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Douglas Witmer, selections from Fruitville, paint on found wood, all less than 8" in any direction
Douglas Witmer is for the first time showing a remarkable group of 3-dimensional works at Some Walls in Oakland through July 25. The exhibition is also featured online with a fine essay by Chris Ashley who is the mastermind of the Some Walls project. The pieces, collectively titled Fruitville, are at once ephemeral and physical, witty and iconic. They are parts of an ongoing project in which Witmer has engaged for years, and are brilliant examples of how the probing sensibility of the painter investigates and activates all aspects of the world. Images from the artist's website.


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Let's do hack again, the 2017 edition: on our watch
After the success of the hackathon "Ignorance is strength" we organised in 2014, or were interested in it. And... this year, we're doing it again! We want to check what the European Parliament has been up to, and let them know that they are on our watch.
We already have about 20 participants from various NGOs in Brussels to help us identify where to dig, and as importantly, make visible and promote whatever juicy details we discover this year. We have more data, more votes, more information on attendance, more declarations of interest from the MEPs and whom they pay for services... lots of yummy data that is just waiting for you to dig into.


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Vintage wedding car can be used during the entire wedding celebration. Although it may be difficult to find companies willing to lease the vehicle for several days, it can be done. Do not expect to get a classic car weekend celebration with a small budget, however. If you are lucky enough to find owners willing to rent a car company or vintage cars of their marriage for several days or more, be prepared to pay dearly.
Vintage wedding cars can be hired from wedding transport companies and local owners of private vehicles. Make sure that no matter which vendor you use, that you have a signed contract and proof of insurance prior to taking ownership of vintage or classic car. Usually worth the high dollar, you'll want to make sure your responsibilities spelled out clearly so you do not get stuck in a situation where you have to pay large fines or lose your deposit. Nothing can ruin the memory of your wedding is more than dealing with financial shocks as a result of it all.
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Gowalla version 3 in now available in the App Store. This is the most significant update Gowalla has released for iPhone. So what are some of the new features?
For starters there is a completely new interface. At fist, I found it a little confusing, but I can navigate OK now. Beyond the interface overhaul, the most exciting new feature has to be notes. You can leave notes for your friends at a location. So, the next time they check in at your favorite restaurant, they will be notified that a note was left for them.
The notes feature is cool, but I would have liked to have seen it taken a step further and have public notes. As it is, you can add a Highlight, one of Gowalla's newer features that was previously available on the Web.
Another new feature is the ability to link to FourSquare and Facebook for cross-posting. You can even see these checkins in the Gowalla app; sort of like a hub for location based checkins.
As many of you know, I am fan of Gowalla. I reviewed Gowalla for iPhone back in May, and I like what they have done in the new update, but there are a couple of things they have removed that leaves me scratching my head with wonder...
- Removal of your item collection- you can add to it, but cannot view it any more... very strange
- When you rotate Gowalla on iPhone, you no longer get the vicinity map
One final note, if you are using a jailbroken device with Winterboard, it won't work :-( However, Gowalla says they are working on a fix, so stay tuned!
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Yanjing Li's research interests include robust system design and computer architecture and systems. Her research aims to enable optimized robust systems that span a wide range of designs, from large-scale cloud and high-performance computers to ultra-energy-efficient mobile, wearable, and Internet-of-Things applications, such that these systems will function as the user expects in the most efficient manner, despite underlying disturbances like hardware failures, design bugs, or even malicious attacks. Li has developed a wide range of efficient self-testing/self-repair techniques for complex multi-billion-transistor systems, which dramatically improve robustness with effectively invisible impacts to end users.
Her honors include an Intel Labs Gordy Academy Award, multiple Intel divisional recognition awards, an Outstanding Dissertation Award from the European Design and Automation Association, a Best Student Paper Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Test Conference, and a Best Paper Award from the IEEE Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Test Symposium.
Previously, Li was a senior research scientist at Intel Labs, where she was responsible for mobile/wearable processor designs that are now in production. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University, as well as an MS in mathematical sciences and a BS in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.


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The computer has worked with the current configuration without problems.
First time i had it was a couple of weeks ago duting WoW i would get this and also during SWAT4 that i was playing. Tried most of the anti spyware stuff, virus checkers, drivers etc.
In the end i wiped XP and reinstalled it new, drivers etc.
Had WoW installed and a few other games, and been running them without problem for several weeks now.
This afternoon after installing Sacred and its new expansion the problem returned. It also installed some media player codecs. I had this game also installed before i had the problem the first time.
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Some people have a magical touch in their hands and they can convert everything they touch into something very attractive. Bebo Kobo also possesses such magical touch and has converted tons of scraps into Luxury Yachts. During the times when wars were very much prevalent and population was low, huge warships were used to do mass destruction of lives and assets. After the warships were used they were straightaway dumped into the oceans and were left as they were. They used to get oxidized and become a scrap leaving behind toxic materials and fuel in all over the sea affecting the marine life, till one day when Bebo Kobo discovered the idea of turning old warships into luxurious yachts.
There are other people also who started this business of turning old warships into such yachts but the major portion of credit of doing this work goes to Bebo Kobo. He did the discovery of the idea of turning such old warships and tankers into luxury ships which can be used for commercial purpose or for personal use. The best about these beautiful ships is that they are available at a very reasonable amount and anyone who wants to sail on Luxury can buy them and make use of them either commercial or personal.
The personal yachts available are quite affordable and can be used by a family of 4-5 people. To buy such yachts people like Bebo Kobo can be contacted. The more you spend on your private yachts, more facilities you will get. If a yacht is bought for huge amount then it can be used for commercial purposes. The big luxury yachts can accommodate from 20-50 persons and has got all the amenities of Luxury. The big ships have 3-4 floors with a large deck area. These ships also have a big mess area, a disco theque, a gym, a pool and many such lifestyle services which make sailing fun.
Big businessmen also own these luxury ships along with big bungalows and Rolls Royce. Having a private yacht have become a fashion and passion for these business tycoons. Bebo Kobo is into the manufacturing of these luxury ships and owns many of them. Many other big names of business world own their private yachts. For a person with less fortune, simple yachts are also available at a very nominal cost so that the dream of sailing on a private yacht can be fulfilled.


