without hand has already been let loose in the earth.

G20 protests: Rioters loot RBS office after clashes in City

G20 summit protesters have forced their way inside an RBS office in the City amid violent clashes with police as world leaders gather in London
Telegraph.co.uk

Anarchists smashed windows of the building on Threadneedle Street near the Bank of England and looted office equipment and papers, throwing smoke grenades, chairs and eggs.

A printer was seen being thrown out of a window as the group of protesters, many with their faces covered by bandanas, ransacked the office, despite a huge security operation to protect Europe's financial capital.

Riot police have been deployed near the scene but the protesters appeared had a clear run of the building for several minutes. The bailed-out bank was known to be a target of anti-capitalist groups in advance of the protests, but police efforts had concentrated on defending its headquarters on Bishopsgate in Liverpool Street, around half a mile away.

Earlier, eleven arrests were reported before a tense standoff developed between rows of police holding batons and a surging crowd outside the Bank of England.

One man, bleeding from the head, was repeatedly seen to apparently goad officers, who did not respond.

At one point, a black-clad masked man in the crowd struck an officer with a long pole. The officer was pulled away by colleagues and required treatment at the scene.

Scotland Yard said around 4,000 people had gathered outside the Bank and cordons had been put up in response to "increasing levels of violence".

A spokesman said: "There are currently police cordons in place at Princes Street, Queen Victoria Street, Walbrook Street, King William Street, Lombard Street, Cornhill and Threadneedle Street."

See: G20 protests: Rioters loot RBS office after clashes in City

New Testament Translates into Jamaican Patois

Soferet Baht Yehuda
KNN-British Isles, London

However, as the purists and revisionists within Jamaican society remain divided along the lines of class and snobbery, neo-colonialism and English language superiority complexes; according to the Bible Society of the West Indies, “for five million people, Jamaican patois is the language of the street and home; full of character and expression, it’s a language that captures the spirit of the Caribbean”. Not withstanding the fact that Patois speakers remain one of the largest groups in the world without any scripture in their own language.

The £250.000 project is well on its way and due to be completed in 2012 and since it is the New Testament and not the whole Bible; it may well be in time for the ‘Second Coming’ of Jesus Christ; another issue not for flippant digression. According to ‘ONE VERSE PROJECT UPDATE’, the team is currently checking and reviewing the Scripture soon to be ready to send drafts to Greek scholars for review. Later, a website would be designed to host some of the translated material. Support is also being sought from the Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies. Audio and other translations forms are also planned.

Until recently, Jamaican Patois was a largely oral linguistic form, seen only in racist history books as a form of ridicule along with degrading cartoon-like images of Africans. Since then, a growing nation in post-colonial cultural confidence with its heritage and identity in its language was helped by Cultural Attache the late legendary Louise Bennett, who popularised the language by writing it down in poetry, prose live performances.

Patois is also the main language for humour and stage comedy, hence some of the more pious, pompous and traditional Jamaican Christians of the upper classes; objecting to the messages of the Lord being be taken and “…..mek fool! Fool! an poppyshow!”

While the linguist, etymological, lexicon and the socio-cultural debates between African-Linguists and traditional church purists rage on; there are other more underlying deceptive dynamics at play. The message being sent reinforces the disconnection of African Jamaican from their Hebrew Israelite spiritual roots by focussing on the New Testament, where most of the deceptive theological interpretations were deliberately inserted, with the institution of Christianity.

There was and still is a spiritual war against the African- Edenic Hebrew Israelite message of the First (Old) Testament and the Laws of Moses.

Bob Marley, the legendary Reggae- conscious Jamaican artist made the Jamaican Patois language artistically popular in the global world of music. His message ‘Emancipate yuhself from mental slavery’ is apt here. While King James may have been the archetypal snob to this translation today; “ …mi cyan tel im sey, im is ah hypocrite, tu rahtid. B’ car im dida translate de Bible inna im lingo wit im ‘thou’ ‘thee’ an ‘thy’ di lingo of im people dem fi dat time.” I hope the translators also send the drafts to Hebrew scholars for proofing, since the Greeks had already doctored the original text.

KNN’s Soferet is working on the Ten Commandments translation in Patois. Not for laughs though.“ Ah serious ting dat!” “ Di God of Israel ah labrish (chat/talk) thru burnin bush, soh if me nah tan ‘umble an a gwain like Miraim, oonu might nat hear from me again if judgement cum pan meh.” Shalom.

Shana Tovah: Happy New Year

Have a Happy New Year and a Blessed Holy Day Season
The Prophetic Priesthood at Jerusalem

The Prophetic Priesthood sends divine seasons greetings to all of the families of the Earth seeking truth and harmonizing with life.

All over the world conscious people are celebrating the new years arrival as of sunset 25 March 2009 according to the Lunar /Hebraic cycle.

As the spring brings with it much anticipated joy and expectation we can also witness the blossoming of plants and the budding of trees as an eternal testimony of new life acknowledging the New Year.

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.”
Exodus 12:2

“Observe the month of Aviv and keep the Passover unto Yah Yahwah, for in the month of Aviv, Yah Yahwah brought you forth out of Egypt by night.”
Deuteronomy 16:1

"The creator ordered the New Year to begin in a specific season, in harmony with His Holy Will. This season arrives with the first month of the Hebraic calendar (Aviv), which in itself means, “Spring.” This is a time when nature (after the rains) is bringing forth new life everywhere. The accelerated blossoming of the trees and flowers, the increased pleasant songs of the birds and the intensifying warm weather signal the distinctive changes occurring within nature.

