The World Mourns Lech Kaczynski of Poland

Leaders all over the world were shocked and expressed sorrow over the death of Polish President Lech Aleksander Kaczynski whose plane crashed on it's approach to a Russian airport last Saturday that also claimed the lives of his wife Maria and 95 others.

Those killed included the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, the heads of the air and land forces, the national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, the National Security Office head, deputy parliament speaker, Olympic Committee head, civil rights commissioner, two presidential aides and three legislators.

U.S. President Barack Obama describes the Polish leader as "a distinguished statesman who played a key role in the Solidarity movement, and he was widely admired in the United States as a leader dedicated to advancing freedom and human dignity."

Lech Kaczynski was born in Zoliborz, Warsaw on June 18, 1949. He won as president on October 23, 2005. He took his oath of office as President of the Republic of Poland on December 23, 2005.

He will be buried in the Wawel Cathedral of Krakow alongside Polish kings and saints.

The stamp above features Warsaw, the city where Lech Kaczynski was born. It was released on October 6, 2009 by the Polish Post.

A Star Wars Trick or Treat at the White House

More than 2,600 children from 11 area schools arrived at the White House for Trick or Treat on Saturday, October 31, 2009.

This is President Barack Obama's first Halloween celebration at the White House. Together with the First Lady, he handed out to the children packets containing Presidential M&Ms, orange White House Halloween cookies, and dried fruits prepared by his chef.

What's exciting about this occasion is that White House staff and personnel were dressed in Star Wars costumes. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was in a Darth Vader attire.

President Barack Obama's Chef is a Filipina

Who would ever thought that the person who ensures the security and well-being of the stomach of the most powerful man on the planet is a Filipina.

Cristeta Pasia Comerford is US President Barack Obama's Executive Chef. The first woman, the first minority, and the first Filipino to hold that position.

Comerford grew up in Sampaloc, Manila and took up Food Technology at the University of the Philippines-Dilliman. Her studies in U.P. was cut short after her brother's petition for her to go to the US was approved.

In the US, she managed to work as a chef in Chicago's Sheraton and Hyatt Regency Hotels. She later worked at the Le Grande Bistro at the Westin Hotel and at the Ana Hotel's The Colonnade.

She was hired as assistant chef in 1995 by White House executive chef Walter Scheib. After Scheib's resignation in 2005, First Lady Laura Bush took her in as his replacement.

When President Barack Obama became president, Comerford retained her position as White House Executive Chef.