Input: My favorite so far in Bellevue.

Bellevue


Input: Store is on the small side and atmosphere is just average.


Input: They are out of business.


Input: Nice people... I hear.


Input: Calls are now forwarded to Malcolm Smith Motorsports down the road.

Malcolm Smith Motorsports


Input: Anyone else find it a little suspicious that there are not only 20 reviews for this dentist (a HUGE number compared to the others in the area), but that they all have the same unique grammar structure?


Input: And they seem to be posted at fairly regular intervals?


Input: I love the meat!


Input: Great Job!


Input: Thanks for fixing my garage door A++++++++++++++++++


Input: Great Neighborhood Hangout


Input: Great place to catch a band or catch up with friends.


Input: Ice cold beer and good prices.


Input: Kitchen puts out good food and has daily specials.


Input: professional


Input: Good job very professional.


Input: It made me feel good to see people work so hard to take care of others belongings.


Input: Your average crappy chain.


Input: Food is awful and the place caters to the yuppy crowd.


Input: Great service and awesome prices.


Input: I get Microdermabrasions regularly and I love the environment


Input: Pleasure to work with.


Input: The experience with every department has been great.


Input: No complaints!


Input: If you want cheaply made glass from India and China, this is not your place.

India

China


Input: These people only carry the very best American blown glass.


Input: Their selection is top notch and the staff is very knowledgable.


Input: Go to the Looking Glass for all your smoking needs!!!!!!!!!!


Input: 5 star detail job


Input: I took my Mustang here and it looked amazing after they were done, they did a great job, I 'm very satisfied with the results.


Input: The paint and wheels looked like glass and the interior looked new!


Input: Also, they have great customer service and a very knowledgeable staff


Input: Rip Off!


Input: 45p for tap water!


Input: Ridiculous!


Input: Do n't think I 've ever been charged before.


Input: Oh, and salad cream, not mayonnaise, on the coleslaw.


Input: Avoid!


Input: Great lunch specials.


Input: Delivery is lightning fast.


Input: Perfect since I 'm on a budget.


Input: But otherwise, it can feel pricey for what you get.


Input: Like the sushi, do n't like the pad thai.


Input: Best place to sleep!!!!!!!


Input: Good fun for wing night, food eh, beer list eh...


Input: Clean rooms, great for the price and cheapest on the exit.


Input: The front desk staff was very pleasant and efficient.


Input: Serves FREE breakfast !


Input: A good cut!


Input: Cécile is a hairdresser and has just moved into the neighbourhood.

Cécile


Input: I go to see her to have my hair cut.


Input: awesome place!!!


Input: it was worth of the ride more than an hour...


Input: I had so many strawberries right on the field...strongly recomend...do nt forget to try their great ice cream


Input: Over charged.


Input: I used my card to purchase a meal on the menu and the total on my receipt was $8.95 but when I went on line to check my transaction it show $10.74.


Input: There is something wrong or maybe the individual made a mistake but to me that is not integrity.


Input: Great place for embroidery.


Input: Service was friendly and VERY fast.


Input: I purchased four gift items there and had them all embroidered within a week.


Input: The best photographer in Miami


Input: I was soooo lucky to have used Marlon 's photography services....such a creative and talented photographer and a pleasure to work with.

Marlon


Input: The images turned out amazing.


Input: I definitely recommend him :)


Input: Great Service and hairstyles that last.


Input: I am pleased with the service that i get at Luxe.

Luxe


Input: The staff is very pleasant and my hair is always fresh.


Input: Cheap Hotel Rome - Thanks for all your help!

Cheap Hotel Rome


Input: Cheap Hotel Rome - thanks for finding us a hotel at the last minute.

Cheap Hotel Rome


Input: We had a great stay, your service was excellent and we will use you again!


Input: Great store great products


Input: best place for snowboard eva.


Input: Great Service


Input: Dr Mcdonald is wonderful.

Mcdonald


Input: She answers all questions asked and provides the best service i have ever seen.


Input: I have a new born daughter and she helped me with a lot.


Input: Good Job DR.


Input: Brain Dead


Input: Not only are these people completely inefficient and ineffective, but they just do n't give a darn.


Input: This place is a complete embarrassment.


Input: The World 's Fair museum was pretty cool.

World 's Fair museum


Input: Too Expensive


Input: The food 's okay, but the price is outrageous.


Input: I will gladly recommend you to anyone in need of or looking for a good florist.


Input: Totally flavored


Input: The statement about "best hamburguers in town" can be even amplifiaed to "best hamburguers in world" Totally worth, juicy, big, fresh, and excellent customer service!


Input: A most outstanding, professional firm.


Input: very miss informed people!!


Input: Awsome!


Input: Great food cheap


Input: Every thing here is good.


Input: Fish tacos are my fave simple and filling Highly recommend Mi Pueblo.

Mi Pueblo


Input: Gets busy so come early


Input: Barb does an AMAZING JOB, she is always learning new things on how to use her hands and body, to give every person an AWESOME MASSAGE, CALL TODAY AND SCHEDULE YOU MUST SEE HER, YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE SHE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST !

Barb


Input: Excellent Pizza!!


Input: It s the only pizza place I recommend in Woodland Hills.

Woodland Hills


Input: Yum.


Input: My wife and kids ca n't get enough.


Input: Highly recommended.


Input: impressive truly impressive


Input: The First time I walked in there with my teacup chihuahua puppy I knew I 'd be here a lot.


Input: Pets Discount has lovely employees, a wonderful grooming service, and everything I need to keep my dog in tip top condition!

