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How to install RPostgreSQL on OSX Mavericks
Even if you've installed the PostgreSQL client binaries via Brew (i.e.,
brew install postgres), you will run into problems if you try to install the RPostgreSQL package in the usual way, i.e.
install.packages('RPostgreSQL') from the R console. That's simply because there are no binaries on CRAN for Mavericks. If you look at http://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_RPostgreSQL.html you'll see that OSX Mavericks is the only flavor that runs into problems building the package.
Fortunately the solution is trivial. Install it from source, and yes, this sounds way scarier than it really is.
Download the source tarball from http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RPostgreSQL/index.html. Now resist for a moment the urge to untar the file. Instead, install first the DBI package from the R console:
and then run this from the directory where you downloaded the tarball:
sudo R CMD INSTALL RPostgreSQL_0.4.tar.gz
And you're ready to go.
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Energy savings with Neurobat
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Programming Wingmen
For the past few weeks we've been experimenting with a variant of the Pair Programming theme.
Conventional wisdom holds that pairs should be rotated frequently, i.e. several times per day. In our experience, this has been hard to sustain. Instead, we've experimented with having two team members bond together and take collective ownership of a feature (or bug, or research item). They stick together until that feature is done. That can last anywhere between a few hours and several days.
The Pair Programming community use the metaphor of two drivers alternating being in the driver's seat. Implicit in this metaphor is the idea that you stay with your fellow driver only for part of the whole road; several different programming pairs will end up working on the same feature.
What we are proposing instead, is that the same pair sticks together until the feature is complete. If the Pair Programming community uses a land-based metaphor, I'm going to use an aerial one. I'll liken this to a pair of wingmen flying a missions, sticking together until the mission is done.
I've been pairing for almost two weeks now with our test engineer. We write the R scripts that automatically analyze, and generate a report on, this winter's test data. Speaking for myself, I'm now convinced that this practice carries the same benefits as traditional pair programming, but brings several extra benefits:
First, since we are both responsible for the quality of this work, I feel far more accountable to my fellow team member. If I screw up, it's our collective work that suffers. Conversely, I have a much stronger incentive for watching out over what he's doing while he's flying. We are 100% responsible for the quality of the work; we cannot later claim that some other pair came and introduced errors.
Secondly, it shortens the daily standup since it's now the wings that presents what was done, what will be done, etc. In fact, it's been the first time in years that we kept our daily standups within the allocated time.
Thirdly, it strongly encourages us to show, not tell, what was done the day before during the standup. This one is a bit tricky to explain; in fact I'm not sure I understand it, but I suspect some psychological rush is experienced from showing off what I, as a wingman, have accomplished with my partner. I see many more charts, pictures, plots, printouts at the standups since we've introduced this practice.
Fourthly, it reduces the guilt associated with pairing with someone instead of working on one's "own" story. I think one of the main reasons why people don't pair more often is the fear of not completing what they perceive as their "own" tasks. Indeed, perhaps it is time to revise the daily standup mantra. Forcing people to chant "Yesterday I did this, today I'll do that, etc" emphasizes their individual accomplishments.
A big issue with traditional Scrum is that by the end of the daily standup, everyone is so energized for the day ahead that they simply can't be bothered to pair with someone else. In fact, once everyone has spoken their piece, we often found it useful to re-discuss who will be doing what for the day and with whom. This is obviously a waste of time, that can be eliminated by this wingmen system.
How did we get started? By a simple change. So simple, in fact, that it borders on the trivial, and you can try it today. Assuming you use a whiteboard to track your work in progress, figure out a way to indicate that a story is now owned by two people instead of one. For us, we used to have parallel swimlanes across the whiteboard, one lane per team member. What we did was as simple as merge them together by pairs.
If you have any position of authority in your team, I dare you to try this experiment for just one week, and for just one pair of team members. You'll thank me for it.
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C'est "Test Unité", m***e!
Most french-speaking professional programmers I've worked with will translate "Unit Test" by "Test Unitaire". This is indeed the term used by the french translation of the Wikipedia article on unit testing.
Forgive my obsessive-compulsive disorder, but I believe the proper french translation of "unit test" should be "test unité", and not "test unitaire".
The english "unit" and the french "unitaire" mean two completely different things. "Unit" refers to a small, indivisible part of a system. "Unitaire" is a word that I have never seen used outside of linear algebra. For example a "matrice unitaire" ("unitary matrix") refers to a complex matrix $U$ whose inverse is its conjugate transpose: $U \times U^* = I$.
I don't know what a "test unitaire" is, nor do I know that a unitary test is. I do know, however, that a unit test is a test that tests a unit. Therefore, I also know that a "test unité" is a test that tests an "unité".
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When to disable software assertions
I'm currently taking the Software Testing class on Udacity. The instructor spent a couple of videos discussing the pros and cons of leaving software assertions turned on in your production systems. Here is my interpretation:
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The only statistical distribution you need to know
If you pick two people at random and measure their heights, what can you say about the average height of the population?
When dealing with small sample sizes (less than, say, 20) it's generally not possible to assume that the sample variance is a good approximation of the population variance. There simply isn't enough data, and you cannot use the normal distribution to infer meaningful confidence intervals.
Statistics is like electrical work: it's very easy to do a job that looks correct but could kill or maim someone. For example we have all, at least once, taken a small sample and used the normal distribution to get confidence intervals. Here is what we would get for the example above, assuming that the measured heights were 184 cm and 178 cm:
> x <- c(184, 178)
> xbar <- mean(x)
> s <- sd(x)
> qnorm(c(0.025, 0.975), xbar, s)
[1] 172.6846 189.3154
The confidence interval we just obtained ($172 \le \mu \le 189$) looks perfectly reasonable, but it's wrong. What's worse, there's nothing obviously wrong with it. If $s$ was the true population standard deviation it might even be correct; but that's extremely unlikely.
This is why Student's t-distribution was invented (or discovered?), to deal with small sample sizes. If we draw $N$ random samples from a normally distributed population, compute the sample mean $\bar{x}$ and the sample standard deviation $s$, then the so-called t-value $\frac{\bar{x}-\mu}{s/\sqrt{N}}$ will be distributed according to the t-distribution with $N-1$ degrees of freedom.
