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Mixed vegetables cooked with crushed peanuts and peanut butter in coconut milk.
Hindi: gajar
If there is one vegetable that is truly a nutritional hero then it is bound to be the carrot. A goldmine of nutrients, this is the reason they can be even termed as worth the other 'karat' (as in gold)! Ranging in colours from orange, black, pink to red, yellow and white, this delicious vegetable is within the reach of rich and poor alike and is rightly called the universal root. The best role that this winter vegetable can play – chomp on one as it is an excellent snack!
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
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If there's one thing people associate with modern technology, it's passwords. They're everywhere, and most of us use them for dozens of things every day. Yet most people are shockingly indifferent about their password security. Most of us probably know someone who uses the same password for everything, from their computer and email to their Facebook and bank accounts — and that password might be something as obvious as their birthday or the name of the street where they grew up. And we also probably know someone who has a sticky note on the side of their monitor labelled "Passwords" (in red, double-underlined) with a list of everything from Twitter to Netflix just sitting in the open for anyone to read.
These practices might sound like something from our grandparents' generation, but that's not strictly true: Last week I watched a full-fletched member of Generation D trying to shift from a Samsung Galaxy S (er, Fascinate) to an HTC Rezound via his notebook computer. How was he moving all his passwords over? He had a piece of paper in his wallet with "all his passwords" — and by all he meant three. One for email and social networking, one for his great aunt's email ("I check it for her"), and another for everything else. Looking over his shoulder, all three were everyday words: mophandle, mumbler, and lillian. Guess which was his aunt's?
Fortunately, there are simple ways to make passwords both hard-to-guess and easy-to-remember. Unfortunately, the technology industry sometimes gets in the way of using them. Here's a rundown of common password weaknesses and some ways you can improve your passwords and your online safety.
Obscurity versus complexity
A common truism about passwords is that they should never be easy to guess. Most tech-savvy people agree no one should use details about themselves as a password: That includes birthdays, addresses, and names of friends and family (including parents, siblings, spouses, children, and even pets). Similarly, password makes a singularly poor password — as do all other commonly-used throwaway passwords.
This evergreen advice often gets interpreted to mean that passwords should be obscure, or a term no one would ever think you'd pick if they had a million years. Yes, obscure can work—and it's a darn sight better than picking an obvious password. However, an obscure password only protects you from people who know something about you. Odds are, most people trying to crack your passwords don't know you.
Most password-cracking doesn't happen the way it's portrayed in movies, where Our Hero (or The Villain) sits at a keyboard, tries a phrase or two, rubs his chin, then spies a childhood photo on the desk. Aha! Type the magic word and presto, security circumvented. In the real world, the vast majority of password cracking is automated, with computers literally throwing every word in the dictionary (and then some) at a system in hopes of stumbling across the correct term. This approach can work because computers can try passwords much faster than humans can type them, and they can run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without bathroom breaks. Automated password crackers don't know anything about the users they're trying to compromise: It's a brute-force approach.
So, it turns out a key to a strong password isn't its obscurity but its complexity — things that make it less likely to be guessed by an automated password cracker. However, making a good complex password means knowing a bit about how passwords get broken.
Breaking passwords
In very general terms, password crackers typically have two approaches. One is to literally try a pre-compiled list of possible passwords. These usually start from very common passwords (like password or qwerty) and work their way down to less common terms, and eventually use a list of words compiled from an online dictionary and other sources. This approach is more likely to find passwords that are valid words or variants on them, even if they're obscure.
Another password-cracking approach is to try valid sequences of letters, numbers, and symbols, regardless of their meaning. A password cracker using this approach might start with aaaaaaaa for an eight-character password, then try aaaaaaab then aaaaaaac and so on up the alphabet, through mixes of upper and lower case, and throwing in numbers and symbols. This approach is more likely to find passwords that are "machine-friendly" or randomly generated. A passcode like 4De78Hf1 isn't any more difficult to find this way than teenager would be.
So, what are the odds of a password being guessed? Most systems these days enable users to create passwords using letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and a selection of symbols. Allowable symbols often vary between systems (some allow almost anything, others allow only a handful), but for our purposes let's assume that means each character in a password can be one of about 80 values — two alphabets at 26 letters each, ten numerals, and 18 symbols. (In theory at least 127 values should be available for every character, but in practice it's a smaller number.)
Using a purely brute force approach, that means it would take a maximum of 80 guesses to randomly figure out a one-character password. A four-character password could take over 40 million guesses (80 × 80 × 80 × 80 = 40,960,000) and an eight character password could take over 1.6 quadrillion guesses (1,677,721,600,000,000).
If a password cracker were able to make 1,000 guesses a second, it would need about a month to run all combinations of a four-character password, and over 53,000 years to run all the combinations of an 8 character password. That seems pretty secure, right?
Well, not really. In purely statistical terms, a cracker has a 50/50 chance of finding the password in half that time. More troubling, the folks who make password crackers have other ways of improving their odds. Remember how password was one of the worst passwords to use? Guess what's also a very bad password? Passw0rd, substituting a number zero for a letter O. While password crackers are running their common words from a dictionary, they're also trying common variants on those words, substituting zeros for O's, @ signs and 4's for A's, 3's for E's, 1's and !'s for I's, 7's for T's 5's for S's, and so on. Similarly, 0qww294e is a terrible password — that's just password shifted up one row on a standard English keyboard. These techniques prey on users' preference for easy-to-remember passwords. Unfortunately, by substituting (or capitalizing) a character or two in an easy-to-remember term people are mostly making their passwords more obscure, but not much more secure. In fact, typical user-selected eight-character passwords with mixed case, numbers, and symbols usually only have about 30 bits of entropy, or a little over a billion possible combinations. Why? Because the list of terms people on which people base their passwords is far smaller than the total possible combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols.
