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New York -- Research released Monday by Citigroup and published by Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch found that digital sales for the holiday 2012 shopping season are expected to increase at least 20%, thanks to two additional shopping days and amped-up retail marketing efforts.
Surprisingly, however, Citi found that mobile shopping will likely have a limited impact on sales. That's partly because while sales made through smartphones are expected to surge to $31 billion in 2016 from an estimated $10 billion this year, the figures only account for 7% of total online sales in 2016, up from an estimated 3% of e-commerce this year, according to Forrester Research data.
In comparison, U.S. online-retail sales are expected to surge to $327 billion by 2016 from more than $200 billion last year, with e-commerce accounting for 9% of total retail industry demand in 2016, up from 7% last year, Forrester found.
Sales through social networks also will have a limited direct-sales impact. While they are expected to surge by 93% each year, the amount is expected to come to $14 billion in 2015 from $1 billion last year.
Sales generated from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, or the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, will continue to grow in importance this season, found the research. Promotional efforts will start well before Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving Day itself will continue to emerge as a more important online-shopping day.

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ASK someone about their past experience in table tennis, and you can invariably guess the answer, writes Fraser Watson.
"The occasional knock about on holiday" is arguably the most frequent response, closely followed by "the odd game in my mate's garage as a youngster."
Few however, can ever confess to a deep involvement in the game, fuelled by regular training and competitive tournaments.
And despite the sport's long standing history in both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, it's fair to say that television and national newspaper coverage is rare.
My own personal memories date back to a few matches with my brother when growing up – where rules, and often score lines, were made up as we went along.
So therefore, I had little clue of what to expect when I turned up at Haverfordwest Table Tennis Club one Monday night for my fifteenth Commonwealth Games challenge.
I was met by Pete Lavender, who is currently running the club in the temporary absence of club secretary Barry Chambers.
"Unfortunately, compared to other sports, the game is not well publicised," admitted Pete, who also used to run a club in Narberth.
"And therefore, people can't always appreciate just how difficult it is.
"Many people see table tennis as simply knocking a ball back and for over a net – but it's a sport that combines speed, technical ability, and real skill."
And as Pete explained, it's also a sport where the young or old can excel.
"We cater for all ages and abilities here – and newcomers will be helped out by those with more experience," he said.
"Players will hold matches, rallies or training drills between themselves and we have a knockout competition each year.
"We currently have about 16 members training but we would like to expand and would encourage anyone interested to come along."
Pete is also one of three registered coaches at the club, and it was he who got me started on the basics of grip and technique.
Sure enough, my tendency to hold a bat as if it were a miniature tennis racket was swiftly corrected.
My early attempts at mastering the serve and forehand brought about some erratic results, before I slowly got to grips with the concepts of rhythm and top spin.
But what troubled me above all else, was remembering Pete's coaching pointers while trying to operate at high speed.
"Concentration is key in table tennis and it's a game that takes a lot of getting used to," Pete told me.
"You are focussing on a small ball that is often travelling at more than 80 miles per hour.
"So you need good hand eye co-ordination and fitness is important to, as you are constantly on the move from side to side."
Sound advice, especially as my next tutorial was to come from the ever competitive Bernie Armstrong, a highly regarded player at local level.
He drilled me on my forehand, backhand, chop and push shot, at what felt like a frenetic pace.
Indeed, all too often I was left flat footed as I hesitated over shot selection, and any intense rallies invariably ended with me reverting to type with an errand return.
"In table tennis standing still is a crime," Bernie told me.
"You constantly have to get your feet into position to be in the right place and you need to be close to the table."
Managing the latter was difficult, and I found myself retreating more and more towards the back wall as I scrambled to return Bernie's powerfully placed shots.
And again, maintaining technique, or even remembering the obvious principle of 'keeping my eye on the ball', proved difficult under pressure.
But such pressure was put into perspective when I watched Bernie go head to head with fellow club member Neil Hulme, a former English international at junior level.
The pair rallied with levels of speed and tenacity that I found difficult to follow with the naked eye.
But if Bernie had given me lesson in intensity, I was about to receive another in the more intricate aspects of the game.
The club's third qualified coach is the familiar face of Bill Carne, who seldom forgets to remind me about his prowess in the sport.
Bill, the game's equivalent of a wily old fox, likes to manoeuvre opponents around the table and uses spin to maximum effect.
"I see the game as chess with a ball," he said.
"There is a lot of skill involved in table tennis and timing is everything.
"It's easy sometimes to try to hard but some shots, push shots especially, are gentle ones where the main thing is to maintain control."
Indeed, Bill tested me with three different serves, all with varied levels of spin.
Each time, he predicted beforehand where my return would end up, and each time, I duly obliged.
And although my form and composure picked up slightly in the final moments of the session, I have no qualms admitting I was left mentally, if not physically, exhausted.
And indeed, Pete's words at the beginning of the session rang true – unless you try the game at a proper level, you simply cannot appreciate its complexity.
Grip, shot selection, spin, feet position, transfer of weight, angle of bat – all components of the thought process that goes in to playing a table tennis shot.
But it's a thought process that has to be executed in the blink of an eye. Indeed, few other sports demand so much technical capability at such a frantic speed.
So make no mistake - table tennis is a game that requires hours upon hours of practice in order for an individual to excel.
And as I'm now all too aware, it's a game that requires far more than the 'occasional knock up on holiday' to perfect.
Bill Carne's verdict:
Playing table tennis probably presented one of the greater Commonwealth Games challenges for Fraser Watson because he readily admitted that he had played a few games on holiday but little else - and knew he was likely to come up against some good players at Haverfordwest Table Tennis Club.