Pets Discount


Input: Great service


Input: I had a dead battery last week and called this company since they were the closest they had very quick service for a Monday morning, thanks again guys.


Input: SERVERS


Input: When my server crashed, Greg worked from 7 PM until 4 AM and had my company up and running the next morning.

Greg


Input: That 's what I call customer service!


Input: Elmira, you r the best!

Elmira


Input: All I can say is that Elmira you are the best I ve experienced, never before has the seamstress done a perfect job until i met you.

Elmira


Input: I recommend you to everyone in Calgary, as she is a professional and the cost for her was low.

Calgary


Input: VINGAS


Input: VISAKHA INDUSTRIAL GASES PVT. LTD., location at google maps.

VISAKHA INDUSTRIAL GASES PVT. LTD.


Input: A Great Help!


Input: Ashdown Horse Transport were fantastic!

Ashdown Horse Transport


Input: Very friendly and ALWAY contactable even at weekends.


Input: I would hesitate to recommend anyone.


Input: Thanks again Nina.

Nina


Input: PS. Love the new website!


Input: Not a clothing store


Input: Be more careful when you write reviews- this is an accounting group, not Hollister the clothing store.

Hollister


Input: Good quality Indian food in a pleasant environment


Input: Whatever you order, you will LOVE!


Input: We have stayed at Tanglewood for many years now.

Tanglewood


Input: We go over about 5 times a year.


Input: We have never had a problem with the cabins.


Input: They are always so helpful.


Input: The cabins have always been clean.


Input: Helen is a wonderful place to take you family.


Input: We recommend these cabins!


Input: Favorite DD spot in the area!


Input: I 'll admit I was n't expecting much from this place, but they really did do a good job.


Input: The chicken cordon-blu was tasty and came in a huge portion size for the money.


Input: Service was a touch slow, but friendly.


Input: ok


Input: ca n't remember good or bad, so it must have been meh.


Input: Good food and coffee with a nice atmosphere


Input: Best in Memphis


Input: This shop is by far the best I have been to.


Input: I have a Saab...which everything is expensive on and they have been extrememly fair and price alot lower than any other shop I called.


Input: They are the only place I would take my car peiod.


Input: I used Birdies for our Annual Walk Against Drugs and Alcohol event.

Birdies


Input: They were very professional, neat and clean.


Input: They came through on all of their promises and we had a very successful day.


Input: I will be using Bridies again.

Bridies


Input: Rooms were outdated, dirty, and small.


Input: Service was horrible.


Input: Go down 1 block to Super 8.

Super 8


Input: Clean & tidy with good atmosphere & pleasant staff.


Input: Food drastically let's the place down though


Input: Hobbs on Mass.

Mass


Input: Absolutely my favorite store in Lawrence, KS

Lawrence


Input: Quick and Cheap


Input: Walked in and was out ta there in 10 mins with a really good deal i thought i was going to be paying alot because i had a DUI but with my DUI and Sr-22 they were able to get me the best deal out there.


Input: Awesome bacon egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast.


Input: You are the best!


Input: Just received from your flower store.


Input: They are sooooo beautiful.


Input: Thank you guys.


Input: Took a laptop in for a video cable to be replaced.


Input: Everything except the display worked fine before I took it in.


Input: The video cable was replaced and suddenly the motherboard was dead.


Input: Phone calls were n't returned when promised and the botched repair took a week longer than promised.


Input: great garage and customer service.


Input: great knowledge and prices compared to anyone in the industry.


Input: Great People and even better service!


Input: Best to deal with!


Input: In a few words ... I 'm pleasantly surprised that you can still find "old school" service out there where company care more about good name and customers than their pockets...


Input: Highly recommended people / business.


Input: Thanks Josh!

Josh


Input: Cheapest drinks in Keene!

Keene


Input: Remember seeing "Stop Making Sense" at Cinema 21 multiple times!

Cinema 21


Input: YAY, great theater!!!


Input: Lovley food and fab chips


Input: Good local bikeshop


Input: Good local bike shop .


Input: Jason and the boys can do about anything you need.

Jason


Input: The shop is located just off the river road .


Input: recommended


Input: Excellent location.


Input: Good sports bar.


Input: Hyatt web site improved.

Hyatt


Input: Accurate check-out.


Input: Rooms clean.


Input: Lifts quick, clean, accurate, and correctly sized.


Input: Choose this hotel over the Hilton (which is on the next block).

Hilton


Input: Nice teachers good school


Input: They are very good teachers and nice people to meet here.


Input: I enjoyed very much to study here.


Input: A good place to improve your English


Input: Thanks For A Great Job


Input: Thanks For The Prompt Service And Great Job You And Your Boys Have Done On Our New Solar System, The Panels On The Roof Look Great And The Power We Are Putting Back In To The Grid Is Great, Great Job Thanks


Input: I won a golf lesson certificate with Adz through a charity auction.

Adz


Input: The lesson was donated by the teacher Adz.

Adz


Input: So i booked the lesson and loved it.


Input: Great teacher.


Input: I 'm really surprised by the negative reviews.


Input: We 've had about 5 repairs done on 3 different laptops.


Input: They 've always been timely and inexpensive.


Input: Great Meal


Input: Happened on to this place while out of town on business, and it was great!


Input: The food was excellent and the service was terrific.


Input: It is a cloth napkin kind of place, but I thought well worth it.


Input: Excellent service, close to the morse redline stop.


Input: Great computer repair store, highly recommended.


Input: Ca n't say enough


Input: I used to tan down the street before I was referred to this place by one of my friends.


Input: WOW!


Input: I did n't know what I was missing.


Input: The lowest bed here is better than my last salon s highest level.


