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As The Guardian just reported:
"Here is perhaps the least surprising outcome of the Games: the awesome Williams sisters have secured the women's doubles for the United States, disposing of the Czech pair Hlavackova and Hradecka 6-4, 6-4. And Serena crowns a dominant display with a delightful twirl of celebration after plundering the gold medal point."
Those sisters would be, of course, American tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams. The Czechs are Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
Serena had already won the gold medal in women's singles.
The BBC has the stats for today's doubles final here. It took the sisters 51 minutes to win set one; 42 minutes to take set two.
Update at 9:22 a.m. ET. More About The Match And The Win:
The Associated Press writes that "Venus closed out the match with a backhand volley winner after the Czechs saved a pair of match points. ... When the Americans in the crowd at Centre Court broke into a chant of 'U-S-A! U-S-A!' as they left the court, the sisters each pumped their fists, turned around to wave, then slapped a high-five. ... Venus Williams joins Conchita Martinez of Spain as the only tennis players to win medals at three different Olympics."
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Two slick new mile-long tunnels are undergoing final safety tests this month, poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil's Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like passageway unlike any in the U.S. today.
The $439 million project, paid with federal emergency funds, features massive exhaust fans, carbon monoxide sensors and a pair of 1,000-foot bridges soaring 125 feet above a grassy horse ranch. A series of 10 fireproof shelters are staggered between the double bores, and remote cameras dangle from the ceiling, monitored by an around-the-clock safety staff of 15.
The tunnels, the first in the U.S. designed and built with an Austrian technique, have a Euro-glossiness to them, with white, glistening walls and shiny pipes gliding down a rounded ceiling. There's a bit of theme park vibe as well, with retaining walls and fake boulders at the entrance sculpted by the man who shaped and molded Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride.
"A new highway tunnel is a rare beast in this country, and what they are doing at Devil's Slide is certainly different than anything we've seen in the U.S.," said Neil Gray, director of government affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association.
The Tom Lantos Tunnels, named after the late congressman, are the first tunnels built in California in more than 50 years. There are only a handful of tunnels under construction in the U.S. today, including the Alaskan Way Tunnel in Seattle, and the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel, just 34 miles east of Devil's Slide in the eastern San Francisco Bay area.
Unlike those tunnels built to relieve commuter congestion, this new pair, 15 miles south of San Francisco, will divert a treacherous 1.2-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway that constantly erodes and frequently collapses.
It's a spectacular section of road that was never meant to be.
Just three years after its 1937 completion, the road tumbled into pounding waves below. The road has fallen eight times since, causing costly closures that have devastated communities to the south — Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton and Half Moon Bay — that depend on the route for daily commutes and for tourism from motorists heading south from San Francisco.
Each closure turns a 7-mile scenic drive from Pacifica to Montara into a 45-mile detour through the hills, and some have lasted for months.
In addition to slides, every year there are serious — often deadly — accidents on the narrow roadway, which twists so sharply that safe drivers are forced to slow to less than 25 mph. Reckless motorists have plunged hundreds of feet down the cliffs or drifted into oncoming traffic, resulting in horrifying head-on collisions. Plans are to turn the road, once closed, into a pedestrian and cycling park.
The new route, once bitterly contentious, became a model of Californian cooperation in 2006 after local voters declared 3-to-1 that they wanted the more expensive tunnels instead of a state-backed 4.5-mile road that would cut inland around a rugged, sage-covered mountain, crossing streams and paving over sensitive plants and habitat.
But not everyone wants to be rerouted.
For decades, Capt. William "Smitty" Smith, has eased his SUV every morning through the stretch, driving south from San Francisco to his charter boat in Half Moon Bay.
"I come around the Devil's Slide bend and the whole world opens up, the entire coast, and I can see what kind of day I'm going to have," he said.
Now, instead of dense fog, rainbows, choppy seas and rolling currents, he'll face a tunnel long enough to challenge the toughest breath holders in the back seat.
Other residents are apprehensive about earthquakes. The tunnels cut through a seismically flashy area, where the notorious San Andreas fault grumbles and jolts.
"I'm not going to like going through those tunnels, but it's mind over matter," said Phoebe McGaw, working in a coffee shop a few miles south of the project. "And it's about time they finish."
Neither on budget nor on time, it was a 5-year, $240 million project when it launched in 2006. Seven years and $439 million later, Y. Nien Wang, project manager for design contractor HNTB Corp., said seismic concerns, along with few existing standards and regulations, made it a particularly challenging project.
The Federal Highway Administration is only now developing national tunnel inspection standards, and doesn't track information on tunnels in any systematic way. And since this was the first tunnel constructed in decades in California, there were many first-time decisions to be made about seismic safety and design.
"A lot of what we did will be a model for future tunnel work in California," said Wang.
The one-lane tunnels with wide shoulders for stalled cars and bicycles are built to withstand a magnitude 7.5 to 8.0 earthquake, the maximum movement geologists estimate for this reach of the San Andreas fault.
Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said the site's geology also added costs. With one set of machinery for soft rock, a different set for hard rock, crews dug with what were at the time the two largest excavators in the country, 148 tons each. Each time they bumped into a different type of rock, they would have to swap out the entire set of machinery.
"We had to demobilize, remobilize, demobilize, remobilize," said Haus. "That adds up."
And then there were the red-legged frogs. Early on, planners realized that at least one of the 256 streams this protected species lives in ran close to the tunnel sites. Thus, a team of three biologists were hired to protect whatever frogs they could find.
Going from sliding roadway to high-tech tunnels has been a grinding process for U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who spent hours in emotional hearings about the slide as a county supervisor 25 years ago.
"When we first started debating this issue, I was young and frisky. Now I'm old and color my hair," she said. "But residents on the coast no longer have to live in fear that their road will wash out and they'll be stranded."


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In a small room tucked in a corner of Princeton University's MacMillan Building, computer screens cover the wall and line desktops, each displaying a colorful cornucopia of data used to monitor campus energy equipment and limit the University's energy consumption.
Without leaving their seats, Facilities staff can use the computers to remotely turn off air conditioning in empty classrooms across campus or inspect one of the hundreds of fume hoods in Frick Chemistry Laboratory to ensure it is ventilating properly.
The University's Energy Management Center in MacMillan is at the hub of aggressive efforts to limit energy usage and costs in buildings across campus, supporting Princeton's comprehensive Sustainability Plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
"Our energy management strategy is not about a single project, but is a wide-ranging effort consisting of many individual projects," said Tom Nyquist, the executive director for engineering and campus energy in Facilities.
Initiatives to make buildings more energy efficient are coupled with projects to generate energy more sustainably, such as the recent installation of a 5.3-megawatt Solar Collector Field and various improvements at the University's central cogeneration plant, which supplies heat, cooling and electricity throughout campus. At the cogeneration plant, for example, the installation of a new condensing heat exchanger has further improved plant efficiency by 6 percent.
Since 2008, the University's overall efforts have resulted in an annual savings of $2.8 million in energy costs and 13,000 metric tons in reduced emissions. The state of New Jersey this year recognized Princeton's work with a Governor's Environmental Excellence Award.
While projects to cut energy can add up to big savings, many of them go unnoticed, Nyquist said.
"Students, faculty and staff may not even be aware of the energy savings efforts happening in their building every day," he said.
This is because the strategy focuses on small projects that have a large effect when multiplied across campus. These include replacing fluorescent lights with more efficient light-emitting diodes and improving mechanical systems unseen by most people, such as upgrading controls for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems.
"We really are engaged in a broad, multipronged effort to adopt measures that make sense from both an energy savings and financial standpoint," Nyquist said. "We have to be aggressive with energy savings projects in order to meet the University's aggressive standards for reducing campus emissions."
As part of its work, Facilities' Engineering and Campus Energy Department completed an audit that identified nearly 170 projects to reduce energy use in campus facilities. Projects currently under way will reduce 9,800 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually and provide an additional $2.1 million in savings.
Energy savings up close
While programs to monitor the University's energy usage and to centralize campus energy systems have been in place for decades, the adoption of the Sustainability Plan brought a more ambitious and comprehensive approach.
Recently, Facilities efforts have focused on select areas to reduce energy usage and costs in University buildings.
"Making our buildings more energy efficient requires considerable investment, but the work generates significant savings over the long term," Nyquist said. "It is an important part of the University's broader effort to make the campus more sustainable."
Renovation and construction
Since 2008, all new construction and major renovation projects have been built according to Princeton's campus design standards, which include sustainability guidelines and requirements that projects include energy-efficient systems.
"Rather than focus on the initial building costs, we also look at life cycle costs to determine if we make up our initial investment by saving energy over the 30-year-life of a particular piece of equipment," Nyquist said.
He cited examples in projects all over campus, including: the high-efficiency, self-closing fume hoods in Frick Laboratory; the renovation of Jadwin Hall's HVAC system that will save approximately 1,950 metric tons of emissions per year; and the new High-Performance Computing Research Center at the Forrestal Campus that replaces the old data center at 87 Prospect Ave. and lowers energy consumption by approximately 30 percent.
Additionally, the University uses a high-efficient, geothermal HVAC system at the Lawrence Apartments graduate complex, and will install geothermal systems at the new Lakeside Graduate Housing and Arts and Transit Project.
Energy management system
The Energy Management Center (EMC) oversees HVAC systems in 125 University buildings.
Facilities staff work with the registrar's office and department managers to automatically schedule heat or air conditioning in classrooms and auditoriums as needed.
"If a classroom is only going to be used for a few hours a day, you don't need the HVAC equipment to run 24-7," said Campus Energy Manager Bill Broadhurst, who oversees the EMC.
The EMC computer systems constantly supervise the HVAC systems for critical campus spaces such as labs, rare book vaults and data centers. Automatic alarms notify Facilities staff of any problems, allowing them to quickly address the issue.
Broadhurst added that occupants typically control heating and cooling for personal spaces, such as dorm rooms.
