The "Spring forward, Fall back" ritual of Daylight Saving Time was codified in the Uniform Time Act of 1966. States can opt out, of course. Hawaii and Arizona have said no thanks to the time changes that kick in on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November. But the rest of the country, including the once temporally bifurcated Indiana, are now on board. Back in 1895, one New Zealander George Vernon Hudson, post-office clerk by day, entomologist during his off hours, offered up the notion of a two-hour time shift to the Wellington Philosophical Society as a means "to bring working-hours of the day within the period of daylight." Many were the tut-tuts, according to a brief record of his presentation. Three years later, he offered up a refined version of the idea, arguing that "in this way the early-morning daylight would be utilised, and a long period of daylight leisure would be made available in the evening for cricket, gardening, cycling, or any other outdoor pursuit desired." It would be another 19 years before a nation would formally adopt the idea – Germany during World War 1 – as a way to cut down on energy demand, an aspect of Daylight Saving Time that is still a subject of dispute. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/1106/Daylight-savings-ends-Time-to-fall-back

U.S. News & World Report, once part of the triumvirate of newsweeklies but reduced now to a spare monthly, will print its last issue for subscribers in December. Its news content will now exist exclusively and free on the Web, though the magazine will still publish eight single issues a year. The move is the culmination of a long process inside U.S. News to gradually de-emphasize the printed magazine and shift focus to its highly influential and profitable rankings guides for institutions like colleges and hospitals. U.S. News had been scaled back in stages as the economics of publishing each week became too challenging. It went from printing once a week to twice monthly in 2008. Just five months later, it switched to once a month. Now it will cease to exist as readers know it. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/business/media/06mag.html

Ingredients for seared radicchio
2 large heads radicchio, preferably Trevisano
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
3 tablespoons grated Pecorino cheese
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar Find directions plus recipe and directions for warm polenta at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303467004575574453792674746.html

American artist Henry Darger (1892-1973) is one of the most widely admired "outsider" artists to be "discovered" in the last 30 years, and one of the few to reach a broad audience beyond the limited circle of folk-art devotees. He has been widely exhibited not only at specialized institutions such as New York's American Folk Art Museum (which houses a study center devoted to his work), but at mainstream contemporary museums such as PS 1 in Long Island City. The Musée de l'Art Brut in Lausanne Switzerland has a large collection of Darger's work on permanent view, and he is widely admired throughout Europe. Read about his 15,145-page novel, possibly the longest in existence, at: http://www.gseart.com/artists.asp?ArtistID=19

Tabula rasa is Latin for blank slate. See definitions and its use for musical groups and titles at: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Atabula+rasa

Quote Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (1905-1983)