Input: Salon is clean and girls are nice.


Input: This is not your usual cheap hotdog place.


Input: They offer a large variety of quality hotdogs and hamburgers They also offer veggie dogs.


Input: The fries are of good quality, the staff is friendly.


Input: The atmosphere is your typical indie outfit with old movie posters and memorabilia from the 70's and 80's.


Input: Kliotech


Input: A company which provide good quality portals, E-commerce solutions,web based MMOG ... etc


Input: Wrong Information


Input: The address is for Noida Location not for Gurgaon Location.

Noida

Gurgaon


Input: Please update this listing in you database.


Input: great! :P


Input: you get a really good view of the city and there is also attractions like simulator, short movies.


Input: Try the 360 restraunt u spin in the cn tower with a beautiful view the sky pod elevator is about an hour line up in the summer


Input: I am a new patient.


Input: I have visited Dr. Cooper 's office twice and I am very impressed with how friendly and polite the staff is.

Cooper


Input: I found the office to be very clean and professional-looking.


Input: It 's now called Sushi Lover.


Input: Food is just okay..wo n't crave it, but would n't mind coming back for a quick meal.


Input: Horrible tap water.


Input: But no other complaints.


Input: This is a great facility.


Input: Great instructors!


Input: Most of all, my daughter loves it!


Input: Miami 's best tutoring service!

Miami


Input: My son was able to advance a full two grades within 9 months!


Input: A wonderful tutoring service for students needing help with elementary - middle school work.


Input: LOCATION HAS CLOSED.


Input: HAS MOVED TO 4783 Bay Rd Saginaw, Michigan 48604 (989)755-1109

Saginaw

Michigan


Input: $9.62 excluding tip with water to drink for the buffet.


Input: Worst buffet period by far.


Input: I want my money back!


Input: Great Place!


Input: This is one of my favorite places to eat for lunch.


Input: They offer a good portions at a great price, it 's enough food to fill you up, but you do n't ever feel like you ate too much.


Input: Plus, it 's super healthy!


Input: love this park


Input: this is a great park to have kids birthday parties at!!


Input: Natasha is the BEST photographer we have ever worked with.

Natasha


Input: She has a great way with children and is able to capture their personality as well as many spontaneous images.


Input: You will not be disappointed with her work!!


Input: Dentist you can trust


Input: If possible I try the services on myself before I bring in my son.


Input: Drs. Ali work wonders.

Ali


Input: Neither me nor my son have n't had a single cavity since we started dental care there.


Input: The team focus is prevention and education.


Input: That alone makes them unique.


Input: Midtown Reston has great location and luxurious environment.

Midtown Reston


Input: Really enjoyed it.


Input: Great atmosphere, great food.


Input: Definitely a must.


Input: Summary: Not cheep, but very fast, and super friendly service.


Input: Quality of work is sufficient but not outstanding.


Input: Like all oil place changes, ask/recommend the 100 other services they have.


Input: Will be a repeat customer with discount coupons.


Input: Wonderful staff and great service !!


Input: Checked in real late, but staff was very kind and helpful.


Input: Rooms very clean and smelled very fresh.


Input: I would recommend this hotel to anyone.


Input: I loved my stay here and if ever back in the area, I will be staying here again.


Input: Some of the nicest people and very good work standards


Input: Thanks for following me around the store


Input: Enough said.


Input: I do n't steal, I was n't acting suspiciously.


Input: I was ready to buy a new jacket, a new sweater and a couple of your overpriced belts and I walked out because of your obvious lurking


Input: The best pizza ever i m fat so i ve had a ton of pizza other than pizza from chicago it s the best

chicago


Input: Very poor customer service.


Input: There are a couple decent people working there, but the rest are VERY dishonest, as well as rude, I have yet to hear the truth come out of their mouths.


Input: The food tasted like rat feces


Input: Nice and quiet place with cosy living room just outside the city.


Input: Excellent piano lessons


Input: I 'm very happy with the piano lessons Mrs. Lynda Mcmanus taught me.

Lynda Mcmanus


Input: Now I 'm able to play the piano pretty well.


Input: Caldwell insurance has been doing our insurance for a couple years now and they have been extremely thorough.

Caldwell insurance


Input: We 've only had one urgent issue to deal with and they were very prompt in their response.


Input: Highly recommend!


Input: Easy registration, helpful staff and fun teachers!


Input: My favorite place to eat.


Input: The Atmosphere is the best.. Italian music, candles, helpful and friendly staff... And the food is beautiful too !


Input: The best company in Phuket for creating website and e-commerce website.

Phuket


Input: From first meeting with them to launch of my website, everything went smooth and on schedule.


Input: Highly recommended for who wants to have website.


Input: Great with SEO as well.


Input: Great service


Input: A very well established service with a satisfying outcome.


Input: A well communicated and will be hireing again for another projects......


Input: Thanks


Input: You were extremely polite and professional.


Input: Very Impressed.


Input: Great electrician.


Input: Friendly Efficient and overall great place for people in chronic intractable pain


Input: Great place for people in chronic pain.


Input: Staff is very friendly they treat you like a human being and not just another patient.


Input: Very efficient at treating chronic pain!


Input: Good honest wrok


Input: Harlan provides great service.

Harlan


Input: He is very knowledgeable and took the time to explain the repairs to me.


Input: The work on my car was done quickly and I felt I could trust his work.


Input: I have nothing but fantastic things to say.


Input: I highly recommend his shop.


Input: High guality pup food at a good price.


Input: Great Place To Use The Fix appliances Plumbing Air Conditioning & Electric Problems.


