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I did not care about school at all because I completely hated it. This ended up in a 2.550 GPA. I noticed that I had screwed up and I took a course over winter break to boost my GPA a little. It was an intense course in which I did ethnographic research to discover disparities amongst people from different economic classes on campus. I got an A and I was able to bring my GPA to a 2.667. In the spring. I started doing volunteer work (aka getting involved in the community) and I was able to get a B+ (3.33) average in my classes and bring my overall GPA to a 2.933. My volunteer work is all humanitarian work that deals with people (specifically children) that are socio-economically disadvantaged and I am still continuing to do it. This semester. I had to drop a class because I was pretty much failing but I am sure that I will get at least a 3.33 (probably higher -- 3.33 is lowest) by the end of the semester with the rest of my 14 credits. As I want to go to an MA/phD program (a professor has recommended UChicago but I don't have the stats right now). I do have research lined up for the fall (prob having to do with socio-economics) semester of my junior year. I already have close connections to 2 of the faculty members in my department. One of them is trying to get me in touch with yet another so that my junior year research will actually happen junior year. I also have another project that I will be working on throughout the entire course of my senior year in order to graduate with honors (a 3.0 and a research project is required for honors). In the summer after my sophomore year. I will [hopefully] be doing even more research but it will not be tied into my socio-economic interests. In the spring semester of my junior year. I will not be able to do research (well domesticly) because I will be abroad. So. I know a screwed up and I know it might be a little early to start thinking about all of this but i just want some advice as to what I should do for the rest of my 2.5 years at school. I don’t want to continue screwing up – it’s not at all fun. What should I do in order to make it possible for me to eventually get into an ma/phD program ? I am thinking about taking a year off after undergrad in order to get some field-work experience in sociology. I will apply to an ma/phD program afterwards so I still have some time. I just want to know if I am on the right track… and also if my 2.5 really screwed me over. If you keep your GPA at least 3.3 (preferably as Prof X says. 3.5 by application time) do well on the GRE and have excellent letters research experiences etc. - programs will overlook your previous GPA. Lots of people screw up freshman year (or longer). What the programs will see is a person who screwed up early but has consistently done better and has sought out other opportunities. Don't worry - just keep doing what you're doing. I am sure I can get it up to 3.5 by application time. It was just that one semester where I royally screwed up. This semester. I am taking 14 credits and I am getting anywhere between a 3.3 and a 3.7 as a GPA. It really just depends on my finals as I haven't really received any grades yet. My major GPA will be a 3.8ish by the end of the fall semester.. So if I were to bring it up to say a 3.5 this semester then take a course over winter break and get another 4.0 in it and bring it (my semester) up to a 3.8 or 3.9 in the spring that would not be frowned upon? My one qualm is that I will be going abroad for one semester in my junior year and my school doesn't count our abroad GPA towards our overall requirement. Would I simply request a transcript with my grades from that institution and submit it as part of a GPA? Also as I did screw up freshman year. I do not plan to apply to graduate school until after having gained some work (2 years-ish?) experience in the field. Is that frowned upon or is that also a good idea? Thanks! In grad admissions we are not going to pay much attention to your semester-by-semester GPA. Your cumulative GPA and your major GPA are the numbers we do look at. Also in graduate applications all transcripts must be submitted including those from institutions other than your primary undergrad institution. However it would be up to you whether or not to figure that GPA into your self-reported cumulative GPA. As you state your school's policy is NOT to include study abroad but various grad admissions programs will likely have different approaches to this. In any event they'll figure out your cumulative and major GPA using their own methods. In answer to your other q in sociology work experience is not necessary. If you do work do get a job that bears directly upon your field of research interest. That could indeed boost your application and could possibly give you something substantial to write about in your SOP. But honestly. I think you are worrying way too much about your freshman year's impact on your overall application package. Relax. Really.(I know easier said than done.)

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An Atlanta Half Marathon go ReportDee Dee surprised me by showing up at the office an hour early Wendesday night. I have been excused from working at the restaurant on Wednesday nights for a while and we took favor of this to attend the Expo together. I really hated to leave work an hour early on the eve before Thanksgiving but ya do what ya gotta do. We had no trouble finding the expo by Lenox Mall. Since I was an hour early. I phoned to let him know I was already there. We had planned a cater up and would hopefully see each other again at the go. Dee Dee and I quickly got our race packet and then mozied around the expo looking at all the neat cram. I bought some Superfeet insoles to replace the cheap ones I undergo in my shoes. Dee Dee got a new Girl Runner running hat and then she bought me a really alter Mizuno outer shell. I am gonna be one of those for running and riding the bike outside through winter. Akshaye showed up about a half hour after we did and we had a great measure talking and poking around the expo for a bit. It was really wonderful meeting ya bro! Next time all of us Atlanta homies need to do something a little more organized so we can pay some quality time together. Dee Dee and I said our good byes and made our way over to a little Italian restaurant I knew was in the area. I was a good boy. No beer. Just pasta bread and salad. We went approve to the office to pick up my car then it was measure to go domiciliate and get the turkey ready for the oven. I slept really good the night before the race and woke up at 4:30 AM feeling pretty good and refreshed. We ate breakfast had some coffee and popped the turkey in the oven setting the timer to go away at 7:30 AM and finish at 2:30 PM. (The turkey was 20lbs). We got out of the accommodate at 5:15 AM and drove to the Lindburg Marta displace. This is where we always go to catch the trains for events desire races. Braves games etc. I was a bit concerned that we would not get to the go on measure to displace our bags but this worry proved groundless. We got to the go site at 6:30 AM. I dropped off the bag and then hopped into the potty lie with Dee Dee (for her acquire). This was my first experience waiting in a throng of people to use the bathroom. Luckily for reasons unbeknownst to me our lie had "reserved" five or six porta-potties. It moved pretty fast. In ten minutes we were weaving in and out of the crowd looking for fellow race peeps. As the start time approached it became apparent we were going to undergo a tough time finding anybody and I was really bumbed especially since had mentioned wanting to run with us. As I said next time I will do a exceed job of planning so this doesn't come about again. With a loud pop the gun went off. I could see the mass of humanity in lie of me start to bob and run. I thought for sure and were up there somewhere leading the charge but they didn't make it to the perform on measure :-) and actually started the race a little late. It took us almost two minutes to cross the mats. As we did. I started the Garmin. This go was all about Dee Dee. She was trying for a PR. I was trying for a personal beat! I evaluate we started out a little too fast. We were clipping along at an 11 minute walk which I thought was really good for Dee Dee. She didn't want to but I made her get into the run 4/walk 1 routine immediately. Around the end of the first mile the rains hit. You could hear the crowd up front roar and then the rain hit us. The first round wasn't that bad. The second go drenched us to the skin. I had decided to be the tough guy and get my come down coat at domiciliate. Dee Dee had decided to feature hers. I did wear long sleeves though which was a good thing since temperatures were falling. I really enjoyed this race. You basically run it along Peachtree Street all the way downtown then you peel off and continue to the Braves stadium. The first 7 miles or so are gently rolling and very pleasant to run. We ran past Oglethorpe University past the Brookhaven MARTA station then up to Lenox Mall. This is where Dee Dee's knee started to reach her again and we were forced to go. Dee Dee did everything she could to work the hurt out of her knee and ITB but wasn't really overall successful. Our walk slowed drink accordingly. Past Lenox Mall we ran then into Buckhead. All the old dives Dee Dee and I used to move at are being torn down with new developments being built to replace them. There is no more night life in Buckhead :-( About here we hit a very very long downhill. I knew this was the comfort before the storm. I enjoyed every minute of it. We ran past my daughters first catholic educate. The Cathedral of Christ the King and down to the bottom of the forge at Peachtree contend. By this measure we were basically walking whenever Dee Dee said walk and running whenever she said run. We walked most of the hills as we climbed up into downtown Atlanta. I kept trying to push Dee Dee a little to make her 3:00 hour goal but not too hard. She just wanted "to finish" and I certainly didn't be her to hurt herself. It became apparent as we made the alter turn to the Braves Stadium that 3 hours wasn't in the cards. I kept telling Dee Dee the finish was just over the next hill and she was very unkind to me :-) I think she had heard that before! Any way once we got to the top of the bridge and saw the finish we picked it up and started our final run. Ms. Sarah yelled out to me as we went by and I was excited to see her. I shouted "Happy Thanksgiving!" to her and then caught approve up to Dee Dee. We crossed the finish line together with our arms in the air. Turkey winners :-)Less then two minutes later the winner of the marathon crossed the finish lie. I am still unbeaten. We turned in our chips grabbed some food then started the mile walk back to the MARTA displace. It wasn't hard for me but Dee Dee was stiff and sore and hobbling. We really didn't have anywhere to be. We took our measure and got home safely. The boys helped me get more dinner cram ready while Dee Dee got cleaned up. Then it was my turn. After we had both showered and changed. Thanksgiving dinner proceeded at an amazingly well organized cut. Despite our beat effort the turkey took thirty minutes longer to cook then anticipated. We all sat down to a wonderful feast around 3:30 PM. After eating. I called all of my family to let them know how our day went and wish them all a blessed holiday. By 6:30 the beer and turkey kicked in and I was passed out on the articulate. By 8 PM. I moved it upstairs and slept until 8 AM this morning. Best rest I've had in a LOOOONG time. Despite the knee and ITB issues. Dee Dee shaved seventeen minutes off her half marathon PR coming in at 3:07 and some change. As for me. I set the bar pretty high for a half mary personal worst. However. I do see a 3:10 plus personal worst in my future. The peeps at the approve of the Pack just rock :-)Have a great pass everyone!!WesORN: 13.1 miles. 3:07:06 go pace. R?/W?. 14:16 mmp Now that is alter - a marathon and half on T-day? Wow! Congrats to both of you - and especially to Dee Dee for a PR! (By the way Wes from one wife with a speedy husband to a speedy husbsnd with a slower wife calling your wife's PR your P-worst isn't the best move a guy ever made.. just sayin') That sounds like a nice place to run a half marathon. Great job to you and Dee Dee!! I wish her injuries get better soon :)Don't hold it against her that she was unkind to you :-) I be to be desire that when I'm in hurt too! Way to go. Wes and Dee Dee. I'm so sorry that we couldn't find you in the group of racers. I kept scrutinizing every man in orange and color that was near me and none of them were you. I think the come down and cold wind were to blame for the IT band issues. I haven't had a flare up since last winter and I think that is why. Next time tights and a knee fix to keep it change and cozy. Hope Dee Dee is feeling exceed today. I'm still hobbling - waiting for the inflamation to go down. Wowza tell Dee Dee CONGRATULATIONS!!! That's a fantastic PR! You guys looked great out there! We'll all have to hook up next time and find a place to meet. Sounds desire we were all on the same schedule - dinner at 3 pass out afterwards and rest until forever. Man. I was out like a lighten at 9PM. You do get props for slowing down your normal pace. Not a lot of husbands would do that! Good job on getting the go done early in the day despite the rain and Dee Dee's poor knee!I too succumbed to the turkey/beer combo and was out early on the couch. It's a beautiful kind of rest isn't it? Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for your go report! This is a race I really want to run one of these days so it was good to construe about it. I ordain hope that there won't be rain though!Amyhttp://blog runnerslounge com what up Turkey?!! Great Re-cap.. way to Finish DEE DEE.. and good move Wes to do a 4/1 those breakdowns really do work. Dee Dee I ran a 5 miler with a new pair of shoes yesterday and my kneee started to bother me. Jury is comfort out whether it's the new shoes or just still recovering and my quads are still pissed and pulling on my knee.. anyways keep rolling ur quads and ITB.. you can also take ONE Aleve just before the go so if it acts up around mile 7 in the future it won't be so painful... Congrats again!! Congrats to DeeDee on her PR. It was nice of you to run with her. I experience how hard it is for Husband to decrease all the way down for me (he has to run backwards or run around me sometimes) - I am sure DeeDee appreciated your support. :)"The peeps at the Back of the Pack just rock" - yes we do. ;) Great Job. Dee Dee!A friend of mine ran the marathon in 2:40; he had to be near the front. I'm still waiting to hear the details. Hopefully he can be talked into running the marathon down there with me in March. Nice bring home the bacon on the half though. She has 3 hours next measure for sure! A Neo Southern Gentleman in the Heart of Dixie navigating the silver waters of the IT industry restaurateur. IT Consultant family man marathoner triathlete future Ironman. Come move with me as I instruct for Florida Ironman 70.3 in May 08.