Temperature control
Complementing efforts to centralize HVAC controls, sensors have been installed in rooms throughout campus to collect temperature data. The data help the EMC determine whether the amount of heating or cooling needs to be increased or decreased in a particular area.
The University also has adopted standard thermostat settings to help save energy costs, with 68 degrees as the setting for heating and 78 degrees for cooling.
Control system optimization
Traditionally, systems that controlled electricity, heating or cooling were calibrated when a building first opened and ran unmonitored until a problem occurred. Now, many systems are continuously re-calibrated to achieve optimal performance. Computer software alerts EMC staff to equipment problems in real time.
"We want our systems to operate as efficiently as possible so we are not wasting energy," Broadhurst said. "By frequently monitoring them, our engineers can use computerized fault detection and diagnostic software to analyze and fix a problem or send a technician to evaluate an issue on site."
Energy monitoring
The University is in the midst of installing meters to monitor energy usage in buildings across campus. Meters are used to collect baseline data about the performance of utilities in an individual building.
"Once we have established a baseline, we can continue to collect data from the meters to make sure the systems are operating at peak performance," said Energy Project Engineer Art Murphy, who is part of the EMC team.
In Butler College and Frick Laboratory, occupants also can observe this data in real time. Touch-screen energy monitoring dashboards in Frick's atrium and inside Butler's Bogle Hall show electric, heating and cooling data, as well as long-term electricity patterns for each facility.
LED lighting
The University has begun replacing older fluorescent and incandescent lights with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in spaces across campus. LEDs will last considerably longer than the existing lights, resulting in considerable replacement and energy savings.
Lights in the West Parking Garage/Lot 7 and Lots 21 and 23 have been changed to LED lights. Motion sensors make the lot lights brighter when a person walks near and dims when a person leaves. The lights also are being installed in the Dillon Gymnasium basketball area, along with a new control system that will allow light to be focused on the area in use, such as a single basketball court, rather than the entire gym floor.
Lighting sensors
Newer buildings such as Sherrerd Hall are equipped with automated office lights, which turn off when rooms are unoccupied and adjust their brightness depending on how much sunlight is streaming through windows.
Plans also are under way to install LED lights along dormitory hallways in Bloomberg Hall that automatically brighten or dim if the hall is occupied or not.
Office of Information Technology initiatives
In addition to projects overseen by Facilities, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is helping reduce the energy used by computers and data servers in offices across campus.
OIT is in the process of consolidating computer storage systems, removing servers from offices and moving the data onto existing server hardware in the High-Performance Computing Research Center. The project has already saved more than 2.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, and has resulted in cost savings for departments.
OIT also is working with departments to replace old desktop computers with new, more energy-efficient desktop computers. The new computers also use software that power down the computer systems at night and on weekends when they are not in use. These combined efforts have resulted is an energy savings of 1.6 million kilowatt-hours annually.
Calculations for the infographics are based on information in the story and from the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator and USA Today, "Empire State Building goes greener with wind power" (Jan. 6, 2011).


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1* Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men as brothers,a 2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity.
Rules for Widows. 3Honor widows who are truly widows. 4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these first learn to perform their religious duty to their own family and to make recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing to God. 5The real widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.b 6But the one who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives. 7Command this, so that they may be irreproachable. 8And whoever does not provide for relatives and especially family members has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years old, married only once, 10with a reputation for good works, namely, that she has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the holy ones, helped those in distress, involved herself in every good work.c 11But exclude younger widows, for when their sensuality estranges them from Christ, they want to marry 12and will incur condemnation for breaking their first pledge. 13And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned.d 14So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.e 15For some have already turned away to follow Satan. 16If any woman believer* has widowed relatives, she must assist them; the church is not to be burdened, so that it will be able to help those who are truly widows.
Rules for Presbyters.* 17Presbyters who preside well deserve double honor, especially those who toil in preaching and teaching.f 18For the scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is threshing," and, "A worker deserves his pay."g 19Do not accept an accusation against a presbyter unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.h 20Reprimand publicly those who do sin, so that the rest also will be afraid.i 21I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to keep these rules without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism. 22Do not lay hands too readily on anyone, and do not share in another's sins. Keep yourself pure.j 23Stop drinking only water, but have a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. 24Some people's sins are public, preceding them to judgment; but other people are followed by their sins. 25Similarly, good works are also public; and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.
* [5:1–16] After a few words of general advice based on common sense (1 Tm 5:1–2), the letter takes up, in its several aspects, the subject of widows. The first responsibility for their care belongs to the family circle, not to the Christian community as such (1 Tm 5:3–4, 16). The widow left without the aid of relatives may benefit the community by her prayer, and the community should consider her material sustenance its responsibility (1 Tm 5:5–8). Widows who wish to work directly for the Christian community should not be accepted unless they are well beyond the probability of marriage, i.e., sixty years of age, married only once, and with a reputation for good works (1 Tm 5:9–10). Younger widows are apt to be troublesome and should be encouraged to remarry (1 Tm 5:11–15).
