Today I was playing around on Facebook’s advertising interface

Today I was playing around on Facebook’s advertising interface, and found myself learning a little more than I want to know about Facebook’s employees. Facebook is happy to tell prospective advertisers how many of its own workers are into kinky sex stuff. (40, FYI.)
You probably know that Facebook makes its money from letting advertisers precisely target users based on what they put in their Facebook profiles. Using Facebook’s ad interface, you can target, for example, only male graduates of Dartmouth who live in New York and who have expressed interest in kickboxing and Harry Potter. Facebook’s targeted ads make privacy advocates nervous, since they can do things like out individual gay users.
They can also shed light on the sexual practices of a whole company. As you can see, Facebook says about 40 Facebook employees are into the, uh, non-traditional sexual practices I chose to target. Not bad for a company with 3,000 employees. (Of course, many people on Facebook claim to work at the company but don’t, so a lot of these probably aren’t employees. But that doesn’t stop Facebook from claiming to sell access to 40 kinky Facebook employees.) To help advertisers, Facebook offers an estimate of how many users fall under the demographics you’re trying to target. Unlike a normal Facebook search, this estimate includes people who have made their profiles private, since everyone sees ads regardless of their privacy settings.
So, log in to Facebook, click on create an ad, and see what you can find out for yourself by targeting different combinations of organizations and interests. You can learn all sorts of interesting stuff.

Learning about the pearls history

Learning about the pearls history

Pearls have been known as the “Queen of Gems” since the ancient time, along with the diamond as the “King of Gems”. Throughout the world history, the natural pearls make their way to be one of the most expensive jewelry in the world. In the other hand, pearls also take their place in women jewelry collections in an affordable prices compare with the other gemstones.
Discovery of pearls
No one knows the first person to collect and use pearls in their daily life. According to “The Book of the Pearl” from George Frederick Kunz in 1908, he believe that the ancient fish-eating tribe was the first group of people who initially appreciated the shape and luster of the seawater pearls, when they open oysters shell for their food. In the legend of the Hindu god, Krishna was the first god who discovered pearl when he pulled the first pearl from the sea and made it as a gift for his daughter, Pandaia on her wedding day.

No matter who and when pearls were discovered, an admiration of pearl has spread throughout the world since the ancient time. In Egypt, the mother of pearl was used and recorded which can track back to 4200 B.C. Later the use of pearls has been transferred to the Persian conquest during the 5^th century B.C. Then in the Roman period, the use of pearls had also been recorded. But the Arabs have shown the greatest love for pearls, as you can see their love of pearl reflect in the Koran. In their Paradise description, : “The stones are pearls and jacinths; the fruits of the trees are pearls and emeralds; and each person admitted to the delights of the celestial kingdom is provided with a tent of pearls, jacinths, and emeralds; is crowned with pearls of incomparable lustre, and is attended by beautiful maidens resembling hidden pearls”, you can definitely feel the love passion of the Arab to the pearls.
Pearls: the symbols of wealth and power
In the ancient world, pearls are natural product, purely made by nature. The perfect pearls were so rare and expensive which only the posh and very rich people can only have them. The pearls are the symbols of wealth and power people only. But for now, pearls seem to be not that expensive anymore. The natural pearls are quite expensive, but the cultured pearls are quite affordable for most people. The meaning of pearls recently is about elegant and pure love instead.
Where to find pearls?
In the past, oyster lay in the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and in the Red Sea. In Japan, pearls were also found near the coast in salt water while in China, the Chinese pearls were mainly come from fresh water; river and ponds.
When the Spanish invaded into Central and South America and the Caribbean, the pearls were discovered along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In the same period, the English and French colonizer along North America’s Atlantic coast found the use of pearls from Native American people. They discovered freshwater pearls in the Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee River basin. This is the origin of the new world for the “Land of Pearls”.

Culture pearls
The natural source of freshwater pearls is mainly from the United State, while the seawater pearls are from the coast of Panama and Venezuela, Bahrain, Mexico. These pearls supplies were continued into the mid of 18^th century where water pollution from the industry has effected to the natural occurring pearls. It is the starting point of cultured pearls, from the isolated nation called Japan.
The idea to entice oysters to produce round pearl had begun by Kokichi Mikimoto and his wife, Ume. However, at the same time the government biologist, Tokichi Nishikawa and the carpenter, Tatsuhei Mise had also discovered the secret of pearl culturing. They know that by insertion of a piece of oyster epithelial membrane with a nucleus of shell or metal into oyster’s body, the pearls can be formed in a pearl sack. They were all working on the same technique and got the patent on their method of creation. However at the end, Mikimoto was the one who began to bring all these methods together, to start the world of the cultured pearls under his name. He bought all the rights of Mise-Niskikawa methods and leaves their names only for the history books. Based on his technique which inserted a round nuclei cut from U.S. mussel shells to generate pearls, this is the success basis for virtually all cultured saltwater pearls from over 90 years.
Mikimoto was the person who has made all the success of the cultured pearls to everybody in the world today. You can see peals in almost as jewelry accessories with their beauty and affordable price.

