Wonderful Women Of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on June 11th, 2011
Good morning!
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A few years ago during a visit to her pediatrician Michelle Obama was informed that she and Barack needed to start paying better attention to what they were feeding their girls.
“They were younger at the time. They were active and growing, with a healthy sense of themselves, which Barack and I have always encouraged. But our doctor told me that their BMIs were creeping upwards. Now to be honest, I didn’t really know what BMI was. And I certainly didn’t know that even a small increase in BMI can have serious consequences for a child’s health. So I’m grateful my pediatrician was there to help.”
“He explained that BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a way of gauging whether or not your child is within a healthy weight range for his or her height, age and growth pattern. A percentage too low may indicate hunger and poor nutrition, and a percentage too high can lead to diabetes, heart disease and other health issues. I was fortunate that our pediatrician was paying attention to the trends of childhood obesity, because I never would have known to ask for a screening on my own.”
When Michelle Obama became First Lady she declared her intent in 2010 was to lead the administration’s efforts to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity. Through advocacy and outreach to businesses, nonprofit organizations and government officials, Michelle Obama personally hoped to nurture a generation of healthier children. Well…I have to say she is well on her way.
Last year, president Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, which required new insurance plans to cover preventive services like BMI screenings without any kind of deductible, co-pay or co-insurance. So today, most of you can get your child’s BMI screened without paying a penny out of pocket.
Just this past Thursday, our First Lady, Michelle Obama announced a new initiative to empower and encouarge day care providers to do their part in ending childhood obesity.
I am surprised at myself that I have not honored our First Lady as a wonderful woman of the world yet. So…without further ado, today is the day. Kudos to Michelle Obama for all that she has done and for what I know she will accomplish as a wonderful woman of the world and First Lady.
Here’s the write:
Michelle Obama announces Let’s Move! Child Care tools for daycare centers
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2011 — Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced a new initiative to empower and encouarge day care providers to do their part in ending childhood obesity: Let’s Move! Child Care.
In a post yesterday on the Let’s Move website, Executive Director, Robin Schepper provided a checklist on healthy nutrition, physical activity and screen time for both providers and parents. The five items include:
- Physical Activity: Provide 1-2 hours of physical activity throughout the day, including outside play when possible.
- Screen Time: No screen time for children under two years. For children age two and older, strive to limit screen time to no more than 30 minutes per week during child care, and work with parents and caregivers to ensure children have no more than 1-2 hours of quality screen time per day, the amount recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Food: Serve fruits or vegetables at every meal, eat meals family-style when possible, and no fried foods.
- Beverages: Provide access to water during meals and throughout the day, and do not serve sugary drinks. For children age two and older, serve low-fat (1%) or non-fat milk, and no more than one 4-6 ounce serving of 100% juice per day.
- Infant feeding: For mothers who want to continue breastfeeding, provide their milk to their infants and welcome them to breastfeed during the child care day; and support all new parents in their decisions about infant feeding.
Michelle Obama unveiled the Let’s Move! Child Care while visiting children at CentroNia, a bilingual child care center in Washington, DC.
“Everyone is going to see that these small changes can make a big difference. If our kids get into the habit of getting up and playing, if their palates warm up to veggies at an early age, and if they’re not glued to a TV screen all day, they’re on their way to healthy habits for life,” First Lady Mrs. Obama said. “That’s why I’m so excited about Let’s Move Child Care – because I know that childcare facilities and home-based providers can be a real building block for an entire generation of healthy kids.”
Child care providers and parents can find free tools and resources and share success stories at HealthyKidsHealthyFuture.org. Let’s Move! Child Care is a joint effort from the goverfornment, private, and non-profit communities.
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Readers: I just have to add that I think Michelle Obama is such a fashionable First Lady. Being a fashion maverick, it’s easy to recognize that Michelle has a stunning unique sense of style that I absolutely love. She’s got it all goin’ on.
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June 11th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Germany has captured a fallen shuttlecraft of ours. We are asking the TAO to use their earthquake capabilities to strike Germany as they did Japan unless they release the ship and in its entirety immediately.
11oK2o9
June 11th, 2011 at 11:15 am
Organic Food May Become a Thing of the Past
Riceland Foods is the largest rice cooperative in the U.S.