Input: We have used them for plumbing & A/C and they are affordable and get the work done right.


Input: Great place 5 stars for sure.


Input: Thanks From Bill


Input: Favorite Restaurant


Input: Best yellow curry that I have ever tasted.


Input: Staff is super friendly and very attentive.


Input: Price is also very reasonable.


Input: No meat on Burger and too much pepper.


Input: no place to seat


Input: Well kept facility with friendly staff.


Input: Ray 's pizza : my favorite

Ray 's pizza


Input: Ray 's Pizza is just too good.

Ray 's Pizza


Input: I wish I could have a slice for every single meal.


Input: Luckily I live very close, so I can abuse it during week-ends...


Input: beware they will rip u off


Input: Excellent service!


Input: I am so glad that we now have a good nail shop on San Mateo Avenue!

San Mateo


Input: No more having to drive to San Francisco for a great mani pedi.

San Francisco


Input: Both Tina and Vicky are excellent.

Tina

Vicky


Input: I will definitely refer my friends and family:)


Input: Prime rib was very tough.


Input: Staff were pleasant.


Input: Wo n't return.


Input: Is not a service office


Input: This is a delivery office only and does not take walk ins but they do have a blue box out front.


Input: Glad I called before I arrived with my box to ship.


Input: Thought adding a comment would save someone the hassle with a useless trip there.


Input: GREAT Store GREAT Service!


Input: “This store is great!!


Input: I love walking in and not being hassled.


Input: I was there when they did a free raffle in August and I won a hard drive!


Input: The reason I go back is because the employees are sooooo nice.”


Input: VERYYYY!!!! VERYYY!! Good auto repair men.


Input: Do the job honest and quickly as possible.


Input: Would 100% recomend to others for a great service.


Input: Thank You Barry s Auto Tech!

Barry s Auto Tech


Input: Fantastic Nova Scotia Cottage

Nova Scotia


Input: We had a fantastic time.


Input: Such a relaxing atmosphere and inspiring architecture.


Input: Sand Hill park was a great beach...

Sand Hill park


Input: Nice warm water.


Input: Thank-You for sharing your cottage!


Input: This is the best Mediterranean Restaurant in the West Valley, I have friend who drive from central Phx to come here.

West Valley

Phx


Input: great!


Input: I go Disco dancing and Cheerleading.


Input: It s fab!


Input: so goand get dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Input: By samantha Fox


Input: WONDERFUL service.


Input: I have used them once and will use them in the future.


Input: Beautiful work, fast shipping and great communication.


Input: Remember when a whole lot of people had to die because a Swedish newspaper printed those cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed?

Prophet Mohammed


Input: Now Iran wants to turn the tables and is inviting cartoonists to do their best by depicting the Holocaust.

Iran


Input: Amazingly, these idiots think a cartoon of Mohammed is comparable to what we can expect in this new fun contest:

Mohammed


Input: TEHRAN (AFP) -

TEHRAN

AFP


Input: An international contest of cartoons on the Holocaust opened in Tehran in response to the publication in Western papers last September of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

Tehran

Prophet Mohammed


Input: "We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Masoud Shojai, head of the country 's "Iran Cartoon" association and the fair organizer, said.

Masoud Shojai

Iran


Input: "They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he added.


Input: "Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?"


Input: Shojai told the opening ceremony of the month-long fair in Tehran 's Palestine Contemporary Art Museum.

Shojai

Tehran

Palestine Contemporary Art Museum


Input: He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show.


Input: He said the top three cartoons will be announced on September 2, with the winners being awarded prizes of 12,000, 8,000 and 5,000 dollars respectively.


Input: This cute little stunt is only going to prove just how fanatic the extremist Muslims are.


Input: When they saw a cartoon of their prophet, people had to die.


Input: When their precious cartoons are released I highly doubt it will look like the end of the world.


Input: I ran across this item on the Internet.


Input: Sooooo.


Input: The United States goes into a war zone and evacuates a bunch of U.S. citizens (most of whom were "dual-citizens").

United States

U.S.


Input: Then, eschewing normal procedure, the Department of State waived the fees that they charge for evacuating U.S. citizen.

Department of State

U.S.


Input: Why?


Input: To pander to the mythical "Arab street", of course.


Input: Now, I would argue that one could have reasonably predicted that some form of military violence was likely to occur in Lebanon (considering that the country has been experiencing some form of conflict for approximately the last 32 years).

Lebanon


Input: In other words, those Americans were there by their own choice, mired in a situation that was totally predictable.

Americans


Input: Yet we did n't charge them for the evacuation.


Input: This is unlike the situation last year in Asia when we evacuated U.S. citizens from areas that were hit by the tsunami - a phenomenon that is much less predictable than the Hezbollah-provoked destruction that rained down on Lebanon.

Asia

U.S.

Lebanon

Hezbollah


Input: And what do we get for this effort?


Input: A lawsuit.


Input: That 's right, folks.


Input: The American-Arab Discrimination Committee is suing Condoleeza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld, charging that they mismanaged the evacuation efforts.

American-Arab Discrimination Committee

Condoleeza Rice

Donald Rumsfeld


Input: Here 's an excerpt from the article:


Input: Nina Chahine, 19, who with her family was among the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said her wedding in the southern city of Tyre was set for July 13.

Nina Chahine

Tyre


Input: The wedding had to be postponed as family members fled the outbreak of the war, she said.


Input: "We were on the road and the first bridge was bombed and we drove home and all the other bridges were bombed and there was absolutely no way for us to get home," Chahine told reporters outside federal court in Detroit.

Chahine

Detroit


Input: "We were all American citizens and there was no way that anybody helped us.


