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BREAKFAST IS SERVED FOR STUDENTS Only a fraction of middle-schoolers in Auburn take part Only about 10 percent of the students in the Auburn School District's four middle schools take advantage of the breakfast available at the schools each morning. Nutrition supervisor Eric Boutin said the district wants to find out why and increase participation in the breakfast club. If they aren't eating at home, he said, it is probable that they aren't eating at all in the morning. And that's not good. Well-documented link The link between nurition and doing well in school is well-documented, he said. At Olympic...

Brazil's coffee industry has brewed up a plan to serve up to 1 million schoolchildren a free breakfast -- complete with a cup of java. Brazil's Coffee Industry Association (Abic) is seeking the support of 50 roasters to launch a pilot "Adopt-a-School" program to feed breakfast to 1 million Brazilian school children aged 6 to 18. Under the plan, a coffee roaster would adopt a school of at least 500 children and provide them with a free breakfast of coffee, milk and bread. The annual cost of the program for each school is estimated at 33,500 reais ($15,000). "Kids have...

Okay Ladies, Gentlemen, and others. I’m eating a giant slice of pizza for breakfast as we speak. I’ve always eaten “unconventional” things for breakfast. I rarely have the usual breakfast foods (eggs, bacon, toast, etc.) unless we eat out. However, I do drink lusty amounts of coffee all day long. I’m interested in knowing if I there any other unconventional breakfast eating “freaks” out there, or if my wife is correct about my being almost completely alone in this? Some of my favorite breakfast foods: Hot dogs Pizza Spaghetti Egg Rolls Hamburgers Steak & Potatoes Giant bowls of vanilla ice...

All the research shows that eating a good breakfast is critical to a healthy lifestyle. Skipping this important meal only ensures that you'll be hungrier when lunch rolls around. According to a study reported in the "American Journal of Epidemiology," people who skip breakfast are four-and-a-half times more likely to be overweight than those who don't. That all sounds splendid, but in the meantime, your cell phone is ringing and you're trying to get the kids to school, all while making a mad dash to work. Even when experts are faced with the question, "Is it better to eat nothing...

Are there enough FReepers on the Western Slope of Colorado to warrant a breakfast/meet n greet in Grand Junction on Saturday, April 16, 2005 at Starvin Arvin's? I would like to see us playing a bigger role in local and national politics, and thought this would be a great time to get to know each other and work on a plan on getting involved. If there is enough interest, let's do it! I think we could make this a regular thing, and eventually get special speakers in and more.

Seattle Breakfast with Governor Dean Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:00 - 9:30 AM VIP Reception (for hosts and VIPs): 7:30 AM Columbia Tower Club 701 5th Avenue, 76th Floor Seattle, WA To join the host committee or to RSVP and pay by check, please contact Seth Rosenbloom at 202-488-5019 or by email. Please contact Addy Gross if you are interested in joining the Chairman's Circle, a new DNC leadership group. The Chairman's Circle is open to individuals that contribute or raise $5,000. Addy can be reached at 202-863-7155 or by email.

MIAMI (AP) - Burger King began offering two new breakfast sandwiches Monday, including one that packs more calories and fat than a Whopper. The Enormous Omelet Sandwich carries 730 calories and 47 grams of fat and comes with two eggs, sausage, three strips of bacon and two slices of melted American cheese on a bun. It's heftier than a Whopper hamburger, which weighs in at 700 calories and 42 grams of fat. Officials at Miami-based Burger King Corp. said that healthier choices are also available, but surveys showed customers wanted bigger sandwiches. "By expanding our indulgent breakfast sandwich menu, Burger...

BOSTON - Gov. Mitt Romney [related, bio] good-naturedly got and gave his share of Irish blarney on Sunday as politicians and community leaders roasted him, the Big Dig, and one another at South Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast.       Romney's out-of-state travels for speeches to Republican gatherings and his rumored 2008 presidential aspirations were favorite punchlines at the popular gathering, held for the first time on at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center near the South Boston waterfront.       ``It's great to be here in Iowa this morning,'' Romney said, to laughter from the audience. ``Oops, wrong speech. Sorry...

