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Study: Trust is king – How, when and where consumers buy online
06.08.2015 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Featured Stories, Web Strategy
Fair enough, it is only a US-based insight among some 2,000 online and mobile shoppers in July 2015. However, the message could be taken to any other market I guess these days…
The main factor for consumers to make a purchase decision, is trust. This is the finding from Amazon which conducted a study with Pymnts.com in order to understand, where consumers start their buying journey, why consumers buy from one site and leave the other one without making any purchase. Furthermore, the study states that price or ease of delivery are not the main features driving purchase decisions.
The US consumer needs trust in a site (23%) so that they purchase from some retailer. Oterh features that came in th next places were tailored promotions or rewards (16%), a good experience in the past (14%) or products being available in an acceptable time frame (13%).
Interestingly enough, other tactics like good shipping considerations (11%), preferred method of payment (8%), ease of use (6%), a site that recognizes me (4%), being a preferred customer (3%), being able to check out as a guest (1%) and store billing and shipping info (1%) came in much later in the ranking.
"You need a strategy that is about more than being present," he said. "You need a strategy that is about being present where your customers are because if you are not, then you are not being customer centric. There's no such thing as a relationship without trust." (Patrick Gauthier, VP, Amazon Payments)
So, where does the consumer journey start? The study also found that almost every second out of three respondents (64%) start by searching for a product on a marketplace, followed by their favourite brand websites (48%), search engines (40%) and social media (29%).
"The ultimate digital destinations are driven by trust – trust that the sites have what they want to buy, trust that they will be given a fair price, trust that their goods will be delivered to them in a time frame that is relevant." Karen Webster, CEO, MPD
Just check your own habits and experience. What would you say makes you buy something from an online shop? We look forward to your comments…
Six Common Ecommerce SEO Mistakes
10.09.2013 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Web Marketing
Incorporating a strong SEO strategy into the design of an ecommerce website can greatly improve its chances of success. For an online shop to succeed, customers must be able to easily find it using a search engine. Whether you're using an expensive SEO consultant or simply relying on a subscription ecommerce platform, you'll want to take heed of the following common mistakes made by ecommerce websites.
1. Not Including Product Descriptions
High quality photos are essential for ecommerce websites, but if there is no accompanying description the product stands a low chance of being picked up by search engines. Be sure to add descriptions to each product in order to help give each product page an SEO boost. In addition to the description itself, the navigation, text, sidebar, and footer all count towards the final word count. With unique, descriptive content you can help market your wares while becoming more visible by the search engines.
2. Duplicating Product Descriptions
One common mistake that ecommerce sites make is copying the manufacturer's product description word-for-word, usually in an attempt to avoid making mistake #1. While this will give you an accurate product description, it can work against you in the end. If your site uses the same manufacturer description, there's a high chance that other rivals are doing the same. This creates the problem of duplicate content. Either rewrite the description, or add your own editorial underneath it. The same rule goes for listing your products on 3rd party sites such as Amazon or eBay. If you use the same content that appears on your website, you'll run into the problem of duplicate content.
3. Lack of Related Content
Product descriptions are a mainstay of any ecommerce website, but they are not the only facet of ecommerce SEO to pay attention to. Many buyers are interested in finding out more about your products and company. Include information about your business's history, along with shipping and return policies. Keeping a business blog is an easy way to rejuvenate your site with fresh content, as is opening up the site to customer reviews.
4. Using Non-Targeted URLs
You may have beautifully written unique content on your ecommerce site, but what about your URLs? If these are a jumble of letters and numbers it can not only be confusing for visitors, but it misses out on a chance to incorporate keywords into a clean, descriptive URL.
5. Not Targeting Content to Keywords
As you work on revising your content, it's helpful to keep the keywords that your customers are typing into search engines in mind. These can be easily followed using analytics tools and are important for promoting the right terms for your audience. Keywords and search terms can also be incorporated into your off page SEO strategy. When you create content that links back to your main website, if it includes these same keywords it will draw in the type of readers who would be interested in your shop.
6. Not Using Robots.txt
Using the robots.txt file gives ecommerce website owners a way to give instructions to search engine spiders. This helps you make sure that you have control over which pages you wish to be indexed and which you don't. For example, you can use robots.txt to block areas of the website with duplicate content, such as tags or archives. Not using this can hinder your SEO presence.
By avoiding these six common mistakes, you can improve your ecommerce website's chances of standing out from the crowd online.
Mobile & Responsive Design: Hype or Hope? (Infographic)
30.07.2013 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Featured Stories, Mobile
It is a dream for many people responsible in the developer field: Creating a mobile app once, without the need to amend it for any screen, any device or any audience. Responsive web design is said to be able to deliver just that – one size design fits all kind of a thing. But is it really true?
In days where more than 20% of all web traffic is generated via leading e-commerce websites coming from mobile devices, responsive web design is becoming an alternative many developers are thinking about. Not surprising, right?! The unique screen resolutions has been growing from 97 in 2010 to 232 in 2013. For those retailers that wanted to rise the number of online shoppers alongside with the growth of screens coming via not desktop resolutions, responsive design became a new and attractive option.
For the marketing and web optimization guys from Monetate, it seems there is only one real alternative if companies don't believe in their customers to download their mobile app: responsive web design. Still, mobile shopping is not a hype anymore, it has become the real revenue driver in e-commerce. There is an expected $38.8 billion spend on smartphones and tablets according to eMarketer in America in 2013 which is forecasted to grow up to $108.6 billion by 2017.
However, brands might argue that the development is not cheap at all. If you see another alternative or have the proof that responsive design is not the only alternative, let us know…
Web transactions? PayPal handles 60% – Google comes in 5th position
21.05.2012 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Featured Stories, Web Strategy
When it comes to web transactions, PayPal is leading the bunch with 60% according to a recent study by New Relic. Still, the study shows that Google offers the fastest payment gateway. The slowest transaction happened to some Australian payment gateway, called Eway.com.au. One of the payments took 92.44 seconds to complete. Datacash and USAepay.com were not far behind with 89 and 56 seconds.
The payment gateway is the web equivalent of a modern cash register. This system double-checks whether it is really the person that pays the transaction and that you are the trusted authority to pay for the purchase to be finished. The study of the web's most popular payment gateways monitored 38 billion transactions daily for big companies like Nike, Groupon, and Zynga. The study focused on transactions by 21,000 web applications.
The study finds PayPal the winner as it is the biggest payment processor on the web these days. Well, let's say according to this study sample. In this test period, PayPal processed over 66,000 payments – over three times as many as their closest competitor which was Authorize.net with usaebay.com and stripe.com following. Google Checkout only came in at position five with over 3400 payments.
Although Google does not win in numbers, they win in speed. Google Checkout's average payment processing time came in at fantastic .26 seconds. Just imagine that this system finds in less than a third of a second, data to "collect and transfer your payment information – name, address, card number, purchase details, etc. – to the financial institution," says John Essex, Marketing Director at New Relic. And we have to bear in mind that there is also some other stuff to be verified like your data via Mastercard or VISA to evaluate your credit risk, and play it back to the website's e-commerce platform, and so on.
In this speed category PayPal's performance was kind of "middle brilliant" as it performed with an average of under one and a half seconds. An Australian payment gateway, Eway.com.au, showed the poorest performance with one payment taking an incredible 92.44 seconds to complete. The average performance at these payment services ranged somewhere between 3-4 seconds.
Spot On!
In the e-commerce business, speed is business-critical for all web transactions. In these web transaction performance topics time is money. The online shopping experience needs to work as quickly, smoothly and trouble-free for the web consumer. We all know how cancel the transaction when we have to wait to long for the transaction to be completed. The lag in transaction time is the killer of the digital shopping experience. Probably, as we do not see a person handling the transaction, having problems with the cash register or cash machine.
Would you agree with the findings in their infographic?
Study shows that consumers are frustrated with online paying
01.05.2012 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie Mobile Business
In a recent study by Mastercard Worldwide conducted by Harris Interactive we acknowledge how consumers are feelings about online commerce, as well as their habits on mobile shopping. According to the report, U.S. consumers replied that one of their biggest issues is "entering payment, billing and shipping information."
It is not surprising to anyone probably that the only other issue more annoying to online buyers is knowing still one that has not changed in 15 years: People would like to know how a product feels, fits or looks.
"Online and mobile shopping puts a host of new options at consumers' fingertips, but the current checkout process needs improvement to fully realize the potential of these important retail channels," Geoff Iddison, Group Executive E-Commerce and Mobile, MasterCard Worldwide
According to Iddison the study also shows that consumers want a simpler, faster way to enter account information and less time filling out forms.
