November 30th, 2009 by asia

Moringa leaves could practically wipe out malnutrition on our planet.

Experts agree that the long-term solution to malnutrition is the use of foods rich in the essential nutrients often lacking in people’s diets. Modern scientific research is proving that Moringa leaves are one of the richest sources of such nutrients. Even small amounts of the leaves could protect thousands of people from suffering and death.

People in several countries have found that Moringa leaves are quite acceptable to taste, especially when added to common foods.

The most widely known species is Moringa oleifera, a multi-purpose tree thought to be native to northwestern India, which is what is commonly referred to when the name Moringa is used. This species is cultivated throughout the tropics. The African species Moringa stenopetala, is also widely grown, but to a much lesser extent than Moringa oleifera.

According to TreesForLife.org, Moringa oleifera has great potential in combatting extreme poverty and hunger. The nutritious leaves grow quickly, and in many types of environment, and can feed people as well as livestock and sanctuary animals. Surprisingly, the leaves contain a well balanced profile of the essential amino acids, which is rare for a plant. Check out these nutritional equivalents:
2x Protein of Yogurt
7x Vitamin C of Orange
3x Potassium of Banana
4x Vitamin A of Carrots
4x Calcium of Milk
*These figures reflect gram-gram comparisons with Moringa leaves
8-24g of leaf powder daily improves health. I tablespoon (3 teaspoons) is around 14g. A good way to get all you need would be to add 1 teaspoon to a cup of your favorite tea, add some ginger for taste and drink 3cups of this a day. Or make a pitcher of juice, around 3 cups, (you must first dissolve the leaves in hot water) and drink throughout the day. This is amazing for children, and especially pregnant women, they benefit even more greatly!

According to Dr. K. Shaine Tyson of Rocky Mountain Biodiesel Consulting, the defatted meal contains 60% protein, 40% more than soy meal. The high protein leaves can be used as animal fodder and together with the defatted meals, have been shown to increase weight gain in animals by 32% and milk production by 42-55%. The defatted meal can also be used to purify water, settling out sediments and organisms.

Moringa can also provide oil for making biofuels. The seeds contain 30-50% oil, or 112-185 gal/acre/year. The oil contains 65-75% oleic acids and, unlike Jatropha oil, is beneficial for both humans and fuel.

Moringa is drought-resistant and can grow in a wide variety of poor soils, even barren ground, with soil pH between 4.5 and 9.0. The Moringa Oleifera species is said to have originated in the Himalayas, but although the current cultivars can withstand frost, they do not generally survive a hard freeze. It could probably be grown wherever oranges grow successfully.

Moringa holds promise as a sustainable crop which can benefit humans and animals nutritionally, economically and as an energy source.

http://www.treesforlife.org

November 23rd, 2009 by asia

READ THIS BUT DONT WEEP! READ TILL THE END, AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!

1. Today our world is home to 6.7 billion people.

2. Over 1 billion people across the world are hungry.
3. In 2005, almost 1.4 billion people lived below the international poverty line, earning less than $1.25 per day.

4. Every year, more than 20 million low-birth weight babies are born in developing countries, and risk dying in infancy.
5. Babies, who survive a low birth weight, often suffer lifelong physical and mental disabilities.
6. Poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies cause nearly one in three people to die early in life or have disabilities.
7. In 2006, about 9.7 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday.
8. Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes–one child every five seconds.
9. Hunger is the most extreme form of poverty, where people simply cannot afford to meet their most basic need for food.
10. When a family that lives in a poor country cannot grow enough food or earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere for them to turn for help.
a. They don’t have the hunger programs we have here in America.
11. Most poor people who battle hunger have stunted growth, weakness and become sick.

