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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Vols expecting much better running game

KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee football coaches feel they have a three-part solution for one big problem the team had last season.

Original Link: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jul/31/vols-expecting-much-better-running-game/?partner=RSS

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Opinion: Silent majority fed up with D.C.

Editor's note: Lou Zickar is the editor of The Ripon Forum, a centrist Republican journal of political thought and opinion published by The Ripon Society.

(CNN) -- The brilliant but disgraced President Richard Nixon once gave a speech in which he spoke of the "silent majority" in American politics.

These were the people, he observed, who didn't wave signs or march in the streets. Rather, they were the people who quietly went about their lives, going to work, raising their families and giving back to their communities.

Nixon gave this speech in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War. But more than four decades later, his basic observation still rings true. For if there was ever a time that a silent majority existed in American politics, it is today. The current debate over raising the debt limit is a good example.

The debate is dominated by the political extremes. Those on the far right would rather have the federal government default on its financial obligations than give ground on what is anathema to most conservatives: raising taxes. Those on the far left would rather risk default than give ground on what is anathema to ...

Original Link: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/GFRYLj1QnFg/index.html

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Alfred App Gives Personalized Restaurant Recommendations

It’s a merger of two of the trendiest start-up topics in the new iPhone app Alfred: restaurant recommendations and data mining.

Alfred, built by the Stanford PhD-led team at Clever Sense, aims to learn what types of restaurants and bars a user will like based on comparing a few of their inputted favorites to analysis of existing reviews from around the Web.

Clever Sense CEO Babak Pahlavan says he’s hoping for a “Rosie from ‘The Jetsons’” type experience, or perhaps “Pandora for the real world.” The premise is “Teach it what you like, then put it on cruise control.”

Alfred is all recommendations and no direct search, so users will have to be in a sort of lean-back and explore mode to enjoy the experience. What seems most useful is that you could teach the app about your local favorites and then get personalized recommendations when you travel to a new city.

Alfred was actually the dummy name for a test version of the app, but it’s gotten enough traction (20,000 downloads over the past weekend) that Clever Sense is throwing out the intended launch name, Seymour. That’s still incredibly small potatoes next to market leaders like Yelp and Google Places and even Foursquare, but unplanned growth is at least a good omen.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Clever Sense has 10 employees and $1.6 million worth of funding.

(Alfred, by the way, is already the name of an Mac application launcher app, which could potentially be confusing.)It’s a merger of two of the trendiest start-up topics in the new iPhone app Alfred: restaurant recommendations and data mining.

Alfred, built by the Stanford PhD-led team at Clever Sense, aims to learn what types of restaurants and bars a user will like based on comparing a few of their inputted favorites to analysis of existing reviews from around the Web.

Clever Sense CEO Babak Pahlavan says he’s hoping for a “Rosie from ‘The Jetsons’” type experience, or perhaps “Pandora for the real world.” The premise is “Teach it what you like, then put it on cruise control.”

Alfred is all recommendations and no direct search, so users will have to be in a sort of lean-back and explore mode to enjoy the experience. What seems most useful is that you could teach the app about your local favorites and then get personalized recommendations when you travel to a new city.

Alfred was actually the dummy name for a test version of the app, but it’s gotten enough traction (20,000 downloads over the past weekend) that Clever Sense is throwing out the intended launch name, Seymour. That’s still incredibly small potatoes next to market leaders like Yelp and Google Places and even Foursquare, but unplanned growth is at least a good omen.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Clever Sense has 10 employees and $1.6 million worth of funding.

(Alfred, by the way, is already the name of an Mac application launcher app

Original Link: http://allthingsd.com/20110718/alfred-app-gives-personalized-restaurant-recommendations/

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Did colossal WWII bombing raids alter weather?

Gerald Adler Wrote:
Hmmm...

(ISNS) -- On May 11, 1944, a warm and cloudless spring day, U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying fortresses and their fighter escorts lifted off from airfields across southeast England. They climbed, circled, and then formed into one huge formation before heading out to bomb targets in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Original Link: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/09/did-colossal-wwii-bombing-raids-alter-weather/?partner=RSS

Want to be UT AD? Experience counts

Potential applicants for the University of Tennessee’s vice chancellor of athletics opening have until Sunday to touch up their resumes and express interest in the position before Parker Executive Search moves on to the next step in the hiring process.

Original Link: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jul/08/want-be-ut-ad-experience-counts/?partner=RSS

Friday, July 8, 2011

American Advertising Federation - District 7 Leadership Conference

Great Knoxville News Sentinel (KnoxNews.com) article on the upcoming American Advertising Federation's District 7 Leadership Conference!

If you are an ad, marketing, PR, or communications pro or enthusiast ... you'll want to attend this conference!

Here's the article: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/08/ad-conference-examine-area-companies...

Register Here Now:  http://www.aafbehindthebrand.com/

 

American Advertising Federation - District 7 Leadership Conference

Great Knoxville News Sentinel (KnoxNews.com) article on the upcoming American Advertising Federation's District 7 Leadership Conference!

If you are an ad, marketing, PR, or communications pro or enthusiast ... you'll want to attend this conference!

Here's the article: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jul/08/ad-conference-examine-area-companies...

Register Here Now:  http://www.aafbehindthebrand.com/

 

Monday, July 4, 2011

Todd Helton part of polling for final National League All-Star

Balloting has now started to decide the final members of the American League and National League All-Star teams.

Original Link: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jul/04/todd-helton-part-polling-final-national-league-all/?partner=RSS

Ex-Champion Eats in Exile

Takeru Kobayashi, once the world's most famous competitive eater, won six consecutive Nathan's Famous titles between 2001 and 2006. This year, he will eat hot dogs in exile, far from the competitive-eating stage.

Original Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304450604576420141499334346.html?mod=rss_US_News

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Tips: iPhone Battery Draining Too Fast?

Let’s face it people: whether it be excessive sunlight exposure, too much use, or what, after a while your iPhone battery does start to drain much faster. Below are a few tips to maximize your iPhone’s battery life and keep it from draining as fast as it normally would. 1.

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