How fast can passwords be broken? Trying 1,000 passwords a second might seem impossible — after all, most services tend to lock us out of our own accounts if we mistype a password three or four times, often resetting the password and requiring us to answer security questions to make a new one. These "gateway" techniques do improve account security, and incidentally, are also a great blindingly easy way to annoy people. (I can't tell you how many times I've been locked out of my iTunes account by password attacks, but it's probably over one hundred.)
However, attackers intent on breaking passwords aren't knocking on a service's front door and trying (literally) millions of times to log into the same account. They're either using less-public authentication methods that aren't subject to lockouts (like a private API for partners or apps), spreading their attacks across a broad range of accounts to avoid lockout periods, or (best case scenario) applying password cracking techniques to stolen password data. Most systems encrypt the password data they store, but those encrypted files are only as secure as the system itself. If attackers can get their hands on the encrypted password file (through a security hole, compromised machine, or social engineering, for starters) they can attack it very rapidly once it's on their own systems. That's why stories about attackers obtaining account information (like Stratfor, Epsilon, Sony, and Zappos) are troubling. Once the encrypted data has been pried loose, attackers can apply much more powerful tools to crack it open.
In the real world, that means the figure of 1,000 passwords per second is extremely conservative. Typical desktop computing hardware these days can test millions of passwords a second against common encryption technologies. Similarly, there are now password-cracking tools that leverage graphics processors, and criminal botnet operators are also in the password cracking business. They can spread the workload across thousands of computers. Combine this raw power with sophisticated heuristics (like trying numbers-and-letters variants on common words) and it's not unusual to crack a typical eight-character user password in under half an hour.
Shooting ourselves in the foot
We noted above how an eight character password can, with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols, have well over a quadrillion possible combinations, but most eight-character passwords in use today fall within a pool of only about a billion combinations. That's because humans are not machines. Where a computer is content to use either tortoise or Y&4nS0\2 as a password, guess which one is easier for a human to remember? Now, guess which one is more secure.
Some systems implement password requirements meant to ensure users don't use easily-cracked passwords. A common approach is to require user passwords to have at least one upper-case letter, one number, one symbol, and be at least eight characters long. (Some systems don't enforce requirements, but offer a gauge of "password strength" as a measure of how effective it thinks a password might be.) Some systems also require users to change their passwords every so often (say, every 30 or 45 days) and prevent them from re-using passwords.
These kinds of requirements do increase the security of passwords, but they also make the passwords far more difficult for people to remember. That means a significant portion of users will immediately come up with ways to subvert the security of the system for their own convenience. Sure, some people can cope with passwords like 9.3nDs(# but plenty of other people are going to respond with password-laden sticky-notes on the sides of monitors, notes in their wallets, or a Microsoft Word document on their desktop helpfully labelled "Passwords" so they can copy-and-paste when necessary. Password construction requirements also tend to hurt productivity and increase support costs (both for employees and customers), since more people will forget their passwords or be locked out of their accounts, requiring manual intervention.
Making complex passwords
The Holy Grail of passwords would then seem to be a password that is complex enough that it is impractical to crack using automated techniques, yet easy enough to remember that users don't compromise security by storing or managing them unsafely.
Here are some tips for making complex, easy-to-remember passwords:
- Use long passwords. If an eight-character password can have 1.6 quadrillion possible combinations, imagine how many a 16-character password can have? (About 2.8 nonillion, or 2.830.) However, perhaps more importantly, the set of values for a 16-character password using common terms and variations is just under 1.2 quintillion, where it was just over a billion with an eight-character password. Using longer passwords is the easiest way to make passwords more complex and more secure.
- Use combined words. How to make easy-to-remember long passwords? One common technique is to use a series of three to five simple, unrelated terms. These are generally as easy to remember as PIN numbers; cognitively, people tend to remember whole words as single units. However, these passwords can be very complex, at least from the point of view of password cracking. And these passwords are easy to make just by looking around or flipping a book to a random page. Glancing left out my window I see a toy frog, a car, and the window of someone's kitchenette. New password: FrogHubcapCupboard — that's 18 characters, but only three words to remember. Looking right: RunnerCameraGlueString — four short words, 22 characters. I've only used uppercase to help break out words. Adding more characters or substitutions can increase complexity — just don't get so complex you fall prey to the weaknesses of tough passwords.
- Use phrases or lyrics. Another way of making long passwords is to use parts of phrases or lyrics. For lyrics, relatively common songs are perhaps better than ones particularly important to you: again, you don't want people who know you well to be able to guess your passwords just because you're a huge fan of Michael Bolton (or not). Examples of passwords made from phases or lyrics might be You'reNoJackKennedy (19 characters), iShotaManinReno (15 characters), impeepinandimcreepin (20 characters).
- Use mnemonics. The downside of long passwords is that they can be difficult to type, especially on a mobile device. Another trick some people find useful for generating complex shorter passwords is using the first character of every word in a phrase or lyric. "How many roads must a man walk down" could become HmrmamwD—only eight characters, but relatively complex from the point of view of a password-cracking program. Similarly, "Shake it, shake it like a polaroid picture" could become SiSiLapp — maybe not great, but better than tortoise. This trick can also help generate good passwords for systems that have a still have a limit on how long passwords can be.
These guidelines will generally help you come up with easy-to-remember, complex passwords. Of course, when dealing with password systems with composition requirements (meaning, they expect mixed-case, numbers, or symbols) you'll still have to come up with funky twists on passwords to fulfill those requirements. Just remember that with longer passwords, you can make your substitutions and changes in obvious places — usually, these long passwords are easier to remember even with requirements than short, nonsense passwords.
A few other hints
Other things to think about when choosing your passwords:
- Use separate passwords for separate services. Don't use your social-networking password for online banking. If a password is compromised on one service, the others should be safe.