In conjunction with these manifestations, spiritually, the sacred seeds (Words of Truth) that were ingested in our minds during the Autumn planting season (Shabaton Zecaron Thruah - Yom Kippur - Succoth) are now in this New Year germinating through energized thought and conceptualization, springing forth into action and creating a new conscious reality for those who were receptive and cultivated these sacred seeds.

To bring further clarity we can study the word “year” according to its Hebraic thought. In Hebrew, “year” is “sha-nah” and means “change, teach, learn, repeat and year.” Sha-nah is a repeated cycle of principle instruction and learning which brings about principal change, suggesting a cyclic return of Yah’s intellectual light and knowledge upon all men bringing forth a new blessed expectation for the Adamic family."

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Quote from - The Prophetic Priesthood Holy Day Booklet


Have a Happy New Year and a Blessed Holy Day Season

2009 Earth Hour is Coming!!!!

Sat. March 28th at 8:30 p.m. is Earth Hour - Communities Worldwide to shut off lights for one hour
by Zarakyah Ben Ahmadiel
Office of Environmental Affairs


On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm, Soul Vegetarian Restaurant will be taking part in what promises to be an amazing an inspiring event in the fight against climate change—Earth Hour, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund.

By simply turning off all non-essential lighting for one hour at our locations and facilities across the world, we will join tens of millions of concerned citizens and corporations throughout the world in calling for action to save our planet for future generations.

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia with 2.2 million homes and businesses turning off their lights for an hour. By 2008, this movement had grown into a global campaign with over 50 million participants throughout the world. This year, over 1 billion people are expected to participate. Even international landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square will stand in darkness.

Earth Hour represents the world’s attempt to stem the overwhelming tide of global warming and energy overconsumption. In this alarming show of symbolic solidarity, The Kingdom of Yah will raise the standard by introducing the B’rasheet idea into the environmental consciousness of the world. By our participation in this global trend, we can present the international landmark of Soul Vegetarian Restaurant to the world and the global city of Dimona, Israel can join international cities the likes of Beijing, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Las Angeles, London, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Toronto.

As the stewards of The Creation, we must come to understand the impact of our actions in the continued sustenance of the earth and its inhabitants. Currently the U.S. consumes 4,000 terawatt-hours of electricity per year (TWh/yr) That's 4,000 billion kWh/yr. Americans use more electricity per capita than almost anyone else on the planet. Our usage of electricity is derived primarily from non-renewable and ecologically destructive sources such as oil, coal, and nuclear power. In particular, restaurants use five times more energy per square foot than other commercial buildings, consuming roughly 500,000 kWh of electricity. Therefore, albeit small, the impact of Soul Vegetarian International turning the lights out for at least an hour is quite significant. We must further understand that the consumption of energy by way of the usage of electricity not only puts the environment at risk, but also millions of lives that are affected by the extraction of the base resources and the socio-political consequences, i.e., Darfur, Iraq, etc.

It is written that Israel’s responsibility is to be an example, an ensign to the nations. In the Hebraic understanding, not only does this represent the presentation of Yah’s Image, but also infers the actual embodiment of an idea. Furthermore, from the word tmunah, we are also reminded that we have a peculiar responsibility. We must come to understand that our portion is not like the others, that we must recognize our charge to protect the varied species that compromise Yah’s Creation. In this instance, with the provocative similitude of our collective participation in Earth Hour, our charge to be the light of the world will be best illustrated by turning the lights off.

“The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name”
Jeremiah 51:19

At Soul Vegetarian East in Chicago, we will host a special candlelight dinner in honor of Earth Hour. From 8:30 until the closing of the restaurant, we will have live acoustic entertainment from renowned soul singers Yaw and Khari Lemuel and an informative presentation on the importance of environmental consciousness by Zarakyah Ben Ahmadiel.

Soul Vegetarian D.C. - Embracing Southern Comfort

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Soul Vegetarian is the kind of place that you go to do one thing, and one thing only: eat delicious Southern food
by Dustin Garrett Rhodes
FriendsofAnimals.org

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The U.S. capital is home to many a vegan. But who knew? For Washington has a dearth of vegan restaurants. I moved here from a much smaller, Southern city that features inventive, delicious vegan food at practically every restaurant in town. Not that there isn’t inventive and fantastic vegan food in DC; but you do have to look a little harder.

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A Southerner born and raised, I live for Southern-inspired vegan food. It’s my cultural identity, and my culinary passion. Think sautéed kale and collards, barbequed tofu, sweet potato biscuits, vegan macaroni and cheese and corn bread -- my mouth waters as I write. In Washington, D.C., there’s one place to get the ultimate vegan comfort food: Soul Vegetarian.

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Located in the historic Shaw neighborhood, on Georgia Avenue opposite Howard University, Soul Vegetarian is one of a chain of fourteen restaurants in places around the globe. With its soy milkshakes, cheese-steak sandwiches with grilled peppers and onions and all kinds of greens and barbequed things, the menu at first seems the opposite of health food, but it’s completely free from animal fat. This is the kind of food that you can eat now and then just because it tastes outrageously good.

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Soul Vegetarian 2606 Georgia Avenue NWWashington , DC 20001202-328-7685 Open Monday-Saturday 11:00am- 9:00pm, Sunday 11:00am- 3:0o p.m.

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See Complete Article Here: http://friendsofanimals.org/actionline/fall-2008/Soul_Vegetarian.php