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April 25, 2011: Take a walk out to the end of San Francisco's Pier 39, and you'll hear an interesting symphony of barking California sea lions and reactions of delight and amusement from droves of human onlookers. And if you're lucky, you might also find the "Gentleman Biologist of Pier 39," Tim Vogel, a volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, who has pursued tech career in Silicon Valley but has never forgotten his Seacamp roots. He spends hours teaching and inspiring visitors about the incredible wildlife of the West Coast and the wonders of science. Also: An update on the penguin rescue effort from Tristan da Cunha by Trevor Glass, Director of the Department of Conservation there.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Helping to quench a growing thirst for American craft beer overseas, some of the United States' largest craft breweries are setting up shop in Europe, challenging the very beers that inspired them on their home turfs.
It's the latest phenomenon in the flourishing craft beer industry, which got its start emulating the European brews that defined many of the beer styles we drink today. The move also marks a continuing departure from the status quo of mass market lagers or stouts, demonstrating a willingness of American breweries to explore — and innovate — old world beer styles from Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The U.S. craft beer scene is so fresh and dynamic, Europeans are becoming as excited about it as Americans, says Mike Hinkley, co-founder of San Diego-based Green Flash Brewing Co. "Even though they're used to all these amazing European beers, now there's just more variety."
U.S. craft beer exports grew six-fold during the past five years, jumping from about 46,000 barrels in 2009 to more than 282,500 barrels in 2013, worth an estimated $73 million, according to the Brewers Association, the Colorado-based trade group for the majority of the 3,000 brewing companies in the United States. Of course, it's still a fraction of overall production; U.S. craft brewers produced a total of 15.6 million barrels last year.
Just last week, Green Flash became the first U.S. craft brewery to begin making and selling fresh beer in the European market under a deal with Brasserie St-Feuillien, a Belgian brewery founded in 1873. Under the watchful eye of Green Flash brewmaster Chuck Silva, the brewery is making and selling fresh West Coast IPA for distribution in the U.K., Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Italy.
Meanwhile, 500 miles away in Berlin, Stone Brewing Co. is taking a different approach to meeting overseas demand — spending about $25 million to renovate a historic gas works building into a brewery, packaging and distribution center, restaurant and garden set to open late next year or early 2016. Escondido, California-based Stone — one of the top 10 biggest craft breweries in the U.S. — will make beer for its bistro and distribution throughout Germany and Europe.
"The idea that we're going to go across the pond as it were to brew our style of beers fresh in Europe is an exciting prospect for us," said Stone CEO and co-founder Greg Koch, who announced the overseas expansion plans over the weekend. "When we started out at Stone 18 years ago, we were inspired by a lot of the European brewers ... and now to see an inspiration bounce back around the world, that's amazing."
Brooklyn Brewery's brewmaster Garrett Oliver agreed, saying what used to be a one-way street in the beer world is coming full-circle: "The creative spirit and ideas that have been developing in the U.S. are flowing back in that direction. Now it's a two-way street and we all have something to offer."
In the spring, New York's Brooklyn Brewery and Carlsberg Sweden opened a craft brewery and restaurant making new beers that are being distributed throughout Scandinavia. The staff of Nya Carnegie in Stockholm was hired by Brooklyn Brewery and trained by its brewmaster. Brooklyn Brewery is still exporting its own beers to more than 20 countries in addition to its joint venture and also is looking at similar projects in other European capitals, South America and Asia. Around 30 percent of its business is exports.
But the thirst for American craft beer hasn't always been there.
When the Brewers Association first gave presentations overseas about the American craft beer scene about 10 years ago, people would laugh aloud. They'd even quote a Monty Python skit comparing American beer to water.
"They're not laughing anymore," said Bob Pease, chief operating officer for the U.S. beer trade group. "The word is out now that the highest quality beer, the most diverse beer, is coming from American craft brewers."


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Krauthammer: Rhetoric isn't enough to make Obamacare work
"Obama to campaign to ensure health law's success"
-- The New York Times, Nov. 4
The Obamacare website doesn't work. Hundreds of thousands of insured Americans are seeing their plans summarily terminated. Millions more face the same prospect next year. Confronted with a crisis of governance, how does President Obama respond?
He campaigns.
"I've got one more campaign in me," he told grass-roots supporters Monday -- a series of speeches and rallies, explains The New York Times, "to make sure his signature health care law works."
Campaigning to make something work? How does that work? Presidential sweet-talk persuades the nonfunctional Web portal to function?
This odd belief that rhetoric trumps reality leads to strange scenes. Like the ShamWow pitch, Obama's nationally televised address trying to resell Obamacare. Don't worry about the website, he said. I'll get it fixed. And besides, there are alternatives, such as an 800 number that he promptly gave out. Twice.
You half expected him to offer a ShamWow special: Add the mop and get a free year of Obamacare! But the 800 number was more than bad form. It was bad substance. Turns out you can give all the information you want to the person at the other end of the line -- or to your friendly community "navigator" -- but that person must enter your data into the very same nonfunctioning website.
Doesn't Obama know this? Does he really think that this TV campaign would work when anybody who actually does what he suggests would find himself still stuck in the same cul-de-sac?
And yet he tried precisely the same tack when the second crisis -- the canceled policies -- struck.
Last Wednesday, he simply denied reality and said he really hasn't changed his message from when he promised in June 2009: "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan. Period."
Instead of simply admitting he was wrong, he goes Clintonian, explaining that the pledge only applied to certain specified plans -- which he now says he meant all along. Alas, this is one case of death by punctuation. "Period" means without caveats, modifications, loopholes or escape hatches.
Having denied the obvious deception, the president proceeds to say that, well, anyway, you'll be better off under the plan my health care experts have imposed on you.
But many of those getting notices will find this equally untrue: Their new plan is likely to carry a higher premium and a bigger deductible and cut them off from their current doctor.
Does Obama really think that recipients of those notices -- millions of them -- won't notice that? Even the mainstream media have featured dozens of interviews of people tossed off plans they like -- only to be offered expensive, less attractive Obama-mandated alternatives.