This eclectic bunch included Steve Jones, who has improved dramatically, as has Neil Watts, a giant at 6'5 who has developed a wicked forehand.
Then there's Robert Yau, who loves to attack every ball – whilst Neil Hulme is a former English junior international who played at a high level, before he moved to the area and we dragged him down a little!
Sadly missing after a bout of illness was Barry Chambers, who at 82 has run the club for a number of years and has the enthusiasm of a 15-year-old. Barry would have had Fraser in fits and could arguably have taught Mr Watson better than any of us.
Charged with the responsibly of giving advice was Pete Lavender, who at 67 loves playing as much as ever, Bernie Armstrong, the only home-grown player capable of pushing Neil Hulme all the way, and yours truly, who has been playing for 53 years!
We had previously decided we would each look at different aspects of Fraser's play and given his inexperience we started off by showing him how to grip the bat!
But Fraser is a battler and he was soon up and running, with Pete showing him how to play the basic shots on his forehand - while Bernie and I confused him while playing on the next table and shouting across suggestions!
Bernie gave some attention to backhand play and managed to get Fraser to loop the ball over the net smoothly, as well as using his feet to get into position to play shots.
By now there was a slightly glazed look across Fraser's face as I took him under my wing and worked on his serve - and getting those feet into position so that he could master weight transference as he played each shot.
By the end of our time with him, Fraser was beginning to build rallies and keep the ball on the table - Pete even felt that given time we could make something of him as a table tennis player!
Tune into this week's Radio Pembrokeshire Friday Night Sports Show, between 6-8pm, to hear Bill Carne interview Fraser about his introduction to table tennis, and members of the Haverfordwest club about their involvement.
For more on table tennis in Pembrokeshire, visit the Sport Pembrokeshire Facebook page or www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/sport.


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Ukiah Police Chief Chris Dewey will present a plan today for the city's next budget that includes hiring two more police officers at a special meeting of the Ukiah City Council.
According to the staff report prepared by Dewey for the afternoon meeting, he is recommending that the council "consider hiring two (additional) police officers." To help fund the positions, "staff has obtained AB 109 Community Corrections Program (CCP) funding in the amount of $62,500 per year for the next two years."
In addition, Dewey reports that City Manager Jane Chambers "will identify additional one-time funding, which does not impact the general fund, to fund these positions during the next two-year span of the committed CCP funding."
Along with hiring new officers, Dewey suggests creating a full-time Community Service Officer (CSO) position to handle evidence and volunteer coordinating. Dewey notes that the council authorized both a part-time evidence and part-time front office clerk position, which are funded completely by Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Fund (SLESF) grant funds.
Since both positions are vacant, Dewey suggests combining them into one full-time position that would still be funded by SLESF funds.
Another position Dewey suggests creating is a full-time CSO position for code enforcement, which is now "primarily the responsibility of a police captain and patrol officer staff," who have "been unable to keep up with the heavy workload and (consequently) a large number of unresolved cases, which are often complex and lengthy, exist."
To address the backlog of code enforcement cases and other quality of life issues in the community, "the department desires to create a CSO - City Code Enforcement position," the funding for which would "come from the department's District Attorney Marijuana Restitution funds."
Lastly, Dewey suggests making changes to the parking enforcement program, including raising the "fines, penalties and permit fees to reflect actual costs," because "of new State fees, the city spends more in assessments and staffing costs than we collect in fines for a parking violation."
Dewey notes that "many cities have automated the parking ticket process and reduce costs by contracting out parking ticket payment, hearings and parking permit administration," and he requests seeking bids "to determine if these solutions would assist the city."
These requests and the UPD's strategic plan will be discussed at the meeting today, which begins at 3 p.m. in the council chambers at 300 Seminary Avenue.
Justine Frederiksen can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, on Twitter @JustFrederiksen or at 468-3521.


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When you think about Valentine's Day this year, think about the heart -- and the free youth heart screenings that could save the child you love. Karen Schrah's Living 4 Zachary nonprofit foundation will offer these free screenings Feb. 15 from 5-9 p.m. in the Dallas Ballroom of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel at 555 S. Lamar Street in Dallas. There will also be free health tests and free medical advice, AED and CPR training and heart healthy cooking demonstrations all aimed at youth ages 12-22. The following night, L4Z will hold their annual fundraising gala: Living for Zachary HeartBeats Gala —Unforgettable Feb. 16 from 6 pm. to midnight with a 5 p.m. VIP reception.
Why is Karen Schrah doing this?
Three years ago, she was a mom like so many other moms, waiting in the car while her 16-year-old son, Zachary, finished up high school football practice. When Zachary went into unexpected sudden cardiac arrest due to an unknown heart abnormality and died, her life changed forever. This Plano mom talked to me about how she has devoted her life to trying to protect other parents from her loss. More than 10,000 young people die from SCA each year; through the Living 4 Zachary Foundation, she has tried to reduce those numbers by increasing the number of available Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in our community and training people how to use them.
The black tie event will have a live and silent auction and raffle in which attending and non-attending guests can participate. More than 40 guests will win prizes, including a Mercedes-Benz lease, a Vespa, a Harley Davidson, a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Florida, the Bahamas, extravagant diamond jewelry, a Dallas Cowboys Suite and $1000 gift cards. There'll be cocktails, fine dining, and dancing to the tunes of Downtown Fever. For more information and to purchase event ($175) and/or raffle tickets ($100 apiece, discounts for multiple ticket packages), visit living4zachary.org or 877-584-4922.