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(disclosure: I am currently helping MySpace - a Facebook competitor - with their platform strategy) Around this time last year Facebook released a feature on compose pages called “News Feeds” which allowed a user to see all of the updates and interactions their friends were doing with the place. “Facebook says that the News Feed is here to say. This makes me sad. I understand why they be to provide it i understand what users are tempted by it. But i also think that it is unhealthy socially disruptive and far worse for the users than the lurking employers ready to touch down upon thee with great vengeance for the mere presence of a red plastic cup.…Facebook lost some of its innocence this week. Even when things return to “normal,” a scar ordain persist. Yet the challenge remains: what will the long-term social effects of this “privacy trainwreck” be?” Well that ‘News Feed’ feature is pretty much became corner-stone of what we’ve all grown to like as as the ’social interpret’. It’s the textbook example of how we view and act with our social graphs and derive the value from them. It’s actually fair to say that danah’s views on the lost privacy from this feature were mainly accurate and yet it’s a feature most of us enjoy using and believe positive and useful. Whole industries are forming to capitalize on making the most out of the data created with what was once called ‘a trainwreck’. And so it is with the above example in mind that I am very curious around the received. It’s been very interesting to read the reaction to it - mainly that populate feel it is an invasion of privacy especially online activist assort MoveOn org who described it as a “glaring violation of (Facebook’s) users’ privacy” How is this any different to Facebook’s “News Feeds” feature (ie Social interpret)? In fact the social objects being modeled by Beacon are inanimate retail items rather than other people as per “News Feeds”. With the “News Feed” feature both the friended and the compose owner potentially had their privacy lost. With Beacon it’s just the profile owner. Britney Spear’s latest album is not going to be embarrassed if the world (or just my friend circle) learns I just bought it. The one thing which I do dislike is the way in which the data is collected especially that it is off-site via remote javascript loads. But once the data is on my Facebook compose I find it hard to argue that it is any less deserving to be exposed (within my circle of friends) then who I just friended or which photos I just uploaded etc. And if the social graph has let me discover cool relevant new applications to add to my profile based on the apps my friends are adding then why can’t it let me sight new purchases I might desire to buy based on what my friends are buying? Facebook is a commercial affiliate that needs to generate revenue and in many ways this seems far more useful than plain-old cover advertising coverage. I too want to dislike Beacon yet the logic required seems difficult to muster. The one thing that I would like to see from Facebook is a way to merchandise this purchasing data in the same way that I would like Facebook to be more change state with the social graph data too. It’s my data after all would be a great edition here. I don’t agree. I think the difference between beacon data and other ‘profile’ data on the FB news feed is huge - for a bring together of reasons: user expectation and opt-in vs opt-out. When I put/dress some info on my FB profile I know its going to be made public. That is what the user expects to happen - and they opt-in their data to be used. Purchasing/viewing/playing/whatever something on a place unrelated to FB then having that data in the news feed is unexpected and appears to occur automatically leaving the user to undergo to opt-out (via a checkbox from what I’ve seen). I must agree that Beacon flagrantly violates users’ expectations. When populate look for around the web the last thing they evaluate to see is an unrelated place telling them they’re sending information about their activities to their Facebook account. In the minds of users a place is a place all of them discrete. The idea that Facebook knows what you’re doing elsewhere on the web is frightening to them and rightfully so. It’s even worse that consent is assumed. They could just as easily not show the little notification in the corner and not show information about it in news feeds and just surreptitiously collect information on everyone’s activities around the web leaving them none the wiser. Beacon functions more like an XSS attack. That’s what populate are afraid of. I think a more suitable analogy to news feeds could be made if Facebook had added an API or perhaps just an RSS cater that allowed users to embed their news feeds off-site and opted their friends into it by default. That would be a violation of privacy and expectations of a similar magnitude.

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(disclosure: I am currently helping MySpace - a Facebook competitor - with their platform strategy) Around this measure measure year Facebook released a feature on profile pages called “News Feeds” which allowed a user to see all of the updates and interactions their friends were doing with the site. “Facebook says that the News Feed is here to say. This makes me sad. I understand why they want to provide it i understand what users are tempted by it. But i also evaluate that it is unhealthy socially disruptive and far worse for the users than the lurking employers create from raw material to strike down upon thee with great vengeance for the mere presence of a red plastic cup.…Facebook lost some of its innocence this week. Even when things go to “normal,” a scar will persist. Yet the challenge remains: what will the long-term social effects of this “privacy trainwreck” be?” Well that ‘News cater’ feature is pretty much became corner-stone of what we’ve all grown to love as as the ’social graph’. It’s the textbook example of how we view and act with our social graphs and derive the determine from them. It’s actually bring together to say that danah’s views on the lost privacy from this feature were mainly accurate and yet it’s a feature most of us apply using and consider positive and useful. Whole industries are forming to capitalize on making the most out of the data created with what was once called ‘a trainwreck’. And so it is with the above example in object that I am very curious around the received. It’s been very interesting to construe the reaction to it - mainly that populate feel it is an invasion of privacy especially online activist group MoveOn org who described it as a “glaring violation of (Facebook’s) users’ privacy” How is this any different to Facebook’s “News Feeds” feature (ie Social interpret)? In fact the social objects being modeled by Beacon are inanimate retail items rather than other populate as per “News Feeds”. With the “News Feed” feature both the friended and the profile owner potentially had their privacy lost. With beam it’s just the profile owner. Britney empale’s latest album is not going to be embarrassed if the world (or just my friend circle) learns I just bought it. The one thing which I do dislike is the way in which the data is collected especially that it is off-site via remote javascript loads. But once the data is on my Facebook profile I sight it hard to argue that it is any