With our example above, $N=2$, $\bar{x} = \frac{184+178}{2} = 181$, and $s=\sqrt{(3^2 + 3^2)/(N-1)}=4.24$. If we want a 95% confidence interval for the true mean $\mu$ we use the 2.5% and the 97.5% quantiles of the t-distribution with 1 degree of freedom:
> x <- c(184, 178)
> xbar <- mean(x)
> s <- sd(x)
> qt(c(0.025, 0.975), N-1) * s / sqrt(N) + xbar
[1] 142.8814 219.1186
That last result gives you the correct 95% confidence interval for the true mean: $142 \le \mu \le 219$. Compare this with the interval obtained earlier: it is much wider, and therefore the uncertainty on the true mean is much higher than what the normal distribution would have let you believe.
This is, however, pretty good news. As long as your sample size is larger than 1, you can always infer correct (though perhaps useless) confidence intervals for the true mean, provided the population is normally distributed.
Recently I
got angry was discussing statistics in a phone conference. The question was how many experimental test sites were necessary to estimate the CO2 reduction potential of Neurobat's technology. I pointed out that no matter how many test sites we had, the t-distribution would always let us infer confidence intervals about the true CO2 reduction potential. But the statistics experts on the other side of the line disagreed, arguing that anything less than 10 was not statistically significant.
I tried the analogy above and showed that $N=2$ was enough to derive a confidence interval for the average height of the population.
"No, we don't think so", was the answer.
That's when I decided to shut up and write a blog post.
We'll run a little computer experiment. Suppose again that the height of the swiss population is drawn from a normal distribution of mean 180 cm and standard deviation 20 cm (I am totally making this up). We're going to draw one sample at a time from this distribution and see the evolution of the sample mean and the confidence interval.
The true mean $\mu$ lies with 95% confidence within $\left[t_{2.5\%, N-1}\times(\frac{s}{\sqrt{N}}+\bar{x}), t_{97.5\%, N-1}\times(\frac{s}{\sqrt{N}}+\bar{x})\right]$. Let's form this confidence interval as we progressively sample elements from the parent population:
mean.height <- 180
sd.height <- 20
height.sample <- rnorm(N, mean.height, sd.height)
mean.sample <- numeric(N)
sd.sample <- numeric(N)
for (i in 1:N) {
mean.sample[i] <- mean(height.sample[1:i])
sd.sample[i] <- sd(height.sample[1:i])
low.interval <- sd.sample / sqrt(1:N) * qt(0.025, 1:N - 1) + mean.sample
upper.interval <- sd.sample / sqrt(1:N) * qt(0.975, 1:N - 1) + mean.sample
And here is the result:
It's obvious that for small sample sizes, the confidence interval quickly becomes smaller than the parent standard deviation. We can see this by plotting the log of the confidence interval over time:
The confidence interval becomes smaller than the population standard deviation (20) after only 15 samples. However, even for extremely small sample sizes (less than, say, 5) the confidence interval is roughly 40 cm. The true mean can therefore be estimated within $\pm 20$, or with about 11% error, after only 5 samples. And that is thanks to the t-distribution.
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Review: RESTful Web Services
RESTful Web Services by Leonard Richardson My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I began reading "Restful web services" while researching technical solutions for Neurobat Online, the web service version of our intelligent heating controller. Prior to this, most (all?) web service projects I had been involved in were based on SOAP.
REST is a heavily overloaded term in our industry, and can mean different things to different people. The author avoids that controversy by coining the term "Resource-Oriented Architecture", and shows different examples of web services that can be built using this approach: a social bookmarking service inspired by Delicious, and a mapping service. Both examples are RESTful but the author does an excellent job at showing why being RESTful is not enough. To fully leverage the existing web architecture (including the full HTTP protocol) you need, he argues, to do more than merely being RESTful, and he shows how.
The author never says so explicitly, but after reading this book I found that RESTful web services have at least two significant advantages over what the author coyly calls "Big Web Service" (aka SOAP):
Testability: do not underestimate the advantage of exposing a service that your testing team can test with cURL instead of having to setup a tool such as SOAPUI.
Discoverability: everything is a resource, and all resources will respond to a limited number of HTTP verbs. You don't have to worry whether adding a bookmark is done through
appendBookmark(); if your service is RESTful, you know that you need to send a POST to some URI.
The biggest takeaway from this book for me was to realise that it's possible to design an application where "everything is a resource", and that all resources respond to the same set of methods. Think of it for a moment. Will this not change the way you design non-web services too? Are not all your objects resources? Imagine, for a minute, if all your classes were restricted to expose not more than 5 public methods, and if these methods had the same names. It may sound crazy, but it's quite possible that you'd end up with a cleaner design built out of many small classes with small interfaces. Is this not an easy way to clean code?
What makes this book great and not merely good is that the author doesn't simply explain what RESTful web services are about. He is also clearly opinionated about it; however he is never patronising, never condescending. He takes very occasional jabs at systems he calls "Big Web Services" but never belittles them. His message comes across as entirely believable and convincing. By example after example he shows how popular services can be designed as collections of resources, and it is up to the intelligence of the reader to judge whether which kind of design is better.
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Pair-programming girls did just as well as boys
For the past three years I've taught a freshman-level programming course at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Students are asked to form groups of 2 and to work on a semester project, consisting in the development of a simple library of numeric routines (e.g. square root function, integrals, etc). I then submit their code to a suite of unit tests (including the Valgrind memory checker) and assign them a grade linearly proportional to the number of unit tests that pass. The same grade is assigned to both members of the pair.
Most students will pair with a fellow student of the same sex. In the spring 2014 session, 43 pairs out of 52 were of the same sex. This year's class was large enough to consider carrying out statistically significant studies on the students' grades. More specifically, I wanted to examine whether pairs of girls obtained significantly different results from pairs of boys.
Here I show the boxplots of the grades assigned to the 52 pairs, depending on whether it was two females, mixed sex, or two males. The median grade for females is 5.5 out of 6, while the median grade for males is 5 out of 6.
