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Sony has taken the wraps off its new VAIO Z Series at a press event in Europe. Weighing in at 1.2 kg (2.64 lb) and measuring 16.65 mm (0.65 in) thin, the "ultra-mobile" notebook PC sports a 13.1-inch, 1600 x 900 pixel, anti-reflective display and packs a full-voltage Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU along with solid state drive. Designed for users who don't want to choose between desktop power and notebook portability, the VAIO Z Series also comes with a Power Media Dock that connects to the notebook via a "Light Peak" optical cable to add quad monitor support, an optical drive, extra connectivity options and AMD Radeon HD graphics.
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Tea Joint noun. A quantity of preferably high quality dried, flavored tea leaves wrapped in rolling paper. It is a clever, cheap, harmless and legal alternative to the classic Marijuana filled joint, causing a less substantial high. Its primary uses are to increase appetite and sex drive, and to practice blowing smoke rings. Good fun.
Yo man, i just hit that Tea J.
Dude your a loser what kinda faggot smokes Tea?
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Even for you stubborn silent film fans out there, you've got to admit that one thing sound did well was make the Sci-Fi and Horror genres a little more interesting. It's only so entertaining to watch a giant ape come on to the screen followed by text saying, "Look! It's a giant monkey!" It doesn't really have the same effect, y'know? iCanvasArt.com official site
At one time I had in my possession about 5000 different original 40x60 paper movie posters used to promote films in theaters. They all were vintage 1950 thru 1980. I COULD NOT even sell them at a flea market at 5 for a dollar. Had I known then what I know now...
I absolutely love these types of posters and artwork. Sadly I'm not a fan of these specific designs and I do find them a bit on the expensive side to buy without wanting these specific posters. The canvas is what's adding the high price tag I suppose.
The woman in this poster is far bigger than 50 feet. Hollywood...
What, no Mothra?
It would be really groovy to have all of the Frankenstein ones grouped together. I'm a Frankenstein nut. I'd imagine that if I brought home a date, it would scare him off though. Wimps.
woodister wrote:What, no Mothra?
Close - there is Godzilla VS Mothra.
Love Daleks.
What about; "Day of the Triffids" "The Crawling Eye" "Them" ??????????
Hmmm. The Tin Man doing his version of the Heisman Trophy pose. That should be worth something.
olcubmaster wrote:Close - there is Godzilla VS Mothra.
Ah touché
jeparz wrote:What about; "Day of the Triffids" "The Crawling Eye" "Them" ??????????
Especially then. If it wasn't the first of the "radiation creates giant creatures" movies, it was the best. There's an actual story in there, and, even though you know it's about ants from the posters, it's still chilling when they show the trailer ripped open, the the way the little girl reacts to the noise is creepy.
If only they had Reefer Madness. Living in Colorado I wouldn't be able to resist that.
There's nothing "vintage" about these. They're made to order! An auctioneer would be jailed if they offered these as "vintage" because it's deceptive to do so. Plus they're outrageously priced. How unWoot! like.
Horror Hotel, great movie but what does this poster have to do with it? There's not a zombie to be found in the movie.
I might have been tempted by the Creature from the Black Lagoon IF it was in English. I have a deep connection to that particular film. I was named after the actress that graced oh so many great B films, Terry Moore. If only I aged as gracefully as she did.
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Autologous stem cell transplantation, in which patients' stem cells are removed before chemotherapy and returned to them afterward to repopulate the blood-forming and immune systems, is commonly used to treat multiple myeloma. In this study, researchers want to see if adding allogeneic stem cell transplantation (infusion of stem cells from a matched donor) to this therapy, along with the drugs busulfan, melphalan, and fludarabine, can increase the cure rate for this disease.
One potential complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation is graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). GvHD is caused when cells from the donor view the recipient's cells as foreign, resulting in symptoms such as rash, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, among others. Removing the T cells (T-cell depletion) from the donor's stem cell transplant lowers the risk of GvHD. The allogeneic stem cell transplantation used in this study will be T-cell depleted.
Before the transplant, patient will receive busulfan, melphalan, and fludarabine to rid the bone marrow of cancer. Anti-thymocyte globulin is also used to eliminate any of the patient's own T cells that survive the chemotherapy, ensuring that the donor's stem cells are not rejected. Patients will also receive additional white blood cells called lymphocytes from their donors, which help cause a "graft-versus-myeloma" effect and can help the donor stem cells grow.
