Smilin’ … Stylin’ … Caring and Sharing !!!!

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Michelle Obama attends a St. Patrick's Day reception at the White House on March 17, 2011

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As the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has become a role model in the awareness arena for healthy eating, sharing her  homegrown recipes via her cookbook. Next celebrity chef?  She has also become a fashion icon and has been named by Forbes Magazine as the eighth most powerful woman in the world.

 

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Michelle Obama appears on the

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Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, May 19, 2011.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington….

 

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Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, during an event to honor schools that met the first lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in year.

 

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Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil….

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Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York

Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York-

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Michelle Obama gestures before introducing her husband President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall in New York. She’s mingled barefoot among Aspen’s elite, stirred a Vermont utility executive to tears and bucked up disenchanted New Yorkers. The 2012 presidential campaign is well under way for Michelle Obama, and the first lady is promising to put herself into the election effort like never before. More than a year from Election Day, she is hauling in millions in campaign cash and sketching a portrait of her husband drawn with an intimacy that no one else could duplicate.

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Michelle Obama delivers a commencement address for the Quantico Middle/High School in Quantico, Va., June 3, 2011.

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Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.-
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Michelle Obama speaks to children from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school in London as they visit Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

 

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Sweet, Sweet Jamaica: Treasures from the Past…(Videos)

Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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Click on the  links below……

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Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Canada Sheila Sealy Monteith has recommended this brilliantly-made, two-part documentary that details much of Jamaica’s march to Independence.

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The documentary is excellent …

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It is recommended to all - Jamaicans and non-Jamaicans - and in particular to young people. It will help bring perspective to the struggle endured to gain the independence Jamaicans enjoy today.

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This is extremely interesting and useful information on the beginnings of the process of Jamaica’s formal independence …….

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Simply Stunning!

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Michelle Obama goes glam and stays stylish while touring England and Ireland

 Simply stunning

Simply Stunning

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President Obama may have been touring Great Britain for political reasons, but the eyes of the fashion-forward were on Michelle Obama. Could she be able to keep up with the British prime minister’s wife, Samantha Cameron, who is known for being a bit of a fashionista? How would she measure up to Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and her accessible style? Would she make a fashion faux-pas and represent the United States while wearing a little-known foreign designer’s duds?

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Have no fear—she looked amazing. We took a look at some of her top outfits from the trip; here, the president and first lady pose with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip before a banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

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 Let's take a closer look at that gorgeous dress, shall we?

Let’s take a closer look at that gorgeous dress, shall we?

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The ivory ruched Georgette gown by Tom Ford has white ribbon-and-bow detailing at the waist;

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Fashionistas and Royalty

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Prince William and Kate Middleton attend the wedding between event rider Harry Meade and Rosemarie Bradford at the Church of St Peter and St Paul.
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Prince William walks with his girlfriend Kate Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell. Lincolnshire, England

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Princess Beatrice and Eugene hat madness (fashion faux pas)

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Burst of Happiness!

Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
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Happiness is found in life itself!!!!

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“Happiness  is  inward

and  not  outward;

and  so it  does  not

depend  on  what

we  have,

but  on  what  we  are”

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Henry van Dyke

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LOVE AND TIME

Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Writer Gary Jennings said this: “Love and time, those are the only
two things in all the world and all of life, that cannot be bought,
but only spent.”

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I love that. And HOW I spend my love and time is what it is all
about.

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My work and interests require me to spend probably an inordinate
amount of time in front of my computer. At least according to my
wife Bev.

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She and I were talking one day about death and funerals and what to
do with each other’s remains. I asked. “What will you do with my
body? Burial? Cremation?”

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She answered, “I think I’ll just have you stuffed and propped up in
your chair by the computer. That way when I walk through the room I
won’t even notice that you’re gone.”

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I got the point - too much computer time. And how I spend my time
and my love is all important.

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love and time away - and especially to those closest to me?”

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Charles Francis Adams was the United States ambassador to Great
Britain during the Lincoln administration. He had the habit of
keeping a daily diary. He also taught his son Brooks the value of
journaling his activities in a diary.

 . One memorable day, eight-year-old Brooks recorded, “Went fishing
with my father, the most glorious day of my life.” It must have been
a glorious day, for the next forty years Brooks repeatedly mentioned
it in his diary. It became a life-long memory.

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His father also wrote about the fishing trip. His own diary on that
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