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Brush up: summer reading for techies
Now is the time to brush up on your knowledge.
Want to catch up on your technology reading over summer? Learn some new tricks, perhaps? Here are a few new and well-loved title recommendations from CTO's, researchers, futurologists and IT Pro to put on your list or spend that gift voucher on.
Zero Day: A Novel, by Mark Russinovich
With foreword by Howard Schmidt, the cyber czar to US President Barack Obama, this book has been described by one Amazon.com reviewer as "A thriller for the IT department". Its author is a Microsoft insider, having joined the company through its acquisition of Winternals, and after he found flaws in Windows.
One for the cyberthriller fans. Available in hard copy and as a Kindle edition.
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
Compulsory reading for gadget lovers, business managers and techies alike. Although much of it has already appeared in print and on websites as excerps, readers may still enjoy the only authorised biography of Apple's co-founder. Isaacson's other best-selling biographies were of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein.
Available in hard copy, on iBooks, on Kindle and as an audiobook for those long commutes.
The Macintosh Way, by Guy Kawasaki
There has been much written about Apple and its founders, but one IT professional recommends this book above all others.
"A much better read than any of the books about Steve Jobs," says Michael Hansen, VP of Zendesk helpdesk software company. "Guy, who was an early Apple employee, explains how they did it and how to use Evangelism to drive your business and in everyday life."
Available as a free download.
Kingpin, by Kevin Poulson
Readers will be left in no doubt about the cyber underground, after reading this gripping real-life triller by former hacker, white hat, turned award-winning journalist and Wired blogger Kevin Poulson. Poulson tells the story of the carder market's coup that occupied the FBI for months, complete with the inside story and stage names of the cyber cops.
Available in hard copy, Kindle and Nook editions.
Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company, by Kevin Maney, Steve Hamm and Jeffrey M. O'Brien
"In this day and age when we give well-known IT figures almost rock star status for their impact on our lives, this book provides an in-depth look at the evolution and impact of computing on our society.
"And it highlights the truly significant role the 'boring folk' at IBM have played (remember that IBM still holds more patents than anyone)," says Steven Hedge, CEO of technology company ISI.
The book by the three journalists has been distributed to all IBM employees and is available from bookstores.
Agile Data Warehousing: Delivering World-Class Business Intelligence Systems Using Scrum and XP, by Ralph Hughes
Conrad Bates, managing partner of C3 Business Solutions, says this book which condenses more than ten years of research conducted by Ceregenics into a business intelligence tome, provides an alternative to 'waterfall project planning'.
It provides "a streamlined framework for building data warehousing/business intelligence applications that regularly deliver modules faster with one fourth the developer hours, cut project costs in half, and drive project defect rates toward zero," he says.
Available in hard copy with free delivery.
The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman
"It includes some great anecdotes and unlike some other tech books, it is a simple and really interesting read," says Cameron Wall the other C3 managing partner. "The book teaches you the basics behind good design - not just computing - and the advice within is as relevant today as when it was first published."
It is now almost a classic and one of many books by Norman whose series also includes the more recent Emotional Design.
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior, by Ori & Rom Brafman
Not a technology book, but one that may explain the behaviours many IT professionals must contend with every day and when planning security and education campaigns.
"A great book to start you thinking about things in a different way," says Peter Long, CEO of Lockbox, a global provider of 'cloud privacy' file sharing and collaboration services.
Available in hard copy and on the Android market.
As One, by Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley
Co-author James Quigley is CEO of giant consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. With Baghai he looks at the discoveries from the firm's two-year "As One" global project into effective collaboration.
"An excellent book proposing that there are eight team management styles rather than just collaboration and/or command-and-control," says Glenn Gore, CTO at Melbourne IT.
Avalable in hard copy.
The Social Organization: How To Use Social Media To Tap The Collective Genius of Your Customers and Employees, by Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald
A book to enlighten those in business on the corpoerate uses of social networks. A Gartner Fellow, McDonald presented on the topic at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo on the Gold Coast this year. If you missed that, the book is available from online bookstores.
Rise of the Creative Classes, by Richard Florida
Recommended by futurologist, Tim Longhurst, this 2004 book looks at the forces reshaping our economy and how companies, communities and people can survive and prosper in uncertain times.
Available in hard copy.
Do you have any other recommendations for IT professionals and decision makers to read over summer and into the new year? Use the comments feature below.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Local Teachers of English Language in State Schools Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Local Teachers of English Language in State Schools Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic How effective are local English language teachers in your region? Excellent 0% [ 0 ] Pretty Good 30% [ 6 ] Just Fair 20% [ 4 ] Weak 35% [ 7 ] Total Waste of Time 15% [ 3 ] Total Votes : 20 Author Message spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11525Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:12 am Post subject: Local Teachers of English Language in State Schools In response to a recent post wondering why German public schools aren't 'begging' for native English speaking English language teachers, I thought it might be interesting to compare how effective local teachers are in different regions. From my experience, in Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, local teachers in public schools do a pretty decent job overall of teaching the English language, with most students able to communicate at at least B1+/B2 level upon graduation from high school equivalent. This is also apparently true in Scandinavian countries; there is very little demand there for native English speaking teachers at any level. How do the local teachers of English in your region rank on an effectiveness scale?Last edited by spiral78 on Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:33 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top SashadroogieJoined: 17 Apr 2007Posts: 11061Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: In Moscow, they range, of course. Just like the foreign teachers. But given that they stay in the education sector longer, undergo more training, both local and international, and do not display some typical failings of foreign teachers ( dishevelled appearance, hangover, gamey eye for the girls, zero explicit knowledge of English grammar etc. ) I'd say that on average they do as good a job if not better than the average foreign teacher. In fact, nearly all my most respected colleagues here are local teachers.Last edited by Sashadroogie on Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:22 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top johntparteeJoined: 02 Mar 2010Posts: 3258 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:22 am Post subject: I'm glad somebody finally asked this. It has been the bane and blessing of my existence and will be for many years to come. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11525Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: johnt, care to elaborate? It sounds like you've experienced both extremes; I'd be curious where. Back to top Teacher in RomeJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 1286 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:57 am Post subject: Quote: From my experience, in Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, local teachers in public schools do a pretty decent job overall of teaching the English language, with most students able to communicate at at least B1+/B2 level upon graduation from high school equivalent. I'd agree with this for Italian schools, but with the proviso that it depends quite a bit on the type of high school. At the "liceo" schools (scientific, classical, language etc) I'd agree. Most of the students will have achieved at least a B1 level, with a good percentage at B2, and much smaller proportion even a C1 level. At the other end of the scale - say the "Professional" schools (= vocational), you'd be lucky to get A2 level, with the very occasional B1 level. In the most recent teaching experience I had in one of these schools (preparing students for PET), their regular English teacher got the kids to read (Italian) newspapers in their lessons just to keep them quiet. These are classes of max 15 kids. Fortunately, he's a rarity. Unfortunately, once ensconced, crappy teachers are very hard to dismiss. But what I see happening overall is a much greater emphasis on the importance of learning English. You get this at middle school level, with kids being prepared for KET, giving them a stronger basis for when they start high school. English is creeping in everywhere in Italian public life, with even the news programmes including a sprinkling of English words. Yesterday's had "optional", "countdown" and "gag". There also seems to be a greater appetite for learning English from the kids themselves. The UK (and US) are seen to be the places to go for a decent job and London is considered a cool destination. Plus all the internet stuff, easy music downloads etc etc, and you've got much higher motivations for learning English. Back to top johntparteeJoined: 02 Mar 2010Posts: 3258 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:22 am Post subject: Quote: johnt, care to elaborate? It sounds like you've experienced both extremes; I'd be curious where. Both extremes are China. First year university English majors must have six years of "formal" schooling in English. Most of them have been taught by local teachers. When I hear them speak, I never cease to be astounded at the errors in syntax, pronunciation, verb tenses, gender pronouns, etc. I consider myself a remedial English teacher, trying to undo the damage. Some of them have learned by rote, which means they can't say anything unless they've memorized it or are reading it. Bane and blessing of my existence because I find myself having to do the same thing every term and every few years I have to get out of China