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Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving, has traditionally marked the start of the online holiday shopping period, the most important time of the year for Amazon and eBay. Amazon, which launched its Black Friday deals page earlier this week, is expected to set the pace.

"Amazon has doing tremendously well all year and continues to show strong double-digit growth," Patti Freeman-Evans, research director at Forrester, told TheStreet. "We expect to continue to see them do well."

During the third quarter, even as U.S. consumers emerged bleary-eyed from the recession, Amazon still reported sales of $5.45-billion, an increase of 28% on the same period in 2008.

Over the last few years the Seattle-based firm has earned a reputation for customer service, efficient shipping and a highly navigable Web site, factors that should help lure users from traditional retailers this holiday season.

The National Retail Federation (NRF), for example, has forecast a 1 per cent year-over-year decline in overall sales this holiday season, as ongoing uncertainty about job security and housing takes its toll on consumer confidence.

The Internet, however, will be retail's shining light. In another survey, the NRF found that almost half of online retailers expect their holiday sales to increase at 15 per cent over last year, with a third predicting up to 14 per cent growth. Tellingly, just one in five online retailers expects sales to flatten or decline.

Forrester forecasts online retail sales of $44.7-billion between November and December, an 8 per cent increase on the same period last year. This figure includes Amazon's sales, but not consumer-to-consumer businesses such as eBay, which recently gave a disappointing holiday forecast.

Amazon is nonetheless feeling the analyst love. Merrill/BofA, for example, recently increased its Amazon numbers through 2011, citing a continued shift toward online shopping this holiday season. The analyst firm gave the retailer a buy rating and raised the company's price target to $140.

"I think [this holiday season] is going to be huge for Amazon," Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail told TheStreet, pointing to her firm's quarterly consumer surveys. "We're seeing more and more upper-middle income people and the affluent turning to the Internet for terrific deals."

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Cyber Monday 2009: Online deals stretched out by stores
Filed under: News | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: November 24, 2009 | No Comments



Retailers are not only thinking about Black Friday 2009 and Cyber Monday 2009, they know that they need to look well beyond that if they ever hope to claw some profits back by the end of the year. Once retailers have got this busy weekend out of the way, they then need to plan the rest of the holiday season.
All the usual websites will run online sales on November 30, Cyber Monday, such as Walmart, Target and Toys R Us. J.C. Penny will carry on their sales through to Tuesday and Wal-Mart will have new offers starting on December 4.

More retailers will be offering deals on Cyber Monday, up from last year but no by much. Not only will these online retailers offer money off, but also free shipping as well. However, according to a source from AP we will not see as many discounts online as we did last year.

This could have a huge effect on profits; shoppers will only purchase something on Cyber Monday if they think they are getting a great deal. Retailers know that they need to keep shoppers coming back after these big one day events, so will need to come up with offers throughout December.

There are mixed feelings about Cyber Monday, with many believing that it will take the place of Black Friday. However, we do not think that that will ever happen, if anything, it will be Cyber Monday that ends.

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ELEANOR: Don't worry, Grace. Marvin will fill you in on all that stuff.

GRACE: That's right, Eleanor. Who's Marvin?

LEO: That'd be me.

GRACE: Your name is Marvin?

LEO: Yeah, yeah. People always call me "Leo"... 'cause my name's Marvin.

JACK: [LAUGHS WITH A MOUTHFUL OF CAKE] You just married a guy, and you don't even know his name? Silly.

KAREN: It's okay, honey. He's been calling you "Grace" this whole time.

GRACE: I don't know your name?

LEO: Come on, my first wife didn't have a problem with that. Huh? [LAUGHS]

GRACE: You were married before?!

LEO: Okay, wrong time to try that joke. [QUIETLY] Are you okay, baby?

GRACE: Um, no, I'm-- Excuse me. [GRACE EXITS.]

LEO: Excuse me. [LEO EXITS AFTER HER.]

BOBBI: I knew she'd cock it up.

[GRACE GETS IN THE ELEVATOR. LEO FOLLOWS HER IN.]

LEO: Where are you going? You're blowin' this way out of proportion.

GRACE: [SIGHS] You're like a stranger to me... Marvin. I might as well have married my Israeli pen pal from when I was 15 who sent me love letters on Hello Kitty stationary.

LEO: Actually over there it'd be Shalom Kitty.

GRACE: [UPSET] Please don't joke right now. That was weird up there. I don't even know when your birthday is.

LEO: Okay, you wanna know some stuff about me? Here you go. I believe when I hold my breath, the guy on TV's going to make the basket. I'm in a Doors cover band, consisting entirely of surgeons called "The Operating Room Doors." And my deepest, darkest secret is that I don't like any food with raisins in it, but I do like raisins.

