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Newbery Honor Books:
The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, by Margarita Engle
Savvy, by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson
Caldecott Honor Books:
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
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Printz Honor Books:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves, by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
Coretta Scott King Book Award to an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
The Blacker the Berry, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas, is the King Illustrator Book winner.
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Keeping the Night Watch, by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Becoming Billie Holiday, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
King Illustrator Honor Books:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson
Before John Was a Jazz Giant, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls
The Moon Over Star, by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award.
Shadra Strickland, illustrator of Bird, written by Zetta Elliott, is the Steptoe winner.
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for young readers:
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum, written and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
Leslie Connor won the middle-school award for Waiting for Normal.
Jonathan Friesen won the teen award for Jerk, California
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:
Are You Ready to Play Outside?, written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Geisel Honor Books:
Chicken said, 'Cluck!," by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell
One Boy, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Stinky, written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator, by Sarah C. Campbell, with photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
Laurie Halse Anderson is the recipient of the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for Catalyst, Fever 1793, Speak,
Pura Belpre Awards to Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children's books:
Just in Case, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, is the winner of the 2009 Belpre Illustrator Award.
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, by Margarita Engle, is the winner of the 2009 Belpre Author Award.
Belpre Illustrator Honor Books:
Papa and Me, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Arthur Dorros
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos, illustrated by Lulu Delacre, written by Lucia Gonzalez
What Can You Do with a Rebozo?, illustrated by Amy Cordova, written by Carmen Tafolla
Belpre Author Honor Books:
Just in Case, written by Yuyi Morales
Reaching Out, written by Francisco Jimenez
The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos, written by Lucia Gonzalez
Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,by author and illustrator Kadir Nelson
Sibert Honor Books:
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of The Past, by James M. Deem
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!, written by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video:
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly of Weston Woods Studios, producers of March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the U.S. and translated into English for publication here:
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, originally published in Japanese, written by Nahoko Uehashi and translated by Cathy Hirano
Batchelder Honor Books:
Garmann's Summer, originally published in Norwegian, written by Stian Hole, translated by Don Bartlett
Tiger Moon, originally published in German, written by Antonia Michaelis, translated by Anthea Bell
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production:
Recorded Books, producer of the audiobook The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, written and narrated by Sherman Alexie
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks:
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady, written by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
Elijah of Buxton, written by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis
I'm Dirty!, written by Kate and Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy
Nation,written by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
City of Thieves, by David Benioff
The Dragons of Babel, by Michael Swanwick
Finding Nouf, by Zoe Ferrari
The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti
Just After Sunset: Stories, by Stephen King
Mudbound, by Hillary Jordan
Over and Under, by Todd Tucker
The Oxford Project, by Stephen G. Bloom, photographed by Peter Feldstein
Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow, published by Harper
Three Girls and Their Brother, by Theresa Rebeck
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture "recognizing an individual who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children's literature, and then present the lecture at a winning host site":
Kathleen T. Horning, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC).
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award to an author or illustrator whose books are published in the United States and have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children:
Ashley Bryan, whose works include Dancing Granny, Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, and Beautiful Blackbird.
William C. Morris Award:
A Curse Dark as Gold, written by Elizabeth C. Bunce
More information on all of the awards appears on the American Library Association Web site.
© 2009 Janice Haraydal All rights reserved.

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Vail hockey team visits China
VAIL, Colorado – Foreign countries aren't all that foreign, learned a local hockey team touring China.
The Vail International Hockey team is on its way back from China, the 10th trip the organization has taken to either China or Eastern Europe since 1985.
Merv Lapin started the whole thing in 1985 because he likes to travel, and has taken more than 600 people over two and a half decades. He says it's important for local kids to see a world beyond the valley.
"One cannot generalize all foreign countries to be different in the same ways. Just like our own United States, the differences depend heavily on the economic position of the natives you meet," said Cole Caynoski, one of this year's players touring China. "I expected the kids to act and be different, but they are really quite similar. It reminded me that past all the stereotypes, racism and distance separating the people of the world. We are all human."
The local kids played six hockey games and did all the regular tourist stuff – The Great Hall of the People, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, a trip to Tiananmen Square to visit the body of Chairman Mao, who looked a little waxy, but pretty good for someone who's been dead that long.
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But what made the biggest impression was their visit to the homes of their Chinese opponents in Beijing.
They have everything in common, including the language. Many of the Chinese players attend an international school where many of the teachers are English speakers and English is the main language spoken. These Chinese kids said they'd rather read and write English than Mandarin, Caynoski said.
Keaton Fedrizzi said his Chinese hockey player host beat him in an English word game and is headed to New York City for a math competition.