and go somewhere else and brush up on my real teaching skills. Back to top KofolaJoined: 20 Feb 2009Posts: 159Location: Slovakia Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject: Here in Slovakia I'd say they do a pretty good job on average. However, it's still patchy. The main problem being that the school system is in crisis. The native speaker teachers I know locally are all professionally trained teachers (e.g. QTS). They are few and far between though and they all teach at bilingual schools. I suspect that if you were to statistically compare them the Slovaks would come out worse just because there are so many of them and they work across the entire system. I've never met a native speaker primary teacher working in the state sector for instance. I'd be interested to hear whether Spiral has any contact with schools in CR and knows how much the system has been reformed and whether things have really changed? As it happens last week and this I've been doing some one off stuff at a local secondary, which has been a bit of an eye-opener. I think I'd been beguiled by the really excellent work that is going on at some education faculties and the passion for change I witnessed at a recent academic gathering. On the ground though I just felt that the kids are being failed. Not because of the teachers per se, the ones I met were dedicated and doing a good job as far as I good see, but the system itself is a disaster. And they have no choice but to work within the system. I suspect the quality is much better at the secondary level. This week it was reported that 50% of state school English teachers are unqualified and my guess is that this is at the primary level in particular, because under communism they didn't need to have a degree to teach and they've been very slow in changing this. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11525Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: I think that a decade ago, the teachers in the CR at the gymnasium level were considerably weaker than they are now, in general. I have been told that they were really very often just a couple of pages ahead of the students in the book. Now, they can generally speak quite well themselves, I think, and their grounding in mechanics is seems to be pretty strong. I have a couple of Czech friends who work in the education system here, but overall my perspective on this is mostly based on the university students I work with, though, not on any kind of broader inquiry or actual study. In 'my' small CR town, the gymnasium students mostly can speak at B1+ or better by their final year, and their English language exams are quite extensive and challenging (I've helped a couple of students to prepare for these). This is why I would call the system here 'pretty good,' though I think the German and Dutch systems are stronger still. I'd concur with what Teacher in Rome has said about the vocational schools as being fairly accurate for the CR as well; they're weaker across the board in most subjects, probably to be expected given the strong hands-on focus.Last edited by spiral78 on Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:47 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top ShroobJoined: 02 Aug 2010Posts: 1339 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:47 pm Post subject: I've met both good and bad local teachers. I'll admit that in some areas (grammar), the locals are much more clued-up than I. Though whether they can pass on their knowledge is another matter. When the students reach me (I teach at a university), they should have been 'learning' English for 10 years. The range of ability is astounding. With some I can have a normal conversation about nearly any topic, with others I struggle to know what they did at the weekend. The same with their pronunciation, a real range in ability. I also hear, 'but our Chinese teacher told us [completely wrong word/idiom/pronunciation]' fairly often. I sometimes peek into their classroom and see what's written on the board. Quite often there are errors, I'd never tell them while they are teaching (serious loss of face for those that are aware of this in China) but I try and have a word with them afterwards. I should say that what's on the board isn't error correction, it's a genuine error the teacher has made. The Chinese method is firmly based around rote learning. Read and repeat. Read and repeat. I once had a private student request that all they do is listen to me read a line from a book, then they would repeat what I said. For one hour. It's their money... I shouldn't complain too much...I'd be out of a job otherwise! Back to top GlenskiJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 12844Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: It's very hard to generalize when you consider that you have teachers in kindergarten to university, as well as international schools. Also, the teaching system that is imposed upon them may preclude any good ability. That is, when they are told they MUST teach only to the test, and not include spoken communicative practice, they end up being pretty ineffective on what counts: communication. Here in Japan, that is beginning to get the public's attention, but hard to say how far that will go. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121203p2a00m0na015000c.html Back to top santi84Joined: 14 Mar 2008Posts: 1317Location: under da sea Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: French Canadian ESL teachers are excellent in general but learning English from a young age is considered a necessity here and many of them have lived outside the province for a certain period of time. Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: I'm not sure how to vote. My Turkish co-teachers generally range from good to excellent. There was one who despite being a popular and fairly effective teacher, would occasionally give students misinformation about grammar rather than admit she didn't know the answer, but she quit. The rest are very willing to admit when they don't know something, as well as being pretty good teachers and extremely helpful co-workers. But based on what I've seen and heard, the Turkish teachers of English in public schools are at least as bad as Turkish public schools as a whole. ~Q Back to top smithrn1983Joined: 23 Jul 2010Posts: 320Location: Moscow Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: I can't agree with Sasha about Russia's local teachers, at least not the ones who are found in K-12 schools here. I think you'd be lucky to find many graduates, even in Moscow, who could speak English at even a B1 level having only studied English in the local school system. The problem, it seems, is how they are taught English in schools. The teachers have a great deal of knowledge about English grammar, and can indeed explain even the most obscure of grammar points extremely well, in Russian, of course. And this is how they teach the language, by explaining all of the grammar in Russian. The students also read texts (often quite complex ones), and translate them into Russian in order to learn vocabulary. The prevailing wisdom here is that if one simply learns all the grammar and vocabulary, then one is able to speak the language. The problem is that the students are never required to produce the language. Speaking and writing English is not part of the curriculum. All of the focus is on reading, translating and learning the grammar. The teachers can speak English, but most of the ones I have met have always spoken it in a rather stilted manner. It always feels too mechanical to me, as if they think that the meaning of each sentence is equal to the sum of the words produced, which is not the case, and this can occasionally cause problems when teaching new lexical items. I cannot tell you how many times I have been trying to teach a lexical 'chunk' when a student stops me explaining the meaning of a phrase to ask what the individual words mean, completely missing the point that the meaning of the phrase has little or nothing to do with the words themselves. Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:12 pm Post subject: I remember several years ago hearing about the way English language was developing in high schools in Germany, which has a three tier school system. I cant remember who I talked to maybe some young Germans. Whoever it was described the way local teachers in the senior years were conducting their classes. I think it would have been in the top tier of the system: Gymnasium. Classes were highly communicative and teachers used all kinds of methods familiar to Teflers. It made me gulp and wonder how long it would be before adult language training became a thing of the past. Meeting young adults (straight out of school) from various countries (Cyprus, Portugal and Norway) also made me wonder the same. Theyd switch into English with the greatest of ease, and the way they spoke! It was very far from grasping for words. I remember hearing them joke about having to wait for something and saying things like You get in line, kid! (to potential queue jumpers). Maybe this is not the norm, but it was an eye opener at the time. The above posts make me think this level of teaching at the school level is not at all usual in many, if not most, non English speaking countries. Back to top fluffyhamsterJoined: 13 Mar 2005Posts: 3292Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: The Japanese school teachers of English that I've met have ranged from impressively fluent to appallingly incapable, and worryingly these extremes have sometimes been within the same school (implying something is seriously amiss with the qualifying procedures for [not] measuring practical linguistic ability). In China, I team taught in a conversation school, where the generally young and "unqualified" Chinese English teachers were on the whole pretty capable and fluent. (One thing to be said for the private sector then - that that in ELT has to deliver what the paying customer expects if not demands). As for the school students in Japan, only a minority are more than minimally interested, with the motivated and halfway-capable a real rarity (probably well under just a few percent). Overall though I'd say that local teachers do a reasonable job of introducing their students to English (and how many of us native English speakers here on Dave's would be able and/or willing enough to teach a foreign language?)...I just wish they would (or should that be could?) be more receptive to the opportunities offered by the funding of native speakers to be in schools (e.g. via the JET Programme, dispatch agencies etc). Still, at least the Japanese have funded such stuff, which is more than can be said for the UK (AFAIK), which seems a bit cheapskate even when it comes to funding proper language teachers. 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A bridge is an idea before it is a thing, and if the idea is coherent enough, and strong enough, the structure that grows from the idea will last. Bridges, after all, are hardly mere methods of conveyance: the best of them celebrate the human need to connect — with other people, other places — and it is this celebratory, optimistic quality that lends the greatest bridges their enduring appeal.