Can't make it? The HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano supports L4Z by offering the Living for Zachary Heart Screening which includes an electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and blood pressure screenings to youth ages 12-22 for $100 (not commonly covered by insurance). Healthfair also offers this screening package on a Mobile Medical Unit.


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Ministers call for a repeal of the death penalty
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Religious leaders from across the state are urging lawmakers to repeal Maryland's death penalty.
The diverse group of ministers met in Annapolis on Wednesday to denounce the practice.
Maryland's last execution occurred in 2005, when death row inmate Wesley Eugene Baker was put to death under former Gov. Bob Ehrlich.
Since 1976, Maryland has executed five people and five more remain on death row.
Gov. Martin O'Malley, who opposes capital punishment, pushed for repeal in 2009. The Democratic governor has said that he believes the General Assembly has the will to ban capital punishment this session.
Faith leaders say the death penalty should be repealed on the grounds that it is immoral, costly and has been proven to be a poor deterrent for heinous crimes.


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WASHINGTON, D.C.- On Friday, April 19, the White House hosted a meeting with domestic and international partners to discuss the path towards achieving universal primary education, the second Millennium Development Goal (MDG) by 2015. The meeting came on the heels of the World Bank Spring Meetings and as the international community enters the final 1,000 days to achieve the MDGs. Administrator Shah said "By working together to support and strengthen the efforts of our partner governments to prioritize education, we can accelerate progress towards the goal of access to quality education for all children in crisis and conflict-affected countries". In addition, Administrator Shah said that the U.S. is redoubling its efforts to ensure that children have access to school and acquire essential basic skills. Peter Baxter, Director General of AusAID noted, "The biggest investment in education is made by children themselves. They work every day to invest in their futures – we must support them to ensure that investment pays off."
Demonstrating collective commitment to international education, the Policy Dialogue convened high level U.S. Government (USG) representatives to mobilize global support for equitable access to quality education for millions of children. Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council, and Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, opened the meeting. Administrator Shah and Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education, followed with a call to action, and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), a long standing education champion, made closing remarks. Ministers of Education and Finance from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria and South Sudan briefed the attendees and led a dynamic discussion. The Ministers conveyed the challenges their countries face in the pursuit of universal access to quality education and their priorities for overcoming them. Noted Nigerian Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, "We need to look at education like a value chain and see where the entry points are in the chain to form partnerships."
The White House event also served to kick-off USAID's "Room to Learn" effort, a targeted effort , as part of its five year Education Strategy, to examine options to increase equitable access to education in six countries: Nigeria, DRC, South Sudan, Haiti, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Of the children who still remain out of school, 31 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 40% percent live in countries affected by conflict.
See more about the work USAID is doing in Education here.
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Connecticut Repertory Theatre's HIS GIRL FRIDAY Opens 2/28
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present John Guare's adaptation of His Girl Friday, February 28 - March 10 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs. For tickets and information, call 860-486-2113 and visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
His Girl Friday is an all American rat-a-tat comedy adapted from the film to the stage by acclaimed playwright John Guare. It's August 1939 in the Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. On the world stage Hitler is about to invade Poland, but tonight Hildy Johnson just wants to bid farewell to her old pals, get married and leave the newspaper racket behind, which should go well unless she runs into her hard-boiled editor and ex-husband Walter Burns who wants to keep her on the beat and in his life. With rapid-fire dialogue and a crackling conflict, His Girl Friday remains one of our wildest, wittiest whirlwinds of American romantic comedy.
UConn alum Christopher Hirsh will return to the CRT stage to play Walter Burns, the fast talking editor of The Daily Record, who has learned that his ex-wife and former star reporter Hildegard "Hildy" Johnson is going to marry Bruce Baldwin, a bumbling insurance salesman played by Actors' Equity guest artist, Kevin Crouch. Burns pulls out all the stops to sabotage the wedding plans. Not only does he manage to get Bruce repeatedly arrested, Burns kidnaps Bruce's mother while enticing Hildy to cover one last story, the upcoming execution of convicted murderer Earl Holub. When Holub escapes from death row and falls right into Hildy's lap, the lure of the biggest scoop of her career so overwhelms her that she hardly realizes Bruce's plight. Guare's stage adaptation of the classic movie that stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell maintains the best of the traditional American screwball comedy form while adding sparkling theatricality and sharp political commentary for a brilliant and hysterically funny live theatre event.
Director Dale AJ Rose said, "John Guare has crafted a wonderfully funny and ruefully poignant evening in the theatre. Guare has taken two American Classics, the popular stage play The Front Page and the rambunctious comic film, His Girl Friday and stirred in spicy elements of his own invention to create a world on the verge of war, a city stifling under the politics of graft and corruption, journalists obsessed with getting the BIG STORY and an engrossing and charming battle of the sexes."
Artistic Director Vincent J. Cardinal said, "Romantic polarization is the engine of screwball comedy and playwright John Guare brings one of the great comic films to the stage with his new adaption of Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday. Guare's adaption sets this comic war of wills against the backdrop of a United States about to go to war, which adds gravitas to the prickliest, and funniest, romance since Shakespeare's Beatrice and Benedict."
John Guare is an American playwright best known for such plays as House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, Landscape of the Body, and Four Baboons Adoring the Sun. Mr. Guare has received two Obie Awards, two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for Best American
Play and one for Best Musical, five Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Lyrics, London's Olivier Award for Best Play, the New York State
Governor's Arts Award, the Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and received an Oscar nomination. In 1993, Guare was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame. In 2003, he received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist. John Guare's adaptation of His Girl Friday combines elements from the original stage play, the 1940 movie starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and his own dark comedy stylings.