A Mexican man killed his lover in a drunken, drugged fight then cooked the man's body in tomato and onion sauce and ate it over three days. Police found Gumaro de Dios Arias grilling human flesh for his breakfast, including part of a heart, when they raided a shack he lived in near the Caribbean beach resort of Playa del Carmen, a police chief said today. "He was preparing stews. There was a grill where he was cooking part of the heart and bits he had cut off the body. It was terrible, terrible," said local police chief Martin Estrada,...

Thursday morning, 9:am, Pigalle Bill and I got to the restaurant around 8:45 and FReepers were already gathering. Talk about confusing, try meeting 30ish people for the first time and everyone has a FReep handle plus a real name, sheesh! Anyway, we had one long table, and a smaller side table off to the side, in a side room all to ourselves. There were lots of stories about the convention, DEMONstrators, the election, local politics.... WTC911 passed around a photo album of 9/11. Cameras were abundant, so I'm relying on you guys to post pictures on this thread. In the...

technochick99 asks Old Cracker the question that's on everyone's mind: "What's next on your list of stupid threads to post? What you had for breakfast?" Old Cracker responds: "Today, our maid fixed me two eggs scrambled, three rashers of bacon, and wheat toast with butter and orange marmalade. Fresh squeezed orange juice and coffee with cream, no sugar. I read the Wall Street Journal while enjoying breakfast on the balcony. My wife woke late and joined me during my second cup of coffee. All in all, a very relaxing morning. After a scheduled conference call with our attorneys, we moved...

ALBANY -- First Lady Laura Bush, joining Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday for his 10th annual prayer breakfast, said "we pray for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, that they may live in peace and freedom." The first lady's comments, and plenty of praise for her and President Bush from others, came amid protests at the event dubbed ``pay-to-pray'' by one critic. About two dozen advocates for campaign finance reform, joined by anti-war demonstrators calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, marched outside the state-operated convention center near the state Capitol where the almost two-hour long breakfast was held....

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Please be seated. Thank you. (Applause.) Good morning. Thank you. (Applause.) Go ahead and be seated. Thank you and good morning. Laura and I are honored to join you once again for this annual prayer breakfast. This event brings us together for fellowship, and it's a good chance to see who gets up early in Washington. (Laughter.) I appreciate the warm welcome. I appreciate the friendship and the kindred spirit. All of us believe in the power of prayer. And for a lot of people here in Washington, a prayer has been answered with...

Doyle urges legislation requiring schools to offer breakfast The Associated Press Published October 17, 2003 MONONA, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle urged lawmakers Friday to approve legislation that would require all Wisconsin schools to participate in the federal school breakfast program. Wisconsin ranks last in the nation in school breakfast participation. The federal program reimburses schools that offer free and reduced priced meals for students. Doyle said the legislation is needed because only 44 percent of Wisconsin's 2,471 public and private schools and residential childcare facilities with lunch programs also have breakfast programs. "We are failing our kids and failing...

The Oxford's short-order cook, Dianna Keeland, chops up a cow brain June 26, 2003, for an order of the Oxford's signature dish -- brains and eggs. The dish has survived at the Missoula landmark for generations and -- more recently -- has survived scares of mad cow disease. (AP Photo/Todd Goodrich) MISSOULA, Mont. - Short-order cook Dianna Keeland looks a little disgusted as she takes a cow brain from the fridge and tosses the grayish, softball-sized organ onto the grill. "They look like something a human being shouldn't eat," Keeland said. She chops the sizzling mass into bite-size bits, scrambles...

Detectives investigating the desecration of a Muslim woman's body that was covered with bacon as it lay in a hospital morgue have arrested three men and discovered a cache of 2,000 photographs of corpses.Another desecration of a corpse at Hillingdon Hospital mortuary in west London in 1996 - when the body was marked by a pen - has also emerged during the inquiry by Scotland Yard .Neither the family of the first victim or the police were notified at the time of the desecration. The hospital has apologised to the woman's family, who are said to be "very distressed", and...

Mar 17, 2003Recipe for Breakfast Aboard a Carrier: Take 22,000 Gallons of Orange Juice... By George Jahn Associated Press Writer ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) - Take 110,400 eggs a month and fry, scramble, or boil gently. Add 18,648 strips of bacon. Serve hot - and start worrying about lunch. It's breakfast time aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and when its 4,300 sailors and airmen belly up to the galleys, the going is hot and heavy for the kitchen crews. But as Master Chief R.C. Jio moves past servers dishing up breakfast, the vegetable dicers, the four giant...