- Choose important passwords carefully. Single sign-in systems might be tremendously convenient, but also create a single point of failure for multiple services. Examples would be passwords to accounts at Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft services, where a single cracked password could give someone access to email, documents, pictures, social networking, blogs, photo libraries, contact lists, address books, and more. Similarly, with so many sites (even Digital Trends) accepting Facebook and Twitter logins, a compromised social networking password can have far-ranging repercussions.
- Change your passwords. It's tempting to think that if one of your passwords gets broken, you'll know right away: your email will vanish, your blog will become a set of lulz graphics, your Amazon gift list might be filled with embarrassing options, your PayPal account might be cleared out. However, that's not always the case: If someone cracks your password, there might not be any overt sign, at least not right away. By changing your password regularly, you ensure that even if someone breaks in, their window of opportunity to exploit you is limited. The frequency with which you should change passwords varies with how you use online services. For anything involving real money, I generally recommend users change their passwords every 30 to 90 days — the more money, the more often.
No password is safe
Perhaps the most important thing to remember about passwords is that any password can be cracked: It's just a question of how much time and effort someone is willing to put into it. The tips here will help reduce the odds your passwords will be rooted out by random attackers and even friends and family, but no password is completely secure. If secure access to a service is very important to you, consider looking into various forms of multiple-factor authentication to further reduce the chances of unauthorized access.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) — Republicans at congressional hearings pummeled U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton related to her handling of the Sept. 11 Libyan consulate attack.
During House and Senate hearings on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Clinton conceded reforms are needed, but pushed back against GOP accusations the Obama administration misled the public about the attacks for political reasons.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., told Clinton, "Security was not a high priority" at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed.
"Security requests were denied," Royce charged.
Democrats have said congressional Republicans cut funding requested by the State Department for embassy security but Royce said the tragedy of Benghazi "was rooted in poor security," not in a lack of funding.
He questioned why security assets were pulled from the region before the attack. Clinton said those assets were focused on the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, not the consulate in Benghazi.
Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., accused Clinton of allowing the Benghazi consulate to "become a death trap" and said that was "malpractice."
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., pointed out news stories that department officials responsible for not passing on requests for more security to the highest levels were disciplined, and charged the stories were, "Not true!"
Clinton said all four individuals "have been removed from their jobs … [and] placed on administrative leave." She said federal regulations forbid removing someone because of "unsatisfactory leadership" and urged Congress to change those regulations.
Democrats were more supportive. Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., the ranking member, said instead of engaging in "gotcha" politics the committee should be working on solutions.
"Clearly mistakes were made, but let's make one thing perfectly clear, Barack Obama was not responsible for the Benghazi attack, just as George Bush was not responsible for the Sept. 11 [2001] attacks and Ronald Reagan was not responsible for the [1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Lebanon]," Engel said.
He also raked Congress on funding.
"In the past two years alone, the administration's request for [security funding] has been cut by half-a-billion dollars," he said.
Earlier Wednesday, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blasted the administration and Clinton for what he called a failure to help Libya fight terror. McCain said there were plenty of warnings leading up to the attack on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but "with all these warnings, we didn't have a single Defense Department" force to come to the aid of the consulate in the event of an attack.
"I categorically reject your answers [about the events leading up to the Benghazi attack and the U.S. response]. … The American people deserve answers and they certainly don't deserve false answers," McCain said.
Clinton told McCain they would have to disagree on the facts, but, "Since March 11 congressional holds have been placed for many months on aid to Libya. … We've got to get our act together between the administration and the Congress."
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., called the Benghazi attack "the greatest tragedy" since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and told Clinton he would have fired her if he had been president.
Clinton told the panel every crisis should not be turned into a political football, but everyone should "be smart about this" and seek to prevent such tragedies in the future.
Clinton said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice did not mislead the public about the Libyan terror attack.
Rice told interviewers shortly after the Sept. 11 attack, the assault in Benghazi arose from a demonstration against an anti-Islamic film made in California. She has said she was using "talking points" provided by the intelligence community.
The administration has since said the attack was a planned act of terror.
Responding to Republican questions, Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "People have accused Ambassador Rice and the administration of misleading Americans. … Nothing could be further from the truth."
When Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., accused Clinton and the administration of misleading the public on what motivated the attack, Clinton answered with a raised voice: "With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk last night who decided to kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator."
She said State Department officials in Washington held off interviewing U.S. evacuees from Benghazi to avoid interfering with the FBI, which was talking to the evacuees as part of an investigation. She said the FBI was "following some very important leads" about who participated in the Benghazi attack.
Clinton told the panel the administration did not know "until days after the attack" that there had been no demonstration. Investigators are still trying to pin down the exact events, she said.
Clinton also told the panel she could not confirm terrorists killed in Algeria were involved in the Libyan attack.
"This information is coming from the Algerian government related to their questioning of certain of the terrorists that they took alive," she said. "We don't have any way to confirm it as yet, but I can certainly assure you, we will do everything we can to determine that.
"You may know that [FBI] Director [Robert] Mueller was just in the region meeting with leaders. He's very well aware that we have to track every one of these connections. And this will be a new thread that will be followed."
The attack on an Algerian gas plant last week left at least 37 foreign hostages dead, Algerian officials said. Algerian forces killed at least 29 of the 32 kidnappers to end the hostage crisis.
Clinton told the Senate panel she did not see requests for extra security in Libya prior to the Sept. 11 attack. She said she did not deny any requests, and procedures were being put in place that any future secretary would see such security messages.
Clinton's voice broke with emotion as she talked about the families of the victims of the Benghazi consulate attack.
"I directed our response from the State Department," she told the panel.
Citing an administrative review board report, she said there were "no delays in decision-making, no denials of support from the Pentagon or the administration … the board said our response saved lives and it did."