The Welch two sample t-test (used to determine whether two samples are drawn from populations with the same mean) yields a p-value of 0.32. The 95% confidence interval for the difference in means between all-females and all-males is between -0.27 and 0.80. In other words, there is no statistically significant difference between the grades obtained by two-female pairs of students and two-male ones.
And what about the pairs of mixed sex? The boxplot suggests that their results are lower, and I can think of a hypothesis to explain that. But with a sample size of only 9 it is hard to draw any conclusion.
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Statistically significant energy savings: how many buildings are enough?
From Neurobat's website it is now possible to download a brochure with the 2012-2013 test results. It summarises the findings we published at the CISBAT 2013 conference, describing the energy savings that we have achieved on four experimental test sites. Of these four, one is an administrative office. Another included the (domestic) hot water in its energy metering. Therefore, only two of them are single-family houses whose energy savings concern the space heating alone. The energy savings we measured on these two sites are 23% and 35%.
It is natural to ask oneself what the average energy savings on a typical house might be. It's possible to give an estimate, provided that we make several assumptions. We're going to assume that the energy savings that Neurobat can achieve on a single-family house in Switzerland is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution. Therefore, our best estimates for the mean and standard deviation of that parent distribution are:
$$\mu = \frac{23 + 35}{2} = 29$$
$$s = \sqrt{\frac{(23-29)^2 + (35-29)^2}{1}} = 8.49$$
The sample mean estimated from n samples of a normal parent distribution is distributed according to a t-distribution with $n-1$ degrees of freedom. The 95% confidence interval for the true (parent) mean can therefore be found by looking up the 0.975 and 0.025 quantiles of the t-distribution with $n-1$ degrees of freedom. In our case, $n = 2$ and the 95% confidence interval of the true mean is therefore:
$$\left[\mu – t_{n-1, 0.975} \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}, \mu + t_{n-1, 0.975} \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}\right] = \left[ -47, 105 \right],$$
where $\mu = 29$, $s$ is the sample standard deviation calculated above and $n = 2$. Not the most helpful estimate ever.
We are currently repeating the experiment for this 2013-2014 heating season. A natural question that has come up is "How many buildings do we need to have a usable confidence interval for the average energy savings?"
As always, reformulating the question in precise terms is half of the battle. We want a narrow confidence interval around the mean energy savings. We can make it as narrow as we want by increasing n, or by relaxing our confidence requirement. Suppose then that we want a 95% confidence interval not wider than 10%; i.e., we want to state that Neurobat achieves $X\pm5\%$ energy savings with 95% confidence.
By a bit of arithmetic, what we are looking for is the number $n$ such that
$$n \ge 4t^2_{n-1, 0.975}\frac{s^2}{w^2},$$
where $s$ is our sample standard deviation and $w$ is the desired width of our confidence interval. There is no closed-form solution for this equation (except for large $n$, where the t-distribution can be approximated with a normal distribution), so finding $n$ is an iterative process. In R, the right-hand side of this formula can be computed with:
4 * qt(.975,n-1)^2 * s^2 / w^2
Evaluate this expression with increasing values of n until is becomes smaller than n.
Assuming that $s = 8.49$ as above, we obtain:
$$n = 14.$$
And that's it. Again, assuming that the energy savings are drawn from a normal distribution whose parent standard deviation is about 8.49, we will need experimental results on 14 buildings to give a 95% confidence interval not larger than 10% on the expected energy savings. For $n = 10$, the width of the confidence interval increases to 12% and for $n = 5$, it is 21%.
The next time you hear someone claim suspiciously precise energy savings with their miracle device, you have my permission to ask them what their confidence interval is, how they calculated it, and what underlying assumptions they are making.
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Welcome back, Climate Charts & Graphs
I was happy to learn a few days ago that the Climate Charts & Graphs blog is being reactivated by its author. I used to subscribe to it back in the Google Reader days. In the current climate change conversation we need more blogs like CCG, where arguments can be conclusively settled with (preferably graphical) evidence.
So welcome back, and there's no reason to apologise!
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In 2010, The Banner School had 9 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Maryland average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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The Banner School Reviews
Great education, values, and sense of community
My daughter attends Banner School's Kindergarten program. I review her work every day and she seems to do well. We practice reading, writing, and math each day at home as well and this has helped her build confidence and proficiency. The thing I really enjoy is the level of communication I receive from the teacher. Each week she sends home the work completed, along with her notes about the activities through the week. There are a few small assignments that she asks the students to complete, and they are due on Tue and Thurs of each week. Readers are sent home with my daughter - some we can keep and some are returned the next day. These readers are amazing for my daughter. She loves reading them to us. We have also made games out of the math flash cards that were sent home. One of my daughter's favorite games (suggested by her teacher) is to attempt to read signs as we drive around town. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me feel. This is the same child who even refused to try reading a few months ago and would get angry at every attempt.
Banner School is not a religious school so my first question was, "How do they teach values without teaching religion." They teach the students about the CIRCLES of Citizenship: Compassion, Integrity, Responsibility, Civility, Leadership, Empathy, and Service. They have many ways of integrating these values into their curriculum - even for the little ones (although they don't use the same words).
I know if I have any issues I can send an email to the teacher (or anyone at Banner), and they will respond quickly and are always willing to help. I think education is paramount, but I understand that what we do at home reinforces what is learned at school. We feel like we are part of a larger community - a place where every child is important and everyone is welcome and encouraged to be a member of the team.
After touring many other schools in Frederick (public and private) I am confident we made the right decision for our family.
Our kids have attended The Banner School from K through 7th. I will agree there have been times when I questioned if we should contents and if we were getting the bang for our bucks. Now as my kids play sports with kids for other schools, I listen to the other parents and the stories they tell me and I listen to their kids when we car pool. From their stories I hear the lack of knowledge and confidence they are receiving in the public school. What's interesting to note is the attitude we receive once I say our kids are at a private school. Most think you must be wealthy to send your kids there. This is simply not true. Banner is affordable and will work with parents. We pay the same if not more in taxes. To include taxes for public school that my kids are not attending and we have no issue with this. Why, because the value of education for everyone is very important to our nation. The Banner School is a great place to give your kids a good foundation to succed in life. You need to stop by and find out for yourselves. Schedule a day visit for your kids to spend a day. I know you will enjoy your time there.
