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this breakdown of Wii bundles was most helpful. I'm still unable to find a Wii in stock – hopefully I can find one soon.
so do i get the wii sensor with the pack, and do i get the nunchuk, please right back
(METROXING: Yes, in the US, you get the (1) nunchuk along with (1) Wii controller (aka wiimote) and you get (1) wired sensor bar. You can buy a wireless version.)
Across the pond i noticed the same. you can only pre-order one at a time as they're still selling for twenty – fifty pound more than walmart/tescos do on ebay. I orderd a wii bundle that arrived after a few days. When i first tried to get one the wait was indefinate
did you hear they risen the prices of the wii from $250 to $699…..what a rip off. It started last thursday
hopefully they lower the prices by after Christmas
then ill have a new years gift….:)
(METROXING: Yeah, unfortunately, sales are still great – I updated the post to reflect your new buying options).
oh yeah and can anyone tell me if the wii comes with the nunchucks? and thank you
(METROXING: Yes, you get 1 WII CONTROLLER & 1 NUNCHUCK. Though honestly, it's not much fun with 1 of each so you pretty much have to spend $39 for a controller and $19 for a nunchuck – and no, they do not go on sale though if Wii accessories are not excluded, some places have gift cards if you buy X amount … now not every game needs the nunchuck controller but it's pretty hard to play with the ones that do …)
I just purchased the Wii bundle from TJ-Maxx, it has the Wii game console, game bag, sport kit, stylin cooling stand, litegun gaming blaster, play 'n charge, component cable, racing wheel, jeli grip, console wrap, nunchuck, controller and sensor bar, and sandisk 1GB gaming card. This also has the sports disc. The price was 399.99, do you think this was an OK deal. Of course, making the kids happy is almost pricless!
(METROXING: That's interesting, our TJ Maxx only seems to have toys that look slightly more worn than what you'd find at the Salvation Army … I presume you only got 1 controller & 1 nunchuck? If so, still a pretty decent deal … the charger & wheel would cost you $$35-$40 and the 1 GB card would be around $20 so you're not paying too much extra for the rest of the stuff – the lightgun is nice if you'll be playing FPSers … a good solid deal and hey, having one in hand is nice – the kids and your family will love it).
this site helped me..
gave me so much hope that i will figure out the madness with finding a Wii for my husband this year. Thank you!
good luck to all of you, as we continue our searches for the Wii
(METROXING: Good luck!)
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Thanks so much for the info!!! Very helpful! Your price and product breakdown was just what I needed as I don't feel like I got riped off paying $494.94 at Sam's Club. I now realize I was just lucky to get one at all…
(METROXING: Nice work getting one!)
Thanks. Yours is the only post that explains Wii so well. I want to buy some thing for the family. what do you think about Nintendo Wii Music & Party Bundle. It is not available now however I don't mind waiting and want to clearly understand if this is a good deal.
(METROXING: The GameStop deal is not a bad deal. The math would go something like this:
What you would buy anyway:
Console: $249
Nunchuck $20
What you might buy if the kids play everyday (rechargable batteries cheaper & better)
Charger: $25
Games You'd Probably Buy Anyway.
Wii Play (comes with 1 extra controller): $50
Mario Party 8: $50
So, you'd probably spend $394.00 Anyway.
Now, if your kids love karoke AND High School Musical, it's normally $60 as it comes with a microphone so now you're at $454.00
The other two games, Simpsons & Mario/Sega Olympics are not bad but not great games – they're probably better for slightly older kids but if your family love games, you'll probably spend as much renting them so why not own them – $50 each or now, you're at $554.00
The final DIFFERENCE is $50 – the Wii SD card you can find for less than $10 bucks but my guess is they are charging you around $25 and then in theory, the charger which you would normally find for around $25 – they are charging you $50 for it – that's where they are making the money … it's not a terrible deal but more limiting … however, you are getting something of value versus paying $450 on eBay for just the console … plus, you can try returning the items you don't want – they should be willing to give you store credit or with a little effort, you should get 80% of the value for the games as long as you leave them sealed by selling them on eBay. So depending on the effort you might want to/need to expend and the age of your kids, it's not a bad deal and it can be a better deal if you don't mind trying to return some items or selling them on eBay. (you won't get much as much for the charger or the memory card – maybe 30-40% of the price GameStop is charging you) … I would bet it's 50-50 you get it before the 25th but they want to have the leeway so you don't march on them – so if you don't mind it might be a week late and you want a Wii … it might be worth a shot … and yea, the tough part is when do you commit? Do you try and wait one more week and keep checking the stores and hoping they are hoarding some for this weekend to release? Or shoudl you take the sure thing and buy it – tough call …)
Great Info Breakdown on the Wii!! My boyfriend got a wii bundle for me at Sam's Club on Black Friday and I was wondering if it was a good deal or not for the ~$500 it cost. The bundle came with Brunswick Bowling, Mario Party 8 and Mario Universe(?) or something like that. As my son is a Mario fanatic, I was impressed to see two Mario games included (also 3 remotes and 3 numchucks).
Now I know I was extremely lucky to have gotten one at all let alone such a good deal. Now my boyfriend's kids want one so we're still on the look out.
Thanks again for the info. It really helps.
(METROXING: Have fun! Mario Party 8 is great – the Mario at the Olympics is more fun for older kids but still pretty good).
I just got a wii yesterday at Walmart. I paid $250 for the wii , $50 for the Wii Play Sports with remote, $20 for the extra nunchuck, $50 for Mario and Sonic Olimpics. That made my total $370 before tax.
(METROXING YES! See, it can be done – you just have to be at the right store at the right time! Have fun!)
I referred to your site many times today as I was trying to find a bundle online. I got lucky and logged on to Walmart just in time! I got their bundle for $677.
My question is this: does the basic unit come with the 5 sports that I keep seeing online (tennis, baseball, golf, bowling, boxing)?
Yes the basic bundle comes with the 5 sports games, every wii console comes with the sports disc as it's included inside the box at the factory. I bought a few consoles at zellers here when we ran out of stock, sold a couple on ebay, and now have the rest in stock at the store. But they are flying.
We purchased the Wii bundle from TJ Maxx.
The 4-in-1 cooling/charging stand that is mentioned on the outside of the box is not what is in the box. The stand that is included does cool the Wii but only holds the remotes. it doesn't charge them.
(METROXING: I haven't heard of the Wii getting overly hot but that might depend on how many kids you have 🙂 … only thing to watch out for cooling fans is if your room is dusty and it doesn't gave a filter, you're drawing a lot of dust into the machine so if the machine doesn't seem overly warm, it might be better leave it off …) And cool you found one there, the TJ Maxx's here in NorCal look like war zone and then a riot marched through the stores. I think I once saw a headless Talking Elmo …
i just bought a wii with the wii play for $500 on ebay. did i get ripped off?
(METROXING: It's pretty much the going price and you did get a $50 Wii Play addition which many other people paying $500-$550 for just the Wii do not get that … is it more than retail? Sure but is your time + gas money worth to you? In a perfect world, you'd be ringed by 10 retailers within a 2-minute drive from you and you have time to get up at 8 AM every morning and stand in the door as they open and ask – do you have a Wii for $249? (presuming tax & shipping are about the same out-of-pocket costs) … what is it worth to you to not have to look for it and have it delivered to your doorstep? That's the bottom line …).
Thanks for the break down of the Wii console. Today is 12 Dec 2007, and I have not found a Wii console. I have a question for Andy – I am searching for a Wii console. What city and state did you find the Wii at TJ Maxx.
(METROXING: Remember to buy a Sunday paper on Saturday and then get there early – presuming a store will list a Wii – make sure you get there BEFORE they open and not just their posted hours – ask an employee what time they are really opening on Sunday – then good luck!).
Hi, I purchased a Wii bundle from lowestdeal.com for $649. Check out their website to see everything included. After reading the info on this site, I think I got a fair deal. Good Luck.
I love your name! I am a Rosemarie as well, not many of us around.
I have been looking for a wii for about 4 months. I had family looking in every state they reside as well as friends. I did the early morning lines and everything. Finally, I ended up with one more than I needed. Now I'm trying to determine which one to return. So be persistent and use all your resources. I can't wait to see the expression on my kids face Christmas morning.
(METROXING: Well, if you have the inclination, you have pretty much gotten a "free" Wii – you can sell your extra for over $500 dollars without too much trouble. Shipping with insurance is around $30 so factor that in and most everywhere in the US can still get in the next week so you are holding something worth $450-$600 easily … Good luck and congrats – it's great fun!)
Hi All, interesting to hear that TJ Maxx was selling the bundled Wii for $399, I'm from Toronto and their sister store Winners just received a shipment of same and were selling them for $449. They had 40 at 9:30 this morning and by the time I cashed out with mine, there were only 10 left. I can't imagine I really need all the stuff that were included in the box (console wrap protector, cooling stand, game bag) but hey, this is our first gaming system for the kids so why not get as much of the accessories as possible.
Anyone who's done any research knows that a video game console does not return much (if any) profit for the manufacturer in the first year or so of it's debut, largely due to R&D. Where they make their money is through exclusive titles and overpriced accessories. This is why you see so many Wii bundles. Nintendo can afford to lose money on the console, because they're securing profits by forcing these, often, unwanted titles and needless accessories. No one can convince me that the largest and longest standing company in gaming history cannot meet demand, it's absurd. Furthermore, we have these vultures buying up entire inventories online, then selling units for ridiculous premiums on eBay. My advice to you, if you're wanting to buy a Wii (in time for Xmas or not), don't get suckered. Pay MSRP for what you really want, and nothing more.
(METROXING: Just to note, in the case of the Wii, it is already profitable for Nintendo and unlike the other two companies, Nintendo does not price at a loss to build up marketshare as part of their strategy from the get go. Of course, as a manufacturer, you always have R&D and overhead to recoup in any "startup" venture but the Wii turned to black very quickly. As noted also, however, retailers only make $10-$15 per Wii at $249 – not really profitable for the retailer so it's understandable they want to bundle. It's fine if it's controllers or Mario games but less so when it's a "duplicate" stand or oddball choices like a cooling device … if anything, Nintendo FROWNS UPON bundling as from this recent Reuters interview. If you follow the link to our other post, I do point that Nintendo should have gotten their act together but at least unlike the other two, Nintendo is continung to ship – in fact, last weekend, two retailers had Wii at the no bundle price of $249 but of course, quantites were limited and you had to be there early but you still have a shot – albiet, not necessarily easy).
I hate the bundles…it's just ripping off the little guy. this article is so on track….Nintendo hates it and they should stop the retailers. Even if the Walmart bundle is a good deal, it only works if you can afford $700. If you saved up $350 to buy the Wii and maybe a game that is not going to happen!
(METROXING: Yes, I'm not saying bundles are the best way to do business – the best way is that any customers who wants to walk into a store can buy one – but for many people who are unable to get to stores at 8 AM, it's not necessarily a bad way to go – especially back in November or October when it can just be mailed to you … the intention of our post was not to advocate bundles but merely to help people sort out their options and that some bundles are better than other bundles. Even if you don't want any of the Mario games, sealed, they retain value – you can sell them for close to list price and/or even exchange them at a store for full value – conversely if the bundle includes a memory card, you know they paid $5 for it but are pricing it at $25-$30 and in reality, no one will pay you more than $7 to $10 for a 1GB SD card – that is not as good of a bundle deal as when Mario Galaxy is $49 sealed and you can get pretty much full value whether you sell it or exchange it SEALED).
