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Lord of the Vampires (The Diaries of the Family Dracul, #3)
by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller
by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller
Lori's review
Feb 23, 11
Overall I was very disappointed in this series. I'm a huge fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and I was intrigued by the premise of this series. I enjoyed the first book, Covenant With the Vampire, but that's where it ends. I was very disappointed in the changes the author made to the original story, some of which made no sense to me. Why change Lucy's blood transfusions to aura transfusions? Why have Harker kill Quincy? I've enjoyed this author as her JM Dillard persona, but I'm not sure I'll read any more of her books after my disappointment with this series.
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Seeking to protect the interest of investors in PACL's illegal money-pooling case, a high-level panel today warned the public from dealing in any property owned by the company.
ICICI Bank to auction Dunlop property in Mumbai
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Indian Overseas Bank acquires GPTL's property
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As a relief to property buyers, the Income Tax department has extended the time period for depositing TDS on sale of property by 23 days.
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China's property investment growth eased to 1 per cent in 2015, the slowest in nearly seven years even as national sales improved.
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Dean Baumgardner, daughter of the late Guy Hemby and Daisy Becker Hemby, was born Jan. 30, 1921, in Neelyville, Mo., and departed this life Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at St. Elizabeth's Place in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 19 days.
She was of Jonesboro, and formerly of Senath, Mo.
Dean married John A. Baumgardner on Dec. 3, 1938. John preceded her in death on June 9, 2005. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Robert Carroll Baumgardner and John William Baumgardner; three brothers, Cephias, Arnold and Jesse Hemby; four sisters, Ruby Bush, Ola Jean Schoen, Mary Shandra and Mabel Hemby and many nieces and nephews.
Survivors include three daughters, Deloris Cornish, of Jonesboro, Donna Nettles and her husband, Jim, of Gideon, Mo., and Oma Sanders and her husband, Robert, of Naples, Idaho; seven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, James Hemby, of North Carolina and and David Hemby, of Colorado; one sister, Dorothy Hastings, of Edgewood, Iowa, and other relatives and friends.
She was loved by all who knew her, was a "mom" to many children and will be missed by all.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Kennett with Rev. Al Henderson and Pastor Angie Gage officiating.
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Dorothy K. Haltom, 72, Plainfield, formerly of Putnam County, died Wednesday at her residence.
Born in Columbus, Ga., she was the daughter of James F. Duncan and Lula Belle (Millsap) Duncan.
She worked at several restaurants in the Greencastle and Cloverdale area, including the Windy Hill Golf Course, the Monon Grill and the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Greencastle.
She married John W. Haltom on Sept. 6, 1959. He preceded her in death on Dec. 12, 2003.
Survivors include son Michael Davidson and his partner Thomas, Calif., Ronald Lyon, Fla., Alan Haltom and wife Vickie, Plainfield; daughter Brenda Haltom, R.I., and Tonya Armstrong and husband Elmer, W. Va.; 14 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and other extended family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Timmy Haltom, brothers Hayward Revell and Gene Revell, sister Frances Duncan, and two grandchildren.
Services will take place at 1 p.m. Monday at French Funeral Home, Brazil, with Rev. Hubert Greer officiating. Burial will follow at Poland Chapel Cemetery.
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Sept. 24, 1954 - Feb. 7, 2009
OBERLIN -- David E. Koerperich, 54, died Saturday (Feb. 7, 2009) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte.
He was born Sept. 24, 1954, in Oberlin to Eugene N. and Dolores M. (Reitcheck) Koerperich. He grew up in Oberlin and attended Oberlin Elementary School and Decatur Community High School, graduating in 1972.
He lived in Colby, Kan., and Oberlin, where he worked as a water well technician.
He was a member of Pheasants Forever and Kansas Ground Water Association.
He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Koerperich.
Survivors include his mother, Dolores Koerperich of Oberlin; son, Jacob Koerperich of Oberlin; daughters, Adrian and husband, Shawn Walker of Lincoln and Jessica Koerperich of Grand Junction, Colo.; brothers, Clem Koerperich of Oberlin, Dan and wife, Michele Koerperich of Salina, Kan., and John and wife, Angela Koerperich of Salina; sisters, Karen and husband, Jeff Ostmeyer of Salina, Linda and husband, Chris Floch of Asotin, Wash., and Donna and husband, Todd Reinert of Topeka, Kan.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday, 10 a.m., at Sacred Heart Church in Oberlin with the Rev. Daniel Scheetz officiating. Inurnment will be in the Oberlin Cemetery.
