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Sourdough, that is.
For the whole month of November Linda Nicholson of Salty Seattle and Nicole of Pinch My Salt challenged people to bake with sourdough. Sourdough has this tang to it that pulls you in and it's like a dance track for your taste buds. I really can't remember the first time I tasted sourdough, but I'm sure it was a commercially made piece of bread. Since I love baking bread and have made sourdough before, I jumped at the chance to join this challenge. I have been learning so much about sourdough, that it won't stop with just November. This is a life long LOVE!
These lovely pancakes below are courtesy of Joy the Baker's blog with the addition of a little pumpkin and cinnamon. Not realizing how many pancakes the recipe would make, I froze some for breakfasts of convenience. Gosh, how I love the freezer. Who needs frozen food from the grocery store when you can make and freeze your own? And, you know what's in it and when it was made.
Dough A: Pinch My Salt's Recipe
Starter: Overflowing like a volcano, very active
Starter dough: 8 hours to rise, no refrigeration
1st rise: 1 1/2 hours
2nd rise: 1 1/2 hours
Misted the oven 3x every 30 seconds in the beginning
Dough B:Peter Reinhart
Starter: Bubbling, but no over activity
Starter dough: 4hours, then refrigeration
1st rise: 3 hours
2nd rise: 2 hours
Misted the oven 4x every 30 seconds in the beginning
Dough C: Pinch My Salt
Starter: Bubbling, no over activity
Starter dough: 8 hour rise on counter, refrigeration overnight
Final dough: Left on counter 1 1/2 hours before making
1st rise: 3 hours
2nd rise: 2 hours
Misted the oven 3x every 30 seconds in the beginning
Learned lesson: Just bubbles isn't enough, over activity makes beautiful bread.
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George Clooney is giving his girlfriend Stacy Keibler a career boost by hiring her as his co-star in a glitzy advert to launch his new tequila venture. The Hollywood actor has stepped behind the camera to direct a short film for his tequila brand Casamigos, and he has enlisted former wrestler Keibler to share the screen with him.
Clooney will star opposite Keibler, as well as supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, in the ad, titled "It Could Happen, Please Drink Responsibly." It was reportedly filmed at one of Clooney's luxurious homes. The actor has developed the drinks brand with businessman Gerber.
Clooney is the latest in a long line of stars to move into the drinks business. Sean "Diddy" Combs is an investor in a vodka brand; Drew Barrymore has ventured into the wine-making trade; and Jay-Z is involved in a number of drinks brands including cognac and Champagne.
In the tequila business, Clooney will face competition from other celebrity brand owners including Motley Crue singer Vince Neil and pop star-actor Justin Timberlake.

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Troy (Turkey)
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Troy (Turkish: Truva or Troya) is an ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey, made famous in Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. According to Iliad, this is where legendary Trojan War took place. Today it is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well. It was also recently declared a national park.
Get in
The nearest main center is Çanakkale, about 30 km to the north of Troy. There are hourly minibuses that travel to and from the Çanakkale local bus station, which is located under the bridge by the river.
By car
The site is 2 km off the Çanakkale-Izmir highway (D550/E87). Road signs (saying either Truva, Troya, Troy, or Troia, sometimes two of them on the same signpost) will direct you, starting from the ferry harbour in Çanakkale.
Get around
The path through the ruins is well marked, but quite rocky and slippery in places. Be sure to wear proper walking shoes.
Explore the ruins.
Troy was destroyed and rebuilt nine times over, and each of nine different layers still has something left to this day, although amateurish archaeological excavations of late 1800s damaged some of them a lot more than others. The layer that is thought to be depicted in Homer's Iliad is likely Troy VII, a portion of the legendary walls of which is still intact.
The admission fee to the site is 15 TL pp. Make sure that you don't accept any of the 'old' Turkish money as change from the admission office. You wont be able to use it outside of Troy (for some reason certain locations still accept and distribute the old 'New Turkish Lira') and you will have to change it at a bank.
Climbing up the ladders of (fake, re-constructed) Trojan horse in the entrance of the site is an inevitable part of Troy experience. Better do it on weekdays as the ladders (and the interior of the horse itself) may be crowded at weekends by schoolchildren on a schooltrip (a situation which makes climbing up and down those steep stairs rather unpleasent). Winter is a fantastic time to visit Troy, as there are very few tourists around and you may even get the fake horse to yourself.
Staying in Çanakkale and visiting Troy as a day-trip is also possible.
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- Design an app for the youngest segment of our audience to engage them with our characters in an age-appropriate interactive way.
- Introduce toddlers to the basics of how to use a tablet since we know they're using these devices in increasing numbers.
- Integrate some fun into learning focused on science curriculum (prediction and cause & effect).
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The Final Heat - Closing in on Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat
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The Final Heat – Closing in on Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat
One of the amazing things about living in a Jewish country, and particularly in Jerusalem, Ir HaKodesh (the Holy City) is how crazy things get just before Rosh Hashanah. In the Diaspora, traditional Jews are used to having two days of Jewish holidays, as opposed to only one in Israel (a long story – perhaps the topic of a future Shabbat Shalom message). But in Israel, Rosh Hashanah is ALSO observed for two days instead of one. And if you add to it that these holy days are on Thursday and Friday, the week goes directly from Chag (Holiday) to Shabbat. A complication, because there is a LOT of eating on these three days, and basically most things need to be ready before the sun sets on Wednesday with the start of Rosh Hashanah! And... since it IS a Jewish place, all businesses in the Jewish part of Jerusalem [supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, shops) are closed. The town closes up FOR THREE DAYS! It was crazy today (Tuesday). I myself am doing a little cooking to bring desserts with me to three of the meals I'm invited to, and while I was shopping for groceries at "Super Deal" in Jerusalem, I ran into 3 people whose homes I'm going to for meals... all shopping for the weekend! Tomorrow morning will be the last opportunity to buy supplies, challas, groceries, wine, etc. for the 3 day weekend – you can only imagine how crazy the markets will be.
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Google's Eric Schmidt on His Visit to North Korea
Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen had rare access to North Korea during a trip earlier this year. In this excerpt from a larger interview with WSJ's John Bussey to be published Friday, they describe the technological potential of the country and citizens' lack of access to it. Photo: Getty Images
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A Story
This also gives me a chance to try out what promises to be a really good hack for Blogger to allow expandable and collapsible posts. So to read the story, just hit the "Read more..." link below (unless you're reading the RSS feed, in which case it probably just appears below. Update: Or some versions of Internet Explorer, which, on a Mac at least, cuts off the first few paragraphs...)
The Boyfriend from Another Planet
by Matthew Cheney
I knew we were having difficulties in our relationship, but I never expected Lu to tell me he was an alien from the planet Lirg.
Tired of me? Yes, I could take that. In love with somebody else? Sure, no big deal. A Republican? Maybe. But an alien?! How desperate and stupid do you have to be?
Before I go on a rant, let me indulge myself in a list. (I love lists.)
Things Derek Loves About LuAs you can see, he's nearly perfect. Not completely perfect — nobody who thinks game shows are a form of high art could ever be called completely perfect — but he's close.
1. His laugh. It's silly, high-pitched, and contagious.
2. His blonde hair. It's just this thing I have for blonde hair. Not absolutely required in an object of my affection, but definitely a plus. And Lu's hair is very blonde, very straight, always clean, and heavenly.
3. His taste in music. Exactly the same as mine: SHOW TUNES!
4. His screw-the-world attitude. He doesn't ever let anybody else's expectations get in the way. If you don't like what he says, you don't have to listen. If you don't like how he dresses, you don't have to look. If you don't like who he kisses ... well, why are you watching him kiss anybody in the first place?
