Monday, May 20, 2013
Yahoo buying blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Yahoo is reportedly buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, a deal that was first reported by All Things D.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that the Yahoo board has approved the deal.
It would mark the biggest deal yet for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and it would give the company a big shot-in-the-arm when it comes to reaching the coveted 18 to 34-year-old demographic.
Based in New York, Tumblr boasts 108 million blogs and 175 employees. As part of the deal, All Things D reports that Tumblr CEO David Karp is incentivized to stay at Yahoo for four years. The service, which generated just $13 million in revenue last year, is expected to remain relatively independent.
Yahoo is expected to announce the deal, as well as an update on its Flickr photo sharing service, on Monday, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Yahoo is looking to supercharge efforts under the direction of Mayer. Revenues fell seven percent to $1.1 billion in the first quarter. It finished the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and investments of $5.4 billion.
“We are moving quickly to roll out beautifully designed, more intuitive experiences for our users. I’m confident that the improvements we’re making to our products will set up the company for long-term growth,” said Mayer in the company’s first quarter earnings release last month.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324787004578493130789235150.html
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/report-yahoo-buys-tumblr-11-billion/
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Olivet University Holds Training Session for Dmin Mentors
Director of Olivet University's Zinzendorf School of Doctoral
Studies, Dr. Tom Cowley, led a training session for mentors in San
Francisco, CA, with hopes of enhancing guidance for Doctor of Ministry
candidates. Dr. Cowley guided a team of Dmin mentors on best practices
and reviewed the status of its current candidates.
Mentors listened to lectures on the rewards and challenges of guiding doctoral candidates. "There is nothing more rewarding than mentoring and coaching a Dmin candidate," said Dr. Cowley during his lecture.
The session included refresher training modules for Turabian formats of papers and other resources that can be utilized for improving mentorship skills. The Turabian video tutorials were also created as resource training for Dmin students.
The session also included report updates on the Zinzendorf School's progress, its upcoming colloquium, and new website. Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies' Co-President Dr. Joseph Ray Tallman, greeted participants and gave a report on the program's developments and distinctive. Olivet University's IT team also presented updates on the development of Zinzendorf's intranet website platform that can be used for resources and interaction between faculty, staff, students, and mentors.
Video recordings of the session are available on the D.Min intranet for candidates to access from their countries.
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Mentors listened to lectures on the rewards and challenges of guiding doctoral candidates. "There is nothing more rewarding than mentoring and coaching a Dmin candidate," said Dr. Cowley during his lecture.
The session included refresher training modules for Turabian formats of papers and other resources that can be utilized for improving mentorship skills. The Turabian video tutorials were also created as resource training for Dmin students.
The session also included report updates on the Zinzendorf School's progress, its upcoming colloquium, and new website. Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies' Co-President Dr. Joseph Ray Tallman, greeted participants and gave a report on the program's developments and distinctive. Olivet University's IT team also presented updates on the development of Zinzendorf's intranet website platform that can be used for resources and interaction between faculty, staff, students, and mentors.
Video recordings of the session are available on the D.Min intranet for candidates to access from their countries.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Ruby on Rails Series: 1 Get running
Setting up Rails can be quite easy.
First Install Ruby and use RubyGem to install rails
gem install rails
check
ruby -v and rails -v to see it is ok
rails new : create new application
if using scaffold it will create restful 7 method: index,show,new,edit,create,update,destroy
after making changes , migrate db using
rake db:migrate
Useful ide can be rubymine. sqlite is default so for testing is enough, to browser sqlite using sqlite database browser.
rake routes can see all routes
Check more about IT courses at Olivet Institute of Technology
First Install Ruby and use RubyGem to install rails
gem install rails
check
ruby -v and rails -v to see it is ok
rails new : create new application
if using scaffold it will create restful 7 method: index,show,new,edit,create,update,destroy
after making changes , migrate db using
rake db:migrate
Useful ide can be rubymine. sqlite is default so for testing is enough, to browser sqlite using sqlite database browser.
rake routes can see all routes
Check more about IT courses at Olivet Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Heads up Olivet University Students: Free Live Webcast of Exponential 2013 with Rick Warren, Francis Chan, Craig Groeschel, and More
The Exponential 2013: DiscipleShift has announced to offer free high-quality live webcast, allowing those who are not able to attend the conference in Orlando, Fla. during April 22-25 to join the big-name speakers including Rick Warren, Francis Chan, and Craig Groeshcel completely online.
This conference on discipleship will focus on five key “shifts” for the church to make and release disciples, which are reaching to making, teaching to modeling, attending to participating, connecting to transforming, and attracting to deploying.
According to its website, the conference in Orland is already sold out with 5,000 registered to attend. While they are still taking names in the waiting list, an alternative solution is to attend what they call the “next best thing to being on-site at Exponential”.
“Jesus gave the Great Commission to everyone,” says Exponential Director Geoff Surratt in a statement on March 20. “These early registration numbers indicate that churches see this webcast as an important equipping tool to challenge and inspire everyone in the church.”
The statement also added that they believe more than 30,000 viewers around the world could be reached through webcast.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Jubilee College of Music Expands Non-Major Opportunities
Olivet University's Jubilee College of Music is expanding learning opportunities for non-music majors.
JCM opened private lessons for piano, voice, composition,
and orchestral instruments, and voice performance seminars for non-music
major students in 2013 Spring quarter. Instructed by faculty members
and graduate assistants, the lessons and seminars are available for
credit or non-credit.
"This program will give opportunities for non-majors who
wish to pursue their love for music while studying at Olivet
University," said Emily Ko, JCM violin instructor.
Originally, only student majors enrolled in the program
are allowed to take any music related courses. Due to the interest and
demand for educational experiences in other fields, JCM has taken steps
to make it possible through its new offerings. Applications are
available now at the student service center.
It is a great news for non-music people like me but also am fond of music and wish to learn !
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