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Touch for Health: The Complete Edition (released Nov. 2005)
This is a complete revision and expansion of the fundamental text of Energy Kinesiology. Includes complete International Kinesiology College curriculum, plus Dr. Thie's developments from 1990-2005. Integrates Metaphors of Muscles, Meridians and the Five Elements. With over a million copies in print since 1973, "Touch for Health" started a phenomenon that has flourished worldwide and contributed to the emerging profession of Energy Kinesiology, Energy Medicine and Energy Psychology. TFH has been taught in over 100 countries and 23 languages to help balance Posture, Attitude and Vital Energy to develop Wellness, Health Maintenance, Prevention, Relief from Stress, Aches & Pains and enjoyment of vibrant health.
Touch for Health Pocketbook, with Five Element Metaphors
In-depth Goal Setting and Metaphor Balancing. Further tips on Muscle Testing.111 Sets of Metaphors covering 42 Muscles,14 acupuncture Meridians and the 55 concepts from the Chinese Five Elements in the TFH system. Balance energy and explore meanings related to goals, symptoms, and energy patterns. Contains all of the reference pages & follows the format of the Pocket Reference Folio, including detailed instructions for using the reference pages that are not included in the original Reference Folio.
eTouch for Health CD-ROM
eTouch for Health (CD-ROM) is
the electronic version of Touch for Health. eTouch
is a session-creation and reporting system as well
as a learning and research tool. Excellent for
beginners and for the more-experienced practitioner
needing an advanced tool in their practice. Includes
Quicktime movies of Dr. Thie and Matthew Thie
showing all 42 muscles tests.
Touch for Health Reference Chart
Large (43"x29") Full Color, Laminated Chart. Quick reference to all the reflex points, meridians, muscle locations (color coded with the testing positions), mid-day midnight graphic (24-hour Wheel). It enables anyone using TFH or other Kinesiological techniques to refresh their memory or demonstrate to clients, patients or friends what muscle is being tested and where they can massage, touch or trace reflexes and meridians to restore the natural subtle energy of each person. A must for your balancing or treatment area. It is easy to read, attractive and convenient, a valuable time-saving tool to facilitate the use of any body work.
Touch for Health eCharts
TFH Reference Chart
Perfect for Trainers, Instructors & Presenters
Touch for Health Reference Folio
(12"x9" inches color, 13 spiral bound pages)
Touch for Health Reference Pocket Folio
(4 1/2" x 6 1/2", spiral bound)
TFH Reference Packet (loose leaf reference chart panels)
Used to study the meridians individually. It has almost all the same information as the reference chart and the folios. When teaching ongoing classes it is handy to give this information session by session.
Acupuncture Meridian Chart
(35"x23", laminated)
TFH Midday/Midnight Law & 5 Elements Chart
(24"x32", full color, laminated)
Handy Touch for Health Assessment Chart
(11"x17", 2-sided, laminated) An incredible amount
of information in a hand-sized reference
chart. Laminated for easy marking of your
Muscle imbalances and Energy patterns according to
the 24-hour Cycle and the 5-Element Cycles.
Front side shows:
Reverse side
shows: 111 Sets of Metaphor Questions related to
Muscles, Meridians, and Chinese Five Elements.
TFH Midday/Midnight Law & 5 Elements Booklet
(24pp, illustrated), Stokes/Whiteside
Video(30 Min.) - CLASSIC INTRO FROM DR. THIE


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Sacramento State baseball team clinched the series victory with a dominant 6-2 win Saturday afternoon at New Mexico State. Austin Root tossed eight innings of one-run ball while the offense racked up six runs in the series finale.
Austin Root took the mound for Sacramento State looking to bounce back from a rough last outing. He did that and more on Saturday, tossing seven shutout innings before allowing one run in the eighth.
After giving up a two-out single in the first inning, Root retired the next nine straight before giving up another base hit to lead off the fifth. It wasn't until the eighth inning that New Mexico State managed to break through against the senior right-hander, scoring a run on two hits and a couple of well-placed groundouts.
In total, Root allowed just the one run on five hits and one walk over eight excellent innings. He struck out seven while throwing 90 pitches (59 strikes). For Root, it was his second 8.0-inning outing this season. No other Hornets pitcher has tossed more than seven.
For the second straight night, the Hornets offense provided their starter with plenty of support, scoring early and scoring often. Sacramento State scored first for the 16th time this season, improving to 9-7 in such games. They've scored first in 12 of their last 14 games.
On Saturday it was Dylan McPhillips who put Sacramento State on the board with a solo home run, the first of his career, in the second inning. The freshman catcher jumped on the first pitch he saw from New Mexico State's Jonathan Groff, driving it deep out to left field. Three batters later, James Outman singled home Keith Torres to make it a 2-0 game.
Sacramento State really pulled away in the fifth inning. After Matt Smith and Andrew McWilliam each singled, PJ Floyd launched a three-run blast to deep right field to make it a 5-0 Hornets lead. The home run was his second of the season.
Smith, who returned to action this past Thursday after missing seven games, collected three hits for the second straight game. The sophomore outfielder is 6-for-13 with two runs scored and three RBIs since his return. He leads the team with a .294 batting average.
Sacramento State made it a six-run game on a Steven Moretto RBI-single in the seventh inning. Moretto, who leads the team with 24 RBIs, has driven in seven over his last five games.
After New Mexico scored one against Root in the eighth, they managed to push another run across in the ninth against Tanner Dalton, snapping Dalton's streak of scoreless innings at 7.2 innings.