John Guare's His Girl Friday is a stage adaptation of the 1940 classic American screwball comedy of the same name directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, which was a film adaption of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's and 1928 stage play, The Front Page.
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I am 44 years old, worked in industrial factories all my life, and I had a chest x-ray for a normal physical. Have not had an x-ray in 15 years to compare to. The new x-ray prompted a CT scan and it showed "Interstitial Reticular Node Pattern". I understand this round scar tissue like nodes in the lungs from damage possibly from pnuemonia, exposure to fiber and chemical over the years, or even hereditary reasons.
What is a likely progression of these nodes? Do they turn cancerous, do they spread, do they multiply? Am I looking at a long journey of down hill lung problems from here? How do the doctors know the nodes are not canerous or something else more serious? Is there any way to fix or clean out my lungs or reduce the noduals in any way? In lieu of fixing the nodes, can any other practices be done to reduce the effects?
Thank you for your question! There are many possible causes for the abnormalities seen on your CT scan, including, as you mentioned, work or home exposures, other medical conditions, or hereditary conditions. It is difficult to answer specific questions about treatment options and the course of an individual's disease, as this depends on the cause of the abnormality and each individual's unique health situation.
I think it would be very appropriate for you to meet with a pulmonologist to discuss your CT scan findings and options for further evaluation of these abnormalities. This may include a test called a bronchoscopy or possibly a lung biopsy. These decisions depend on your specific medical history.
Again, thank you for your question and good luck.
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Lucky Dragon: The Enduring Legacy of Godzilla
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.— Students from schools in New York State delved deeper into the Dutch roots of New York by entering the Legacy of New Netherland: A New York State Quadricentennial Essay Contest. Keenan Kossman of East Moriches Elementary School (East Moriches, NY), Callie Kanim of Good Counsel Academy (White Plains, NY), and Eva Fu-Yun Fan of Townsend High School (New York City, NY) were announced as the winners at this year's New York State History Day ceremony. As winners, each student received a $500 cash prize and a set of books on the Dutch colony of the New Netherland for his or her school library.
As the Netherlands and the United States celebrate 400 years of friendship with NY400 , the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the New York State Historical Association partnered to organize the Legacy of New Netherland essay contest. Public, private, parochial and home school students from the 4th though 12th grades conducted research and wrote essays on religious tolerance, freedom of speech and New York as the center of world trade.
The students wrote in-depth essays on the Dutch influence in historical and present day New York. Fourth grader Keenan Kossman's essay, One of the First True Americans, focused on Dutch colonist Adrian Van Der Donck, who played an important role in the 1645 peace treaty with the native peoples of Manhattan. Van Der Donck was active in the colonial government, and wrote two books about the colony. Callie Kanirn, an eighth grader, wrote The Dutch Influence on New York, in which she provided detailed examples of the Dutch influence on American free speech, religious tolerance, and New York City as a center for world trade. Eva Fu-Yun Fan, an eleventh grader, researched and wrote The Fight for Religious Freedom, which discussed how the Flushing Remonstrance established religious tolerance as a basic freedom for all people in the New Netherland colony. Click here to see the list of winners and read their essays .
"I commend these students for their interest and initiative in writing about Dutch-American history. It is heart-warming for me to see young people understand the importance of these legacies. These bright, young students will have a role in shaping the future. I hope this experience will spark a desire in them to become Dutch legacy ambassadors to their communities and to continue this friendship which spans four centuries," said Ambassador Renée Jones-Bos.
Four hundred years ago, a Dutch ship named the Half Moon sailed into what is now present day New York City with Captain Henry Hudson at the helm. Hudson's voyage and the Dutch men and women who followed him led to the establishment of New Amsterdam and the New Netherland colony. These Dutch-American settlers brought with them values of tolerance, freedom, openness and entrepreneurship. From 1609 to the present, the indelible footprint by the early Dutch settlers continues to shape the New York City of today.
Students in grades 4-12 were invited to explore New Netherland and learn how the Dutch have had a lasting impact on America's culture and heritage, particularly in regard to the Dutch roots of three American cultural traditions: religious tolerance, freedom of speech, and New York as a center of world trade. One hundred and eighty students submitted essays.
The competition was divided into three divisions:
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• Junior – Grades 6-8
• Senior – Grades 9-12
Elementary Division students were asked to choose a person from the colony of New Netherland and describe how and why his or her actions have helped make our country a better place today.
Junior Division students were asked to discuss why early settlements in New Netherland were a success, and how they contributed to our current way of life.
Senior Division students were asked to choose one of the three Dutch traditions – religious tolerance, freedom of speech, or New York as a center of world trade – and discuss how it has impacted our American society from colonial times to the present. They were encouraged to pay particular attention to the tradition's change over the last four centuries and how it has been adapted to fit the fabric of our nation today.
"The New York State Historical Association is pleased to be involved with the Royal Netherlands Embassy. The essay contest offers us a great opportunity to rediscover our Dutch colonial roots here in central New York," said NYSHA's Vice President of Education, Garet Livermore.
National History Day is a nationally acclaimed, yearlong history education program that annually challenges over half a million students and thousands of teachers to ask questions that uncover life-changing answers. On April 11, 1974, National History Day was launched when 129 students from the Cleveland, Ohio area attended a history competition on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.
