It is incredibly refreshing to hear a leader clearly articulate the importance in dedication to and advancement of science and technology is in either good times or bad. President Obama, ever since his inauguration speech where he famously declared his intent to bring science to its rightful place, has been making a clear and convincing [...]
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Posted in Pieces of Information, Science and Technology, The Grand Energy Challenge
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Department of Energy, NAS, National Academy of Sciences, NIH, NSF, science, Science and Technology, speech
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This is an awe-inspiring documentary by the National Geographic about Air Force One. This is an incredible testimony to the maturity of a democratic society: The permanency of iconic institution, such as the Air Force One, as symbolic underpinnings and projections of power and capacity of the democratic system. The professionalism and competency of people [...]
It is official. The New York Times reports that 4,317,000 births in 2007 just edged out the figure for 1957, at the height of the baby boom. I suppose this provides yet another historical demarcation for this momentous past two years – the other one being the election of Barack Obama to be President of [...]
January 27, 2009 – 11:33 pm
I have come to realize that a number of actions President Barack Obama takes require meditative reflection in order to grasp the full measure of the intention and desired outcome behind them. The hyperventilated punditry, which passes for media and analysis these days and has been so common place in the past some odd years, [...]
January 21, 2009 – 7:31 pm
He stood
beaming hope
on a day icy cold
preaching truth.
He stood
with a nation
tall and proud
born again
vivacious and free
basking in memories golden.
He stood
with echoes of past
on shifting sand
a union
built on blood
of distant shores
in suffering shed.
He stood
with a people brave
seekers of liberty
free and gallant
in pursuit of happy.
He stood
with humanity
of corners of the world
yearning liberation
freedom and food.
He stood
the 44th president
confident [...]
January 9, 2009 – 9:14 pm
You could not possibly guess who uttered those words when speaking about former Senator Bill Frist’s wife. The full quote is as follows:
I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today. He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like [...]
January 8, 2009 – 12:38 am
A website is born, “dedicated to President-elect Obama’s national call to service” In a true Obama-fashion and much like other websites they created during the presidential campaign, this one is intended to serve as a central hub for the coming together of a people around a common goal. I am certain that it will serve [...]
December 31, 2008 – 10:43 pm
A brief summary of the historic presidential election that culminated in the election of Barack Obama to become the 44th president of the United States can be found here. An excerpt from this article, entitle “America’s historic election year,” is shown below:
…As the Republican ticket drew level, then briefly overtook him in the opinion polls, [...]
December 27, 2008 – 4:55 pm
Thomas L. Friedman, in a recent column, discussed about the need to “reboot America.” Below is an excerpt from it:
…our present crisis is not just a financial meltdown crying out for a cash injection. We are in much deeper trouble. In fact, we as a country have become General Motors — as a result of our [...]
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Posted in General Musings, Pieces of Information, The Grand Energy Challenge, Writings
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Also tagged 21st century, america, congress, hardware, reboot, software, thomas friedman, upgrade, Writings
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December 25, 2008 – 11:17 pm
There has recently been a tremendous amount of buzz spreading all over the internet around the shirtless pictures of President-elect Barack Obama. O!, gushed The Huffington Post.
Thinking about this incident, I could not help but be impressed by the subtle, but symbolic, example it sets for the nation. Every bit of news coverage of his daily work activities during the [...]
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Posted in Arts and Culture, General Musings, Pieces of Information, Writings
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Also tagged cancer, CDC, disorder, emotion, example, exercise, gym, hawaii, health, leadership, NIH, O!, obama, obesity, picture, shirtless, the huffington post, Writings
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December 20, 2008 – 12:55 am
I would not dare add my words next to those of the seminal speeches of Barack Obama shown below in condensed word cloud representation with the exclusion of common words in the English language. It is very striking to note that each of these speeches have a particular and unmistakable message and theme as exemplified in [...]
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Posted in General Musings, Writings
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Also tagged communication, obama, word cloud, wordle, 2008, Barack Obama, speeches, iowa, race, new hampshire, democratic convention, election, message, theme, 2002, 2004, Writings
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December 17, 2008 – 10:49 pm
This is a thought put together much later than almost all has been said about the person of Barack Obama and the significance of his rise to the highest office in the land. As my former teacher would say, it is better late than never. What pushed me even more to jot down my thoughts on this [...]