Vigil services are today at 7 p.m., at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.
Memorials may be given to the Jacob Koerperich Education fund, church or donor's choice.
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Hi, I'm stuck on Olivia's style and I've tried everything! Can somebody help me? Thanks
Answer from: Crazyshy64
I'm not up to there yet but you get a shirt with a tie, khaki pants, and a book bag that they give if u had 3 stars from that model I don't remember !
Answer from: reyanbubz
To get 3 stars:
Give the same hair ( the hair that came with olivia)
Give the white full sleeve shirt which has a blue and white striped tie
Give a blue mini skirt
Give the iphone ( got from 3 stars from the office dressup level)
Give white school girl socks
Give a blue french cap
Give the blue jacket which has 3 badges in the right side
Give glasses with black frame
Give the backack ( got from 3 stars from aoi)
I know its a lot of things but hope this helps! :)
Answer from: paulinavictoria
3 stars;
Hair - Black hair with a fringe swept to the right. Or you can just use the original hair.
Top - Long sleeved button down shirt with blue stripped tie.
Jacket - Grey jacket with red cuffs and red stripes.
Bottom - Red school skirt.
Socks - White and black socks with a bit of red on top.
Shoes - School girl shoes. (I used those shoes in the previous level for the Lolita theme)
Make up - Just black eyeshadow.
Eyes - Dark green eyes.
Accessories -
1. Hipster glasses.
2. Bracelet with a red flower on it.
3. Black stud earrings.
Hope this helped :-) - Paulina.
Answer from: Sam
I got 3 stars *** with
The long sleeve white dress shirt with thing bow on neck collar
The red best that's also come in clue and green
Red mini skirt with white trim
Black and white stripe sock with frill and red bows
Black strap shoe
Back pack
Bling hair with bank and headband thing
Flower and pearl nevklace
Black smokey eye makeup
Good luck
Answer from: Lemoncupcake120
Three star outfit:
Same hair
Same eyes
Black rimmed glasses
White long sleeved shirt with tie
Black cotton boot cut pants
Black high heeled boots with white fur lines on the top
White hoop earrings buy not much
Three star gray cat backpack
Short black gloves with fingers sticking out
Hope this helps!
Answer from: igoturback
This got me 3 stars
Shirt white and black shirt
Black flat hair with bow in it
Pink scarf with black
3 star backpack
Silver skirt buy
Silver high heels
IPhone 3 stars
And striped socks
Hope that helped
Answer from: cindy and taty
Hair : same
Accesories: pink bow, glasses, red flower pin, flower bracelet, backpack, red hoop earings, piano tie
Eyes: same
Clothes: white longsleeve with blue stripped tie, gray sweater with red stripes on right side, gray/balck plaid skirt with belt, pinkish/ red thigh high plaid stockings,
Shoes: brown boots in signature items catagory
We got 3 stars after a while so it will work! Hope it helps:)
Answer from: FirArra
I got 3*** with
Hair: Same
Eye: Blue
Acsessoris: Glasses,piano tie,backpack(3*)
Clothes: long sleeved with blue striped tie,blue sailor and its skirt,white socks
Shoes: stiletto jeans with roundly small gold above and below
Make-up: blue star
Answer from: shawnie
You"ll get three stars with this (I promise). The white top that comes w/ the blue tie, the black n white blazer, the red mini skirt w/ hortizonal lines, black n white knee high socks w/ red ribbon, red flower broch, red flower braclet, teddy bear earrings, book bag(signature item) pink glasses. Hair remains the same. Blue eyes n long eyelashes!oh n black pumps w/ one ankle strap! Good Luck!
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It's possible for an 8 months old baby girl to have a panic attacks just to see the face of her grandpa, if anyone here meet with such situation please advise.
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I haven't been in that situation but that just idn't typical. If it happens only when she see's a certain person I would have to say that there MUST be a reason for it and I would investigate as besy I could to find out what that person may have done. Either way for the child's sake no matter why he or she reacts that way, I wouldn't maker him or her see that individual and especially would not leave baby alone with that person. Hope things are okay.
my five month old son cries every time he hears a mans voice or sees their face, besides my hysband his father
idk about panic attacks, but that is around the age that babies start to make strange with new ppl/ppl they dont see often.