Input: No communications nothing.


Input: I was on my way to my wedding fearing death, basically."


Input: Chahine said her immediate family spent about $20,000 to return to Detroit via Syria and Jordan.

Chahine

Detroit

Syria

Jordan


Input: Dear Nina,

Nina


Input: Here 's a tip: Do n't get married in countries that house illegal militias that attack other countries and hence are likely to come under counter-attack!


Input: Crap like this sure makes me want to rush right out and rescue people from dilemmas of their own making.


Input: The sheikh in wheel-chair has been attacked with a F-16-launched bomb.


Input: He could be killed years ago and the israelians have all the reasons, since he founded and he is the spiritual leader of Hamas, but they did n't .

Hamas


Input: Today 's incident proves that Sharon has lost his patience and his hope in peace.

Sharon


Input: Nervous people make mistakes, so I suppose there will be a wave of succesfull arab attacks.


Input: A la guerre c'est comme a la guerre!


Input: Ever since the first whispers about Google 's IPO, most investors have feared that the stock would come public at such a ridiculously high price that, even with a spectacularly profitable business model and some nearly flawless execution, the price would be too high for investors to make a real profit.

Google


Input: We 've moved on.


Input: We 've grown up.


Input: Now, people wonder if Google can even survive .

Google


Input: That 's overstating it, I know.


Input: What they wonder is whether Google can be anything more than what it 's always been -- a great search engine with some real grass-roots support, successful by the grace of simplicity.

Google


Input: Simplicity gave it that blessed, laudatory lack of clutter, the efficient and effective text-based ads, and the support of anyone with a dial-up connection.


Input: The problem is that customers attracted by a simple interface are among the least loyal you can find -- witness the fight-for-fewest-features between low-end camera companies.


Input: The other problem?


Input: It 's tough to make money branching out when your appeal is in your focus.


Input: As the survey cited in the above-linked article shows, most Google users do n't intend to use Gmail, and Google is n't even as popular as Yahoo! and AOL.

Google

Google

Yahoo!

AOL


Input: If they continue to add features so they can justify their likely sky-high valuation, Google risks losing a huge chunk of their customer base to the next keep-it-simple search engine.

Google


Input: Google has finally had an analyst day -- a chance to present the company 's story to the (miniscule number of) people who have n't heard it.

Google


Input: Usually, these are just a chance for the suckups to suck up, but this time people are actually concerned about the company 's plans.


Input: They work on Wall Street, after all, so when they hear a company who's stated goals include "Do n't be evil," they imagine a company who's eventually history will be "Do n't be profitable."


Input: It 's not quite as freewheeling an environment as you 'd imagine: Sergey Brin has actually created a mathematical 'proof' that the company 's self-driven research strategy, which gives employees one day a week to do research projects on their own, is a good, respectable idea .

Sergey Brin


Input: Read the entire article; there 's a punchline, too.


Input: From the AP comes this story :

AP


Input: President Bush on Tuesday nominated two individuals to replace retiring jurists on federal courts in the Washington area.

Bush

Washington


Input: Bush nominated Jennifer M. Anderson for a 15-year term as associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, replacing Steffen W. Graae.

Bush

Jennifer M. Anderson

Steffen W. Graae

the Superior Court of the District of Columbia


Input: Bush also nominated A. Noel Anketell Kramer for a 15-year term as associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, replacing John Montague Steadman.

Bush

A. Noel Anketell Kramer

John Montague Steadman

the District of Columbia Court of Appeals


Input: Though I am loathe to quote other writers at legnth in this space, this little bit from Dan Froomkin 's "White House Briefing" column in the WashPost today is just too good to pass up (read the whole column here ):

Dan Froomkin

White House

WashPost


Input: At the Ask the President event on Friday, one of the questions was about whether Bush has any thoughts about his memoirs.

Bush


Input: This is one example of what happens when Bush gets a question that he has n't anticipated.

Bush


Input: "Q Thank you -- I was wondering, there 's a lot of talk right now about memoirs being written with the former President.


Input: After you are elected in 2004, what will your memoirs say about you, what will the title be, and what will the main theme say?


Input: "THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate that.


Input: (Laughter.)


Input: There is a painting on my wall in the Oval -- first of all, I do n't know.

Oval


Input: I 'm just speculating now.


Input: I really have n't thought about writing a book.


Input: My life is too complicated right now trying to do my job.


Input: (Laughter.)


Input: But if -- there 's a painting on the wall in the Oval Office that shows a horseman charging up a steep cliff, and there are at least two other horsemen following.

Oval Office


Input: It 's a Western scene by a guy named W.H.S. Koerner called 'A Charge to Keep.'

W.H.S. Koerner


Input: It 's on loan, by the way, from a guy named Joe O'Neill in Midland, Texas.

Joe O'Neill

Midland

Texas


Input: He was the person, he and his wife Jan, introduced -- reintroduced me and Laura in his backyard in July of 1977.

Jan

Laura


Input: Four months later, we were married.


Input: So he 's got a -- I 'm a decision-maker and I can make good decisions.


Input: (Applause.)


Input: "And so we sang this hymn -- this is a long story trying to get to your answer.


Input: (Laughter.)


Input: This is not a filibuster.


Input: (Laughter.)


Input: That 's a Senate term -- particularly on good judges.


Input: (Applause.)


Input: The hymn was sung at my first inaugural church service as governor.


Input: Laura and I are Methodists.

Laura


Input: One of the Wesley boys wrote the hymn.

Wesley


Input: The painting is based upon the hymn called, 'A Charge to Keep.'


Input: I have.


