Sucks to wear suits on Saturday but this is good that the White house uses Flickr to disseminate information. Great example of using social media President Barack Obama holds conference call from the Situation Room of the White House concerning the earthquake in Chile, Feb. 27, 2010. Pictured are, left to right, Tom Donilon, deputy national security advisor, Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID, and Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff. Other Cabinet officials joined the meeting by phone.
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I think someone should take a survey of the space you used to find in your office refrigerator before this recession and now . Restaurants have to innovate to attract folks back. Remember lunch is always not about eating. There is a networking element as well | Brown Bagging and Generics Lead Consumer Spending Savings |
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| The economy is turning around based on what one hears from economists and the White House, but according to the results of The Harris Poll of 2,576 adults surveyed online between January 18 and 25, 2010, when it comes to small things people can do each day to save money, consumers are still acting cautiously. 63% of U.S. adults say they have purchased more generic brands in the past six months to save money, while an additional 12% say they have considered doing so.Read more at www.mediapost.com |
Good that the White House is keeping ahead of technology | Today the White House unveiled a White House iPhone application which will deliver dynamic content from WhiteHouse.gov to the palm of your hand. The White House app helps you stay up to date with the White House Blog and the latest from the Briefing Room. You can browse behind-the-scenes photos and watch on-demand videos. The app provides instant access to full videos from recent speeches, press briefings, and special events. For example, anyone with this app can watch the President’s public events at the White House, frequent web chats with Administration officials, and other events like key speeches and press briefings in real time. So aside from being televised and streamed on the Web, next week’s State of the Union Presidential address will be available live streaming through the iPhone application.Read more at techcocktail.com |
Forget gate crashers , remember that the White House dinner was about two allies on the same side of the war. The news is that the man behind the music of “Jai HO” When I heard Rahman in the White House, you cannot imagine the sense of joy and achievement says Indian PM | When I heard Rahman in the White House, you cannot imagine the sense of joy and achievement |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday described A. R. Rahman’s music as inspirational, saying when he heard his songs in the White House, he had a sense of joy and achievement. |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award to the Oscar-winning music director A.R. Rahman and also to the Indian cricket team for their fabulous performance
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The president is on vacation but is on top of this incident and working 24/7 and asked for heightened security at airports. it may be inconvenient but is definitely necessary Obama called for “all appropriate measures to be taken to increase security” after the incident, the White House said in a statement. The Department of Homeland Security said passengers may notice additional screening at airports. |
The passenger was trying to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253, and an explosive device failed, the Associated Press reported, citing U.S. intelligence officials it didn’t name. The passenger was subdued and the incident resulted in “minor injuries,” said Susan Elliott, a spokeswoman for Northwest parent Delta Air Lines Inc. in Atlanta. Read more at www.businessweek.com |
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