Making 200,000 Homes More Energy Efficient

Energy and Climate Agenda Tuesday, August 31, 2010   The Week in Energy and Climate Last week, Vice President Biden travelled to Manchester, New Hampshire to mark the weatherization of 200,000 homes under the Recovery Act.  Across the country, thousands of construction workers are on the job making homes more energy efficient by adding insulation, replacing windows and doors, and sealing up cracks where air can leak out. This program reduces energy consumption, saves homeowners money, and creates jobs. Highlights On the Road to Recovery – Manchester, New Hampshire August 27, 2010 Vice President Biden travels to Manchester, New Hampshire to mark the weatherization of 200,000 homes under the Recovery Act. Setting the Record Straight on Weatherization August 27, 2010 A close look from the Energy Department on the progress of the Administration's efforts to weatherize homes, a key part of the emerging clean energy economy. 200,000 Homes Weatherized Under the Recovery Act August 26, 2010 Vice President Biden announces that 200,000 homes have been weatherized thanks to the Recovery Act. Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shares her thoughts. 31,000 Homes Weatherized in June August 23, 2010 In June, more than 31,000 low-income homes nationwide underwent retrofits to use less energy representing the largest number of homes ever upgraded – or “weatherized” – in a single month. Reducing Energy Costs while Creating Green Jobs for Americans August 20, 2010 Through the Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $100 million to 100 affordable housing developments around the country to complete energy efficient renovations. Get Updates Sign up for the weekly White House Energy and Climate Agenda. Stay Connected     Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr iTunes     This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from the Energy and Climate Agenda e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Unsubscribe from all White House Emails e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

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The long tail challenge of the iPad store is getting more and more obvious to people. The ratio of "shelf space" to inventory is about the worst of any retail experience in the world. There are more than 24,000 apps listed in the iPad store, and yet the front window (equivalent to the window of a bookstore) shows the user six choices. The spotlight coverflow up top shows another sixteen, fairly randomly. Meaning there's a little worse than a one in a thousand chance that your app will appear in front of someone interacting with the store at the first level.

I have no doubt that as Apple sees revenue increase from this source, they'll do a much better job of crosslinks and browsing. But, once again, the lesson of the long tail is this: you can't count on the gatekeeper to do your promotion for you. Getting picked feels like a needle in a haystack, and the value of permission, of connecting directly to people who care instead of ceding control to a middle man, is at the heart of building an asset. Someone is going to be the gatekeeper, and it should be you.

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Answering Your Questions About Iraq

Good afternoon,   Tonight President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. EDT regarding the end of the war in Iraq.  I know many Americans have questions about our change in mission in Iraq, so immediately following the President's address, I will be hosting a live chat to answer your questions.   You can submit your questions and vote for your favorites now, and be sure to tune to WhiteHouse.gov/live at 8 p.m. EDT to watch the President's address. I'm looking forward to answering your questions later this evening.   Sincerely,   Ben Rhodes Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications     This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com. Unsubscribe e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com | Privacy Policy Sign-Up For Updates from the White House Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

