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Gilbert Awards 2009: Recipients
The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Award: 2009 Award Recipients
Three exceptional programs from California, New York and Arizona are became 2009's recipients of the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards. The programs were presented with the amount of $20,000 each and honored at the 2009 Gilbert reception held at the Aging in America national conference in Chicago, March 2010. The 2009 recipients are:
Creative Expression
Organization: Museum of Modern Art - MoMA (New York, NY)
Program/Project: Meet Me at MoMA
Founded in 1929, MoMA is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art. MoMA manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection of the highest order; presenting exhibitions and educational programs of unparalleled significance; sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory; and supporting scholarship and publications of preeminent intellectual merit. MoMA welcomes 2.8 million visitors annually.
"Meet Me at MoMA" is MoMA's free program for people with early to mid-stage Alzheimer's and related dementias and their caregivers. Through the program, MoMA offers interactive gallery tours, led by trained educators, to individuals once each month from September through June, and to groups from day care centers and assisted living facilities upon request year-round. MoMA also offers a multi-week series of art making classes. The goal is to provide people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers with mutually beneficial opportunities for self expression, connection, and learning that enrich their lives. Looking at, discussing, and making art require no access to short-term memory, yet provide emotional and intellectual stimulation.
Diverse/Multicultural Communities
Organization: Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Program/Project: Banner Alzheimer's Institute Native American Outreach Program
Banner Alzheimer's Institute (BAI), a division of Banner Health, was established in 2006 with a threefold mission: To end Alzheimer's disease without losing a generation; to set a new standard of care for patients and families; and to forge a model of (biomedical) collaboration. The Memory Disorders Center (MDC) provides diagnosis, treatment and on-going care to over 200 patients per month. The Clinical Trials program offers over 20 therapeutic, imaging and quality of life studies involving over 300 patients. The Family and Community Services department provides education, support and practical assistance to every patient and family seen in the MDC or Clinical Trials. BAI collaborates extensively with the Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium and numerous community health organizations.
The BAI Native American Outreach Program was established to increase awareness of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among the 22 Arizona Native American (NA) tribal members and health care providers. The program's goals are to improve diagnosis and treatment and to assist caregivers with the daily challenges in caregiving. Scheduled outreach activities to tribes and an annual conference now in its 6th year have resulted in reaching over 1,500 family and professional caregivers. An 8-DVD featuring three NA families sharing their unique caregiving story has been widely used and distributed along with a 55-page culturally appropriate book Navigating through Memory Loss.
The program first began in 2004 with outreach efforts to the tribes located around the greater Phoenix area. Since 2008, the program has expanded throughout the state of Arizona and been reaching out to three distinct audiences: family caregivers, professional caregivers, and medical providers.
Family caregivers have been significantly impacted by the program's outreach efforts and the annual conference. The evaluations and follow up with caregivers demonstrate that caregivers learn how to understand and manage challenging behaviors, how to utilize activities to enhance quality of life, and how to identify helpful resources (even on the reservation).
A Native American Outreach Coordinator and Administrative Assistant (both Natives) provide the bulk of staffing for the program. Twelve NA volunteers serve in advisory capacity providing direction to the program while another core group of 15 volunteers design and execute the annual conference. Outreach and education are provided by physicians, nurses and social workers from BAI. The program collaborates with individual tribes to design and execute outreach and training efforts specific to their identified needs. Additional community partners include the larger Native American community in Arizona, the Alzheimer's Association, Native American Area Agency on Aging, and other medical providers.
Policy & Advocacy
Organization: San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services, San Francisco, CA
Program/Project: 2020 Foresight: San Francisco's Strategy for Excellence in Dementia Care and Alzheimer's/Dementia Summit
The San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) funds and coordinatesservices to older adults, adults with disabilities and their families to maximize self-sufficiency,safety, health, and independence so persons can remain living in the community as long as possible and maintain the highest Quality of Life. DAAS facilitates the 37-member Long Term Care Coordinating Council (whose policy initiative resulted in this Strategic Planning process). DAAS also provides the Community Living Fund, In-Home Supportive Services, Adult Protective Services, Veterans Services, Intake, Referrals, Advocacy and Legal Services, Services for Frail Seniors, Vulnerable Adults and Their Families, and is the central point for Collaborations in Community Care.
An innovative 11-year Strategic Plan with recommendations for dementia care excellence to policymakers, caregivers, care-receivers, service providers and the public was the accomplishment of the Alzheimer's/Dementia Expert Panel. Formed in November 2008, the panel was appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Francisco at the urging of the Long Term Care Coordinating Council. To kick-off the Strategic Plan and engage the larger community, a Day-Long Summit for family caregivers, providers, media and the public was held at the City Hall of San Francisco on July 8, 2009.
The Summit was organized collaboratively by DAAS, Mental Health Association, and FamilyCaregiver Alliance. The 300 attendees were family Caregivers, nontraditional informal Caregivers, professional researchers, clinicians, service providers, policymakers, media, other agency personnel including police, and persons with early dementia. The event was conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish and Cantonese. The Mayor of San Francisco was excited to speak at the event and commented on the uniqueness and importance of the Strategic Action Plan. He was impressed to see 300 persons attending the Summit and engaged in moving the Plan forward.
In San Francisco, with 18% of persons over age 60, dramatic increases are expected in Alzheimer's/Dementia prevalence by 2020. San Francisco Strategy for Excellence in DementiaCare's goal is to avert the growing crisis in Long-Term Dementia Care and its many negative impacts.


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Brazil: Press releases
UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan Visits UNICEF-Supported Aprendiz City-School in São Paulo, Brazil
During the visit, Her Majesty Queen Rania became familiar with the work of the Aprendiz City-School, a programme which represents the best in education: a 'school for life', which works to address the needs of the child, their family and the community, and recognizes that being educated is much more than just reading and writing.
I was very impressed with my visit this morning to the UNICEF-supported Aprendiz City-School here in Sao Paulo, said Her Majesty Queen Rania. I was particularly inspired by the interest in learning of the children and adolescents who are benefiting from this innovative education programme.
Children not only have the right to learn, but also have the right to be prepared to become active and productive citizens, said Her Majesty. When different social actors of the community - including private and public organizations - share the responsibility for education, they help ensure a higher quality of education, and also become key partners in the success of the students.
