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The next time you fly over southeastern Washington, look down. The expanse of undulating hills covering the landscape is one of the more beautiful—and geologically distinctive—in the United States. In comparison to the long, linear ridges in many areas, the hills in the Palouse are arranged in a complex web of interlacing humps and hollows that look almost randomly placed.
Tectonic forces did not push up these hills, nor did rivers carve away valleys to create them. Instead, it was the wind. During the last Ice Age, winds blew in fine-grained silt, or loess, from the southwest. Much of it was rock flour, which had formed as glaciers crushed bits of rock along the land surface.
As winds transported and sculpted loess into distinctive dunes, a layer of silty soil—best known for its rich mineral content and ability to retain moisture—formed on their surfaces. Since the Palouse lies in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains and precipitation is often scarce, the capacity of the land to retain moisture has proven critical for farmers, which have made the area a leading wheat-producing region. Other major crops grown in the Palouse include barley, peas, and lentils.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of farmland near LaCrosse, Washington, on July 24, 2008. The false-color image was assembled using infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light. This combination is useful for observing vegetation and monitoring its health. Areas with the most vigorous crops, grasses, and trees are bright red. Areas where vegetation is drying or dormant are darker shades of brown and gray. Areas with no red are likely fallow or being prepared for seeding.
The same geological conditions responsible for the fertile soil of the Palouse's also created a problem for the region. The combination of hills, fine-grained soil, and farming means the soil is extremely susceptible to erosion. In 1976, the U.S. Department of Agriculture highlighted the problem in a report that noted croplands in the Palouse were losing about 20 to 30 tons of soil per acre each year, with some of the most susceptible areas losing 100 to 200 tons per acre. Forest and rangeland, in contrast, was losing less than one acre each year.
Many farmers have since made changes in order to address the problem. For instance, some have transitioned to no-till farming. Some plant different crops in adjacent strips, a practice that helps block eroding soil. The practice is even more effective when farmers till in patterns that match the natural shape of the land. This strategy, known as contour strip cropping, explains the complex, curving patterns in this image.
While erosion remains a serious issue, a report published in 1998 by the U.S. Geological Survey found that soil conservation practices had reduced erosion in the Palouse River Basin by at least 10 percent.
References and Related Reading
- Arcade (2009, July 29) Palouse Landscapes. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- Earth Science Picture of the Day (2010, August 30) Palouse Loess Accessed August 29, 2014.
- Frazier, B. et al,(1983, March) Soil erosion in the Palouse: An aerial perspective. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 38 (2), 70-74.
- Idaho Geological Survey Geology of the Palouse. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- Outdoor Idaho A Palouse Paradise. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- Palouse Prairie Foundation (2002) The Palouse Prairie. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Contour Plowing. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- The Seattle Times (2007, November 25) From the grind of ice and stone grew amber waves of grain. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- University of Idaho (1999, February) Agriculture in the Palouse: A Portrait of Diversity. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- U.S. Geological Survey (1998, July) Soil Erosion in the Palouse River Basin: Indications of Improvement. Accessed August 29, 2014.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (1979, February) Erosion in the Palouse. Accessed August 29. 2014.
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources (1996, January) Flood Basalts and Glacier Floods: Roadside Geology of Parts of Walla Walla, Franklin, and Columbia Counties. Accessed August 29. 2014.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Adam Voiland.
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How to: Set the Recovery Interval (SQL Server Management Studio)
Use the recovery interval option to set the maximum number of minutes per database that Microsoft SQL Server needs to recover databases. Each time an instance of SQL Server starts, it recovers each database, rolling back transactions that did not commit and rolling forward transactions that did commit but whose changes were not yet written to disk when an instance of SQL Server stopped. This configuration option sets an upper limit on the time it should take to recover each database. The default is 0, indicating automatic configuration by SQL Server. In practice, this means a recovery time of less than one minute and a checkpoint approximately every one minute for active databases.
To set the recovery interval
In Object Explorer, right-click a server and select Properties.
Click the Database settings node.
Under Recovery, in the Recovery interval (minutes) box, type or select a value from 0 through 32767 to set the maximum amount of time, in minutes, that SQL Server should spend recovering each database at startup.
The default value is 0, indicating automatic configuration.

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New Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker Friday left little doubt that he will use his 20 years of experience at German software giant SAP to push the world's largest IT company deeper into the software market.
In his first conference call with Wall Street analysts since being named to the post 16 hours earlier, Apotheker said he believes that HP should be more "valuable than the sum of its parts" and "software is sort of the glue to make that happen. Software [allows us to] differentiate on our industry standard platform. Software can make sure that various parts of our technology actually fit well together." He also pointed to "higher-value-added services" as an "increasingly important element and component of the strategy as well."
"HP is grounded in the hardware business," said Apoktheker, who stepped aside as CEO of SAP in February after less than a year in the wake of an SAP revenue slide. "There are few companies, if any on the planet, that could even come close to HP's capability when it comes to hardware. I bring to the stable an asset that HP is less grounded in, even though it is a great company in that business as well, that is software and to a certain extent high-added-value services. I plan to bring that personal value to HP."
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Rather than paying with dollars, iPhone 5 owners will have to pay with some of their own life energy. Every iPhone 5 owner will be required to give up one hour of their life. This way, with every 24 sold, Steve Jobs lives another day. Every million devices sold will grant Steve Jobs slightly more than an extra century of life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZKjJt-TkU [youtube.com]
Lifespan at 5 deg C, 33% metabolic rate.
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Lifespan at 5 deg C, 33% metabolic rate.
Sequence shortened.
Just wait till you have to deal with the Life Span Exporting Countries cartel.
Wait, with the iphone 5 I only have to give up 1 hour?
Will I get the 4 hour refund of the 5 hours I gave up for being a iphone user from V1.0?
I've just sucked one year of your life away. I might one day go as high as five, but I really don't know what that would do to you. So, let's just start with what we have. What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel?
Uh, the A8 is ARM's old smartphone core. Putting two of them in a package is a little bit clever because, unlike the A9 that everyone else's next generation products are using, the A8 isn't actually designed for multicore applications (the A9 scales to 4 cores).
The article was translated a bit poorly. A8 means "Apple's new name for their processor", not "Cortex A8 architecture".
Did you not read TFS? Apple is adding AirPlay and Personal Hot Spot! (Not that they need to really add personal hotspot, every apple fanboi would get a personal hotspot if apple released a line of napkins).
Look, it doesn't matter how crappy the actual hardware is, it's from Apple. Apple will make it shiny.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have no idea what AirPlay or Personal HotSpot are, nor do I care, but I will hazard a guess they are old technology for everyone else...
Qualcomm recently demoed an upcoming SoC based on a dual-core Cortex-A9 that was putting out 1080p 3D video. I think they're planning on 1.2GHz cores, which can vary the clockrate, voltage, or just turn off a core entirely, as needed. Combine that with a smaller process, and that is likely to be VERY power efficient. EVO 2, please *grasping hands*. 2H2011 is going to be a very fun time for smartphone and tablet enthusiasts. I'm already really tired of the whole tablet craze, though. For more info on the upc
Yes, the N900.
And the Palm Pre.
And the Motorola DROID, Droid X, DROID 2, and DROID PRO.
iPhone 3Gs, iPad, iPhone 4, iPods, and Apple TV.
Pretty much every non-Qualcomm based phone currently runs on Cortex-A8 based CPUs.
galaxy s, nexus s...
I don't know why Apple does this. Just to confuse the market and make it seem like Apple has some special sauce whereas the reality is that Apple uses the same ARM designs as everybody else, running at the same silicons and Apples "customizations" are really minor hacks to the peripheral support. To me, this comes across as dishonest, and I wonder why they do it especially considering many people will perceive the next iphone as underpowered because of what seems to be an ARM chip from the previous genera
Cortex A8 = single core people. Cortex A9 = dual core.
It might be that Apple is calling their new processor A8, like the called their old processor A4. These names, though, are arbitrary and don't reflect the underlying Cortex architecture.
single core people
That's not a nice way of talking about iPhone users.
so the A4 is an A8 and the A8 will be an A9?
I guess this brain-hurting confusion is the reason why Steve has had to take medical leave. I think I need some too now.
The Apple A4 in the iPhone 4 is a Cortex A8, and the Apple A5 in the iPhone 5 will be a Cortex A9.
That's what all the rumors are telling, and if this article isn't (I haven't RTFA), it's probably wrong. And confusing.
Holy cow that article is written from ignorance. Never put it past a business rag to get technical details entirely wrong.
However not all changes are UI related; it is reported that Apple is due to add an ARM Cortex A8 processor to its iPhone 5.
Holy shit they're stupid. The A4 processor IS a Cortex-A8. I suppose Apple can be blamed for their stupid marketing garbage, though.
Also, Engadget reported that the next edition of iPad and iPhone will run on A9 multi-core chips designed by Qualcomm.
Goddamnit, no. Qualcomm does not use the ARM designed Cortex cores.
Apple Insider reported that the SGX543 is designed to parallel as many as 16 cores together thus the developers do not have to rewrite the apps to optimize multiple-cores.
Apparently the author of this article is just throwing around words, instead of being aware that there's a difference between the actual processor core and the on-die GPU core.
Basically, this article is filled with flawed writing based on the author's almost total ignorance of the subject. They know just enough, however, to be completely and totally wrong.
Qualcomm does not use the ARM designed Cortex cores
The Qualcomm Snapdragon is a (very) heavily modified A8. Qualcomm has one of the most expensive ARM licenses, which allows them to extensively modify the cores, rather than just stamp them into SoCs with other stuff.
Basically, this article is filled with flawed writing based on the author's almost total ignorance of the subject. They know just enough, however, to be completely and totally wrong.
Yes, I think I lost 5 IQ points from reading TFA. That'll teach me to click on links in
The Qualcomm Snapdragon is a (very) heavily modified A8. Qualcomm has one of the most expensive ARM licenses, which allows them to extensively modify the cores, rather than just stamp them into SoCs with other stuff.
As does Apple and Marvell (who has the original architecture license - DEC (StrongARM) --> Compaq (acquired DEC) --> Intel (through litigation with Compaq, and produced XScale) --> Marvell (purchasing Intel's mobile division)).
Samsung might have one too - their Cortex A8's were modified by that company Apple acquired as well, unless the A8 licensing allows minor modifications. Still, the A8 core used by Apple and Samsung aren't stock - I think the Apple one is actually a bit more modified as well.
(Fun fact - Apple was one of the original ARM investors (back when it was Acorn RISC Machines) and pretty much made it popular with Newton...)
Holy shit they're stupid.
Seriously. Who doesn't know that the A4 contains an A8 and that the A8 (the new A8, not the other A8 in the A4) will contain an A9? Shit, I learned that in pre-school.
Also, Engadget reported that the next edition of iPad and iPhone will run on A9 multi-core chips designed by Qualcomm.
For me here's where it goes from educated guess to rampant, wild speculation without any logic. Most likely Qualcomm will not be designing any chip for Apple. Apple has acquired both Intrinsity [wikipedia.org] and PA Semi [wikipedia.org] in the last 2 years to do their chip design. PA Semi for general ARM design and Intrinsity specifically for mobile ARM. Intrinsity did a great deal of their A4 design then Apple acquired them. For the next chip, Apple is going to abandon the company they just bought? Doesn't make a whole lot of sens
'A4' is Apple's name for a chip based on ARMs Cortex A8 architecture. The next chip will probably be called 'A5', and will probably be based on Cortex A9. A4/A5 and A8/A9 are two seperate nomenclatures.
Also, to 'flaunt' means to
display something ostentatiously, esp. in order to provoke envy or admiration
This is not something an inanimate object like a phone can do.
The release of iOS 4.3 beta for developers has revealed updates to gesture-based navigation, AirPlay and Personal Hot Spot in the next edition of iPad and iPhone.
No, it applies to current iPads and iPhones.
However, not all changes are UI-related; it is reported that Apple is due to add an ARM Cortex A8 processor to its iPhone 5.
What has the iOS beta got to do with the next iPhone's CPU?
I know that chronically uninformed articles are par for the course on Slashdot, but not understanding the difference between software and hardware is a new one.
A4/A5 and A8/A9 are two seperate nomenclatures.
Even more confusingly, the Cortex A5 is ARM's ultra-cheap line of processors aimed at not-so-smary phones. I'm looking forward to Apple hyping the A5 and Nokia putting a sticker on their bottom-of-the-range phones saying 'A5 inside' or similar.
Here's to hoping that Apple puts a more powerful processor in the second iPad than they do in the 5th iPhone. I realize they likely had the same processor in the iPad/iPhone 4 just to keep things simple, but it seemed really strange to me that a device with a bigger screen (and marginally larger resolution) had the same CPU in it as the tiny version.
Here's to hoping that Apple puts a more powerful processor in the second iPad than they do in the 5th iPhone. I realize they likely had the same processor in the iPad/iPhone 4 just to keep things simple, but it seemed really strange to me that a device with a bigger screen (and marginally larger resolution) had the same CPU in it as the tiny version.
Bigger AND marginally larger resolution? So if the iPad had a 1024x768 screen but a 12" screen, that would necessitate a more powerful CPU than a 10" version at 1024x768?
Seriously, "flaunt"?
So, does "having" this processor mean it is going to be "flaunted". "Flaunt" has a kind of negative connotation of waving something around to be sure everybody can see it.
Maybe words like "have", "sport", "use", "be built with", or "ship with" might be more applicable.
TFA doesn't have the word "flaunt" in it. Maybe a little less editorializing in the headlines would be good here. In this case, it's just plain not applicable -- no more than my desktop machine is "flaunting" it's quad-c
Seriously, "flaunt"?
My first impression, too. My mind's eye pictured a lowered iPhone with the A8 mounted on the outside, spinner rims, ground effect lighting, and an airbrushed graphic of a busty chica in a bikini sporting a Bob Dobbs tattoo on her navel.
You really have to hand it to Apple: Very few other companies garner headlines for what amounts to "Pre-release software build indicates that version N+1 of product X will incorporate version N+1 of the assorted off-the-shelf hardware that went into version N".
Except that Apple has nothing to do with the articles. Their typical response to questions about their future products has always been: "We do not comment about future products." These articles comes from every "expert" on the web making speculation on what Apple will do next in order to get more clicks.
Unless the package says "Now with A8 Processor!" or something similar, it's not flaunting the A8. Given Apple's general refusal to put any kind of hardware specs they can avoid on packaging for these devices, it seems very, very, unlikely that they will "flaunt" anything so meaningless to the average reader.
Yeah I'd totally hit some of that hot piece of ass Apple is flaunting in Main road.
Oh wait I got confused. They are utilising an upgraded processor in their upcoming iPhone refresh.
The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have his head knocked off. -- Bill Conrad


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'The war in Afghanistan is in danger of becoming a forgotten conflict because of events in Libya and across the Middle East, David Miliband has warned.
The former foreign secretary told the BBC more effort was needed to find a political solution before British and US troops are withdrawn in 2014'.(April,13-BBC news.uk)
How forgotten a war could be? I wanted to find out answer to this myself. So I unearthed the address of my schoolmates, the Ghazni brothers, who came in the eighties to do Engineering. They had scholarship and were in affluent circumstances. Their bulging wallet made all the boys root for them. Moe the Gregarious never lacked friends. Unlike Mohammed, his twin brother Ummer the Moaner just brought motherly instincts out of any girl. Ummer had his harem of weepers who comforted the fatherless boy while Moe threw money around despite a terrible tragedy.
