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Dirk Kroese (from UQ, Brisbane) and Joshua Chan (from ANU, Canberra) just published a book entitled Statistical Modeling and Computation, distributed by Springer-Verlag (I cannot tell which series it is part of from the cover or frontpages…) The book is intended mostly for an undergrad audience (or for graduate students with no probability or statistics background). Given that prerequisite, Statistical Modeling and Computation is fairly standard in that it recalls probability basics, the principles of statistical inference, and classical parametric models. In a third part, the authors cover "advanced models" like generalised linear models, time series and state-space models. The specificity of the book lies in the inclusion of simulation methods, in particular MCMC methods, and illustrations by Matlab code boxes. (Codes that are available on the companion website, along with R translations.) It thus has a lot in common with our Bayesian Essentials with R, meaning that I am not the most appropriate or least
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Statistical modeling and computation [book review]Posted in Books, R, Statistics, University life with tags ANU, Australia, Bayesian Essentials with R, Bayesian statistics, Brisbane, Dirk Kroese, introductory textbooks, Joshua Chan, Matlab, maximum likelihood estimation, Monte Carlo methods, Monte Carlo Statistical Methods, R, state space model on January 22, 2014 by xi'an
Dirk Kroese (from UQ, Brisbane) and Joshua Chan (from ANU, Canberra) just published a book entitled Statistical Modeling and Computation, distributed by Springer-Verlag (I cannot tell which series it is part of from the cover or frontpages…) The book is intended mostly for an undergrad audience (or for graduate students with no probability or statistics background). Given that prerequisite, Statistical Modeling and Computation is fairly standard in that it recalls probability basics, the principles of statistical inference, and classical parametric models. In a third part, the authors cover "advanced models" like generalised linear models, time series and state-space models. The specificity of the book lies in the inclusion of simulation methods, in particular MCMC methods, and illustrations by Matlab code boxes. (Codes that are available on the companion website, along with R translations.) It thus has a lot in common with our Bayesian Essentials with R, meaning that I am not the most appropriate or least
optimal estimation of parameters (book review)Posted in Books, Statistics with tags Bayesian theory, coding, inference, maximum capacity estimator, maximum likelihood estimation, Rissanen, Shannonś information, statistical theory on September 12, 2013 by xi'an
As I had read some of Jorma Rissanen's papers in the early 1990′s when writing The Bayesian Choice, I was quite excited to learn that Rissanen had written a book on the optimal estimation of parameters, where he presents and develops his own approach to statistical inference (estimation and testing). As explained in the Preface this was induced by having to deliver the 2009 Shannon Lecture at the Information Theory Society conference.
"Very few statisticians have been studying information theory, the result of which, I think, is the disarray of the present discipline of statistics." J. Rissanen (p.2)
Now that I have read the book (between Venezia in the peaceful and shaded Fundamenta Sacca San Girolamo and Hong Kong, so maybe in too a leisurely and off-handed manner), I am not so excited… It is not that the theory presented in optimal estimation of parameters is incomplete or ill-presented: the book is very well-written and well-designed, if in a highly personal (and borderline lone ranger) style. But the approach Rissanen advocates, namely maximum capacity as a generalisation of maximum likelihood, does not seem to relate to my statistical perspective and practice. Even though he takes great care to distance himself from Bayesian theory by repeating that the prior distribution is not necessary for his theory of optimal estimation ("priors are not needed in the general MDL principle", p.4). my major source of incomprehension lies with the choice of incorporating the estimator within the data density to produce a new density, as in
Indeed, this leads to (a) replace a statistical model with a structure that mixes the model and the estimation procedure and (b) peak the new distribution by always choosing the most appropriate (local) value of the parameter. For a normal sample with unknown mean θ, this produces for instance to a joint normal distribution that is degenerate since
(For a single observation it is not even defined.) In a similar spirit, Rissanen defines this estimated model for dynamic data in a sequential manner, which means in the end that x1 is used n times, x2 n-1 times, and so on.., This asymmetry does not sound logical, especially when considering sufficiency.
"…the misunderstanding that the more parameters there are in the model the better it is because it is closer to the `truth' and the `truth' obviously is not simple" J. Rissanen (p.38)
Another point of contention with the approach advocated in optimal estimation of parameters is the inherent discretisation of the parameter space, which seems to exclude large dimensional spaces and complex models. I somehow subscribe to the idea that a given sample (hence a given sample size) induces a maximum precision in the estimation that can be translated into using a finite number of parameter values, but the implementation suggested in the book is essentially unidimensional. I also find the notion of optimality inherent to the statistical part of optimal estimation of parameters quite tautological as it ends up being a target that leads to the maximum likelihood estimator (or its pseudo-Bayesian counterpart).
"The BIC criterion has neither information nor a probability theoretic interpretation, and it does not matter which measure for consistency is selected." J. Rissanen (p.64)
The first part of the book is about coding and information theory; it amounts in my understanding to a justification of the Kullback-Leibler divergence, with an early occurrence (p.27) of the above estimation distribution. (The channel capacity is the normalising constant of this weird density.)
"…in hypothesis testing [where] the assumptions that the hypotheses are `true' has misguided the entire field by generating problems which do not exist and distorting rational solutions to problems that do exist." J. Rissanen (p.41)
I have issues with the definition of confidence intervals as they rely on an implicit choice of a measure and have a constant coverage that decreases with the parameter dimension. This notion also seem to clash with the subsequent discretisation of the parameter space. Hypothesis testing à la Rissanen reduces to an assessment of a goodness of fit, again with fixed coverage properties. Interestingly, the acceptance and rejection regions are based on two quantities, the likelihood ratio and the KL distance (p. 96), which leads to a delayed decision if they do not agree wrt fixed bounds.
"A drawback of the prediction formulas is that they require the knowledge of the ARMA parameters." J. Rissanen (p.141)
A final chapter on sequential (or dynamic) models reminded me that Rissanen was at the core of inventing variable order Markov chains. The remainder of this chapter provides some properties of the sequential normalised maximum likelihood estimator advocated by the author in the same spirit as the earlier versions. The whole chapter feels (to me) somewhat disconnected from
In conclusion, Rissanen's book is a definitely interesting entry on a perplexing vision of statistics. While I do not think it will radically alter our understanding and practice of statistics, it is worth perusing, if only to appreciate there are still people (far?) out there attempting to bring a new vision of the field.
A misleading title…Posted in Books, R, Statistics, University life with tags bootstrap, fitting statistical distributions, generalized lambda distribution, GLDEX, International Statistical Review, John Tukey, Maple, Matlab, maximum likelihood estimation, quantile distribution, R on September 5, 2011 by xi'an
When I received this book, Handbook of fitting statistical distributions with R, by Z. Karian and E.J. Dudewicz, from/for the Short Book Reviews section of the International Statistical Review, I was obviously impressed by its size (around 1700 pages and 3 kilos…). From briefly glancing at the table of contents, and the list of standard distributions appearing as subsections of the first chapters, I thought that the authors were covering different estimation/fitting techniques for most of the standard distributions. After taking a closer look at the book, I think the cover is misleading in several aspects: this is not a handbook (a.k.a. a reference book), it does not cover standard statistical distributions, the R input is marginal, and the authors only wrote part of the book, since about half of the chapters are written by other authors…
Feedback on data cloningPosted in Books, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Banff, Biometrika, BIRS, data cloning, Ecology Letters, EM algorithm, Journal of Econometrics, maximum likelihood estimation, MCMC, Monte Carlo methods, prior feedback, SAME algorithm, simulated annealing, Statistics and Computing on September 22, 2010 by xi'an
Following some discussions I had last week at Banff about data cloning, I re-read the 2007 "Data cloning" paper published in Ecology Letters by Lele, Dennis, and Lutscher. Once again, I see a strong similarity with our 2002 Statistics and Computing SAME algorithm, as well as with the subsequent (and equally similar) "A multiple-imputation Metropolis version of the EM algorithm" published in Biometrika by Gaetan and Yao in 2003—Biometrika to which Arnaud and I had earlier and unsuccessfully submitted this unpublished technical report on the convergence of the SAME algorithm… (The SAME algorithm is also described in detail in the 2005 book Inference in Hidden Markov Models, Chapter 13.)
Keynes' derivationsPosted in Books, Statistics with tags A Treatise on Probability, Gauss, harmonic mean estimator, John Maynard Keynes, Laplace, maximum likelihood estimation on March 29, 2010 by xi'an
Chapter XVII of Keynes' A Treatise On Probability contains Keynes' most noteworthy contribution to Statistics, namely the classification of probability distributions such that the arithmetic/geometric/harmonic empirical mean/empirical median is also the maximum likelihood estimator. This problem was first stated by Laplace and Gauss (leading to Laplace distribution in connection with the median and to the Gaussian distribution for the arithmetic mean). The derivation of the densities of those probability distributions is based on the constraint the likelihood equation
is satisfied for one of the four empirical estimate, using differential calculus (despite the fact that Keynes earlier derived Bayes' theorem by assuming the parameter space to be discrete). Under regularity assumptions, in the case of the arithmetic mean, my colleague Eric Séré showed me this indeed leads to the family of distributions
where and are almost arbitrary functions under the constraints that is twice differentiable and is a density in . This means that satisfies
a constraint missed by Keynes.
While I cannot judge of the level of novelty in Keynes' derivation with respect to earlier works, this derivation therefore produces a generic form of unidimensional exponential family, twenty-five years before their rederivation by Darmois (1935), Pitman (1936) and Koopman (1936) as characterising distributions with sufficient statistics of constant dimensions. The derivation of the distributions for which the geometric or the harmonic means are MLEs then follows by a change of variables, or , respectively. In those different derivations, the normalisation issue is treated quite off-handedly by Keynes, witness the function
at the bottom of page 198, which is not integrable in unless its support is bounded away from 0 or . Similarly, the derivation of the log-normal density on page 199 is missing the Jacobian factor (or in Keynes' notations) and the same problem arises for the inverse-normal density, which should be
instead of (page 200). At last, I find the derivation of the distributions linked with the median rather dubious since Keynes' general solution
(where the integral ought to be interpreted as a primitive) is such that the recovery of Laplace's distribution, involves setting (page 201)
hence making a function of as well. The summary two pages later actually produces an alternative generic form, namely
with the difficulties that the distribution only vaguely depends on , being then a step function times and that, unless is properly calibrated, also depends on .
Given that this part is the most technical section of the book, this post shows why I am fairly disappointed at having picked this book for my reading seminar. There is no further section with innovative methodological substance in the remainder of the book, which now appears to me as no better than a graduate dissertation on the probabilistic and statistical literature of the (not that) late 19th century, modulo the (inappropriate) highly critical tone.


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Terroni's for a First Date?
pretty simple question. it's gotta be casual italian and within reasonable walking distance (~20mins) from the eaton centre. budget is fairly tight since i'm a student (thinking $20-30 per person after tax and tip). good architecture and ambiance is a plus. i got a few options but Terroni's seems to be leading the pack. here's my thinking.
1) Terroni's at Adelaide
great architecture. however everyone seems to say the service is horrible, food is mediocre/overpriced, and the whole no substitution thing is a major pain. i'm concerned the service might be a major downer on an otherwise fantastic night. with that being said, there seems to be a giant divide between the haters and lovers of this place.
2) Mercatto at Bay
seems to be very similar to Terroni's, without the negative comments lol. ambiance is definitely not the same. this is the "safe bet" in my books.
3) Guu (the darkhouse)
i think this place has been discussed ad nausea. the vibe and energy is great but if u don't get there early, the wait can be pretty bad.
anyways. hopefully you chowhounders can help me out :) i appreciate any comments/suggestions u guys/gals got. btw these are just the leading candidates, i'm open to anything really but i'm restricted to a weekday (fri-sun not incl).
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
398 Church Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2A2, CA
Can't stand the Terroni's on Adelaide. It has a cold, corporate feel to it. I wouldn't go there on a date unless you don't want to see the person again.
I guess it all depends on how much you order, but last time I ate at Terroni I spent much more than $30. I believe my pizza alone was $17. This was the Queen St location. I had no problem with the food or service. I also recently had the doughnuts and a coffee at the Victoria St location. If memory serves, I spent $15. It's tough to eat at a sit down restaurant for $30 all in. I spent around $50 when we went to Guu. I've never been to Mercatto.
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
398 Church Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2A2, CA
the only place close to your price range and location would be harlem. would you be open to american south comfort food? the richmond location is very intimate and cozy which is perfect for a date. since the portions are quite hearty, if you have 2 mains and share a side dish you'll not only be satisfied, you also should be comfortably within your budget.
for casual italian, the one place that comes to mind is negroni. the only negative is that it's a bit outside your zone at college west of bathurst. but food-wise, budget and surroundings fit the bill.
67 Richmond St E, Toronto, ON M5C1N9, CA
492 College Street, Toronto, ON M6G 1A4, CA
re: num nums
thanks for the input everyone. keep it coming! wow i didn't know Terroni's was that bad...thanks for the heads up.
harlem is a place i've been meaning to check out. everyone here on chowhound seems to say nothing but good things about it.
about the budget, it's not set in stone. i wouldn't mind stretching to $70-80 altogether. but then again, it's trying a bit much on a first date no? talk about setting expectations high.
re: blitz
Agree with other posters - avoid Terroni - it's incredibly loud. And the food is merely ok.
How about someplace very old and quaint (and quiet) like Jaques Omlettes on Cumberland. You can have a giggle about how old school it is, but they will treat you well, and you won't have to scream to hear each other during dinner.
Another extremely civilized place, very European in manners, is Chiado, on College West, delightfully calm, great food, wonderful staff. Frank's Kitchen is another place that is less formal yet delivers amazing food - also on College near Clinton.
864 College Street West, Toronto, ON M6H 1A3, CA
Frank's Kitchen
588 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B2, CA
re: KitchenVoodoo
I love Chiado, but you would be hard pressed to get out of there for $75 a person, let alone a couple.
I think the recommendation for Negroni is spot on -- the menu and wine list are inexpensive enough that you could take the $5 cab ride from the Eaton Centre and still come out within your original budget.
864 College Street West, Toronto, ON M6H 1A3, CA
re: TorontoJo
2nd Negroni
re: TorontoJo
At my advanced age, I probably shouldn't be advising ANYONE on where to go for a first date. But I can't resist also recommending Negroni, which is where I go when suffering from the shorts. Good, easy-going vibe, charming service, good background soundtrack. Share a starter plate of pickled olives, a $l2-$13 delicious pressed Italian sandwich each (with tasty accompanying salad), $5 glasses of decent red or white house wine - and you're out no more than $45-50 plus tip. Helluva deal. But forget about that $5 cab ride from the Eaton Centre. There are no $5 cab rides left in Toronto, unless you're going just around the corner. From the Eaton Centre to Negroni, on College St. just west of Bathurst, it'll be about $15 (plus tip). Live a little and take the College St. streetcar west instead - it's one of the more entertaining TTC rides in town - and use the saving for maybe a second glass of house wine, or an espresso, at Negroni. It's a great place for dawdling, and the staff seem to encourage it. If I could have a first date on a budget again, that's where I'd have it in Toronto.
Chiado? A wonderful spot if you've got $200-$250 per couple to spare (the attached bar is cheaper but also above your budget). The puckish Mr./Ms. KitchenVoodoo is clearly luring you into bankruptcy with that suggestion. Jacques Omelettes is also good, but - when the bill comes - you may be stunned as well, given your limited financial reserves. I don't know Frank's Kitchen. Harlem is kinda fun, good, funky atmosphere, some tasty down-home dishes, lively background music (I thought I recognized Dr. John), laid-back service - and MAYBE within your budget (note: you can bring your own wine for a corkage fee of $15).
I vote for Negroni, though.
I agree that the Terroni location on Adelaide has a cold atmosphere. One of their spin-off restaurants nearby on Victoria (La Bettola di Terroni or Osteria Ciceri e Tria) might be better. Both are smaller and warmer while still quite trendy. However, you will be hard pressed to eat well at either for $30 per person; $40 each would be more realistic, $50 minimum if you both want to have a couple drinks.
You mention you are looking only for casual Italian but then include Guu in your list, so I will assume that requirement is a soft one. If so, I agree with the previous recommendation for Harlem. It's not traditionally "elegant" but it's a cozy restaurant with great food, and it would probably fit in your budget. Since the sides are ordered separate from the mains you can order a few and share.
106 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5C, CA
It might not be quite what you had in mind but have you ever been to a little place on Elm called Frascati. It's not high on ambience but it is quiet with white tablecloths and very reasonable and it's 5 minutes from the Eaton's Centre. I wouldn't rate it high on the "it place" scale but I think it meets your price and location requirements.
13 Elm, Toronto, ON M4W1M9, CA
Forget Terroni's on Adelaide. The atmosphere is like eating in a shopping mall food court AND the bill can run up quickly. Never got out of any of the Terroni's under $80 for two.
Guu's good. The atmosphere isn't swank, but the food will be great, the place will be bustling, and the price is right. Go early (or late).
I'm a big fan of Terroni's, and have no problem with the atmosphere at the Adelaide location. I would not liken it at all to "shopping mall food court" or, describe it as "corporate" as earlier posters have. I've dined there on too many occasions to count and have always been pleased with the quality of the food. That said, it is always busy and can get quite loud during the typical dinner period (from 7pm onwards) so I would not recommend it for a date. I've been for early dinners, lunch, and any time in the afternoon on the weekends and have found a very different atmosphere with far less bustle and plenty of opportunity for good conversations. If you're planning your date during these "off times" I'd highly recommend Terroni. Aside from a reasonable menu (available online if you want to take a look), the building itself is of particular interest from an architectural standpoint and, because of its historical significance. The Adelaide location was originally home to Toronto's main courthouse and, is the site of the City of Toronto's last public hanging. Original cells have been retained in the basement and you are able to view them if you wish.
If you do plan to dine from 7pm onwards and need an alternative to Terroni, I'd likely pick Mirto which meets your requirements for architecture and ambience and, has many reasonably priced food options including good pizza and pasta.
While Mercatto is ok, its also bright and bustling, not really an ideal date spot IMHO.
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
25 Toronto St, Toronto, ON M5C2R1, CA
My vote goes for Mercatto, but the Toronto St location, not Bay St. The Toronto location is just around the corner from Terronis on Adelaide but it has far superior food and fantastic service. No Terroni pretentiousness here. Plus, it's not as noisy and has a much better vibe than their Bay St location.
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
re: bringonthelbs
I would second this. The Toronto St Mercatto has a warm(er) atmosphere and IMO, the food is much better than Terroni at a better price point. The Adelaide Terroni is also quite cavernous and I find it gets very loud. I also dislike the food and attitude at Terroni
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
If you're willing to forego Italian for atmo, then, for a date, I'd pick the Senator Diner. Cosy booths, old school drinks fountain. Milkshakes. Pretty romantic setting if you ask me. They serve dinner from 5-9.
That Terroni location is loud and kind of like eating in a garage - not romantic at all. I don't even like it for a business lunch - it's a terrible place to connect with people. If Mercatto on Toronto Street serves dinner that could be a great option - it's lovely there. I have been for coffee but it has an intimate vibe. The one on Bay leaves me cold. Negroni might also be nice. I agree Chiado would be way too much try for a first date - keep it casual.
864 College Street West, Toronto, ON M6H 1A3, CA
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
re: Arcadiaseeker
great debate and discussion goin on here. thanks goes out to everyone for the input! terroni's is definitely out. the fab architecture doesn't seem to outweigh the potential cons (as discussed previously).
i think i've narrowed down the choices to mercatto on toronto street, harlem, and negroni. these are all fantastic suggestions btw. i'll post an update later in the week.
A short subway ride to west Yorkville area is Fieramosca Trattoria on Prince Arthur & Bedford, a cozy restaurant casual romantic ambiance of southern Italy. Food is decent and prices are in the Terroni range.
Don't listen to any of the negative posts abiout Terroni below. The fact is, Terroni (the one on Queen W, anyway) serves great pizza. Yes, sometimes, they have more 'tude than I care for, but the pizza is always solid. And my wife and I (and some friends too) like the vibe in there a lot. First date, maybe not, excellent pizza, defintely yes.
re: acd123
acd123, I agree that Terroni has great food and the one on Queen W is fine - but the poster was talking about the one on Adelaide and IMHO it's a pretty tough place to have a conversation and date.
Unless you know for sure that your date is not a picky eater avoid Terroni's as there is little room for any type of changes to the menu items - is the person like the pizza - all but the mushrooms - no they will not remove them.
I really prefer Mercatto on every level. I like the College street and Toronto street location. A much much better choice in my opinion.
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA
re: JennaBean
Whenever Terroni comes up, the no sub policy comes up. Last time I was there they had many choices on their menu, maybe around 50 different items. If my date couldn't find anything on that menu and made a fuss about it, that might be my last date with that person. Can you imagine what it would be like living and cooking for such a person. All the more reason to go to Terroni.
re: dubchild
Never been to the Adelaide Terroni, but I have asked for menu items with particular ingredients left off, and they have done so ... only tried this at Queen W and Yonge/Balmoral locations ... never experienced the 'attitude" either ...
re: dubchild
I'm not a Terroni's fan in any form. I don't enjoy the food, don't like the bad service and for goodness sake if I was to pay for a diet soda it isn't the end of the work. I don't get it. Terroni's is fast food pretending to be something is surly isn't.
re: JennaBean
"surly?" "Surely," Shirley!
Fieramosca han't been good since Edvin left and that's years.
Terroni of any kind is far too uptight for a date of any kind. Nothing reinforces your individuality like a server telling you what you can't have.
There's no way Osteria will make your budget. Overpriced mediocrity when its as elevated as mediocre. Bettola is hardly date atmosphere. Ah the Terroni's. Always thinking of their bottom line and not their clients wishes.
Mercatto Toronto has an okay environment and may work for you,. Certainly better than anything Terroni can offer.
Most overlooked and underrated little Sicilian trat in town is Fusilli on Queen at River. The decor may not be what you want, but that's the only thing missing. The tables are candlelit though. Terrific food especially when you go with the specials. Give Giuseppe your wine budget and let him pick a bottle to pair your dinner with. The service is warm and friendly, attentive without being overly so, and never rushed, While you're at it, let Giuseppe know what your occasion is for extra special attention. He recently made my bff's large birthday dinner and knockout winner. Why oh why do people pick style over substance when there's little gems like this around?
531 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5A1V1, CA
re: Googs
"Googs Jan 03, 2011
Fieramosca han't been good since Edvin left and that's years."