The cooperative filed suit against the Bayer Corporation for damages it suffered as a result of Bayer’s unapproved genetically-modified rice contaminating natural long-grain rice — one of hundreds of similar lawsuits that have been filed against Bayer in federal and state courts.
As a result of this contamination, countries within the European Union refused to purchase U.S. long grain rice, and rice farmers and cooperatives lost millions of dollars in sales. They also incurred substantial clean-up costs.
According to the Jere Beasley Report:
“Riceland alleged in its lawsuit that the presence of Bayer’s Liberty Link rice caused the cooperative to lose $389 million in projected and future earnings.
The jury found that Bayer caused tremendous harm to Riceland and the entire industry and awarded Riceland $11.8 million in compensatory damages and $125 million in punitive damages.
The jury also found that Bayer was solely responsible for any damages incurred by farmers as a result of the loss of the European market.”
In related news, a new electron microscopic pathogen in the shape of a medium-sized virus has been discovered, which appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings.
In the video below, David Murphy of Food Democracy Now interviews Dr. Don Huber regarding the discovery of a new organism and how it relates to crop disease, livestock infertility and how it threatens U.S. food and agriculture.
June 11th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
A friend told me I could post on this blog to reach the Aliens. I am looking for news of Tanaka – will he be coming back?
Thank you, Christine
June 11th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Hafa adai
The word is out that John McCain’s son will be stationed on Guam for three years as a helicopter pilot. That should keep him out of harms way while Guam’s sons and daughters are being sent to the war zones.
But considering how lousy a pilot his dad was maybe the government is saving the tax payers millions of dollars in aircraft. All his dad did when he got behind the wheel was crash the planes. Once he almost destroyed a destroyer with his inept piloting.
Let’s hope in this instance the fruit falls far from the tree.
Peter
June 11th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
I know Tanaka. He serves in the Hnojlm. That is part of the Canis Major Dwarf Glaxy. I use your terminology to help you form a better picture.
His planet is actually closer to the center of your Mikyway Galaxy that your Earth is. He is less that 19,000 light years away from Earth.His rotation should bring him back in the year 2017.
Morris
June 11th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Howie,
While I don’t know how you know. You do know.
June 11th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
11oK2o9: – : Received and acknowledged affirmatively.
The government of Germany has been made aware that all their nuclear power plants are subject to the repercussions of a major earthquake happening in their immediate vicinity.
Abiv
Morris, I am from a galaxy more that 4 million light years from earth. My “rotation” could bring me back by 2017. I say this because unless Hnojlm is using primitive technology, his rotation would be closer to 2012.
June 11th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Doctor Arieh Eldad you stated it correctly. It is barbarism. We, women of islam, are on the front line of that barbarism. Most of us secretly pray that you will scrub the earth free of the pedophile and female enslavers who call themselves men of islam.
NEVER give up an inch to them without proof they will honor their lies. If they treat us, the mothers of them and their children, their sisters, and their daughters as sheep to be bought and sold, to be herded into pens until their sexual desires call us forth, to be forced to commit suicide for their causes, how can you trust barbarians like that to not stab you in the back or in your sleep?
Farah
June 11th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I am from the Manea Clouds that are a part of your Milky Way Galaxy. Your science has only recently discovered our existence. But we have been visiting your planet for more that 2,000 years.
Kreg
June 11th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Morris, thank you very much for replying. Is there anyway I can communicate with him? If this is a ridiculous question, please forgive me for my ignorance. I am trying and willing to learn as much as I can.
Christine
June 11th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
NATO would do better to make a threat it can deliver on. The TAO recognizes no such ability.
The order stands.
Abiv
June 11th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
How I Saved a Friend’s Life
Martin Edelston
When I learned that the husband of a business associate had pancreatic cancer, I did more than express my concern.
I contacted a company that compiled up-to-date research from medical journals and other authoritative sources, and requested its report on pancreatic cancer.
I forwarded the report to my associate and her husband, and they called me from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore a few days later.
Based on information in the report, they had chosen a doctor at Johns Hopkins who specialized in a particular surgical procedure for pancreatic cancer. The husband’s surgery was successful, and he lived a rich, full cancer-free life for nearly 20 more years.