* [5:16] Woman believer: some early Latin manuscripts and Fathers have a masculine here, while most later manuscripts and patristic quotations conflate the two readings, perhaps to avoid unfair restriction to women.
* [5:17–25] The function of presbyters is not exactly the same as that of the episkopos, "bishop" (1 Tm 3:1); in fact, the relation of the two at the time of this letter is obscure (but cf. note on Ti 1:5–9). The Pastorals seem to reflect a transitional stage that developed in many regions of the church into the monarchical episcopate of the second and third centuries. The presbyters possess the responsibility of preaching and teaching, for which functions they are supported by the community (1 Tm 5:17–18). The realization that their position subjects them to adverse criticism is implied in the direction to Timothy (1 Tm 5:19–20) to make sure of the truth of any accusation against them before public reproof is given. He must be as objective as possible in weighing charges against presbyters (1 Tm 5:21), learning from his experience to take care in selecting them (1 Tm 5:22). Some scholars take 1 Tm 5:22 as a reference not to ordination of presbyters but to reconciliation of public sinners. The letter now sounds an informal note of personal concern in its advice to Timothy not to be so ascetic that he even avoids wine (1 Tm 5:23). Judgment concerning the fitness of candidates to serve as presbyters is easy with persons of open conduct, more difficult and prolonged with those of greater reserve (1 Tm 5:24–25).
b. [5:5] Jer 49:11; Lk 2:37; 18:7.
d. [5:13] 2 Thes 3:11.
f. [5:17] 1 Cor 16:18; Phil 2:29.
g. [5:18] Dt 25:4; 1 Cor 9:8 / Mt 10:10; Lk 10:7.
h. [5:19] Dt 17:6; 19:15; Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1.
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Happy December! This month marks a time filled with cold weather, warm fires and of course, gifts galore. As some might say, "It's the most wonderful time of the year," complete with family and friends coming together and celebrating the holiday season.
Not only is December a cold season with warm greetings, but it's also known as National Write a Friend Month. National Write a Friend Month is an entire month specifically designated for us take time to write a note for a friend. In a month filled with gifts for others, this is a great time to actually share your words with loved ones—tell them what they mean to you and why. If you want to join in and celebrate National Write a Friend Month during this wonderful winter season, here are a couple writing ideas to get you started.
Buy new stationery.
First and foremost, prepare to celebrate National Write a Friend Month by buying new stationery. Stock up on your favorite cards, envelopes and pens to send creative notes and letters to your loved ones. If you really feel imaginative, you can even choose stickers, or include a personalized return address label for the envelopes. Sometimes, the simplest things in life are the most satisfying, and buying new stationery is one of them.
Send a holiday card.
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This Write a Friend Month, make the holidays even more remarkable for your loved ones by sitting down to write a handwritten letter to them. With technology nowadays, handwritten letters sent via snail mail are few and far between, but they have incredible power to brighten someone's day. Everyone appreciates a personalized note that surprises them in the mail. Send a little extra holiday cheer this season by writing to a loved one.
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The month of December is known for many things, including National Write a Friend Month. This season, celebrate the holidays with a day in the snow, sit by a fire and drink hot chocolate. And of course, don't forget to take the time to write to friends, family and complete strangers. Spread the gift of cheer through writing as we finish out the year with the season of joy.


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There is the question of content and that of procedure. The question of content is mainly a matter of definition and custom. When a native English speaker says "science" they almost always mean "natural science." On occasion they include the social sciences too. Even rarer so mathematics. The German word for science is "Wissenschaft" and in its usage is much closer to the Latin root "scientia."
According to the Online Ethymology Dictionary
- Science from Latin scientia "knowledge," from sciens (gen. scientis), present participle of scire "to know," probably originally "to separate one thing from another, to distinguish"
The German "Wissenschaften" include besides the natural sciences not only the social sciences and mathematics, but also "Kunstwissenschaft," "Musikwissenschaft," "Literaturwissenschaft," etc, literally the science of art, the science of music, the science of literature. It speaks for itself that if you Google "Kunstwissenschaft" the first two suggestions are the completions "in English" and "translation." In the following I want to leave the content of "science" as open as the German and Latin expressions leave it, and let it be constrained by procedure, which for me is the more interesting aspect.
As for the procedure, I have come across these three points of view:
- A: Science is what proceeds by the scientific method
When pushed, the usually well-educated defender of this opinion will without hesitation produce a definition for scientific method along the lines hypothesis, experimental test, falsification or gradual acceptance as established fact.
The problem, as Feyerabend pointed out, is that a lot of progress in science did simply not come about this way. Worse, requiring a universal method may in the long run stifle progress for the reason that the scientific method itself can't adapt to changing circumstances. (I'm not sure if Feyerabend said that, but I just did.) Requiring people in a field in which creativity is of vital importance to obey certain rules, however sane they seem, begs for somebody to break the rules - and succeed nevertheless.