Under occupation he lost many of his relatives. His father and his grandfather were lined up against a mud wall by the Soviet Army for retaliation. They were picked at random and shot. As sop to the outrage the Americans sent many helter-skelter on special grants to study. The twins were beneficiaries of that impersonal windfall. Moe celebrated life in honor of the dead. Ummer felt the loss of his dear ones with all the intensity his sensitive nature could bear. They both felt their loss last time I met them at the turnstile of our adult lives. Ten years ago they had moved over to their hometown in order to add their expertise for the village once again under seige. Five years ago Moe was killed by Taliban because he refused to be cowed down. He despite threats sent his daughter to College and for it he was executed with a bullet at close range. Ummer lost his family impersonally by a drone attack. They were on their way to attend a wedding. It was all a mistake, the news said so. I could get Ummer and asked if the Afghan War was a forgotten war. 'How can I ever forget the death of my brother, my right hand? How can I forget loss of my wife. My heart is ripped apart?' Later he said,' I am part of a growing army of dead,-and the dead never changes opinions'.
For once he was dry eyed and said in the end,'The dead can only think of what made them dead'. No war can be forgotten by those who are in the line of fire. Thinking it over Ummer had run out of tears and it must yet rankle deep within.


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Dutch_Master wrote:I could. But I've paid for a paper version...RolandS wrote:You could download issue 155.
Of course, but just in case you would not get a copy of LXF 155.
I do also agree that reading a magazine from screen is not 'real'.
If I understand lmpoleij correctly, it takes 2 weeks for linuxformat to travel from somewhere in Engeland to the Netherlands!
So I started thinking, how long it would take someone to walk that distance? I could ask a colleague who is planning to walk to Santiago de Compostela (for the second time!), she has obvious experience with long distance walking!
You forget you have to swim across the Channel!
I understand from correspondence in LXF that it takes >1 month to reach Australia. I never understood this.


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- UFC on FX 7
Belfort shatters Bisping's title dream in Brazil
Michael Bisping's UFC title dream was sent crashing to the canvas by one supremely timed Vitor Belfort head kick as the Brit was stopped in the UFC on FX 7 main event on Saturday.
Belfort served warning of the fight-ending blow when he caught Bisping late in round one, but there would only be one let-off for England's figurehead star as the Phenom ended things at 1.27 of the second round.
With Bisping looking to jab, weave and plot his way past one of the sport's most legendary knockout exponents, he never truly managed to apply any pressure as Belfort pounced for the finish, forcing a quick but correct stoppage from referee Dan Miragliotta.
Saturday was all about Bisping, who was guaranteed to book a middleweight title shot at Anderson Silva with victory. The same scenario is unlikely to now play out for Belfort - due to his previous loss to the champion, even though he is clearly the No. 2 middleweight in the world.
Bisping has been in 'final hurdle' territory before, losing to Dan Henderson and Chael Sonnen with Silva waiting behind the next door. And much like the Henderson defeat, he will return to the drawing board to figure out how to succeed when he meets the world's elite knockout exponents.
The Brit started confidently enough, showing good head movement and landing a heavy inside-leg kick, making Belfort miss early. However, the Brazilian found his range midway through round one and rocked Bisping late in the stanza with a high kick to signal his intent.
Standing with leg and left hand on the trigger in round two, Belfort swaggered around the Octagon as Bisping began to work his jab once more, eating a body kick as Belfort set up the fight-ending blow. The next time he threw his left leg, it was to the temple of Bisping, who collapsed to the canvas to suffer several follow-up blows as Miragliotta stepped in.
Classy in defeat, Bisping congratulated his rival, saying: "No excuses, well done to Vitor, I had a great camp, I felt confident. It was a beautiful kick, he caught me, he was the better man than me tonight. Congratulations Vitor.
"But I am not going away. You win some, you lose some, I'm gonna be back at the top of the pile before you f***ing know it. See you soon."
Belfort, meanwhile, instantly called for a rematch with light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones, roaring: "Get that clown Chael Sonnen out. Get him out. Let me fight Jon Jones, champion v champion, get Chael out. Let me fight for the belt."
UFC on FX 7 results:
Vitor Belfort bt Michael Bisping via TKO at 1.27 of round 2
CB Dollaway bt Daniel Sarafian via split decision (29-28 28-29 29-28)
Gabriel Gonzaga bt Ben Rothwell via guillotine at 1.01 of round 2
Khabib Nurmagomedov bt Thiago Tavares via KO at 1.55 of round 1
Godofredo Castro bt Milton Vieira via split decision (28-27 27-28 28-27)
Ronny Markes bt Andrew Craig via unanimous decision (29-28 29-28 29-28)
Nik Lentz bt Diego Nunes Decision via unanimous (30-27 30-27 30-26)
Edson Barboza bt Lucas Martins via submission (punches) at 2.38 of round 1
Yuri Alcantara bt Pedro Nobre NC (punches to back of head) at 2.11 of round 1
Ildemar Alcantara bt Wagner Prado via kneebar at 2.39 of round 2
Francisco Trinaldo bt CJ Keith via arm triangle at 1.50 of round 2


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2012--Veeva Systems has partnered with Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) to offer the life science industry's first cloud-based end-to-end solution that integrates clinical documentation and trial development. The two companies will integrate Vault eTMF, Veeva's electronic trial master file (eTMF) content management application, across the Medidata Clinical Cloud, offering life science companies and their global partners a complete clinical technology solution with a searchable central repository for all clinical documentation.
"Within the industry, there is an emerging demand for an eTMF to more consistently manage documents within a clinical trial," said Alan S. Louie, Ph.D., research director, IDC Health Insights. "With the industry shift away from individual applications to more comprehensive eClinical solutions, seamless integration of applications and features such as eTMF into existing eClinical platforms should help leading life science companies to more fully and transparently manage overall trial efforts and improve process efficiencies." As clinical trials become more and more complex, the need for dependable document storage combined with real-time data accessibility is vital. The partnership will meet this need, advancing technology platform offerings in clinical development by facilitating efficient management of the trial master file collection. The integrated solution also provides secure document exchange between sites and sponsors, reducing the need for separate enterprise collaboration systems and portals. The collaborative nature of the clinical research team also demands a solution that is globally accessible and meets both regulatory and security needs.
"This integration provides sponsors with a robust solution for managing documentation throughout the entire clinical trial process, seamlessly working with the Medidata Clinical Cloud," said Glen de Vries, president, Medidata Solutions. "Establishing partnerships with a technology company like Veeva—one that is as dedicated to using the best of cloud computing to streamline and improve clinical trials—is crucial to ensuring the best possible offerings for our customers." Vault eTMF is a cloud-based solution that provides clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) with real-time access to clinical documentation throughout the clinical trial process. Integrating Vault eTMF with Medidata's suite of solutions, including electronic data capture (EDC), clinical trial management system (CTMS) and risk-based monitoring, saves valuable IT implementation time and costs by eliminating the need for multiple integrations of eTMFs and clinical systems across a trial's processes. Additionally, the partnership will speed trial start-up, reduce compliance risk and provide better visibility into trial processes.
"Partnering with Medidata gives us the opportunity to further help research sponsors lower their cost of clinical development and speed time to market," said Peter Gassner, president & CEO, Veeva. "Complete and accurate documentation is a crucial part of any trial, and being able to provide it across the entire trial process via the cloud is a huge benefit for the life science industry." Connect with Medidata: Read our blog, Geeks Talk Clinical Tweet this: .@veevasystems teams with @Medidata to offer integrated eTMF across #clinical #cloud platform http://bit.ly/YLZcji Follow us on Twitter: @Medidata Find us on LinkedIn About Veeva Systems Veeva Systems is the leader in cloud-based business solutions for the global life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence and customer success, Veeva has over 150 customers, ranging from the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. Founded in 2007, Veeva is a privately held company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Philadelphia, Barcelona, Budapest, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo.
About Medidata Solutions Worldwide Medidata Solutions is a leading global provider of cloud-based clinical development solutions that enhance the efficiency of customers' clinical trials. Medidata's advanced platform lowers the total cost of clinical development by optimizing clinical trials from concept to conclusion: from study and protocol design, trial planning and budgeting, site negotiation, clinical portal, trial management, randomization and trial supply management, clinical data capture and management, safety events capture, medical coding to business analytics. Our diverse life science customer base spans biopharmaceutical companies, medical device and diagnostic companies, academic and government institutions, CROs and other research organizations, and includes more than 20 of the top 25 global pharmaceutical companies as well as organizations of all sizes developing life-enhancing medical treatments and diagnostics.CONTACT: Edelman Geoff Curtis, 312.233.1253 firstname.lastname@example.com or Veeva Systems, Inc.