In sharp contrast to the previous review, I found the Banner School's Kindergarten program to be a rewarding and highly challenging program for my child. The school's strong phonics based reading program coupled with leveled reading helped my child to achieve reading success. By the time my child entered first grade he was reading on a beginning second grade level. The kindergarten program at Banner also encouraged my child to become a creative thinker, writer, and problem solver. Individualized instruction and personal attention makes Banner number one in my book. Unlike the public schools Banner is not into warehousing children into a one size fits all education.
We loved Banner for our older son. However our younger son had a terrible experience in their kindergarten program. He left their school not reading. FCPS wanted him to repeat kindergarten when I enrolled him for 1st grade. I kept telling his Banner kindergarten teacher that something didnt seem right. I asked if we needed to test him for any learning disabilities. She kept saying there wasnt a problem. I would never send another one of my children to Banner for Kindergarten. FCPS does a much better job in Kindergarten. FCPS has an excellent phonics program.

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An 'Explosion Of Human Talent' Will Feed A Growing World Population
August 1st, 2013
Despite the many problems that the world faces, Fared Zakaria stresses the importance of "worrying." When society worries rationally, we have the incredible ability to find solutions.Read More
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July 17th, 2013
Oftentimes Iraq is described as a cold, dangerous, and hostile nation. Although there are many potential dangers present in the war-torn nation, it's important to note that there are still many truly kind-hearted people that live there. This touching tale depicts how Iraqi citizens from the isolated city of Rutba come together to save foreign aid workers left for dead in the desert during the midst of the 2003 Iraq War.Read More
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August 28th, 2013
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August 23rd, 2013
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August 5th, 2013
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Dec. 12, 2013
BALTIMORE - Loyola University Maryland's special men's and women's lacrosse season ticket offer has been extended through December 31. The sale, which began during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, allows customers to purchase Loyola men's and women's season tickets at substantially reduced prices and provides additional incentives.
More information, as well as links that allow you to take advantage of these great deals, can be found at LoyolaGreyhounds.com/tickets,
This year's Greyhound men's lacrosse schedule features seven home contests at the Ridley Athletic Complex, including matchups against traditional national powers Duke and Johns Hopkins as well as the program's first-ever slate of Patriot League contests. Towson, Army and Bucknell highlight the remainder of the schedule. Fans can purchase a men's season ticket online until January 1 for just $70 and will be invited to a special season ticket holder party with the lacrosse coaching staff prior to the January 11 Loyola men's basketball game against Lehigh. The retail value of this package exceeds $100.
The Loyola women's lacrosse team also hosts seven home contests at the Ridley Complex in 2014, including games against nationally ranked foes such as Florida, Princeton, Towson and Navy along with the rest of the Patriot League Schedule. By purchasing a women's season ticket prior to January 1 fans will get to see those seven games for just $25, a $5 savings off the full price, and will receive free tickets for a Loyola women's basketball game and an invitation to a suite party before that game with Greyhounds head coach Jen Adams, her staff and some of the team's players.
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This is not an active day. Most of the time is spent lazing in the thermal waters. It was quite empty when I went . The only other thing to do is have a massage and eat lunch. The massage was extremely good and unbelievably cheap and well worth the extra. The lunch was also very good. As long as you are happy to lie around, have a massage and eat it is a really relaxing and pleasant day.
Our guides were fantastic and the spa exceeded our very high expectations! Would recommend this trip to anyone. So much fun, such a beautiful place, great food, and friendly people.
Outstanding. However our tour guide spoke directly from a script. If he had kept quiet it would have been an even better day. He allowed us free time at the spa but was there if we had questions or if we needed an interpreter. Highly recommend this trip if you need a quiet, relaxing day.
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Spring is new growth, new beginnings. In the old schoolmasters garden plans that once seemed endlessly stalled, now come effortlessly into being. Decisions are made. The garage/shed is finally painted barn red. The rustic structure at the back of the courtyard is finished off – the infill made of loose cross hatched logs sourced from the local area.
There is an excess of prettiness in the country in spring. Swallows mate and nest, abundant lilac sweeps over old rustic fences and the garden is alive with the sound of bees. Everywhere a constant reminder of growth.
In the gravel garden there has been a glorious eruption of irises along the path. A subtle yet heady scent emanates from them- it could be a rare perfume from a small Parisian boutique. A couple of years ago all this was contained in a basket of bulbs- a gift from a friend's garden. Now all this beauty. Like a real life Van Gogh.
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by Nancy Campbell posted at Above Rubies - The Power of Womanhood Dear wives and mothers, we have the great privilege and power to reveal God to the world. God has created us female to reveal a certain image of His character. He has chosen us to reveal His mothering and nurturing anointing to our families and to the world. He created us to be bear children. He created us to be mothers. As we embrace who we are, we not only fulfill our destiny but bring glory to our Creator. … [Read more...]
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by The Graduate I think that part of the reason that our family was never really considered true homeschoolers by some of our peers is because we had money. My dad is a brilliant businessman, and his success certainly did drive a wedge between us and our peers, and we were always viewed as different. It is true that we did the same things to save money that other homeschool families did, but we did them as our hobbies, not out of necessity. We never struggled with making the mortgage or worried about our cars breaking down. … [Read more...]
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by Doug Phillips of Vision Forum on Vision Forum Ministries website re his 'sin' that caused the closing of Vision Forum Ministries I would like to express my gratitude for the great kindness so many have shown to my family in the wake of my stepping down as president of Vision Forum Ministries. My family has been greatly encouraged by many loving notes we have received. With that in mind, I want to be so very clear about the rightness of this transition, and I want to clear up some matters which have been brought to my … [Read more...]
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The normally staid Walla Walla Valley experienced a couple of wild weather days this past week. April kicked up its heels with a springtime smorgasbord that featured a severe thunderstorm on Thursday evening and heavy rain early Sunday morning, followed by a strong wind event during the day.
