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Anand Shetye
April 15,2014
Amazing Itlaian Food Experience
I went here once with 3 friends, and it was the best dining experience. We ordered 2 glasses of White Sula wine which was really good! For starters, we had pizza mellino which had fresh tomato sauce with black olives, jalapenos and cheese. It tasted really nice. The pizza base was well baked, even the ingredients tasted really well. Then we had pasta barbresca. This was the best pasta! The sauce complimented the pasta. Along with the ingredients like tomato, garlic and parsley. The taste was really good. Then we had Risotto Della norma which was a delight too. But let me tell you, this dish is heavy. It will fill you up very easily. But the taste is really good. Ask for Parmesan grated cheese with it.
Overall, the experience was nice. The staff was friendly and helpful. All the above dishes are enough for 4 people to eat easily. A great experience overall and looking forward to coming here again. :)
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January 23,2014
Amazinggg Nachos
I am not a big fan of Italian food but surprisingly I just love Little Italy. They have pretty Amazing thin crust pizzas and lasagna. The best among all are the nachos they serve..Its just yummmm.
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Anand Shetye
November 20,2013
One of the Best Italian Restaurants in Pune
I went here once with 3 friends, and it was the best dining experience. We ordered 2 glasses of White Sula wine which was really good! For starters, we had pizza mellino which had fresh tomato sauce with black olives, jalapenos and cheese. It tasted really nice. The pizza base was well baked, even the ingredients tasted really well. Then we had pasta barbresca. This was the best pasta! The sauce complimented the pasta. Along with the ingredients like tomato, garlic and parsley. The taste was really good. Then we had Risotto Della norma which was a delight too. But let me tell you, this dish is heavy. It will fill you up very easily. But the taste is really good. Ask for Parmesan grated cheese with it.
Overall, the experience was nice. The staff was friendly and helpful. All the above dishes are enough for 4 people to eat easily. A great experience overall and looking forward to coming here again. :)
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September 28,2013
Average Food At A Cost
Ambience is good. Favorable for family too.
Keeping the rates in purview, Food quality to me is below-expectation.
Garlic bread had almost no tinge of garlic in it. And tasted like toast.
Had ordered a two-in-one pizza. Pizza had lots of olives which was good. Pizza-base was good too. However, the pizza lacked any punch in terms of spices.
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Priyanka Khandelwal Gupta
December 26,2012
Love it!!
Great place ..being a vegetarian, i love to see the entire menu applicable for me!!
Great service...my son gels in really well wid d staff...
Good ambiance...n the food is fab! Sauteed mushroom, garlic bread with cheese, B 34 (pasta) on the menu and thin crust pizza followed by brownie wid ice cream..our staple diet there!!!
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Uma Dongre
May 26,2011
Service Stinks, Food Okay, Expensive
My brother in law took us out for his birthday. We ordered nachos with cheese dip, thin crust pizza, pasta with white sauce and tiramisu. Didn't find anything very remarkable, but then I'm not a foodie. The pasta was boring, but the tiramisu woke me up.
I needed an extra spoon and then I needed an empty plate because my mum and I were sharing the tiramisu, but my requests were simply not heeded! Other diners in our group gave us theirs. Why can't the service staff accommodate such small requests in a fancy place?
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Suryad Pai
March 20,2011
Mama Miaaaa Pizzaria!! Best Pizzas in town!!
When your fiancée tells you that this was the best date ever, what else you can say.... I had heard about this place since quite a while and today decided to give it a shot... The only reason I have given it 4 stars not 5 is because I m waiting to try their Pastas and Bruchettas n crostinis...... :)
We ordered Sicilia Pizza which was exquisitely made... very much near to perfection and definitely at par with divine feeling dwindling on your tongue!!
Even the variety for pizzas was unique and vast... We are sure to give this place a visit again to try their other mouth watering varieties in Pasta... Mama Mia!!
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Ankur Borwankar
February 28,2011
Mediocre Food, Authentic Tiramisu
Located in a building that is still under construction, the place appears to be shoddy from the outside. But the inside is decent, air conditioned and varyingly lit. Certain areas are bright, presumably for family dining. There is a long table for corporate dining, and then there is the dimly lit area for dates and leave-us-alone dinners.
For food, I had ordered a Vodka Pizza. The name on the menu was much snazzier and romantic than that, being Italian and whatnot. But that was the gist of it. A pizza with vodka in the sauce, black olives, pineapple pieces, and cheese. Orders for a Dill salad and a Vegetable Lasagne were also placed, along with Garlic Bread And two types of soup.
My memory fails me, so I do not remember the names of the soups, though they were not particularly good. The salad arrived, and I was not impressed. A bunch of leaves piled on top of each other, with absolutely no distinctive taste. I added a little bit of the spicy sauce kept on the table, which made it edible. I pawned off most of it for a piece of garlic bread, which had arrived with the salad.
Next came the Pizza and Lasagne. The former was decent, nothing else. Just decent.
The concept of a vegetarian Lasagne does not appeal to me. Traditionally, a Lasagne has seven layers of meat. Being vegetarian, that was off the table. But the shame was in the fact that this particular Lasagne had only one layer. It was almost bland, to the point of being plain pasta. This, too, was saved by the spicy sauce.
The true Italian wonder, however, came in the form of the Tiramisu. I voted to test the Italian version rather than the Americanised garbage, being in a particularly adventurous mood. I was not disappointed.
The Tiramisu was fresh. The sponge cake was rum soaked. I could taste the rich, creamy Mascarpone. The lightness threw me off when I put my spoon in, expecting it to be custard. But it felt like cutting through a cloud; like there was nothing there. The third place I've tried Tiramisu in Pune, and by far the best. The serving was decent.
One more serving was ordered since the Blueberry Cheesecake accompanying stood untouched, and now unwanted.
I am not recommending anything except the Tiramisu, because, to be honest, it was just not worth it. They have perhaps a hundred different types of dishes, but only some ten basic ingredients. All these hundred dishes are then variations based on the ten basic ingredients, with each dish containing seven or eight ingredients.
To pick a dish you like is a cumbersome task, with the only ways being to pick through elimination, or pick blindly. Please go for coffee and desserts.
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February 19,2011
Good place...
Have been visiting Little Italy for the past several years and it still is one of my favourite place. Nachos,pastas,lasagnas,thin-crusted pizzas,tacos,and oh yes, their chocolate bomb, everything is worth trying at least once. Staff is ever-helpful to help with the selection. Serves pure veg food but still attracts masses.
Caution: 1.if u've nvr tried italian, visit the place!!!!
2.CROWDED on weekends
value for money:good
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Sachin Gurnani
November 27,2010
Don't go Here
Recently placed an order via tastykhana.com for home delivery of La Pizzeria's food:
2 Tiramisu Italiano
1 Pesto Pizza
1 Om Pizza
1 Caesar Salad
The food was not so warm, caesar salad not so fresh and the worst experience was the dessert Tiramisu! We've eaten at La Pizzeria several times before & have had no complaints what so ever, hence we ordered the same. But the Tiramisu's was not fresh, too much gelatin and was not tasty at all. Seemed like it was kept for a week. It was disastrous, we had to throw both the Tiramisu's and these don't come cheap. Have never tasted dessert so bad!
Since it was a delivery, I'm still awaiting on a response from Little Italy and/or Tastykhana.com. Will update this review then.
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March 28,2010
Don't go ...
It is an absolute NO-NO. Don't go here. These guys do not know how to make Italian Food.
We ordered Garlic Bread, the bread was horrible, we were shocked to see something that looked like Paav.
The Bruschetta too had very bad bread and was not up to expectation.
The pastas were disappointing. We had to search for the vegetables mentioned in the menu - only to find tiny traces of them. The taste was awful.
These guys are here to fool people into thinking what they serve is Italian.
Only people who have had better and authentic Italian can recognize this.
Also they made us sit outside where we were sweating no effect of A/C on the outside. I was expecting a much better ambiance but was disappointed.
I would say save your money, don't go here.
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Gaurav Malik
March 03,2010
Good Food But...
I found the food quite good here but in the food biz, what makes a restaurant stand above is its combination of service and food. Service was quite average and though we were only 2 of us the steward did not suggest the portion quantity and he also got the wrong order....on saying that it is not my order....I was shocked with the answer I got....U have ordered for it...it is written here...U cannot cancel it. This was a turn off in itself and like I have mentioned above food was good but then I would not go back or recommend this place for its service.
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January 01,2010
Delicious (veggie) Italian food...
I have been a frequent visitor at La Pizzeria but thought to write review.
I've always enjoyed my dinners at this place. I cannot belive they offer so many Italian dishes "vegetarian". Well, it's not that vegetarians crowd this place. The pastas, the lasagna.. they are awesome.
Quite recently (as latest as 25th Dec 2009), for the first time I felt the quality of food a bit compromised (is it inflation OR was it the Christmas eve which led them pre-cook OR what, I don't know). The Nachos that we ordered as starter were far from any kind of quality. The cheese was entirely in solid form. The plate was very happily exchanged, but the other one was not so different.
Having said above, I'd still want to give benefit of doubt (at least once). The other plates though were quite delicious... hence...
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October 29,2009
Its great
Service lags a bit
Lots of space
Nice ambience
Good Thai food
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July 10,2009
proves veg food can be mindblowing
This is the restaurant that spawned the oh so lovely chian of Little Italys all across the country. Killer food, killer wine list. Our favourites are the pasta barbaresca and the canneloni. hmmm....
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akshay bargaje
June 21,2009
nice food.....i love it
amezzzing interiors....gives u different felling............aaahhh
good staff....nice food n quick service........
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February 05,2009
diet dinner
order ceasar salad and my fave (bread plus dip-olive oil and balsamic mix) and red wine =)
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January 16,2009
Worst food! (Please dont call yourself Italian)
I don't think this place deserves a mention for Italian food.
I had Garlic bread here. for 70rs they gave bread with a pinch of butter (it wasn't even the typical french bread but bread which is used for PAV BHAJI!! ) which was not even cooked.
The pizza was equally awful. Not worth the visit. Dont waste money going to this place.
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raol g
January 01,2009
This ones got it right
You always wonder if Italian could go completely veg. La Pizzeria makes it happen. And for those of you well-travelled lot, you can pretty much vouch for that.
We went out for a Sunday lunch to celebrate a promotion. The location is perfect, valet parking a breeze and the restaurant tastefully done up.
We started with crostini, the mozzarella tasting very fresh, not salted-perfect for me. Followed this up with main courses of ravioli (good firm past with great ricotta and spinach filling), pizza (thin crust-i liked it, friends did not) and mushroom risotto(very well done, cooked beautifully in cream and mushroom). This is definetely something I will try at home.
We finished the meal with tiramisu and granita with limoncelo liquor, both of which were letdowns. the limoncelo was a little more than lime cordial on ice, no hint of liquor at all-definetely not italian. The tiramisu was too weak,again no hint of alcohol.
The bill for 4 came upto 2100, not bad considering the food that was ordered
All in all, there does exist a place in Pune where you get very decent Italian food.
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Hemanshu Narsana
November 05,2008
Excellent Vegetarian Italian!!
This place is a rocker! Me and my wife have been here twice, and have enjoyed our experience each time. There were a few minor details that needed work, but overall it was a great experience.
The food is quite good, though slightly more expensive than I think I would want it to be, both from the quantity and quality point of view.
That aside the ambience, service and food are great!
A 2 person bill of fare can be between 400 to 750, if you include a dessert shared between two along with a plate of pasta and a pizza.
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August 31,2008
An evening ruined !
My friend Saral said , let's go to Pizzeria this evening , as she wanted to eat only vegetarian food that evening , due to the Jain Parva going on in their house . And it was also nearer for us to go there .
i have eaten authentic Italian food in Atlanta , U.S. and visit Pizza Hut , Domino's , some times . Also a subscriber to the newsletter of about.com for Italian cuisine , i studied the much -hyped , elaborate menu card of this more -show-less-stuff restaurant , and on knowing that they serve Rajma in their mexican pizza , settled for Exotic . i also ordered for garlic bread , to start with .
To our utter dismay , the garlic bread was stiff , not baked properly , with hardly any trace of butter . we helplessly munched on those miserable-looking pieces , and waited for the pizza to arrive .
i had asked for an extra topping of olives , too .
This fare was worst than the bread , soggy in the middle , tasteless , with no tomato sauce as described , just a dash of some sparse capsicum , mushrooms missing , and a side crust so hard , one can not chew off a bite easily !
All those phony candlelights , and expensive uniforms of the waiters , became all the more irritating !
We come here for some good food , damn it , after paying exorbitantly , for a vegetarian pizza , while one can get chicken as a topping , with a lesser price .
The height of it was , when one of them said he will bring a small pizza as complimentary , and kept us waiting , by just disappearing from the scene !
We quietly paid the bill of four hundred and above , left the place disgusted , and i have vouched never to get misled by the so-called ambience , which was actually a rowdy group of youth smoking cigarrettes next to us , talking loudly , and misbehaving , to whom , the waiters seemed to be more obliging , than to us !
One can always get authentic Italian pizzas and cuisine , in many good restaurants in Koregaon Park area of Pune . This one is surely avoidable , which strips you of a lot of cash , in exchange to some sprinkling of veggies , and hard-crusted pizzas , which are a disgrace to it's name !
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December 06,2007
Italy Comes Down to Pune
La Pizzeria with its cosy ambience, customer friendly service and above all mouth watering food (that is what a restaurant should concentrate on, isn't it?) happens to be Punes best bet for authentic Italian food. So if you happen to be a connoisseur of fine dining in general and Italian cuisine in particular, who you probably are else, why would you be here, then read on. A word of caution though This place happens to be a pure Vegetarian eatery. Meat lovers... Sorry!!!
The decor is tastefully done, with clean tablecloths, shining cutlery and general hygiene. Miniature paintings, general paraphernalia, and dry ingredients encased in wooden frames... all transfer you from the bustling city of Pune to the quaint olive orchards of Italy. The bar is well kept and well stocked. The wine list is quite impressive and must be tasting good too... I am not too much of a wine drinker.
However, make sure to make your reservations in advance lest its a weekday. The place can be very crowded on weekends and the waiting time on weekends can range from anywhere between 30 minutes to 1 hour, unless you are ready to sit in the garden section.
The service here is the best as compared to any other restaurant in Pune. The stewards and waiters are courteous and well informed about the menu. This is one place where you can really depend on the captain to select your food and I bet you wont have room for complaint. The names of the dishes are difficult to pronounce, they are in Italian, but the short description is a good guide. And dont worry, you can always order using the code (say B29) if you dont feel like twisting you tongues to read out the order to the captain.
Now this is one area where a restaurant needs to be at its best. And La Pizzeria is...
The pizza here is as crisp as a biscuit, and remains like that till the last bite. The toppings are fresh, piping hot and dont go limp by the time the pizza completes its journey from the oven to your table.
But then, why would you visit an Italian restaurant if you only wanted to have a pizza and nothing else. So have a look into their soups and starters section. The French Onion soup happens to be the best of the lot although I must admit; I have never had any other soup here. For those who want to, there is wide selection of spirits, mocktails and cocktails to indulge in. The Bruschetta (warm bread pieces topped with tomato, garlic and cilantro and served with olive oil) and the Spinachi Salsa (Farmers Bread with a creamy spinach and cheese dipping) happen to be my choice of starters.
The main course is divided into 2 sections. The first section has out of this world pasta dishes. The best of the lot happen to be Pasta Del Barone (a creamy sauce with cheese and béchamel sauce), Al Pasta Genovese (cheese sauce with pine nuts and basil) and Primavera. The second section mostly contains dishes such as Crocchette's and Rice Balls. Crocchette Ai Spinachi Ricotto, which has cheese and spinach mixed with mashed potatoes and deep fried, never fails to satisfy. A similar dish is Gnocco, which is home made pasta tubes stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese and baked to perfection.
That finally brings you to the last section on the menu, the deserts. There is a whole range of deserts on the menu with the ubiquitous Tiramisu and Chocolate Mousse as well as lots of gelato flavours to choose from. But my suggestion would always be Panna Cotta, a creamy pudding with a slice of Kiwi fruit. The sour taste of Kiwi compliments the mild sweetness of the creamy pudding and that makes it a dish hard to resist.
The restaurant also serves a good number of Mexican dishes such as Nachos, Enchiladas and Quesadillas.
The portions are quite decent and each dish can be shared between two people, with the exception of the pizza. The pizzas come in a standard size of 10 inches and are sufficient for three.
A meal for two with drinks can make you poorer by 1500 bucks. But then, every penny spent would be worth it.
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This definitely is a place you would love going again and again. Atleast I do So all you foodies out there INDULGE.
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October 22,2007
Don't try the Tiramisu
Seriously... the tiramisu was a disaster. But apart from that everything else was fantastic. Very nice pizza, and if you like the flavor of sun-dried tomatoes, you are going to love this place all the more. Raviolis are nice too - stuffed with spinach and cheese.
For dessert - try Chocolate Bomb. Its more along the lines of sizzling brownie with ice-cream, but very nice. Once again, don't even try the tiramisu.
Weekends are pretty busy and expect a little slow service. Make sure to reserve a table.
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September 19,2007
Its a veg ONLY place
Very pleasantly surprised that this is a veg only place. Very pricey - but real good. If you relish italian, you'll be in for a nice treat.
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bob loblaw
September 14,2007
Best Italian food
The restaurant is off the main road and it's a little difficult to find. It's probably the only restaurant in Pune that serves delightful Italian vegetarian food. The food is consistently delicious. The prices are slightly on the higher side but it's completely worth every rupee spent. The quantity of food is just right and the service is prompt. The place has a pleasant decor and it's quite cozy. But it is very difficult to find seats, especially in the weekends. So, reserve in advance. And yes, when you're there, don't miss the wine. They have a very good wine list. Overall, it's a lovely place for a cozy evening; to wine and dine.
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Almost all big players have VOIP capabilities, incl. Google.
Now, how would G monetize this? I was discussing with a friend the other day, when we had a good laugh about the possible outcomes....Imagine... You are speaking to ur friend using G Talk, & you ask him/her....>>
"Are you @ home now?" & there pops up an ad on Real Estate from an advertizer who has bid on 'home' as his reaL estatr keyword. *S*
On a serious note, is this technically possible, ie, voice recognition 'on the fly'? I have not seen it on Google labs as yet...but, might be they are already working on it.
An immediate application could be Audio advertizing on Podcasts, or is that all ready there now?
I plan to do some reasearch on this...VOIP applications to Audio Contextual Ads. Is anyone already working on it? If yes, lets all do some crystal ball gazing.
anyway, my deleted comment pointed out that both Yahoo and Google have recently hired away speech recognition engineers from Nuance Communications. Nuance is suing Yahoo for taking away 13 engineers and maybe "stealing" trade secrets in the process.
So MSN will probably have a head start in speech recognition -- but I doubt Google will be the first to try to target ads based on eavesdropping algorithms. Sounds too creepy and "evil" for Google. I'm guessing MSFT and YHOO would probably try it, and GOOG would follow once users got over the big-brother potential. Also, MSFT and YHOO have way bigger IM user numbers. I'd also bet that GOOG would introduce VR as a search function without ads in beta for a long time before trying to match ads by VR.
The funny thing might be, though, that users would just start talking in pig-latin or with heavy fake accents to avoid algo-detection. :P


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I put this in the CC Issues & Discussion forum because it's relevant to what people carry on a regular basis.
Do you carry a trauma kit on a daily basis for post fight self care, or for those times when you walk into an accident and realize "Hey, Jane & Tom were doing the Nasty on the copy machine, and somehow the glass broke and one of them is bleeding...Call 911, get this on tape for you-tube and someone get me my bag with the quick clot in it or we are going to have to get another IT guy!!"
I have 2 pocket kits and one larger "O-S Bag" (It is only grabbed when you hear the OH...T! really loud...)
One of my pocket kits is a Blueline Tactical ResQ-PAK Level 1
Contents (5 oz.):
HemCon ChitoGauze
4 x 4, 8 ply (total length: 32)
5 x 9 ABD pad
4 x 75 roll bandage
40 x 40 x 56 triangular bandage
two sets 4 x 3 cover sponges
combat medic tape
non-latex gloves
The other is Adventure Medical Kit Trauma Pak with QuikClot
Bandage Materials
1 Bandage, Conforming Gauze, 3"
1 Dressing, Gauze, Sterile, 2" x 2", Pkg./2
1 Dressing, Gauze, Sterile, 4" x 4", Pkg./2
1 Gloves, Nitrile (Pair), Hand Wipe
1 QuikClot Sport 25g
1 Trauma Pad, 5" x 9"
Duct Tape
1 Duct Tape, 2" x 26"
Fracture / Sprain
1 Bandage, Triangular
Wound Care
4 After Cuts & Scrapes Antiseptic Wipe
They are light, compact and if you are around guns, essential to have on hand.
You know, because a ND will never happen to you...but you need to be prepared for the other guy's...
Also, for post fight self care. Winning the fight only to die of a GSW would...suck?
They aren't full up EMT kits, but they can help you live long enough to get into EMT's hands.
Also good for bystanders/family who get injured. Seeing the kids you were protecting die because you didn't have something to plug the bleeder would be, um...what's the word I'm looking for...bad? Depressing? Material for an alcohol induced, shotgun assisted suicide?
Are they complete? No. You need to supplement with training, a tourniquet & real chest seals wouldn't hurt...but for something in the shooting bag, coat pocket, diaper bag, glove box, trunk....you can do worse.
Like nothing...
The best part...the Adventure Medical Kit...$20 out the door at sporting goods stores.
The Blueline Tactical ResQ-PAKs...more expensive, but more compact. It's much more pocket friendly, so use that as 1st line, coat pocket gear because it does fit that well into your pockets.


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EUREKA -- With its bye week now a thing of the past, the College of the Redwoods football team is ready to start its second season.
And it's coming at a place that is quite familiar to first-year head coach Chris Vicory.
Redwoods kicks off its two-game road trip to start the Bay Valley Conference portion of its schedule at Vicory's old stomping grounds, Mendocino College, today at 2 p.m. in the conference opener for both schools.
"I'm interested to see how our team comes out. I'm interested to see how they come out on a road trip off a bye at a difficult place to play," said Vicory, whose team lost two straight games entering the bye week. "Obviously, I know enough about their defense and their offense from having coached there. It's going to be a tough game for us."
Vicory -- who coached at Humboldt State before going Mendocino after the 2011 season -- spent a year and a half on the Eagles' coaching staff, serving as their offensive coordinator last season.
And despite Mendocino having a new head coach in Chris Snyder, who took over for Mike Mari (another former assistant at HSU), there is still the familiarity factor.
"Any time you've worked with somebody you now have to coach against, you always have your mental kind of notebook of things you keep and I'm sure they have the same against me," Vicory said. "It's going to be fun. To say we're going to change anything that we're going to do because we're playing Mendocino College isn't the case. We are who we are. We need to do the things we need to do well to be successful."
It's true that the Corsairs (2-3 this season) and the Eagles (1-4) have a lot in common when it comes to what they do on the offensive side of the ball.
Or, as Vicory described on Thursday: "Coach Breitz (defensive coordinator Taylor Breitzman) said preparing for Mendocino was like preparing for Redwoods."
But if Redwoods wants to start conference play with a victory, Vicory feels like his squad will have to shake two things that have hampered his team this season -- turnovers and playing away from Community Stadium.
The Corsairs have lost both their games away from Eureka this season. And when it comes to turning the ball over, they have the second-most in the BVC with 21.
"Realistically, I think it's going to come down to who makes the less mistakes," Vicory said. "And we have shown not to travel well, and this is one of our shorter trips, so hopefully we can break that tendency and play well on the road."
In terms of dealing with injuries, the bye week came at a perfect time for the Corsairs.
However, not all of those ailments have disappeared with the extra amount of time to recover.
"Unfortunately, some things are taking longer (to heal) than we thought they were going to, so we're still a little banged up," Vicory said. "We still have some backups playing at some key positions and some guys that are going to have step up to some starting roles that haven't done that."
Through the Corsairs' first five games of the season, Vicory's spread attack on offense has put up yardage.
Sophomore quarterback Will Hissong enters the weekend ranked third in the state in passing yards per game (339.4) and fourth in touchdown passes (17), while leading the BVC in almost every passing statistic.
As a team, Redwoods ranks 17th in the state in total offense per game with 437.8.
But if there is one area where the Corsairs are still looking for improvement, it's having a ground game to compliment the aerial attack.
Redwoods is the only team in its conference to be averaging below 100 yards on the ground (93). On the season, the Corsairs are averaging just 2.7 yards per carry.
It's something Vicory has wanted to improve for weeks. But with conference play set to begin, it becomes only that much more of a priority for success.
"We've got to find better offensive balance, we've got to find a way to run the football," Vicory said. "Unfortunately it's been a mix and match on the offensive line, so they haven't been able to gel as much."