The funny thing for me is that the world still wants something that does not exist (and which I have thought about inventing in the online advertising world, too): a trusted source that handles safely personal information in one place.
58% of online shoppers said they would like that easy access to information in order to simplify their online check-out experience across the Internet. Apart from that almost one out of four respondents replied they had abandoned a shopping cart before completing their online or mobile purchase.
On the MasterCard company blog, Brian Gendron -a company spokesman- said the poll shows consumers want a simpler online payment experience. He mentions…
"Consumers still find that a lengthy checkout experience can cause frustrations, which can sometimes mean lost business for merchants when consumers fail to click 'confirm purchase. Consumers want a simple and fast process to complete their online transactions so they can spend more time finding the exact products that they want."
So, how about you and your online purchasing experiences? Would you say the study is correct in their findings?
Why retailers need to focus business on tablet users
03.04.2012 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Featured Stories, Mobile
It is kind of an open secret that tablets make you spend more money than you want. Some new infographic by Milo gives the proof, and it makes clear that tablet users are often more willing to spend more than shoppers using their desktop device or their mobile phones. The infographic relies on data from insights by eMarketer, comScore and Adobe. It states that by 2014 one in three US internet users (approximately 89.5 million) will have access to a tablet.
Obviously, young internet users are even more open to tablets and willing to use them for online spending. Already today, 79% of 18-34 year olds now using their tablet to go on online shopping trips. In the category of the 35-54 year olds this makes up 50%, and 43% for those 55 years old or older.
Although the laptop is still the online shopping device, the tablet wins against all the other mobile devices fur online commerce across all groups. However, tablet users are willing to spend more than mobile and desktop shoppers according to the data sheet. What is even more interesting for retailers, tablet users are more willing to make a quick emotional purchase than smartphone shoppers.
The average tablet user spent $123 in terms of visitors by average order value on online goods. Desktop and smartphone buyers in comparison spent $102 or $80. What is also interesting to see is that 31% of tablet users do price comparisons on their tablet before spending money in offline stores.
How about you? Have you experienced some similar tablet spending attitude for yourself, or your family?
Community Shopping on the street – NET-A-PORTER.COM's Window Shop
26.01.2012 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Mobile
Augmented Reality shopping is definitely a new trend these days. NET-A-PORTER have launched their Augmented Reality Shopping Windows in different capitals around the world like Sidney, Munich, London, Paris and New York.
The following video demo comes from late last year's Fashion Night Out celebrations in London and New York. It will be rolled out globally now for the new Karl by Karl Lagerfeld collection. Consumers need to download the NET-A-PORTER iPhone/iPad app, then visit the stores and can use the Augmented Reality like a new shopping experience.
When pointing the iPad camera at the window, this will publish 360 degree product models doing their best on a video catwalk. It also displays product information, the clothes price and obviously the ability to purchase immediately.
Isn't this a cool idea to offer a 24/7 shopping life? These doors are always open in the future. Well, ok their online shop as well but it is a different kind of shopping experience right…? Community shopping on the street…
Sales and Social Media? Feedback is the key!
22.12.2011 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Social Media
We have heard that 1 in 3 of the younger generation will their online shopping via their mobile phones. Now, another study shows the power of recommendations around the holiday season. Mr. Youth did some research among 4.500 shoppers and found how Social Media could become the game changer in Christmas shopping in 2011.
Some key findings… and marketers better listen up now!
– 80% of Social Media users who received feedback did a purchase afterwards
– 66% of Black Friday sales were a result of Social Media interactions
– 52% of Social Media users are willing to pay more for brands they trust
– 36% of Social Media users trust brands that have a Social Media presence
How about you? Are you relying on your friends, fans and followers recommendations this holiday season?
From online to offline with a smile…
31.10.2011 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Mobile
We love living digital. We love being online. We love taking our mobiles with us. Anywhere, anytime, any place. However, sometimes people might make fools of us, out of our new digital reality.
In the summer the English National Opera picked up the social networking habits of Twitter and Facebook and created a great commercial that promoted their latest act, transfering our online attitudes to offline. As we all tend to pretend to be friends these days, we sometimes might loose our focus and just make our world seem to be "friendly" and "social".
And friendly does not mean to make shopping online be easy. Many customer where I have been speaking and doing some consulting business, forget to find out and regularly double-check where their customers are "checking out". A trend that with Google Analytics picked up with a lovely commercial that illustrates how difficult online shopping might be in the real world. Just think about the annoying digital experiences you have had in the last years, and then transfer them into our offline world. That's what Google has done.
And it was only a loaf of bread he wanted to buy. It made me smile… And you?
Web-Centric users have volatile brand loyalty
05.05.2011 von Martin Meyer-Gossner
Kategorie English Content, Featured Stories, Web Marketing
A recent Demandware study "Examining the Changing Consumer" across North America, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany is finding that 52% of Web-centric consumers are likely to "unfriend" a brand after a negative online shopping experience. This stands against 38% of traditional consumers that would react in the same manner.
The survey, conducted in early 2011, focused on users accessing the web several times per day for information, from different devices and locations. Web-centric users have higher expectations than those of traditional consumers and wnat to have their brand experience leveraged accordingly.
On positive online shopping experience, web-centric shoppers are more likely to reward retailers with brand loyalty. 67% replied they are willing to share a positive experience on the Social Web amoungst their peers. However, 72% would share a negative experience and 70% even going to their competitor in return.
"The smart consumer represents the new consumer. We believe our research provides valuable insight into the future of commerce. Empowered by greater access to the Web, the new consumer is becoming increasingly agile and sophisticated, and will continue to raise the bar for the way commerce is conducted. Retailers must prepare their businesses now to adapt to this new era of commerce." Jamus Driscoll, Vice President Marketing, Demandware
Interesting to see that user trust the web more than other channels when trying to find information. 83% see their smartphone as their most valuable and useful technology for web-access. 69% trust Web data more than information they get from a sales associate in a shop.
Spot On!
The study reminds me of a research that found why Fans unlike brands. Both studies show how unforgiving the web-centric users are. They are sharing a negative experience immediately and start reacting by putting kind of an umbrella over the whole brand experience. The study should alert all marketers and retailers to pay more attention to their digital selling efforts, especially when thinking about user-generated content like reviews. The challenge is to get them be your brand advocates. According to a study of BzzAgent and Roger Williams University brand advocates are 83% more likely to share information about a product than typical web users.


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Long before the proliferation of trans-fat labels and front-wheel drive, Canadians enjoyed doughnuts without a hint of guilt ? both the deep-fried kind and the ones made in snowy parking lots late at night.
A nicely-executed doughnut ? a car?s rear end swinging around in a sweet arc with the front tires barely moving ? is akin to an ice-skater?s graceful pirouette. Last week?s snowfall reminded us just how much fun severe oversteer can be, if you?re lucky enough to pilot a rear-drive car or pickup truck.
There are numerous advantages to rear-drive sedans: optimal weight distribution for better handling and braking, more grip under acceleration, zero torque steer, a smaller turning radius and, let?s face it, a higher cool factor. Steve McQueen would never have lit up his front tires.
Here are five reliable rear-drive sedans that come recommended as second-hand buys.
2003-11 Mercury Grand Marquis/Marauder ($6-18,000)
The fourth and final generation of the Ontario-built Mercury Grand Marquis ? the last of the body-on-frame dinosaurs ? was released for 2003. In addition to new headlights and a restyled cabin, Canada?s lone Mercury model benefited from extensive upgrades under its aging skin. The frame was hydroformed and fully boxed. Rack-and-pinion steering replaced the old recirculating-ball system, and the suspension and brakes were beefed up.
Under the hood was the single overhead camshaft version of Ford?s 4.6 L V8, making 239 horsepower and 282 lb-ft of torque with dual exhaust, working through a four-speed automatic transmission. A troublesome plastic intake manifold notorious for leaking coolant was replaced with an aluminum front coolant crossover that corrected the condition. An engine knock sensor was added, along with a higher-capacity oil pan.
The one to get is the exceedingly rare Marauder performance model, which was sold briefly in 2003 and 2004. It featured bucket seats and a floor shifter sprouting out of a centre console. Its big appeal was the double overhead-cam version of the 4.6 L V8, producing 302 hp and 318 lb-ft of torque. It used the Police Interceptor?s limited slip differential, 3.55 rear-axle ratio and aluminum driveshaft. Add cop shocks and cop tires and the Blues Brothers would have certified it.
2005-10 Chrysler 300 ($10-20,000)
It was an inspired moment when Chrysler decided its flagship automobile would swap a proven front-wheel-drive platform ? the well-received Chrysler 300M ? for a new chassis that spun its rear tires like the late Dodge brothers had always intended. With its slab-sided flanks, bunker-sized windows and massive wheels, the all-new-for-2005 Chrysler 300 was the epitome of badass.