5. His dislike of dogs. They're stupid and dependent. Cats are the superior species.
6. His beat-up old brown pickup truck with a gun rack in the back window.
7. His willingness to cry during sappy movies.
8. His beautiful paintings. I always wanted to date an artist.
9. His favorite book: Goodnight, Moon.
10. His kisses.
As you can also see, he's not the sort of person who would continually, and apparently sincerely, insist he's an alien unless there was a good reason for it.
At first, I thought he was joking. "Ha ha, funny," I said after we'd had lunch together in the school cafeteria. "The planet Lirg," I said. "That's a good one."
"I'm not joking," Lu said. "I'm an alien from the planet Lirg."
I smiled my best oh-you're-so-lovely-and-charming-Lu smile, hoping it would at least move him on to a different subject. It didn't.
"Lirg is ten thousand light years from Earth," Lu said. "It's very much like Earth in every way, which is why I think I didn't realize I was an alien for a while. I'd forgotten. I thought I was still on Lirg."
I yawned. I didn't need to yawn, but it felt appropriate.
Perhaps, before moving any farther along, I should explain why our relationship was having some difficulties.
First, there was the simple pressure of being the only out gay couple at school. It's a liberal school, or at least most people like to think of themselves as fairly liberal and accepting, but hardly anybody seems to think having an out gay couple is a great and wonderful thing. Soon after we started dating, Lu and I both noticed that we weren't invited to very many parties together, some of our friends didn't talk to us as frequently as they had before, and a couple of teachers even insisted we not sit together in class. Typical empty liberalism for you: love the idea, hate the reality.
But nobody really got in our way. We weren't attacked and assaulted, we weren't openly insulted, we weren't told we were sinners in the hands of an angry God. But there was the pressure of always being looked at furtively, of always feeling like whatever we did was getting judged by all the chatty gossippers who populated the halls between classes, and we knew our lives were potent fuel for the all-powerful rumor mill chugging away at the background of every student's and every teacher's conversation.
More than the pressure of being who were were, the pressure (or decompressure) of knowing each other too well was what really seemed to be chipping us apart. The relationship was fun at the beginning, before we knew a lot about each other, when each day held revelation and surprise. I learned that Lu's full name was Lucite, because his parents were unreformed hippies who happened to be tripping on acid the day he was named and liked the sound of the word "lucite", which floated toward them through the purple air they inhabited. Lu learned that I'm afraid of snakes.
("Quit it with the background material already!" I hear you cry. "Get back to the aliens!")
The day after our first conversation about the planet Lirg, Lu and I went to the mall to try to find Mother's Day gifts. The mall had long been a point of contention between us: Lu hates all malls and shopping in general, while I think shopping is the highest form of human activity and the mall is the closest thing we've got to Heaven. The feelings are reversed when it comes to art museums. We learned early on to indulge each other: for every time I drag him to a mall, Lu gets to haul me off to an art museum.
What I Love about MallsSo there we were in the mall, with me dragging Lu past the shops like a slime mold on a leash, and suddenly he stopped in front of a store window, pointed at a lovely blue dress, and said, "Think I should wear that to the prom?"
1. Anonymity. I hardly ever see anybody I know there, and if I do I can escape them.
2. The stores are always changing. Very exciting.
3. You can shop, you can eat, you can sit on a plastic bench beside an ugly fountain while inside an atmospherically-controlled environment.
4. There are far more gay boys to gawk at at the mall than anywhere else in town.
5. Bargains. Bargains everywhere. Wonderful, glorious bargains on stuff I'd never otherwise buy.
6. Tasteful window displays.
7. Soft muzak everywhere. Normally, I hate muzak, but in malls it's somehow comforting. Even (dare I admit it?) Barry Manilow.
Oh gawd, the prom.
I'd forbidden him to mention it. We weren't going. No way, absolutely not, never in ten billion trillion gazillion years, no matter how much I said I loved him, would I ever ever ever go to a prom. Proms are stupid. Proms are empty. Proms are evil rituals designed to make all the square pegs realize what they were missing by not squeezing themselves into the round holes of life.
Lu, of course, said he thought we'd be making a courageous political statement by taking each other to the prom.
"Aliens don't go to proms," I said.
"They do if they wear the right clothes." He hadn't risen to take my bait. He hadn't even batted one of his beautiful eyes or done one of his usual dramatic pauses. (Lu's a master of dramatic pauses. His timing is impeccable.)
"I don't go to proms," I said.
"Even to see me in a dress?"
"Even then."
I grabbed him by the arm and pulled him to a shoe store. (I love shoes. I own something like thirty pairs of shoes. It's an obsession, an addiction, a tragic flaw which I adore in myself.)
"You should buy more shoes," I said, pulling a beautiful brown sandal onto my foot while Lu stared at the ceiling. "The shoes make the man, remember."
"I've got what I need."
"Do aliens wear shoes?"
"Usually." Pause pause pause. "You don't believe me, do you?"
"About being an alien? Uh ... let me think a minute ... no I do not believe you are an alien from the planet Lirg, Lu!"
Silence throughout the store. People were looking at us. I turned to a grizzled old lady with purplish hair and gave her a stare vicious enough to kill a venus fly trap.
Lu turned away from me. Something was wrong, I could tell. Once you know somebody well enough, there's a kind of aura to them, and when the aura changes, it's unmistakeable. Lu's aura had suddenly gone grey.
I stood up and put my arm around him. He breathed deeply, and a tear flickered down his cheek.
"What is it?" I asked quietly.
He turned and looked me in the eyes as if he didn't recognize me. He shook his head, brushed the tears away with his hand, and walked toward the door. "I'll be in the car."
I bought the sandals with my mother's credit card (couldn't wait till the statement came in and she asked me why I had yet again bought something at a shoe store with the credit card she'd given me for emergencies, though a good pair of sandals seems close enough to an emergency for me to justify the use of the credit card) and ran after Lu.
He was standing outside the mall, smoking a cigarette.
"Since when do you smoke?" I asked.
"Now and then," he said. "It's calming."
"It's carcinogenic. And you've got crappy lungs, anyway." I grabbed the cigarette out of his mouth and crushed it under the sole of one of my new sandals. Sometimes I'm a little too aggressive for my own good.
Lu slapped me.
He's never slapped me. He's a pacifist! Pacifists don't hit people! That's the whole point of pacifism!
I was too stunned to be hurt. I stared at him.
"I'm not going to apologize," he said.
"Neither am I."
"Fine." He turned away and walked toward the car.
"Oh, so we're leaving now?" I said loudly.
"I'm going home. I don't care what you do."
So as I said, our relationship was on the rocks. Or, to be more accurate, our relationship was on a cliff, about to fall a few thousand feet into a pool of razor blades.
Lu and I didn't talk for the rest of the weekend. I called him Monday morning to see if he was going to pick me up or if I needed to ride on the bus with all the refugees from the land of Dull.
"I'll pick you up if you want," he said, sounding oddly cheery given the fight we'd had.
As we were driving to school, he said, "I'm sorry I've been so weird." He lit a cigarette.
"I thought we weren't apologizing?" I said.
"I'm not going to apologize for slapping you. You were a jerk. But I also know I've been kind of weird recently."
"Yeah, I'd say insisting you're an alien would definitely fit under the definition of weird."
"It's a beautiful place, Lirg. Soft, pleasant, warm. Enchanting, really. Like a Renoir painting."
