Jun
30th

The Seven Pillars of Health (Hardcover)

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The Seven Pillars of Health

What you can do for yourself concerning your health, god will not do. It?s up to you to do it now. Most diseases are caused by unhealthy lifestyles, poor diet, lack of exercise, stress, and inadequate sleep. This book, based on best-selling author Dr. Don Colbert?s life message, reveals seven fundamental principles that will enable people to walk in and enjoy the health God intended. Dr. Colbert explains the body?s vital need for: ? Water ? Sleep and rest ? Living food ? Exercise ? Detoxification ? Supplements ? Coping with stress Colbert, who conducts comprehensive seminars in churches based on the subject of this book, presents a noncondemning, lifegiving approach to optimal health. His well-respected life plan outlined in The Seven Pillars of Health will help people make healthy choices one day at a time!

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Dr. Don Colbert is a board-certified medical doctor, highly trained in alternative medicine, and Christian author with thir (more…)

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Jun
30th

The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Paperback)

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The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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This practical companion to The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World acts as a stand-alone guide to the nuts and bolts of planning a wedding. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner is where the bride and groom can record wedding ideas, create budget guidelines, check items off their to-do list, generate the guest list, store contact information for their wedding vendors, and get tips and advice on the best way to plan their big day. Chapter by chapter, the planner walks the bridal couple through each major step: for example, choosing the reception site, picking a photographer, and deciding on a menu. Author Carley Roney and the editors of The Knot Web site have talked with both wedding professionals and hundreds of thousands of brides and grooms, and have a good idea of the necessary ingredients for a successful wedding. Most helpful and thorough are each chapter’s “Questions to Ask” checklists and the “Knot Knowledge” tips, which in (more…)

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Jun
30th

The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition: Start and Run Your Own Fashion Business (Paperback)

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The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition: Start and Run Your Own Fashion Business

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“For anyone interested in being a fashion designer or working in the fashion industry, The Fashion Designer Survival Guide is the quintessential must-read.” —Tim Gunn, Bravo’s Project Runway “For anyone seeking to compete and succeed in our crowded and highly competitive industry, Mary’s comprehensive advice is required reading.” —Peter D. Arnold, President, Cynthia Rowley “It takes more then just a creative idea to succeed as a fashion designer. The Fashion Designer Survival Guide will help bring ideas to the marketplace.  It is a comprehensive overview of the business side of fashion that offers detailed practices and specific tools that are required to become a working designer.”—Steven Kolb, Executive Director, Council of Fashion Designers of America

Mary Gehlhar, author, industry authority, and consultant to hundreds of designers, including Zac Posen, Twinkle by Wenlan, Rebecca Taylor, and Cloak, gives readers behind-the-scenes i (more…)

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Jun
30th

Lie With Me (2005)

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Lie With Me

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Shot in sunny Toronto and set to a dreamy score, Lie With Me looks and sounds like an art film, but the end result isn’t quite so lofty. The plot is thin and the dialogue superfluous, but no matter–Canada’s Clément Virgo (Love Come Down) just wants to turn you on and he has enlisted two attractive, uninhibited young performers to assist in his aims. Leila (Lauren Lee Smith, The L Word) and David (Eric Balfour, Six Feet Under) meet at a party. He’s with his girlfriend, but finds himself drawn to her. The feeling is mutual. She’s alone, but quickly finds an unattached hipster with whom to have a tryst. David catches her in the act. Instead of turning away, he watches. They start seeing each other immediately afterwards. “I’m not hooked on danger, [I'm] hooked on sex,” Leila claims, but she isn’t exactly the most trustworthy narrator. She wants a purely physical relationship, while David wants something more. They return to their old lives, but the obsession refu (more…)

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Jun
30th

Board of Directors of Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. Approves Amendment to Rights Plan to Preserve Value of Tax Benefits for All Stockholders

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Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRG) (the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors has approved an amendment to its existing rights plan (which is sometimes referred to as a “poison pill”). The amendment, which will be effective until the earlier of (i) the date immediately following the date of the Company’s upcoming annual meeting of stockholders and (ii) August 31, 2009, reduces the beneficial ownership threshold under the rights plan from 15% of the Company’s common stock to 5% of the Company’s stock (including for these purposes options, warrants, other rights to acquire stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into stock) and otherwise expands the definition of “Acquiring Person” to include persons or groups that would be considered “5-percent shareholders” under section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The rights plan amendment exempts stockholders whose current beneficial ownership of the Company’s stock exceeds 5% percent so long as they do not acquire additional stock following the opening of business on June 29, 2009.

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Jun
28th

MITOS YANG MENGGANGGU MALAM PERTAMA

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Benarkah malam pertama selalu menjadi malam paling “menegangkan” bagi pengantin baru? Agar tak lagi memiliki pandangan keliru dan malam pertama menjadi malam yang berkesan, ada beberapa hal yang perlu diketahui sehubungan dengan mitos-mitos malam pertama.

Pada umumnya pengantin baru menganggap malam pertama (MP) adalah saat yang mendebarkan. Bagi sebagian orang, penyebab debaran jantung ini karena MP dianggap sebagai saat-saat yang menakutkan. Namun sebaliknya, sebagian yang lain justru berdebar karena merasa akan memiliki pengalaman indah seperti yang pernah ia lihat atau baca di novel, buku atau film.

Padahal tak jarang anggapan tentang malam pertama yang dimiliki calon pengantin tergolong keliru, sehingga beredar mitos-mitos di kalangan masyarakat . Munculnya mitos ini disebabkan karena minimnya pengetahuan calon pengantin terutama tentang seks.

SELALU MENYAKITKAN
Pikiran ini biasanya menghantui kaum perempuan. Biasanya ini terjadi karena ia sudah lebih khawatir vaginanya tidak mampu menampung penis yang besar akibat ereksi.
Fakta : Ini anggapan yang salah, sebab hubungan seks yang pertama kali dilakukan tak selalu menimbulkan rasa sakit, bila yang bersangkutan sudah mempelajari seksualitas pasangan sebelum berhubungan seka. Rasa sakit yang dialami, biasanya terjadi karenarespon seksualbelum terjadi secara sempurna padanya. Vagina masih terlalu kencang sehingga belum siap menerima penetrasi.
Ketika ada rangsangan, respon seksual akan muncul berupa ereksi pada pria dan pada perempuan terjadi perlendiran serta pelunakan vagina. Bila vagina belum melunak tapi sudah penetrasi akan timbul rasa sakit pada perempuan. Inilah yang menimbulkan rasa trauma. Selain itu, pemaksaan seperti ini bisa membuat mulut rahim pecah.

PENENTU KEBERHASILAN
Malam Pertama (MP) sering dianggap sebagai penentu keberhasilan dalam berhubungan seks selanjutnya. Ketika timbul kekecewaan, misalnya karena adanya pengalaman buruk saat MP, biasanya memang mempengaruhi perasaan saat hubungan seks berikutnya. Pengalaman ini akan kembali terbayang saat berhubungan seks berikutnya, sama halnya bila ternyata hubungan seks pertama itu berjalan menyenangkan.
Fakta : MP bukanlah pennetu keberhasilan dalam hubungan seks selanjutnya.

EJAKULASI DINI (ED) SELALU TERJADI SAAT MP
Fakta : ED tidak selalu terjadi saat MP. Ejakulasi Dini terjadi akibat gairah yang terlalu tinggi dan foreplay yang kurang. Padahal sebetulnya, gairah ini bisa dikendalikan bila pengetahuan yang dimiliki suami tidak memadai. ED bisa saja terjadi tapi hal ini wajar saja dan bukan pertanda buruk.

SEHEBAT ADEGAN FILM BIRU
Blue Film memang banyak yang memberikan kesan berhubungan seks yang indah, heboh, bisa penetrasi dengan foreplay singkat atau bahkan tanpa foreplay dan bisa penetrasi dalam waktu lama.
Fakta : Pada kenyataannya tidak selalu sehebat seperti adegan film biru.
Belajar seks dari film biru bahkan tidak dianjurkan karena adegan yang tampak disana tidak runut. Itu bukan pembelajaran seks yang baik sebab masing-masing pihak butuh ketenangan, belaian yang tidak terburu-buru dan penyelesaian psikologi yang baik. Apalagi perempuan yang penuh dengan perasaan. Ada kalanya sebelum berhubungan sebagian perempuan ingin ngobrol dulu atau dibelai untuk merangsang dirinya. Perlu diketahui, respon seksual yang baik pada wanita harus lengkap dan butuh waktu lama, yaitu sekitar 30 menit.

SEKS DI FILM BIRU ADALAH IDEAL
Fakta : Anggapan ini bisa menyesatkan sebab adegan yang tampak di film biru kebanyakan hanya rekaan saja. Apalagi bila suami mengganggap ukuran penis yang ideal adalah yang besar seperti yang tampak di blue film. Kebanyakan fim-film itu diperankan oleh orang-orang barat yang notebene bertubuh tinggi besar sehingga ukuran penisnya pun lebih besar dibandingkan orang timur yang memiliki ukuran tubuh lebih kecil. Sebaiknya pasangan pengantin baru sudak memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup mengenai seks sehingga mereka bisa lebih bijak dalam menyikapi adegan yang disuguhkan dan kemudian bisa memilih hal-hal yang baik.

PENIS BESAR, ISTRI PUAS
Tidak sedikit suami yang merasa khawatir tidak bisa memuaskan istrinya karena memiliki penis yang kecil. Ia pun lalu menganggap, istrinya baru akan puas jika penis pasangannya berukuran besar.
Fakta : Bukan ukuran besar kecilnya penis yang bisa memuaskan pasangan melainkan kekerasaan penis itu sendiri. Bila penis besar tetapi tidak bisa melakukan hubungan seks yang baik bukan tak mungkin justru Ejakulasi Dini yang terjadi.

SELALU NIKMAT
Sebelum menikah, banyak orang menganggap seks sebagai sesuatu yang nikmat, sehingga membayangkan MP pasti akan dilewati dengan indah dan nikmat bersama pasangan.
Fakta : Apesnya, tak sedikit pula yang kecewa. Sebab ternyata keindahan yang dibayangkan tidak terjadi di malam pertamanya. Penyebabnya karena pasangan pengantin baru tidak memahami seksualitas secara benar. Padahal jika mengetahuinya, seks pasti akan terasa nikmat. Namun sayangnya masyarakat kita tergolong malas belajar secara otodidak termasuk untuk hal yang satu ini. Oleh karenanya tidak menikmati itulah banyak pasangan yang frekuensi berhubungan intimnya makin lama makin berkurang. Apalagi bila suaminya egois karena hanya memikirkan kenikmatannya sendiri tidak peduli perasaan perempuan. Sedangkan istri karena merasa sakit tiap kali penetrasi sering mencari alasan agar tidak perlu melayani suaminya.

DARAH PERAWAN
Artinya, istri dianggap masih perawan bila saat berhubungan seks pertama kali mengeluarkan darah dari vagina. Namun bila tidak mengeluarkan darah, dianggap sudah tidak perawan lagi atau pernah melakukan hubungan seks sebelumnya.
Fakta : mitos ini sangat menyesatkan. Anggapan ini membuat banyak istri khawatir bila tidak mengeluarkan darah saat MP dan bisa menimbulkan kecurigaan pada suaminya. Padahal ketika dia mendapatkan respon seksual yang sempurna praktis semua organ reproduksinya menjadi lentur. Bila hal ini terjadi bukan tidak mungkin selaput dar (hymen) istri tetap utuh bahkan sampai menjelang melahirkan.

TAK PUAS = GAGAL
Fakta : Idealnya, saat berhubungan seks kedua belah pihak bisa menikmati dirinya dan pasangannya. Namun pada kenyataannya saat melewati MP pengantin baru justru lebih banyak yang gagal melakukannya. Mereka tidak selalu langsung sukses melakukan hubungan seks akibat pengetahuan seksualitas yang minim. Umumnya mereka menikmasti hubungan seks yang baik justru setelah berhari-hari mencoba yaitu 10-14 hari menikah. Sebetulnya hal ini tidak boleh terjadi, tetapi karena orang kita jarang mau belajar soal seksualitas sehingga situasi seperti ini akhirnya dianggap wajar saja terjadi.

MENYOBEK SELAPUT DARA PERTANDA KEBERHASILAN
Fakta : Ini anggapan yang salah dan tidak saling berhubungan. Belum tentu selaput darah bisa sobek saat MP justru menyobek selaput darah merupakan tanda terjadinya kegagalan respon seksual pada istri artnya sebetulnya istri belum terangsang sempurna saat penetrasi terjadi.

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Jun
27th

Stop Dreaming Start Action secara religi atau keagamaan

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Kalau kita bicara tentang religi atau keagamaan yang berhubungan dengan motto Stop Dreaming Start Action, bagi muslim dalam alquran dan hadist banyak membahas tentang kerja keras dengan gigih dan percaya diri.

Stop Dreaming Start Action, Segala kemampuan yang kita miliki merupakan karunia Allah yang harus kita syukuri. Oleh karena itu, kemampuan yang kita miliki harus kita manfaatkan sebaik mungkin. Kemampuan yang kita miliki akan menjadi tidak berarti apabila kita tidak percaya diri terhadap kemampuan yang kita miliki. Seseorang yang percaya diri tentu akan yakin terhadap kemampuan dirinya, sehingga dia berani untuk menggunakan dan memanfaatkan kemampuannya dan mendapatkan hasil atas kemampuan yang ia usahakannya.

Stop Dreaming Start Action, Kerja keras dengan gigih sebagai salah satu dari akhlakul karimah sangat diperlukan dalam suatu usaha. Jika ingin mencapai suatu hasil yang maksimal, suatu usaha harus dilakukan dengan gigih, dan penuh kesungguhan hati. Setiap muslim wajib memilki sifat dan sikap gigih. Gigih dalam beribadah, gigih alam belajar untuk mencapai cita-cita dan gigih dalam mencari rezeki untuk mencukupi kebutuhan hidup. Allah SWT berfirman dalam QS Alam Nasrah : 7 yang Artinya: “ Maka apabila kamu telah selesai (dari suatu urusan) maka kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain.” (QS Alam Nasrah : 7)

Ayat Al-Quran yang menyatakan tentang anjuran bersifat gigih juga dijelaskan dalam QS. Al-Jumu’ah : 10. Dan diperintahkan pula dalam sabda Rasulullah SAW:

“Mukmin yang kuat lebih bagus dan lebih dicintai oleh Allah daripada mukmin yang lemah, namun pada masing-masing ada kebaikannya. Bersemangatlah kamu mencapai sesuatu yang bermanfaat bagi kamu, mohonlah pertolongan kepada Allah dan janganlah kamu merasa tak berdaya …” (HR Muslim)

“Bekerjalah untuk kepentingan duniamu seolah-olah kamu akan hidup selamanya, dan bekerjalah untuk kepentingan akheratmu seolah-olah kamu akan mati besok.” (HR. Ibnu Sakir)

“Barang siapa yang keadaannya hari ini lebih baik dari hari kemarin, dia adalah orang yang beruntung. Barang siapa yang keadaan hari ini seperti kemarin dia adalah orang yang rugi, dan barang siapa yang yang keadaan hari ini lebih buruk dari hari kemarin dia terkutuk.” (HR. Hakim)

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Jun
27th

Hirsch International Receives Extension of Time for Acquisition Proposal

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Hirsch International Corp. (“Hirsch” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HRSH)  previously announced on June 12, 2009 that the special committee of its board of directors received a letter from Paul Gallagher, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, proposing to acquire, through acquisition entities to be formed by him, all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock, for $0.28 per share in cash, other than shares held by Mr. Gallagher and any investor that may invest in his acquisition entities. Mr. Gallagher’s letter provided that his offer was subject to conditions contained in the letter, and that his offer would expire on June 25, 2009.

On June 24, 2009, the Special Committee requested that Mr. Gallagher extend the expiration date of his offer and Mr. Gallagher agreed to such request. The new expiration date for Mr. Gallagher’s offer is June 30, 2009.

About Hirsch International Corp.

Hirsch is a leading provider of equipment and education and support services to the graphic and decorated apparel industry. The Company exclusively represents the decorated apparel industry’s leading brands including Tajima embroidery equipment, MHM screen printing equipment, SEIT textile bridge lasers, Pulse Microsystems digitizing and design software and now Kornit and Mimaki digital garment printers. Hirsch’s customer groups include: a wide range of contract manufacturers that outsource their embellishment requirements; manufacturers who use embroidery, screenprinting, laser etching or digital printing to embellish their apparel and fashion accessories; promotional products, uniform, and sportswear companies; retail stores; and graphic and decorated apparel entrepreneurs servicing the athletic apparel, corporate logo-wear, and advertising specialties markets.

The Company is led by a strong and experienced management team focused on continuing to grow its core business through sound acquisitions of products and processes, as well as through related business ventures in which the Company can build and maximize stockholder value. The Company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, N.Y.

