tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009710524891227742024-02-07T20:54:44.315-08:00Green LifeLife is short and unpredictable.We all deserve to live a green and good life!Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-28353200324530989202012-07-27T17:13:00.000-07:002012-07-27T17:13:15.806-07:00London Olympic 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the final lighting of the Olympic cauldron, London took the Olympic opening ceremony to a different height to a differnt dimension - The cauldron consisting of 204 petals which was designed by Thomas Heatherwick, one for each competing nation, were lit by seven young athletes chosen by British Olympic champions !<br />
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Now, the games have begun.................................Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-35249759880205365792012-04-22T23:39:00.001-07:002012-04-22T23:39:47.191-07:00Earth Day 2012<br />
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The 42nd Anniversary Earth Day 2012 campaign is designed to provide people with the opportunity to unite their voices in a call for a sustainable future and direct them towards quantifiable outcomes. From Myanmar to Washington, D.C., people turned out to draw attention to global efforts to protect the planet.<br />
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For Earth Day 2012 we are mobilizing the planet simply to say one thing:- the Earth won't wait. It seems that environmental issues have been put on the back burner as we are in the midst of a global recession. It is time for us to Mobilize the Earth™ and speak with one voice, one message.<br />Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-13347208952731697102012-04-15T05:35:00.000-07:002012-04-15T05:35:08.637-07:00The 100th anniversary of Titanic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOelRuu7F33xywHCphfr4w5xqG0AAHDZba8Dn6-PQpg6TU9Jb-vzD_ZULNHsDv1QgRzEl1_isy9Q-L6sC5HE3zUlsgsnu1PAyJBMc69Yh3KYi0LRF2DyeyxA30ZDmGnuBSqFfJftlxfd6Y/s1600/Titanic+BW.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOelRuu7F33xywHCphfr4w5xqG0AAHDZba8Dn6-PQpg6TU9Jb-vzD_ZULNHsDv1QgRzEl1_isy9Q-L6sC5HE3zUlsgsnu1PAyJBMc69Yh3KYi0LRF2DyeyxA30ZDmGnuBSqFfJftlxfd6Y/s320/Titanic+BW.gif" width="320" /></a></div>The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at events across the world, including in the ship's birthplace Belfast, Northern Ireland. A plaque featuring the names of those who died was unveiled in the Titanic Memorial Garden and no distinction on the memorial between first-class passengers and others on board.The names of the dead are listed in alphabetical order.Thousands attended or listened to the Belfast service, which was held at the city hall.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">Such actions include following a healthier, sustainable diet; consuming less water-intensive products; reducing the scandalous food wastage as 30 per cent of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost and producing more food, of better quality, with less water.</span></span><br />
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Do you know that Leap Year has been around for 2,000 years, since Julius Caesar created the 365-day calendar, although Caesar's astronomer, Sosigenes, get s credit for adding an extra day in February every four years.<br />
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This year,2012, is a leap year, meaning that February, the shortest month, has an extra day, bringing the year to 366 days. This notable event comes only every four years. Which means you have an extra 24 hours. So what will you do with yourself?Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-46498468368965292092012-02-05T02:46:00.000-08:002012-02-05T03:30:49.519-08:00Maru the cat from Japan<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JfGOlEizUUs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
Maru loves to play with box. I love cat! And I love Maru!<br />
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Datuk Lee beat Kenichi Tago of japan by 21-6, 21-13 in 37 minutes. this is his eight malaysia open title so far. He also beat his long-time rival Lin Dan of China at The Korean Open last week. The victory at Malaysia Open earned him US$30,000.00 and he said he would now focus on two upcoming tournaments, the Thomas Cup qualification round and the All-England which is the prior to the London Olympics in July this year.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-30715895985601414222011-12-30T21:44:00.000-08:002011-12-30T21:44:09.849-08:00Happy New Year 2012 !I wish that we all can do something quotable about our environment this new year. And, inspire others to do such deeds in the years to come. And make it a point to consider your everyday as first day of the year. And welcome the daily sun as you welcomed it on the first day of the year. Happy new yaer to all!<br />
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According to an announcement on the Heart to Heart website, Hsu's welfare service, Hsu died peacefully at her home on 7 December. She was cremated on the same day," Hsu wanted to "depart quietly and peacefully" and left instructions not to make any announcement of her death in the news media, or perform any ceremonies that would "cause disturbance and inconvenience to others", said the notice.<br />
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Teresa Hsu born in a tiny village in the Guangdong province of China, Hsu traveled to various countries, such as Hong Kong and Paraguay, to help others, before settling down in Singapore.<br />