I couldn't remember what a Renoir painting looked like, though I'm sure Lu has shown me a bunch of them.
"Are you still saying, then, that you're an alien?"
"Yes, I'm definitely an alien," Lu said. "But..."
He took a long drag on his cigarette and was silent.
"But?" I said.
"But I meant it like a ... like a kind of metaphor. You know?"
"No," I said. "I don't know. I haven't the slightest #%$@ing idea what the &@!# you're talking about." (Those symbols aren't there because I'm afraid to write what my mother would call "naughty words", but because the sound I made was closer to a growled scream than anything else.)
Lu just sighed. We were in the school parking lot by then, and he clearly didn't want to continue the conversation.
Lu was never the best with words — he's extremely visual. Ask him to recite Shakespeare and he'll faint; ask him to identify 500 elements of ancient Greek architecture, and he'll lecture you for three days. I knew after our conversation that he probably wouldn't tell me what he wanted to tell me in words, and that when I finally figured it all out, it would be a lot worse than if he'd just stuttered and mumbled his way through it to me that morning.
In the afternoon, Lu was sitting in the cafeteria with a girl who had recently moved to our school from some far, exotic place like New Jersey. Her name was Helen, and all I knew about her was that I'd been impressed with some of her answers in English class discussions — she was sassy and very smart, always thrilled to be able to contradict the teacher and show he was an idiot. (The teacher, Mr. Bennett, was, indeed, an idiot. I'm certain his ancestors included a cauliflower and a manure pile.)
"Hi there," I said, sitting between them. I glanced at the green conglomeration of cafeteria mystery meat on my tray, certain it had tried to bite my finger. I leaned over to give Lu a kiss on the cheek, but he pulled away.
"Hi," Helen said.
"We were just talking about Magritte," Lu said, as if I should know who Magritte is.
"Uh huh..." I said, doing my best to sound both interested and knowledgeable.
"Do you like art?" Helen asked me.
"Of course," I said. "Anyone who doesn't is a troglodyte. But I'm more of a poet, myself."
"A poet?" she said. "I adore poetry. Who's your favorite poet?"
Okay, so maybe it was the wrong thing to say. What ever possessed me to make such a ridiculous statement? The truth is, while I like writing dirty limericks in my school notebooks, that's about the only poetry I write. And I refuse to read the stuff. I'm effeminate enough without having to give in to all the stereotypes of homosexual sensitivity.
"I'm deeply influenced by some of the, ah, Romantic poets," I said.
"I've never really been able to get into them much," Helen said. "I mean, I like Blake when he's weird, and I like some of Byron's stuff, but mostly I find his life more attractive than anything. My favorite poet is Paul Celan."
"Ah," I said, again doing my best to make a breathy interjection disguise my complete ignorance and general lack of interest in the subject of the conversation.
"He was German, wasn't he?" Lu said.
"Yes. He escaped the Nazis when he was young, though his family was killed by them, and then he went on to write just the most complex and sad and enigmatic poems you've ever read. Then he jumped off a bridge."
"I'd love to read some of his stuff," Lu said. (And then jump off a bridge, I added to myself.)
"I'll bring you a book tomorrow. He's amazing."
Suddenly I knew I needed to talk to Lu alone. I knew what we had to discuss. But the bell rang for the next class, and he seemed intent on escorting Helen to it.
After lunch, I made it through history class by gouging meaningless runes into the desk with a compass from my mechanical engineering class. The teacher, a five-thousand-year-old woman named Mrs. Vladallsplotchnick@#^$&bzckr or something similarly unpronounceable (I'd never bothered to really learn her name), didn't notice my frantic carving as she droned on about the French Revolution.
After class, I grabbed Lu and pushed him into a nearby janitor's closet. "You're in love with her, aren't you!" I said, my voice a frozen wasteland of anger and hatred.
"Well ... not really ... uh ... not in so many words ... but ... uh ... yeah?"
I stormed out of the janitor's closet and out of the building without looking back. I heard Lu call, "Derek!" once, but I was out the front door before he could say my name again.
I didn't know where I was going, didn't have any plan, only wanted to move, and so I walked until I couldn't walk anymore. I stood in the center of the flower garden at the base of the flag pole in front of the school, my new sandals sinking into the soft dirt, crushed petunias and lilies and whatevers tickling my toes.
Five Thoughts Whizzing Through My Brain at That MomentI rode the bus home that day, rode with the derelicts and mutants, the detritus of public education in America, and as I looked at them, the sad and pitiful faces all around me, I couldn't help feeling a certain kinship with them, a desire for friendship. These kids I'd spent so much time dismissing as losers and freaks and prime material for daytime talk shows all seemed mysteriously noble to me. Certainly more noble than myself, better than me in more ways than I could possibly list.
1. Lu is the biggest freak I've ever known.
2. Falling in love with the sons of hippies is stupid.
3. I'm over-reacting.
4. I'm under-reacting.
5. I should start smoking cigarettes.
None of these people, I told myself, would ever involve themselves with a crazy person like Lu.
And then a middle-schooler with a mullet sat next to me and said in a pipsqueak voice, "Is it true you're a faggot?" He quickly moved to another seat, where his friends, who had obviously put him up to this, all giggled and slapped him five.
Then I remembered why I usually do anything possible not to ride the school bus.
Finally, mercifully, my stop came and I got off and ran into the house and up the stairs to my room, where I buried my face in my pillow and cried for at least an hour.
Lu called that night.
"I'm sorry, Derek," he said.
"What does she think? She's knows you're gay, right?"
"Yes. We've talked about it."
"Are you two going to go out?"
"I'm going out with you," he said.
I laughed. "Are you? Could've fooled me."
"Do you want to end it?"
"You sound hopeful."
Pause pause pause.
He said, "I don't think we've been doing very well recently. Do you?"
"No," I said quietly. "But ... we're ... we're us, Lu. I don't know what I'd do ... I don't remember how to be without ... us."
"I know what you mean," he said.
"Couldn't this be like some sort of phase you're going through or something? Because you're not happy with me these days, so you think that a woman will solve all your problems?"
"I wondered that. I mean, I've thought about it. And I don't think so. I've never felt the way I have about someone the way I feel about her."
Oh, that hurt. That got me right in the gut, a sucker punch from a prize fighter, an elephant kick, a great meteorite blasting down and obliterating my psyche like it was an island full of dinosaurs. After all this, all we'd been through, everything we'd had and done and been, he dared say— I couldn't even think about it.
Now it was my turn for a dramatic pause, but it didn't come from any sense of timing. No, I was silent because I couldn't speak, because words had abandoned me like a hobo kicked off a train.
"Derek? Are you there?"
"Uh," I said, the most eloquent thing I could get out of my lungs and mouth.
"I'm so sorry."
"So you're, what, you're straight now? This has all been a charade? You're like cured, like one of those stupid Republican Baptist @#$%ing turncoat idiots?" (That time, I said the word.)
"No," he said. "I think I'm still gay. Mostly. But I'm in love with a woman."
"Brilliant," I said. "You're a gay guy in love with a woman. That's one for the record books. What's she got, Lu, that you so love? Breasts? Or—"
"No," he said suddenly. "It's not about the ... physical part. I mean, I like—"
My turn to jump in: "Physical? Explain exactly what you mean."
"Yes, I'm ... attracted to her body. She's beautiful. But it's so much more than that. The physical is the least part of it."
"And so you're not attracted to me anymore?"
"I love you, Derek. I have loved you. You'll always be ... really special to me."
