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DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) - A Zephyrhills man has been sentenced to life in prison for taking part in attacks on two elderly women.
A Pasco County judge sentenced 21-year-old Jathniel McMichael to multiple life terms Thursday. He was convicted Wednesday of several charges, including home invasion robbery and felony battery. He was also convicted in May of similar charges for an earlier attack.
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Despite these problems, resources are scarce for counternarcotics activity in the Caribbean, particularly around unincorporated U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"Although the Coast Guard interdicted over 1,700 pounds of cocaine in Puerto Rico from January 2009 and August 2011 and none in Miami during that same timeframe, the Coast Guard Office in San Juan, has to rely on assets from Miami to reinforce their fleet," Rep. William Keating (D-MA) said.
The lack of attention on Puerto Rico is particularly questionable, according to Keating, the subcommittee's ranking member, because Puerto Rico's population is 3.6 million more than Miami's.
To make matter worse, observed Keating, the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has been accused of "widespread corruption and abuse.' In a September 2011 findings letter, the Department of Justice called it "an agency in profound disrepair."
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) followed this up on Tuesday with a report harshly critical of the PRPD. "These abuses do not represent isolated incidents or aberrant behavior by a few rogue officers," the report said. "Such police brutality is pervasive and systemic, island-wide and ongoing. The PRPD is steeped in a culture of unrestrained abuse and near-total impunity."
"[T]he homeland security resources, equipment and personnel that are deployed to those areas are not on par with other parts of the United States with less challenging circumstances," said Keating. "This is an issue that requires a comprehensive strategy."
A few weeks ago, Holder agreed, telling the House Judiciary Committee that "When one looks at the Caribbean, Puerto Rico in particular, I think we need to have a strategy," he said. Last December, Holder also told the same committee that drug trafficking in Puerto Rico and the broader Caribbean "is a national security issue that we must face."
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Yahoo! To! Sell! Home! Gene! Test! Kit! In! Japan!
Fuck. That. Shit.
And people worry that Google knows too much about it's users. What happens when yahoo! (inevitably) goes under and the creditors swoop in to sell everything they can get their hands on to the highest bidder? (I realise Yahoo! claims it's just a middle-man selling the kits on behalf of another company - but I can't see a struggling search company simply doing this out of the goodness of their hearts without getting a peek at the data themselves.)
I don't trust companies' "altruistic" claims very much when they're doing well, I trust them even less when they're desparate and trying to stay afloat.
Tiny Ubi Android machine pre-orders open
Re: 7 watts for LEDs and WiFi?
One big red one in the centre. It'll do anything you want - just don't ask it to open any doors...
Sock-wielding movie pirates go to prison
Re: Jason Hindle Couple of $$$?
Reminds me of that Black Books episode where Bernard Black gets locked out of the shop and goes to the movies -
"Excuse me, there appears to have been some sort of mistake - I bought popcorn and a drink and now I have no money left?"
Tesla Model S named '2013 Automobile of the Year'
NEWSFLASH - American mag likes american "company-critical" car
Sadly the award is irrelevant to anyone even considering buying a car. This sentence in particular irks me:
"Editors also raved about the suspension's ability to soak up bumps that tortured other test cars. It was just as impressive on the racetrack -- yes, we took it on the track. "All that speed, along with powerful braking, superflat handling, and sharp steering, gives you the sense that you're invincible"
This isn't a review, it's an ad.
And why the fuck is the 2013 carof the year being awarded in november 2012?! I can wait until February when presumably we find out what the worst national disasters of 2014 are going to be so we can prepare for them nice and early.
Mexico to Apple: You WILL NOT use the name 'iPhone' here
I can only hope
That Apple continues to launch frivolous and arrogant lawsuits - I love reading these stories...
British judge: Say you're sorry Apple... this time like you MEAN it
Re: "Journalist does job shocker"
The problem with article rating system was that people seemed confused as to its usage - articles that featured news that people didn't like got downvoted, and articles that had "good" news got upvotes - regardless of the quality of the reporting. If this was the original purpose, then it worked. The fact that it was removed indicated to my mind that people were voting for the wrong reasons.
I'm all for a journalist "saying something", as long as it's made known that the work is being editorialised, or is a comment.
As for regurgitating stories; many news comes from one source in tech (eg. profit/loss statements and R&D spending statements originate at a single point issued by the company - inevitably lots of outlets cover the same ground) and in tech, a lot of news tends to come from press releases because otherwise we simply wouldn't know about it - tech journo's can't exactly set up a hidden camera in the plains of the savannah to get a glimpse of the next ARM processors.
Ultimately, as long as the information in the article is accurate, and both sides of a story are given voice (or at least an attempt has been made to give both sides voice) then the story is at the very least worthy of being published.
Re: shocker!!
"Happens all the time anytime that Andrew or Lewis post a story."
Many stories from Lewis and Andrew are comment pieces, or editorialised, only showing one side of the story, thus people tend to give their own comments in return in the "comments" section (when a comments section is avaliable). And, to be fair, Lewis and Andrew's stories deal with a single side of a select number of issues - global warming, nukes, copyright theft, weapons. A quick look at other stories by Anna Leach shows a large variety of issues and topics (many, such as the multicoloured tarantula story from about a day ago, don't mention apple at all - so I'm not quite sure what you were hoping to achieve with this comparison?!).