To be eligible for this study, patients must meet several criteria, including but not limited to the following:
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Go to Woot
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Go to Computers.Woot
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Make it, build it, improve it. But whatever home project you've got in mind, start by saving money on it.
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Re: Ukraine is Strong!
I had my wallet all ready to buy this shirt. Now, because the woot community failed me;), I will not be buying a shirt this week.
Very good indeed. I hope it will be re-submitted.
+1 for resubmission
I like it very much!
To the author of the write-up for the winning t-shirt: "Toys?" Really? I doubt I'm the only wooter (besides Jennings) who immediately recognized the two cities from "Wargames." Not only didn't I see "Toys", I didn't even consider wasting my time seeing it. You're trying to make a match between two very different audiences.
Re: Global Thermonuclear War
I believe this is my first community post ever on here (and I purchased many shirts) but I would like to sincerely say "thank you" to the designer and Woot for printing this shirt. While the design in itself is great, this movie means much more to me personally then anyone will ever know. THANK YOU! =)
Yay! Finally got my shirt today. (Shipping across the atlantic takes forever...) Great shirt & thx to shirt.woot for making it available. My only gripe is, that it would have been even cooler, if the designer had used an original cold war-era map as the basis for this shirt...united germany and all those independent states west of the USSR look really wrong in that context.
I would so buy this shirt if I could. Great design and wonderful theme. I would get 2. One for me and one for a good friend! The Pirate cave with the red bandana.
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This is one of the best shirts I have seen. I so want this!
please sell more of these shirts.
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I would SO buy this!!
kevlar51 wrote:Armies have surrounded. But you have no fear because despite what others may say ... UKRAINE IS STRONG! Thanks for another great collab, walmazan!
Wish I could buy this one! Still love this shirt.
mbrandon12 wrote:please sell more of these shirts.
I agree. Please sell more of these shirts. This is an awesome design. Thanks!
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A small bird that makes a good pet. They are cute, (usually) sweet-tempered, and inexpensive.
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Any of 115 species in 30 genera (sub-family Psittacinae) of small slender seed-eating parrots. Parakeets are small slender parrots that have long pointed tapering tails. Most people think of the budgerigar when they think of a parakeet, but the budgerigar is one of many species of parakeet. They are commonly kept as pets and often sold very cheaply which results in large numbers of them being abused and dying well before their life expectancy is up. Parakeets can live up to 15 years or more, but often don't make it past 4 in captivity.
Parakeets are parrots, and budgerigars are parakeets.
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October 15, 2006
mini-parrots that live 15-18 years if taken good care of.
Parakeets can talk.
Parakeets are cheap.
Parakeets are sweet.
Parakeets can sing.
Meaning: BEST PET!
(Parakeets can sometimes be bossy)
Parakeets can talk.
Parakeets are cheap.
Parakeets are sweet.
Parakeets can sing.
Meaning: BEST PET!
(Parakeets can sometimes be bossy)
Jeff: Tweet!
Bob: You're not a Parakeet!
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December 10, 2003
A really cute little bird often used as a pet. Often confused with the Budgie, Parakeets originate from Australia. In the wild, they usually have yellow and green feathers, to easily blend into the background. They primarily eat seeds, but fruits, vegetables, and other foods should be added for a more diverse diet. They are available in stores for green, blue, white, and some professional breeders have come up with even more colors. Parakeets are quieter than other birds, and are very soft and cute. In most places, they are available for 20 dollars, and will make a great companion for up to 15 years if taken care of properly.
Hawk: Parakeets are also a delicious part of every balanced breakfast.
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March 19, 2008
Medium to small bird, various species generally closely related to the Parrot species. Regulary misused by Americans who call their budgerigars 'parakeets'.
American: "I have a parakeet"
Me: "Cool, what sort of bird is it?"
American: "A parakeet"
Me: "No dumbass, its a budgerigar."
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You guys are all so ignorant it hurts. Of course I know what Linux is and Linux people are but these are business-suits! They think different. For them Linux is "unsafe" and a "cracker-paradise". Now imagine what happens if you have some test-software which is not released for the public use yet and Linux people start to hack it straight away without your consent? It tells them that their view of us being game-crackers is true. The result can be a drop of the entire project since an unsafe client equals to lost money and that's the last thing business-suits want to happen.
But yeah, some people simply lack far-sight.
Clearly you're a moron and that can't be fixed, but I'll attempt anyway.
