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Characteristics of Natural Network Weavers
Anyone can learn to be a Network Weaver but natural Network Weavers have at least some of the following characteristics. Are you a natural Network Weaver?
1. Opportunity seeking: sees opportunities everywhere
2. Loves to connect people to each other
3. Able to unearth resources of all types and kinds
4. Able to remember many names and resources
5. Able to dialogue easily with people and get them to disclose information
6. Comfortable with uncertainty but persistent in making things happen
7. Able to learn from experience; decides next step after reflecting on previous step
8. Optimistic
9. Able to see when something doesn't work and moves on
10. Has a big vision but sees the importance of taking small steps
11. Likes to get to know people with different perspectives and from different backgrounds
12. Listens well
13. Asks a lot of questions
14. Sees patterns—notices patterns in the network: where there is energy, where there is isolation, who interacts with whom, etc
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- Steve said...
Valdis great post - you nailed it !
And may I add that competent 'Natural Network Weavers' usually DO NOT rely on social networking tools to be very productive and effective.
- Steve said...
Sorry June I said Valdis ( because I know him ) but meant credit to you.
- Valdis said...
Right Steve, network weaving is NOT about "networking" or schmoozing. It is about building action networks, not talk networks.
- Steve said...
Valdis yes indeed !
- June said...
No problem, Steve...the list was compiled from the experience of all three of us. Oh, that reminds me that another characteristics of Network Weavers is that they usually don't have big egos--they enjoy working in peer relaationships with others.
Does anyone have other characteristics to add?
- SteveHabibRose said...
Great post, June. May I use this list of characteristics on our website for ConnectorsNet ?
- SteveHabibRose said...
Hate to disagree with you, Steve, but for many 'Natural Network Weavers,' social networking tools are one of the most powerful tools we use in our work.
On the other hand, we ALSO use other tools (like the phone, print media, and, surprise surprise meeting in person!)
And, there are some older 'Natural Network Weavers' who never got comfortable using the Internet. I'm sure there are people from other countries with less access to the Internet than "the West" who are also 'Natural Network Weavers' who don't use the Internet (yet!)
In my case, I kindof fall in the middle. I have been using computers as a tool for much of my life. But, I see them as a tool. For many kids today, they are a "buddy" and a way of life!
- SteveHabibRose said...
Agreed, Valdis, that network weaving is about building action networks. But, some "talk networks" can be very effective "action networks" as well.
For example, are you all familiar with the online business networking system
Ecademy? Lots of talk, but also lots of action. I have developed at least 1/2 dozen practical working relationships from people that I met on Ecademy. And, I've only been involved for less than 1/2 a year. Another example is Biznik, a newer, younger system based in Seattle.
In both cases, the online systems emphasize in-person meetings. And, the kinds of people who are drawn to them are apt to be open to a wide range of collaboration.
On the other hand, I've had some negative experiences on some social/business networking systems. And, an online "community" that I've hosted for years proved to be a total dud when it came to becoming a real-world community.
But, then, I've met one or two "duds" face to face as well. And, I suppose some folks might consider me a "dud" in their experience (or use an even stronger term!)
- June said...
Feel free to share information on this blog, but please give our blog address so folks can come here for additional information.
- SteveHabibRose said...
Peace, June.
I've already sent info about this blog to 9 relevant discussion lists that I host. I intend to publish more formal "articles" about the blog on Biznik and Ecademy this Sunday.
Looking forward to networking weaving with you!
- Spinorb said...
Love the list! Do you have processes for helping people become network weavers? Are there particular qualities about the questions network weavers ask? And do they function more as a pull or draw rather than a push?
What motivates network weavers to be tend to the network? And would you consider them nurturers of the network?
- SteveHabibRose said...
Peace, Spinorb, and everybody.
I'm afraid I don't have any processes yet in place to help people become network weavers. But, Orgnet itself may well offer such resources. Valdis or June may have more info.
The Center for Ethical Leadership at http://www.ethicalleadership.org may also have some resources of interest.
I've developed a few resources and approaches for people building networks -- particularly at a neighborhood level. And, I have an idea for a type of software that could be used for this purpose. At this point, I need to learn what's already available first!
But, frankly, my personal strength is doing network weaving, developing networking structures, and mentoring others, rather than developing tools or formal processes for this purpose.
My impression, Spinorb, is that you're in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since we're in Seattle, we're in the same time zone. There are a number of commonalities between our two urban areas, and I am already doing a lot of network weaving with Henry Lu, leader of the Bay Area Ecademy. I have glanced at your blogs, and, although my focus is a bit different, our basic political perspectives appear to be in alignment as well.
I'd be happy to chat with you informally about network weaving and see if there are ways that we could support one another.
You'd also be very welcome to participate in ConnectorsNet -- a "virtual network" of social connectors. Some members of our network might have a better idea of processes than I.
- SteveHabibRose said...
In response to some of your other questions, Spinorb:
>Are there particular qualities
>about the questions network
>weavers ask?
In my case, I ask myself first, is this a possible connection that may help interweave various networks? In other words, is this a connection I'm interested in pursuing?
If so, then I often ask the other person (or group) how might we be able to collaborate or share or interlink our networks or something like that.
Generally, if the person (or group) is interested, an opening will form and we will start exploring co-opportunities. If the person (or group) is not interested, that will be pretty clear by their lack of response, and I will simply move on to the next possible networking weaving opportunity!
>And do they function more as a
>pull or draw rather than a push?
Could you please explain this question? I'm afraid I don't understand it.
>What motivates network weavers to >be tend to the network?
In my case, it just comes naturally. It's an obsession for me, a way of life, my life's work.
Are you familiar with the book The Tipping Point? http://www.gladwell.com/tippingpoint/index.html That explains a similar kind of person that Malcolm Gladwell refers to as a "social connector." My guess is there's an overlap between "social connectors" and network weavers -- probably all network weavers are social connectors, but not all social connectors are necessarily network weavers. They may be doing other things with their social connecting rather than helping to weave the networks.
>And would you consider them >nurturers of the network?
You betcha. Decades ago, I used the metaphor "Midwife to a New Society." Other people have used the term "Doula." In both cases, we tend to see ourselves as helping to birth or nurture the network, and, perhaps a new society.
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The National Bank Act required national banks to submit regular reports of condition for the OCC's use in verifying their safety and soundness. The Act also required the OCC to conduct an on-site examination of every national bank and to prepare "a full and detailed report" on its condition. To satisfy this requirement, the early OCC essentially became an organization of bank examiners with a small headquarters staff to coordinate their activities and address matters of policy.
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October 15, 2002
Defying a conservative swing in Europe, Swedish voters on Sept. 15 decisively reelected to government the Social Democrats, the party that has run Sweden for all but nine years of the postwar period and who built what most consider the most generous social benefits system in the world.