You mentioned the Wii giftcard. I got one for my nieces at Gamestop, expecting the Wii to come in some time in January, like they told me. Well, I got a call on Christmas eve morning. The Wii was waiting for me at the store! I picked it up, snuck it under the tree, and had 2 thrilled nieces on Christmas morning for only $270 (inc. tax). Gamestop sure came through for me! They were as surprised at the store as I was.
(METROXING: Very nice!)
hey does anybody know where to get a wii right now.
And what will you get for a $275.00 bundle
(METROXING: The Wii is priced at $249 in the US – I'm guessing it's more in Euro/Pounds there (blame it on the VAT?) … or are you asking about the US?)
Hi, thanks for all the info!
Walmart has the bundle in stock now and i was wondering how long do you think it will stay in stock? My parents couldn't get me a wii for Christmas which I'm fine with since they are so hard to get but should we get the bundle or should we wait and keep trying at stores locally. (We looked on ebay and that just seems like a bad idea all together)
(METROXING: Did you check out that GameStop offer? You might take a look or of course, just check the circulars on Saturday – now that the New Year is just about over, in a week or so, they should start to be easier to find).
Yes, we looked at the game stop offer but for 100 dollars less than the walmart bundle you loose a lot and the games don't look that good.
(METROXING: Then just be sure and check out the Sunday circulars on Saturday and be prepared to be there as they open on Sunday … now that the holiday season is jusr about over – theyshould be opening when they say they open).
this site has informed me and helped me out a lot, thanks..
I have been looking for a wii for about 4 months. I had family looking in every state they reside as well as friends. I did the early morning lines and everything. Finally, I ended up with one more than I needed. Now I'm trying to determine which one to return. So be persistent and use all your resources. I can't wait to see the expression on my kids face Christmas morning.
Very helpful site. Thanks for the Wii low-down.
In my opinion some retail stores are definitely taking advantage of the Wii bundle sale so that they can at least capitalize on the games that are low in demand or games that don't sell very well. I've noticed that most of stores in my area are selling the Wii game system in bundles and not giving their customers the option to purchase just the game system itself. I think that this practice is wrong and Nintendo should do something about it.
(MET: Of course, it depends on where you live but look closely at the Sunday newspaper ads again – a lot of retailers are listing the Wii and the other at Target, I actually saw ONE in the glass shelf … so in theory, it's out there …).
Great summary. What do you think og buy.com?
Can you use any rechargeable AA batteries/charger? I am hearing that the Wii recharger is "frying" remotes. Do you have any recommendations?
(MET: I would think if you stick to known brands, you should be fine … it's hard to tell from reports – do people try to recharge lithium batteries … part of the problem is that rechargables look like every other battery 😦 )
Hey, thank for the detailed info. It was very helpful. I have trying to get the Wii for the longest time with no luck – finally resorted to ebay. Got it for $299 (wii sports) including shipping. Do you think I was ripped off? I will still need to buy the extra wiimote and numchuck.


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FRESNO, Calif. — Millennials just weren't eating raisins. So Sun-Maid, the century-old company with the iconic little red raisin boxes, hired someone to convince them that they should.
At 38, Harry Overly was decades younger than the tenured raisin man he replaced as the chief executive of Sun-Maid. But he had experience — as the North American head of the company that makes Bertolli olive oil, and in marketing roles at Wrigley and other food companies. He seemed suited to the job.
When he came west, though, he was taken aback by the level of animosity he encountered in the U.S. raisin industry, the entirety of which is crammed into a few hundred square miles in California's Central Valley.
Three months into his tenure, which began on Halloween of 2017, Mr. Overly attended a meeting of some raisin industry players in the back room of a restaurant in Fresno, Calif. This introduction left him shaken. "I'm not saying this lightly, because — you can read about this in different spots — people kind of think there's this raisin mafia out there and that kind of stuff," Mr. Overly said.
He said that he asked the group how they thought they could work together. "And the answer I got back was nothing short of collusion," he said. While no one was proposing they take action, the anti-competitive tactics discussed in that back room, he said, were "completely illegal."
As he tried to make changes in the raisin industry and at his own company, Mr. Overly said he faced intimidation, harassing phone calls and multiple death threats. With his spouse in the last trimester of a pregnancy, Mr. Overly found a note shoved into a crack of his front door that warned: "you can't run."
Mr. Overly installed a security system at his house in Fresno. At Sun-Maid headquarters, he and other executives discussed the necessity of active shooter trainings. As rumors about Mr. Overly's motives swirled among raisin farmers, raisin packers and raisin bureaucrats, he became increasingly concerned about the safety of the raisins themselves. He feared that the current crop, drying from grapes to a wrinkly, shrunken state in bins on the Sun-Maid campus, would be set ablaze. It was their destruction by "fire, specifically," that worried him, he said.
"What I figured out fast was that this was not an industry which was interested in figuring out how you grow the size of the pie," he said. "It is one where they figure out how they just steal different slices of the pie from each other."
The Dancing of the Raisins
It makes sense that Sun-Maid and its competitors in the raisin sector, all working and living in the same water-hungry valley, might not be the best of friends. But the American raisin industry, which is estimated to be worth about $500 million, is particularly fractious. Other groups of farmers also band together to set prices; while raisin growers do that, they do not tend to cooperate on much else. That includes a reluctance to work together on raisin advertising, which is especially strange given that the raisin industry commissioned and paid for one of the world's most recognizable advertising campaigns.
The first California Dancing Raisins commercial debuted on television in the fall of 1986. You may recall the ad with their version of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." These anthropomorphic raisins, conceived as an R&B group in the Motown mold, were some of the first animated characters created with Claymation.
Seth Werner, the copywriter at the San Francisco agency Foote, Cone & Belding who created the concept, knew the spots were outrageously popular. He got a call from Paul McCartney's assistant, asking for a taped copy of the ad so the Beatle could watch it on repeat. Nancy Reagan invited the raisins to the White House in 1988 for Christmas. Michael Jackson requested that he personally be raisinified by the inventor of Claymation, Will Vinton, for a raisin commercial that appeared in movie theaters. ("It was really quite a problem getting the character of the Michael Jackson raisin to be good enough for Michael to approve," Mr. Werner said. He remembered that Mr. Vinton told him "'Finally I put Janet's nose on him and he loved it,'" referring to Mr. Jackson's sister.)