Hacking the client and fixing COMPATIBILITY BUGS has absolutely nothing to do with trying to crack the DRM on the games. If Valve doesn't know that the Linux community will tinker, then they have no idea what they're getting themselves into. Having said that, it's quite obvious that they know exactly what is going on.
They took down the files. They could have left them down or locked them down with a password. Did they do this? No. They put them back on a PUBLIC webserver with an easily guessable URL. They clearly figured it out some time after they took it down and probably realized that keeping it up for people to tinker with is nothing but good publicity because people will be buzzing about it.
Anyway, I know that you're most likely too dense to understand what I've just said or unwilling to try, but maybe some other people with a bit more common sense can take something away from this post.
There is a myth that all the best IT people are in the Linux camp. From what I've seen this looks like it's true. Steam is the newest and shiniest gadget coming to Linux and people are curious. I'm sure that "suits" at Valve are familiar enough with Linux to know we're not all crackers. In fact, I'm inclined to think that some the upper ups at Valve may be fond of Linux; hence the client exists. There's a big positive that you may have missed by this early curiosity; bug reports and fixes can be provided by the community. It's not even released or even announced yet and I've already seen someone "fix" a couple of bugs on phoronix. I doubt Valve would see a problem with this.
Valve was not build by a bunch of business people, who scares about crackers and hackers. It was founded by engineers, who know about the difference between hacking and cracking. So the CEOs and who else is taking choices at Valve, know what they do. They wouldn't let the client be public available, if they think we are cracking it. I pretty sure, they know, we are hacking it.


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• A little holiday treat for Venture Bros. fans from Stephen DeStefano
• Here's just one piece of artwork that Ben Catmull has for sale — see his blog for more, plus details
• Page 1 of Kevin Huizenga's Fight or Run? #1 looks even better in mauve duotone
• Richard Sala has some nice photos of the Penguin Classics edition of Dickens's Great Expectations with his cover illustrations, plus an old Blab cover illo
• Lilli Carré presents the masthead illustrations she's done for The Believer's comics section, plus another illustration at her Kettle of Fish blog
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• Early strips, illustrations, outtakes and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• Steven Weissman's latest "I, Anonymous" spot on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
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There is no magic formula to make acquisitions successful. Like any other business process, they are not inherently good or bad, just as marketing and R&D aren't. Each deal must have its own strategic logic. In our experience, acquirers in the most successful deals have specific, well-articulated value creation ideas going in. For less successful deals, the strategic rationales—such as pursuing international scale, filling portfolio gaps, or building a third leg of the portfolio—tend to be vague.
Empirical analysis of specific acquisition strategies offers limited insight, largely because of the wide variety of types and sizes of acquisitions and the lack of an objective way to classify them by strategy. What's more, the stated strategy may not even be the real one: companies typically talk up all kinds of strategic benefits from acquisitions that are really entirely about cost cutting. In the absence of empirical research, our suggestions for strategies that create value reflect our acquisitions work with companies.
In our experience, the strategic rationale for an acquisition that creates value typically conforms to at least one of the following five archetypes: improving the performance of the target company, removing excess capacity from an industry, creating market access for products, acquiring skills or technologies more quickly or at lower cost than they could be built in-house, and picking winners early and helping them develop their businesses. If an acquisition does not fit one or more of these archetypes, it's unlikely to create value. Executives, of course, often justify acquisitions by choosing from a much broader menu of strategies, including roll-ups, consolidating to improve competitive behavior, transformational mergers, and buying cheap. While these strategies can create value, we find that they seldom do. Value-minded executives should view them with a gimlet eye.
An acquisition's strategic rationale should be a specific articulation of one of these archetypes, not a vague concept like growth or strategic positioning, which may be important but must be translated into something more tangible. Furthermore, even if your acquisition is based on one of the archetypes below, it won't create value if you overpay.
Improving the performance of the target company is one of the most common value-creating acquisition strategies. Put simply, you buy a company and radically reduce costs to improve margins and cash flows. In some cases, the acquirer may also take steps to accelerate revenue growth.
Pursuing this strategy is what the best private-equity firms do. Among successful private-equity acquisitions in which a target company was bought, improved, and sold, with no additional acquisitions along the way, operating-profit margins increased by an average of about 2.5 percentage points more than those at peer companies during the same period.1 1. Viral V. Acharya, Moritz Hahn, and Conor Kehoe, "Corporate governance and value creation: Evidence from private equity," Social Science Research Network Working Paper, February 19, 2010. This means that many of the transactions increased operating-profit margins even more.
Keep in mind that it is easier to improve the performance of a company with low margins and low returns on invested capital (ROIC) than that of a high-margin, high-ROIC company. Consider a target company with a 6 percent operating-profit margin. Reducing costs by three percentage points, to 91 percent of revenues, from 94 percent, increases the margin to 9 percent and could lead to a 50 percent increase in the company's value. In contrast, if the operating-profit margin of a company is 30 percent, increasing its value by 50 percent requires increasing the margin to 45 percent. Costs would need to decline from 70 percent of revenues to 55 percent, a 21 percent reduction in the cost base. That might not be reasonable to expect.
As industries mature, they typically develop excess capacity. In chemicals, for example, companies are constantly looking for ways to get more production out of their plants, while new competitors continue to enter the industry. For example, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), which began production in the mid-1980s, grew from 6.3 million metric tons of value-added commodities—such as chemicals, polymers, and fertilizers—in 1985 to 56 million tons in 2008. Now one of the world's largest petrochemicals concerns, SABIC expects continued growth, estimating its annual production to reach 135 million tons by 2020.
The combination of higher production from existing capacity and new capacity from recent entrants often generates more supply than demand. It is in no individual competitor's interest to shut a plant, however. Companies often find it easier to shut plants across the larger combined entity resulting from an acquisition than to shut their least productive plants without one and end up with a smaller company.
Reducing excess in an industry can also extend to less tangible forms of capacity. Consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, has significantly reduced the capacity of the sales force as the product portfolios of merged companies change and they rethink how to interact with doctors. Pharmaceutical companies have also significantly reduced their R&D capacity as they found more productive ways to conduct research and pruned their portfolios of development projects.
While there is substantial value to be created from removing excess capacity, as in most M&A activity the bulk of the value often accrues to the seller's shareholders, not the buyer's.
Often, relatively small companies with innovative products have difficulty reaching the entire potential market for their products. Small pharmaceutical companies, for example, typically lack the large sales forces required to cultivate relationships with the many doctors they need to promote their products. Bigger pharmaceutical companies sometimes purchase these smaller companies and use their own large-scale sales forces to accelerate the sales of the smaller companies' products.
IBM, for instance, has pursued this strategy in its software business. From 2002 to 2009, it acquired 70 companies for about $14 billion. By pushing their products through a global sales force, IBM estimates it increased their revenues by almost 50 percent in the first two years after each acquisition and an average of more than 10 percent in the next three years.2 2.IBM investor briefing, May 12, 2010.
In some cases, the target can also help accelerate the acquirer's revenue growth. In Procter & Gamble's acquisition of Gillette, the combined company benefited because P&G had stronger sales in some emerging markets, Gillette in others. Working together, they introduced their products into new markets much more quickly.
Cisco Systems has used acquisitions to close gaps in its technologies, allowing it to assemble a broad line of networking products and to grow very quickly from a company with a single product line into the key player in Internet equipment. From 1993 to 2001, Cisco acquired 71 companies, at an average price of approximately $350 million. Cisco's sales increased from $650 million in 1993 to $22 billion in 2001, with nearly 40 percent of its 2001 revenue coming directly from these acquisitions. By 2009, Cisco had more than $36 billion in revenues and a market cap of approximately $150 billion.
The final winning strategy involves making acquisitions early in the life cycle of a new industry or product line, long before most others recognize that it will grow significantly. Johnson & Johnson pursued this strategy in its early acquisitions of medical-device businesses. When J&J bought device manufacturer Cordis, in 1996, Cordis had $500 million in revenues. By 2007, its revenues had increased to $3.8 billion, reflecting a 20 percent annual growth rate. J&J purchased orthopedic-device manufacturer DePuy in 1998, when DePuy had $900 million in revenues. By 2007, they had grown to $4.6 billion, also at an annual growth rate of 20 percent.
This acquisition strategy requires a disciplined approach by management in three dimensions. First, you must be willing to make investments early, long before your competitors and the market see the industry's or company's potential. Second, you need to make multiple bets and to expect that some will fail. Third, you need the skills and patience to nurture the acquired businesses.
Beyond the five main acquisition strategies we've explored, a handful of others can create value, though in our experience they do so relatively rarely.
Roll-up strategies consolidate highly fragmented markets where the current competitors are too small to achieve scale economies. Beginning in the 1960s, Service Corporation International, for instance, grew from a single funeral home in Houston to more than 1,400 funeral homes and cemeteries in 2008. Similarly, Clear Channel Communications rolled up the US market for radio stations, eventually owning more than 900.
