94-471: Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head . The term is derived from the Greek stems poly (Greek: "πολύ") meaning "many" and kephalē (Greek: "κεφαλή") meaning "head". A polycephalic organism may be thought of as one being with a supernumerary body part , or as two or more beings with a shared body. Two-headed animals (called bicephalic or dicephalic) and three-headed (tricephalic) animals are
188-545: A United States district court jury found eBay guilty of willful patent infringement and ordered the company to pay $ 35 million in damages after MercExchange accused eBay of infringing on three patents, one of which is used in eBay's "Buy It Now" feature. The decision was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). The CAFC affirmed the judgment of willful infringement, and reversed
282-568: A classified advertising website, in international markets. It launched in the United States in July 2007. In May 2005, eBay acquired Gumtree , a classified advertising website in the United Kingdom. In October 2005, eBay Inc. acquired Skype Technologies for $ 2.6 billion. ProStores was an e-commerce website hosting company owned by eBay. Formerly known as Kurant StoreSense, ProStores
376-558: A $ 514 million cash investment in Flipkart. Flipkart launched a program to allow its sellers to sell to customers globally in partnership with eBay. eBay reported a gain of $ 167 million on the sale of its India operations. In May 2018, eBay sold its stake in Flipkart to Walmart and relaunched its operations in India. In August 2017, eBay shut Half.com . In October 2017, eBay released image retrieval capability allowing users to find listings on
470-543: A 30% minority ownership interest in Skype, after failing to integrate Skype into the company's online marketplace. Microsoft acquired the entire company for $ 8.5 billion in May 2011. In June 2011, eBay acquired GSI Commerce for $ 2.4 billion. In June 2013, it was renamed eBay Enterprise . In May 2012, RentPath , then known as Primedia, acquired Rent.com from eBay for approximately $ 415 million. In September 2012, eBay introduced
564-582: A beautiful woman. Their offspring, by one source or another, account for many of the major monsters of Greek mythos, including: Other multi-headed creatures in Greek mythology include: Zahhak , an evil figure in Iranian mythology - also evident in ancient Iranian folklore as Aži Dahāka (Azh dahak) - is the most significant and long-lasting of the aži s of the Avesta , the earliest religious texts of Zoroastrianism . He
658-561: A controlling stake in G-Market , a South Korean online retailer, for $ 413 million. In May 2009, eBay launched the Selling Manager Applications program (SM Apps). The program allows approved developers to integrate their applications directly into the eBay.com interface. In November 2009, eBay sold a 70% stake in Skype to a consortium led by Silver Lake Partners and Marc Andreessen at a $ 2.75 billion valuation, while retaining
752-445: A false shipping damage claim with the shipping company, friendly fraud (receiving merchandise and claiming otherwise), returning items other than received, removing parts from an item and returning it for a refund, sending a forged payment-service e-mail that states that he or she has made a payment to the seller's account as proof of payment, making a low bid then using pseudo-accounts to make high nonpaying bids in an attempt at gaining
846-410: A fossil of a two-headed embryo or neonate of the long-necked choristodere reptile Hyphalosaurus , which was the first record of fossilized polycephaly. Greek mythology contains a number of multi-headed creatures. Typhon , a vast grisly monster with many snake heads, is often described as having several offspring with Echidna , a creature with the lower body of a serpent but the upper body of
940-504: A functional torso. Survival to adulthood is rare, but does occur in some forms of dicephalus parapagus dipus. There are many occurrences of multi-headed animals in mythology . In heraldry and vexillology , the double-headed eagle is a common symbol, though no such animal is known to have ever existed. Two-headed people and animals, though rare, have long been known to exist and documented. In humans, as in other animals, partial twinning can result in formation of two heads supported by
1034-438: A head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do, regardless of size. Heads develop in animals by an evolutionary trend known as cephalization . In bilaterally symmetrical animals, nervous tissue concentrate at the anterior region, forming structures responsible for information processing. Through biological evolution, sense organs and feeding structures also concentrate into the anterior region; these collectively form
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#17328767547181128-476: A low second chance offer price, damaging a non-refundable item to get a refund by claiming that the seller sent the item already damaged (in cases of buyer's remorse ), and a package redirection scam , in which the return package is filled with garbage and sent to the wrong address. In 2004, Tiffany & Co. filed a lawsuit against eBay claiming that over 70% of the Tiffany silver jewelry offered for sale on eBay