Brian Beaudin writes that after a hockey game in Beijing (the Vail kids won), they ate lunch in a mall (the Vail kids are better at chopsticks) everyone played video games and basketball (the Chinese kids smoked the locals in hoops).
It was cold and the Chinese kids weren't wearing coats, although it's a safe bet their mothers told them to.
They felt at home when they went to their hosts' home, an American style suburban house where they played video games, drank soda and played some table tennis.
"It was odd, for the first time on this trip I felt like I was back in the good old U.S. of A," Caynoski said.
The differences were few, except their focus on academics.
"They took their school work seriously, like a job, which is something you rarely see in the U.S.," Caynoski said. "Most of the players on the Beijing club said that they were nearing their last years of hockey as their studies would become too difficult to continue playing."
"The focus on the intellectual world was a major difference, and not one I expected," Caynoski said.
In the end the Chinese kids were still kids.
"In my past two experiences with foreign kids my age, Austrians four years ago and a more eastern style Beijing family two years ago, I witnessed the same feeling resonating from all: that feeling of similarity and youth, a sort of unspoken sameness you get from people your age," Caynoski said.
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.
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text: DOWNLOADS Article (PDF-442KB) In response to the global banking crisis, regulators and policy makers worldwide have united behind efforts to increase financial institutions' minimum capital requirements and to limit leverage, hoping to reduce the likelihood of future bank distress.1 1. For example, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (an international consortium of banking regulators) proposed a major series of revisions to minimum capital standards in December 2009. The committee proposed regulating ratios that had not previously been regulated internationally, such as the ratio of tangible common equity (TCE) to risk-weighted assets (RWA) and the leverage ratio. As of this writing, the debate over proper capital requirements continues, with major implications for the industry and the economy—yet there have been few specifics on which ratios should be targeted or at what levels. To shed some light on the discussions, we analyzed the global banking crisis of 2007 through 20092 2. Our approach was simply to take a snapshot of global bank balance sheets, including capital position as of December 31, 2007, and to estimate the relationship between initial capital and leverage ratios and subsequent bank performance in 2008–09. We analyzed 115 large global banks (minimum asset size, $30 billion) representing $62.2 trillion in total assets—about 85 percent of developed-market banking assets and 65 percent of global banking assets. to identify relationships that different types of capital and capital ratios have to bank distress.3 3. We deemed a bank to be in distress if it met any of four conditions: (1) it had declared bankruptcy, (2) it had been taken over by the government or placed into government receivership, (3) it had merged with another bank under duress, or (4) it had received a government bailout of more than 30 percent of its Tier 1 capital as of December 31, 2007. Using this definition, 24 banks with $18.5 trillion in assets were considered distressed. Our analysis is observational, based on historical data, and not a real-world experiment, which would have required randomly selected financial institutions to hold different capital levels to gauge their effects. As a result, the findings do not definitively establish how institutions might perform in the future if minimum capital ratios were changed, but we believe that the evidence we provide is a valuable input for current policy discussions. We found that one capital ratio—the ratio of tangible common equity (TCE)4 4. TCE is shareholders' equity, less preferred shares, goodwill, and other intangibles (for instance, deferred-tax assets and mortgage-servicing rights). to risk-weighted assets—outperforms all others as a predictor of future bank distress. We also found that requiring a minimum leverage ratio would not have offered any insights that couldn't have been found by studying the right capital ratio. And, not surprising, we found that a higher bar on capital requirements, while reducing the likelihood of bank distress, comes at an increasing cost. One capital ratio outperforms the rest Among the various ratios, the one that offers the greatest clarity into the likelihood of bank distress actually measures TCE (the portion of equity that is neither preferred equity nor intangible assets) against risk-weighted assets, or RWA (Exhibit 1). TCE, like Tier 15 5. Tier 1 capital includes issued and fully paid common stock, perpetual noncumulative preferred shares, reserves created out of retained earnings or surpluses related to share issuance, and minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, less disallowed intangibles (for instance, goodwill). capital, can absorb losses because it offers banks the contractual flexibility either to eliminate repayments entirely or to defer them for extended periods of time. It can also absorb losses whether or not a bank remains a going concern. Moreover, our analysis found that the measures most commonly regulated currently—those based on the combined Tier 1 plus Tier 26 6. Tier 2 capital includes undisclosed reserves, unrealized gains on securities, asset revaluation reserves, general provisions and loan-loss reserves, hybrid capital instruments, and an allowable portion of subordinated debt. capital levels—are the least useful, in part because banks can seldom use Tier 2 capital to absorb a loss if they are