Burton is one of the biggest snowboard manufacturer companies in the world. Burton Snowboards was founded by Jake Burton in 1977. The company specializes in snowboards, bindings, boots, accessories, and outerwear. Jake Burton built the first snowboard factory. the company's first model was the backhill snowboard which was a skinny board with a single strap binding and a rope with a handle attached to the nose. Burton products are marketed all around the world in over 4,348 stores and 1,536 of those stores are in the U.S.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Holloween
Halloween is one of the world’s oldest holidays, its still celebrated today in a number of countries around the world. In Mexico and other Latin American countries, Holloween is called Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. This honors deceased loved ones and ancestors. In countries such as Ireland, Canada and the United States, adults and children take part in the popular Halloween holiday, which derived from ancient festivals and religious rituals. Traditions include costume parties, trick-or-treating, pranks and games.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Microsoft
Microsoft was founded in 1975. it is currently the world leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Microsoft owns windows, Microsoft office, the Microsoft surface, Xbox, Skype, Nokia devices, bing, and the Microsoft store. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founders of the company. The company's 1986 public offering and subsequent rise in share price, created 3 billionaires and around 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
Microsoft owns windows, Microsoft office, the Microsoft surface, Xbox, Skype, Nokia devices, bing, and the Microsoft store. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founders of the company. The company's 1986 public offering and subsequent rise in share price, created 3 billionaires and around 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
Friday, October 10, 2014
Pet Smart has a charity to help take animals off the street and find them homes. every year in the U.S. there are 400,000 pets saved, $34 million granted to 2,800 animal welfare groups, and 285k spray/neuter surgeries funded in 2013. In Massachusetts there were 2,461 pets saved, $767,721 given out or invested, and 9,541 surgeries funded in 2013.
Every year 8 million pets enter shelters and 4 million don't find homes. Pet Smart funds local animal welfare groups to get pets adopted and prevent unplanned letters.
Monday, October 6, 2014
My Weekend
This weekend i went to the walk for breast cancer. Friday i went to the CM football game with the boys. Saturday i worked for 7 hours and then took a nice 5 hour nap afterwards. After my nap i went and chilled with my friends for the night. Sunday i woke up early in the morning to pick up Dickie Hilts and head over to the walk for breast cancer. After the walk i went out with my friends for a little then i went home and watched the Patriots game.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
MOOCS
Massive Open Online Course
A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access from the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants.
http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc
http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc
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