1222-699: A majority stake in Internet Auction Co. Ltd, operator of the largest internet auction website in South Korea. In February 2002, eBay acquired iBazar, a French online auction site founded in 1998, for approximately $ 112 million in stock. eBay entered the Chinese market in 2002 and shut down its Chinese site in 2007 due to competition from local rival Taobao . In February 2002, eBay exited Japan due to competition from Yahoo! Japan and began operations in Taiwan with
1316-503: A new logo using a thinner variation of the Univers typeface. It replaced the thicker Univers logo. In October 2012, eBay launched an international shipping partnership with Pitney Bowes whereby a seller of an item to be shipped internationally can send the item to a Pitney Bowes facility in their home country, which then forwards it to the international buyer, taking care of all international shipping requirements. The company also launched
1410-642: A partnership with FedEx to offer discounted shipping options to sellers. In November 2012, eBay was charged in the High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation , accused by the United States Department of Justice of entering into non-solicitation agreements with other technology companies involving highly skilled employees. The litigation was settled in May 2014, with eBay required to end anti-competitive practices. On September 30, 2014, eBay announced it would spin off PayPal into
1504-450: A partnership with Square for seller financing loans of up to $ 100,000. In September 2018, in response to the YouTube headquarters shooting , eBay announced plans to install a security fence around the perimeter of its San Jose headquarters to protect employees. In March 2019, the company paid its first dividend following investor pressure to improve shareholder return. On July 31, 2019,
1598-463: A permanent injunction against eBay auctions of LVMH perfumes, whether counterfeit or not. eBay banned such items from its site. Also that month, a court in Troyes, France awarded eBay to pay luxury goods maker Hermès €20,000 due to the sale of two counterfeit bags on eBay in 2006. The court also ordered eBay to post the ruling on the home page of eBay's French website for three months. Items stolen from
1692-405: A portion of the segments disappear. The head segments also lose most of their systems, except for the nervous system. With the progressive development of cephalization, "the head incorporates more and more of the adjacent segments into its structure, so that in general it may be said that the higher the degree of cephalization the greater is the number of segments composing the head". In the 1980s,
1786-504: A separate publicly traded company, a demand made nine months prior by activist hedge fund magnate Carl Icahn . The spinoff was completed on July 18, 2015. eBay's then chief executive, John Donahoe, stepped down from that role. In January 2015, eBay acquired Vivanuncios, a classified advertising website in Mexico. In June 2015, eBay sold its stake in Craigslist back to the company, ending
1880-460: A single torso. Two ways this can happen are dicephalus parapagus, where there are two heads side by side, and craniopagus parasiticus , where the heads are joined directly. In dicephalus parapagus dipus, the two heads are side by side, on a torso with two legs, with varying levels of twinning of organs and structures within the torso. The shared body may have four arms altogether, or three arms, or two arms only. There are Greek-based medical terms for
1974-534: A two-headed partridge was reported in Boston , Massachusetts . It was notable as a dicephalic animal for surviving into adulthood with two perfect heads. Scientists have published in modern journals about dissecting such animals since at least the 1930s. A 1929 paper studied the anatomy of a two-headed kitten. Polycephalic animals, due to their rarity, are a subject of novelty. "We", a two-headed albino rat snake born in captivity in 2000 with both female and male genitalia,
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#17328767547182068-616: A two-headed calf is on display at the Garth and Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History on the Southern Utah University campus in Cedar City, Utah. "The Dancing Calves" were born by natural delivery with considerable assistance from S. T. Nelson of Cedar City, Utah on Mother's Day, May 8, 1949, to a crossbred cow owned by Willard Lund of Paragonah, Utah . The "Father Bull" is unknown but must have been an outstanding Hereford. The double calf
2162-404: A vestigial third arm, which was surgically removed. Each twin has her own complete head, heart and spine, and controls one arm and one leg. They developed good motor skills , and completed courses at school and university. Craniopagus parasiticus is an extremely rare condition in which the two heads are joined directly together, and one twin (known as the autosite) has a functioning torso, while
2256-486: A veterinarian. "The Dancing Calves" were owned by West and Gail Seegmiller who displayed them for many years at their Desert Pearl Cafe (no longer in existence), in Cedar City, Utah. Dr. A. C. Johnson, Dr. T. Donald Bell, William H. Lund, Dr. R. G. Williams, Dr. J. S. Prestwich, Dr. A. L. Graff, S. T. Nelson, and James Hoyle Jr. all signed as witnesses that they saw the calf in the flesh soon after birth and knew it to be authentic. The calves and original document were donated to