As you can see in the article, Anna contacted Apple for their side of the story, and they chose not to make a comment. Anna didn't decide what the courts should do, she reported what happened - which is what reporters are supposed to do. Just because Engadget never report on negtive Apple stories doesn't mean someone else has it in for Apple because they *do* report on the negative.
iPhone 5 imperilled by Sharp's 'huge' problems with tellies
Re: Apple anyone?
Given the losses that Sharp are recording, it may be too heavy a burden even for Apple. $5.6bn losses are enough to burn through apple's reserves of cash at a fairly rapid rate - and enough to put them in the red and do a lot of damage to stocks.
Crawling back to Samsung will require a painful amount of pride swallowing, but it'll be the smarter choice from an economic point of view.
Apple puts less of its takings into R&D, hires more sales cultists
I think I've read something similar to this before
Facebook's "anti-bullying pledge" lands in Oz
"pledges" != success
If clicking on a "pledge" is as easy as clicking on a "like", why would this be any different to the "KONY2012" campaign, or any other flash-in-the-pan click-button activision attempts? It seems almost insulting that facebook would use the same method of activism that a 12 year old would use on Facebook, despite having the power to do so much more.
Having said that, I fully expect facebook to claim success when people click on it, despite the inevitable streisand effect as people ramp up their trolling in response to it.
US court dumps on "browserwrap" T&Cs
"highly inconspicuous hyperlink buried among a sea of links"
Describes pretty much every T&C page on every site I've ever visited. Glad to hear common sense prevailed.
Sadly, I fear every site will continue to use browertraps, as the majority of users don't know where they stand.
Underdone iTunes put back in oven for another month
^This is exactly what needs to happen
but unfortunately, it won't.
Having the whole iTunes store in your face when you want to listen to music is more or less how they want it, I believe - sadly I don't think it'll change without user backlash (and since everyone *has* to use iTunes for absolutely everything, backlash can't happen in any meaningful way).
It's completely daft (like having to go down to the supermarket and having your dinner in the meat section so they can sell you crap while you're enjoying the stuff you've already bought).
Personally VLC has been the best thing I've encountered when it comes to ease of playing pretty much anything. I honestly think that if archaeologists discovered some unidentified language written on 10,000 year old stone slabs, they could digitise it and VLC player would find a way of making sense of it.
Nice that they're finishing it -
But without the maps fiasco, would they still care? Or would this be getting shovelled out the door in the knowledge that iFans will say how magical it is anyway?
Considering what a massive part of the "walled garden" iTunes constitutes, it's amazing that it remains one of the worst things they're produced.
Hurricane Sandy: Where are all the cynical online scams?
Re: wtf
Having a stock exchange in the middle of a hurricane affected city in a capitalist nation goes a long way towards making sure things get fixed quick. For all the environmental factors that contributed to the devastation of Katrina, I can't help but feel that the lack of influential affected people contributed to the completely half-arsed clean up attempt.
Re: Quite
"but she's got no power and no water, and is online at a Starbucks."
If someone has to go to Starbucks for anything, the situation should automatically be upgraded to "pretty fucking bad".
Curiosity probe tastes Mars soil: Dude, this reminds me of Hawaii
"Curiosity has tasted its first Martian soil and decided it's a bit like a piece of Hawaii."
So it's full of guns, golf resorts and fat people?
Dark matter pioneer scoops Oz science prize
Well earned
Another great discovery, borne of the human need to ask questions.
Fuck I love science.
Nobody knows what to call Microsoft's ex-Metro UI
Re: Maybe...
I was thinking perhaps something that resembled the end of a bell. Steve Ballmer's forehead, perhaps?
Japanese toilet can save penalty kicks
Could be useful
I've seen a few pub loo's where this sort of "catching" tech could be useful...
Disney buys Lucasfilm, new Star Wars trilogy planned
How long before
Disney decides a "reboot" is needed- featuring a younger, more sensitive Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca is now a "werewolf" with a six pack and Han Solo is (still) played by a geriatric Harrison Ford with a carefully camouflaged zimmerframe.
Geneva devastated by monster tsunami, millions at risk
"Out of its banks it devastated villages with very old men and herds, it even destroyed many holy places with their priests"
The tsunami managed to destroy a village using only old men and herds? And it convinced priests to destroy their own holy places?! Must've been some sort of brain wave.
Apple turns off Siri's potty mouth
Let's be honest -
If Siri was giving directions via Apple Maps, the authorities had little to worry about...
Google Nexus 4 flips finger at Sandy, appears on YouTube
One day old, a generation ahead...
I can't help but feel the iPhone 5 has aged massively in the past 24 hours, particularly in the area that it used to hold most dear - user interface. Where android was only just keeping up with iPhone a few years ago, it feels almost an entire release ahead now.
Jelly Bean has really made big advances in UI, and Google Now seems like a lot of great ideas brought together in one area - plus widgets have reached a point where they feel like an important part of the interface, rather than an add-on. Android finally integrates all of Google's services in a smooth way.
Windows Phone 8, for all its flaws, has a UI that brings a lot of information to the front page, without clutter - live tiles make getting information easy, is very customisable, and feels intuitive (based on experiences with WP7.5, from all reports, things are even better with WP8).
iPhone5 has..... an extra row of icons. The UI hasn't really changed for generations, and simply can't convey information in the same way that the competition does.
Ironically, a lot of the new UI features that WP8 and JB4.2 have were probably a side-effect of Apple's litigious nature - they've searched for vastly different approaches to UI, and both come up with something better than what Apple has so vicously protected for the last 6 years.