GRACE: See, we already have a problem. I love raisins. In everything! I even went to see A Raisin in the Sun because I thought there'd be raisins in it.

LEO: Grace, we have a whole lifetime to get to know each other, baby.

GRACE: I don't know. I don't know. I just wish that there was some way that we could be sure we were doing the right thing, you know. Just... a sign, something.

[THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN. KATIE COURIC IS WAITING TO GET ON.]

GRACE: Katie? Hi!

KATIE: [UNDER HER BREATH] Crap. [TO GRACE AND LEO] Hi! Thanks for watching! Do you have your own pens?

GRACE: No, no, no. It's Grace and Leo. Remember, from the other day in the park. We got married because of you.

LEO: Actually I got a colonoscopy because of you too. Not on the same day, though. And not in the park.

KATIE: Eee, the wedding. Sorry about that.

GRACE: What? What do you mean?

KATIE: No one called you? Ooh, awkward. We're scrapping the whole wedding segment, because the judge performing the ceremony wasn't licensed in New York. So all those marriages are invalid. Oops! Last time I use Tom Brokaw's nephew as my fact checker.

[KATIE GETS IN THE ELEVATOR AND THE DOORS CLOSE.]

GRACE: I guess I wanted a sign, and I think I got it. We're not married.

[GRACE WALKS AWAY. LEO STOPS HER.]

LEO: Hey, Grace. Grace! Hey, hey, hey. We'll go to city hall tomorrow. We'll do it all over again.

GRACE: I don't know that I can.

LEO: Why? Why not? What's changed?

GRACE: Everything has changed. I mean, the first time I said yes, it was impulsive and romantic and to a guy named Leo. And now-- [SIGHS] We know nothing about each other.

LEO: I knew everything I needed to know about you the first time I held your hand. Grace, we're already married. The rest is paperwork.

GRACE: How can you be so sure?

LEO: Because when it's right, you just know. You remember Tuesday? We woke up. I said, "Morning, wife." You said, "Hello, husband." Remember that? Remember how great that was? I want every day to be Tuesday.

GRACE: Every day can't be Tuesday. Today's Saturday, so it can't be Tuesday. Monday can't be Tuesday. Tuesday can't-- Well, Tuesday can, but Wednesday definitely can't be Tues--

LEO: Listen, listen, listen. Just come up with me. And I promise you everything is going to be fine. Please.

GRACE: I can't. I need time. I'm sorry.

[GRACE WALKS AWAY.]


[JACK AND KAREN ARE SITTING AT A TABLE, ENJOYING CAKE.]

KAREN: That was wild, wasn't it, Jackie? The way Grace just kind of spooked and ran off. Kind of like Rosie whenever I fire my gun in her room just as she's falling asleep.

JACK: Yeah, she's really upset. I've never seen Grace actually run from a cake.

KAREN: No.

[LEO ENTERS AND TAKES THE STAGE.]

LEO: Um, hi, everyone. I-I have a little bit of an announcement to make. Grace and I ran into Katie Couric in the lobby--

EVERYBODY: Oh!

LEO: And she said that we weren't really married.

EVERYBODY: Aw!

LEO: Turns out the judge that married us wasn't really legit, so... Anyway, we have this place till midnight, so stick around, you know. There's cake, there's booze, there's dancing. Well, have fun.

WILL: Leo, hey. I--I'm sorry. You okay?

LEO: I'm about as good as Bill Buckner of the '86 Red Sox.

WILL: Ooh, ouch. I'm sorry.

LEO: Do you even know what that means?

WILL: No, but anybody that's got 43 pairs of red socks obviously had issues. Where's Grace?

LEO: She took off. She--she was pretty freaked out. Can I borrow your phone, man? I think I need to call her.

GRACE: Uh, Leo, I think you might wanna give her some time right now. I know Grace. She's not like you. She's not impulsive. She once bought Impulse perfume and then returned it. That's why this whole getting married in the park thing all seemed so weird to me.

LEO: Yeah, well, I guess I should send everyone home.

[WILL SITS DOWN WITH KAREN AND JACK. LEO GETS ON THE STAGE AGAIN.]

LEO: Hi, it's me again. Listen, you're not going to like what you're about to hear.

GRACE: [ENTERING, HIGH-PITCHED OFF-KEY SINGING] Please don't let this feeling end, it not might come again, and I want to remember.

WILL: [TO KAREN] To be fair, he did say we wouldn't like what we were about to hear. [KAREN NODS.]