The gorgeous Golden Gate. The dreamlike Ponte dei Sospiri. London's Tower Bridge. The countless covered, timber-built gems across the U.S. and Canada. The Millau Viaduct in southern France. The George Washington arcing over the Hudson (which Le Corbusier once praised as "the most beautiful bridge in the world ... blessed ... the only seat of grace in the disordered city"). The world is filled with beautiful bridges — big and small, famous and largely unknown — and each one started as an idea before ending up as something meaningful. Maybe this one was the site of a marriage proposal, or that one marked the deeply satisfying end of a once-in-lifetime road trip. The reasons why people love certain bridges are as varied as the styles, sizes and construction materials of the edifices themselves.
And then there's the Brooklyn Bridge.
Ever since it opened 130 years ago today, on May 24, 1883, the limestone, granite and steel neo-Gothic marvel connecting "the borough of churches" and Lower Manhattan has managed to humble and inspire those lucky enough to see it in real life, and especially those lucky enough to stroll across its at-once soaring and human-scaled walkway. The bridge's astonishing interplay between the ancient (the Gothic arches paired in each of the two towers) and the contemporary (the protean Manhattan skyline, the commercial bustle of New York Harbor and the river below) imparts a rare and thrilling vibe to the whole: it's possible to imagine that the structure has been there, anchoring the two sides of the river, not for a century but for millennia.
[More: See the LIFE gallery, "Lower Manhattan: Where New York Was Born."]
More remarkably, the scale of the Brooklyn Bridge has somehow managed to remain ideal amid its ever-changing surroundings. When it was first built, its towers — rising 270 feet above the water — were the tallest manmade structures in North America, and the bridge's colossal size spoke to America's near-lunatic energy and its Manifest Destiny-driven push to new lands, new challenges, new resources, new everything. Today, surrounded by architecture and technology that was literally inconceivable when it first opened, the Brooklyn Bridge still looks and feels like a structure that was built with eternity in mind.
New York has grown enormously larger, while the borough of Brooklyn itself, if it was a city unto itself, would be the fourth largest in the United States. But the Brooklyn Bridge does not feel smaller, or less significant in the face of the transformed environment that surrounds it. In fact, in some respects, the bridge feels more monumental than it ever has.
[MORE: See the LIFE gallery, "Love Letter to New York: Classic LIFE Photos of the Big Apple."]
Ultimately, the bridge's enduring power as an engineering wonder and as a breathtaking work of art both derive from its designer's singular vision. The genius behind the bridge, John Augustus Roebling (1806 – 1869), was a civil engineer who also happened to be blessed with something we rarely associate with practitioners of the utilitarian arts: namely, a sense of the sublime. How else explain the marvelous — one might even say playful — balance between the mighty stonework towers and the delicate but immeasurably strong spiderweb cables that support the mile-long span? How else explain Roebling's unexpected and, all these years later, still-thrilling choice to carve graceful Gothic arches into the towers, lending a nobility and at the same time an airiness to the bridge's silhouette that no other shape could possibly convey.
[MORE: See all of TIME.com's architecture coverage.]
Here, LIFE.com offers a celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge through the lens of LIFE's Andreas Feininger. Trained as an architect (he worked for a year with Le Corbusier), Feininger made some of the most striking, incisive portraits of things — ships, buildings, animal bones, highways — ever crafted by any photographer. His portraits of the Brooklyn Bridge, meanwhile — and he made many, in all sorts of weather, at all times of day and night — his portraits of the bridge suggest that even for someone as accomplished and as well-traveled as Feininger, something in that structure lit a special creative spark in the former architect.
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RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) — A taste for adventure and a belief that good can be done in tough places led young American diplomat Anne Smedinghoff to Afghanistan, where she reached out to Afghanis, especially children, in hopes they might charge headlong toward their dreams as she did.
The 25-year-old, just three years into a promising foreign service career, was doing just that — delivering textbooks to a school in southern Afghanistan — when she was killed April 6 in a Taliban bomb attack that also claimed the lives of four other Americans and an Afghan doctor.
Family and friends packed a suburban Chicago church Wednesday for her funeral, remembering her as a brave, selfless woman who wouldn't let fear stop her from trying to make a difference in faraway places.
"Meeting Anne changed people's lives," Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy told mourners. "She inspired Afghanis young and old to pursue their dreams, to think critically about our modern world and in many cases to reconsider their perceptions of America."
Mourners lit small candles and watched as pall bearers brought her flag draped coffin into the sanctuary of the church in River Forest, where Smedinghoff grew up.
Outside, along street after street throughout the village, neighbors and strangers touched by her story had tied white ribbons around trees and lampposts.
Speaking at the funeral, Smedinghoff's father, Tom, marveled at her sense of adventure and admitted that he and his wife lived vicariously through her.
There was the time in college when she went skydiving and didn't tell her parents. She biked 4,000 miles across the country for a cancer fundraiser. She took her parents to check out Angel Falls deep in the jungle in Venezuela, her first diplomatic positing.
"The foreign service really was a perfect fit for her," her father said. "... It combined her love of foreign policy with her desire for adventure."
Smedinghoff joined the foreign service right after graduating from Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in international studies and became a key organizer of the university's annual Foreign Affairs Symposium in 2008. The event draws high-profile speakers from around the world.
After her assignment in Caracas, Venezuela, she volunteered for Afghanistan.
One of Smedinghoff's favorite projects there was working with the Afghan women's soccer team and helping it gain greater acceptance in the deeply conservative country. To ensure she could better interact with the Afghan players, Smedinghoff even practiced her own soccer skills on her days off.
She appeared on Afghan TV for a cultural discussion in which she talked of the similarities between Thanksgiving and Muslim holidays to show both societies shared a devotion to family gatherings and giving thanks.
About two weeks before her death she was chosen to assist with a visit to Afghanistan by Secretary of State John Kerry, reflecting the trust placed in the second-tour officer despite her few years of service.
Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit Smedinghoff's parents and praised the young woman as having been "full of idealism and full of hopes."
She was to finish her Afghanistan assignment in July. Already fluent in Spanish, she was gearing up to learn Arabic, first for a year in the U.S. and then in Cairo, before a two-year assignment in Algeria.
Smedinghoff volunteered for the toughest assignments because places like Paris and London, she once told her father, would be so boring.
"It never occurred to Anne that she might take the easy path. She was committed to pushing herself," Kennedy said.
Also killed in the attack were three U.S. service members, a U.S. civilian Defense Department worker and an Afghan doctor. They were walking from a military base to a nearby school when two blasts went off, apparently from an explosives-packed car driven by a suicide bomber and then a roadside bomb.
Her death, Kennedy said, might cause some to wonder if the payoff from such work is worth the risks.
"I, for one, have absolutely no doubt Anne's answer would be yes," Kennedy said.