A strange success for a government that, according to conservative propagandists, has left its people poorer than most African Americans in the United States. Leading up to the election, a conservative business group published a study that the median household income in Sweden at the end of the 1990s was the equivalent of $26,800 compared with a median of $39,400 for US households. US conservatives widely publicized the numbers to show the horrors of the Swedish welfare state.
So what do the Swedish voters know that these pundits don't?
First, they know the old adage that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. This whole failed propaganda exercise is a good opportunity to walk through how conservatives twist statistics to make their case.
Start with "household income": comparing household income is deceptive since Swedes have fewer people living in each household and fewer people working in each home, so the supposedly larger household income in the US includes more wage earners divided between more people -- essentially an apples and oranges comparison.
On top of that, Swedish workers work an average of just 1,552 hours per year, while United States workers work an average of 1,889 hours. Essentially, Swedes get the equivalent of two months extra time off per year, so any increased annual income in the US is "bought" by giving up the vacations and holidays that Swedes enjoy.
So the key comparison number is really what a person can earn per hour in each country. And here's where you see a fun right-wing ideological trick. When discussing the horrors of the Swedish welfare state, conservatives will bemoan the poverty and low wages of the Swedes. But when discussing regulatory and employment policy, conservatives will argue that hourly compensation costs are destroying business competitiveness in places like Sweden. That is, their workers make too much money and benefits. Sort of odd that such a poor people make more per hour than US workers.
Luckily, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has periodically done such international comparisons of wages in manufacturing, including employer-paid health, vacation and other benefits (www.bls.gov/mfp/mprklv95.pdf). According to those US statistics, Swedish workers are paid more per hour than US workers when you factor in both wages and benefits. This addresses the obvious fact that ignoring all the non-wage benefits of a welfare state is slightly insane when discussing living standards. If your employer or government is paying for your housing, child care, health care and range of other expenses, just looking at nominal wage rates is just plain stupid.
As far as trends, median wages in Sweden rose 22% during the 1990s even as the unemployment rate fell considerably. In fact, unemployment in Sweden is lower than in the United States. So the conservative propagandists lose again.
It's easy for Americans to feel horror hearing that the Swedish government takes over 50% of peoples income in taxes, but when you remember that those taxes pay for health care and other costs that Americans usually have to pay on their own with after-tax money, the story is quite different.
Most people are familiar with the idea that Europeans don't have to spend their after-tax money on health care, but they don't realize that countries like Sweden also subsidize housing costs. Swedish homeowners spend only an average of 22% of their after-tax income on housing, far less than the housing costs to most Americans, with comparable subsidies for renters as well. As for child care, another big expense for families in the US, parents have to pay only 15% of the costs of child care in Sweden.
So with government and employer funds in Sweden paying for so much of health, housing and other family expenses, just looking at gross income measures misses the real issue of importance to families and voters, which is how much they have to spend after those core expenses are paid. Which is why the Social Democrats in Sweden won reelection once again so handily.
The lesson here for progressives is clear. When government covers core family expenses, people will support the taxes necessary for those programs. Social Security and Medicare are the perfect examples of that in the United States and its clear that if universal health care coverage were extended to all voters, there would be full support for the taxes necessary once people recognized the savings in their family budgets.
Which is why you see the conservative pundits in such a frenzy to discredit the success of the Swedish system. Funny how the voters in Sweden seem to know something that the statistic manipulators don't.
Nathan Newman is a union lawyer, longtime community activist, a national vice president of the National Lawyers Guild and author of the just published book Net Loss [Penn State Press] on Internet policy and economic inequality. Email email@example.com or see www.nathannewman.org.
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Guess who has a problem with those statements? The MP commentariat.
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In the midst of last weekend's heat wave, rowers from Germantown Friends, Mount St. Joseph, Penn Charter, and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy were making waves of their own on the Kelly Drive race course. Most were competing for club crews operating out of Boathouse Row as they participated in the Independence Day Regatta, held June 29 – July 1.
Second-place finishes were achieved by recent SCH grad Jen Sager, rowing a junior single for Vesper Boat Club, and by Penn Charter rising senior Kevin Kelly in a junior eight entered by Penn A.C. Rowing Association. Kelly's PC classmate Maria Georgiou, working out of the Fairmount Rowing Association boathouse, was part of a third-place junior quad.
All of the high school competitors were entered in either junior or "junior 16" (an age limitation) categories, since the regatta also included collegiate and post-collegiate rowers, as well as a masters class that featured racers up to 75 years old. The event encompassed over 2100 rowers from 21 states and four foreign countries.
Falling in between the extremes was 2004 Chestnut Hill Academy grad Pete Seymour, who went on to row for the University of Delaware. While most events were held on a 2000-meter course, there were special "dash" races that extended for just a quarter-mile (402 meters). Seymour was second in his heat in the men's dash, and was also second in the finals on Sunday, finishing in the middle of a three-way sprint. His time of one minute, 1:16.19 seconds put him in between rowers from Vesper (1:15.26) and Boston's Riverside Boat Club (1:16.56).
A year ago, Seymour's alma mater became part of the merger that produced Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, and in mid-June Sager was a member of the combo school's first graduating class. Racing a senior single this spring, she capped off her senior year by winning the gold medal at the scholastic national championships.
Last weekend she had the fastest qualifying time, then reached the finals by coming in second in the first of two semifinal races. The top semifinalist was Louisa Freeman of Connecticut's Saugatuck Rowing Club, and Freeman went on to win the final in 8:38.71, while Sager was second in 8:42.14. The SCH grad was 10 seconds ahead of another Saugatuck sculler, and she also bested an entry from the U.S. Junior Women's National Team Sculling Camp.
Penn Charter students had excelled at the 2012 scholastic nationals, as well, with gold-medal performances in the two junior double finals from Kelly and Spencer Grant, and from Georgiou and Heidi Zisselman. Grant was also racing at the IDR, on behalf of the Philadelphia Sculling Club.
Georgiou's Fairmount quad sped through the opening round to win the third of four heat races. They were second in the faster of the semifinal races, clocking the second-best time overall. The final was won by a Peruvian crew from Club de Regatas Lima, which traces its origins back to the 1800's.
After Club Lima (7:25.71) came the "A" boat from the U.S. Sculling Camp (7:37.28), and Georgiou and her Fairmount friends were third in 7:38.52. Among the boats behind them was a second U.S. Sculling Camp quad.
Another rising senior at Penn Charter, Tara Malone, rowed for Fairmount last weekend in a junior four. She and her boatmates came in second their heat to move on to the semifinals, where they ended their run.
PC's Kelly began his weekend in a time-trial round in the junior double category, as did his erstwhile boatmate, Grant. At the IDR, the field for the junior double also included GFS senior Andrew Bair, who rowed a single with much success during the school season.