Meteorologically, April is a transition month and is no stranger to noteworthy weather occurrences anywhere in the United States. With winter weather patterns yielding to more summerlike trends, it is no wonder that some of the region's most violent weather takes place during this month.
Cold fronts continuing to plunge obstinately southward from Canada into the nation's midsection and those coming ashore in the Pacific Northwest, bearing frigid air from their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Alaska, clash with warm, moist air originating in the Gulf of Mexico or the subtropical Pacific. The result is a recipe that is guaranteed to occasionally be as explosive as a high school chemistry experiment gone awry, with potentially fatal consequences for those who find themselves on the receiving end.
A warm front passed through the Valley on Thursday afternoon, on its way from central Oregon to northeastern Washington, leaving a warm, moist air mass in its wake. A ripple of low pressure in the flow moving from west to east that evening provided just enough lift to destabilize the atmosphere. This touched off a thunderstorm just to the west of Pendleton that quickly blossomed into a monster of a storm that assumed severe proportions as it rumbled northeast at the astonishing speed of 55 miles per hour.
Soon thereafter, the National Weather Service office in Pendleton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the local area, confirming what anyone who was looking to the southwestern sky already knew: something very unusual was afoot.
The sky in that direction had assumed a purple/black look accented by the appearance of a cloud that appeared part flying saucer in "Independence Day" and part "Wizard of Oz" tornado scene in which Zeke (Bert Lahr, aka the Cowardly Lion) runs around screaming "It's a twister! It's a twister!" — just as your somewhat crazed weatherperson did on Thursday evening — which was approaching at an alarming clip. This eye-popping formation is known as a "shelf cloud," and is the result of cold downdrafts from the thunderstorm cell fanning out above the ground ahead of the storm and lifting and condensing the warm, moist air they encounter. It is generally a reliable harbinger of a severe weather event.
The rain arrived shortly thereafter, lashed by winds gusting to 52 miles per hour at the airport along with a couple of vivid flashes of lightning — a fabulous weather spectacle, and one that was, quite frankly, unforeseen. Although, to be fair, the Pendleton weather office had mentioned a slight chance of a thundershower for northeastern Oregon in its earlier forecast discussions.
Early Sunday morning a fairly strong low-pressure system brought periods of moderate to heavy rain to the Valley, bringing the three-day total to nearly two-thirds of an inch. This outburst was welcomed heartily by many who are involved in agriculture in our area — particularly a certain Walla Walla Community College vineyard manager who was very concerned that he would need to begin irrigating his vines soon in view of the abnormally dry start we have gotten off to here in 2013. That decision can now be postponed for a while, pending future developments.
Following the passage of the low pressure to the east, gusty winds developed as a result of a steep pressure differential between the departing low and high pressure to the west pushing a cold front through the state. As with water flowing down a hill, the steeper the gradient the faster the flow, and so winds gusting in excess of 50 miles per hour Sunday were emblematic of the sharp pressure differences between the outgoing low and the incoming high.
In the short term, we can expect some slight warming Wednesday (and a chance of showers) with fair weather Thursday and Friday, followed by gradual cooling, along with an increasing chance of showers as we head into the weekend.
In the longer term, there does appear to be a fair chance of some unusually cold air settling over the Valley next week, with lows possibly dipping below freezing from next Monday through Wednesday. Remember where you heard it first, vineyard people.
A lifelong fan of both the weather and the Baltimore Orioles, Jeff Popick is an instructor at the Center for Enology and Viticulture at Walla Walla Community College and manages the school's teaching vineyard. Send your questions and comments to him at email@example.com.
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With chandeliers that look as though they were pulled from a Hemingway estate sale, these dining rooms—part of the Great American Restaurants chain—are full of thoughtful touches: all-booth seating, soda refills before you ask, and a bread basket brimming with savory doughnut holes and fresh cheese bread. The fusiony menu pulls inspiration from the Atlantic shoreline but also from the Yucatán, Hong Kong, and beyond.
What to get: Crab-and-rock-shrimp fritters in ginger butter; goat-cheese salad with pecans and cranberries; fried salt-and-pepper shrimp on a grilled bun; steamed sea bass in soy and sherry; tangy smoked beef ribs; plump crab cakes; banana pudding; chocolate waffle.
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ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious Minorities under attack, the indifference of the government: a new Report
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian government fails to protect religious minorities in front of the growing religious intolerance and violence, which caused 264 attacks in 2012: says a new Report published by the NGO "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), entitled "In the name of religion", 107 pages, and sent to Fides Agency. The report calls on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to adopt a policy of "zero tolerance" towards the repeated attacks against religious minorities that are poisoning society. Muslim gangs attack Christian churches and also "deviated sects", while the Indonesian government, the police and military "assist passively" and sometimes "actively participate" by defending the new extremist groups, denounces Human Rights Watch.
The report documents "the failure of the government", leading militant groups to become more aggressive because unpunished. The ahmadiy (considered Muslim heretics), Christians and Shiite Muslim communities are those who pay the price. According to a monitoring carried out by the NGO in 10 provinces, in 2012 there were 264 incidents of violence against religious minorities. In most of the attacks, the perpetrators and instigators went unpunished. In two cases, local officials refused to apply and enforce the decisions of the Supreme Court, which guaranteed minorities the right to build places of worship, and even the Minister of Religious Affairs, Suryadharma Ali - notes the text - released "discriminatory statements."
According to the HRW, "Yudhoyono should advocate to prosecute any violent attack against minorities, while he showed a substantial indifference." In addition, government officials and Indonesian security forces have often facilitated harassment and intimidation by militant groups against minorities. Among the most active extremist groups, we highlight the "Forum Umat Islam" ("Forum of the Islamic people") and the "Front Pembela Islam" ("Front of the Defenders of Islam"): they marry a Sunni interpretation of Islam that defines the non-Muslims as "infidels" and "blasphemous".