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Elkland Search and Rescue evolving
ST. MARYS – You may not always see them in action, but the members of Elkland Search and Rescue provide vital emergency services in Elk and neighboring counties and across the state. "We actually are the only Pennsylvania-certified search and rescue team in northwestern Pennsylvania," said Matt Young, current president and deputy chief of Elkland Search and Rescue. "We essentially have from where we are all the way over to Ohio and from Interstate 80 all the way up to New York, is pretty much our coverage area."Young said Elkland provides Quick Response Service. They locate missing or lost people, assist law enforcement when people are suicidal and located in rough terrain, and have even helped police in an evidence search throughout a wooded area in a criminal case. Some are certified man trackers who can track a person through the woods, several are certified wildland firefighters and others are firefighters or emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Members are also capable of high-angle rescue rappelling and swiftwater rescue. "There's a diverse function that Elkland serves," Young said. He said the main purpose of Elkland is to search for and extricate lost or injured people from the woods. "The most common is a lost person in the woods. It could be a hunter. It could be a hiker. We've assisted with logging accidents, snowmobile accidents, ATV accidents. They're not necessarily lost; however, EMS personnel will have difficulty getting the injured person out of the woods," Young said. "One of the biggest misconceptions is that we don't do anything because people don't see us doing anything. When we get called out, it's usually at night and usually in the middle of the woods."The organization was founded in 1985 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010. They currently have about 40 members, both men and women who live throughout the county, and John Feldbauer is the current chief. Young said there was a plane wreck behind the St. Marys Airport that year, and emergency services personnel had trouble finding the site of the wreck. The people who assisted the emergency workers in locating the site all owned or were affiliated with camps by the area and belonged to the Campowners Association. The name of the organization was originally Campowners Search and Rescue. The founding members of Elkland are listed on wall plaques at the building: Dave Cunningham, Jim Benini, Dan Cunningham, Jack Cunningham, Chuck Cunningham, Howard Meyer, Dennis Schatz, and Jean Zore, who is still the group's treasurer. Elkland was incorporated in 1988 as a 501c3 nonprofit organization. The group wrote up bylaws, but beyond that, had little in the way of equipment or supplies. "At the beginning, we started out with absolutely nothing," Young said. "As time went on, they realized they needed a vehicle. Cavalier Roofing out of Johnsonburg donated our very first van in the spring of 1991. It was an old roofing van."The members of Elkland equipped and outfitted the van themselves, and the owners of Penn Pallet Inc. stored the van and equipment for them. "At that time, our callout system was fairly crude by today's standards," Young said, explaining that members used a phone tree and a few of the members' wives would go to Penn Pallet, open up the office, and start calling people whenever Elkland was called out by County Control or another agency for assistance. Now, the system is automated and calls go out to all members at the same time when the system is activated by Elkland's officers after they are contacted by a requesting agency. The group erected their building on Brusselles Street adjacent to Quala-Die in the fall of 1992. Dennis Schatz, owner of Quala-Die, donated the land. Elkland has regular meetings once a month. People who are interested in more information about the organization can call 781-1799. "We just want the community to know we're out here," Young said. Pick up a copy of the Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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Learn more about San Francisco's most famous bridge:
This accessible account is accompanied by 70 of MacDonald's own charming color illustrations, making it easy to understand how the bridge was designed and constructed. A fascinating study for those interested in architecture, design, or anyone with a soft spot for San Francisco.
Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical use of science. As Blockley shows in this illuminating book, engineers must go beyond science, blending technical experience and creativity to build the spans that connect us all.
In black-and-white photography, this photo book details the history of the bridge from its design and construction to recent times. Nearly 200 rarely seen images offer a compelling look at the bridge, from the days when the treacherous currents of the Golden Gate could be crossed only by boat to the rise of the bridge as a national landmark.
In a narrative richly laden with detail and the flavor of the period, John van der Zee reveals the complete history of the longest single-span suspension bridge of its time--including the identity of the man who actually designed it, which has been obscured since its completion in 1937.


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In the beginning, there was one and only one. Its name was "Survivor."
The durable reality show, which truly broke the way for our reality show fixation, has lived up to its name and will continue to do so for at least another two seasons.
Variety.com reports that that CBS has picked up "Survivor" for two more seasons and the award-winning "Amazing Race" for another another season as well. The show was named "most influential" of the last decade by Variety. And it deserved it, not least because it manages to maintain its freshness with solid tweaking of its formula over the years.
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But it's not the phenomenon it was: the recent cancer death of contestant Jennifer Lyon made headlines, but there was a time when the full cast of "Survivor" contestants were household names.
So the next season to air, "Heroes Versus Villains," brings those names back. An all-star collection should pump more life into the franchise. On another show, this might seem like a gimmick. But as we head into cycle 21 and 22, it seems clear that these characters still have plenty of untapped appeal.


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Passage of the FAA Reauthorization bill remains unlikely and another agency shutdown is not out of the question, the US Senate's transportation committee chair warned Monday.
Passage of the FAA Reauthorization bill remains unlikely and another agency shutdown is not out of the question, the US Senate's transportation committee chair warned Monday.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) used an address at the Aero Club of Washington to make clear his anger and frustration that a long-term FAA funding bill is stalled in the House with little prospect of it being passed.
The aviation industry shares the blame for the stagnation, he said, because people in the community were not pressing their lawmakers hard enough and were probably under some illusion that a bill would eventually happen.
"This industry, if we are real about it, has very few friends on the Hill and they don't understand how much the economy is tied to aviation. Because of this, the FAA bill is not going to just happen. It will have to be instructed, maneuvered, cajoled to happen," Rockefeller said.
The Senator said he was angry and frustrated that negotiating compromise was no longer the way America's lawmakers got the job done and that people refuse to give up on small issues or work towards the greater good rather than hold fast to individual theologies.
"This is a serious matter," he said. "The repeated extensions and stopgaps don't work and they are sapping the life out of this industry.
FAA has operated via a series of temporary extensions since its authorization officially expired in 2007 and the current extension, achieved at the eleventh hour in September, expires Jan. 31(ATW Daily News, Sept 19).The agency was forced into a partial shutdown in summer (ATW Daily News, Aug. 5).
Ultimately, Rockefeller warned, the combination of spending cuts rather than investment in a modernized air traffic control and aviation system would hurt safety and lead to a degraded, gridlocked system. "It's pathetic, it's shameful, it's an embarrassment and it's unsafe," Rockefeller said.
"If the FAA Reauthorization bill does not pass soon, I am here to tell you that it could be some time before anything happens," he said. "Another shutdown is not out of the question."


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Press Release: Neighborhood Informational Berkeley Candidates' Forum
There will be a candidates' forum on Monday, October 15th, 2012 from 7—9 PM at the MALCOLM X SCHOOL AUDITORIUM at King and Ashby in South West Berkeley [enter from King Street].
This is the schedule:
7—8 pm: District 3 City Council
Max Anderson [incumbent]—has served for 8 years, www.re-electmaxanderson.org
Dmitri Belser---Executive Director, Center for Accessible Technology, Ed Roberts campus www.dmitri4council.com
8—9 pm: Mayor of Berkeley
Tom Bates [incumbent]---has served as Berkeley Mayor for the past 10 years www.tombates.org
Kriss Worthington—Berkeley City Councilmember for District 7 since 1996 www.krissworthington.com
Jacquelyn McCormack—Berkeley Budget SOS & founder of Berkeley Council Watch www.mccormick4mayor.com
Kahlil Jacobs-Fantuzzi—Oakland Middle School Teacher www.kahlil4mayor.org
Zachary RunningWolf—Native American Tribal Elder and Community Activist www.runningwolfformayor.org
Make your VOICE heard. Bring your questions to ask the candidates. There will be an open mike for the widest possible participation.
[Keep each question to 1 minute in length, please]
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The XFCE menu does not always show submenues like "Emulators" when being clicked on with the stylus. It only works if the click lasts long or after all menues have been clicked at once with a long click.
Also, tipping on a scroll arrof of menues that are higher than the screen causes the click to be registered as a "click and hold". This leads to the menu being scrolled all the way to the end.


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A-B-C Languages and Science
We offer a new exciting method of learning/acquiring languages. French - Mr. Witold Wojcik Spanish - Mr. Alfredo Paraita Reguera Polish - Ms. Dorota Pelszyk English for Slavic people - Witold Wojcik Conversation session also available for all languages mentioned. Please call for information. 07988658922 …
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Access Space
Access Space, in Sheffield city centre, is for people interested in art, design, computers, recycling, music, electronics, photography and more, to share and develop skills and work on creative, enterprising and technical projects. #FightForYourRightToRepair, a DIY repair day, is every Wednesday, 11am-5pm, (except during August).…
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Advocacy at SOAR
Free, impartial Information, Advice and Support
Julie Bramall
0114 2134069
Age UK Sheffield - Information and Advice Service
Our information and advice service is accredited to the Advice Quality Standard. We are particular specialists in older people's benefits advice such as Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit and Carers Allowance, and can support with any over-50s issue.
0114 250 2850
Alzheimer's Society - Sheffield dementia support team
Support, information and advice available to people in Sheffield who are concerned about memory loss, dementia as well as additional services as listed below.
0114 276 8414 - Information, Advice & Support Service 0114 250 3922 - Younger Persons' Team 0114 250 3920 - General Office Enquiries
Amnesty International, Sheffield City Local Group
Amnesty International Sheffield Group has been campaigning against human rights abuses around the world for over 50 years. We meet twice a month and also attend local events and festivals.
