Inspirations that I met!

Sorry for being away for all that time. Things have been busy around here.

I have thought several times before changing the title of the blog. The previous title described my dream, however, the new one describes the message that I want to give through the blog.

During the past month, as I was surfing the net, I met some things that helped to charge me, and maintain my hope that anyone can see his/her dream coming true.

The first is Brad Pitt's company for helping building the houses that have been destroyed by the hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. I know that this is old news (It was initated in early 2008), yet I did not come to visit the web site of the company. You can find here. It is called Make It Right.

The second is an institute for neuroscience that has been founded in Brazil, in collaboration with the Brazilian neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., working now in Duke University. This is a link to his lab at Duke. The institute is called Edmond and Lilly Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS-IINN). What is unusual about the institute is that it has a school and a health center joined to it. In that school, the students receive education that is focused more on science (including math, biology, chemistry & physics), and on electronics and robotics. For me, the health center avoids the separation that usually happens between basic science research centres and the problems that people face in their daily life. Yes, reserach centres are essential for the development of any soceity on the long term, but we should not forget the short term sufferings of people.

I hope that after you browse those websites, that you would be charged to continue moving towards the light in the end of the tunnel, like they have charged me.

I will post a new post telling you how do I feel as I prepare to travel to start a new life in a new country, and to start to realize my dream :)