She also stressed that on the day of the attack, "In that same period, we were seeing violent attacks on our embassies" across North Africa. She cited a demonstration in Cairo in which protesters were trying to climb over the U.S. Embassy walls.
Clinton said the United States must still be represented in dangerous places.
"Let me underscore the importance of the United States continuing to lead in North Africa and around the world," she said. "That is why I sent Chris Stevens to Libya. … He knew the risks … [but] they cannot work in bunkers and do their jobs. That's why we must do everything possible" to give them security.
Clinton also said the attack didn't happen in a vacuum, citing the problems created within the security apparatus of the region caused by the various government revolutions.
Clinton, her voice breaking, said to her the attack was personal, noting she stood beside President Barack Obama as the caskets of the four people killed in the attack, including Stevens, were returned to the United States.
Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).


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Note: As General Motors gets ready to shut Saturn's doors at the end of this year, I'd like to take a moment to look back at why the brand was created and how it evolved over the years, what made the cars and company so special to me, and also address some concerns about how Saturn's closure will impact the future of SaturnFans.com.
Later tonight the giant ball in Times Square will be lowered when the clock strikes twelve and 2010 will come to an end. It's been a emotional year for Saturn employees, owners, and fans; October 31st marked the end of General Motors' grand Saturn experiment. Of all the news articles I've written for SaturnFans.com over the past 15 years, this one has been by far the hardest for me to write. Saying goodbye is never easy, and this time is no different. To me Saturn was more than just another car or company: it represented a fresh approach to running a business, and more significantly, it was a symbolic entry in America's ideological battle against the best vehicles the "import" car companies had to offer.
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In the flood of stories about Steve Ballmer's time at the helm of Microsoft, a troubling symbol of the company's office culture keeps emerging. It's called "stack ranking," a system that had corrosive effects on Microsoft employees by encouraging workers to play office politics at the expense of focusing on creative, substantive work. Kurt Eichenwald explained the system in aVanity Fair featurelast year:
"The system — also referred to as 'the performance model,' 'the bell curve,' or just 'the employee review' — has, with certain variations over the years, worked like this: every unit was forced to declare a certain percentage of employees as top performers, then good performers, then average, then below average, then poor. ...
"For that reason, executives said, a lot of Microsoft superstars did everything they could to avoid working alongside other top-notch developers, out of fear that they would be hurt in the rankings. ...
" 'The behavior this engenders, people do everything they can to stay out of the bottom bucket,' one Microsoft engineer said. 'People responsible for features will openly sabotage other people's efforts. One of the most valuable things I learned was to give the appearance of being courteous while withholding just enough information from colleagues to ensure they didn't get ahead of me on the rankings.'
"Worse, because the reviews came every six months, employees and their supervisors — who were also ranked — focused on their short-term performance, rather than on longer efforts to innovate."
Most technology companies are moving in the complete opposite cultural direction, especially because they need to innovate. Google encourages its employees to spend 20 percent of their time working on individually exciting projects that aren't mandated by the company. Gaming software company Valve and software design firm Menlo Innovations, which I profiled Monday, have eschewed management layers entirely so that the entire team can feel empowered by making decisions.
"Top-heavy and fairly tall [companies] found out that they stifled creativity to a greater extent because the top level of managers don't necessarily have all the creative ideas," says Stephen Courtright, a business professor at Texas A&M University.
Courtright and other researchers conducted a "study of studies" on workplace satisfaction and found that for individual employees, the most motivating factor for them is having decision-making authority.
"When individuals feel like they've been empowered, they are more likely to perceive the organization as their own, so they identify more with the organization. They tend to have a greater sense of self worth at work. They tend to have more motivation to help the organization succeed, and be more creative and innovative as well," Courtright says.
That brings us to the company culture at Medium, a kind of anti-Microsoft that's behind a new content platform. Medium was launched by Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter.
As documented in a feature on First Round Capital's site, Medium is experimenting with a culture that aims to be more "human." How?
Medium's Jason Stirman threw out the "classic management advice" about not getting too chummy with his reports and shielding his team from wider organizational drama. He found that taking his employees out for drinks, knowing about their personal lives and not insulating the team from external concerns actually made them feel more connected to the company, happier and more productive.
So Medium has adopted "holacracy" as its management framework. Some takeaways, as explained to First Round Capital:
"Holacracy encourages people to work out their tensions and issues one-on-one or outside of meetings if possible. Given the rampant explosion of meetings in corporate environments (so much so that there are meetings about having too many meetings), this is an increasingly important tip. Tension meetings are defined as opportunities to air issues that couldn't be resolved elsewhere. People should only address the group with topics that actually need others to weigh in or help find a path forward.
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Braised Vietnamese Fish - Ca Kho To - Foodie Friday
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Among my favorite recipes is one from Vietnam in which fish steaks are braised in a sweet and salty sauce that's made from fish sauce (nuoc mam) and caramel. Before you have a chance to say, "No way!" let me assure you that this is an easy and delicious dish. It's a type of kho, a clay pot cooking method that's used for braising meat and fish in Southeast Asia. Happily, this dish can be made in a heavy skillet on top of your stove, and, while I used salmon, any thick, meaty fish can be substituted, as long as it will fit in a tight layer in the pan. I know the addition of caramel to a savory sauce is strange to many, but I'm going to ask you to trust me. I've included a recipe for caramel sauce but if that intimidates you, use an equal measure of brown sugar in its place. Once made, caramel sauce will keep for about a month and I always try to have some on hand. The dish can be on the table in 30 minutes. Rice is a perfect accompaniment.