to continue operating. For example, unrealized gains on securities may be unavailable in times of severe economic stress, and subordinated debt may trigger default if payments are deferred. Exhibit 1 From the analysis The TCE/RWA capital ratio outperformed every other metric in predicting how many banks were likely to become distressed. We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com In addition, banks have successfully arbitraged capital ratios traditionally watched by regulators through the banks' increasing use of non-common-equity instruments, such as cumulative preferred stock and trust-preferred securities, that qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital but could be issued at lower cost than common equity. This practice weakens the ability of an institution to absorb losses and the ability of regulations to limit its riskiness. Leverage ratios add little benefitOur analysis also found that an additional leverage ratio would not have offered any insight into the likelihood of bank distress beyond that provided by the TCE/RWA ratio. The same number of banks are affected (and the same amount of distress avoided) whether or not limits are placed on leverage. This finding does not prove that regulating leverage ratios is a bad idea. It does suggest, however, that the rationale must be based on other considerations. For example, leverage ratios might protect the liability side of the balance sheet against greater-than-expected haircuts on repurchase (or repo) financing, which could precipitate a systemic crisis. They also might help prevent future errors in risk weighting and regulatory arbitrage of risk weightings. But the use of leverage ratios has also arguably created an incentive for the growth of off-balance-sheet activities, which remove certain assets from the leverage ratio calculation and increase risk while circumventing additional capital requirements. Lowering risk has a costWhile it is possible to lower a bank's level of risk by increasing its TCE/RWA ratio, the trade-off is higher costs. Reducing the number of banks at risk through a higher capital base decreases the returns on equity (ROE) for the industry (Exhibit 2). For instance, a TCE/RWA ratio of 10 percent would have affected all of the banks that became distressed during the recent crisis but would have required an incremental $1.45 trillion in capital7 7. Incremental capital required is the estimated amount of additional capital required for all global banks below the maximum capital ratio in the range to reach that level. It is measured by the banks' capital position as of December 31, 2007. and reduced industry-wide average ROEs by an extraordinarily high 560 basis points. In addition to the impact on ROEs, increasing the required capital levels would likely have macroeconomic costs, including the effects of a short-term contraction in the availability of credit and the potential long-term effects of reduced lending levels, which result in lower GDP growth.8 8. See, for example, Tamim Bayoumi and Ola Melander, "Credit matters: Empirical evidence on U.S. macro-financial linkages," International Monetary Fund working paper 08/169, July 2008; and David Greenlaw, Jan Hatzius, Anil K. Kashyap, and Hyun Song Shin, "Leveraged losses: Lessons from the mortgage market meltdown," US Monetary Policy Forum report number 2, Rosenberg Institute at the Brandeis International Business School and the Initiative on Global Markets, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2008. Exhibit 2 Costly security Higher capital ratios leave fewer banks at risk of distress but also come with a higher price tag—and lower returns for banks. We strive to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to our website. If you would like information about this content we will be happy to work with you. Please email us at: email@example.com One test for regulators is wisely balancing the incremental benefits of higher capital requirements against the costs that they impose on financial institutions, borrowers, and society more broadly. For example, our analysis indicates that requiring banks to hold a TCE/RWA ratio in the range of 6.5 to 7.5 percent would have affected 83 percent of banks that became distressed while requiring $540 billion in incremental capital and a decrease in ROE of 260 basis points. In the effort to prevent future banking crises, regulators would do well to set minimum capital requirements by balancing the benefits of reduced distress with the costs that come from higher capital requirements.


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Redskins, Wildcats split SCAA twinbill
By Ed Patino
CAMDEN — Alec Dahlstrom and Bryce Meredith threw a pair of gems for their respective teams.
The Camden-Frontier High School baseball team split a Southern Central Athletic Association doubleheader with the Pittsford Wildcats on Friday. Dahlstrom pitched the Redskins to a 3-0 victory in the first game, while Meredith recorded a shutout in a 6-0 Pittsford victory in the nightcap.
In the opener, Dahlstrom held the Wildcats to two hits and recorded five strikeouts while going the distance on the mound for Camden-Frontier (7-8, 7-4 SCAA). He also picked off two Pittsford base runners.
Alex Kramer got the start at catcher as Redskins' seniors were away on their class trip. He had a hit and two RBIs to lead the team. Dahlstrom went 2-for-2 with a run scored, while Ethan Riddell was 1-for-3 at the plate with a run.
"These were two well-played games, and I'm happy to get the split," Camden-Frontier coach Jason Holubik said. "Kramer has been good for us all year, and this was the best Alec has thrown this season."
Peyton Lucas took the hard-luck loss on the mound for the Wildcats, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out nine. Travis Wilson and Hunter Mravec were both 1-for-2 at the plate to lead Pittsford.