The revolutionary program was designed to reform and invigorate the teaching and learning of history at the elementary and secondary levels. With initial support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National History Day soon became a staple of history education in classrooms throughout the United States. Today, National History Day serves as the model for history and civics education reform. For more information on National History Day, please visit www.nationalhistoryday
The New York State Historical Association is committed to engaging and connecting a broad public audience to New York State's unique cultural heritage through exhibitions, extensive library collections, statewide educational programs, and publications that provoke, delight, and inspire. Founded in 1899, NYSHA is a private, non-profit, membership-based, educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving, collecting, and interpreting art and historical artifacts significant to New York State's rich history and American culture. The Association's remarkable collections, showcased in the Fenimore Art Museum, comprise some of the best examples of American landscape, history, and genre paintings including seminal works by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, William Sidney Mount and Benjamin West; the renown Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, a masterpiece collection of more than 800 art objects, representing a broad scope of North American cultures; and one of the nation's most comprehensive and significant folk art collections. NYSHA's Research Library holdings include over 90,000 volumes on American, New York State, and local history.
New York 400 is a yearlong celebration of the enduring friendship between the Netherlands and New York. Events are planned in New York and the Netherlands to highlight the bonds between the United States and the Netherlands. For more information on NY400, log onto www.ny400.org
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So, I've run into an issue lately, and with the proven ability of this forum to get me throwing longer, I thought maybe I could count on you guys to get me throwing shorter, as well.
With all of the collective information here, I've been just now starting to edge my longest discs (PDs) out to the 360-380ft range, and my putters out to just about 300 with good height. I know I need to do more work on getting my drivers longer, but this is about getting my putters shorter.
Some of you may know a course in the Chicagoland area, in Joliet called West Park. The second hole there is about 50-60 feet downhill, and only about 250 feet in distance. Past it by almost 100 feet is a fence and a densely wooded area that's clearly OB. Played a round there the other day and drove my KC Aviar, and I just gave it too much, putting it about 350 out and into the woods, taking the OB on a hole I feel I should easily be able to deuce. Needless to say, taking a 6 on it spoiled my round for me, and got me thinking about how difficult it is, in an area where most of the courses are pitch and putt and putters and Rocs are about 80% of my tee shots, to power down.
I've gotten to the point where as my distance pushes out to 400 feet, my putters are pushing 300 and my Rocs out to about 320 on lower lines, I don't often get to stretch my drivers out, and more often find myself worrying about overshooting some of the tiny holes you see around here. We have one course, for instance, with holes ranging from 150 feet out to 230 primarily, with only two of them over 300. I have trouble on holes like this, and I was wondering if any of you had some advice for me.


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The two views on compartmentalization are it's bad because it hides who we are or it is good because it keeps who we are sane.
Spilling my guts to a politician about my personal problems would be inappropriate. Likewise, a politician talking about his inner demons during an interview on transportation funding would be odd — interesting — but odd.
Instead, we keep the various parts of our lives compartmentalized.
I'm here to say we need a happy medium. In government, we need more transparency. We need to bring down the walls.
The big catch phrase in government and nonprofit circles these days is "we need to stop working in silos." I heard it several times at a transportation conference in Indian Wells. I heard it during press calls on the National Climate Assessment released last week.
Yet, ironically, I kept running into silos in each instance.
A silo is a tower used to store grain on a farm. But a silo is also used as a metaphor, meaning "a system, process, department, etc., that operates in isolation from others," according to the Oxford Dictionary. Environmental and transportation planners and policy makers said too often they work separately, don't share information, don't even talk to others and hence, make decisions in "silos."
It seemed like the more they talked about cooperation and sharing data, the more closed-door silos I ran up against.
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At a dedication of a hydrogen fueling station, the U.S. Department of Energy representative spoke about President Obama's $100 million annual support for development of hydrogen fueling station but wouldn't take a question from the press.
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When I asked if he could get a message to Secretary Gregory D. Winfree for me, to tell him I'm still waiting for the promised information on that traffic-solving project for the 210, he replied: "That's a totally different department. I'm Energy, he's in Transportation."
Silo mentality. That's what it is called on the website investopedia.com.
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Care of amphibians
Frogs are popular pets and display animals. The Australian Museum keeps a number of species of Australian frogs.
Authority to keep Australian amphibians in captivity
The Australian Museum is a licensed exhibitor of vertebrate animals. The keeping of amphibians privately as pets is regulated by state and territory agencies and it is illegal to take any protected species from the wild without a permit from an authority. please see the Resources for keeping live animals page and follow the links to your relevant authority.
Research into the natural history of the frog species is first conducted to make sure that the housing is appropriate and allows the animals to live long healthy lives. Frogs species differ in their need to swim once they have metamorphosed from the tadpole stage into adult frogs, so the housing of frogs does not always require large water areas. Green Tree Frogs and Striped Marsh Frogs do not swim often; Green Tree Frogs will sometimes sit in water, but otherwise acquire moisture from living in humid conditions. Likewise, Striped Marsh Frogs will use water bodies to spawn eggs but otherwise hide and catch their prey amongst thick vegetation.
A high level of humidity is key to keeping such terrestrial and arboreal frogs, and this is best achieved through the use of a terrarium, which is similar to an aquarium except with little or no water. Terrariums are water tight and are constructed of glass so that they can provide a humid environment.
