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Thursday, 13 December 2012
tulsidas toenail: jugindarsharma8: Shopping and Product Reviews ...
The popularity of online shopping has been seen by many as a threat to the existence of traditional shopping. Their argument is based on the recent widespread closure of established brands like Sears and Best Buy. But can we really say that traditional shopping is dying?
In 2011, even though the U.S economy was sluggish, shopping grew by 15% over the previous year. In addition, about 35% of Americans now have smartphones which enable them to purchase goods and services over the internet and this figure is expected to rise significantly in subsequent years. In actual fact, about half of smartphone users have used their phones for one purchase or the other. On Christmas day of 2011 alone, about 6.8 million iOs and Android smartphones were activated. Top internet retailer, Amazon, recorded a whooping net sale of $48.08 billion in 2011 which represents 40.6% increase over $32.20 billion recorded in 2010. This figure is expected to rise in 2012 and subsequent years. What then is the implication of all these to physical retailing?
Since many people now decide to shop over the internet due to the benefits derivable in doing so like convenience, easy access to market, price comparison, avoidance of crowd, better prices and so on, can we really say that that the traditional way of shopping is being threatened? In my own opinion, technology will enhance the traditional method and not kill it. The popularity of video cassette recorder (VCR) in the 80?s was seen by many as a threat to movie theaters then, but today, the film industry has been strengthened by the new technology and the demand for films has increased.
Moreover, when the email became very popular, a lot people thought that the traditional postal service would die, but today, it is waxing stronger. The point I?m driving at here is that, if traditional shop owners can embrace new technology, shopping on the internet would not be a threat to them but a blessing.
If physical retailers can monitor shopping behavior through the use of Wi-Fi signals from smartphones, they would be able to compete favorably in a fast-changing world. They can use technology to measure loyalty, make better staffing decisions, improve store layouts, reduce wait times in checkout lines and so on. Online shopping has come to stay but it is not a threat to traditional shopping because many consumers still value some of its features like quality of customer service, the experience of trying and buying products, how products are displayed and so on.
Olushola Otenaike is an online shopping expert.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The asteroid collision widely thought to have killed the dinosaurs also led to extreme devastation among snake and lizard species, according to new research ? including the extinction of a newly identified lizard species Yale and Harvard scientists have named Obamadon gracilis.
"The asteroid event is typically thought of as affecting the dinosaurs primarily," said Nicholas R. Longrich, a postdoctoral associate with Yale's Department of Geology and Geophysics and lead author of the study. "But it basically cut this broad swath across the entire ecosystem, taking out everything. Snakes and lizards were hit extremely hard."
The study was scheduled for online publication the week of Dec. 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Earlier studies have suggested that some snake and lizard species (as well as many mammals, birds, insects and plants) became extinct after the asteroid struck the earth 65.5 million years ago, on the edge of the Yucatan Peninsula. But the new research argues that the collision's consequences were far more serious for snakes and lizards than previously understood. As many as 83 percent of all snake and lizard species died off, the researchers said ? and the bigger the creature, the more likely it was to become extinct, with no species larger than one pound surviving.
The results are based on a detailed examination of previously collected snake and lizard fossils covering a territory in western North America stretching from New Mexico in the southwestern United States to Alberta, Canada. The authors examined 21 previously known species and also identified nine new lizards and snakes.
They found that a remarkable range of reptile species lived in the last days of the dinosaurs. Some were tiny lizards. One snake was the size of a boa constrictor, large enough to take the eggs and young of many dinosaur species. Iguana-like plant-eating lizards inhabited the southwest, while carnivorous lizards hunted through the swamps and flood plains of what is now Montana, some of them up to six feet long.
"Lizards and snakes rivaled the dinosaurs in terms of diversity, making it just as much an 'Age of Lizards' as an 'Age of Dinosaurs,'" Longrich said.
The scientists then conducted a detailed analysis of the relationships of these reptiles, showing that many represented archaic lizard and snake families that disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous, following the asteroid strike.
One of the most diverse lizard branches wiped out was the Polyglyphanodontia. This broad category of lizards included up to 40 percent of all lizards then living in North America, according to the researchers. In reassessing previously collected fossils, they came across an unnamed species and called it Obamadon gracilis. In Latin, odon means "tooth" and gracilis means "slender."