"Thanks," I said. "It's so comforting." And then I hung up. And threw the phone across the room.
Things I Hate about Straight PeopleWe didn't talk again for a long time. I saw Lu and Helen together at school a lot. They sat together in classes and at lunch. Nobody paid much attention to them, except for me. They held hands and exchanged soft, tentative kisses. They drove home together. They went to the prom.
1. They never have to come out. People just assume you're straight unless you prove otherwise.
2. Nobody stares at them when they hold hands in public.
3. They get to see themselves on t.v., in movies, in pictures, in music, in books — everywhere. And nobody thinks to comment about how wonderful and progressive it is to see representations of straight people in the media. Or how revolting.
4. When they're growing up, straight people have parents and teachers and friends who welcome them into the world of heterosexuality, because, of course, every child is straight.
5. The great heterosexual conspiracy — they help each other gain power, they support each other, and they're @#$&ing everywhere! They run the world!
6. They stole my boyfriend.
I, of course, was a wreck. I crashed myself into every oncoming psychological storm I could find, and boy, when you're seeking it, the weather of the mind can be brutal. I skipped classes, I got the flu and then a cold and then the flu again, I hardly left the house. My parents forced me to go to counseling, and I had some fun lying to the shrink who tried to understand me. I convinced her my former boyfriend was insane and I was good to be rid of him, and she agreed.
I knew he wasn't insane. And I knew the heavy ache under every cell of my skin meant only one thing: I missed him.
After a while, I found a new boyfriend. His name's John, which is a lovely name, nice and simple. I won't list all the things I love about John, because I'm trying to give up making lists. Lists are fun, but they lose all the subtleties, and truth lies not in numbered sets of simple sentences, but in the ragged infinity between the lines.
Lu and I talked after a few months. It was near graduation, and Helen was going to be salutatorian and Lu would be valedictorian. I passed him in the hallway one day and congratulated him, which broke the wall between us. He gave me a big hug and a sloppy kiss.
"How's life as a straight guy?" I asked.
"I'm not very straight," he said. "But life is good."
"And Helen likes you?"
"Seems to. I mean, it's not always easy. But nothing worthwhile ever is." Pause pause pause.
"I never thought I'd start spouting clichés," he said.
"It's okay," I said. "When they're true."
Yes, it's a cliché, and yes, what Lu said was true: Nothing worthwhile is easy. I try to keep reminding myself of that, because it tames the bitterness I feel toward him, it softens some of that pain, the pain that grows older and older every day, but never goes away, never truly fades, just shuffles over to a corner and gums its food.
Lu was right about something else, too. He is an alien. I don't know what planet he's from, but it's definitely not the same one as me. I've forgiven him for that, but it doesn't mean I don't regret that he didn't have a spaceship to come back to my planet with. Meanwhile, I'll have to sit on a bench in my own little corner of the universe and try to keep John from making contact with NASA.
So farewell, Lu, you alien boy. Send me a postcard from outer space sometime, will you?


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Seib & Wessel: Chemical Attack Pressures Obama
WSJ's Adam Entous and Carol E. Lee lay out the options facing President Obama in Syria, as he gets even more pressure to step up U.S. involvement and oust President Assad after the regime's alleged mass use of chemical weapons. Photo: AP
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the ... for most of the past couple of days ... all the tension the Middle East has been on Egypt for obvious reasons but subtly serious threats to sell to the top of the front page ... what options does the president has now that it appears that the chemical weapons made the news but inside ... well the Pres is really into it with the dilemma here ... in June they came out initially with their findings the chemical weapons have been used in small quantities ... and citing that evidence they decided to help support the opposition including the furnishing of ... light arms the opposition ... that appears to have not in any way affected the calculation that aside it's made ... which if ... confirmed this would be a huge escalation in its use of chemical weapons since it would be on a massive scale ... if these reports are for ... suckers I mean Agoda view and they get the Gulf allies involvement they do ... what the industry has made clear its first option would be to go to you and where they would face resistance from Russia which is beat the previous resolutions ... but that didn't happen and that would confer with probably Britain France and ... the Saudis in UAE ... about eighty other options and that the Pentagon has ... great ego options the cheekily to respond to a mass casualty event like this which includes the targeted ... air strikes ... going after a regime command control sites and this would not be a regime change ... sort of scenario this would be a punish the regime ... raise the price for using CW ... chemical weapons and that's ... sorta those of the dozen military options that they're looking for ... a political ... dimension to the insistence of present adding pressure on yet because he had said a few months ago that ... use of chemical weapons to be a red line and so you know he's been under pressure to Jason Ng in Syria from ... from Republicans for a while ... and once he said that the Republicans ran to her surprise chair and now that we've had ... one and maybe two incidents in the pressures in an even stronger ... and how how much to the other Gulf allies they are very important in in the Egypt situation there ... are the Saudis in the UAE are supporting the military regime there ... to the event of a role play and steering too well in the world in terms of helping United States collect intelligence connected to this attack scientists outside of the other side ... the day well certainly the UAE in and ... inside radio on the American side of the city of Iran and Hezbollah on sites with Russia for fine arts sports ... um but the way this works so this is that that the city doesn't have a tremendous work on the ground inside Syria ... so that relies very heavily on intelligence services of Jordan ... and Saudi Arabia ... to a certain extent ... on the UE to get intelligence which they continue ... to have in order to reach a conclusion here ... is a possibility that there wasn't quite right some folks are mis understand what is this is the ... this basically since December of last year they are getting ... at ... no cost reports of small scale chemical weapons attacks ... which initially the administration is very skeptical of ... the initially sided with the cold chain of custody ... they didn't they couldn't track where the where where exactly the chemicals we use ... and how ... to ... trace back to where it started ... to couldn't tell if it was rebels let's say whoever overran to own a weapons depot that found some candle weapons cartridges and use them ... for example and so ... what he says it missed ration is the line is tempted to try to create a more clear-cut chain of custody ... services could be the one ... well I mean there have been like like that like to mention their given a series of attacks this year ... the White House in June site for a particular ... until about two hundred and fifty people ... since June ... despite the White House warnings ... Assad has continued to use chemical weapons in the same way it has been ... no apparent response to the threat of ... consequences for the White House ... ah but these have all been small-scale ... so what's different here is this is the view is that it's true is big ... and it represents a change in tactics by side ... which if it's confirmed it would be a you know the pressure to the tothe building on the White House


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Industrial process control can be difficult, complex, and problematic. Yet, a smooth running process line is a site to behold; thanks to technological advances in control devices. In our discussion, the word "process" implies any industrial manufacturing, testing, or assembly operation in which an operator controls, depending on the position or state of the items made, tested, or packaged. Let's take a look at those devices that "see" the produced items and activate the required machines.
Motion control. One of the most important aspects of process control is controlling the motion of the items you're making or modifying. In most industrial processes, the position of an item dictates the operation. Think of an assembly line with dozens of operations. Each operation occurs in a certain location, with the item moving from one machine or process to the next. The goal is to supply accurately and reliably position information by providing an appropriate electrical signal.
Limit switches. The most commonly used process control device is the limit switch. It functions by opening or closing when an item reaches a pre-set location. We subdivide mechanical-type limit switches into those operated by linear and rotary motion. There are large and small switches that operate from linear motion. The precision limit switch is an example of a small switch. It varies from the larger size mainly in a lower operating force and shorter stroke. The operating force may be as low as 1 lb, and the stroke only a few thousandths of an inch.