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Long-lasting gel liners are kinda like unicorns, a beautiful notion of mythic proportions…that doesn't really exist. That is, until we met this heroic eyeliner from CAILYN Cosmetics. The inky gel goes on smoothly like a traditional liquid liner and leaves behind a line of rich color like a high-impact eye pencil. It even comes with a built-in brush so you can get a bold eye even while on the go.
I normally use liquid eyeliner because I like it dark and dramatic. However, I really liked this gel eyeliner. It lasts all day and the sample size applicator was fun. The only thing I would have wished the be different is the thickness of the gel. It didn't go on as easy as I prefer. But once it's on, it stays!4
Got this item in my birchbox. It's a little too big to keep in my makeup bag so it's more of my home eyeliner. I like it, it goes on very smooth and doesn't smudge. The only weird thing about it is how the cake of gel (not really inky as the description says) didn't stay in place in the bottle, but it doesn't affect the efficiency of the product at all. I dig this.3
I like this eyeliner to use for a bold look, as it tends to give a more harsh line. I don't like the brush. I tried it with a couple of my other brushes and still think its god for a thick line but not for a thin line or an easily softened line. It isnt heavy on my eyes, which is good, but it doesnt glide on either. I am happy I gave it a try and I will use it until it is gone, but I don't see myself ever going out to get this particular liner.3
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The foundation stone was however laid on 27th May 2006 at Tanga in a one day workshop on "Internal Audit – Its Relevance & Role" attended by approximately 200 members of the profession. The idea of forming an affiliate of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at Tanzania was mooted at the workshop and 8th July 2006 was fixed as a date for the same.
The steering committee organized and held the formation meeting of IIA Tanzania as decided at the Institute of Financial Management (IFM), Dar-es-Salaam. The same was attended by approximately 30 members of the profession. On the same day IIA Tanzania was formed as a Charpter Option Chapter and the first office bearers of the Board were elected through a democratic process.
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Stevens: Alford's Lobos Remain Undefeated -- Sweep NMSU Aggies
Dec. 19, 2012
New Mexico Lobos Men's Basketball - On The Road
Wednesday: New Mexico Lobos 68, New Mexico State 63
Saturday: 12:30 p.m. - South Dakota State at Lobos - The Pit
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
It wasn't exactly a first-round knockout. And it's fair to say that both the New Mexico Lobos and their hero of the night, Kendall Williams, had to come off the canvas in order to card the 68-63 decision over New Mexico State.
Williams actually was the first to hit the canvas/floor Wednesday night in the Aggie's Pan American Center. He rolled his right ankle at the 18:54 mark, grabbed it in obvious pain, and stayed down several minutes before hobbling to the UNM bench.
"I think it really scared him," said Lobo Coach Steve Alford.
It also didn't look like Williams would return. He did - in a big way.
Williams fueled an 11-0 first half run with nine points to help pull the Lobos out of an 11-point, 25-14 hole. "We got hit pretty quick in this game," said Alford. "But there was no panic, no anxiousness. This team just chipped away."
Williams ended the game with 24 points as the Lobos swept the Aggies and stayed undefeated on the year at 12-0. Williams tied his career high as a Lobo.
"That's what your best players do," Alford said of Williams. "Kendall was the best player on the court tonight, hands down. That happens a lot.
"He came back and did a terrific job of leading our team in a lot of ways. He was just active."
Williams went 7-of-12 from the field, 8-of-8 from the free-throw line and pulled down five boards.
Probably the Lobos wouldn't have beaten the Aggies on this night if Williams had stayed on the bench. But once again a whole lot of Lobos made key plays and key shots at critical times.
"I can't speak enough of our team," said Alford. "We just find ways to do it. I thought our defense was a key. You come into somebody's building and you hold them to 63 points and 38 percent shooting, you are doing a lot of good things."
The Aggies were able to hang with the Lobos most of the night thanks to a 10-of-17 effort (58.8 percent) from long range. The Aggies had seven players connect from long range with Kevin Aronis knocking in four.
"We wanted them to have to make jump shots and for a while it looked they might beat us by making jump shots," said Alford. "This was the best they shot it all year from back there."
When the Aggies were launching from afar, they were usually squared up to the basket, on balance and not always tightly defended. In the paint, the Aggies often were forcing up bad shots over a tough Lobo defense. UNM didn't exactly blister the nets at 41.1 percent but continued to make shots when shots were needed.
Seven points by Tony Snell helped push UNM into a 49-41 lead. When the Aggies scratched to 56-54, Hugh Greenwood banged in a trey and Alex Kirk added two free throws to hand UNM a 61-54 lead with 2:50 to play. That was a huge and timely surge by Lobos.
"That's what you have to have," said Alford of getting key baskets from different players. "We have a tough group, a solid group that understands winning. They just perform."
Williams was joined in double figures by Snell with 11 points. Cameron Bairstow muscled for nine points and seven boards. "Cam really stepped in when Alex got in foul trouble and Cam did a lot of good things," said Alford.
The Aggies won the board battle, 39-35. UNM went 16-of-21 at the free-throw line and NMSU went 11-of-20, but the Aggies missed several key free throws in the close of the second half. "You can't have that against a team like the Lobos," said Aggie Coach Marvin Menzies of his team's free-throw shooting.
Second Half: New Mexico Lobos 34, New Mexico State Aggies 31
At the 15:11 mark, UNM was still up by two - 41-39 off a Williams' driving layup off the glass in traffic. At the 11:29 break, seven points by Snell helped guide UNM into a 49-43 lead.
The Aggies' Kevin Aronis hit a trey and NMSU pulled to 49-46. Aggie Coach Marvin Menzies picked up a technical and Williams hit the two free throws: 51-46 in UNM's favor. Another Aronis trey made it 51-49 and NMSU had an 8-2 run. At a UNM timeout at 6:18, UNM was up 54-51 off a free throw and a jumper by Greenwood.
Williams hit both ends of a one-and-one: 56-51 at 4:29. The Aggies scratched to 56-54, but a Greenwood trey followed by two free throws by Kirk gave UNM a 61-54 gap with 2:50 to play. That seven-point gap looked even bigger considering the Aggies had to defensively attack a Lobo team that was clutch at the free-throw line.
The Aggies had a shot to tighten the score, in possession of the ball and down 61-56. Watson turned it over and fouled Snell, who was looking at a breakaway. Snell hit one: 62-56. The Aggies' Mullings hit two free throws at 1:02: 62-58.
The Aggies needed a stop, but didn't get it as Snell penetrated the lane and dropped in a floater: 64-58. The Aggies missed a trey and Williams knocked down two more free throws at 26.7 and that 66-58 lead sealed it for UNM.
First Half: New Mexico Lobos 34, New Mexico State Aggies 32
It was a better start for the Aggies in Cruces than it was in The Pit. The Aggies were playing - and shooting - better at home. The Lobos did not play well in the first 12 minutes of the half falling behind by 11 points.
An 11-0 Lobo run fueled by nine points by Williams helped UNM scratch its way into a two-point halftime lead. In a way, it was a bonus run for the Lobos. For a while, it didn't look like Williams would be on the court much in the first half.
The Lobos got a scare at the 18:54 mark when Williams rolled his right ankle on defense and stayed down for several minutes before being guided to the UNM bench. He returned with under 14 minutes to play, but did not appear to be at full speed for several minutes.
NMSU used the three-ball to carry a 17-10 lead into the 11:45 media break. The Lobos had gone up 8-4 on a Chad Adams' trey, but an Aggie 3-pointer handed NMSU a 12-10 lead that they stretched to 17-10 going into that media stop.
The Aggies grabbed an 11-point lead at the 8:54 mark on a Watson trey that produced a 25-14 NMSU lead. The Aggies were 5-of-6 at that point. At the 7:51 break, NMSU was still up 25-14.
The Lobos then got a much-needed run - an 11-0 run in which Williams produced nine of the points and Greenwood added two points with a tip. The run was produced, in part, by better perimeter defense. The Aggies did not attempt a trey during that UNM run.
Williams, moving better late in the half, formed a 25-all tie with a jumper. The Aggies finally found a hole on the edge and a 3-pointer pushed NMSU up 28-25. NMSU had nine field goals at that point - six from long range.
At 3:09, Bairstow got fouled underneath and added a free throw after the layup to form a 28-28 tie. Another Williams' jumper produced a 30-30 tie. Bairstow had a chance to reclaim the lead for his team, but missed two free throws. The 7-5 Bhullar backed in on Bairstow for an easy layup and a 32-30 NMSU lead. Bairstow got even with a 12-foot jumper: 32-all.