Obamacare proponents who live in the real world might admit that they intended to cancel people's individual plans all along because kicking people off individual policies is at the heart of populating the health exchanges. You must cancel the good, less frilly plans because forcing these people into more expensive plans (that they don't need) produces the inflated rates that subsidize the health care of others.
The more honest Obamacare advocates are in effect admitting that to make this omelet you have to break 8 million eggs -- roughly the number of people with individual plans who are expected to lose them. Obama, however, goes on as if he can conjure omelets out of thin air.
This rather bizarre belief in the unlimited power of the speech arises from Obama's biography. Isn't that how he rose? Words. It's not as if he built a company, an enterprise, an institution. He built one thing -- his own persona. By persuasion. One great speech in 2004 propels him to the presidential level. More great speeches and he wins the White House.
But then comes governance. A speech in Cairo, utterly crushed by the Arab Spring. Talk of a Russian reset, repeatedly thrown back at him by a contemptuous Russian dictator. Fifty-four speeches to get health care enacted -- only to see it now imperiled by the reality of its ruinous rollout and broken promises.
I'm not surprised that Obama tells untruths. He's surely not the only politician to do so. I'm just surprised that he chooses to tell such obvious ones -- ones that will inevitably be found out.
Who will tell Obama that lies so transparent render rhetoric not just useless but ridiculous?
Charles Krauthammer is a columnist for The Washington Post.


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You know that point when an up and coming operating system starts gaining mainstream developer support? Well it's happening right now with Windows Phone 8. We're slowly starting to see big name apps cross the app gap and come to the land of Live Tiles and Lockscreens. GoPro is currently working on supporting Windows Phone 8 to work with their newest line of HERO3 cameras.
You probably have been living under a rock if you aren't familiar with GoPro and their "wearable" cameras. The cameras are those funky little square boxes that have been attached to people doing extreme sports the past few years and have given the internet an endless supply of insane footage from unique viewpoints. Check out the video below of their newest HERO3 Black Edition (I could watch this over and over and over).
I swung by their CES booth to check out what's happening and if they had any plans for supporting Windows Phone and instead I see a cyan Lumia 920 on display in their Wi-Fi demo area. The app was set up, so I couldn't actually test it out, but was told that functionality would be on par with the iOS and Android version. On those versions you can have full control of camera settings, live video prevew and more.
No firm release date was giving, but mid-February is their goal. The app will of course be free, you'll just need a compatible GoPro with built-in Wi-Fi.
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The action film "Jack Reacher" hit theaters in December, and it got some favorable reviews. But one New Zealand moviegoer didn't think it was action-packed enough. That's because the trailer featured an explosion that wasn't in the movie. Disappointed, the man complained to the Advertising Standards Authority. He said the explosion was one of the main reasons he went to see the flick in the first place. Paramount Pictures has now offered to refund the money for his ticket.
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The official Obama 2012 campaign slogan is "Forward." The operational motto of the Obama administration is "Cheese." As in "say cheese." From hollow Greek columns to strategically released Situation Room candids, the Paparazzi President has put self-serving optics above all else.
What did we get after four long years of expertly staged Kabuki-theater-meets-Potemkin-village productions? Sixteen trillion dollars in debt, a pile of dead bodies, troops at increased risk and a gallery of tax-subsidized Kodachrome pictures creating the grand illusion of leadership.
On Monday night, as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, Team Obama's image consultants released a photo showing POTUS purportedly in charge. The White House sent the picture out to 3.2 million Twitter followers with the message: "Photo: President Obama receives an update on the ongoing response to Hurricane #Sandy in the Situation Room."
On Tuesday morning, the White House sent out another Situation Room photo with Obama—pen in hand, gilded coffee cup to the side, leaning intently toward a videoconference monitor—getting a Sandy update.
A White House caption informs us that Obama was flanked by "John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; David Agnew, Director for Intergovernmental Affairs; Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; and Chief of Staff Jack Lew."
In his halcyon days, the images would have prompted an avalanche of social media swooning. But with a tornado of unanswered questions and swirling lies in Washington surrounding the president's dereliction of duty during the 9/11/12 terrorist attack on our diplomatic staff and security personnel in Libya, informed Twitter users wanted to know only one thing:
What about Benghazi?
"Oh, so NOW the president is in the situation room?" conservative activist and blogger Melissa Clouthier responded. "But he went to bed during Benghazi." Conservative writer and blogger Elizabeth Scalia asked: "How DEAF is the (White House)? They release photo of Obama in Situation Room monitoring storm? Where is (the) pic of him in that room, monitoring BENGHAZI?" When CBS News reporter Mark Knoller shared one of the White House photos on his Twitter feed, North Carolina small-businessman Aaron LePrell asked: "(C)ant you request a picture of the Benghazi situation room for us?"
Visual hagiography is a staple of any White House administration. But the selective frequency with which the White House "Message: I'm working here, I'm really working here" photos have been disseminated has become a running joke. White House photographer Pete Souza's Twitter feed and Flickr uploads serve as Agitprop Central for all White House-approved, behind-the-scenes-leadership glamour shots. A sample of photo captions:
Yep, phoning it in as usual. Not until the coffins of the four Americans murdered in Libya returned to the U.S. does the word "Benghazi" appear in the official White House photostream on Flickr. A search for the tag "Benghazi" yields the following result:
"The White House doesn't have anything tagged with Benghazi."
The omission is telling, but no surprise. For all the daily attempts to manufacture images of competence, strength, decisiveness and leadership, Obama's stage managers can't shake the stubborn perception—and reality—of abject fecklessness and manipulation.
Remember: Obama's campaign staff cooked up faux presidential seals complete with eagle's head and the pretentious Latin phrase "Vero Possumus" ("yes, we can"). His stagehands outfitted Obamacare advocates with phony-baloney white lab coats. He publicly joked about turning a visit with U.S. soldiers abroad into "a pretty good photo op." If he could have, he would have imprinted the world-famous May 2011 Situation Room photo taken during the bin Laden raid on "Obama for America" mugs and T-shirts.
And over the past four years, the Poser of the United States has shamelessly exploited the ultimate prop: his majestic tax-subsidized plane. A Los Angeles Times headline gushed approvingly last week: "Obama campaign rolls out its biggest prop: Air Force One." In 2009, White House staff organized a narcissistic flyover stunt of the plane over New York City's Statue of Liberty that terrified unsuspecting residents, who thought it was a terrorist attack. The White House refused to release all but one of the photos taken during the profligate joy ride.