This strategy works when businesses as a group can realize substantial cost savings or achieve higher revenues than individual businesses can. Service Corporation's funeral homes in a given city can share vehicles, purchasing, and back-office operations, for example. They can also coordinate advertising across a city to reduce costs and raise revenues.
Size per se is not what creates a successful roll-up; what matters is the right kind of size. For Service Corporation, multiple locations in individual cities have been more important than many branches spread over many cities, because the cost savings (such as sharing vehicles) can be realized only if the branches are near one another. Roll-up strategies are hard to disguise, so they invite copycats. As others tried to imitate Service Corporation's strategy, prices for some funeral homes were eventually bid up to levels that made additional acquisitions uneconomic.
Many executives in highly competitive industries hope consolidation will lead competitors to focus less on price competition, thereby improving the ROIC of the industry. The evidence shows, however, that unless it consolidates to just three or four companies and can keep out new entrants, pricing behavior doesn't change: smaller businesses or new entrants often have an incentive to gain share through lower prices. So in an industry with, say, ten companies, lots of deals must be done before the basis of competition changes.
A commonly mentioned reason for an acquisition or merger is the desire to transform one or both companies. Transformational mergers are rare, however, because the circumstances have to be just right, and the management team needs to execute the strategy well.
Transformational mergers can best be described by example. One of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, Switzerland's Novartis, was formed in 1996 by the $30 billion merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. But this merger was much more than a simple combination of businesses: under the leadership of the new CEO, Daniel Vasella, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz were transformed into an entirely new company. Using the merger as a catalyst for change, Vasella and his management team not only captured $1.4 billion in cost synergies but also redefined the company's mission, strategy, portfolio, and organization, as well as all key processes, from research to sales. In every area, there was no automatic choice for either the Ciba or the Sandoz way of doing things; instead, the organization made a systematic effort to find the best way.
Novartis shifted its strategic focus to innovation in its life sciences business (pharmaceuticals, nutrition, and products for agriculture) and spun off the $7 billion Ciba Specialty Chemicals business in 1997. Organizational changes included structuring R&D worldwide by therapeutic rather than geographic area, enabling Novartis to build a world-leading oncology franchise.
Across all departments and management layers, Novartis created a strong performance-oriented culture supported by shifting from a seniority- to a performance-based compensation system for managers.
The final way to create value from an acquisition is to buy cheap—in other words, at a price below a company's intrinsic value. In our experience, however, such opportunities are rare and relatively small. Nonetheless, though market values revert to intrinsic values over longer periods, there can be brief moments when the two fall out of alignment. Markets, for example, sometimes overreact to negative news, such as a criminal investigation of an executive or the failure of a single product in a portfolio with many strong ones.
Such moments are less rare in cyclical industries, where assets are often undervalued at the bottom of a cycle. Comparing actual market valuations with intrinsic values based on a "perfect foresight" model, we found that companies in cyclical industries could more than double their shareholder returns (relative to actual returns) if they acquired assets at the bottom of a cycle and sold at the top.3 3. Marco de Heer and Timothy M. Koller, "Valuing cyclical companies," mckinseyquarterly.com, May 2000.
While markets do throw up occasional opportunities for companies to buy targets at levels below their intrinsic value, we haven't seen many cases. To gain control of a target, acquirers must pay its shareholders a premium over the current market value. Although premiums can vary widely, the average ones for corporate control have been fairly stable: almost 30 percent of the preannouncement price of the target's equity. For targets pursued by multiple acquirers, the premium rises dramatically, creating the so-called winner's curse. If several companies evaluate a given target and all identify roughly the same potential synergies, the pursuer that overestimates them most will offer the highest price. Since it is based on an overestimation of the value to be created, the winner pays too much—and is ultimately a loser.4 4. Kevin Rock, "Why new issues are underpriced," Journal of Financial Economics, 1986, Volume 15, Number 1–2, pp. 187–212.
Since market values can sometimes deviate from intrinsic ones, management must also beware the possibility that markets may be overvaluing a potential acquisition. Consider the stock market bubble during the late 1990s. Companies that merged with or acquired technology, media, or telecommunications businesses saw their share prices plummet when the market reverted to earlier levels. The possibility that a company might pay too much when the market is inflated deserves serious consideration, because M&A activity seems to rise following periods of strong market performance. If (and when) prices are artificially high, large improvements are necessary to justify an acquisition, even when the target can be purchased at no premium to market value. Premiums for private deals tend to be smaller, although comprehensive evidence is difficult to collect because publicly available data are scarce. Private acquisitions often stem from the seller's desire to get out rather than the buyer's desire for a purchase.