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Here are two of the things that make folding bikes so useful:
1. They are great for mixed mode transportation. I have taken them on trains, busses, planes, and put them behind the back seat of cars as small as a Geo Metro. It is quick and easy to take my bike with me when I go places. Sometimes I ride one way and come home by other means. They are incredibly fun and useful to take along if you have to travel for work.
2. They are small and easily stashed. That is why they are very popular with boaters and people who have to take their bikes up crowded elevators.
I like models with 20″ wheels best. The bikes are small and light enough to transport easily, and the performance is good enough to enjoy riding all day. I have ridden my Dahon Speed P8 as much as 90 miles one day in New England, fully loaded with touring bags. Sure, my full size touring bike would have been a little better for the task, but I had a great time and it was very easy to get my bike across the country to start the trip.
I have had several folding bikes over the last 20 years. Of these my Dahon has seen the most use because it is quick and easy to fold and unfold, it handles very well, and it climbs hills easily. Dahon makes a very broad range of models and they sell for very reasonable prices
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As 2013 comes to a close, we're reflecting on an amazing year of stunning interior design, talented architects and stylists, and creative homeowners who have been featured in thietkequancafe+Design's enviable house tours. These 30 phenomenal kitchens not only inspire palatable ideas for the new year, but also serve as a reminder that the kitchen is truly the heart of any home. Let the reminiscing begin!


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Q&A: CBS Films' Amy Baer
EmptyIt's go time for Amy Baer. Twenty-one months after jumping aboard as president of Leslie Moonves' film offshoot, Baer is prepping her first slate of four 2010 films: January's Jennifer Lopez romcom "The Back-Up Plan," followed by an untitled Harrison Ford-Brendan Fraser drama in April, a Vanessa Hudgens-starring take on "Beauty and the Beast" titled "Beastly" in July, and a Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson actioner "Faster" in the fourth quarter. The 40-employee division also is actively developing projects like the adaptation of CBS' long-running "Gunsmoke" with the goal of releasing four to six movies a year.
The Hollywood Reporter: What is a CBS Films movie?
Amy Baer: It is really better defined by what it isn't than by what it is. Leslie and I are both interested in a broader range of commercial fare. It was where I lived when I was an executive at Sony. Movies that reach more than one audience, movies that aren't necessarily specialty or art-house or genre or chick flicks. Conceptually good, emotionally good and movies that an audience can relate to on a thematic level. The budgets are roughly up to $50 million. So anywhere between $10 million and $50 million is where we'll live. I want to make sure that the movies we're making are not only movies that people want to go see but that our marketing department will not be challenged out of the gate in terms of how to sell it.
THR: Will you acquire films?
Baer: Eventually, yes. One of the things we didn't want to do in the first go-round is to make acquisitions because then you're known as an acquisitions company and it's kind of hard to work backward from that. Steve Friedlander, who's our head of distribution, sees everything that's out there, and I think for the right movie we absolutely would. But we wanted to make sure that for our first slate or two were homegrown.
THR: Are you buying a ton of scripts to develop and cherry-pick? Or when you buy something, is there a pretty good chance you're going to make it?
Baer: It's more the latter than the former. It takes a lot for me to like something, but when I like it I love it. We probably have a little over 25 projects in development right now, and we make four to six a year, so that's four or five to one. I don't like to take a lot of fliers because that's just not who I am.


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Toxic Fire Retardants
This week, an important bill is moving through the California Senate which would ban cancer-causing chlorinated and brominated flame retardants from furniture and bedding. Terre Verde discusses this ground-breaking bill, as well as the future of green chemistry in California, with guests Arlene Blum, a biochemist and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley; and Tony Stefani of the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation.
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iPhone Reviews
Solitairica – An All New Card Based Battle Challenge On iOSAugust 26, 2016 -
When you think of solitaire, you don't normally think of it as a weapon. In the new iOS game Solitairica, you use solitaire to battle a wide variety of opponents. Solitairica uses the golf solitaire… Read More »
Space Marshals 2 – Does It Warrant Your Attention Again?August 25, 2016 -
The Marshals service isn't as gun blazing today as it once was. Space Marshals is a game that brings back the Wild West on distance planets. The original launched back in January 2015, and now… Read More »
Riptide GP Renegade – Does Water Racing Reign Supreme On iOS?August 25, 2016 -
The Riptide series has made a nice home on iOS providing a great arcade racing experience. Now, there's the third installment in the form of Riptide GP Renegade, which continues the watercraft racing. The main… Read More »
Journey Below – Does It Come In Below The Competition?August 24, 2016 -
Get ready to descend into the depths in the new auto running platformer Journey Below, from the makers of League of Evil, Tiny Rogue, Random Heroes, and more. Journey Below lets you play as a… Read More »
Outfolded – Unwrapping A New Puzzle Challenge?August 23, 2016 -
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Hyper Blaster – Shooting With Two Left Feet On iOSAugust 19, 2016 -
Shooters come in multiple forms with the arcade shooter seemingly being the most prevalent. Hyper Blaster is a new arcade shooter for iOS that is all about blasting away endless waves of black blob enemies…. Read More »
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Magic is real in the new iOS game Leap of Fate, and you need to use magic to battle trials of psychological demons. Leap of Fate delivers a top down arcade dual stick shooter that… Read More »
Legend of the Skyfish – Is It Worth Reeling On To Your Device?August 18, 2016 -
The monstrous Skyfish has been awoken from the deep, and it's up to Little Red Hook to defeat the Skyfish in the new iOS game, Legend of the Skyfish. The game provides an adventure set-up… Read More »
Deus Ex Go – All New Augmentations To Go Through On iOSAugust 18, 2016 -
Square Enix has a hit series for mobile devices in the form of their "Go" versions of their popular franchises. Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go both deliver engaging puzzle challenges that fit their respective… Read More »
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New Delhi: Congress today declared a list of
51 candidates for the forthcoming elections to 70-member
Uttarakhand assembly.
Harak Singh Rawat will be the Congress candidate from
Rudraprayag seat while others in the fray include Jodh Singh
Gunsola (Mussorie), Rajpal Singh Kharola (Rishikesh) and
Satpal Brahmachari from Hardwar.