Meredith was the story in the second game for Pittsford. He held Camden-Frontier to two hits in the game while striking out 12.
"Both of our pitchers did a great job today," Pittsford coach Chris Hodos said.
Wilson went 2-for-3 to lead the Wildcats' offense. Dahlstrom hit a double for the Redskins.
Camden-Frontier will play at Litchfield on Thursday, then host Colon on Friday.
Tekonsha at Waldron (DH)
The Waldron High School baseball team swept a Southern Central Athletic Association doubleheader Friday, defeating the Tekonsha Indians 9-8 and 7-4.
Jimmy Champion had the walk-off game winning hit for Waldron (5-7, 5-7 SCAA) in the opener. Taner Cooper went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Spartans, while Cody Jamison was 2-for-3.
Cooper earned the pitching win in relief.
AJ Murfeld finished 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and a stolen base to lead the Spartans in the second game. Cooper was 2-for-4 with a RBI, while Champion went 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Cooper started the game on the mound and recorded the pitching win.
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Pittsford at Camden-Frontier (DH)
The Pittsford High School softball swept Friday's Southern Central Athletic Association doubleheader from the Camden-Frontier Redskins, winning 8-2 and 9-5.
Katie Saunders and Darrien Bump both finished with two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead Pittsford (5-8, 5-4 SCAA) in the opener. Mariah Natzke added two hits and a RBI, while Taylor Wilson had two RBIs and two runs. Amanda Simon finished with two hits.
Ashley Culbert earned the pitching win, allowing one hit while striking out seven and walking four.
Morgan Schrom had three hits and a RBI for the Wildcats in the second game. Culbert added two hits, a RBI and a run scored, while Natzke had two hits, a RBI and two runs. Bump recorded two hits and two runs scored and Wilson finished with a hit, a RBI and a run.
Culbert allowed three hits and struck out six for the pitching win.
North Adams-Jerome at Climax-Scotts (DH)
A long road trip west resulted in 13-5 and 15-11 victories for the North Adams-Jerome High School softball team Friday.
Cheyenne Monahan went 3-for-5 with a grand slam home run and four RBIs to lead the Rams in the first game. Becca Tittler had a three-RBI triple, while Alyssa Davis went 2-for-5 at the plate. Reagan Rhoades finished 1-for-3 in the game.
Davis struck out three and walked five for the win in the circle.
Desiree Morrison went 4-for-5 at the plate with six RBIs to lead North Adams (9-7, 7-3 SCAA) in the nightcap. Kayla Blevins was 3-for-4, while Rhoades was 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Cheyanne Jermeay finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Davis pitched six innings in relief and earned the win, striking out seven.
The Rams visit Burr Oak on Tuesday.
Tekonsha at Waldron (DH)
The Waldron High School softball team settled for a split of Friday's SCAA doubleheader with the Tekonsha Indians. The Spartans won the opener 5-4 before dropping the second game 10-7.
Lindsey Lockwood had two hits and three runs scored to lead Waldron (5-7) in the first game. Bailey Lawson and Caitlyn Leach both added two hits and a run, while Shelby Fellabaum had the game-winning RBI. Alexis Birdsell, Autumn Bailey, Kilie Sheffer and Kylie Spencer each added a hit.
Daneel Dixon earned the pitching win, striking out seven.
Lockwood had two hits and three runs scored to lead the Spartans in the second game, while Fellabaum had two hits and two runs. Lawson finished with two hits and a run scored, while Sheffer added a hit and a run. Leach and Bailey both collected a hit.


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HERS Index Making News in Florida
The Multiple Listing Services (MLS), owned and operated by the Realtor Association, is an important tool for the real estate industry. Real estate agents use the MLS to locate properties in the market that meet the home buyers' needs, and appraisers use the service to find comparables for developing the appraised market value of a home. If a feature does not appear in the MLS, it's basically hidden from the real estate market, which is why the recent decision to list the HERS index in Gainesville, Florida's, MLS is big news.
The Gainesville MLS now lists a home's HERS index score prominently in its report. What's more, The Gainesville Sun published a front-page story, "More Homebuyers Willing to Pay for Green Features," in its May 30, 2012 edition. "Real estate professionals say their experience anecdotally is that green- and budget-conscious buyers are willing to pay more for a house with energy-efficient features," the article notes. "But determining what those features are worth to a home's value has proven difficult for appraisers armed with limited data."
The article quotes Dave Gibbs of Coldwell Banker M.M. Parrish Realtors as saying that this information will "help Realtors more easily find homes with the green features that buyers are interested in and help appraisers compare sales data."
