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Christmas is Dec. 25 because the Roman Catholic Church was attempting to counter pagan festivals held that time of year. (Winter Festival, anyone?) The 25th was an arbitrary day as good as any other at the time. The point was to attract pagans to Christianity and away from their (pagan) celebration. By carefully reading who was king and when, descriptions of the activities taking place at the time, then taking into account changes in the calendar, Christ's birthday was likely about September 29. People with more time than me figured this out. As far as separation of church and state, the first amendment guarantees freedom OF religion, not FROM religion. The word separation does not appear anywhere. We are free to believe as we wish without government interference.
Table Talk
One small bite feels like a small, tasty firecracker wrapped in velvet went off in your mouth. But then homier sides of buttered parsnips, beautifully dressed with salt and butter in a tiny copper pot, are unbeatable —- and the grits? Made with cream and truffle oil, they're the height of indulgence —- such a seemingly effortless dish elevated so simply to creamy, savory transcendence. A bowl of fleshy chestnuts with porcini ravioli in a light cream sauce seem like the evening's peak, until a tiny tian of meringue arrives swimming in a creme anglaise (like a tiny oeuf a la niege)." Why is Atlanta losing its best chefs to New York? I'm beginning to feel like we're the NYC farm team for the restaurant industry — first Soto, then Seeger and now Joel, who is, like Seeger, one of the most talented chefs in the country.
Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
NEW YORK: Researchers claim to have found no trace of liquid water on Mars, casting doubt on an earlier research which indicated presence of bright spots in some Martian gullies.
"It rules out pure liquid water," according to lead researcher Jon D. Pelletier of the University of Arizona.
Pelletier and his colleagues used topographic data derived from images of Mars from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The researchers applied the basic physics of how fluid flows under Martian conditions to determine how a flow of pure liquid water would look on the HiRISE images versus how an avalanche of dry granular debris such as sand would look.
"The dry granular case was the winner.
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