Arabic interpreter, translator & tutor
Talented Linguist with extensive experience translating, interpreting and teaching the Arabic language.
Abdulmajeed Al-Yafai
Arabic Translation
We provide you with experienced, professional and highly qualified translators specialising in the translation of different types of documents and topics from/into English. All our translators are trained with Cultural Awareness and are committed to adhering to our Code of Conduct at all times. We provide our services to all agencies and individuals with a high quality and professionalism.
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Aspire Community Enterprise (Sheffield) Ltd - Recycling
Aspire Community Enterprise have a community computer workshop and have clearance computers available refurbished and tested for electrical safety. Aspire accepts donations of old computers, flatscreen monitors and laptops in any condition to support the work of the organisation with vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Service…
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Bounce Forward - support agency for women and girls
We are an inclusive organisation and provide services to all women living in Tinsley, regardless of age, race, disability, religion and belief, lesbian, bisexual or transgender identity, or any other factor.
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Bradway Bugle
The Bradway Bugle is a voluntary community magazine published quarterly in association with Bradway Action Group and delivered free to households in and around Bradway, Greenhill, Dore & Totley. The magazine has a circulation of over 2500 households.
Mr J Baker
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The Burngreave Messenger Ltd.
The Burngreave Messenger is an independent community newspaper, delivered free, six times per year (8 times per year starting 2017), to over 9000 households in the Burngreave area of Sheffield. The Messenger was first printed in 1999 and is a not-for-profit limited company, and a…
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Cavendish Cancer Care - Buddy Scheme
Our Cancer Buddies are a group of trained volunteers who have either had cancer themselves or have cared for someone with cancer who can phone you or meet face to face to offer some additional support. Because they have been in a similar situation, they can understand what it is like to deal with a cancer diagnosis as a patient or as a partner or family member. This support is free.
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Citizens Advice Sheffield
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Adviceline: 03444 113 111
Cornucopia Radio
Writers & performers in Sheffield making audio drama, comedy, podcasts & internet radio. All of it organized by Peter Beeston
Disability Sheffield, Centre For Independent Living - Advocacy Service
Provides a free independent advocacy service for disabled adults living in Sheffield who have issues relating to health or social care.
Lucy Davies
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Disability Sheffield, Centre for Independent Living - Disability Information Service
Provides free, confidential and independent information to disabled people, their families and friends, personal assistants, carers, and any other organisation or individual in Sheffield who needs information about disability-related issues.
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Dosh supports adults with a learning disability to have more control over their money. Dosh is part of each person's circle of support and supports them in the way they want. Dosh can: • check you are getting the right benefits • support you to make a budget • support you to pay bills and set up Direct Debits • support you with your Individual Budget.
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Drink Wise, Age Well Sheffield
Drink Wise Age Well provides information on alcohol and getting older to allow you to make informed choices about alcohol use. We provide information on alcohol unit guidelines, tips for cutting down and where and how to get help if you need it. Drink Wise Age Well also supports health & social care providers and community organisations to recognise & respond to risky drinking in people aged 50+.
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The Sheffield Branch of Epilepsy Action runs an Epilepsy Support Group. Regular monthly meetings are where people affected by epilepsy can meet, find mutual support and basic advice about epilepsy in a small friendly group. Everybody is welcome who is affected by epilepsy, either directly or indirectly.
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Find Get Give
Find Get Give is a national website which helps young adults aged 16-25 years to find the mental health support that's available locally. The site offers a searchable directory of Sheffield mental health support services that cater for young people. You can get the contact…
Free Drug and Alcohol Helpline
Dear Albert is a peer-led, Recovery focused social enterprise specialising in helping people resolve substance use issues. We have links with peer support fellowships such as Smart Recovery, ACT PR and 12 Steps. We work in close collaboration with statutory funded drug and alcohol agencies, private rehabs, local authorities to provide a full range of treatment choices and services.
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French in Sheffield
French in Sheffield offers French tuition for adults and children. Sessions can be tailored to suit the student's goals, level and requirements, such as learning French for business reasons or planning a short stay in France. As well as tutoring, French in Sheffield also offers…


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Stephanie Regan collected two hits in each game against Penn Saturday (Harvard Athletic Communications).
Jane Alexander Postgame Comments
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard softball team plated four runs in the first inning of two games Saturday, sweeping a twinbill with Penn, 4-3 and 10-1 (5), in a matchup between the top two teams in the Ivy League division standings. The Crimson improves to 19-9 on the year and a league-best 7-1 in Ivy action while Penn dips to 20-13, 5-3 Ivy.
Penn threatened right from the get-go in Game 1 as Sydney Turchin led off with a solid single to right and Elysse Gorney blasted a double down the left field line to put runners on second and third with no outs. Rachel Brown collected herself and took matters into her own hands, striking out the next three hitters to escape the inning unscathed.
Harvard showed its bats in the bottom of the first as Jane Alexander led off with a solid single up the middle and Shelbi Olson followed with a single to the pitcher. A walk to Kasey Lange loaded the bases and Stephanie Regan ripped Harvard's third single of the innings, plating two with a sharp stroke up the middle. Allison Scott was next up and the sophomore poked another shot through the middle, giving Harvard a 3-0 lead with no outs. Regan came home with Harvard's fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch as the hosts took a four-run advantage after just one inning of play.
Both pitchers were solid through the middle frames as the teams combined for just two hits between the second and fourth innings. The Quaker bats woke up in the top of the fifth as they started the inning with a pair of singles and notched their first run on a towering Turchin double to centerfield. Team RBI leader Kayla Dahlerbruch brought Penn to within one as her single through the left side of the infield scored two more for the guests. Harvard got its second out on a fielder's choice and Brown fanned the final hitter of the inning to escape the jam. Brown re-found her stride, striking out four of the last six hitters to earn her 11th win of the season.
Brown finished the game with a season-high tying 13 strikeouts. Regan went 2 for 3 at the plate with a run scored and a pair of RBI in the first game. Alexander, Olson and Jessica Ferri all had steals for Harvard in the win and Scott also picked up an RBI in a 1 for 3 showing at the plate.
It was a repeat performance for the Crimson in Game 2 as the hosts put up a four-spot in its first at-bat. Alexander extended her hitting streak to 10 games with a leadoff single, and a Lange single and Regan walk loaded the bases with one out. Rookie Katherine Lantz came up big in the next at-bat, blasting a single through the middle that scored a pair of runs. After a Scott walk that re-loaded the bases, Regan came home on a wild pitch and Ashley Heritage singled to the pitcher to drive in Harvard's fourth run of the inning.
Harvard hurler Laura Ricciardone benefitted from some stellar defense, keeping the Penn hitters guessing through most of the game. Lantz was back at it in the second inning, singling home pinch runner Eve Rosenbaum and Scott followed with an RBI groundout to make it 6-0 Harvard after just two innings. The Crimson plated three more in the third thanks to a two-out rally sparked by an Alexander single. Two batters later, Lange brought Alexander in with a single through the center of the field and Regan followed with a two-run single to left to push the lead to 9-0. Harvard final run of the day came via a towering triple by Alexander to left-center that scored Andrea Del Conte.
A pair of hits and an error led to Penn's only run of the day, but a groundout to third for the final out ended the game in the top of the fifth as Harvard had a nine-run advantage. Alexander and Lantz both picked up three hits in the game while Lantz led all Harvard hitters with three RBI. Regan and Lange were both 2 for 2 with a pair of runs scored in the game. Ricciardone earned her eighth win of the season in a five-inning outing, scattering four hits and allowing one earned run.
Up next, Harvard will venture back outside of Ivy play for a midweek doubleheader with Rhode Island Tuesday in Kingston. Game 1 is slated to begin at 3 p.m.