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To read the article in The Gainesville Sun, visit www.gainesville.com.
This action on the part of the Gainesville MLS should serve as a model for other MLS listing services to start including easily understood information on the energy performance of a home. In Gainesville, a great deal of credit must go to local rater Ken Fonorow of Florida H.E.R.O., who has tirelessly advocated the use of the HERS index to the housing industry.
Berkeley Lab Assesses Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods
Cooking exhaust hoods designed for home kitchens vary widely in their ability to capture and vent away the air pollutants generated by the gas burners on cookstoves, according to a study by two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) scientists. The capture efficiency of the seven representative devices they tested ranged from less than 15% to more than 98%. The study, by Woody Delp and Brett Singer of LBNL's Environmental Energy Technologies Division, measured the exhaust hoods' pollutant capture efficiency, the sound level generated by their fans, and their airflow. Cooking exhaust hoods vent such pollutants as CO, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, and fine particulates such as soot generated during cooking.
While the exhaust hoods that Delp and Singer tested varied widely in performance, they found that all the exhaust hoods did a better job of capturing pollutants generated by the two back burners of a four-burner stove than of capturing pollutants generated by the front burners.
"Even a moderately effective exhaust hood can reduce a stove user's exposure to pollutants," says Delp, "and using the back burners preferentially over the front burners helps reduce exposure even more." However, the findings of this study suggest that design improvements can increase the ability of hoods to capture pollutants and reduce their noisiness without increasing their energy use.
The study addresses the pollutants emitted by burners on the stove, but the process of cooking foods—for example by frying or stir frying—also generates pollutants. Delp and Singer have not confirmed that their results are applicable to pollutants generated by cooking foods, but they believe that they are; and they have funding for a follow-up study to confirm that the test method used in this study can be used to assess the capture of pollutants from the cooking process. They are also working on developing test standards that would allow appliances to be rated for their performance in capturing pollutants.
Pollutant capture efficiency is the percentage of pollutants at the cooking surface captured by the exhaust hood. Delp and Singer selected models that are representative of the different types of under-cabinet exhaust hood available in the U. S. retail marketplace. Several hoods covered only part of the two front burners of the gas stove. The coverage of one hood, a premium model, extended out beyond the front burners. Some of the models had grease screens or metal covering their bottoms, and some were open underneath. Two were Energy Star rated. The seven ranged in price from $40 for an economy model to $650, with most falling in the $250–350 range.
The results showed that exhaust hoods varied widely in their performance, and that while most of the hoods performed relatively well at venting exhaust gases, most did not do everything well. Some hoods had high capture efficiencies, some were very quiet, and some were energy efficient, but rarely were all three qualities captured in a single exhaust hood.
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Delp, Woody, and Singer, Brett. "Performance Assessment of U.S. Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods." Environmental Science & Technology, May 8, 2012 (web), Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society.
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The hood with the highest capture efficiency, exceeding 80% for front burners, was a large open hood that covered most of the front burners, but it generated sound levels too high for normal conversation. The capture efficiency of hoods meeting Energy Star criteria was less than 30% for front and oven burners.
"These results suggest ways that manufacturers can improve the performance of their products," says Singer. "Improving the geometry of the hoods—by making them deeper front to back and using methods such as recessed grease traps, blower entries up inside the hood, and better fans and motors will improve their capture efficiency."
App Alert: ResVent 62.2
ResVent 62.2, available for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, has been released by R.J. Karg Associates of Bethel, Maine. This mobile application calculates the minimum whole-building ventilation requirements of ASHRAE 62.2, "Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings."
ResVent 62.2 features a choice of ASHRAE 62.2-2007 or 62.2-2010, for new or existing dwellings. It features reports that you can view on your hardware or e-mail; slider controls for easy data entry; a range control of sliders; a picker wheel for easy selection of over 200 weather locations; a fan run-time calculator; a special math-on-the-fly feature; and a comprehensive Help screen. It can calculate the infiltration credit and the alternative compliance supplement for existing homes.
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For more information on the application and to view its instruction manual, visit www.karg.com.
To download the app, visit www.itunes.apple.com.
This application allows residential energy professionals to comply with the ventilation requirements of BPI's "Home Energy Auditing" standard, DOE/NREL's "Workforce Guidelines for Home Energy Upgrades," and EPA's "Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades"—all of which call for compliance with ASHRAE 62.2.
R.J. Karg Associates has been writing software for compliance with the ASHRAE ventilation requirements for over 12 years. The ResVent 62.2 app can be downloaded at the iTunes store for $19.99.