Then-corporate master Mercedes-Benz had donated numerous mechanical bits, including the control-arm-front and multilink-rear suspensions, rack-and-pinion steering, five-speed automatic transmission (V6 models used Chrysler?s four-speed automatic), the electrical architecture and optional all-wheel-drive hardware. The 300 was propelled by the 300M?s 250-horsepower 3.5 L V6, while the range-topping 300C featured the 5.7 L Hemi V8, making for 340 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of gutsy torque.
In a nod to environmental stewardship, the 5.7 offered cylinder deactivation, shutting down four cylinders during limited load conditions (such as highway cruising), resulting in claimed fuel savings of up to 20 per cent. The burly SRT-8 model arrived halfway through the 2005 model year complete with a 425-horsepower 6.1 L Hemi V8, sport-tuned suspension and Brembo brakes. The Brampton-built 300 has acquitted itself well, owners say, but watch for slipping transmissions, electrical bugaboos and weak air conditioners.
2007-12 Infiniti G35 ($17-37,000)
No Asian automaker has pursued the standard-bearer BMW 3-Series with as much gusto as Nissan?s premium Infiniti division. Its second-generation G35 sedan arrived for 2007 (the previous-gen coupe was sold for one more year) wearing fresh sheet metal over an improved FM platform, with three times more laser welding and 16 per cent more spot welds to enhance stiffness by 40 per cent. True to form, the engine lay well back of the front axle line to provide near-ideal weight distribution.
The new sedan sported a revised VQ-series aluminum 3.5 L V6. Engineers had added variable cam timing to the intake and exhaust valves, incorporated dual air intakes, boosted the compression ratio and reduced back pressure. The result was 306 horsepower and 268 lb-ft of torque. A larger 3.7 L V6 migrated from the new coupe to the sedan in 2009, packing 328 horsepower. A seven-speed automatic transmission replaced the five-speed autobox that year; the standard six-speed manual gearbox remained intact (mercy!).
Made in Japan, the Infiniti G35/37 has been the subject of few complaints online. Most gripes focus on warped brake rotors, loose weatherstripping, frequent wheel alignments and interior rattles. A truculent clutch may be traced to a bad clutch slave cylinder; Infiniti is reportedly campaigning a voluntary recall.
2008-09 Pontiac G8 ($15-24,000)
The Pontiac G8 marked the return of an honest-to-God, tire-scorching sedan to General Motor?s joy division some 22 years after the rear-drive Bonneville and Parisienne had bowed out. The G8 was essentially a rebadged Holden Commodore, Australia?s Car of the Year, whose rear-drive platform would go on to underpin the Oshawa-built Chevrolet Camaro.
The G8?s ride was firm but never punishing, thanks to its BMW-like MacPherson front strut layout and multilink rear suspension. The car was supremely balanced, with 48.3 per cent of its weight over the rear wheels. The base sedan came with a 256-horsepower, four-cam 3.6 L V6, while the high-performance GT featured a 361-horsepower, pushrod 6.0 L V8. To save precious juice, the V8 could deactivate four cylinders during steady-stated cruising (tuners soon learned how to disable the feature).
A five-speed automatic transmission was standard on the base model, while the GT earned a six-speed automatic. The subsequent GXP model commandeered the Corvette?s 415-horsepower, 6.2L V8 with enough scat to attain highway velocity in 4.7 seconds. It also featured stout, four-piston Brembo brakes and a tauter suspension with 19-inch wheels. G8s are well-built sedans; however, owners have complained about noisy and quick-wearing front-end components, as well as short-lived tires. Wonder why.
2009-12 Hyundai Genesis ($18-32,000)
Canadians clamouring for a more expensive Hyundai got their wish in mid-2008 when the rear-drive Genesis luxury four-door debuted. Engineers benchmarked BMW?s 5-Series sedan, which they bested in terms of torsional rigidity. The multilink front suspension located the steering axis much closer to the centre of the tire?s contact patch to improve steering feel and reduce bump steer.
The ?Tau? aluminum DOHC 4.6 L engine was Hyundai?s first homegrown V8, producing 375 horsepower and 333 lb-ft of torque on premium fuel, and 368 horsepower on regular. Variable valve timing worked both the intake and exhaust sides, driven by a timing chain. The V8 was tied to a German ZF six-speed automatic transmission, while lesser Genesis models made do with a DOHC 3.8 L V6 that produced 290 horsepower and 264 lb-ft of grunt, mated to an Aisin six-speed slushbox.
The Genesis V6 could sprint to 96 km/h in 5.9 seconds, while the V8 trimmed a half-second off that time ? not a whole lot of extra thrust for the dough. In fact, with the lighter engine up front, the V6 model was a more adept handler. Mechanical complaints singled out the factory-supplied Dunlop tires, which had a dismally short service life, and the transmission, early examples of which exhibited clunky and jerky shifts.

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Home » Middle East » Israel » Day Tour - City of King David
What will I experience? A tour that will take you back in time.
The Ancient City: You will see what some archaeologists believe are the foundations of King David's Palace, relive Biblical stories in the places that they happened, see Jewish homes that were destroyed by the Babylonians, walk through a dry Canaanite tunnel, see where scribal seals bearing Biblical names were found, visit an enormous ritual bath that was used by thousands of Jewish pilgrims 2,000 years ago, and much more. Most groups will also be able to watch a 15-minute 3-dimensional movie that shows the ancient history of the City of David.
From May 1 to September 30, we might also walk through Hezekiah's Water Tunnel, built more than 2,500 years ago!
How early should I have my coffee? Rise n' shine for the incredible day ahead. Meet just outside the Dung Gate at 8:30 am.
Anything else I need to know? A few important things to remember for your tour.
- The water in the tunnel can reach from the calves to thighs of adults. Small children may need to be carried, and the ceiling is about 5-feet high in some places.
- Wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes that are suitable for walking on rocky areas.
- If you plan to walk in the water tunnel, wear water shoes and clothes that can get wet. Bring a change of clothes and shoes if desired.
- Bring a small bottle of water in the winter, 1-2 liters per person in warm months.
- Wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen if needed in warm months.
- The site has many steps that must be ascended and descended.
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Long Island Wines: Better Now, Merci
By ERIC ASIMOV
Published: April 6, 2005
THE flat, sandy vineyards out here on the North Fork of Long Island bear little resemblance to noted wine regions anywhere in the world. Dramatic hillsides, which often go hand in hand with great wine, are nowhere to be seen, nor are the usual gravelly soils, riverbanks or valleys. Instead, this skeletal finger of land, which points northeast through the Atlantic Ocean in the general direction of Rhode Island, offers plain former potato fields. But that doesn't mean a fellow can't dream.
''Look at that slope,'' said Kip Bedell, the winemaker at Bedell Cellars, pointing at a vineyard outside Cutchogue that had about as much visible elevation as a cornflake. ''For Long Island,'' he said, ''that's a hill.''
For the grape growers and winemakers who are trying to make a name for Long Island's wines, the drab landscape is the least of their worries. Their region has yet to make a name for itself with much of the public, and they have been hard-pressed to extend their market beyond New York City. Turning a profit for many wineries is still a pipe dream.
But where others see problems, they see nothing but potential. After 30 years of fits and starts and several false stabs at carving out an identity for Long Island wines, they may finally be in position to climb that mountain.
Of course predictions like this have swept in as regularly as the tide ever since Alex and Louisa Hargrave planted European grape varieties in Cutchogue in 1973. But in the last 5 or 10 years, mere moments in agricultural time, the Long Island wine region has absorbed buckets of new talent and money. More important, Long Island is beginning to understand its soil and climate and is learning which grapes to plant and how and where to plant them. It has grown from infancy to adolescence, and, like any teenager, is trying its best to declare independence.
The region is not yet ready to stake a claim for great wines, but it is making quite a bit of good wine these days. Paumanok Vineyards in Aquebogue makes an excellent chenin blanc. W?er Estate on the South Fork makes a terrific sparkling wine. There's some good cabernet franc and even some good sauvignon blanc, which is not often mentioned in the same breath as Long Island. But more than anything else, there is good merlot. So, despite brief flirtations with cabernet franc, for better or worse Long Island wineries are increasingly hitching their futures to merlot.
This is not the best time to establish an identity based on merlot. In California it has achieved great popularity as a soft, inoffensive wine. But California merlot has taken its hits this year, most notably in the movie ''Sideways,'' which treated the wine with special contempt. California merlot has earned its darts. Far too often it is thin and weedy at the low end and overwrought and overambitious at the high end.