Despite a slow start to the season, the Hornets offense has started to deliver over the last two weekends. They have scored six or more runs in four of their last five games while averaging almost 10 hits per game during that time.
With the win, Sacramento State improved to 11-14 overall while climbing to 2-1 in Western Athletic Conference play.
Sacramento State will have a quick day off as they return from New Mexico before hosting Saint Mary's at John Smith Field on Monday, April 2 in Sacramento. First pitch for Monday's contest is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. PT.


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Dr. Samuel T. Orton and Anna Gillingham developed this approach to teach students with reading difficulties how to read. The program is used primarily in grades K-3 and focuses on a multisensory approach to reading instruction.
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Dr. Louisa Moats is the author of this comprehensive English Language Arts curriculum for students who struggle with reading and writing. Language! Live is used in grades 4-12. This program blends online instruction with targeted teacher instruction.
The LINKS (Linking Assessment and Instruction for Independence) Curriculum is an evidenced based curriculum that focuses on teaching students with Autism and other developmental disabilities to be independent in school, community, and vocational living. LINKS is used in grades 7-12.
The STAR (Strategies for Teaching Based on Autism Research) Program is an evidenced based program for teaching children with Autism. The six areas of curriculum focus include receptive language, expressive language, spontaneous language, functional routines, academics, and plan and social skills.
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Hello, my name is Russell "Rusty" Brown.
I live in Portland, OR, USA. I have always been interested in my genealogy. I grew up in a southwestern city of Oregon, called Myrtle Point. Growing up we used to have McMullen/Panter family reunions in the beach city of Bandon in one of the county parks. In more recent years I have been curious from what side of my family I have had the curiosity and now creative side of carving Celtic Art. I am not sure if is from Scottish, Irish or English.
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David McMullen born in Ireland in 1800- his wife Ellen Strong born in 1795 died in 1880 in Ireland.
their son and his wife
James McMullen born in Cork, Cork, Ireland in 1826 died in Bloomfield, Huron Co., Michigan, USA in 1919- Susanah Hanah born 1838 Canada and died Bloomfield, Huron Co., Michigan, USA in 1914
their son and his wife
Richard Lewis McMullen born in Tara, Ontario, Canada in 1881, died in Myrtle Point, Coos Co., OR, USA in 1956-Mary Ella Panter, born in 1887 in Parkersburg, Coos Co., OR, USA died in 1978 in Coquille, Coos Co., OR, USA
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My mother Miriam Marie (Cole) Train was one of those children. She and her sister Charlotte were from a previous marriage of Dora's. Russell adopted them 3 months prior to Dora's death.
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The mirrors in the novel are important because they are symbols of grief. The covering of mirrors was a tradition for Jews in mourning. Slava covered mirrors in hopes that it would make him feel the grief he believed he should after his grandmother's death.
A Small Notebook
This small notebook was a symbol of the memories that Slava had of his grandmother. He had intended to write down stories about her in the notebook but all he had was the story about how his grandparents met. At the end of the novel the notebook appeared again when Slava went to his grandmother's grave in an attempt to communicate with her.
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We knew that foreign resource and mining companies had flocked to London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in recent years, but it still came as a bit of a shock to learn that Silicon Valley firms were looking to do the same.
The front page of today's Financial Times carried this report by Chris Nutall:
Dozens of Silicon Valley companies are lining up to float on Aim, London's junior market, as US businesses weigh up ways to raise funds at home amid the high cost of going public under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
More than 100 technology companies have been considering listing on Aim, say industry insiders. London Stock Exchange officials have made at least six visits to the Bay area in the past year to hold seminars and raise awareness.
Gary Benton, a technology lawyer for 22 years in the area and a partner in the Palo Alto offices of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, said the level of interest in the London market was unprecedented.
"Even though Aim has been around for 12 years, no one paid attention to it until six months ago. Since then there's been a pretty steep curve of interest."
As the FT's report mentions, the high costs and hassles associated with Sarbanes-Oxley are driving smaller corporations away from America's financial markets. Instead, these firms hope to find refuge from such burdensome regulation by listing abroad.
Last March, in a commentary on exchange consolidation (see, "Exchange Fever"), I repeated the following arguments regarding SOX's negative impact on the financial markets:
The effect that such onerous legislation may have on smaller public companies is not the exclusive concern of overseas market professionals. Eliot Spitzer has now joined the chorus of critics that say Sarbanes-Oxley has overstepped its bounds and creates "an unbelievable burden for small companies." Amazingly, this same criticism has been leveled by Representative Michael Oxley, co-author of the legislation. Oxley has even urged the SEC to roll back some of the burdens facing smaller companies.
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"After a third straight quarter of compelling top and bottom line performance driven by strength in semiconductors, flat panel display and services, 2016 is shaping up to be an impressive year for AE," said Yuval Wasserman, president and CEO of Advanced Energy. "Our leading precision power products and services continue to be chosen by our customers to support their move to next-generation technologies such as 3DNAND and 10nm Logic. With our semiconductor business showing no signs of slowing and the diversity of our Industrial applications growing, we are getting closer to our near-term aspirational goals."
Third Quarter Results
Sales were $126.6 million compared with $118.8 million in the second quarter of 2016 and $109.8 million in the third quarter of 2015.
GAAP income from continuing operations was $29.0 million or $0.73 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2016 compared to $27.3 million or $0.68 per diluted share in the second quarter, and $23.3 million or $0.56 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2015.
Non-GAAP income from continuing operations was $30.8 million or $0.77 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2016 compared to $29.2 million or $0.73 per diluted share in the second quarter, and $24.9 million or $0.60 per diluted share in the same period last year. A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.