Pradeep Batra (Roorkee), Irshad Ali (Hardwar rural),
Sunderlal Mandrawal (Pauri-SC), Mayukh Singh Mahar
(Pithoragarh), Lalit Pharswan (Kapkote), Ram Prasad Tamta
(Bageshwar-SC) and Manoj Tiwari (Almora) are among the other
candidates in the fray.
Surendra Singh Negi will contest against Chief Minister
B C Khanduri (BJP) from Kotdwar while Rewati Joshi will be in
the fray from Didihat against BJP state unit chief Bishan
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Congress is confident of coming back to power, claiming
there is an anti-incumbency wave against the BJP government
due to a slew of corruption cases that came to light during
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank`s chief ministership.
BJP was forced to ask Nishank to step down and he was
replaced by Khanduri who has image of an upright leader.
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46 year old Jaysun Sinclair is facing several firearms and weapons-related offences. He was arrested following a lengthy police standoff Sunday on the north side. LPS had to use tear gas to force the suspect from the home.
Lethbridge Police have charged a 46 year old man with numerous firearms and weapons offences following a four-hour standoff with police over the weekend. On Sunday (Nov. 27) police responded to a report that a male at a home along the 1100 block of 43 Avenue North was in possession of firearms and was uttering threats to harm anyone who attended the residence – including police. Members of the Critical Incident Response Team responded and secured the scene. Police made contact with the subject and following a four-hour standoff he was taken into custody after CS gas was deployed to force him out of the home. Police subsequently obtained a search warrant and seized 11 firearms – two of them loaded – four prohibited magazines and rounds of ammunition. - Lethbridge Police Release
Jaysun George Sinclair, 46, is charged with:
Use Of Firearm While Committing Offence
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Charter's codes to help you program your TV remote control are available in the Support area at Charter.com. Codes are specific to your TV, DVD and VCR and let you program your Charter remote so that you can browse channels and record programs.
Charter Communications is a major American telecommunications company. Founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993, it provides phone, Internet and cable services to businesses and private households. As of the end of 2011, Charter was the 10th largest provider of phone service in the United States with 1.79 million customers and the fourth largest provider of broadband Internet service with 3.65 million subscribers.


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First, I'd like to say that this book is thankfully not a compilation of past Remodelista blog content. The photos and tips were created especially for the book. The book is consistent with Remodelista's focus on modern yet comfortable design and often highlights innovative uses for otherwise mundane, everyday objects.
The first half of the book is dedicated to showcasing Twelve Houses We Love. This is my favorite part of the book and the main reason I recommend you get your own copy. Julie Carlson helps us experience and understand twelve home interiors through stunning, two-page photographic spreads accompanied by short notes explaining the unique design elements in each photo. Remodelista then includes two pages of practical Steal this Look suggestions for each of the twelve houses. For example, try taking a cue from Corinne Gilbert, a Paris native who uses tablecloths for curtains in her Brooklyn townhouse, saying "It's a French thing."
Just as captivating as the gorgeous home interiors are the stories Julie Carlson tells about the individuals that inhabit each home. They are fascinating people: celebrities, designers, artists, expats, entrepreneurs and … and Remodelista writer Julie Carlson! Julie Carlson features her own California house, a.k.a "Remodelista Headquarters" at the start of the book, a nice peek into the life and abode of the woman who has become a design guru to thousands of us.
The second half of Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home includes A User's Guide to Kitchens, A User's Guide to Bathrooms, Design Ideas, the Remodelista 100 (basically a shopping list) and a Remodeling Reality guide that walks you step by step through the remodeling process. Personally, I didn't find the kitchen and bath sections to really be user guides. Rather, these were examples of unique kitchens and baths that may or may not easily translate to your own home. Nonetheless, the spaces showcased are interesting to see and read about. The products featured in the Remodelista 100 didn't wow me, but the list is a nice feature to have thrown in with all of the other content in the book and there are definitely a few items on the list I might buy, like the bamboo ironing board and the cloth-covered extension cord (the list contains practical items with timeless design aesthetics).
The other two sections at the back half of the book are more true to the "manual" reference in Remodelista's book title. The Design Ideas section does genuinely offer many great ideas. I recommend keeping the book on your coffee table so you can pick it up and flip to the design ideas section every so often when you need to refresh yourself with ideas. Several of the ideas are DIY, but not too complicated, and intended to save you money by eliminating the need to pay for custom creations. And it takes less than 30 seconds of your time to review each idea. The Remodeling Reality section was also very practical, although lacking in imagery.
Overall, Julie Carlson and the Remodelista team have done a great job with this book. I highly recommend you add it your home bookshelf.
This post was created by Katie.
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Sometimes nations, like individuals, say things in public that are better said in private. So it is with the announcement last week by the Pentagon that the US might treat cyber-attacks as armed attacks.
The announcement would seem to make sense. "Armed attack" in cyberspace is now a reality. Last year, the Stuxnet computer worm physically destroyed the operations of an Iranian nuclear facility. And Stuxnet is hardly the first disruptive cyber attack. When the highly cyber-wired nation of Estonia had its networks disrupted by "distributed denial of service attacks" in 2007, Nato had to make a decision – did this attack constitute an "attack", as in "any attack against a member state will be considered an attack against all" – a key provision of Nato's mutual defence pact? Nato, characteristically, demurred, as it has subsequently. The American announcement at least provided some clarity, and sends a message to potential adversaries.
The problem is the Pentagon is making the announcement at a time when America's defences against cyber-attack are in shambles. No doubt, the defence department's computer security is in good shape (or as good as computer security can get). But the Pentagon is not in charge of defending America's cyberspace. That is the responsibility of the feckless department of homeland security (DHS). Non-defence parts of the federal government routinely get failing grades from the congressional committees that oversee such things. For "critical infrastructures" like communications and electricity, DHS organises a set of so-called "public-private partnerships" that transfer the responsibility for national security to the self-interest of private corporations – a model of national security last seen with the East India Company.
The doctrine that "if you hit us, we will hit you back even harder" makes a lot of sense when dealing with the possibility of nuclear attacks where the US (like everyone else) is otherwise defenceless. But the model of nuclear deterrence does not apply to in cyberspace. Nuclear bombs come in one size: large. Not so with cyber-attacks, which can have come in many forms, and where a devastating attack need not be destructive.