America can't afford another four years of empty gestures and exploitation at the expense of our economic and national security. It's time for the poser-in-chief to exit stage left.
Michelle Malkin [email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores . Click here for Peter Brimelow's review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild and Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies.


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Jeannie was born c. 1951 at Boundary Bore Outstation in the Utopia region of the Northern Territory. She is of the Petyarre (Pitjara) Skin Group and her language is Anmatyerre. Jeannie is a member of one of the best known Australian artistic families, being sister to renowned Elder artist Greeny Purvis Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara, Rosemary Petyarre and Anna Price Petyarre. Jeannie's cousins are the very famous Petyarre sisters Kathleen, Gloria, Violet, Ada Bird (dcd), Myrtle and Nancy (dcd). She was encouraged to paint by her aunt, Emily Kame Kngwarreye (dcd), the best known of the female Desert artists. Her close relationship with these painters allows Jeannie to paint the Dreamings of the Utopia people, including Awelye (body paint), Yam Dreaming in many forms/designs, Bush Leaves, Pencil Yam and like her relatives, she does so with meticulous execution and Traditional approach. Whilst her participation in Batik programmes in the 1980's has enabled Jeannie to use vibrant colours skilfully, she also executes marvellous Bush Leaf designs in muted creams and browns with incredible movement and memorable impact.
Jeannie is making an important contribution to the legacy and on-going popularity of the artists of Utopia, and whilst she has an impressive history of Collections and Exhibitions, is an artist sure to reach even further heights in her career.
Selected Exhibitions
• Cicada Trading – Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Paris, France
• Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA
• Bahrain Art Society, Kingdom of Bahrain
• Cicada Trading – Istanbul, Turkey; Milan, Italy
• Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
• A Picture Story – exhibition of 88 works on Silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artist's, which toured Eire and Scotland
• Utopia Women's Paintings, The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project
• S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Selected Collections
• The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
Artwork Description
Jeannie paints the Desert Yam (or Bush Plum) story from her family's country. The yam grows underground with its viny shrub growing above ground up to one metre high. It is normally found on Spinifex sand plains and produces large flowers after summer rain. The yam is a tuber, or swollen root, of the shrub and tastes much like the common sweet potato. It can be eaten raw or cooked and is still a staple food for the desert aborigines where it can be harvested at any time of the year. It is also renowned for its medicinal properties.
This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and as an insect repellent. In this painting, Jeannie depicts the leaves of the yam paying homage to the spirit of this special plant in the hope that it will regenerate.
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Eclipse Web Interface
This project aims to add the ability to externally invoke commands in Eclipse via a web browser.
For example, this could enable a site to provide a link which would cause Eclipse to fetch and open a source code file in a single click. A sample link might look similar to the following:
open this file in Eclipse!
Eclipse will listen for these requests and, when received, invoke the command in one of the currently running Eclipse instances.
Note: just to avoid any confusion, this example assumes that an "open_file" command has been written which supplies the aforementioned functionality.
Primary Goals
Needs some investigation Patch in progress Bug fixed / Feature added
Integration of a web server for intercepting remote commands.
- NanoHTTPD is currently being utilized for this purpose as it is a less complex alternative to using one of the OSGi Http Service implementations (org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty or org.eclipse.equinox.http). See #Secondary Goals.
- The Platform Command Framework is being looked at as a means for accomplishing this.
Secondary Goals
Implement support for multiple instances (as outlined below)
- this does not include support for headless Eclipse instances
Adapt to make use of an OSGi Http Service implementation
Design Ideas
Firstly, to have the server load on startup the the startup extension point will be used. This startup code will then start an eclipse job which will run in the background and behave as a wrapper around the web server.
The wrapper will do the following
- check if any commands have been received by the server
- if commands exist then for each command
- if a handler exists for the command then forward the parameters to that handler
Relevant links
Dealing with multiple Eclipse instances
Special handling is necessary when dealing with multiple instances of Eclipse. For example, when a command 'foo' is received (e.g. http://localhost:34567?command=foo) and there are two or more instances running, which both support the 'foo' command, which instance should execute 'foo'?
One way to handle this could be to have one Eclipse instance act as a sort of 'main hub'. To clarify, all commands would first be received by this instance. When necessary, this main instance would forward commands to other instances. The instance that a command gets forwarded to would be chosen by the user via a dialog which lists all viable Eclipse instances (i.e. those which support the command).
Implementation Strategy
The first Eclipse instance loaded will utilize the default port (e.g. 34567) and act as the main instance as described above.
Then, when a second(or third, fourth, etc.) instance is launched it tries to obtain the default port. Since it will not be able to(because it's already in use by the main instance) it chooses a random unused port and then registers itself with the main instance which will always be found on a defined default port (34567 in this case).
e.g. [Eclipse instance #2] --> http://localhost:34567?command=registereclipse&port=56789 --> [main Eclipse instance]
Now the main instance is aware of the second. At this point the main instance can request a list of commands supported by the second instance. This will be useful for disambiguating which Eclipse instance should handle a command when there are multiple instances which can handle the same command.
So when the main instance receives a command a dialog can be shown which will list all the instances supporting the command. The user then picks which instance the request should be forwarded to.
What should be done when an instance terminates? One approach is to require that all non-main instances send ping-like messages(e.g. resending the registereclipse command) to the main instance at a regular interval. The purpose of these messages would be twofold:
- It would allow the main instance to keep track of 'alive' secondary instances.
- It would allow a secondary instance to detect if the main instance has terminated. The discovering instance could then take over listening on the default port and become the new main instance.
Related Bugs
- [EditorMgmt] Need ability to open a file in eclipse from the command line (see bug 4922)
- [launcher] way to pass arguments from launcher to a running application instance (see bug 178927)
- this could be used as the extension associated with an 'open' command
- Windows Explorer Shell Extension Possible? (see bug 183266)
- Provide an external program to run commands in a running Eclipse instance (like gnuclient) (see bug 186147)
The simplest installation route is to use the update manager (Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...) with the following remote site:
The other option is to get the #Source Code and install the plug-in manually.