We generally call limit switches operated by rotary motion rotating cam limit switches. These are control-circuit devices used with machinery having a repetitive cycle of operation; one correlated to shaft rotation. They're used to limit and control the movement of a rotating machine.
The switch assembly consists of one or more snap-action switches. Cams assembled on a shaft activate the snap-action switches. The shaft, in turn, is either d irect- or gear-driven by a rotary motion on the machine.
The cams are independently adjustable for operating at different locations within a complete 360 degrees rotation. In some cases, the number of total rotations available is limited. In others, rotation can continue at speeds up to 600 revolutions per minute (rpm).
When selecting a limit switch, you must determine its application in the electrical circuit and consider these factors: contact arrangement; current rating of the contacts; slow or snap action; isolated or common connection; spring return or maintained; and number of normally open (NO) and normally closed (NC) contacts required.
Contacts. In most cases, the switch consists of double-break, snap-action, silver-tipped, or solid silver contacts. The contact current rating will vary from 5A to 10A at 120VAC, continuous. The make-contact rating will be much higher, and the break-contact rating will be lower. Isolated NO and NC contacts are available.
Action. Here the operator has the major decision, to dictate the type of mechanical action available to operate the switch. Length of travel, speed, force available, accuracy, and type of mounting are some considerations.
In discussing the action of limit switches, you should become familiar with the following industry terms: Operating force: The amount of force applied to the switch to cause the "snap over" of the contacts. Release force: The amount of force still applied to the switch plunger at the instant of "snap back" of the contacts to the unoperated condition. Pre-travel or trip travel: The distance traveled in moving the plunger from its free or unoperated position to the operated position. Over-travel: The distance beyond operating position to the safe limit of travel (usually expressed as a minimum value). Differential travel: The actuator travel from the point where the contacts snap over to the point where they snap back. Total travel: The sum of the trip- and over-travel.
Most limit switch manufacturers list this information for certain switches in their specifications. Be careful: The accuracy of switch operators at the point of snap-over varies with different types and manufacturers. In general, it's in the range of 0.001 in. to 0.005 in.
The operator probably having greatest use is the roller lever. It's available in a variety of lever lengths and roller diameters. The next most frequently used operator is the push rod. It can come only as a rod or with a roller at the end. In most cases, particularly with the oil-tight machine-tool limit switch, you can rotate the head carrying the operator to four positions, each 90 degrees apart. You can also mount it either at its top or side. Two other operators used in machine control are the fork lever and the wobble stick.
Symbols. You use the limit switch symbol in applying the limit switch to the schematic or elementary circuit diagram. The symbol represents the switch in four different conditions. Usually, the switch has a NO contact and/or a NC contact. In some switches, there are two NO and two NC contacts.
Show the switch symbol as the switch being in the unoperated condition of the machine. This may result in the operated or unoperated condition.
There are times when you may use both contacts on a given limit switch in a circuit. Under this condition, it helps to join the two contact symbols with a broken line, which indicates they are contacts on the same limit switch.
Proximity switches. One of the most common control switches, the proximity switch is a device capable of acting as an electronic switch when in the presence or close proximity of an object. What differentiates it from a mechanical switch is it does not require physical contact with anything else to operate. The methods of achieving this operation are many: changes in RF fields, magnetic fields, capacitive fields, acoustic fields, and light rays. Objects having ferrous (iron) material content usually alter RF fields.
Magnetic fields can close reed switches. Bringing a magnet up close to the switch or introducing a magnetic material between the magnet and the switch does the activation. Magnets also can alter electrical fields in devices through a phenomenon called the Hall Effect.
Capacitive devices make use of a change in capacitance. This occurs when the sensed object (acting as one plate of a capacitor) passes by the sensor (acting as the other). The sensor "sees" an alternation in the dielectric between the "plates" when detecting nonmetallic objects.
Sonic devices use sound fields interrupted by a detected object. These also detect reflection of sound from objects.
Photoelectric devices work in a similar manner except they detect beams of light rather than sound waves.
All these methods have strengths and weaknesses in actual application. Certain processes use two-wire DC proximity switches because they eliminate the potential for wiring mistakes during installation. Basically, they're not sensitive to voltage polarity.
Inductive sensors. Proximity switches that use RF (radio frequency magnetic wave) field usually employ one half of a ferrite core, with the coil being part of an oscillator circuit. When a metallic object enters this field, the object at some point will absorb enough energy from the field to cause the oscillator to stop oscillating. It's this difference between oscillating and not oscillating that the switch detects as the difference between an object being present or not present. Several variables determine the distance at which this detection takes place, including:
The diameter of the core (distance varies directly with the core diameter);
Size of object to be sensed (distance varies directly with size);
Kind of metal (distance is greatest with iron, less for other metals); and
Circuit sensitivity (distance is set by circuit design).
Capacitive sensors. These sensors also have oscillators. However, their oscillators usually begin oscillating in the presence of the detected object. This happens when the object creates enough capacitance in a critical part of the oscillator circuit to cause oscillation. In both methods (capacitive and inductive), detection is in the form of the presence or absence of oscillation. You then use this information to do useful work by operating a load directly through a solid-state output circuit or indirectly through a relay.
Other types. The magnet-operated proximity limit switch operates by passing an external magnet near the face of the sensing head. This actuates a small, hermetically sealed reed switch. The 120VAC pilot-duty model also includes an epoxy-encapsulated triac output.
A mercury switch operates by passing a permanent magnet of sufficient strength past the switch.
The vane-operated limit switch actuates by passage of a separate steel vane through a recessed slot in the switch. You attach either vane or switch to the moving part of the machine. As the vane passes through the slot, it changes the balance of the magnetic field, causing the contacts to operate. The switch is available with either a NO or NC contact and can detect very high speeds of vane travel without detrimental effects, such as wear and breakage. There is no physical contact between vane and switch. Therefore, the upper limit on vane speed is governed by factors other than the switch. The vane switch offers excellent accuracy and response time. Repeatability is constant within plus or minus 0.0025 in. or less, provided the path of the vane through the slot is constant. Response time (after the vane has reached the operating point) is less than a millisecond.
Solid-state devices. These devices respond differently than electromechanical output devices, especially to excess currents and incorrect voltage polarities. While excessive currents (if not sustained) do not particularly affect an electrical-mechanical contact device, they might destroy a solid-state contact device. The latter device, however, can be designed so excessive current conditions cannot occur even when a short circuit occurs. In the same way, DCswitches, which might be destroyed by a wrong polarity connection, can be designed to not operate on reverse polarity and will not be damaged.
Other semiconductor devices. A photoelectric sensor is an electrical device that responds to a change in the intensity of the light falling upon it.
An LED (light emitting diode) is a solid-state semiconductor, similar electrically to a diode (except it emits a small amount of light when current flows through it in a forward direction). LEDs can be built to emit green, yellow, red, or infrared light; the latter being invisible to the human eye.
A phototransistor is the most widely used optical element in photoelectric sensors. It offers the best trade-off between light sensitivity and response speed compared to photo-resistive and other photo-junction devices.
You use photocells for greater sensitivity to visible wavelengths, as in some color registration and ambient light detection applications.
Photodiodes are reserved for applications requiring extremely fast response time or linear response over several magnitudes of light level change.
Modulated LED sensors. Unlike their incandescent equivalents, LEDs can be turned "ON" and "OFF" (or modulated) at a high rate of speed, typically at a frequency of several kHz. This modulating means you can tune the amplifier of the photo-transistor receiver to the frequency of modulation and amplify only light signals pulsing at that frequency. In our process control industry, we call the modulated LED light source of a photoelectric sensor the transmitter (or emitter), and the tuned photo-device the receiver.