LEO: I thought you needed time to think.

GRACE: I did. And I realized I want today to be Tuesday.

[LEO AND GRACE KISS.]

KAREN: It's Tuesday? How long have I been out?

GRACE: Okay. So our first wedding didn't take. But we're havin' another one! And a real one this time. As for all these, ah, these lovely presents, I-I don't really know the protocol. Let's just call them engagement gifts. Bring another one at the wedding.


SCENE IV: The Synagogue
(Guests are arriving... WILL is in the foyer. He takes a skull cap from the basket of kippot and puts it on his head. He moves to the guest book.)

WILL: [TO THE GUESTS] Don't forget to sign the guest book. Okay, who wrote, "If it doesn't work out, call me." That's tacky. Don't forget to sign the guest book.

JACK: [ENTERING] Oh, perfect. I've been looking for this.

[JACK TAKES TWO SKULL CAPS AND PUTS THEM UNDER HIS TUX-COAT AS SHOULDER PADS.]

WILL: That's a little inappropriate!

JACK: Please. This is inappropriate? How about inviting people to watch a man and woman get married? Look how good it makes my shoulders look.

[WILL PULLS HIS OFF AND PUTS IT IN UNDER HIS COAT AND GRABS ANOTHER ONE

JACK: Well, Will. Congratulations. I think you've done a fantastic job at planning this wedding. I take my pants off to you.

WILL: You've gotta be kidding me. The photographer's late. Four people who RSVP'd "no" just arrived with dates. And the cake shows up with two grooms on it. Is the whole city gay?

JACK: Not yet. [WITH ENGLISH ACCENT] But if all goes as planned, come Monday morning... [WRINGS HIS HANDS WITH AN EVIL LAUGH] Mwah-ha-ha-ha!

WILL: And look at these boutonnieres. Dead.

JACK: They're fine.

WILL: They're dead, my friend. They just made contact with John Edward.

WILL: [YELLING AT A GUEST] Hey, hey, hey! Sign that guest book!

JACK: Lady, you're a wreck!

[JACK SLAPS WILL ACROSS THE FACE.]

JACK: But it's understandable. Today's a big day for you. You're not just losing a best friend, you're also losing a hag.

WILL: She's not my hag, okay? She's the most important person in my life, who used to be in love with me, and who for the last 15 years has never left my side. [VOICE BREAKING] She's been a hell of a hag.

[JOE AND LARRY ENTER.]

LARRY: Hey, Will.

WILL: Hey.

[LARRY HUGS WILL.]

LARRY: Hey. Are you okay?

WILL: Sure, why wouldn't I be?

LARRY: 'Cause you're losing your girl. You're single again.

JOE: Boy, I miss those days...

LARRY: That can be arranged!

JOE: I'm joking! I was joking.

[JOE HEADS IN.]

LARRY: [QUIETLY TO WILL] But if you know anyone.

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我在Votes208上注册了一个号想学学英语,没想到这也能招来骗子,下面是我和骗子的信件来往。
他(她)的第一封信:
love4ever from USA Votes 2008 sent you this message:

Hello Dear
I'm just browsing now in the Internet and found your profile on
community.usavotes2008.com and it captured my interest i decided to drop few words to you.
I'm miss linna by name,please i will like us to hold a good
relationship with a real love,I'm happy to look at your profile today,you
sound so gentle to me that was why i fell very much interested in writing
you,contact me through my personal box (linnadokie@yahoo.com) for more
introduction,also i will send my pictures to you so we can know more about each
other,i will be happy to see your response my dear,age or colour even distance
can't deny any genuine love,so please lets give our self a trial,thanks till
i hear from you
misslinna
我的回信:
Hellow dear
Thank you for your latter,i'm sorry for didn't open this personal box some time and write back to you till now.
I'm very happy after look the latter that you write to me.
Now would be a good time, I think , for some introductions.I'm a student studying in Hubei Automobile College in china.My English is poor,and i want to improve my English that was why i to registered on community.usavotes2008.com . I can read and uaderstand English but I can't speak or write it well and truly .
You said you would like us to hold a good relationship with a real love.I will too.but we are so far away from each other.and it's difficult for us to get together.
I think we be suitable for become good frends.
Waiting for your latter.
Yours Chenghong
他(她)的第二封信:
Dearest
First i must apologise you my prince for droping you such mail but i think you deserve princess like me,meanwhile

I
am more than happy in your urgent mail to my mail.How are you today? l
hope fine.Mine is not too good due to my suffering condition here in
Dakar Senegal.My name is Miss linna Dokie, I am (23) years old, single
and never married, 5ft 8 inches Tall, 55kg weight, black hair and
brown eyes,l am from Liberia in West Africa
and presently l am residing in a church Orphanage home here in Dakar
Senegal as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country some
years ago.I lost my both Parents during this deadly Political War.That
Damaged Thousands of innocent Souls in Liberia.My family was among the
first target of the rebels because my Late father Dr Tolbert
Dokie was a Successful business man and also a politician supporting
the Present Government when the problems was about to start.Due to this
all the members of my family were Murdered in a cold
Blood and our family house was set ablazed.I
escaped death because i was in bordering school
when this deadly incident took place.

It is only
myself who is alive now and l managed to make my way to a nearby country Senegal where l am staying now and never pray or think to
step my legs in that bloody country called Liberia.

I
would like to know more about you.Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies
and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in
my next mail. Attached here is my picture.Hoping to hear from you
soonest. Yours Forever
照片我就懒得上传了,请谅解。
我的回复:
Dear Miss Linna I'm fine,thank you for your worry about me.
I'm also happy you could write to me again , i sympathize your experience,against violence and war ,love peace 。
more information about me as following:
I living in south of china,a peaceful country.My home in a village ,both my parents are farmer,and me is not very rich in the home. I am 22 years old, single and never married, 1.76m Tall, 68kg weight, black hair and
black eyes,yellow skin.like sporting ,reading,and surf net.I'm studying in the college now,and will finishes next year.There're lots of things I want to do,but haven't find which is i like best till now. I don't know what to do in the future.
I seen your pictures,and your are pretty.Hoping to hear from you.

Yours Liu Yang

第三封:Hello dear,
I am very happy in this answer to my mail.How is your day? I hope
fine.mine that the whole world is not too well in the orphanage here at home
Dakar senegal.In this orphanage home that only they are allowed
leaving only the Monday and Friday of the weeks.Its as a stay in jail
and I hope that by the grace of God I will leave here soon.We have no relatives
which we can now go to all our relatives escaped amid the war against
only person we have now is that Charles is the pastor Rev.Benjamin
the (Catholic Orphanage house) here in the camp that has been very
pleasant for me since I came here, but I am not living with him and I'm not
living in the female hostel because the camp has two shelters for a
other men for women. Pastors Tel number! is (+221-777-00-76-73)
if you call him and said he wants to talk to him I will send for me in
hostel. As an orphan here i do not have any right or privilege for
anything either money or whatever, because it is against the law
this country.I want to return to my studies because I only attended
first year before the tragic incident that lead me to be in this
place.Please situation will now hear this, I have my late father's deposit
certificate and the certificate here with me I will take you
the last one, because when he was alive to deposit a certain amount of money
major banks in Europe using my name as the next of kin,
amount in question is $ 9.4M (nine million four hundred thousand
dollars). So, like you help me transfer this money to your account and
that can send some money for me that my travel documents and air
tickets to come to meet with YOU.I kept this secret to people in
camp here! and a person who knows is the Rev. because
It's like a Fatah-er to me.So in the light of top i will like you
keep it to yourself and not telling anyone that I am afraid of losing
my life and money if people come to know everything that it.Remember
this information because of confidence in the honest i YOU.I
and understanding of people, truthful and a man of vision, truth and
My job is the English language and speak English very
fluently.Meanwhile i like him to call me, as I said I have a lot to say
you.Have a good day and think of me.hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.
Yours in love,
天上掉馅饼了:940万美元,诱人不?
我的回复:
dear Linna
I'm very happy for get letter from you today.I fear that you have an accident when I haven't look letter from you,because I known took place deadly Political War in your country from last letter you to me,I'm worry about you very much.
I am sorry I have not to call you,because my English is poor,and pronunciation is not good.Afraid you don't understand what I say.Every time I give you a letter to use more than an hour,I'm fear to write composition in English at before,but I am not afraid since write to you.
How should I help you,please tell me.I will do my ability to help you.waiting for your letter.
Yours Liu Yang
第四封:
Hello my dear.