Long Island's best bet may be to appeal to those confirmed haters of California merlot, for the merlot here is a very different sort of wine. When properly made from ripe grapes, it has greater acidity and lower alcohol than most California versions, meaning it is more refreshing, less fatiguing and goes better with food. It also has an innate structure that is rare in California merlot, which has led some winemakers to do what would be unthinkable in California.
''We use merlot to beef up cab,'' said Russell Hearn, the winemaker at Pellegrini Vineyards in Cutchogue, which makes a balanced, fruity merlot with an occasional touch of mint or wintergreen flavor. That's backward thinking in the rest of the world, where cabernet sauvignon is the more tannic and powerful grape. But on much of the North Fork, growing cabernet is a difficult proposition. It doesn't often get warm enough to ripen fully, and when it does, it still tends to be thin.
Lenz Winery in Peconic makes a good cabernet, likewise strengthened with merlot, but cabernet is not its focus.
''We are dedicated to merlot,'' said Eric Fry, who has been the winemaker at Lenz since 1989. Like many on the North Fork, Mr. Fry feels that the proximity to water and the relatively cool climate give Long Island much more in common with Bordeaux than with California.
''We're not Napa East, we're Pomerol West,'' he said. ''We look east for inspiration, not west. The only places in the world where merlot dominates cabernet are Peconic and Pomerol.''
Mr. Fry makes one of the best and most idiosyncratic merlots on Long Island; it is also one of the few ageworthy wines so far. A 1997 Lenz Estate Selection merlot sampled recently had lovely flavors of tar, earth and mushrooms. A 1993 merlot was even more intense, calling to mind not Pomerol, but pinot noir or aglianico.
Merlot is what drew David Page and Barbara Shinn to the North Fork wine business. The couple, who own Home restaurant in Manhattan, met in Berkeley in the late 1970's, a time when California was first painting a picture of itself as a paradise of local ingredients and local wine. Having moved to New York, they longed for the same sort of community, built around the close proximity of great ingredients and wine. On a visit to the North Fork in the late 1990's, they sensed possibilities.
''The buzz was that merlot was growing the best here, and we love Bordeaux and Bordeaux varietals,'' Ms. Shinn said.


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Dire Straits – Love Over Gold [Full Album – 320kbps]
1. Telegraph Road — 14:15 2. Private Investigations — 6:45 3. Industrial Disease — 5:49 4. Love over Gold — 6:16 5. It Never Rains — 7:54.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
1. Telegraph Road — 14:15 2. Private Investigations — 6:45 3. Industrial Disease — 5:49 4. Love over Gold — 6:16 5. It Never Rains — 7:54.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Everyone else is saying it so I'll say it too: this is the most complete
and perfect album ever recorded, in my estimation. Although On Every Street
is stellar too.
I cannot guess how many times I've heard this, but it gives me chills every
time. If only I could have the talent in Mark's fingernail clipping…
super album
Industrial Disease is fantastic! As usual, Dire Straits is terrific.
So underrated, I agree: their best album.
My favourite album of them.
same here!!! Grown up with Dire Straits. Lucky me!
Love Over Gold and Making Movies are their 2 best albums!
thank you
Ufff, éste álbum si es buenísimo, una joyita de los Dire Straits, gracias
por subirlo.
dire straits' Thunder Road
the best!
Genius. Pure and simple.
one of the best album that ever exist, i love it, it's sooo awesome
show!!!!! yes!!!!
This music goes so deep,all those years I moved to it,it moved me.It is
only now that the message hits home,Private Investigation.
Their best album – no doubt, damn!
This is actually in 128 kbps because of Youtube's compression. You can get
it up to 192 if you upload in 720p or higher.
A True work of art, oops I meant Mark
Telegraph road is my favourite Dire Straits song.
1. Telegraph Road — 00:01 2. Private Investigations — 14:15 3. Industrial
Disease — 21:00 4. Love over Gold — 26:49 5. It Never Rains — 33:05 just
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Thanks you very much for uploading this masterpiece.. Telegraph road is
such an epic song… Got shivers each fucking single time i listen to this
song! 😀
Dire Straits – love over gold – nothing more to say
Muchas gracias por subir este disco. He disfrutado mucho oyéndolo.
Telegraph Road and right after – Private Invastigation. Too much. Need a
little break in between my heart cant take it


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Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of October 21, 2013
(Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings)
ABC Claims 4 of the Top 10 Non-Sports Broadcasts in Adults 18-49, Including "Modern Family," "Scandal," "Grey's" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
"DWTS" Marks its Closest Finish this Season with NBC's "The Voice" in Viewers
ABC's "Castle" Tops NBC's "Blacklist" as Monday's Most-Watched Scripted Show
"S.H.I.E.L.D." is Tuesday's No. 1 TV Show in Men 18-49 for the 5th Week Running
"The Goldbergs" Builds its Numbers Week to Week in Viewers and Young Adults
"Trophy Wife" Outdraws All 4 of Fox's Tuesday Comedies for the 5th Straight Week
ABC's 100th Episode of "The Middle" Beats CBS' "Survivor" in Adults 18-34
"Back in the Game" Outdelivers NBC's "Revolution" by 31% in Adults 18-49
"Modern Family" is Wednesday's Top-Rated Series for the 5th Straight Week
ABC's "Super Fun Night" and "Nashville" Grow Week to Week in Adults 18-34
"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" Retains 100% of its Delivery Week to Week
In Adults 18-34, Women 18-34 and Adults 25-54, while Spiking 50% in Kids 2-11
Opposite the World Series, "Grey's Anatomy" Builds its Young Adult Numbers
"Scandal" is Thursday's No. 2 TV Series in Adults 18-49 for the 3rd Straight Week
"Shark Tank" Hits a Series Best in Viewers and is Friday's No. 1 Show in Adults 18-49
"20/20" Surges 43% Week to Week to Earn its Biggest Audience in Over 1-1/2 Years
ABC's Sunday Lineup Grows Against the World Series and NFL Football
"America's Funniest Home Videos" Jumps 27% in Adults 18-49 to a Season High
Up Week To Week, "Once Upon A Time" Dominates "Amazing Race" in Adults 18-49
Week No. 5
During the week of October 21, 2013, ABC delivered 4 of the Top 10 non-sports broadcast programs in Adults 18-49: "Modern Family" – No. 4, "Scandal" – No. 8, "Grey's Anatomy" – No. 9 and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." – No. 10. Additionally, ABC's "DWTS" (No. 5), "Castle" (No. 12) and "Modern Family" (No. 15) each placed among the Top 15 most-watched non-sports telecasts. ABC's "20/20" was the week's No. 1 newsmagazine in Adults 18-49, drawing its biggest overall audience in more than 1-1/2 years – since March 2012.
Season-to-Date Live + 7 Day Ratings (9/23-10/13/13): On average, ABC (2.95 rating) ranks No. 1 this season in the non-sports Adult 18-49 L+7 ratings, beating NBC (2.94), CBS (2.85) and Fox (2.75). In fact, the Net claims 5 of the Top 10 biggest broadcast gainers in Adults 18-49 from L+SD to L+7: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (+2.2 rating points), "Modern Family" (+2.0 rating points), "Grey's Anatomy" (+1.7 rating points), "Scandal" (+1.4 rating points) and "Nashville" (+1.3 rating points). The biggest gainer among freshman series (+2.2 rating points), ABC's "S.H.I.E.L.D." stands as both the season's No. 1 new show as well as the top-rated broadcast drama with a 5.8 Live + 7 Day rating.
ABC paced within 100,000 viewers of tying NBC for the viewership lead on Monday (12.5 million vs. 12.6 million) and delivered its most competitive finish this season. The Net topped CBS by 5.7 million viewers (6.8 million) and Fox by 7.1 million viewers (5.4 million). In addition, ABC outdelivered Fox on the night by 19% in Adults 18-49 (1.9/5 vs. 1.6/4).
"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-10:01 p.m. – 13.4 million and 2.0/5 in AD18-49)
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" was the 2nd-most-watched show on Monday, coming within 2% of NBC's "The Voice" (13.4 million vs. 13.7 million) on the night to mark its closest finish this season. Also in its time period, "Dancing" outdrew CBS' 2-hour comedy block by 5.8 million viewers (7.6 million). No celebrity was eliminated this week.
- ABC's "DWTS" grew its overall audience by 3% week to week (13.4 million vs. 13.0 million) to deliver its most-watched telecast in 4 weeks – since 9/23/13.
"Castle" (10:01-11:00 p.m. – 10.6 million and 1.9/5 in AD18-49)
Ranking as the most-watched series during the 10 o'clock hour for the 2nd week in a row, "Castle" continued to draw a larger audience than NBC's "Blacklist" (10.6 million vs. 10.4 million) to stand as Monday's No. 1 scripted program.
