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CFS working paper series
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- Deutschland (23)
- Schätzung (17)
- Venture Capital (15)
- Monetary Policy (11)
- Bank (8)
- Liquidity (8)
- monetary policy (8)
- Geldpolitik (7)
- monetary policy (7)
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- The benefits of panel data in consumer expenditure surveys (2014)
- This paper explains why the collection of panel (reinterview) data on a comprehensive measure of household expenditures is of great value both for measuring budget shares (the core mission of a Consumer Expenditure survey) and for the most important research and public policy uses to which CE data can be applied, including construction of spending-based measures of poverty and inequality and estimating the effects of fiscal policy.
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- Representing consumption and saving without a representative consumer (2014)
- The Great Recession confirmed a bedrock principle of modern consumption theory: It is impossible to explain aggregate spending behavior without knowledge of the underlying microeconomic distribution of circumstances and choices across households. National accounting frameworks therefore need to be augmented by "bottom up" measures that both (a) capture the microeconomic heterogeneity (in expenditures, income, assets, debt, and beliefs) in the population and (b) sum up to statistics that have a recognizable relationship to the aggregate totals that are already reasonably well measured.
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- Everything you always wanted to know about systemic importance (but were afraid to ask) (2014)
- We develop a methodology to identify and rank "systemically important financial institutions" (SIFIs). Our approach is consistent with that followed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) but, unlike the latter, it is free of judgment and it is based entirely on publicly available data, thus filling the gap between the official views of the regulator and those that market participants can form with their own information set. We apply the methodology to annual data on three samples of banks (global, EU and euro area) for the years 2007-2012. We examine the evolution of the SIFIs over time and document the shifs in the relative weights of the major geographic areas. We also discuss the implication of the 2013 update of the identification methodology proposed by the FSB.
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- Credit default swaps and corporate cash holdings : [Version 27 Mai 2014] (2014)
- We examine the effects of credit default swaps (CDS), a major type of over-the-counter derivative, on the corporate liquidity management of the reference firms. CDS help firms to access the credit market since the lenders can hedge their credit risk more easily using these contracts. However, CDS-protected creditors can be tougher in debt renegotiations and less willing to support distressed borrowers, causing some firms to become more cautious. Consequently, we find that firms hold significantly more cash after the inception of CDS trading on their debt. The increase in cash holdings by CDS firms is more pronounced for financially constrained firms and firms facing higher refinancing risk. Moreover, bank relationships and outstanding credit facilities intensify the CDS effect on cash holding. Finally, firms with greater financial expertise hold more cash when their debt is referenced by CDS. These findings suggest that CDS, which are primarily a risk management tool for lenders, induce firms to adopt more conservative liquidity policies.
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- To disclose or not to disclose: transparency and liquidity in the structured product market : [Version 5 Mai 2014] (2013)
- We use a unique data set from the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) to study liquidity effects in the US structured product market. Our main contribution is the analysis of the relation between the accuracy in measuring liquidity and the potential degree of disclosure. Having access to all relevant trading information, we provide evidence that transaction cost measures that use dealer specific information such as trader identity and trade direction can be efficiently proxied by measures that use less detailed information. This finding is important for all market participants in the context of OTC markets, as it fosters our understanding of the information contained in transaction data. Thus, our results provide guidance for improving transparency while maintaining trader confidentiality. In addition, we analyze liquidity in the structured product market in general and show that securities that are mainly institutionally traded, guaranteed by a federal authority, or have low credit risk, tend to be more liquid.
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- The role of oil price shocks in causing U.S. recessions (2014)
- Although oil price shocks have long been viewed as one of the leading candidates for explaining U.S. recessions, surprisingly little is known about the extent to which oil price shocks explain recessions. We provide the first formal analysis of this question with special attention to the possible role of net oil price increases in amplifying the transmission of oil price shocks. We quantify the conditional recessionary effect of oil price shocks in the net oil price increase model for all episodes of net oil price increases since the mid-1970s. Compared to the linear model, the cumulative effect of oil price shocks over course of the next two years is much larger in the net oil price increase model. For example, oil price shocks explain a 3% cumulative reduction in U.S. real GDP in the late 1970s and early 1980s and a 5% cumulative reduction during the financial crisis. An obvious concern is that some of these estimates are an artifact of net oil price increases being correlated with other variables that explain recessions. We show that the explanatory power of oil price shocks largely persists even after augmenting the nonlinear model with a measure of credit supply conditions, of the monetary policy stance and of consumer confidence. There is evidence, however, that the conditional fit of the net oil price increase model is worse on average than the fit of the corresponding linear model, suggesting much smaller cumulative effects of oil price shocks for these episodes of at most 1%.