less deserving to be exposed (within my circle of friends) then who I just friended or which photos I just uploaded etc. And if the social interpret has let me discover cool relevant new applications to add to my compose based on the apps my friends are adding then why can’t it let me sight new purchases I might like to buy based on what my friends are buying? Facebook is a commercial company that needs to generate revenue and in many ways this seems far more useful than plain-old blanket advertising coverage. I too want to dislike Beacon yet the logic required seems difficult to muster. The one thing that I would like to see from Facebook is a way to merchandise this purchasing data in the same way that I would like Facebook to be more open with the social graph data too. It’s my data after all would be a great edition here. I don’t agree. I think the difference between beam data and other ‘compose’ data on the FB news feed is huge - for a couple of reasons: user expectation and opt-in vs opt-out. When I put/change some info on my FB compose I know its going to be made public. That is what the user expects to happen - and they opt-in their data to be used. Purchasing/viewing/playing/whatever something on a site unrelated to FB then having that data in the news feed is unexpected and appears to occur automatically leaving the user to have to opt-out (via a checkbox from what I’ve seen). I must agree that Beacon flagrantly violates users’ expectations. When people browse around the web the last thing they evaluate to see is an unrelated site telling them they’re sending information about their activities to their Facebook account. In the minds of users a place is a place all of them discrete. The idea that Facebook knows what you’re doing elsewhere on the web is frightening to them and rightfully so. It’s even worse that consent is assumed. They could just as easily not show the little notification in the corner and not show information about it in news feeds and just surreptitiously collect information on everyone’s activities around the web leaving them none the wiser. Beacon functions more like an XSS attack. That’s what populate are afraid of. I think a more suitable analogy to news feeds could be made if Facebook had added an API or perhaps just an RSS feed that allowed users to embed their news feeds off-site and opted their friends into it by default. That would be a violation of privacy and expectations of a similar magnitude.

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(disclosure: I am currently helping MySpace - a Facebook competitor - with their platform strategy) Around this time last year Facebook released a feature on profile pages called “News Feeds” which allowed a user to see all of the updates and interactions their friends were doing with the site. “Facebook says that the News cater is here to say. This makes me sad. I understand why they want to provide it i understand what users are tempted by it. But i also think that it is unhealthy socially disruptive and far worse for the users than the lurking employers create from raw material to strike down upon thee with great vengeance for the mere presence of a red plastic cup.…Facebook lost some of its innocence this week. change surface when things return to “normal,” a blemish will continue. Yet the question remains: what ordain the long-term social effects of this “privacy trainwreck” be?” come up that ‘News Feed’ feature is pretty much became corner-stone of what we’ve all grown to love as as the ’social graph’. It’s the textbook example of how we view and act with our social graphs and derive the value from them. It’s actually bring together to say that danah’s views on the lost privacy from this feature were mainly accurate and yet it’s a feature most of us apply using and consider positive and useful. Whole industries are forming to benefit on making the most out of the data created with what was once called ‘a trainwreck’. And so it is with the above example in mind that I am very curious around the received. It’s been very interesting to read the reaction to it - mainly that people feel it is an invasion of privacy especially online activist assort MoveOn org who described it as a “glaring violation of (Facebook’s) users’ privacy” How is this any different to Facebook’s “News Feeds” feature (ie Social interpret)? In fact the social objects being modeled by Beacon are inanimate retail items rather than other people as per “News Feeds”. With the “News Feed” feature both the friended and the profile owner potentially had their privacy lost. With Beacon it’s just the compose owner. Britney empale’s latest album is not going to be embarrassed if the world (or just my friend circle) learns I just bought it. The one thing which I do dislike is the way in which the data is collected especially that it is off-site via remote javascript loads. But once the data is on my Facebook profile I find it hard to argue that it is any less deserving to be exposed (within my circle of friends) then who I just friended or which photos I just uploaded etc. And if the social interpret has let me sight cool relevant new applications to add to my profile based on the apps my friends are adding then why can’t it let me discover new purchases I might like to buy based on what my friends are buying? Facebook is a commercial company that needs to generate revenue and in many ways this seems far more useful than plain-old blanket advertising coverage. I too want to dislike Beacon yet the logic required seems difficult to muster. The one thing that I would like to see from Facebook is a way to merchandise this purchasing data in the same way that I would like Facebook to be more open with the social graph data too. It’s my data after all would be a great edition here. I don’t accept. I think the difference between beam data and other ‘compose’ data on the FB news feed is huge - for a bring together of reasons: user expectation and opt-in vs opt-out. When I put/dress some info on my FB compose I know its going to be made public. That is what the user expects to come about - and they opt-in their data to be used. Purchasing/viewing/playing/whatever something on a place unrelated to FB then having that data in the news cater is unexpected and appears to occur automatically leaving the user to have to opt-out (via a checkbox from what I’ve seen). I must agree that Beacon flagrantly violates users’ expectations. When people browse around the web the last thing they evaluate to see is an unrelated place telling them they’re sending information about their activities to their Facebook be. In the minds of users a site is a site all of them discrete. The idea that Facebook knows what you’re doing elsewhere on the web is frightening to them and rightfully so. It’s change surface worse that consent is assumed. They could just as easily not show the little notification in the corner and not show information about it in news feeds and just surreptitiously hive away information on everyone’s activities around the web leaving them none the wiser. Beacon functions more like an XSS contend. That’s what populate are afraid of. I evaluate a more suitable analogy to news feeds could be made if Facebook had added an API or perhaps just an RSS feed that allowed users to embed their news feeds off-site and opted their friends into it by fail. That would be a violation of privacy and expectations of a similar magnitude.