I'll be getting a 16GB Nexus 4 on release (upgrading from an old Dual core LG 3D phone, can't remember what its called), the lack of an SD card slot irks me, but for $400 I'm willing to deal with it.
iPhone owners sue Apple for locking Jesus mobe to AT&T
Re: I always
And if you drive to another country and need to fill up over there, you'll be charged an exorbitant amount per mL of fuel.
Light ties itself in knots - spontaneously
What's a whelk got to do with a supernova?
Vodafone Oz slims down as customers flee
Vodaphone Deckchair Rearranging Co.
"We need to prioritise every dollar and internal action to count toward an improved customer experience and these changes are designed to deliver just this," Morrow said.
We're bleeding money, so we have to start firing people to make up for the fact that we can no longer treat our customers like shit."
178000 customers in 6 months... considering what lengths companies usually go to in order to hold onto a customer for another 24 months, I'm guessing it'll be many, many years before they even get back to where they were.
NSW drops NBN access bombshell
How nice of them
To treat us like pawns in their massive dummy spit.
It's ironic that part of NSW Liberal party's election campaign was telling the electorate that having a different government at both state and federal level would be *better* for the people, and that having the same party at both levels would give them too much power to do things - now we're left in a situation where things take longer, and cost more to do due to political point scoring and fear mongering. Was there actually a time when politicians actually did anything useful? or am I just being naiive?
ITU signs off on modular power supply proposal
Re: Wonderful news!
True, the micro USB direction gets me sometimes too - if I'm in a hurry I'd like to be able to jam it in whichever way and be done with it (a la the apple lightning connector). However the small size more than makes up for it (despite the small size being part of the issue for being hard to work out which way is up, being able to "fit more in" the phone is apparently a big reason for apple going to the new connector) and having a directional plug isn't really the *worst* thing that could happen.
Apple's consistency compared to other manufacturers was admirable in the past, but their insistence on retaining the 13 pin connector when the rest of the industry went to a USB standard - and then replacing it with another proprietary connectory just a few years later seems to be predominantly profit-related rather than due to any massive issues with the USB standard.
Re: Any electricians reading this?
I think the issue has been raised (not 100% sure, but it might have been in the article talking about the USB wattage increases, can't find the article atm) but brighter minds than I made a point regarding inefficiencies, or the amount of voltage/power that would be needed to push the required constant voltage throughout an entire house from a single converter...Don't quote me on it though.
"and six interchangeable AC adapter plugs for use with iPod, iPhone, and iPad"
It seems ironic that a company so obsessed with design could create something that clumsy.
I could get something similar for my Android phone - a micro USB wall charger (can pick one up for a fiver) and a universal wall plug (half as much again off ebay).
Much more convenient than "six interchangeable AC adapter plugs for use with iPod, iPhone, and iPad". Also that product (for 31 quid!!!) claims to be compatible with iPhone 5 and most of the previous ones - unless there's a bunch of different cables in there (which, according to the description, there isn't) I fail to see how that's possible - unless Apple has taken out a patent on "claiming something is perfectly compatible, when in fact it requires yet *another* fucking adapter".
Even better - I went on holiday in Europe recently and managed to keep phone and mp3 player charged with just a USB cable courtesy of Hotel TVs and communal PCs in the lobby. If every hotel room featured mandatory USB sockets, the world would be a much better place for everyone.
Unless you bought a phone that required an adaptor.
from A Particular Publicly Listed Entity.
Wonderful news!
It's also great to see that manufacturers have shown a desire to make life easier for people, first by adopting micro USB for phones, maintaining existing SIM form-factors for phones to make life easier for consumers , not updating proprietary connectors with *more* proprietary connectors, borking all the previous ones in the process, supporting updates to USB, whilst retaining backwards compatibility, and not requiring consumers to fork out more money for overpriced adaptors, thus eventually creating more crap that ends up in landfill.
I'm sure this trend of adopting universal connectors will continue with modular, universal PSU's being provided by all electronics manufacturers.
Happily, I can't think of a *single* electronics company that might even *consider* coming up with it's own proprietary connector in the face of the adoption of new modular PSU's, because *EVERY* major player in the laptop/mobile device arena has *ALWAYS* put the customer first.
And I definately don't think
A Particular Publicly Listed Entity
will even *try* to find a way of screwing even more money out of its customers.
Chrome extension blocks political speech on Facebook
Re: I've got a bad feeling about this
To be fair, most of the political guff that gets shovelled onto the front page of facebook by "ppl who r rly inurestted in politiks coz I watched teh news tday" can hardly be described as policy, or ideas.
As far as I can tell if the people posting most of the rants were capable of digesting differences in policy or ideas, they wouldn't be projectile vomiting illiterate crap onto the screen in the first place.
Samsung posts record profits as Galaxy sales crush Apple
@ dx
"Tried Googling for it but couldn't find any, but it sounds like you have a very solid idea... so let's have them."
Funny, I tried googling it (took about 10 secs) and on Samsung's US page it details that each year Samsung Electronics invests ~9% of revenue back into R&D
Samsung have also invested 822 million USD in a new R&D centre in Seoul (that's the site development cost, not even including the actual "research").
And apple's R&D investment as percentage of sales is hitting new lows. (Just over 2% in 2011).
This appears to coincide with Apple's penchant for litigation against pretty much everyone.