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Idk about panic attacks but my DS whines every time my grandma gets too close to him or tries to hold him. Kind of like he's warning her, "you're getting too close lady and I'm gonna start wailing if you don't back it up". lol. I think the reason he doesn't like her is because, even though she works at a daycare, she doesn't know how to handle babies AT ALL. Everyone else is really nice to LO and smiling at him and playing with him, and she talks to him like she would talk to me, so it's not entertaining or enjoyable to LO and he, in turn, does not like her.
Also could it be because her grandpa doesn't visit often? If so it could be stranger anxiety. It's really hard for granparents to hear that their grandchild thinks they're a stranger, but for a baby, seeing you once every month is usually not enough for them to be comfortable around you.
Maybe next time he comes over you can have him sit far away from her so she doesn't get as overwhelmed. Babies are very curious and maybe once she can observe him and get used to him a bit, she'll be better.
You could also ask him to not visit for a while if you're really concerned about it. Sometimes babies don't like certain people no matter what. Doesn't necessarily mean she won't like him later, but just not right now for whatever reason. HIH
actually her grandpa is living with us at same house, same as her grandma and her nanny, so he is not a stranger for her, i really don't know what happen to her, plus it happen twice and she was trembling and has kind of difficulties to breath for about 20 seconds, and the same happen the second times.


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If one thing is clear about "Prometheus" after its opening weekend, it's that people love talking about "Prometheus." A deluge of passionate opinions have hit Twitter and film blogs like a horse shoe-shaped space ship rolling on its side (RUN SIDEWAYS, CHARLIZE!!!), but for the large of amount of reactions, most of them fall into six general categories.
Obviously, these six don't cover every possible reaction to "Prometheus" (we had our own specific response), but there is certainly a pattern to the reviews coming in.
So here is our breakdown of typical "Prometheus" responses.
The Extremists
Here are your hardcore "Prometheus" fanboys. They waited patiently for this movie to come out, and when it did, they were never the same. The message spoke to them personally and echoes all of their own existential questions. If you question the film's quality, you are calling into question everything that the fanboy has ever felt, loved, and dreamt. If you don't get it, it's probably just because you're stupid, and weren't paying close enough attention.
This is where you'll find many of your extremist "Alien" fans. Ridley Scott's original outer space saga is buried deep within the hearts and minds of this collective and any new movie that tries to replicate, comment on or expand upon "Alien" is an affront to that film. To them, if you love "Prometheus," it's because you're fooling yourself with your emotional responses. This group may also send tweets to Damon Lindelof, blaming him for the whole ordeal, but most of that hate will be reserved for a later group.
The Moderates
"Things like plot specifics and characters details don't matter as much when the ideas are this big."
Now we're getting into more sensible, moderate territory. These fans have thought about it more than gut reactionary groups above. "Prometheus" is not without its flaws, otherwise it wouldn't be divisive, but the damage done by exploring the larger themes is minimal. This group can admit that characters may have not gotten as much screen time, but they were there to serve a much larger, grander purpose. For them, the idea of a big, ambitious sci-fi movie is more than enough entertainment.
"The ideas are big and ambitious but incomplete and get in the way of everything else."
This group shares many things in common with the demo above, but the level of satisfaction with the mysteries of "Prometheus" is where they split. If the questions aren't enough to pacify them, the other problems in the movie are going to stick out more prominently. For them, posing a question should be followed by an answer. Asking it isn't enough, and that's where "Prometheus" really falls short for them. Close, Ridley, but no cigar.
The "Lost" Fans
"Damon Lindelof can do no wrong. This is perfect."
An entire category of "Prometheus" reactions rests solely on how one felt about the "Lost" series finale. Those who loved it without being able to explain why they loved it can say the same about "Prometheus." Their love of and trust for Lindelof knows no bounds, so to reject anything he's attached to would betray the six years they spent watching a bunch of folks try to get off an island.
"Damon Lindelof has a personal vendetta against me and everything I love."
These fans forget that anyone else but Lindelof was involved in the making of "Prometheus." The ending of "Lost" left them feeling abandoned, and they never found out why the numbers caused bad luck. So because of that "Prometheus" had to suck, and when it did suck, they were going to personally tell Lindelof over Twitter. That will show him!
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At first I thought this was funny. Then I realized the awful truth of it. Be sure to read all the way to the end.
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
And the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Finds other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has,
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers,
Then tax him some more.