The company ended the quarter with $249.8 million in cash and marketable securities.
Discontinued Operations
The company's financial statements for all periods presented reflect results for the continuing precision power business, with the discontinued inverter business included in discontinued operations for both the balance sheet and income statement. Further financial detail regarding the amounts related to the discontinued inverter business are available in the company's 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Fourth Quarter 2016 Guidance
Based on the company's current view, beliefs and assumptions, guidance for the fourth quarter of 2016 is within the following ranges:
Third Quarter 2016 Conference Call
Management will host a conference call tomorrow morning, Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss Advanced Energy's financial results. Domestic callers may access this conference call by dialing 855-232-8958. International callers may access the call by dialing 315-625-6980. Participants will need to provide the operator with the Conference ID Number 93755134, which has been reserved for this call. For a replay of this teleconference, please call 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 and enter Conference ID Number 93755134. The replay will be available for one week following the conference call. A webcast will also be available on the company's Investor Relations web page at http://ir.advanced-energy.com.
About Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy (Nasdaq:AEIS) is a global leader in innovative power and control technologies for high-growth, precision power solutions for thin films processes and industrial applications. Advanced Energy is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, with dedicated support and service locations around the world. For more information, go to www.advanced-energy.com.
Non-GAAP Measures
This release includes GAAP and non-GAAP income and per-share earnings data and other GAAP and non-GAAP financial information. Advanced Energy's non-GAAP measures exclude the impact of non-cash related charges such as stock based compensation, amortization of intangible assets and restructuring costs, as well as acquisition related costs and other non-recurring items. For the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2016 guidance, the company expects stock based compensation of $1.3 million and amortization of intangibles of $1.0 million. The non-GAAP measures included in this release are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, similar measures calculated under generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Advanced Energy believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to management and investors to evaluate business performance without the impacts of certain non-cash charges and other charges which are not part of the company's usual operations. The company uses these non-GAAP measures to assess performance against business objectives, make business decisions, develop budgets, forecast future periods, assess trends and evaluate financial impacts of various scenarios. In addition, management's incentive plans include these non-GAAP measures as criteria for achievements. Additionally, the company believes that these non-GAAP measures, in combination with its financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provide investors with additional perspective. While some of the excluded items may be incurred and reflected in the company's GAAP financial results in the foreseeable future, the company believes that the items excluded from certain non-GAAP measures do not accurately reflect the underlying performance of its continuing operations for the period in which they are incurred. The use of non-GAAP measures has limitations in that such measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, and these measures should only be used to evaluate the company's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. Please refer to the Form 8-K regarding this release furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-Looking Statements
The company's guidance with respect to anticipated financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2016, expectations regarding future market trends and the company's future performance within specific markets (e.g., statements regarding anticipated semiconductor and industrial market growth) and other statements that are not historical information are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (a) the effects of global macroeconomic conditions upon demand for our products and services; (b) the volatility and cyclicality of the industries the company serves, particularly the semiconductor industry; (c) delays in capital spending by end-users in our served markets; (d) the accuracy of the company's estimates related to fulfilling solar inverter product warranty and post-warranty obligations; (e) the company's ability to realize its plan to avoid additional costs after the solar inverter wind-down; (f) the accuracy of the company's assumptions on which its financial statement projections are based; (g) the impact of price changes, which may result from a variety of factors; (h) the timing of orders received from customers; (i) the company's ability to realize benefits from cost improvement efforts including avoided costs, restructuring plans and inorganic growth; (j) the company's ability to obtain in a timely manner the materials necessary to manufacture its products; and (k) unanticipated changes to management's estimates, reserves or allowances. These and other risks are described in Advanced Energy's Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These reports and statements are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may also be obtained from Advanced Energy's investor relations page at http://ir.advanced-energy.com or by contacting Advanced Energy's investor relations at 970-407-6555. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to the company on the date of this press release. Aspirational goals and targets discussed on the conference call or in the presentation materials should not be interpreted in any respect as guidance. The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this press release.
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I've been describing the basic elements of Traditional City design. They are: Streets (mostly Narrow Streets for People), Parks, and Squares. Parks and Squares should have names, which include the words "park" or "square." There isn't very much that doesn't fit into one of these categories. If you are designing something, shouldn't it really be one of these things? And if it isn't, why not? A lot of new design these days has a very large amount of somewhat aimless, disorganized space.
August 16, 2015: Parks and Squares 3: Squares
August 2, 2015: Parks and Squares 2: Smaller and Closer
July 26, 2015: Parks and Squares
April 12, 2015: Narrow Streets for People 4: Organizing the Street
March 22, 2015: Narrow Streets for People 3: A Shopping Center Example
March 15, 2015: Narrow Streets for People 2: Subtleties of Street Width
March 8, 2015: Narrow Streets for People
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Today, we're continuing our discussion of Squares. Previously, we looked at some very large squares, typical of the largest squares of capitol cities. Obviously, these are the most well-known, as many high-profile events happen there. However, a city can have dozens and dozens of smaller, neighborhood-size squares also.
There don't seem to be many squares in the Asian examples, so today's topic will have a Europe-centric flavor.