So although we don't have figures, we can see who's more comitted to R&D - it's ironic that the company that puts the least percentage of sales back into R&D is the one trying to get away with suing everyone else.
Also, considering Samsung Electronics have (up until recently) made a large portion of the electronics that go into Apple's gadgets, I'd say trying to rubbish Sammy's R&D is a fairly good example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
iPad Mini vs Nexus 7: inch makes all the difference, says Apple CEO
Dear Tim Cook,
Please do fuck off.
"7" = crap, 8" with lower res screen = best idea ever"? After the massive wank-fest over "retina" screens and how nothing is as good as a high pixel density screen, to try and dismiss the competition due to a 1" difference (despite a higher pixel density) comes off as desperate and complacent.
I have a feeling that very soon people are going to start wondering why the emperor isn't wearing any clothes after all...
Mysterious galactic glow caused by Hitchhikers' Krikkit style stars
I could be wrong...
But I believe that was Hotblack Desiato's stuntship - the one where everything was black, and the (not-fully-functioning) teleporter appeared on the final invoice as "Sund. explns." at five times the price.
"It's the wild colour scheme that freaks me," said Zaphod whose
love affair with this ship had lasted almost three minutes into
the flight, "Every time you try to operate on of these weird
black controls that are labelled in black on a black background,
a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done
it. What is this? Some kind of galactic hyperhearse?"
Just send out a message
I'm sure Hactar will get back to us shortly.
< Beer is for washing down the peanuts - have to keep those sodium levels up.
Hero police robot back on duty after 'unstable man' blasts it with shotgun
I feel sorry for the operator
The first SWAT robot operator with a negative K/D ratio...
Consumer group urges Aussies to spoof IP addresses
Digital downloads are even worse
I've had instances on Steam where the US price of a game is almost half that of the Australian store - absolutely ridiculous mark-ups that have put me off purchasing many games. I remember when Borderlands came out a few years ago the Australian price was about $89.99 USD - in the US store it was $49.99 USD. There are no distribution channels to blame, to shipping, and tax is a fraction of the markup. Absolute BS.
More recently I considered purchasing Cyberlink PowerDirector - unfortunately navigating to the US site game me a price some 30-40 dollars lower than the Australian site (but I couldn't buy from there, I'd keep getting redirected - even using hotspot). Again, no explanation, no justification, just "This is what we can get away with charging Aussies now".
Ultimately, if IP spoofing/use of VPNs and other workarounds are made "illegal" I foresee people turning to bittorrent to fulfil their needs - afterall, in the eyes of the consumer, if both methods are illegal, but one of them is free, many will see that as reason enough to choose the free option.
Windows RT still haunted by the ghost of Microsoft's 2001 tablet fiasco
Two sides to every surface...
Quite a few people have mentioned that Microsoft couldn't build a touchscreen interface. Part of the issue is that back in 2001 - they didn't have to. If you wanted a computer, you bought windows. Mac's were still like a special child - you didn't really say bad things about them, but you didn't really want one either. So Microsoft could make a half-arsed attempt at a touch interface, safe in the knowledge that no-one else had the market share to be able to pull customers if they did it better.
Now, Microsoft *has* to build a decent touch interface - apple are clawing back market share hand over fist, and the portable computing, storefront fashion is a "tablet" that co-workers and clients can see and use.
Microsoft made a big deal about that hinge on the back - and it's ridiculous that a little piece of plastic is given so much time - but in a way, it's that hinge that determines a lot of the success or failure. Part of the reason previous tablets failed was because they had the physical clumsiness of a laptop and the difficulty of manipulating a half-arsed touch interface. The simple stand puts the surface safely in the "it really is a tablet" camp, the keyboard skin reinforces that fact. It no longer looks like a tablet with a laptop hanging off it, which goes along way to eliminating the form-factor issues of older tablet PC's.
Having said that.... Every time I look at it I alternate between "those are some good new ideas, I can see it working" and "why bother? any compromise will still be seen as a compromise, it won't work".
At the very least they seem to show a better understanding of the market than they have previously, but ironically the Apple iPad is now commonly perceived to be the "safe" option (your company will either be perceived as "cool" or "keeping up with everyone else" - but there probably won't be much negative reaction*), whereas the (usually tried and trusted) Microsoft product is more of an alternative risk-taker in the segment...
*At the moment - the problem with being the flavour of the month is that eventually the month ends...
Apple CEO: Microsoft Surface 'compromised, confusing'
I'm curious
He neglects to mention *how* it's confusing, or what's been compromised, or even what it's trying to do...
Sounds like FUD 101 from the chapter "How to diss your opponents product when you don't even know what it is".
As for flying and floating - I believe seaplanes manage that pretty well (although the "car" bit is obviously lacking).
Also, how many more quotes are we going to have to put up with from CEO's and product leads about how "fabulous", "groundbreaking" and "amazing" their own products are?! They're hardly going to come out and say "I wish we'd made the surface tablet, they've done a much better job at rounding off the corners than we have".
Chinese boffins discover bizarro fish-oid creature with FOUR LIMBS
"narrowed the gap from 16 million to 6 million years"
I'm sure some creationist zealot will come out and tell us that this disproves evolution because where there was previously only one gap in the fossil record, there now exists two...
Dyson alleges spy stole 'leccy motor secrets for Bosch
Obviously insignificant
Why is this even an issue?! I mean a bespoke piece of machinery, developed over 15 years after 100 million is invested into it is hardly a cause for a patent dispute.