In this heavily populated category, 18 boats advanced out of the time trials, and Bair, competing for Bachelor's Barge Club, made it through in the 17th position. Grant qualified more easily as he and his PSC partner placed 11th, but Kelly finished just out of the running, in the 19th spot. Grouped in the same semifinal on Saturday morning, Bair came in fifth and Grant sixth, but only the top two advanced to the finals.
The other Germantown Friends participant in the IDR, rising junior Ethan Genyk, raced in two junior 16's categories for Penn AC. In the fours event, his boat was the runner–up in the second of four heats. Going directly into the finals from there, they finished fourth. In a Penn A.C. double, Genyk participated in one of six heat races, winning his flight to advance to the semifinals. A second-place showing in that round got him to the finals, where he and his partner placed sixth.
Kelly's junior eight was also a heat winner, putting up the second-best time overall. With fewer entries than in the doubles, the Penn A.C. boat went straight through to the finals. Here, a Saugatuck crew won in 6:11.77, with Kelly's craft second in 6:14.38, and another Penn A.C. crew coming in third about five seconds later.
Some Mount St. Joseph oarswomen, racing together as a single-school crew, made it to the finals in the junior four, starting out with a second-place finish in one of six heat races. Stroking the boat was Drexel-bound 2012 graduate Rose Ehrlich, who was part of the Mount varsity eight that had been the runner-up at the Henley Women's Regatta two weekends before.
In the bow of the IDR four was another member of the Mount's Henley eight, rising senior Kiera McCloy. The line-up also featured senior Kait Loftus, and Michela Karrash and Madi Kist (cox), who will be juniors. The Mounties made the finals by coming in third in their semifinal race, and finished up in fourth in their last outing.
There was a third day of IDR competition for PC's Kelly and Grant, who each squared off against older opponents in events in the "intermediate" category. Kelly's boat was essentially the same crew as his Penn A.C. junior eight, and they held their own against the big boys, placing second in their opening contest and winding up fourth in the finals.
Grant was in an intermediate quad for Philly Sculling, a boat which was runner-up in its heat, and sixth in the final round.


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Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American woman in the country to become a licensed architect, who helped produce Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport and the American Embassy in Tokyo, died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades. She was 85.
The cause was heart failure, said her son, David Merrick Fairweather.
Sklarek broke barriers from the beginning of her career when she passed the New York state exam in 1954 to become the first African American woman to earn an architect's license.
She was the first black woman to earn a license in California, in 1962, and the first to be elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the highest designation bestowed by the professional group, in 1966.
She spent two decades at Gruen Associates, the Los Angeles firm known for designing large shopping malls, and rose to head the architecture department. Known for her skill at managing complex undertakings, she later was a project director at Welton Becket Associates in Santa Monica and the Jerde Partnership in Venice.
"She was excellent at putting the whole package together," said Marshall Purnell, a past president of the American Institute of Architects.
She did not design most of the huge projects she supervised, "not because she wasn't capable," Purnell noted, but because when she started out in the 1950s "it was unheard of to have an African American female who was registered as an architect. You didn't trot that person out in front of your clients and say, 'This is the person designing your project.' She was not allowed to express herself as a designer. But she was capable of doing anything. She was the complete architect."
The only child of a doctor and a seamstress, Norma Merrick was born in Harlem on April 15, 1926.
Artistic but also an exceptional math student, she attended Hunter High School, a selective public girls school, and Barnard College before entering Columbia University's architecture school in 1945. She was one of only two women to earn a bachelor's degree in architecture from Columbia in 1950.
After graduating, she applied for jobs but was turned down 19 times. "They weren't hiring women or African Americans, and I didn't know which it was [working against me]," she told the Palisadian-Post in 2004.
She finally found a position with the city's engineering department.
On her first try, she passed the four-day state licensing exam and, in 1955, was hired at Skidmore, Owings, Merrill, a leading architectural and engineering firm.
In 1960 she moved to California and joined Gruen Associates.
She quickly noticed that she was treated differently from her white male co-workers, one of whom gave her a ride to work but was always late.
"It took only one week before the boss came and spoke to me about being late. Yet he had not noticed that the young man had been late for two years," she told California Architect magazine in 1985. "My solution was to buy a car since I, the highly visible employee, had to be punctual."
Sklarek rarely talked about such experiences. "She was mentally the strongest person I knew in the profession because of what she went through," Purnell said. "Yet she was also one of the most pleasant people."
As Gruen's director, Sklarek was responsible for hiring and overseeing the staff as well coordinating the technical aspects of major projects, including the California Mart, Pacific Design Center, Fox Hills Mall, San Bernardino City Hall, Leo Baeck Temple and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.
"You didn't joke around with Norma. She was the one who got the job done, on time and with excellence, and who then went home at 5:30 to pursue her other interests," said Roland Wiley, who was hired by Sklarek and now runs his own architectural firm downtown.
In 1980, Sklarek moved to Welton Becket as project director for a $50-million domestic passenger terminal at LAX. Terminal 1 was completed in January 1984, well ahead of the millions of tourists expected for that summer's Olympics. In 1985 she became a founding partner of Siegel-Sklarek-Diamond, one of the largest all-women architectural firms in the country. She joined the Jerde Partnership in 1989 and retired in 1991.
She married Rolf Sklarek, a Gruen architect, in 1967; he died in 1984.
A son from a previous marriage, Gregory Merrick Ransom, died in 2006. In addition to Fairweather, she is survived by her husband, Dr. Cornelius Welch, whom she married in 1985, and three grandchildren.
Every spring, Sklarek hosted a garden party when her collection of 200 epiphyllum orchids bloomed. Her husband is "planning Norma's last epiphyllum party" to celebrate her life.


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Hot off the heals of the ASP Dream Tour South American leg, the world's best surfers are readying themselves for the upcoming Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, held at the iconic South African pointbreak from July 9 – 19, 2009.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay will host the ASP Top 45 as the battle for pride, points and the freshly intensified ASP World Title race.
Kelly Slater (USA), 37, reigning nine-time ASP World Champion and current ASP World No. 9, opened his 2009 season with three, uncharacteristic 17th place finishes before smashing his way to a 41st career victory in Brazil last week.
Formerly lacking the trademark intensity and drive that the Floridian is renowned for, Slater admits to a heightened focus after his Brazilian triumph, adding a dynamic new angle to this year's ASP World Title race.
"Last week's win just highlighted the importance of making more of a plan when I hit the water instead of leaving it to chance," Slater said. "I had a plan in Brazil for the first time this year and it worked. A lot of people put in a lot of effort to help me get my stuff together and it's about time I had a plan in heats so I don't take any of that for granted. Sometimes things don't go your way. I probably wouldn't be very interested if I had started out super strong anyhow, and now it's just a more difficult challenge to get things going. It kind of wakes you up."