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Rapid runoff
On April 1, it looked like this would be a banner water year for Colorado's San Luis Valley, which receives just six to eight inches of precipitation annually and relies on snowmelt to fill streams and irrigate crops. Heavy spring storms had bumped the snowpack in the surrounding mountains to 113 percent of the historic average. But just a month later, much of that snowpack had vanished, and by June 1 it was all but gone, says Steve Vandiver, general manager of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. "There's nothing left to melt," he says. "We're done."
Vandiver, who has been a water manager in the valley for four decades, says a rapid, early runoff is becoming the new norm. Local creeks and rivers peaked in late April, more than a month earlier than usual, he says, and then dropped sharply to near base flows by early June. Last year's runoff was similar -- peak flows in early May, then an abrupt decline. "It's a freefall situation, not a nice smooth descent," he says.
What is causing the change? One possibility is the large amount of dust in the snowpack. Nine major dust storms this winter and spring left significant layers of dirt in much of the state's snow. Like dark clothing, the dark particles absorb sunlight and heat up, causing the snow to melt rapidly.
Satellite images show that the dust storms originate in northern New Mexico and Arizona. Vandiver got to see one of them up close as he drove in the desert on April 5th: "For two hours I couldn't see more than a quarter mile," he says. "There was so much sand and dirt that I thought my truck engine would be ruined."
With dust events on the rise --last year saw a record 12 storms -- water managers in Colorado are increasingly looking at land-use conditions on the Colorado Plateau. Says Frank Kugel, general manager of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, "We're eager to get data about the generators of this dust, and to see land-use regulations and development restrictions put in place that will reduce it."


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Marshmallow Root
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Marshmallow Root
The marshmallow root or leaf is the member of the Mallow family and it mainly grows in the moist soils of England, Denmark and throughout the central parts of Russia, as well as in parts of the Mediterranean region. It was also found in gardens of Northern America from where it moved to the salt marshes extending from Massachusetts to Virginia. The marshmallow root is more extensively found as compared to the leaves.
The marshmallow root is very thick. It is initially long and tapering but thickens with time. The roots are perennial in nature and extremely tough and flexible. Their color is whitish yellow on the outside and they are very fibrous from within.
History and Origin
The plant is native to Europe and parts of Asia. The marshmallow root has been in use since around 200 BC under the Greek name 'Althea', which actually means 'to heal'. The Roman poet, Horace, claimed that the marshmallow root had laxative properties. It has been found in England and also in North America. The famous Greek physician, Hippocrates, claimed that the marshmallow root was of great use to effectively treat wounds. In medieval times an accused person was made to hold a red-hot iron bar to prove their innocence. It was believed that first smearing the palms with marshmallow root extract would actually help the person's hands remain unburned.
Ancient Uses
For many centuries, marshmallow root has been used to effectively heal bruises and burns. It was also applied to areas where there were muscle aches and sprains and inflammations. The marshmallow root was considered to have properties that would help boost immunity. The tea made from the roots and leaves was also used as an expectorant in treating whooping cough and bronchitis.
Modern Uses
The more modern day uses of marshmallow root include being used as a demulcent. The marshmallow root is said to soothe and soften inflamed gastric mucous membranes. It is also commonly used as a natural astringent. The marshmallow root has a binding effect and helps to keep a check on hemorrhages and coagulation of proteins. Marshmallow root also works as an expectorant; providing relief against bronchitis and irritating coughs and sore throats. It soothes the mucous membranes and it prevents lung congestion. It also solves the problem of water retention. The marshmallow root is said to increase the secretion and easy flow of urine and is a great diuretic. This helps prevent kidney problems. It also helps in bowel movements and provides relief against constipation as an effective laxative. The marshmallow root also helps to promote the flow of milk in women who are nursing.
Side Effects
Overall, the marshmallow root is not said to have any major side effects and is considered to be completely safe. Preparations of the marshmallow root are made using alcohol or sugar. Therefore it is necessary to be careful in case you have diabetes or liver problems. Pregnant women should completely abstain from the consumption of the marshmallow root in any form. Another side effect is that the marshmallow root is known to interfere with the absorption of other medicines and therefore it should be consumed an hour after the medicine is taken. As long as these precautions are followed, the marshmallow root will actually do more good than harm.
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25E: The Cut Energy Bills at Home Act
The Cut Energy Bills at Home Act has been introduced in the Senate with bipartisan support. If passed, the bill would create a new 25e tax credit -- the first residential performance-based tax credit given to homeowners who make energy efficiency improvements. The proposed bill would provide performance-based tax credits of up to $5,000 per project for homeowners who install qualified energy efficiency measures. To learn more about the bill, download our 25e Fact Sheet.
Add Your Support
We're excited about this bill. Not just because of the enhanced choice this offers the taxpayer, but also because it lays out a unique path for using tax credits that are linked to documented energy savings delivered in homes. This bill isn't just a one-off: it's one part of a sustained effort to pass strong policy that will support the home performance industry.
We need your support. Now that the proposed 25e tax credit legislation is out in the sunshine, the heavy lifting begins, and it will be up to all of us, working in unison and collaboratively, to move it forward.
Add your company's endorsement of the legislation here. Then, if you haven't already, consider joining Efficiency First.
Recent News
- Efficiency First press release: Home Performance Industry Applauds New Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Legislation
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The woes at New Line that forced the studio to come under tighter control of Warner Bros. could leave fans waiting even longer for Bilbo Baggins.
New Line head Alan Horn warned Variety that "The Hobbit" will most likely arrive at the end of 2012. The delay is part of a new focus on running a tighter ship, releasing only a half-dozen films a year.
"It's a big bet for us. But it's one we think will pay off given the success of 'Lord of the Rings,'" New Line president Toby Emmerich told Variety. "This is one of the few movies it feels like people are waiting for."
Too true. One rumor after another has circulated about the casting for the Guillermo del Toro directed, Peter Jackson produced two-movie saga. But it turns out that there are no plans to start casting -- or budgeting -- until Jackson and his team have completed the script for the second installment.
It's a shame del Toro's vision for Bilbo and friends will be delayed, but at least we as a nation can stop chasing breathless rumors for a few months.


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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire women's basketball team picked up a 74-56 victory over Thiel College (Pa.) on the opening day of the Smokey Ballenger Classic at Otterbein University (Ohio) today.
The Blugolds trailed just twice while the score was tied two other times early in the contest.
Less than six minutes into the game, Thiel led 7-6 but after a Cady Roedl (Fr.-Beaver Dam, Wis.) three-pointer, the Blugolds took the lead and never looked back. The basket started a 14-0 run over a three-minute stretch that gave the Blugolds a 13-point lead (20-7).
Eau Claire led by as many as 17 points in the first half but Thiel held the Blugolds scoreless over the final three minutes, using an 8-0 run to get to within seven points (34-27) by halftime.
Thiel hit the opening basket of the second half to cut Eau Claire's lead to five and the score remained close for the first 11 minutes of the second half.
Over a six minute stretch that lasted until the 2:26 mark, the Blugolds outscored Thiel 21-8 to get up by 19 (69-50) and reached their largest lead of the game (20 points) with less than a minute to play after Leah Rempert (Sr.-Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) nailed a three-pointer.
Teisha Wegner (Fr.-Durand, Wis.) led Eau Claire with 15 points while Sarah Bingea (Sr.-Delano, Minn.) led the game with 12 rebounds.
The Blugolds' bench came up big, scoring 45 of the team's 74 points. The Blugolds also had 36 points off 31 Thiel turnovers. Eau Claire turned the ball over just 11 times, its second lowest total of the season.
Eau Claire is now 6-5 on the season while Thiel drops to 2-8.
Saturday, the Blugolds will take on Frostburg State (Md.) on the final day of the Smokey Ballenger Classic at Otterbein University (Ohio). Action is set to get underway at 1 p.m. Eastern.


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Hall County Home Value Statistics
The American Community Survey (ACS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, publishes detailed estimates about owner-occupied housing throughout the United States each year, including data .
Unlike the Census—which is an exact count of people and households every ten years—ACS statistics are estimated based on a representative survey sample. The data in this story only considers owner-occupied housing units.
For locations with populations under 60,000, the ACS is only available in 5-year estimates, rather than single-year periods. The 5-year estimates provide greater geographical granularity but a less granular time period.