With almost non-existent cyber defences, the United States is open to cyber-attacks of all sorts – think of a heavyweight boxer fighting off a swarm of bees. It won't be China launching a cyber Pearl Harbour (a beloved, but inappropriate metaphor of the cyberwar enthusiasts) – it will be the Washington metro being out of service, stranding government workers, or the New York Stock Exchange being disrupted. If that happened, the US might "put a missile down one of your smokestacks", to quote an American official, but how would the world react? Imperialist Americans killing innocent people for the sake of their investment portfolios?
The other problem with weak defence is that it makes the problem of even knowing who attacked us even harder. "Attribution" of cyber-attacks is a big, big challenge. Take the ongoing "he said, she said" drama taking place between Google and China. Google says that China stole large numbers of passwords and has taken over accounts. China says that it did not. Probably China did, but who really knows? Stuxnet is alleged to be the joint product of the US and Israel; neither country is confirming the speculation. Russia denies having attacked Estonia, but also refuses to assist in finding the perpetrators. China repeatedly blames "patriotic hackers" outside of its control, when cyber attacks advance state interests.
By making a public announcement that a cyber-attack could be an act of war, the US is basically saying, "I dare you." That works if you know who your attacker is, and the attack crosses some threshold. What may happen, instead, is that as a country, we end up looking impotent – subject to small-scale disruptions, maybe even uncertain as to whether such disruptions were an attack, or just Microsoft Windows crashing. Until the US has a better cyber defensive posture, the Pentagon would have been better-off talking in private.


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Thursday: Kipton woke up about 7:30am I went to give him his warm milk and he wouldn't drink it with that right hand. I knew something was wrong. It looked swollen. So I got him some cartoons and got a shower before Karson woke up. Kevin was already at work. I got a shower got dressed, got the boys dressed, packed up breakfast to take and eat in the van, and out the door we went at 9:15. About 10 minutes from our house it was sudden air bags in my face and we were pushed into our local firestation doors. I realized that someone had hit us head on coming from the opposite direction. All I could see was smoke and I thought the car was on fire. I got out of the van, got Karson out of his booster seat, and then ran around the back of the van to get Kipton out. I saw the car that hit us sitting in the middle of the road, but was too worried about the boys to think about that old man. We were all out and looking to be fine. Kipton has some bad seat belt marks on his neck but other than we were ok. The longer I sat, the more my back and neck were hurting. I decided it would be best to go to the hospital to get checked out. I had called Kevin but he was away on the boat and would be a while to get to us. I called Erin (a friend) to help with the boys and she was soon there. She followed the ambulance with the boys in her car. We went to the hospital and Kipton and I both got checked out. I ended up with just muscular soreness in my back and neck, and Kipton ended up with 2 broken bones in his arm. So he now has a cast.
Most of the damage to our van is in the front end. We are so LUCKY and thankful to only have some back and neck pain and a broken arm. Kipton will wear the cast for 6 weeks and then we will xray it again to make sure the bones are healing the right way. I have had lots of resting but after 4 days I'm up and moving around and feeling a lot better.
Kipton and his temporary cast before going to get his new hard cast.
Trying to maneuver eating cereal.
He has been a trooper. He has been a little more whiny, but overall he's not complained. He tried to continue to play just like he did before. He sleeps in the weirdest ways, it looks so uncomfortable.
To keep from getting it dirty outside, I put a grocery bag on it. He never even cared! Just went on with playing with his mower like he didn't even notice. We did spend $43.00 extra dollars and got a water proof cast. I do still put the bag over the cast in the bath anyways. It's going to be a long 6 weeks with keeping this cast clean.
The only word I can think of when thinking back to the wreck is blessed.
It could have been so much worse. I have two babies still walking around being wild, crazy, and loud! Just like they are supposed to be. I am walking and able to talk.
We are blessed.
Thankful for a God who watches over us. There were many signs that showed me he was there.


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Dec. 29 — A lawyer who sexually harasses a law firm colleague can be sued for creating a hostile workplace, and a lawyer who gets drunk at a firm holiday party and directs homophobic or racial slurs at a co-worker may get a visit from human resources.
Those offenses also could result in professional discipline under the ABA ethics committee's latest draft of proposed amendments that expand the definition of "professional misconduct" in Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4.
The draft amendments—which may undergo further revisions before they are presented to the ABA House of Delegates for consideration in August—include a proposal to create a new Model Rule 8.4(g), which would state:
It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to[,] … in conduct related to the practice of law, harass or knowingly discriminate against persons on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status.
Comment [3] to Model Rule 8.4 currently specifies that the definition of "conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice" under Rule 8.4(d) can include discriminatory words or actions directed at certain minorities "in the course of representing a client."
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has suggested replacing that language with a broader provision in the rule itself to prohibit harassing or discriminatory conduct "related to the practice of law."
That would "expand the coverage" of the anti-discrimination mandate, the committee said in a Dec. 22 memo. The committee explained that comments—unlike rules—are not authoritative, and that the phrase "conduct related to the practice of law" covers more ground than the phrase "in the course of representing a client."
The draft proposal further suggests adding new language to Comment [3] specifying that "the operation and management of a law firm" is one area of conduct "related to" the practice of law. The upshot, the memo says, is that the proposed prohibition would apply to harassing or discriminatory conduct in the workplace.
The committee has requested comment on its latest draft proposal, which updates an earlier draft released in July. See 31 Law. Man. Prof. Conduct 431.
Written comments will be accepted until March 11, and the committee will hold a public hearing in San Diego on Feb. 7 to discuss the proposal.
The committee is seeking feedback on its July draft as well, including input on whether proposed Rule 8.4(g) should be limited to conduct that occurs "in the course of representing a client"—which, unlike "conduct related to the practice of law," would not cover the operation and management of a firm and thus not implicate workplace discrimination or harassment.
In its December memo the committee said it "heard from some in the bar that because legal remedies are available to persons who believe that a lawyer or law firm has harassed or discriminated against them in employment, such conduct by lawyers should not also be deemed to be professional misconduct."
The committee was not convinced. The "argument for exclusion of [workplace] activities was less compelling than for inclusion," it said in the memo.
"[O]ne simply cannot demand one level of professional behavior for lawyers that is external to their own law practice while allowing a lesser standard of behavior inside one's own office," the memo states.
