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Every year in New Orleans, the game of king caking starts to feel more and more like a full-contact sport. Local shops create and serve (and ship!) these cakes each year from Twelfth Night through Mardi Gras day (and yes, it is absolute blasphemy to consume king cake outside of season here). A traditional part of Mardi Gras for the last three hundred years in New Orleans (and beyond), these cakes are more like brioche than “cake” as we know it. The yeast-raised dough is braided, sometimes around various fillings, formed into a ring, and baked. Afterwards, it’s topped with...

CHICAGO – From a rooftop in the South Side of Chicago, Pastor Corey Brooks led a 100-day vigil to build a community center to transform the South Side of Chicago into a thriving community. On the 100th day, he wished to share his views with his audience and to reflect on his experience and God's timing. What follows has been lightly edited. We strongly encourage you to watch the accompanying video so you may hear the pastor in his own words. For the past 100 days and 99 bitter cold nights, I've been camped out on top of these eight...

A study investigating the impact of vitamin D on gene expression has found significant differences between vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 supplements. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, indicate vitamin D3 may be more effective at strengthening the immune system compared to vitamin D2. Vitamin D generally comes in two main forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Prior research has established vitamin D3 supplements are much more effective at raising a person’s blood levels of vitamin D. However, it is unclear whether there is any functional differences to human health between the two types of...

A run on Russian banks is underway.

Joe Biden's administration guidelines on what Americans should do in the event of a nuclear explosion includes social distancing and masking provisions, according to a government website on preparedness that was updated Friday. The updated guidance for nuclear explosions comes as President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert in the midst of his attack on Ukraine last week. Also on Monday, the Kremlin released an image of Putin meeting with his advisers at a laughably long table where he was seated at one end and his aides were seated in a group at the other far...

Heroism is contagious. The heroism of Ukraine’s people and leadership is inspiring the free world to support their cause. Spontaneous pro-Ukraine demonstrations have sprung up all across the world. European governments that didn’t want to be involved are now sending weapons to Ukraine. Even Germany, Europe’s biggest slacker, is now actively supporting Ukraine. And in the very heart of Moscow, thousands of fair-minded Russians are bravely risking arrest by their own government for protesting Vladimir Putin’s madness. The biggest military engagement in Europe since the Second World War is showing us both the worst and the best of humanity. t's...

His Fraudulency will give his State of the Union address in a political environment where polls show him losing to Donald Trump in a potential 2024 rematch. After 14 months in office, more than a year defined by every conceivable domestic and foreign policy failure, polling from NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ shows former President Trump beating His Fraudulency by four points. “And if the next election for president was held today and the major party candidates were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, for whom would you vote?” the pollsters asked. Joe Biden earned just 36.5 percent of the vote, while the...

The tyrants in Moscow and Beijing are intent on transforming the post-Cold War liberal world order in favor of one dominated by those with big sticks and deep pockets. The ongoing war in Ukraine is a foretaste of that new world and could push the world closer to a nuclear war. Western leaders appear flummoxed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war. The Kremlin’s authoritarian assembled a massive force, seeded the pretext for an attack, and entered Ukraine promising to demilitarize and de-nazify it; a great performance right out of Soviet Joseph Stalin’s playbook. Then Putin warned the West not to...

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“‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied’” (Matthew 5:6). The all-important result for any believer hungering and thirsting after righteousness is to “be satisfied.” The verb translated “satisfied” frequently refers to the feeding of animals until they want no more. In a parallel to this, Jesus declares that people who hunger and thirst for righteousness will gain complete satisfaction. This satisfaction comes from God. Our part is to seek; His is to satisfy us. Paradoxically, Christians continually seek God’s righteousness, always wanting more and never getting their fill in this life. Yet the...

Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC's “The View,” on Monday said that she thinks former President Trump's stated support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the latter's invasion of Ukraine is rooted in white supremacy. "What do you think is behind it though?" Behar asked her co-hosts on the popular daytime talk show. "Because I was reading an article that a lot of it is about white supremacy. A lot of this support for Russia and Putin is about white supremacy." Behar did not offer specifics on the article she had cited, but co-host Whoopi Goldberg chimed in, saying "there...

Several years ago I wrote about the "cycle of worry" in my book, "False Alarm: The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear." The term means that whatever anxiety-provoking obsessive mindset you are stuck inside, it tends to perpetuate itself, built up by lack of sleep, lack of exercise, loss of diversionary activity, increased alcohol use, etc. It doesn’t matter – in terms of what you are feeling – whether the cycle of worry comes from excess fear of catching a virus or fear of an evolving war, as Dr. Judson Brewer, author of the important book "Unwinding Anxiety: New Science...

Ukrainian MP. “We are fighting for the New World Order” (Fox News Video)

It was discovered in SARS-CoV-2's unique furin cleavage site, the part that makes it so good at infecting people and separates it from other coronaviruses. The structure has been one of the focal points of debate about the virus's origin, with some scientists claiming it could not have been acquired naturally. The international team of researchers suggest the virus may have mutated to have a furin cleavage site during experiments on human cells in a lab.

A smirking Vladimir Putin today ranted about the West's 'empire of lies' and banned Russians from sending their money abroad from midnight as worldwide sanctions caused the rouble to tumble and sparked a nationwide rush to withdraw cash. The currency sank 30 per cent in early trading before easing back to stand 20 per cent down. Its collapsing value risks wiping out the savings of ordinary Russians, who have been seen flocking to ATMs all over the country to empty their accounts, including in Putin's home city of St Petersburg. But as the Russian economy tanked, the Russian President took...

The mother of a baby with Down's syndrome claims she was 'pressured' into terminating her pregnancy after being told her daughter was 'not going to live'. Hetty Blakey, from Lincolnshire, says she was left feeling suicidal after staff at Lincoln County hospital 'handed her an abortion leaflet' before even confirming her daughter's condition. After seeking a second opinion privately, Hetty was told her daughter had Down's syndrome - however doctors felt no need to terminate the pregnancy for medical reasons.

Paris (AFP) – People driven from their homes as global warming redraws the map of habitable zones are unlikely to find refuge in countries more focused on slamming shut their borders than planning for a climate-addled future, according to a top expert on migration. From fleeing a typhoon to relocating in anticipation of sea level rise, climate migration covers a myriad of situations and raises a host of questions. But one thing is sure: the number of climate refugees is going to increase in the coming decades, according to a major UN report on climate impacts and vulnerability released on...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc will push ahead with approving Ukraine’s membershipsnip President Zelensky confirmed he has spoken to European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about Ukraine’s future. And on Monday Ms von der Leyen said the bloc will push ahead with approving Ukraine’s membership. “There is strong solidarity with Ukraine,” she said. “They share our values, they defend our principles. They want to have a peaceful democracy and Russia is attacking that. “We have a process with Ukraine that is, for example, integrating the Ukrainian market into...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has officially applied to have Ukraine join the European Union. "I'm sure it's feasible," Zelensky said in a post on social media amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen previously said the European Union wants Ukraine as a member. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said he officially applied to have Ukraine join the European Union as his country remains under attack by Russian forces. "Today I signed the application for Ukraine's membership in the European Union. I'm sure it's feasible," Zelensky said in a post on his social...

Mattew L. Perna, a Pennsylvania man prosecutied for his 20-minute walk through the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021m tiij gus iwb kufe ib Feb. 25 because of "a broken heart" and a justice system that "killed his spirit and his zest for life," his family said. Perna, 37, os Sharpsville, was due to be sentenced on April 1 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in a plea agreemtns on charges of obstructing an official proceeding, aiding and abetting, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.....