Existing squares have a funny history. Often they were used as a sort of old-fashioned Arterial intersection. It was hard to turn around a horse-drawn wagon, especially on the Narrow Streets for People that characterized Traditional Cities before 1800 or so. Also, squares often served as marketplaces, and marketplaces need a way to carry goods in and out. Thus, we find squares that are at the confluence of Arterial-size streets. In 19th Century Hypertrophism, after 1800 or so, certain "squares" seem to be designed primarily with traffic flow in mind, and serve primarily as roundabout intersections of Grand Boulevard-size streets. Once you put a square at the confluence of Arterial or, worse, Grand Boulevard streets, in other words streets designed for vehicular traffic, it becomes rather difficult to make a Place for People.
Thus, we have a certain tradition of wheeled vehicle traffic flow in squares. This was not so much of a problem because, particularly before 1800, there just weren't that many wagons, and they moved fairly slowly. They weren't nearly so threatening as automobile traffic today. For example, here's a square in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905.
Here we see some wagon traffic, but it does not seem to be particularly unpleasant or threatening to people walking. This is even at the relatively late date of 1905.
As a consequence, today a lot of historic squares have some form of vehicular roadway, typically around the edge in some form. However, we really don't need to use squares as truck-turnarounds today, so I suggest that, going forward, squares should be entirely For People.
Let's take a look at some squares.
If you are serious about the study of squares in Traditional City design, there are at least a hundred great examples in Italy for you to study.
Athens, Greece. Greece also has umpteen great examples of squares. Note that this, like all of our examples, is a Place for People alone, with no roadway.
Although this square is somewhat amorphous in shape, it nevertheless has clear boundaries.
Biel, Switzerland. Another example of a nice "neighborhood" square.
Cochem, Germany. Neighborhood size.
Another square in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Delft, Netherlands. The basic design of a square is very, very simple.
Kotor, Montenegro.
London, England.
Marbella, Spain.
Palermo, Italy.
Poznan, Poland.
Prague, Czech Republic.
Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Split, Croatia.
Somewhere in Switzerland. This "square" is nice enough, but it is a case of the square becoming somewhat indistinguishable from the "street." This area just barely has clearly-defined borders.
Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico.
Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Tripoli, Libya.
This discussion about squares is mostly about making new squares. Obviously, if there is already a square there, you don't have to build it, and you have to make do with what you have. I would suggest eliminating roadways as much as possible, ideally making a Place that is wholly for People with no cars whatsoever. But, sometimes this is not feasible. In that case, the best thing seems to push all the traffic to one side of the square. Avoid surrounding the square with vehicle traffic.
Times Square in New York City, US is one of those 19th Century Hypertrophic-style squares that is at the confluence of two Grand Boulevard-size streets. A recent "pedestrianization" pushed all the roadway to one side, and created a larger area for people. It was a big improvement, but you would still be better off with no roadway at all (in new development).
This square in Mexico City, Mexico, is typical of historic squares that now have a vehicular roadway along one edge. Do it if you have to, but it is not ideal.
Among the examples of What Not To Do, we have this from Whistler Village, at the base of the Whistler ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. This is an intentional people-only place.
This looks sort of like a square … but it is a somewhat amorphous, fuzzy area that is not quite a square. What are the boundaries? The "streets" which themselves are somewhat squarelike (wide) just mush into this kinda-wider-area. Note how the buildings interact with the square: not as a public place, but more like a suburban parking lot, with buffers and separation. You could have a place with half the surface area that is a real square, rather than this amorphous mushy mess.
Although there is a place called "Village Square" here, the place pictured above seems to be the part on the far left of the "Village Stroll", at the base of the lifts. So we see that it does not have a name. Note also that the "Village Stroll" is not a "street" and not a "square," it actually has a fuzzy name to go with its fuzzy form. This is somewhat like the Gubei "promenade" we looked at earlier. Architects these days are a little dumb.
July 26, 2015: Parks and Squares
Lastly, because it is such a perfect example of design failure, we have this favorite image of ours:
Here is a real people-only place that is practically begging to be made into a real Square — a beloved destination for local people suffering in the midst of Suburban Hell, so that they don't have to get on a plane and go to Italy just to spend the afternoon in a properly designed bit of urbanity. But, instead we have a confused jumble of filler elements. Nobody could call this a "square," which is why I am sure it does not have a name that includes the word "square."
This square in Italy is about as simple a thing as you can imagine. The architecture, though charming, is not very complicated. And yet, the overall result, with the addition of a few potted plants, is very successful.
Just make squares. Even when they are part of a private development (as would mostly be the case for new squares going forward), give them a name that includes the word "square.


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In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.
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Chris, Taylor, Jordan, Alex….. for the last few years Juliana has been on the run from her previous employer. Juliana used to be a top chemist in an underground, government funded lab. She was at the top of her game until one day it all came crashing down around her. Juliana must always on the lookout. Constantly changing her name and appearance, constructing traps to ensure an escape if she is located. She never thought one opened email and a response later that her life would change drastically once again. Can Juliana trust this new information? Will it lead to the end of her running or to her demise?
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Dec 4, 2007 1:08 PM PT
Apple and its carrier partner in Germany won a key legal victory Tuesday, with a court tossing out an injunction that had forced T-Mobile to offer an unlocked iPhone and upholding the legality of the exclusivity agreement.
T-Mobile won the right to offer the iPhone only to customers who agree to two-year contracts with the carrier, overturning a lower court's ruling that had forced the carrier to offer an iPhone that worked on other networks.
T-Mobile rival Vodafone had won that injunction after raising questions about the legality of the exclusivity agreement and as a result, the very basis of Apple's strategy with the iPhone.
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In the U.S., AT&T is Apple's exclusive carrier for the iPhone. Orange is the only carrier authorized to the sell the device in France; T-Mobile won the right to sell the handheld in Germany.
