Bookstore here in the Renaissance Center, adrienne hecky, i dream coming into the rest of the team at amicom books. Christine durham, the manager here of the Renaissance Center, and finally come ed snider and John Mcdonald of General Motors Corporate Communications who facilitate of all of the audio and visual set up. As background i but also like to give just a brief summary of my own riding writing credentials. I started writing as a soldier infantryman with a Rifle Company and a heavy order platoon in vietnam. When i came back to the world i wrote the first vietnam lawful posted by a and infantrymen which was nominated for the National Book award and the National Endowment for the arts fellowship. From there, i began writing about vietnam and south asia for the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly and the new republic. From there somehow ended up in the Foreign Service and was at the embassy is in pakistan and venezuela come and then did another vietnam novel called Hamburger Hill i
One antidote to our poisonous, nasty political atmosphere is to consider especially significant positive leaders of our past, such as Gen. George C. Marshall. Marshall, one of the greatest soldiers produced by our or any other nation, was a dedicated public servant.
The iMac revolutionised our world – and now it s back to do it again
Apple s original iMac was so perfectly designed, it shaped the look and feel of a technological era. Will the new M1 have the same legacy?
21 May 2021 • 5:00am
The new M1 is the latest version of the iMac, originally released 23 years ago
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In Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic Michael Fassbender, as Jobs, launches the iMac G3 in 1998 and it’s the triumph of his life. His opponents praise him. The press fawn. He gets projections that he’ll ship one million units in the first 90 days, making it the fastest selling computer in history. “Steven – it’s over,” Kate Winslet, playing his marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, tells him. “You’re going to win.”
path, not just the easy path. there is one rule that lies at the heart of every religion. that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. [applause] this truth transcends nations and peoples, a belief that is not new, black, white, brown, christian, or muslim, or jewish, it is a belief that pulsed in the heart of civilization and in hearts around the world. it is a faith in other people. it is what brought me here today. we have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning keeping in mind what has been written. the holy koran tells us oh, mankind, we have created you, male and female, and we have made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. the talmud tells us that the whole of the torah is for the purpose of promoting peace. the holy bible tells us that blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of god. [applause] the people of the world can live together in peace. we know that is god