If any event on tour has the potential to offer Slater a positive follow-up to last week's win, it's the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay. Throughout the event's storied history, Slater has secured a record four victories (1996, 2003, 2005, 2008) and boasts some staggeringly high heat averages in recent years.
"Jeffreys just has this great curve and speed to it that seems to fit how I like to ride a wave but I'm sure everyone feels that there," Slater said. "I have a good sense of the lineup I think, and can picture what most waves are going to do down the line. I've just always had a good vibe there."
A major point of debate over the past several months has been Slater's equipment used in competition. Pushing the boundaries of traditional performance equipment, Slater's choices this year have been met with mixed reviews as well as mixed results, but the defending Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay champion claims he will let the conditions determine his ion.
"I'll stick with whatever feels best and most trustworthy under my feet," Slater said. "I have a few experiments showing up with my girlfriend fresh from the factory as well. I just love to expand on what we all ride and it's a great platform to do that if it works right. If not, it seems like you're making a huge mistake to everyone, but this season, I haven't had the best wave opportunities in heats, specifically on the Goldy and in Tahiti where it was wave-catching competition. I only actually rode an experiment in the first event. Tahiti was the board I won on yesterday, but the waves just weren't there then."
Adriano de Souza (BRA), 22, former ASP World Junior Champion (2004) and current ASP World No. 2, will look to consolidate on an already-stellar season with a big performance in South Africa. A Runner-Up finish to Slater in last week's Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro has legitimized the young Brazilian as a major threat in the race for the 2009 ASP World Title.
"I have had an amazing season – the best season of my career," De Souza said. "It is only halfway, but to be No. 2 in the world is a dream. The event in Brazil last week was so incredible for me and gave me so much confidence for the rest of the year. I feel like I can compete with the best surfers in the world."
De Souza has been nothing but consistent at Jeffreys Bay since his inception onto the elite ASP World Tour, finishing in the Quarterfinals in 2006, 2007 and 2008. With his new-found confidence following an impressive Runner-Up finish in South America, the progressive natural-footer will look to improve his on his past results at the venue in an effort to enhance an already banner season.
"The first time I came to Jeffreys Bay I was 11," De Souza said. "I remember surfing there and dreaming about competing in the event one day. Jeffreys has always been a good event for me, but I always come up against really good surfers in the Quarterfinals. I have been working with my shaper on equipment and training specifically for this event so hopefully I can improve."
De Souza and Slater will take on the rest of the ASP Top 45 including ratings' frontrunners C.J. Hobgood (USA), 30, Taj Burrow (AUS), 31, Mick Fanning (AUS), 28, and current ASP World No. 1 Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, in South Africa next week.
The Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay will have the option to run either the traditional or new competition formats, as well as utilizing the overlapping heats tem. Event organizers will determine this based on the conditions as the event waiting period moves closer.


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3. Update (from July meeting) - Project 24 analysis and planning process on future technology needs.
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- Robert Hull, Associate Superintendent, Division of Teaching and Learning, Betty Jo Jordan and Michele Blatt, WVDE
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While I am sympathetic to the concerns of the agricultural industry, I believe changes to the hours of service rules regarding agricultural haulers are needed.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) director of policy & programs, Steve Keppler, told Fleet Owner's Sean Kilcarr that CVSA, which is pushing for a change, is only interested in changing the statutory exemption agricultural haulers enjoy to a regulatory exemption, not eliminating the exemption as some fear.
The difference, Keppler said, is a regulatory exemption would allow the policy to be reviewed periodically. "There's already a regulatory process established for obtaining HOS exemptions and we feel they should use it," he said. "Our concern is that crashes and out-of-service rates for vehicles and drivers have increased in the agricultural sector over the last four years that this exemption has been in place. That's the wrong direction [to go] in terms of highway safety."
The agricultural industry claims the statutory exemption, allowing it to extend HOS rules if the carrier is operating within a 100-mi. radius of its base of operations, is necessary to hold down consumer food prices as the commodities they haul have finite shelf lives. The exemption was put in place in 2005.
"It is critical that agriculture in the U.S. is able to depend on this exemption to move their commodities from farm to fork," David Schroyer, president of Schroyer Truck & Trailer Sales told Kilcarr.
"The issue is the agricultural industry has a limited time window for harvesting and food processing, as well as the planting and fertilizing of seed – a time window dictated by Mother Nature, not humans," Schroyer added. "Repealing this exemption will have a devastating impact on agriculture and could result in price increases for food products for consumers."
The problem is that a recent study by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center showed that agricultural carriers operating within the 100 mi. radius had a 19% higher crash rating from 2005 through 2007 than similar carriers operating outside that radius.
Is that a statistical anomaly or a trend? Hard to say. But in my view, when safety is at issue, it's better to err on the side of caution. If the agricultural haulers are indeed safety conscious, then facing a regulatory exemption that is reviewed periodically should not scare them in the least.
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) today released a list of transportation projects across the state that will be financed in part by $2.54 billion from President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) – more than any other state in the nation. The funding, which was fully obligated on February 18, 2010, has been designated to 907 projects, and of these, 516 projects worth $2.5 billion have been awarded contracts to begin work. An additional $456 million in federal stimulus funds are expected to be awarded to 103 projects by April 2010.
"One year after the Recovery Act was signed, California continues to work around the clock to get every possible dollar into our state to provide a much-needed boost to create jobs and jumpstart the economy," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "Creating jobs and repairing California's infrastructure are two of my top priorities, and I'm pleased to report that the Recovery Act funds coming to California are doing both."
"Congratulations on this important achievement and on reaffirming for the people of California that the transportation community knows how to deliver. None of this would have happened without tremendous dedication, commitment, and cooperation on the part of many people in your office and ours," said FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez in a letter to Caltrans.
Using the $2.54 billion in stimulus funds, Caltrans was able to leverage those dollars with other sources of state and local transportation funding – putting a total of $3.8 billion into California's economy.
Under the guidelines of the Recovery Act, states were given 120 days to obligate half of their federal stimulus transportation funding to projects – which California completed more than two months ahead of schedule. California was the first state in the nation to obligate $1 billion (May 2009) and $2 billion (September 2009) from the Recovery Act to both improve its highways and local streets.
In addition to $2.54 billion in stimulus money for highways and local streets, California will receive $1 billion for transit projects. In January, California was awarded more than $2.3 billion for its high-speed intercity rail, the largest allocation in the nation. The state also received an additional $130 million in new funding for four highway, local street, rail and port projects across the state from the Recovery Act's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant program.
"From day one, our focus has been and continues to be getting stimulus dollars out to transportation projects quickly to spur job growth and ensure that California gets the maximum benefit from the Recovery Act," said Caltrans Director Randy Iwasaki.
