Author: Don
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Black History Month – Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress later called “the first lady of civil rights”, and “the mother of the freedom movement”. Rosa Parks is one of my heroes that grace my wall by my desk in Vermont. I have…
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Make a Scene!
One of the great features of Apple HomeKit is the ability to make a scene. Once you have set up your Apple HomeKit compatible devices in the Home App you can control them with your iPhone or with Siri. So, hook up that August lock and you can say “Hey Siri, lock the front door”…
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_Dear Friends,_ We are excited by the improvements being made to our Key West and S. Burlington stores and we can see the construction reaching completion. In S. Burlington, we have already made major renovations to the retail area but we are now finishing some back of the house work which will add an Apple…
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Apple Re-Paves The Street
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After several quarters of top-line revenue stagnation, Apple rebounded in the holiday quarter by returning to growth and posting their best financial results ever. That is a statement in and of itself. Apple has posted some pretty spectacular numbers but this was the best. Apple reported revenue of $78.4 billion and net quarterly profit of…
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I am heartened by the overwhelming response to the executive order on immigration. Unless you are a native American, you are descended from immigrants. I know I am as my grand parents immigrated to the USA to escape persecution. And do not forget that son of a Syrian immigrant by the name of Steve Jobs!…
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Black History Month – Frederick Douglass
We are celebrating Black History Month all of February and today we will honor the memory of Frederick Douglass, a former slave that devoted his life to the abolition of slavery. Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the most respected orators and intellectuals of the time, advising Presidents on abolishing slavery, women’s rights…
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Apple Re-Paves the Street
After several quarters of top-line revenue stagnation, Apple rebounded in the holiday quarter by returning to growth and posting their best financial results ever. That is a statement in and of itself. Apple has posted some pretty spectacular numbers but this was the best. Apple reported revenue of $78.4 billion and net quarterly profit of…