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I'm testing a site with new security in place that works great in IE, Firefox, and Chrome. However, Safari is a whole "nuther" thing. I assume the Mac side is behaving the same as the windows version, but simple javascript like "history.go(1);" is ignored, as is (for the most part) cookie settings in Safari.
I have an app that people need to login to, but before they do cookies are required from the browser (I'm using session vars), then when they logout, I clear/destroy the session, and finally lead them to a logout successful page and drop the history.go(1) on the page before, so you can't go back and review previous secure sessions. Works great as I mentioned for IE, FF, and Chrome. (Haven't tried Opera yet)
IF, and only if, I "reset" the safari browser, and test with cookies off, it will behave properly, and acknowledge the site as designed and the user is reminded to "enable" their cookies before logging in. When done enabling, they are to click on a link to retry (retests for cookies) logging. That actually doesn't work (safari has already hard cached this page), but "refreshing" the browser does work and it realizes cookies are back on, and the login page shows correctly. I can then login and run normally, until... I logout. After logging out, as I mentioned above (despite the history.go(1), they can freely browse back through the entire previous secure session with ease. Not good manners, I say.
To make it worse, if I then go back in, clear the cache, and re-disable cookies in safari (to retest), I can login as if cookies are actually enabled. And all my session logic testing at every page that is secure is ignored. I'm able to surf the entire site (new pages included), as if the cookies are on. WTF?
It appears the only thing that you can count on from safari is a clean new browser session that has been "reset."
Here's a previous thread that had a great idea by randomizing the the login url, which I may try. It still doesn't solve the history back issue though.
Tell me Apple is fixing these bad behaviours. Is anyone else having similar issues? Any work arounds?
Did I mention that I'm running Vista 64 bit? Shame on me, I know, I know.


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The planning horizon for the 4% rule is 30 years, but how long will your retirement really last?
One of the key difficulties of planning a retirement income strategy is that this question is difficult to answer. We may know our life expectancy, but that is just an average and there is a great deal of variability around that average. To be conservative, one must definitely plan to live longer than their life expectancy.
The idea behind planning for a specific retirement duration is to choose a sufficiently long time horizon that one is unlikely to outlive, and to then plan based on that. In 1994, Bill Bengen thought that 30 years was a reasonable planning horizon for 65 year olds. The planning age in this case is 95. Others use 100 or 105 as planning ages.
To repeat a fundamental point which is sometimes overlooked, the 4% rule applies specifically to a 30-year horizon. Those who are either younger or older than 65 may need to plan for more or less than 30 years. And even 65 year olds may wish to plan for different retirement durations depending on how conservative they wish to be with their choice. A 65 year old planning to live to 100 or 105 would need to plan for a 35 or 40 year horizon.
The retirement duration is important because longer time horizons will guide optimal retirement income solutions toward:
- Lower withdrawal rates
- Higher stock allocations
- Greater reliance on guaranteed income retirement products
- An implied end date for building a bond ladder (and perhaps forgetting about the possibility of living even longer)
The risk (and this risk varies from person to person depending on how much value they would get from additional spending) of planning for an overly long retirement is that you cut spending and miss out on enjoying your hard-earned wealth. It is conservative to plan for a longer horizon, because it means you will need to spend less and may end up leaving a larger than planned bequest. This risk is missing from traditional safe withdrawal rate studies which focus only on minimizing failure. On the other hand, the risk with planning for a shorter horizon is that you may overspend and end up outliving your wealth.
We can see further about the role of retirement duration on sustainable withdrawal rates in the following figure I've made. Using the historical data since 1926 and all of thebaseline assumptions, including a 50/50 allocation to large-capitalization stocks and intermediate-term government bonds, this figure shows William Bengen's SAFEMAX withdrawal rate for retirement horizons between five and 40 years. To be clear, the SAFEMAX withdrawal rate is the highest sustainable withdrawal rate in the worst-case historical scenario.
William Bengen gave us the 4% rule using this methodology, and we can see here in this figure that the SAFEMAX for a 30-year retirement is 4.04%. This figure illustrates a curve in which the SAFEMAX declines, but at a decreasing rate, as the retirement duration increases.
Related to this, let's also consider the Required Minimum Distribution rates set by the IRS for tax-deferred retirement accounts. Those requirements apply after age 70.5, but those with inherited IRAs may have to withdraw at earlier ages as well using these rules. For this reason, the IRS provides these RMD rates for ages less than 70 as well.
The next figure compares the RMD withdrawal rates to the historical SAFEMAXs assuming a planning age of 100. These curves are relatively close together, though do notice that the RMDs become more conservative as one approaches age 100. This makes sense, since as one approaches their planning age, it becomes increasingly likely that one will live beyond the age. The IRS RMD rules are also conservative relative to the SAFEMAX for ages under 75, though do understand that these SAFEMAXs are for a 50/50 portfolio and will be lower for someone with a lower stock allocation.
I also worry that with current interest rates so low, the historical SAFEMAX numbers do not tell the whole story about how low withdrawal rates can fall, as sequence of returns risk matters.
Though the spending rate will be more volatile, using the RMD rules to set withdrawal rates for each year of retirement does present a viable alternative to using constant inflation-adjusted withdrawal amounts.
It is worth thinking about more as a way to understand the key lesson here: the 4% rule applies only to a 30-year retirement period, not more and not less.


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2005/10/23 20:20:00
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Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
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Hey all long time no post. My bad. I recently had a travel month (July) special over at
da ole blog
and this is from there. A recent Roadtrip took us thru and then back into Niagara Falls. We opted to go from Buffalo, where we spent Night One, straight into Toronto so that we could enjoy it there on a weekend and then returned to Niagara Falls for two nights before heading home. Second trip here for me which if you've never been is best taken on the Canadian side. Yes it's true the downtown area near the Falls is no different than the Wisconsin Dells or the Jersey Shore but the American side is no different than whatever sleepy suburb you want to name. There are more things to do on Canada's side. This goes for both kids and adults. The views are better too.
Niagara Falls, Canada
I had two fond memories of my trip here as a kid. The first being the fact the police there rode horses and carried a stick, the mounties. I didn't see any this trip but there were plenty of squad cars to keep the peace which was there despite the big crowds.
Strolling around
The busy season was getting into full swing as the place was packed despite it being a Mon and Tues night we were there. My other memory was the ride on the Maid of the Mist which is in it's last year. They're building a winter storage garage on the New York side which is where it will operate out of next year. They've been giving up close tours of the Falls since 1846. Double damn when the entire downtown area lost power on a beautiful sunny day and they couldn't sell Mist tickets, thus we never made it on. Gotta look at the positives though, I can at least consider myself lucky I wasn't riding the Ferris Wheel when it went out.
Some sights around town....Call me maybe?!?!?!
There's alot to do for kids here but not too much for adults. The dining scene is the same way. The downtown area is full of stuff you can waste money on and has all the dining options of every mall in the state rolled into one. If its a chain they're there. From Tim Horton's to TGI-Friday's and every awful spot in between. Although I did read that one of
Toronto's top chefs opened a place
at the Sheraton at the Falls. We didn't go there and unfortunately the fish and chips place Geo rec's upthread closed down but I did manage to find a few other spots like it around town. Assuming you'll have a car (most people there do) these places arent far and are way better than Wendy's Fried Cod sandwich. So I'd say they're worth seeking out.
Mini-Chain with three locations incl. one in Niagara Falls
I found Lakeport Fish & Chips while googling the info for Geo's place. I'm glad I found it because they do an excellent frying job here and serve creamy haddock with crispy chips. I had been fiendin' for some all thru our trip to Toronto where "Chippy's" like this are popular. I held off knowing it was one of a few good eating options around the Falls. Fish and Chip spots seem to be everywhere in Ontario. Most of them having been around a while. Lakeport's original location in nearby St. Catharines opened up in 1970. Just $7.95 for a one piece haddock which was a generous sized piece (pollack and halibut also offered). Sun. and Mon. it's buy one dinner and get second half off so you could feed a family here for cheaper than Applebee's.