2350-528: A website whereby people could trade used Beanie Babies. However, it was overwhelmed with unsortable listings. With a user-friendly interface, eBay became popular with collectors. Meg Whitman was appointed president and CEO in March 1998. At the time, the company had 30 employees, 500,000 users, and revenues of $ 4.7 million in the United States. In July 1998, eBay acquired Jump, the developer and operator of Up4Sale , an advertising-supported auction website which at
2444-456: Is accessible via websites and mobile apps . Software developers can create applications that integrate with eBay through the eBay API. Merchants can also earn commissions from affiliate marketing programs by eBay. eBay was founded as AuctionWeb in California on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as a hobby to make some extra money. One of
2538-614: Is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California , that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide. Sales occur either via online auctions or "buy it now" instant sales, and the company charges commissions to sellers upon sales. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in September 1995. It has 132 million yearly active buyers worldwide and handled $ 73 billion in transactions in 2023, 48% of which
2632-471: Is contraindicated, except in cases where one of the twins is clearly dying. Giacomo and Giovanni Battista Tocci (born between 1875 and 1877), were dicephalus parapagus dipus twins who survived to adulthood. Each had his own pair of arms. They learned to speak several languages, but never learned to walk. Abigail and Brittany Hensel , born in 1990, are another instance of dicephalus parapagus dipus twins who grew up. They were born with two functional arms, plus
2726-561: Is depicted with five or seven hoods, but said to have infinite hoods. Uchchaihshravas is a celestial seven-headed horse. The divine white elephant Airavata is depicted with multiple heads, trunks and tusks. The Talmud (Brachot 61a) says that originally Adam was created as a single body with two faces (which were then separated into two bodies - male (Adam) & female (Eve)). The Zohar (introduction 1:9B / p. 9B) speaks of descendants of Cain with 2 heads. The Talmud (Menachot 37a) records an incident in which Phlimo asked Judah
2820-585: Is described as a monster with three mouths, six eyes, and three heads (presumably meaning three heads with one mouth and two eyes each), cunning, strong and demonic. But in other respects Aži Dahāka has human qualities, and is never a mere animal. Hindu deities are often depicted with multiple arms or heads. Though usually depicted with one head, some deities like Ganesha (in Heramba form) and Shiva (Sadashiva) have aspects where they are depicted with multiple heads; five in this case. The Vishvarupa form of Vishnu
2914-500: Is described as having infinite heads. Besides deities, demons ( asura and rakshasa ) may be depicted with multiple heads. The demon-king Ravana is depicted and described as having ten heads, although sometimes he is shown with only nine heads because he has sacrificed a head to convince Shiva. Trishira , his son, is depicted with three heads. Animal races in Hindu mythology like Nāgas (serpents) may have multiple heads. The Naga Shesha
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3008-622: Is difficult to draw the line between what is considered "one animal with two heads" or "two animals that share a body". Abigail and Brittany Hensel , born in 1990, were given two distinct names at birth. They identify as two people, and are recognised as two people legally and socially. On the other hand, Syafitri , born 2006 in Indonesia , were given one name by their parents because they only had one heart. In early Germany, conjoined twins that could not be separated were legally considered one person. Millie and Christine McKoy were often referred to in
3102-509: The British Museum in 2013 were auctioned on eBay in 2016. The museum reported that several items of jewelry made of gold, semi-precious stones, and glass, dating from between 1,500 BC and the 19th century AD, were among those missing. One piece of ancient Roman jewelry made from onyx – valued between £25,000 and £50,000, or US$ 32,000 and US$ 63,000 – was listed on eBay with a minimum price of £40 (US$ 50) in 2016. There were no bids made for
3196-682: The Smith & Wollensky restaurant in New York City, with all of the proceeds going to the Glide Foundation . Auctions were held annually in 21 years between 2000 and 2022, with no auctions in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In total, auctions on eBay for lunch with Buffett raised $ 53.2 million for the Glide Foundation, with winning bids ranging from $ 2 million to as high as $ 19 million for
3290-570: The annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1998, Omidyar noted eBay's dependence on the continued strength of the Beanie Babies market. In June 2000, eBay acquired Half.com for $ 312 million in stock. In 2000, eBay partnered with Escrow.com to handle escrow for purchases and sales of motor vehicles, later expanded to other transaction types. By year-end, it had 22.5 million registered users and 79.4 million auctions per quarter. In January 2001, eBay acquired
3384-486: The board of directors of Craigslist. Craigslist countersued in May 2008 alleging that eBay used its board seat to gain insider information about Craigslist that was used to compete against the company. In September 2010, Delaware Judge William B. Chandler III ruled that the actions of Craigslist were unlawful and that the actions were taken by Craigslist founders Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark had "breached their fiduciary duty of loyalty", and restored eBay's stake in
