HKHC Goals

Many of you may be wondering what it is we do. Here are some of our primary goals:1. Engage the community in a dialogue about healthy eating (HE) and active living (AL) policy, and what it means to you2. Promote HE and AL policy and environmental change in the City of Buffalo3. Work with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board for AL matters4. Conduct a citywide assessment of policy conditions, physical and environmental landscape, and organizational...

What is Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities?

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities - or HKHC - is a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that focuses on policy- and environmental-change that increases opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating -- leading to better overall health.Why is this important? Good health goes beyond "not being sick." Good health includes eating right, getting enough exercise and feeling good about...

ICVSS 2010: Have you cited Lagrange?

Yeah, I have. :) Before the beginning of the summer school we received a homework assignment from Prof. Stefano Soatto. We had to read the three papers and discover the roots of ideas exploited by the authors. Such connections are not obligatory expressed by references. As a result, one had to get a tree (or, may be, lattice) with a root in the given paper. Since the task was not accurately formulated, most of us chose just one paper and made a tree...

the house is a little quieter....

okay A LOT quieter, now that my biggest kiddo is off at camp for the week.... it's amazing how easy it gets w/ a baby when the big sister is away. warren and i feel like we are on vacation! we went on a long walk, visited w/ friends and drank wine, cooked a yummy dinner, watched a strange movie, cleaned the house (and it stayed that way), slept in a little...and now i can actually sit at the computer...