An Aggie turnover led to a rare transition bucket for UNM and a Williams' layup with 44 seconds to play gave UNM its 34-32 halftime lead. Williams went 5-of-6 from the field in the first half and finished with 13 points. Bairstow fought his way to nine points. Tyrone Watson had nine points for NMSU and Bandja Sy had five boards.
The Aggies ended up going 6-of-7 from 3-point range with six Aggies knocking down treys. The Lobos shot 46.7 percent from the floor and NMSU shot 40.7 percent. UNM narrowly won the glass battle 17-to-16.


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If Madison or Michael are just way too commonplace for your taste in baby names, look around your house, closet, or garage to get the latest ideas for naming Junior. News Interactive reports that some parents are naming their sweet little babes after shoes. Or cars. Or cheese.
Timberland. Reebok. Camry. Chanel. Gouda. Snicker if you will, but according to Social Security records, five babies were named Timberland in the year 2000. Give it a decade, and Timberland could be in the top 10 names. Forty-nine kids were named Canon in 2000. That same year, there were 11 Bentleys, five Jaguars, and a Xerox.
Many American parents are marching to their own baby name drummer, spurning traditional names. Here's a fun fact: At least 10,000 different first names are now in use in the United States, and two-thirds of them were basically unheard of before World War II. Edward Callary, a past president of he American Names Society, said parents are choosing these unusual names to be purposefully different. He said, "The more we feel defined by numbers, in our postal codes and bank statements, the more we need to shout out a unique name into the world." Well, maybe not totally unique. The Social Security records show that 24 children were named Unique in 2000.


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You would think that in a sprawling megatropolis like the Valley of the Sun, with its high concentration of Chicano residents, some elements of modern Chicano popular music alternative, punk rock, metal would filter into the public consciousness at least to a nominal degree. Doesn't seem to be so, despite the proximity to Mexico and Los Angeles, where such youth culture thrives en español.
For the past two years, Los Angeles has been home to the Aztlan Fest, the largest Chicano festival in the country, with a lineup of artists ranging from pop-punk to nu-metal to hip-hop. Now approaching its third installment, a smaller version of which will visit the Valley this weekend, the Los Angeles event spans two stages and a DJ lounge, with a Lollapalooza-like peppering of vendor booths and the Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) "El Super Pocho Loco Half Time Show," where masked marauders El Hijo del Santo and Misterioso will headline a fight card like few seen north of the border.
Aztlan Fest producer Mario Cobian hopes to expand the mega-spectacle, wrestling and all, to Phoenix and other cities in future years, but for now he's feeling out the viability of such an event by throwing a mini-festival featuring some of the bands performing at the Los Angeles event. "This is our first year in Phoenix and Tucson; we're just barely starting off," he explains apologetically when we express disappointment at the lack of Lucha Libre at the Phoenix festival. "We're just hoping we can get a good turnout and try to build next year."
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Logic would seem to predict success for a Chicano-focused event like Aztlan Fest in Phoenix. The Valley's Spanish-speaking and bilingual youth should jump at the chance to embrace their own subcultures, and Anglo aficionados of punk rock and hard-core can broaden their perspectives at the same time. "We definitely cross the lines," Cobian says. "Most of the bands are multiracial; I think they will get a good cross-audience because we have bands like Audio Karate, which usually tends to draw about half-Anglo and half-Chicano crowds, then you have bands like Garrobos from Mexico who are going to draw the more recent immigrant type of crowd. . . . We have bands that sing in English, bands that sing in Spanish, and the genres are different we've got from alternative to punk to metal."
Headlining the Phoenix date is Union 13, a hard-core outfit from East L.A. that's on über-punk rock label Epitaph Records and likely will draw a substantial gringo audience. Also confirmed on the bill are Garrobos, a thrash-metal band from Mexico City; Audio Karate, Californian pop-punkers who record for the Vandals' Kung Fu Records; and Epidemia, a Modesto outfit that kicks out sociopolitical nu-metal en español. Those frustrated that they can't attend the Los Angeles event, with its 25-plus bands, will have to await the Aztlan Fest 2002 Tour Compilation, soon out on L.A. indie label SourPOP Records.
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September, 2013-Cedar County Historical Society Official Minutes
Vice President Judy Nichols called the monthly meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Members present were Nichols, Treasurer Kay Snow, Assistant Treasurer Shirley Potts, Luella Phipps, Murle Phipps, Dale Goodman, Barbara Goodman, Chris Barber, Bob Phillips, Judi Cain and Secretary Nancy Smith. Ken Potts was also present.
The Minutes and the Treasurer's and Building Fund Committee's Reports were approved as read. The Goodmans reported on having the museum open on Saturday, September 7. Nichols will have it open for the last regular time this year on Saturday, October 5. Smith pointed out that a new "Wish List" had been posted which included three items that the society will soon need. L. Phipps took care of one of the items.
At the October meeting, Phillips will present a program on the Civil War Battle of Stockton on July 11, 1863, and the burning of the Cedar County Courthouse by General Jo Shelby and his men on October 5, 1863. The public is invited to attend.
The Publication Committee has finished Lyceum Series: Cedar County and the Civil War and is busy printing copies to sell at the Black Walnut Festival. Early Days in Cedar County, by F. M. Williams, is at the printer and will also be available. Members set the sales prices for both publications. Members also agreed to give a copy of each, as well as one copy each of any future publications, to the Greene County Archives for its Cedar County section.
Regarding the reprinting of Early Days in Cedar County, Smith clarified the society's rights when reprinting a publication that's in the public domain. The society does not own the copyright to the publication. Therefore, any person or group could do the same as the society has done—copy the publication and sell copies for its own benefit without obtaining anyone's permission.
In order to redeem our 2013 $30 certificate from Best Choice, Smith will need members' Best Choice barcodes by the November meeting. With Summer Fresh closing in El Dorado Springs, it's no longer necessary to save grocery receipts.
The work schedule for keeping the booth and museum open during the Black Walnut Festival was circulated. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and helps us pay our winter expenses. All volunteers are greatly appreciated. Smith will pick up our festival packet from the Chamber of Commerce when it's available.
Member Phil Barber has notified us that the society's Building Fund will receive the proceeds from this year's Griffith-Fox Tennis Tournament on Saturday, September 28, at the Ray Fox Memorial Tennis Court. S. Potts will attend the tournament to extend our appreciation to the players for participating in the tournament.
Smith will soon receive applications for booths at the craft sales at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in November and Korth Senior Center in December. Members voted to participate in both sales. Besides publications and crocheted cowls, we will also sell homemade candy and baked goods at the Korth Senior Center.
Nichols has researched the books Phillips recently purchased at an auction and brought to the last meeting. It has still unknown what these books were used for.
The Shady Hill Club will hold its monthly meeting in the museum on Wednesday, October 9. Members also voted to allow the club to hold a meeting in the museum annually for as long as they wish to do so.
The Cedar County Assessor, Chad Pyle, wants to donate several old maps and blueprints which his office no longer uses to the society. One "surprise" among these items is either a set of blueprints of the original 1867 courthouse or blueprints of later renovations of the 1867 courthouse. The Missouri State Archives has been contacted and is interested in preserving and duplicating these blueprints for us in return for copies for its collection.
Other recent donations are a school desk from Sand Hill School from Cain and a real estate abstract of title and two Stockton School yearbooks from Betty L. Smith. Also, Smith has learned that a parlor wood stove once belonging to the Allison family of El Dorado Springs might be available for donation to the society. Members voted to accept the donation if that is the case.
The meeting adjourned.
Our 352-page Cedar County, Missouri, History & Families, originally published in 1998, is out-of-print. We are now maintaining a pre-publication list for people interested in being notified when we're preparing to reprint this book. Anyone wanting their name on that list should contact us with their address, telephone number and email address, if applicable. This list will be for notification purposes only and will not be a commitment to purchase.
Our next meeting will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 19, 2013, in our museum at 106 West Davis in Stockton. Anyone interested in Cedar County history and genealogy is welcome to attend and/or join the Society. Annual dues are $10.00 (Individual), $20.00 (Family), and $75.00 (Life). Our museum and research area are open to the public on the first Saturday of each month (April through October) from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and by special appointment. We also do genealogical and historical research for $10.00 per hour. Contact us online at www.rootsweb.com/~mocchs, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, by mail at P. O. Box 111, Stockton, MO 65785, or by contacting any officer or member.


