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. See similar questions...

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 Food Stamp Program traces its earliest origins back to the Food Stamp Plan, which began in 1939 to help needy families in the Depression era. The modern program began as a pilot project in 1961 and was authorized as a permanent program in 1964. Expansion of the program occurred most dramatically after 1974, when Congress required all States to offer food stamps to low-income households. See similar questions...

In 1913, Philip L. Lance, who was a food broker at the time, was left with 500 pounds of surplus peanuts. Rather than send them back to the farmer who supplied the peanuts, Mr. Lance roasted them, packed them in paper bags and sold them on the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina.You can watch a short video clip on Lance's history by visiting the video page, and selecting the video called "Lance History". Learn more about the Lance story by visiting the Lance History page. See similar questions...

On January 5, 1980, as Kali Ray led a group in meditation, she shared a concentration technique of energy rising up the spine. As soon as the meditation began, kriyavati siddhi spontaneously awakened within her. At that moment, students witnessed her spontaneous flow of asana, pranayama and mudra. This later was to become known as the birth of TriYoga. Moved by the powerful energy and beauty of these flows, students asked that she teach what they had witnessed. 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...

North East Ohio Health Services is committed, in a spirit of partnership, to enhancing individual and community health through the delivery of a comprehensive, cost effective, integrated system of behavioral health care that promotes, in a culturally competent manner, wellness, healing and quality of life. 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...