At Vodafone's request, a court had issued an injunction requiring that T-Mobile offer an unlocked iPhone. It complied with that order by offering the device for 999 euros, or nearly US$1,500 -- almost three times what the phone retails for with a two-year calling and data plan.
T-Mobile said it would no longer offer that option in the wake of the new ruling.
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Vodafone was known to be in the running for the contract to carry the iPhone but lost out to rivals in key markets. In the United Kingdom, O2 is the exclusive carrier, but Vodafone has said that agreement is allowed under UK law, while it sill feels the tie-up in Germany is not lawful.
Vodafone will review the German court's ruling before deciding whether to pursue an appeal, it said. The court gave the company a one-month window to do so.
T-Mobile sold an unspecified number of unlocked phones in recent weeks despite the high price tag, the company said, adding that it is now telling customers they will be able to unlock their phones once their initial two-year contracts run their course.
In France, Orange sells unlocked iPhones as well -- for around US$1,000 -- and in the U.S., customers have been known to manually unlock phones, even though Apple has warned that key features may not work if the phones are unlocked from the AT&T tie-up.
The exclusivity arrangements come with financial incentives, with carriers making payments to Apple in exchange for the right to sign customers to two-year agreements, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told MacNewsWorld.
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Bwana Spoons is taking to the road this summer with his first monograph-
Welcome To Forest Island, published by Top Shelf.
All 144 full-color pages ‹ including paintings, maps, sketches, comics, and
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Steven the Bat. Brand new sculpt premiering during the WTF tour.
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Pencil Fighting Championship. Friday, July 17th, at the Super7 Store. Bwana Spoons is a painter and designer living in the Pacific Northwest. He
runs a gallery and boutique in Portland with his partner Justin Scrappers
Morrison. Among his published works are several zines Moonshine, Pencil
Fight, and Soft Smooth Brain to name a few.
Bwana has worked for and with Gargamel, Adidas, Nike, Nickolodeon magazine,
Converse, Pinball Publishing, StrangeCo, Dekline, Foundation, Hessenmob,
Vans, Laika, WK, Bumbleride, Super 7, and more. More about the book:
Rendered in swaths of psychedelic fluorescents in a flurry of wild yet
delicate brushwork, the explosive pages of Welcome to Forest Island
establish Bwana Spoons as the cuddliest art-monster around, whose furious
imagination is matched only by the intimacy of his handskills.
The thoughtful and provocative design, by Tokyo wunderkind Ian Lynam,
elevates Spoons' opus beyond a 'mere' collection of jaw-dropping artwork to
a true coffee table gem. Cloth-spined and case-bound, this full-color
compendium heralds not only the birth of a wild and woolly nation, but also
the arrival of a major new force in the art world. — Full-Color Hardcover
Art Book, 144 pages, 6 1/2″ x 9″


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People Development
Every newly hired associate is introduced to the firm by means of an orientation program conducted by an experienced associate who then becomes responsible for ensuring the new member's smooth adjustment to the demands of the firm's practice, and for providing continuous support and guidance in all professional matters. In each specific transaction, associates work closely with the supervising partner, thus gaining valuable knowledge and experience. The further development of technical and professional skills, and an awareness of the importance of teamwork, is advanced by participation in complex and challenging transactions involving different practice areas. Associates are strongly encouraged to share responsibility and participate in decision making processes. Associates are frequently given the opportunity to meet and communicate with clients, thus acquiring a better understanding of the transaction.
Training of associates is enhanced by technology: The latter are required to actively participate to the firms' Knowledge Management Systems and are given access to a constantly updated and expanded bibliography of all major Greek and international periodicals. Our firm has one of the largest and most complete law libraries in Greece, with more than 6,200 titles and subscriptions to more than 65 periodicals. A formal training program consisting of in-house seminars and presentations by other members, as well as participation in external seminars and conferences, is designed to supplement continuing education. Associates also get the opportunity to develop their academic experience by writing articles published in respected Greek and international sources.
All this happens in an environment influenced to an important degree by decisions associates themselves make. Associates develop and are expected to develop initiative by participating in the day-to-day decisions that influence their lives at work, and by being regularly informed about and contributing to meetings involving all firm members.


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The Cooperative Launches Plan Bee to Help Save UK's Honeybee
The Cooperative
The causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) are still in question. While it's surely a combination of factors including climate change and voracious pests like the varoa mite, one of the key suspects is pesticides. Late last year UK farmers demonstrated to demand government action on CCD. While the government may be slow in responding The Cooperative, the UK's largest consumer co-op, has announced Plan Bee, "a campaign to raise awareness about the decline in the British honeybee population," including a temporary ban on the use of eight pesticides from their suppliers. Paul Monaghan, Head of Social Goals at The Co-operative said:
Nature's number one pollinating machine appears to be breaking down and no one knows for sure why. But it's not just pretty gardens that are at stake; one third of the average diet relies on honeybees. Last week the Government finally accepted that there was a problem, however, we are still not seeing any real recognition that pesticides could be a contributory factor. The great thing, though, is that we can all do our bit to turn things around. Whether it's a lush rural retreat or tiny urban window box, we can plant and garden in ways that help the honeybee thrive. At The Co-operative we have more than three million members and we hope to educate and empower them to be ambassadors for Plan Bee.
The ten-point Plan Bee:
1. The Co-operative Food will temporarily prohibit the use of neonicotinoid-based pesticides on own-brand fresh produce. These are Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Nitenpyram, Thiacloprid and Thiamethoxam.