To view a list of transportation projects that have been federally obligated Recovery Act funding to date, visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/docs/obligatedlist.pdf
Governor Schwarzenegger created the California Recovery Task Force to track Recovery Act funding coming into the state; help cities, counties, non-profits, and others access available funding; ensure that funding funneled through the state is spent efficiently and effectively; and maintain a Web site for Californians to track stimulus dollars. For more information on the Recovery Act, visit: http://www.recovery.ca.gov/.


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Q I get on Interstate 280 at Bird Avenue going northbound in the morning. My understanding is that all the northbound metering lights would be activated soon. Is this still on schedule?
Brian Demers
San Jose
A Next week, starting on Tuesday. The metering lights at 13 onramps between Jackson Avenue and Leland Avenue will be turned on from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays. More than 100,000 cars use this route each day, and the meters should smooth out the flow of cars onto the freeway.
This includes the freeway-to-freeway ramp from north Highway 87 to 280.
Expect delays next week, although traffic may be a tad lighter, as many schools take their winter break the week before Presidents Day weekend. Caltrans will monitor traffic and fine-tune the system as needed. You can leave comments at a ramp metering hotline at 510-286-4531.
Now to more issues along I-280 through downtown San Jose.
Q The Parkmoor Avenue onramp onto 280 north is a crapshoot in the morning rush hour. I only use it during off times. Instead, I go backward a few blocks to Meridian Avenue, where you enjoy a reasonable amount of time to get over into the left lanes before the 880 mess.
Craig Foster
San Jose
A I'm hearing a lot of people express concern about merging from this onramp onto north 280 when the meters begin working. If you can, you might want to heed Craig's advice.
Q I've only been commuting on Interstate 280 from downtown San Jose to Palo Alto for four months now, but there is at least one crash a week in the evening commute south on 280. Almost every time, that crash has been just before Bird Avenue. Seriously, like within half of a mile of the Bird Avenue exit, or sometimes at it. What's up with that area of southbound 280 and is there a way to fix it? I have no suggestions because no solution looks clear to me.
Michael Foster
San Jose
A This is just a very difficult area, with traffic exiting to Bird, Vine Street and Highway 87 competing with traffic pouring onto 280 from Meridian Avenue and elsewhere. Plus the carpool lane ends by San Jose City College, and lane-changers can make driving through here dicey as well.
Solutions? Nothing imminent is on the horizon, so be careful out here.
Q I have a long-standing question I'd like to ask regarding the proper way to handle the left-turn situation at the 280 south offramp between 10th and 11th streets near downtown San Jose. The far left lane is marked with a left-turn-only arrow, the center lane has a left-or-straight arrow, and the right lane has a straight arrow. Given the two left-turn lanes, my question is whether drivers in the far left lane are required to turn ONLY into the far left lane heading northbound on 11th.
I believe they are, and that both for safety and legal reasons the far-left lane cannot turn into the center (or heaven forbid, right) lane heading north on 11th. I too often encounter drivers in the far-left turn lane who believe it is their right to choose any lane on 11th, and end up swearing that I've somehow cut them off by staying in my lane.
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A The answer depends on traffic. The car making the left turn from the far left lane can turn into any of the three open lanes if they are free of traffic and it's safe.
But if there are two cars making a left turn at the same time onto 11th from the two left lanes, then the car in the far left lane must turn into the far left lane on 11th. The car in the far left lane can't veer right and cut off the next car.
The car in the middle lane making a left turn onto 11th can turn into any open lane where it's safe. Usually, though, there would be a car to its left at the same time, so it would have to enter the middle lane or far right lane of 11th, as long as either is open and clear.
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Jan 20, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – Eighteen virologists have sent a letter to the US government's dual-use research advisory board, asking members to reconsider their recommendation that two research groups redact key details about their studies on mutated H5N1 viruses.
The letter, sent to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) on Jan 18, was signed by virologists from US universities, according to a report today from ScienceInsider, the online news service of Science. The NSABB made its ruling last month based on concerns about an intentional or accidental release of the viruses.
On Dec 20, the US government asked two journals, Science and Nature, to omit key details of two studies on the transmissibility of mutant H5N1 strains, based on the recommendation of the NSABB, a panel of independent experts that advises the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on dual-use research issues. Both studies were conducted under NIH contracts.
The journals responded cautiously to the recommendation and are waiting for the government to come up with a mechanism to share key details with researchers who have a legitimate need for them. The NSABB's recommendation has been criticized as a threat to scientific freedom, though other experts have supported the board's stance.
The letter was signed by some virologists who have previously criticized the NSABB's recommendation, including some among an international list of scientists who today signed on to a voluntary 60-day H5N1 research moratorium, such as Dr Peter Palese and Dr Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, with Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York (see related CIDRAP News story).
The letter to the NSABB from the virologists argues that fears about the mutant virus falling into the wrong hands or escaping during a lab accident are overblown, ScienceInsider reported.
The letter writers say there is no evidence that the mutated strains would sicken humans, except if large doses were inhaled, the report said. The virologists also took issue with estimates of how lethal the H5N1 virus is and said the number of human infections is not known and could be higher than previously thought.
They maintained that current safety oversight is adequate, and that the studies should proceed. Writers urged the NSABB to consider broad discussion in the science community before taking final action.
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Jan 20 ScienceInsider story
Jan 20 CIDRAP News story "Researchers announce pause in controversial H5N1 studies"
Dec 20, 2011, CIDRAP News story "US government urges journals to omit details of two H5N1 studies"


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All right, guys. I've gotten lots of emails about what's going on with the economy and bailout, so I thought I'd put together a list of the articles I've been reading over the last two weeks. I added my own commentary to them below, plus links to stuff I've written that agrees/disagrees with each of the articles. My guess: If you read these links, you'll understand more about the economy than nearly anyone you meet on the street. (Especially some of the fools I've been hearing lately, who are convinced that the U.S. will (1) go bankrupt, (2) start owning every mortgage in the country, and (3) think the entire financial system will be "crashing," whatever that means.)
Gawker pulls off one of the finest pieces of reporting on the bailout. When I wrote The Media is Atrociously Bad at Prediction and I'm Sick of It, I highlighted how various business media point make bold predictions, get it completely wrong, and are never held accountable.
In this case, Fortune highlighted AIG as one of "10 Stocks to Buy Now." When they later apologized, they posted "The Best Stocks for 2008," which, as Gawker points out, included…Merrill Lynch.
This is like a tuna surprise, only worse: Hedge Funds Are Bracing for Investors to Cash Out. Many people haven't heard about hedge funds' redemption clauses, which basically means that fancy investors (e.g., universities, pension funds, and really wealthy people) will be able to withdraw their money today (Tuesday, 9/29/08). If that happens, nobody really knows what the repercussions could be…but they would probably be Very Bad. I've previously written about why hedge funds are overrated for investors.
