New Orleans: Mardi Gras 2009. Pick up your spirits and shake a tailfeather!

Sharing news on mardi gras 2009 celebrations in New Orleans

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Slap me five! …on the black hand side! Learn more about Affrodite in featured blogger post.

Link to feature on Ife author of blogs affrodite.net and ifelicious.com. A rare moment where blog worlds collide for 20 questions.

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America: On Lifetime THIS Weekend

Announcing movie adaptation of E. R. Frank’s “America” to air on Lifetime network

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Zelmyra & Herbert Fisher: married a record 84 years

I’ve been under the weather, but I wanted to at least throw a quick post up to make all of us smile. 
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COUPLE SETS RECORD FOR MARITAL LONGEVITY
What a blessing!  Congrats to Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher.  84 years of marriage.
Newbern (North Carolina) News Journal article on the couple [...]

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US Postal Service in Jeopardy, Raising Stamp Prices by 2 cents, but Postmaster General Gets 40% Pay Raise

I heard this on CNN yesterday and couldn’t believe my ears.  These stories keep coming out of every crevice of the American economy.  Charles Darwin taught us about survival of the fittest nearly 200 years ago and American businesses still haven’t caught on to this evolutionary premise.
Aye yi yi!

From the Washington Times
POSTMASTER GOT $800,000 IN [...]

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Marlon Jackson combines Jackson 5 memorabilia and slave tourism with 5 star resort in Nigeria

Commentary on Marlon Jackson of Jackson 5 plan to build 5 star resort in Nigeria combining Jackson memorabilia, golf, and slave tourism.

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HBCUs also feeling the pinch during this economic crisis

Commentary on article from MSNBC about the recession’s impact on HBCUs.

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* 1st Runner Up *Love Your Curls: Nina From Burlington, NJ

Love Your Curls Contest entry from Nina in Burlington, NJ

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* WINNER * Love Your Curls: Fallon from Columbus, Ohio

Love Your Curls Contest entry from Fallon in Columbus, Ohio

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Sandra Laing, Black Woman Born To White Parents Surprises Guests at 17th Annual Pan African Film Festival

Pan African Film and Arts Festival 2009 featured South African film directed by Anthony Fabian called “SKIN” starring Sophie Okonedo about genetic abnormality that caused a woman born of white parents in apartheid South Africa, to look like a black person.

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Continental Fl 3407 en route to Buffalo kills all 49 on board plus 1 on ground

Continental flight 3407 from Newark, NJ to Buffalo, NY crashes on Thursday, February 12 just 6 miles before reaching the airport. 49 total perish.

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02.11.09 at 7pm- Award winning film featured screening “Skin” with Sophie Okonedo at 17th Annual Pan African Film Festival

February 11, 2009 press release for today’s events at the Pan African Film and Arts Festival

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Feb 5-16, 2009 Pan African Film and Arts Festival

Announcing Pan African Film and Arts Festival February 5-16, 2009 in Los Angeles

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Everybody’s a critic. Nadya Suleman’s octuplets bringing total kiddie count to 14. (updated Feb 17)

News and opinion on Nadya Suleman’s birth of octuplets on Jan 26, 2009

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Eve Ensler The Vagina Monologues fans. YYP Honors V-Day with In Love We Trust Tour featuring all black celebrity cast.

YYP and Peter J. Harris tour of In Love We Trust with all black celebrity cast performances of The Vagina Monologues and newly added male perspective The Johnson Chronicles.

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