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The Geographic Tool for Visualization and Collaboration includes high-resolution imagery available at 1-meter resolution for all of Georgia, and even higher resolution for certain areas. The maps scale with each view and maintain all the markings made on them electronically.
A Carnegie Mellon University professor's rants and raves on research, human-computer interaction, Internet of Things, usable privacy and security, Pittsburgh, and teaching.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
[Emergency Response] High-tech Tool Improves Incident Planning and Response for Emergency Management Officials
[Social] Academic turns city into a social experiment
We need something like this for American politics. Also reminds me of a question I've been asking for a long time, why are politicians almost always lawyers? Why don't we have more educators, more scientists, more engineers, more artists?
[JIH - This next part is simply amazing... What is it about American politics that just makes us so cynical?]
We need something like this for American politics. Also reminds me of a question I've been asking for a long time, why are politicians almost always lawyers? Why don't we have more educators, more scientists, more engineers, more artists?
People were desperate for a change, for a moral leader of some sort. The eccentric Mockus, who communicates through symbols, humor, and metaphors, filled the role. When many hated the disordered and disorderly city of Bogotá, he wore a Superman costume and acted as a superhero called "Supercitizen." People laughed at Mockus' antics, but the laughter began to break the ice of their extreme skepticism.
"Our reading had focused on the standard material incentive-based systems for reducing corruption. He focused on changing hearts and minds - not through preaching but through artistically creative strategies that employed the power of individual and community disapproval. He also spoke openly, with a lovely partial self-mockery, of his own failings, not suggesting that he was more moral than anyone else. His presentation made it clear that the most effective campaigns combine material incentives with normative change and participatory stakeholding. He is a most engaging, almost pixieish math professor, not a stuffy 'mayor' at all. The students were enchanted, as was I."
When there was a water shortage, Mockus appeared on TV programs taking a shower and turning off the water as he soaped, asking his fellow citizens to do the same. In just two months people were using 14 percent less water, a savings that increased when people realized how much money they were also saving because of economic incentives approved by Mockus; water use is now 40 percent less than before the shortage.
[JIH - This next part is simply amazing... What is it about American politics that just makes us so cynical?]
He also asked people to pay 10 percent extra in voluntary taxes. To the surprise of many, 63,000 people voluntarily paid the extra taxes. A dramatic indicator of the shift in the attitude of "Bogotanos" during Mockus' tenure is that, in 2002, the city collected more than three times the revenues it had garnered in 1990.
Another innovative idea was to use mimes to improve both traffic and citizens' behavior. Initially 20 professional mimes shadowed pedestrians who didn't follow crossing rules: A pedestrian running across the road would be tracked by a mime who mocked his every move. Mimes also poked fun at reckless drivers. The program was so popular that another 400 people were trained as mimes.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
[Privacy] NYTimes: Personal Data for the Taking
[A]ll it takes to obtain reams of personal data is Internet access, a few dollars and some spare time.
Working with a strict requirement to use only legal, public sources of information, groups of three to four students set out to vacuum up not just tidbits on citizens of Baltimore, but whole databases: death records, property tax information, campaign donations, occupational license registries. They then cleaned and linked the databases they had collected, making it possible to enter a single name and generate multiple layers of information on individuals. Each group could spend no more than $50.
The Johns Hopkins project was conceived by Aviel D. Rubin, a professor of computer science and the technical director of the Information Security Institute at the university. He has used his graduate courses before to expose weaknesses in electronic voting technology and other aspects of a society that is increasingly dependent on - and at the mercy of - digital technology. "My expectations were that they would be able to find a lot of information, and in fact they did," he said.
In some instances, students visited local government offices and filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the data - or simply "asked nicely" - sometimes receiving whole databases on a compact disc. In other cases, they wrote special computer scripts, which they used to pick up whole databases from online sources like Maryland's registry of occupational licenses (barbers, architects, plumbers) or from free commercial address databases like Verizon's SuperPages, an online yellow pages directory.
"We feel that open access to public records is key to a free society," said Jason Brandeis, the A.C.L.U. lawyer handling the suit, which seeks to bar Alaska from disseminating contact information for licensed nurses. "But a balance needs to be struck between the public interest in open access to government information, and the need to protect individual privacy."
Whether such a balance can ever be achieved when so much information is already available is an open question. And some people are troubled by recent trends against access.
"I have no problem with an individual who faces unusual threats from publication of her identity or identifying details being able under the law to seek special exception from openness," said Rebecca Daugherty, the director of the Freedom of Information Service Center for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Virginia. "But the secrecy should be the exception not the rule."
Several Johns Hopkins students came to a similar conclusion. Despite their surprise at the number of records they could amass and combine, many still felt that the benefits of openness outweighed the risks.
"If some citizen is concerned about dead people remaining registered to vote, he can simply obtain the database of deaths and the voter registration database and cross-correlate," said 21-year-old Joshua Mason, whose group discovered 1,500 dead people listed as active registered voters. Fifty of those dead people somehow voted in the last election.
"The problem is, we don't know what we want," Dr. Rubin said, referring to the competing social interests in openness and privacy.
"It is clear that there are strong negative consequences to being able to collect and correlate all this information on people," he said, "but it is also possible that the consequences to personal freedom would be worse if it were outlawed."
Monday, May 16, 2005
[HCI] Thinker: Cognitive Science Resource
Cool demos and (brief) descriptions of some cognitive science principles.
Cool demos and (brief) descriptions of some cognitive science principles.
This resource is intended to assist students with their mastery and appreciation for the field of cognitive psychology.
Thinker makes extensive use of Flash animations.
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[HCI] [Web] NYTimes on Next Generation of Web Apps
Interactions with many Web sites boil down to modern and extremely fast versions of an old and often slow process. If you go to a government office or a bank, for example, you fill out a form, hand it to the clerk or teller and eventually get something back. That is essentially the way most Web sites now work. You enter data on a Web page. You send that information to a distant computer, by pressing "Enter" or "Continue" or clicking a link. Eventually the computer sends something back. The page it sends is usually as static as a form you receive from a clerk. If you want to see something more - the next group of search results, other flights on different dates - you have to send another request and wait for another response.
At maps.google.com, pick the satellite view of any point in America. Then click on the map, and pan it east or west or use the right or left arrow keys for the same effect. With most mapping programs, when you reach the edge of the area initially displayed, you can't go any further without requesting and waiting for more data. With Google's map, you can head east or west - and keep going, all the way around the world, with the ability to zoom in at any point. The detail varies by country, but it is as if Google sent your computer a map of the globe's entire surface as soon as you logged on to its site.
Of course that's not what really happened. Instead, the system was applying two basic tricks to make it seem that you had an infinite map in your machine. One was asynchronous updating - that is, instead of waiting for you to request more data, it was preloading what it thought you might want next, at the edges of the current map. The other was very selective updating, altering only the parts of the display that had actually changed rather than bothering to "refresh" the whole page.
In general, he and others stressed that interacting with "rich" Web sites could become more and more like working at your own computer. For instance, Gmail, the Google e-mail service, now allows more sophisticated on-screen editing of its messages, and commerce sites can recalculate order totals and shipping costs instantly, as if they were spreadsheets. The key, again, is that pages are updated automatically, and only in the specific parts that have changed.
[Ubicomp] [Location] Rosum Indoor Location Tracking via TV Signals
Would be nice if they had some data about how well their service works. Would also be nice to see what hardware requirements there are, battery life tradeoffs, etc.
Would be nice if they had some data about how well their service works. Would also be nice to see what hardware requirements there are, battery life tradeoffs, etc.
Rosum's TV Advantage
In contrast, television signals were designed for indoor reception. Rosum TV-GPS uses commercial broadcast TV signals to provide reliable positioning indoors and in urban environments. By combining TV signals with GPS signals, Rosum can provide seamless indoor/outdoor coverage across all environments.
Friday, May 13, 2005
[Cool] Steve Jobs on Design
In a 1996 interview, Steve said, "Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But, of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works. To design something really well, you have to 'get it.' You have to really grok what it's all about." (A geek's word, to grok is a coinage of science-fiction writer R.A. Heinlein, meaning to understand something thoroughly by having empathy with it.)
Steve went on, "It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something.... Most people don't take the time to do that." He then proceeded to tell a story that both sheds light on his private life and gives some insight into the decision-making process that often turns life into a hell for people who work with him. Making the point that design isn't just an issue for "fancy new gadgets," he described how his whole family became involved in, of all things, the selection of a new washing machine and dryer. This is a little hard to picture: The billionaire Jobs family didn't have very good machines. Selecting new ones became a project for the whole family. The big decision came down to whether to purchase a European machine or an American-made one. The European machine, according to Steve, does a much better job, uses about one-quarter as much water, and treats the clothes more gently so that they last longer. But the American machines take about half as long to wash the clothes.