I was there a few months ago and they said Edvin came back. But in any case, he managed the front of the house so had no impact on the food as Mario was and is still the owner. I do agree their food quality had gone down at one point but it was good the last time I went and no worse than Terroni and better ambiance for a date, IMHO.
re: syoung
I first noticed the staggering drop in quality after Edvin left. The 1-2 punch was far too much. I realize there's no correlation between the food and the service, aside from both being bad after his departure. Now that he's back I'm tempted, but I would need to hear some credible reports about the food returning to its former standards. Let's admit it: It was never a top-notch Italian restaurant, but it could deliver could bang for the buck. That's all they need to do. Thanks for letting me know. I had written it off about a year ago,
re: Googs
Terroni pizza is delicious. I find the adelaide location quite cool and the vibe upbeat. I guess it depends what kind of date you want this to be. Sometimes a cooler, more relaxed and loud atmosphere is what girls like (tends to put less pressure on the date itself - doesn't reem too serious too soon either).
On another note, equally tasty and more cozy and romantic is Cafe Nervosa in Yorkville. Definately more intimate and will allow conversation to flow. For Yorkville the prices are very affordable and the food delicious. Service here is definately better and more flexible then terroni (oh how I wish Terroni would serve diet coke)
Cafe Nervosa
75 Yorkville Ave, Toronto, ON M5R1B8, CA
re: pancake
The pizza at Fusilli kicks both their butts.
as promised, an update. lovely italian suggestions guys and gals! thanks a bunch to all you chowhounders, i'll most definitely keep in mind all these suggestions. but after much debate and thinking we chose harlem :) negroni's was a close second but due to its location, i had to rule it out. it was a bit too outta the way from the activities i wanted to hit.
so harlem! it was definitely the feel and vibe i was looking for. cozy, dark, romantic, and down to earth comfort food. definitely as advertised by the many reviewers of this place. we started off with the cornbread which was light and fluffy. i had the jambalaya while she had the fried chicken. she seemed to like it a lot (so much so i didn't get a bite). the jambalaya was a solid if not unspectacular choice. i would opt for something else next time and try the mac and cheese that everyone seems to chat about. overall i'd definitely revisit this place and explore the menu a bit more. the entire meal came to about $50 which is the price point i was looking for considering my poor student status.
on a side note. the washrooms were a bit odd. neither male/female washrooms were clearly marked. you wouldn't really be able to tell if u were in the guys or girls due to the absence of any urinals in either. not a big deal since we went at off-peak hours.


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Even though you're interested in CEO jobs and may even be actively looking for jobs for CEOs, you may have stopped to wonder a time or two about what it is that a CEO actually does. In fact, it's not that unusual of a quandary. The news is full of stories about CEOs being hired, fired, and blamed for everything that goes wrong in a company, but no one in the news ever explains what's contained in the average CEO job description. So read on for a look inside this high-powered corporate job title and to see what goes on behind the office door.
Jobs of a CEO
Most people already know that CEO stands for ''chief executive officer,'' and that that means the individual is someone who is meant to run the entire company. These are the folks almost everyone else has to answer to when something goes wrong. In fact, the only people the CEO has to answer to are the board of directors and the stockholders. Of course, no one would say that's an easy position to be in, but CEOs are at the top of the corporate ladder, the apex of the pyramid.
If you could get your hands on the job descriptions for the CEO jobs available in the world today, you might be surprised by how little information you can glean from them. Most such descriptions are written in complex corporate jargon. However, one thing you can pick up from such descriptions is that the CEO is responsible for guiding the company the way a captain guides a ship. Just as the captain is ultimately responsible for the fate of his crew and his passengers, so is the CEO.
Part of that challenge is determining the main goals and vision of the company and then finding ways to pursue those interests effectively. For example, if a car company has a goal to become the leader in fuel-efficient vehicles by the year 2020, then the CEO must oversee the plans on how to achieve that goal. He or she may not have to plan the steps alone, but he or she must take responsibility for approving the plan used to attempt to reach that goal. Plus, the CEO must step in when it becomes clear that a chosen course of action is not achieving the desired results or if the company is not meeting its required milestones.
These can be difficult tasks, because making tough decisions that affect an entire corporation, including thousands of employees and stockholders, puts a great deal of pressure on a person. However, that is the only one of the more unpleasant responsibilities for CEOs.
Other CEO Functions
While the CEO is primarily responsible for the major decision-making in a company, he or she will also have other goals as well. For one, CEOs shape the work culture in their companies. If a CEO who believes in having a workforce that is more involved in the development of ideas and strategies helms a business, the culture of that business is going to be very different than one run by a CEO who wants no employee input.
In addition, the CEO is going to need to build the company's team. No matter how much everyone in a company wants to believe that their jobs are independent of everyone else's, that is simply not the case. The effectiveness of everyone depends, in part, on how well each person fulfills his or her responsibilities. That's why viewing the company as a team is so important. Management should also be a team, with each person feeling they can contribute ideas or bring concerns to the table. When members of management work together, they're more likely to find viable solutions. However, this can only be done when the CEO sets the right tone and example for solid teamwork.
Additionally, the CEO must determine the budgets for the company. Sometimes this is done in concert with the CFO, or chief financial officer. Again, though, the ramifications of the budget will rest solely on the CEO's shoulders. Basically, the budget's purpose is to look at how much capital is present within the company and then to decide how best to use that existing capital to move closer to the primary goals of the business. With the above example, the CEO might choose to invest a great deal of capital into research on how to improve fuel efficiency.
Finally, the CEO is the face of the company. When the company is mentioned, the CEO is the person mentioned along with it, for good or bad. While most CEOs have public relations staff available who handle the way their images are seen by the media, most of these PR people also know that they must step in to help the CEO when problems within the company arise or even when the CEO's personal problems make news. As the leader of a corporation, the chief executive officer is no longer given the luxury of complete privacy and anonymity. His actions are watched by the press, by consumers, and by the board of directors.
Despite all of these heavy responsibilities, CEOs do have some of the most exciting and influential roles in all of business.