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me
To my doom."
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
It's time to apply
The inheritance tax.
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Still think this is funny? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the heck happened? Can you spell "politicians"? And I still have to 'Press 1' for English?
-- From a friend
Taxpayer heroine: Nina Olson heads the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent division within the IRS that is supposed to help taxpayers resolve complaints with the agency when those problems can't be dealt with satisfactorily through normal channels. Each year the advocate must report on problem areas within the IRS that are in need of improvement. This year's submission -- unusually blunt for a government agency -- is a taxpayer's delight: "The most serious problem facing taxpayers is the complexity of the Internal Revenue Code. The only meaningful way to reduce these burdens [of compliance] is to simplify the tax code enormously."
Olson didn't go so far as to advocate a flat tax, but anyone who looks at the report can only conclude that we must start over again. As the report states: "Taxpayers who honestly seek to comply with the law often make inadvertent errors, causing them either to overpay their tax or to become subject to IRS enforcement action for mistaken underpayment of tax. [However,] sophisticated taxpayers often find loopholes that enable them to reduce or eliminate their tax liabilities." The advocate goes on, chronicling the grim realities:
* Individuals and businesses spend 7.6 billion hours a year filling out tax forms for the IRS. "And that figure does not even include the millions of additional hours that taxpayers must spend when they are required to respond to an IRS notice or an audit." Those 7.6 billion hours consume the equivalent of 3.8 million full-time workers.
* The cost of complying with the code comes to $193 billion. Other experts think that assessment is too low and have come up with estimates approaching $300 billion.
* The number of words in the code has grown by 2.3 million since 2001. In 2008 there were more than 500 changes to the tax code. Other surveys have found that the code has been amended some 14,000 times since the mid-1980s.
* No one can cope anymore: "Individual taxpayers find the return preparation process so overwhelming that more than 80 percent pay transaction fees to help them file their returns."
There are countless examples of the code's mind-numbing complexity. For instance, there are at least 11 incentives to encourage taxpayers to save for and spend on education with each having different particulars on definitions, eligibility requirements, income-level thresholds, phase-out range and inflation adjustments.
There are at least 16 incentives to encourage saving for retirement, again with different parameters.
The alternative minimum tax is an atrocity in a class all its own. It was enacted four decades ago to ensure that everyone pays income taxes, no matter what loopholes or deductions they might employ. In 1970 only 20,000 filers were affected. By 2010 the number will reach 33 million. Congress, knowing the outcry that would ensue if it whacked the middle class that harshly, regularly enacts a so-called patch, which results in the AMT hitting around 4 million filers. The biggest trip wires for AMT are family size and living in a high-tax state. In other words, if you have a lot of kids or you reside in California, New York or a similarly tax-greedy state, you will fall into AMT quicksand.
Writes Olson: "Few people think of having children or living in a high-tax state as a tax avoidance maneuver, but under the unique logic of the AMT, that is how those actions are treated."
And on it goes.
Our frustrated national taxpayer advocate recommends: "The tax laws should be simple enough so that most taxpayers can prepare their own returns without professional help, simple enough so that IRS telephone assisters can fully and accurately answer taxpayers' questions. ... The tax system should incorporate a periodic review of the tax code -- in short, a sanity check.
President Obama could steal the tax issue once and for all from the GOP if he took up the flat tax. Such a radical reform would rocket our economy out of recession and onto an awe-inspiring growth trajectory. But this is one rendezvous with destiny that our new chief executive will likely miss. Too bad for him and, more important, for us and for the world.
-- Steve Forbes
Profound statements: "I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
-- Winston Churchill
"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
-- George Bernard Shaw
"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."
-- G. Gordon Liddy
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
-- James Bovard, civil libertarian (1994)
"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."
-- Douglas Casey, classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what costs when it's free!"
-- P.J. O'Rourke
"In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other."
-- Voltaire (1764)
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!"
-- Pericles (430 B.C.)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
-- Winston Churchill
"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."
-- Mark Twain
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Wasted energy: As Senator [now President] Obama and his equally unknowing friends push windfall taxes, ExxonMobil has already given the U.S. A massive windfall. As economist Mark Perry has noted, ExxonMobil will pay more taxes this year to the U.S. Treasury that the bottom 50 percent of all taxpayers -- combined. In the first half, ExxonMobil's aftertax income rose 15 percent to $22.6 billion.