3478-451: The lancelets – have heads, there has been a question of how the vertebrate head, characterized by a bony skull clearly separated from the main body, might have evolved from the head structures of these animals. According to Hyman (1979), the evolution of the head in the vertebrates has occurred by the fusion of a fixed number of anterior segments, in the same manner as in other "heteronomously segmented animals". In some cases, segments or
3572-409: The "new head hypothesis" was proposed, suggesting that the vertebrate head is an evolutionary novelty resulting from the emergence of neural crest and cranial placodes . In 2014, a transient larva tissue of the lancelet was found to be virtually indistinguishable from the neural crest-derived cartilage which forms the vertebrate skull, suggesting that persistence of this tissue and expansion into
3666-515: The CEO of the company. In June 2020, Fred D. Anderson and Thomas J. Tierney resigned from the board of directors of the company; both had been directors since 2003. In July 2020, eBay sold its classifieds business to Adevinta for $ 2.5 billion in cash and 540 million shares of Adevinta. To gain regulatory approval, Gumtree was further divested. eBay sold its shares in Adevinta in 2023, when that company
3760-465: The Garth and Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History on the Southern Utah University campus in Cedar City, Utah, where they are now on display. Most polycephalic snakes do not live long, but some captive individuals do. Two-headed turtles and tortoises are rare but not unknown. Recent discoveries include: In 2006, a paper published by the British Royal Society reported the discovery of
3854-598: The Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. In cases where multiple heads are fully developed and non-parasitic, they share control of the organs and limbs, though the specific structure of the connections varies. Animals often move in a disoriented and dizzy fashion, with the brains "arguing" with each other; some animals simply zig-zag without getting anywhere. Snake heads may attack and even attempt to swallow each other. Thus, polycephalic animals survive poorly in
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3948-580: The Prince which head a two headed person should put on Tefillin . Judah was initially dismissive, but then another man came in saying that his wife had just given birth to a two headed baby, and asked a (different) halachic question. Head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears , brain , forehead , cheeks , chin , eyes , nose , and mouth , each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight , hearing , smell , and taste . Some very simple animals may not have
4042-465: The acquisition of NeoCom Technology for $ 9.5 million. In June 2006, eBay turned over its operations in Taiwan to a joint venture partner. eBay acquired PayPal on October 3, 2002 for $ 1.4 billion. It phased out its Billpoint payment service in January 2003. On May 28, 2003, in the case of eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. , which had implications for the treatment of business method patents ,
4136-404: The backside of the labrum flanking the side of the mouth, succeeded by a pair of maxillae each of which is known as maxilliary palp . At the back side of the mouth is the labium or lower lip. There is also an extra mouth part in some insects which is termed as hypopharynx which is usually located between the maxillac . Though invertebrate chordates – such as the tunicate larvae or
4230-616: The company acquired a 5.59% stake in Paytm Mall. In September 2019, facing pressure from activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management , Devin Wenig resigned as CEO. Scott Schenkel , senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2015, was appointed as the interim CEO. In November 2019, eBay agreed to sell StubHub to Viagogo for $ 4.05 billion in cash; the sale was completed in February 2020. In April 2020, Jamie Iannone became
4324-434: The company acquired the myFitment group of companies, specializing in online sales of automotive and powersports parts and accessories. In October 2022, the company acquired TCGPlayer , a marketplace for collectible card games, for up to $ 295 million. In July 2023, the company acquired Certiligo, a provider of artificial intelligence -powered digital IDs and authentication for apparel and fashion goods. In January 2024,
4418-417: The company announced plans to lay off 9% of its workforce after hiring outpaced growth projections. Using MissionFish as an arbiter, eBay allows sellers to donate a portion of their auction proceeds to a charity of the seller's choice and charges discounted fees for charity auctions. High-profile charity auctions facilitated via eBay include the "Power Lunch" with investor Warren Buffett for 8 people at
4512-504: The company had hosted more than 200,000 auctions since its founding 14 months earlier. The company changed the name of its service from AuctionWeb to eBay in September 1997, after Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. The echobay.com domain name was already registered by Echo Bay Mines , a gold mining company, so Omidyar shortened it to eBay.com. In 1997, the company received $ 6.7 million in venture capital funding from Benchmark . The frequently repeated story that eBay
