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2010-02-17T00:30:00.000-08:00

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2010-02-17T00:28:00.000-08:00

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Barack Obama Becomes 44th President of the United States

2009-01-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama Becomes 44th President of the United States
America “ready to lead once more,” Obama says in Inaugural Address

Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
By Michelle Austein BrooksStaff Writer
Washington — Shortly after noon EST (1700 GMT) January 20, Barack Obama took the presidential oath of office, becoming the 44th president and first African-American leader of the United States.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts administered the oath of office to Obama on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. “I will faithfully execute the office of the president of the United States,” Obama said as he placed his hand on the Bible last used to inaugurate President Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
Cheers rang out as onlookers, who packed a three-kilometer piece of land stretching from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, waved American flags.
No official estimate of the crowd’s size is available yet, but the Washington Post reported that about 2 million people came to the National Mall. They boarded crowded trains miles outside the city and lined up at security checkpoints in Washington before dawn in below-freezing temperatures, knowing that the closest view they would get of the president was on one of the many large television screens scattered across the Mall.
Millions of Americans, at homes and in offices, watched the moment that many see as a milestone in U.S. history. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, crowds gathered in public squares to watch Obama’s speech on large television screens. At military bases overseas, American soldiers crowded around televisions.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Moments after taking the oath, President Obama gave his first speech, known as the Inaugural Address. He spoke not only to Americans, but to millions across the globe who closely watched the 2008 campaign, election and transition.
“To all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more,” the president said.
“Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please,” Obama said. “Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.”
Obama spoke of strengthening cooperation with allies on global problems such as climate change and nuclear threats. The United States can “no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders,” Obama said.

A crowd on the National Mall cheers and waves American flags as Obama delivers his Inaugural Address.
The president said the United States seeks to usher in a new era of peace in which it will seek to build a relationship with the Muslim world based on mutual interest and respect.
Obama also had a message for America’s enemies. To terrorists, Obama said, America’s spirit “is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.”
Discussing the challenges that lie ahead, including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a struggling economy, Obama said, “The challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.”
Obama said the United States will begin to responsibly leave Iraq and forge a “hard-earned peace” in Afghanistan. He said his administration will improve infrastructure and alternative energies to contribute to economic growth.
“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old,” he said.
A DEMOCRATIC TRADITION
The 56th presidential inauguration began much as it had since America’s earliest days. Obama and his wife, Michelle, attended a service at St. John’s Church near the White House and then headed to the White House for coffee with President Bush and Laura Bush. Obama traveled with President Bush to the Capitol for the formal swearing-in ceremony and the Inaugural Address, after which the Bushes departed as private citizens via helicopter, on their way to their new home in Texas.
The new president joined members of Congress and government officials for a luncheon in the Capitol before embarking on more celebratory events, including a parade and 10 inaugural balls.
On Obama’s first full day in office January 21, he will attend a prayer breakfast at Washington’s National Cathedral, another long-held inaugural tradition.
Inauguration Day, marking an unbroken tradition of peaceful transfers of power, is a hallmark of American democracy, but Obama noted in his speech that the inauguration of the first African-American president is especially historic.
“A man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath,” Obama said, receiving one of the loudest cheers of his speech.
“So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.”

President Obama’s Inaugural Address

2009-01-20T19:10:00.000-08:00

President Obama’s Inaugural Address
“Today we gather because we have chosen hope over fear,” president says

REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Inaugural Address
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Washington, D.C.

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land — a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit, to choose our better history, to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor — who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg, Normandy and Khe Sanh.

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions, that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. All this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control — that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers … Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass, that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve, that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself, and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow, to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are the guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service, a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment — a moment that will define a generation — it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job, which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence — the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

“Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive ... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].”

America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

champions league results

2008-12-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

25 november
(capdevila red card)villareal 0-0 man utd
(caca 73' caldwell 87' og) Aab Aalborg 2-1 celtic (robson 53')
(klose 57', 71' toni 61') bayern munich 3-0 steaua bucuresti
(gilardino 45') fiorentina 1-2 lyon (makoun 15' benzema 27')
(kazim-kazim 63') fenerbahce 1-2 fc porto (lopez 18', 28')
(bendtner 86') arsenal 1-0 dynamo kiev (aliev red card)
zenit st petersburg 0-0 juventus
bate borisov 0-1 real madrid (raul 7')

26 november
(diarra 83') bordeaux 1-1 chelsea (anelka 60', lampard red card)
(kone 30') cfr cluj 1-3 as roma (brighi 11', 64' totti 23' )
internazionale 0-1 panathinaikos (sarriegi 69')
(nikolaou 62' savio 68') anorthosis 2-2 werder bremen (diego 72' pen. almeida 87')
(veloso 65' liedson 66' patricio red card) sporting 2-5 barcelona (henry 14' pique 17' messi 49' caneira 67' o.g. krkic 73' pen.)
(jadson 32', 65', 72' willian 50' seleznyov 75') shakhtar 5-0 basel
(sabrosa 14' maxi rodriguex 28' ) atletico madrid 2-1 psv (koevermans 47')
(gerrard 23') liverppol 1-0 marseille

nlb attachment

2008-11-13T20:49:00.000-08:00

so finally...
today's my last day for my nlb attachment. i like the attachment coz i can use the com, so i'm very happy!!

latest result for US presidential elections

2008-11-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

0bama has garnered another 15 electoral votes from north carolina, giving him a total of 364 electoral votes. compare this with McCain's 162 electoral votes. tis shows how gd is obama!!
obama garnered 52.5% of the votes , while McCain only got 46.2%. Congrats once again 2 obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!

champions league results

2008-11-06T19:49:00.000-08:00

Celtic(mcdonald 13') 1-1 Manchester Utd(giggs 84')
arsenal 0-0 fenerbahce
juventus (del piero 17', 67') 2-0 real madrid
Aalborg (curth 54', due 81') 2-2 villareal (rossi 41' guillermo 75')
fiorentina (mutu 10') 1-1 bayern munchen (borowski 78')
lyon(juninho 44' reveiller 89') 2-0 steaua bucuresti
dynamo kiev (milevskiy 21') 1-2 porto (rolando 69' gonzalez 90')
bate borisov 0-2 zenit st petersburg(progebnyak 34' danny 90')

champions league results

2008-11-04T21:00:00.001-08:00

roma (vucinic 48',58' panucci 34') 3-1 chelsea (deco sent off, terry 75')
liverpool(gerrard 90+5' pen) 1-1 athletico madrid(maxi rodriguex 37')
marseille (mamadou niang 63',71' kone 30') 3-0 PSV
Barca (messi 62') 1-1 Basel( derdiyok 82')
Sporting lisbon (derlei 73') 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
werder bremen 0-3 panathinaikos (mantzios 58' karagounis 70' Tziolis 83")
Anorthosis (bardon31' panagi45' prousos 50") 3-3 Internazionale (balotelli 13' materazzi 44' cruz 80')
Cluj (dani 9') 1-2 Bordeaux (gourcuff 6' wendel 38')

Obama voted as the first black POTUS

2008-11-04T20:44:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama won the US presidential elections today, garnering 50.7% of the votes, and getting more 340 of 538 electoral votes, instantly making him the first aAfro POTUS(President of the United States). What a historic day for the States. This shows that America is willing to accept change even right into the white house
Congrats, Obama!!!
For more info, check out these websites:
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm