Winners of Caruso Affiliated?s Spirit of American Youth Scholarship to Ride City of Glendale Float in Rose Parade

GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two recipients of Caruso Affiliated?s Spirit of American Youth Scholarship program, Brandon Ruvalcaba and Angela Sanchez, have been selected to represent the City of Glendale and ride on this year?s float in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 2. Brandon received his Scholarship this year and is attending UCLA and Angela, who also attends UCLA, was a 2009 scholarship recipient. The Spirit of American Youth Scholarship program provides a $10,000 scholarship to students who have shown commitment to community improvement and dedication to academic excellence in their high school career.

?Glendale?s participation in the Tournament of Roses Parade is a great tradition and a long-standing part of the city?s heritage?

?Brandon and Angela are extraordinary individuals and we are thrilled to have two winners from Caruso Affiliated?s scholarship program representing the City of Glendale on this year?s float,? says Jennifer Gordon, senior vice president, public relations and special events.

Brandon Ruvalcaba, graduated in the top one-percent of his class at Sylmar High School and is passionate about volunteering his time to help and mentor others. Brandon took on the role of volunteer coordinator for The American Cancer Society?s Relay for Life, Sylmar chapter, raising funds for cancer research, a cause close to his heart. Currently studying Neuroscience at UCLA, Brandon plans to become a doctor, a goal inspired by his mother, his biggest supporter, who is battling cancer.

Angela Sanchez overcame tremendous odds as a teen living at a homeless shelter in Pasadena for 18 months and taking the bus each day to Hoover High in Glendale to complete high school with her classmates. In addition to maintaining a 4.2+ GPA, she mentored other children in the shelter and is now a junior at UCLA where she established the very first student-run and managed School-On-Wheels and is studying to be a teacher.

Earlier this year, Caruso Affiliated CEO Rick Caruso issued a $25,000 challenge grant to help save Glendale?s float entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade, which saved the 97-year old program?the second-longest-running in the Rose Parade---from being discontinued due to budget cuts.

?Glendale?s participation in the Tournament of Roses Parade is a great tradition and a long-standing part of the city?s heritage,? says Caruso. ?We?re looking forward to seeing the float make its grand debut on January 2.?

The theme of this year?s Rose Parade is ?Just Imagine?? and will feature spirited marching bands from throughout the nation, majestic floral floats with thousands of beautiful flowers and more than 300 regal equestrian units.

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New York Times sends email to millions by mistake (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Some 8 million people received emails from the New York Times on Thursday offering a special discount if they would reconsider their decision to cancel their subscriptions.

The trouble is, the offer was supposed to go to only about 300 people who had decided to stop taking home delivery of the newspaper -- it was erroneously sent by a New York Times employee to more than 8 million people on an email marketing list.

The debacle lit up social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, sparking concerns that hackers might have broken into the newspaper's computer network to send out spam.

A spokeswoman for the newspaper blamed human error, saying hackers were not involved and security was not at fault.

"An email was sent earlier today from The New York Times in error. This email should have been sent to a very small number of subscribers, but instead was sent to a vast distribution list made up of people who had previously provided their email address to The New York Times," the paper said in a statement.

The email offered a 50 percent reduced rate for 16 weeks on home delivery.

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(Reporting By Paul Thomasch in New York and Jim Finkle in Boston; Editing by Steve Orlofsky, Phil Berlowitz)

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Swift recovery of outbound market after Japan earthquake

Japan tourism market outlook 2012

Swift recovery of outbound market after Japan earthquake

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The tourism market in Japan has been witnessing steady recovery after the earthquake in March, and it will see further improvement in 2012, both in terms of outbound as well as inbound travel.

Swift recovery of outbound market after Japan earthquake

The number of outbound travelers from Japan has been showing swift recovery since March. The impact on the outbound market is far less than the previous crises such as 9.11, SARS or Swine flu.

According to the latest figure released from Japan National Tourism Organization last week, the outbound growth for January to November 2011 was 1.2% increase compared to the same period last year. Year to date growth rate for departures already turned to positive in July and the number of outbound travelers in August recorded an 8.8% increase. ?Although the Japanese people suffered from serious psychological shock from the devastating disaster in early spring, the travel motivation has been undoubtedly strengthened rather than weakened after the quake? said Hiroshi Kurosu, senior researcher from JTB Foundation.

The post quake outbound market has been led by the young travelers, whereas the senior market has been seeing a little delay in the recovery. ?The young market suffered from long stagnation after mid-90s, but it finally came back to positive zone after the financial crisis in 2008, presumably because of the sudden rise of Japanese yen after the decade long depreciation. It?s truly encouraging to see that positive trend in young market has been fortified after the quake. It was only females which showed growth after the financial crisis, but now young male market is also growing.? said Kurosu.

2012 Outlook for outbound travel

Considering the recent market trend and the economic outlook, JTB Foundation forecasted the outbound demand for 2012 will be 17.40 million, a steady growth of 2.7%, based on a full year 2011 estimated result of 16.95 million. (Fig.3) Although the monthly growth rate in the latter half of 2011 hovered between 4%~8%, which was much higher than the forecasted growth rate for 2012, JTB Foundation foresees a slowdown in 2012 because the number of passports issued stayed in negative territory after the quake.

?The number of passports issued is one of the important leading indicators for travel demand. When the number of passports issued continues to drop, actual departures are not likely to maintain growth.? said Kurosu.

Chinese source markets are leading recovery of inbound travel

In contrast to the sound recovery of the outbound, the inbound demand to Japan marked the worst performance among past major crises. (Fig.5) There are five major source markets for Japan, namely, South Korea, China, Taiwan, US and Hong Kong. They comprise more than 70% of the total inbound arrivals. Among them, the monthly growth rates from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan were back to positive in October 2011 already. However, other major source markets have stayed in negative until the latest monthly figure from November 2011.

Regarding the outlook for 2012, China will be a leading market in the recovery. The Japanese government has gradually been easing its visa policy for China to boost the number of visitors to Japan. Although Japan lost approximately 1/4 of the Chinese arrivals in 2011, the relaxation of visa policy together with significant growth potential of the Chinese outbound market will lead to a strong recovery in 2012, surpassing the number of arrivals in 2010. Taiwan is another market which is expected to see more arrivals in 2012 than 2010. But arrivals for other major source markets will not reach the pre-quake level in 2012, although they will all show double digit growth due to the bounce back effect.

2012 Outlook for inbound travel

Based on analysis of the major source market performances, JTB Foundation is forecasting inbound arrivals in 2012 will be 7.90 million, a 26.5% increase. It will not reach the 8.61 million arrivals achieved in 2010, which was the highest ever figure. Japan will need a little more time to surpass the pre-quake arrivals.

2012 domestic travel market outlook

JTB Foundation announced the forecast for domestic travel demand in combination with the outlook for international travel. As mentioned in the outbound market forecast, the Japanese travel market has been showing good recovery. In fact, some figures both from market and industry are suggesting that for the full 2011 year, domestic travel demand may become almost flat, or possibly show a little growth, but probably not a significant decrease. This is partly due to the rise of reconstruction demand and the increase of non-holiday family travel, such as visiting parents and/or relatives living in remote areas. The disaster motivated people to strengthen the family bondage by visiting each other. In addition, holiday demand has not exhibited poor performance excluding the period immediately after the earthquake. ?People have been encouraged to go traveling after the quake. Many people have recognized again that travel is something very essential in life when they come to think about what is fundamentally important for oneself" said Kurosu.

Based on the observations of the latest performance, JTB Foundation is forecasting a 2~3% increase for domestic travel demand in 2012.

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Watch the Times Square Ball Drop on New Years Eve From Your iPhone

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The Official Times Square Ball App lets you watch the New Years Eve festivities in New York live on your iPhone.

Join millions of revelers around the world to celebrate New Year's Eve LIVE. The Official Times Square Ball App is your exclusive access to be part of the activities in Times Square as you watch the LIVE co-hosted official show featuring opening ceremonies, musical performances, celebrity appearances, hourly countdowns and the midnight Ball Drop!

Features:
? Participate in the celebration by submitting your New Year's photo for friends, family and other revelers to vote on their favorites and possibly be selected to be seen on the Toshiba Vision screen atop One Times Square directly beneath the Waterford Crystal New Year's Eve Ball on December 31st! The selected photos will also be featured on the LIVE Show.
? Discover everything you need to know about the Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration including the history, news, weather, photos, map and event schedule.
? Send New Year's Eve ecards and share photos with friends and family.
? Watch live streaming of the events in Times Square leading up to New Year's Eve throughout December as well as the highlight promo and other exclusive video content.
? Customize your Toshiba Countdown Clock with your personal photo and time zone.
? Check-in via Facebook, Four Square, and Twitter to find out how far away you are from Times Square and get directions to special places at the Crossroads of the World.

What's New In This Version:
? Put your face on Toshiba Vision with 5 new ways to upload
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You can download Times Square Official New Year's Eve Ball App - 2012 from the App Store for free.

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PhotoBlog: Dozens die in India cold wave

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People warm themselves up by a bonfire on a cold morning in the old quarters of Delhi on Dec. 27. Temperature in New Delhi has dipped to 40 degrees Fahrenheit, local media reported.

