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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system.
As of July 2011[update], Apple has 364 retail stores in thirteen countries, and an online store. It competes with Exxon Mobile as the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization, , as well as the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit, more than Google and Microsoft combined. As of September 24, 2011 (2011 -09-24)[update], the company had 60,400 permanent full-time employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees worldwide; its worldwide annual revenue in 2010 totalled $65 billion, growing to $108 billion in 2011.
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Timothy D. “Tim” Cook (born November 1, 1960) is the CEO of Apple. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as SVP of Worldwide Operations and also served as EVP of Worldwide Sales and Operations and was COO until he was named the CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011, succeeding Steve Jobs, who died on October 5, 2011, from pancreatic cancer. Cook had previously served as acting CEO of Apple after Jobs began a medical leave in January 2011.
In early 2012, he was awarded compensation of 1 million shares, vesting in 2021, by Apple's Board of Directors. As of April 2012, these shares are valued at US $600 million, making him the world's highest paid CEO.
Cook grew up in Robertsdale, Alabama, near Mobile. His father was a shipyard worker, while his mother was a homemaker. Cook graduated from high school at Robertsdale High School, earned a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1982, and his M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in 1988.
Cook spent six months at Compaq as VP for Corporate Materials before he was hired by Steve Jobs to join Apple in 1998. He initially served as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Operations. Prior to that, Cook served as the chief operating officer (COO) of the computer reseller division of Intelligent Electronics and spent 12 years in IBM's personal computer business as the director of North American Fulfillment.
Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966) is an American poet, musician, and composer. He is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues.
Michael Franti was born in Oakland, California to an Irish-German-French mother and an African-American and Native American father. However, his mother made an adoption plan for him because she was afraid her family would not accept him. He was adopted by Carole Wisti and Charles Franti, a Finnish-American couple in Oakland, who had three biological children and two adopted African American sons. Charles Franti was a professor in the department of epidemiology and preventive medicine of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and died in 2003. Michael's four siblings are named Rebecca, Sara, Dan, and Matthew. Michael attended Davis Senior High School and graduated from the University of San Francisco. During his time at school there he met a priest who taught him how to tell a story on paper, and soon he was writing poetry. He purchased a bass at a pawn shop and started creating music inspired by hip hop, punk, and reggae that was being played on the campus radio station. He has two sons: Ade with his wife Tara Franti-Rye, and Cappy from a previous relationship.
Hi, my name is Sean Daley and you might know me from such films as
"I Can't Sing, But Neither Can You."
Haha yea, heheheh what are you lookin' at?
Don't look at me, don't even talk to me
Oh you rap too? Heheh I should've known
I ca, I can tell. Nah, it's in your eyes
Just cause you're an emcee doesn't mean that you get to be an asshole (asshole)
Just cause you're a man, doesn't mean you get to act like a bitch (like a bitch)
Won't you stand over here do a favor use your head to hold this apple (apple)
And on my twenty pace take, aimin' shots, swear to God I won't miss (I won't miss)
See I've been around the world without moving and I've met a lot of people (people)
And they all play the same little games the only change is the date (is the date)
It's all fame and respect a little money won't you help me build my ego? (ego)
Without taking any time to think about how it might affect fate (checkmate)
You see we've come a long way just to find that there ain't no place to lay down
And we waited all night for the light, but the dawn never broke (never broke)
And if we let the song play we can lead all the children to the lake now (take down)
Because it seems as if most would rather choose to sit back and let 'em choke
(don't choke, don't choke)
Just cause you're an emcee doesn't mean that you get to be an asshole (asshole)
Just cause you're a man, doesn't mean you get to act like a bitch (you bitch)
If you stand over here do a favor use your head to hold this apple (apple)
And on my twenty pace take, aimin' shots, swear to God I won't miss (I don't miss)
white blind beached on gold our apple skin our tire shop
hands
glide down hold my skull in a crush of your legs break
when you
break when you break it
bite down bite back bugs are screaming their last screams
always in always in always in shifty as you made me you
made me
I love your apple
I know your shape
And what you're for
My solitary
Is down below your shaded warmth
You see right through me
Do you know what I'm thinking?
Is it pain, is it love
That keeps us growing stronger than anyone?
Am I just an amazing freak of nature, tired of going on?
I found I am unlike you
I found I am unlike you
Been a stranger for the last time, in my room.