The Aprendiz City-School is a non-governmental organization located in the Vila Madalena district of São Paulo. Aprendiz has been developing, using and disseminating the concept of community education since 1997. Her Majesty Queen Rania was accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Noor Hamzah, wife of His Royal Highness Prince Hamzah, brother of His Majesty King Abdullah.
Her Majesty Queen Rania spoke with children, students and educators to better understand the unique Aprendiz educational methodology: how the learning needs of each child are addressed in a multi-dimensional manner. UNICEFs Representative in Brazil, Marie-Pierre Poirier, explains that Learning is reinforced through Aprendiz's interactive, 'learning by doing' approach in a colorful and stimulating environment: the children's own community, which plays a fundamental role in the promotion of quality, public education.
For example, art workshops take place in museums and theatres, chemistry classes are held in restaurants and physical education classes utilize parks located near schools. The projects activities have helped turn the district into a huge, outdoor classroom through which schools can articulate with other community spaces, helping children and adolescents to learn everywhere, all the time.
The Aprendiz City-School creates a community-supported environment, encouraging each child to be
the unique individual that they are, and creating new opportunities for them to broaden their knowledge to face the challenges of modern life as citizens who can play a productive role in contributing to a more fair and equal society. UNICEF has supported the dissemination of the Aprendiz educational methodology throughout Brazil.
Her Majesty Queen Rania was named UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children in January 2007. Her Majesty plays an important role in drawing the attention of the international community and the media to the challenges affecting children and adolescents around the world, with a particular focus on education.

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Senate Bill 433, introduced in the New Mexico Senate on February 2, 2009, and referred to the Senate Education Committee, is the third antievolution bill to be introduced in a state legislature in 2009.
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch answered the question "Should creationism be taught in the public schools?" for the on-line edition of US News & World Report (February 2, 2009) — in the negative, of course.
NCSE is delighted to congratulate two of its members, Joseph Felsenstein and John D. Roberts, who are among the eighteen individuals to be honored by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 with "awards recognizing extraordinary scientific achievements in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, social sciences, psychology, and application of science for the public good," according to a January 28, 2009, press release.
In a close vote on January 23, 2009, the Texas state board of education approved a revision of the state's science standards lacking the controversial "strengths and weaknesses" language, which in 2003 was selectively applied by members of the board attempting to dilute the treatment of evolution in the biology textbooks then under consideration.
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Home Across the Road: A Novel
Longstreet Press, 1999 - Fiction - 249 pages
"Nancy Peacock has created a drama of two families - one black, one white - and the house that binds their lives for more than a hundred years." "In 1861, Roseberry was the plantation home of the white Redds; the black Redds were one of the slave families who worked on the place. In 1971, Roseberry stands empty, a wisteria vine growing through the dining room window, and China Redd, who worked in the house for half a century, is ready to die." "But first she has a story to tell. Not the one recorded by Lydia Redd, the matron of the house, in her own book The Legends of Roseberry. No, China will set the record straight, beginning with the earrings, the selling of Cleavis, and the curse, and ending with the death of Coyle, the last of the white Redds. If she has nothing else from forty-seven years of work in a house in which nothing was her own, she has this story."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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What Is The IIIA?
Investors have been protecting themselves from inflation, via investments in (e.g.) real estate and precious metals, for a very long time. But the explicitly inflation-indexed marketplace, which began to grow rapidly in 1997 when the U.S. Treasury created TIPS, is now so vast in raw size as well as scope (involving dozens of sovereign issuers, hundreds of corporate issuers, derivatives, etc) that it is remarkable no organization has been formed specifically for inflation-indexed investors to discuss issues, develop concepts, make contacts, et cetera. The burgeoning field is producing as many questions as it is resolving into answers. There are other organizations dedicated to fixed-income instruments…but none specifically for inflation-indexed investors.
We hope this will grow into that organization.
This is a group for investors, traders, marketers, and analysts who are interested in inflation-indexed products and markets. The group was established on the LinkedIn social-networking site in 2008.
At present, there are no dues, although that may change at some point in the future. The founding members of the IIIA feel somewhat evangelical about the mission to broaden and deepen investors' knowledge of this crucial asset class – the very point of successful investing, after all, is not to maximize one's nominal return (subject to constraints, of course) but one's real return.
If you feel the same way, please contact us and put your name on the master membership list (you may also do this by requesting admission to the group on LinkedIn)


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Tafelberg, Spout, West Face. 1. Bazooka Rodeo
Bazooka Rodeo (25) ****
Spout, West Face
A varied route with an improbable start, and then consistently good climbing. Start about 15m right of Dogmatix, below a pocketed roof.
- Pitch 1. 25 m (25) Up a short easy wall, and a left leaning break to a wide rail (#3 and #4 Camalot) below the pocketed roof. Use a deep C-shaped pocket to launch to the lip, and do some circus moves to establish on the face above. Climb up and slightly right for about 7m to a semi-hanging stance.
- Pitch 2. 10m (18) Straight up steep face to the ledge, again #3 and #4 Camalot useful.
- Pitch 3. 15m (19) Traverse left along narrow ledge for a few meters, then pull up to some underclings above the slab. Continue traversing left until able to easily pull up to large ledge.
- Pitch 4. 40m (20) Start directly under a narrow roof, at about 10m height, that has two small left pointing flakes. Up to the first break, then to the narrow roof and use the flakes to gain the face above. Tend diagonally right across the face to pass the next larger roof on the right side. Continue tending slightly right and up, just left of the wide arete. Stance in a small right facing corner on the ledge.
- Pitch 5. 30m (19) Climb the corner for about 2m then traverse right and up on rails. On the right edge of the long roof is a thin, left tending finger crack. Pull up into this, and then again tend right across the face to the next ledge. A short wide crack on the right then leads to a blocky ledge. Stance in a right facing corner under a bottomless chimney about 10m up.
- Pitch 6. 15m (20) Climb the short steep cracks to a rectangular roof. Pass this on the right side and then step left into the chimney that leads to the top.
FA: Joe Möhle and Richard Halsey (Nov 2011).
Aqua Spring (22) ***
Start on a large block right behind the water point. Jump for a good rail and then follow the crack system up and through two recesses on the left. At the good rail where the rock above deteriorates in quality, rap from a nut/chock anchor (<30m).
FA: R. Halsey 31/12/11
Ecstacy Wall
A deceptively steep wall just to the right of the route Thumbelina. It is easily visible as you walk from Spout cave toward the water point. Approach by scrambling up The Central Route. There may be potential for a route or two more to the right, but they will be brick hard.