Nadal takes rare shot at Federer, suggests he’s a pho..

Nadal takes rare shot at Federer, suggests he’s a pho...

Recent comments by Rafael Nadal suggest that his friendship with Roger Federer may be beginning to cool. The world No. 2 took a dig at his longtime rival on Sunday, insinuating that Federer doesn’t care about the needs of fellow tennis players.
Federer and Nadal, the two leading players on the ATP Player Council, have been on opposite sides of a number of off-court issues in recent months. Nadal takes a public approach to some of his grievances, including length of the tennis calendar and a ranking system that penalizes players with injuries. Federer recently stated that he thinks players should stay private with their issues.
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The Spaniard was asked Sunday whether Federer may have made such a statement because he doesn’t like to see the sport criticized in public.
“No, I totally disagree,” Nadal said. “For him, it’s good to say nothing. Everything positive. ‘It’s all well and good for me, I look like a gentleman,’ and the rest can burn themselves.”

For a player who’s always treated Federer with deference, even while beating him in Grand Slam finals, Nadal’s comments are particularly stinging. There’s an uncharacteristic cattiness to his words that don’t jibe with the fraternal atmosphere that has defined the past decade of men’s tennis. He essentially called Federer a phony. (That the interview was conducted in Spanish, and not his second language of English, leaves less room for contextual backsliding.)
“He’s got a different opinion,” Nadal said. “If the vast majority have one opinion, and a small minority think differently, maybe it’s them who are wrong.”
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Does Rafa have the stats to back up that statement? The top players may think the calendar is too long or that the rankings should be based on two years of results, but is that opinion shared by the journeymen who grind out a living in lower-tier events? The season is long for Nadal and Federer because they win so much. When you’re ranked No. 60 in the world, losing in the first round of a tournament in Winston-Salem and cashing checks that barely cover travel costs and lodging, the amount of tournaments isn’t an issue that’s as likely to bother.
Regardless of the merits of each argument, Nadal shouldn’t call out Federer. It’s not because this rivalry couldn’t use a little bad blood (it’s not nearly as much fun when two rivals hug at the net and praise each other endlessly in post-match interviews). Nor is it because Nadal shouldn’t be allowed to take a shot at a rival. It’s  a bad idea because it’s bad business. If Nadal’s intention is to change tennis, getting involved in a public spat with his main ally isn’t the best way to enact change.

Good Morning With Healthy Breakfast

Morning is the time when our body woke with a great relaxation of eight hours and with no regulation of energy in our body. During the morning time our system that includes the digestion and hormonal systems remain to relaxation. A good and healthy food is very important part which helps in regulating the body system. Healthy breakfast is very important if you want your body to remain healthy and work fit and fine throughout the day. Health is wealth so regain it in a very healthy way so that it can give you energy to work out whole day.

In morning times we generally rush up to work and forget that we have left an important thing of our day that is breakfast. Healthy breakfast is very important so here is some perfect healthy stuff that can add up into your breakfast and can give you a healthy and wealthy health.

• Fresh fruits and salad: This is one of the most important things that can make your immunity system work ten out of ten. Fruits like banana, apple, oranges or pineapple can give you perfect healthy enzymes in breakfast. Adding a little bit of lemon juice to it can add five stars to it.
• Boiled eggs with salt and pepper: The best energy giving food in the morning is egg, not full but half boiled eggs are best breakfast too. Omelets and egg youth is the energy giving food which should be taken every day.
• Cottage cheese the best way to take in fat: The cottage cheese is the low fat products that add taste to your breakfast without much of fat. Healthy part is low fat cheeses which gives no extra calories and keep you on diet.
• Oatmeal: Generally in morning times we do not have much time for our breakfast so this cause the skipping of meal. Oatmeal’s are the best and fastest way of breakfast that gives you a healthy breakfast quality.
• Milk shakes and protein shakes: No time for cooking food or boiling eggs then no need to worry the best substitute for all is healthy protein shakes. Milk shakes are the best part that can gives you instant energy and without much of efforts.
• Almonds and milk: The combination works as the healthiest food full of fibers and nutrients. Milk gives you proteins so that you can work whole day without any fatigue.
• Glass of warm water: Drink a glass of warm water every day and that to empty stomach as it can make your digestion strong and keep your stomach healthy.