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- Paying for risk: bankers, compensation, and competition (2014)
- Efforts to control bank risk address the wrong problem in the wrong way. They presume that the financial crisis was caused by CEOs who failed to supervise risk-taking employees. The responses focus on executive pay, believing that executives will bring non-executives into line—using incentives to manage risk-taking—once their own pay is regulated. What they overlook is the effect on non-executive pay of the competition for talent. Even if executive pay is regulated, and executives act in the bank's best interests, they will still be trapped into providing incentives that encourage risk-taking by non-executives due to the negative externality that arises from that competition. Greater risk-taking can increase short-term profits and, in turn, the amount a non-executive receives, potentially at the expense of long-term bank value. Non-executives, therefore, have an incentive to incur significant risk upfront so long as they can depart for a new employer before any losses materialize. The result is an upward spiral in compensation—reducing an executive's ability to set non-executive pay and the ability of any one bank to adjust compensation to reflect risk-taking and long-term outcomes. New regulation must address the tension between compensation and competition. Regulators should take account of the effect of competition on market-wide levels of pay, including by non-banks who compete for talent. The ability of non-executives to jump from a bank employer to another financial firm should also be limited. In addition, banks should be required to include a long-term equity component in non-executive pay, with subsequent employers being restricted from compensating a new employee for any losses she incurs related to her prior work.
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- Trust, trustworthiness and selection into the financial industry (2013)
- We examine trust and trustworthiness of individuals with varying professional preferences and experiences. Our subjects study business and economics in Frankfurt, the financial center of Germany and continental Europe. In the trust game, subjects with a high interest in working in the financial industry return 25 percent less than subjects with a low interest. We find no evidence that the extent of professional experience in the financial industry has a negative impact on trustworthiness. We also do not find any evidence that the financial industry screens out less trustworthy individuals in the hiring process. In a prediction game that is strategically equivalent to the trust game, the amount sent by first-movers was significantly smaller when the second-mover indicated a high interest in working in finance. These results suggest that the financial industry attracts less trustworthy individuals, which may contribute to the current lack of trust in its employees.
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- Monetary policy, long real yields and the financial crisis (2014)
- This paper investigates the role of monetary policy in the collapse in the long-term real interest rates in the decade before the onset of the financial crisis using a sample of five advanced economies (United States, United Kingdom, the euro area, Sweden and Canada). The results from an estimated panel VAR with monthly data show that, while monetary policy shocks had negligible effects on long-term real interest rates, shocks to the long-term real interest rates had a one-to-one effect on the short nominal rate.
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- The role of bank lending tightening on corporate bond issuance in the eurozone (2014)
- This paper empirically tests the role of bank lending tightening on non-financial corporate (NFC) bond issuance in the eurozone. By utilizing a unique data set provided by the ECB Bank Lending Survey, we capture the "pure" credit supply effect on corporate external financing. We find that tightened credit standards positively affect the NFC bond issuance: A 1pp increase in banks reporting considerable tightening on loans leads to around a 7% increase in firms' bond issuance in the eurozone. Focusing on a spectrum of aspects contributing to bank credit tightening, we document that banks' balance sheet constraints, as well as the perception of risk lead to significantly higher NFC bond issuance. In addition, we show that stricter lending conditions, such as wider margins, higher collateral requirements and covenants significantly increase NFC bond issuance volumes too. Furthermore, the impact of bank credit tightening on firms' bond issuance is particularly observable in core eurozone countries and not in peripheral countries. This is partially due to the underdeveloped of debt capital markets in the peripheral countries.


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Even when the Packers win, they lose. Clay Matthews may be sidelined up to a month because of a broken thumb suffered Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Head Coach Mike McCarthy offered no update late this afternoon saying Matthews was still being evaluated but it didn't take long for reports to surface that Matthews, the four time Pro Bowler, will need surgery to repair the break and that could force him out until November. Even upon his return, Matthews might be forced to have his healing hand wrapped in a club-like padding, much like Morgan Burnett had to endure a couple of years ago and before him, Cullen Jenkins. Reporters caught up with Defensive Coordinator Dom Capers at the stadium and he offered thoughts on living without Clay, again:
Capers mentioned Perry (2 sacks) and Neal (1 sack) being asked to pick up the slack but Matthews' loss is not unlike the absence of Calvin Johnson for the Lions on Sunday, he's that critical of a playmaker. Clay's bad news is only part of the linebacking corps' rough day. Brad Jones has a hamstring injury and while the Packers offered no updates Monday, it did not appear very encouraging walking him struggle to the sidelines. Even worse, Robert Francois had his season come to and end, rupturing his achilles tendon while subbing for Jones. He was formally placed on injured reserve Monday. To take his roster spot, the Packers promoted defensive back James Nixon from the practice squad. Nixon is a first year player from California University in Pennsylvania, joining the Packers practice squad for the final 14 weeks last season after getting a training camp shot with Arizona in the summer of 2012. He returned to the practice squad after this summer's camp.
Another note, from out west. The Oakland Raiders have cut Matt Flynn. My how fast he's fallen. After putting up a strong outing for the Pack against the New England Patriots on the road in 2010, ,and throwing six touchdown passes against the Lions in the 2011 home finale, Flynn landed a huge free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle drafted Russell Wilson in the third round and he beat out Flynn. Dealt to the Oakland Raiders, Flynn couldn't beat out Terrell Pryor for the job, although he started one game this season when Pryor was injured. He threw a pick and fumbled after helping the Raiders to a 14-0 lead and the game was lost. I've heard Flynn has pocketed nearly 14 million dollars since leaving Green Bay, starting just one NFL game. Can't feel too sorry for him.