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At 47, she enrolled and was accepted into in a three-year nursing course in London meant for students under 25. At 67, she founded one of the first home for the aged sick in Singapore in the 1960s, where she worked until she was 85-years-old.<br />
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At Singapore, she served first as an unsalaried matron at Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital for about three years before opening an old folks home, called the "Home for the Aged Sick". After retirement, she turned her attention to her welfare service, Heart to Heart, where she reached out to needy elderly folks and families.<br />
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Hsu's philosophy towards life was simple. She said that positive thoughts and laughter were her key sources of sustenance. Her involvement in social work was a natural extension of her life philosophy. She described her drive to help others as an instinct that stemmed from her ability to empathise with the needy, having once been destitute herself. Moved by the generosity and kindness she had received from others, she saw the poor people that she met as brothers and sisters and was determined to extend her help to them.<br />
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Besides keeping her mind active through volunteer work and visiting various countries to give talks, she also kept her body conditioned through yoga, which she learnt at the age of 69 and later taught to the public. In addition to doing yoga twice a day, she meditated at 4am daily before going on a morning walk. Her message to young people today: "Go all out to help those who don't have the basic needs. See that nobody needs to go hungry."<br />
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Her passionate work and active lifestyle has won ex-nurse Teresa Hsu various accolades :-<br />
1988 : Guinness Stout Effort Award.<br />
1994 : Life Insurance Association Award, 1993.<br />
1997 : Chinese Reader's Digest Hero for Today Award.<br />
2000 : Her World 9th Woman of the Year Award.<br />
2002 : Chou Ta-Kuan Foundation 5th Love of Lives Medal.<br />
2003 : Honorary doctorate degree conferred by the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.<br />
2003 : Active Senior Citizen of the Year.<br />
2004 : Sporting Singapore Inspiration Award.<br />
2005 : National Volunteerism and Philanthropy Special Recognition Award.<br />
2009 : Public Service Star.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-21086692053640803542011-12-07T00:20:00.000-08:002011-12-07T00:20:54.625-08:00Green Technology | The three contenders of Drive Car of the Year 2011<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Reducing the environmental impact of vehicles is a slow process, for now, the main environmental improvements to vehicles are taking place in reduced fuel use, which in turn leads to reduced emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.<br />
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</tbody></table>Heading the trio of contenders for Drive's Green Innovation Award in 2011 is the Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion. Another clever new fuel saving engine is the Mazda3 SP20. Like others of its ilk - including the Ford Fiesta Econetic - it uses special gearing, lower rolling resistance tyres and various lightweight components to reduce fuel use.<br />
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</tbody></table>Writing in the journal "Annals of Botany", Professor Douglas Kell argues that developing crops that produce roots more deeply in the ground could harvest more carbon from the air, and make crops more drought resistant, while dramatically reducing carbon levels.<br />
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In principle, any crops could be treated in this way, giving more productive yields while also being better for the environment.<br />
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Professor Kell, Professor of Bioanalytical Science at the University as well as Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has also devised a carbon calculator that can show the potential benefits of crops that burrow more deeply in the ground.<br />
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With this, he has calculated that – depending on the time it takes them to break down –breeding crops that could cover present cropland areas but that had roots a metre deeper in the soil could double the amount of carbon captured from the environment. This could be a significant weapon in the fight against climate change.<br />
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Breeding crop plants with deeper and bushy root ecosystems could simultaneously improve both the soil structure and its steady-state carbon, water and nutrient retention, as well as sustainable plant yields.<br />
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Professor Kell argues that widespread changes in agricultural practice are needed, in an environment in which edible crop yields also need to increase substantially and sustainably, and where transport fuels and organic chemicals will need to come from modern (rather than fossil) photosynthesis.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-48449064992913679382011-11-19T18:10:00.000-08:002011-11-19T18:10:08.124-08:00The Brave Ellie Challis<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u0M3mFiHq6k" width="440"></iframe><br />