Braised Vietnamese Fish - Ca Kho Yo...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
Caramel sauce
1/4 cup cold water
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup hot water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped shallots or red onion
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped garlic
1/4 cup fish sauce
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon caramel sauce or brown sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1-1/2 pounds salmon steaks or other meaty fish, about 1-inch thick
3 green onions, trimmed, white part chopped, green part cut into 2-inch pieces
1) To make caramel sauce: Combine cold water and sugar in a heavy bottomed pan over medium-high heat. Stir well. Cook, occasionally swirling sauce, until it becomes syrupy and color begins to change, about 5 to 7 minutes. When it is color of maple syrup, pour hot water down sides of pan. It will spit and splatter. Let it settle down. Stir and continue cooking until sauce is thin and smooth. Set aside to cool.
If not used immediately, transfer to a screw top jar and store at room temperature for about 1 month.
2) In a medium deep skillet, combine oil, shallots and garlic. Warm over medium-high heat until garlic becomes fragrant and starts to sizzle. Add fish sauce, sugar, caramel sauce, water and pepper; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and sauce thickens a little. Carefully add salmon steaks. Return sauce to a gentle boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Carefully turn fish, add green onions and cook for 5 minutes longer. Transfer fish and sauce to shallow bowls. Serve hot. Yield: 4 servings.
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39 comments :
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
Mary, that sounds like an absolutely intriguing recipe. I would gladly be your guinea pig. I love salmon, and I think the flavors sound like something I would love to try. Thanks for sharing; I always love reading your recipes...
Happy Foodie Friday!
Sheila :-) - October 9, 2009 at 12:25 AM
- Lorna ~ Lace and Ivy Cottage said...
Mary, Kudos to you for trying new and exotic recipes. You're my type of cook! I love Vietnamese food and just looking at the picture and reading the recipe, I know it's delicious. I think people would be afraid of the fish sauce (something I use often in asian cooking) but the smell is nothing like the flavor it imparts. Thanks for the recipe!
- October 9, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- La Cuisine d'Helene said...
What a different recipe. This looks simply delicious.
- October 9, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- My Little Space said...
I read through the ingredients for this recipe...the sauce is really tasty. By the way, today I made fish too..he he! Cheers.
- October 9, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
I was surprised when I tried Alton Brown's brown sugar salmon - figured it would be "sweet" but it really wasn't and the flavor was amazing. This just looks beautiful Mary!
- October 9, 2009 at 2:07 AM
- figtree said...
Oh my this is something I would love to try..I think you have inspired me...AGAIN!Figtreeapps
- October 9, 2009 at 6:35 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
The caramel flavored sauce sounds lovely, and looks so delicious on top of your fish steak/salmon.
- October 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM
- Martha said...
Husband Jim would love this --- looks delicious and I may have to just surprise him with it!
- October 9, 2009 at 6:47 AM
It really does look delicious. I would also love to try it. I hope you have a great weekend Mary ♥ Thank you for posting all of these fabulous recipes.
- October 9, 2009 at 6:56 AM
- Debbie said...
Sounds delicious and different. Love the sauce that is on the fish.
- October 9, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Alyssa said...
This sounds delicious, and I can safely say that I've not had much Vietnamese cuisine. Seafood is a favorite and Asian is usually a big hit here also, so I can't wait to try this.
- October 9, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- bj said...
O, my goodness, Mary. Salmon and shrimp are the only fish I like and this recipe sounds delightful. I like smoked salmon the best but have never really tried it other ways.
Between your fancy cooking and my "down on the farm" plain cooking, it's a good thing we don't live next door to ea other. We'd be two big ole fatties, for sure!! :)
hugs to you on this cool and misty day, bj - October 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
I love salmon but usually only grill it outdoors. This sounds like a delightful recipe to try now that it's getting too cold to grill. The flavors sounds wonderful!
- October 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
Sounds really yummy. I love fish sauce!
- October 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- George Gaston said...
Sweet & savory ~ sounds delicious!
- October 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- Karen at Nittany Inspirations said...
You were right, my first instinct was, "This is way to involved for me." But you have explained it and simplified it down to where I think I could try this. My DH likes to cook, too so I think he would like to try this. Often, I will print out a recipe and leave it on the counter. A few day later, he will make it. Tricky, huh?
- October 9, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Look delicious!!! Thanks for the recipie.
Charo - October 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Thoughtfully Blended Hearts said...
A very different type of recipe...looks very exotic...I love reading your recipes!!!
- October 9, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- Cathy said...
Your photo looks good enough to eat, Mary. What a beautiful dish and one that my curiosity demands that I try. I'll get some salmon at the market tomorrow.
- October 9, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Samantha said...
This looks fabulous! It might actually convince my fish-picky husband to eat salmon =)
- October 9, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- Deana said...
That looks so delicious!!! My grandpa is a fisherman, so I grew up eating all sorts of fresh catches and I am a huge fan of seafood. I'm gonna pass this recipe along to my grandpa.
- October 9, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- Julie said...
wow ...your family eats good!!!
Thanks for visiting. your recipe looks delicious!
have a blessed weekend. - October 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Michelle said...
OH MY...does this look delicious or what! Never had it before but I know I would love it!
- October 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- xinex said...
Looks very good, Mary. I love Vietnamese food especially their pho soup. You wouldn't happen to have a recipe of that, do you?...Christine
- October 9, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Cass @ That Old House said...
In the past month i have tried Indian and Thai foods for the first time -- now I am tempted by Vietnamese. Your photographs are so stunning -- it's as if we could dine on those alone!
Cass - October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- NKP said...
I'm game! I have never had it but would love to try it.
Perhaps I should pop over.. sevenish? Should I bring a Riesling or Gewurtz? :) - October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
This is one of my all time favorite dish! When I was living in L.A. I would go to this Vietnamese Restaurant to get my "lunch" ... they open at 7am. This is one of the dishes I would pick up! (They use catfish)
I have forgotten all about this! Hmmm... will definately make this soon!!!