Many species of frogs, such as Green Tree Frogs can generally live with other frogs in the same terrarium, however some species, such as the Striped Marsh Frog are territorial, with males defending water-filled objects and ponds which are potential breeding sites. Although tolerant of each other, care is taken not to over-crowd Green Tree Frogs. The Museum's exhibit has four frogs sharing an enclosure 1000mm X 800mm X 500mm (Length X Height X Depth) in size.
The base of the enclosure is fitted with a drain and covered in smooth pebbles to provide easy cleaning and drainage. The frogs have sensitive feet so require smooth material to move across and sit on. Other materials such as sphagnum moss and coco peat is also used with frogs, however requires regular changing in order to prevent fungal growth.
Enclosure furnishings such as branches, ceramic pots, plants, stones and bricks are provided for the frogs to climb on, hide behind and under as well as provide a naturalistic feel to the display. Faeces and uneaten food are removed as soon as possible to prevent mould growth and prevent the spread of parasites.
Environmental conditions
Frogs like all amphibians are exothermic, which means that the animal receives energy from the environment and maintains a preferred body temperature by warming up (moving towards a heat source) or cooling down (moving into the shade). In captivity it is important to provide a thermo-gradient, which is achieved by providing a heated end and an unheated, which allows the frogs to warm up and move away from the heat source once the preferred body temperature is attained.
Heat is provided at one end from a 160 watt Mercury Vapour Spot-light which is on 8-10 hours a day. The other end is lit by a compact florescent tube, both of these lights provide an adequate balance of full spectrum (UVA and UVB) lighting, which are important for proper growth and health. The lighting arrangement provides a temperature gradient of 18oC at the cool end and 32oC at the warm end.
High humidity is maintained from the heat evaporating water from the dish, which needs to be topped up. Live plants such as bromeliads and bird-nest fern also provide a source of moisture in the enclosure.
Frogs will mostly only eat live food. The Australian Museum feeds its frogs medium and large sized crickets and cockroaches. Around six insects are fed over two feedings a week for most frogs, this amount can be increased or reduced depending on if a frog needs to gain or lose weight. Live foods are sometimes released into the enclosure so that the frogs can hop and chase after the prey and receive exercise. Another feeding strategy used is to hand feed the frogs, which allows the amount of food intake to be controlled and recorded as well as a way to condition the animals to sit in one location for a positive enforcer.
The live food is supplemented with a vitamin and calcium powder which ensures healthy bone growth and overall health. The insects (approximately 20) are placed in a plastic bag with half a teaspoon of powder, then shaken to quickly coat them before being fed out to the hungry amphibians.
Water is provided in a large shallow dish, the water dish is washed out and water changed regularly. An anti-fungal liquid is added to the water to prevent mould growth. The quality of water is an important factor when keeping amphibians in captivity since eggs, tadpoles and adult amphibians have permeable membranes which are used for gas (respiration) and gland secretion and are therefore more sensitive to dirty and contaminated water. Water is tested for pH, temperature, ammonia and nitrates levels. Exhibits at the Museum have been designed to be accessible to keepers and well drained so that they can be easily cleaned out. All surfaces and objects which are cleaned with chemicals are rinsed thoroughly to remove any chemical residue, which could otherwise harm frogs.
Frogs are captured for regular health checks and for recording growth since they can acquire injuries from falls and can rub their snouts on abrasive surfaces. Green Tree Frogs are much more tolerant to being picked up and will often stay on the hand, however even this species will try to jump during detailed health checks so are restrained by being held around the waist which prevents them from being able to jump away.
Frogs have sensitive skin and are therefore prone to bacterial and fungal skin growths, this is controlled by reducing organic material used in exhibits as well as regular anti-fungal treatment. The use of UV lighting and provision of supplements in the diet prevents growth and skeletal problems such as metabolic bone disease (MBD) which is often expressed in captive animals as a hunch-back.
Behaviour changes are also a concern, as less active and withdrawn frogs can begin to eat less and lose weight. The main health problem effecting frogs is obesity, which is best combated by promoting exercise and controlling the amount of food provided to each frog.
Further reading
- Amphibian Ark. 2009. Husbandry standards and biosecurity. proceedings of the CBSG/WAZA Amphibian Ex situ Conservation Planning Workshop, El Valle, Panama, 12-15th February 2006.
- Mendelson, J.R. Pramuk J.B. Gagliardo,R. Pessier, A. Rothermel, B.B Zippel , K.C. Bevier, C. Preest, M. Crother, B. 2009. Considerations and Recommendations for Raising Live Amphibians in Classrooms. Herpetological Review, 2009, 40(2), 142–144.
- Poole, V.A. and Grow, S. (eds). 2008. Amphibian Husbandry Resource Guide. Amphibian Taxonomic Advisory Group. Association of Zoos & Aquariums.
- Tyler, M.J. 1996. Frogs as Pets: A Guide to Keeping the Australian Green Tree Frog. Graphic Print Group. Richmond.
- Walraven, E. 2004. Care of Australian Wildlife. New Holland. Sydney.
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Acclaimed rising stage and screen star Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars alongside recognizable headliners Minnie Driver, Danny Glover and Nate Parker in the new music-themed film BEYOND THE LIGHTS and a first trailer for the film has been released.
The official description of BEYOND THE LIGHTS is as follows: "After winning a Grammy, musician Noni Jean is poised for greatness. In a near-suicidal state brought on by the mounting scrutiny and expectation, she is saved by a police officer, Kaz. The two fall in love, despite pressure from each of their families to focus on their own careers."
BEYOND THE LIGHTS is set to be released November 14.
