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  • New chief of WH cupcakes, pastries

    11/23/2014 11:29:18 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 15 replies
    McClatchy DC ^ | November 21, 2014 | Lesley Clark
    The White House announced Friday that Susan E. “Susie” Morrison will serve as the next White House Executive Pastry Chef. Morrison is the seventh person and first woman to serve in the role and begins “just in time to spearhead the always highly anticipated Holiday Gingerbread House,” the White House said. The position was most recently held by William Yosses, who departed earlier this year to create the “Kitchen Garden Laboratory,” a wellness through cooking advocacy group.
  • Hugo Honors 'Doctor Who' With Three Noms

    04/06/2010 5:08:45 PM PDT · by KevinDavis · 10 replies · 353+ views
    Air Lock Alpha ^ | 04/06/10 | MICHAEL HINMAN
    Even the holders of the original science-fiction flame love their "Doctor Who." On the same weekend that the BBC brought the long-running show back to episodic form with new star Matt Smith, the World Science Fiction Society has honored "Doctor Who" with three Hugo award nominations, all that have had a direct influence by former showrunner Russell T. Davies. "Doctor Who" earned three nominations in the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form category of the Hugos. The Christmas 2008 episode "The Next Doctor" written by Davies and directed by Andy Goddard was one of the nominees along with "Planet of...
  • Sesame Street and the Origin of Om Nom Nom Nom

    12/27/2009 3:28:57 PM PST · by Yardstick · 4 replies · 521+ views
    Sesame Street ^ | November 2009
    Cookie Monster comments on the Nom Nom Nom craze that he inspired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqz9ZXUoUcE&feature=related
  • The children too obese to sleep safely

    04/13/2008 9:31:39 AM PDT · by billorites · 93 replies · 143+ views
    Timesonline-UK ^ | April 13, 2008 | Sarah-Kate Templeton
    DOZENS of children as young as six and seven have become so obese that doctors are being forced to put them on ventilators at night to keep them breathing while they sleep. The children, whose breathing difficulties are blamed on overeating rather than any medical conditions, have been judged by the National Health Service to be morbidly obese - weighing as much as four times the normal weight for their age. The excessive weight bearing down on the chest, together with deposits of fat around the throat and neck, mean the children need ventilators to help them to breathe while...