d6 items of interest week of december 3

Despite Wall Street pessimism, industry leaders sound downright bullish on the future of traditional retail. Why else, they argue, would Amazon spend $13.4 billion to buy Whole Foods? Sure, the competition is fiercer than ever, and icons such as Sears and JCPenney are dying. But they believe that the narrative has been oversimplified.

I simply belive the strong reaction against the four, five? Cartoons that have been drawn of Muhammed is an extreme overreaction. The magazine has done more stories and cartoons of Jesus, the pope and other christian figures. They have done pictures about Judaism and Buddhism.

Finally, Mary was an unsung hero with a grit unmatched by others. She was honest, pragmatic, and led with her heart. She never asked for much in return other than a phone call or a chance to sit and talk about life’s events. BentSpoke Brewing Co is the brainchild of Champion Australian brewer Richard Watkins and Tracy Margrain, who travelled the world downing brews and drawing inspiration for their own operation here in Canberra as they did so. The pair always seem more than keen to get out and about in the community and are now a pretty famous part of the Australian beer scene. It’s great to see..

Longtime, first time with more of a comment than question. As a HS football coach, our schemes are constantly evolving from season to season as different coaches come and go and to meet the needs of current players, as well. Terminology evolves, too.

Microsoft, albeit after multiple attempts, showed the world how tablets can indeed be productivity devices, by putting a full fledged operating system and desktop class applications on its Surface tablet. Apple’s iPad Pro also addresses the gap between laptops and tablets. It’s a segment of the market that’s getting a lot of attention right now, and if Google wants to aim for this segment then it really needs to sort the mess that is Android apps for large screens..

On June 25, after a series of unreliable phone calls, a interesting phone call arrived from a young man. His name was “Pierluigi”, 16 years old. He said that together with his girlfriend he had met two girls in Campo dei Fiori [Roman square]; one of them was selling cosmetics, had a flute with her and said her name was Barbara.

Working to make real meaningful environmental change is much most difficult than football. It takes rigorous study and strategic planning while understanding the science and politics. Then, coalition and consensus building. In greater Washington, there is, beside Berliner, only one other company that offers ice cream truck parking: Star Vending, on Good Hope Road in Southeast Washington. But it has space for only a few vehicles. So Berliner has a virtual monopoly, which means that vendors are obliged to play by Berliner’s rules: Each driver who signs up to pay $61 a week for parking and refrigeration privileges also consents to buy all of his ice cream from the company, even though he could get it cheaper elsewhere..