Haddock and Chips
Day two we needed some lunch before hitting the wineries so we rolled into St. Catharines which was a 10 minute drive from downtown at the Falls. The Fryin' guys is another place I found while searching for Geo's spot and since they've been around since 1949 and so many people were praising the place we went there for lunch.
St Catharines, Ontario
I hadn't heard one "Eh" in Toronto but must of heard 20 from the lady owns this place. She was really welcoming and wasn't lying when she said that we're going to eat some of the best damn fish and chips we ever had. I got a two piece haddock with chips along with a single piece of halibut for us and was loving life then and there. Both Chippy's visited had some of the best damn fries I ever had and served perfectly fried fish atop them. Seek 'em out. There's also
Batter Up
which I wanted to try but they were closed on Monday and didn't open until 2p on Tuesday.
Fish & Chips at the Fryin' Guys
Other non-chain dinner options include quite a few Canadian-Chinese places as well as some Indian eats and an Indian-Chinese restaurant. Me having a little guilty pleasure fascination with other countries takes on Chinese cuisine I had to have some Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls while on this trip. I got an order for $6 with fried rice and an egg roll that wasn't that bad. Actual chunks of white meat chicken inside a dough fried batter formed into balls. Served with sweet and sour sauce on the side. It's basically Canadia's version of ours. More on this cross cuisine with a rich history in another post. This was from China Express which I drove by and decided to try.
Sweet & Sour Chicken Balls...yes I'm immature and laugh every time I say that
So is there anything to eat that isn't fried? Yes there is and aside from the casino (and dirty strip clubs) there's another place near where adults can have some fun. I found myself comparing Toronto to Chicago alot on this trip and the town of Niagara on the Lake is to Toronto what Michigan's Harbor Country is to Chicago. Plus theres the added bonus of the Falls nearby. It's about a 15 minute drive.
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
This is where I would have stayed had I known. Its the heart of Ontario's Wine Country which is a very booming business these days. There's close to 40 wineries in the area. With them come Tastings, Charming B&B's, Shopping, Spa's, Horse Rides, the renowned
Shaw Festival Theater Company
and good restaurants cooking with locally grown ingredients. All right there on beautiful Lake Ontario.
If you're going to stay in Niagara Falls make sure to check out a site like Travelzoo for deals as there's tons of hotels there so they have to give things to get people in. Stuff like free wine tasting cards and a $50 credit at the slot machines which was included in a package I got. We didn't get into town until the early evening on the 1st night opting to further explore Toronto during the day so we planned to use the wine voucher cards the next day. Nice call.
I'm glad we did as I'm now a little more experienced in something I dont have all that much interest in drinking if beer is an option. I never tried Icewine until this trip. It was pretty damn sweet (and not cheap) so I didn't buy any but could see myself sipping it after dinner now and then if it was around. There was a local brewery there as well.
Oast House
is putting out some nice stuff. I was sipping it at a bar and later that night for dinner. We tried to stop by their red barn brewery but they weren't open on our trip.
Peller Estates
So with all the wineries and a cute little town filled with visitors year round you have some nice food options to choose from. I stopped into an outlet of Kurtz Orchards Gourmet Foods while in town and noticed a sandwich menu. I asked what was up and the nice lady working there informed me that they serve soup and sandwiches at their Marketplace a few blocks down. So we rode over.
Kurtz Orchards Farm and Gourmet Marketplace
Inside they have all sorts of products as well as a place to grab a quick gourmet lunch and some coffee and or ice cream in back. I love Turkish Delights and never saw so many flavors offered anywhere else. I never had better. Also grabbed a few jams and jellies to get my mom mothers day basket going. But my main reason for visiting was to try the Montreal Style Smoked Meat sandwich I saw on the menu at their other place.
Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich
They told me their grilled sandwiches were the best sellers and this one was #1. Good for them. This was a nice tasty snack before heading back to Niagara Falls and attempting to ride the Maid of the Mist. We had also decided we would be back later in the evening for dinner from somewhere around there. We chose
Zees Grill
over the restaurant at Peller Estates which came with high praise but the lady liked what she saw on Zees menu so that's where we went. The restaurant is on the property of the
Shaw Club Hotel and Spa
located in downtown Niagara on the Lake. Looked like a beautiful place to stay. The menu is described as "Contemporary nostalgic comfort food updated with a unique twist".
Mothers Dumplings
Dumplings to start. I love me some dumplings and these housemade ones with "Pork, Chicken and Shrimp" with "Sweet and Sour Soy Sauce, Cucumber, Daikon and Green Onion Salad" seemed like a good way to start the meal. The waiter informed us one sous chef is from China and this is his grandmas recipe while the other sous chef was from India and used his mothers recipe for the samosas which are also an option under appetizers. I wasn't expecting them to come fried but still pretty damn tasty I thought. Next up for me was a popular Canadian treat I hadn't had all week.
Nova Scotia Lobster Poutine
Despite many options for both smoked meat and poutine while in Toronto I didn't have either of them there so I crossed them off the list on my visit to Niagara on the Lake. Obviously this wasn't your average poutine. Its the only menu item that's remained on it since they first opened, so it's very popular. "House Cut Fries, Butter Poached Lobster, Thornloe Natural Cheese Curds, Red Wine Veal Jus Reduction & Lemon Herb Hollandaise Sauce". Very rich, in taste and style.
Sea Scallops
She had the "Pan Seared East Coast Sea Scallops". Served atop "Sweet Pea & Best Baa Ricotta Ravioli, Warm Chorizo & Tomato Vinaigrette, Pea Puree & Sprouts For Life Organic Pea Shoots" I got to try half of one and this was an expertly prepared dish. Afterwards we had a few drinks at the bar and then took a walk around on the unusually warm night before heading back to the bright lights, beeping noises and carnival games at the Falls.
Late Night Stroll down Queen Street...
...See y'all in Toronto!
Lakeport Fish & Chips
8214 Lundy's Ln
Niagara Falls, ON
+1 905-357-3232
The Fryin' Guys
155 Lake St
St Catharines, ON
+1 905-682-8787
China Express
6175 Dunn
Niagara Falls, ON
+1 905-357-3333
Peller Estates Winery
290 John St E
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
+1 905-468-4678
Kurtz Orchards Farm and Marketplace
16006 Niagara Pkwy
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
(888) 909-2937
Zees Grill
92 Picton St
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
+1 905-468-5715
Beautiful Weekend to be here...
...eating and drinking in this world class city
Toronto was my choice (with her consent) for my recent recreational trip. As time passed flight prices rose sky-high to out of country places we had in mind. So why not Toronto? It's not in America and it's only an 8 hour drive from Chicago. After this trip I'm ready to say it's easily the best place to visit that you can drive to in that time frame. Hell it might be my favorite city to visit in all of North America. There's also the
added bonus of Niagara Falls nearby
so if you've never been there to see that, this road trip is well worth it. It's got alot of similarities to Chicago down to it's beginnings as the center of the countries Stock Yards. Actually it just passed us in population.
Look's familiar...
Before this trip was decided upon me and friends have had a trip here planned for Summer when Caribbean Carnival aka Caribana kicks off. it's the largest outdoor festival in North America with over a million visitors each year. It's rare for me to be overwhelmed with food options but there was no way I was going to be able to cover what I wanted to eat on three nights in town. That said I still think I did the city justice with this. It's a vibrant multicultural city that cant be covered in one, two or even three trips there. The type of place you look forward to going back to and see what else is going on. Let's do it.
Popular Sandwich Shop in Little Italy
We got into town around lunchtime and decided to check out this trendy area before checking in. Traffic is pretty bad in Toronto but we found it easy to get around in other ways. The Fish Store and YuNes' Sandwiches was a high priority as far as eats go and my hunch was dead on. Fresh fish for sale and grilled sandwiches to-go are what they do. There's a few seats outside but other than that it's small. I went with the Artic Char Sandwich and added on avocado for a bit extra.
YuNes' Arctic Char Sandwich
As tasty as it is pretty. Simplicity wins here. Perfectly grilled Canadian water caught fish with just garlic and herbs served on a soft Portuguese roll by a cute old Asian couple. This eclectic mixture of things became a trend on this trip. After that we strolled over to another spot I wanted to try. I found this
site to be pretty useful as far as finding locally loved food goes. They cover every last bite. Of course this thread was every bit as helpful and just as lusty.
Another popular Sandwich Shop in the neighborhood called Porchetta & Co.
Porchetta is what they do here. Obviously. Although on our Friday visit they were serving soft shell crab sandwiches which they had on special all weekend. If they were half as good as they looked then I know they were great. As was their signature sandwich. The Housemade porchetta with cracklins' topped with grain mustard and Parmesan cheese served on the perfect roll to hold it all together was memorable to say the least.
Their Signature Sandwich is one of the best you'll find anywhere
Couldn't ask for a better start with that 1-2 punch. We stayed downtown not far from the shopping district which is where you'll find
Eaton Centre
which was an absolute madhouse on a Friday around 5p. All of downtown Toronto was, it actually made Chicago seem kind of tame. Eaton Centre is one of the prettier damn malls I've ever walked thru. Taking up an entire block it's multi-leveled with a vaulted glass-ceiling galleria thats modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. I believe I read it's the cities largest attraction with one million+ visitors each week.
Inside the Eaton Centre
I had to leave her behind to do her shopping solo while I went and had a beer. Beer Bistro in Toronto was right down the street from our place of rest so that's where I went. Plenty of good cold beer options here as well as some really nice looking bowls of mussels and what many call the best fries in Toronto. They were just ok. Either I've never had real frites or every place I've ever had them at serves them authentically limp. Still good beer food.
Beer and Frites at Beer Bistro
Toronto has a little bit of an Izakaya Scene going on. It seems that most of these places come from other parts of the world. Mainly Japan but also Vancouver which is where Guu is from. They call themselves "the Pioneer of Izakaya" there on the West Coast and have a 2nd outlet in Toronto. It was on or list for Friday night.
Guu Izakaya via Vancouver
We put our name down and were told a 35 minute wait which ended up being well worth it. The atmosphere makes you want to drink and the food is well done and of all the places stopped in at on our trip, it probably had the best bang for your buck value. The entire staff is imported from Japan and it's like having one big happy family welcome you to their home. Everything we ate was great, service was top notch and everyone in there was leaving with a smile on their face. Fantastic place. I can easily see why it's so popular.
a peak inside
Scallops Wrapped in Bacon and Takoyaki to start off
Spicy Negitoro (Chopped BC Tuna w/ Scallion)
Grilled Saba Mackerel w/ dill herb, garlic, lemon and onion on sizzling plate
Maguro Tataki (Seared BC Tuna Sashimi w/ Ponzu and Garlic Chips)
Went to a couple other popular izakaya's on this trip so I'll just share them here so they can all be together as one. Izakaya Nejibee has over 30 spots in and around Tokyo with their one location outside of Japan located in Toronto. The subway was pretty easy to navigate and well ran. We used it a few times to get around while in town including our trip here. The place is hidden off a busy street in downtown Toronto.
Izakaya Nejibee via Tokyo
Nice place to start the night, or end it I imagine. It was rather quiet here compared to the scene at Guu the night before but it was earlier in evening. Ice cold Asahi from the tap to start was so fresh and so clean. They have different Teppanyaki style items on the menu including their signature "Keichan-yaki". It's a popular eat in Hida-Takayama, Japan made with diced chicken thigh meat, assorted vegetables and a signature sauce served on a sizzling hot plate. Good drinking food. I almost ordered another round despite being headed elsewhere after that.
Saturday around 1a we stopped into Ryoji in Little Italy post bar for some late night slurping. "The only Okinawan-style Izakya in Toronto. With Okinawa's rich history and slightly different culture from mainland Japan, Ryoji offers traditional and inventive Okinawan cuisines and Ramens." This is the first location outside of Japan. There's five others in Okinawa.
Ryoji Ramen & Izakaya via Okinawa
Large space with indoor, outdoor and bar/grill seating available. Our bartender was an engaging guy saying "bet you never expected to find a black bartender at a Japanese bar in an Italian neighborhood in Canada?" but as I said earlier this was a recurring role. Almost 49% of Toronto's population was born outside of Canada. Tonkatsu Ramen is their most popular item and a good way to end a night of drinking. I've never been asked "How would you like your noodles done" when eating ramen before and that was a good start to everything about the bowl with the exception of the meat itself which was too tough.
Tonkotsu Ramen
I spied this place below that was flooded with cabs, some double parked to grab food to go, while waiting outside at Guu Izakaya and went inside to try a samosa as an appetizer.
Popular Cabbie Stop
Had to pass on steam table options but fried to order curry chicken Samosa was good
We made it to a few places as far as drinks go with SpiritHouse being one of the fun ones for crafted cocktails. Yep they've made their way up into Canada, eh. Not cheap, but what places are? Even beer is expensive up there. That said SpiritHouse pour some very good drinks.
for Cocktails
Strolling around town
Saturday Morning was going to be spent at the
St. Lawrence Market
. This is the day to be there and it was just a 10 minute walk from our hotel so this one one of the things I had on my "must visit" list. I'll just reiterate what everyone else says, why dont we (Chicago) have anything like it? Only answer I can give is that there's not many places in North America that have something similar. What a spot.
St. Lawrence Market
The Market is open Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri from 8a to 7p. On Saturdays it's open from 5a to 5p and gets full use with a farmers market and the entire south part of the market open for business. "Pictures say 1000 words" is the old saying so I put a little collage together. It can do most of the talking. I'll just add it's an amazing place on Saturday's.
It was almost torture not being able to buy much since I had no time to cook any of it. They pretty much have any and everything covered as far as food goes. Every last inch of Toronto's oldest market which has been greatly expanded was covered with vendors. I had an excellent wood fired bagel from St. Urbain to start the day. This is just one of many places cooking food to order inside. I also got some stone crab claws for a $1/each off some kid selling them alongside one of the fish vendors permanent stands and tried plenty of samples from other sites inside. The other item I was going to have to give try was Toronto's signature sandwich.
Which one is it gonna be?
The peameal bacon sandwich might be Toronto's most iconic food offering. In a metropolis filled with delicacies from all over the globe, this is an eat people from the city can call their own. Nothing fancy here, it's very straightforward in fact. Just thick cut slices of peameal bacon on a fresh baked Kaiser Roll. What's Peameal? "The name reflects the historic practice of rolling the cured and trimmed boneless loin in dried and ground yellow peas, originally for preservation reasons." St. Lawrence Market has two places that serve a popular version of this. I chose Carousel Bakery over Paddington's Pump.
Peameal Sandwich from Carousel Bakery
The bacon itself was really good as was the bun. So obviously so was the sandwich but if they added an egg and some cheese you got a world class breakfast sandwich to be had here but you cant wish ill-will towards those that dont want to mess with tradition.
Street Performer outside St. Lawrence Market
Toronto's other signature eat might be Roti. Not from there but popular around different parts of the globe which made its way there with the people that eat it. It's a south Asian bread made with stone-ground wholemeal flour consumed in places like Pakistan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as South Africa and the Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago in particular. Toronto has all sorts of variations of these on offer. I decided to wait on the Caribbean roti's which should be abundant during Carnival while trying a popular place for East Indian style ones instead.
Eastern Indian Style Roti Shop on Queen Street West
I read this is one of the cities best places for Roti of any kind so had to give them a try. They were making the roti fresh in the hot stove before filling it with any of their wide variety of options. I chose a butter chicken with some mango chutney on the side. Similar to burrittos although this roti wasn't eatable by hand. I was fine with that as it was excellent. Nothing like it here in Chicago that I know of so I may have to go back when I return.
Butter Chicken Roti from Gandhi
My favorite neighborhood on this trip is another popular marketplace that has a multicultural community within it. The entire area of Kensington Market is a National Historic Site in Canada. It's a unique blend of specialty food shops, bars, restaurants and homes where many people from all walks of life in in Toronto descend upon, especially on the weekends when it's nice out. That it was on my strolls thru the area which I visited 3 of the 4 days we were in town. Let's have a look around.
Kensington Market
Some sights from the neighborhood
Just like St. Lawrence does, Kensington gives shoppers the luxury of a wide range of cooking needs all within a one stop reach. But here they're open for business seven days a week. It's not centered on food though you will find plenty of options for that. It's Chicago's Belmont and Clark mixed with Logan Square, Hyde Park and Maxwell Street Market and whatever summer street festival is going on all rolled into one. Tons of specialty stores ranging from clothes to music with most every bar and restaurant offering outdoor seating in the middle of all of it. If you're looking to step away from the chaos you can check out the world famous Hot Box where $5 gets you a non-alcoholic drink and access inside where theres pool tables, board games and a nice outdoor space out back to make all those things more enjoyable.
I'll be right back...
I stopped in for research to see what was up. "We do not sell Marijuana" greets you a few times upon entry. But they do have papers, pipes etc. After you give them the fee you're free to play Hungry Hippos, shoot some pool or do whatever it is you do out back. What I walked into was a scene similar to the rest of Toronto. A few young Asian ladies speaking in native tongue followed with some hipsters seated next to a group of well dressed 40 something doctor looking yuppies with a Jamaican crew blowing big ones in back. No violence or tension whatsoever but there were quite a few blank stares. So uh yeah, you know where to roll. My bottle of Ting was as refreshing as ever. As far as crack dens go? I dont know, you'll have to ask the Mayor where to find those.
...who's hungry?
Toronto is the North American hub for Caribbean people so there's no shortage of snacks from the islands. Mentioned upthread and also on BlogTO's "Best Patty list" I took note that the Patty King had a location in the Kensington neighborhood. Ever since my first (of many) trips to Jamaica I've had more than one love, beef patties included. This is a Asian-Caribbean owned bakery putting out some top notch patties and a common street food in Trinidad & Tobago called Doubles. They're sandwiches made with fried flat bread with curried chick peas in between. Chutney toppings vary.
Jamaican Beef Patty and a Trinidadian Double from Patty King
Any good Mexican?
While walking around one of the days I got a whiff of some really great smells coming from a small walk in space with lots of people around it. Upon stronger smells I realized it was a taqueria which goes by Seven Lives Tacos y Mariscos. With the smell too much to pass up we got a spot in line.
Inside Seven Lives Tacos
The people who opened up this popular place came from San Diego so the tacos are reflective of the offerings you'd find there. Both the blackened mahi-mahi and their signature Gobernador were excellent. The latter coming with smoked marlin, shrimp and cheese. At $5 each they weren't cheap but were stuffed as far as fish and shrimp goes. Really good.
Blackened Mahi-Mahi and a "Gobernador" Taco
One of our days walking around we decided to sit-down on the patio at Amadeus which is a Portuguese restaurant around the action. Sausage was good but expensive as were the mussels and sangria. This is one of the few places I'd probable have little interest in going back to but would be down to drink on the deck.
Outdoor Lounging/Dining at the Market
Sangria and Mussels in the sun at Amadeu's
Aside from Guu we had two other dinners planned and unfortunately I forgot my camera in a rush to make our reservation at
Enoteca Sociale
in the West End. So those of you with the attention span to read this report take note, the place is f'ing amazing. Nothing fancy just simple Roman cooking with the best possible ingredients. Amazing pastas and perfectly paired drinks. Rodney's Oyster House is the 2nd location from a Vancouver original. If you're in love with bi-valves like I am this is a great stop. Wonderful selection from both coasts and plenty of freshly grated horseradish and strong martinis to boot.
The bar at Rodney's Oyster House
a pretty plate of slurpers served
On our last day before heading to the Falls we spent the morning and early afternoon walking around the Spadina avenue Chinatown (there's four total in town) and just like every other market and mall we went too on this trip it was pretty impressive.
Spadina Avenue Chinatown
Dumpling House
I love me some dumplings and had seen the Dumpling House mentioned upthread amongst other places and decided to walk in for breakfast which ended up being perfect. An order of the pork ones fried and the pork and cabbage steamed were around $10 and normally would of been more than enough for two people but these were really hitting the spot and as good as any I've had in some time. Particularly the fried ones.
Handmade Dumplings - Steamed Pork and Cabbage
Fried Pork Dumplings
Final activity was to take the drive around thru some different neighborhoods we hadn't seen since my car was left with the hotel valet for most of the stay. As I did this I was left with wanting more and excited about the prospect of coming back. Added bonus while doing that I also managed to squeeze out a couple spots I'd had on my hit list.
Rolling thru the neighborhoods
The Original Mr. Jerk in Cabbagetown
1/4 Jerk Chicken Dinner w/ Cole Slaw and Rice & Pea's with Gravy
Fantastic 1-2 Punch to end my trip. Mr. Jerk is a popular place with several outlets outside of the original I visited. The chicken might of been a tad bit dry from sitting in the warmer but it was authentic with hints of smoke and a really nice paste on top of the gravy they lace over the rice. Some of the better stuff I've had outside of the island served by a sweet Chinese-Jamaican lady.
Pizza Pide in East End of Toronto
Turkish Pizza from Pizza Pide
I've never been to Turkey but now love me some Turkish style pizza courtesy of Pizza Pide. Fantastic! I got the Turkish sausage with cheese after a long contemplation of some excellent looking offerings. It was enough to feed two ($10) which worked great because the leftovers were better than anything I was eating in Niagara Falls later that evening. All the side toppings of parsley, onions, lemons etc and the bread itself was something I want now But I know I cant get any until I return to one of the great melting pots in all of the world. Toronto, if you didn't know, you need to go.
Hope you enjoyed the ride...see ya next time
The Fish Store & YuNes' Sandwiches
657 College St
Toronto, ON
+1 416-533-2822
Porchetta & Co.
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I think your pics and choices are outstanding and perhaps a little lengthy. Outstanding pics and effort.
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Excellent report, King T. Truly a pleasure to read.
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I absolutely loved your report.............................it was not too long! I really enjoy sitting down and reading an entire report at one time. You did a great job and I hope that you continue to post your reports, just the way that you did this one.
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2013/08/26 21:17:05
This report was something very special. I loved the info.,the food, the sights. Thanks so much for all the time I know this took to get this out to us. I appreciate this!!!!
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2000/07/01 08:52:00
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2013/08/26 21:18:45
Great report. I appreciate the effort you put into it. Thanks.
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2004/12/10 20:06:00
Location: Des Plaines, IL
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2013/08/26 22:03:47
Dang T, you knock it out of the park every time! Mrs. Roadhouse and I have some vague plans for a Canada trip somewhere in the future. When the time comes, your report will be a big help.
Lobster Poutine?!? You're killin' me...
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2013/08/26 22:05:56
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2003/08/16 18:49:00
Location: Boston, MA
Re:Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
2013/08/26 22:17:34
Ye gods, what a GREAT report! I've bookmarked it for my next trip to T.O. And here I thought I'd done a fairly good job in getting around that city! Sadly, I visited a measly 0.1% of your offerings, sir.
mr chips
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2003/02/19 00:15:00
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Re:Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
2013/08/27 00:37:13
A great report about a great city. Lots of info. Will reread it again. Thanks for the effort u put intuit.
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2008/08/10 23:03:00
Location: SFBay Area, CA
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2013/08/27 01:09:55
Wow--outstanding report! First of all, you have a great writing style--really enjoyable. Second, you seem to have captured so well the sites and neighborhoods you visited, and presented a wonderful array of photos to go with your descriptions. The food you had on this trip was interesting and diverse, from ethnic cuisines to regional specialties, and street food to more modern, higher style. I loved those pictures. Looks like one great trip! I visited Niagara Falls in 2006 and unfortunately did nothing like this. My visit was whirlwind, and I took one of those package tours which actually turned out to be fabulous. Seeing the Falls up close on Maid of the Mist is one of the most amazing things experiences I've ever had--really intense. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
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2008/07/24 17:31:00
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2013/08/27 10:54:55
Awesome fun report KingT!
I love me some Turkish Delight. You hit the TD Jackpot!
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2013/08/27 11:41:08
King, great trip report, you really did your homework before you left for vacation. It looks the plan worked, you have a great feel for the culinary treasures of the cities you visit................thx for taking the time....Bill
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2008/03/01 20:29:00
Location: Royalton, NY
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2013/08/27 12:11:00
Nice report - thanks for all the work you put into it. I hope you have a chance to return and try some of the Buffalo roadfood, but it looks as though you did pretty well on this trip.
Double Cheeseburger
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2006/06/25 11:51:00
Location: Toronto, On/Huntsville, AL
Re:Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
2013/08/27 13:41:52
Sniff. <wipes away a prideful tear>
My hometown and most favourite city needless to say. It's so nice to see someone from another city come here and gush. It actually happens a lot but people around here seem to have this "Everything is better everywhere else" attitude.
I will say that yes, it is long but it had to be. You did what you had to do to get it right.
I will also add that I've been to some of your options and others are on my "To do" list. You made some really nice selections.
One thing that's not to be missed when in the Niagara region is the
Jet Boat Tour
. A 60 minute ride up the Niagara river (and back) where you run through rapids and get soaked to the bone. Especially if you sit up front. From
Niagara on the Lake
There are a few good options for eats in the Niagara region but not a whole lot. When in NOTL we like
The Olde Angel Inn
. Craft beer and a nice menu. Try the British style foods.
On Chowhound "
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As for the Peameal sandwich at Carousel, you went with the traditional. There's the "Breakfast on a Bun" option that offers the cheese and egg which you seek.
A group of us food nuts did a head to head and Carousel blew Paddington's Pub away.
Another Toronto "Signature Sandwich" is Veal on a Kaiser. Moustachio's in the lower level of the South Market has a fine example as well as other great stuff.
Also at the SLM, there's a Portuguese place near the north entrance that does a ridiculous Bifana. Get it with everything. it's phenomenal.
is a blog review I did of the market with some in depth history.
If you enjoyed the fushion and sandwich aspect,
Bahn Mi Boys
is amazing.
There's also
Hey Meatball
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I too love Kensington Market. One of my favourite things to do is get a bowl of 3 Chorizo Chili from Segovia Meats. They make many different types of chorizo from all around the Latin world.
Patty King patties are good but only when fresh. The best in the city IMHO are from
Anyway, if anyone is planning a trip up here, do not hesitate to PM me or just post in the "Where Should I Eat" forum and hope I see it.
are all the places I've blogged about in the city.
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2008/03/01 11:22:00
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Re:Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
2013/08/27 15:03:34
Wonderful report! I go to Toronto roughly every other year for a conference, and it was a pleasure to read about your adventures.
Two comments: Have you ever been to the Chinese restaurants in Fort Erie, which is pretty close to Niagara-on-the-Lake? It's been many years (when I lived in Rochester, NY), but I remember going to Ming Teh there in conjunction with seeing a play at the Shaw Festival. As I recall, there are many Chinese restaurants in Fort Erie, and they're pretty good.
Second, although I'm usually in Toronto in November, I was there in August a few years ago, and did something not possible in the winter -- went sailing on the Tall Ship Kajama in Lake Ontario.
It was just terrific.
Also took the ferry to Centreville Island Park so I could ride on the antique carousel. When I arrived in the late morning, they hadn't opened up the carousel shed yet, but I persuaded someone to find the operator for me so I could see it. I was on a tight schedule and couldn't linger, and when I explained I'd come from Minneapolis, they were most accommodating in opening it up for me and letting me take a ride.
I love Toronto!
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2006/07/06 19:49:00
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2013/08/27 18:06:31
- Wonderful report, jam packed with lots of good tips and places to visit. The Mist tour has always been one of those things to do every time I was at the falls.
I have bought many a cuban on the canuck side of the falls and "smuggled" them back in to the states. Best "sandwich"
I have every enjoyed the pleasure of sm... eating!
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2007/05/30 19:17:00
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2013/08/27 19:29:08
Great report. You were killing me with the lobster poutine and the smoked meat.
I can see the Toronto-Chicago comparisons. Toronto is kind of similar, only without the crime.
I think I was a Canadian in a previous life...I have yet to spend time in a Canadian city I haven't liked.
Double Cheeseburger
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2006/06/25 11:51:00
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2013/09/06 14:07:50
I finally made it to The Fish Store.
I tried back in August but found out when I got there that it's cash only so had to abort. Your post made me put it at the top of my list.
This place really is great. Such great, simple, sandwiches and a fabulous dairy free clam chowder. No dairy but still buttery. Didn't have that creaminess but fantastic none the less.
Double Chili Cheeseburger
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2006/06/04 17:27:00
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2013/09/06 22:13:21
Such a great report with great pictures!
Double Cheeseburger
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2007/04/15 10:14:00
Location: Lake Forest, IL
Re:Oh Canada! (Niagara Falls + Toronto)
2013/09/06 23:47:50
Great, great, great, fabulous report with outstanding pictures....
Root-Beer Man
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2006/01/09 00:14:00
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Man, what a great report! Makes me want to get out a passport and head north.
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Free Flying Soul - The 4yo filly walked trainer Bruce Headley's barn Thursday following a 3f blowout on Wednesday, her final serious preparation for Friday's Filly & Mare Sprint.
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Game Face – A model of consistency, the daughter of Menifee galloped a little more than a mile Thursday in preparation for the Filly & Mare Sprint. Game Face has made 16 career starts, winning eight times, and is 2-for-3 at the 7f distance of the race.
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TACKLING SCIENCE: Quincy demonstrates his science fair project
Crunch. The sound is recognizable to anyone who has watched a football game. It's the tell-tale crack of a player's helmet making contact with another helmet, another player or even the playing field. Like countless students throughout the country, avid football enthusiast Quincy Taylor's helmet took a beating in the past few weeks, but the impacts didn't stem from a game, or a practice – instead they were all part of his seventh grade science fair project.
"I like football a lot so I wanted to look at the different types of hits that might give you a concussion," said the 13-year-old James P. Timilty Middle School student. To investigate, he inserted toothpicks into an orange and put it inside a Tupperware container, which was tucked securely inside of the helmet. Using bungee cords, Quincy then suspended the helmet in mid-air between a chair's legs and swung 3- and 5-pound weights – from above, in front and from the sides – to measure how deep the toothpicks penetrated the orange, used to represent a brain.
Quincy was one of 55 students in the seventh and eighth grades at the Roxbury school who were paired last fall and met biweekly with an MGH mentor who helped them to develop their research projects. This marks the 24th year of the Center for Community Health Improvement's MGH/Timilty partnership, which also included about 75 MGH volunteers who served as judges during the fair, held Jan. 28 through Jan. 30.
"I judged the fair for the first time last year, and I had so much fun that I decided to come back," said Kathleen Walsh, RN, of the Department of Internal Medicine. "It's very interesting to speak with the students, and you get to see a lot of incredibly creative projects."
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This marked the first time Quincy's mentor, Brian Short, a clinical systems analyst in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, volunteered for the program, and he said the experience is one he'd welcome in the future. "It was equally fun and rewarding," Short said. "It really was a win-win situation for me and Quincy, and I think we both benefited from the program. I got to mentor and teach, and he got to learn from a successful college graduate. We are both really into sports, and so things really lined up. It was truly a great program and valuable experience."
Quincy agrees. "At first I was kind of nervous, but he turned out to be really cool. It was a fun project to do."
To become a mentor or to volunteer for MGH Youth Programs, contact Margo McGovern at (617) 724-3210 or email@example.com.
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