text: Table 6_3_4-1 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities ReportsThe National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness. Table 6_3_4.1Children ages 19–35 months who received 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, United States, 2001 and 2007 20072001Population groupPercentSEPercentSETotal 92.30.391.40.3RaceaAI/AN only94.32.391.22.4Asian only93.12.090.61.8NHOPI onlyDSUDSU86.25.0Black only91.41.289.70.8White only92.40.491.90.3Multiple races126.96.36.199.8EthnicityHispanic, all races92.60.892.10.6Non-Hispanic, all races92.20.491.20.3Non-Hispanic, Black91.51.089.40.9Non-Hispanic, White92.10.491.80.4GenderMale92.30.591.20.4Female92.30.591.60.4Family incomebNegative/poor91.30.889.10.8Near poor/low91.50.890.30.6Middle92.60.691.30.6High93.80.794.40.5a Race categories have been changed since 2001. Data for 2001 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Immunization Survey. Current as of March 2010 Internet Citation: Table 6_3_4-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_4-1.html


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Sean McManus was named Chairman, CBS Sports, in February 2011 overseeing all sports properties across all CBS Sports operations. He also serves as Executive Producer of THE NFL ON CBS.
McManus served concurrently as President, CBS News and Sports for more than five years prior to being named Chairman. He was named President, CBS Sports, in November 1996 and President, CBS News, in October 2005 and is only the second person to hold both Division titles simultaneously; Roone Arledge held both at ABC from 1977-86.
As president of CBS Sports, McManus led the CBS Corporation's efforts in acquiring broadcast rights to the National Football League in January 1998, and in November 2004 with Leslie Moonves, re-negotiated the contract to retain the rights for CBS until 2011. In May 2009, McManus, again with Moonves, re-negotiated the NFL contract to retain the rights for CBS through the 2013-14 season and includes CBS broadcasting Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans in 2013. And in December 2011, McManus, with Moonves, re-negotiated a nine-year deal to retain the NFL broadcast rights through the 2022 season. In February 2013, McManus oversaw unprecedented Super Bowl coverage when the Network established CBS SUPER BOWL PARK at Jackson Square as New Orleans' home to 15 different shows from nine CBS divisions across multiple platforms including broadcast, cable and premium television, radio and digital all week long leading up to exclusive game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII. On February 7, 2010, CBS Sports' broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV between New Orleans and Indianapolis was watched by 106.5 million viewers making it the most-watched program in television history at the time. In addition, McManus serves as executive producer for the acclaimed show INSIDE THE NFL on Showtime. In its first year on SHOWTIME in 2008, INSIDE THE NFL won the Sports Emmy® Award for Outstanding Studio Show-Weekly and did so again for 2012. McManus is a 10-time Emmy Award-winner.
During McManus' more than 16 years as Chairman and President of the Division, CBS Sports has become the year-round leader in network sports television. In November 1999, he led CBS to an unprecedented landmark agreement with the NCAA which extended the exclusive over-the-air broadcast rights, as well as rights to the Internet, marketing and corporate sponsorship, merchandising, licensing, cable television, radio, satellite, digital and home video to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship until 2014. The 11-year pact was the most comprehensive sports agreement in history. In April 2010, together with Moonves, he negotiated a landmark deal, partnering with Turner Broadcasting, to extend the rights to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship through 2024. The $10.8 billion deal is the most extensive and far-reaching network-cable sports deal ever created.
McManus reached a new multi-year agreement with the PGA TOUR to extend its broadcast rights through 2021 and to remain the TOUR's dominant broadcast partner. He also extended broadcast rights to the PGA Championship through 2019. In addition, McManus extended CBS's agreement with the United States Tennis Association to broadcast the U.S. Open through 2014, extended the agreement with the Big Ten to broadcast the conference's basketball games through the 2016-17 season and extended the Southeastern Conference (SEC) football and basketball agreements in another landmark deal, a 15-year extension, through the 2023-24 season. In May 2012, McManus oversaw the acquisition of broadcast rights for men's college basketball games from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big 12 and Pac-12 Conferences through an agreement with ESPN.
Complementing the on-air talent roster that had already included Jim Nantz, John McEnroe, Billy Packer and Ken Venturi, McManus was responsible for adding Greg Gumbel, James Brown, Dick Enberg, Verne Lundquist, Phil Simms, Dan Dierdorf, Lesley Visser, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe, Dan Marino, Nick Faldo, Bill Cowher, Greg Anthony, Clark Kellogg and Jim Rome to CBS Sports' announcer lineup.
In addition, McManus led CBS's efforts in securing a partnership with SportsLine USA that created CBS SportsLine, now known as CBSSports.com, one of the most successful sports Internet sites. In January 2008, McManus began overseeing CSTV's cable and digital businesses initiating its re-branding as CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK, and its further re-branding in April 2011 as CBS SPORTS NETWORK.
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McManus aggressively worked to build a strong corps of reporters, as well as developed the next generation of CBS News correspondents. He designated and assigned key beats including Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan, Chief White House correspondent Chip Reid, Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian, and National Correspondent Byron Pitts. McManus also added strong veteran correspondents to round out the group, including Jeff Greenfield and Dean Reynolds. He announced that CNN's Anderson Cooper would contribute several stories to 60 MINUTES and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta would contribute to the CBS EVENING NEWS.