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Murdoch's PIE BOY jailed for six weeks
A protester who attacked Rupert Murdoch last month at a parliamentary hearing into the phone-hacking scandal engulfing News Corp's sister company News International has been handed a six-week jail term this afternoon. The self-styled "activist, comedian, father figure and all-round nonsense", who has a Twitter handle of Jonnie …
... yobs that stab you, beat you up on the ground, nick your wallet and set your car on fire get £10 fine and 2 hours community service.
To clarify my stance for those who don't get my cynical drift, 6 weeks is highly disproportionate for the offence.
Thorpe Park
Sorry you forgot the free team building day out to Thorpe Park and goading commuters in the evening on an M25 overbridge taunting them with "Look at you fools, paying taxes and working and not breaking the law, sat going nowhere and won't be home until gone 9! HAHA!"
Proportionality is...
I'd argue he got what he deserved. In fact, it wasn't anywhere near enough. He actually managed to make some people feel a small scintilla of sympathy for Murdoch. People *apologised* to Murdoch.
For that crime I'd say he deserves LIFE.
> free team building bit...
Thing is these low lives are going, over the course of their lives, to cause so much damage to society, stuff so many other peoples lives up, and cost so much to repeatedly process through the justice system that even very expensive measures with astonishingly low success rates can still be worth trying. Even they only manage to reform 1 in 100 its still worth our while it being done...
Obviously there are cheaper options, but as they mostly involve lead weights or uninhabited islands, they are generally only of interest to Daily Mail readers...
It is disproportionate
Up and down the country every Saturday night people are beating shit out of each other, often for no apparent reason, and it isn't often anyone gets a jail term for that.
So 6 weeks for a paper plate of shaving foam seems ridiculous to me. A fine and a bit of community service would be more appropriate, this bloke hardly looks like a menace to the public.
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Police officer in pursuit of his duty gets thrown in the air by moron in a fast car, who gets a month for hitting the cop (and only for resisting, not for wilful endangerment). Rolled up in a total of 22 months, and I expect he will be out in around 3 or 4. So no real penalty for running someone down.
There are some scrotes out there who are a complete oxygen sink.
Middle-class hatred
But what all the above posters miss, is that Mssrs Marbles and Gilmore are middle-class and thus beneath contempt.
Whereas the feckless and yobs are poor lambs who are not responsible for their own actions, it woz society what dun it to em.
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"Thing is these low lives are going, over the course of their lives, to cause so much damage to society, stuff so many other peoples lives up, and cost so much to repeatedly process through the justice system that even very expensive measures with astonishingly low success rates can still be worth trying. Even they only manage to reform 1 in 100 its still worth our while it being done..."
Now you've confused me... were you talking about Murdoch or Jonnie?
I wholeheartedly agree with this comment!
which idiot voted this comment down?!?!
I don't read the Mail
Sorry but don't leap to the extreme, I do not want to see people sent off to far off islands like we did with cons in the past.
I dearly want to see people have had troubled upbringings or struggles with getting on the straight and narrow helped.
But -- I don't have the luxury of affording to go to Thorpe Park myself (and this may have sounded a silly joke remark of mine but a local paper carried the story not too long ago) and it makes you think, I can be a pain to society and get to go to a Theme Park all paid for by yourself and myself, or, I can work hard have a reasonable life but not afford luxuries because (maybe foolishly!) I've decided to keep my life on the straight and narrow.
I'm not going to lie and say I have an answer because I don't, but I don't think 'free' jollies for people who have caused havoc in society is the answer and I'm just not happy paying in some small way for it either. Everybody has rights, but some have more than others (a bit like the old saying everybody's equal, just some more so than others.)
I also do a lot of work in areas with great social problems (in my own time) so I know a fair few of the problems these areas experience first hand and some of the people that cause the problems don't deserve the jollies, they really don't. As I say though, I don't have the answer although maybe sadly I have come to the conclusion that there will always be some folks beyond help and that's sad. That said, I think part of it is some youngsters lack any real meaningful connection with where they grow up and live, and the value of things is not even considered. Only very few realise that it's their own home and neighbourhood they're running down and turn themselves around. What would give them meaning, I would hope a decent job that they found value in and decent social outlet.
Ahh well, enough of that essay ;)
I don't read the Mail, I read the Independent if I read any newspaper.
So it's a crime to humiliate a tyrant but OK to be a supporter?
>"People *apologised* to Murdoch.
>For that crime I'd say he deserves LIFE."
Why isn't it the people who apologised when they should have stood up and applauded who have done something wrong? Because I think that arse-kissing and kow-towing to the rich and powerful is part of the main reason they feel they are above the law and part of the main reason why Murdoch and his minions have in fact enjoyed corrupt impunity before the law for all these years.
How it breaks down
So that would be a couple of days for the pie and five and a half weeks for humiliating the government on prime time TV and showing their security theatre to be utterly ineffectual.
Charlie Gilmour
"Charlie Gilmour got 16 months for swinging on a flag during student protests"
But you fail to mention that the flag was on a war memorial, which makes his actions all the more reprehensible.
just flag waving!?
he did far more than that... 16 months is maybe a bit harsh, but frankly he earned it... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8639930/Pink-Floyd-guitarists-son-Charlie-Gilmour-jailed-for-drug-fuelled-rampage.html
It wasn't just swinging on the flag though was it... That was just the tabloid headline bit.
makes you think....
i was incarcerated at her majesties pleasure a few years ago. there were rapists and paedophiles doing 15 months. i was doing 18 months for possession of some ecstasy (yes, the drug that all scientists say is less dangerous than nicotine and alcohol )
glad to see swinging on a flag is rightly more serious that sexually assaulting babies or women!
hurrah for common sense!
War memorial
The best way to honour the war dead is to take down the flag and wipe your arse with it. The inbred scum and old money that ran the UK never deserved the life of one pleb, and they still don't.