Raisin sales spiked. But success bred discontent. Even as Sun-Maid benefited disproportionately from the ads as the biggest brand in town, Barry Kriebel, then the company's president, worked to limit his competitors from profiting in the same manner. He was dead set on restricting the way that the dancing raisin was displayed on the packaging of other brands — and Sun-Maid, which now represents about 40 percent of the industry, was big enough to put the pressure on.
Barry Kriebel "and I fought like cats and dogs," said Kalem Barserian, 81, the leader of the Raisin Bargaining Association, which represents raisin farmers as they negotiate prices with raisin processors, including Sun-Maid. (Mr. Barserian has known five different Sun-Maid chiefs — and has a long tenure as one of the most formidable men in Fresno.)
Mr. Kriebel prevailed, poisoning good feeling in the industry about the Dancing Raisins. In 1994, a majority of raisin packers petitioned to terminate the funding, halting the commercials. (Mr. Kriebel, who now works for John Vidovich, a major grower of pomegranates, pistachios, oranges and Sun-Maid raisins, declined to discuss this history.)
Another major incident that helped breed the mistrust that still festers in the raisin community culminated in a 2015 Supreme Court case that nearly leveled Fresno.
Marvin Horne, a small, sour man who had married into a raisin-growing family, was known as laconic and stubborn and nothing made him angrier than having to set aside some of his crop every year for the raisin reserve.
Raisin farming (like most kinds of farming) is risky. So, starting in the mid-20th century, raisin farmers began committing a significant share of their crop to a communal supply. This surplus was used to stabilize trade. (Some years, like in 2002, the year that sent Mr. Horne through the roof, growers were compelled to turn over almost half their crop.) Though raisin farmers do get paid for selling this supply, the money comes later, if at all.
So in 2002, Mr. Horne and his spouse, Laura, stopped sharing, and sued the government for taking their raisins without fairly compensating them. In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Mr. Horne's favor, saying that the raisin reserve, in practice, constituted governmental appropriation of private property — illegal under the Fifth Amendment.
To Mike Mikaelian, a third-generation raisin farmer, that was a fundamental misunderstanding, and a huge blow to the industry.
"When you first hear this story, you're always thinking, 'Oh that government screwing the poor farmers,' all right?" Mr. Mikaelian said. "But what happened was it was the farmers that made these rules. All the government does is O.K. it or don't O.K. it."
And through these years, demand for raisins has fallen. The number of acres given over to the Thompson seedless grape, traditionally grown for raisins, has been halved from 2000 to 2019. The U.S. used to provide 50 percent of the global raisin market. Now it's down to about 20 percent. Turkey exports more raisins than America does. China, Iran and South Africa have become more competitive in this space.
Mr. Horne, who will turn 74 this year, knows he is not well-liked in raisin town, but he stands by his decision. "Those guys are still living in the old paradigm," he said.
As times got bad, representatives for growers felt they had no choice but to push prices as high as possible.
Share of Stomach
Mr. Overly, on coming to Sun-Maid, had no intention of entering a major raisin pricing fray. He wanted to jump feet first into the marketing work he'd been hired to do. He wanted to talk about the future, which, for Sun-Maid, was an ad campaign evoking the past.
The first Sun-Maid spot that has run in more than a decade features overjoyed children thrilled to be eating California raisins. The ads (which test well with millennials!) are predicated on nostalgia — on people's memories of raisins as the first solid food their parents gave them.
"There's no other snack brand that has the emotional equity that Sun-Maid has," Mr. Overly said, with pride. The trick now is beating out all the other snack foods in the booming multi-billion-dollar snack market. "Thirty years ago when Sun-Maid was a prominent food brand, the competition for share of stomach was much less, particularly in the snacking world," he said.
Why don't millennials think of raisins whilst snacking? "It comes down to just a top-of-mind issue. They don't think about it because there's so many other things that they've got to choose from that are being thrown at them today," he said.
A Mintel report from July of last year heralded the growth of a category it defined as "fresh snacking." Fresh snacking? Sounds like raisins to the Sun-Maid chief executive!
Mr. Overly is also promoting some new raisin-focused snacks — this includes "sour raisin snacks" coated in flavors, and, yes, that includes grape flavor — and hiring some top female executives because before, there were few.
But his plan for raisin ascension did also include the dramatic step of lowering the baseline price for raisins, even if that meant challenging the Raisin Bargaining Association (R.B.A.).
He warned the Sun-Maid board as early as the spring of 2018 of that possibility. In September, negotiations with the association, and with Kalem Barserian, started in earnest.
In Mr. Barserian's 50-year career in the industry, he has worked nearly every job. He knows the history of the Thompson seedless grape going back centuries, to its origin, in China, he believes. He can rattle off annual crop numbers for hours. One of the new grape varieties that will be used to grow raisins is named for him. ("It looks like this could be, ten or fifteen years down the road, the grape of the next century," he said.)
"I'm the last man standing of another era, so to speak," Mr. Barserian said. (Most of the people standing, it's worth noting, are also men.) This was in his office, located in downtown Fresno, close to where his grandmother's house sat near the center of the city's old Armenian district. "I get a lot of respect," he said.
In the past decade or so, Mr. Barserian and his spouse, Joyce, have spent a lot of their time just outside of Phoenix, where they own a vineyard. But Mr. Barserian was called back to the Central Valley in 2017 to establish a better price for the raisin farmer.
In 2017, raisins were damaged by extreme heat and in September, rain prevented them from drying properly in their vulnerable, wooden bins. This meant fewer raisins, which meant that raisins were naturally going to be more expensive.
But in 2018, the crop recovered. And still Mr. Barserian wanted to raise the base price to a record high — more than $300 higher per ton than the previous year with the disaster crop, and about twice as much as the year prior.
(Agricultural cooperatives are allowed to set industry prices, within parameters. What might look like illegal price-fixing for other industries is often legal price-setting in agriculture.)
"There was no way I was going to sign up for another 25 percent increase when the actual world will have more raisins this year," Mr. Overly said. "I don't know what world in which supply goes up and price is supposed to go along with it!"
As it happened, Mr. Barserian kicked off price negotiations on the same day as a general strike of Sun-Maid factory workers, an unrelated but equally pressing emergency for Mr. Overly. On September 10, hours after more than 500 Sun-Maid workers walked off their jobs on the first day of a (successful) strike over wages and benefits, Mr. Barserian called Mr. Overly and told him the R.B.A.'s asking price.
"And I'm literally like, you guys are kidding, right?" Mr. Overly said.
Raisin Gossip
The raisin industry runs on what Mr. Overly calls "coffee shoptalk," which is to say, gossip. And the gossip was that Sun-Maid's new chief executive didn't want to pay a fair price to farmers.
Sun-Maid's growers were told by other growers that they were going to go broke. Its board members were being scolded in public.
The atmosphere in raisin town became tense. Peter Nunez, the head of the local teamster's union, said that during the strike additional security around the Sun-Maid factory was noticeable — and unusual.
"They had cameras up, they had security guards," he said. "They called the police every day really for non-issues."
The negotiations between Sun-Maid and the R.B.A. continued to go poorly. Nothing convinced Mr. Overly he should accept a second bid that lowered the price by $100 and committed to a two-year price deal.
"I don't think you guys are understanding the supply and demand dynamics here," the Sun-Maid chief thought. So, on October 22, he pulled Sun-Maid out of the R.B.A.
The death threats started that month. Some came over the phone, some were made in-person; there were between four and six in all, as well as the ominous "you can't run" note. Mr. Overly declined to identify the threat-makers.
Mr. Barserian said he knew nothing about the threats. "I don't know what he's talking about. He did what he did."
He also said: "I mean somebody might have threatened somebody. But that's just the farm …" He trailed off.
Asked whether it was possible that Mr. Overly, as a raisin outsider, had taken the threats too seriously, Mr. Barserian said: "Exactly."
Mr. Overly does not believe that Mr. Barserian was behind the threats; only that he knew they had been made. "Did Kalem know?" he said. "I would presume that he would because of, he knows everybody, right? And the coffee shoptalk will get that stuff out there. So I would assume that he'd heard about it. But I can't verify that."
The Showdown at the Expo
Well before the negotiations, Mr. Overly and Mr. Barserian had agreed to participate in a panel at the Grape, Nut & Tree Fruit Expo on November 13 at the Big Fresno Fairgrounds. Each would present his view of the state of the raisin industry, and answer questions.
"At the time, it was like 'Oh, O.K., no problem,'" Mr. Overly said. But by the time of the event, it was "'Oh my god, you've got the head of the R.B.A. and the head of Sun-Maid are going to go head-to-head on a stage in front of 500 to 1,000 people.'"
"I think everybody was nervous," said Matthew Malcolm, 27, the assistant editor of American Vineyard magazine, whose father owns the agricultural publisher that organized the event. "The two sides were nervous about meeting up in the first place. But it was something that they needed to do. It's like going to get your flu shot."
As Mr. Overly had anticipated, the room that day was filled with independent growers and R.B.A. allies. There were only about 20 Sun-Maid people in attendance, including Steve Kister, Sun-Maid's interim chairman, and Rick Stark, its grower relations manager.
Mr. Barserian spoke first. He spoke of the uncertainty of the future, of global competition and of the fallowing of raisin vineyards across the Central Valley. He thanked the non-Sun-Maid packers who had signed with him, who were dedicated to getting farmers the best price. He said that the number of bearing acres would continue to drop.
"Many of us are getting old," he said.
"The audience was very attentive," Mr. Malcolm later wrote of the event.
Then Mr. Overly took the stage.
He spent about 25 minutes talking about the lasting quality of the California raisin and the need to defend its place in the global market. He talked about raising prices sustainably, and growing demand for the product. He said that it was market forces that compelled Sun-Maid's decision to leave the R.B.A.
And he called for an end to the turmoil in raisin society: "We need to spend more time focusing on growing the pie than fighting over our piece of the pie within this industry," he said. "This fighting needs to stop."
"You could have heard a pin drop in that room," Mr. Kister said.
He and the other Sun-Maid people were proud of Mr. Overly. But they had no idea what the response to his presentation would be. Mr. Barserian was brought back to the stage. As two of the most powerful men in the industry, one less than half the other's age, stood feet away from each other, the forum was opened to audience questions.
A man named Jim Phillips stood up. Mr. Phillips sells his raisins to Ray Moles of Sun Valley Raisins, and is not a Sun-Maid grower.
"He stands up and I thought, here we go," Mr. Stark, the grower relations manager, said.
"We're bracing ourselves," Mr. Kister said.
"I'm not a politician. I'm a good Christian country boy. And I just want to do what's right," Mr. Phillips said later.
Mr. Phillips started his speech by saying that he had never been a Sun-Maid guy. But he agreed with Sun-Maid's position. It was better to band together than stand apart. He turned to Mr. Barserian, the raisin titan. "Kalem, you don't have a plan," he said.
Grower after grower stood up and agreed. Mr. Overly seemed to have convinced the crowd.
Mr. Malcolm, who is an elder in the Mormon Church, would not share the recordings he took of the session, citing how rough the language was in the room. But, he wrote in his article: "Many growers left the meeting with their blood pumping fast in excitement for the industry to finally get together and trigger some much needed changes."
Mr. Overly felt vindicated. "This was the first time that I could stand up in front of several hundred people and say, 'no these are the facts,'" he said.
The Future of Raisin Unity
Tensions have, for now, eased. Mr. Overly said that if he were to rate the strain of the autumn as a 10, he's now back down to one or two at most. This month, he was part of a delegation that traveled to Washington, D.C. to give the federal government a sense of what's going on in raisin world — a delegation Kalem Barserian helped to put together.
Before taking the trip, Mr. Overly was excited; he thought it would be easier to speak with agriculture officials, now that the industry was more united. He seems to have been right. "It went very well," Mr. Overly said after the trip. "The overwhelming response we got was that it was very unusual for them to see the raisin industry come as one group. I'm not kidding. That was said in three or four of the 10 meetings we had that day."
Kalem Barserian didn't travel to Washington with the group, though he loves D.C. He took his first trip there in 1970 under his mentor, "Sox" Setrakian, and almost left the raisin industry in the late 1980s to become a lobbyist. But he didn't return in April because, he explained, he was trying to pass the baton.
"I want us to be successful," he said. "We're in a bad position right now for a host of reasons. I think they all could be corrected. It isn't anything I haven't seen more than once or twice or 10 times. We're scrappers and we're survivors and we just have to work through it."
At the R. B. A's annual meeting in March, he said that he was often mad at Mr. Overly but that he'd get over it. In an interview later in the month, he grew animated discussing Mr. Overly occasionally, but also insisted that he was not angry at anyone.
"I need Harry to be the frontman in Washington," he said.
He turned the subject to his vineyard in Arizona, the one where he and Joyce spend so much time.
"Isn't that beautiful?" he said pointing to pictures of the buttes beyond his land. He talked about the saguaro cactus and rattlesnakes and wild boars. "We love it."
Matthew Malcolm, the young millennial chronicler of the Grape, Nut & Tree Fruit Expo, spends a lot of time with both Mr. Barserian and with Mr. Overly. He tries to be sensitive to different viewpoints. But he's happy with what transpired over the last year.
He'd like to be a raisin farmer someday himself, he said.
When asked why, he said raisins were a great source of natural sugar. He talked about how they fit in neatly with the food trends of the 21st century. He said he sees them as a food, not of the past, but of the future.
"I like raisins," Mr. Malcolm said. "There's always going to be a need for them."
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Make sure to keep a record of your communication with credit bureaus in case they make mistakes. Write down records of any communications you have, including email, letters, and even phone calls. You should certify or notarize your dispute letter when you are mailing them, in order to create proof that it was recieved.
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In order to fix your credit score, you must have a plan that will help you lower your debt and actually make an impact. Any current debt you have will lower your credit score, so you need to work to get rid of it. Make a fact-based budget, and set aside as much as possible for debt. If you don't have any debt, your credit score will be higher.
If you have a card that carries a balance of over 50% of the limit, you should pay it down to below 50%. Any time you exceed 50% of your credit limit, your credit rating is affected. Pay off credit cards as fast as you can, or spread the debt out further.
The first step in repairing your credit involves a thorough and careful check to ensure your credit report doesn't contain erroneous information. If you notice a mistake on your report, you could get some items crossed off. Even if the item itself is right, an error in the date or amount gives you the right to contest it.
Good credit scores mean you can easily qualify for a home or car loan. Making your mortgage payment on time each month will also boost your credit score. Once you own a home, you will have financial stability secured by your assets, thus a good credit score. These benefits will pay off if you need to secure a loan.
Getting home finance can be quite tough when your credit rating is not good. FHA loans might be a good option to consider in these circumstances, as they are backed by our federal government. Some FHA loans even cover a down payment or your closing costs.
When you create a new credit source, your score decreases. Store credit cards can be tempting as they often offer discounts to you if you open one but they should be avoided so as not to clutter your credit report. If you continue to increase your debt, your credit score will continue to drop.
Do not involve yourself in illegal activities. Scams abound on the internet that show you how to change your credit file. Of course, this highly illegal, and it will cause you even more problems, because it will not go unnoticed. Penalties can include large fines and possibly even incarceration.
Repairing your credit is actually pretty simple. The first step is to focus on paying your late bills. Paying your bills on time and for the full amount is important. This will improve your credit score. The score rises as soon as you start making some headway on your overdue bills.
Pay down your debt now. The creditors look at the total debt and how they relate to your earnings. If your debt-to-income ratio is too high, then your credit score will suffer. You are not likely to be able to pay off the debt in full right away, so you should make a plan to repay in a timely fashion and follow that schedule.
If you are threatened by a collection agency or debt collector, make a note of it, as what they are doing is illegal. Consumers have rights, and you need to be informed of what they are.
When lenders are looking at your credit, an explanation that goes with the report generally will not even be looked at. It might actually make things worse by making the negative mark stand out.
Debt consolidation may be an effective way to better your credit if you're struggling with repairing it. To have an easier time budgeting and keeping track of expenses, you should consolidate your debts in one payment. It's more likely you'll pay on time, which will look good on your credit.
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The Conservation Credit System (Credit System) is an innovative approach to greater sage-grouse habitat protection that ensures habitat impacts from anthropogenic disturbances are fully compensated by long-term enhancement and protection of habitat that results in a net benefit for the species, while allowing appropriate anthropogenic disturbances that are vital to the Nevada economy and the Nevada way of life. The Credit System creates new incentives 1) to avoid and minimize impacts from anthropogenic disturbances to important species habitat, and 2) for private landowners and public land managers to preserve, enhance, and restore habitat, while reducing threats to important habitat for the species.
The Credit System is a performance-driven and market-based approach to species conservation that quantifies benefits from enhancement and protection of habitat (credits) and negative impacts to habitat from anthropogenic disturbances (debits), operationalizes market transactions, and reports net benefit from all transactions processed by the Credit System. The Credit System establishes the policy, operations and tools necessary to facilitate more effective and efficient conservation investments. The Credit System is intended to provide regulatory certainty for industries by fulfilling compensatory mitigation needs whether or not the species is listed under the Endangered Species Act.
For the official State of Nevada Conservation Credit System website, follow the link to the official State of Nevada Conservation Credit System website.
Better environmental outcomes can be achieved for lower cost when program strategies are clear and shared. This site strives to provide the public with simple, straight-forward access to information about this program.
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During Advent we contemplate the mysteries surrounding the Birth of the Savior. We await His coming with the Virgin Mary, whose journey to Bethlehem becomes our own. We will never fully comprehend the mystery of the Incarnation and yet through faith we may grasp the unfathomable. So much of what the Church teaches has been distorted in our times. The teaching on Our Lady's perpetual virginity is often misunderstood, as Fr. Mark explains:
Even in the minds of many of the faithful, enfeebled by a forty year dearth of popular orthodox catechesis, a tragic confusion holds sway concerning the privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, in particular, her virginity before, during, and after childbirth. There are many, alas, who, affected by various mutations of creeping Nestorianism and Arianism, have no grasp of what it means to call the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Those who do not confess the privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary, honouring them and celebrating them, fall inevitably into one or another of the classic Christological heresies.Fr. Mark further discusses this beautiful and ancient teaching, as follows:
Ever since the Council of Ephesus in 431, icons of the Mother of God have been marked by three stars: one on her forehead, and one on each shoulder, The three stars signify her perpetual virginity: before, during, and after the birth of her Son....More on this de fide teaching in the Catechism:
Ancient liturgical texts reflect the language of the first great Christological councils of the Church. It was crucial, in the context of the prevailing heresies, to invoke Mary as Theotokos, Mother of God, or as Ever-Virgin. It was feared that by referring to Mary as a woman called simply by her ordinary name, something of the mystery of Christ, True God and True Man, might be obscured or compromised. The liturgy in both East and West reflects this ancient preference. While, in preaching and in works of devotion, we often hear the name of Mary without her theological titles, the liturgy calls her Sancta Dei Genetrix (Holy God-bearer) and Semper Virgo (Ever-Virgin).
The most ancient prayer to the Virgin Mother is the Sub tuum praesidium, found on an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century. It does not include the name "Mary," but invokes her as Holy God-bearer (Sancta Dei Genetrix) and Virgin glorious and blessed, (Virgo gloriosa et benedicta).
The liturgy through the ages is consistent in confessing that God Himself is the author of Mary's perpetual virginity. The same thought is carried over into the ancient rites for the Consecration of Virgins. Virginity, before being something offered to God, is a gift received from Him. It is a gift wholly ordered to union with Christ. Christ is the Spouse of Virgins; He is, at the same time, the blessed Fruit of a virginity received from God and offered back to Him. The liturgy does not separate virginity from motherhood. The virginity given by God is characterized not by sterility, but by an astonishing fecundity.
The deepening of faith in the virginal motherhood led the Church to confess Mary's real and perpetual virginity even in the act of giving birth to the Son of God made man. In fact, Christ's birth "did not diminish his mother's virginal integrity but sanctified it." And so the liturgy of the Church celebrates Mary as Aeiparthenos, the "Ever-virgin."Here are some beautiful quotes from Fathers of Church:
Believe in the Son of God, the Word before all the ages, who was...in these last days, for your sake, made son of Man, born of the Virgin Mary in an indescribable and stainless way, -for there is no stain where God is and whence salvation comes.... (St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Oration on Holy Baptism, 40:45; 381 AD)
According to the condition of the body (Jesus) was in the womb, He nursed at His mother's breast, He lay in the manger, but superior to that condition, the Virgin conceived and the Virgin bore, so that you might believe that He was God who restored nature, though He was man who, in accord with nature, was born of a human being. (St. Ambrose of Milan, Mystery of the Lord's Incarnation, 6:54; 382 AD)
Who is this gate (Ezekiel 44:1-4), if not Mary? Is it not closed because she is a virgin? Mary is the gate through which Christ entered this world, when He was brought forth in the virginal birth and the manner of His birth did not break the seals of virginity. (St. Ambrose of Milan, The Consecration of a Virgin and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, 8:52; c. 391 AD)Share


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Auto Faucet Scripts
Auto Faucet Scripts Introduction
Auto faucet scripts are use to run a cryptocurrency faucet but without doing to much captcha solving. Usually members only needs to solve one captcha per hour and you will have automatic claims for one hour. Time cryptocurrency faucets sets time limit from claims. But cryptocurrency auto faucets are almost automatic. Visitors and guess only solve one captcha per hour and they can collect cryptocurrency when they click the claim button and leave the browser open for an hour. If the visitor want to collect again, then all he have to do is solve one captcha and he'll get another free hour of claims.
Here are two working demos: Autofaucets.org and Bitcoiniffy.com.
Earning and Claims
The claims on auto faucets are continuous. The time of claim depends on the visitor. If the visitor set the auto claim into two minutes, then every two minutes he will have his cryptocurrency. Duration of the free claims usually is one hour.
Some auto faucets give away different cryptos at the same time. Firefaucet is a unique auto faucet that lets members choose what kind of cryptocurrency they want to claim. The claims that are given to members depends on how many short link a member click. If a member click and solve the captcha of one short link he will have 50 free claims. A reward of random claims every 24 hours is given to members.
Auto Faucet Script Supported Cryptos
These auto faucet scripts supports bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum, dash, monero, litecoin, dash, peercoin, primecoin, zcash, digibyte, blackcoin, blackcoin and bitcore. You can make a auto faucet that rewards these cryptos. The set reward in auto faucet is smaller than time cryptocurrency faucets.
Japakar Auto Faucet Script
Japakar.com create these auto faucet script. This script is free and no hidden postback to pay the creator. It is very clean in design and the colors are quite eye catching. If you prefer a different color for your auto faucet then you can easily change it through css. There is no hidden miner software but you can enable the mining by clicking the option and have double reward when claiming coins. If you don't want to enable mining then keep it uncheck.