McManus also led the Division through tragedy, when a car bomb attack in Baghdad on Memorial Day 2006 killed cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan and critically injured correspondent Kimberly Dozier. In August 2009, McManus once again guided the Division through a difficult time, as correspondent Cami McCormick was seriously injured by an improvised exploding device (IED) in Afghanistan, in a blast that killed an American serviceman, Army Spc. Abraham Sherrod Wheeler III.
Under McManus, CBS News has won more major awards than any other network's news division, including one of electronic journalism's most prestigious honors for an innovative, division-wide news initiative that he personally conceived and oversaw. "CBS REPORTS: Children of the Recession," a months-long series of multi-platform reports on the effects of the dramatic economic downturn on America's youth, won the coveted Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University award in January 2010. "Children of the Recession" also represented McManus' reincarnation after four decades of the prestigious CBS REPORTS moniker, previously used for documentaries, as a Division-wide effort to offer comprehensive coverage of an issue across platforms and broadcasts. All told, the CBS News Division under McManus won three DuPont Awards, 19 Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards and 29 RTDNA/Edward R. Murrow Awards. Prior to his CBS Sports tenure, he was Senior Vice President of U.S. Television Sales and Programming for Trans World International, the television division of International Management Group, the world's largest sports marketing firm (1987-96).
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Threatened Abortion
(Threatened Miscarriage; Threatened Pregnancy Loss)
by Krisha McCoy, MS
Threatened abortion is a diagnosis that is made during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. While some women have vaginal bleeding in the first three months of pregnancy, bleeding and symptoms that could suggest an increased risk of miscarriage are called threatened abortion.
Causes TOP
Early-pregnancy bleeding can originate from the uterus, cervix, vagina, or the external genital area.
In many cases, the cause of the bleeding is due to a minor condition that requires no treatment. But if you have any vaginal bleeding during your pregnancy, especially if you also have abdominal pain, you should contact your doctor.
Possible causes of bleeding include:
Risk Factors TOP
Factors that may increase the risk of threatened abortion include:
Symptoms TOP
The main symptom is bleeding during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Bleeding may be light or heavy. You may also have abdominal cramping.
Diagnosis TOP
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests that may be done include:
Treatment TOP
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Many cases of threatened abortion require no treatment at all. In other cases, treatment options include:
Bed Rest
If you are bleeding heavily, your doctor may recommend bed rest. This has not shown to be beneficial, though. Your doctor may also want you to limit your activities.
Your doctor may prescribe progesterone. This is a female hormone that supports a pregnancy.
If your blood is Rh-negative and your partner's blood is Rh-positive, your doctor will give you an injection of Rho immune globulin. This will prevent your body from producing antibodies against your fetus' blood.
If you are diagnosed with a threatened abortion, follow your doctor's instructions.
Prevention TOP
While there is no clear way to prevent threatened abortion, you can take these steps to have a healthy pregnancy:
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Pregnancy Association
Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services
Health Canada
Bleeding during pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website. Available at: http://www.acog.or... . Accessed August 14, 2012.
Bleeding during pregnancy. American Pregnancy Association website. Available at: http://www.america... . Updated October 2008. Accessed August 14, 2012.
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Red wines that are more fruit-forward and lighter in tannin and body.
Medium bodied reds that go down easy, with smooth tannins and supple fruit.
Wines where earthy and/or spicy dominate the flavors – typically medium to full body.
Full bodied wines that have concentrated fruit and are higher in alcohol and/or tannins. Some need age.
Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a garnet red, intense and billiant, with light orange tints. With a penetrating bouquet, very full and varied, reminiscent of wild berries. On the palate, the wine is dry, full-bodied, harmonious, delicate and austere at the same time, and has a long finish.
"There's a delicacy to this version, showing a latent structure and a distinctive spiciness surrounding the core flavors of cherry, raspberry, licorice and mineral. Harmonious and persistent, featuring a long finish. A compelling Brunello riserva. Best from 2015 through 2032."
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"A big, broad-shouldered wine, the 2007 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is endowed with superb richness and depth. Sweet black cherries, tobacco, smoke, scorched earth and tar all explode from the glass. Despite its textural richness, the 2007 remains mid-weight and gracious for the year. At times the 2007 is quite feminine, while at other moments its more virile side comes through, creating contrasts that are intriguing to follow. Caparzo has done a terrific job with their 2007 Riserva. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2022.
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"Voted among the best Brunellos by a group of winemaking peers, Caparzo's riserva is beautifully balanced and layered with chocolate, cherry, leather, blackberry and lingering spice notes. The wine shows freshness and elegance on the finish thanks to the silky nature of the mouthfeel."
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"Very pretty pure fruit with cherries and plums on the nose. Full body, with sweet and ripe fruit. Medium full tannins and a fresh finish. Very silky. Why wait?