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The lessons of the governor's jobs summit0
By Dane Smith
President of Growth & Justice
ST. PAUL (Nov. 8, 2011) — During my five minutes in the spotlight at a jam-packed breakout panel during the governor's Job Summit last week, I got a little carried away in urging Gov. Mark Dayton to pull out all the stops in securing our reputation, once and for all, as the Brainpower State.
The governor, I suggested, ought to mobilize a huge movement to set a specific, end-of-decade goal for higher education attainment, and also ought to become "relentless" in using his bully pulpit to close the racial equity gap in our schools.
In a shameless effort to grab attention from a news media that once again seems obsessed by proposals for yet another pro sports stadium, I urged the governor to stage an event at Target Field, to announce a goal for post-secondary completion of 75 percent by the end of this decade, to do it with Blue Angels jets flying overhead and with a small army of CEOs, entrepreneurs and celebrities at his side, and to turn this holy cause into a "crusade."
Not everyone got quite as hyperbolic. But it was inspiring and instructive to hear most other voices during the day-long jobs summit say essentially the same thing: that the soundest strategy for job growth now and over the long haul rests on improving workforce quality, raising attainment levels, and drawing on untapped human potential in our disadvantaged populations.
That essential message came through in the presentation of Minnesota business leaders such as Bill George, an iconic guru of the Minnesota model of success, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic and now a Harvard Business School professor. The luncheon speaker, Michael Mandelbaum, co-author with Minnesota native Thomas Friedman of "That Used to be Us," one of the latest new books on how to revive our national economy, also hammered on the theme of investing hundreds of billions more in human potential and physical infrastructure and narrowing racial equity gaps.
And two of the most eloquent presentations of this cause came from the new dynamic duo that took the reins of our public higher education systems this summer, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler.
Rosenstone brought passion to his vision of a MnSCU that would take risks in redesigning ways to deliver the education goods. And less than a week after the summit, MnSCU announced a new statewide outreach initiative called "Graduate Minnesota," with the subtitle "Complete your degree. Anytime. Anywhere." In launching the effort, Rosenstone said Minnesota "must leverage the talent of the state's 800,000 or so adults who have completed some college but have no degree. … [We] can help them complete their degrees, compete for better jobs and deliver to Minnesota's employers the educated workers and professionals needed for our state to remain competitive." A toll-free number that will be answered seven days a week and a website (www.graduateminnesota.org) are part of the initiative.
Meanwhile, Kaler, the other featured luncheon speaker, hit the ball out of the park with a powerful speech, doing serious damage to the canard that government can't create private-sector jobs. He offered a simple response to the 700-plus attendees, in answer to his own question, "Where do jobs come from? And how do we create the jobs that Minnesota will need to succeed in the 21st century?"
"I'm not shy about answering these. Because the answer is the same: public higher education, our friends at MnSCU and the University of Minnesota. We deliver jobs for this state."
And then he proceeded to document precisely how, starting with the fact that 10 of the 13 companies displaying their wares in an "Innovation Hall" at the summit had their science developed by the U, or were awarded innovation honors or grants by the U, or were started or led by U grads.
Kaler, incidentally, comes from the hard science side of academia. He is a chemical engineer whose interests lie in the area of surfactant and colloid science, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. He received his doctorate from the U in 1982.
An important motif for the day, and one that needs to become more dominant was the compelling need to improve achievement and attainment for communities of color in Minnesota, who now comprise more than one-fourth of our precious 5-year-olds. The simple fact is that we won't reach the 75 percent attainment rate we need by the end of this decade if our high schools continue to graduate far short of half of our Latino, African-American and American Indian youth.
"The Economics of Employment Inequality" was explored in an afternoon breakout session moderated by Sandra Vargas, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Foundation, who opened the session by reviewing some of the depressingly familiar statistics about Minnesota's unusually large racial disparities in unemployment, income, and educational achievement and attainment.
But Vargas and others on her panel managed to transform the discussion from the familiar "deficit model" to an imagining of potential and growth, with educational parity as the fuel. Bruce Corrie, dean of the College of Business and Organizational Leadership at Concordia University, displayed Minnesota maps showing in green the potential buying power of communities with high ethnic concentrations. Corrie estimates that already the combined enterprises of entrepreneurs and business owners in what he calls the ALANA communities, (African, Latino, Asian, Native American) equal the ninth largest employer in the state.
The Dayton administration has come out of the summit with the right synthesis of next steps. Two of the seven "very clear next steps" for job growth, outlined in a statement late last week, focus on education. One called for aligning our educational system with the jobs available now and most likely to be available in the future. And closing the achievement and employment gaps among minority and nonminority groups made the list, too.
But attainment and equity needs to be a bigger deal — the most important thing. We already have solid blueprints in front of us on how to achieve it, one of the best being the "All Hands on Deck" document released earlier this year by the Governor's Workforce Development Council. The council operates under the astute leadership of Bryan Lindsley, who offered sound analysis in our breakout session on exactly how to achieve the attainment gains we need. Business interests played an important role in creating the recommendations, which predate the current administration.
That document lays out 16 general and specific recommendations, from setting goals and developing plans for increasing adult credential attainment to expanding a very promising FastTRAC initiative that helps low-wage workers upgrade their skills while earning a credential. And it may sound a little like hype, but "All Hands on Deck" is the right phrase and the right tone for making sure our good ship of state wins this battle and navigates the rough economic seas that lie ahead.


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Property TypeResidential – Duplex
SubdivisionThe Chalets At The Lodge At Vail
Listing Date02/05/19
Year Built2008
AreaVail Village
Lot Size0.10 Acres (4,356 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Deeded
Property Description
The crown jewel of Vail Village, 151 Vail Lane is the epitome of luxury located just steps from Gondola One. This 5 bedroom, 5 and bathroom home boasts 5,570 square feet of legendary Orlando Diaz-Azcuy designed interior with commanding views of the Gore Range and ski slopes. Located slope side with ski in-ski out access. This residence lives like a single family home with a private two car garage. No detail was overlooked in the construction of this custom crafted masterpiece.
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Charming, pedestrian friendly Vail Village has everything you could need or want right at your fingertips. The heart of Vail is located at the base of the ski mountain, home to Gondola One, and has undergone a great transformation with the renovation and construction of dozens of properties. The Village, with its heated cobblestone streets and quaint European architecture, invites you to discover world-class fine dining, art galleries, local boutiques and luxury retail. In addition to the tremendous variety of shopping and dining, Vail Village hosts sporting and cultural events, festivals, and concerts year-round. These include the Burton US Open, The GoPro Mountain Games, Gourmet on the Gore, Sunday Summer Farmer's Markets, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Vail International Dance Festival and free winter and summer outdoor concert series at the stunning Solaris Plaza.
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Greg emerged as Mr. Versatile for the Gauchos during his freshman season as he earned appearances in the lineup at first base and DH as well as on the mound starting 3 games and relieving in 18 others...at the plate, Greg excelled in the clutch compiling 3 separate 7 game hit streaks, 66 total hits, and a .347 batting average which was good for 2nd on the squad and fifth in the Big West...finished tied for the team lead with 35 RBI...highlights include a 4-5 game with a double, 3 RBI, and a run against Fresno State on February 28...on the mound Greg was available for spot starts and earned the closing role for the Gauchos...in his 3 starts he struck out 20 in 17.1 innings including a season high 10K against Fresno State on March 13...in relief he led he team with 5 saves...finished the year with a 3-4 record and a 3.88 ERA in 46.1 innings...recieved multiple awards including 2nd Team All Big West honors, Louisville Slugger Freshman All America, and earned a place on the the Two-Way Player watch list.
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Was a three-year letterwinner for head coach Mike Dodd at Westminster High ... He pitched, played outfield and first base for the Lions ... His sophomore year he batted .350 while leading his team in RBI and doubles ... In his junior year he batted .410 with four home runs and led the team in all categories, pitching in 12 games with a 10-2 record and an ERA of 1.60 ... As a senior, he batted .467 with three home runs, and went 8-5 as a pitcher and finished second in the county in strikeouts.