If, on the other hand, we were dealing with a slide-to-unlock hose unplugging mechanism "on a mobile device"(cos it's got wheels, natch), then I'd fully understand vast amounts of money being spent to ban everyone else who used anything that seemed even remotely similar, despite how brain-numbingly obvious such a system is.
Fujitsu assigns team of women to design PC for women
Didn't Volvo try this on a few years ago?
And Fiat? If I recall, every "designed by females, for females" publicity stunt invariably comes off as a patronising, money grabbing demonstration of just how out-of-touch the company in question is.
All of its drivers crash constantly...
But you should see it multitask!
"floral Kiss"
I gave my girlfriend one of those on her birthday...
Facebook donates cash seized from spammers to cyber CSI lab
Giving away seized money-
That'll help the share price!
Noisy whales made FAR MORE oceanic racket than humans do
In other news
A stereo system plays louder than a jackhammer; Reg Hack says "quieter is better... right?"
Australian volcano starts to blow
"Australian" volcano
Seemingly in the same was that Russell Crowe is "Australian"... I'm sure we would have been happy for Africa to have it right up until it started doing something interesting, then it's "Aussie".
Although the eruption seems somewhat less violent than one of Russell's.
LG Vu 5in Android phone-tablet review
Re: 5 inches...
*girl - although a Korean grill would be lovely to have around for those Sunday arvo bbq's.
Re: 5 inches...
I'm dating a Korean gril at the moment - her phone of choice is a Galaxy Note. I've come to realise that *any* photo of her where she's holding the phone in shot has the effect of making her look like a midget holding a normal sized phone - amusing, but kind of wierd. Particularly when the parents ask "have you got a photo of her?"
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There's nowhere for heat to escape within a tandoori oven. Inside this sweltering cylinder of clay, chefs stoke the flames to cook everything from flat naan bread to three-dimensional lamb and chicken. It's fitting then, that Klay Oven Restaurant has a name echoing this traditional Indian method of cooking?and a bite into anything on the menu proves that there's no need to alter these time-tested techniques. Popular orders include tandoori murg, a dish of stir-fried meat simmered in gravy. Outside of the oven, chefs use homemade cheese cubes to cook paneer dishes and fill puffed samosas with lamb, peas, ginger, and coriander.
Of course, all of this happens away from customers' hungry eyes. They're too busy sipping mango lassi beneath the dining room's golden tin ceilings, or perhaps drinking something more potable at the solid wood bar. At select times, Klay Oven also serves buffets (both of the vegan and meaty variety).
Today Kama owner and chef Vikram Singh cooks his internationally influenced Indian cuisine with a goal to give diners an experience that stimulates all the senses. Perhaps that calculated idea came from his background in mathematics and engineering. Or perhaps it came from his father, a renowned chef in India whose cuisine has impressed King Abdullah of Jordan and former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. After a successful career working with numbers, Vikram and his wife opened Kama to bring the local area an inspired, unique Indian menu?and one that would certainly meet his father?s inimitable standards.
Chef Singh actually draws on four decades of experience crafting his made-from-scratch sauces, homemade paneer, and spicy lamb dishes. To keep things interesting, he engages American, French, and Chinese traditions as he invents entrees such as tamarind-glazed baby back ribs and lamb tacos. But he isn?t the only one creating new tastes under his roof. Kama?s bartenders mix cocktails with fresh-squeezed juices and spike martinis with unconventional flavors such as cucumber, cinnamon, and rosemary. The restaurant recently received a 2014 Michelin Bib Gourmand award, given to the guide's favorite spots for high-quality cuisine at good value.
When Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Roger Ebert have all dined at the same restaurant, and guests praise their attentive service and attention to detail Check, Please!, it says something. It speaks to the food's quality, the establishment's longevity, and the clientele's diversity. Newly redesigned after more than 30 years in business, Standard India Restaurant is one of the oldest Indian eateries in Chicago, one of the first in the country to offer thali-style dining, and one of the few independent restaurants anywhere that's fed more than one million guests since its inception.
Originally established on Devon Avenue by Pardip and Bimla Kamboj, Standard India has since changed locations and been passed to their son and daughter, who perpetuate Standard's success with the same traditional, freshly prepared North Indian fare. In addition to their popular all-you-can-eat grand buffet, Standard promotes an innovative and authentic thali experience, during which diners eat from frequently refilled sterling-silver tins that Denise brought back from New Delhi.
In the kitchen, chicken, lamb, and seafood sizzle in a handcrafted clay tandoor, and chefs expertly spice vegetarian- and vegan-friendly curries as well as gluten-free dishes. All meals can be paired with the guest's choice of beverage, as the eatery boasts a BYOB policy free from irksome corkage fees.
Vermilion has garnered a great deal of press and accolades over the years. From being named one of Chicago magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2004 to gracing the pages of Esquire in an article titled "15 More Restaurants Not to Miss," the restaurant is no stranger to the spotlight. And at the heart of its success is Rohini Dey, a former consultant who, in 2003, decided to dive whisk first into the restaurant biz. Inspired by her Indian heritage, Dey set out to re-engineer the country's traditional approach, fusing contemporary homeland flavors with elements of similarly bold Latin cuisine.