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The name of the estate apparently derives from Ca' Pazzo, as shown on some ancient maps. The estate covers an area of 190 hectares, 54 of which are vineyards, 4 are of olive groves, 87 of which are wooded and 45 of which are to be planted with new vines. Caparzo is the only estate-bottled producer of Brunello di Montalcino to have estate vineyards on all five sides of the hill of...Read More About Caparzo
One of the most important wine regions in Italy, Tuscany is home to the cities of Florence and Siena, the districts of Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino, and the wineries of Sassicaia, Tignanello and Ornellaia. Tuscany is also home to the indigenous Italian grape variety, Sangiovese. Most of the wine coming from Tuscany is made from some clone of this...Read More About Tuscany
Sangiovese (SAHN-gee-oh-VAY-zee) Blood of Jove (literally translated) The principal grape of Chianti - in fact, the principle grape of all of Tuscany - has had its ups and downs. For a stint in the 70s and 80s, wines labeled Chianti contained cheap red wine packaged in a straw casked bottle, most popular for the candle holder it would become. But no more. Sangiovese re...Read More About Sangiovese
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Chunks of oven-roasted vegetables stirred into fragrant rice.
The storm of the decade passed over Israel, covering Jerusalem and the north with snow. But in the central region where I live, all we got was rain. I'm not complaining. Although I lived in Michigan for years, I never re-adjusted to cold weather after living in tropical Rio de Janeiro.
The wind circles around outside and drives rain against my windows, but it's cozy at home. This is the time for pottering around the kitchen, keeping warm and trying out recipes. Right now I'm most interested in ones that call for doing new things to winter vegetables like butternut squash and sweet potatoes.
Winter food isn't all hearty soups and stews. In this recipe, culled from Al HaShulchan magazine (Hebrew), the familiar deep yellows and oranges of the vegetables harmonize with saffron long-grain rice. The vegetable are first slow-roasted to bring out their sweetness – a foil to the slightly bitter pungency of saffron and sharp herbs.
The rice finishes cooking covered with a kitchen towel. My kids call this "shmatta rice." It's an old Sephardic method of steaming it so that every grain cooks through, yet remains separate. Yes, it's a recipe that calls for a number of steps. But they're all easy steps, and I've made a plan that economizes your time, so go ahead and try this pungent, warming, spicy rice. It makes a satisfying side dish. If you add half more vegetables again, it's an excellent vegan/vegetarian main dish.
Saffron Rice with Winter Vegetables
Serves 4. Easily doubled or halved.
For the vegetables:
1 cup peeled butternut squash, chopped into 2″ (3-4 cm.) cubes
1 cup scrubbed, not peeled sweet potato chopped into 2″ (3-4 cm.) cubes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves or 3 sprigs fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried sage leaves or 3 large fresh leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 garlic cloves, not peeled
For the Rice:
1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup Basmati or other long-grain rice
2 additional tablespoons olive oil
1/2 medium onion, chopped
Additional 1 teaspoon salt
1 – 3/4 additional cups hot water
Turn the oven to 350°F, 180°C.
Put the saffron into a small glass or bowl and add 1/4 cup boiling water. Stir, cover, and set aside.
Pour 1/4 cup olive oil into a medium bowl. Add thyme, sage, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and black pepper. Stir.
Add the chopped vegetables and mix gently to cover them with the herbed oil. Remove the vegetables to a baking sheet, reserving any extra oil in the bowl.
Stir the garlic cloves into this extra oil and set the bowl aside.
Bake the squash and sweet potatoes for 15 minutes.
At 15 minutes baking time, turn the vegetables over and add the garlic cloves. Bake everything another 15 minutes.
While the vegetables finish baking, rinse and drain the rice.
While the rice drains, gently fry the chopped onion in 2 tablespoons olive oil until the onion wilts – 3-5 minutes.
Add the rice and salt, stirring gently until the rice glistens. Add the saffron water (don't lose a single thread!) and the additional hot water. Stir and bring to a boil.
Lower the heat and cook, uncovered, over medium heat until holes appear on the surface of the rice and the water has evaporated. Now add half the roasted vegetables, stirring them in gently – and quickly, so as not to lose the steam. Turn the heat off.
Cover the pot with a clean kitchen towel and clamp its cover over it. Let the rice and vegetables sit and steam away for 20-30 minutes in a warm place.
To serve, heat the vegetables that remained. Pour the rice into a serving dish and scatter the reheated vegetables over it. Decorate with sprigs of dried or fresh herbs or pumpkin seeds. Enjoy!
Safety note: If you leave the pot on the stove while other things are cooking, wrap the towel's loose ends up around the knob of the cover and secure them with a rubber band. Don't want it to catch fire!
6 Responses to "Saffron Rice With Winter Vegetables"
This is really nice, thank you for the inspiration.
And: you have lived in interesting places….we have snow now in Munich, this is nice: it has been really dark for a couple of weeks, now we have light, that's good for our souls…..
Love this new (for me) way to make rice, Basmati is my favorite in any case! Thanks so much, and hope all is well, we did enjoy the snow, never having lived in tropical climates!
This sounds delicious and looks yummy. One question: When you add the garlic cloves to the pan, do you add the oil in the bowl also?


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I'm happy to see Henne getting some blow and succeeding.
Chad Henne leading the Jags over the Texans with 3 TDs.
I'm happy to see Henne getting some blow and succeeding.
Quality coaching................
Wow, he had very few 3td games here.
The way Jeff Ireland took a GM's dream worth of cap space and draft picks and made the team worse in borderline miraculous.