A serious erosion of religious freedom for Christians and other minorities stems from this context. Such erosion is justified and endorsed – which is the worst aspect, says the Report sent to Fides - also by public institutions such as the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Council for the monitoring of beliefs in society (under the auspices of the General Attorney) the Ulema Council, recognized by the state, who have used their authority to penalize religious minorities. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 05/03/2013)
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Simpson's nuptials put on hold
Published 16/01/2013 | 12:00
Jessica Simpson has admitted she's tried to marry her fiance twice - but pregnancy keeps getting in the way.
The actress and singer, who has announced plans for a TV show based on her life, has been engaged for two years to Eric Johnson.
"We've had two different wedding dates, but he keeps knocking me up," Jessica, who is expecting her second child, told The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
"We're doing it very backwards, I know... I'll just keep my legs crossed, I guess, this time."
Jessica, 32, is set to play herself in an, as yet, untitled NBC sitcom - with actors playing her dad and Eric.
She said: "It's loosely based on my life... I will be playing myself which is pretty easy.
"There are lots of things that happen in my life that people have to know about."
The reality TV star told The Hollywood Reporter: "I often find myself thinking that no-one could ever make up the things that actually happen in my life - so between the real-life elements and a great team of writers, I think we'll have people laughing!" .
Jessica and ex-husband Nick Lachey previously starred in MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick And Jessica, which ran for three seasons from 2003 to 2005.
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DescriptionIn this song, we define major literary devices like metaphors, allusions and similes. If you listen closely, you'll hear that each device mentioned in the song is followed by an example. The song follows Will, who wants to be the next big emcee. He finds his signature style when he starts using wordplay in his rhymes.Will learns to contrast two ideas by juxtaposing them, and breathe life into ideas using personification. He plays with sound using onomatopoeia, assonance and alliteration. He also uses hyperbole, irony and puns to perfect his rap.
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- Alliteration
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The refuge, open for day use only, focuses on preserving two nesting habitats. The golden-cheeked warbler may be seen on hiking trails at Warbler Vista and Doeskin Ranch. The black-capped vireo may be seen at Shin Oak Observation Deck--excluding the end of March through mid-April to allow vireos to set up nesting territories.
From U.S. 183, take F.M. 1869 approximately nine miles to the observation deck; Warbler Vista is west of Lago Vista on FM 1431.


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There's a lot to like about the DMZ Cafe. The garrulous English-speaking owner Mr. Tinh is a great source of information and the rooms are dirt cheap -- though they all share a single bathroom. They're also some of the least private rooms we've ever seen -- the walls letting onto the hallway are taken up by large, glass windows that are imperfectly fitted with an odd assortment of heavy curtains. You'll feel a little as if you're inside some kind of exhibit in a strange little museum. But it's only for a day or two. During the rainy season, Mr. Tinh isn't around much and the place tends to go to pot a little.
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"Make sure your child gets all doses of Hib vaccine for best protection against Hib disease. Hib bacteria can cause severe diseases like meningitis (an infection of the fluid and lining around the brain and spinal cord).
How Can I Prote"...
Pentacel® is a vaccine indicated for active immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis and invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b. Pentacel vaccine is approved for use as a four dose series in children 6 weeks through 4 years of age (prior to fifth birthday).
Immunization Series
Pentacel vaccine is to be administered as a 4 dose series at 2, 4, 6 and 15-18 months of age. The first dose may be given as early as 6 weeks of age. Four doses of Pentacel vaccine constitute a primary immunization course against pertussis. Three doses of Pentacel vaccine constitute a primary immunization course against diphtheria, tetanus, H influenzae type b invasive disease, and poliomyelitis; the fourth dose is a booster for diphtheria, tetanus, H influenzae type b invasive disease, and poliomyelitis immunizations. [See Clinical Studies]
Mixed Sequences of Pentacel Vaccine and DTaP Vaccine
While Pentacel and DAPTACEL (Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed [DTaP], Sanofi Pasteur Limited) vaccines contain the same pertussis antigens, manufactured by the same process, Pentacel vaccine contains twice the amount of detoxified pertussis toxin (PT) and four times the amount of filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) as DAPTACEL vaccine. Pentacel vaccine may be used to complete the first 4 doses of the 5-dose DTaP series in infants and children who have received 1 or more doses of DAPTACEL vaccine and are also scheduled to receive the other antigens of Pentacel vaccine. However, data are not available on the safety and immunogenicity of such mixed sequences of Pentacel vaccine and DAPTACEL vaccine for successive doses of the primary DTaP series. Children who have completed a 4-dose series with Pentacel vaccine should receive a fifth dose of DTaP vaccine using DAPTACEL at 4-6 years of age.1
Data are not available on the safety and effectiveness of using mixed sequences of Pentacel vaccine and DTaP vaccine from different manufacturers.
Mixed Sequences of Pentacel Vaccine and IPV Vaccine
Pentacel vaccine may be used in infants and children who have received 1 or more doses of another licensed IPV vaccine and are scheduled to receive the antigens of Pentacel vaccine. However, data are not available on the safety and immunogenicity of Pentacel vaccine in such infants and children.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that the final dose in the 4-dose IPV series be administered at age ≥ 4 years.2 When Pentacel vaccine is administered at ages 2, 4, 6, and 15-18 months, an additional booster dose of IPV vaccine should be administered at age 4-6 years, resulting in a 5-dose IPV series.2
Mixed Sequences of Pentacel Vaccine and Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine
Pentacel vaccine may be used to complete the vaccination series in infants and children previously vaccinated with one or more doses of Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine (either separately administered or as part of another combination vaccine), who are also scheduled to receive the other antigens of Pentacel vaccine. However, data are not available on the safety and immunogenicity of Pentacel vaccine in such infants and children. If different brands of Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccines are administered to complete the series, three primary immunizing doses are needed, followed by a booster dose.
The package contains a vial of the DTaP-IPV component and a vial of lyophilized ActHIB vaccine component.