For what are you reaching?
You're growing higher every year
Maybe for Heaven
To take you away from us my dear
Is this theory absurd?
I know you will be staying right here
Is it pain, is it love
That keeps us growing stronger than anyone?
Am I just an amazing freak of nature, tired of going on?
I found I am unlike you
I found I am unlike you
When apple leaves fall
You may feel something in your mind's eye
When the earth drinks in squall
You may plan to escape on the sly
Ohhhh, ohhh, ohhhhh, ohhh...
I heard her sobbing
Her tears tasted so sweet
I heard her singing
Her voice was gray beat
Ohhhh, ohhh, ohhhhh, ohhh...
When apple leaves fall
We will have to say good bye
When the earth drinks in squall
Your mind will be dry
I heard her sobbing
Her tears tasted so sweet
I heard her singing
Her voice was gray beat
For your consideration
I offer myself with no sign of hesitation
Well let's get these wheels in motion
Cause this old guitar is gonna sing by the ocean side
Oh Apple you're my life
Feel like a before and after photo
How I ever live without you I don't know
So we gonna plant the seed and watch it grow oh
Apple, you don't even know how your laughter tastes so
sweet oh
Apple, well I thank my stars that you fell so close
Yea you fell so close
That you fell so close to me
We sit and watch as the waves slowly reach for our
names and surrender them to the tide.
If I could send out a message in a bottle
I'd say all I need is here by my side
Apple, you're the reason why
You're like a before and after photo
How I ever live without you I dont know
So we gonna plant the seed and watch it grow oh
Apple, you don't even know how your laughter tastes so
sweet oh
Apple, well I thank my stars that you fell so close
Yeah you fell so close
That you fell so close to me
So close to me yeah yeah yeah oh oh yeah oh oh oh.
Apple, you don't even know how your laughter tastes so
sweet oh
Apple, well I thank my stars that you fell so close
Yeah you fell so close
That you fell so close to me
Apple, you dont even know how your laughter tastes so
sweet oh
Apple, well I thank my stars that you fell so close
Yeah you fell so close
That you fell so close to me
I could live by the river with both of my feet in the blues
Re-organize nature while I compartmentalize the sky, too
I could do what I do
And the rest of the world would have to pretend like they knew
With my roots in the water
Like some cigarette cellophane tooth
The heat in my head that would boil in your bed
And pull me into you
I could fill up the room with these things I been thinking about you
Look good
Brrrrrrr I, I, I, I, I, I ,I, I, I,
Who uhh who I, awoh uhh wohy i
Adam and Steve, walking hand in hand
Gog and Maggog sodomizing Jah land
So many worms eating up your apple
Time is running out, soon you'll be in trouble
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside
Brr aye, aye
Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, see
Beauty and the beast sitting on the throne
But the city is built upon dead man's bones, yeah
I've seen your crimes ano your atrocities
Judgment is now that is your reality, yes
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside, aye
Lies and deceit lurking in the belly of the beast
While some living in their lies and illusions
Here goes many seeking solutions, my gosh
Jah know
Jah, jah know now
Yet jah know that it rotter on the inside
Gog and Maggog, drunken from the cup of rage
Devils in disguise truth them trying to hide, aye
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside
Though the apple look rosy on the outside
Yet Jah know that it's rotten on the inside, aye, aye,
Gog and Maggog, drunken from the cup of rage
Devils in disguise truth them trying to hide, aye
Babylon the great come stumbling
Revelation fulfilled, ha, ha, ha, ha
Let me tell you
Bam bam ba ba de yah
Brrr, aye aye aye
Rotten apple look good
Don't you get tempted
Oh no no no
Rotten apple look good
Beware my friend
You looking good from afar
But you far from looking good
Don't get tempted, Don't get tempted
Don't get tempted
Don't get get get tempted, aye
Don't you ever take it for food
Don't, don't, don't, don't get tempted
Or else you'll get exempted
Brr aye aye aye
Apple
Kick the rotten fruit
Life is full of fresh energy
Depth on my tongue the beauty is mortal
You could have a bite
Out of happiness
If it doesn't taste
Good spit, spit it out
Kick the rotten fruit
This is the forbidden fruit
Fruit
As it splashes on your face
As it drops down your forehead
Now I know you're the big nothing
And I'm the God of the World
Mortal beauty