Sucks to be a mod today with all these threads that aren't Dolphins related. Who would've thought several Henne threads would ever exist again?
He threw a sweet fade in the end zone that was dropped during his first series. Probably the best throw I've ever seen him make. Followed it up with a great TD throw. Said to myself he'll probably have the game of his life.
#4. I guess that's what happens when you have good receivers.
just threw an 81 yard bomb to Blackmon holy crap!
Any given Sunday....
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Any given Sunday....
BTW Matt Ryan just threw his 4th int.
Who would've think it? Is it bizarro day today?
Damn Henne and Blackmon going ham.
So... Who's gonna be the first dip**** to suggest we should've kept Henne? Whoever it is should be immediately banned from watching football, and you know it's coming.
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Not only enjoyable, massage is good for health
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Editor's note: Almost all massage therapists interviewed for this story are regular clients themselves of what, in Washington state law, are referred to as licensed massage practitioners (LMP).
It's one of the few things in life that's not only good for you but downright enjoyable as well. As opposed to many health care practices, massage not only brings definite and specific benefits to the client but is so enjoyable for most people that they make it part of their monthly or even bi-weekly routine.
"I get a massage once a month from a colleague in this area," said LMP Scott Schnieder, "and because of that I'll have half the amount of colds and flu I otherwise will get. That alone is reason enough to make a good massage by a competent, state-licensed therapist part of your regular routine."
Other health care professionals seem to agree with Schneider, 42, who got his training in Kennewick at the Tri-Cities School of Massage and now is one of 15 staffers at Birch Bay's Whisper on the Bay spa in the Sandcastle building.
Blaine LMP Trista Rawlings, a 1998 graduate of the Myotherapy College of Utah, said most LMPs work closely with chiropractors, doctors, physical therapists and others as a part of the array of wellness treatments that are available.
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"Other times we're trying to rid the body of toxins generated by stress or athletic performance. Some chiropractors like having people get a massage before adjustments because they're much more relaxed, and like other LMPs I have a few pregnant moms who come in for lower back pain. For that you really need someone who is well-trained and licensed."
Some massage therapists work in spas, concentrating on such relaxation techniques as candles, aromas of various kinds and even hot rocks and mud. But Rawlings said she is careful with what some see as treatment gimmicks..
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Besides mine clearance and stockpile destruction, EU policy consists of 3 additional elements: victim assistance, mine risk education and advocacy against the use of APL.
Since 1992 the EU has been actively involved in supporting demining programmes, research and development of technology and assistance to mine victims. To-date the EU has spent around EUR 1,5 billion on these programmes and is the largest donor in this field. In recent years most technical and financial assistance programmes have been financed by the geographical instruments, such as the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), the European Development Fund (EDF). The thematical instruments, such as the Humanitarian Aid instrument and the Instrument for Stability (IfS) are also being used.
For 2008-2013 the major objective of the EU is the continued assistance to third countries to comply with the goals of the 1998 Ottawa Convention (Mine Ban Treaty) to eliminate mines and resolve related economic and social problems caused by these weapons. The EU also remains committed to its zero-victim target by implementing projects addressing immediate threats to mine-affected populations and stimulating the implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty. In November 2009 the Ottawa Convention was reviewed at a summit in Cartagena, Colombia.
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The Delta Queen's time in the Scenic City has come to an end.
The historic vessel built in the 1900s traveled from Cincinnati in 2009 but recently received firm orders from Mayor Andy Berke to leave.
Signed documents reveal the river boat has until September 30th to relocate. They city will charge the owners $100 a day past the end of the month deadline or tow it away.
The Delta Queen is also behind paying rent and is considered by some to block the beautiful view of the downtown area.
"It's beginning to become a distraction. It's tired and worn and there are many that believe it is a distraction from the view of Coolidge Park," Bob Doak with the Convention and Visitors Bureau says.Mayor Berke said in a statement:
"We are proud of our spectacular waterfront and are working to improve it for citizens and visitors alike, as evidenced by Mayor Berke's letter earlier this summer to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the nearby dilapidated barge. Unfortunately, the Delta Queen has fallen behind on its rent payments, and we have received complaints from citizens that the vessel detracts from the riverfront by blocking the beautiful view from Coolidge Park toward downtown. We wish the Delta Queen well and will continue to work with its owners during this time of transition."
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Mobsters making offers that can't be refused typically do so in the bluntest possible language, but SEIU leaders in Wisconsin are running a close second.
Gov. Scott Walker's landmark reforms -- including guaranteeing workers the right not to be forced to pay dues to a union they don't want to join -- is costing SEIU thousands of members.
The 8,385 members SEIU has lost since the reforms became law are solid evidence that before Walker came along the union depended upon force, rather than consent, to keep the dues revenue stream flowing.
Nice job ya got there
So the union's leaders have come up with a backdoor way to force employees to fork over the dues money. It's a novel variation on the Living Wage/Minimum Wage campaign.
Here's how it works: Milwaukee County officials approved a living wage requirement for local government contractors to pay at least $11.33 per hour. SEIU's Wisconsin Jobs Now campaign was the main backer of the requirement.
But the new law includes a convenient way for contractors to avoid having to pay the living wage — they can agree to force their employees to join SEIU.