3. We Have Short-Term Memories.
If you think history doesn't repeat itself, you're nuts. In fact, 10 years ago this month, Long Term Capital Management, a huge hedge fund, nearly caused a global financial collapse. Yet here we are — with the same words being thrown around. Does anyone really think investment bankers won't make their same salaries at some point in the future? Or that we won't gradually move back to huge executive compensation? Still, as I pointed out last week, none of that really matters to the individual investor. What matters is picking the right strategy and sticking to it.
4. What We Can Learn From Warren Buffett
Huge, long Warren Buffett interview. He is the man. Read this. It teaches you so much about long-term investing and admitting what you know — and don't know. Note: I just ordered this new book on Warren Buffett.
5. Should You Buy More? Sell More? Something???!
"Should I withdraw money from my 401(k)?" After 10 people sent me this link, I knew I had to check it out. In the article, 24-year old Bodie Partsch worries about the economy and contemplates withdrawing money from his retirement account, saying, "I could have the money sitting in a jar on my kitchen counter. It'd be safer than in my 401(k)," he said. BAD MOVE! Here's a quote from my upcoming book:
Recently, a group called Dimensional Funds studied the performance of the S&P 500 from January 1970 to December 2006, during which time the annualized return of the market was 11.1%. They also noted something amazing: Of those 36 years from 1970 to 1986, if you missed the 25 days when the stock market performed the best, your return would have dropped from 11.1% to 7.6%, a crippling difference.
Now, if only we could know the best investing days ahead of time.
But, of course, you can't. Trying to time the market is for fools. So you keep investing carefully and methodically, while spending as consciously as possible.
I'll also add this link from JLP: It looks like Market Turmoil is Scaring Off Young Investors, where he notes:
Isn't it crazy how we do the exact opposite of what we should be doing? If the stock market was going up, up, UP, people would be jumping in left and right—essentially buying over-priced stocks. Now that the market is on a downswing, people are sitting on the sidelines.
6. Cool Data Visualizations of The Economy
The New York Times does extraordinary data visualizations to give you a fresh perspective on the news. Check out What Your Global Neighbors Are Buying and A Year of Heavy Losses. From the first one:
How people spend their discretionary income – the cash that goes to clothing, electronics, recreation, household goods, alcohol – depends a lot on where they live. People in Greece spend almost 13 times more money on clothing as they do on electronics. People living in Japan spend more on recreation than they do on clothing, electronics and household goods combined. Americans spend a lot of money on everything.
7. Q&A: What's Actually Going On With the Bailout?
If you don't understand exactly what's going on, that's because nobody does. But there are some excellent overviews of the financial situation floating around. I like this one by Suze Orman, where she tells people the following:
- What to do with $100,000 in debt and a $39k/year job.
- The huge mistake first-time homebuyers make. (Hint: A $1,500 rent is not the same as a $1,500 mortgage.)
- What to do when your mutual fund's account value drops from $120,000 to $88,000.
- Should you stick with stock funds in this tumultuous environment?
- How to buy a car (I disagree with her on this one).
I also like this overview by NY Times Columnist David Leonhardt. If you like audio, check out this excellent program from This American Life. Finally, last week I linked to this excellent explanation of the market crisis on the Freakonomics blog.
8. What Gmail Has To Do With Your Money
I've been thinking about this post on a tech blog recently. It shows the early sketches/designs of Gmail, and what you realize from looking at them is that we only see the finished result — not the sausage-making in the back room. The same is true of rich people: We hear about people going on $50,000 honeymoons or driving brand-new Mercedes, but we don't see the hard work behind it. This is an important concept that's being more revealed with today's economy: Many of the people who drove the expensive cars and bought the expensive houses couldn't afford it. The people who were quietly accumulating wealth will do much better. Read more about this in one of my favorite personal-finance books, The Millionaire Next Door. (Btw, if you haven't bought a couple good finance books recently — or anything that will help you turn your income into more money so you can hit your goals — please read this.)
9. Don't Let Your Friends Be Morons
Don't let your friends be idiots. If you read this site, chances are you understand that having 20, 30, or 40 years before you need your money gives you plenty of flexibility to invest for the long term, even with major or minor dips in the market. Yet with these terrifying headlines every day, it's like people have become blind, yet highly literate zombies who wander aimlessly from one newspaper to another. Being dumb is not just focusing on the wrong things, it's making poor financial decisions and then throwing up your hands and wondering why you don't have enough money a few years later. If you own only one stock — especially if it's your employer's stock — then you are a fool. If you are going to buy a $1 million house with no research because you think it's a good investment, you are a fool. If you don't realize that your expensive, worthless mutual fund is costing you tens of thousands of dollars over your lifetime, you are a fool. Worry about the things you can control, not the headlines.
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Philadelphia, PA – We're 10 weeks into the 2013 Major League Soccer season, and there appears to be a shifting of power between the conferences as the standings indicate a four-way deadlock for the top spot in the East.
It's time to delve a bit deeper as we take a look back at the week that was in MLS.
For the past several seasons, the Eastern Conference has generally been a bit weaker than the West, a trait the league has shared with many other professional North American sports.
Not anymore.
As of Monday morning, the Montreal Impact, Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City all have 17 points and are deadlocked for the most points in the conference.
After taking a lot of heat for underperforming early in the season, New York appears to have rounded into form as Saturday's 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew on the road was its third straight victory.
One of the biggest surprises this season has been the play of Montreal, which gutted out a 2-2 draw away from home against the San Jose Earthquakes to remain unbeaten over its last three league matches.
Sporting Kansas City put on a clinic at home against a shorthanded Chivas USA side as Goats goalkeeper Dan Kennedy was shown a red card for a tackle in the box on Paulo Nagamura in the 54th minute. SKC's Claudio Bieler buried the ensuing penalty kick and the hosts rolled to a 4-0 win.
While the last of the East's top dogs pulled out a gritty 1-0 win against the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Galaxy behind by Andrew Driver's second-half tally.
Only time will tell as far as how the East will play out over the remainder of the season, but each of those four clubs are in top form and have the quality to win the conference.
Philadelphia Union manager John Hackworth seems like a very mild-mannered, composed man on the touchline during his club's matches.
But following a fiery 2-2 draw at home to Seattle Sounders in which some questionable decisions were made by referee Jorge Gonzalez, Hackworth lost his cool (and probably some money as well) with some scathing post-game comments.
Late in the match, Union defender Sheanon Williams and Sounders forward Lamar Neagle got into a small shoving match and both players were shown straight red cards for the altercation
Moments later, young Sounders defender DeAndre Yedlin was sent off for a rash tackle from behind on Philadelphia midfielder Michael Farfan and with just seconds remaining, the Union's Conor Casey fired one on goal that appeared to hit the outstretched arm of Seattle's Leo Gonzalez, but the penalty wasn't given by referee Gonzalez and the match ended level.