ABC's Tuesday lineup was up week to week in Adults 18-49 (+13%) and beat Fox on the night by 20% (1.8/5 vs. 1.5/4).
"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (8:00-9:01 p.m. – 7.4 million and 2.7/8 in AD18-49):
ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." earned a strong second place in the 8 o'clock hour with Adults 18-49 to CBS' "NCIS," beating NBC's "The Biggest Loser" by 35% (2.0/6) and Fox's comedies by 80% (1.5/4). It was once again the No. 2 scripted TV show on Tuesday in Adults 18-49. The ABC drama continued to win its hour with key Men (M18-34/M18-49) to rank as Tuesday's No. 1 TV show for the 5th week in a row in Men 18-49.
- "S.H.I.E.L.D." held 96% of its week-ago Adult 18-49 number and 100% with Men 18-49, while growing 6% with Men 25-54.
"The Goldbergs" (9:01-9:31 p.m. – 5.2 million and 1.7/5 in AD18-49):
At 9:00 p.m., "The Goldbergs" was up week to week by 2% in Total Viewers and 6% in Adults 18-49. Outdrawing Fox's "New Girl" (3.7 million and 1.8/5) in the half-hour by 1.5 million viewers and running in a virtual-tie with Adults 18-49, "The Goldbergs" was Tuesday's most-watched comedy for the 5th straight week.
"Trophy Wife" (9:31-10:00 p.m. – 4.0 million and 1.2/3 in AD18-49):
Holding better than 90% retention week to week in viewers (98%) and young adults (92%), ABC's "Trophy Wife" was Tuesday's 2nd-most-watched comedy, behind only "The Golbergs," topping all 4 of Fox's comedies on the evening for its 5th consecutive telecast.
"Shark Tank – R" (10:00-11:00 p.m. – 3.3 million and 1.1/3 in AD18-49):
At 10:00 p.m., ABC's encore "Shark Tank" improved the hour week to week in viewers (+27%) and young adults (+83%).
Up against Fox's World Series Game 1, ABC delivered the No. 1 entertainment program on Wednesday in Adults 18-49, with "Modern Family" (3.9/10) holding the top series position on the night for the 5th straight week this season. With TV playback included, the ABC comedy will move well ahead of the World Series as the night's No. 1 TV program.
"The Middle" (8:00-8:30 p.m. – 8.3 million and 2.2/7 in AD18-49):
At 8:00 p.m., ABC's "The Middle" returned after the prior week's pre-emption up in Total Viewers and retaining 100% of its two-week ago Adult 18-49 rating, while hitting a season-high with Kids 2-11. "The Middle's" 100th episode beat CBS' "Survivor" in the half-hour with Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34.
"Back in the Game" (8:30-9:00 p.m. – 6.3 million and 1.7/5 in AD18-49):
In the 8:30 p.m. half-hour, ABC's "Back in the Game" continued to outdeliver NBC's "Revolution" by wide margins, beating the sophomore drama by 1.3 million viewers (6.3 million vs. 5.0 million) and by 31% in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5 vs. 1.3/4).
"Modern Family" (9:00-9:31 p.m. – 10.3 million and 3.9/10 in AD18-49):
More than doubling its Adult 18-49 lead-in (+129%) at 9:00 p.m., ABC's "Modern Family" (3.9/10) dominated its entertainment competition in the half-hour, beating CBS' "Criminal Minds" by 44% (2.7/7) and NBC's "L&O: SVU" by 179% (1.4/4). The ABC comedy dominated the half-hour to stand as the night's No. 1 TV show across all key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).
"Super Fun Night" (9:31-10:00 p.m. – 5.8 million and 2.1/6 in AD18-49):
In the 9:30 p.m. half-hour, ABC's "Super Fun Night" was even week to week in Adults 18-49 and was up in Adults 18-34 (+6%). The freshman ABC comedy was the No. 1 series in the half-hour with Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34.
"Nashville" (10:00-11:00 p.m. – 5.5 million and 1.6/4 in AD18-49):
At 10:00 p.m., ABC's "Nashville" held steady week to week in Adults 18-49 and grew 8% in Adults 18-34. In addition for the 5th week in a row, "Nashville" beat out CBS' "CSI" in the hour with Women 18-34. On average, "Nashville" gets a much bigger lift than "CSI" in the Live +7 Day Adult 18-49 ratings (+60% vs. +48%) and leads the CBS drama in the final playback data for the season at a 3.2 rating (vs. a 3.1 rating).
Despite facing the World Series Game 2 on the night, ABC was up over the year-ago Thursday for the 4th week in a row in Adults 18-49 (+10% – 2.3/7 vs. 2.1/6 on 10/25/12). Outside of Fox, it was the only network up year to year on the night.
- In Adults 18-49, ABC's "Scandal" Thursday's No. 2 TV series for the 3rd week running (behind only CBS' "The Big Bang Theory").
"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" (8:00-9:00 p.m. – 4.4 million and 1.1/4 in AD18-49):
During the 8 o'clock hour, ABC's "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" paced within 1-tenth of an Adult 18-49 rating point week to week and delivered 100% retention of the prior week's telecast with Adults 18-34, Women 18-34 and Adults 25-54. The show spiked 50% week to week with Kids 2-11.
"Grey's Anatomy" (9:00-10:00 p.m. – 8.7 million and 2.8/8 in AD18-49):
During the 9 o'clock hour, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" (2.8/8) dominated its non-sports competition in Adults 18-49, leading CBS' comedies by 22% ("The Crazy Ones"/"Two and a Half Men" = 2.3/6) and continued to more than double NBC's comedies (+133% over "Sean Saves the World"/"The Michael J Fox Show" = 1.2/3).
- "Grey's Anatomy" was up week to week in Adults 18-49 (+4%) and Adults 18-34 (+14%) to deliver 3-week highs.
"Scandal" (10:00-11:00 p.m. – 8.6 million and 2.9/8 in AD18-49):
Building on its "Grey's" lead-in for the 4th consecutive week in Adults 18-49 (+4%) at 10:00 p.m., ABC's "Scandal" (2.9/8) beat CBS' "Elementary" by 61% (1.8/5) and once again more than doubled NBC's "Parenthood" (+123% – 1.3/4) in the hour.
- "Scandal" was up by wide margins over its year-ago telecast against the World Series, surging by 42% in Total Viewers (8.6 million vs. 6.1 million) and by 45% in Adults 18-49 (2.9/8 vs. 2.0/5).
Social Stats: "Scandal" was Thursday's No. 1 most social TV series with 203,968 tweets.
With repeat comedies from 8:00-9:00 p.m., "Shark Tank" and "20/20," ABC took second on Friday night (1.5/5), beating CBS' all-original line up by 7% (1.4/5) and Fox by 36% (1.1/4). The Net also took second on the night in Total Viewers, outdrawing NBC's premiere lineup by 5% (6.1 million vs. 5.8 million).
- ABC's 'Shark Tank" equaled a season high and was Friday's No. 1 TV program for the 6th week running in Adults 18-49 (2.0/7), outdelivering NBC's season premiere of "Grimm" by 11% (1.8/6) and the series debut of "Dracula" by 11% (1.8/6).
- With its most-watched telecast since March 2012 and hitting a season high in the key news demo, ABC's "20/20" stood as the night's No. 1 newsmagazine, outdelivering NBC's "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+8% – 6.6 million vs. 6.1 million), Adults 18-49 (+15% – 1.5/5 vs. 1.3/5) and Adults 25-54 (+17% – 2.1/6 vs. 1.8/6).
"Shark Tank" (9:00-10:01 p.m. – 7.4 million and 2.0/7 in AD18-49): Nearly tripling its repeat "The Neighbors" lead-in at 9:00 p.m. in Adults 18-49 (+186%), ABC's "Shark Tank" won its hour by double-digit margins over NBC's premiere of "Grimm" (+11% – 1.8/6) and CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" (+43% – 1.4/5). The ABC unscripted series drew its biggest audience ever for a regular telecast and matched a season best in Adults 18-49. "Shark Tank" was up over the same night last year by 9% in Total Viewers and by 11% in Adults 18-49 (6.8 million and 1.8/6 on 10/26/12).
"20/20" (10:01-11:00 p.m. – 6.6 million and 1.5/5 in AD18-49): During the 10:00 p.m. hour, ABC's "20/20" shot up week to week in Total Viewers (+43% – 6.6 million vs. 4.6 million), Adults 18-49 (+25% – 1.5/5 vs. 1.2/4) and Adults 25-54 (+31% – 2.1/6 vs. 1.6/4). The ABC newsmagazine drew its biggest audience in over 1-1/2 years (since 3/30/12) and hit a season high with Adults 25-54.