Healthy diet is important for your body to work all day and skipping its meal is like giving it a pain. Do not skip your meals as it is the only source of energy to your body. Eat healthy and stay fit. Eat healthy not just a substitute but the healthy food can only give you all the required substances to your body.

Romantic Valentine’s Day 2012

Valentines Day 2012

Every year February 14, is celebrated as Saint Valentines Day all across the world. Valentine’s Day is the most awaited day of the year for all youngsters . There is a holiday on this day so that all lovers can enjoy and express there feelings to one whom they love. Even though the history of St. Valentine’s Day and the patron Saint behind it is shrouded in mystery but we treat month of February as the Month of Romance. This day involves mutual exchange of Valentines. Loved ones celebrate by presenting flowers, gifts , offering candies ,sending e cards , sending love messages and much more all in the name of St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.
Valentines signs and symbols generally have a outline of a heart and containing picture of CUPID with wings . Now the tradition of sending Cards and Greetings with Valentine Hearts engraved on them has become very popular.
We have included a large variety of valentine cards in our website. We will be adding lots of quotes, sayings, poems, jokes, gift ideas, recipes, games, crafts and much more stuff all related to valentine’s day. Moreover you can send any content to your beloved by using our Email This Post feature provided along with all posts.
Now you can even test the compatibility of love between you and your beloved using the Love Calculator
Do a lot of fun and make this day a really a memorable and enjoyable day in your life.
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7 February 2012 – Rose Day
8 February 2012 – Propose Day
9 February 2012 – Chocolate Day
10 February 2012 – Teddy Bear Day
11 February 2012 – Promise Day
12 February 2012 – Kiss Day
13 February 2012 – Hug Day
14 February 2012 – Happy Valentine’s Day

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I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

valentine song

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Be my Valentine, my love,
As I will be for you,
And we will love the whole day long,
And love our whole lives through.

For love has no parameters
And does not end with time,
But is the gift of paradise,
A pinch of the sublime.

So let us take this holiday
To resubmit our love
To those within that know no sin
And with the angels move.

Looking for Love

Looking for Love

141 million valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion. (This total excludes packaged kids valentines for classroom exchanges.) (Source: Hallmark research)
Over 50 percent of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to the observance, making Valentine's Day a procrastinator's delight. (Source: Hallmark research)
Research reveals that more than half of the U.S. population celebrates Valentine's Day by purchasing a greeting card. (Source: Hallmark research)
There are 119 single men (i.e., never married, widowed or divorced) who are in their 20s for every 100 single women of the same ages. Corresponding numbers for the following race and ethnic groups are:

• Hispanics: 153 men per 100 women
• Asians (single race): 132 men per 100 women (This ratio is not significantly different from that for Hispanics or non-Hispanic whites.)
• Non-Hispanic whites (single race): 120 men per 100 women
• Blacks (single race): 92 men per 100 women (The numbers of black men and women in this age group are not significantly different from one another.

There are 34 single men (i.e., never married, widowed or divorced) age 65 or older for every 100 single women of the same ages. Corresponding numbers for the following race and ethnic groups are:

• Hispanics: 38 men per 100 women
• Non-Hispanic whites (single race): 33 men per 100 women
• Blacks (single race): 33 men per 100 women
• Asians (single race): 28 men per 100 women

(Note: None of the ratios for the individual groups differ significantly from one another nor from the ratio for all people age 65 or older.)
904: The number of dating service establishments nationwide as of 2002. These establishments, which include Internet dating services, employed nearly 4,300 people and pulled in $489 million in revenues.

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2.2 million marriages take place in the United States. That breaks down to more than 6,000 a day.
112,185 marriages were performed in  Neveda during 2008. So many couples "tie the knot" in the Silver State that it ranked fourth nationally in marriages, even though it's total population that year among states was 35th.
The estimated U.S. median ages at first marriage for women and men are 25.9 and 27.6 respectively, in 2008. The age for women rose 4.2 years in the last three decades. The age for men at first marriage is up 3.6 years.
Men and women in northeastern states generally have a higher median age at first marriage than the national average. In, for example, women were a median of 27.4 years old and men 29.1 years of age at first marriage. States where people typically marry young include where women were a median of 21.9 years and men, 23.9 years.
57% and 60% of American women and men, respectively, are 15 or older and currently married (includes those who are separated).
70%: The percentage of men and women ages 30 to 34 in 2008 who had been married at some point in their lives - either currently or formerly.
4.9 million opposite-sex cohabitating couples maintained households in 2005. These couples comprised 4.3 percent of all households.

