(Akiit.com) It was a beautiful and warm Southern California morning as nearly 300 young men arrived at UCLA for the 3rd Annual Brother II Brother Youth Empowerment Symposium. Some were hurried as their buses arrived a little late. Others walked with wide-eyed wonder up the stairs and into Moore Hall ...
(Akiit.com) Many people who’ve died from swine flu also have been infected with pneumonia bacteria. Influenza can cause viral pneumonia, but it can also weaken the system enough to allow opportunistic bacteria to surge, resulting in separate, potentially deadly infections. The Flu season is off to a fast start and ...
(Akiit.com) Bernice King can make history in two ways. She made it first by becoming the first woman in the fifty two year history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to take the organization’s reins. Now she can make history in another way. She should renounce the anti-gay bigotry of ...
(Akiit.com) Patricia Anne Phillips is a local author of seven romance novels. After her daughter’s health started to decline, Patricia was asked to move into her daughter and family home. Her daughter had a car accident, and two months later was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). After the car accident ...
(Akiit.com) In respect to the oncoming cold and flu season, and as a disclaimer at the onset of this article, please be advised that the information contained herein is NOT to be taken literally and seriously as sound medical advice, but is an actual personal account of what occurred to ...
(Akiit.com) End-of-life decision making is the process that healthcare providers, patients, and patients’ families go through when considering what treatments will or will not be used to treat a life-threatening illness. More than any subject, avoiding talking about death ranks at the top of the list. Death of a loved ...
(Akiit.com) On October 13, the US Coast Guard nabbed 18 persons off Mission Bay near San Diego. The 18 were foreign nationals being smuggled into the country. The story like others that involve the traffic in human cargo garnered scant press attention. But what made the capture of the 18 ...
(Akiit.com) The defendants who stand accused of the murder of Chicago schoolboy Derrion Albert will appear in court today. Many questions remain, but perhaps the most salient one is why so many young black males are, like the accused, choosing a life of violence and self-destruction. Everywhere we look, we ...
(Akiit.com) WE WOMEN do some crazy things in the name of beauty. We allow plastic surgeons to inject Botox into our wrinkles to smooth our skin. We ignore cancer warnings by frequenting tanning salons. We submit to painful and embarrassing Brazilian waxes. We get fat liposuctioned off our thighs, wear ...
(Akiit.com) “I, myself, couldn’t even consider voting for him,” said Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay of accused thought criminal Rush Limbaugh. “As a nation, and as a world, we’ve got to watch our words and our thoughts.” “Divisive comments are not what the the NFL is all about,” agreed NFL ...
(Akiit.com) It’s that time of the year, again. I use the term “again†not with chagrin or any reticence but with gratitude and thankfulness. It’s my birthday and I’ve got that “kidlike excitement†as I celebrate the entire month of October because it’s the only time of the year I ...
(Akiit.com) President Barack Obama is the most transformative figure in the world today. And it won him the world’s most coveted prize, at least-in the modern world’s eyes, the distinguished Noble Peace Prize. The prize was established by businessman, Alfred Nobel, in 1895, for a person or persons or organizations ...