Flaming Woozel (24/25) ****
Start off a large, flat boulder more-or-less in the centre of the wall and climb up easily to a break. Follow a slight right leaning groove to a finger rail (small cams). Traverse 1m right and use two short slanted rails and the golf ball to reach the next good rail. Traverse about 2m left until able to pull up to another good rail, and the ledge above. Move slightly right to a darker brown, steep prow and climb the left side till the top.
Consensus grading required, probably harder if you are short.
FA: R. Halsey 12/11/2011
Solitaire wall - Left Side. 1. The Inventor, 2. The Cynic, 3. Go Go Gadget
The left side of the Solitaire wall is easy accessed by the path leading to the water spot. Good warm up area in cold weather.
The Inventor (21) ***
Start up a featured face (just right of the path leading to the water spot) up to the steep orange rock. Pull through some rails and then easily up to a featured layback. At the small ledge, move about 1.5m left and up to a rail. Use good holds on the face to reach the next ledge and follow the short left facing corner to the top.
FA: R. Halsey 6/11/11
The Cynic (18) ***(*)
Climb easily up to the layback from the right. At the ledge traverse left to the blunt arete and climb this to the top.
FA: J. Möhle 6/11/11
Flying High (24) ****
Start just left of Go Go Gadget and climb straight up to the first ledge. Reach up to a hand rail, then straight up via gymnastic moves to and from the huge horizontal pocket (in the grey rock with an orange stripe coming down from its centre). Easily to top. Great climbing, pity about the ledge. Consensus grading needed.
FA: R. Halsey & U. Pitsch 12/02/2012
Go Go Gadget (23) ****
What a little gem! Pull onto the orange face from the boulder and tend slightly right up the steep wall to the narrow overhang. Pull directly through and up a series of flakes to a hand rail to the left of a small roof. Crank onto, and across the roof on good holds in the grey rock, and then tend slightly left to a small ledge. Straight to top.
FA: R. Halsey 7/11/11
Any Takers? (16) ***
This is an obvious line that has probably been climbed before but not recorded. It has good, easy climbing and is recorded for completion.
Scramble up a large boulder about 5m left of Pinstripe Sweet. Step onto the face and follow the wide crack, layback and flake to the top.
U. Pitsch & R. Halsey 12/02/2012
Pinstripe Sweet (23) ***
Start about 2m left of Solitare. Climb a blunt arete to a ledge. Follow the thin black water streak with some committing moves above the ledge. About half way up the streak you need to make a move left and up for 1m to a thin crack on a flake, before moving right again. At the next ledge move slightly right to a vague corner and then easily to the top.
FA: R. Halsey & U. Pitsch 29/01/2012


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Eva Miodelska
Born: October 27, 1926
Lipsko, Poland
Eva was the oldest of four children born to a Jewish family in the central Polish town of Lipsko, about 30 miles southeast of Radom. The family lived at #12 Casimirska Street and Eva attended a private Jewish primary school. Eva's father owned a factory that produced shoes made from leather and cork.
1933-39: In the early 1930s I began secondary school in Zwolen, a town about 20 miles to the north. In 1936 my father left for Argentina to settle the estate of his deceased sister. For the two years he was gone, Mother brought my sister and brothers to Zwolen to live with my grandparents. Father returned in 1938, and a year later, on September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, reaching Lipsko in the second week of September.
1940-44: In 1942 I was deported to a labor camp at Skarzysko-Kamienna, where for 12 hours a day I removed lacquered bullet casings from a roaring oven. The heat would make me fall asleep, and production would be halted. I knew that if I wanted to live, I had to transfer to another job. Working in the kitchen was good because you could get extra food. I had a dentist in the camp remove, without anesthesia, a diamond I'd hidden in one of my teeth, and I used the 1,500 zlotys I got for it to "buy" a job in the kitchen.
In 1944 Eva was deported to a labor camp in Leipzig. In April 1945 Eva escaped from a death march and was hidden by a German family. She was liberated by Soviet troops.


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Having been in and out of a couple of different relationships over the past year or so, Maci Bookout is now speaking out on how happy she is to be riding solo. At MTV's Restore the Shore benefit event last week, she told Us Weekly, "I've been single for four or five months -- happily. It's awesome." Apparently, she's lovin' the single life so much because she got totally tired of having to play mommy to not one, but two boys ...
She elaborated, "[I love] not having to be anyone's mom but Bentley's. These guys [I've met and dated] are cool, and then three months into it, I'm like, 'You are a child and I'm your mother. You're grounded. Leave me alone.' The only mom I want to be is Bentley's mom." Wow! Go Maci! Because, seriously, what woman hasn't felt like that at one time or another?
Granted, it's not fair to say all men are looking significant others who will willingly become Mommy 2.0, but there are many guys -- especially at Maci's age -- who just aren't ready to do the heavy lifting required in a serious relationship. Or may be dead set on acting all sorts of immature. And come on, what does any woman -- especially a single mom! -- need that for?!
But Maci can't keep men at an arm's length forever, worrying that they're going to be as much trouble as her toddler. At some point -- probably sooner rather than later -- she's going to dip her toe back in the dating pool. And whenever that is, maybe she'll want to consider someone who is older, more mature, more put-together ... After all, there's nothing wrong with zeroing in on finding someone who can offer you the relationship you need and deserve.
Too bad it sounds like neither Kyle King nor Kyle Regal could give that to Maci. But if she stays focused on finding that guy who isn't looking for a second mommy, she's totally bound to land her Mr. Right. At least we can keep our fingers crossed for her -- and Bentley!
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FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — A former supervisor of Pfc. Bradley Manning testified Friday that Manning told her the American flag meant nothing to him and he had no allegiance to the United States.
The testimony of Jihrleah Showman was elicited by prosecutors, who have charged Manning with aiding the enemy by leaking reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks with a "general evil intent," knowing it would be seen by al-Qaida members.
During a lengthy cross-examination, defense attorney David Coombs sought to discredit Showman. He implied she made up the conversation because she disliked Manning, partly because he is gay.
Showman, a former Army specialist, said Manning made the comments in a conversation they had a couple months before they deployed to the war zone in late 2009.
"I tapped the flag on my shoulder and asked him what it meant," she said. "He said the flag meant nothing to him and he did not consider himself to have allegiance to this country or any people."
She said she was "distraught" by the statement and suspected Manning was a spy.