Century Club Award Winners
In March, DOE announced the 2011 Home Performance with Energy Star Century Club Contractors. This Century Club award recognizes companies nationwide that have improved the energy efficiency of more than 100 homes in the past year. These contractors participate in the Home Performance with Energy Star program. Following are the names of this year's winners:
- Airco Mechanical, Ltd.
- Alternative Global Energy
- Alternative Resource Management, LLC
- AKA Energy Efficient Home Services
- BC Express, Incorporated
- Brighthome Energy Solutions, LLC
- Chapman Heating & Air Conditioning
- Climate Partners
- Comfort Home Improvement, Rochester
- Comfort Home Improvement, Syracuse
- Competitive Resources, Incorporated
- Complete Home Solutions, LLC
- Conservation Services Group, New England
- Consumption Auditors Consulting
- Crossfield Home Energy Solutions
- Divine Energy Solutions, Incorporated
- Dr. Energy Saver, Lansing
- Duerst Insulation Technicians
- Eco Sun Systems, LLC
- Ecobeco, LLC
- Econo-Therm Insulation
- Efficient Home, LLC
- Energy Alliance
- Energy PRZ
- Energy Resources Group
- Energy Savers Consulting and Auditing, LLC
- Energy Testing Services
- Extreme Energy Solution
- Fox Service Company
- Green Collar Operations
- Green Home Energy Audits
- Green Improvement Consulting
- Green Star Insulation, LLC
- Greener House Today
- GreenHomes America, LLC
- GreenSavers USA, Incorporated
- Gulick Building and Development, LLC
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3 of 4 Mardi Gras shooting victims out of hospital
- Police seeking three men who fled scene
- Shooting occurred as people in costumes partied
- One man still in critical condition
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gunshots erupted in a crowd of bead-wearing, drink-carrying late-night revelers on Bourbon Street during the countdown to Mardi Gras, wounding four people and sending bystanders running and screaming. Hours later on Sunday, though, the same stretch was packed with partiers who said they weren't letting the violence dampen their fun.
In a video taken by a witness Saturday night and released the next day, the shootings are preceded by footage of people standing shoulder to shoulder in New Orleans' famed tourist district, with some holding green plastic cups and wearing gaudy hats or masks. A section of the frame highlighted by police shows people jostling and speaking with angry expressions.
Police said in an email that the video depicts an argument involving one of the shooting victims and the suspects. Two men are seen leaving the argument and returning with a third, then approaching the victim as at least one of the suspects begins shooting, according to police. Four shots are heard in rapid succession, followed by screams as some in the crowd stagger into one another and a nearby wall. A man whom police identified as one of the suspects is shown walking through the crowd with his arm extended as the gunshots are heard, though it's difficult to make out a weapon.
Police said Sunday that they were seeking the three men and that they've identified one suspect, but won't release the name.
The shootings wounded two men and two women, three of whom were treated and released Sunday. One man hit in the abdomen, thigh and pelvis was in stable condition Sunday after surgery the previous night, New Orleans Police spokesman Hilal Williams said.
Of those treated and released, a man was shot in the buttocks, one woman was shot on the chin and right foot, and the second woman was shot on the toe, police said. No ages or names were released.
The shooting came on the last weekend of partying before Mardi Gras, the Fat Tuesday celebration that is the signature tourist event of the year in New Orleans. And for thousands, the partying continued despite the shooting. Parades rolled under cloudy skies Sunday before crowds of onlookers, though the shootings were on the minds of some revelers.
Some who were on Bourbon when the shooting occurred were back Sunday.
"We're not worried," said Raymond Reginato of Toronto, Canada, who was in New Orleans with friends for a bachelor party this weekend. "Everybody's in a good mood. I really believe that was an isolated incident."
Jackie Counte Cooley of Gainesville, Ga., said the shooting was enough to deter her from Bourbon Street, though she was among the revelers packed nearby along Canal Street taking in Sunday's parades.
"It's my first Mardi Gras, and I'm having a good time, but I won't be going to Bourbon street," she said.
New Orleans has been plagued for years by violent crime, including gun violence that has soared since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
In 2011, sixteen people were shot and at least two killed in Halloween shootings in New Orleans. One of the victims was slain near the Chris Owens nightclub, about a block away from Saturday's incident.
Julia Rosenthal, a 19-year-old from Westchester, N.Y., had mixed feelings about hanging out in the French Quarter after the shooting. "It's not an OK thing that happened, and it's definitely scary. But I'm not going to let it affect my night," she said.
Peter Manabani, an employee at the Rat's Hole bar, said police had shut down a whole Bourbon Street block for an hour to investigate but allowed people to return to the area later.
Hours later on Sunday, there was little evidence that a shooting had occurred. Revelers were in full party mode, packing the block amid a heavy police presence.