2. £150,000 will be made available to support research into the demise of the honeybee, with a particular focus on UK farming, pesticides and gene-diversity. The largest ever private contribution to bee research in the UK.
3. Over three years, The Co-operative Farms will trial a new wildflower seed mix that will be planted alongside crops on its farms across the UK. The Co-operative Farms is the UK's largest farmer with more than 25,000 hectares of land under management.
4. Co-operative Farms will invite beekeepers to establish hives on all Co-operative Farms in the UK.
5. The Co-operative will engage its three million members in a campaign to protect and nurture the bee population in the UK, with advice and tips featuring on its website.
6. Members will be invited to attend one of forty screenings of a special preview from a forthcoming film that addresses the decline of the worldwide bee population and the significance of the bee in food production. In addition, The Co-operative has also commissioned a new bespoke documentary on the decline of the bee population in the UK.
7. The Co-operative will partner with RSPB's "Homes for Wildlife" Team and empower members to garden in ways that are honeybee-friendly.
8. An initial 20,000 packets of wildflower seed mix will be made available to members free of charge.
9. Bee boxes are being sourced and made available to Co-operative members at discounted prices.
10. The Co-operative will support its members and colleagues to find out more about amateur beekeeping and will encourage links between local beekeepers and members.
More on Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder
Sweet News: Organic Bees Are Thriving
Beekeepers Utilize Internet to Fight Mystery 'Disorder'
Saving the Bees
Will Engineering a "Flexi-bee" Save Colonies from Collapse?


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Category Archives: Photos
Brio dachshund
Brio dachshund, originally uploaded by leguape. My girlfriend bought this for our flat. And yes, I would really like a real miniature dachshund but a fourth floor flat is no place for one to live.
My favourite London museum
Natural History Museum, London, originally uploaded by leguape. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington. I was going to write all about how and why I love it but I keep on running out of time to do so. So … Continue reading
Tour of Britain 2008 – Stage 1 photos
Tour of Britain 2008 – Stage 1, originally uploaded by leguape. Having a pro Flickr account is actually encouraging me to take more pictures and post more. I guess when you've paid your money you've got a reason to be … Continue reading
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Based in a historic mansion on 73 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the newly opened Grand Musée du Parfum explores the multi-faceted universe of perfume, taking an artful and scientific approach to unveiling its mysteries.
While the museum is dedicated to scent, it is also visually stunning. The innovative scenography, designed by architecture firm Projectiles, draws on the latest technology, merging it with specially commissioned artistic installations to create an interactive, multi-sensory, immersive experience. Spread over 1,400 m² its museography unravels the mysteries of perfume through exploring not only the history, science and art of fragrance, but also of our sense of smell, a sense that remains largely little-understood and underrated.
"Telling the story of perfume is like telling the story of humanity." Sandra Armstrong, Museum Director


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Out now – with free set of football cards!
At long last, it's the big new Got, Not Got book from Hammond & Silke. Based on your mum's glossy mail-order catalogue from the good old 20th century, The Got, Not Got Football Gift Book is packed full of memories and memorabilia.
It's a romp. A visual treat. A collector's treasure trove. With jokes and social history and loads of stuff in sections – Toys & Games, Tech, Kit, Food & Drink, Cards & Stickers, Programmes… – that will inspire a heady vintage swirl of greed, envy and lust.
ALSO: Gary James's Manchester City Folklore explores the club's mythology. Simon Kimber & Gary Silke's Can't Buy That Feeling is the Best of The Fox Interviews. And Rob Stokes' Glove Story is the Number 1 Book for Goalkeepers, Past & Present.
The Got, Not Got Football Gift Book – out now!
The Got, Not Got Football Gift Book is Hammond and Silke's new vintage football catalogue, packed with tons of fab football stuff and delightful old rubbish from the good old 20th century. It's a celebration of your mum's old Kays/Grattans/John Noble flickfest, with sections including Kit, Tech, Food & Drink, Stickers, Clobber, Travel, Progs and more. A visual treat. A collector's treasure trove. So get your felt pen out now and get ready to circle all your wants and needs! Plus – buy direct from Conker a get a free set of 9 (NINE) football cards
Do you remember the feeling you used to get, poring over the glossy pages of your mum's mail-order catalogue, craving new football kit, cool games and hot tech? Now you can bask once again in that heady vintage swirl of greed, envy and lust. Don't miss out on the flash white boots you always longed for. The Subbuteo teams of your dreams are finally within your grasp…
The Got, Not Got Football Gift Book is crammed with all the most desirable stuff of the past 50 years – not to mention a liberal sprinkling of delightful old rubbish that was once flogged to wide-eyed soccer kids. Seasoned with bittersweet stories from the lost world of football, its catalogue sections cover everything from must-have football fashions and classic console games to favourite sticker albums and comics.
Big and colourful, hilarious and hypnotic, the Gift Book provides a ready-made Christmas list for optimistic fans, triggering just the same heartfelt yearning as the irresistible Autumn/Winter catalogue of yore. Need! Need! Need!
THE GOT, NOT GOT FOOTBALL GIFT BOOK – Every Fan's Catalogue of Desires
By Derek Hammond & Gary Silke
A4 Paperback – 168 pages – 30 September 2019
£16 with free set of nine football collector cards
Limited-edition 'Glove Story' book and keyring gift bundle
On sale from this Friday at midday – a special limited edition gift bundle complete with a new Glove Story keyring!
They only cost £2.50 extra to the £10 cover price of the book, and this will be donated to the Willow Foundation (see article below) along with the usual author royalties.
