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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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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington….
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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….
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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 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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Dec 18 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
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While President Barack Obama met world leaders to tackle the global financial crisis, Mrs Obama launched a charm offensive in London.
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British and American reports have focused on the President’s packed schedule, but have also given prominent billing to the First Lady’s glamorous and ever-changing wardrobe.
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She dazzled spectators during her first appointment on Wednesday in a mint green silk skirt and embellished cardigan from her perennial favourite US high street chain J Crew, and cut an elegant figure in a black and white dress, pearls and a black coat for the evening’s formal dinner.
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Apr 02 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
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Let’s all remember to take the time to LIVE!!!!
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A friend of mine opened his wife’s underwear drawer and picked up a
silk paper wrapped package:
‘This, he said - isn’t any ordinary package.’
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
‘She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago.
She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.
Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift
box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house,
his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM", Inspirationals.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran, ed.s
(New York: IPM/Warner Books,1998)
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In this book under the chapter “American Dream” and in paragraph 13 you will find
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“The other day Mrs. King and I spent about ten days down in Jamaica. I’d gone down to deliver the commencement address at the University of the West Indies. I always love to go to that great island which I consider the most beautiful island in all the world. The government prevailed upon us to be their guests and spend some time and try to get a little rest while there on the speaking tour. And so for those days we traveled all over Jamaica. And over and over again I was impressed by one thing. Here you have people from many national backgrounds: Chinese, Indians, so-called
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1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI’s first name?
What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?
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PAGE DOWN TO FIND THE ANSWERS. NO CHEATING!
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Jan 23 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", Jamaican Jokes.
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Yu kno seh dem is a Jamaican wen dem…..
Express disgust by ’sucking’ or ‘kissing’ their teeth
Point with their mouth
‘Cut yeye’ when upset with someone
Wear a ‘frock’, not a dress
Refer to fancy shoes as ‘boot’
Stir the ice in their drinks to make it colder
Take the ice in their mouth and spit it back into the glass while drinking
Eat the ice loudly when the ‘drinks’ is finished
Refer to vegetables, yams, green bananas, etc as ‘hard food’ or just ‘food’
Strip sugar cane with their teeth
Refer to any traveling distance as ‘jus’ roun’ di car-nah!’
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Nov 29 2008
