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in safe hands (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2013 OP
Oh grand, you're posting these pics from Senegal of Pres Obama Cha Jun 2013 #1
beautiful, Cha~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #2
FLOTUS' First Instagram.. thank you, she! Cha Jun 2013 #3
And, how is "Instagram" different than a Tweet? sheshe2 Jun 2013 #4
Well, I was inspired to Google, she.. Cha Jun 2013 #5
Wonderful photos! Kath1 Jun 2013 #6
It has been a great week, Kath~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #7
Yes! Kath1 Jun 2013 #8
Great pix, all IrishAyes Jun 2013 #9
The Obama Diary~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #10
Thanks. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #11
I hope that this is going to be the beginning of the end of years of pain in Africa. Thanks Obamas! freshwest Jun 2013 #12
They spread such beauty and peace sheshe2 Jun 2013 #13
Hand the baby to the President! treestar Jun 2013 #14

Cha

(305,415 posts)
1. Oh grand, you're posting these pics from Senegal of Pres Obama
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 03:39 PM
Jun 2013

and yes, the first one is such a sweet image, she!


President Barack Obama greets Senegalese President Macky Sall as U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Senegalese First Lady Mariame Faye Sall look on, at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal June 27

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/27/rise-and-shine-senegal/

Mahalo, she BOG

Cha

(305,415 posts)
3. FLOTUS' First Instagram.. thank you, she!
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:09 PM
Jun 2013
FLOTUSVerified account ‏@FLOTUS 9h

My first instagram! So inspired and so impressed by these extraordinary young women.


I couldn't find any mention of Malia and Sasha going with their parents but now it looks like they're in that pic with the "young women" in Senegal. They're really low key or it's not them.

And, how is "Instagram" different than a Tweet?

sheshe2

(87,493 posts)
4. And, how is "Instagram" different than a Tweet?
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:16 PM
Jun 2013

Oh my dear, Cha~ you are asking the wrong person!

Cha

(305,415 posts)
5. Well, I was inspired to Google, she..
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:43 PM
Jun 2013
Now more popular than Twitter, Instagram takes risk and deletes feature

Instagram can’t be caught.

Data released this week shows that, for the first time, Instagram had more users than Twitter, marking a huge jump in the photo-sharing app’s popularity.

In just six months, Instagram — a free mobile app which allows users to take and post photos that resemble Polaroids — skyrocketed to 7.3 million daily users in August from fewer than 900,000 in March. Twitter, which already had about 5.5 million daily users in March, trailed behind in August with 6.9 million users.

Instagram’s having a good month; a few weeks ago, it was purchased by Facebook for $741 million, hit a milestone of 5 billion photos shared, and now is apparently competing with, and beating, the giants of the mobile app world.

Wired explains that its popularity comes from its status as a “mobile purebred.” Unlike Twitter which maintains a website, Instagram is mobile-first and mobile-only, and is reaping the benefits of a large shift in traffic to mobile devices.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/09/28/now-more-popular-than-twitter-instagram-takes-risk-and-deletes-feature/

So, Malia and Sasha did go with their parents to Africa? I was looking all over for mention of them going and could find nothing. Just Michelle and PBO.. now I see them in this pic, I think!

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
6. Wonderful photos!
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:47 PM
Jun 2013

Awesome images! I have to laugh at the RW radio types who are whining about the cost of this trip. Yes, building peace and good will with other nations of the world isn't cheap, but it is far less costly than war. I'm so glad we have a President who understands that.

sheshe2

(87,493 posts)
7. It has been a great week, Kath~
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 10:01 PM
Jun 2013

Sure, we have had our set backs. However it makes our resolve stronger does it not!

BOG

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
8. Yes!
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 10:25 PM
Jun 2013

My resolve is stronger than ever. The events of this week really have me energized. A wonderful week for those of us who believe in those crazy little things like peace and women's rights! Very proud of President Obama!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
9. Great pix, all
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 08:14 PM
Jun 2013

Yes, I've heard mention of Sasha and Malia on the trip.

Don't remember exactly where, but at some excited rally a newscaster mentioned that it's almost like President Obama is their president too. The crowd was cheering, "Yes, he is! He's ours, too!"

One of the main pictures I'm looking for, though, would show where President Obama stood in The Door of No Return. Such a powerful image. I'm sure it won't be too hard to find.

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