There are many examples of studies that have been pursued for the sake of scientia without the possibility or even intention of experimental test, and they have later become tremendously useful. A lot of mathematics falls into this category and, until not so far ago, a big part of cosmology. Do you know what will be possible in 100 years? Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future, as Niels Bohr said.
The demand of falsifiability inevitably brings with it the question for patience. How long should we wait for an hypothesis to be tested before we have to discard it as unscientific? And who says so? If you open Pandora's box, out falls string theory and the technological singularity.
Finally, let me mention that if you sign up to this definition of science, then classifications, that make up big parts of biology and zoology, are not science. Science however are literature studies, for you can well formulate a hypothesis about, say, Goethe's use of the pluralis majestatis and then go and falsify it. - B: Science is what scientists do
This definition begs the question who is a scientist. The answer is that science is a collective enterprise of a community that defines its own membership. Scientists form, if you want to use a fashionable word, a self-organizing system. They define their own rules, and the viability of these rules depends on the rules' success. The rules cannot only change over time, allowing for improvement, there can also exist different ones next to each other that compete in the course of history.
I personally prefer this explanation of science. I like the way it fits into the evolution of the natural world, and I like how it fits with history. I also like that it's output oriented instead of process oriented: it doesn't matter how you do it as long as it works.
In this reading, the scientific method, as summarized in A, is so powerful for the same reason that animals have the most amazing camouflage: Selection and adaption. It does not necessitate infallibility. Maybe the criteria of membership we use today are too strict. Maybe in the future they will be different. Maybe there will be several ones.
The shortcoming of this definition is that there is no clear-cast criterion by which you can tell what of today's efforts are scientific, in much the same way that you can't tell whether some species is well adapted to a changing environment till they go extinct, possibly because they fall prey to a "fitter" species. That means that this definition of science will inevitably be unpopular in circumstances that require short and simple answers, circumstances in which the audience isn't expected to think for themselves.
Given the time to think, note that the lack of simple criteria doesn't mean one can't say anything. You can clearly say the scientific method, as defined in A, has proven to be enormously successful and, unless you are very certain you have a better idea, discarding it is the intellectual equivalent of an insect dropping its camouflage and hoping birds don't notice. Your act of rebellion might be very short.
That having been said, in practice there is little difference between A and B. The difference is that B leaves the future open for improvement. - C: Science is the creation, collection, and organization of knowledge
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting," said Ernest Rutherford. This begs the question whether stamp collection is a science. The definition C is the extreme opposite to A; it does not demand any particular method or procedure, just that it results in knowledge. What that knowledge is about or good for, if anything, is left up to the scientist operating under this definition.
The appeal of this explanation is that scientists are left to do, and collect what they like, with the hope that future generations find something useful in it; it's the "You never know" of the man who never throws anything away, and has carefully sorted and stored his stamps (and empty boxes, and old calendars, and broken pens, and...).
The problem with this definition is that it just doesn't overlap with most people's understanding of science, not even with the German "Wissenschaft." There is arguably a lot of knowledge that doesn't have any particular use for most people. I know for example that the VW parked in front of the house is our upstairs neighbor's, but who cares. Where exactly does knowledge stop being scientific? Is knowledge scientific if it's not about the real world? These are the question you'll have to answer to make sense of C.
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From Paris, NPR correspondent Eleanor Beardsley tells our Newscast Desk that French President Francois Hollande has called for calm. He's again made the case that the new law, which gives same-sex couples the legal right to marry and to adopt, is about equality and does not take away anyone else's rights.
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One thing that I often miss when I make a roast turkey breast for Thanksgiving instead of a full bird is the stuffing (aka dressing). Luckily you can make a stuffing without actually stuffing it into a turkey as you can easily bake it in a baking dish. When I was planning this years Thanksgiving meal I could not stop thinking about a stuffing so I decided to do one.
The base of stuffing is normally cubed dried bread along with onions, celery and herbs and from there you can add pretty much anything that you want. I was going with a kind of Italian theme for my Thanksgiving dinner this year and so the first thing that I added to my stuffing was some Italian sausage. From there I added sauteed mushrooms and some roasted chestnuts for a touch of sweetness. For me the most distinctive thing about stuffing it the aroma and flavours of the herbs and in particular it is the sage that stands out so I was sure to add a lot of sage along with a bit of thyme. This stuffing is just packed with flavour and it sure did disappear from the table really quickly!
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A tasty stuffing or dressing with Italian sausage, mushrooms and chestnuts that would make a perfect addition to any holiday dinner table.
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 1/2 cup celery, diced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 ounces mushrooms, quartered
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
- 2 tablespoons sage, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup white wine or chicken stock
- 1 handful parsley, chopped
- 1 cup roasted and peel chestnuts, halved
- 1 day old loaf Italian bread cut into 3/4 cubes
- 2 cups chicken stock, warm
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add the sausage and cook until no longer pink, about 8-10 minutes, breaking it apart as you go and set it aside.
- Add the butter, onions and celery to the pan and saute until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms, garlic, thyme, sage, salt and pepper and saute until everything is tender and just starting to brown, about 10-12 minutes.