"Look, I'll raise my hand and take the fine," Hackworth said. "Because it has to be said that we cannot be in this league and have this level of play and have officiating be as bad as that."
"That should not have been a draw in any way, shape or form," Hackworth continued. "There's a clear penalty at the end of the game. How it's not called is beyond me."
While the Union will be disappointed not to take three points, one is obviously better than zero and the result leaves the Union with 12 points and in sixth place.
Philadelphia will hit the road to take on Chicago this weekend but will be shorthanded in the back as Williams will miss the match due to suspension and fellow defender Jeff Parke's status is undetermined after he left Saturday's match with an injury.
Former U.S. international Robbie Rogers returned to training with the Los Angeles Galaxy last week after taking a brief sabbatical from the game following his announcement that he was gay.
Rogers' rights are owned by the Chicago Fire following a trade with the Columbus Crew, but it appears Rogers is not interested in suiting up for the Fire.
"I don't want to go to Chicago," Rogers remarked. "I think if it comes down to, 'You can only play in Chicago,' then I probably won't go back. I need to do it somewhere where I'm totally 100 percent comfortable, so I would most likely do it closest to my family."
Rogers grew up in Southern California not far from the Home Depot Center and Los Angeles looks like the most desirable place for Rogers to make his return, but nothing is set in stone.
"I just need a bit more time to evaluate and to see how things play out," he continued, "but I've really enjoyed myself (with the Galaxy). It feels normal to be back."
This week's honor goes to Houston's Andrew Driver for his 56th-minute strike that handed the defending Eastern Conference champs a 1-0 win over Los Angeles at the Home Depot Center.
New York Red Bulls - The Red Bulls certainly struggled for consistency early in the season, but Saturday's result against Columbus was their third straight victory. Forward Tim Cahill also has begun to find his goal scoring form as the Australian has two in his past two starts. New York's rich vein of form will be put to the test this week as the club hosts Montreal on Wednesday before traveling to Foxboro to face the New England Revolution on Saturday.
Sporting Kansas City - After two subpar outings, SKC got back on track in a big way on Sunday, pounding 10-man Chivas USA by a 4-0 count at home. Designated Player Claudio Bieler has been everything Sporting could have wanted and they have even more good news coming their way as forward Kei Kamara will be returning to the side after his loan spell with Norwich City of the Premier League ends in a few weeks.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - The Whitecaps looked to be off to a good start after winning their first two games of the season, but that's where the good fortune ended. Vancouver's 2-0 setback to Real Salt Lake on Saturday extended the club's winless run to seven consecutive matches and they have not taken three points since a 2-1 result over Columbus on March 9. Darren Mattocks hasn't been nearly as effective as the club would like him to be. Head coach Martin Rennie needs to find answers quickly.
Toronto FC - It appeared as though Toronto's new management duo of president Kevin Payne and head coach Ryan Nelsen had the club heading in a new direction following a surprising 2-1 defeat of SKC on March 9. But that has been their only victory of the season and the Reds have developed a nasty habit of conceding goals in the final five minutes of matches.
Sometimes the passion of soccer fans just can not be contained, as this particular editor found out over the weekend at Saturday's Union-Sounders clash at PPL Park.
As I walked back to my seat from the concourse during halftime, one particular fan noticed my Liverpool jersey, looked me straight in the eyes and uttered "(expletive) Liverpool."
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I don't know about that. Lou played great. The team in front of him played well for most of it, but the Oilers had the far better roster tonight.Reefer2 wrote: Luo's last game as a Canuck shows really why he is leaving the team.
With Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Alex Burrows, Alex Edler, Jason Garrison and Dan Hamhuis out of the lineup, the Oilers sure as fuck better beat the Canucks.
I'm sure they took it like a slap in the face that we dressed a roster that would finish last in the league, and they should.
The Canucks are going to the playoffs, it's a nothing game and the Canucks certainly treated it like one.


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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
What To Do With…. Fennel Seeds
Candy Spelling and I might be kindred spirits. The gossip mags tell me that Tori Spelling's mother has a wee bit of a problem. A shopping problem. I have one, too...when it comes to food. My husband can attest to this: We have a two drawers full of kitchen gadgets, a freezer full of summertime pesto, organic beef, and sustainable fish and a pantry full of grains and rices. But what I am most proud of is a cupboard filled with spices and herbs, sorted by regional cuisine. Because in what crazy world does sumac sit beside herbs de provence? :)
The most recent addition to my spice cabinet is a package of fennel seeds. My experience with fennel seeds is rather limited, while I have tasted fennel seeds in sausages and I have munched on them as I exited many an Indian restaurant, but I have never cooked with them. So I wasn't really sure what I could do with them. Normally, when this happens,
I head downstairs and check my handy dandy reference guide, Culinary Artistry.
This book is a foodie's dream. It is organized by ingredient and provides a list of complementary flavours. If that wasn't enough, there are recipes from some of the world's most celebrated chefs to inspire you to the kitchen. There were two entries for fennel - one for the vegetable and one for the seed. Vegetable or seed - fennel does marry nicely with oranges, poultry, cabbage, and figs. I have listed somethings I would do with the seeds.
To extract the most flavour from them, toast and crush them to release their fragrance.
What To Do With... Fennel Seeds
1. Apple/Chicken Breakfast sausage patties - since I don't eat pork - I am always on the look out for breakfast "meat" substitutes. 1 lb ground chicken, 1 green apple grated, 1 tsp of crushed fennel seeds, 1 tsp maple syrup, 1/2 tsp celery salt, 1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper, 1 beaten egg. Form into small patties about 2 tablespoons worth. Fry over medium heat until done. (Could also be baked.)
2. Roasted carrots -(about 4 carrots, peeled and sliced into coins) with tossed 1 tbsp of orange juice with 1 tsp of toasted and crushed fennel seeds
3. Orange and Fennel Seed cookies – I just received this recipe from Martha Stewart's Cookie of the Day feature this week. And it's a keeper. This recipe calls for aniseed, which is similar but different from fennel seed. So it was a perfect opportunity to test out this recipe. These cookies were absolutely delicious even with my few adjustments. (I processed the fennel seeds with the almonds to ensure they are super-fine and they took longer than 12 minutes to bake.)
We ate these very quickly. :(
4. Braised fennel - slice the vegetable fennel, white wine, onions, butter and fennel seeds. See #6
10 comments:
- Abby said...
Hi Adeline! So I accidentally ordered a pint or so of fresh cranberries...any ideas for what to do with them? Thanks!
- January 22, 2009 at 5:42 AM
- Hungry Gal said...
