Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952 - WTOP.com. Also, I present you info about the place where President OBAMA signed this today: the best PUBLIC high-school in America - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson). Also, I show you my new MAXIMUM CARD with The THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952 - WTOP.com
"The bill is meant to ensure that the patent office, now facing a backlog of 1.2 million pending patents, has the money to expedite the application process. It now takes an average of three years to get a patent approved. More than 700,000 applications have yet to be reviewed.

"Somewhere in that stack of applications could be the next technological breakthrough, the next miracle drug," Obama said. "We should be making it easier and faster to turn new ideas into jobs.""

"The president signed the bill after touring Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., where he examined student projects, including a wheelchair that responds to brain waves"

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Now, ladies and gentlemen, have you ever heard of TJHSST?

I did.

My wife and I went there numerous times, between 2004-2008, for some reasons. 

Parental reasons. :)

"Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located in Alexandria, Virginia, United States.^[2] 

It is a regional high school operated by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).

As a publicly funded and administered high school with selective admissions, TJHSST is often compared with notable public magnet schools, although it did get rid of non-application based admission after the class of 1988. Attendance at TJ is open to students in six local jurisdictions based on an admissions test and prior academic achievement. 

The selective admissions program was initiated in 1985 through the cooperation of state and county governments, as well as corporate sponsorship from the defense and technology industries. 

TJHSST occupies the building of the previously FCPS non-selective Thomas Jefferson High School (constructed in 1965). 

TJHSST is one of 18 Virginia Governor's Schools, and a founding member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology.

U.S. News & World Report ranked the school the best public high school in the nation in 2007,^[3]2008,^[4] 2009,^[5] and 2010."

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Address
6560 Braddock Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312
Information
School type	Public, magnet high school
Founded	1985
School district	Fairfax County Public Schools
Principal	Evan Glazer[1]
Staff	approximately 180
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,812  (2010-2011)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue, red and white
Mascot	Colonials
Newspaper	tjTODAY
Yearbook	Techniques
Feeder schools	Northern Virginia schools
Athletic conferences	Liberty District Northern Region
Website	http://www.tjhsst.edu

"It was also ranked #1 among "America's Best High Schools" in a study by U.S. News and World Report since 2007.^{[3][4][5][22]} 

Each year, over a quarter of its graduating class accepts admission to the University of Virginia. 

The other major schools attended by graduates are College of William and Mary,

  Duke University, and

 Princeton University in that order. [MY NOTE: Princeton campus became familiar to my family, in the past 3 years...:) ]

Other graduates attend Ivy League schools and high-ranking public and private schools across the nation.

For schools with more than 800 students in grades 10-12, TJHSST was cited as having 

the highest-performing AP Calculus BC, 

AP Chemistry, 

AP French Language, 

AP Government and Politics: U.S., 

and AP U.S. History courses 

among all schools worldwide."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjhsst

Truth be told: there are several PRIVATE high-schools in America who are also VERY good. :)

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I show you my new MAXIMUM CARD with The THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

"The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Construction began in 1939, the building was completed in 1943, and the bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.^[3]

The Jefferson Memorial is managed by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks division. In 2007, it was ranked fourth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects."

Jefferson Memorial
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Memorial
Location:	Washington, D.C.
Area:	18.36 acres (74,300 m²)
Built:	1938
Architect:	John Russell Pope; Eggers & Higgins
Architectural style:	Classical Revival
Visitation:	2,312,726 (2005)
Governing body:	National Park Service
NRHP Reference#:	66000029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NMEM:	April 13, 1943[2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_memorial

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