- Add the wine, deglaze the pan and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Mix the sausage, vegetables, parsley, chestnuts and bread in a large bowl and mix in the stock until all of the bread is moist but not soggy.
- Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish and cover with foil.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove the foil and continue cooking until the top turns nice and golden brown, about 10 minutes.


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Friday, March 25, 2011
Peanut Crusted Chicken Breasts with Sweet Onion Sauce
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is a nice recipe to have on hand for a family meal. It's easy to prepare and while it's great for a weeknight, it lacks the finesse needed to elevate it to company fare. The chicken is breaded with a peanut crust and baked rather than sauteed. It's served with a sweet yogurt sauce that's flavored with peanut butter and a Vidalia onion dressing. While I prefer to make my own dressing, I've tested this recipe using one that is commercially available. The commercial variety does nicely and makes quick work of meal preparation. For those of you who are purists and prefer the "from scratch" route, I'll post my recipe for sweet onion dressing within the next few days. If you like heat, you might want to add a bit of sriracha to the finished peanut sauce which can, by the way, be made with natural peanut butter. The chicken will be more flavorful if you use salted roasted peanuts in the crumb coating. I like to serve this over lightly dressed bitter greens such as arugula or watercress. It is quite filling and you won't need a lot of sides to fill out the meal. If you're looking for a nice family meal that's a bit out of the ordinary, you like this one. Here's the recipe.
Peanut Crusted Chicken Breasts with A Nutty Sweet Onion Sauce ...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
4 (6-oz. each) boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded to 1/2-inch
1 cup flour
2 beaten egg whites or 1/4 cup egg substitute (i.e. egg beaters)
4 teaspoons creamy peanut putter
2 tablespoons Vidalia onion salad dressing (commercial product is O.K.)
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 cup finely chopped salted peanuts, toasted
3/4 teaspoon chili powder
Peanut Onion Sauce
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup Vidalia onion salad dressing
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
1/2 cup Greek-style yogurt
1) To prepare chicken: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Dredge chicken strips in flour, dip in a mixture of egg white, peanut butter and Vidalia onion salad dressing, then coat with a mixture of bread crumbs, peanuts and chili powder. Place on a greased rack set over a cookie sheet and bake until cooked through 20-30 minutes.
2) To make sauce: Mix peanut butter and dressing until smooth. Stir in soy sauce, parsley and yogurt. Mix well. If very thick, thin with milk. Chill until serving time.
3) To serve: Serve with sauce on plates lined with bitter greens and topped with chicken. If desired, garnish with strands of lemon zest and parsley. Yield: 4 servings.
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54 comments :
- -Arielle- said...
This looks delicious! Especially that sauce :)
- March 25, 2011 at 2:48 AM
- Maria said...
Such an interesting idea! I'd love to try this!
- March 25, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Josie said...
This looks AMAZING and not too hard -- so even I could handle it!
xo Josie
http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com - March 25, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
This is a light and tasty suggestion....that sauce is probably a delicious dip!
Rita - March 25, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- Su m said...
This chicken sounds delicious Mary :)
- March 25, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- Love2cook Malaysia said...
Beautiful chicken dish! Loved it ;)
- March 25, 2011 at 5:46 AM
- Lora said...
Perfectly delicious recipe. One I even think my finicky hubby will like. Thanks! Look forward to the onion dressing recipe as well.
- March 25, 2011 at 5:59 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Omg, peanut crusted chicken breasts seriously makes me hungry..yumm!
- March 25, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Looks yummy.... and so pretty also! This would add a fun new twist to a variety of salads.
- March 25, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Sissi said...
What a wonderful idea! And certainly a better way to use salted peanuts than simply swallowing the whole packet BEFORE the meal ;-) I love peanuts in savoury dishes, and now I know where to look for new recipes and ideas.
How come I haven't discovered earlier your beautiful and inspiring blog? It's such a pleasure to read and admire... (And thank you for stopping by at mine and your kind words). - March 25, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- Rita said...
What a great combination of ingredients; looks so good.
Rita - March 25, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Clint said...
Man---what an idea! You've really got the ying and the yang goin' with this dish. Wonderful!
- March 25, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This looks so fresh, different, and tasty!! And the sause, yum!!
- March 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- briarrose said...
Wow...amazing coating on the chicken. I have a bit of a peanut obsession so this would hit the spot. :)
- March 25, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- StephenC said...
Excellent. I love the sound of this. I'd like to try making it with pistacchios, although I wish they were less expensive.
- March 25, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Unknown said...
Ooooooooooh!! I love this recipe, Mary. I just know the chicken is delicious! And the sauce....YUM!!! Can't wait to try this one too!! :)
- March 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Amazing recipe and yummy sauce...
- March 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM
What a creative way to serve chicken breasts! Great recipe and post!
- March 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- PeggyR said...
Oh yum sounds really good. Norm's caregiver is working out which is good for all of us.
- March 25, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- erica said...
Wow this looks absolutely DELISH!
xo - March 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- mia xara said...
