HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-12-04, Page 23-MAMMOTH BONES
The skeleton of a young
mammoth was included in
half a tonne of fossils of ice -
age mammals collected in
the Old Crow. Dawson and
Sixtymile regions of the
Yukon in the past year by the
National Museum of Natural
Sciences paleontologists
with the help of local
residen.ts.
RELEASE PLEA
The United States asked
the International Court of
Justice on Nov. 29, 1979, to
order the release of the hos-
tages in Iran.
NATIONAL MUSEUM
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STARGAZING
DECEMBER
Halley's Comet this month
(NC) — The following is from Valley's.
Comet, Bulletin no. 4 (available from
the National Museum of Science and
Technology):
"December 1985: Using binoculars,
it should become relatively easy to see
Halley's Comet this month. On the ev-
ening of the 6th it is 5° below the left
side of the Great Square of Pegasus,
somewhat more than half way from
the southern horizon to the overhead
point about 21/2 hours after sunset. The
Moon interferer from the 16th untilthe
29th or 30th, when it will be dark
enouch to see the cornet briefly before
moonrise. To Lind the comet at this
time, wait about 100 minutes after
sunset for the sky to darken suffi-
ciently (90 minutes may be enough for
those south of latitude 45°) and the
comet is then 30 to 35° above the ho-
rizon in the southwest. At the end of
the year Halley's Comet is veru nearly
at. our distance from the sun but it is
more than that distance away from us,
as it stans to loop around behind the
sun as seenTrom Earth."
The map shows the late evening sky
in December. To, find Pegasus face
west and hold the map vertically with
"western horizon" toward the hot -
torn. Look for four fairly hright stars
that outline what is called the Great
Square of Pegasus. Only three corners
of the square are defined by stars in Pe-
gasus: the fourth, ,9/pherat2, is in the
constellatio.n Andromeda.
The Big Dipper is a convenient ret-
erence for measuring angular distan-
ces in the sky of from 5.'• to 25'.The fist
and the fingers•can be used to transfer
these measurements anywhere in the
sky. At arm's length the three middle
fingers held close together cover about
the distance across the knuckles of
a fist about 100, and the index finger
.and little finger stretched as far apart
as possible spans about I5". Check
these measurements against _the
Dipper to see how they work with our
fist size and ann length. Then, with a
little practice, it will become itdmost
automatic to scale distances in this.
way.
Meteors: Look for Geminid mete -
'ors from December 13-15:• the hest
time is on the morning of the 14th
when an experienced observer may see
as manv as 50 meteors in an hour if
• conditions are ideal. This year the new
moon is on the 12th so hright moon-
light will not he a problem. Geminids
move. at. medium speeds, manv are
hright and some are coloured. Moon-
light will wash out taint Ursids this
year. At its hest.the shower prdduces
about 15 meteors per hour.
Planets: Bright .Jupiter is low in the
NC 142-10
south at sunset and sets about 41/2
hours later. Look for red Mars well up
in the south-east in the predawn sky. It
is particularly close to the Moon on the
8th. A grouping of Mercury, Venus
and Saturn early in the month is inter-
esting but, because it is near the ho-
rizon, quite difficult to observe. A thin
crescent Moon enhances the scene 011
the 10th.
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Calendar
d h (Universal Time)
4 04 Mercury 1°.6 N. of Venus
5 09 Last Quarter Moon
5 11 Venus 1°.1 S. of Saiurn
8 10 Mars 0".01 S. of Moon
10 18 Mercury 5°•N. of Moon
10 23 Saturn 40 N. of Moan
12 01 New Moon
14 06 Cieminid Meteors
15 18 Jupiter 5° N. of Moon
16 17 Mercury 0'.5 N. of Saturn
19 02- First Quarter Moon .
21 22 Winter Solstice
22 12 Ursid Meteors
27 08 Full Moon
BIG DIPPER
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To convert from Universal Time to
Canadian Time Zones (Standard
Time) = Substract the number of
hours indicated below:
NST 3'30' EST 5'' MST 7''
AST 4'' CS'i' 61' PST
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Science & Technology, 1867 St.
Laurent Blvd., Ottawa K1A 0M8.
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THE RETAILING
REVOLUTION
Retailers must face up to
the fact that they are facing
a revolution in their in-
dustry. Given economic
trends, they must adjust in
order to survive.
There are long term prob-
lems facing retailers. Two -
income families have
become commonplace, and
these affluent consumers
will force retailers to adapt
to meet their unique needs.
As consumers' real in-
comes have increased, - in
part due to lower rates of in-
flation, product quality and
style willbecome more
important. Consumers in-
creasingly are moving be-
yond their basic survival
needs, and are looking for
some kind of psychological
fulfilment., There i5 no other
way to explain the almost
rrunrileis activity of -many
shoppers drifting around
shopping malls on Saturday
afternoons.
With many traditional
markets saturated, retailers
must move into unrelated
fields such as travel advice,
entertainment, financial
consulting, and even private
health consulting or den-
tistry.
Retailers seem to be on the
verge of grasping' the bene-
fits of new computer tech-
nology for use in inventory
control and to reduce the
cost of check-out personnel
whose wages • have risen
astronomically. Laser scan-
ning check-outs will diminish
the need for such high-priced
help.
The more affluent con-
sumers of the 1980s, usually
with two working adults in
the same household, in -
crowded downtown stores
with poor car -parking
facilities. Instead they
prefer to shop at large out-of-
town superstores where
parking is easier and there is
greater accessibility to their
homes A
Small neighborhood con-
venience stores are flourish-
ing, and many of them are
manned by immigrants who
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by Bruce Whitestone
are willing to work long
hours. Their customers do
not seem to mind paying
premium prices for the con-
venience of shopping at odd
times.
Prosperity in retailing will
depend on recognizing
population trends and the
needs of special segments of
the population. Stores that
specialize in health foods, or
equipment for those with
hearing problems, for in-
stance, will find ready
markets for their wares. The
old fashioned department
stores frequently find them-
selves unable to provide the
service demanded by young-
er shoppers who must hold
down full-time jobs and
maintain a household. As
well, department stores are
too crowded and fail to.
provide the service or know-
how that older consumers
wish to hatreitr thrs era.
BOOK REVI
PAGODA, SKULL &
SAMURAI. 3. stories by.
- Rohan Koda. Translated by
Chieko irie Mulhern. Charles
E. Tuttle Company, Rutland,
Vermont. 280 pp. U. S. $12.50.
Reviewed by
PERCY MADDUX
The Japanese writer
Rohan Koda, born in Tokyo
in 1867, began work as a tele-"
grapher in Hokkaido in 1884,
but three years later he went
back to Tokyo, where he
wrote fiction and scholarly
treatises. He died in 1947.
The little book in English
translation called "Pagoda,
Skull & Samurai" contains
three of his stories. You can
-see-from--their-titles-why the
book is called as it is. The
first is "The Five -Storied
Pagoda", the second ."En-
counter with a Skull", and
the third "The Bearded
Samurai".
These are all good reading,
although they are for the
most past rather quiet. How-
ever, by the end of each story
you can see that things have
livened up quite a bit.
The winners in the retail-
ing revolution in the 1990s
will be those who recognize
that we have an aging
population, more working
wives than ever, smaller
families, and consumers who
call for more than just the
basics of everyday living.
The cross -selling of financial
and other services, previous-
ly outside the scope of what
people have bought from
department stores, will
mark the retail battles of the
next decade.. The fight to
stay in front will require
changes by retailers on a
scale unprecedented since
the 1920s.
Crossroads—Dec. 4, 1985—Page M
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