Opposite a night of big professional sports competition from Fox's World Series Game 4 and NBC's Sunday Night Football, ABC's Sunday lineup gained 7% week to week in Adults 18-49 to match a 3-week high.
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (7:00-8:00 p.m. – 6.1 million and 1.4/4 in AD18-49):
In the 7 o'clock hour, "America's Funniest Home Videos" was up 27% over the prior week in Adults 18-49 to deliver a season high.
"Once Upon a Time" (8:00-9:00 p.m. – 7.2 million and 2.2/6 in AD18-49):
Sunday's top-rated broadcast drama, ABC's "Once Upon a Time," spiked over its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 8:00 p.m. (+57%) and defeated its non-sports competition on CBS by 22% ("Amazing Race" = 1.8/4). "Once Upon a Time" continued to rank as the No. 1 most social broadcast series of the evening with 63,878 tweets, up 48% from the prior week.
- The ABC drama was up 5% week to week in Adults 18-49.
"Revenge" (9:00-10:00 p.m. – 5.7 million and 1.4/3 in AD18-49):
During the 9 o'clock hour, ABC's "Revenge" defeated its CBS drama competition by 25% ("The Good Wife") in Adults 18-34 (1.0/3 vs. 0.8/2). "Revenge" held steady with the prior week in Adults 18-34.
"Betrayal" (10:00-11:00 p.m. – 3.3 million and 0.9/2 in AD18-49):
During the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's "Betrayal" held even week to week with Adults 18-49.
No.1 FOX 3.3 No.1 FOX 11,350,000
No.2 NBC 2.4 No.2 CBS 9,450,000
No.3 CBS 1.9 No.3 FOX 7,740,000
No.4 ABC 1.7 No.4 ABC 6,770,000
No.5 CW 0.7 No.5 CW 1,710,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (National, Live+ Same Day Program Ratings), week of 10/21/13. Live + 7 Day Ratings based on 9/23-10/13/13 Source: Socialguide, Total Tweets for each series +/- 3hrs during telecast 10/7-10/13/13.


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Day 1: Arrival at Delhi. Company representatives will receive you on arrival at the international airport in Delhi late in the evening. Transfer to your pre booked hotel.
Day 2: Delhi - Agra. After an early breakfast in hotel. Proceed for Agra after breakfast enrouting Sikandara. Reach Agra in the afternoon, evening visit Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort Overnight stay will be at Agra.
Day 3: Agra - Jaipur. After breakfast drive to beautiful Pink City - Jaipur. Enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri, Reach and check in at your pre booked hotel. Over night stay at Jaipur.
Day 4: Jaipur. Breakfast will be at hotel. Proceed for excursion to Amber Fort in the outskirts of Jaipur. Elephant ride ascent to the fort. After visit City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal, Birla Temple etc. in the City. In evening visit the Markets for shopping. Overnight will be at Jaipur.
Day 5: Jaipur - Pushkar. Proceed for Pushkar after breakfast. Reach Pushkar by noon and relax. Check in at your pre booked hotel.
Day 6: Pushkar. Full day will be spent in Pushkar.
Day 7: Pushkar - Jodhpur. Visit the Brahma Temple - The only one in the world. Proceed for Jodhpur and reach Jodhpur. Relax in the hotel and visit the museum of Umaid Bhawan Palace. Overnight will be at Jodhpur.
Day 8: Jodhpur (Sun City). Morning go for a village safari in the jeep and have a rare glimpse into the rich culture and true essence of India. Abundant wildlife (game) and memorable moments of the great desert landscape fascinates one while driving along the countryside. Overnight will be at Jodhpur.
Day 9: Jodhpur - Jaisalmer. Proceed for Jaisalmer after breakfast. Reach and check in at hotel. Overnight will be at Jaisalmer.
Day 10: Jaisalmer ( Golden City ). After a relaxed breakfast proceed for full day sightseeing tour of The Golden City - Jaisalmer. It is in the heart of the Great Indian Desert. Its temple, fort and palaces are all built of yellow stone. The city is a mass of intricately carved buildings, facades and elaborate balconies. Visit the Jaisalmer Fort - The oldest living Fort in the world. Stay overnight will be at hotel.
Day 11: Jaisalmer to Bikaner. After an early breakfast in hotel. Proceed to Bikaner. Check in at hotel. Relax in the evening. Overnight stay will be at Bikaner.
Day 12: Bikaner - Mandawa. Breakfast will be at hotel. Proceed for sightseeing tour of Bikaner. In evening drive to Mandawa Reach and check in at hotel. Overnight stay will be at Mandawa.
Day 13: Mandawa - Delhi. Jaisalmer camel safari. Breakfast will be at the hotel. Take a sightseeing tours to Painted Havelis in Mandawa. Later in evening proceed for Delhi. Check in your pre booked hotel. Overnight will be at Delhi.
Day 14: Delhi. Proceed for a full day tour of Old & New Delhi after breakfast. Old Delhi - A sight-seeing tour of Old Delhi would entail visiting the Raj Ghat - the memorial site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated; Jama Masjid - the largest mosque in India and the Red Fort - once the most opulent fort and palace of the Moghul Empire. Enjoy the cycle rickshaw ride from Jama Masjid to Chandni Chowk.
New Delhi - An extensive sight-seeing tour of New Delhi would include a visit to the Humayun's Tomb, the Qutub Minar, a drive along the ceremonial avenue - Rajpath, past the imposing India Gate, Parliament House, the President's Residence, Lotus Temple, Akshardham Temple, etc.
Day 15: Delhi - Home / Onward Destinations. Breakfast will be at hotel. Day will be free to explore the city and finish last minute shopping and in evening transfer to International airport to catch flight for your planned / scheduled destinations.
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Nash bargaining in ordinal environments
We analyze the implications of Nash's (Econometrica 18:155–162, 1950 ) axioms in ordinal bargaining environments; there, the scale invariance axiom needs to be strenghtened to take into account all order-preserving transformations of the agents' utilities. This axiom, called ordinal invariance, is a very demanding one. For two-agents, it is violated by every strongly individually rational bargaining rule. In general, no ordinally invariant bargaining rule satisfies the other three axioms of Nash. Parallel to Roth (J Econ Theory 16:247–251, 1977 ), we introduce a weaker independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) axiom that we argue is better suited for ordinally invariant bargaining rules. We show that the three-agent Shapley–Shubik bargaining rule uniquely satisfies ordinal invariance, Pareto optimality, symmetry, and this weaker IIA axiom. We also analyze the implications of other independence axioms. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2012
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Volume (Year): 16 (2012)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 269-282
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text: Sundancer7 I worked for the same pharmaceutical company for 43 years. Another company bought them and they retired me with a six month severance. I was financially OK and I took my retirement, 401K and SS and was immediately employed by another pharma company. I was a consultant for one year and then they made me a minority owner. It worked out real good. After they retired me, there was a downturn in the industry which is sorta cyclical for that particular industry. They ending up closing several locations and the company that hired me as a consultant put me in charge of all new projects. Before the industry started back up which was about a year, I leased all their previous locations that they had closed. I beat them to the punch as the site was already prepped for our use. My previous company that retired me got really pissed. I laughed at them. Paul E. Smith Knoxville, TN


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Discussion in 'world politics, current affairs and news' started by weltweit, May 18, 2012.
The only distinction is that foxconn produce a tangible good.
The latter couldn't exist without the former, the former however could exist without the latter. (and what is a Facebook programmer?)
Well, apart from this being quite a sizeable difference you're wrong. And you're still not getting that a single company making a profit doesn't mean that total capital therefore makes a profit.
Maybe you could show me the commonalities between a 1000 multi-millionaires and 10s of thousands of chinese workers? Why there is so many more of the latter and so few of the former?
Well considering foxconn are producing iphones and ipods, those devices couldnt exsist without the software to run them. From Apple's point of view the hardware is near irrelevant, where Apple adds value is the software.
Ok assemble the hardware without any software and see how much use you get.
You appear to be just going off on a tangent now. Anyway its friday night I've had enough, its been sort of interesting. However ultimately it looks like your argument is software cant produce surplus value, which I dont agree with.
I've not gone off on a tanget once throughout this discussion.I've been relentlessly focused (like a good laurie penny!). I've had no answers to repeated questions, i've had repeated misunderstandings of what i'm saying, i've answered every single question asked of me in return.
Googling "software as surplus value" brings up some interesting discussions similar to what we have been going at. It appears there are just two schools of thought on it.
Imagine that, i had no idea.
Just thought it was interesting that people with a similar level of interest in marx dont agree with your view. Which gives some weight to the idea that some of marx's ideas are now outdated with the changes that have occured.
But i haven't offered that view. Not once.
"all that is solid melts into air."