Commissioning and paying for that report was a simple thing for me to do, but it made a profound difference to someone else. Not every offer of help is potentially lifesaving, but I believe that when you see a person in need, a small effort can have dramatic results. It makes you, the giver, feel good as well.
Many people have the urge to help but do not take action. They don’t know what to do, or they are busy, or they think that they have to make a grand gesture. Once you start looking around, you will see countless simple ways to be of assistance. Here, help that most of us easily can provide…
ENCOURAGEMENT
The young son of an acquaintance had severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He had trouble controlling his reactions and outbursts, and both he and his family often were frustrated and upset.
For more than five years, I sent the boy a little present every day — an eraser, a pencil, a windup toy. I would enclose a note with each gift that said, “Marty loves you” or “Do well. Love, Marty.”
His father told me that the gifts and notes cheered up the whole family — they all looked forward to seeing what surprise was in the package each day. Over time, this young man learned to manage his condition.
He did very well in high school and went on to attend one of the most exclusive colleges in the country. He has shown a gift for filmmaking and travels the country encouraging young people to vote.
I can’t take credit for his achievements, but I like to think that my caring and encouragement contributed to his success.
IDEAS
I am always impressed by how many good ideas employees have if you just ask them. So I developed the I-Power system with the help of management consultant Peter Drucker.
I-Power is a simple way for companies to keep improving by drawing on employee suggestions. I have given my book, I-Power, to many colleagues, friends and acquaintances.
One of these people was executive director of a large, influential nonprofit that provides social services. He started using the system. Every staff member was asked to give two suggestions for improvement at a special idea meeting held every other month.
When an idea was implemented, the employee who contributed the idea got $50. The executive credits I-Power for more than 100 successful ideas that his nonprofit put into practice — from ways to increase cooperation between departments to expanding the organization’s mentoring role in the community.
You don’t have to be a business executive to use I-Power. Any time you have a problem at home or at work, you can invite suggestions from others — and be open to giving those suggestions a try.
HONESTY
Sometimes the way to make a difference is to be completely honest about a person’s shortcomings — and then soften the blow by offering a suggestion on how to improve.
A speech therapist I know happened to mention that her boyfriend had become boring. After some thought, I told her, “He’s not boring — you are. To change that, go through the newspaper every day, and tear out ads and articles about things you would like to do on the weekend.
Give those to your boyfriend, and ask him to buy two tickets to each event.” It quickly turned the relationship around. They began living together and now are married.
PURPOSE
A distinguished, longtime contributor to our publications told me that his daughter — a bright young woman — had a chronic illness that left her too weak to leave the house and go to work.
She had a strong interest in the medical world and a talent for writing, so I assigned her some short articles for Boardroom publications. I didn’t have to change a word of what she submitted, and she became one of our valued contributors.
At lunch with her, I learned that the assignments meant even more than I realized — they had helped give her a sense of purpose and self-esteem during a difficult time in her life.
“It’s important that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them, ‘I am a writer for Bottom Line/Personal,’” she said. She now is in remission, married and has four wonderful children.
You may not be able to offer writing assignments, but if you know someone who needs a self-esteem boost, you could remind him/her of his successes or possibly offer to pay him for help you need that you know he could do well.
Examples: Sell items for you on eBay, or put in a vegetable garden for you.
CONNECTIONS
For many years, I have hosted dinners for experts in a variety of areas, offering them the chance to network and exchange ideas with leading thinkers in other fields.
I started these events because I love attending dinner parties, but I wasn’t getting invited to very many. I decided to host the kind of party that I would like to attend, and the first Boardroom dinner took place in my office with a dozen guests.
The tradition has grown into a series of monthly dinners at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City. I send invitations at the beginning of each year to several thousand people, asking them to choose the date that they would like to attend.
At the dinners, I greet each guest personally and seat him/her near someone I think he will find especially interesting. After the meal, a microphone is passed around so that everyone at the table can share a unique perspective on his activities.
As a result of these dinners, people have formed business partnerships, found clients, discovered speakers for events, learned about trends in business, health care and the arts, and made friends. You can have these types of dinners in your home by inviting interesting people who don’t know one another.
