Q: Local businessmen are increasingly facing competition from on line retailers. Larry Pollock, owner of Camera Co/Op on South Congress, said he has been dealing with this kind of problem for years, even before the Internet. The struggle began with mail-order catalogues, which are similar to online retailers in that they have few employees to pay, no sales tax fees and no business venue to lease and manage.

"Their overhead is lower, but they don't offer a service like we do," Pollock said.

Pollock, however, said providing a valuable service to customers does not always guarantee continued sales.

"We spend 30 minutes to an hour with somebody and they go home and buy it online," he said.

According to the state comptroller's office, online shopping is developing at a more rapid rate than traditional businesses.

In spite of how fair or unfair online shopping may be to the local businessmen, consumers will continue to turn to the Internet for its variety and accessibility, said Mitch Wilson, an online shopper. "You have a larger selection and it's easier to compare prices."

Wilson said he built his personal computer and paid a third of the price by shopping online.

"Before the Internet, I would have had to go and buy an assembled computer from somebody like Dell," he said. "Before I started shopping online I could never find all the pieces I wanted. No single store had everything needed, so shopping online saved me from having to buy from Dell."

Janny Brazeal, a psychology freshman, said online shopping is too impersonal.

"I'd rather see it in person, touch it, know that I'm getting it," she said.

Brazeal also said she would not give out her credit card number or other personal information online no matter how safe the site claims it is.

Answer the following questions:
1. When did the difficultly begin?
2. What is the difference?
A: 1. The struggle began with mail-order catalogues
2. they don't offer a service like we do
Q: Jack woke up on a Saturday morning. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom, and brushed his teeth. He put on his clothes and walked to the kitchen. Jack had a few choices to pick for breakfast. He could choose between an apple, pear, cereal or eggs. He picked an apple to eat for breakfast. After his breakfast, he turned on the TV to find something to watch. He could watch sports, the news, the weather or a cooking show. He chose to watch the weather. The reporter said fall was coming but that the weather was getting warmer instead of cooler. He turned off the TV and went outside to the backyard. Jack wanted to make some hot dogs for lunch the next day. He went to the store to get hot dogs, mustard, and ketchup. After coming back home from the store, Jack made lunch. After lunch, he found that he needed to do some cleaning. He started cleaning the kitchen and moved on to the living room.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Jack eat for breakfast?
2. What were his choices?
3. What day is it?
4. What did he do after he ate?
A: 1. Apple. He picked an apple to eat for breakfast
2. apple, pear, cereal or eggs
3. Saturday
4. he turned on the TV
Q: (CNN) -- Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed.

Holm, a star of the Broadway stage and movies, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital a week ago, but her husband took her home to her Manhattan home on Friday, Phillips said.

"She passed peacefully in her home in her own bed with her husband and friends and family nearby," she said.

Holm won the best supporting actress Academy Award for "Gentleman's Agreement" in 1947. She was nominated for the same honor in 1949 for "Come to the Stable" and 1950 for "All about Eve," according to the Academy database.

Holm's stage career began in 1936 in a Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, stock company, which led to an understudy role in a touring production of "Hamlet" with Leslie Howard, according to her official biography.

Her Broadway debut in "The Time of Your Life" in 1939 was a small part, but it brought her to the attention of New York critics. Four years later, she was cast as Ado Annie in the smash "Oklahoma!" because of her ability to "sing bad," the biography said.

She signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox that began her film career in 1945, after she toured Europe entertaining troops with the USO. Her first Fox movie was "Three Little Girls in Blue" in 1946, a supporting role that earned her star billing for the musical "Carnival in Costa Rica" in 1947.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who died?
2. Who was she?
3. How old was she?
4. Is she survived by her husband?
5. Where did he take her in her last days?
6. From where?
7. When she got her first Academy Award?
8. In what category?
9. Was she active in stage too?
10. When did that start?
11. Where?
12. What was the name of the production?
13. Who was one of her coworkers there?
14. From where we learned this?
15. Was she in Broadway too?
16. When that started?
17. In which play?
18. How was it received by the critics?
19. For film who did she sign up with?
20. What was her first film with them?
A:
1. Celeste Holm
2. a star of the Broadway stage and movies
3. ninety-five
4. Yes
5. Home
6. Roosevelt Hospital
7. 1947
8. best supporting actress
9. Yes
10. 1936
11. Deer Lake, Pennsylvania
12. Hamlet
13. Leslie Howard
14. her official biography
15. Yes
16. 1939
17. "The Time of Your Life"
18. it brought her to their attention
19. 20th Century Fox
20. "Three Little Girls in Blue"