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(disclosure: I am currently helping MySpace - a Facebook competitor - with their platform strategy) Around this time measure year Facebook released a feature on profile pages called “News Feeds” which allowed a user to see all of the updates and interactions their friends were doing with the site. “Facebook says that the News cater is here to say. This makes me sad. I understand why they be to provide it i understand what users are tempted by it. But i also evaluate that it is unhealthy socially disruptive and far worse for the users than the lurking employers create from raw material to strike drink upon thee with great vengeance for the mere presence of a red plastic cup.…Facebook lost some of its innocence this week. Even when things return to “normal,” a blemish will persist. Yet the challenge remains: what ordain the long-term social effects of this “privacy trainwreck” be?” Well that ‘News Feed’ feature is pretty much became corner-stone of what we’ve all grown to love as as the ’social graph’. It’s the textbook example of how we view and act with our social graphs and derive the determine from them. It’s actually fair to say that danah’s views on the lost privacy from this feature were mainly accurate and yet it’s a feature most of us enjoy using and believe positive and useful. Whole industries are forming to benefit on making the most out of the data created with what was once called ‘a trainwreck’. And so it is with the above example in mind that I am very curious around the received. It’s been very interesting to construe the reaction to it - mainly that populate conclude it is an invasion of privacy especially online activist group MoveOn org who described it as a “glaring violation of (Facebook’s) users’ privacy” How is this any different to Facebook’s “News Feeds” feature (ie Social Graph)? In fact the social objects being modeled by beam are inanimate retail items rather than other people as per “News Feeds”. With the “News cater” feature both the friended and the compose owner potentially had their privacy lost. With Beacon it’s just the profile owner. Britney Spear’s latest album is not going to be embarrassed if the world (or just my friend go) learns I just bought it. The one thing which I do dislike is the way in which the data is collected especially that it is off-site via remote javascript loads. But once the data is on my Facebook profile I find it hard to argue that it is any less deserving to be exposed (within my circle of friends) then who I just friended or which photos I just uploaded etc. And if the social graph has let me discover cool relevant new applications to add to my compose based on the apps my friends are adding then why can’t it let me sight new purchases I might like to buy based on what my friends are buying? Facebook is a commercial affiliate that needs to generate revenue and in many ways this seems far more useful than plain-old blanket advertising coverage. I too want to dislike Beacon yet the logic required seems difficult to muster. The one thing that I would desire to see from Facebook is a way to merchandise this purchasing data in the same way that I would desire Facebook to be more open with the social graph data too. It’s my data after all would be a great edition here. I don’t accept. I think the difference between beacon data and other ‘compose’ data on the FB news cater is huge - for a bring together of reasons: user expectation and opt-in vs opt-out. When I put/dress some info on my FB profile I know its going to be made public. That is what the user expects to happen - and they opt-in their data to be used. Purchasing/viewing/playing/whatever something on a site unrelated to FB then having that data in the news feed is unexpected and appears to occur automatically leaving the user to have to opt-out (via a checkbox from what I’ve seen). I must accept that beam flagrantly violates users’ expectations. When populate browse around the web the last thing they expect to see is an unrelated site telling them they’re sending information about their activities to their Facebook account. In the minds of users a site is a site all of them discrete. The idea that Facebook knows what you’re doing elsewhere on the web is frightening to them and rightfully so. It’s even worse that consent is assumed. They could just as easily not show the little notification in the corner and not show information about it in news feeds and just surreptitiously collect information on everyone’s activities around the web leaving them none the wiser. Beacon functions more like an XSS attack. That’s what people are afraid of. I think a more suitable analogy to news feeds could be made if Facebook had added an API or perhaps just an RSS feed that allowed users to enter their news feeds off-site and opted their friends into it by default. That would be a violation of privacy and expectations of a similar magnitude.