Laura Gonzalez, 21, of Baytown, Texas, said it was her first Mardi Gras and she spent some time in the Fat Catz bar nearby as police investigated. She said the bar locked its doors quickly after the shots rang out and wouldn't let anyone in or out while police went to the scene.
Asked if it was frightening, she responded: "Not really. We were just locked in a bar and we weren't going to let this one incident wreck our party."
Parades rolled all day Saturday and Sunday, but none on Bourbon Street because the streets are too narrow. One of the biggest Mardi Gras parades, the Krewe of Endymion, rolled down a major thoroughfare and just skirted Bourbon Street a few hours before the shooting. Typically, once the parades end, partygoers head to the French Quarter. The route for Bacchus on Sunday also came near the French Quarter.


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A hotel registry entry for the Hôtel de Londres in Chamonix dated 23 July 1816 contains a comment, in Percy Shelley's hand and written in Greek, declaring, "I am a lover of mankind, a democrat and an atheist." The registry document has just resurfaced in the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, and was recently documented on the library's blog. The circumstances behind the document has also been explored more fully on Graham Henderson's blog. At the latter site, a high resolution image of the registry is available, embedded below:
See both blog posts for an account of the public scandal Shelley's comment provoked.


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SPANISH WAR VETERANS MEDAL: There would have been a ribbon that looked like the American flag connecting the two parts of this medal which was given to anyone who served in the armed forces during the Spanish American War or Philippine American War. At the top is the American bald eagle within a laurel wreath and victory shield. The bottom of the ribbon would have attached to the cavalry saber, infantry rifle, and naval anchor representing the various branches of the military. That part attaches to the War cross with the four arms reading "Porto [sic.] Rico," "Cuba," "Philippines" and "USA." The dates 1898-1902 denote the range of the two wars which the military views as really the same war. The reverse of the cross reads like a compass with "North," "South," "East," and "West" on the arms and "United" in the center.


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Michelle and I are really grateful that they have chosen to set high standards. – Jim Bob Duggar, father
Jill Duggar, 22, of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" recently announced her engagement to Derick Dillard, 25. The Duggar family has been open about the agreed-upon standards.
"We're just really trying to keep our relationship focused not on the physical but really just more on communication and continuing to learn more about each other," Jill Duggar told ABC.
"We're saving our first kiss and things beyond that for our wedding."
The Duggar family has already spoken about its dating and courtship standards on the TV show. In a TLC interview about courtship, Jill Duggar and her sister Jessa Duggar, 21, explained that they would put off hand-holding with beaus until an engagement is announced and hold off on any kissing until marriage.
Parents Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar explained that during their own courtship they didn't wait until they were married to kiss, and now they wish they had.
"Michelle and I are really grateful that they have chosen to set high standards," Jim Bob Duggar told ABC.
They also explained that his children have made this decision on their own.
"We have told our kids in courtship to set their own rules, and then bring them to Mom and Dad to kind of let us oversee that, and then to also hold you accountable to those," Jim Bob Duggar said in a TLC interview.
Jim Bob Duggar is grateful for the example his older children are setting.
"Both of the girls realize that they've got a lot of little brothers and sisters coming after them," he told ABC.
"I don't think each relationship is going to be the same ... [but] both couples have decided to have high standards in order to keep themselves pure and also set an example for their younger siblings."
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Van Cliburn: A piano virtuoso who transcended Cold War
Van Cliburn passed away Wednesday at his Texas home. Van Cliburn, a Grammy award-winning classical pianist, was a star in both the US and Russia.
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Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status, died Wednesday after a long illness.
Cliburn died at his home in Fort Worth surrounded by loved ones, said his publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone.
The Grammy winner had made his last public appearance in September at the 50th anniversary of the prestigious piano competition in Fort Worth named in his honor. To a roaring standing ovation, he saluted many past contestants, the orchestra and the city, saying: "Never forget: I love you all from the bottom of my heart, forever."
"His legacy is one of being a great humanitarian, a great musician, a great colleague, and a great friend to all who knew and loved him. Van is iconic," said Carla Kemp Thompson, chairwoman of the Van Cliburn Foundation, which hosts the competition. "(We) join the international community in mourning the loss of a true giant."
Cliburn skyrocketed to fame when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at age 23 in 1958, six months after the Soviets' launch of Sputnik embarrassed the US and propelled the world into the space age. He triumphantly returned to a New York City ticker tape parade — the first ever for a classical musician — and a Time magazine cover proclaimed him "The Texan Who Conquered Russia."