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How To Make Your Homepage More Dynamic Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:43 AM PDT One of the problems I encounter on large client websites–or with clients who constantly add or update existing content–is getting this content into the index as quickly as possible. One of the tactics I recommend is using the homepage. When I talk about adding dynamic content I mean in the main content section … I can think of only three or four websites I have ever worked on where the homepage wasn’t the most frequently crawled page on the entire website (the outlier cases were viral microsites, in case you were wondering). So your best strategy is to use this frequent crawling to spoon feed links to the new or updated content to the search engines. But how do you put this into practice? Here are some examples: Place links to your 10 most important products right on the homepage Run a seasonal website, changing the links on your homepage every month Publish new articles, putting the links on the homepage Update content or living URLs and put the links on the homepage Have a blog, making sure the links are here to your latest posts At a time when Google places value on page speed, having excessive calls to the database on your most visited page doesn’t make a lot of sense. What I recommend is building static include files once a day, every few days, or once a week. This gives you the flexibility you need without the unnecessary overhead. If you are looking for a way to include info from an rss feed (like a blog), here’s a nice and simple script you can use called rss lib. If you use it, be a nice guy and make a donation. Open source gpl stuff helps everyone. Lastly, when I talk about adding dynamic content I mean in the main content section not the footer. Putting dynamic content in the footer has a purpose, but it is much more effective when it’s in the main body area. photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis WordPress Theme review. How To Make Your Homepage More Dynamic Related posts: Suggestion For Google Customized Homepage I’m testing using a Google personalized homepage on a second... New York Times Best Seller List and Billboard Top 40 were the Original Digg Homepage I was reading a post earlier this week by Seth... How To Silo Your Website: The Breadcrumb Trail In Part 1 we looked at How To Silo Your... WordPress SEO: How to Use RSS and Scrapers to Build Links When you run wordpress or any other blog for that... Writing Keyword Focused Posts that are Interesting One of my constant criticisms of bloggers and the blogosphere... Advertisers: Text Link Ads - New customers can get $100 in free text links. CrazyEgg.com - Supplement your analytics with action information from click tracking heat maps. BOTW.org - Get a premier listing in the internet's oldest directory. Ezilon.com Regional Directory - Check to see if your website is listed! Page1Hosting - Class C IP Hosting starting at $2.99. Directory Journal - List your website in our growing web directory today. Content Customs - Unique and high quality SEO writing services, providing webmasters with hundreds of SEO articles per week Glass Whiteboards - For a professional durable white board with no ghosting, streaking or marker stains, see my Glass Whiteboard Review Need an SEO Audit for your website, look at my SEO Consulting Services KnowEm - Protect your brand, product or company name with a continually growing list of social media sites. Scribe SEO Review find out how to better optimize your wordpress posts. TigerTech - Great Web Hosting service at a great price.

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Investing in Innovation, Clean Energy and Small Business

Economy and Jobs Agenda Tuesday, August 31, 2010   The Week In Economy and Jobs Yesterday, President Obama called on a partisan minority in Congress to stop obstructing common-sense measures like tax cuts and increased lending for small businesses to help our economy grow. Over the past few weeks, President Obama travelled to Wisconsin, Washington and Ohio to meet with business owners and families and discuss the challenges they are facing in these tough economic times. Last week, Vice President Biden released a report outlining the Recovery Act’s $100 billion investment in innovation that is not only transforming the economy and creating new jobs, but helping accelerate significant advances in science and technology.  On Wednesday, the Vice President met with small business owners in Washington, DC, to discuss tax policies designed to help middle class families and small businesses. Highlights The President on the Economy: "Pushing This Economy Forward" vs. "The Blockade" August 30, 2010 The President lays out a series of economic measures to boost the recovery, and tells Republicans in the Senate to stop the obstruction. Newsflash! Economists Agree August 30, 2010 A new piece from USA Today is titled "Economists Agree: Stimulus Created 3 Million Jobs." Setting the Record Straight on Weatherization August 27, 2010 A close look from the Energy Department on the progress of the Administration's efforts to weatherize homes, a key part of the emerging clean energy economy. The Facts on the Recovery Act & American Innovation August 26, 2010 A look at the report out this week on some of the amazing innovations spurred by the Recovery Act that often go under the radar, and a debunking of some of the attacks on the report. Keeping Taxes Low for the Middle Class and Small Businesses August 25, 2010 Vice President Biden holds a Middle Class Task Force roundtable discussion with workers and small business owners to discuss tax policies designed to help middle-class families make ends meet and help small businesses invest and grow. An Increasingly Awkward Dance August 25, 2010 Jared Bernstein, Deputy Assistant to the President on Economic Policy, debunks Representative Boehner's claims that the Recovery Act hasn’t created or saved American jobs. Their Economic Policies Haven’t Changed, So They Won’t Bring the Change We Need August 24, 2010 House Minority Leader John Boehner gave a speech at the City Club of Cleveland laying out the major planks of his party’s economic agenda. Unfortunately, families in Ohio and across the country don’t need to wait until the speech to learn about these economic policies because they’ve been living with the impact of many of these same old policies for years. Your Credit Card Bill of Rights Now in Full Effect August 23, 2010 The President releases a statement on the final reform provisions of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. Lakes and Rivers: A Middle Class Task Force Visit to the Chrysler Toledo Assembly Complex August 23, 2010 Vice President Biden travels to Toledo, Ohio, today to hold a Middle Class Task Force event at the Chrysler Toledo Assembly Complex - a state-of-the-art complex that houses the main assembly plant producing the Jeep Wrangler. President to Congress: Put Small Business Assistance to a Vote August 19, 2010 President Obama calls on a partisan minority in Congress to stop blocking legislation that would make loans more available and cut taxes for small businesses.  Video: A Backyard Conversation with the President August 19, 2010 President Obama takes questions on a range of topics including health care, Wall St. reform, the economy and social security during a backyard discussion with families in Columbus, Ohio. Around the Kitchen Table in Columbus, Ohio August 18. 2010 The President sits around the kitchen table with the Weithman Family in Columbus, Ohio and speaks to families from the area about the economy, an issue that's on a lot of people’s minds right now. "Small Businesses Are the Backbone of Our Economy and the Cornerstones of Our Communities" August 17, 2010 President Obama meets with small business owners in Seattle and calls on a small partisan minority in Congress to stop obstructing legislation that would help small business owners get loans. New Battery Technology and New Jobs in Wisconsin August 16, 2010 President Obama travels to Wisconsin to visit the ZBB Energy Corporation’s manufacturing facility and discuss the importance of investing in clean energy manufacturing. Get Updates Sign up for the weekly White House Economy and Jobs Agenda.     Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr iTunes     This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from the Economy and Jobs Agenda  Unsubscribe from all White House email lists e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com   Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