Coombs suggested that what Manning really said was that people shouldn't have "blind allegiance to a flag" and that "you cannot be an automaton." Showman said she didn't remember Manning saying those things.
Coombs also asked Showman why she didn't write up Manning in a "counseling statement," a military disciplinary document, since she had counseled Manning in writing about excessive smoke breaks and drinking too much coffee. She acknowledged she had also recommended him at one point for soldier of the month.
If a soldier made disloyal comments, "that would be a serious matter," Coombs said.
Showman said she reported the comments verbally to her supervisor, Sgt. 1st Class Paul Adkins. Adkins, now retired, testified he didn't remember such a conversation, but also said his memory is impaired because of a fall he suffered during one of his deployments. Adkins also said he didn't recall hearing Manning making any disloyal remarks before his arrest in May 2010.
Prosecutor Capt. Angel Overgaard later produced a document that Adkins signed in June 2011 stating he had informed a supervisor about Showman's allegation.
Manning, a 25-year-old Oklahoma native, has acknowledged giving WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department diplomatic cables, along with battlefield videos and other documents. He downloaded them in late 2009 and early 2010 from a classified government computer network while working as in intelligence analyst in Iraq. WikiLeaks posted much of the material online.
Manning faces a possible life sentence without parole if convicted of aiding the enemy. He also is charged with espionage, computer fraud, theft and other offenses.
Manning has said he leaked the material to provoke public discussion about what he considered wrongdoing by American troops and diplomats. The material included video of a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed 11 men, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. A military investigation concluded the troops reasonably mistook the photography equipment for weapons.
Manning chose to be tried by a judge, rather than a jury. The court-martial is in its seventh week at the Fort Meade Army base outside Baltimore.


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RIchard Hatcher: Turning the Tide and Passing the Torchby George Mavrelis '09 • October 7, 2008 Share:
As primary day unfolded in Indiana on May 6th, 2008, the media was quick to report record turnout in all precincts, and voters energized like never before. The polls finally closed, and the results began to trickle in. The media newscasters and pundits began to report an extremely tight race between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama in the Democratic presidential primary.
By mid-evening, most of the counties had sent in their results, and the nation waited for the news media to project a winner. However, the media outlets were reluctant to project a winner as the night came to a close, calling it "Too Close to Call". This was due to the fact that almost all of Indiana's counties had their results in, except Lake County, the second most populous county in Indiana.
Many couldn't understand why Lake County had not reported any of its results even as May 6th turned to May 7th, and murmurs of corruption and foul play began to surface. Was Lake County withholding its results so that many in the nation would go to bed not knowing the results of the primary, therefore killing any potential momentum for the winner? "The Nation watched Tuesday night as Lake County election officials held the fate of the Democratic presidential primary in their hands—and held it, and held it, and held it," is how the Northwest Indiana Times reported it on May 7th, 2008. Hoosiers, and in particular, long time residents of Northwest Indiana, no doubt had their thoughts float back to 1967 and Richard G. Hatcher.
The history of racial, political and social equality in Indiana, particularly in northwest Indiana, has been a turbulent one, stained with many occurrences of injustice and hate. Indiana severely lagged behind other Northern states in its progress towards racial equality. A report given to former Indiana Gov. Matthew E. Welsh (in office 1961-1965) by the Civil Rights Commission states, "At the beginning of 1961 one cold hardly find a northern state in which the Negro citizen had as little protective legislation and state programs in his behalf as in Indiana." Historian Edward H. Ziegner in Donald Carmony's 1966 book Indiana: A Self-Appraisal described Indiana as, "an enclave of seedy bigotry and corruption."
Let us first recall that as recently as Aug. 7th, 1930, two African Americans, Abe Smith and Tom Shipp, were lynched after being severely beaten in Marion County, IN. As a mob of 10,000 Hoosiers stormed their jail cells the two African American teenagers, who were being held on charges for the assault of a 19-year-old white girl, had no chance. This is one of the last known incidents of a lynching north of the Mason-Dixon line. According to the records no one has ever been charged or prosecuted for their deaths.
Second, let us recall the strong presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Hoosiers of the day, in the 1920's and 30's, witnessed and contributed to the rise to power of Ku Klux Klan Grand Master D.C. Stephenson in the Indiana power structure. Stephenson's popularity and influence began to rise as he built one of the strongest chapters of the KKK in the United States. According to historian M. William Lutholtz, author of Grand Dragon: D.C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, the KKK in Indiana was, at its peak, nearly 300,000 members strong, constituting about 1/3 of all white males in Indiana at the time. With such widespread support, Stephenson attained unrivaled political influence and he did not hesitate to use it. Stephenson himself put it best when he infamously said, "I am the law in Indiana."
While in jail for his Nov. 14, 1925 conviction for second-degree murder, Stephenson would go on to name the names of those who had helped him rise to power. His confessions led to many notable indictments including Governor Ed Jackson, Marion County Republican chairman George V. Coffin, and attorney Robert I. Marsh, who were charged with conspiring to bribe former Governor Warren McCray. Indianapolis mayor John Duvall was convicted and sentenced to jail time as well.
Third, let us recall the popularity of George Wallace in Indiana. Gov. Wallace was an openly pro-segregationist presidential candidate who would frequently bolster his support by playing to the fears and racial prejudices of whites. Wallace was a symbol of bigotry in the United States during a time when the country was making great strides in the civil rights movement and racial equality. Wallace ran for President in 1964 as a Democrat, and Indiana was one of three states in the north where he entered the primary. In the 1964 Indiana Democratic primary Wallace won a surprising 1/3 of the votes cast, and then in 1968 running as an Independent, he was able to amass 243,108 votes or about 12% in the '68 Indiana general election, his second highest percentage above the Mason-Dixon line.
However, at this same time, Indiana also took a step towards equality and would make civil rights history when in 1967 Richard G. Hatcher attempted to become the first African American mayor of a major American city in Gary, Indiana. The historic 1967 election of Richard G. Hatcher as mayor of Gary became a turning point for the progress of African Americans not only in Indiana, but the entire nation. The election forced the nation and Indiana to confront the issue of race in politics, which was a remarkable achievement given the racist hurtles and barriers that faced Hatcher in his campaign for mayor.