After removing the "flip-off" caps, cleanse the DTaP-IPV and ActHIB vial stoppers with a suitable germicide. Do not remove the vial stoppers or metal seals holding them in place. Just before use, thoroughly but gently shake the vial of DTaP-IPV component, withdraw the entire liquid content and inject into the vial of the lyophilized ActHIB vaccine component. Gently swirl the vial now containing Pentacel vaccine until a cloudy, uniform, white to off-white (yellow tinge) suspension results.
Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration, whenever solution and container permit. If these conditions exist, Pentacel vaccine should not be administered.
Using a sterile needle and syringe and aseptic technique, withdraw and administer a single 0.5 mL dose of Pentacel vaccine intramuscularly. Use a separate sterile needle and syringe for each injection. Changing needles between withdrawing the vaccine from the vial and injecting it into a recipient is not necessary unless the needle has been damaged or contaminated. Pentacel vaccine should be used immediately after reconstitution. Refer to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Pentacel Vaccine: Instructions for Reconstitution of ActHIB Vaccine Component with DTaP-IPV Component
Figure 1
Gently shake the vial of DTaP-IPV component.
Figure 2
Withdraw the entire liquid content.
Figure 3
Insert the syringe needle through the stopper of the vial of lyophilized ActHIB vaccine component and inject the liquid into the vial.
Figure 4
Swirl vial gently.
Figure 5
After reconstitution, immediately withdraw 0.5 mL of Pentacel vaccine and administer intramuscularly. Pentacel vaccine should be used immediately after reconstitution.
In infants younger than 1 year, the anterolateral aspect of the thigh provides the largest muscle and is the preferred site of injection. In older children, the deltoid muscle is usually large enough for injection. The vaccine should not be injected into the gluteal area or areas where there may be a major nerve trunk.
Do not administer this product intravenously or subcutaneously.
Pentacel vaccine should not be mixed in the same syringe with other parenteral products.
Dosage Forms And Strengths
Pentacel vaccine is a suspension for injection (0.5-mL dose) supplied as a liquid vaccine component that is combined through reconstitution with a lyophilized vaccine component, both in single dose vials. [See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and Storage and Handling.]
Storage And Handling
The vial stoppers for the DTaP-IPV and ActHIB vaccine components of Pentacel are not made with natural rubber latex.
Dose Package (NDC No. 49281-510-05) containing 5 vials of DTaP-IPV component (NDC No. 49281-560-05) to be used to reconstitute 5 single dose vials of lyophilized ActHIB vaccine component (NDC No. 49281-545-15).
Pentacel vaccine should be stored at 2° to 8°C (35° to 46°F). Do not freeze. Product which has been exposed to freezing should not be used. Do not use after expiration date shown on the label.
Pentacel vaccine should be used immediately after reconstitution.
2. CDC. Updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding routine poliovirus vaccination. MMWR 2009;58:829-30.
Manufactured by: Sanofi Pasteur Limited, Toronto Ontario Canada and Sanofi Pasteur SA, Lyon France. Distributed by: Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater PA 18370 USAThis monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
Last reviewed on RxList: 11/13/2015
Pentacel FDA Prescribing Information
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text: Sales tax Indiana Shoppers Will Be Charged Sales Tax on Amazon By Gretchen Frazee • Jan 3, 2014 Hoosiers shopping on Amazon dot com are now being charged sales taxes on their purchases. The online retailer's new policy is part of a settlement it made with Indiana back in 2012. The Indiana-based mall operator Simon Property Group sued Indiana in 2011, saying it was giving Amazon an unequal business advantage by not requiring it to charge sales tax. Amazon doesn't collect sales tax in most states.


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Female, From Tien Giang, Viet Nam, Living in Brisbane, Australia
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If you are using an incident meter and a little instinct in regards to SBR, you are fine at box speed. People say to overexpose as a matter of course with C-41 film, but I don't like the results, personally.
But C-41 can definitely survive a mere 2/3 stop of overexposure without an issue. You will just find your proofing and printing times to be a bit longer than normal.


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Jon is a commercial and property lawyer with extensive experience in property development law, including community title schemes, retail and commercial property development and taxation planning. Property developers also use Jon's services in both planning and construction stages, from both a corporate structure and property perspective. Jon can also help you with your taxation planning requirements. He has assisted many clients in their superannuation and estate planning, including testamentary trusts as well as more complex structures involving unit and discretionary trusts, partnerships and joint ventures. Professional Experience Property Law Business Law Taxation Law Companies Law Estate Planning
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Marcus Johnson had 20 years experience in the property industry as a valuer before entering into legal practice in 1990. He is a fellow of the Australian Property Institute, a member of the Queensland Law Society, the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia and the Queensland Environmental Law Association.
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Bruce is an experienced property lawyer and heads the Commercial and Estate Division in Cleveland and MDRN Conveyancing. Well experienced in wills and estates, Bruce should be contacted to look after your requirements, whether they concern specific gifts, life interests, donations to charities, donation of body organs, or your funeral arrangements. Should you suffer any type of mental incapacity in your life and are unable to look after your own affairs, Bruce will prepare an Enduring Power of Attorney. Bruce can also assist you if you have been asked to be an Executor of the estate. Professional Experience Estate planning and administration Commercial conveyancing Commercial leasing Contract preparation (commercial/residential) Will drafting
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Ian is a dispute resolution lawyer who practises in the Planning & Environment Court. If you have been adversely affected by any Local Authority decision or wish to make an application or objection to any Local Authority, then contact Ian. Ian is also responsible for commercial litigation and can therefore assist you if you are a party to any business or commercial dispute. Ian is a Past President and current Executive member of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce. He is a Board Director of Sheldon College and also former Board Member and Honorary Solicitor to the Queensland Muscular Dystrophy Association; Life Member of the Redland Chamber of Commerce and Executive Member of the Redlands Institute. Ian practises in: Mediations General Litigation (disputes;debt recovery and enforcement) Planning Court and Council disputes including Show Cause Notices; Enforcement Notices and Prosecutions Resumption of property Building contracts
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Nathan has acted for property syndicates in the purchase and sale of significant real estate such as the purchase of the Lonely Planet Building in Melbourne and the sale of the Morayfield Medical Centre. He has acted for Trilogy Funds Management Ltd with respect to preparing numerous complex loan and security transactions. Nathan has also been involved in the negotiation and implementation of a major shareholder buy out at East Coast Marina (located at Manly Harbour) Nathan acted for Matilda Pet Foods Pty Ltd in the sale of their business and free hold to VIP Pet Foods Pty Ltd. He was involved with the development of Victoria Point Lakeside Shopping Centre and was responsible for much of the lease negotiation and preparation at the Centre. Nathan has extensive experience in franchising and has represented numerous franchisees navigate their way through complex franchise agreements and franchise business sales and purchases. Professional Experience Bachelor of International Business and Law (Honours) Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia in 2003, Nathan is one of MDRN Solicitors\' senior commercial law solicitors, based at our Cleveland office.
