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...sous vide's selling points is that water is a much better conductor of heat than air is. Set a water bath to 145°F (63°C), and food will reach that temperature and stay there. (Contrast that with the need to quickly remove meat from an oven or a grill lest it turn into a hockey puck.) Sealing food in plastic also ensures that no flavor or nutrients will seep out. Depending on what kind of food you're cooking and how tender you want it, you drop your pouch of food into water in the morning...
...What They're Banning in Papua New Guinea: The 550,000 residents of Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province better drink up quickly. In an attempt to quell the tribal strife that has long plagued the fractious region, alcohol will be banned there after May 11. In recent years, the island nation has seen escalating levels of domestic and sexual violence. Local police point to excessive intoxication as a culprit, though squabbles over a natural-gas-pipeline project have also contributed to the turbulence...
Fred often spoke of his total astonishment at how his simple idea for a better-flying cake pan took off. "It's amaaaaazing ... I've been the luckiest guy in the world...
...impossible to achieve under the current state of affairs. Given this reality, passing many small-scale bills may be the best way forward. However, if they hope to create a noticeable impact, senators must move quickly to pass a number of additional, minor bills. While any progress is better than none at all, it remains disappointing that the factional atmosphere polluting Washington today makes larger change unlikely...
Despite the ensuing distress, however, Schechner said that she believes the infrastructure in Chile was better prepared than Haiti for such a catastrophe...