How original and mouthwatering!I love the sauce and will be looking forward to the homemade version...Wishing you a fabulous weekend :)
- March 25, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Pam said...
This is a must try! I seldom add peanuts to a recipe but this sounds delicious and I'm adding it to my list of must tries!
- March 25, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- June said...
Looks delicious and something we'd love. I found a bag of peanuts in my freezer too. Can't believe the big guy didn't find 'em first. LOL
- March 25, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Kayte said...
Stealing this one, and will eagerly await your homemade onion sauce recipe! Thanks again.
- March 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Southerncook said...
Mary, this chicken recipe looks delicious and I did see your cookie recipe below it and all I can say is WOW. That is definitely on my list for "MUST TRY".
Carolyn/A Southerners Notebook - March 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- Becky said...
Mary, with so many people avoiding peanuts these days, I am thrilled with the peanut recipes you have been posting. This one looks particularly good to me. Thanks for sharing it.
Becky - March 25, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Beth said...
This looks great. My family would love this one!
- March 25, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- That Girl said...
If I were your company you could certainly serve this to me!
- March 25, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Banana Wonder said...
You had me at "peanut onion sauce" mmmmm I will be making this soon.
- March 25, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Nancy said...
What a great idea, and it looks mouthwatering! Have a great weekend:)
- March 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Nancy said...
What a great idea, and it looks mouthwatering! Have a great weekend:)
- March 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- marla said...
Mary, I can see from your past few posts that you are loving nuts! This chicken looks great & the sauce sounds like a great dip. Love the use of yogurt in there. xo
- March 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- marla said...
Mary, I can see from your past few posts that you are loving nuts! This chicken looks great & the sauce sounds like a great dip. Love the use of yogurt in there. xo
- March 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Anna said...
Mmmmm, that looks delicious, and I love it even more that was made in the oven.
- March 25, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- a frog in the cottage said...
Hi Mary,
Thank you very much for your comments on my blog !! Your compliments are going straight to my heart !! It is a real honor to be appreciated by an outstanding cook !!
thanks again - March 25, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- lena said...
this sounds truly good..also reminds me of satay!
- March 25, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Joanne said...
I would love to come over for dinner and find that this was being served! Every component looks completely delicious...especially that sauce!
- March 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Chiara said...
Looks yummy Mary, I love it!easy to make! Have a lovely weekend...
- March 25, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Harika baratam said...
Awards waiting 4 u pls collect them from my blog.
- March 25, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
This looks very good! I love the flavor of peanuts with chicken. Delicious! Have a great weekend!
- March 25, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Being Healthier said...
oh interesting recipe!! i've never seen a batter with both peanut butter and vidalia onion dressing and crushed peanuts too- that is creative! i bet you are right too- its probably delish but lacks finesse for company meals!
- March 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Three-Cookies said...
Hello Mary, the recipe for ANZAC cookies can be found here: http://easilygoodeats.blogspot.com/2010/12/anzac-cookies.html
- March 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM
- spontaneous-euphoria said...
wow that looks wonderful.. i've never seen a peanut crusted chicken breast. usually breadcrumbs.. very unique!
- March 25, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- Catherine said...
Dear Mary, This sounds delicious..lovely meal..Blessings, Catherine..xo
- March 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Dulce Caldeira said...
OMG, what a wonderful idea, i wold love to try this simple dish.
Thanks Mary, have a nice weekend,
hugs:) - March 25, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Julia @ DimpleArts said...
This is a great weeknight dinner idea:) I bookmarked for future reference:)
- March 25, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- La Cuisine d'Helene said...
They look really good.
- March 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- Becky said...
Mary, thank you so much for your kind comments on my blog. Your blog has just provided me with some lovely reading time, too. Best wishes!
- March 25, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Victor said...
Using peanuts as a crust. That seems like a great idea!
- March 25, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Ryan said...
I love recipes like this and am always looking for new ways to cook chicken. This sounds absolutely delicious especially with the sauce! Thanks for posting!
- March 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Looks delicious! I've used pecans to coat chicken but never peanuts. I'll have to try this. :)
- March 26, 2011 at 10:02 PM
- Cooking Creation said...
Yum! I've made something similar but with crushed pistachios and bottled sweet onion sauce. This sounds great! Can't wait to try it!
- March 26, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- Elaine said...
The peanut crust looks delicious and paired with the sweetness of the Vidalia onion sauce sounds like a perfect combination.
- March 27, 2011 at 1:15 AM
- Becki Sue said...
I've picked recipes from your blog for dinner each night this week. This recipe was outstanding!! The chicken was so crispy and crunchy with great flavor. The sauce was good too. I served with asparagus and fettucine with wild ramp pesto. Nummy!!
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But if you'd like to use Lynneukah to be nice to someone else, then may I suggest a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières (known in the US as Doctors Without Borders)? I'll be making a birthday donation myself, but know that I often wait for an excuse (someone running a race or selling something or taking a collection) to donate to good causes that aren't my regular charities. So, I'm offering you an excuse to donate a little or a lot to a group that does a lot of good in a lot of very difficult situations.