Re: makes you think
I don't believe a word of your post. You simply would not have been imprisoned for possession unless you possessed such a vast quantity that you could only have been dealing and/or trafficking.
As for the paedos on 15 month terms, I'll call your bluff there too. News reports or it didn't happen.
Still you're probably so far off your tits on hallucinogenics that you imagined the whole thing.
Re: Charlie Gilmour
""Charlie Gilmour got 16 months for swinging on a flag during student protests""
No he didn't.
He got 16 months for a bunch of stuff, but this did not include swinging from the Cenotaph.
"Passing sentence at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court in Surrey, Judge Nicholas Price QC accepted that his antics at the Cenotaph on Whitehall did not form part of the violent disorder, but accused him of disrespect to the war dead." - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8639930/Pink-Floyd-guitarists-son-Charlie-Gilmour-jailed-for-drug-fuelled-rampage.html
Swinging on a flag
was not on the charge sheet. You don't get charged with violent disorder for swinging on a flag. If that was all he did, he certainly would not have been jailed, nor should he be. Although the tabloids seemed to think it was by far the most criminal act that day, thankfully they don't run the courts. Real law & real crimes aren't as subjective & arbitrary as that - the justice system is very flawed, but if the Sun were running it, it would be a living hell.
I mentioned the recent Iranian acid blinding case to a couple of Sun readers & the "eye for an eye" punishment that nearly happened - they both thought the victim pouring acid into the perps eyes was "fair enough", without a moment's thought as to how the idea would work in reality for other crimes.
ok then, i dont care. i know FOR A FACT that there was people in there doing 15 months for rape and one guy was doing 15 months for molesting a baby. ignore the facts if you like and believe you have a just legal system.
yes, i was caught with plenty on me and i got charges with conspiracy to supply a class A drug. why would i make this up?
Re: really?
"i know FOR A FACT that there was people in there doing 15 months for rape and one guy was doing 15 months for molesting a baby."
In order to make meaningful comparisons, we need to compare the details of such cases, rather than assume things on the basis of mere headlines. But I guess these are the lightest sentences you know of, so are likely to be for the least severe cases, with the strongest mitigating factors, etc.
It seems
It seems that Murdoch still has a few friends left. 6 weeks? Give him a fucking medal I say!
Yes, that's right...
Give a medal to the guy who - with premeditation - attacked an 80 year old man in the house of commons, while that man was giving crucial evidence to a select committee. Also note, that the house of commons is a court.
The guy didn't do himself any favours by telling the judge at his trial that he wouldn't be there today because he was going to be on holiday. That can't have helped in his treatment.
Now I dislike Rupert Murdock as much as the next person, but this is just not excusable behavior, particularly when Rupe was on the ropes when the pie was thrown. I have absolutely no sympathy.
What a total arse!
Successfully gave all the Murdoch media a nice "look how they're victimising our Rupe" story and pushed what needed to be publicised off the front pages.
He should have a copy of the Sun shoved up his backside every day for the rest of his life.
and murdoch's wife gets?
What exactly?? After all she is guilty & on camera of commiting assault too.
hmmmmm, lovely set of double standards there isnt it
For the crime of getting Rupert Murdoch off the hook...
... and making him look sympathetic - couldn't we just forget to ever let this fat double-barreled idiot out?
Not bad
If he gets the same treatment as our fraudulent MPs he'll be out in quarter of that.
Trophy wife not in jail as well ?
So doesn't the wife get done for assault as well, i clearly saw her hit the pieman on the tv coverage?
Charlie Gilmour...
He didn't swing on just any flag. He did it at the Cenotaph. That'd be similar to someone publicly peeing against the Vietnam Memorial in Washington.
However, that's NOT what he was sentenced to 16 months for. He was sentenced for violent disorder (which included damaging a Jaguar that was part of the Royal protection detail and throwing a rubbish bin at the Royal Rolls Royce).
The judge let him off with a severe talking to over his actions at the Cenotaph.
An aquaintance of mine got 4 weeks for drink driving - a second offence! Although, when he came out, he admitted it put the shits right up him, he sorted himself out and, six years later, is still on the straight and narrow. But still, 4 weeks for operating a potential killing machine whilst pissed. 6 weeks for a paper plate with foam. Rediculous.
A lot of people don't go to jail for causing actual bodily harm, and this guy gets six weeks for injuring Murdoch's pride and messing up his clothes, with clear intent NOT to cause actual injury.
Even so, he's probably laughing all the way to the bank. They've made him into a martyr. If this can't make his career as a comedian take off, nothing can.
The loser? Us, the taxpayers and victims of crime, paying to keep a harmess idiot in jail. And to make space for him, there's a rapist or armed robber again prowling our streets.
No, he got 6 weeks for walking into what is effectively a courtroom and assaulting someone in front of a select comittee. If you actually read the report rather than the Register's rather ignoring of the important points:
"Mrs Wickham said that only the intervention of others had prevented Mr Murdoch from coming to potentially greater harm.
"No one save you could have known what that foam was," she said.
"I have to take into account the fear that you caused in that room."
If you had done that in any other courtroom, you would probably face a similar sentence.
A gift
While I think the pie throwing should have waited Murdoch grilling was over, a six week jail term hands an absolute gift (OK, in May-Bowles case a very painful one) to anyone who wishes to make a point about "one rule for us, another for them". None of the top brass of the Murdoch brigade will have to defend themselves in court, because - barring the odd case of perjury - that's just not the way our justice system works. If you have cash or clout, you're immune, after all who the fuck cares if you've spent 30 odd years systematically subverting democracies around the globe?
For all the irritation at the time on these pages with his antics detracting from the main event, I take my hat off to May-Bowles, because his actions are the nearest to direct justice Murdoch will face in the UK, and the only payback we'll see. The law is very good at making very public but ultimately trivial points, but crap at speaking truth to power or jailing actual criminals.
