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Ning Logo — Ning is an online platform for users to create websites social and social networks, released in October 2005. Ning was founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Ning is the third startup company Andreessen (after Netscape and Opsware), and drew much of its notoriety from Andreessen’s successes with these companies. The word “Ning” is the term in Chinese for “peace” (traditional Chinese :宁, Simplified Chinese :宁, pinyin : ‘Ning’), as explained by Gina Bianchini on the company blog, and is also a Chinese surname.

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ning logo

Ning hopes to compete with large social sites like MySpace or Facebook, appealing to users who want to create networks around specific interests or have limited technical skills. The unique feature of Ning is that anyone can create their own custom social network for a topic or special need, targeting specific audiences. At the time of its launch, Ning offered several simple websites developed internally or by members of a closed beta. In late September 2006, Ning was focused on providing a web site for groups, a website of photos and a video site for people who wish to copy and use them for any purpose. Later these three templates were overcome by a single template in order to custom make it more manageable by programmers who were not so simple that they out the copy of social website. More

Statoil Logo

Statoil Logo — The company Norwegian of oil Statoil, established in 1972, is the largest company in its country with about 17,000 employees. While Statoil figure listed on the Stock Exchange of New York, the Norwegian state still retains most of its property. The head office is located in the oil capital of Norway, Stavanger.

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statoil logo

One of the largest suppliers of crude oil in the world and a major supplier of natural gas to the European continent, Statoil also operates about 2,000 service stations in 9 countries. The chief executive officer since mid- 2004 onwards is Helge Lund, former chief executive of Aker Kvaerner. In 2006 Statoil signed a purchase agreement with the company Norsk Hydro, Norway’s also dedicated to oil and natural gas. On October 1 of 2007 merged the two companies to be renamed StatoilHydro, the new company resulting from the merger is the world’s largest offshore oil. More

US Navy Logo

US Navy Logo — The Army or Navy of the United States (United States Navy), also known as USN or U.S. Navy, is a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States responsible for carrying out operations naval. Its main function is to “maintain, train and equip for combat naval forces capable of achieving the victory of the war, responding to aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas”. As of May 2010, the Navy has 330,729 troops to 102,923 active and reserve, has 289 ships and over 3,500 aircraft.

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us navy logo

The Navy has its origins in the Continental Army, which was established after the Revolutionary War and was disbanded shortly thereafter. The constitution is the legal basis for providing a “Force of the Seas”, giving Congress the power to “create and maintain a navy.” The attacks on U.S. ships by pirates of Barbary forced Congress to use this power ordering the construction of six frigates. The USN entered the world stage in the twentieth century, especially during World War II. This was part of the conflict as an improvement to flaunt U.S. Army-The attack on Pearl Harbor — the official surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri. The United States had other subsequent conflict, the Cold War, which was improved for possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union. More

USAF Logo

USAF Logo – The United States Air Force (abbreviated as USAF) is the branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in charge of the air war. Initially being part of the United States Army under the name of Army Air Forces of the United States (USAAF), the current USAF was formed as an independent branch on September 18 of 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the more recently established branch in the United States Armed Forces and the Air Force’s most technologically sophisticated world.

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usaf logo

The USAF articulates its basic functions in its 2010 position statement as nuclear deterrence operations, special operations, air superiority, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance global superiority in space, command and control, superiority in cyberspace, rescue personnel, overall precision strike, advice and military cooperation, global air mobility and combat support. More

Godiva Logo

Godiva Logo — Godiva Chocolatier is a manufacturer of chocolates and other luxury products. The company, founded in Belgium in 1926, was acquired by the Yıldız Holding Turkish owner of Grupo Ülker in early 2008. Godiva owns and manages more than 450 boutiques and shops in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, and its products are available through some 10,000 specialty retailers.

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godiva logo

Besides chocolates, Godiva also sells truffles, coffee, cocoa, cookies, fruit and candy coated, chocolate liquor (“Chocolixir”), gifts for weddings and other celebrations and arranged in gift baskets. Godiva’s flagship product is the Gold Ballotin of chocolates. Godiva chocolates also produces seasonal and limited edition with special packaging for all major holidays. It also has licensing agreements for the production of ice cream, cheesecake, coffee capsules and spirits with various flavors associated with chocolate. More

ASICS Logo

ASICS Logo — ASICS Corporation is a company of Japanese sports clothing and equipment founded in 1949 in Kobe (Japan) of the labor under the name Kihachiro Onitsuka Tiger Onitsuka. The company has sales of approximately 1.6 billion euros and employs 5,200 people, distributed among 14 locations in Japan and 9 international subsidiaries.

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asics logo

The company is in 2010 the fifth brand of athletic footwear in the world. The center of R & D is located in the headquarters in Kobe, from which all the technical innovations of the brand. The first shoe was developed in 1949 Onitsuka a basketball shoe. The brand has a good reputation among runners. More