I did.
Well no you didn't - you offered it for me. Which is amusing at it's not a position that i hold or have ever held.
No, Its what I was getting to in http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/the-facebook-public-launch.293556/page-4#post-11182957
It might well have been, but why insist that this position that i don't hold and have never held is what i was arguing? I never once argued such a thing. What does this say about what you based your replies to me on?
I'm not
I was referring to marx being outdated.
Jesus suffering Christ.
When you specifically said that i was making a specfic argument that i didn't you were refering to marx being outdated? Have i that right? Been a long day has it?
Top wummery.
Should keep him going in stupid hats for a while.
Every example of a software product provided you claimed it didnt create surplus value. Is there software that does?
Am i mad or did you claim this?
And no i didn't. I didn't say that about a single software product. Not one. There were no software examples offered to me - were there?
iTunes is a software product, so is facebook.
Ah you offered me itunes - one example, then felt justified in saying when i answered correctly that on this basis that i hold a view that i don't and never have done? And then pretending that you said no such thing then going on to argue that i was wrong to hold such a view that you didn't ever suggest that i held
I said it appeared/looks like you did. A suggestion.
You also said it was obvious that foxconn produced surplus value where a facebook software developer didnt.
Yet i didn't, and then you suggested that you had not offered any such readings of my posts. The immediately proceeded to try and prove me wrong on my belief that software could never produce surplus value.
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"Just a friendly?"
Kassai and Le Coq Arena
Introducing this match, I have first to summarize what happened in the first leg on last Friday at "Le Coq Arena", Tallinn. Referee in charge was Viktor Kassai. He had a intensive game to handle with many decisions to take: he issued two red cards and a penalty - all these against the home team.
Well, after these decisions, many Estonians were angry and they thought there was a conspiracy against them. I really don't agree. Every person who watched that game has to admit that Estonia had a bad day. They played in a very rough way, maybe because the opponents were too strong.
In my opinion, both red cards were absolutely right, and even one of the four yellows could have been a straight red! We can discuss and talk about last decision, the penalty, but I think it wasn't scandalous. Furthermore, an Estonian player deserved a red card in the first half, Kassai gave only a yellow card. I wanted to explain these things, due to the importance of this match and also because I really wonder what the Estonians have to complain now. With due respect, we however have to be fair. They were living a dream...dreams have not always a happy ending...
The match
Having said that, we can focus on Kuipers and his work in this match. My report title is "Just a friendly?" because after the first leg result, this was really the most trivial match considering the four playoffs. However, UEFA appointed the Dutch before knowing the score, therefore, the destiny wanted such a game for this referee. In the first half, the match was pretty quiet. The Estonian players were not thus rough like in the first leg; and the Irish players obviously didn't force the game.
Despite this, something important happened already around the 10th minute, the episode of the first card. An Estonian player committed a very serious and hard tackle from a dangerous position: no chances to catch the ball, in my opinion it could have been a straight red card, maybe yellow was not enough, Kuipers wasn't in a good position to detect it. You can watch the capture (l.) and judge whether yellow was enough..
In first half, in addition to this episode, I have merely to report some offsides calls (not always with a replay). The assistant referees Zeinstra and Simons were good. After 1 minute as additional time, the first half ended with Ireland leading 1-0.
In the second half, after 10 minutes, Estonia scored the equalizer. A few minutes later on, Kuipers cautioned the next player, this booking was totally justified as well. It was a clear foul which aimed at stopping a dangerous attack by Irish forwards. In the same action, Kuipers had already given good advantages for previous fouls. Nothing else happened until the end of the game, except an offside call in the 85th minute, correctly seen.
Overall, the second leg - in contrast to the first leg - was nor intensive neither difficult for Kuipers who was good in foul detection; most of the calls were correct, showing some good advantages in the second half, too.
However, I think one has to emphasize the incident involving the serious foul by the Estonian:
To my mind, the statement or conjecture that the yellow card was ok either due to Kuipers having been lenient in this situation, or due to the earliness of the situation or even because of the first leg's controversies, is definitely wrong. A referee should always take a firm decision! Maybe he didn't realize that the foul was really dangerous for the Irish player who was fouled in this situation...
Evaluation:- Control (25%)...was totally ok in an easy match! Evaluated with the mark 7,0.
- Calls (25%): first yellow should have been a red one; ok on other calls including the assistant referees. Evaluated with the mark 6,5.
- Match difficulty (10%): 5,0
- Style (20%): 7,5
- Neutrality (20%): 8,0
Final mark: 7,0
I thank Chefren for his first match report. Very good work !


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Bilek wary ahead of Scotland test
Czech Republic head coach Michal Bilek insists Scotland have the psychological advantage ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier.
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The Scots have enjoyed a better start to the campaign and sit top of Group I following a draw in Lithuania and a last-gasp win over Liechtenstein at Hampden.
In contrast, the Czechs endured a shock defeat to Lithuania in their opening match, leaving them joint bottom of the section ahead of this clash in Prague.
"Scotland certainly have a mental advantage," said Bilek, who was in charge as the Czechs lost 1-0 in a friendly at Hampden Park in March. "They have four points from their matches against Lithuania and Liechtenstein, while we all know what happened in our last match.
"Now we are under enormous pressure and that is the big difference from the friendly game in March.
"We need to get a result. Are we the favourites for the match? Well, if we played in Scotland they would be the favourites. We need to win and that makes a psychological advantage for Scotland."
Czech Republic have yet to decide their team line-up to face Craig Levein's men but there will be changes from their opener.
Bilek added: "There are still some question marks, but 95% of the team is clear. The final decisions will be taken on Friday.
"The most important thing for me is that the whole team is good. They are healthy and well motivated. We were upset in the Lithuania game and that has provided us with even more desire to put in a good performance against Scotland.
"We'll have to make some changes from the Lithuania game because Milan Baros is among the players injured. As for the formation, it may be similar although there might be some minor changes in midfield.
"We need to win points and improve our position in the group. This is one of the climaxes in my role as national team coach."
Captain Tomas Rosicky said: "I'm not suggesting our approach to the Lithuania game was wrong or lacking motivation.
"On the contrary, we were pretty motivated and that will certainly be the case in this game.
"Is this the most difficult time in my national team career? Not really. I'm not suggesting these are easy times because the situation is quite serious, but, for me, the worst time was in 2002 when we lost the additional qualifier for the World Cup."
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The NSSRA is stepping up, and now is the optimal time for retailers to get involved to ensure its success. "Our goal is to develop an organization that reflects full time on behalf of specialty retailers," said NSSRA's Chairman, Brad Nelson. "We need to turn NSSRA into an organization that is capable of partnering with SIA and NSAA with the goal of growing snow sports."
We all know that snow sports participant numbers fluctuate slightly with snow, but have remained relatively flat for the past decade. And we know that many brick and mortar retailers are struggling to compete with online retailers. Nelson said that he believes that between baby boomers aging out of snow sports, the growth of the digital age and more competition for young people's attention, the industry is at a tipping point: "With all these factors to contend with, the time to come together and act is now," he said.
"If we don't stay in front of this issue it'll be too costly to catch up. These are our livelihoods that are being threatened, so we need NSSRA to become a voice to partner with the other stakeholders in the industry, SIA and NSAA, in order to come together and grow participation in snow sports," Nelson added. "It's essential that the retailer perspective be a part of this effort, because we work and represent the industry where our customers live. It all starts at the front door of the specialty retail community."
SIA President David Ingemie has been working with the NSSRA Board to develop its plans, in hopes of gaining a better retail voice and perspective as the industry works to grow participation. "It's essential to have an organization that the rest of the industry can rely on to represent the biggest element of the snow sports industry, in terms of individual business," Ingemie said. "It's very important to affect a number of industry initiatives to grow participants and participation."
Nelson explained that getting involved is easy and affordable, especially when you consider the benefits.
To get involved, retailers must become a member of NSRRA for $299. You can find out more and sign up in one of three ways:
- Read and respond to the letter that has been sent to all retailers by SIA on behalf of NSSRA.
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- Find out more, join the conversation, and sign up for membership by attending the NSSRA meeting at the Snow Show on Thursday, Jan 30 at 5:30P.
Nelson and the entire NSSRA Board of Directors, all volunteers, are hoping their first step can be to hire a full-time employee to carry out the plans; specifically, a retail-oriented growth program similar to LSSM/BAF. "My biggest frustration is that, as a volunteer, the other board members and I can only do so much. I hear so many wonderful ideas from retailers across the country about how to grow the industry, or address specific retailing problems, but we don't have the manpower to implement anything," he said.