Quick start
Once you've got the plugin installed, to quickly see some commands in action, here are a few sample links you can try:
To specify a command yourself, point your browser to:
Simply replace IDofCommand with the identifier of the command you want to run. As well, if applicable, replace parm1, parm2, etc. with valid parameter names and values.
Note: In the event a command actually has a parameter named "command", the first "command" value from the left will be used as the command ID and the other will be used as a parameter. So, to be safe, make sure the command you want to run is specified before any of it's parameters.
Contributing your own commands
To contribute your own command, your plugin must:
- define a command via the org.eclipse.ui.commands extension point and
- define a handler via the org.eclipse.ui.handlers extension point
Here's a sample plugin.xml of a plugin reachable through the Web Interface:
<plugin> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.commands"> <category id="org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.commands" name="Example Commands"> </category> <command categoryId="org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.commands" description="Open a file in the active workbench window." id="org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.commands.openfile" name="Open File"> <commandParameter id="path" name="File Path" optional="false"> </commandParameter> </command> </extension> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.handlers"> <handler class="org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.openfile.OpenFileHandler" commandId="org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.commands.openfile"> </handler> </extension> </plugin>
You would invoke the above plugin by targeting:
Source Code
For now the source code can be found in the org.eclipse.soc.ewi module on SourceForge.net.
- org.eclipse.soc.ewi - this is the base plugin which provides command interception/execution functionality
- org.eclipse.soc.ewi.examples.openfile - this is an example of a plugin which contributes a command(opening a file) that is accessible by the base plugin


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Muscadine Grape Frangipane Clafoutis
There is rarely a post without a story around here. I know I had a story for today. Had to have one. As my dad would say "I did not say it was good, I just said there was one". Simple and straight to the fact, which is not how these Muscadine Grapes Frangipane Clafoutis came to be but the result with our friends at dinner last night was actually just that. Simple and straight up good. Oh wait! They are the story. The dessert, the grapes.
A friend wanted me to teach her and her husband how to make souffles. We immediately turned this opportunity to see them into a dinner with a larger group. In return I asked that she helped me out with the huge cross stiching I've been working on for years. Yes, I decided one day to cross stich one famous Charleston street filled with gorgeous ante-bellum houses, and it feels like I have been at it for an eternity! After the first tray of souffles went in the oven, she gave one look at my cross stiching and exclaimed "Well, looks like you have a problem staying within the lines". I gave her the biggest smile and said "Doh! It's me we're talking about. Of course I can't stay within the lines!" She quickly fixed my issues and we proceeded to round two of the souffles lesson.
After the third tray, I could see they both had the hang of it and we moved on to other things. We had made small batches all along and realized we would not have enough desserts for everyone, especially after all the sampling and testing we had done as the lesson progressed. I quickly glanced at the pantry and fridge and decided to assemble another dessert. I was in the mood for clafoutis, Bill was in the mood for something with frangipane. I had bought some really juicy red and green muscadine grapes, the firsts of the season, and decided to add some to my clafoutis-frangipane mix.
Muscadine grapes are big grapes with somewhat of a thick skin which makes them happily snap and pop when you eat them. Just like with kumquats, it's best to take the time to seed them but luckyly there are little of them inside and they are pretty easy to discard. The season is usually September through October but it looks like our crops here have already started to be bountiful. Happy me! Much like kumquats I just love to pop them in my mouth for a snack but I discovered by pan searing them in honey that they are absolutely wonderful warm on vanilla ice cream. Happier me!
As we were fixing dinner, setting the table, getting drinks and nibbles ready I realized I was not paying attention very well and had completely forgotten to add the green grapes in there and we were munching on the reds I had saved to top the clafoutis-flan-whatever-we were-going to call-this. Improvise, devise. Quick! Alright, so we would bake the dessert and quickly pan sear the green muscadine grapes in honey and top the frangipane clafoutis with those. Ok, that would work. Reds inside, greens outside. Guests in the driveway!
Here is what we were not expecting: when I took the tray out of the oven all the frangipane clafoutis ressembled souffles. It was like the never ending souffle making oven! We gathered around the island and started counting, absolutely sure they would deflate within seconds. One, two, three…ten, thirty. Nothing moved. The beautiful golden crust on top remained puffy and upright.
Hmmm…where to put those pan seared green grapes now? Bill took the back of a spoon, smashed the tops down as the rest of us looked horrified and spooned the green and saucy grapes in the middle. He looked at me all happy and said "That works! See I can do stuff in the kitchen!"
He was absolutely right! It worked perfectly, except we had no idea how to call what I had just baked so for now it's just Muscadine Grape Frangipane Clafoutis. I am leaving the souffles part aside because I have no idea if the effect will reproduce itself if I make these again or if you decide to try this recipe. I knew the method would make them rise, I did not know ours would never fall!
One year ago: Lemon Balm Infused Berries with Almond Tuiles.
Muscadine Grape Frangipane Clafoutis:
Serves 4
For the clafoutis:
1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
1 oz (30gr) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 eggs, separated
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup (50gr)ground almonds
2 tablespoons (15gr)all purpose flour
pinch of salt
a dozen red Muscadine grapes, halved and seeded
For the pan seared grapes:
1-2 teaspoons unsalted butter
1 cup green Muscadine grapes, halves and seeded
3 tablespoons of honey (or to taste)
Prepare the frangipane clafoutis:
Preheat the oven to 340F and position a rack in the center. Lightly coat 4 ramekins with cooking spray or a dab of butter and place them on a baking tray. Set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together the sugar, butter and the egg yolks until the mixture is a smooth paste. Add the heavy cream little by little. In a separate bowl, stir together the almonds, flour and salt, add this to the egg yolk mixture and whisk until well blended. In a very clean bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the almond mixture. Divide evenly among your ramekins (make sure to fill them only 3/4 of the way up) and place 3-4 grape halves on top of the batter. Bake for about 25-30 minutes. Top with the pan seared green grapes.
Prepare the pan seared grapes:
In a large skillet melt the butter over medium high heat. Add the grapes and sear them for about 5 minutes or until they just start to soften. Deglaze the pan with the honey and remove from the heat.