But the win also proved the power of the arts, bringing unity in the midst of strong rivalry. Despite the tension between the nations, Cliburn became a hero to music-loving Soviets who clamored to see him perform and Premier Nikita Khrushchev reportedly gave the go-ahead for the judges to honor a foreigner: "Is Cliburn the best? Then give him first prize."
In the years that followed, Cliburn's popularity soared, and the young man from the small east Texas town of Kilgore sold out concerts, caused riots when spotted in public and even prompted an Elvis Presley fan club to change its name to his. His recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin became the first classical album to reach platinum status.
Time magazine's 1958 cover story quoted a friend as saying Cliburn could become "the first man in history to be a Horowitz, Liberace and Presley all rolled into one."
Cliburn performed for royalty, heads of state in Europe, Asia and South America, and for every US president since Harry Truman.
"Since we know that classical music is timeless and everlasting, it is precisely the eternal verities inherent in classical music that remain a spiritual beacon for people all over the world," Cliburn once said.
But he also used his skill and fame to help other young musicians through the Van Cliburn International Music Competition, although he was never a judge.
Created by a group of Fort Worth teachers and citizens in 1962, the competition, held every four years, remains a pre-eminent showcase for the world's top pianists. An amateur contest was added in 1999.
"It is a forum for young artists to celebrate the great works of the piano literature and an opportunity to expose their talents to a wide-ranging international audience," Cliburn said during the 10th competition in 1997.
The 14th competition is to be held in May and June and will be dedicated to Cliburn's memory.
Cliburn's "Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3" won a Grammy for best classical performance in 1959, and he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
The Recording Academy, which bestows the awards, said Wednesday that Cliburn transcended cultural barriers and politics through the power of his music, and "his legacy will continue to have a great impact not only on classical music, but on our culture as well."
In 2003, President George W. Bush presented Cliburn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor. The next year, he also received the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I still have lots of friends in Russia," Cliburn said at the time. "It's always a great pleasure to talk to older people in Russia, to hear their anecdotes."
After the death of his father in 1974, Cliburn announced he would soon retire to spend more time with his ailing mother. He stopped touring in 1978.
He told The New York Times in 2008 that among other things, touring robbed him of the chance to enjoy opera and other musical performances. "I said to myself, 'Life is too short.' I was missing so much," he said. After winning the competition, he added, "it was thrilling to be wanted. But it was pressure too."
Cliburn emerged from his sabbatical in 1987, when he played at a state dinner at the White House during the historic visit to Washington of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev leapt from his seat to give the pianist a bear-hug and kisses on the cheeks.
The 13th Cliburn competition, held in 2009, made history when a blind pianist from Japan, Nobuyuki Tsujii, and a teenager from China, Haochen Zhang, both won gold medals. They were the first winners from any Asian country, and Tsujii was the first blind pianist to win. And it was only the second time there were dual first place winners.
Cliburn was born Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr. on July 12, 1934, in Shreveport, La., the son of oilman Harvey Cliburn Sr. and Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn. At age 3, he began studying piano with his mother, herself an accomplished pianist who had studied with a pupil of the great 19th century Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
The family moved back to Kilgore, Texas, within a few years of his birth.
Cliburn won his first Texas competition when he was 12, and two years later he played in Carnegie Hall as the winner of the National Music Festival Award.
At 17, Cliburn attended the Juilliard School in New York, where fellow students marveled at his marathon practice sessions that stretched until 3 a.m. He studied under the famed Russian-born pianist Rosina Lhevinne.
Between 1952 and 1958, he won all but one competition he entered, including the G.B. Dealey Award from the Dallas Symphony, the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Scholarship and the prestigious Leventritt. By age 20, he had played with the New York Philharmonic and the symphonies of most major cities.
Cliburn's career seemed ready to take off until his name came up for the draft. Cliburn had to cancel all shows but was eventually excused from duty due to chronic nosebleeds.
Over the next few years, Cliburn's international popularity continued as he recorded pieces ranging from Mozart to a concerto by American Edward McDowell. Still, having been trained by arguably the best Russian teachers in the world, Cliburn's heart was Russian, with the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos.
After 1990, Cliburn toured Japan numerous times and performed throughout the United States. He was in the midst of a 16-city US tour in 1994 when his mother died at age 97.
Cliburn made his home in Fort Worth, where in 1998 he appeared at the opening of the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, both in recital and as soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He endowed scholarships at many schools, including Juilliard, which gave him an honorary doctorate, and the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories.
In December 2001, Cliburn was presented with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Medallion at the televised tribute held in Washington.
Until only recently, Cliburn practiced daily and performed limited engagements.
Cliburn is survived by his manager and longtime friend, Thomas L. Smith.