"We spent some time in our family talking about what's the trade-off we want to make. We spent about two weeks talking about this. Every night at the dinner table" -- imagine dinner-table conversation about washing machines every night! -- "we'd get around to that old washer-dryer discussion. And the talk was about design." In the end, they opted for European machines, which Steve described as "too expensive, but that's just because nobody buys them in this country."
Monday, May 09, 2005
[Cool] Folklore.org Apple Macintosh history
Folklore.org has some personal histories of the Apple Macintosh on it. My two favorites so far:
"I've got good news for you", [Steve Jobs] told me. "You're working on the Mac team now. Come with me and I'll take you over to your new desk."
"Hey, that's great", I [Andy Hertzfeld] responded. "I just need a day or two to finish up what I'm doing here, and I can start on the Mac on Monday."
"What are you working on? What's more important than working on the Macintosh?"
"Well, I've just started a new OS for the Apple II, DOS 4.0, and I want to get things in good enough shape so someone else could take it over."
"No, you're just wasting your time with that! Who cares about the Apple II? The Apple II will be dead in a few years. Your OS will be obsolete before it's finished. The Macintosh is the future of Apple, and you're going to start on it now!".
With that, he walked over to my desk, found the power cord to my Apple II, and gave it a sharp tug, pulling it out of the socket, causing my machine to lose power and the code I was working on to vanish. He unplugged my monitor and put it on top of the computer, and then picked both of them up and started walking away. "Come with me. I'm going to take you to your new desk."
Steve plopped my system down on a desk in an office near the back of the building and said, "Here's your new desk. Welcome to the Mac team!", before darting off.
I was surprised to see that [my desk] was still full of someone else's stuff. In fact, the bottom drawer had all kinds of unusual stuff, including various kinds of model airplanes, and some photography equipment. I later found out that Steve had assigned me to Jef Raskin's old desk, which he hadn't had time to move out of yet.
Burrell had a great sense of humor, and he was capable of performing devastating impersonations of everybody else on the Mac team, especially the authority figures.
Whatever idea that you came up with, Jef Raskin had a tendency to claim that he invented it at some earlier point. That trait was the basis of Burrell's impersonation of Jef.
Jef had a slight stammer, which Burrell nailed perfectly. Burrell began by folding his fingers together like Jef and then exclaiming in a soft, Jef-like voice, "Why, why, why, I invented the Macintosh!"
Then Burrell would shift to his radio announcer voice, playing the part of an imaginary interviewer. "No, I thought that Burrell invented the Macintosh", the interviewer would object.
He'd shift back to his Jef voice for the punch line.
"Why, why, why, I invented Burrell!"
Thursday, May 05, 2005
[Off-Topic] Prime Minister's Questions
I was trying to explain the differences between US and UK governments to someone not very familiar with either of them. I was describing the Prime Minister's Question Time, and expressing how much I wished that they had the same system here in the United States so that our Presidents would have to justify more of their decisions in public, have to convince a potentially hostile audience of their rationale, and overall be more accountable for their actions.
And then my friend asks, well, why don't they just start it here? Ahh, if only it were that easy...
I was trying to explain the differences between US and UK governments to someone not very familiar with either of them. I was describing the Prime Minister's Question Time, and expressing how much I wished that they had the same system here in the United States so that our Presidents would have to justify more of their decisions in public, have to convince a potentially hostile audience of their rationale, and overall be more accountable for their actions.
And then my friend asks, well, why don't they just start it here? Ahh, if only it were that easy...
Prime Minister's Question Time (often referred to as PMQs) is an opportunity for MPs from all parties to question the PM on any subject.
It lasts for about 30 minutes and usually focusses on the key issues of the day.
The PM answers questions every week that Parliament is in session - so for about two hours per month. This is twice as long as his chief cabinet colleages or their junior ministers.
[Research] NYTimes on Science Education
Thomas Friedman has been sort of hit or miss for the past few years, but this one is definitely on target.
Thomas Friedman has been sort of hit or miss for the past few years, but this one is definitely on target.
I just interviewed Craig Barrett, the chief executive of Intel, which has invested millions of dollars in trying to improve the way science is taught in U.S. schools. (The Wall Street Journal noted yesterday that China is graduating four times the number of engineers as the U.S.; Japan, with less than half our population, graduates double the number.)
In today's flat world, Mr. Barrett said, Intel can be a totally successful company without ever hiring another American. That is not its desire or intention, he said, but the fact is that it can now hire the best brain talent "wherever it resides."
If you look at where Intel is making its new engineering investments today, he said, it is in China, India, Russia, Poland and, to a lesser extent, Malaysia and Israel. While cutting-edge talent is still being grown in America, he added, it's not enough for Intel's needs, and not enough is being done in U.S. public schools - not just to leave no child behind, but to make sure that the best students and teachers are nurtured and rewarded.
Look at the attention Congress has focused on steroids in Major League Baseball, Mr. Barrett mused. And then look at the attention it has focused on science education in minor-league American schools.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
[Cool] SATIN and DENIM part of the Purdue Benchmark Suite
Just found out that both DENIM and SATIN, software my former research group (GUIR) and I worked on, are both part of this Purdue Benchmark Suite, a large collection of Java software, primarily used for compiler testing. Sort of neat, never expected that to happen.
Just found out that both DENIM and SATIN, software my former research group (GUIR) and I worked on, are both part of this Purdue Benchmark Suite, a large collection of Java software, primarily used for compiler testing. Sort of neat, never expected that to happen.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
[Just Plain Weird] NYTimes: Metropolitan Diary
As a peripatetic city walker and straphanger, I thought I had seen the full range of postings. But last weekend, at the Columbus Circle entrance to Central Park, a large, well-dressed man sat at the base of the imposing Maine monument with a sign saying: "Ninjas killed my family. Need money for kung fu lessons."
[Just Plain Weird] Wired: Augmenting the Animal Kingdom
[James] Auger envisions animals, birds, reptiles and even fish becoming appreciative techno-geeks, using specially engineered gadgets to help them overcome their evolutionary shortcomings, promote their chances of survival or just simply lead easier and more comfortable lives.
On tap for the future: Rodents zooming around with night-vision survival goggles, squirrels hoarding nuts using GPS locators and fish armed with metal detectors to avoid the angler's hook.
Future technologies, though, could yield fruit. For example, some theorists have floated a Matrix-like scenario that would use direct stimulation of the brain to fool livestock about the reality of their living conditions.
"To offset the cruelty of factory-farming, routine implants of smart microchips in the pleasure centers may be feasible," says David Pearce, associate editor of the Journal of Evolution and Technology. "Since there is no physiological tolerance to pure pleasure, factory-farmed animals could lead a lifetime of pure bliss instead of misery. Unnatural? Yes, but so is factory farming. Immoral? No, certainly not compared to the terrible suffering we inflict on factory-farmed animals today."
Sunday, May 01, 2005
[Research] FastCompany: Change or Die
[JIH - Reminds me of my belief that insurance companies will be a primary lead in creating a ubicomp world...]
[JIH - Interesting, they successfully reframed the problem from an "aspirin" to a "vitamin" problem, and had people stick to the vitamin. ]
They started with the crisis in health care, an industry that consumes an astonishing $1.8 trillion a year in the United States alone, or 15% of gross domestic product. A dream team of experts took the stage, and you might have expected them to proclaim that breathtaking advances in science and technology -- mapping the human genome and all that -- held the long-awaited answers. That's not what they said. They said that the root cause of the health crisis hasn't changed for decades, and the medical establishment still couldn't figure out what to do about it.
"A relatively small percentage of the population consumes the vast majority of the health-care budget for diseases that are very well known and by and large behavioral." That is, they're sick because of how they choose to live their lives, not because of environmental or genetic factors beyond their control. Continued Levey: "Even as far back as when I was in medical school" -- he enrolled at Harvard in 1955 -- "many articles demonstrated that 80% of the health-care budget was consumed by five behavioral issues." Levey didn't bother to name them, but you don't need an MD to guess what he was talking about: too much smoking, drinking, eating, and stress, and not enough exercise.