Daily Snapshot: Ending of the War in Iraq

Your Daily Snapshot for Tuesday, August 31, 2010     Photo of the Day President Barack Obama signs a banner hanging in a room while visiting with Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today's Schedule Today, the President will travel to Fort Bliss, Texas where he will meet with troops. Fort Bliss is home to troops who have served at every stage of the Iraq War, including troops who are redeploying back home throughout the fall, and troops supporting our new support mission in Iraq. In the evening, the President will return to Washington and address the nation from the Oval Office on the end of the American combat mission in Iraq. All times are Eastern Daylight Time 8:30 AM: The President departs the White House en route Andrews Air Force Base 8:45 AM: The President departs Andrews Air Force Base en route El Paso, Texas 12:30 PM: The President arrives in El Paso, Texas 1:10 PM: The President meets with troops 2:20 PM: The President departs El Paso, Texas en route Andrews Air Force Base 5:55 PM: The President arrives at Andrews Air Force Base 6:10 PM: The President arrives at the White House 8:00 PM: The President addresses the nation 8:30 PM: Open for Questions with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, on the end of the combat mission in Iraq   Indicates Events that will be livestreamed on WhiteHouse.gov/live. In Case You Missed It Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog.  The President on the Economy: "Pushing This Economy Forward" vs. "The Blockade" The President lays out a series of economic measures to boost the recovery and tells Republicans in the Senate to stop the obstruction. Economic Recovery for Small Businesses: Now is Not the Time to Pull Back Karen Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, discusses the importance of passing the Small Business Jobs Act currently before the Senate to help small business owners get the loans they need to grow and hire. Agent Orange and Veterans: A 40-Year Wait Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki writes about long overdue changes that will allow as many as 150,000 Veterans to submit Agent Orange claims in the next 12 to 18 months. Get Updates Sign up for the Daily Snapshot   Stay Connected     Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr iTunes         This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Manage Subscriptions for e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Sign Up for Updates from the White House Unsubscribe e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111