12. A spike in global food prices, caused by fuel prices, drought and trade policies, has increased hunger and poverty.
a. As a result, more than a hundred million additional people have been added to the ranks of the world’s poor and 115 million more are hungry.
13. Over 500 million people are living in extreme poverty and are unable to feed themselves properly.
14. Every year, 15 million children die of hunger.
15. For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years.
16. Nearly one in four people live on less than $1 per day.
17. The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed and one-third is starving.
18. Since you’ve been watching this, at least 200 people have died of starvation.
19. One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5.
20. 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on 2 dollars a day.
21. One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night.
22. Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in Africa are malnourished.
23. About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age.
24. Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger
25. Some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.

26. To fix the world’s sanitation and food requirements would cost only US$13 billion.
a. This is what the people of the United States and Europe spend on perfume each year.
b.
And, here’s how you can help.
Text FEED to 9 0 9 9 9, and your phone bill will be automatically charged a donation of five dollars.
Each dollar equals seven meals for those in need

November 21st, 2009 by asia

YOOO!! Peep the 1st clean clip from the flashmob we produced at Universal Studios Citywalk!! Called SillyWalks for Hunger! WE BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A FLASHMOB AT ONE TIME!! Using Dance as our platform to raise awareness about Hunger in LA and Beyond!! Text “FEED” To 90999 on your cell phone to donate $5, this $5 will be matched x 5 by a nonprofit company to equal $25!! Pass it along…each one, teach one and we can feed everyone!!!

November 19th, 2009 by asia

In honor of Monty Python’s 40th Anniversary and because the holiday season is about giving,
We’re silly walking for hunger, because hunger isn’t silly

November 19th – Check-in begins at 5:30pm
SillyWalks begins promptly at 7:00pm At Universal CityWalk
The mission of SillyWalks for Hunger is to collect food, and use text message donations to provide 1 million meals for families and children in need this holiday season. Join us by texting FEED to 90999.
SillyWalks for hunger will be an unprecedented live choreographed event that will transform Universal CityWalk into a scene right out of Monty Python, while setting the record for the most people to silly walk in one place at one time.
Bring your family, friends, as much non-perishable food as you can, and join Comedian Jon Lovitz, as CityWalk becomes a stage where everyone will be part of this visual, musical extravaganza! Wear your favorite Monty Python-themed costume—or silly walking garb. Register now and become a participant in this huge, multimedia event to be broadcast worldwide across Television, Radio and the Internet. At this production you will become part of the show as celebrity choreographers, Rich + Tone, teach you a fun, easy, silly step anyone can do. Help out and become part of silly walking history!
Yes, it’s free, but space is limited – only 750 registered Silly Walkers will be admitted. Sign up today and plan to bring food for those in need! Need some silly inspiration? Check out the comedy sketch that got it all started, The Ministry of Silly Walks sketch at Pythonline.com.
Show your online support across all your social media profiles like Twitter and Facebook. Be sure to get your SillyWalks Avatars Today – Click here
About the WalkContactsPress Room