Gregory Norman Mahle was born on April 17, 1993 in Los Alamitos to his parents Greg Sr. and Lessett ... He has three siblings, Tyler, 17, Dennis, 23, and Amber, 25 ... Majoring in business economics ... Greg plans on playing Major League Baseball ... His favorite sports teams are the Dodgers, Lakers, and Philadelphia Eagles ... His favorite movie is Bull Durham and his favorite book is Heads up Baseball ... He likes to listen to Lil Wayne, Drake, and Eminem ... In his free time he likes lifting weights and playing baseball ... Favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant, Cliff Lee, and Andre Ethier ... He likes to watch SportsCenter and Jersey Shore ... He was also recruited by Cal State Fullerton, UCI, and Santa Clara.


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Pistachio Petit Four Cake - for my 31st. birthday
It seems like it was just yesterday M drove me to the hospital, one early morning. We thought we were just going for a scheduled check-up - but then again, some sort of something had started during the night, and I wasn't quite sure, is this contractions and am I...? Turned out, M missed his meeting. We never got the bring "the bag". Or park the car in the right place. It went fast, and out came one little wrinkly, dark-haired, big, fantastic baby boy.
And that's it. All of a sudden we were parents. A Mom and a Dad. Two days later, late in the evening, M drove the three of us back again. He's never driven that slow before either. A new family.
Mile-High Devil's Food Cake - for the Maternity Group
Oh my, oh me. People, it's been six months. That's half of an entire year. And my - our - baby boy is growing up so fast it's all we can do to try and keep up.
It's a whirlwind. It's crazy and amazing and breathtaking and scary as s***. It's huge, enormous even, it's taking over everything - taking up my time, my heart, my every thought. And it's all okay, it's as it should be. Somehow, it's all very natural.
At one point, I got back to thinking about food. Which, happily, coincided with getting time to cook - and bake - some, too. Also, it seemed the camera had been glued to a baby smile - taking photos of food again took some readjusting.
It's not that I believe you have to have excuses for baking a cake, but it seems that lately, there's been cause for celebration. Within the last couple of months, four three-layered chocolate cakes have come from my kitchen.
Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake - for the BabyshowerFirst, pre-baby: Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake. It was served at the babyshower my Mom and Sister threw me, and it was awesome. Even better the next day, if I may say so.
Then, a Pistachio Petit Four Cake for my 31st. birthday back in the middle of February. Ooooh, so pretty (and so expensive! Shelled pistachios cost an arm and a leg around here. But worth it)
Not long after that, I made a Mile-High Devil's Food Cake for my Maternity Group (we're 6 mothers and babies in total) because, you know, new mothers and chocolate cake go hand in hand, and motherhood should be celebrated! Also, we need chocolate, to make us forget the hours we don't sleep.
Last, but by no means least, one of my best friends is getting married in a couple of weeks and we threw her a "Hen's Afternoon" (instead of night - she's pregnant) which included a Chocolate-Hazelnut Gianduja Cake.
There may be a lot of my cookbooks I don't use regulary, but my copy of Sky High is just about to stick to the countertop! I'm not the first to have that happening - Deb from Smitten Kitchen is a die-hard fan, as is a whole host of people from The Cake Slice Bakers. So I'll take the liberty of linking to their write-up of a couple of the recipes, and just put my notes here - that way, you even get more people telling you to just go out and buy "Sky High - Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes" by Alisa Huntsman and Peter Wynne, already! ;)
Pistachio Petit Four Cake - recipe link here (from Smitten Kitchen)Mile-High Devil's Food Cake - recipe link here (from A Whisk & A Spoon - at the bottom there's a link to a printable recipe)
My notes:
My notes:
- I baked the layers the cakes the day before I assembled the cake
- I used storebought marzipan and made the roses in the morning - it took a wee while longer than anticipated, so I may just leave them out another time, or start well ahead of time
- Was I to make this cake again, I may just assemble it a day or even two in advance. It seemed the flavors gained from this, complementing each other much more so, than when just assembled.
- I may just use bittersweet (not extra-bittersweet) chocolate in the frosting - I thought the chocolate nearly over-powered the taste of pistachios in the cake
My notes:
- I thought the brown sugar buttercream waaaaaay to buttery, but seeing the photos from others who've made it, I'm thinking I must have done something wrong - mine looks nothing like theirs. Mine was more hard and grainy - maybe I didn't whip it enough? It was tasty, but sort of left a buttery film on the roof of your mouth - not the texture I was expecting. Could have something to do with me downsizing the measurements, too. Guess I have to give it another try
- The cakes were baked in advance, sans problems. A really nice cake, just as is, as well
My notes:
- Only make the frosting right before you need it. It's a pain to try and get the right texture again later on.
- Cakes and white chocolate mousee could easily be made a day in advance
Chocolate-Hazelnut Gianduja Cake
For the cake:
½ c. hazelnuts
1 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/3 c. cake flour
1 t. baking powder
½ t. salt
6 eggs, separated
3 T. hazelnut oil
1/3 c. water
1/4 t. cream of tartar
For the vanilla syrup
1/3 c. sugar
2/3 c. water
half a vanilla bean
For the frosting
8 oz. gianduja chocolate, coarsely chopped
2½ c. heavy cream
Spread out the hazelnuts in a small baking pan. Toast them in a 350 degrees F preheated oven for 7-10 minutes, until fragrant and lightly browned. When done, put them in a tea towel and rub of the skins. Allow to cool. Set half aside for garnish. Leave the oven on for the cakes.
Line the bottoms of three 8-inch round cake pans with rounds of parchment paper - do not grease the pans.
Place 1/4 c. of the toasted nuts in the bowl of a food processor with 1 c. of the sugar. Pulse until the nuts are finely ground. Transfer to a large bowl, and sift the flour, baking powder and salt over the nuts. Stir and then, using a whisk, blend in the egg yolks, hazelnut oil and water.
Put the egg whites and cream of tartar in a large mixing bowl and with the mixer on medium, whip until frothy. Add the remaining 1/4 c. sugar in a slow, steady stream and beat until soft peaks form (you don't want stiff peaks, as that will make the cake dry)
Add one fourth of the egg whites to the batter, folding them in gently. Fold in the rest of the egg whites and divide the batter among the three prepared pans. (I only have two pans that are the right size, so I leave the last third of the batter in the fridge until the first batch has cooled and is removed from the pans. It's a tip the authors give in the start of the book, and I haven't noticed any difference in the finished product when doing this.) Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool completely in the pans, then run a blunt knife around the edge of the cake and turn them out onto a wire rack. Peel of papers.
Combine sugar, water and the scraped out seeds of the vanilla bean in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Reduce to 2/3 c, then remove from the heat. Cool completely before using.
Melt the chocolate and 1/2 c. of the cream in a double boiler (or as I did, in the microwave) remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Let cool to room temperature, but do not allow to set. (I melted the chocolate with the cream, then stirred in Nutella, and things started looking a little grainy. It didn't affect the end result though.
Whip the rest of the cream until almost stiff, the fold into the chocolate. Use frosting immediately.
Assembling the cake:
Place one layer, flat side up on the dish you want to serve it on. Brush about 3 tablespoons of the syrup over the layer. Spread 1 cup of frosting on top of this, then repeat with the next layer. For the third and final layer, moisten with remaining syrup. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the rest of the frosting and decorate with reserved hazelnuts.
My notes
- Again, baked the cakes in advance
- It was impossible for me to get a hold of gianduja chocolate - so why make the cake in the first place? you may ask - well, I wanted to. So I figured I'd just use 1/3 (weight) Nutella in the frosting and that way get some hazelnutty goodness. Hm. I don't remember having tried gianduja chocolate, so it wouldn't be fair of me to say whether my substitution ended up anything like the real thing, but it didn't taste remotely like hazelnuts. Next time, I may try using nougat (the Danish kind is sort of like a paste) instead. Or find the real chocolate
- Assembled the cake and went off to the shindig - the frosting is like chocolate mousse, so I definitely wouldn't want to make it too long before using it, but it kept up beautifully