By focusing on the types of acquisition strategies that have created value for acquirers in the past, managers can make it more likely that their acquisitions will create value for their shareholders.
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I was reading previous posts, and one fought my eyes. It was about which one one should emphasize, acceptance or courage. My dilemma comes from the fact that I don't have the wisdom to distinguish between two Even when I do, I don't have the power to carry it out, for either one. To accept the situation, He must give me that warm feeling everything would be ok.
I am in my mid 40s. I just changed my career to completely different field. I am that middle aged man do not know what he is doing on the job. My ego is under heavy fire. It has been exactly a month tonight. I have been praying for the perseverance hourly. My career hit the wall I could not climb. I had to choose this path. I think.
My keen alcoholic mind and over sensitive emotion have been telling me, 'this is it. If I fail this one, I will never be 'happily and usefully whole'. I know He is in charge. I am right where I am supposed to be. Let go, and walk through my fear. It would be ok, either way.
It is one thing to talk about acceptance theoretically, but completely another when I must live it to survive. The program changed completely for me the last 3 month or so. It is no longer the talk. The design for living at rough going, it truly is. I have snow chance in Hell without my sponsor. I used to laugh and put down the ones who said that. Pain is that ray comes before the sunlight of the spirit. I clearly see the reality when I am in pain. I blow it up, but without pain, I would not know what is eating me. Pain cuts through the fog my ego created.
Maybe I am beginning to accept the condition I was left in after all that drinking and drying. I can only do this because of the program. For that, I am grateful. A drunk like me, His full time project. Thank you all.


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Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets® Sweet Potato & Fish Small Breed Bites® Dry Formula offers grain-free, high quality nutrition to your small breed pet.
Our L.I.D Limited Ingredient Diets offers complete and balanced nutrition for all life stages with a limited number of protein and carbohydrate sources.
Simple Formulas. Simple Ingredients.Natural Balance® L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets® contain a single source animal protein and limited carbohydrate sources. They're complete and balanced for all life stages. Limited Ingredient Diets® provide choices to the pet parent to minimize the number of ingredients their pets are exposed to. This can be helpful for pet parents looking for simple formulas with simple ingredients.
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Feed up to 2 times per pound of body weight over adult levels.
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Still life for a haiku.
Morning. Peeling fruit.
I want clementines for lunch!Remember: No STRINGS!
Thanks for this little slice of life! Glad you joined in. Loooove the photo too!
Wonderful Haiku! I can completely relate; strings on our citrus is a no-no around here too :)
My sister likes her clementines with all the strings. We used to take them off my pieces and put them on her pieces.
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Faster than a speeding puck, stronger than any player, your Flyers are the ultimate heroes of the hockey rink! Philadelphia has its superhuman players and you can show your team spirit with this adorable Superhero monkey. He is made of plush faux fur and has an embroidered Flyers logo on his stomach and a sewn-on cape and mask. The streets of Philly sleep soundly with its Superhero monkey!
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Bungalow Nightstand in solid Quartersawn oak with cherry finish. All drawer units features solid cedar drawer construction on heirloom smooth wood drawer glide. English dovetail drawers construction front and back. Inset panel sides. One drawer night table also available. Amish heirloom craftsmanship. Made in the USA. Fully assembled. No particle board. Manufacturer: Borkholder.
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Borkholder furniture is Amish crafted furniture since 1981. By using time tested building techniques, such as tongue and groove tops and drawer interiors crafted from the same type of wood as the case, the furniture sets itself up to become a valuable heirloom that will be treasured by family for many years. Each piece is signed and dated by the craftsman.


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Festivals & Events in the Okanagan, BC
Summerland, BC and the neighbouring community of Penticton offer a wide array of exciting festivals and events that showcase the essence of the Okanagan valley. Whether we are celebrating wine, our fruit and harvest, our sports teams, or music and the arts, we love a great festival and event.
The Summerland Waterfront Resort & Spa is an Okanagan hotel offering packages year round for events such as: Wine Festival Package, Light up the Vines Package, as well as special rates for Penticton festivals, concerts and sporting events in BC.
Sipping wine, sourcing local treats, cruising in a classic car, chugging along the rails, teeing off, tuning out… Summerland Festivals and Events will meet your expectations for that ideal Okanagan hotel vacation.