About 600,000 people have bypasses every year in the United States, and 1.3 million heart patients have angioplasties -- all at a total cost of around $30 billion. The procedures temporarily relieve chest pains but rarely prevent heart attacks or prolong lives. Around half of the time, the bypass grafts clog up in a few years; the angioplasties, in a few months... But many patients could avoid the return of pain and the need to repeat the surgery -- not to mention arrest the course of their disease before it kills them -- by switching to healthier lifestyles. Yet very few do. "If you look at people after coronary-artery bypass grafting two years later, 90% of them have not changed their lifestyle"
The conventional wisdom says that crisis is a powerful motivator for change. But severe heart disease is among the most serious of personal crises, and it doesn't motivate -- at least not nearly enough. Nor does giving people accurate analyses and factual information about their situations. What works? Why, in general, is change so incredibly difficult for people? What is it about how our brains are wired that resists change so tenaciously? Why do we fight even what we know to be in our own vital interests?
Kotter has hit on a crucial insight. "Behavior change happens mostly by speaking to people's feelings," he says. "This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought."
"We also need to bring in the psychological, emotional, and spiritual dimensions that are so often ignored." Ornish published studies in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, showing that his holistic program, focused around a vegetarian diet with less than 10% of the calories from fat, can actually reverse heart disease without surgery or drugs. Still, the medical establishment remained skeptical that people could sustain the lifestyle changes. In 1993, Ornish persuaded Mutual of Omaha to pay for a trial. Researchers took 333 patients with severely clogged arteries. They helped them quit smoking and go on Ornish's diet. The patients attended twice-weekly group support sessions led by a psychologist and took instruction in meditation, relaxation, yoga, and aerobic exercise. The program lasted for only a year. But after three years, the study found, 77% of the patients had stuck with their lifestyle changes -- and safely avoided the bypass or angioplasty surgeries that they were eligible for under their insurance coverage. And Mutual of Omaha saved around $30,000 per patient.
[JIH - Reminds me of my belief that insurance companies will be a primary lead in creating a ubicomp world...]
So instead of trying to motivate them with the "fear of dying," Ornish reframes the issue. He inspires a new vision of the "joy of living" -- convincing them they can feel better, not just live longer. That means enjoying the things that make daily life pleasurable, like making love or even taking long walks without the pain caused by their disease. "Joy is a more powerful motivator than fear," he says.
[JIH - Interesting, they successfully reframed the problem from an "aspirin" to a "vitamin" problem, and had people stick to the vitamin. ]
Lakoff says: "Concepts are not things that can be changed just by someone telling us a fact. We may be presented with facts, but for us to make sense of them, they have to fit what is already in the synapses of the brain. Otherwise, facts go in and then they go right back out. They are not heard, or they are not accepted as facts, or they mystify us: Why would anyone have said that? Then we label the fact as irrational, crazy, or stupid." Lakoff says that's one reason why political conservatives and liberals each think that the other side is nuts. They don't understand each other because their brains are working within different frames.
Reframing alone isn't enough, of course. That's where Dr. Ornish's other astonishing insight comes in. Paradoxically, he found that radical, sweeping, comprehensive changes are often easier for people than small, incremental ones. For example, he says that people who make moderate changes in their diets get the worst of both worlds: They feel deprived and hungry because they aren't eating everything they want, but they aren't making big enough changes to quickly see an improvement in how they feel, or in measurements such as weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol. But the heart patients who went on Ornish's tough, radical program saw quick, dramatic results, reporting a 91% decrease in frequency of chest pain in the first month. "These rapid improvements are a powerful motivator," he says. "When people who have had so much chest pain that they can't work, or make love, or even walk across the street without intense suffering find that they are able to do all of those things without pain in only a few weeks, then they often say, 'These are choices worth making.' "
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New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh and her partner Polly Powrie won the gold medal in the women's 470 regatta.
Aleh, 26, whose parents are dual Israeli-New Zealand citizens, skippered the pair into the lead from the start of the gold medal race Friday at the London Olympic games.
The Kiwis were tied with British duo Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark going into Friday's winner-takes-all final after letting an eight-point lead slip in the previous round.
But they never let their lead slip when it mattered most; the Brits, the current world champions, found themselves struggling in the near-still conditions, which prompted officials to shorten the course midway through the race. The Kiwis ended up winning by 16 points.
An elated Aleh told BBC Sport just after crossing the finishing line: "It probably won't sink in for a while but it's pretty cool!"
The Kiwis and the Brits were guaranteed a silver medal before the race began because of their huge lead on the rest of the pack. Although she knew she'd win a medal, Aleh said, "I thought even silver was a pretty big deal, but it's pretty awesome to bring back a gold medal because no New Zealand woman has ever won a medal in a sit-down boat so I'm sitting down and we've got one now!"
Auckland-based Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, director of Chabad of New Zealand, said on Friday afternoon before the gold medal round, "Our community back home are indeed very proud of Jo's outstanding achievement. Both Jo and fellow teammate Polly have exemplified the true Kiwi spirit with their extraordinary efforts and performance."
Israeli expat Meir Alfassi, a family friend in Auckland, said: "She's done very well. She deserves it, she works very hard. She's a very focused young lady and smart and knows what she wants."
He said his family and many other Kiwis tuned in to watch history in the making, even though the race was around midnight Auckland time.
Aleh, a former national champion and 2007 world champion, finished seventh at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Following the Olympics, Aleh and her family reportedly are traveling from London to Israel for Aleh's half-sister, Shefa's bat mitzvah celebration. That means an Olympic medal will land in Israel despite the failure of that country's athletes to win any in London.
However, David Blatt, the American-born Israeli coach of the Russian basketball team, may yet arrive back in Israel with a medal.
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Hotel Gramont Opera, Paris Overview
Check Room Rates and Reservation Availability in Hotel Gramont Opera, Paris
Hotel Gramont Opera, Paris Details
Hotel Gramont Opera Hotel Overview
Hotel Gramont Opera enjoys an ideal location, only a 10-minute walk away from the Opéra Garnier and the department stores.
Elevator, Air-conditioning, Access for disabled, Multilingual staff, Entire property is non-smoking, Safe at front desk, Newspapers
24-hour front desk, 24-hour security, Doctor on call, Dry cleaning/laundry service, Wake-up calls, Concierge, Fax service, Luggage storage, Tourist information, Room service - limited hour
Paid parking
Paid parking is possible near the hotel.
Wi-Fi Internet free of charge in all rooms and general areas (lobby/reception etc.)
From Airport Charles de Gaulle: Take the RER B (blue) train and get off at 'Gare du Nord'. From there, take metro line 4 direction 'Porte d'Orlans' and change metro at 'Strasbourg Saint-Denis'. Change to metro line 9 direction 'Pont de Svres' and get off at metro stop 'Richelieu - Drouot'. The hotel is at less than 5 minutes walking distance from the metro station.
From Airport Orly: Take the C6 (yellow) SNCF train and change trains at Antony station to the RER B train and get off at 'Chtelet Les Halles'. From there, take metro line 7 direction 'La Courneuve 8 Mai 1945' and get off at metro stop 'Opra'. From there you can walk to the hotel in 10 minutes or take metro line 3 direction 'Gallieni' for one stop, getting off at metro stop 'Quatre-Septembre' which lies closer to the hotel.
The hotel Gramont is located at 10 minutes walking distance from 'Opra Garnier' and the famous department stores 'Printemps' and 'Garleries Lafayette'. The hotel is situated right in the city centre of Paris, close to the Louvre Museum. Metro stop 'Quatre-Septembre' is only a 1-minute walk away and allows you to reach any other part of the city by metro line 3. Metro station 'Richelieu - Drouot' is also less than 5 minutes walking distance from the hotel and connects to metro line 8 and 9. Otherwise there are different bus lines close to the hotel. About 10 minutes walking distance from the hotel there is metro station 'Opra' with different metro lines and the fast train RER A is at the nearby station 'Auber'.
Hotel Gramont Opera, Paris Hotel Details
Hotel Gramont Opera Paris enjoys an ideal location, only a 10-minute walk away from the Opéra Garnier and the department stores.
This welcoming hotel provides personal service and a homely ambiance. The small boutique hotel was entirely renovated in 2009 and features a bar, a nice breakfast room in the cellar and free Wi-Fi Internet connection throughout the entire building. The hotel also offers room service for guests that would like to have breakfast in their room.
Hotel Gramont Opera Paris offers 25 charming rooms that are elegantly decorated with two different colour schemes. All rooms of the Gramont Opera Hotel feature modern facilities such as a TV with satellite, a safe, hairdryer, work desk, free Wi-Fi Internet access and air-conditioning.