A lot of money, to be sure, until you consider that ExxonMobil paid $61.7 billion in taxes -- also a record. People shouldn't fall for such cheap, recycled class-warfare argument. Yet many will. Sadly, it will saddle big energy companies with higher taxes and crimp their exploration and drilling budgets. That means less oil on the market and higher prices.
We know this because it has been tried before. Jimmy Carter's windfall profits tax led to a 6 percent drop in domestic oil output and as much as a 15 percent surge in oil imports, according to the Congressional Research Service. Now, Obama wants to play it again.
-- Investor's Business Daily
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Journalists are invited to participate in a NASA Social from 9:30 a.m. to noon EST Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the James Webb Auditorium of NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington.
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During this event, 150 social media followers and their guests will speak with three of the six crew members currently aboard the International Space Station orbiting about 240 miles above Earth. The participants also will hear from agency scientists and engineers about ground-breaking research taking place daily on the orbiting laboratory.
NASA Socials are in-person meetings for people who engage with the agency through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks.
Participants in this NASA Social will learn about the discoveries enabled by the space station's unique microgravity environment that benefit humanity and increase our understanding of how humans can safely work and live in space for long periods.
Astronauts and officials scheduled to meet with the NASA Social participants are:
- Astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn of NASA and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency will participate from the space station
- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a former space station resident
- Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations Mission Directorate
- Marshall Porterfield, director of NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division
- Tara Ruttley of NASA, an associate space station program scientist
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In the afternoon, NASA has partnered with the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, where NASA Social participants will tour the Moving Beyond Earth and Space Race galleries, see demonstrations, interact with museum staff and and hear museum curators talk about the space station, robots in space and Skylab.
Registration for social media participants for this event has concluded. News media interested in attending either session of the NASA Social should contact Trent Perrotto at 202-358-1100 by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19. News media interested in covering the afternoon session also must contact Isabel Lara at the National Air and Space Museum at 202-633-2374 by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19.
To follow the conversation with the NASA Social participants as they experience the day's events, use hashtag #NASASocial or follow @NASA and @NASASocial on Twitter.
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M2 is a two-channel DJ scratch mixer with all the essentials to hit the stage in Numark style.
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Analyst weighs in on Apple's rev-share arrangement with AT&TDue to the unique terms of iPhone sales and pricing, analysts for Piper Jaffray said Thursday they believe AT&T has agreed to a revenue sharing plan with Apple where the iPhone maker would receive a small portion of each subscriber's monthly service fees.
"While we do not know the exact details of the agreement, we conservatively estimate that AT&T gives Apple $3 per month (over the life of the 24 month contract) for every iPhone customer already with AT&T and $11 per month for every new subscriber," lead analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to clients.
Specifically, the analyst believes the monthly revenue sharing involves $3 per month for service and data fees related to all iPhone users, and AT&T gives Apple an additional $8 per month for iPhone customers who transfer service to AT&T in order to use the iPhone. Such an arrangement, he said, could add 2 cents to his per-share earnings estimates for Apple in 2007, 15 cents in 2008, and as much as 58 cents in 2009.
Clearly, Munster explained, Apple's average revenue share per iPhone user depends significantly on the mix of current versus new subscribers. He cited an in-house June 29 survey of 253 iPhone users, which found that 52 percent were switching from a carrier other than AT&T.
"Our survey, however, consisted mostly of early adopters who would be more willing to cancel non-AT&T contracts than the general customer base," he wrote. "For that reason, we estimate for the mix of iPhone users that are new to AT&T will drop from 52 percent in June to 44 percent in the September '07 quarter and continue to drop over time as AT&T gains an iPhone user base."
Munster is modeling for Apple to sell 3.2 million phones in 2007, 12.4 million in 2008, and 45.0 million in 2009.
"These estimates may seem bold, but we believe Apple can garner 7.0 percent of the handset market share in North America and 2.8 percent share in the rest of the world by 2009," he told clients. "We assume Street pricing on the iPhone will have dropped to $338 by 2009 from $542 in 2007. Additionally, it is critical to keep in mind that the iPhone combines iPod and mobile handset, which should attract more than just a mobile phone customer."
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This tour is definitely worth it!!! The Heineken Experience started off a little boring but then it turned into the best. time. ever. Soooo fun and everyone should do it whether you are a beer drinker or not!