- Lynneukah ('The Joyous Festival of Lynne') is the name of the ritualistic marking of my birthday, over a number of days each (AmE) fall/(BrE&AmE) autumn.
- It was named/founded in the 80s by an ex of mine who noted that I liked to string my birthday celebrations out for as long as possible.
- It is the consecutive days in any year that include 3 October and involve some marking of my birthday--e.g. a card in the (BrE) post/(AmE) mail, a colleague buying me a drink, an email from a long-lost somebody who noticed it in their (AmE) datebook/(BrE) diary.
- 3 October is referred to as High Lynneukah. (Also German Reunification day, but it was High Lynneukah first!)
- Because the definition relies on consecutive days, you can't necessarily tell when it has started. On receipt of the first card, I declare it 'Lynneukah season' and then wait and see what the next few days bring. I typically know it's Lynneukah by day 3.
- It's been as short as 5 days and as long as 12.
- It is a sin to try to artificially prolong Lynneukah.
- You don't have to know me or do anything for me to celebrate Lynneukah. The theme of the day/season is 'being nice to yourself'--so if anyone uses it as an excuse to sleep late or eat chocolate, that's great.
If you're in the US, you can click here to make a donation.
If you're in the UK, you can click here to make a donation (and GiftAid it, if you qualify).
If you're anywhere else, you can see if there's a MSF fundraising branch in your country, but there's nothing (other than the risk of credit card fees for foreign payments) to stop you using the above donation sites.
That said (and thanks for reading through to here), I was trying to think of a birthday-themed topic to blog about, but we talked about the spanking rituals last year, and I can't think of anything else at the moment (requests for next year are welcome). But birthdays are about time, so here's a time-related topic, spurred on by this email from Gordon:
I just came across this phrase, written by a Brit: a week tomorrow. I've never heard it that way, but I interpreted it to mean "a week from tomorrow". It was used multiple times, so I know it wasn't a typo.A week tomorrow, on October 1st, a book is going to be published. This is not news. Lots of books will be published a week tomorrow, and indeed a week after that (and, for that matter, tomorrow). [source]
What's the story here?Indeed, that's a very natural way to say (AmE and BrE) a week from tomorrow in BrE, as in these quotations from the Guardian's website:
...a royal ceremonial funeral, which will be held a week tomorrow at Westminster Abbey.BrE can do the same kind of thing for other days than tomorrow (today, yesterday). Where using the name of a day of the week, one needs on, as in the following examples:
... with each of the three contenders wanting to chalk up a good result ahead of the key South Carolina Democratic primary a week tomorrow.
Luka Modric broke a leg in a Premier League match against Birmingham City last Saturday, ruling him out of World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley a week tomorrow.
A week on Wednesday one of JMW Turner's finest paintings, Pope's Villa at Twickenham, will be auctioned at Sotheby's.
John McCain is expected to make his VP announcement a week on Friday
Where you read a week tomorrow in AmE sources, it generally refers to the past (all examples from the Boston Globe's site):
I've been married a week tomorrow and I am on cloud 9 with my husband!In these cases, we can read this as 'tomorrow, it will be a week since X happened'. This is
It will be a week tomorrow and I am still waiting for the car dealership to get approval from CARS.gov.
You can use either of these phrases with other lengths of time, but the longer the time, the less likely you are to find the BrE future-facing version. There are at least hundreds (I haven't gone through and discounted all the irrelevant ones) of cases of a week tomorrow on the Guardian site and only one of a year tomorrow.
Now, we must note that the BrE future-facing a week tomorrow and the past-facing AmE a week tomorrow have different prosody (intonation). If you've read this blog before, you know that (BrE) I'm rubbish at phonology, so I won't try to draw any intonation curves or anything. I'm so rubbish at phonology that I might even be wrong about there being a difference, since when I try to recreate it in my head, they end up sounding like a hundred different things and like each other. But bidialectal or prosodically-gifted folks out there are welcome to weigh in on that.
On a related topic (but certainly not exhausting week differences across the dialects), I'd like to point out day-week combinations in BrE, as in the Elvis Costello song 'Wednesday Week', which starts:
Now, ([orig.] AmE) back in the day, when I was a young thing snubbing (AmE) pop in order to listen to British (BrE) pop, I enjoyed this song very much, not appreciating that I didn't understand it. I thought Wednesday week was just a nonsense date for a song, like the 12th of Never. Now I know that it's a BrE way of saying 'a week from Wednesday'.The movies save on conversation
And the TV saves on sight
We met in a head-on collision
So I would say our chances would be slight
You can lead and I will follow
See us dancing cheek to cheek
You'll remember me tomorrow
But you won't give a damn by Wednesday Week
Thus concludes this instal(l)ment of my continuing public service of explaining British song lyrics to mistaken Americans like me who (in the 1980s) thought they were cool for (orig. AmE) 'getting' British music.
Happy Lynneukah to all, and to all a good night!