The committee said the fact that legal remedies exist for those who suffer workplace harassment or discrimination at the hands of lawyers isn't reason enough to exclude that behavior from the scope of the proposed rule. "[L]egal remedies are available for other conduct, such as that described in paragraph (c) to Rule 8.4—fraud, deceit or misrepresentation—but such conduct also constitutes professional misconduct," the memo states.
Accordingly, the committee endorsed a broader rule that would cover activities relating to the operation and management of a law firm. "This would include conduct at activities such as law firm dinners and events at which the lawyers were present solely because of their association with the law firm," the memo states.
A memo the committee released with the July draft proposal says that at least 24 U.S. jurisdictions have adopted "some form of [an] anti-bias, anti-prejudice and/or anti-harassment" mandate in the black letter of their lawyer conduct rules.
But the July memo also notes that jurisdictions adopting anti-discrimination rules did so "in a number of different ways—sometimes very broadly, sometimes more narrowly." The December memo observes that those variations extend to whether the prohibition on harassment and discrimination covers workplace activities. "Nationally, there are states that both explicitly include and explicitly exclude those activities," it says.
Another noteworthy change the committee has proposed would eliminate existing language in Comment [3] that excludes the discriminatory use of peremptory challenges in jury selection as a prima facie basis for discipline.
As currently written, Comment [3] provides in relevant part: "A trial judge's finding that peremptory challenges were exercised on a discriminatory basis does not alone establish a violation of [Rule 8.4(d)]."
The committee said some have raised concerns "that this sentence could be read as limiting a trial judge's discretion on whether to refer such conduct for discipline."
"The [committee] concluded that the Comment to this rule need not address or take a position, either way, on the weight of evidence in a disciplinary proceeding or preempt the disciplinary process," according to the December memo.
Conversely, the committee suggested adding language to Comment [3] to make clear that new Rule 8.4(g) would "not apply to conduct that is unrelated to the practice of law or to conduct protected by the First Amendment."
"The Comment makes clear that a lawyer does retain a 'private sphere' where personal opinion, freedom of association, religious expression, and political speech is protected by the First Amendment and not subject to the Rule," the December memo states.
The committee also proposed retaining but redrafting an existing exception in Comment [3] that insulates lawyers from discipline for "legitimate advocacy" that requires a lawyer to reference a person's status or group.
The current version of Comment [3] states: "Legitimate advocacy respecting the foregoing factors does not violate paragraph (d)." The draft proposal would provide that new Rule 8.4(g) "does not prohibit lawyers from referring to any particular status or group when such references are material and relevant to factual or legal issues or arguments in a representation."
The committee said the proposed revision provides a "clearer standard than 'legitimate advocacy' for disciplinary counsel and state courts to apply, as it incorporates concepts already known in the law—'material' and 'relevant.'"
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Can anyone recommend a decent-tasting, gluten-free beer? I'll of course check with my liquor store but first hand opinions are always helpful. (I don't know the first thing about beer myself and am hoping to allocate that space in my brain for some other topic. So any recommendations are much appreciated!)
Budweiser makes Red Bridge, and we think it's pretty good! Easily available here in supermarkets, along with a smattering of others. Taste, though, is in the mind of the taster.
I know it's not beer per se, but there are loads of great ciders on the market right now. Crispin has several amazing flavors (including one made with sorghum that I found particularly nice).
Thank you both very much. Petitbleu, a question - how does hard cider compare to beer? About the same alcohol content? It must be a very different taste though?
My current absolute favorite: the dark ale from Harvester Brewing out of Portland. It's a dedicated glutenfree facility and it tastes like real beer. Really. They have an IPA that my IPA-loving husband adores, and he isn't allergic to gluten and can drink regular IPAs. I found this at PCC here in Seattle; I don't know how hard it is to find outside the Northwest.
Second best is Daura, from Spain. It's delicious. A close second is Omission.
The rest I've tried (Red Bridge, Bard's, New Grist) are all just okay. They don't really taste like beer, but they're a good substitute if you're baking with it. I prefer New Grist for my glutenfree beer bread. I recently tried Green's dark ale and was more impressed with it than I remembered being a few years ago. I think they've improved their recipe.
Finn River has a dry hopped cider that's incredible. It's sweeter than beer and has a sort of light ale flavor. Finn River also has occasional limited runs of specialty ciders. Their bourbon barrel-aged cider a few months ago was incredible.
For cider, I also recommend Blue Mountain's Dry Creek and anything by Tieton Cider Works.
Have a look at NPR's The Salt and Bon Appetit for recommendations:
As far as cider goes, you can also try perry, which is cider made from pears.


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Spit paint is a new concept created by the Daily Spitpaint group on fb that gives out daily subjects to draw from for any artist to complete in a limted time of 30m. This video shows the process of one of my works I did for that group which I mostly adapted my workflow from.
"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?"
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Thanks to Facebook, I can be connected to my close family & friends who live abroad and at least know how things are around with people who I care. It's the most popular social service in connecting people all around the world.
And just last week, Facebook has announced some new features that would change our way of sharing life. (You can watch Mark Zuckerberg's presentation on f8 Facebook.)
Although Facebook has made progressive changes over the past years, this one, many experts describe it as the "innovation of Facebook" . This update could make Facebook a life style changer for all of us.
So here, I would like to list up on three major updates and talk likes and dislikes about them.
1) A new way to show your Profile: Timeline
Timeline is a new feature of your profile, which enables to share your life in chronicle. From the latest activities to your birthday, you can update lifetime memories whenever you want. First thought that got crossed my mind was that I should move all of photos from my old social platform, Cyworld. It was always my burden to organize my memories in one place, and I thought maybe I should settle down on Facebook.
But then, really, do I want to share my whole life with a stranger? I don' think so. Instead, I'd put my personal picture on my cloud server, keep it more personal. However, it's one great way to present your life!
2) 'Like' isn't the only option: Open-Graph upgraded
(*open-graph is FB's algorithm for sharing and connecting with people)
From the very first day of October, on Facebook, [Like] is not going to be your only option.
"I'm reading ______", "I'm watching_______", "I'm listening to _____"
All of the actions above, you'll be able to share with friends on the Facebook. What's good about it? Exact types of contents will be clarified & shared as useful recommendation to your friends!
