Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. The first step toward fulfilling that mission came when our founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, working out of a Stanford University dorm room, developed a new approach to online search that quickly spread to information seekers around the globe.

The contract was awarded, and building began, in 1990. Planning began in 1982, with advice from the National Academy of Sciences. See similar questions...

The Bishop was convinced that even though young and needing care and help, the child is capable of playing his or her part in the Church's Mission. He strongly believed in the dignity of children and founded Children's Mission with the objective of 'children helping children'. The response to the Bishop's appeal was extraordinary. In only a few years his work of helping children overseas spread, not only in France, but all over Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. See similar questions...

The petition certified by the Secretary of State was required to include the "reasons" for initiating the recall and the Governor's response. Notice of Intent and Answer. See similar questions...

Certification was tested in 1989 as part of an NCAA pilot program and was approved for all Division I institutions in 1993. See similar questions...

Later, it added six other language editions: English in January 1998, French in January 1999, German in October 1999, Portuguese in April 2003, Italian in March 2004, and Arabic in November 2006. See similar questions...

In 1962 Ev Cooper privately published a book entitled IMMORTALITY: PHYSICALLY, SCIENTIFICALLY, NOW, which outlined the cryonics idea. In the same year a college physics teacher named Robert Ettinger privately published the book THE PROSPECT OF IMMORTALITY. Two years later Cooper established the Life Extension Society and actively sought to make cryonics a practical reality. See similar questions...

The idea behind the fabrics used in P??ramo garments came about in 1984. Nick Brown, founder of Nikwax, became disillusioned with conventional outdoor clothing and set about creating a clothing system that directs wind, water and still air to the correct place for a particular activity. For further information see 'Company Background' See similar questions...

Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell were working on the play before Stephen started working at Don Hill's Squeezebox in 1994. Stephen & Cheater were the house band for Squeezebox and Trask was the musical director. The only character at this point was the Tommy Gnosis character and the story explored his lovers. John and Stephen then came up with the idea of Hedwig as a drag character who would be one of the lovers, and Stephen forced her onto the bill. See similar questions...

Not as far as anyone can tell. They did not officially even acknowledge the existence of the contest, though the contest organizers reported several hits on their website originated from users within Google's IP range. There can be no doubt Google was aware of it. Hopefully, they will study the techniques used by the participants and use the information to improve Google's resistence to SEO attacks. See similar questions...

Google has restored the date facility to its cached pages. You can check how often a crawler visits your site, simply by using Google's search box to search for 'www.yoursite.co.nz' and click on the 'Cached' link. It will show you not only when Google last visited but what it saw (ie, what it has in its cache right now). See similar questions...

You can add Google Maps to your website using the Google Maps API. For more information see the Google Maps Help page. See similar questions...

A friend or family member of the lost subject will call 911 to report an overdue person. Dispatch will notify the Sheriff's Office, who will page the on-duty Emergency Management and they will begin planning the response based on the time of day, weather, condition and age of the lost person and several other factors. They will then request the resources that are needed. Team will be paged with basic information about the situation and resources will begin heading to the incident. See similar questions...