4606-412: The company to 28.4% from a diluted level of 24.85%. However, the judge dismissed eBay's objection to a staggered board provision, citing that Craigslist has the right to protect its own trade secrets. In May 2008, eBay announced the opening of a building on the company's North Campus in San Jose, California , the first ground-up structure in the city to be built to LEED Gold standards. The building,
4700-542: The country's leading online auction platform (EachNet) and reaching an 85% market share. Within four years, the development of Alibaba's Taobao resulted in eBay's market share in China decreasing to 7.7%. In August 2004, eBay acquired 25% of the classified advertising website Craigslist for $ 32 million. Former disgruntled Craigslist executive Phillip Knowlton was the seller. In December 2004, eBay acquired Rent.com for $ 415 million. In March 2005, eBay launched Kijiji ,
4794-528: The couple's home in Natick, Massachusetts . The conspirators pleaded guilty and most were sentenced to prison terms. Wenig, the company's CEO at the time of the harassment campaign, who was frequently targeted by the newsletter and was described as having paranoia over the criticism, was not charged, instead leaving the company in September 2019 with a $ 57 million severance package . Steve Wymer, chief communication officer, who had ties with local politicians,
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#17328767547184888-423: The editors and publishers of EcommerceBytes, a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company. In addition to sending harassing messages and doxing , the defendants "ordered anonymous and disturbing deliveries to the victims’ home, including a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask, a funeral wreath, a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, and pornography". The defendants also vandalized
4982-473: The entire headspace could be a viable evolutionary route to formation of the vertebrate head. The heads of humans and other animals are commonly recurring charges in heraldry . Heads of humans are sometimes blazoned simply as a "man's head", but are far more frequently described in greater detail, either characteristic of a particular race or nationality (such as Moors' heads, Saxons' heads, Egyptians' heads or Turks' heads), or specifically identified (such as
5076-473: The final auction in 2022. In May 2024, a charity auction for lunch with Marc Benioff , CEO of Salesforce , raised $ 200,000 plus an additional donation of $ 1.5 million for the Glide Foundation. Also benefitting charity, a letter sent to Mark P. Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications by Senator Harry Reid and forty other Democratic senators, complaining about comments made by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh , sold for $ 2,100,100, with all of
5170-559: The first items sold on AuctionWeb was a broken laser pointer for $ 14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken; the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." In February 1996, Omidyar's internet service provider informed him that he would need to upgrade to a business account due to the high web traffic of his website. The monthly price increase from $ 30 to $ 250 prompted Omidyar to start charging eBay users. The website made $ 1,000 in its first month, which
5264-430: The first the company had built in its 13-year existence, uses an array of 3,248 solar panels, spanning 60,000 square feet (5,600 m ), and providing 650 kilo watts of power, 15–18% of the company's total energy requirements, reducing carbon dioxide usage by 37 million pounds over 30 years. The building also has energy-efficient lighting and water system and most waste is recycled. In April 2009, eBay agreed to acquire
5358-405: The form of segmented attachments, in pairs, that are usually located between the eyes. These are in varying shapes and sizes, in the form of filaments or in different enlarged or clubbed form. Insects have mouth parts in various shapes depending on their feeding habits. Labrum is the "upper lip" which is in the front area of the head and is the most exterior part. A pair of mandibles is found on
5452-432: The front legs. The "Mother Cow" lived and was sold as a "fat cow" in July 1949. This calf was stuffed by C. J. Sanders, taxidermist, 2631 South State Street, Salt Lake City 5, Utah, who stated that it is the most unusual monstrosity he has ever worked with. Dr. A. C. Johnson, of Cedar City, Utah, stated that this was the best specimen of monstrosity in animal life that he has ever seen or heard of in his 47 years of practice as
5546-606: The head encloses billions of "miniagents and microagents (with no single Boss)". The evolution of a head is associated with the cephalization that occurred in Bilateria some 555 million years ago. In some arthropods , especially trilobites , the cephalon , or cephalic region, is the region of the head which is a collective of "fused segments". A typical insect head is composed of eyes, antennae , and components of mouth. As these components differ substantially from insect to insect, they form important identification links. Eyes in
5640-405: The head found, in several types of insects, are in the form of a pair of compound eyes with multiple faces. In many other types of insects, the compound eyes are seen in a "single facet or group of single facets". In some cases, the eyes may be seen as marks on the dorsal or located near or toward the head, two or three ocelli (single faceted organs). Antennae on the insect's head is found in