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Little Ellie Challis who had all four limbs amputated in a life-saving operation in 2005 after contracting meningitis. Her mother is Lisa and father is Paul, Ellie also has a twin sister Sophie and siblings Tai'la, ten, and Connor, 12, they live in Clacton, Essex.<br />
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While it’s not unusual for companies of this size to have a green agenda, New Belgium’s focus on sustainability is quite apart from the norm. As well as holding the accolade for being the first brewery to subscribe to wind energy, the company has installed a 200 kilowatt-hour (kWh) photovoltaic solar array that will replace almost 264,000kWh of coal-powered electricity each year – the largest privately owned solar panel system in the region.<br />
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According to the DOE, an NZEB has two key energy features: The building is constructed with energy-efficient technologies that significantly reduce its energy demand, and renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, supply at least as much energy as the building uses over the course of a year.<br />
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Unesco has documented the way that South Korea has carefully controlled the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education.The government has understood the importance of having formal standards, so that systems can work with each other and quality can be assured.<br />
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15 aspiring Singaporean musicians and their original compositions were selected to be produced in the National Environment Agency's Eco Music Challenge Season 2 album.All songs on the album were composed by finalists of this year's Eco Music Challenge. Songs on the album span rock and roll, pop, country folk, jazz and punk rock, and all of them express support and appreciation for the environment.<br />
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The winning song "World Without Fences" composed by 20-year-old Lee Fengheng talks about how everyone could put aside their differences and work together to do their part in helping Earth.<br />
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All proceeds from the sale of the album will go towards the Nature Society (Singapore) to support their activities of nature appreciation and nature study at Semakau Landfill, and the land and intertidal areas of Pulau Semakau.<br />
Songs from the Eco Music Challenge Season 2 album are available for download at NEA's website at $0.99 per song and at $9.90 for the full album. A hardcopy album is also available for sale at the NEA's Customer Service Centre at $11.90.<br />
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</tbody></table>The second-ranked Russian’s withdrawal ensures that Caroline Wozniacki of denmark will finish the year with the No. 1 ranking, despite losing her group-stage match against Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.Sharapova entered the tournament after sitting out since withdrawing in the quarterfinals in Tokyo last month because of an ankle injury.<br />
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By closing or nationalizing dozens of the producers of rare earth metals which also are used in energy-efficient bulbs and many other green-energy products — China is temporarily shutting down most of the industry and crimping the global supply of the vital resources.<br />
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In China, prices of some rare earths have fallen sharply since June. Beijing is merging its rare earths producers to tighten control over production, sales and pricing. It announced in June that Baotou Steel would become the only miner, refiner and seller of rare earths in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, a production center. It said 35 other companies there would be merged or closed.<br />
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China is taking the steps to improve pollution controls in a notoriously toxic mining and processing industry. But the moves also have potential international trade implications and have started yet another round of price increases for rare earths, which are vital for green-energy products including giant wind turbines, hybrid gasoline-electric cars and compact fluorescent bulbs.<br />
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The United States, Canada and Australia also have rare earths but stopped mining them in the 1990s as lower-cost Chinese ores flooded the market. Most of the country’s rare earth factories have also been closed since early August, including those under government control, to allow for installation of pollution control equipment that must be in place by Oct. 1, executives and regulators said.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-54287427742584458022011-10-17T05:34:00.000-07:002011-10-17T05:35:25.517-07:00News l The Environmental Media Association Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0symoJ6l1jLWW4IAho1MVO3UZ9F2wNps2xQB4AjHYf8rbMI2p6g4zmvxffLiOuT9b8gr7MLDAdOIzkMgBhSXCTGX4nT1kUeHdDd4G9bATSGA-orL6jhCzGzLKStbuOUFTLD-KZpOZd2VA/s1600/EMA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0symoJ6l1jLWW4IAho1MVO3UZ9F2wNps2xQB4AjHYf8rbMI2p6g4zmvxffLiOuT9b8gr7MLDAdOIzkMgBhSXCTGX4nT1kUeHdDd4G9bATSGA-orL6jhCzGzLKStbuOUFTLD-KZpOZd2VA/s1600/EMA.jpeg" /></a></div>Since their inception in 1991, the Environmental Media Association Awards (EMA) have honored environmental efforts made throughout the entertainment industry with the aim of "linking the power of celebrity to environmental awareness."<br />