Input: The hymn talks about serving something greater than yourself in life.


Input: I -- which I try to do, as best as I possibly can.


Input: (Applause.)


Input: "The book -- I guess one way, one thing to think about it is -- one of the themes would be, I was given a charge to keep.


Input: And I gave it all my heart, all my energy, based upon principles that did not change once I got into the Oval Office.

Oval Office


Input: (Applause.)"


Input: Now that 's a rambling response.


Input: And I have to wonder: Did he forget that he already has a memoir called "A Charge to Keep"?


Input: That was the name of his "autobiography" -- ghost-written by adviser Karen Hughes in 1999.

Karen Hughes


Input: The hottest item on Christmas wish lists this year is nuclear weapons.


Input: Al-Qaeda wants them, Iran wants them, Russia wants the better ones, and all the US wants is to give them all a piece of coal.

Al-Qaeda

Iran

Russia

US


Input: For the last few years there have been tensions with Iran ’s nuclear program with word coming this week that a deal was reached through the European Union that meets with the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Iran

International Atomic Energy Agency


Input: At the same time, an Iranian Opposition Group released what they call proof of a covert nuclear weapons program.

Iranian Opposition Group


Input: Arial photos, loose connections to AQ Kahn and Libya make up the evidence that the group presented.

AQ Kahn

Libya


Input: Russia also announced that it was seeking and building the best nukes the world ’s ever seen.

Russia


Input: President Vladimir Putin said Russia is will have new nuclear weapons that other countries do not and will not have.

Vladimir Putin

Russia


Input: With the demand so high, the question arises on to who should be or has the right to be the Santa of nuclear weapons.


Input: Right now that seems to be the US, EU, and IAEA.

US

EU

IAEA


Input: But not always do those three agree, and not always are their decisions equal.


Input: The US has strongly opposed a nuclear weapons program of Iran, yet Israel, which to this day has never officially said that they posses nuclear weapons, ranks around fifth in nuclear strength.

US

Iran


Input: It is estimated that Israel has over 200 nuclear weapons yet neither the US nor any of her allies expresses the slightest concern.

US


Input: North Korea ’s Kim Jong Ill also has the bomb at the top of his list and Santa seems to have already come a few years ago.

North Korea

Kim Jong Ill


Input: It is rumored that North Korea has at least a couple nuclear weapons.

North Korea


Input: But getting past who should get them, is who has them, and who is really close.


Input: The case against Iran has a feeling of Déjà vu.

Iran


Input: Arial photos of the lab were uranium is being enriched, somewhat like those of chemical weapons stockpiles in Iraq.

Iraq


Input: America cried wolf in Iraq, and what ’s scary is that sooner or later, that wolf will probably get us.

America

Iraq

us


Input: In the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside a police station, killing several people.

Baqubah


Input: The US lost yet another helicopter to hostile fire near Habbaniyah in the Sunni heartland, but this time the crew was safe.

US

Habbaniyah


Input: In Fallujah, hundreds of demonstrators came out against US troops when they briefly arrested a yound newlywed bride.

Fallujah

US


Input: (I hope that the US army got an enormous amount of information from her relatives, because otherwise this move was a bad, bad tradeoff).

US


Input: The US troops fired into the hostile crowd, killing 4.

US


Input: It seems clear to me that the manhunt for high Baath officials in the Sunni heartland is being done wrong, or at least in ways that are bad for US standing with local Iraqis.

Baath

US


Input: Xinhua reports that a wide range of Iraqi political forces on Tuesday condemned Sharon 's murder of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a religious leader of Hamas, the day before.

Xinhua

Hamas

Sharon

Ahmed Yassin


Input: The Board of Muslim clerics in Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad, "condemned the assassination and promised immediate revenge against the coalition soldiers in Iraq."

Board of Muslim clerics

Fallujah

Baghdad

Iraq


Input: Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Fallujah was closed Tuesday in a general strike.

Ash-Sharq al-Awsat

Fallujah


Input: US troops there clashed with guerrillas in a fight that left one Iraqi dead.

US


Input: In Ramadi, there was a big demonstration.

Ramadi


Input: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the attack was "criminal" and that "the Zionists have left only one choice for the Arabs, that of fighting and jihad".

Muqtada al-Sadr


Input: The interim Governing Council issued a communique saying, "It is a proof of the emptiness of the Israeli authority and a destruction of the peace endeavors in the region . . .

Governing Council


Input: This operation would only consolidate the terrorist acts in the world and would not bring peace to the region," the message claimed.


Input: Xinhua alleged that "Many of the Iraqis, who suffer the American occupation of Iraq, relate their case with that of the Palestinian people, under the Israeli occupation."

Xinhua

Iraq


Input: In an apparently unrelated incidents, some eleven Iraqis were killed by snipers on Tuesday, including a group of police trainees in a bus near Hilla and two police in Kirkuk.

Hilla

Kirkuk


Input: The Coalition decision to provoke a fight with Muqtada al-Sadr 's movement only three months before the Coalition Provisional Authority goes out of business has to be seen as a form of gross incompetence in governance.

Coalition

Coalition Provisional Authority

Muqtada al-Sadr


Input: How did the CPA get to the point where it has turned even Iraqi Shiites, who were initially grateful for the removal of Saddam Hussein, against the United States?

CPA

Saddam Hussein

United States


Input: Where it risks fighting dual Sunni Arab and Shiite insurgencies simultaneously, at a time when US troops are rotating on a massive scale and hoping to downsize their forces in country?

US


Input: At a time when the Spanish, Thai and other contingents are already committed to leaving, and the UN is reluctant to get involved?