An ambient light receiver is a commonly-used, non-modulated photoelectric device. Red-hot metals and glasses emit large amounts of infrared light. As long as these materials emit more light than the surrounding light level, you can reliably detect them with an ambient light receiver.
Ultrasonic sensors emit and receive sound energy at frequencies above the range of human hearing (above about 20 kHz). We categorize ultrasonic sensors by transducer type, which is either electrostatic or piezoelectric.
Electrostatic types can sense objects up to several feet away by reflection of ultrasound waves from the object's surface. Piezoelectric types generally sense at only shorter ranges.
Remote photoelectric sensors contain only the optical components of the sensing system. Circuitry for system power, amplification, and output are all at another location, typically in a control panel. Thus, remote sensors are generally smaller and more tolerant of hostile sensing environments than self-contained sensors.
Self contained photoelectric sensors contain the optics along with all the electronics. Their only requirement is a source of voltage for power. The sensor itself does all of the work, which includes modulation, demodulation, amplification, and output switching.
Optical fiber. There are many sensing situations where space is too restricted or the environment too hostile for even remote sensors. For such applications, photoelectric sensing technology offers optical fiber as a third alternative in sensor technology. These are transparent strands of glass or plastic used to conduct light into and out of such areas. Fiber light guides, used along with either remote or self-contained sensors, are purely passive components of the sensing system. Since they contain no electrical circuitry and have no moving parts, they can safely pipe light into and out of hazardous sensing locations and withstand hostile environmental conditions.


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ROCKFORD — Kimberly Franklin's before-and-after photos from her battle seven years ago with breast cancer are shocking to some.
"I just loved my hair," said Franklin, a 43-year-old mother of four. "I was still getting my hair done even after my treatments started."
But like most who go through chemotherapy, her hair fell out and it grew back unevenly at first.
"I started liking it really short, and now I don't have any intentions of growing it back," she said. "When people ask why I'm so bold I say 'Honey, you have no idea.' "
Franklin actually was pregnant with her third daughter when she went to see a doctor because she felt a lump.
"The doctor told me it had been there awhile, but since I was pregnant it was easier to spot because it was feeding off estrogen," said Franklin, who has been married to her husband, Richard, for 16 years. He works at the substance abuse treatment center Rosecrance. "If I hadn't gotten pregnant I might not have known for a lot longer," said Franklin.
The cancer was stage 1 and all the medical personnel were confident a lumpectomy would be successful. She underwent surgery in November 2006. Still, Franklin worried.
"I sat there thinking, 'Am I going to die?' " she said. "The nurse was telling me about all the treatments and how we caught it early, but to me she sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher — 'wa, wa, wa.' I was trying to process everything, but I was stunned."
Franklin admits she wasn't the best patient. She didn't always take her meds, and she wasn't that pleasant to those trying to help her.
"My sister told me to stop being so horrible to those doctors and nurses. They know what I'm going through."
Franklin credits her family, including her church family at St. Paul Church of God in Christ, with keeping her spirits up through the hair loss, mouth sores and vomiting that came with the eight rounds of chemotherapy.
"My pastor, Bishop James Washington, told me God is a healer and he will see me through this journey. Keep the faith," Franklin said.
The lumpectomy was successful and there has been no reoccurrence. And then Richard and Kimberly received their own little miracle. After having three daughters, now ages 15, 11 and eight, Franklin got pregnant and had a boy, who now is four years old.
"They always tell you after cancer you probably won't have any more kids," said Franklin, who is a stay-at-home mom. "My doctor said she never had a (pregnant) patient who was a breast cancer survivor, but we got blessed."
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BOSTON, Mass. - Amidst a talented field that included nearly 3,000 athletes across all NCAA divisions as well as the sponsored elite, MIT delivered a fine effort at Boston University's Valentine's Invitational. Junior Adrienne Bolger and sophomore Amy Magnuson authored the top highlights over the weekend with school records in the 1000-meter run and 55-meter hurdles, respectively.
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Earth : Europe : Scandinavia : Sweden : Götaland : Scania : Kullaberg
Kullaberg is in Scania of Sweden.
Kullaberg is a nature reserve in the Kullabygden region in Scania. It is known for its climbing possibilities - one of the few places to climb in Scania, nice hiking, and a golf course. It's also home to a controversial series of giant driftwood sculptures, and their related micro-nation, Ladonia.
Flora and fauna
Parts of the park are off limits part of the year because of rare birds nesting in the area. There are usually signs put up but you might want to check in the center before you start hiking in the area.
Get in
By Car
Kullaberg is only 1½ - 2 hours drive north of Malmö. From Helsingborg it is little less than 1 hour.
By Bus
Take the bus to Mölle and walk from there.
(As of Sep 1, 13) From Helsingborg C (Knutpunkten), take regional bus 222 to Mölle bus station (last stop). Depending on the timing, change at Hoganas might be necessary. The journey shall then be bus 220 to Hoganas (last stop) and bus 222 to Mölle.
Ticket can be bought from the bus driver with bank cards. One way costs 57 SEK including transit. No return ticket is available.
By Foot
From Mölle, just follow the signs and walk up the hill.
Free entry
Entering Kullaberg by car is free since spring 2010. Before that it carried a cost of 40 SEK ( 4 Euro ) a day. You got a ticket on the way in and payed on the way out. Card payment was possible.
Get around
There are three different parking lots where you can park your car. After that the only way to get around is on foot.
As Nimis' existence is not sanctioned by the state, it can be a bit difficult to find. There are no official sign posts, nor is it marked on maps. It lies a few kilometres northwest of the town of Arild and somewhat farther from the town of Mölle, and can only be reached on foot following a well-worn path with yellow "N"s painted on trees and fences. The path begins as an easy stroll past Himmelstorp, a well-preserved eighteenth-century farmstead that sells teas, ices etc, but quickly becomes a steep and rocky climb down to the coast.
The climbing in Kullaberg is the most wellknown in Scania. Read about it here.
There is a golf course. Be careful not to hit the climbers.
Kullaberg has lots of scenic views and is very beautiful to walk around in. There are well-marked trails along the northern and southern shores, with a number of connecting trails across. The trails are fairly easy, although you should keep track of your children as the drops are significant at times. The Blue trail is significantly harder with a lot of ups and downs to hike, although it gives you some very beautiful viewpoints.
There are several diving schools in the region which will let you take your diving certificate just off the shore of Kullaberg.
Eat & Drink
There is a large hotel at the first parking lot where you can eat and drink. Food is affordable starting at 90 SEK ( 9 euro ). Beer prices are similar to the rest of Sweden.
There is also a kiosk where you can buy candy and drinks.
Stay at hotel Rusthållargården in Arild, close to Kullaberg [2]. You can stay at the hotel in the nature reserve [3] or at a hotel in Mölle.
Camping is not allowed in the nature reserve. Not far from Mölle there is a camping site which also has cabins and huts you can rent.
Stay safe


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Sylver (also known as Sake and Night Eco; born 1990 in Louisiana, U.S.A.) is an artist. She is a member of Second Life (as Sylver Bu) and sells avatars.
Sylver's fursona was originally a snow leopard, changed several times, and, as of 2011, is a hybridized black and purple feline-dragon mix.
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The media got kicked out of E3 at about 4:30 today (they took away the wireless, which is just wrong). We all sauntered out of the west hall where we were holed up watching an illicit copy of Episode 3, and saw the most beautiful site ever:
Yes! A big tray full of heart attacks!