If you're a fan of the Got, Not Got books, a follower of Rob Stokes and his incredible collection of goalie gloves and memorabilia, or maybe on the lookout for a special birthday present for the goalie in your life, you might like a special Glove Story gift package.
So what do you get for your extra £2.50 on top of the regular £10 cover price?
- An exclusive limited-edition Glove Story key ring
- Your copy of the book will be personally signed by the authors
- An optional dedication. Your own birthday / Father's Day / other message or greeting can also be added to the title page
If you'd like to receive a bespoke dedicated Glove Story, you just need to let us know the extra details.
At checkout:
1) Please use the 'order notes' field to enter the message you'd like added to the title page, including the name of the recipient.
2) It's as simple as that!
Happy birthday to 'The Cat'…
'Can't Buy That Feeling – Inside Leicester City – The Best of The Fox Interviews'
Can't Buy That Feeling – Inside Leicester City is published on 16 July, and is available now to pre-order. Fully colour illustrated throughout, the book features over 100 star interviews taken from 30 years of The FOX.
Interviewees include Micky Adams, Alan Birchenall, Matt Elliott, Matty Fryatt, David Gibson, Lenny Glover, Muzzy Izzet, Pontus Kaamark, Andy King, Neil Lennon, Ian Marshall, Martin O'Neill, Frank O'Farrell, Sven Goran Eriksson, Jimmy Walsh, Frank Worthington and many more…
The FOX has been interviewing Leicester City players, managers, famous fans and board members for almost three decades, building up a body of work that takes you right into the very fabric of the club, with memories spanning the last 60 years.
As a City fan, you've come to know hundreds of players through their performance on the pitch, through potted career biographies and football sticker images. But what about the real characters behind the blue shirt and the back-page reports?
Can't Buy That Feeling takes you inside Leicester City from the perspective of those who were there – behind the scenes at the long-running soap opera packed with moments of comedy and tragedy, triumph and disaster, silverware and financial ruin.
Read the best of The FOX interviews and you will discover:
- How it feels to score a last-minute winner at Wembley
- Who bore the brunt of Stan Collymore's fire extinguisher
- How it feels to be a World Cup winner, and axed by Leicester City
- Which City star was run out of his local for moving to Leicester
- The identity of the City player who chased half the Chelsea team down the tunnel
- Players' big-match memories, their real opinions of their bosses, team-mates and fans…
'Manchester City Folklore' – special subscribers' offer
Gary James's long-awaited new book, Manchester City Folklore: What Every Blue Needs to Know is now available to pre-order in a special subscribers' offer.
All for the regular RRP of £15, early subscribers will see their names added to a roll of honour in the book; your copy will be signed and personally dedicated by the author, and you'll receive it before the official publication date in August.
Representing the fruits of six years' research by the acclaimed Manchester football historian, City Folklore is a must-read for every fan of the club. Packed with colour images, it reveals countless new stories and insights into the mythology of Manchester City.
Manchester City Folklore reveals an incredible array of stories, true Blue moments and characters that helped shape the club. This is City's DNA, originally researched and mapped by acclaimed historian Gary James.
Based on the popular feature in the official City programme, the book gets right to the heart of the club. Read Manchester City Folklore and you will discover:
- The latest exclusive research into the birth of the club – as told by a witness present at its formation in 1880
- How City chants started – from 'Blue Moon' to an anthem based on a '60s film
- Why Blue? The significance of City's first colours and other kits
- The story of the Kippax
- The unique attributes of City's great captains, comparing every major trophy-winning skipper
- Your own part in the story: records and facts demonstrating the loyalty of City's fans
- Dozens more nuggets providing insights into City's great history and status as a Mancunian institution stretching back to the 19th century
Gary James is the author of 16 books on Manchester football, and cares passionately about ensuring City's story is properly recorded. Gary has been a season ticket holder since 1984, and a programme contributor since 1994.
'Glove Story' – yours for a tenner
Do you dream of pulling on a quilted green or Dayglo orange football shirt? Does it make you sigh, just thinking about enormous latex gloves – or of diving in muddy puddles?
If so, this might just be the football book for you.
Glove Story is a visual feast, featuring a unique collection of goalkeeping memorabilia and original illustrations by Doug Nash. Gloves and stars' shirts from the 60s to date, vintage games and equipment catalogues appear alongside photography covering goalkeeping from park to international level. We've put up a few sample pics on the Got Not Got blog.
The book sets out to capture the essence of what it means to be a goalkeeper, shining a light on the concerns and obsessions of everyone who has ever been a member of the Keepers' Union. We're talking:
- Exclusive interviews with legendary goalkeepers – memories, tips, stories, plus 'My First Gloves'
- Games, toys and memorabilia – from Subbuteo and Striker to Tonka and Corinthians
- Features on all the top brands – adidas, uhlsport, reusch, Coffer, Sondico, Sells…
- Secret goalies, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Che Guevara to David Icke
- The evolution of goalkeeping shirts, gloves, boots, training and thinking
- Memories of goalkeeping summer schools
- Fictional, cartoon, stand-in and endorsement-friendly keepers
- The dawn of modern goalkeeping, coaching and development
- The greatest ever saves, quotations, superstitions, blunders and Kids in Kit
- Budgie – and whether Goalkeepers are Crazy, or just Different…
Click here for more details, or to preorder Glove Story for a tenner.


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I earlier wrote an article, Please Identify Yourself in which I talked about the need to keep promoting our culture, in terms of dressing, the food we eat, our ability to speak our native language properly. I also posited that your culture defines you and if your culture is lost, you lose your identify forever.
