"We are a place that celebrates diversity, a place where people from around the world come to live free of prejudice and persecution, and hate crimes like these are an offense against all we stand for as a city, " the mayor said.

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Packard had also hooked up with an old classmate, Bill Hewlett, and during their free hours the two men would knock around in the garage trying to come up with product ideas for their own company.

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What gives me confidence that Moveline will be around for years to come is that it is both a free service to consumers, so it can build its customer base quickly, but also has had revenues from day one by getting a percentage of the cost of the move from the moving companies.

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"We are paying people from all around the world to come here and hone their skills, leaving their own domestic leagues around the world free to bring on the next generation of talent, while our own players here can't get into starting line-ups, " he commented.

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The pesticide-free cooking roses used by most American chefs come from organic gardeners in California who air-freight them to specialty food suppliers around the country.

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