"It is a small polyglyphanodontian distinguished by tall, slender teeth with large central cusps separated from small accessory cusps by lingual grooves," the researchers write of Obamadon, which is known primarily from the jaw bones of two specimens. Longrich said the creature likely measured less than one foot long and probably ate insects.
He said no one should impute any political significance to the decision to name the extinct lizard after the recently re-elected U.S. president: "We're just having fun with taxonomy."
The mass (but not total) extinction of snakes and lizards paved the way for the evolution and diversification of the survivors by eliminating competitors, the researchers said. There are about 9,000 species of lizard and snake alive today. "They didn't win because they were better adapted, they basically won by default, because all their competitors were eliminated," Longrich said.
Co-author Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, a doctoral student in organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University, said:
"One of the most important innovations in this work is that we were able to precisely reconstruct the relationships of extinct reptiles from very fragmentary jaw material. This had tacitly been thought impossible for creatures other than mammals. Our study then becomes the pilot for a wave of inquiry using neglected fossils and underscores the importance of museums like the Yale Peabody as archives of primary data on evolution ? data that yield richer insights with each new era of scientific investigation."
Jacques A. Gauthier, professor of geology and geophysics at Yale and curator of vertebrate paleontology and vertebrate zoology, is also an author.
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The paper is titled "Mass Extinction of Lizards and Snakes at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary." The National Science Foundation and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies supported the research.
Yale University: http://www.yale.edu
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
English soccer to tackle racism with education
Udinese's Medhi Benatia, right, and Liverpool's Luis Suarez, challenge for the ball, during the UEFA Europa League Group A soccer match between Udinese and Liverpool, at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)
Udinese's Medhi Benatia, right, and Liverpool's Luis Suarez, challenge for the ball, during the UEFA Europa League Group A soccer match between Udinese and Liverpool, at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)
LONDON (AP) ? All professional soccer players and managers in England and newcomers from abroad will have cultural lessons regarding discrimination as part of proposals to fight racism.
The move is part of the reaction by the Professional Footballers' Association to government pleas for more to be done to stop discrimination.
They follow two recent high-profile cases of racism, which resulted in suspensions for Chelsea captain John Terry and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor says, "Up until now we have had cultural awareness courses for our apprentices and the plan now is to extend these to senior players and coaches, including those coming from overseas.
"We want to make sure there is no misunderstanding with regards to the rules and regulations on discrimination."
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Monday, 10 December 2012
Online auction site fails to take off - Stuff
Temuka's Daniel Manson envisioned he would be the owner of a successful business when he bought an auction website, AuctionMe, in 2004, but it remains static.
He faces competition with a recently launched local site Bananas4free which has high hopes of cornering the market with not only online auction but classified advertising and social networking.
But Mr Manson said he was not concerned. "I haven't given it much thought."
Mr Manson was working at Fonterra until 2006 when he took voluntary redundancy and looked for further investment. "It seemed like an opportunity for a good business," he said.
But when he was approached about a $25,000 advertising package to launch the site in the public arena Mr Manson got cold feet and instead bought a taxi company. "The taxi business is more reliable." Perhaps as a result of this decision the site has not grown, there has only been "a wee bit of traffic" since.
"I had planned to take on Trade Me."
His original strategy was to build up regular Temuka customers and then to branch out into other districts.
There were only a few other auction sites when he started and he hoped word of mouth would be his best promotion.
It is completely free to users, Mr Manson pays to host the site and use software naming rights.
Unfortunately his enthusiasm has waned as the numbers continue to remain small.
"I've thought about selling it." He is in two minds as what to do for the best to make a profit he needs volume, but he hasn't lost all hope yet.
"If by a miracle 100,000 people start using it I'll go from there."
- ? Fairfax NZ News
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/8061612/Online-auction-site-fails-to-take-off
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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office West Bank crime report, Dec. 7 ...
This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says. Burglar alarm calls are excluded.
600 block of 3rd Avenue - Dec. 7, 6:56 p.m., battery.
6700 block of 4th Street - Dec. 7, 10:36 a.m., auto theft.
4th Street and Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 5:52 p.m., vehicle wreck.
2300 block of Alex Kornman Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:38 p.m., residence burglary.
Allo Avenue and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 3:54 p.m., disturbing the peace.
3400 block of Ames Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:56 a.m., business burglary.
Ames Boulevard and August Avenue - Dec. 7, 5:28 p.m., vehicle wreck.
400 block of Avenue A - Dec. 7, 4:15 p.m., criminal damage.
2500 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:49 p.m., battery.