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Monday, October 31, 2011
Spiced Pumpkin Fudge
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I guess this fudge could be thought of as green candy. After I had mixed the last batch of holiday cookies, I still had some pumpkin left in the can. Rather than toss it, I went looking for recipes that used only 1/2 cup of pumpkin. I found what I was looking for on the Libby's Pumpkin website and decided to try their recipe for pumpkin fudge. It sounded interesting and the recipe was straight forward, so, withing 3 hours I had fudge to add to the special treat bags I put together for the neighborhood children. Our home is perched on a hillside and the driveway that leads to it is steep in the extreme. Not many are willing to brave it, so we drop off treats for the children rather than have them come to us. The fudge was meant as an adult treat for their parents. The recipe can be made with white chocolate or butterscotch chips. I decided to go with the butterscotch version because that was what I had in my pantry. I also used my homemade pie spice (see Cook's Note below) rather than a commercial brand, but other than that I followed the recipe to a tee. It makes a very sweet fudge that will satisfy the most insistent sugar urge. While it may put the rest of us into sugar shock, it is nicely flavored and I can recommend it to those of you who really enjoy sweet things. The spicing makes the fudge a bit unusual and it certainly is seasonal. Here's the recipe for those of you who would like to give it a try.
Spiced Pumpkin Fudge...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy Libby's Pumpkin
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup or 5-ounce can evaporated milk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 cups butterscotch baking chips
1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow creme
1 cup chopped pecans
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1) Line a 9 × 13-inch baking pan with foil or parchment paper, leaving some hanging over the sides for easy removal.
2) Combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk, pumpkin, butter and spice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil, stirring constantly, for 10 to 12 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 234 to 240 degrees F.
3) Quickly stir in butterscotch chips, marshmallow creme, pecans and vanilla extract. Stir vigorously for 1 minute or until butterscotch chips are melted. Immediately pour into prepared pan. Let stand on wire rack for 2 hours, or until completely cooled. Refrigerate tightly covered. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Yield: 64 pieces (3 pounds).
Cook's Note: Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice: Combine 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1/4 teaspoon mace, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves.
One Year Ago Today: Clam Fritters
Two Years Ago Today: Cranberry Souffle
33 comments :
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Looks yummy Mary. Any tricks to your homemade pumpkin spic mix?
- October 31, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I never heard of pumpkin fudge! Delish!
- October 31, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
I'm loving all the pumpkin treats you're making. I'm happily bookmarking them all. Happy Halloween!
- October 31, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Linda said...
This would be the kind of candy I'd love on Halloween!! totally decadent and yummy!
- October 31, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Rita said...
You are so creative; love that you looked for a recipe to use up the rest of that can.
Rita - October 31, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Love it, Mary. Thanks. :)
- October 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- Prema said...
Truly delicious cake,love the recipe...
- October 31, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Unknown said...
There is a fudge shop out here that makes pumpkin fudge around this time of year - it is amazingly good. I wouldn't pick it over chocolate fudge, but it would come in a very close second :) Thinks for sharing this recipe.
- October 31, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- Unknown said...
wow, this wouldn't last long around my house! Looks wonderful!
- October 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- Valerie Gamine said...
Pumpkin fudge...that's brilliant! :)
- October 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Unknown said...
That's truly a delicious ingenius fudge Mary! thanks for sharing i know i will be trying it out, BTW would this work with fresh pumpkin not canned?thank you!
- October 31, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Fudge has been a favourite for many years Mary. This is a seasonal delight!
- October 31, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Tracy F. said...
Very creative! Looks delicious, too.
- October 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM
- Anna's kitchen table said...
What a perfect use of your leftover pumpkin!
- October 31, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Ashling said...
Oh dear...may have no choice but to try that!!
- October 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Looks delicious..
- October 31, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Irresistible pumpkin fudge, fantastic..
- October 31, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
I've never seen pumpkin fudge, but now I've got a craving. Wish you were stopping by my house this evening to "treat" the adults!
- October 31, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Claudia said...
So seasonal and sweet. For me, a little fudge goes a long way - but I do like my nibbles. I will be making some pumpkin dishes all month and will note when I have half a cup left over! (One always does.) It will be a pumpkin surprise!
- October 31, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Eileen said...
Oh, wow, that sounds delicious! I am loving all the pumpkin recipes. Happy Halloween!
- October 31, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- Swathi said...
I am in for dig in. Happy Halloween.
- October 31, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Juliana said...
Pumpkin fudge...looks very tempting...perfect timing.
Hope you have a wonderful week ahead Mary :-) - October 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- AllThingsYummy said...
Looks delicious. I've been obsessed with pumpkin lately. I have so many cans in my pantry and have been collecting recipes to use.
- October 31, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Joanne said...
That fudge sounds CRAZY addictive! Definitely Christmas cookie tray-worthy.
- October 31, 2011 at 8:07 PM
- meghan @ scratch-made wife said...
I've got some evaporated milk in the fridge that needs to be used up - this would be perfect!
- October 31, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- Ellen Whyte said...
That sounds weird. Bet Malaysians would love it as they like yam ice cream and sweetcorn ice cream.
- October 31, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- Kim said...
Oh la la! As we say in french. This recipe is really perfect!
- October 31, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- That Girl said...
I should start making my own pie spice. I know what's in it and it seems easy enough - but I just never thought to do it.
- November 1, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Rachana said...
I've never heard of pumpkin fudge. Looks delicious.
- November 1, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, this looks so yummy! This is only the second recipe I have seen for pumpkin fudge. Thanks for sharing!
- November 1, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh my gosh - I need to resource myself some of this!! Beautiful! ~Megan @Country Cleaver
- November 1, 2011 at 10:30 PM
- Yukari - The Kitchen Fairy said...
OMG! This looks so decadent! Gotta try it! Congrats on your blog... so many delicious and original recipes! :)
- November 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM
- Michelle Irinyi said...
Made this for my Hubs' work Thanksgiving potluck. I may have to make a second batch; I don't think the first one is going to last until he goes to work!
- November 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM


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CARSON, Calif. – Give the LA Galaxy five minutes, and they'll make memories to last an entire offseason.
