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  • First Lady Expands Anti-Obesity Campaign to Museums

    05/17/2013 11:00:47 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 31 replies
    CNS News ^ | May 17, 2013 | Elizabeth Harrington
    First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her anti-obesity campaign to museums, enlisting them to offer “healthy food options,” and change their menus. Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative is now calling for museums, zoos, gardens, science and technology centers to “join the call to action,” to decrease obesity among children. The first lady is recruiting these institutions to join the “Let’s Move! Museums and Gardens” project because of their power to “influence real and sustained behavior change” on the eating habits of kids. “With their impressive reach and great potential for impact, museums and gardens can launch community efforts to create...
  • Obama: "Not my fault" - White House to Re-Open (Nothing ever is)

    03/14/2013 7:15:53 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 21 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 14, 2013 | Bob Beauprez
    Four days after slamming the doors of the White House closed, Barack "It's-not-my-fault" Obama says he's going to ask the Secret Service if to reconsider. Contradicting previous statements, Obama told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News this morning that neither he nor his staff had anything to do with closing the public out of the White House. This time, he threw the Secret Service under the bus. “I have to say this was not a decision that went up to the White House,” Obama said in the interview with Stephanopoulos. “But what the Secret Service explained to us was that they’re...
  • Michelle Obama urges CEOs to hire more veterans [BO's Wife Now Economic Genius]

    03/13/2013 10:41:17 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 18 replies
    ap/yahoo ^ | 3/13/13 | DARLENE SUPERVILLE
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is challenging some of America's top CEOs to "think outside the box" and hire more veterans... Mrs. Obama said a campaign she launched two years ago with Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, has led businesses to hire or train more than 125,000 veterans and military spouses. But she said more needs to be done. The first lady urged CEOs to "think outside the box" when they consider hiring veterans.
  • 3,000th Boeing widebody jet is a 777-200ER for Korean Air

    08/24/2007 6:27:45 PM PDT · by skeptoid · 6 replies · 631+ views
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | August 24, 2007 | James Wallace
    Korean Air will take delivery Monday of its 18th Boeing 777, which also happens to be the 3,000th widebody jet that Boeing has built at its Everett plant. The plant opened in the late 1960s for production of the 747, and later added the 767, 777 and now the 787. Boeing plans a factory celebration Monday to mark the occasion.
  • fulsome fashionista

    02/05/2003 2:21:04 PM PST · by Mia T · 8 replies · 359+ views
    The New York Times ^ | 2.5.03 | Mia T
    fulsome fashionista by Mia T   SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, who was speaking at the event, wore a dark blue floor-length Oscar de la Renta with a ruffled neck and train. "Well, this is one of my favorite Oscars, and it just seemed appropriate for the event and it was also warm," she said. Charming Richard "...one of my favorite Oscars."   My, my... isn't she the fulsome fashionista... Sounds as tho "Oscar" prudently covered the W I D E B O D Y frump from frill to floor.   Rumor has it William Jefferson Clinton himself is to...