Moreover, Facebook partnered with third-party companies to offer live streaming music or movie ticketing, so you can just click & join whatever your friends were doing. So I think this is an evolutionary upgrade for F-commerce. (Mark Zuckerberg pointed out that e-commerce is the next big thing, and now he came back with his ultimate business model, better than any of social commerce services so far!)
However, getting notice of every single actions that your friends make could be an annoying experience as well. (I've already got several notices, and it's already giving me headache.) To make information more usefully, Facebook should stop sending all the notices and make different tabs to categorize actions such as places, foods, event. So it could be used as social guidance to new services recommended by close friends.
Brands will get benefit from open-graph as well.
Now brands might reduce promotional apps, and develop service platforms based on Facebook app to integrate themselves people's timeline. This way, brands could use Facebook not only for their branding, but also to sell out their services on f-commerce. Music, books, tickets are first to go in this upgrade, and it could be followed by multiples of other services both for big & small business.
(Updated 9/28) Here's how brand facebook will look like with Timeline feature. It got more branding elements, more freedom to customize factors fit into your brand.
3) Newsfeed on Facebook: Ticker
I really think ticker is a brilliant feature. Now I don't have to follow every small moves that people are making. On the core, it's actually very similar to twitter tweet feed. You can scroll down to read news feeds and click the ones that catches your attention. If you don't want see it, you just have to close down the button. But it already earned some haters, and now chrome browser features ticker remover app : p
Now, it's totally up to you
In general, most of the upgrades are positive changes in using Facebook. Though some of us will have struggle to get acquainted with new features. It's not a matter of privacy, on a scale from zero to everything. Nobody wants get isolated, yet we constantly worry about leaking our privacy. How would you like it to be? It's totally up to you now.
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I wrote this the other day. I've discovered a new website entitled Thoughtcatalog.com and I'm determined to get all up in that. So I sent this in, but I like it too much for it not to hit the Internet.
Exes and Me: An Introspection
Look, I'm a nice guy. Always have been, despite my hardest attempts at reversing this personality trait. That says something about society: why is it such a bad thing to be the White Knight, the guy that doesn't cheat, the guy that will tell someone if they dropped a twenty.
I'm totally serious when I say that I have lost count of the girls I've met who are looking for a great guy, then when I offer myself to the holy Boyfriend altar for sacrifice, either they aren't interested, or I'm the "friend". And I don't get it.
Once in a while it works, for a little bit at least, and it's awesome! Talking to someone who just gets you, no awkward silences, and sex where you can explore, discover each other's wants. Then it fizzles. And that sucks.
I rarely get close to a girl emotionally, thanks in partial to an erstwhile Australian girl calling me up early one November morning a couple years ago and telling me she doesn't love me anymore, and maybe I should reconsider moving to Melbourne. (Which was awesome, by the way.)
So while the odd one night stand is always welcome, it's uncommon that I progress it further than that. I live in a community where the girls are heavily outnumbered, many are bar-stars, and the rest are already taken. So when that special girl does cross paths with me, I really try hard not to screw things up. So when they inevitably do, my Facebook feed becomes a minefield. My mind runs a gauntlet every time I see "Possible-Love-Of-Your-Life is now friends with Some-Unknown-Dude-Who's-Probably-Cooler-Than-You-Because-He's-Talking-To-Her-And-You-Aren't." Is this her new guy, even though she told you she's "not ready" or "too busy" or "looking for something different"?
I'm that guy. And I'm tired of hearing about all the assholes in town, and asking where the nice guys are that don't smoke weed all day.
In economic terms, I'm a hot commodity. I'm oil in the Middle East, water in the desert, vodka Red Bull in those douchey clubs on that Jersey Shore show. I'm the long straight Tetris piece, the elusive MewTwo, the Stanley Cup. (Actually, maybe the Conn Smythe Trophy; I'm not rich, after all.)
So why is nobody buying stocks in Tall, Literary, and Handsome?
Answers on the back of a postcard.
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Exes and Me: An Introspection
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Anyone would be balls out crazy not to buy stocks in you !
The right lass will come along Aaron. Don't rush anything in your search for love xReplyDelete
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P.S.: Love the Tetris reference!
My fave bit "Possible-Love-Of-Your-Life is now friends with Some-Unknown-Dude-Who's-Probably-Cooler-Than-You-Because-He's-Talking-To-Her-And-You-Aren't" too funny.ReplyDelete
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Artist Daniel Kamarudin made these excellent illustrations that reimagines The Avengers characters as you know it. He took what we saw in the Marvel movies and turned them darker and added more of a fantasy flair to them. His depictions are great, I wouldn't mind reading a story illustrated in this way.
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This SS 2010 I will be channeling Parisian label Isabel Marant.... flouncy vestidas + slouchy botas= fashion heaven. This collection is reminiscent of Sienna's debut in Alfie, only with less accessories. Slouchy botas are at the TOP of my wishlist!!!
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tomato Canning Begins
My canning goal for this year with regards to tomatoes is to get enough sauce into jars to see us through two years. I'm still traumatized by last year's late blight which left us with hardly any tomato crop to speak of. I canned only three quarts of sauce, which we soon ran through. I resolved to make a big effort this year if we had a good crop. If blight rears its ugly head again next year, I'll be able to coast through with what I put up now. If next year is a good tomato year, I can put up just one year's supply and still have a year's supply in reserve. So far it looks like June and July's blistering heat and little rain have protected us from blight and set us up for a good tomato harvest. My estimate for a two-year supply of tomato sauce is somewhere between 30 and 40 quarts. I'm going to try my best to put that much up in the next three to four weeks as the tomatoes come in. Extra quarts are always good to have for gifting. If our own supply of tomatoes is insufficient, I may resort to buying locally grown. But first I'm going to see how we fare on our own production.
Much of our cherry tomato crop is going to be smoked in our homemade trash can smoker. We're still slowly working our way through the apple wood chips we made ourselves from the first pruning of our apple tree after we move in three years ago. These are excellent material for smoking, and homegrown too. After smoking, I dehydrate the cherry tomatoes until they are shelf-stable. We then keep them on hand for adding to winter stews, pasta dishes, and polenta. Super-sweet cherry tomatoes smoked over our own apple wood give a marvelous flavor boost to winter meals.