FINANCIAL HELP
I learned from some old friends that a mutual acquaintance was in emotional and financial distress. Life had thrown some painful circumstances her way, and now her landlord was about to raise her rent by $200 a month, an amount she could not afford.
The $200 that loomed so large in her life was an amount that I could spare. I told her that I would take care of it. I sent the amount of the increase directly to the landlord, every month for several years, until my friend’s financial situation changed.
I still send her notes and magazine subscriptions because I want her to know that she can count on me for emotional support even if she no longer needs financial help.
I understand that helping someone pay rent is not something everyone can do. If a friend is in a difficult financial situation, maybe you can offer to pick up the check at dinner or invite him/her to your home for an evening.
LOGISTICS
One of my former employees, a single mother, was being treated for cancer. After sending flowers and putting her in touch with the right experts, I mailed her a card that included a list of three things I thought she might need help with — food, child care and transportation.
Each possibility had a box next to it. I asked her to check the box that would help her the most and to send the card back to me.
She checked transportation, so I hired a car service to drive her to chemotherapy treatments, grocery shopping and anywhere else she needed to go. Because I wanted the experience to be effortless for her, I made arrangements directly with the service.
She didn’t have to handle payment or fill out vouchers or give an account number — she just called the company whenever she needed a car, and a driver would pick her up, wait for her during the appointment and take her home. She is in great health now and still remembers how my help made life much easier and tolerable for her.
You don’t need to hire a car service. Just driving a friend to a doctor’s appointment or picking up groceries for him/her can make life much easier.
Martin Edelston is founder and chairman of Boardroom Inc., which publishes Bottom Line/Personal, Bottom Line/Health, Bottom Line Natural Healing and numerous books, including The World’s Greatest Treasury of Health Secrets, Stamford, Connecticut. http://www.BottomLineSecrets.com.
He is author of I-Power: The Secrets of Great Business in Bad Times (Boardroom Inc., 800-678-5835).
June 11th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Dr. Eldad:
I am a former citizen of the West Bank. I moved to France a few years ago. I am afraid to say where, but I can tell you that many arabic immigrants especially the females that escaped the brutal control males have over us there are sympathetic with Israel’s cause.
Most of us are still very afraid to voice our opinions openly. We still feel the threat of violence by men who claim to be acting out god’s plan but are liars who are doing what they can get away with in God’s name.
They are quick to blame Israel for an injury to a female who may have become an ACCIDENTAL victim of violence. The difference is those hypocrites who hold up the injured body of a female are DELIBERATELY breaking our bones and spirits everyday with their islamic bullshit. They wouldn’t know a word from Allah if She shouted into their faces.
It is past my bedtime. I must retire. But I had to steal the privacy to post this to you. I want you to know that many arab women pray for your success. We envy the freedom and respect Israel and other civilized societies bestow on your females.
Arabic women still exist in barbaric regimes that islamic men hold up to the rest of the world as civilized.
Herat
June 11th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I think Michelle Obama is beautiful.
June 11th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
In 1962, President Kennedy, believing that the wars of the future would be low intensity conflicts such as guerilla wars and acts of terrorism, created an elite special forces unit to meet the enemy on his own turf. Experts in sea-air-land operations, they are known as Navy Seals.
In 2010, President Obama, believing that wars should involve more than “shock and awe,” but a fully thought out plan for the start, operation, and end of that war with the President of the United States accepting the full responsibility for the conduct of that war, brought the same concept to the Navy Seals.
For the first time the Navy Seal can respect the purpose and the man for the mission he is sent on. Today he knows that he will not be sent on a mission by suits who think collateral damage is what happens to the poor guys they stiff financially.
He will be sent by his President to do a job for his nation. Obama has brought respect back to the Flag for both those who serve it and those who would disrespect it.
Thank you President Obama
JP
June 11th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
This alien laying next to me eating little cured humans says on his world there are no lords kings or fucking emperors. And while he has been ordered to pretend to believe respect and honor the extraordinary achievements that warranted the title of emperor to a way too young upstart who hasn’t even put in the time that the generals have to earn the respect they have. Generals who are content to be generals not emperors. He also adds an emperor who by his own lust for power siphoned off from the Federation some of it’s best generals. It’s just so disgusting and now he expects us to bow down to him and his mystique of invincibility.