Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20%
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Life is a Funny Proposition After All Analysis Nazrin Aliyeva The song written by George H. Cohan‚ "Life’s A Very Funny Proposition After All"‚ invites the listener to think about the ultimate question of life: “Why we’re here and what this life is all about?” The First Philosophy is very relevant in the song. What will happen to me? Why are we here? In 1904‚ the year the song was released‚ people still are not able to truly answer a supposedly simple question and we cannot in the modern world
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Fundamentals of Land Ownership‚ Land Boundaries‚ and Surveying G J Donnelly About the Paper This paper has been prepared as an introductory paper to provide a general overview of key matters related to the ownership of land‚ and the boundaries which define the limitations of that ownership. The role of surveyors in the determination of land boundaries is also reviewed. It has been commissioned by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) to provide a guide for students and
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Pamantasan ng Cabuyao College of Business Administration and Accountancy Land Pollution LAND POLLUTION [pic] [pic] Land Pollution Land pollution is basically about contaminating the land surface of the earth through dumping urban waste matter indiscriminately‚ dumping of industrial waste‚ mineral exploitation‚ and misusing the soil by harmful agricultural practices. Pollution includes visible litter and waste along with the soil itself being polluted
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INTRODUCTION Land reclamation means the modification of inadequate land area‚ by leveling‚ draining‚ etc.‚ so as to permit man to use that land. The practice of land reclamation has changed since the 1940’s‚ because of increasing demand for industrial‚ residential‚ and recreational land near urban centers. Prior to the last two decades‚ land reclamation embodied land drainage‚ flood protection and prevention‚ and irrigation primarily to further agriculture. Today‚ floodplains‚ swamps‚ abandoned
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Land pollution‚ in other words‚ means degradation or destruction of earth’s surface and soil‚ directly or indirectly as a result of human activities. Anthropogenic activities are conducted citing development‚ and the same affects the land drastically‚ we witness land pollution; by drastic we are referring to any activity that lessens the quality and/or productivity of the land as an ideal place for agriculture‚ forestation‚ construction etc. The degradation of land that could be used constructively
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Land‚ a critically important national resource‚ supports all living organisms including plants as well as every primary production system such as roads‚ industries‚ communication and storage for surface and ground water‚among others. The soil profile of land determines its ability to serve socio-economic needs. It has been estimated that more than 5‚000 million tonnes of top soil is eroded annually alongwith about 5 million tonnes of nutrients. About a third of this is lost to the sea‚
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Negative Effects of Land Subsidence on Agriculture LAND SUBSIDENCE - WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Land subsidence is a condition in which there is a loss of support from water pressure below the ground. As we withdraw ground water and the water table drops‚ the soil collapses‚ compacts‚ and drops resulting in the decrease of land-surface elevation. Subsidence causes permanent inundation of land‚ aggravates flooding‚ changes topographic gradients‚ ruptures the land surface‚ and reduces
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Question 1: The land rights debate in the 1970’s was a tough and hard-fought journey for the Aboriginal people. In the 1967 Referendum‚ Australians showed their support for the Aboriginals‚ by voting to change the Constitution to include the indigenous in the Census and giving overriding authority to the Commonwealth government regarding Aboriginal affairs. Ralph Hunt‚ of the National Coalition Party and Federal Minister in 1971 stated ‘To just set aside land because Aboriginal groups and tribes
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Land degradation will remain an important global issue for the 21st century because of its adverse impact on agronomic productivity‚ the environment‚ and its effect on food security and the quality of life. Productivity impacts of land degradation are due to a decline in land quality on site where degradation occurs (e.g. erosion) and off site where sediments are deposited. However‚ the on-site impacts of land degradation on productivity are easily masked due to use of additional inputs and adoption
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