Candy is Dandy

1,241: The number of locations producing chocolate and cocoa products in 2004. These establishments employed 43,322 people. led the nation in the number of such establishments with 136, followed by with 122.
515 locations produced nonchocolate confectionary products in 2004. These establishments employed 22,234 people.
The total value of shipments in 2004 for firms producing chocolate and cocoa products was $13.9 billion. Nonchocolate confectionery product manufacturing, meanwhile, was a $5.7 billion industry.
3,467 Number of confectionery and nut stores in the United States in 2004. Often referred to as candy stores, they are among the best sources of sweets for Valentine's Day.
The per capita consumption of candy by Americans in 2005 was 25.7 pounds. Candy consumption has actually declined over the last few years; in 1997, each American gobbled or savored more than 27 pounds of candy a year.

Flowers

The combined wholesale value of domestically produced cut flowers in 2005 for all flower-producing operations with $100,000 or more in sales was $397 million. Among states, California was the leading producer, alone accounting for nearly three-quarters of this amount ($289 million).
The combined wholesale value of domestically produced cut roses in 2005 for all operations with $100,000 or more in sales was $39 million. Among all types of cut flowers, roses were third in receipts ($39 million)to lilies ($76.9 million) and tulips ($39.1 million).
There were 21,667 florists nationwide in 2004. These businesses employed 109,915 people.

Jewelry

There were 28,772 jewelry stores in the United States in 2004. Jewelry stores offer engagement, wedding and other rings to lovers of all ages. In February 2006, these stores sold $2.6 billion worth of merchandise. (This figure has not been adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading day differences or price changes). The merchandise at these locations could well have been produced at one of the nation's 1,864 jewelry manufacturing establishments. The manufacture of jewelry was an $9 billion industry in 2004.

valentine history

The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century inRome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed "From your Valentine," an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to "christianize" celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification.
The boys then sliced the goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. The Roman "lottery" system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed. Later, during the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of February — Valentine's Day — should be a day for romance. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. The greeting, which was written in 1415, is part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England. Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois.
In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.
According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas. Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the united states ,Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada,mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap."<a href="http://hostgatorcouponsite.org/">hostgator coupon code</a>

Today In History. What Happened This Day In History

1072		Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger take Palermo in Sicily.
1645		The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, is beheaded on Tower Hill, accused of acting as an enemy of the British Parliament.
1724		King Philip V shocks all of Europe when he abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, Louis.
1811		An uprising of over 400 slaves is put down in New Orleans. Sixty-six blacks are killed and their heads are strung up along the roads of the city.
1847		General Stephen Kearny and Commodore Robert Stockton retake Los Angeles in the last California battle of the Mexican War.
1861		Florida secedes from the Union.
1863		London's Underground begins operations.
1870		John D. Rockefeller and his brother William establish the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
1899		Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo renounces the Treaty of Paris, which annexed the Philippines to the United States.
1901		The Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
1903		Argentina bans the importation of American beef because of sanitation problems.
1911		Two German cruisers, the Emden and the Nurnberg, suppress a native revolt on island of Ponape in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific when they fire on the island and land troops.
1912		The World's first flying-boat airplane, designed by Glenn Curtiss, makes its maiden flight at Hammondsport.
1917		Germany is rebuked as the Entente officially rejects a proposal for peace talks and demands the return of occupied territories from Germany.
1918		In Washington, the House of Representatives passes legislation for women's suffrage.
1920		The Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
1923		The United States withdraws its last troops from Germany.
1940		German planes attack 12 ships off the British coast; sinking 3 ships and killing 35 people.
1941		The Soviets and Germany agree on the East European borders and the exchange of industrial equipment.
1946		Chiang Kai-shek and the Yenan Communist forces halt fighting in China.
1964		Panama breaks ties with the U.S. and demands a revision of the canal treaty.
1984		The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.
Born on January 10
1834		Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler.
1864		George Washington Carver, chemist, agronomist, helped change the agricultural economy of the South.
1949		George Foreman, world heavyweight champion boxer.