Nelson commented that he believes a partnership between NSSRA, SIA and NSAA will be extremely effective and powerful in the effort to grow participation. "There is a tremendous amount that can be done, and I really appreciate the help that David Ingemie and SIA have given us to get this effort off the ground. It's so important for retailers to lend their perspective, and I'm very optimistic that with a full-time, paid employee we can make a lot of progress," he said. "I know we can move the needle. The question is whether the retailing community is of a mindset to band together and make this happen. I sure hope so."


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Last year, the La Canada girls basketball team lost at home early in league play to South Pasadena and faced an uphill climb in the Rio Hondo League for the rest of the regular season before winning the championship in the final week.
On Wednesday night, the Spartans were bent on not letting history repeat and tried to pave an easier way to defending their title. La Canada put the clamps on the visiting Tigers and cruised to a 52-27 win in the league opener for both teams.
"It actually happened the exact same week (last year), which is during our finals week," La Canada head coach Tamar Hill said of last year's home loss.
"When I got the schedule and saw that this is the game we start league with, I was like, 'Oh man, no pressure.'
"We even talked about this two weeks ago. I said South Pas is going to be during finals week, so you guys need to start taking care of business now so you're not staying up til 2 a.m. studying. I think they took that to heart and wanted to respond and defend their home turf."
The question now is whether the gap on the scoreboard Wednesday night indicates that vast of a difference between the two teams.
"I think it's still early on in league and we're going to learn from our mistakes," South Pasadena head coach Tammy Lai said. "Offensively we weren't hitting some shots. And it just got into our heads a little bit."
The Tigers (8-5) came out meaning business and raced to a 7-0 lead. From there, though, La Canada's size caused South Pasadena's offense headaches and by the time the first quarter was over, the Spartans (13-4) were up three.
The lead grew to double figures in the second quarter before Lexie Scholtz kept her team within striking distance by hitting two consecutive baskets. Amber Graves found Sarah Borland cutting to the basket late for an easy layup with seconds to go in the half and La Canada led 26-18 at the break.
The Spartans opened the third quarter with a 3-pointer by Alyssa Miller and the rout was on. Miller finished with a team-high 14 points on four 3-pointers. La Canada also got six points in the third quarter by Aundrea Issakhanian and the lead was soon pushing 20 points.
"They obviously know what this game is in terms of not even just the league but in terms of the playoff division," Hill said of her team. "So when they (South Pasadena) came out and hit some (early) shots, I think it really woke them up and ticked them off a little bit. I was really proud of how they responded."
The barrage continued into the fourth quarter. Another 3-pointer by Miller pushed the lead to nearly 30 points. La Canada's largest advantage was 29 points before Hill emptied out her bench.
Scholtz scored a game-high 15 points. Trouble was, Sophia Hathaway, the Tigers' best post player, was compromised by foul trouble due to the amount of bodies La Canada threw at her.
"I thought we defended really well on Lexie," Hill said. "Lexie's going to score her points, she's a really good shooter. But I think we did a good job trying to limit her good looks at the basket and containing Sophia."
Issakhanian was the only other Spartan in double figures, beside Miller, and finished with 11 points. Graves had eight rebounds off the bench for La Canada.
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The West Brunswick varsity soccer team lost 4-0 March 24 to Class 3-A rival Jacksonville.
The loss dropped West's conference record to 0-5.
The West junior varsity lost 4-0.
"It was our most consistent game of the season," JV coach Steve Nagy said. "We came out and played well. It was 2-0 at half but the girls didn't give up. There was no letdown in the second half even after the goals."
Taylor Harris had nine saves.
In a nonconference varsity game Saturday against Rocky Mount, West lost 4-2.
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New Music Releases – April 2013
The April 2013 New Music Releases schedule features the first volley in the battle of former bandmates fighting for ownership of the same famous name.
Yes, of course we're talking about Queensryche. After singer Geoff Tate was kicked out of the group, the two camps went to court, only to hear a judge say that they could both operate under the Queensryche name – for now. So Tate's version of Queensryche is set to release 'Frequency Unknown' on April 23, with his former bandmates' effort expected to follow in June.
The month also sees the release of Deep Purple's long-awaited new album 'Now What?!,' from which we've already heard two new songs — 'All the Time in the World' and 'Hell to Pay.'
You can also look forward to special Record Store Day exclusives from Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Cream, new albums from Todd Rundgren and the Stooges, and the usual wallet-draining assortment of re-issues and expanded editions. Happy shopping!
Read on for a complete list of April 2013′s classic rock releases. In most cases, you can click on the album title to learn more about it. Be sure to check out our rundown of all the 2013 New Music Releases to keep up-to-date with what your favorite artists will release this year!
April 2013 New Music Releases
April 2
The Eagles, 'The Studio Albums 1972-1979′
The Rolling Stones 'Get Your Ya-Yas Out: Expanded Edition'
Santana, 'Santana III' (Vinyl)
April 9
Stevie Nicks, 'Through the Looking Glass' (documentary)
Todd Rundgren, 'State'
April 16
Beatallica, 'Abbey Load'
Various Artists, 'Lords of Salem' Soundtrack
April 20 (Record Store Day)
Cream, 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' (Triple Vinyl)
Bob Dylan, 'Wigmam' (single)
Paul McCartney, 'Maybe I'm Amazed' (12″ EP)
April 23
ELO, 'Electric Light Orchestra Live'
ELO, 'Zoom' (re-issue)
Jeff Lynne, 'Armchair Theatre' (re-issue)
Queensryche, 'Frequency Unknown' (Geoff Tate fronted version)
Whitesnake, 'Live in Japan' (CD/DVD)
April 30
Deep Purple, 'Now What?!'
Eagles, 'History of the Eagles' (Documentary / Live Footage)
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Sunday will be Cindy Carpenter's first Gold Star Mothers Day that she will remember.
"I really don't recall much last year, we were in such a fog," she said from her home Saturday in Columbia, Tennessee.
Sunday has been proclaimed Gold Star Mothers Day in Tennessee by Governor Bill Haslam.
Cindy Carpenter became one last year when her son Andrew died fighting in Afghanistan.
On Valentine's Day 2011, her husband received a call that the 27-year-old Marine had been shot in the Helmond province of Afghanistan.
"He had survived a firefight, but was hit in the brain stem by a sniper when they were on the way back to base," she said sadly recalling that day.
"We knew there was not much medics at the scene or doctors later could do, but we were able to see him before they pulled the machines," Cindy said as she shared the story of going to a U.S. Military hospital in Germany to see her mortally wounded son one last time.
Outside and inside the Carpenter home, there are reminders of Andrew.
A Gold Star Mother emblem is on Cindy's license plate.
Andrew Carpenter's name, the day he was born and the day he died are in letters on the rear window of his mother's car.
"It helps to know he is with me all the time, but he is always with me, he comes to all the time and talks and tells me its going to be okay," she said looking at the plates and the rear window.
Along with the Gold Star Mothers Day there is another remembrance this weekend for the Carpenter family.
A flag that once flew over the nation's capitol flies in the front yard.
Corporal Andy Carpenter would have been 29 years old this past September 28.
"We wanted something to memorialize his birthday, not balloons or anything, but something special because he fought for our country," said Cindy looking up at the flag.
The family received it from state Representative Sheila Butt of Columbia.
Cindy plans to give it one day to her grandson Landon, who was born a month after his father's death.
Along with his mother and grandson, Corporal Andrew Carpenter is survived by his wife, his father and three sisters.
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Number One in Leesburg
Cindy of Berryville, Virginia was the very first person in line to see President Obama in Leesburg on Thursday.
Thousands of Virginians converged on the grounds of Loudoun County High School today to hear President Obama speak. While the support for President Obama in the crowd was sizable, there probably wasn't a bigger supporter that day than Cindy of Berryville, Virginia—the first person in line.
A chef by profession, Cindy said if she was given the opportunity to make one thing for President Obama, she would prepare a "nice, hot fudge Sunday." She jokingly said "it's nice and easy so I can have more time to chat with him."
Cindy, who has been waiting outside Loudoun County High on Dry Mill Road since 9 AM, says she supports the President because he's a fighter, and defends the middle class. "Under President Obama I've saved money through tax cuts, and members of my community have as well," she said.
"Glad to be here, and glad to know that I have an advocate for the middle-class in the White House—in President Barack Obama."


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COURTNEY Fish is a rich and famous crime writer with a serious heart condition. The beneficiaries to her will are due to gather at her home, and someone's in for a fatal shock...
The audience at the latest production from Durrington Amateur Dramatics Society (DADS) will be asked to uncover who dunnit at the village hall this weekend.
A Frightful Evening will be performed by the group, directed by Steve Lucas, on Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £10 to include a ploughman's supper and dessert, and there's a licensed bar. Call 07554 827833 to book.


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