Speaking of growing tomatoes, I have to gush a bit about the Speckled Roman tomato. My last few posts have included pictures of this beauty if you want to see what it looks like. I'm more and more impressed with it as time goes on. This variety is a stabilized hybrid of Banana Legs and Antique Roman tomatoes. "Stabilized hybrid" means that someone worked on the cross of the two parent varieties until they had a genetic line that breeds true. In other words, it's now open pollinated. In other other words, it's possible to save seeds from Speckled Roman tomatoes and reliably get Speckled Roman tomatoes from those seeds. I like the fact that it's open pollinated. I love their unusual and beautiful appearance. I like both the texture and flavor - meaty and solid enough to make a good slicing tomato, but full of well balanced tang and sweetness. I love the fact that they very rarely split; this characteristic redeems the only moderate production from each plant, since I can count on harvesting just about every fruit that forms. And I really appreciate the Speckled Roman's ability to resist late blight, which I saw first hand last year. This is only my second year growing this variety, but I'm definitely sold on it over other paste tomato varieties. In fact, I'm strongly considering making it my primary tomato in future years and planting only a couple of beefsteaks and cherries.
18 comments:
- Tree Huggin Momma said...
Wow - sounds yummy and busy! Hopefully this will be the year I finish clearing the land and am ready to go for next year with plantings.
I picked up a ton of High Mowing Seeds (non-GMO) and have seeled them in a vacum bag and put them in the freezer...
- August 3, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- Aimee said...
Smoked cherry tomatoes sounds like a fabulous idea! I have a fruit tree orchard so prunings are abundant but I have to check out that garbage can smoker link. Good luck!
And happy canning!
- August 3, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Wendy said...
You're a couple of weeks ahead of us, but like you, I'm looking forward to this year's tomato crop. I ran out of tomato sauce too soon last year, and I don't buy canned tomatoes from the grocery. It's a bummer when we can't have chili anymore ;).
- August 3, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Tamar@StarvingofftheLand said...
40 quarts? Yowza. How many tomato plants do you have?
Reading that you're canning already makes me think our garden is WAY behind. We've been getting cherry tomatoes for almost 2 weeks, but none of the full-size tomatoes are even close.
Our growing season is late, because the water all around us keeps us cool in the spring and warm in the fall, but that can't explain everything. I'm going to try sending soil samples for testing over the winter so I can have some idea how to fix the problems, and maybe I'll be able to keep up with you next year.
- August 3, 2010 at 11:12 AM
I haven't yet tried canning, and we got rid of our old, inefficient freezer, so my tomato crop will have to be eaten up or given away. I can live with eating fresh tomatoes.
Last week I broke a total of 4 toes on both feet, and I empathise with your pain and the accompanying emotions. It's very humbling to be disabled when you're used to rude good health. Probably good for me.
- August 3, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- el said...
I grow a Striped Roma and it's very similar; the skin is super thick though so...I warn people if I serve it fresh. Otherwise, it peels easily after a boil. Like you, Kate, I love the way they look; who cares if it's not the most prolific.
And yeah you're earlier than me. I am a full week out from being overwhelmed, which is just fine!
- August 3, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Robin said...
Oh how I wish my tomatoes were producing! They're all still green and I fear that I won't get enough to can and freeze this year since we had a very cold June and have had a summer way below normal temps (bay area ca). I may have to resort to the farmers market to get my paste tomatoes for canning :(
- August 3, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Rachel said...
Wow - enough tomato sauce to get you through 2 years will certainly be a lot! I must admit I've never canned tomato sauce before; just whole tomatoes.
Sounds yummy though!
- August 3, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Sense of Home said...
I will begin canning tomatoes in the next week or two and I like the idea of roasting tomatoes for sauce. I will be checking your blog for how that is done. There is nothing like home canned tomatoes. We used ours up by May and have been missing it, I hope to can more this year.
- August 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- cityhippyfarmgirl said...
In time to come I would love to be doing this. I have images of rows and rows of my own bottled tomatoes...one day one day.
- August 3, 2010 at 6:48 PM
I was going to ask what Tamar asked- how many plants do you put in?
I've never canned before. I was going to try tomatoes last year, but as I even had to buy green tomatoes for our annual chutney because of blight, it didn't happen.
(I make lots of chutneys, but we always have to have Green Tomato Chutney. It's about the one thing other than everyday meals I can remember my mum making when I was a child- I didn't inherit my love of cooking and baking from her!- and my granny used to make it before her, so it's a tradition!)
- August 4, 2010 at 2:06 AM
- Kate said...
THM, hope next year's crop is bountiful. I have my extra seeds frozen as well.
Aimee, the garbage can smoker is really easy to make. If you don't want to power it with an electric burner, do a bit of googling. I know I've seen pictures of a pit fire with a covered trench that fed into the garbage can.
Wendy, oddly, we almost never eat chili, which is strange since we grow our own dried beans. I must try that this winter.
Tamar, 40 is my stretch number, for sure. That would give me plenty to gift away. I've got 14 plants, 11 of which are either beefsteak or paste, so that's what I'll be relying on for the canning goal. I think temperature counts for a LOT where tomatoes are concerned, but a soil test is always a good idea. Do you know what it is you're looking for?
Jenny, I hope your toes heal quickly. It's terrible to be incapacitated, especially when the garden is in full swing.
El, I wouldn't say that the skin is notably thick on the Speckled Romans. It seems normal to me, and the skin on Brandywines abnormally thin. Actually I suspected it was the shape of the tomato that helped prevent cracking, but I could be all wrong on that theory.
Robin, that was us last year, and even before the blight hit. It's a hot year here, so I'm trying to take advantage of it. Bay area gardening, well...been there, done that. Bay area whether varies enormously from city to city as you well know, I'm sure. Tomatoes are just hard to do in some of them. I found that a potted cherry tomato on the edge of a paved driveway did well, provided you water assiduously. And then there are all the tricks to conserve heat in order to coax tomatoes along. Good luck.
Rachel, yeah I'm ambitious enough to qualify as mildly insane.
Brenda, I like the roasted sauce recipe. If you want it thick, don't add the pan drippings in, but save them for some other purpose. They're too delicious to throw away. But if you like a thin sauce, add it in with the puree. Hope your canning goes well.
cityhippyfarmgirl, those rows of canned anything really do make the heart swell with pride of a job accomplished, I can tell you. Hope you have that satisfaction one day soon.
