07.08.07

Sabbath Mode

Posted in General at 11:13 pm

I discovered an article on engaging “Sabbath Mode” on an oven today while trying to find a user’s guide online. What is Sabbath Mode? Well:

Quote below from:
http://www.wordspy.com/words/Sabbathmode.asp

If you have a relatively new oven, you may not know that it has a built-in safety feature that automatically shuts off the oven after 12 hours or so. This is sensible, but it has been problematic for Jews keeping kosher on the Sabbath and on Jewish holidays because they’re forbidden to turn ovens (or any electrical appliances) on during that time. However, it is permissible to use electrical appliances that are already on. Hence the need for a Sabbath mode that keeps an oven on at a specified temperature for as long as it’s required. The cook can whip up a meal prior to the Sabbath or holiday and then leave it in the always-warm oven until it is ready to be eaten.

This innovation first appeared in KitchenAid ovens back in 1994.

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07.03.07

Presidential Pardons

Posted in General at 3:04 pm

William Jefferson Clinton on Presidental pardons and commutations of sentences (pulled from Drudge):

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/opinion/18CLIN.html?
pagewanted=all&ei=5070&en=66ba82eaf117b24b&ex=1183521600

President Clinton issued a number of pardons on his last day as President that created about as much controversy as the Libby pardon has. Clinton was only criticized by Republicans—Bush is getting it from both sides as some Republicans believe he should have given Libby a full pardon instead of merely commuting his prison sentence.

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