Thanks for the recipe!!! - October 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Pam said...
So many delicious flavors in one dish. Looks wonderful.
- October 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Pat@Back Porch Musings said...
Wonderful, Mary!
- October 9, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Yum--bet it is good with rice noodles too.
- October 10, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Pauline said...
Wow, Mary! You make Vietnamese food look high class restaurant food! Being Vietnamese, seeing you make this is awesome! I wish I knew how to do this. Mmm, makes me miss those good Vietnamese ca kho.
- October 10, 2009 at 1:54 AM
- Geli said...
I will try this dish! I love fish and I love the food from Southeast Asia. Having lived in Hong Kong for seven years, and extensively visited that South China Sea area and beyond, and also now have a new Malaysian daughter-in-love, I really enjoy that cuisine in its varied delights!
- October 10, 2009 at 4:21 PM
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I love fish and I'd definitely want to try out this recipe! Being asian, I've grown up learning that a pinch of sugar can be added to food to bring out the flavour of the food, especially when it's really sour or spicy, while reducing the extreme tastes somewhat and yet not making the food taste weirdly sweet. This is another great example of that practice.
- October 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Jamie said...
A really fabulous fish dish! I love the flavors and it looks so delicious! You never cease to amaze me!
- October 12, 2009 at 5:03 AM
- test it comm said...
I really like the sound of doing salmon in a Vietnamese caramel dish.
- October 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Kevin, this is a wonderful dish. I hope you'll direct your very talented eye to it and put your special spin on it. I'd be curious to see what you come up with.
- October 12, 2009 at 11:10 AM
- Term Papers said...
This is my favorite recipes is one from Vietnam in which fish steaks are braised in a sweet and salty sauce that's made from fish sauce (nuoc mam) and caramel.
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- Deborah said...
Made this and it was soo good. Only thing was it was way too much fish sauce, I'd try just adding half the amount because it was overly salty (inedible) so I had to add quite a bit of water and some more caramel to balance out the flavour again but once I did it was awesome. I will be making this again.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Despite having a big year in music, Nicki Minaj didn't receive any Grammy nominations. Not a problem, she says.
"I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy," she said with a laugh.
The 30-year-old had one of last year's biggest hits with the multiplatinum dance-pop anthem "Starships." Her sophomore album, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded," has reached gold status and launched other hits on the rap and R&B charts.
But Minaj, who received three Grammy nominations last year, including best new artist and best rap album for her platinum debut, "Pink Friday," was shut out when this year's nominations were announced.
"I think that the Grammys had a different reason, that I do not want to discuss ... and that's just between me and them," she said in a recent interview. "But I respect their organization and I'll get a Grammy eventually. I'm not worried about it."
A representative for The Recording Academy didn't immediately respond to an email Tuesday seeking comment.
Minaj was featured on Ludacris' "My Chick Bad," which was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award, before she released her first album.
She was criticized when she released her sophomore album last April for taking on a pop-and-electronic sound that echoed Katy Perry, Rihanna and Ke$ha. "Roman Reloaded" is a mesh of hip-hop, dance, pop, R&B and reggae flavors, and producers included radio hit makers like RedOne and Dr. Luke.
"I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I'm selling out arenas in London, and when I'm in Australia and Japan, there aren't any Grammys there," she said. "There are human beings who I've touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that's what my career is based on."
Minaj, who is a new judge on "American Idol" alongside Mariah Carey and Keith Urban, said she would probably be upset if she doesn't earn Grammy respect later in her career.
"You do feel good when you get awards and accolades. Maybe if I had been doing this for 10 years and I thought like, Oh my god, I've put out 10 albums' \_ maybe it would have hurt my feelings. But I still feel so new that it's like,
Charge it to the game,'" she said. "It's part of the game."
The Grammys will air live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10.
AP Television Writer Lynn Elber contributed to this report.
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text: Space | 18. March 2011 | posted by Jan Wörner ESA Council meeting and a reception at the German Ambassador's in Paris An important meeting of the ESA Council took place on 16 and 17 March in Paris. Among other matters, it dealt with the International Space Station (ISS), ensuring European access to space, and the appointment of ESA Directors. On the first evening of the Council meeting, I was invited by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Paris, Reinhard Schäfers, to visit his official residence. It was a good opportunity to speak, not only about German space strategy in general, but also about the coordination of space activities at a time when we are all concerned regarding the news about the events in Japan. Before posting a complete transcript of the speech that I gave at the Ambassador's reception, I would like to make some brief remarks regarding the activities at the ESA Council meeting. The outcome of the ESA Council meeting was as follows: the continued use of the ISS until 2020 was jointly approved the partners agreed to ensure continued European access to space ESA Directors, including three Germans, were appointed. But this summary does not reflect the issues encountered before and during the negotiations. As far as the ISS is concerned, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie; BMWi) was very reserved, particularly regarding the Columbus Control Center and the share of German participation. After lengthy discussions in the Council meeting, in ad hoc groups with key stakeholders from France, Italy and Germany and with Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, a variety of solutions were considered. At times, it seemed that the negotiations would end in failure. But in the end, perseverance, growing trust between the various parties involved and, above all, good preparation on the part of my DLR colleagues paid off. A compromise that can hopefully be used as a basis for further progress was achieved. Once the production of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has finalised, substantial efforts will be required to safeguard German interests. The discussion about ensuring European access to space, that is, the continuation of the Ariane success story, was also shaped by differing national interests. Thanks to excellent preparatory work, a common ground was found here relatively quickly. With respect to the appointment of ESA Directors, national interests were matched up. Germany can be very satisfied with three ESA Directors. Overall, the two days of discussions have shown me that the European Spirit beyond national interests requires greater effort. This aspect was addressed in my speech at the ambassador's residence, which I quote here, in full: Dear Ambassador Schäfers, ESA Council colleagues, Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, representatives of the French Government, representatives of