In the late 1960's the United States was in a state of civil strife from disillusionment with the Vietnam War and rampant racism that eventually led to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. But in 1967, Gary, Indiana became the stage for what would be one of the great moments for African Americans in politics. Gary in the late 60's was an industrial powerhouse touting some of the best steel mills in the nation. It was a city with a population of nearly 200,000 and interestingly half of the residents were white and half were black. Despite this even 50/50 split Gary's political leadership was overwhelmingly white and plagued by corruption charges. The county party had a reputation of having ties to organized crime and jail was not an uncommon place for political leaders to end their terms in office as did mayor George Chacharis, who in December 1962 was convicted of collecting kickbacks and failure to pay income taxes on $227,000. However, a young and determined Richard Hatcher stepped into Gary's racially corrupted political arena set to make a change, but it would not come easy.
Richard G. Hatcher was born in nearby Michigan City, Indiana in 1933. He completed his Bachelor's Degree at Indiana University in 1956, and went on to receive his law degree from Valparaiso University in 1959. Soon after, Hatcher moved to Gary and began to practice law in East Chicago, Indiana. In 1961, he began serving as a deputy prosecutor for Lake County, Indiana, until he was elected to Gary's City Council in 1963. He was the first and only freshman councilman elected president of the City Council in Gary's history, where he helped pass civil rights ordinances.
In an interview with the North West Indiana Times Hatcher explained, "At that time, blacks couldn't go to restaurants in Gary, could not stay at the Gary Hotel. They could not go north of 11th Avenue." From there, he decided it was the right moment for him to make a historic and ambitious bid for the position of mayor. This was highly unexpected by the Democratic establishment of Gary, because Hatcher was politically unknown. He began his first term of public office only four years prior as a councilman. However, he was considered squeaky clean as an African American candidate. He was a 34-year-old bachelor, who was described in local papers as shrewd, persuasive, and having a smooth Ivy League manner. He did not smoke or drink and in the African American community he was regarded as the "Black White Knight." In the same Times interview Hatcher said, "People… had the feeling, even though this was something that had never happened before, they… could do anything if they work hard enough and are dedicated enough." When the Democratic mayoral primary began in early May 1967 the hopes of the underrepresented African American community of Gary rested in Hatcher's candidacy.
Hatcher faced incumbent Democrat Mayor A. Martin Katz and popular segregationist Bernard Konrady in the primary race. Unexpectedly Hatcher defeated both Katz and Konrady by 2,362 votes benefiting from a strong African American turnout and a split of the white vote between Katz and Konrady. This historic result sent shockwaves through the Democratic establishment in Gary and many party leaders were not prepared or willing to support Hatcher.
Instead the Democratic establishment abandoned Hatcher, led by John Krupa secretary of the Lake County Election Board and county Democratic Party chairman. Krupa was the most recent driver of the very powerful Democratic political machine that had kept Gary a Democratic stronghold for over 30 years. According to Hatcher, after his primary victory Krupa approached him and said, "congratulations and… the party will select the chief of police, the city attorney and the city controller." Hatcher did not yield to Krupa's demands, and decided to run his campaign his way. Hatcher maintained throughout the campaign that Krupa deserted him because he was "Negro", while Krupa maintained he could not support Hatcher because the candidate would not denounce Black Power advocates and claimed he was closely associated with subversives and radicals; even calling Hatcher a Communist sympathizer for opposing the war in Vietnam. However, it was clear this election would not be about the issues, but rather about race. "Gary is normally a Democratic stronghold but the political contest there appears to have largely polarized into a Negro-White issue," as put by the Gary Post Tribune on Nov. 6, 1967.
The showdown was now set with Richard Hatcher the Democratic African American candidate versus Republican candidate Joseph Radigan, who was a white furniture storeowner in Gary. Each candidate relied heavily on their respective white and black communities that equated to a 50/50 split of the population of Gary. Krupa, Democratic Party Chairman, had begun openly supporting the Republican candidate for mayor whose party hadn't held the office in over 30 years. It was a clear and direct insult to Hatcher and what he stood for, and was a preview of the level of racial acrimony he needed to overcome. Through the media Krupa commonly demeaned African Americans adding to the racial divide in the city. In newspapers, Krupa continued to refer to Hatcher as not the "right kind of Negro", and defended himself when he claimed he would "groom" someone who was the "right kind of Negro".
With the election approaching, the battle for mayor became uglier and nastier, with both sides accusing the other of using tactics of intimidation and fear. Krupa continued to play to the fears of white voters. Krupa was recorded in the Oct. 27, 1967 edition of the Gary Post Tribune as saying; "It would be of national concern in a time of crisis if Hatcher were mayor of a major industrial complex such as Gary." And on the other side, Republican candidate Joe Radigan claimed that the few African Americans who were supporting him for mayor were hassled and harassed by African American supporters of Hatcher for not backing the African American candidate.
As the war of words on both sides became more and more racially charged, many feared the city would not be able to survive the election. The fear of racially motivated violence and chaos was all too real for Indiana Gov. Roger Branigin, who ordered 4,000 National Guard troops to Lake County to keep the peace. An opinion editor in the Gary Post Tribune summed up the election by saying, "The election campaign has been marked by bitterness, hatred, corruption, racism of all kinds, intemperance, unspecified charges, unfounded allegations and insinuations – all of which have tended to make a mockery of the democratic process." Hatcher even sent a telegram to Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner, Chairman of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders, asking that the commission come to Gary, "to see racial strife being manufactured." The city of Gary seemed to be in imminent danger.
Only four days before the election, another twist occurred when on Nov. 3, 1967 the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against five Lake County election officials, including John Krupa. It appears a fair and just election was not in store for Gary, when the public learned that the election officials were charged with padding voter rolls in white precincts and illegally purging voters in black precincts. The suit caught the eye of the nation, as the drama of the black candidate versus the white candidate unfolded. Witness Mrs. Marion Tokarski, a Democratic precinct committeewoman, told the court she had 51 fraudulent names from a 1st District deputy registrar by the name of Tec Rocoff, she claimed she was told by Rocoff that "ironworkers and prostitutes" would be doing the voting for the fake names. Krupa sent around 5,300 letters to Gary citizens in Negro neighborhoods, informing them that they had to re-affirm their registration status or they would not be allowed to vote. FBI agents were brought in to canvass 18 predominately white precincts and were unable to locate 394 persons who were listed on the voter roll but did not exist.
After further investigation the total ran up to nearly 1100 fraudulent names and addresses in white neighborhoods, but not one fraudulent name was found in any of the black precincts. The Justice Department contended such a special effort to purge voters in black neighborhoods from the rolls while not doing it in white neighborhoods was a violation of the Federal Voting Rights acts of 1964 and 1965 against racial discrimination in suffrage. This was the first time these laws had been invoked in the North. It became a landmark case in the Civil Rights movement but, the question remained, would these last minute efforts be enough to insure a free election?
Tuesday Nov. 7th, 1967; Election Day came and tensions were high. Early in the day it was clear that the voters of Gary were coming out in record numbers. Within the first three hours almost 32,000 ballots had been cast, which was about half of the total ballots cast in the 1963 election for mayor. FBI agents, local police, and 4,000 National Guard troops were nearby and prepared to protect the rights of Gary citizens, showing their presence at each polling station. Thankfully, as the day progressed, order and justice seemed to prevail over chaos and discrimination. Mayor Katz called the election, "the quietest in the history of Gary." When the polls closed a record total of 77, 271 ballots had been cast. This was the largest voter turnout ever for Gary, even larger than the turnout for the 1964 Presidential General Election, and all were eager to know the outcome. Shortly after midnight it was clear Hatcher had made history, winning the election for mayor with a margin of 1,389 votes.
With his victory Hatcher, along with Carl Stokes of Cleveland, became the first African-American mayor of a major city in the United States. "This has been one of the most significant campaigns in the history of the city – it marks the end of a corrupt political machine," Hatcher said as he addressed his supporters that night as the victor, despite the absence of opponent Radigan's concession speech. This was a triumph for Gary as the nation was watching its every step. The next day as the news spread across the country of what had taken place in Gary, Indiana, congratulations and support for Hatcher and the city of Gary started to pour in from the nations top leaders. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey congratulated Hatcher calling him the, "mayor for all Gary." Humphrey also believed that the election was, "a message which will be heard world wide." Indiana Rep. Ray J. Madden told the press he had just received notice that Gary would be added to President Lyndon B. Johnson's list of "model cities". On January 1st, 1968 Hatcher was inaugurated as Mayor of Gary and in his address proclaimed, "Today we are witnessing a rebirth of Gary's determination to take its rightful place among the great cities of our nation." The election in Gary, Indiana in 1967 became a symbol of the type of progress this State had made towards racial equality in the political arena.
The election also became a turning point in the previously marred political history of African Americans in Indiana politics, and set our state on the path towards racial equality. As we return to our own day it is interesting to view Barack Obama's May 6th Indiana primary contest with Hillary Clinton with this history in mind. Finally, after painstakingly awaiting the results from Lake County, Hillary Clinton, the heavy favorite, was declared winner with a total count of 646,236 votes to Obama's 632,034. Obama surprised many by losing by only 22,000 votes, it was nevertheless enough to slow the momentum of a resurging Hillary Clinton and help win him the nomination of the Democratic party. He became the first African American to be the nominee of a major political party in the United States.
In a recent symposium at the Indiana University Northwest campus celebrating the 40th anniversary of
Hatcher's and Carl Stokes's elections as mayors, Hatcher commented on the success of Obama, "It may not seem significant now, but years later you will look back on this and say, 'Oh yeah, that's what was going on. A sea of change was taking place. I truly believe that America is ready to put a lot of the problems we've had between the races behind it and to move forward as an equal, fair, and just nation." Many would argue that should Obama go on to be elected President of the United States it would complete a change of direction for the nation that began in some ways in Gary, Indiana in 1967.
Photos (from top of page): Barack Obama at a Gary, IN rally(discuss.eplurbismedia.net photo); Headline of Hatcher victory from the November 8, 1976 Post Tribune; Hatcher with city officials (Indiana Historical Society photo); Hatcher with union representatives and his parents (Indiana Historical Society photo).
George Mavrelis is a senior at Wabash College.


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Women on strange addiction is addicted to stinging herself with bees
Week two of "My Strange Addiction" arouses our inner curiosity with addictions so bizarre it stings.
Meet Margaret, a 53-year-old Kentucky woman who has developed an addiction to stinging herself with bees. The Morningview native began stinging herself nearly 10-years-ago as a way to combat arthritis pain.
"The first time that I stung myself it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, and it just got easier over time," explained Margaret.
Now, stinging herself on the hips, elbows, fingers and other random places, Margaret has managed to sting herself as much as 15 times per day.
"She's always had a taste for the odd side of things," explains Margaret's husband, JD. "At this point now with fifteen stings per day, that's when I start to get really concerned about it."
Season 4 of "My Strange Addiction" airs Wednesday's at 10 p.m. on TLC.
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I've had tons of material I'd love to write about, and quite a few nearly finished posts, but spare time has been very thin. Increasing demands of my day job working on the video game God of War 3, the closing of the cycling race season and all my training hours, finding time for some anemically thin resemblance of a social life, photography projects, among other things (like watching the Tour De France) has meant taking a break from the blogging.
When I get back to the keyboard, I intend to return refreshed and with a new focus. Perhaps spend some zen time perched over the city after riding up to the peak above the Hollywood sign once more. In the meantime I hope everyone is enjoying their riding, and remember no matter how much cycling news in L.A. can suck sometimes, at least you are not living in Florida. I happened to catch in Bicycling magazine this month that Florida has more cycling deaths per year than California despite having half the population size. In fact there was even one or two stories with some good news for cyclists in L.A. recently. My jaw almost fell off with shock. An L.A. river bike path extension breaks ground, sharrows finally land in L.A. Country thanks to Long Beach, and Metro considers improving transit/cycling connectivity and removing the rush hour ban of bicycles on trains. Apparently the LADOT has also done something right, could the universe be turning inside out? I hope we can continue this momentum.
Southern California has some of the most beautiful weather for cycling on the planet, go enjoy it and if any one honks at you, smile ,wave and just keep on rolling. I'm going to take a cue from BikingInLA and try not flipping off anyone for a while, though he recently broke his bird flipping sobriety. However I will not object to my tandem partner expressing her frustration with motorists if she chooses too and the situation warrants it...
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Hepatitis C is a viral disease that leads to swelling (inflammation) of the liver.
Other types of viral hepatitis include:
Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis D
Hepatitis C infection is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
You can catch hepatitis C if the blood of someone who has hepatitis C enters your body. Exposure may occur:
After a needle stick or sharps injury
- If blood from someone who has hepatitis Ccontacts a cut on your skin or contacts your eyes or mouth
People at risk of hepatitis C are those who:
- Inject street drugs or share a needle with someone who has hepatitis C
- Have been on long-term kidney dialysis
- Have regular contact with blood at work (such as a health care worker)
- Have unprotected sexual contact with a person who has hepatitis C
- Were born to a mother who had hepatitis C
- Received a tattoo or acupuncture with needles that were not disinfected properly after being used on another person (risk is very low with practitioners who have a tattoo license or permit or an acupuncture license)
- Received an organ transplantfrom a donor who has hepatitis C
- Share personal items, such as toothbrushes and razors, with someone who has hepatitis C (less common)
- Received a
blood transfusion(rare in the U.S. since blood screening became available in 1992)
Most people whoare recently infected with hepatitis C do not have symptoms. Some people have yellowing of the skin (jaundice) that goes away. Chronic infection often causes no symptoms. But tiredness, skin disorders and other problems can occur. Persons who have long-term (chronic) infection often have no symptoms until their liver becomes scarred (
The following symptomsmay occur with hepatitis C infection:
- Pain in the right upper abdomen
- Abdominal swelling due to fluid (
- Clay-colored or pale stools
Dark urine Fatigue Fever Itching
- Jaundice
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
Exams and Tests
Blood tests are done to check for hepatitis C:
- EIA assay to detect hepatitis C antibody
- Hepatitis C RNA assays to measure virus levels (viral load)
Everyone born from 1945 - 1965 (the "baby boom" generation) should get a one-time test for hepatitis C.
Genetic testing is done to check for the type of hepatitis C (genotype). There are six types of the virus (genotypes 1 through 6). Test results can help your doctor choose treatment that is best for you.
The following tests are done to identify and monitor liver damage from hepatitis C:
- Albumin level
- Liver function tests
- Prothrombin time
- Liver biopsy
Common medicines used includepeginterferonand antiviral drugs. These medicines are aimed at:
- Helping the body get rid of the virus.
- Reducing the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer, which can result from long-term HCV infection.
For these medicines to work best, you need to take them as instructed by your health care provider. Ask what side effects you can expect and what to do if you have them.
If you havehepatitis C:
- Do not takeover-the-counter medicines that you have not taken beforewithout asking your health care provider. Also ask about vitamins and other supplements.
- Do not use alcohol or street drugs. Alcohol can speed up the damage to your liver. It can also reduce how well medicines work.
- Ask your health care provider whether you need the hepatitis A and hepatitisB vaccines.
Support Groups
Joining a support groupcan help ease the stress of having hepatitis C. Ask your health care provider about
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most people with hepatitis C infection have the chronic form. Persons with genotype 2 or 3 are more likely to respond to treatment thanthose with genotype 1.
The goal of treatment is to reduce the chance of liver damage and liver cancer. A good response to treatmentoccurs when the virus is no longer detected in the blood after treatment. New and more effective medicines are being developed. As a result, more and morepersons withHCV are able to avoid serious liver damage and liver cancer.
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Call your health care provider if:
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- You believe you have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus
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safer sex.
If you or your partner is infected with hepatitis C and you have been in a stable and monogamous (no other partners) relationship, the risk of giving the virus to, or getting the virus from, the other person is low.
Hepatitis C virus cannot be spread by casual contact, such as holding hands, kissing, coughing or sneezing, breastfeeding, sharing eating utensils or drinking glasses.
Currently there is no vaccine for hepatitis C.
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Ghany MG, Strader DB, Thomas DL, Seeff LB. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: an update. Hepatology. 2009;49:1335-1374.
Jou JH, Muir AJ. In the clinic. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:ITC6-1-ITC6-16.
OLeary JG, Davis GL. Hepatitis C. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 79.
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17 June 2006
High Maintenance Cucumber Gimlets
One can divide most of human activity into two components: process and product…process being the manner in which an activity is carried out, and product being the result of that process. I like to take this description a step further and break down a process into high maintenance or low maintenance (HM and LM), these adjectives clarifying how much effort goes into said process. The resulting product is then described as a high quality product or a low quality product (HQ or LQ).
Allow me to present you with a visual explanation and some concrete examples of various process vs. product combinations:
(scroll down to the gimlet recipe below if you don't care about my theory and you just want to make the cucumber gimlets right now)
Many would agree that most advantageous quadrant to inhabit is Quadrant IV, in which one achieves fabulous results (HQ) with a minimal amount of effort (LM). Quadrant IV people are usually wildly successful beyond your dreams because everything they do comes naturally to them, and everything they touch turns beautiful, and they still have time leftover to exercise and sleep well. I wish I was a Quadrant IV person.
Those who dwell in the first two quadrants, I and II, are those who consistently attain low quality results, whether they are trying too hard (HM) or not trying at all (LM). Most Quadrant I folks, though, are content with not over-exerting themselves, so I wouldn't feel too bad for them.
I am happiest, however, to remain in Quadrant III, where things take way too long to do and I should probably be doing something else that is more productive. But when I am finished with whatever the HM activity is, I am happy because the glorious HQ product is wonderfully worth the effort.
Take these cucumber gimlets, for example. On a hot summer day when your friends are over, should you be spending fifteen minutes making a cocktail? Nooooo. That would be so HM.
But if that cocktail is a cucumber gimlet, then yes, you should spend fifteen minutes making said cocktail because the HQ product is so worth the HM effort. The extraordinary shade of green (not effectively captured in the photograph) will make you want to weep with joy. You probably won't weep, but you will want to. And the taste of the drink, sweet and refreshing, not unlike licking a cold cucumber, will make you so happy with you decision to go Quadrant III and make this HM cocktail.
Cucumber Gimlets
-serves 4 (actually….serves 3 if you have friends who drink like mine)
-adapted from Bon Appétit
2 English seedless cucumbers (the long, skinny ones that you buy already wrapped in plastic…you could use the regular, chunkier cucumbers, but once I used those and the gimlets did not taste very cucumber-y.)
4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon sugar
½ cup gin (don't add an extra lucky shot like I know you usually do…that will cover up the subtle taste of the cucumber)
Peel the cucumbers and cut into large pieces. If you would rather, you could swordfight with the cucumbers because English cucumbers break easily upon forceful contact with other cucumbers, and that method works just fine and is more fun for all involved, including spectators.
Blend the cucumbers until the mixture is very smooth. Here's the high-maintenance part: strain the cucumber purée through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on the sieve to push out every last drop of cucumber water. Discard the solids left in the sieve, or, let me know a good use for them, because they seem too lovely to discard.
Add the gin, sugar, and lime juice to one cup of the strained cucumber water. Stir until sugar has dissolved.
Shake with 6 or 7 ice cubes and pour into martini glasses.
A nice garnish, if you want to go even more Quadrant III, is to stick a toothpick through a slice of cucumber and a slice of lime.
19 comments:
- Helene said...
You have just made me very very thirsty after a long day at work. I wonder what this would taste like with Absolut Citron. I'll let you know.
I really enjoy reading your posts! Keep'em coming.
- June 17, 2006 5:23 PM
- debs said...
i love this post! the gimlets look amazing!
- June 18, 2006 11:04 AM
- Alanna said...
Just gorgeous ... is one allowed a gimlet at 7:07am?
- June 19, 2006 5:11 AM
- Erielle said...
Helene, did you quench your thirst eventually? I hope so! As for Absolut Citron, it would probably still be very good. The cucumber water is so sweet that I bet it pairs well with any other clear, clean, tart liquour.
Thanks, Debs...they look so much better in real life, too!
AK, I see no reason why one could not enjoy a cucumber gimlet at 7 am! I suppose one could always make it in the morning without the gin, and still sip it in a martini glass of course, and just pretend to have returned home after a long day's work.
- June 19, 2006 8:50 AM
- Helene said...
YEs I sure did! I enjoyed it very much. Hubby was quite sceptic and stuck to his Jameson. I am actually going to fix me one right now, i have had a long day in the kitchen!
- June 19, 2006 3:13 PM
- Rachael said...
Okay...YUM! I am SO in. Beautiful pics too.
- June 19, 2006 6:09 PM
- kiplog said...
To reach the upper reachest of the HG quadrant, I would highly recommend Hendrick's Gin for this recipe.
Hendrick's is a Scottish gin with a unique herby quality that marries with cucumber like no other gin.
And no, I don't work for Hendrick's. I've never even been to Scotland.
- June 22, 2006 9:01 AM
- Erielle said...
Kiplog~ Thank you for the tip! I will definitely be trying Hendrick's next when my too-huge bottle of Tanqueray is depleted, which hopefully will be soon.
- June 22, 2006 10:01 AM
- meriko said...
Hah! Kip, I hadn't ready your comments, but when I mixed up a batch of these last night, I went straight for my bottle of Hendricks.... ;)
Posted ours up at gastronome. Thanks for a lovely evening cocktail inspiration!
- June 25, 2006 9:47 AM
- jaime said...
please come back so we can make these again!
- June 29, 2006 1:13 PM
- torie said...
I'm such a low maintenance person, aspiring to be a high maintence person but just, normally, too lazy. But your cucumber gimlets inspired me and today I made myself some. The boyfriend is far too skeptical - which means I get the whole batch to myself tonight.
As for what to do with the foam left over - how about a posh garnish for a refreshing gazpacho...? Superb.
Thank you!
- July 21, 2006 10:17 AM
- emily said...
so i made these last night and OHMYGOD i will never drink another cocktail. in a dance of joy after my first sip i knocked over the cup that contained the gimlet that didn't fit in my martini glass and i cried. then i scraped what was left off the counter back into a cup. and i drank it. and it was still perfect.
- July 25, 2006 2:38 PM
- Erielle said...
Rachael~ I visited your site and when I am sick of making cucumber gimlets I am totally going to make your tequila-raspberry popsicles. Wow, what if there were gimlets and popsicles on the same night? Totally high-maintenance.
Jaime~ Yes, we need to make these again. Maybe we should experiment and add some herbs...cucumber-basil gimlets?
Torie~ I cannot think of a better use for leftover foam than your idea of garnish for gazpacho. And now I can't think of a better garnish for gazpacho! And I do believe that gazpacho and cucumber gimlets(s) would be a tasty pairing! Good one.
Emily~ It really is the nectar of the gods, isn't it? Happy gods, that is. The angry gods were the ones that spilled your drink.
- August 02, 2006 3:12 PM
- smartie said...
In typical me fashion, I'm a year behind, but I've just discovered gimlets this weekend and this recipe looks faaaabulous!
- September 05, 2007 3:53 PM
- laurie said...
I have been making these gimlets since they appeared in Bon Appetit (wasn't it the summer of 06?). I find it helps to up the proportions of lime juice a tad. On the extreme Quad III end, we love them so much that we made them the signature cocktail for our daughter's wedding this past July - picture the effort it took to make GALLONS of cucumber juice (my husband is a saint). Of course, they were the perfect color for the wedding theme.
- October 07, 2007 3:18 PM
- Jessica said...
I had never heard of the cucumber gimlet until two nights ago when we ate at Ocean Prime in Miami. They were dee-lish and after thinking of them for 2 days, I googled it and voila! Found your recipe! I am going to try it tonight to see how close it is. Thanks!
- August 08, 2008 9:47 AM
- Rachel said...
Here's what we did to be high-maintenance one day and low-maintenance for several times after: we also fell in love with the bon apetit cucumber gimlet recipe - so we bought a boat load of cucumbers and pureed and cheese-clothed ourselves silly and then FROZE the cucumber juice :-) Right now I have a container of cucumber juice thawing on the counter and was too lazy to dig through my magazines to find this recipe, but found the recipe here. Thanks so much!
- September 21, 2008 3:53 PM
- Nicole said...
I second the Hendrix! Truly the best gimlet gin.
- March 23, 2009 1:03 PM
- pfa8680 said...
That isn't a gimlet it's a gin rickey not that it really matters. Gimlet's usually use rose's lime juice or some other form of concentrate. Whereas a gin rickey uses fresh lime juice with the addition of raw sugar or simple syrup. Just found this out myself. And yes you have to try your next cucumber gin drink with hindrick's it is the perfect accompaniment.
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We're big fans of DE powder (diatomaceous earth). ... As long as you follow the safety instructions it is almost impossible to do without. ...
I learned something interesting about rice the other day. The reason why we have white rice is for long term storage. Ancient peoples found if they polished the rice, removing the husk and creating white rice, that it would store much longer. I read somewhere that normal white rice has a shelf life of 10 years.
We have noticed the same thing. Our brown rice only keeps a few months before it starts to smell a little "off" meaning it is starting to go rancid. We buy a little brown at a time to add to the white when we cook for the extra nutrition. The bulk of our rice storage is white.
Cedar, I saw you mentioned that there were other types, how do those varieties store, and how is their nutritional value?
HawthornCA, I wonder why that would be? If the nutrients are the same, so the components of the food don't differ, why would it last longer, I wonder?