{"id":1264,"date":"2012-02-08T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2012-02-08T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:03:54","slug":"president-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2012\/president-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"President Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Reimvk8D2Ho\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nCheck out this video of President Obama geeking out with 14-year old <a title=\"more Makers\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maker<\/a> star Joey Hudy. With an impromptu request for a demonstration, the President helps Joey shoot a marshmallow across the State Dining Room with the homemade shooter, the &#8216;Extreme Marshmallow Cannon&#8217; (which Obama helps power up with a bicycle pump).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2012\/president-awesome\/hudy_obama\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?fit=346%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"346,400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hudy_Obama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?fit=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?fit=346%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1265\" title=\"Hudy_Obama\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?resize=346%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?w=346&amp;ssl=1 346w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hudy_Obama.jpg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event was to showcase student winners of science, technology, engineering &amp; math\u00a0 (<a title=\"STEM Coalition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stemedcoalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">STEM<\/a>) competitions from across the country. Obama announced new policies to recruit and support science, technology, engineering and math teacher programs, including requesting $80 million in his upcoming budget for teacher preparation, with the goal of training one million additional STEM students over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this video of President Obama geeking out with 14-year old Maker star Joey Hudy. With an impromptu request for a demonstration, the President helps Joey shoot a marshmallow across the State Dining Room with the homemade shooter, the &#8216;Extreme Marshmallow Cannon&#8217; (which Obama helps power up with a bicycle pump). 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