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Spring Okanagan Wine Festival
Apr 30 — May 10, 2015
Various Locations - Summerland, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos
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Jul 1 — Jul 31, 2015
South Okanagan Sailing Club (beside SWR)
Mondays to Fridays in the afternoons
Meet the Artist
Jul 1 — Aug 31, 2015
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DownloadsDownload the latest Adrian Belew Dust Particle here. And browse the entire catalog. There could be hidden surprises of other rare tracks or even free tracks. Have fun and come back often. New tracks are uploaded every Monday.
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I'm just a gal with a serious Harry Potter fetish. Well not fetish really...Okay fetish. I've only been writing fan fiction of dubious content for a little while, but am beginning to become addicted. I'm friendly and like people and am always willing to talk HP. I mean, I even got a HP tattoo. I'm that far gone.
I ship Remus/Sirius, Remus/Hermione, Remus/Harry....do you see a pattern here? I'm a Remus WHORE. I love Remus Lupin. He didn't die in my book, dammit.


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Powerful telephoto macro lens for maximum working distance.
The extra-long 200mm focal length of the AF Micro-NIKKOR 200mm f/4D IF-ED provides maximum working distance between you and your subject, ideal for shooting flowers, insects and other tiny wildlife at a distance that won't disturb them. Internal Focusing (IF) allows the lens to focus without changing size, another major plus for close-up shooting. Create stunning 1:1 reproduction ratio images with ease.
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With a 1.6 ft. (0.5 m) working distance, the AF Micro NIKKOR 200mm f/4D IF-ED lets you create remarkable life-size (1:1 reproduction ratio) images of insects, flowers and other wildlife without disturbing them. Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass ensures high contrast and tack-sharp images.
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Legendary in the world of close-up photography, Micro NIKKOR lenses deliver superior life-size images of striking clarity without additional accessories. The AF Micro NIKKOR 200mm f/4D IF-ED is no exception. It combines that rich legacy of NIKKOR optics with advanced Nikon lens technologies to empower your D-SLR to peak performance in close-up applications.
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Does autofocus work with this lens on the FX DSLR bodies? And when can we expect a G version of this lens?
When is the G version coming out ?. I have not been able to obtain any info from nikon on a G version coming out soon.
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For instance;; the OD, I see this in some descriptions and not others.
f/4.0 is the maximum aperture, ED is special glass the lens is made of. IF means internal focus. D means the lens has an aperture ring.Here is an article in the Nikon learning library :http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And-Explore/Article/gg1e57vo/how-to-read-your-nikkor-lens-barrel.html
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Jeff Williams is Apple's senior vice president of Operations reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Jeff leads a team of people around the world responsible for end-to-end supply chain management and dedicated to ensuring that Apple products meet the highest standards of quality.
Jeff joined Apple in 1998 as head of worldwide procurement and in 2004 he was named vice president of Operations. In 2007, Jeff played a significant role in Apple's entry into the mobile phone market with the launch of the iPhone, and he has led worldwide operations for iPod and iPhone since that time.
Prior to Apple, Jeff worked for the IBM Corporation from 1985 to 1998 in a number of operations and engineering roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Duke University.


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Picture does not represent product, had to return. Actual color is a teak cherry.
my husbands wrists are large so the watches tend to hit the case when going around
This is a very nice watch winder that doesn't take up a lot of room. I chose this model because I am a light sleeper and it is extremely quiet. Excellent product.
The adapter was not of good quality and burnt out in 2 minutes and so I replaced it all of the rest of the watch winder was terrific. Perhaps the seller did not realize we work on 240 v power . Thanks anyway
My husband and I were tired of our self winding watches stopping, so we did our research and decided to invested in this winder. When we received the first winder, we tested it but it did not work. We contacted Overstock, within days received a new winder before the we returned broken one. We tested it. The winder is on a regular moving schedule, we haven't had any problems with it. It's a very nice looking box. We are pleased with the purchase and with Overstock's quick and attentive response.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year. I feel especially blessed to have a group of girlfriends who have really been through thick and thin with me. We all met when our babies were quite young and have remained a close knit group of girls. Tonight they are coming over for Christmas Cookies, Crackers, & Cocktails. We try to keep it all simple by sticking to a few savory treats mixed with some sweet desserts. Throw in some wine and cocktails and it's an easy way to get together. After all, us mommies just like to take a break from the norm and relax with good friends. Thanks to my sweet friend, Rene, from Cottage and Vine I was gifted a darling Secret Santa Surprise. She was sneaky and knew that I was going with bold colors so the bright red Christmas finials are a perfect addition to my home this season.