@Charlie Gilmour
>But you fail to mention that the flag was on a war memorial, which makes his actions all the more reprehensible.
A memorial built to all the people who died in WWI so we could live in a free country and protest all we want. Rather than live in an authoritarian state, ruled by a few well connected Junkers, presided over by a German monarchy and with a militarized police.
not quite accurate
WWI, fought at the behest of one load of German monarchs squabbling with their cousins, and once it was over they deployed their troops and tanks in several cities in the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to put down 'subversive elements'
Same as it ever was, we just get more pictures nowadays
I cannot up-vote this post enough!
one man crusade
I down-voted you even though your post thoroughly deserved an up-vote. Why? Because there is a "Reply To This Post" button. You decided not to use it and it annoys the nuts off me when people can't be bothered to keep all relevant conversations nicely threaded so when people, like me, come late to a discussion, it is easy to follow.
I've decided to go on a one man crusade to down-vote anyone not bothering to use the correct button, maybe then people will learn. Ta.
Six weeks!
With this menace off the streets, I feel safer in my bed already.
I just hope the poor fucker can cover his rent/mortgage for the time he is in the nick and still has a job to go back to.
Our taxes at work people.
"world's most powerful octogenarian"?
Warren Buffett is also 80. I would say he's just a wee bit more powerful than Murdoch.
And about 1000 times more honourable. Wasn't Buffett the one who said his secretary pays more tax than he does, in reference to the current US tax rates.
And he is free to give his money away how he chooses. If he wants to send more money to the government what's to stop him? Honorable. You are "on the line" hooked.
too short
As I understand it the bugger MISSED. He should be jailed for longer for that error.
You're paying for the jail
may as well use it, right?
In this case?
I just can't help snigger at that - it's even funnier than being taxed
Most Powerful
Please, have you sheep ever heard of Soros, your boy? Who has more money and buys more elections? Baaaaaa said the soon to be extinct sheep. Too wimpified to even fight for their own lives. <insert middle finger>
You forgot to call everyone sheeple
Pointy end
I think he got the sentence for the crime of coming across like a prick in interviews.
public interest defence
Also, Murdoch should be outlawed (excluded from the protection of the law) anyway.
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That bike is a pile of shite. It's bad enough to see valentino battle with it, but the worst spectacle of all is the satellite ducati teams. Motogp nowadays is as exciting as watching paint dry.
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stuff like that, is funny.
At the start of 2011, there were great expectations for Rossi, there's no denying it. After Qatar most people said give it till half way through the season and he'll be winning. NOw comments from people such as yourself and RDB include rubbish such as 'win, lose or crash he's still a legend and 'people are jealous of his achievments' just to mask this epic failure ... just goes to show youve pretty much given up hope of what he can do now and in the future now he has his first real challenging bike.
I'd say there's plenty of people jealous of Stoner's achievments on the Ducati, one of those people has to be Rossi.
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Likewise, i also cannot wait to hear the excuses for Rossi and his boyfriend Uccio. Must kinda suck when you think about it, being a fan of someone who takes it through the back door.. Ew.
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Someone just commented that people are trying to mask Rossi's "epic failure". I hate to point it out but Rossi will only have failed if he walks away from Ducati having not improved/won etc.. However his contract has a while to run yet and as far as I remember only fools judge unfinished work! It aint over till it's over, something Casey maybe needs to remember with Jorge still in the running!!
Yeah, no doubt it's not over. When you consider pre season expectations and early season expectations.. it has been a failure thus far, without question.
carcleanerboy, yes haha i guess so, but i was just echoing the injury which 'supposedly' lasted 6 months.
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At last count Rossi has crashed the Ducati ten times this year. So perhaps in one sense he is riding it like Stoner. Not the one that matters though - results!
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"I'd say there's plenty of people jealous of Stoner's achievments on the Ducati, one of those people has to be Rossi."
I doubt Rossi's particularly jealous... in the time Casey was on it Rossi won 2 championships to Casey's 1... I'd say it's more a new found admiration.
Flashes of intelligence shown and then back into the mire of the cesspool.
What 2011 has made abundantly clear is Stoner and his crew are equal to if not better than every other team out the when it comes to machine set-up. The Ducati is the most difficult of all MotoGP machines and Stoner & co. found the key - not all the time but enough to put it on the box plenty and win a few.
Rossi still can't catch his own tail - one podium courtesy Simoncelli and race direction. Remember only a couple of months ago he was so lost & despairing he wanted to return to the GP11. Over and above which you sad little fools 2011 was never supposed to be a development year, it was supposed to be a full on title tilt. Oh the ignominy for the Yellow Queen. Ten months in and zero progress to show for it. Desperate and flailing. Rossi is broken, he won't be back.
Nor should we forget that signing for HRC was not some soft 'best bike' option for Stoner as the little oompa loompa's would have us believe. When Stoner signed his contract Pedrosa was still fighting the damn thing with every ounce of strength he had just to keep it tracking in a straight line, the bike was a pig.
The Queen is dead all hail the new King.
"Nor should we forget that signing for HRC was not some soft 'best bike' option for Stoner as the little oompa loompa's would have us believe. When Stoner signed his contract Pedrosa was still fighting the damn thing with every ounce of strength he had just to keep it tracking in a straight line, the bike was a pig."
Not the best bike but it certainly wasn't a pig when Stoner got on it (& Pedrosa's lack of strength was down to an accident wasn't it?... up until then it was barely off the podium)... Stoner was instantly fast & just got faster... & Rossi should be back but whether it's on the Ducati or whether we can recognise it as a Ducati is another matter. Being unable to master the Duc may not make Rossi a better rider (like mastering it seems to have done for Stoner) but he shouldn't come out of it any worse... providing he comes out of it!
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