French and German Industry, representatives of international partners. Thank you to Ambassador Schäfers for hosting today's reception and for providing this wonderful location. Less than one week after the big earthquake and subsequent Tsunami in Japan, I am still concerned, sad, worried and feel somewhat helpless. Can we talk about the fascination of space activities here while just 10,000 kilometres away people are fighting to survive, trying to get food and water, and are managing the biggest nuclear accident we ever had? For me, the situation in Japan has a very personal touch, as it is linked with my stay in Japan for one year as a young scientist and engineer, to many personal friends and to the fact that my work at that time was focussed on the safety of nuclear power plants during strong earthquakes. Mankind has experienced many natural and man-made disasters throughout history, but the amount of individual, societal and technological damage to a country with a high standard of living, is unprecedented. It is my deep conviction that, while still observing the very burdening news from Japan, we can and should think about future activities for the sake of mankind, and this includes space. Having said this, I would now like to present some of the central points of the new German Space Strategy. There are booklets in German and English available for you. What are the basic characteristics of the German Space Strategy? A new German imperialistic activity as proclaimed in some media? To act independently of Europe? Just industrial policy introduced by space? None of that! The formulation of the German Space Strategy aims to define goals, measures and respective tasks for meaningful space activities. As for a strategy that means a way towards a vision one might also dream of a really unified Europe being part of a peaceful world. Despite the beauty and power of conviction of such an approach, the danger would be that the present reality would hamper measures and reaching of goals drastically. There is no single European institution responsible for space activities, and not one single supranational Government responsible for Europe so far. The strategy must therefore be placed in the context of the current situation of existing national entities/countries that define Europe. It is based on a review of the past competency in science, technology and industry existing cooperation in Europe and beyond existing structures in Europe and Germany current and future challenges political priorities general guidelines financial possibilities. The strategy considers global challenges such as globalisation knowledge society climate change and sustainability civil and military security and focusses consequently on benefit and demand sustainability as a principle and especially on strengthening international cooperation. Europe's space activities have led to numerous scientific and technological achievements. European developments in Earth observation and the exploration of space and our Solar System have received world recognition and are the basis for global cooperation, not only but especially, on the ISS. In this context, unhampered European access to space and the ability of the western world to send astronauts into space are of special importance. Benefits include not only direct applications like communication, environmental observation, navigation, etc., but also science as a major driving force for innovation. The strategy covers various fields, from space and Earth science, research, human spaceflight focussed on the ISS, and links between various fields, to making improved use of synergies, such as dual use. The next steps on the national level are clearly defined: DLR will develop the guidelines, which will then lead to a comprehensive space programme. The strategy aims at expanding international cooperation in space within Europe and beyond. In this context, ESA's role as the intergovernmental space agency of Europe is highlighted. ESA should not be just another entity where national interests can be achieved but should live in the spirit of mutual programmes and solidarity. Especially with the Lisbon treaty, the EU has also entered the arena. Galileo and GMES, the flagships of European joint space activities, are already on the way but still not all respective problems have been resolved. It is our clear position that EU space activities should be complementary to ESA and its member states and should take advantage of the existence of a well-functioning European Space Agency, our ESA. This understanding automatically leads to the well-known shape of a triangle, where the corners are the actors, namely ESA, EU and the member states and the connecting lines define the interrelations including intensive cooperation. Bilateral or multilateral cooperation can be established between all space faring entities, be it nations or intergovernmental and supranational organizations. Examples for such cooperation, besides our strong and long lasting commitment in ESA and the EU are for instance: Bilateral: development of Merlin, a French-German climate satellite based on our long and successful tradition of cooperation in space and other fields. Multilateral: International Space Station, Galileo and GMES. In particular, the French-German relationship is proof that neither disagreements nor publication of rumours and false quotations are able to hamper intensive and friendly cooperation even in difficult areas. We have to ensure that the overall situation develops fruitfully for the sake of the defined goals, and does not continue to be just another vicious circle. A smart development of the triangle, the functions, the interrelations and the overall coordination, can be a sound basis for upcoming space missions as well as for future political developments towards a really unified Europe. Now at the end of my speech, I would like to get back to the situation in Japan: The actual observations are a clear indication of what globalisation will mean in the future: we are no longer just individual nations with activities that end at the national border; the interlink, be it economy, society or environment gives rise to international cooperation in all fields. Space can play an important role as the International Charter on Space and Major Disaster has proven. I would like to end with a quotation by Ronald Reagan: "The truth is, our space programme doesn't invest in machines; it invests in people. And you don't only launch rockets, you launch dreams." If we understand this, not only as a technological or scientific challenge based on curiosity, but also as a challenge and dream for the society in Europe and the world, beyond national borders, hope and optimism can substitute the current dismay and worries. During this difficult time, my deep sympathy goes to Japan, the Japanese people and many of my Japanese friends. Thank you for your attention.


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Archive of Gallery Posts
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nice, what brush did you use?
I've been playing around with twisted brush too, its a great piece of software.[/img]
Hi Gregor. Yes. It's great.
I used the lightly marbled oil. I also put a tiny amount of blur on it in Photoshop. Just to make it a bit smoother.
Another great program you might want to check is ArtRage2 Free. I did the comic with that one.
Jizo in Zazen
Ink on paper, then traced into Illustrator, then colored in Photoshop
Turned out better than I thought it would
I have got to get such talented folks to do a compostion or two for the Blog sittings. If you ever have something, please send it.
Gassho, Jundo
What were you thinking of for the blog sittings? I would be happy to do something if I'm capable.I have got to get such talented folks to do a compostion or two for the Blog sittings. If you ever have something, please send it.