At Vermilion's Chicago and New York City locations, the chefs craft meat and vegetarian fusions. Some of their most successful creations include the Gourmet-lauded duck-vindaloo arepas, lobster tail stewed in coconut-and-curry-leaf gravy, which was named the top dish worldwide by USA Today in 2004, and the tandoori skirt steak, hailed by Esquire. The decor mirrors the artful approach to dining, with sleek white spaces accented by black-and-white photos taken before the invention of color. Both locations also incorporate lounge areas that often come to life as fusion music, specialty cocktails, and a global wine list circulate the space.
At Bombay Spice Grill, you don't have to grab a table to enjoy the spices and sauces of Indian cuisine. Instead, Executive Chef Sunil Kumar designed a menu full of Indian meats, tofu, curries, and toppings that can be customized into a flavorful meal-on-the-go. Though the sauces come in traditional varieties such as curry, tikka masala, spinach, and vindaloo, the preparation veers from the methods of India to create healthier dishes. Chefs eschew cooking with ghee—Indian clarified butter—and instead use olive oil for heart-healthy wraps, sandwiches, salads, and bowls. And though wraps come with a slice of freshly baked naan or roti bread, clients can opt to make their dish gluten-free by swapping out bread for quinoa or rice. Guests can even customize their dish to be vegetarian and vegan, with ingredients clearly denoted on the menu. And to pair with a main entree, they can grab traditional Indian sides such as samosas and rice pudding.
With more than 30 years of culinary experience, Indian Grill's head chef and owner, Shri Tikka Ram Sharma, orchestrates a flavorful symphony of traditional Indian recipes and spices to create a concerto of savory northern Indian cuisine. Skewers pierce through chunks of chicken, lamb, and seafood before plunging into the fiery depths of a tandoor, a charcoal-fire clay oven that dutifully roasts and grills seasoned meats when it's not busy with its side job counseling down-and-out dragons. Sides of chutney complement the juicy flavors of the protein-packed entrees while bowls of curry pour forth aromas from a blend of classic Indian spices, including saffron, turmeric, and cumin. Most Friday and Saturday nights promise live sitar music, and complimentary oven-baked lentil wafers are always on duty to help keep ferocious appetites at bay until main entrees make a grand entrance.


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Maple Weekend: A glorious NH treat
If you have experienced Maple Weekend, you know the abundance of sensory pleasures it offers. If you have not, then you have deprived yourself of one of the great treats of life in the Granite State.
The world is full of modern indulgences. There are jaccuzi tubs, IMAX movies, elegant dinners, luxury cars. For children there are dazzling video games and magical concoctions of corn syrup and chemical flavorings. And yet there is a unique charm in the mix of sensations discovered when standing in the snow on a brisk March morning as the wind gently blows, dipping a cider doughnut into a cup of warm, fresh maple syrup, and taking in the beauty of this still rural state.
Though Maple Weekend is a tourist draw, it is a mistake to think of it as an event for flatlanders from out of state. This is a tradition for Granite Staters to cherish. These sugar producers are our friends and neighbors. The traditions they uphold are our traditions. They should be passed down to our children, not left for strangers to enjoy.
This weekend, 110 New Hampshire sugar shacks are offering syrup samples and boiling demonstrations. Some are offering sugar on snow, some pancakes, some cider doughnuts, some hot dogs boiled in syrup, some horse-drawn wagon or sleigh rides. No matter where in this great state you live, there is an operational sugar shack a short drive away. And this weekend it probably will be open, serving sweet treats to whomever wanders in. How can you resist?
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If I go on an exit visa can I back within 2/3 months?, I heard someone say's I can't back within 5 years….and right now I am working in KSA. Please, if I have this information I will be glad to you. – Mr. H (posted on March 18, 2011)
First of all, I would like to mention that, there is no explicit word in new Saudi Labor law in regard to the NOC. You cannot find the word 'NOC' in new Saudi Labor Law. (But Article 83 indirectly explain the procedure for some categories). Legally, NOC was a concept of old Saudi labor law. The law makers included this provision in old Saudi Labor Law to protect the legitimate interest of the genuine employer and combat unfair practices and competition between the employers. At the same time, it restrict unfair job switching of the employees also. But sometimes some employers try to misuse this genuine legal provision.
But now a day's in Saudi Arabia, expatriates who is going for exit, are in confusion in regard to NOC. NOC is a No Objection Certificate given by the employer/Sponsor to the employee after termination of his contract. Under the previous Saudi labor law, after expiry or termination of the contract, if the employee need to comeback to kingdom to work with another employer or a new job, he need to get a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from his previous employer prior to his exit.
NOC shows the consent and no objection of the previous employer to work with any other employer by the employee. Under the revised law, the No Objection Certificate by the companies for the departing employees was eliminated, if they had a proper exit visa on thie passports. The final exit visa stamped on their passport is the clear proof that the person left the company and Kingdom without any problems. Evenif the law explain like this,but practically when you go to Saudi embassy for stamping your new visa, they will ask you NOC in some cases. If no NOC, you have to wait at least one year to comeback kingdom. (In regard to Indian expatriates, the consulate in Mumbai, India, has announced that if an Indian expatriate left Saudi Arabia on a valid exit visa (not exit/re-entry visa) with the intention to switch over his job to another employer, he can come back kingdom without a No Objection Certificate from his current employer.)
In your question you did not mentioned your job profile or nature of exit. The time period to stay out is depending upon the nature of the job of employee. Even though statute stipulates this provision only for some categories, practically, Saudi embassy will ask for NOC for all categories. If you are an ordinary employee and have no NOC, you must wait one year outside Kingdom for comeback. If you are a key employee, who has access to business secrets, clients and confidential matters of the company, then you must wait 2-3 years outside the Kingdom. In statue, maximum period limited to two years but often it may extend up to three years.
If your contract termination is a legal termination, i.e., after the expiry of the contract term etc, you can request for a NOC from your employer. But at the same time you cannot compel your employer to issue a NOC in your favor. Because as per Saudi law employers are not required to compulsorily issue NOC. It is the prerogative of the employer.
Please be noted that, you must go on an Exit visa. If you leave the Kingdom with an exit-re entry visa, you cannot come back to work with another employer. You will be sent back from the airport itself. Moreover it is a crime.
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Mexico, 2003: First Annual HU Travellers Meeting
Creel, Copper Canyon, Mexico, Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2003
As Gerry Elam, USA, said of the Mexico 2003 meeting:
"Thank you Grant and Susan... it was a BLAST! Looking forward to next year already!"
From Jim Donaldson,
"Had a super time in Creel -- Best part was meeting all the great travelers. Here's to new friends! Thanks Grant & Susan, Juan Carlos & Gerardo. Am looking foward to next year when I can spend more time exploring the area. Check out the pictures at my site."
From Glen Davis,
"Thanks to all involved for a meeting that exceeded all expectations. Well done!"
From Dave Ceniceroz, USA
"Thanks for a great time."
In mensas barrancas - photo by the Ibarra brothers
In case you're wondering what you missed - or if you were there:
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If you can identify anyone we missed in the captions below, please let us know.
Following Photos by Glen Davis
KTM in the river
KTM and more of the huge rocks
Horse and the huge rocks found in much of the area
Tarahumara house in Cusarare
Tarahumara house in Cusarare
Following by Dan Toporoski:
Dan Toporoski, USA; Tiberio Jaramillo, Colombia; and organiser Juan Carlos Ibarra, Mexico.
Ready to ride outside the Villa Mexicana
Following Photos by Glen Davis
Basaseachi Falls
Basaseachi Falls
Cusarare Falls
David at Cusarare Falls
Following Photos by Kurt Wilde
Most of the attendees at the Meeting, unfortunately just after dark - we were having so much fun we lost track of time. (click the above photo for a larger version)
The Tarahumara did a very special presentation and musical show for us, with one of the top Tarahumara composers in Mexico, and led us in a traditional dance. I think they were having as much fun as we were! After, they even gave us a demonstration of some of their amazing running games. (click the above photo for a larger version)
The Tarahumara Dancers (click the above photo for a larger version)
Following Photos by Tiberio Jaramillo
The Tarahumara Dancers (click the above photo for a larger version)
A demonstration running race - the women shown here were having a great time, and we had to stop them or they would have run all night!
Following Photos by Gerardo Ibarra
El Rio
Basaseachi Falls
Juan Carlos, Tiberio Jaramillo, Grant Johnson, Gerardo Ibarra
Mark Summer, ?, ?, Allan Karl
Rosa, Tarahumara
Valle Monjes
By Jim Donaldson...
Dennis Latzy from Cool, California - the only one to ride a streetbike down to Batopilas - and back.
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Susan and I started the Horizons Unlimited motorcycle travellers events in May of 2001 while we were living in the UK, with an event held in our backyard in Slough. That first event had almost 40 people show up, and we were especially pleased that some came from as far away as Norway!
In 2002 we had moved back to Canada, so we organized a meeting in Nairn Falls, British Columbia, and also asked Chris Bright and Glynn Roberts if they would organize a second UK meeting since we couldn't be there. We had a small but enthusiastic turnout for the Canadian meeting, with folks coming from as far away as Missouri (almost 3,000 kilometers!), Alberta and California.
But the Brits really exceeded our wildest expectations. Almost 100 people came to the HU UK 2002 event, and had a great time. No rock bands or beer bashes, just motorcycle travellers and would-be travellers getting together to share experiences and tips - what a concept! For the HU UK 2003 event, almost 200 enthusiastic folks came together over several days and this is now well established as an annual event, with Glynn and Chris continuing to provide superb organizing, and a host of volunteers.
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March 11, 2014 — JDSU today announces the new CSAM (100G Services Application Module) that allows core network technicians to test 100 G circuits based on their testing needs. Leveraging next-generation CFP2 optics along with QSFP+ optics, users can install the CSAM in the T-BERD®/MTS-6000A test platform for the industry's smallest ultra-portable 100 G tester. Alternatively, technicians can install the CSAM in the T-BERD/MTS-8000 to create the industry's smallest central-office-compatible dual-port 100 G field tester. This compact tool can test T1/E1 to 100 G and virtually all interfaces in between. It provides a combined 100 G network and fiber optics test solution featuring optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) and fiber characterization (OTDR, CD, PMD, and Attenuation Profile) capability.
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Note: PCNWA2014 Keynote addresses will be about Water Quality Trading. Williamette Partnership Director Bobby Cochrane and WA DEQ's Helen Bressler will deliver the keynote presentations. Following will be a WQT panel discussion with Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Bresler, Mike McIntyre (Idaho DEQ), Alex Johnson (Freshwater Trust), Bob Baumgartner (Clean Water Services) and Robbin Finch (City of Boise). The panel is moderated by Tom Dupuis (HDR Engineering).
On Aug. 18, the Willamette Partnership, Freshwater Trust, and U.S. EPA Region 10, as well as water quality agency staff from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington released draft recommendations on water quality trading approaches in the Pacific Northwest. The recommendations are based on the group's evaluation of policies, practices, and programs across the country. The analysis helped the groups identify some common principles and practices to guide consistent approaches to water quality trading in the region. Pilot projects are expected to begin in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington this year.The documents produced from this process are not guidance or policy, so respective state participants choosing to develop trading guidance or rules do so according to their individual state processes.
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As you know from his endorsement of brains and lamb hearts, Frank Bruni has been answering questions over at the Times. Today, a reader asks whether he networks with the other critics and he responds, I've met Adam Platt of New York Magazine once or twice in passing maybe just once. I remember being in a restaurant maybe three years ago on the same night he was, and my dining companions knew and spotted him. He said hello to them when he was passing by our table at one point and he and I were introduced then. I got the sense I'd like him very much. And Platty, he's not just saying that because of your expense account. [NYT]
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The trouble with quick reviews and star ratings
- squid kun Dec 14, 2009 07:27 AM
User's comment? "Can't wait for it to open!!"
Rating? 5 stars!!
Even better, the highest-rated restaurant in New York City as of 12/14/09, per clicking Restaurants & Bars > New York City ( http://www.chow.com/restaurants/regio... ), is apparently a Thai place in Westchester ( http://www.chow.com/restaurants/79389... ).
This restaurant has all of eight "reviews," four of which are, in their entirety, "Great Experience **** The food was great. Must go restaurant," all by the same poster. Three were essentially uncritical praise, and the last was a question whether anyone had eaten there yet.
Of the three reviews praising the restaurant, one contained the comment, "I do not know why people kept saying there is no Pad Thai. It listed under Signature Hot Dishes," which is odd, since the absence of Pad Thai is not mentioned by any of the other reviewers. Rather, it's apparently a response to an existing Chowhound thread ( http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/664874 ) -- perhaps by a frustrated restaurant owner? -- which was posted as a Quick Review instead of to that Chowhound thread, so there are now two parallel discussions.
Jean-George, Shake Shack, and Sripraphai, you have some serious catching up to do!
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Yes, I'm sickened. You cannot imagine how hard the moderators and I worked, for the better part of a decade, to keep this place free of that sort of crud (it's so insidious; the truly harmful stuff isn't as patently obvious as these silly spammy plays).
I just pray that this effluent doesn't backsplash too dramatically onto the message boards....though with the conspicuous linking from there to here, it certainly will to some extent. The moderators will do their best to stanch that flow, but it obviously affects their morale when things are changed to make their efforts to keep Chowhound honest and useful harder rather than easier. Decisions like this feel crushing to them - sort of like shooting spitballs at Sisyphus as he tries to ascend the mountain carrying your heavy baggage.
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For the record, the mods have removed three of the four identical "Great experience" reviews.
I'm just curious as to what is the point to your post. Do you have suggestions to make that section better or want the star stuff to go away. You have to pick your fights and do the serenety prayer
"... grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference"
From this quote in a recent East Bay Express article I am guessing that star ratings fall into the first category
"Jane Goodman, the editor-in-chief of Chow.com, explained, "Yes, you can get a really nuanced vision of a restaurant or a type of food by wading through 200 posts, but I also think that it's asking a lot of people — and frankly it's asking too much of me, as a user, to do that."
The only problem I have with all this is that a light went off reading that. It explains the abysmal software for the forums. Why put any dollars into a part of the site the Chow staff doesn't want to use. Why listen to the posters who do use the forums in terms of the software difficulties?
When using a word like "wading", it may seem that it doesn't matter what is waded in.
"Chowhound Comes of Age" in the East Bay Express (Berkeley, CA)
So people can make a choice to eat at a restaurant based on reviews by hit and run posters writing stuff such as "Great Experience **** The food was great. Must go restaurant,"
Or read the threads (very few of which exceed 20 replies and often less) and pick up the nuances of dining greatness.
Different strokes.
I would only be interested in changes that would capture the best of both worlds.
This star thing makes me sad.
I don't understand what the value of stars is to people who come to this site to discuss food. If a reader wants to really understand why a restaurant is/isn't a good choice for them, then they should join in the conversation- or at least read what others have contributed. If they don't want to actually learn anything, but look at stars or numbers instead, then they can go to Citysearch or Yelp or Zagat or whatever. I agree that both types of information can be useful, but I don't agree that stars are useful for chowhounds.
I guess what saddens me is that Chowhound is slowly losing the very qualities that drew many of us to it in the first place.
Jfood thinks the 5-star rating is idiotic. The beauty of CH is the dialogue. By creating a five point rating system brings this site into the same category as Zagats, worthless. If people choose a restaurant by checking a single data point on a 5 star system they are not a CH.
I'm not a fan of the quick reviews or the star ratings either. There area too many reviews that are made by posters I have never heard of, and they have not posted to a thread, but the jump in on a restaurant and rave giving it 5 stars. Chowhound has always asked us to please not send recipes privately through the email, but share with the whole community, and these people on the quick reviews area not even trying to do that, not with recipes, but you know what I mean. If I posted and said that I really liked this restaurant and just gave you a link so you could see my post on Yelp, or a blog, instead of elaborating on CH, well I don't think that would be fair. It opens us up to a bunch of people that may, or may not, be recruited to post reviews and then be done with CH. So wrong.
Oh, and squid - love your example. Sad but true.


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