John Taylor
John Taylor
astronomy great physics solar telescope took
I majored in physics at IU. But I took a whole lot of astronomy classes. I thought it would be great to have a solar telescope ... be able to see things during the day with the students.
fair kids
I feel like he wanted to be as fair and just with the kids as possible.
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The price point is certainly an impressive value statement, ... I think the going assumption is you have to pay about $10 a month to be involved in a gaming community like this, so to offer a one time fee of $49.99 is going to make it a lot less challenging for kids or teens to get permission to play. I think it's a key price point position.
certain level playing railroad saying
We want to make this a level playing field, as I said we have certain establishments that are violating this, the underground railroad is saying if you come here you can smoke,
absolutely case customers fact focused record restoring service wants
No one wants something like this to happen. The fact is we are absolutely focused on restoring service to our customers ... and in this case we did so in record time.
bring fair people step
Well, that's not fair for the ones who are complying, so we'll step in, and try to bring people back into line.
clear direction until
It's going to be a choppy year. I don't see any clear direction until the end of the year.
bring business challenges cincinnati dan knows national strengths
Dan knows the national business climate, and he knows Cincinnati USA. He knows the strengths we bring to the national arena, and he understands the challenges in today's competitive marketplace.
bureau clear crystal dan needs vision wants work
Dan has a real vision of where he wants to take the bureau and the work that the bureau does. He's really crystal clear on what needs to be done and how to go about it.
quite showing
They are showing they are quite intransigent and showing they are going to be very difficult.
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For example, they show... that the president didn't know about the Watergate break-in, as he always asserted (and) that throughout the second half of 1972 he repeatedly urged his aides not to cover up Watergate, as he always asserted.
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There's a risk you're going to distract consumers' attention and put it on something that doesn't exist yet in the marketplace. The last thing anyone wants to do is undercut demand for product in the market now.
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There's been a lot of hand wringing going on because of what the cost outlook is for game development for the next set of platforms, ... I think there's a growing feeling that in order to build and launch a game you're going to have to start at the $20 million mark - $10 million to build the game and $10 to launch it with a big splash. In order to be able to make any money on that kind of investment, you either have to assume some substantial unit numbers, which are hard to do in the first year or two of a platform's existence, or you've got to raise prices.
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It's never really too early to start contacting the venture capitalists once a business plan has been thought out and once you know when you are going to need the money, ... Don't wait until the week before you need it.