Fueled by two lightning-quick goals early in the second half that wiped out a gritty first half from the Houston Dynamo, the Galaxy joined Major League Soccer royalty on Saturday by winning their second consecutive MLS Cup in front of a giddy sold-out crowd at The Home Depot Center.
Defender Omar Gonzalez scored off a header in the 61st minute and captain Landon Donovan converted a penalty kick moments later in the 3-1 win, which thrust the Galaxy into rare company in league history. They joined D.C. United as the only clubs in MLS to win four league championships, and they are the third team in league history to win back-to-back titles.
Donovan – who scored the game-winner when the Galaxy topped the Dynamo in Carson last year - also joined a select fraternity with the win, finding company with longtime league stalwarts Jeff Agoos and Brian Mullan as the only players to win five MLS Cup titles in their careers.
Robbie Keane added an insurance goal from the penalty spot in stoppage time for this league-leading sixth goal of the postseason.
The Dynamo, meanwhile, settled for the runners-up podium yet again despite controlling large portions of the first half and getting a goal from striker Calen Carr in the 44th minute that staked them to a 1-0 halftime lead.
But two lapses – one that let game MVP Gonzalez rise above the fray for his second career postseason goal and a handball by midfielder Ricardo Clark that set the stage for Donovan's winner – were too much to overcome. The Galaxy settled in after Donovan's goal and punctuated the win when Keane was taken down on a breakaway by Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall in stoppage time.
Galaxy midfielder David Beckham – who went out a two-time Cup winner during a five-year MLS career - helped set up the Gonzalez goal and keyed what should have been a breakaway goal for Donovan in the first half. He came off the field to a roar of applause after Keane's goal and with that waved goodbye to MLS, a far more celebratory exit than when he and the Galaxy floundered for two seasons after his arrival in 2007.
Beckham also had a hand setting up the Gonzalez goal, but much of the dirty work was done by the former Defender of the Year himself. The 6-foot-5 center back towered over Dynamo defender Kofie Sarkodie on a looping cross from midfielder Juninho and thumped a header to the far post and past Dynamo goalkeeper Hall to level the score at 1-1.
That goal sent the 30,515 fans in attendance into elation, but Donovan's winner was sheer euphoria. Clark was whistled for a hand ball when Magee attempted a bicycle kick in the box in the 65th minute, and Donovan stepped to the spot for what's become a ritual in Galaxy soccer circles for years.
He promptly placed his shot past Hall for his MLS-record 22nd career postseason goal, and there was no looking back. The Dynamo never really found another opening as the second half wore on, failing to test Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders as they had in the first 45. And Donovan – who has yet to state publicly if he'll return to the league next season – won his third crown in a Galaxy uniform after two with the San Jose Earthquakes.
The Dynamo controlled much of the action in the early going and forced Saunders into a string of saves, but the best chance of the first 30 minutes went to Donovan after a picture-perfect Galaxy counter attack.
Beckham drifted a ball into space on the left side to a hard-charging Robbie Keane, and the Irish striker surged into space and to the edge of the Dynamo penalty box. Keane found Donovan streaking behind Houston defender Bobby Boswell and left the Galaxy captain with an open look from 10 yards out, but Donovan's right-footed shot skipped harmlessly wide of the post.
The Galaxy never seriously threatened again before the break, as chances by Mike Magee in the 19th minute and Juninho in the 24thwent wide of the mark.
Houston countered with a solid look in the 27th minute from right back Kofie Sarkodie, who skirted Magee in the right corner and put a shot on net that Saunders had to parry over the crossbar.
Then came an opportunistic surge forward from Carr for this second career postseason goal and one that left The HDC crowd in a state of shock. Midfielder Adam Moffat drifted a cross over the Galaxy back line and Carr beat defender Tommy Meyer to the ball, held him at bay and then poked a shot past Saunders to the near post for the goal.
Carr, however, buckled early in the second half when he collided knee-to-knee with Gonzalez and had to be subbed out for Macoumba Kandji.
It was, sadly, injury to insult for the Dynamo on what turned out to be day of destiny for the Galaxy, who strolled to the winners' podium as the sun momentarily broke through the clouds in Southern California. It was the last run with Beckham, Donovan and Keane during an era when the Galaxy broke the bank to place their mark on league history, but was no denying Saturday the moment in history was theirs to savor.


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Ralph Lerner, a longtime faculty member and former dean of Princeton's School of Architecture, died of brain cancer May 7 in Princeton. He was 61.
Lerner joined the University faculty in 1984 and transferred to emeritus status in 2008. He was dean of the School of Architecture from 1989 until 2002.
During his tenure as dean, Lerner recruited significant design faculty members, strengthened the Ph.D. program in the history and theory of architecture, consolidated the school's emphasis on urban issues and reorganized the curriculum for the bachelor's degree. He added courses in computing and imaging, restructured courses in the area of building sciences to reflect advances in the field, and introduced landscape studies into the curriculum.
"Ralph Lerner was a great dean, totally committed to the School of Architecture," said Mario Gandelsonas, the Class of 1913 Lecturer in Architecture. "During the best moments of his tenure -- guided by ambitious, strategic ideas -- he created a unique place with a focus on the continuing development of the architectural discipline. He was not just an excellent administrator. He was an excellent critic with a unique eye for the detection of talent in both students and teachers. He was a good friend -- caring, loyal, supportive and a fun travel companion who will definitely be missed."
Kevin Lippert, the publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press and a 1983 graduate of the School of Architecture, said, "Ralph very much put Princeton at the center of the architectural map, both through the faculty and students he attracted, the programs, exhibitions and publications he sponsored, as well as by the sheer force of his personality."
Lerner came to Princeton as a lecturer and became a full professor in 1987. In 1994 he was named the George Dutton '27 Professor of Architecture. In 2008, after retiring from Princeton, he became dean of the faculty of architecture at the University of Hong Kong, a position he left in April for health reasons.
In 1984, Lerner established Ralph Lerner Architect PC, which completed award-winning projects in the United States and abroad. The firm's most recent work includes co-designing the Louise Nevelson Plaza in Manhattan and designing the lower school building at the Princeton Charter School. The firm's work included urban design, historic preservation, exhibitions and furniture.
Born in 1949 in New York, Lerner earned his bachelor's degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. Prior to joining the Princeton faculty, he taught at the University of Virginia, Harvard and the Polytechnic of Central London.