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We find ourselves in the middle of one of the greatest wealth transfer periods of all time. Those with wealth must decide whether they want to make transfers, and if they do, they must decide how much, to whom, when and in what structure?
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The World Beer Cup is hosted every other year, and this year included nearly 5,000 beers from more than 1,400 breweries around the world. Beers were judged in 94 categories, and brewers from Boulder and Larimer counties won nine medals in all.
Verboten took silver in the Oatmeal Stout category with its Pure Imagination. That medal went along with the bronze won by the brewery's Bourbon Barrel Aged Mountain Man in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category.
Other area winners included:
Boulder-based Boulder Beer Co., gold in the Chocolate Beer category for Shake Chocolate Porter.
Boulder-based Twisted Pine Brewing Co., gold in the Coffee Beer category for Big Shot Espresso Stout.
Fort Collins-based Odell Brewing Co., gold in the American-Style Amber/Red Ale category for Runoff.
Longmont-based Left Hand Brewing Co., gold in the Ordinary or Special Bitter category for Sawtooth Ale.
Fort Collins-based Funkwerks, silver in the Belgian Style Pale Strong Ale category for Deceit.
BJ's Restaurant and Brewery in Boulder and Huntington Beach, Calif., gold and bronze in the Indigenous Beer category for Wild and Crazy Rye and Got Beer, respectively.


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Time's "Person of the Year" is Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The 26 year-old Harvard dropout has transformed Facebook from a small network of Harvard students into the largest online network the world has ever seen.
Facebook's short history may not have been as dramatic as portrayed in the 2010 blockbuster The Social Network, but Zuckerberg's brainchild has had its fair share of ups and downs. Like any company, there have been good calls and bad calls, soaring successes and dismal fails.
We're looking back at the smartest decisions Facebook ever made, decisions that turned the spunky startup into a global behemoth and a household name. Take a look through our slideshow of Facebook's most strategic moves, and vote for the one you think improved the company most. As always, share your thoughts in the comments below.
One of the major factors that distinguished Facebook from competing social networks and helped it become the online powerhouse it is today was a crucial decision made early on to require users to create profiles using their actual identity and real names. Zuckerberg said earlier this year, "The Web is at a really important turning point right now. Up until recently, the default on the Web has been that most things aren't social and most things don't use your real identity. We're building towards a Web where the default is social. Every application and product will be designed from the ground up to use real identity and friends."
During the early years of Facebook, Zuckerberg and his partners heard offers from the likes of Friendster, Google, MySpace, Viacom, News Corp, Yahoo and others, Business Insider reports. In 2006, Viacom and Yahoo made separate offers of $1 billion or more, but Zuckerberg held out.
Part of what has made Facebook Facebook, and helped it become the world's most popular social network, was the decision, in 2007, to launch Facebook Platform. Facebook Platform enables developers to build applications on top of the site (think FarmVille, Scrabble, etc), allows websites to integrate with Facebook, and much more. In other words, it helps expand and enhance what we're able to do on Facebook, and it helps bring a social element to other sites on the web. There are over half a million applications on Facebook Platform and some 250,000 third party sites have used it to hook up to the social network.
Facebook brought its services first to colleges, which offered a fertile ground for the burgeoning social network, filled as campuses are with plugged-in, partying young adults eager to socialize, date, and meet new people. Facebook (then "Thefacebook") came first to Harvard in early 2004, then expanded slowly to other elite institutions--Stanford, Columbia, Yale, the rest of the Ivy League, and then to nearly all universities in the U.S. and Canada. High schoolers were invited in 2005, then a few select companies. It wasn't until 2006 that Facebook opened to everyone over 13 years of age.
She's been dubbed "Facebook's most valuable friend." Sheryl Sandberg's arrival at Facebook in 2008 marked a turning point for the young company. Sandberg, currently Facebook's COO and formerly Google's VP of global online sales and operations and the Treasury's chief of staff, was "brought in to provide some adult supervision and help Silicon Valley's hottest startup to grow up—and make oodles of money," as Businessweek explained at the time. Zuckerberg made a smart, strategic move bringing in the savvy Sandberg, who complemented the CEO to help the company grow up, mature, and make money.
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General Motors would like to cut 2,000 skilled trade workers by March 2011, and the company is reportedly willing to part with $60,000 per employee to reach its goal. Bloomberg reports that The General is offering the hefty incentive to entice its highly paid skilled trades workers at 14 plants across America. Eight of those plants are scheduled for closure and two more facilities could shut down if demand drops off, no doubt making the money look even more attractive.
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Any great Toyota dealer Manassas has much more to offer than new and used sales. Respectable Manassas Toyota dealerships will also have new car leases available. Or if you need a stock part, a Manassas Toyota dealer will have a dedicated parts and accessories department. Warranty repairs can be redeemed at almost any Toyota dealers in Manassas as long as the vehicle and conditions meet the warranty requirements. Manassas Toyota dealers have certified mechanics that can fix any automobile even if the car is out-of-production. A Toyota dealer Manassas can provide so much more including service coupons, special maintenance offers, incentives, and rebates.
There is an area to rate Manassas Toyota dealerships based on your experience. Knowing the reputation of a business may save you heartache down the road. A Manassas Toyota dealer definitely wants to make a good impression on any car shopper. Make sure to do proper diligent research in order to find the best Toyota dealers in Manassas. This analysis can go along way in saving you time and money.