500 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 5:53 p.m., vehicle wreck.
9600 block of Barataria Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:46 p.m., suspicious person.
Barataria Boulevard and 4th Street - Dec. 7, 3:29 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Barataria Boulevard and Bergeron Court - Dec. 7, 6:32 p.m., suspicious person.
Barataria Boulevard and Pritchard Road - Dec. 7, 3:46 a.m., suspicious person.
Belle Chasse Highway and Bellemeade Boulevard - Dec. 7, 12:00 a.m., disturbing the peace.
100 block of Blk 4th Street - Dec. 7, 1:24 a.m., suspicious person.
1600 block of Blk Apache Drive - Dec. 7, 11:31 a.m., suspicious person.
1200 block of Blk Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:02 a.m., suspicious person.
1000 block of Blk Pailet Avenue - Dec. 7, 7:37 p.m., suspicious person.
3300 block of Bretagne Court - Dec. 7, 2:48 p.m., theft.
1000 block of Brown Avenue - Dec. 7, 10:45 a.m., suspicious person.
3700 block of Burntwood Drive - Dec. 7, 11:06 p.m., vehicle burglary.
100 block of Carita Drive - Dec. 7, 5:19 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Carol Sue Avenue - Dec. 7, 3:18 a.m., suspicious person.
6700 block of Carver Drive - Dec. 7, 7:29 a.m., auto theft.
1500 block of Central Park Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:51 a.m., vehicle wreck.
100 block of Cherry Street - Dec. 7, 8:18 p.m., disturbing the peace.
2500 block of Colorado Drive - Dec. 7, 11:53 p.m., battery.
500 block of Commerce Street - Dec. 7, 1:28 p.m., burglary.
1100 block of Crape Myrtle Lane - Dec. 7, 8:09 a.m., suspicious person.
Dolores Street and Helis Drive - Dec. 7, 8:02 p.m., suspicious person.
2900 block of Dove Avenue - Dec. 7, 9:53 a.m., suspicious person.
Drake Avenue and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 5:56 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Eiseman Street and Field Street - Dec. 7, 1:21 a.m., suspicious person.
2700 block of Fairfield Drive - Dec. 7, 11:11 a.m., theft.
1900 block of Faith Place - Dec. 7, 9:11 p.m., auto theft.
500 block of Farmington Place - Dec. 7, 5:13 p.m., robbery.
Florence Street and Estalote Avenue - Dec. 7, 12:19 p.m., drug law violation.
Guardian Avenue and Matador Drive - Dec. 7, 6:34 p.m., suspicious person.
Harvey Boulevard and Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 4:50 p.m., vehicle wreck.
700 block of Hickory Street - Dec. 7, 2:31 p.m., theft.
300 block of Holmes Boulevard - Dec. 7, 4:21 a.m., suspicious person.
300 block of Jean Lafitte Boulevard - Dec. 7, 11:20 a.m., suspicious person.
400 block of Jeffer Drive - Dec. 7, 7:10 p.m., suspicious person.
2100 block of La Quinta Via - Dec. 7, 8:50 a.m., vehicle burglary.
2200 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 8:57 a.m., drug law violation.
2200 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:41 p.m., theft.
4800 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:21 p.m., theft.
4900 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:51 a.m., theft.
5100 block of Lapalco Boulevard - Dec. 7, 9:50 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Lapalco Boulevard and Alex Kornman Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:23 a.m., suspicious person.
Lapalco Boulevard and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:13 p.m., suspicious person.
Live Oak Manor Drive and River Road - Dec. 7, 10:19 p.m., suspicious person.
3700 block of Longleaf Lane - Dec. 7, 6:58 p.m., disturbing the peace.
1100 block of Mac Arthur Avenue - Dec. 7, 9:06 a.m., vehicle burglary.
1100 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m., vehicle wreck.
1500 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 1:59 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:06 p.m., theft.
1700 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:06 p.m., theft.
900 block of Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:11 p.m., assault.
Manhattan Boulevard and Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 1:55 p.m., vehicle wreck.
700 block of Maple Avenue - Dec. 7, 8:12 p.m., drug law violation.
600 block of Nel Court - Dec. 7, 1:57 p.m., drug law violation.
West Nine Mile Point Road and U South 90 Highway - Dec. 7, 4:38 p.m., vehicle wreck.
West Nine Mile Point Road and U South 90 Highway - Dec. 7, 9:47 p.m., vehicle wreck.