November 17th, 2009 by asia

Do you dance? Here’s your CHANCE!
Join our World-Class viral event with celebrity
choreographers Rich & Tone
• help stop hunger at home and around the world •
Dance the sillywalk!
Be a part of this extraordinary history making artistic event,
bringing over 1000 dancers together in a live, large-scale
flash mob production. Over 25 cameras will capture this
massive piece choreographed by Rich & Tone
(choreographers/creative directors for such mega artists as
Madonna, Michael Jackson and J.Lo).
This flash mob will be broadcasted to millions of Internet
viewers worldwide!! All for the purpose of feeding those less
fortunate at home & around the world. Here is your chance
to help! Don’t let this opportunity to be a part of this huge,
media covered, worldwide event pass YOU by!
About sillywalks:
SillyWalks for Hunger is based on the famous Monty Python
“Ministry of Silly Walks” comedy sketch and will benefit
Feeding America, the L.A. Food Bank & Global
FoodBanking Network.
It’s a SECRET …
we’re taking over
Universal CityWalk, Hollywood
November 19, 2009
• this is an opportunity you cannot afford to miss •
Calling all cool, fresh, nerds, flygirls, soul lovers, closet dancers, MJ fans!!! Tell all your friends to come!! We will
be staging a dance musical number where participants will look as if they randomly join in, dancing in the key of
life to raise food to feed those less fortunate.. Everyone involved is donating their time to help those in need. We
love dancers!! Why? Cuz we are cool and conscious folks!! But….
We still need more participants:
1. core dancers (must be able to pick up choreography)
2. “SillyWalkers” (who will join the dancers with a few very easy movements)
T his is going to be a once in a lifetime experience! Completely new concept that has never been done
before on this level! We would love for you to be involved!!
~If you are a dance lover or novice that would like to be a SillyWalker please go to this page and register to be a
SillyWalker. (you will be eligible to win a trip to Hawaii!!)
http://sillywalksforhunger.com
This online page has information about the event, a link to
register for the event, the latest Rich & Tone video teaching
folks the Sillywalks dance steps, etc..
Please bring/tell your friends!… spread the word, but don’t ruin the surprise! .. about this super fun, food drive,
the more the merrier, the more food raised, the more we care about our community!!
thank you,
Asia One
Dance Coordinator, SillyWalk at CityWalk
No Easy Props Productions
Let’s Danc e to Make a Dif f e r enc e. CONTACT US TODAY.
Asia One • No Eas y Pro p s Produc tions • 310.795.5159 • asia1nep@mac.com

November 8th, 2009 by asia

Hello Dance Buddies,

I am reaching out to you because you have a dance platform, either a group/school/studio/event website, and you have access to dancers. I am working as a volunteer on a big project to bring awareness about hunger here in LA and around the world. Since dance is our artistic palette, we want to bring dancers from all dances of life, together in support of this cause. Hunger is a fact of life for many people here in LA and in other places around the world. We can help, our dance does count. But only if we can contribute. Singularly we fail, when collectively we can succeed! Im asking you to please circulate this flyer, on any social media platform you have, as soon as possible. I am also asking you to consider being a part of this SillyWalk. If you have ever seen a flashmob, it is basically what this project will be, in Universal City Walk, involving 1500 people dancing!! It is going to be amazing. They estimate 50+million views will see this online. No one is getting paid, but the payoff is feeding hungry people. For that I can help. Can you?

If you have a crew/group/school/studio/website, or if your just an individual that would like to dance in this please reach out to me asap!!! Rich and Tone are the choreographers and creative directors on this project. They would love to see you involved.

Here is the info. Please hit me asap if you can commit to helping end hunger. Please pass this along to all dancers, especially ones in Los Angeles.

Asia One

November 6th, 2009 by asia

If you haven’t been to the Universal Zulu Nation Anniversary you ain’t really down with Hip-Hop. If you don’t recognize any of the Deejay’s names listed, you definitely ain’t down with Hip-Hop. Do something about it.

November 13 -15, 2009 – New York City
36th Universal Zulu Nation Anniversary
35 Years of Hip Hop Culture

PEACE! Afrika Bambaataa, The Universal Zulu Nation and The Federation for the Preservation of Hip Hop Culture want to personally invite you to celebrate the 36th Anniversary of UZN and the 35th Anniversary of Hip Hop Culture in the birthplace of Hip Hop: New York City from Nov. 13th through the 15th, 2009! Please scroll down for the complete most up-to-date schedule!

www.zulunation.com

For more information: kennyyoda@hotmail.com
Friday, November 13th, 2009: UZN 36 – Uptown NYC

8pm-3am. All Ages. Battles begin at 10pm. Host: GrandMaster Caz. Performances by King Kamonzi, Stik-E & The Hoods, MC K-Swift, Product and Billy Ray, Unknown The Universal Element, Maroon Society, DJ Mark Luv, DJ Lazy K, DJ Jazzy G, DJ Flawless and more tba.