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Of note, beginning in 2005, Mbatha-Raw rose to prominence in the highly acclaimed Manchester productions of William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET and ANTONY & CLEOPATRA after training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Subsequently, she has appeared at the National Theatre in GETHSEMANE as well as appeared in the West End and on Broadway opposite Jude Law in Shakespeare's HAMLET.
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The British and Irish-based consortium Together Leeds has vowed to continue the fight to take control of Leeds and has urged current owners Gulf Finance House Capital to consider their offer for the club.
Earlier on Wednesday evening another consortium, Sport Capital - led by Andrew Flowers, the managing director of the club's main sponsors Enterprise Insurance - pulled out of a joint-takeover bid with Together Leeds.
The two parties had united earlier this week in a last-ditch attempt to prise the club from the grasp of Italian businessman Massimo Cellino, who remains in the box-seat having agreed a reported £25million deal for 75 per cent of the club's shares on Friday.
But Together Leeds, headed by former Manchester United International director Mike Farnan, remain committed to convincing Bahrain-based investment firm GFH Capital that selling to controversial Cagliari owner Cellino, convicted of fraud and who has an outstanding charge of embezzlement, which he denies, hanging over him, is not the answer to the club's financial problems.
Together Leeds said in a statement: "We have watched the events of the last week with considerable interest.
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QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador launched its 11th oil licensing round Wednesday in what promises to be a test of how the Ecuadorian oil sector is seen by investors after the government in 2010 requested oil companies to sign new contracts that stipulate that producers be paid per-barrel fees instead of taking ownership of the barrels they extract.
President Rafael Correa announced the licensing round, for 13 blocks in Pastaza and Morona Santiago provinces, located in the southeastern Amazon region, stressing that the winning bidders will be required to adopt the highest technical, social and environmental standards in exploring and developing oil prospects in the relatively untouched area near the border with Peru.
Earlier Wednesday, around a hundred indigenous residents of the Amazon region protested in front of the hotel in Quito where Mr. Correa made the announcement.
Mr. Correa, who took office in 2007 with a mission to overhaul the country's political and economic landscape, has increased state control over the economy, and as part of his energy policy has inked oil-for-credit deals with China.
In addition to the tender, Mr. Correa said that state-run oil company Petroamazonas will negotiate directly with foreign state-owned counterparts to jointly develop three blocks in the area. Wilson Pastor, Ecuador's minister of nonrenewable natural resources, said state-owned companies from Peru, Colombia, Turkey, Vietnam and other countries have shown interest in teaming up with Petroamazonas.
Although he didn't mention China Wednesday, Mr. Pastor previously said that the Middle Kingdom was interested in joint exploration opportunities. Earlier Wednesday, Ecuador's minister for strategic sectors said the South American country is negotiating with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (IDCBY) on funding to finance 70% of its Refineria del Pacifico project, in which China National Petroleum Corp. is planning to take a stake.
According to Mr. Pastor, about 20 companies have expressed interest in the tender, including Spain's Repsol.
The Andean country expects total investment of between $1 billion and $1.2 billion in the latest licensing round, Mr. Pastor said.
Companies will see returns on capital of between 15% and 25% for oil extracted from cretaceous depths and up to 30% for pre-cretaceous depths, Mr. Pastor said.
Mr. Pastor said winning bidders will be required to invest between $5 million and $15 million for each block they explore and develop on social projects for nearby communities. The projects will be carried out by the Ecuadorean government and payments will be made when contracts are signed.
Indigenous communities still aren't welcoming the oil companies. They have said 40 years of oil extraction in the northern Amazon has led to poverty and environmental devastation, and developing oil blocks in new territory will do the same.
According to an study from the Socio Environmental Information Unit of the Universidad Andina and the environmental NGO Fundacion Pachamama, 85% of Ecuador's South Central Amazon region is still covered by forest, and is home to indigenous groups--including the Kichwa, Shuar, Achuar, Cofan, Zapara--that account for 54% of the population.
Oil exploration and development is "potentially threatening [to] the wealth of this region, its unique biodiversity and cultural heritage," the study said.
Representatives of several indigenous communities of the affected region and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities, or Conaie, said Wednesday that they wouldn't allow oil companies to enter their territories, adding that the government's prior consultation process wasn't handled in accordance with the country's laws.
Mr. Pastor said that the process was handled in accordance with both the constitution and Ecuadorian statutes, adding that indigenous representatives failed to participate in the consultation process.
Companies have until May to prepare their offers, and winning bidders must sign contracts by next November. Contracts with state companies must be signed before that, Mr. Pastor said.
The contracts will provide for a four-year exploration period and a 20-year development period, if commercial discovery of oil is made.
Winning bidders who sign contracts will be paid a fee per barrel under a service contract once production commences, Mr. Pastor said.
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Daniel Silveira | Nov. 30, 2012The oil exploration is definitely a great opportunity for companies to make a large profit of their invested money. Jobs are gonna be created and hopefully a good help on the local economy. Those are definitely good aspects of the oil exploration. The big problems they are gonna face are environmental ones. Touch the deep waters of the Amazon could affect in a very bad way thousands of lives, not only local but all around the areas where the Amazon rivers touch. We have to remember that the ability of the ocean to recover from spills and others accidents should be much greater than that the river is gonna have. We are gonna have to pay for the mistakes we are making right now. hopefully its not gonna be too late for a comeback.
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SACRAMENTO -- State Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) vowed Friday to introduce legislation to change sexual assault laws after a panel of state appellate judges overturned a rape conviction because of a provision dating back to the 19th century.
"I am shocked and appalled that the court didn't see fit to uphold justice for this rape survivor," Evans said.