Lerner won numerous international design commendations, most notably five Progressive Architecture awards, including a First Award for the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi in 1987, and three Architectural Design awards. Lerner's work has been exhibited at the National Building Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and New York's Museum of Modern Art.
In addition to contributing to numerous publications, Lerner was a frequent lecturer, moderator, adviser and juror at universities as well as professional architectural design commissions.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa Fischetti; a son, Sigmund; a daughter, Esther; a sister, Judith Lerner Brice; and two brothers, Alan and Marc.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 3, at the Princeton University Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made in Lerner's name to The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com at Cooper Union and email@example.com at Harvard.


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Ever since those first, uncertain steps we took as a child, we have all held an intuitive sense of the basic laws of physics, if only for survival's sake. When a pencil rolls to the edge of a desk, we listen for it to hit the ground and are surprised if it doesn't. If you throw a rubber ball, it will bounce. If you toss an egg, it most likely won't. Parents don't teach their children these things, they are learned by rote.
Though you may not have realized it at the time, from your earliest moments spent cruising around the living room as a toddler, you were already absorbing a great amount of intuitive knowledge about your environment. Some of it was learned through pain (avoid the sharp corners of the coffee table!) and some through pleasure (that warm blankie sure is nice!), but all of it was useful.
This principle is called "implicit memory" and is defined as "a type of memory in which previous experiences aid in the performance of a task without conscious awareness of these previous experiences." (Wikipedia)
All humans bear within them a vast amount of such knowledge—innumerable bits of unspoken information they've accumulated through millions of tiny acts of trial and error, decisions and consequences. Once assimilated, this subconscious programming smoothes out the rough edges of our worldview, making our complex environment much less overwhelming than it otherwise would be. When we feel safe and know where we are and what is likely to happen around us, our brain can focus all of its efforts into perceiving and processing more important or novel information. If we had to consciously think about every insignificant sensory input, even the most peaceful environment would quickly overload our senses.
Because their users aren't blank slates, UX designers (whether they realize it or not) leverage implicit memory in every single application they create. It is up to them, therefore, to make this vast reservoir of expectations and skills work in their favor.
Experience Builds Expectation, Expectation Builds Comfort
When applied to a task, implicit memory is more precisely called "procedural memory." Much as how muscle memory allows athletes to perform complex maneuvers without conscious thought, this acquired ease comes into play when we set out to complete recurring tasks such as tying our shoes, opening a door, or interacting with software interfaces.
After spending even only a short time using a computer, keyboard and mouse, we learn to recognize and interact with common UI conventions. This permits us to concentrate on the task at hand and not every single detail of the specific software tool we're using. Our subconscious becomes quickly accustomed to repeated UI constructs, the mouse feels less artificial (if we even notice it at all), and eventually our mind only calls out for conscious help when a meaningful decision needs to be made.
This human trait allows people of wildly varied backgrounds and occupations to become extremely comfortable and productive using computers. Navigating and interacting within an artificial environment of software interfaces can (and should) feel as natural as navigating the furniture in our parents' living room. When our ready store of procedural memory meets with proper experience design, we can trust implicitly in our ability to accomplish whatever we set out to do.
Conversely, whenever a piece of software behaves erratically or breaks the unspoken rules on which we've come to rely, it can be jarring and, by forcing us to consciously question our expectations, requires more conscious thought on our part. This can be catastrophic for a user experience, much like how forgetting to walk might feel; once user confidence is shattered, every decision made must be a conscious one. This is taxing and alienating to users who were, but moments before, wholly secure in their abilities.
How can we avoid this? By leveraging shared user experiences and by priming our users for new or unique experiences.
Much Ado about Priming
Priming is the process of establishing implicit knowledge through an initial stimulus. This "teaching moment" is what sets the subconscious template for future use.
When you were learning to walk, you likely only had to fall against a piece of furniture once or twice before learning to avoid it. Though the specific events that taught you to avoid knocking into grandma's evil mahogany end table are long lost in the fog of time, that primed learning still kicks in every time you need to negotiate shin-threatening furniture in a cramped living room. Somewhere inside you, an inner toddler cringes at the thought of one more accidental furniture collision.
This process of learning through experience is known as "priming" and it is the key to shaping procedural memory.
Repetition on a Theme
Whether you're talking about pop, classical, or hip-hop music, repetition allows us to feel familiar with a song, even when we're hearing it for the first time. When a tune gets stuck in your head, it's usually the chorus and not the bridge that's gumming up your brain. That's because if you are trying to get inside of someone's head, repetition is the tool of choice. This same repetition is the key to effective priming.
Thankfully, when it comes to user interfaces, much of the required priming has already been done for us. Most likely, by the time they get to your software, your users will have been using computers for some time and will have built up a certain level of comfort with the standard UI controls such as buttons, sliders, and toggles. For this reason, whenever reasonable, we should leverage existing UX conventions when designing our applications. Some simple rules of thumb apply.
First, however you may choose to style your application, make sure that users can recognize standard controls such as buttons or toggles. This includes keeping users from confusing one UI element type with another (mistaking a label for a button, for instance). This is crucial because if a user has to think about what a control is, you've lost the advantage of leveraging implicit memory relating to that control.
Second, make sure that these controls behave according to established convention. If you want to break convention, you must make sure that your control looks quite different from its standard counterpart. If you fail to do so, by the time a user discovers the difference, you will have already confused him, throwing a fog of doubt over your whole interface. By breaking the trust your users have in your UI and in their own ability to navigate it, you sabotage your experience, however carefully crafted it may be.
So, when you're creating a new user experience, think pop music, not free-form jazz. You want your users to be able to predict what you're going to do next, or at least avoid jarring them out of their comfort zone with a sudden harsh or dissonant note. There is room for creativity, not alienation.
Release Their Inner Toddler
When users experience software for the very first time, they are much like toddlers: fearless yet uncertain, inquisitive yet ready to spring to action. If we want new users to move quickly from toddling to full cruising speed, we must prime them quickly and maintain a consistent experience that reinforces that initial learning.