@ Abby
Hi! I love fresh cranberries... I think it depends on what you want to do with them and how much effort you want... I have a great recipe for apple cranberry chutney on my site. I love it. You don't have to go to the hassle of canning it if you use it right away... you can also make a crisp with fresh cranberries and apple (also have a link for raspberry and pear crisp - you have to dial up the sugar to adjust for cranberries though.) Also you could make a pie. If I were you - make a jar or two of the chutney. it's easy and it's really delicious. I think I have made 20 jars or so since the fall.
- January 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- lisa (dandysugar) said...
I love fennel seed- Nice post. I actually threw some fennel seed into a pasta dish I made last week. It's super tasty! Adds another layer of flavor.
- January 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Joyful Reverie said...
so much to do with fennel seeds huh? I love them, in my country we traditionally add them to all kinds of dishes and make a mix with cumin seeds, cubed sugar, and other kinds of seeds.
- January 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Hungry Gal said...
@ lisa & Joyful Reverie
Fennel seeds are great. I am still coming up with different ways to use them. Toasting them and adding to pasta might be tasty with some turkey sausage...
Cumin seeds and fennel... hmm, sounds good. I may have to try adding some fennel seeds next time I reach for the cumin... :)
- January 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Laura Kelley said...
An ode to fennel! I love it!
There is a scrummy Indian potato dish that uses them in the very beginning to flavor the cooking oil. Then there's ginger, garlic, turmeric, a bit o chili peppers and salt and pepper. Add water, then the parboiled potatoes get sauteed in the spices until a delicious crust forms - really good! And even through the other flavors the fennel shines brightly!
Also an ingredient in Bangladesh's 5-spice powder called Panchforan.
Popular in Asia and the Levant - generally under appreciated in the west.
- January 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM
- Alex Rushmer said...
I was given the Culinary Artistry book as a gift when I worked in a cookware shop in London. It is such a fantastic book, I'd be lost without it.
- January 28, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Hungry Gal said...
@ Laura
I love crusty potatoes with soft centers...I will have to put that recipe on my list!
@ Alex
re: CA - I couldn't agree with you more.
- January 28, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Gexton said...
It looks really amazing!! I have to try it!! Thanks for sharing :-)
sesame seeds
fennel seeds
- February 15, 2013 at 7:53 AM
- Ayur Times said...
Fennel Seeds offer various health benefits, which are derived from its antioxidant action. It can curb the unwanted free radical reaction in the healthy tissues thus reducing the risk of cancer.
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The elderly have had a special place in Joan Raderman's heart since she was a child.
Born to entrepreneurial and ambitious parents, Raderman spent much of her time on a farm in New York state in the care of her grandparents, for whom she remains grateful to this day. And then, at age 9, Raderman truly felt her life's calling.
While touring a nursing home as a potential property acquisition for her parents, Raderman was horrified by the conditions in which the residents were living.
"Some of them were treated very poorly because of their age," she said, "and it just stayed with me."
So much, in fact, that she made a career out of improving the life of the elderly. And it's her role as founder and director of Circle of Care, a nonprofit organization in Boulder, that earned Raderman the Daily Camera's 2013 Quality of Life Pacesetter Award.
It's a fitting honor for a woman whose work led to the Circle of Care being awarded the Best Practice Designation from the MetLife Foundation and Partners for Livable Communities, thanks to its strong volunteer base, program model and commitment.
Early in adulthood, Raderman spent time working with people with degenerative diseases. She lobbied in Washington for the Alternative Medicine Act, and she worked in marketing and public relations for integrative cancer centers.
Then came a life-changing moment: Her son encouraged her to visit Boulder. A two-week trip turned into a permanent stay and, eventually, a fortuitous introduction that led to Raderman finding a job at a local senior living community. It was there that, just as she did as a young girl, Raderman witnessed the sadness in the eyes of so many of the residents. It was an epiphany that led her to create Circle of Care.
"It was really born out of an overwhelming emotion and desire to make a change -- a positive change in the area that broke my heart," Raderman said. "There are so many unseen people in our community and in the world, and they slowly retreat and they slowly give up, and it impacts that community on a much broader level."
Raderman prides herself on Circle of Care's broad scope, which includes art-centric activities for the elderly, such as outings to enjoy theater and the orchestra. But most importantly, she encourages families and friends to be actively involved in the lives of the elderly with whom she works.


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February was a bellwether month for the futures industry. Volume on U.S. Treasury futures topped 10 million at the CME for the first time ever, and former PFG boss Russell Wasendorf Sr. moved into his new digs at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. His former customers, meanwhile, learned they were getting most of their money back — as are those of MF Global, although that company's former CEO, Jon Corzine, dodged a lifetime ban from the National Futures Association (NFA), at least for now.
But the industry both men blemished still faces a slew of new regulations — and not just those flowing from their actions. High-frequency trading (HFT) is under fire from both regulators and practitioners, while Financial Transaction Taxes (FTT) are being implemented across Europe and new collateral requirements are being contemplated and implemented for banks and even FCMs.
Europe, meanwhile, is gearing up for a turf battle between its existing exchanges and two new ones, courtesy of CME Group and Nasdaq OMX.
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On the HFT front, Germany looks set to begin regulating practitioners under its Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz, or "KWG"), which means anyone practicing HFT on a German exchange might soon be required to have an office there. That also could make HFT practitioners subject to a proposed EU-wide FTT even if they're trading futures.
That might be bad news for Eurex, which gets 30% of its volume from HFT — or it might not. Some say HFT has peaked, regardless of what regulators do. Rosenblatt Securities, for example, has long questioned the profitability of most HFT strategies, and in February they published research indicating that HFT volume is down more than 50% over the last three years, with average profits per trade plunging 75%. Like the computer-generated options strategies that Chicago Research and Trading created in the late 1970s, HFT is here to stay – but its growth appears to have hit its limits.


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Max Baucus, who helped write the Obamacare legislation, said today that he sees a "huge train wreck" ahead due to problems in implementing that law. Baucus addressed this comment to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during a routine budget hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs.
Baucus expressed concern that new health insurance marketplaces for consumers and small businesses will not open on time in every state, and that even if they do, they may well fail because residents don't have the information they need to make choices. Baucus also said that small business owners in his state "have no idea" about the implementation of Obamacare. He added that "the administration's public information campaign on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act deserves a failing grade."
Sebelius rejected Baucus's claims, while blaming Republicans for whatever implementation problems exist. "We are on track to fully implement marketplaces in January 2014, and to be open for open enrollment," she insisted.
Baucus is up for re-election next year. Thus, he no doubt is thinking more about November 2014 than about January of that year. His poll numbers dropped precipitously after he helped vote Obamacare into law. They can be expected to drop again if, as seems extremely likely, implementation doesn't go well.
Will sounding the alarm at this late date help Baucus out of his predicament? I doubt it. Perhaps he was just venting.
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