Hazel, now you and Tamar are making me think this is a crazy goal. But on a bit of reflection, 25 pounds of tomato picked yesterday gave me over 6 quarts of sauce. And 25 pounds of tomato per plant doesn't seem at all a stretch to me. So that would work out to 275 pounds of tomatoes, not counting the cherries. Even if we eat a LOT of them fresh, that still leaves me with, say, 175 pounds of tomatoes to can, which should give me at least 42 quarts of sauce. Okay - now I've reassured myself...somewhat.
Green tomato chutney sounds marvelous - family heirloom recipe? Why, why do you not have blog, Hazel?
- August 4, 2010 at 6:19 AM
I don't think you're insane! That's the kind of goal I set myself. And then admit to DH, who says "right...".
I've probably got the same number of plants spread around the garden and allotment, but I'm sure I'm not going to get the same crop per plant.
They've been fed and watered, so not sure if it's me or them? Some plants went in a bit late, so they may keep cropping later if I'm lucky and the weather stays good.
If you have any tomatoes left (!) I can give you the recipe. It's not very exotic (as I said, my mum doesn't do fancy cooking!) and there are probably hundreds of similar recipes on the net, but it smells of Autumn to me when it's cooking and it's also the first sauce/condiment I got my vinegar-hating husband to try (and like!).
- August 4, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Robin said...
Please post the green tomato chutney publicly! Mmmmmmmm!
We live in the East Bay so at least we get warmer weather and more sun than in SF but I'm still waiting for some good blistering days to get the tomatoes, peppers and eggplants going. :)
BTW - I turned my husband onto your blog and he's enjoying it!
- August 4, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- maggie said...
Speckled Romans. I've been wondering what those lovely tomatoes were and am so glad you did this mini review on them. I will have to look for seed for next year. Thanks!
- August 4, 2010 at 10:35 PM
I spoke to my mum and we think our family's been making this recipe for 60 or 70 years, so we must like it!
Green Tomato Chutney
3lbs green tomatoes
2 small cucumbers
6oz sultanas
2 tbsp English mustard powder
1 level tsp cayenne
3 1/2 gill vinegar*
4 large apples, peeled and cored
3 large onions
3/4 lb demerara sugar
1 1/2 tsp ginger
1 1/2 tsp salt
Chop fruit and vegetables. Simmer very gently for several hours uncovered. Pot when thick. Being English I fly by the seat of my pants and open kettle can (?) this into sterilised jars! Otherwise process as for any other chutney. Best after maturing for a couple of months, especially if you use malt vinegar. Very nice in a Cheddar Cheese sandwich...
* This is an archaic measurement in the UK, not sure if you use it in the US? 1 gill is 1/2 cup, so I make it 1 3/4 cups. This is 7/8 Imperial pint, so 1 US pint.
I use malt vinegar usually, occasionally commercial cider vinegar.
Can you get all these ingredients in the US?
- August 5, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- Kate said...
Maggie, you're quite welcome. I hope you enjoy growing them.
Hazel, thanks for the recipe! It sounds delicious. We call sultanas golden raisins. Demerara sugar is available here, but not widely. Light brown sugar is probably the substitute that's most widely available, though it's really not the same thing. Turbinado would be the closest match, and cane sugar after that. Malt vinegar can be found though it's not as common as in the UK. I may try this in late summer or early fall with any late tomatoes that aren't going to ripen. Thanks again!
- August 5, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Kate, I looked up Turbinado sugar and that would be virtually the same, I think, but the article I read said that wasn't widely/commonly available either.
I think I'd substitute half light brown (soft) sugar and half ordinary white sugar or just all white sugar myself.
Glad you like it :-)
- August 6, 2010 at 2:10 AM


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Foodie Spotlight: Devour Indy Top 10!
Indianapolis is quickly becoming one of the hottest food cities in America. A destination for true foodies who are interested in everything from fine dining to food trucks. This column will put the spotlight on one of these local hot spots to help get the word out and share in the love of all things food.
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Everyone clear your schedules and call your friends, Devour Indy is back and its bigger and better than ever. We're breaking format in the column this week by not focusing on a specific restaurant, but rather a city-wide event that should be on everyone's to-do list. Devour Indy takes place twice a year and is currently right in the middle of their summer session which is running now through Sunday, September 3. There are over 175 restaurants being featured this year from every side of town. In years past, Devour Downtown, Devour Northside and Chow Down Midtown (Broad Ripple) were separate events, but they've all been brought together (along with East, West and South) for one glorious two week event.
Although some restaurants vary in selection and price, the general format is a value-priced three course meal. I've spent weeks and weeks combing through each and every menu to help you along on your food journey. Well, that's actually a lie, but I thought it sounded good. What I have done, is visited the majority of these restaurants and have glanced over their Devour menus. With so many options to choose from, I've come up with a personal top 10 list of places to try during Devour. Without further ado, here they are counted down from 10 to 1…
10– 22nd Street Diner: The new kid in town has come to play. The price is nice and the menu choices are even nicer!
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8– Delicia: Innovative Latin American cuisine, sounds Delicia…ous to me! Sorry!
7– Tinker Street: The perfect spot for those that love to eat outside. Oh, did I mention they have their signature S'more dessert on the Devour menu. You're probably not gonna want to share!
6– The Loft Restaurant at Traders Point Creamery: A hidden gem on the Northwest side of Indy that takes the term farm-to-table literally. Seriously, the food you eat is literally right there on the property.
5– Cerulean: This is the place to go with a big group that likes to try exotic things. Their choose 4 menu allows for many exciting options.
4– Late Harvest Kitchen: The Northside has some skin in the foodie game, too. Time after time, this place delivers the big flavors with only the freshest ingredients. They haven't let me down yet.
3– Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse: The high end steakhouses probably deserve their own list, but I've already started this one. Anyhoo, Fogo stands above the rest because they offer their full menu at a discounted price. Meat lovers paradise. Word of advice, don't eat breakfast or lunch the day of.
2– Vida: Indy's only Four Diamond restaurant and a true culinary experience. The only thing keep this out of the number one spot is price, but don't get me wrong, its worth every last penny!
1– Stella: Fairly new on the Indy foodie scene, a Neal Brown restaurant, prime location on Mass Ave, and the best veggies anywhere. Nothing else to be said, make a reservation today!
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