A recent report from an Indian village in which some village elders in council ordered two sisters to be raped and paraded naked with their faces blackened as punishment for their brother's actions prompted me to write this rejoinder.
Here is the report:
Two Indian sisters to be raped as punishment after their brother ran off with married woman
Although your culture defines you, there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing away with bad practices that are detrimental to wellbeing, fairness, health, and so on. The report was prescribing that two sisters be raped as punishment for the sins of their brother is similar to what we sometimes watch in Nollywood movies.
A holy book has God saying, "I am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, even on to the third and the fourth generations." Well only God should be able to make that kind of statement, and get away with it. These Judges are not God, so, why would they be visiting the sin of a brother against innocent sisters?.
India has often been in the news regarding sexual violence against women, somewhat perceived as the rape capital of the world, with women generally seen as sub human second class citizens. This latest news emanating from there does do much to dispel that perception It appears to be a cultural thing, which would naturally take long and sustained effort to change.
Despite a world that has almost grown numb and immune to news of rampant cases of female dehumanization and gang-rapes that hardly ever get punished, this particular report was still shocking, surprising and absurd. And the international outrage is of course deafening, with Amnesty international already notified of this gross violation of Woman Rights.
By the way, why weren't the brothers of the fleeing accused sentenced to flogging or something else, instead? Isn't it written that the soul that sins shall die? Why would you visit the sins of the brother on the sisters (and not the brothers)? Secondly, since when did rape become a correctional / punitive tool? We often hear of rape being used as a tool of punishment / domination in war situations in places like Dafur or Congo, but I have never been able to wrap my head around the thinking / rationale behind this. Besides, this is not a war situation.
Those people that pronounced the "judgement," are those the randy men that would gang-rape the innocent girls, or they have paid virile men with monstrous "tools" to do the "flogging", and inflict maximum "punishment " on the innocent girls (**tongue**)?
Obviously, the sentence to rape would have its roots in the masculine view of sex as a tool of domination / oppression of the female folks in that village, The practice of dehumanization on account of sex, race, religious creeds, etc is something that needs to stop. If a culture is nonsensical, archaic, barbaric, feel free to disregard and fight it by all means.
Culture can be defined as "a set of people acting in a particular way". There is nothing sacrosanct or immutable in that. Humanity being dynamic, and improving with better access to worldwide information, the more obnoxious cultures and archaic lifelong habits should be jettisoned. While a change in culture won't happen overnight (like a change of a corrupt government would take diligent and consistent effort), people speaking up loudly and agitating persistently against nonsensical cultural practices will eventually gradually rid the world of the more repugnant ones.
Time was, when twins were being killed in Nigeria before Mary Slessor, religion and modernity put paid to that Culture. It is hoped that we will keep seeing similar jettisoning of bad culture, but it won't happen on its own.
It would take our collective efforts.


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Friday Speak Out!: Fear and the New Writer
Fear is a dichotomous entity; it grips my resolve and simultaneously propels me in the right direction. As a "new" woman writer, fear of being judged, being boring, or of creating meaningless discourse is what holds me back from really putting myself out there.
I put "new" in quotation marks because I have successfully engaged in multiple forms of writing my entire life, but only now am I beginning to put effort into introducing my writing to an audience and to hopefully turning writing into a full-time career.
Combatting my self-doubt is a conscious effort that involves being present and mindful of my fear. Fear can hold a special place in the drive toward success; It gives me the determination to produce meaningful content, to seek the right audience and to focus my tenacity in the right direction. I am beginning to learn to use my fear as a catalyst to finding success and not letting it drown me in negative inner dialogue or writing apathy. Grappling with fear and self-doubt requires me to open up to its potential and appreciate it for what it's worth, without letting it control me. I do my best not to become enveloped in my fear but to be mindful of it; a watcher of my own diffidence. In this way I can analyze its source and question its outcome; inevitably coming to the realization that what I should fear most is not writing, not going public with my words.
My first step in battling this inner turmoil is to join with a group of writers like myself. As a mom to a two year old, fear isn't the only thing holding me back, it's lack of time. I've begun replacing the phrase, "I don't have time for (insert any activity here)", with "(said activity) isn't a priority" in all areas of my life; with health, work, family, creativity, etc. In essence, that means I am saying that when I don't have time to write, I am saying that "writing is not a priority". Well, writing is a priority. And fear can be a heavy beast, but when we harness it and direct it in a positive direction, we become unstoppable.
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https://scribble-n-scribe.mn.co/share/sKJjgANYAUT-qqbg?utm_source=manual). Tiffany graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in Art History where she contributed to the school's newspaper, The Daily Bruin and received her Master's in Education from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. She currently teaches high school English in Truckee, CA, where she moonlights as a bass player in an all-girl 90's cover band. www.tiffanyconnolly.com
Would you like to participate in Friday "Speak Out!"? Email your short posts (under 500 words) about women and writing to: marcia[at]wow-womenonwriting[dot]com for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!
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On 3/29/07, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas mailhot laposte net> wrote:
Why are you all trying to confuse the man? Just put the screen-thing on a XEROX machine and press the button. Then FAX the result. You've never heard of the modern electronic office, have you?
Nonsense. 20 minutes work by a class of diligent 5th-graders armed with rulers and color-charts should provide him with ample information to whip up an implementation of a Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau wavelet on the back of an envelope which will be a bitrot-proof mathematical description of his screen. This will be trivially understood by anyone without any need for pointless image processing software, or indeed a computer screen. Oisin