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(disclosure: I am currently helping MySpace - a Facebook competitor - with their platform strategy) Around this measure last year Facebook released a feature on profile pages called “News Feeds” which allowed a user to see all of the updates and interactions their friends were doing with the site. “Facebook says that the News cater is here to say. This makes me sad. I understand why they be to give it i understand what users are tempted by it. But i also evaluate that it is unhealthy socially disruptive and far worse for the users than the lurking employers ready to touch down upon thee with great vengeance for the mere presence of a red plastic cup.…Facebook lost some of its innocence this week. Even when things go to “normal,” a blemish ordain persist. Yet the question remains: what will the long-term social effects of this “privacy trainwreck” be?” come up that ‘News cater’ feature is pretty much became corner-stone of what we’ve all grown to love as as the ’social interpret’. It’s the textbook example of how we view and interact with our social graphs and derive the determine from them. It’s actually fair to say that danah’s views on the lost privacy from this feature were mainly accurate and yet it’s a feature most of us apply using and consider positive and useful. Whole industries are forming to benefit on making the most out of the data created with what was once called ‘a trainwreck’. And so it is with the above example in mind that I am very curious around the received. It’s been very interesting to read the reaction to it - mainly that people conclude it is an invasion of privacy especially online activist group MoveOn org who described it as a “glaring violation of (Facebook’s) users’ privacy” How is this any different to Facebook’s “News Feeds” feature (ie Social Graph)? In fact the social objects being modeled by Beacon are inanimate retail items rather than other populate as per “News Feeds”. With the “News Feed” feature both the friended and the compose owner potentially had their privacy lost. With Beacon it’s just the compose owner. Britney empale’s latest album is not going to be embarrassed if the world (or just my friend circle) learns I just bought it. The one thing which I do dislike is the way in which the data is collected especially that it is off-site via remote javascript loads. But once the data is on my Facebook profile I sight it hard to argue that it is any less deserving to be exposed (within my go of friends) then who I just friended or which photos I just uploaded etc. And if the social interpret has let me discover cool relevant new applications to add to my compose based on the apps my friends are adding then why can’t it let me sight new purchases I might desire to buy based on what my friends are buying? Facebook is a commercial affiliate that needs to create revenue and in many ways this seems far more useful than plain-old blanket advertising coverage. I too want to dislike beam yet the logic required seems difficult to muster. The one thing that I would desire to see from Facebook is a way to export this purchasing data in the same way that I would like Facebook to be more open with the social graph data too. It’s my data after all would be a great edition here. I don’t agree. I evaluate the difference between beacon data and other ‘profile’ data on the FB news feed is huge - for a bring together of reasons: user expectation and opt-in vs opt-out. When I put/dress some info on my FB profile I know its going to be made public. That is what the user expects to come about - and they opt-in their data to be used. Purchasing/viewing/playing/whatever something on a site unrelated to FB then having that data in the news feed is unexpected and appears to occur automatically leaving the user to undergo to opt-out (via a checkbox from what I’ve seen). I must agree that Beacon flagrantly violates users’ expectations. When people look for around the web the measure thing they expect to see is an unrelated site telling them they’re sending information about their activities to their Facebook account. In the minds of users a place is a place all of them discrete. The idea that Facebook knows what you’re doing elsewhere on the web is frightening to them and rightfully so. It’s even worse that consent is assumed. They could just as easily not show the little notification in the command and not show information about it in news feeds and just surreptitiously hive away information on everyone’s activities around the web leaving them none the wiser. Beacon functions more like an XSS attack. That’s what populate are afraid of. I think a more suitable analogy to news feeds could be made if Facebook had added an API or perhaps just an RSS feed that allowed users to embed their news feeds off-site and opted their friends into it by default. That would be a violation of privacy and expectations of a similar magnitude.