The Los Angeles-based 2nd District Court of Appeal cited an 1872 law while reversing the conviction of a man who authorities claim pretended to be a sleeping woman's boyfriend before initiating sexual intercourse, according to the Associated Press.
The judges said the law doesn't provide unwed women the same protections as married ones in certain rape cases, the AP reported. They overturned defendant Julio Morales' conviction and remanded the case for retrial.
"Has the man committed rape? Because of historical anomalies in the law and the statutory definition of rape, the answer is no, even though, if the woman had been married and the man had impersonated her husband, the answer would be yes," Justice Thomas L. Willhite Jr. wrote in the court's decision posted this week.
Evans said she planned to address incongruities in California's rape laws in light of the panel's ruling.
"The fact that such an outdated loophole still exists is baffling, but I will introduce legislation this session that will bring uniform clarity. The definition of rape is found in the act itself and having sex with an unconscious person is rape. Period," she added.
Evans, whose district includes Lake County, is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the California Legislative Women's Caucus.
Prosecutors argued Morales entered the woman's darkened bedroom after her boyfriend left, pretended to be the boyfriend and initiated intercourse while she was asleep after a night of drinking.
She didn't realize the man wasn't her boyfriend until outside light flashed across his face, according to the prosecution.
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The judges found the latter theory correct and the former incorrect, under existing law.
The decision also encouraged state legislators look at the longtime law, which the judges said was written in response to cases in England and other places that held a woman wasn't raped if she thought the assailant was her husband.


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Free-agent outfielder Ichiro Suzuki would like to return to the New York Yankees and is willing to wait for the team to address its other needs.
"They are going after pitching first which is what the Yankees normally do," Ichiro's agent, Tony Attanasio, told the New York Post. "There has been a lot of interest (from teams), but he enjoyed playing for the Yankees so much it's hard for him to say no to the Yankees. His preference is to stay there instead of going someplace else, but we will wait and see."
Ichiro, 39, was traded to the Yankees in late July after spending the first 11½ seasons of his major league career with the Seattle Mariners.
In 67 games following the trade, Ichiro hit .322 with five homers, 27 RBIs, 14 stolen bases and a .340 on-base percentage. Overall in 2012, he hit .283 with nine homers, 55 RBIs, 29 stolen bases and a .307 on-base percentage.
The Yankees likely will have a void in the outfield because right fielder Nick Swisher is expected to sign elsewhere as a free agent. However, their primary focus remains re-signing two veteran pitchers: starter Andy Pettitte and closer Mariano Rivera.
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DENVER -- Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford will begin an injury rehab assignment Saturday for Triple-A Albuquerque, manager Don Mattingly said Friday.
Crawford has been on the disabled list since May 27 with a sprained left ankle. Mattingly said it hasn't been determined how long Crawford will play with Albuquerque.
"Five or six games, at least that," Mattingly said. "Through Detroit [Wednesday] for sure, then we'll see where everything is. It's been a while, over a month for Carl. But when Carl is ready, he'll be back."
Since Crawford has been out, Matt Kemp has been the everyday left fielder and the club has moved into first place.
Mattingly said Justin Turner, who is on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring, is rehabbing at the club's Arizona facility and isn't ready for games yet.
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This 2-CD set collects 2 original Charly LPs, which have never previously been available on CD. Originally released in 1987 and 1988 respectively, Loaded Down With The Blues and the double album Mr Joe's Jambalaya,, collected classic tracks from Joe Banashak's legendary New Orleans labels, Minit, Instant, Alon and Seven-B.
New Orleans was a pretty special place in the late 50s and early 60s. Its music scene flourished and a string of quality artists released a stream of classic tracks. Joe Banashak was an instrumental figure in this process. In 1959, following years working for various other labels he founded his own label, Minit, the first label to be based in New Orleans.
"At the audition these people came; Irma Thomas, Joe Tex, Benny Spellman, Ernie K.Doe, The Del Royals, Aaron Neville, Art Neville, Larry Williams, Lee Diamond and Jess Hill. Allen Toussaint came to play behind Aaron, I think, but he ended up playing behind a few other people..."
Minit, and its affiliated labels, went on to release many of the artists listed above, with the tracks often produced and written by Allen Toussaint. This set collects most of Banashak's big hits along with numerous less well-known but equally worthy recordings.
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05. Diamond Joe – Moanin' And Screamin' (Parts 1 & 2)
06. Polka Dot Slim – Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry
07. Matthew 'Boogie Jake' Jacobs – Early Morning Blues
08. Nolan Pitts – Way In The Middle Of The Night
09. Matthew 'Boogie Jake' Jacobs – Bad Luck And Trouble
10. Edgar Blanchard – Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong
11. Matthew 'Boogie Jake' Jacobs – (If I Only Had A) Chance For Your Love
12. Polka Dot Slim – A Thing You Gotta Face
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04. Joe 'Mr Google Eyes' August – Everything Happens At Night
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Anguttara Nikaya's 7 methuna-sa.myogas ("sexual bonds" -- defects of the brahmacariya that are not as grave as sexual intercourse, though impediments all the same). The seventh bond is living the brahmacariya in the hope of obtaining rebirth as a deva in one of the sensual heavens. http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-con ... 7-piya.pdf
In the yogic understanding, preserving the seed gives rise to spiritual power/ viriya. To what extent is this notion of ascension of consciousness in chastity paralleled in the Suttas? How does the Pali Canon touch on this? Are any instructions given for sublimation or substitution?