5734-517: The head of Moses in the crest of Hilton, or the head of St. John the Baptist in the crest of the London Company of Tallowchandlers). Several varieties of women's heads also occur, including maidens' heads (often couped under the bust, with hair disheveled), ladies' heads, nuns' heads (often veiled), and occasionally queens' heads. The arms of Devaney of Norfolk include "three nun's heads veiled couped at
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#17328767547185828-407: The head. The human head is an anatomical unit that consists of the skull , hyoid bone and cervical vertebrae . The term "skull" collectively denotes the mandible (lower jaw bone) and the cranium (upper portion of the skull that houses the brain). ) ] Sculptures of human heads are generally based on a skeletal structure that consists of a cranium, jawbone , and cheekbone . Though
5922-733: The journal Biology Letters detailed the discovery of a 122 million-year-old fossil of a two-headed Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis , marking the earliest known occurrence of axial bifurcation. Craniopagus parasiticus is a condition in which a parasitic twin head with an undeveloped or underdeveloped body is attached to the head of a developed twin. Only four cases have been documented by modern medicine to have survived birth: There have been numerous reports of two-faced cats; most die soon after birth. Reports of two-headed kittens are common, relative to other animals, because of their status as household pets. Recent two-headed kittens include: Polycephalic cats in museums include: A full body taxidermy of
6016-746: The largest collection of two-headed specimens in the world, including over 20 two-headed animals that are alive. Many museums of natural history contain preserved two-headed animals. The Museum of Lausanne in Lausanne , Switzerland, and the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Gatlinburg , Tennessee , have collections of preserved two-headed animals. A very well preserved 2-headed lamb is on display in Llanidloes museum in Wales. A live two-headed tortoise named Janus can be seen at
6110-460: The litigation. In August 2015, eBay sold a portion of its stake in Snapdeal . In September 2015, Propay and Skrill were eliminated as payment methods on the eBay website, citing low usage. Flipkart and eBay entered into a strategic partnership in July 2017 under which eBay acquired a 5.44% stake in Flipkart in exchange for the contribution of its India business unit valued at $ 211 million and
6204-591: The lower court and granted a permanent injunction . eBay appealed the permanent injunction to the Supreme Court of the United States , which on May 15, 2006 found an injunction is not required nor automatic in this or any patent case where guilt has been established. The case was sent back to the Virginia district court for consideration of the injunction and a trial on another MercExchange patent. In 2003, eBay sought to develop its e-commerce business in China , acquiring
6298-407: The lower end at the fourth stage. Eyes and chins are fitted in various shapes to form the head. Leonardo da Vinci , considered one of the world's greatest artists, drew sketches of human anatomy using grid structures. His image of the face drawn on the grid structure principle is in perfect proportion. In this genre, using the technique of pen and ink, Leonardo created a sketch which is a "Study on
6392-457: The number of muscles making up the face is generally consistent between sculptures, the shape of the muscles varies widely based on the function, development, and expressions reflected on the faces of the subjects. Proponents of identism believe that the mind is identical to the brain. Philosopher John Searle asserts his identist beliefs, stating "the brain is the only thing in the human head". Similarly, Dr. Henry Bennet-Clark has stated that
6486-408: The one set of lungs on one side and the one heart on the other side. Branching off from the one stomach and digestive system were two channels of elimination. The calf weighed approximately 85 pounds (39 kg) at birth. The over-all measurements as it stands mounted are: 42.5 inches (1,080 mm) high, 20 inches (510 mm) from tail to tail, and 18 inches (460 mm) from side to side including
6580-419: The only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world, and form by the same process as conjoined twins from monozygotic twin embryos. In humans, there are two forms of twinning that can lead to two heads being supported by a single torso. In dicephalus parapagus dipus , the two heads are side by side. In craniopagus parasiticus , the two heads are joined directly to each other, but only one head has
6674-577: The other (known as the parasite) has only a vestigial torso. The parasite is supported by blood supplied from the autosite head. This threatens the life of the autosite by placing an additional burden on the autosite's vital organs. Operations to separate the two heads have been performed in the hope of saving the autosite. Polycephalic animals often make local news headlines when found. The most commonly observed two-headed animals are turtles and snakes . Other species with known two-headed occurrences include cattle, sheep, pigs, cats, dogs, and fish . In 1894,
