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Steve Jobs dies at 56
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. said late Wednesday that the company's founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs has died. Jobs was 56. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance...
Who's Your Daddy
I received the following this morning from a new contact on LinkedIn. Thought I would share it. --- A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee when they stopped at a small country diner for breakfast. While waiting for...
Posted: 10-05-2011 12:54 by jim® | with 2 comment(s)
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Microsoft History Reimagined: The Declaration of Independence
This is great!
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…Rest In Peace Major Dick Winters, USA Ret.
I received word today (January 9th, 2011), that Major Richard “Dick” Winters passed away quietly on January 2, 2011. Although I never did get to meet him, I feel honored to have exchanged emails with him. For those of you who don’t know...
Happy Thanksgiving 2010!
Just a quick note to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Below is the proclamation I issued for our city. Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Warm Regards,
Inventor of the World’s First Laptop Honoured With Design Award | Cool Stuff | Channel 9
I think I may have one of those, where though, I couldn’t tell you Inventor of the World’s First Laptop Honoured With Design Award | Cool Stuff | Channel 9
Posted: 11-11-2010 11:57 by jim® | with no comments
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Veterans Day
We learn in school that World War I ended on June 19, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles; however, fighting actually ended seven months earlier, at the passing of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, what...
Tango Mike Mike - Roy P. Benavidez
For those of you who have served, for those of you who haven’t. If you look up the word HERO in the dictionary, this is the face you will see staring back at you. Tango Mike Mike - Roy P. Benavidez
Last draftee who served in Vietnam retires
By Jeffry Scott The Atlanta Journal-Constitution He was a kid who didn’t want to be a soldier.  There was a war in Vietnam and a peace movement in America. But then he got the government's letter. So he quit his job at a furniture store, quit...
Class of 1986 Annual Wine Tasting Tour – After Hours at RC’s
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