We quizzed the vendor on the setup, and he was pretty forthcoming (and not really a fan of the LAPD). There's a propane tank under the tray that costs about $1.25 and will last him all day if he doesn't turn it up too much, and the cart costs about $20 because he has the hookup. Carts can last anywhere from two hours to a month before they're confiscated by the police, so the goal is to keep the whole setup as cheap as possible. This picture is cart #3 for the day.
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Eva Zeisel, one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century who created lyrical yet practical tableware and ceramics, has died. She was 105.
Zeisel, whose deceptively simple designs first became popular in the 1940s and are still sold at major design outlets, died Friday in New York City, it was announced on her website.
"Eva Zeisel took industrial design and made it more human and sensual. She trusts that a good curve is enough," David Reid of design studio KleinReid, which features her work, told The Times in 2005.
Few who admired her often-abstract designs knew that, during her long and adventurous life, Zeisel had been imprisoned as a young woman in the Soviet Union and was later forced to flee Nazi-occupied Austria.
In 1938, she immigrated to the United States with her husband, Hans Zeisel, and within a few years was designing a fine set of chinaware for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Castleton China. The pieces, and Zeisel, were the focus of a MOMA exhibit in 1946.
The British Museum in London has in its collection her colorful mix-and-match "Town and Country" dinnerware first made by Red Wing Pottery in Minnesota in the 1940s. The salt and pepper shakers from that set — with their plump, anthropomorphic bodies curving toward each other — are iconic. Her vintage designs have long been collectibles.
By her own estimation, Zeisel had designed 100,000 pieces of tableware, in styles as diverse as Bauhaus, Russian Art Nouveau and her best-known approach, organic modern.
An exhibit in 2007 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, "Eva Zeisel: Extraordinary Designer at 100," included a recent collaboration with retailer Crate & Barrel based on her curvaceous designs from the 1950s.
Many who fancied her vast array of plates, cups, vases and other objects enough to put them on the dinner table did not know her name. The designer appeared untroubled by her relative anonymity, focusing instead on "the user" who was "my good friend," Zeisel said in 2004 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"I'm always thinking about my friend, someone to whom I'm giving my loveliness, my friendship and my shapes," she said.
Those elegant pieces often appeared to have human qualities, particularly in the way they tended to curve and nestle. "All my work is mother-and-child," Zeisel once said. Often critical of Modernism despite being one of its towering figures, the designer said she simply tried to recapture the "magic language of things."
In 2005, then-98-year-old Zeisel chuckled as she told a National Public Radio interviewer that she gravitated to curves "probably because I consist myself of curves instead of straight lines, meaning I'm a little bit fat."
Eva Amalia Striker was born Nov. 13, 1906, in Budapest, Hungary, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her father was a textile manufacturer.
She studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest but soon turned to something she thought more practical: pottery. She apprenticed in her home city and later worked in Hamburg and Berlin.
After becoming interested in Russian art and culture, she moved to Ukraine. She quickly rose through the ranks of pottery design and production in the Soviet Union, and by age 29 was art director at the state-run Porcelain and Glass Industries.
Her life took a terrifying turn in 1936, when she was arrested on trumped-up charges that she had plotted to assassinate Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. She was imprisoned for 16 months, spending most of it in solitary confinement. Her confinement included torture and brainwashing, and became the basis for her friend Arthur Koestler's stark 1941 novel about totalitarianism, "Darkness at Noon."
"You never knew when the door would open and you would be shot," Zeisel said many years later. "So you learned to rule out the future."
When she was released, Zeisel later said, she thought the guards were taking her to be executed. She arrived in Vienna just six months before Hitler annexed Austria and then fled to London, where she married Hans Zeisel, a lawyer she had known in Vienna. The couple arrived in the U.S. with $64.
In New York, Zeisel pored over design periodicals at the library and contacted a magazine editor, who connected her with a china factory that hired Zeisel to create a set of dishes. She did so overnight and earned $100.
She soon got other jobs, including teaching ceramics at New York City's Pratt Institute, where she developed one of the first industrial design courses for ceramics in the United States. She later taught at the Rhode Island School of Design.
When MOMA asked her to design a set of dishes in 1942, Zeisel created what is now considered a classic — an all-white set unlike anything then being produced in this country.
"You would have expected flowers or some kind of gilt decoration or some kind of scrolled handle," Karen Kettering, who curated a traveling Zeisel exhibit, told NPR in 2005. "Instead what you have are very simple forms and everything slightly rounded," an effect that was "a very modern way of being formal."
Zeisel went on to design for such major manufacturers as Hall China, Federal Glass and Noritake. She also did pieces for Sears and Roebuck.
During the 1960s, Zeisel's aesthetic went somewhat out of favor. She all but abandoned her work, turning to writing and protesting the Vietnam War.
In the 1980s, she returned to product design when an art museum in Montreal mounted an exhibition of her work and midcentury designers in general were enjoying a comeback. Even after passing the century mark, she remained active and was continually delighted by the ubiquity of her creations.
"When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children," she once wrote.
When asked in 2001 how she could have left behind the grimness of her imprisonment to design such beautiful objects, she told Metropolis magazine: "Well, you come out so pleased with life. Everything is unexpectedly colorful."
She maintained a country home and workshop in Rockland County, N.Y., and also had homes in New York City and Chicago, where her husband was a prominent law and sociology professor at the University of Chicago. He died at 86 in 1992.
Zeisel was the subject of the 2002 documentary "Throwing Curves" and the 2003 biography "Eva Zeisel" by Lucie Young.
In her early 90s, Zeisel conceded that the world did not need "all these dishes."
"They're cold, they're hard, and we have to wash them," she told Newsday in 1997, then added playfully: "But paper plates will never bring a family together," or "teach children to say, 'May I be excused?' Obviously, it's a cultural need, and it's the designer who makes them festive."
Zeisel's survivors include a daughter, Jean Richards; a son, John; and three grandchildren.
Luther is a former Times staff writer.
Eva Zeisel, one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century who created lyrical yet practical tableware and ceramics, has died. She was 105.


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PASADENA -- The Fourth of July began with a bang here early Monday morning as NASA's Deep Impact mission collided with history.
"There is a comet up in the sky wondering, what in the heck just happened," said JPL director Charles Elachi during a post-collision press conference.
The $333 million mission to crash an 820-pound (371-kilogram) Impactor probe into the avocado-shaped Comet Tempel 1 and record the event via a Flyby mothership was a complete success. Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said the probe, jettisoned almost 24-hours earlier from Flyby, collided with the comet at 1:52 a.m. EDT (0552 GMT). The impact was confirmed by flight controllers on the ground at 1:57 a.m. EDT.
The control room erupted in cheers as the first images from Impactor's perilous approach to Tempel 1 were transmitted to Earth via the Flyby spacecraft.
"I can't believe they're paying us to have this much fun," exclaimed Don Yeomans, a Deep Impact mission co-investigator for JPL. "The impact was bigger than what I expected."
Deep Impact scientists said they have already received some data from orbital and ground-based observatories that provided additional vantage points to the impact.
"We're getting a lot of results," said Michael A'Hearn, Deep Impact principle scientist from the University of Maryland. "They observed a brightness increase of about two magnitudes, and a few telescopes reported big increases in the emission lines."
Good craftsmanship
Impactor ended its almost six-month mission by successfully transmitting back images of the comet as it raced at a speed of 44,000 miles per hour into the surface of Tempel 1. That initial success, however was eclipsed when Flyby successfully transmitted back the first image of the Impactor's collision with Tempel 1.
