Inauguration of President Obama

A few days ago, a very historical event happened in the United States. This event was none other than the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. This was an important event because Barack Obama is the United States first ever black president. He is also the 44th. In the next two paragraphs I am going to be sharing some information about the Inauguration itself. And also a few facts about Mr. President, Barack Obama.

Barack Obama won bid to become president of the U.S on November 4th and was sworn into office on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. To do this, he resigned from his senate seat after winning the election.  The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) was formed on November 25, 2008. It is led by 5 co-chairs; William Daley, Penny Pritzker, John W. Rogers, Patrick Ryan, and Julianna Smoot. The PIC committee is responsible for administering, managing, the Inaugural events for President-elect Obama. Joint Congressional Committee on inaugural ceremonies is a non-supporter  committee responsible for managing the swearing-in ceremony. The former committee represents the incoming Obama team.  The Latter committee is responsible for orderly transition of governments through the swearing in ceremony. Even so, all committees work thoroughly together. My analysis of this article is that the author was  trying to give us a hint about how things happen inside of the Inauguration. I doubt that people know about all the committees that work together to pull this whole thing through.

Many things happened on the day of the Inauguration. In this article, the author broke down the Inauguration into numbers. 1,120,000 metro train rides were taken on January 20th, a new record for one-day ridership,which shows how many people actually came to the historical event. 18,000 volunteers provided support for the Inaugural events, which shows how generous people can really be for an important cause. Over 13,000 service events organized in response to President Obama's call to service. 13,000 participants marched in the Inaugural parade. 8,000 members of America's police departments provided security on inauguration day, which shows how protective the organizers of the event are of the president and of the people in the crowd. 1,382 applications received by the PIC, from groups requesting to march in the Inaugural Parade, which shows how patriotic people were on that day, that they would march for their country. Over 1000 neighbor ball parties were organized across the country , which shows how how many people celebrated. 432 presidential Inaugural Committee staff worked to put together the most open and accessible inauguration in history, which shows how important this event is. Over 90 groups marched in the Inaugural parade, which shows how important this event was to people. 58 agencies collaborated on the security, which again shows how protective they were at this event. 10 jumbo screens on the National Mall broad casted  Inaugural events. My analysis on this article is to show how many people contributed to this event. It also gives interesting facts about the lengths people went to, to either be at the event or help put it together. 

I am personally glad that I got to witness this historical event in school with the rest of  my classmates. It was very interesting to watch and I felt proud that my country has such a strong leader. When he walked onto the platform, and the whole crowd erupted I felt happy to see that my schoolmates felt the same way because they jumped up and cheered as well. I have a feeling that this is going to be a good 4 years.     

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Spitting Cobras hit their mark

Spitting cobras are animals that are known to "spit" in the eyes of its potential attackers. They don't actually "spit" venom. The muscle contractions squeeze the cobra's venom gland, forcing the venom to stream out of its fangs. The muscle can produce enough pressure to spray venom up to six feet. A new study is published in Physiological and Biochemical zoology. The lead for this study is author, Bruce Young, who is a director of the Anatomical Laboratory in the Department of Physical therapy in University of Massachusetts, Lowell. During his study, Dr. Young and his colleagues, Melissa Boetig and Dr. Westhoff found the secret to cobra's success. They found out that the cobra can maximize its chances of hitting the target. Cobra venom doesn't hit in one spot. Venom lands in complex geometric patterns and can hit the target 100% accurate from 60 meters. But when it does hit the eyes,  it causes severe pain and possibly blindness. 

new clues to childhood illness: Kawasaki Disease

Researches from UC San Diego School of medicine Department of Pediatrics, University of Western Australia, Genome Institute of Singapore , Emma Children's hospital, The Netherlands , and Imperial College London, UK all helped indentify new genes that involved in making some children more susceptible to kawasaki disease (KD.) Kawasaki disease is a serious illness that leads to artery disease. This disease is claimbed to run in families. It causes high fever, rash, red eyes and lips, swollen glands and hands, and feet with peeling skin. The researchers at University of California in San Diego are trying to understand the step by step development of disease and chain of events leading to it.http://brightsurf.com/news/headlines/42394/new_clues_to_mystery_childhood_illness_kawasaki_disease.html