The cute finials are from Kirkland's and I am so grateful to Rene. Thanks for helping me bring in the holiday cheer for my party, Rene.
The photos were obviously snapped during the day, but the room takes on a cozier feel at night.
A few sources: The acrylic tray is from Pretty Smitten. I swapped out the monogram paper for polka dot wrapping paper. The chevron drink tags are from Target. Polka dot plates are made by Rosanna and the striped straws were picked up from HomeGoods. Oh, and the "oh joy" banner is from Minted.
And I am big on having people feel relaxed and at home when the come over so it's serve yourself style! Don't be shy!
Thank you again to Rene over at Cottage and Vine for my fun Secret Santa gift from Kirkland's! I love it! The sweet treats sign was a party package I downloaded last year. You can see details on that candy bar party here.
And thank you to everyone who linked up yesterday with Christmas décor. It's not too late to join the party.
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Maranda Ultimate Wondershade
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Spend all the time you'd like outdoors without making yourself susceptible to the harmful effects of the sun. The Maranda® Ultimate Wondershade is the perfect summertime accessory for the beach, park, or backyard. This umbrella is easy to set up and take down and offers six feet of UV protection. Keep frosty beverages in the two convenient cup holders. When the sun sets, pack up the Wondershade in its carrying bag.
- Umbrella
- Great for the beach or backyard
- Offers shade and protection from the sun's harmful rays
- 6' wide umbrella with tripod stand
- Tilt feature for enhanced sun blocking
- Telescoping base adjusts from 3' to 8' tall
- Gust proof to allow wind flow through umbrella
- Fiberglass ribs for increased strength
- 2 cup holders for drinks
- Locks securely in place
- Includes carrying bag
- Style: MEUWS1A
- Maranda
Country of Origin: Imported
Web ID: 3986122
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Maranda Ultimate Wondershade
Better than expected
Product seems to be very sturdy and made with quality materials. Very pleased!
January 2, 2015
Great in rain or shine.
Great for sitting on the sidelines watching soccer games.
September 28, 2014
Wonderful Wondershade
This is a truly excellent product. It is our third purchase of one of these items. They draw stares and questions wherever we use them.
September 14, 2014
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September 14, 2014
Awesome Portability and Easy Set Up
I absolutely love the Wondershade. It is easy to set-up. I carry it in the truck of the car. It can be adjusted in height and it tilts and turns. Everyone at the soccer games, was asking where they could purchase this item.
September 11, 2014
works great...easy assembly
I do HVAC service work in Florida and the sun can be brutal. I have bought many different canopies/umbrellas trying to get out of the sun or rain. This Shade is lightweight, easy to assemble, very portable, and well worth the price of admission. I showed the first one I purchased to a friend and had to order two more for him and a co-worker.
September 9, 2014
As expected
This is a wonderful product if you need shade in a place that you can't put the umbrella directly in the ground. It also is one of the few products available where it's height allows you to stand underneath. It is easy to use and the size is good for up to two people. My only complaint is I wish it were made a little sturdier. Not sure if it will hold up to heavy/regular use long term. Also, a friend ordered one online and it came with a rusty center pole. But I'm happy with it overall and I'd reorder this product again in future.
September 5, 2014
Easy to assemble , take apart, and store. Should be good for tail gating, outdoor concerts, and anything else outdoors
August 27, 2014
Idea is good, poor quality umbrella shade material
This product arrived in an undamaged box, but the shade had several holes in it. The material is very light weight and thin. It looked to me that the damage was caused by the umbrella rubbing against the metal leg. I contacted Miranda Enterprises and they were easy to deal with and promptly sent a new shade. The new shade also has two small holes. The holes in the second shade are not as bad as the first and are only about a millimeter each. They are not real noticable unless the light is on the shade, but they are present. I like the overall idea of this umbrella and purchased it as a gift for some parents who have small children just starting sports. I thought it would be useful at the soccer field as well as the pool and backyard get togethers. I will not be giving this as a gift due to the poor quality, but I am going to keep the umbrella because I think I will still be able to find uses for it. If the umbrella shade was better quality material, I would very easily rate the product five stars.
August 18, 2014
Better than other brands!!
Very happy with this product. Would buy it again and recommend it.
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