UN


Input: One answer is that the Pentagon prevented the State Department from running the CPA.

Pentagon

State Department

CPA


Input: State is the body with experience in international affairs and administration.


Input: The civilians in the Department of Defense only know how to blow things up.

Department of Defense


Input: Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Feith staffed the CPA with Neoconservatives, most of whom had no administrative experience, no Arabic, and no respect for Muslim culture (or knowledge about it).

Rumsfeld

Wolfowitz

Feith

CPA


Input: They actively excluded State Department Iraq hands like Tom Warrick.

Iraq

Tom Warrick


Input: (Only recently have a few experienced State Department Arabists been allowed in to try to begin mopping up the mess.)

State Department


Input: The Neocons in the CPA have all sorts of ulterior motives and social experiments they want to impose on the Iraqi people, including Polish-style economic shock therapy, some sort of sweetheart deal for Israel, and maybe even breaking the country up into three parts.

CPA

Israel


Input: The Washington Monthly 's Who 's Who of Neocons in Iraq helps explain the extreme incompetence and possibly double-dealing of many in the CPA.

Washington Monthly

CPA

Iraq


Input: Sept. 11 Commission member Philip Zelikow, who is close to the Bush administration, admitted on Sept. 10, 2002, that the ulterior motive of the Bush administration for the Iraq War was to "protect Israel," according to the Asian Times .

Philip Zelikow

Bush

Bush

Iraq

Israel

Asian Times


Input: I have long been a trenchant critic of the Sadrists.


Input: But they have n't been up to anything extraordinary as far as I can see in recent weeks.


Input: Someone in the CPA sat down and thought up ways to stir them up by closing their newspaper and issuing 28 arrest warrants and taking in people like Yaqubi.

CPA

Yaqubi


Input: This is either gross incompetence or was done with dark ulterior motives that can scarcely be guessed at.


Input: There is a classical logical fallacy, post hoc ergo propter hoc (Z happens after X, therefore Z is caused by X), and I keep revising this posting this evening because I do n't want to fall into it.


Input: But sometimes, of course, when Z happens after X it is because of X.


Input: So I may as well just come out with it: It is pretty suspicious, given the Neocon predominance in the CPA and in the upper reaches of the Defense Department that on April 2 AP reported of Muqtada:

CPA

Defense Department

Muqtada


Input: ' A radical Shiite Muslim cleric has expressed solidarity with the militant Palestinian group Hamas and said that he should be considered the group 's "striking arm" in Iraq.

Hamas

Iraq


Input: "I have said and I repeat my expression of solidarity which Hassan Nasrallah called for to stand with Hamas," Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Friday in a reference to Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.

Hassan Nasrallah

Muqtada al-Sadr

Nasrallah

Hamas


Input: Last month, Nasrallah announced that his party would close ranks with Hamas.

Nasrallah

Hamas


Input: "Let (Hamas) consider me their striking arm in Iraq because the fate of Iraq and Palestine is the same," al-Sadr said during a Friday prayer sermon in Kufa, his home base south of Baghdad.

Hamas

Iraq

Iraq

Kufa

Baghdad

al-Sadr


Input: He did comment on what he meant by the phrase. '


Input: And on April 3 his chief aide in Najaf was suddenly arrested along with 13 other members of his organization, and the Coalition forces are put into violent conflict with his organization, which leaves 7 US soldiers dead.

Najaf

US

Coalition


Input: The Army is unlikely to forgive or forget; but who provoked it and why?


Input: I 'm not even in Iraq and I could have predicted to you the consequences of doing what the CPA has been doing.

Iraq

CPA


Input: Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post reveals that the warrants for the arrests had been issued months be for.

Anthony Shadid

Washington Post


Input: Why were they suddenly acted on Saturday?


Input: US Marines moved into most of Fallujah on Wednesday, though they were still meeting pockets of resistance.

US Marines

Fallujah


Input: The Fallujah fighting has killed fair numbers of Iraqi noncombatants, including Shaikh Abdul Wahhab al-Janabi of the respected Association of Muslim Scholars.

Fallujah

Shaikh Abdul Wahhab al-Janabi

Association of Muslim Scholars


Input: Armed clashes broke out in several northern Iraqi cities on Wednesday, leaving some 22 persons dead in Mosul, Baiji, and Tuz.

Mosul

Baiji

Tuz


Input: Hundreds of persons mounted demonstrations against the Fallujah campaign in Tikrit and Huwaijah, as well, according to az-Zaman .

Fallujah

Tikrit

Huwaijah

az-Zaman


Input: The battles and demonstrations were provoked by the US assault on Fallujah.

US

Fallujah


Input: Guerrillas threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Minister of Defense Hazem Shaalan in retaliation for the attack.

Iyad Allawi

Hazem Shaalan


Input: Allawi 's aged cousin and the man 's wife and daughter-in-law were abducted and guerrillas threaten to behead them if the Fallujah compaign is not stopped.

Allawi

Fallujah


Input: In Iraqi society, PM Allawi is responsible for protecting his clan, including especially his first cousins, so this kidnapping makes him look weak and brings substantial shame on him.

Allawi


Input: The US Marines took most of Fallujah Wednesday, but still face pockets of resistance.

US Marines

Fallujah


Input: If Samarra and other cities are any guide, those pockets of resistance could go on bedeviling the US for some time to come.

Samarra

US


Input: The intrepid Ed Wong of the NYT has more on the Sunni boycott of the elections.

Ed Wong

NYT


Input: He reports that the Iraqi Islamic Party, which had earlier been absolutely committed to getting out the Sunni vote, is now wavering and saying their position will depend on the situation.

