Our 44th president Barack Obama!

Barack Obama was sworn in last Tuesday as our 44th president! He is the first African-American president! Barack Obama and Joe Biden hope to build a better future. Due to the economy in crisis. Barack Obama and his family will be in the White House soon.

It has been a rough run during the election due to his competetors John McCain and Vice President Sarah Palin. But today Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been sworn in as the 44th president and Vice president! Many people are very happy with this decision. Obama sworn to preserve protect and defend the constitution, as there were many great presidents before him. He also states he will help us through these troubled times.

Over 4 million people were at the swearing of the 44th president. People were very happy to have Americas first African-American President. And they hope that Barack Obama will help us.

In my opinion this is great news! Americas 44th president and he is African-Amercian!

Source- Daily News [Tuesday, January 20th 2009]

Warm? In Antarctica?!

Scientists have researched for almost half a century of tempatures on the continent. Some regions of Antarctica, particularly the peninsula that stretches toward South America, have warmed rapidly in recent years. Researchers say that warmth is coming to all 7 continents on the earth even Antarctica. Researchers say that this is due to the green house gasses. Because the climate record is still short, more work needs to be done to determine how much of the warming results from natural climate swings and how much from the warming effects of carbon dioxide released by the burning of fossil fuels, as researcher Dr.Steig says. In West Antarctica at 0.3 degrees Fahrenheit, though temperatures in this area are still well below freezing and the warming will not have an immediate effect on sea level.

In my opinion this is a really interesting fact. I never thought that Antarctica would actaully warm up! Who knows, maybe this place will be a new vacation spot!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/science/earth/22climate.html?_r=1&ref=science

Are Some Men More Likely To Have Boys Than Girls Just By Their Family History!?

Researchers are wondering wether men who come from families with plenty of males have higher odds of fathering boys... And if the men had many sisters it would be more likely for a girl. A childs gender is lots of times determined by the father since men cast the deciding chromosome — either an X or a Y — while women produce eggs that carry an X chromosome. Researchers say that men carrying a gene determines wether the child will be a boy or girl and the percentage gets transfered into the sperm.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/health/06real.html?ref=science

This is a really interesting theory. Due to my family having alot of boys too! I wonder if this affected what kind of gender i was going to be...