Great way to see a lot of the city! Reliable and informative. It's the way to go
This was a really fun and interesting trip - not to mention the unexpected horses! The former brewery shows you how the Company grew from it's early beginnings. Some of the fun highlights include a 'ride' where the participants stand on an oscillating platform whilst watching a video presentation of how the various ingredients go together to make Heineken beer! This is followed by the first taste of the finished beer! The tour route continues through some of the marketing and advertising campaigns, including a display of the Champions League. There are a few interactive things to try out and opportunities to personalise a bottle! The tour ends in the bar, with a chance to pull your own pint (or half as is the way on the continent). As you leave the tour, you have the opportunity to buy branded merchandise in the museum shop - if you can imagine it, they have stuck a Heineken badge on it! This was a really fun tour, the staff all spoke very good English - in fact the entire tour, video clips and wall mounted display were all in English! - and were really interesting to listen to. We combined this tour with a Hop On - Hop Off ticket for the Canal Bus which made the tickets fantastic value for money - we thoroughly enjoyed the trip and would recommend it to you. The tour route has many stairs and covers a fair distance, so you need to be relatively fit and mobile, we didn't see any visible evidence of a wheelchair route.
Informative tour, lots of interactive fun, great iced Heineken at the end
Pamela S Canada
The hop on hop off canal bus was awesome you got to see Amsterdam from another side. We travelled on the green, red and blue routes. Fantastic. The Heineken experience was lots of fun.
Hop on hop off pass was confusing but the Heineken experience is fantastic! Another must do activity! Worth it! Free beers and free gift!
great beer!
It was pretty convenient to have access to the canal bus all day and the Heineken Experience was amazing!
Sensational! Great tour, well worth the money. You can also get behind a bar and learn to pour your own beer, complete with certificate! 300 metre walk from the canal bus hop on/off drop off point.
I brought my boyfriend here for his birthday and he loved it. Especially pretending to be a DJ
Excellent and useful pass. Enjoyable on Heineken Exeprience!
If you like Heineken (and YOU SHOULD) then this is worth it. The hop on is very easy to find and figure out and a great way to get around if you are not in a hurry. People are pushy getting on and off.
William F USA
This is a fun combo ! The Heineken Experience is a fun tour great place to drink beer at the end. Its not guided so you can skip all the boring parts if you like. It's a little touristy, but overall I would do it again. The Hop-on is also very fun, it's actually a great taxi around the city and probably saved us money going from place to place. Its informative and casual.
Sara H Canada
Loved the coupons that came with this hop-on hop-off tour...saved us some when we went to the Heineken Shop. The canals in Amsterdam are beautiful and I highly suggest everyone do this tour as Amsterdam is gorgeous when viewed from the canals.
Angel L C Puerto Rico
Was my first flight to Europe. Always wanted to go to Amsterdam. Finally got my dream come true. That whole tour was awesome, learned a lot from the experienced tour guides. Viator played a major role on this, thanks guys.
Elsie A.G. V South Africa
Everybody should do this trip. Heineken was interesting and full of fun. Loved the 3 beers token. Excellent!!!
Stefanie W USA
It was great to be able to get on and off whenever you wanted, and see all the sites along the canal. Heineken experience was awesome! A definite must see if you visit Amsterdam.
JULIE H United Kingdom
A great way to see Amsterdam by canal, very relaxing and enjoyable.
React way to see around Amsterdam! Lots of stops and plenty of room on board.
We were alittle confused with this tour because we thought it was a hop on/off bus but it's actually a boat....aka canal bus. It was a nice way to get from one place to the next though and gave some nice history along the way. Heineken experience was great an worth a trip. Could take up to three hours if you are really interested in it!! They also provide a free shuttle boat back to the city center and to their store which gets you a free gift!
Heineken excellent an enjoyable well organised system. We arrived before lunch and so missed queues which as we left at 1:00 pm were stretching along way back. Could be useful advice for prospective visitors. The hop on hop off worked well, but according to the info we received there were 4 possible routes, there are only 2 and we did not find the company who were headed up as the canal boats we were supposed to use another firm sorted our tickets.It wasn't a problem but could have bee frustrating had not the Dutch been so helpful
It was a nice experience! we had a great time!
Enjoyed the Heineken experience
Heineken Expierience more for 20-30 years old.
journey itself was pretty much ordinary...
but Theme Heineken try to deliver was perfectly matches!
Overall, entire family enjoyed our visit!