Iraqi Islamic Party


Input: The outbreak of demonstrations and violence throughout the Sunni Arab regions on Wednesday did not bode well for Sunni participation in the January elections.


Input: Jim Lobe has more on the political implications of the Fallujah assault, both in Iraq and in Washington.

Jim Lobe

Fallujah

Iraq

Washington


Input: For some black satire on Fallujah, see Unconfirmed Sources which has some fun with my Weblog.

Fallujah


Input: [Am at a conference and ca n't blog much right now but will try to catch up the next couple of days.]


Input: My opinion piece on the implications of Arafat 's passing for al-Qaeda has appeared at Newsday.

Arafat

al-Qaeda

Newsday


Input: Excerpt:


Input: "Arafat 's secular nationalism was supple enough to compromise with Israel and to imagine a two-state solution, even if the road of negotiations remained rocky.

Arafat

Israel


Input: The continued Israeli colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories during the 1990s helped, along with terrorist attacks by radical groups such as Hamas, to derail the peace process, which Sharon had always opposed.

Hamas

Sharon


Input: Arafat 's death creates a vacuum in Palestinian leadership that will not soon be filled.

Arafat


Input: Sharon 's assassination of major Hamas leaders has also weakened authority structures in that party.

Sharon

Hamas


Input: If the Israelis and the Palestinian leadership can not find a way to reinvigorate the peace process, cells of radical young Palestinians may grow up that look to bin Laden for their cues.

bin Laden


Input: Even if local Palestinian leaders remain strong enough to keep al-Qaida out, the festering Israeli-Palestinian struggle remains among the best recruiting posters for al-Qaida with young Muslim men.

al-Qaida

al-Qaida


Input: Resolving this conflict would be the most effective weapon the United States could deploy in its war on terror."

United States


Input: There has been random speculation about Google developiong a new browser and/or acquiring Firefox.

Google

Firefox


Input: It is true that Google has been in acquisition mode.

Google


Input: They have acquired Urchin, Zipdash, Applied Semantics, Picasa, Blogger, and satellite imaging company Keyhole, so why not Firefox?

Urchin

Zipdash

Applied Semantics

Picasa

Blogger

Keyhole

Firefox


Input: I have no inside information, but I have been following links today that strongly indicate that Google is damn serious about securing permanent control of the leading edge browser technology in Firefox.

Google

Firefox


Input: Ben Goodger is the lead engineer for Mozilla Firefox.

Ben Goodger

Mozilla Firefox


Input: He announced this in January:


Input: As of January 10, 2005, my source of income changed from The Mozilla Foundation to Google, Inc. of Mountain View, California.

The Mozilla Foundation

Google, Inc.

Mountain View

California


Input: My role with Firefox and the Mozilla project will remain largely unchanged, I will continue doing much the same work as I have described above - with the new goal of successful 1.1, 1.5 and 2.0 releases.

Firefox

Mozilla


Input: I remain devoted full-time to the advancement of Firefox, the Mozilla platform and web browsing in general.

Firefox

Mozilla


Input: He also announced this in January:


Input: Welcome Darin!

Darin


Input: I just want to extend a big "Welcome!" to Darin Darin Fisher who joined me at Google this week.

Darin Darin Fisher

Google


Input: 2005 is going to rock!


Input: Darin Fisher wrote this response on January 25, 2005:

Darin Fisher


Input: Me and the big "G"


Input: Following on the heels of Ben 's annoucement yesterday, I thought I 'd post that I have joined Google as well.

Ben

Google


Input: Like Ben, I will still be very much involved with the Mozilla project and community :-)

Ben

Mozilla


Input: Posted by darin


Input: Ben made another announcement on March 28, 2005:

Ben


Input: I want to use this opportunity to welcome Brian Ryner to Google!

Brian Ryner

Google


Input: Brian has been one of the most crucial elements to the success of Mozilla software over the past few years,...

Mozilla


Input: Great to have you on board!


Input: Now, none of this has been confirmed by Google at the present time, but it 's an old adage that you follow the money to see who is behind something.

Google


Input: In this case, following the talent leads me to think that Google will be making an announcement this year that formalizes the Google-Mozilla/Firefox relationship.

Google

Google

Mozilla

Firefox


Input: If you have not already seen the Flash movie Epic , you should take a few minutes and view the future history of media as conceived by Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson, with music by Aaron McLeran.

Robin Sloan

Matt Thompson

Aaron McLeran


Input: In this movie Google and Amazon (GOOGLEZON ) create a brave new world of media in 2008.

Google

Amazon


Input: This is one thought-provoking film.


Input: Every move Google makes brings this particular future closer.

Google


Input: Just one small commment - it 's not possible, as far as I know, for Google to "Aquire" Firefox.

Google

Firefox


Input: They already have rights to take it, alter it, and release those changes to the world - this is what the whole open source thing is about.


Input: I 'm inclined to say that google is doing what they can to both shape and support the growth of the most popular non-Microsoft browser out there - by taking on the leading lights in Firefox development, they 're ensuring the continued life of the project, and ensuring (not that I think they need to) that their voice will be heard admidst the higher echelons of the firefox development team.

google

Firefox

firefox


Input: It 's this sort of enlightened self interest that keeps large open source projects alive.


Input: Fascinating viewpoint of the future in Epic.


Input: Thanks for the link.


Input: Malach, What you say makes sense.

Malach


Input: Acquiring open source talent gives a company an inexpensive way of influencing and anticipating the direction an open source project will go.


Input: It probably gives more bang for the buck than acquiring a private company and having to handle the inevitable culture clashes and process mis-matches.