Pay up or else
In other words, SEIU's message is this: You can pay us this way or you can pay us that way, but the bottom line here is you are going to pay.
The union doesn't care which way you go. If a contractor opts to pay the living wage, the union can claim credit, thus strengthening its appeal to workers to join voluntarily.
Or the contractor can get off the hook by shifting the burden to employees who then have to pay the SEIU for the privilege of holding a job.
Expect to see this approach more frequently across the country as unions cast about for ways to reverse the membership decline that has been evident for years.
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Beltway Confidential/Joel Gehrke: Sen. Thad Cochran says he doesn't "know a lot" about the Tea Party.
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Legal Newsline/David Yates: Watchdog group urges Texas voters to remember Lincoln's warning about men who "stir up litigation."
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Considering that they are a relative newcomer to the business, Inov-8 has enjoyed a rather impressive rise to prominence within the trail running and adventure racing communities.
Inov-8 was founded in the United Kingdom in 2003, and established a US presence in 2004. They quickly made their mark in the sport of ultrarunning by every conceivable means: sponsoring numerous events and race series, establishing and supporting teams of runners on both sides of the Atlantic, and contributing to extensive trail maintenance programs. (They also have a Facebook page – but as I've explained more than once here, that hardly impresses me.)
From the start, however, their primary focus has been product development. The company's stated mission is to create functional, lightweight products to meet the highest demands of all athletes – from elite adventure racers to everyday outdoor enthusiasts. They do extensive field testing and utilize athlete feedback to enhance its line of what it calls next generation products.
In recent years, Inov-8 has earned numerous accolades for their footwear, but their line of hydration packs are equally (pardon the pun) innovative and well-developed. The Race Pro 4 is the base model of this product line, which differs only in the cargo capacity that goes along with the hydration reservoir: the RP4 has 4L of cargo space, the RP12 has 12L, and so on up to the Race Pro 30.
The most obvious distinction that makes the Race Pro 4 unique among all the other 2-liter hydration packs on the market is that it is strictly a waist pack; there is no upper body component to the pack. This fact alone makes the simplicity factor about 10 times greater than any similar sized fluid carrier (for example, the only size adjustment is a single waist strap – no harnesses or torso straps to deal with).
The key to this design - and the integral component of all Inov-8 hydration packs - is the H2Orizontal reservoir, which flares out sideways rather than vertical, with a shape that (to me, anyway) somewhat resembles a stingray. This distributes the volume of fluid across your flanks and the small of your back, keeping the load close and secure under all circumstances.
Other companies have introduced waist-mounted fluid reservoirs in the past, and they all suffered the same problem: bouncing of the fluid reservoir due to the pack protruding too far away from the body. By contrast, the H2Orizontal reservoir wraps very comfortably across the lumbar region, which is the most ergonomically efficient placement of fluid during activity.
The reservoir pack is also segmented on each side, meaning there's a small plastic divider between different regions. This design is intended to facilitate load distribution, which it does very well – but it also makes cleaning somewhat difficult, as I'll explain shortly.
Functionally, the reservoir pack is very easy to use; it has a super-wide top opening that makes filling fast and easy, and it seals quickly and securely with a slide cap. The reservoir capacity is 70 oz, and both the main bladder and drink tube are covered with a Source "grunge guard" antimicrobial coating. The end of the drink tube also has a cap to prevent dirt or sweat from contaminating the contents inside, which is a nice extra touch.
The shape of the reservoir does present one difficulty, though: namely, the same design that allows for ergonomic positioning also causes a bit of difficulty when it comes to cleaning. The segment dividers make reaching the ends of the reservoir somewhat tricky. I used the contoured brush from my CamelBak cleaning kit to wash it, and clumped up paper towels in each side of the reservoir for drying, but it was still tough to allow air access to all parts of the bladder while drying.
Since the entire Race Pro 4 is about half the size of conventional shoulder-mounted hydration packs, its weight is lower as well. The pack weighs a mere 7oz when empty, but it still provides plenty of room for cargo. There are three separate pockets that combine for 244 cubic inches of storage.
The largest of these pockets occupies the same space as the fluid reservoir, separated by a soft divider. The other two pockets are on either side of the reservoir compartment; one has a stretch mesh covering, and the other has a waterproof/weatherproof protective coating. Both of these side pockets are easily accessible on the go, even while running at high speed.
Likewise, nearly every aspect of this pack allows for maximal efficiency during long training days. I wore this pack for my Big Sur 36-miler, going in and out of the weatherproof pocket at least 50 times for my camera, and refilling the hydration pack within a few seconds at the aid stations – instead of unhooking out of a vest, all I had to do was spin the pack around to the front to access it easily. The drink tube can exit the back pouch from either side, so you can clip the valve at the most convenient point on your waist for quick access.
All in all, this pack handled just about every need I had during training or racing. Some summary bullets:
- Very comfortable, very simple to use
- H2Orizontal bladder is easy to fill initially and refill on the go
- Side pockets provide quick, convenient access to storage contents
- Waterproof pocket is perfect for cameras, iPods, other electronic gear
- Difficulty with cleaning H2Orizontal reservoir due to unorthodox shape. Inov-8 doesn't have its own cleaning kit, and the website instructions just say "We recommend regular cleaning and sterilizing," but there aren't any specific instructions for doing so.