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Jun
25th

Liz Claiborne, Inc. Completes Offering of Convertible Senior Notes

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Liz Claiborne, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:
LIZ) today announced it has completed its previously announced offering of
$90 million principal amount of its 6% convertible senior notes
due 2014 (the “notes”), which includes the exercise in full of the initial
purchasers’ option to purchase additional notes on the same terms and
conditions. The Company received total net proceeds from the offering of
approximately $86.6 million, after deducting fees and offering
expenses payable by the Company.

The notes are unsecured, senior obligations of the Company, will pay interest
semi-annually at a rate of 6% per annum and will mature on June 15,
2014
. The conversion rate will initially be 279.6421 shares of the
Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes
(equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately
$3.576 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances. The initial conversion price represents a conversion
premium of 20% over the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock
on June 18, 2009 of $2.98 per share. Holders of
the notes may convert their notes at their option under certain circumstances.
Upon conversion, the Company will deliver cash, shares of the Company’s common
stock, or a combination of cash and shares, at the option of the Company.
Holders of the notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or some
of their notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined). The
conversion rate will be subject to a “conversion rate cap” in accordance with
the rules of the NYSE.

The Company used the net proceeds from the offering (including proceeds from
the initial purchasers’ exercise of the over-allotment option) to temporarily
pay down a portion of the outstanding borrowings under its amended credit
facility.

The notes were offered in the United States to qualified
institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). The notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United
States
without registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy the notes or any other securities, nor will there be any sale
of notes or any other securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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Jun
25th

The TJX Companies, Inc. Announces Settlement with Attorneys General

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The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) yesterday announced that it has settled with a multi-state group of 41 Attorneys General, resolving the States’ investigations relating to the criminal intrusion(s) into TJX’s computer system announced by TJX over two years ago. The cost for this settlement is already reflected in the reserve that TJX established in 2007.

Jeffrey Naylor, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of The TJX Companies, Inc., stated, “This settlement furthers our goal of enhancing consumer protection, which has been central to TJX. Under this settlement, TJX and the Attorneys General have agreed to take leadership roles in exploring new technologies and approaches to solving the systemic problems in the U.S. payment card industry that continue to plague businesses and institutions and that make consumers in the United States worldwide targets for increasing cyber crime.”

Mr. Naylor continued, “The sheer number of attacks by cyber criminals demonstrates the challenges facing the U.S. payment card system in protecting sensitive consumer data. This settlement furthers TJX’s efforts to unite retailers, law enforcement, banks, and payment card companies to consider installing in the U.S. the proven card security measures that are already in use throughout much of the world.”

TJX firmly believes that it did not violate any consumer protection or data security laws. The decision to enter into this settlement reflects TJX’s desire to concentrate on its core business without distraction and to promote cyber security measures that will benefit all consumers.

Under the settlement, TJX has agreed to:

  • Provide $2.5 million to establish a new Data Security Fund for use by the States to advance effective data security and technology;
  • Provide a settlement amount of $5.5 million together with $1.75 million to cover expenses related to the States’ investigations;
  • Certify that TJXs computer system meets detailed data security requirements specified by the States; and
  • Encourage the development of new technologies to address systemic vulnerabilities in the United States payment card system.

Despite TJX’s computer security being as good as or better than most other major U.S. retailers, international criminals attacked TJX’s computer network in 2005/2006. Following discovery of the breach in late 2006, TJX worked diligently with some of the world’s leading computer security firms and spent millions of dollars to further enhance its computer security. TJX also worked closely with federal law enforcement officials as they conducted an extensive international investigation of this complex crime. As previously reported, the Company’s efforts played a key role in bringing to justice the international ring of perpetrators who attacked TJX’s and many other companies’ systems. Eleven indictments were announced by the United States Attorney on August 5, 2008. To date, two of these indicted cyber criminals have pled guilty, and two other individuals have pled guilty to related charges on October 29, 2008 and April 28, 2009, respectively.

About The TJX Companies, Inc.

The TJX Companies, Inc. is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. The Company operates 882 T.J. Maxx, 811 Marshalls, 322 HomeGoods, and 141 A.J. Wright stores in the United States. In Canada, the Company operates 203 Winners, 75 HomeSense and 3 STYLESENSE stores, and in Europe, 242 T.K. Maxx and 8 HomeSense stores. TJX’s press releases and financial information are also available on the Internet at www.tjx.com. The Company routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the Investor Information section at www.tjx.com. The Company encourages investors to consult that section of its website regularly.

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