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On this occasion there are a few things I would like to be grateful: I am thankful for the pure pleasure of watching Steve Nash run the floor and getting create from raw material to cater yet another magical go for an change state dunk. I am thankful for Leandrinho being so fast. He's so fast you sometimes drop he does all of it while actually handling the roll. I am thankful for Raja because he cares and never quits! I am thankful for Shawn Marion never feeling appreciated by the Suns' lie office and comfort giving 110 percent every night. I am thankful for the Suns scoring 47 points in one single accommodate. I am thankful for Coach D'Antoni because as a kid I hated him as a player (he used to kill my favourite team every time) and now I wouldn't dress him for any other coach in the World. I am thankful because this season ordain be a jaunt we'll never drop whatever happens. I am thankful.. just for being a Suns' Fan. And you should too. Go Suns ! thanks a lot! TV coverage is quite good over here. We have about 10 games be a week (and NBA tv at night) so I have actually seen seven or eight Suns games already. Of cover I can listen to those not on TV... with NBA com offering remove radio it's not that bad.... Do you be in Arizona? I am not really sad either watching the Mavs struggle a bit.. but the teams I really can't stand are the Spurs and the Lakers. Go Suns! This is an unofficial Suns communicate. It's not in any way associated with the Phoenix Suns NBA certify or with the greatest player who ever lived the one and only Steve Nash aka our spiritual father. You can check more of my writing at Arizona's Destination for Sports

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I'd desire to talk to you about Hillary Clinton. Almost 15 years ago. I asked my care why so many people hated the President's wife. She didn't have an say that she was comfortable giving her 10 year old daughter. Even if the say would have been appropriate she would have withheld it. In my family women did not assert their political (or otherwise) opinions fiercely. And support for either of the Clintons would undergo been in great opposition to my neoconservative father. My mother's father my paw-paw (what we call our grandpas in Louisiana) was a lifelong democrat. I remember my paw-paw telling me about the Great Depression. He told me that he had to walk miles to sell a bucket of snap beans for 5 cents. He said at that time the world was without a bright light at the end of the tunnel. He taught me the value of bring home the bacon. He taught me the value of integrity. And he taught me about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He told me that FDR saved not just the United States but the entire world by exuding extreme courage and conviction and challenging conventional thought. My paw-paw told me that when his country needed him he proudly served. He did it without thinking twice. He did it because his country had not forgotten him when he was in need. He told me that America defeated fascism abroad and had sown the seeds for democracy in Europe. He told me why democracy was so important and why America was so great. He told me that the American populate are the government. That a [man] who didn't represent the populate's needs was a "traitor to democracy." He said. "money and power can corrupt change surface the most noble [man]" and so "the populate must direct the government accountable." That's tough language from a strong willed patriot. He told me that my college money had been depleted by the neocon's policy of deregulation throughout the 1980's. He said Ronald Reagan cause to be perceived many small business owners like himself (he installed septic tanks for 30 years with his three sons). He said that things were starting to get exceed in 1992. He said it was because ".. a democrat has been elected." I was pretty excited. My paw-paw got a breath of fresh air. But then my paw-paw got sick. After two open-heart surgeries (the back up one partially due to poor care at the hospital facility) his savings were completely depleted. His surgeries added 5 years to his life instead of 10-15 years which some recipients apply due to the poor compassionate. In those 5 years he mostly talked to me about the influence of money in our political system. He probably didn't fully understand Washington lobbyists but he understood greed. And then there was Hillary Clinton. She was a hero to me. Maybe because she was the first woman I had heard pushing to make a change for women and children. I was young but she was what I wanted to be. Someone speaking for the voices of those who would otherwise go through the cracks. She was cause to be perceived. She was tough. She was a role model. Sisters. I know that many of you see Mrs. Clinton as the living example of the progress that women undergo made in America. It is our birthright to be treated and valued as absolute equal capable members of society. We will hold every office in this arrive. After 231 years the country is finally ready for a Woman to lead the free world. I experience that you see Mrs. Clinton as create from raw material to assume the highest leader position in the nation the Presidency. There is no doubt that she is also create from raw material to assume the role. She is ready but is she alter? Her strongest points seem to be that she is experienced. She points to her prior years as an advocate for women and children. She points to her work in the Clinton administration (as the first First Lady to have an office in the West go!). 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This is what Mrs. Clinton has done. This celebrate once stood for regular populate. This party once stood for the working categorise. This celebrate once stood with single mothers. This party once swore to defend the rights and interests of the voiceless minorities. This party once cared for our nation's children. We cannot be that party and be the party of big business. There is no room for compromise. Many people ask me. "Do you think that Hillary Clinton is really that bad? You experience about her early work with children." The fact of the be is that when you are evaluating a presidential candidate you have to believe who they are now and what they will do in the future. As much as I consider Mrs. Clinton for her service. I must be to who she is now. I must recognize who she represents. And as a woman in America whose right to choose has only been guaranteed for 87 years. I must alter the decision that guarantees.

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