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Each year, in addition to promoting the environmental efforts of a myriad of films, TV series and actors, the awards distribute special honors to people in the entertainment industry who, according to the EMA, "have gone above and beyond to help the environment both professionally and personally." <br />
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The Environmental Media Association and the group’s 21st anniversary party and awards ceremony was held at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California this year.<br />
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Internationally recognizable celebrity Justin Timberlake has in the past made notable donations to charities such as Wildlife Warriors founded by the late Steve Irwin. The EMA Futures Award honors him as a potential future leader of environmental causes. Nevertheless his ecological efforts, which include advocacy for environmental issues, greening his concert tours and the eco-friendly golf course-Mirimichi he owns near Memphis is part of his green glory.<br />
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I am so agree thet there is nothing cuter than seeing little kids singing and dancing! This is the video of adorable 8-year-old Sophia Grace Brownlee along with her 5-year-old cousin, Rosie, singing and dancing to Nicki Minaj’s “Superbass” on Ellen daytime talk show.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-65034912880566921732011-10-12T18:34:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:34:00.805-07:00News l GM Spark EV - a small and totally electric car<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftjt4wyQqnm3fE4QeJCoZyre7wyahvVfKro8WLadJv042ACH1kRsBcmScSnImqLKd9x2EULtyX_cOO_-p46gHY-TqONRjyGQnzB598c7CsytiQqwZFySPvRxRREQPKn1RxDk9p9PhTPZK/s1600/chevrolet-spark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftjt4wyQqnm3fE4QeJCoZyre7wyahvVfKro8WLadJv042ACH1kRsBcmScSnImqLKd9x2EULtyX_cOO_-p46gHY-TqONRjyGQnzB598c7CsytiQqwZFySPvRxRREQPKn1RxDk9p9PhTPZK/s400/chevrolet-spark.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
General Motors, maker of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, will sell a small totally electric car beginning in 2013, the automaker announced on 12 October 2011. Smaller than a typical subcompact, the Spark is a so-called minicar. It's even a couple of inches shorter than a Mini Cooper.<br />
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GM has been testing an electric version of the Chevrolet Cruze -- a larger car similar to the Chevrolet Volt -- in several countries around the world. Feedback from those tests in China, Korea and India has been taken into account in creating the Spark EV.<br />
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When it goes on sale, the Spark EV will join an increasingly crowded market of plug-in cars as almost every major automaker plans to offer at least one by the end of 2012. However, GM has not yet announced details such as the car's driving range, price or in what markets it might be sold.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600971052489122774.post-51429867910456362542011-10-06T06:47:00.000-07:002011-10-06T06:47:37.694-07:00News l Deceased of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1z2fXKKpLHF7y92ZD96HN_6UwsSevACVHRfff_HXcASO2ZEGHBAkLOKHKT-UL8gbg9tJOr4xnCUcNYVmvSXAAGGAj-X4hfY8oYWEvmw75D2k99eqFNCjAJSYeO3xVTF70o-jQYZr-v0L/s1600/steve-jobs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1z2fXKKpLHF7y92ZD96HN_6UwsSevACVHRfff_HXcASO2ZEGHBAkLOKHKT-UL8gbg9tJOr4xnCUcNYVmvSXAAGGAj-X4hfY8oYWEvmw75D2k99eqFNCjAJSYeO3xVTF70o-jQYZr-v0L/s400/steve-jobs1.jpg" width="318" /></a></div> Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56. His death sparked tributes from all quarters - heads of state to technology workers, colleagues to competitors, celebrities to everyday users of his company's products.<br />
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Jobs was born in San Francisco on 24 February 1955. He was a prodigy who dropped out of Reed College in Oregon in 1972. In April 1976 at age 21, Steve started Apple with Wozniak in his parents' garage, reproducing Wozniak's circuit board as their first product. He was a multimillionaire by 25, appeared on the cover of Time magazine at 26, and was ousted at Apple at age 30, in 1984.<br />
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In the years that followed, he went into other businesses, founding NeXT computers and, in 1986, buying the computer graphics arm of Lucasfilm, Ltd., which became Pixar Animation Studios.<br />
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He was described as an exacting and sometimes fearsome leader, ordering up and rejecting multiple versions of new products until the final version was just right. He said the design and aesthetics of a device were as important as the hardware and software inside.<br />
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He was listed in March as 109th on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of about $8.3 billion. After selling Pixar animation studios to The Walt Disney Company in 2006, he became a Disney board member and the company's largest shareholder. Disney is the parent company of ABC News.Midori みどりhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408564328396039148noreply@blogger.com0