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Indian rickshaw drivers warm themselves around a bonfire on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Tuesday on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

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Northern India continues to face a wave of cold weather that has already caused the deaths of over 90 people. According to the BBC, most of the deaths have occurred among the homeless and elderly. We previously published a series of photos of the cold weather in New Delhi, taken by AP photographer Kevin Frayer.

See more images from India on PhotoBlog.

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Indian men feed birds on a cold morning in New Delhi, India on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

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An elderly woman sells newspapers wrapped in a shawl to keep warm on a cold morning in New Delhi, India on Dec. 27. The dipping mercury has pushed the country-wide death toll to more than a hundred as north India continued to reel under biting cold conditions, according to news reports.

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A new theory emerges for where some fish became four-limbed creatures

ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2011) ? A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This theorized image of such a drastic adaptation to changing environmental conditions, however, may, itself, be evolving into a new picture.

University of Oregon scientist Gregory J. Retallack, professor of geological sciences, says that his discoveries at numerous sites in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania suggests that "such a plucky hypothetical ancestor of ours probably could not have survived the overwhelming odds of perishing in a trek to another shrinking pond."

This scenario comes from the late Devonian, about 390 million years ago to roughly 360 million years ago. Paleontologist Alfred Romer, who died in 1973 after serving on the faculties at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, saw this time as a period of struggle and escape -- and important in fish-tetrapod transition -- to ensure survival.

Reporting in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Geology, Retallack, who also is co-director of paleontological collections at the UO's Museum of Natural and Cultural History, argues for a very different explanation. He examined numerous buried soils in rocks yielding footprints and bones of early transitional fossils between fish and amphibians of Devonian and Carboniferous geological age. What he found raises a major challenge to Romer's theory.

"These transitional fossils were not associated with drying ponds or deserts, but consistently were found with humid woodland soils," he said. "Remains of drying ponds and desert soils also are known and are littered with fossil fish, but none of our distant ancestors. Judging from where their fossils were found, transitional forms between fish and amphibians lived in wooded floodplains. Our distant ancestors were not so much foolhardy, as opportunistic, taking advantage of floodplains and lakes choked with roots and logs for the first time in geological history."

Limbs proved handy for negotiating woody obstacles, and flexible necks allowed for feeding in shallow water, Retallack said. By this new woodland hypothesis, the limbs and necks, which distinguish salamanders from fish, did not arise from reckless adventure in deserts, but rather were nurtured by a newly evolved habitat of humid, wooded floodplains.

The findings, he said, dampen both the desert hypothesis of Romer and a newer inter-tidal theory put forth by Grzegorz Niedbwiedzki and colleagues at the University of Warsaw. In 2010, they published their discovery of eight-foot-long, 395-million-year-old tetrapods in ancient lagoonal mud in southeastern Poland, where Retallack also has been studying fossil soils with Polish colleague Marek Narkeiwicz.

"Ancient soils and sediments at sites for transitional fossils around the world are critical for understanding when and under what conditions fish first walked," Retallack said. "The Darwin fish of chrome adorning many car trunks represents a particular time and place in the long evolutionary history of life on earth."? UO Academic Support Funds supported Retallack's research.

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Utility customers purchase over 1 million energy efficient CFL bulbs

SCE&G?s ENERGY STAR? Lighting Program continues to provide energy efficient savings as more than 1 million compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) have been purchased in 2011. The program is currently offering consumers instant discounts of up to $3 per bulb at participating retailers throughout SCE&G?s service territory.

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?It?s great to see more residential customers switch to CFL bulbs,? said Nakeeah Garland, ENERGY STAR? lighting incentives program manager at SCE&G. ?This simple switch is an easy ? and effective ? way for customers to save money and energy year round.?

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CFLs use up to 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and can last up to 10 times longer. On average, a single CFL bulb can save more than $40 in electricity costs over its lifetime.

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?Using CFLs instead of standard incandescent bulbs can add up to real savings for customers,? said Garland. ?Given that the average household has approximately 40 light fixtures, CFLs can save customers as much as $1,600 over the lifetime of the bulbs.?

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Available for lighting options throughout the home, including recessed can lights, bathroom vanities and three way lamps, CFLs come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Many retailers and other entities provide recycling stations for CFLs, making the option to switch and save easier than ever before.

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The ENERGY STAR? Lighting Program is just one of SCE&G?s EnergyWise programs that provide rebates and incentives, as well as tips and ideas on ways in which customers can be energy wise year round. To learn more, including how to properly recycle CFLs, visit www.sceg.com/energywise. ???

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