UZN B-Boy/B-Girl Battles (1-on-1 & 3-on-3) + UZN DJ Battle (head to head: 90 seconds)

DJ Battle Prizes from Rane and Serato include:
1st prize: Rane SL 3 2nd prize: Rane SL 1 3rd prize: UDG/Serato/Rane Bag + Record Wallet
* Plus the Top 3 will each win a Rane/Serato 8 Gig Memory Watch!
Guest judges The Original Jazzy Jay, DJ EZ Rock, DJ Johnny Juice, DJ Mark Luv more tba.

$30 cover or $25 w/ flyer or print out of flyer. $10 off w/ Zulu Nation or Moorish Nationality Card.
No guest list. No video cameras @ Hip Hop Cultural Center @ Magic Johnson Theatre 2309 Fredrick Douglass Blvd at 124th St. 2nd Fl. Harlem NYC. Trains: 2, 3, A, B, C, or D to 125th St. http://www.zulunation.com

Saturday, November 14th, 2009: UZN 36 – Uptown NYC

8pm-3am. All Ages. Host: GrandMaster Caz. Performances by Trouble Funk, KRS ONE, DJ Jazzy Jay, Immortal Technique, Donald D, Hasan Salaam, Camp Lo, Brothers Fantastic, Lakim Shabazz, Paula Perry, Chip Fu, The Chase Band, DJ Tony Tone, Cutman LG +

$30 cover or $25 w/ flyer or print out of flyer. $10 off w/ Zulu Nation or Moorish Nationality Card. No guest list. No video cameras. Hip Hop Cultural Center @ Magic Johnson Theatre 2309 Fredrick Douglass Blvd at 124th St. 2nd Fl. Harlem NYC. Trains: 2, 3, A, B, C, or D to 125th. zulunation.com

Sunday, November 15th, 2009: UZN 36 – Downtown NYC

Performances by Grand Master Melle Mel, Naughty By Nature, Large Professor, Rebel Diaz, DJ Rockin’ Rob, Dana Dane, DJ Chuck Chillout, Positive K, Blahzay Blahzay, Shahiem, Craig G, DJ DP One and more. Host: GrandMaster Caz

Doors open at 7pm. 21+ with proper ID. SOBs 204 Varick St. at West Houston Manhattan NYC.
1 train to Houston. Info: sobs.com. Only $25 in advance at http://www.ticketweb.com. $30 day of or $25 with flyer $10 off w/ Zulu Nation or Moorish Nationality Card. No Guest List. No Video Cameras. http://www.zulunation.com

November 3rd, 2009 by asia

Whether LA natives or traveling through our awe inspiringly spread out city… you may need to eat. You can get your greens on at these spots throughout the city. Nosh time!

Vegisoul (South mid city)
1436 W Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles CA 90007
Tel: (323) 731-8344
Hours: Tue-Sat 11am – 9pm | Sun 11am – 7pm CLOSED MONDAY

Cafe Flourish (Mid City)
5406 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles CA 90036
Tel: (323) 939-3932

The Vegan Joint (West Side)
10438 National Blvd Los Angeles CA 90034
Tel: (310) 559-1357
Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-9pm | Fri-Sat 11am-10pm

Truly Vegan (Hollywood)
5907 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles CA 90028
Tel: (323) 466-7958
Hours: Daily 11am-10pm

Tibet Nepal House (Pasadena)
36 E Holly St Pasadena CA 91103
Tel: (626) 585-0955

FLORE – (SILVERLAKE)
3818 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles CA 90026
Tel: (323) 953-0611
Hours: Tue – Fri 11:00am – 10.00pm | Sat & Sun 1.00pm – 9.00pm.

Green Leaves Vegan (East Side)
1769 Hillhurst Ave Los Angeles CA 90027
Tel: (323) 668-2345
Hours: Open Daily 11:00 am. – 12:00 am.

Madeleine’s Bistro (Encino)
18621 Ventura Blvd Tarzana CA 91356
Tel: (818) 758-6971
Hours: Lunch: Wed – Fri 11:30am – 2:00pm | Dinner: Wed – Thu 5:00pm – 9:30pm | Fri & Sat 5:00pm – 10:00pm | Sun 5:00pm – 9:00pm.