Osama bin Laden Dead

Your Daily Snapshot for Monday, May 2, 2011   Osama bin Laden Dead Last night, President Obama addressed the Nation to announce that the United States has killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda. Watch or read his full remarks, and learn more from the transcript of the White House briefing call afterwards. In Case You Missed It Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog. “The President’s Speech” at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner President Obama speaks at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, offering a sneak peak of a sequel to the film the King’s Speech that touches close to home. Public Service Recognition Week United States Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry kicks off Public Service Recognition Week, a time to thank professional public servants. In a video message, First Lady Michelle Obama thanks Federal employees. Weekly Address: Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil Companies At a time of high gas prices and massive oil industry profits, the President renews his call to end the $4 billion-per-year subsidies for oil and gas companies and invest in clean energy. Today's Schedule  All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 10:15 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing 10:45 AM: The President meets with senior advisors 11:55 AM: The President awards Private First Class Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, U.S. Army, and Private First Class Henry Svehla, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry; the First Lady also attends 1:00 PM: Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney 4:00 PM: First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Run Across America Event 8:15 PM: The President and the First Lady host a group of bipartisan leaders and ranking members and their spouses for a dinner; the Vice President and Dr. Biden also attend   Indicates events that will be live streamed on White House.com/Live 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

Seth's Blog : On the day everyone is pleased...

On the day everyone is pleased...

On that day, the day that everyone notices your work, approves and lets you know, then what will happen?

We spend an incredible amount of time and psychic energy planning and working for that day, but why? It will never arrive, and even if it does, it's not clear that anything special happens.

Perhaps the approval of every person in the entire world doesn't need to be the goal of your work.

 

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Seth's Blog : A game theory of NFL negotiations

A game theory of NFL negotiations

Off topic here, a bonus post for those that might be interested:

When two sides are negotiating over something that spoils forever if it doesn't get shipped, there's a straightforward way to increase the value of a settlement. Think of it as the net present value of a stream of football...

Any Sunday the NFL doesn't play, the money is gone forever. You can't make up for it later by selling more football--that money is gone. The owners don't get it, the players don't get it, the networks don't get it, no one gets it.

The solution: While the lockout/strike/dispute is going on, keep playing. And put all the profit/pay in an escrow account. Week after week, the billions and billions of dollars pile up. The owners see it, the players see it, no one gets it until there's a deal.

Seeing and counting money you don't get to touch is a very different story than merely imagining the money you didn't get to touch, money that's gone forever... Change the story, change behavior.

The alternative (if you don't do this) is that down the road, instead of announcing a deal where everyone gets a windfall, you are forced to announce a deal where everyone already starts way behind where they would have been in the first place. That money is gone forever, no one gets it back. The problem with the game of chicken is that someone has to lose.

I'm not even a football fan, but this seems like a clear way to both maximize value and minimize the damage to all those involved. Especially players with short careers and those fans with nothing to do on Sunday afternoons.

 

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Seth's Blog : The $20,000 phone call

The $20,000 phone call

When a homeowner decides to put his house on sale and calls a broker...

When he calls the moving company...

When a family arrives in town and calls someone recommended as the family doctor...

When a wealthy couple calls their favorite fancy restaurant looking for a reservation...

Go down the list. Stockbrokers, even hairdressers. And not just people who recently moved. When a new referral shows up, all that work and expense, and then the phone rings and it gets answered by your annoyed, overworked, burned out, never very good at it anyway receptionist, it all falls apart.

What is the doctor thinking when she allows her neither pleasant nor interested in new patients receptionist to answer the phone?