6768-446: The other(s) should be preluded by the formula "if not already baptised". With other animals, polycephaly is usually described as "one animal with two heads". One of the heads, especially in three-headed animals, may be poorly developed and malformed, and not "participate" much. Where twinning of the head itself is only partial, it can result in the condition known as diprosopus —one head with two faces. The February 22, 2007, issue of
6862-461: The platform would end February 1, 2015. In February 2006, Intuit launched a web-based version of ItsDeductible, a donation tracking service, using data from eBay to help users assign a market value to the items they donate. In April 2006, eBay launched eBay Express, a site that was designed to work like a standard Internet shopping site, with fixed prices and no bidding involved. The website had 10 million items listed upon its launch. The site
6956-519: The proceeds going to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, benefiting the education of children of men and women who have died serving in the armed forces. The winning bid was matched by Limbaugh. In 2022, more than $ 163 million was raised for charities via the platform. In June 2020, five employees were terminated and were subject to charges of cyberstalking after they were accused of targeting Ina and David Steiner,
7050-422: The proportions of head and eyes" (pictured). An idiom is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. The head's function and appearance play an analogous role in the etymology of many technical terms. Cylinder head , pothead , and weatherhead are three such examples. EBay eBay Inc. ( / ˈ iː b eɪ / EE -bay , often stylized as ebay or Ebay )
7144-816: The seller), receiving payment and not shipping merchandise, shipping items other than those described, giving a deliberately misleading description or photo, knowingly and deliberately shipping faulty merchandise, denying warranty exchange after pre-agreeing to return merchandise authorization of defective on arrival merchandise, knowingly fencing (selling stolen goods), misrepresenting the cost of shipping, using bulk shipping prices to knowingly mask much higher costing, individual return shipping, and using pseudo-accounts to make high nonpaying bids on similar items that competitors are selling. eBay has been criticized for not doing enough to combat shill bidding. There are techniques such as auction sniping , which let buyers avoid shill bidders. Fraud committed by buyers includes filing
7238-419: The shape of the head in the shape of an egg. The female head, in particular, is sketched in a double circle design procedure with proportions considered as an ideal of a female head. In the first circle, the division is made of five sections on the diameter , each section of five eyes width. It is then developed over a series of ten defined steps, with the smaller circle imposed partially over the larger circle at
7332-452: The shoulders proper," and the bust of a queen occurs in the arms of Queenborough, Kent . Infants' or children's heads are often couped at the shoulders with a snake wrapped around the neck (e.g. "Argent, a boy's head proper, crined or, couped below the shoulders, vested gules, tarnished gold," in the arms of Boyman). One of the ways of drawing sketches of heads—as Jack Hamm advises—is to develop it in six well-defined steps, starting with
7426-470: The singular, including by themselves, with the name "Millie-Christine", as well as plural. In Peter Mogila ’s 17-century Catechism , the following instructions are given for baptism of polycephalic infants: should there be distinct heads and distinct chests, this means there are separate people each of whom must be baptised normally; if the heads and chests are not completely distinct from each other, however, one person must be baptised normally but baptism of
7520-520: The site that match an item depicted in a photo, using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. On January 31, 2018, eBay announced that it would replace PayPal as its primary payments provider with Netherlands-based start-up Adyen , resulting in lower costs and more control of merchants. In May 2018, eBay acquired the Japanese e-commerce platform Qoo10 for $ 573 million. In July 2018, eBay announced support for Apple Pay as well as
7614-416: The time had 27,000 separate auctions and 50,000 registered members. In September 1998, during the dot-com bubble , eBay became a public company via an initial public offering led by CFO Gary F. Bengier . Upon the initial public offering, which was priced at $ 18 per share and closed for trading on its first day at $ 53 per share, both Omidyar and Skoll became billionaires. In the risk factors section of
7708-448: The treasure. The police are investigating this case. The company said that it is supports local police in investigations and removes listings containing stolen property. In 2021, the estate of Dr. Seuss requested from eBay, and the company complied, to ban the sale of six Dr. Seuss books due to concerns that some images contained therein were racially insensitive. This led to backlash from followers of right-wing politics and ignited
7802-453: The variations, e.g. dibrachius means two-armed and tribrachius means three-armed. Both heads may contain a fully formed brain, or one may be anencephalic . If carried to term, dicephalus parapagus twins are usually stillborn, or die soon after birth. Survival to adulthood does however occasionally occur in cases where the twins are born with three to four arms. Chances of survival are improved if two complete hearts are present. Separation surgery