Gassho, Jundo
Here is a photo of a small wood working piece. I've made a few rakusu rings out of wood. This one landed on the neck of a small turtle statue at Mountain Lamp zendo. There is a famous Zen story that goes with this. It is about how hard it is to be human and how luck we are to find the dharma.
I envy all of you who can create things with your hands; I have never been able to do so... It must be quite a feeling to be able to hold something in your hards that you've made.
It's a treat to come to this forum and see what yous alls have got up on the gallery walls.
What a pleasure to view these creations. It is especially fun to read your discussion of how these things get created!
Wills--where would we go to place rakusu ring orders?
Wills I'd like to read that story if you have a copy online.
What number of enso is that for you Harry?
Will, here is a link to a PDF of the story.
The One-eyed Turtle and the Floating Sandalwood Log
This story is from 1279 by a Japanese monk named Nichiren Daishonin who founded the Nichiren School of Buddhism. I don't know any thing about this group other than they still are around and they seem to put a lot of emphasis on the Lotus Sutra.
Not sure I could get along with the Nichiren School of Buddhism yet this parable is a good one. I guess this really isn't a 'Zen' story but appropriate none the less.
Thanks Wills. Gassho.
Nice one Harry. I thought it was done on paper. ha. great program.
I am not clever enough to make the tags work, but I have posted some stuff on my blog. Done with ink on rice paper. Link below :arrow:
http://asuradharma.blogspot.com/2007...hid.html<br />
Beautiful art work everyone! I can't draw a straight line with a ruler so my outlet is photography. I remember shooting his one as an after thought, on my way out of the area I was shooting in. My first thought upon seeing the raw file was Zen. Not sure how you'll see it though.
It's been scaled down here, so click on the image to see a slightly larger, but viewable version.
My favourite photographic medium is black and white. I'll post some more from time to time if you would like.
Nice one Bruce, Very powerful shot.
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Will! A lot of luck conspired that evening to produce this picture. It's untouched by the way, but for a slight levels adjustment. The raw file looked pretty much just like that.
Just thought I'd post some of these paintings. I haven't gotten around to making a website yet.
You can see the full size by clicking the link above them.
Feel free to start a music section. I also make music. Actually I was thinking of doing that.
I'll check out the piece. Sounds interesting. Suizen hmmm... do you have a teacher?
Just checked it out. Thanks a lot Harry.
Great picture by the way (the flute players).
Harryinteresting. heh
part of their downfall as a sect was that they started to be used as spies because they were permitted to travel freely and hide their identities!...
Wow. There's lots of talent here in both the visual and musical arts. I just listened to your shakuhachi tune Harry - very impressed.
Thank you all for sharing here,
I think yours would be a tough one to follow, but I have put some stuff up on my blog in the past.
Ill trade you my 1.8 Yuu for that 2.4 Young though
Here is a link of me embarrassing myself
Recently yes, but the why is important to me. At the time of posting I had been considering my wanting to learn the classics a type of end gaming. So I could say, Hey I did sompthing great! And now I think I have snuffed out that view and replaced it with another, hey I made my own song, aren't I great! Which is also not helpful.Originally Posted by HezB
I am currently interested in learning the classics again, simply to know them. Just a matter of changing perspective. I try and do that at least two times a day :wink: However lessons are not free, so I am content to just breath into the Shak when I have a moment. If it is learning a classic or just blowing Ro, Or just passing wind through the flute its all good.
Take care,
JordanYep. Just do it. hehe. Good for practice. Noticing how your mind is when you do something.So I could say, Hey I did sompthing great! And now I think I have snuffed out that view and replaced it with another, hey I made my own song, aren't I great! Which is also not helpful.
hey harry,
very nice and very inspiring. is there a way i can get a copy for my personal collection and maybe get a chance at adding some further orchestration?
Hello Will!
Thank you for doing such a beautiful job as curator. I really like the way you have set up the space.
Guitar improvisation 1:
The idea was to keep it minimal and focus on the notes, harmonics and sounds.
Played on a spruce top classical guitar with reverb added.
Note: The Hi fi play is better quality. Might be slower to load.
Those are actually just light taps on the bottom of the guitar and bridge. The bridge gives a bass drum like sound when hit correctly.
The tonic is actually D. I noticed that when I hit the last note. It kind of ends abruptly, but it is what it is.
Crunchy Sweet is a mix of Chinese flute and erhu samples with guitar and other noises.
Well I guess I should put up my link. It's not polite to accept a gift and give nothing in return.
It's kinda an IDM/Dance/World Fusion kinda thing.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemus ... dID=531561
Out the Window:
The sounds in the background are what can be heard out a window in my apartment.
Gassho Will
The other mix was kind of low, so I uploaded a new one.
I recommend listening to it with headphones.
They strange sound is a guitar that I did some stuff to.
New painting here:
This should link you to all of them:
Be well,


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WASHINGTON (AP) Two pivotal senators have announced a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. The agreement could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.
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text: About the author Jan Wörner On 1 July 2015, Johann-Dietrich Wörner took up his new post as Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA). The 'Jan Wörner' blog was written by Johann-Dietrich 'Jan' Wörner during his time as the Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). Jan Wörner wrote all the posts himself and then sent them to DLR Corporate Communications for editing, picture research and online publication. Johann-Dietrich Wörner was born in Kassel in 1954. He was Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR from 1 March 2007 to 30 June 2015. Wörner studied civil engineering at the Technische Universität Berlin and the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, where received his doctorate in 1985. In 1982, as part of his studies, he spent two years in Japan, investigating earthquake safety. Until 1990, Wörner worked for the consulting civil engineers König und Heunisch. He then returned to the Technische Universität Darmstadt, where he was appointed to a professorship in Civil Engineering and took over as Head of the Testing and Research Institute. Before being elected President of the Technische Universität Darmstadt in 1995, he held the position of Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty.