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Brabeck was born in Villach, Austria, six months before the end of World War II. His mother Edeltraud Brabeck recalls rushing with her infant son to an air-raid shelter to avoid Allied bombs. In the tough economic times after the war's end, the surrounding Alps became Brabeck's playground. By age 10, he was climbing with ropes. As a teenager, he took off for hiking trips with his friend Hans Thomassen, with little more than a tarp and his mother's sandwiches. She recalls that "he was always an adventurer, just like his father"--a salesman...
...raise the number of visas issued beginning in April, 2008. Today, competition for highly skilled workers is truly global. If it wishes to stay competitive, the United States cannot afford to continue its backward policies. The government should increase the quotas as soon as possible in order to avoid losing another generation of some of the world’s most talented workers...
...sort of a strange combination to be in tabletops and newsprint. What is the common denominator? That's the question. There is enormous loyalty to regional brands in the newspaper business; there is enormous loyalty to brands in the tabletop business. Brands protect you from becoming a commodity. So avoid commoditization at all costs. And that is the common thread to all of those...
...other types of charitable programs or food for the hungry would be a great alternative," says Michael Markarian, executive vice president of the Humane Society. "If hunters are donating the spoils, [feeding the hungry] is really a secondary issue." Markarian says there are also non-lethal ways to avoid conflicts between deer and human populations, like installing reflectors to prevent roadside collisions...
...From the advice at the end of the chapters, Watson draws the book’s title, “Avoid Boring People.” Watson gives this piece of advice twice in the book, the first time advising people to avoid others who are boring, and the second time advising people not to be boring themselves. It’s hard to help feeling that Watson himself could do better on the second count...