 

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Oil subsidies, gas prices and you

Good morning, This week, as gas prices hit four dollars a gallon, oil companies like ExxonMobil announced skyrocketing profits -- while still receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies. There's something wrong with this picture, and in this video President Obama outlines the steps we're taking to make it right: A few weeks ago, I emailed you about rising gas prices, and I want to give you a quick update on three important steps: Ending oil and gas subsidies. Oil companies are receiving $4 billion a year in taxpayer subsidies that don't make sense and that we can't afford. That's why President Obama has called on Democrats and Republicans in Congress to stop subsidizing the oil and gas industry so that we can afford to invest in the clean energy economy of tomorrow. Stopping oil market fraud. Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a working group focused on rooting out the cases of fraud in the oil markets that might affect gas prices (the President discussed this in his Weekly Address last Saturday). Reducing our dependence on oil. Stepping back to look at the bigger picture, President Obama recently unveiled his Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that set a goal of reducing our imports of foreign oil by a third in a little over a decade. To do this we have to increase our domestic energy production, reduce our demand for oil by building cleaner, more efficient vehicles, and fully utilize alternatives to oil in the transportation sector like natural gas and advanced biofuels. These are difficult issues to tackle, and it's going to take all of us working together to move forward. For years, politicians in Washington have kicked this problem down the road, but we simply cannot afford the price of inaction any longer. Sincerely, David Plouffe Senior Advisor to the President     This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com. 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

Seth's Blog : Dreams, princesses and the Disney-industrial complex

Dreams, princesses and the Disney-industrial complex

"Like a dream come true"

Choose your dreams carefully.

Everyone is entitled to a dream. It gives us hope, focuses our energy, makes us human.

Sometimes, though, we get sold a dream instead of creating our own.

Is it really every girl's dream to become a princess, to be chosen by someone of royal birth and to have a $34 million wedding? Or is that the Disney-industrial complex betraying you, selling you short?

I just read that the folks who brought us the Mall of America are going to redo the troubled Xanadu shopping complex in New Jersey and rename it The American Dream. Is this the best we can do? Shop?

Dreams are too important to sell cheap, to give over to some organization trying to make a buck.

Catherine Casey chose a different dream--to move to Accra on her own to build an outpost of the Acumen Fund. It's a dream that scales, that pays dividends, and most of all, that she can make come true.

It's so easy to be sold on the combination of compliance, consumption and approval by the powers that be. Of course, you're entitled to any dream you like, but I hope you will choose a bigger one.

 

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Six things you might not know about WhiteHouse.gov

Friday, April 29, 2011   Six things you might not know about WhiteHouse.gov If you haven’t been to WhiteHouse.gov lately, you’re missing a lot.  To stay current about what’s going on here at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, be sure to sign up for our Daily Snapshot email.  You’ll get the photo of the day, the President and Vice President’s daily schedules, highlights from the White House blog, and exclusive videos like West Wing Week. Sign up for the Daily Snapshot In the meantime, check out some of the things you may have missed on WhiteHouse.gov.   Rate the Commencement Challenge Finalists As part of the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, public high schools from all over the country submitted an application to have President Obama speak at their 2011 commencement. We’ve narrowed down the schools to six finalists, and now it’s your turn to help decide who will get to have President Obama as their commencement speaker.  You can review and rate each school on a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) before 11:59 p.m. EDT tonight. Visit WhiteHouse.gov/Commencement to weigh in. Your 2010 Taxpayer Receipt In his State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that this year, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their Federal tax dollars are spent. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veteran’s benefits, or health care. White House Mobile App This month we launched the official White House app for the Android operating system. We also released a new upgraded White House iPhone app that has the option to send you an alert when the President is about to speak and gives you the ability to watch it live, right in the palm of your hand.  Download the new apps here.      WhiteHouse.gov Photos Photo of the Day Each day, new photos of the President, Vice President and First Family are posted in the Photo of the Day gallery.  In addition, there are periodic photo galleries of important events and trips.  Check out the Photo of the Day and other galleries. Behind the Scenes Photos The White House Photo Office just released their latest batch of behind-the-scenes photos, this time following the President from town halls across the country to the Situation Room to a moment alone reading on the patio outside the Oval Office. West Wing Week West Wing Week is our exclusive look at what’s going on at the White House each week. Check out this week’s episode.  Inside the White House Thousands of visitors tour the White House each day, but now you don’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. to get a peek inside the White House.  Check out our interactive tour with some incredible behind-the-scenes photos and our best "Inside the White House" videos.   Stay Connected Every week, WhiteHouse.gov has new videos, photos and other features.  You can stay updated on what’s happening in the Obama Administration by following the White House on Facebook and Twitter.       Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr iTunes        Manage Subscriptions 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