As mentioned above, the best way to teach a new interaction is through repetition. Introduce new concepts to your users early and reuse them often. For instance, if you allow your users to drill down into data controls to see their contents in more detail, reuse the icon or button for any other such increases in the level of detail. Reuse the same metaphor for both drilling in and out of data (in this example, we're using a magnifying glass).
Drill in for more detail
Drill out for less detail
Similarly, if you provide your users with more than one search capability (e.g., search for users and for cities), reuse the same icon for the various searches and present results in the same or at least a similar format. That way, once they've used one of your searches, they'll already know how to use any of the others.
Two searches, one icon |
These are simple examples and may well seem self-evident but the concept applies to (and is most powerful for) specialized and therefore less common interactions where the icon or metaphor used might not be so obvious. The key is that consistent repetition makes even strange things familiar.
Real-World Priming
While it is easy to imagine how priming through repetitious and consistent user interactions can lead to familiarity with a user experience, UX designers might tend to overlook an even richer source of pre-primed intuitive memory: the real world.
In this modern age, many citizens of the developed world "live" in software at least a part of every day, however all humans live full-time in the real world. By tapping into the bank of natural implicit memories, we can move our artificial experiences into a level of intuitive comfort rarely seen in software. To do so, we must model parts of our experiences off of the world around us. One common way is to use UI metaphors based on real objects or concepts but another is to actually build physics into interfaces.
The analog interfaces of yesteryear provided intuitive feedback to users. Whether it was the comforting resistance of a volume knob as you turned it or the click of an on/off switch, when we interacted with our home stereo we knew that our input was being received. We could easily tell the upper and lower limits of the allowed input or, through the clever use of clicks, the key positions of the controls. For instance, the sliders of a graphic equalizer or a fader control often provided tactile feedback when you are at the dead center of their range of motion.
When designing what are in effect purely imaginary controls in software, we should try to include these same kinds of implicit signals. In fact, using modern mobile devices, it is often possible to provide haptic feedback to certain user actions. Simulated physics through the use of tweened animations can also be particularly useful, when animating state transitions for instance. Among other things, this purposeful use of motion can give weight and context to the navigation between screens.
Imitating the real world comes with risks, however. Because people have a natural sense of what is authentic, it is important to avoid ever presenting them with physical impossibilities or paradoxes. For instance: if you use an animation to transition from one screen to another, when reversing the navigation you should also reverse the animation. (i.e., If you slide the screen left while navigating one way, you must slide it right when going the other.) Inauthentic physics feels closer to a parody than imitation. The last thing you want is for your application to behave like a Looney Tunes cartoon where characters run off one side of the screen and back in the other.
Driving it Home
As we have seen, users come into any experience carrying a wealth of implicit and procedural memories. Some have been gained through their everyday, real, lives while others come from their time using other software. It is up to the skilled user experience designer to employ their abilities and foresight to create nuanced applications that leverage that very human intuition while priming up a new set of memories. When paired with skillfully designed interfaces, these nearly accidental skills can transform even the most novice users into intuitive experts.


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Were access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, the nation's busiest span, closed as political retribution against a mayor who didn't publicly endorse New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's re-election?
The governor denies that politics played a role in the traffic-snarling decision, but the controversy has put an ever-growing stain on Christie's glossy November re-election victory. And the episode could have an impact on Christie's White House ambitions.
What began as a local story involving The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that oversees the Hudson River crossings between the two states, has snowballed into an alleged case of political revenge and abuse of power. Now it's gone national, in large part because of Christie's well-known political ambitions.
On Monday, Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction, called on the Transportation Department to investigate the lane closures, which pretty much guarantees the federal agency will launch a probe.
"Unwarranted lane closures with no public notice can have serious ramifications on interstate commerce and safety in the region, and as the Committee with oversight responsibility of the Port Authority, I continue to have serious concerns about the actions of this agency," Rockefeller wrote in a letter to the department. "The gravity of this situation demands a comprehensive investigation. It also exacerbates my concerns with the governance and previous oversight of the Port Authority."
Rockefeller didn't mention Christie. He didn't need to. Other Democrats have grabbed the opportunity to redefine the governor in a less flattering light. While Christie has defined himself as a forthright and funny, pragmatic conservative willing to reach across partisan lines to find solutions, Democrats are using the bridge incident — and the massive delays it caused — to portray Christie as an arrogant bully.
The goal: to make Christie, a Republican with proven crossover appeal, a less attractive alternative to Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat who seeks the presidential nomination in 2016.
The Democratic National Committee, for instance, released a video that's most unhelpful to Christie politically, to put it mildly. And a group linked to Clinton, Correct the Record, is also trying to get some mileage out of the story.
While there are allegations, there's still a shortage of key facts — especially what the governor knew and when he knew it.
Some of the facts we know, however, and that's what's generating suspicion about what was truly behind the lane closings.
As it turns out, the closures of bridge access lanes from Fort Lee, N.J., that started Sept. 9 were ordered by a Port Authority official who is a childhood Christie friend, David Wildstein. Neither the relevant New York officials nor police were notified of the closures, which came two weeks after Fort Lee's Democratic Mayor Mark Sokolich declined to endorse Christie.
More facts: The closures caused massive traffic jams on the first day of school. At a Nov. 25 hearing called by a state assemblyman, Wildstein claimed the closures were necessitated by a "traffic study," but other officials who would have been expected to know of such a study said they didn't. Wildstein and his boss, Bill Baroni, resigned in early December.
Christie didn't help himself with his early response to the controversy. The leader who distinguished himself in the eyes of many with his hands-on response to Superstorm Sandy at first joked about the lane closures. "I moved the cones actually unbeknownst to everybody," he said at a news conference.
That's already come back to haunt Christie. The DNC used that Christie snippet in its video — and the governor's prospective 2016 GOP opponents will find it useful as well.
The incident may haunt him for some time if it's conclusively proved that there was no reason other than politics for the lane closures. Most voters are familiar with the frustration of sitting in traffic jams, not just the millions who frequently use the George Washington Bridge. (I've experienced them myself over the years when returning to my native New York.)
The notion that someone would create such tie-ups, not for emergency road or bridge repairs but out of political spite, is shocking even to jaded New Yorkers and New Jerseyans.
There may be some forgivable political sins. This wouldn't be among them.
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