The Inov-8 Race Pro 4 sells for $70 at Zombie Runner, as well as other vendors.
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A new Jimi Hendrix album titled People, Hell and Angels offering a dozen previously unheard recordings by the late guitar master is scheduled to be released on March 5, 2013. RollingStone.com reports that the collection features music that the revolutionary artist made during 1968 and 1969 while he was working separately from his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience .
The tracks find Hendrix experimenting with adding a variety of new sonic textures to his sound, including horns, keyboards and percussion. The recordings were made while Jimi was amassing material for First Rays of the New Rising Sun , the two-disc album he intended to make following what turned out to be his final studio effort, 1969's Electric Ladyland .
RollingStone.com has unveiled the cover art for People, Hell and Angels , which features a simple black and white photo of Hendrix along with the album title scrawled in white script lettering in the lower right hand corner. More information about the album will be revealed this Tuesday, which would have been Hendrix's 70th birthday.
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Whether or not…
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Snow day!
…well, there's snow, but we're here. If you haven't already, you might want to take a look at our Kima Bay Construction Cam, as the sweep of the area shows some lovely precip. (I refuse to call it "the white stuff.") Last night at home, when I realized it was snowing, I turned on the…Read More »
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Hey, Hey … It's Kima Bay!
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Jerry Cunningham thought his son might die. A Broward County bus had crushed the boy under tons of steel. Doctors gave him a slim chance of survival.
On Thursday, after two months in the hospital, 14-year-old Jerry Cunningham is going home.
"I always say my son is a miracle because he's alive and nobody knows how," his father said.
On the morning of May 10, Jerry, an eighth-grader at Crystal Lakes Middle School in Pompano Beach, was running to catch a Broward County Transit bus to school in the 1200 block of East Sample Road. Video surveillance shows the teen running to catch up with the bus while two women pay the driver.
"A runner's coming," someone on the bus says.
Jerry was able to get his arm in between the sliding doors before they closed shut, locking him to the bus as it picked up speed. He ran to keep up before he fell and was run over.
Surveillance video from a nearby store shows his mother throwing off her shoes and running after her son.
The bus driver, Reinaldo Soto, ran out of the bus to check on the boy and then ran back inside to call for help.
Jerry was taken to Broward Health Medical Center. There, doctors didn't expect him to survive.
"When Jerry got to Broward General, they didn't give him much chance to live," Cunningham said.
The next few days would determine whether Jerry would make it.
"After the fifth day he woke up. He opened his eyes," his father said. "That day the doctor said it's a 50-50 chance. So we've been waiting day by day."
On June 13, Jerry was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
"On the second day that I was here, he called me Dad. On the second day he called Mom, Dad, so he started talking and I saw him, he walks, he laughs," Cunningham said.
Jerry suffered from a severe traumatic brain injury and from facial, clavicle, rib and ankle fractures. He couldn't put weight on his left leg and needed a tube for feeding.
Doctors worked to lower his agitation and regulate his sleep.
"He didn't know where he was, who he was, what was going on. He didn't know anything," said Seema Khurana, director of pediatric rehabilitation at Jackson.
After a week at the hospital, he could sleep well, answer some questions and put weight on his foot. Day by day, Jerry started to become the boy he was before the accident.
"His parents have been at his bedside and at his therapies every single day," Khurana said. "They are there 24 hours a day and they're with him. So I think that makes a huge difference when he goes home."
His father makes him a special breakfast every morning, dubbed the royal breakfast and quizzes him on the menu.
"That's part of the therapy. They do their part and I do mine. My and my wife, we do ours," Cunningham said.
On Thursday, Jerry will begin the second leg of his recovery at home and begin outpatient therapy, receiving therapy three times a week and lessons from a teacher who will visit him in his home.
His physical strength has returned and he has progressed to where he can walk by himself, said physical therapist Michael Pinto. His problem comes with safety awareness. His parents will have to supervise him 24 hours a day.
"He's like a baby," his father said. "He's not a 14-year-old boy, but rather a baby that has to learn everything again."
Speech pathologist Jennifer Rey said Jerry's major problem is in the cognitive area, with memory and problem solving.
"His memory is the biggest deficit right now," she said. "He is able to remember things right away, but if you tell him something, as a few seconds pass, it's gone," she said.
His long-term memory remains preserved and doctors are working with him to improve his retention. A memory notebook and an iPad with reminders help get him through the day.
"He's Jerry to me. He's a new case," Pinto said. "This is where he was and this is how he presents now and now with an eye toward the future to work on his deficits."
His parents plan to keep the homecoming low key to keep their son on track.
At the hospital on Wednesday, his father cried as he thanked those who saved his son's life.
"The therapists and these people are miracle workers," Cunningham said, holding back tears. "Excellent."
He hugged Khurana through the tears as he left.
"For where he is, I think he's going to make it," he said.


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No players were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, the first time since 1996 that has happened and the eighth time in history.
Craig Biggio came the closest with 388 of the 569 ballots cast. His 68.2 percent fell short of the 75 percent needed. Five blank ballots were submitted.


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This tube is used in the event that the water rises in excess, located along the side of the dam.
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