Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Ron Brill and Pat Farrah founded The Home Depot in 1978. They wanted to have warehouses to sell home-improvement tools and materials. A banker named Ken Langone helped them get enough money.
The first two stores opened in 1979 in the city of Atlanta. The first headquarters was on Terrell Mill Road in Marietta, Georgia.
In the 1990s, The Home Depot moved its headquarters to some skyscrapers near the town of Vinings, Georgia.
The two founders, Marcus and Blank retired in 2000. Robert Nardelli became the new CEO.
Robert Nardelli quit being CEO on January 3, 2007. He quit because of controversy about how much money he makes. Then, Frank Blake become the new CEO.
Naming rights
Naming rights is the term used when a company pays money to the owners of a stadium or other sports venue, to have that stadium named for the company. An example is the baseball park called Coors Field. This is done by a legal contract, usually for a limited number of years. "Naming rights" is also called Corporate sponsorship.
Japan Mint
The is an Incorporated Administrative Agency. It is a special type of semi-governmental entity in Japan.
The mint has its Head office in Osaka with branches in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
The Meiji government established the Japan Mint.
In the early Meiji era, paper currency was printed by Dondorf and Naumann in Germany.
A proposal to construct a banknote manufacturing plant in Japan was approved in December 1874. A two-story Western red brick building was completed in October 1876.
The Mint became an Incorporated Administrative Agency on April 1, 2003.
Give Me All Your Luvin'
"Give Me All Your Luvin" is a song by Madonna featuring rappers Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. The song was released in February 2012. It was released by Interscope. It was musically influenced by the 1982 Toni Basil song "Mickey" and the 2005 Gwen Stefani song "Hollaback Girl".
The song reached number one in Canada, the top ten in the US, and the top 40 in the UK. The artists performed the song at Super Bowl XLVI. M.I.A. flipped the middle finger, which was not caught in time by the censors.
In December 2010, Madonna posted a message on her Facebook, exclaiming: "Its official! I need to move. I need to sweat. I need to make new music! Music I can dance to. I'm on the lookout for the maddest, sickest, most badass people to collaborate with. I'm just saying".
"Give Me All Your Luvin" was written by Madonna, Martin Solveig, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., and Michael Tordjman, while production was helmed by Madonna and Solveig.
On November 8, 2011, a demo version of the song, named "Give Me All Your Love", was leaked. According to Keith Caulfield from "Billboard", "Within a few hours, [the song and its leak] was among one of the top 10 trending topics worldwide on Twitter." Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary, addressed the leak on Twitter adding the singer's statement on the situation: "My true fans wouldn't do this". Oseary also clarified that their initial plan was for new music to come out in 2012 itself. He was happy with the positive reaction to the demo, but asked fans to help him police any more leaks. The leaked demo lacked vocals from both Minaj and M.I.A. which Madonna reflected upon, "It's really disappointing because you don't want things to come out till you're done with them, till you're ready. It's like everybody looking at your unfinished painting. It's like, 'Wait a minute. I didn't finish that. That's not fair."
Credits and personnel adapted from "MDNA" album liner notes.
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Armour Square, Chicago, Illinois. For more than 80 years, it was the home field of the Major League Baseball team called the Chicago White Sox. It opened in the middle of the 1910 baseball season, and closed after the end of the 1990 season. It was replaced by the park now known as Guaranteed Rate Field, which was built across the street to the south of Comiskey Park. The old ballpark was made of steel, concrete and bricks. Tearing it down was a slow process. It took all summer of 1991 to finish the job.
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Smith, Jr., better known as Busta Rhymes, (born May 20, 1972) is an American recording artist and rap singer. He was born and raised in New York City. His parents are Jamaican. He has performed with many pop groups, such as the Pussycat Dolls. He has carried numerous hit singles in his name. He is a very successful rapper and singer, and he made a lot of rap and hip hop hits, also he has a special rapping style.
So far he has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards.
In 1989 Rhymes started a rap group called Leaders of the New School with Charlie Brown, Dinco D, and Cut Monitor Milo. Their first album was released in 1991 by Elektra Records. In 1993 the band broke up.
In 1995 Rhymes started making his first solo album, "The Coming". It was released March 26 1996.
"When Disaster Strikes...", Rhymes' second album, was released September 16, 1997.
December 15, 1998 "E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front" was released. It was nominated for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards.
"Anarchy" was released 2000. It was his last album on Elektra Records. On October 2 2001 "Total Devastation: The Best of Busta Rhymes" was released. In the same month Rhymes released a new album, "Genesis". Four singles were released from it.
"It Ain't Safe No More..." was released November 26 2002. The album's second single was "I Know What You Want". The song had Mariah Carey singing in it. It reached No.3 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 2006 "The Big Bang" was released. It was Rhymes' only release on Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. Five singles were released from it.
Rhymes' eighth album, "Back on My B.S." was released 2009.
"Year of the Dragon" was released 2012 for free on Google Play.
Rhymes' next album "Extinction Level Event 2" is going to be released in 2014.
Rhymes is a Muslim. He has four children: three sons, T'Ziah (born 1993), T'Khi (born 1999), Trillian (born 2001), and a daughter, Mariah (born 1998).
Toyotsu, Fukuoka
On March 20, 2006 Toyotsu was merged with the towns of Katsuyama and Saigawa, all from Miyako District, to form the new town of Miyako.
The ancient capital city of Buzen Province was near Toyotsu.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota is a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is south from Minneapolis and southwest from St. Paul. It is the third largest city in Minnesota. Bloomington is probably best known for being the site of the Mall of America.
Graphology
Graphology is the study of a person's handwriting, and what it reveals about them. It has been controversial since its beginning, and many think it is a pseudoscience.
Graphology in linguistics has a different meaning. There it means the writing system of a language, a parallel term to phonology.
Trent Dilfer
Trent Dilfer (b. March 13, 1972) is an ESPN analyst and former American football quarterback. He played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993-1999), Baltimore Ravens, (2000), Seattle Seahawks (2001-2004), Cleveland Browns (2005), and San Francisco 49ers (2006-2007). The only time Dilfer did not play in a season in his career was 2006 with San Francisco. During his career, Dilfer has been criticized for bad throwing. He did, however, win Super Bowl XXXV with the Ravens. He is famous for the conservative offense he was in with the Ravens in 2000, where he replaced Tony Banks.
Rod Woodson