2nd Half

History, in this case geopolitical history, has a way of repeating itself. For those who follow events in the Middle East, you are aware of the recent dust-up in US-Israeli relations. On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, news was released that a plan had been approved to construct 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem. Vice President Joe Biden had arrived in Israel on March 8th to lend political support to the Israelis and the Palestinians who had both agreed to embark on proximity talks to be led by special U.S. envoy George Mitchell. Biden was not pleased with the news and proceeded to let the Israeli government know of his (and his country's) displeasure. The confrontation has now seemed to delay the start of the talks as Mitchell has postponed his trip to the region. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has also chimed in strongly on the news. And the sad saga continues.

We found ourselves coming home from the mall and followed this beautiful Chevy right in front of us. We didn't get a full view, but from what we saw and the photos my son took, and some copious googling, it looks a lot like a 1940 Chevy. Anyone have a better date on this?

Q: How do you stop hubris from creeping in?
A: [The] Executive team in the company spends a lot of time thinking and discussing how to retain and recruit the best talent in the world. At the end of the day, I know it's a cliche, but people are our most important asset in the world by far. It's people who deliver innovation. We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose. The table each of you are sitting at today, you could probably put every product on it that Apple makes, yet Apple's revenue last year was $40 billion. I think any other company that could say that is an oil company. That's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones. I think this is so ingrained in our company that this hubris you talk about that happens to companies that are successful and sole role in life is to get bigger, I can tell you the management team at Apple would never let that happen. That's not what we're about. Small list of things to focus on.

         

HS ball at it's best...SHHS went on to win 47-40!!!

Now, on to the finals agains University on Saturday night. Sadly, we'll have to miss it due to family travel.