900 block of Parc Helene Drive - Dec. 7, 10:30 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4300 block of Patriot Street - Dec. 7, 2:26 p.m., theft.
4300 block of Patriot Street - Dec. 7, 3:34 p.m., assault.
Patriot Street and Destrehan Avenue - Dec. 7, 3:01 p.m., vehicle wreck.
9300 block of Paula Court - Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m., disturbing the peace.
Pine Street and Marion Street - Dec. 7, 7:38 a.m., suspicious person.
Pine Street and Yetta Street - Dec. 7, 7:54 a.m., suspicious person.
Pine Street and Yetta Street - Dec. 7, 8:19 a.m., suspicious person.
Pygmalion Drive and Tallow Tree Lane - Dec. 7, 8:16 a.m., battery.
Richelle Street - Dec. 7, 2:50 p.m., disturbing the peace.
5300 block of Richland Drive - Dec. 7, 11:49 a.m., theft.
Sauvage Avenue and Rue Racine - Dec. 7, 11:04 p.m., suspicious person.
6100 block of Singleton Drive - Dec. 7, 8:39 a.m., theft.
1500 block of Somerset Place - Dec. 7, 9:55 a.m., battery.
50 Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 7:18 p.m., suspicious person.
100 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 6:41 p.m., vehicle wreck.
300 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 7:41 p.m., suspicious person.
800 block of Terry Parkway - Dec. 7, 9:31 p.m., suspicious person.
Terry Parkway and Carol Sue Avenue - Dec. 7, 4:40 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Ute Drive and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:16 p.m., vehicle wreck.
3300 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 2:17 p.m., auto theft.
500 block of Wall Boulevard - Dec. 7, 10:32 p.m., criminal damage.
Wall Boulevard and Harvey Boulevard - Dec. 7, 6:56 a.m., vehicle wreck.
100 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 1:35 p.m., disturbing the peace.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 9:42 a.m., suspicious person.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 8:34 p.m., vehicle wreck.
4600 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 9:29 p.m., vehicle wreck.
5000 block of Westbank Exp - Dec. 7, 12:44 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Mac Arthur Avenue - Dec. 7, 10:43 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Manhattan Boulevard - Dec. 7, 7:46 p.m., suspicious person.
Westbank Exp and Robinson Avenue - Dec. 7, 5:59 p.m., vehicle wreck.
Westwood Drive and 4th Street - Dec. 7, 1:25 a.m., suspicious person.
Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/12/jefferson_parish_sheriffs_offi_1195.html
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Thursday, 1 November 2012
Syrian regime attacks strategic northern city
BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian warplanes pounded a strategic northern city with three airstrikes Tuesday as ground troops pushed forward to recapture the area recently taken by rebels, activists said.
The fighting over Maaret al-Numan, which sits along the main highway that connects Aleppo and Damascus, comes as the regime intensifies efforts to retake the area that was seized by rebels earlier this month.
Their presence has disrupted the regime's ability to send supplies and reinforcements to Aleppo, where regime forces are bogged down in a bloody fight for control of the country's largest city.
Syrian troops have been fighting against rebels in Aleppo since July and rebel advances over the past week have added urgency to the battle.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four people, including three young girls, were killed in the air raids on Maaret al-Numan.
Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees put the death toll from the airstrikes and ground fire at 19. Discrepancies in casualty tolls are frequent because of restrictions on independent reporting and the chaos on the ground.
The LCC and the Observatory reported air raids on several suburbs of Damascus including the restive areas of Arbeen, Zamalka and Douma.
Tuesday's airstrikes came a day after activists reported the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's 19-month crisis began. Maaret al-Numan was among the hardest hit on Monday as well.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Observatory, said ground troops were fighting rebels on the southern edge of the city, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Aleppo.
"The regime wants to recapture Maaret al-Numan because it links Damascus with Aleppo," Abdul-Rahman said referring to Syria's two largest cities. "It is a very strategic city."
Anti-regime activist say more than 35,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime started in March 2011.
In Damascus, meanwhile, Syrian troops and rebels clashed in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, activists said. The LCC and the Observatory said the fighting broke out after midnight, but they had no word on casualties.
Palestinian refugees in Syria tried to stay on the sidelines when the uprising began. But many Palestinian youths have joined the fight as they became enraged by mounting violence and moved by Arab Spring calls for greater freedoms.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-regime-attacks-strategic-northern-city-112454573.html
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