7896-416: The wild compared to normal monocephalic animals. Most two-headed snakes only live for a few months, though some have been reported to live a full life and even reproduced, with the offspring born normal. A two-headed black rat snake with separate throats and stomachs survived for 20 years. There is some speculation that the inbreeding of snakes in captivity increases the chances of a two-headed birth. It
7990-500: Was acquired by private equity firms . In September 2020, Pierre Omidyar resigned from the board of directors, after resigning as chairman in 2015. In November 2021, eBay sold its South Korean business to Emart for $ 3 billion. In May 2022, eBay acquired a stake in Funko and became the preferred secondary marketplace for Funko. In June 2022, the company acquired KnownOrigin, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens . In August 2022,
8084-557: Was acquired by eBay Inc. by the end of 2005 changing the name to ProStores by eBay. ProStores' feature set included simple wizard-driven website, e-commerce capabilities, site design tools and e-business management. Smaller merchants could also manage the entire process of posting and selling products on eBay using the ProStores interface. It also offered inventory management, supplier communication and integration with Quickbooks and Dreamweaver . eBay announced on July 1, 2014 that support for
8178-411: Was alive and healthy but died during birth. This calf, or calves, joined from the beginning of the neck as far as the belly, with two complete, almost perfect body frames, had but one system of vital organs. Each of the two normal heads had a food channel to one stomach and a breathing channel, or windpipe, to the one set of lungs. The two briskets, or breasts, shared on each side by these calves, contained
8272-688: Was fake and that eBay profited from the sales of counterfeit Tiffany items that infringed on its trademark. On July 14, 2008, a Federal District Court judge ruled that eBay does not have a legal responsibility to monitor users selling counterfeit items. In 2010, the Second Circuit affirmed this decision in Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc. In June 2008, a court in Paris awarded damages of €40 million to LVMH over eBay auctions of counterfeit bags, perfumes, and other items sold by non-authorized retailers and entered
8366-483: Was fired "for cause" for alleged involvement but was not charged and was hired by the local chapter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America . Fraud committed by sellers includes selling counterfeit merchandise / bootleg recordings , shill bidding (undisclosed vendor bidding that is used to artificially inflate the price of a certain item by either the seller under an alternate account or another person in collusion with
8460-426: Was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade Pez candy dispensers was fabricated in 1997 by public relations manager Mary Lou Song to give the media a human-interest story and to generate publicity with toy collectors. The most purchased and sold items on the website were Beanie Babies , the most difficult toys to find in retail stores, accounting for 10% of all listings in 1997. Ty , the manufacturer, had set up
8554-438: Was in the United States. In 2023, the company had a take rate (revenue as a percentage of volume) of 13.81%. eBay is used by individuals, companies, as well as governments to purchase and sell almost any legal, non-controversial item. eBay's auctions use a Vickrey auction (sealed-bid) proxy bid system. Buyers and sellers may rate and review each other after each transaction, resulting in a reputation system. The eBay service
8648-419: Was more than it cost to run, and $ 2,500 in its second month. Chris Agarpao was eBay's first employee; he processed mailed check payments. Jeffrey Skoll was hired as the first president of the company in early 1996. In November 1996, the company launched online auctions for airline seats, hotel rooms, cruise berths and other travel-related products in partnership with Electronic Travel Auctions. By that time,
8742-702: Was scheduled to be auctioned on eBay with an expected price tag of $ 150,000 (£87,000), though their policy of not trading in live animals prevented the sale. On October 31, 2006, the World Aquarium announced that "We" was adopted by Nutra Pharma Corporation, a biotechnology company developing treatments using modified cobra venom and cobratoxin. "We" died of natural causes at age seven in June 2007, not long after being acquired by Nutra Pharma. Two-headed farm animals sometimes travel with animal side shows to county fairs. Most notably, The Venice Beach Freakshow supposedly houses
8836-596: Was shut down in October 2008. In January 2007, eBay acquired StubHub , an online marketplace for ticket resale , for $ 310 million. In January 2008, Meg Whitman resigned as president and CEO of eBay to enter politics, and was replaced with John Donahoe . Whitman remained on the board of directors and continued to advise Donahoe through 2008. In April 2008, eBay sued Craigslist, claiming that in January 2008, Craigslist took actions that "unfairly diluted eBay's economic interest by more than 10%", making eBay lose its seat on
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