How To Install
You will need a domain name and a hosting provider to get your auto faucet to run. Why do you need a domain name? Because sub domains are rejected by bitcoin ad networks. If you want to earn from your site a domain name is a must. If you're only planning to share your cryptos then you can create a free subdomain in a hosting site.
1. Domain Name you can get it Here.
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3. Auto Faucet Script can get it Here
4. Important: You need to install this script to the root public folder (public_html/) and not in a page or sub directory or it wont work.
After you register for a domain name and purchase a hosting account you can start installing your site. First you need to login to your cpanel and look for the File Manager and click it. Look for the word Upload in the file manager's nav bar and click it.
Upload The Auto Faucet Script
A new window will open then click select and browse your computer for the file your going to upload. Usually you can find it in the download folder in the documents folder. Upload the script that you have download.
Extract The Zip Script
After downloading the file right click on it and click extract. After the extraction is finish you need to open the folder (jap4.5.1) and move the contents to the root domain.
Move The Files
How to move the files? Just open it and click the first file to the top and hold CTRL+Shift and click the last file at the bottom. Then right click, select move the a path will appear. Delete the (jap4.5.1) and then finally select Move Files.
After moving the files to the public directory you can now open the config.php and put the necessary information. You will need to put your captcha API, nastyhost API, payment options, rate of claims, short links, domain name address and google analytics key.
After entering the information you can now open your auto faucet. Type the address site to your browser and you can see that it will open.
Setting Up An Account In Express Crypto
Your faucet will open but it will not work until you provide an expressctyto API key and place it on the config.php file. You first need to go to expresscrypto site and register for an account. Then click your username then Site Owner Tab. In the right part of your screen. Click Site Owner and click the +add site. Fill the information about your faucet and click save. Copy the API of your chosen cryptocurrency faucet and put it in the config.php of your auto faucet. Check the faucet now and it is now paying.
Modified Japakar Auto Faucet Script
This Japakar auto faucet scripts was modified by 100counts.net. He change the appearance of the sidebar and the faucet main page as well. The color has been changed from green to blue green. Color of the faucet can easily be change by finding the css file and change it to your preference.
You can download the script: Here.
The modified version of Japakar auto faucet script and the modified version is just the appearance. Installation and settings of the faucet is the same as of the original script. If you want to try this one you can use the instructions in the original script, they have the same installation process.
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Shandong Gamma Gas Engineering Co. Ltd.
Gas Compressor is one machine used to increase pressure. For some gases, it is important to increase pressure up to 150 bars or 200 bars, this high pressure gas is filled into cylinders for storage. As different gases has different natures, some are easy to explore, some are easy to catch fire, so different gases have different compressors. For oxygen, it is Oxygen Compressor. For nitrogen, it is Nitrogen Compressor.
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Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness given jail term for tax fraudComments
Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness has been sentenced to three and half years in jail for tax evasion.
The former Germany international player had hoped for leniency after voluntarily disclosing he had failed to pay taxes – but a judge said he had not revealed the full extent of the 27 million euros he had failed to pay on income stashed in a secret Swiss bank account.
Hoeness' lawyer, Hanns W. Feigen, said they would appeal the decision: "We are sure that the next court will get results that depict this case better than done by the court here."
In German law, tax evaders can avoid prosecution if they turn themselves in before an investigation begins. There are now calls for that to be changed.
Once a friend of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and an outspoken critic of tax evasion, Hoeness now has the dubious honour of having the most high-profile trial for tax evasion in German history.


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Watch and listen as a Carolina Wren feeds its hungry baby birds. We're up close and in HD with Front Yard Video. Can you identify what the babies are eating?
According to Audubon.org and biokids.UMich.edu, Carolina wrens breed between March and October. Both parents bring insects (caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, snails, and even spiders) to their nestlings for 12-14 days after the eggs hatch, and for a few weeks after they leave the nest. Berries and seeds can also be on the menu. Mom and Dad often sing in duet.Watch this next: A mother blackbird feeds brand new baby birds in their nest. Also fun: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Song Hero.
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17 kilometers of anchor chain weighing in at over 8,100 tons are being manufactured in Spain at Vicinay Cadenas for the Shell Prelude FLNG facility. This will certainly take some time considering the company is producing 150 links per day at their facility, but meanwhile, multiple processes are being run in parallel worldwide to complete the construction of the 500 meter-long floating facility.
RELATED: Prelude FLNG – World's Largest Turret Module Sets Sail for S. Korea
The below image shows one of the LNG processing modules being lifted on to the Prelude's hull at Samsung Heavy Industries.
The following screen shot shows one of the Prelude's mooring wire ropes being strength tested to failure.
The following video via Shell shows what happened after 2400 tons of tension was put on the wire rope and provides an in depth look at the progress of the Shell Prelude facility.


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"I prefer web-based content management systems that stakeholders and teammembers can access on-demand," he says. "Relying on decks, spreadsheets orother documents passed around via email is not going to ;y."Clear documentation also helps project managers navigate interdependen-cies. Anne Caprez, PMP, senior manager, ADI Strategies, Missoula, Montana,USA, starts each cloud integration project by identifying relationships anddependencies on multiple levels. ;ese include on-premise and o;-premisesystem landscapes, processes, organization charts and data owners.
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The Café serves to help the Link provide a welcoming atmosphere. We serve coffee and tea and specialty (espresso) drinks can be made if the café volunteers are trained and comfortable to serve.
Coffee and tea are offered for free with a donation suggested for specialty drinks. Link attenders are welcome to take a drink to their seat.
A couple of volunteers work both the first and second service (we have only one service for the summer months) and ideally people would be scheduled no more than every 3-4 weeks. Each shift is approximately 2 hours – ideally with time for visiting/connecting.
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