| Trying to Fine-Tune Yahoo
With 136 million people in the United States visiting its sites in November, Yahoo remains the most popular property on the Web, according to comScore, a company that tracks Internet traffic. Yet Google surpasses Yahoo in search by an ever-growing margin. And in just a year, Google has managed to narrow Yahoo's overall lead in Internet traffic from 22 million visitors to fewer than five million. Google has also made inroads against MyYahoo with a rival personalized home page service called iGoogle. Sites like Facebook and MySpace, meanwhile, have amassed huge audiences. Traditional portals like Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft have long sought to keep users captive by offering them an array of information, communications tools and online shopping. But lately, their grip on consumers has been loosened as a new generation of users increasingly rely on search engines to find their way on the Web and spend more time on social networks.
SGPC meeting ends in fisticuffs
Fracas erupted at an SGPC executive meeting held at Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib here today with members openly coming to fisticuffs. The police intervened to pacify the agitated members, many of whom lost their turbans in the melee. The trouble broke out when a section of the gathering started raising slogans against SGPC chief Avtar Singh at the venue. The SGPC task force too joined the free-for-all. According to eyewitness reports, the task force beat up members owing allegiance to the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and the Guru Granth Sahib Mission Committee. A delegation of Sikhs from Kaki village wanted to meet Mr Avtar Singh but some members of the task force blocked their way. Following this they started raising slogans against the SGPC chief. Outnumbered by the task force and other Akali workers, the delegation members beat a hasty retreat but not before being roughed up by the task force members.
Defiance toward inebriated conformity is the only truth
Drug abuse consumes our country. It has resulted to a substantial amount of low-rent lives in our society. Drug use tears apart families, friendships and the health of those who use. You can't do much for the incurable fool. Sometime ago, upon surfing the Net, I came across a group called, "Straight Edge." I read extensively and joined the movement. I always hear poorly versed arguments of what Straight Edge is - indeed they are distorted notions that seem improbable at best. The Straight Edge movement started in the early 80s in New York City. Kids were allowed to go into clubs and shows, and if they were under the age of 21 their hands would be marked with an X indicating to the bartender that they were not of legal drinking age. Thus, they were not served alcohol. From that point on, kids adopted the X as a symbol signifying their covenant to abstain from any substances.
Tired of slights, embarrassment, man sheds 87 pounds
In fact, the 37-year-old accounts manager from Seattle, Washington, ate a fairly balanced diet and loved participating in sports while growing up. "I was thin and fit my whole life," Welch remembers. "I was always active in sports such as running cross-country in high school and swimming on the swim team in college." Things started to change in 1995 after he graduated from college. Welch got a job, moved out of his parents' house and began indulging in late-night meals with his friends. "I remember specifically in 1995, my waist size went from a 34 [inches] to a 38 in a matter of months," Welch said. "I got a size 36 pants to accommodate my waist size and I had to ask for a bigger size for Christmas because they were too tight." Welch was in total disbelief when he stepped on the scale and realized he was carrying 200 pounds on his 5-foot-10-inch frame.
|