"I just can't believe it. It's absolutely incredible," said Alice Phinney, Lead Mechanical Design Engineer for the Impactor at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. She was one of over 600 company colleagues and friends that gathered at Boulder's Fiske Planetarium.
Phinney told SPACE.com that she worked on the Impactor that smashed into the comet for some two years. One of her key jobs was maximizing the use of copper in the Impactor design.
The task was not as straight-forward as it would seem. "There were a lot of assumptions. Scientists were all over the map," Phinney said regarding the overall composition of Comet Tempel 1.
"That's why I love engineering...at some point you've got to make a decision." The Impactor "worked like a champ," Phinney said.
Atop the Fiske Planetarium, rooftop observers using a 24-inch telescope reported seeing a brightness of the comet at impact.
"This is the biggest thing that's happened for the company," said Roz Brown, a spokeswoman for Ball Aerospace, which built the Deep Impact spacecraft. "This is huge for us."
Back to work
After a brief celebration, Deep Impact flight controllers gradually called mission engineers and scientists back to their posts. Impactor's mission may now be finished, but its Flyby mothership still has images to deliver and more observations to make of Tempel 1's surface.
"We still have a Flyby spacecraft which is still collecting data, so we have to stay focused," JPL director Charles Elachi said. "I think it was worth every cent we spent on it."
The Deep Impact was reported as healthy after managing to track Impactor's collision with Tempel 1 down to about 50 meters, then turn its imaging lenses away from the comet to guard them from debris as the spacecraft passed underneath the nucleus.
In the two hours preceding the collision Impactor was basically on its own, as was the Flyby spaceship, Yeomans explained earlier in the day. Within that time period, Impactor performed three course corrections. Impactor's first targeting maneuver, or course correction, was a 21.5-second burn that occurred about 90 minutes prior to impact.
"As soon as the first [trajectory maneuver] went off on the Impactor and it worked fine the confidence just went sky high," Deep Impact's deputy project manager Kuyer Patel told SPACE.com. "We had a full spacecraft that had just been released on its own 24 hours ago and it had three sets of thrusters on it, one for attitude control and one for maneuvers. All of that got checked out right after its release so this was the only unknown left, so as soon as that first trajectory change happened, everyone was just confident at that point."
The second course correction took place about 35 minutes prior to impact and the final at 12-and-a-half minutes.
"It takes 7/ ? minutes for the signal to get back to Earth, so you can't joystick this thing," Yeoman said. "You have to rely on the fact that the Impactor is a smart spacecraft as is the Flyby spacecraft. So you have to build in the intelligence ahead of time and let it do its thing."
Smooth autonomy
For mission managers, the spacecraft's automated controls worked perfectly. Such success will be repeated in the future, Yeomans said.
"This isn't the first time auto-navigation was used," Yeomans explained. "It was actually a back-up system for the Deep Space 1 mission that flew past Comet Borrelly back in 2001. That was a checkout for a back-up system that was not relied upon, but now, of course, we are indeed relying on it. So that's a new wrinkle for this mission."
Also, Deep Impact's use of optical navigation is something NASA has relied on for years.
"By using the onboard telescope system to prove our knowledge of where the comet is not new," said Yeomans. "But it builds on what has been done in the last several years in terms of 'smart' spacecraft. That is a trend, of course, to get this small army of navigators on the ground down to where it is now just a handful of folks."
Yeomans said he believed that it would take about 12 hours from impact to download all of the events images.
"But it will take months, even years, before all the science is even squeezed out of the data," said Yeomans. "Within the first six months the highlights will be published, but there will be analyses going on for quite some time. It's not just the spacecraft that is observing this comet. Chandra has observing in the X-ray spectrum. Spitzer will be observing in the infrared. Hubble will be observing in the visible."
Yeomans hoped that the success of Deep Impact would lead to more ambitious missions. "The next step is to actually rendezvous with a comet, orbit it, and then land and do surface analysis," Yoemans said. "Which is what the Europeans expect to do with the Rosetta spacecraft in 2014."
Ultimately, Yeomans said that the most ambitious mission would be to land on a comet, take a sample and return it for study in Earth-based laboratories. "There have been proposals to do just that. Nothing funded," Yoemans said. "But we're thinking that way."
SPACE.com Senior Space Writer Leonard David contributed to this story from Boulder, Colorado. Staff Writer Tariq Malik contributed to this story from New York City.
- Deep Impact: Viewer's Guide and Mission News


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Every year brings the expected and the unexpected. In 2012, we knew there was going to be an extra day, a presidential election and at least some debate over whether or not the world was going to end (it didn't).
We didn't expect a hurricane to tear through Long Island, leaving behind devastation unfamiliar to the region. We didn't expect to see so many innocent lives taken in a series of horrifying shootings. We didn't expect our resiliency to be tested to much in 2012.
What 2013 will bring is anyone's guess, but hopefully "tragedy" won't be a word that defines the year.
Locally, there is a lot to look forward to. We will continue to be here, covering the Valley Stream community and the people who make it great. There are a lot of events already circled on the calendar, and many more that will be added as the weeks and months progress.
There are some milestone anniversaries to celebrate. Peninsula Counseling Center, the Valley Stream-based mental health and substance abuse treatment facility, will be 100 years old. Franklin Hospital, located in North Valley Stream, turns 50. Stay tuned to the Herald this year to learn more about the history of these two institutions and the anniversary celebrations that will take place.
Last year marked a lot of changes for local school districts, tested for the first time with the new tax cap law and required to implement national curriculum standards. We know school officials will be busy for the next few months, preparing budget plans fair to both students and taxpayers. We'll be watching to see how they meet these challenges.
In 2012, we elected a president. This year, we will be electing a county executive. 2013 may not have the hype of the quadrennial presidential election, but we will still be electing people who can have a major impact on our lives. You know the old saying, "All politics is local?" Well, this year all politics will be local with only town and county races on the ballot in November.
All 19 seats in the Legislature are up this year. And those 19 districts will likely be changing, as the county has just released proposed new maps because of the redistricting process that must take place. Some Hempstead town board seats will be up for grabs this year, but there will be no village election for the first time in four years, with the Board of Trustees set until 2015.
This could be the year residents of Valley Stream's high-risk flood zone have been waiting for. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will likely remove several thousand homes from the zone, which would end a fight that has lasted nearly three years.
There's a lot more to come: parades and graduations, opening days and awards ceremonies, community fairs and business openings. There is certainly a lot to look forward to in 2013. But we're in the news business, so we also know to expect the unexpected. Stay tuned, Valley Stream, for 2013.


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On Thursday, gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) futures for February delivery, the most active contract, fell $14.20 to settle at $1,674.60 per ounce, while silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) futures for March dropped 29 cents higher to close at $30.72.
Both precious metals took a pause after strong gains to start the year, but declined even harder as the Federal Reserve tries to keep the market guessing on its massive bond purchasing programs.
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The newly released Federal Open Market Committee minutes show that policymakers are dividend about expanding the Fed's balance sheet beyond 2013. Several members want to ease off the monetary easing gas pedal by the end of this year, sooner than expected.
The Federal Reserve explains, "Several others thought that it would probably be appropriate to slow or to stop purchases well before the end of 2013, citing concerns about financial stability or the size of the balance sheet. One member viewed any additional purchases as unwarranted."
By the end of the trading day, the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) declined 1.21 percent, while the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) dropped 2.5 percent. Gold miners (NYSEARCA:GDX) such as Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) and Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) fell 3 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) both fell nearly 4 percent.
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