I thank you ones again for reaching me. I hope you are keeping fine today, As for me, i am not looking fine over here. Really it sounds some how depositing such a big trust to some body that you have never seen in person but one thing you ought to understand is that any body who is into difficult situation may be
looking for help from every angle and when i come in contact with you i was some how felt relaxed saying to myself that God has answered my fasting and prayer's.I was moved.I appreciate your acceptance to assist me to my request as regards to the money and this has made me to get the bank informed in a mail about you, i introduced you to them .I see you as a very nice person whom i can lean upon for trust and support for life; I see you as very responsible,competent and mature enough to assist me to direct my life to a positive direction in life.Please i have not told any one except you about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is money i feel all interest will be on it. Remember i trust you that is why i am giving you all this information!. I will like to hear your voice in due cause please, I have informed the bank about my plans to take and transfer this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a very responsible person , who will stand on
my behalf as a trustee to this money due to my refugee status and the laws of this country. I have to use this chance to let you know about it,i have decided not to continue staying over here any more, i would like to use this chance get you introduced to the bank as my partner and the person who will be standing on
my behalf as regards to this money.In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with their contact information below; please tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my ( 9.4 million USA dollars) Nine million Four hundred thousand USA dollars)
deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin/beneficiary, to your account in your country.Here is the contact, just send an email to the bank in London.Note.This Is the contact information of the bank is as follows: and i would like you to contact them today for this fund and ask them how this fund
will transfer into your account as my foreign partner, Let them know that it's Miss Glory Dokie Instructed to transfer this fund into your account.Below are the bank contact information,s

STANDARD BANK LONDON PLC:
Senior Manager.Mr.Tim Lancaster.

Address:Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SB, United Kingdom

TEL: +447024022531
TEL: +447031887859
PHONE.+447031888631
FAX + 448709746876
E-mail:standard-bk@london.com

BELOW IS MY LATE FATHER'S DEPOSIT INFORMATION

NAME OF DEPOSITOR: DR.TOLBERT DOKIE
NATIONALITY:LIBERIA
NEXT OF KIN : MISS GLORY DOKIE
AMOUNT DEPOSITED:( $9 .4 Million USD)
ACCOUNT NUMBER: UBL745608902546/QB/91/A

Or you send your full information for reconfirmation so that i will forward it
to bank to make the transfer to your given account in your country.

1.FULL NAME.............
2.HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS............
3.TELEPHONE NUMBER .................................
4.BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION .........................
我的回信:
Dear Linna
Thank you to trust me,I was moved by your and your brought tears to my eyes. I think I got the best wife.
BELOW IS MY INFORMATION

1.FULL NAME :Liu(family name) Yang,( My Chinese name)
2.HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS: Taipinglu178 ,Donglingshi,Hunan,China.
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (这个我就不公布出来了)
4.BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION: 6222306649254893(this is the account numble of "ICBC" namely Industrial and commercial bank of China )
“银行”来信了:

Welcome to The Stand Bank Group.
STANDARD BANK LONDON PLC
Head Office Address:Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SB, United Kingdom

Registered in london No. 90312

Email:[email=[B]standard-bk@london.com]standard-bk@london.com[/email]

TEL: +447024022531
TEL: +447031887859
PHONE.+447031888631
FAX + 448709746876

Date:14th/APRIL/2009.

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:MR Liu Yang.

I have been directed by the director of Foreign Operation/Wire Transfer to write you in respect to the mail which we have received.Actually,we have earlier been told about you by the young lady Miss Linna Dokie that she wishes you to be her trustee/representative for the claim of her late father's deposit with our bank.Late Dr Tolbert Dokie is our late customer with a substantial amount(US$9,400,000.00) of deposit with us Hence you have been really appointed as a trustee to represent the next of Kin.However before our bank will transact any business concerning the transfer of the fund with you,we will like you to send the followings:

1.A power of attorney and affidavit of oath permitting you to claim and transfer the funds to your bank account on her behalf. Note:This Power of attorney must be endorsed by a Senegalese resident lawyer (since the money is originated from Africa and the Girl is Currently residing in Senegal).

2.The death certificate of late Dr Tolbert Dokie (Her deceased father) confirming the death.

3.A copy of Deposit Certificate of the account issued to Dr.Tolbert Dokie by our bank.

Note that the above are compulsory, and are needed to protect our interest,yours, the next of kin after the claims. These shall also ensure that a smooth, quick and successful transfer of the fund will be made within 48hours at reception of these documents.

Also you have to send your account information which will facilitate this fund as soon as these documents are been provided.Therefore You have to hurry up to present these documents to our bank to enable us wire the fund ( US$9,400,000.00 ) into your account.We promise to give our customers the best of our services. Should you have any question(s), please contact Senior Manager Mr Tim Lancaster on telephone number +447024022531 for more directives /clarifications.

Yours Faithfully,




Mr.Albert John
(Foreign operations/wire transfer)
我又给他们回信了在下面:
Dear Linna The bank write to me at yesterday,he let me to handle some things.
He write:
we will like you to send the followings:

1.A power of attorney and affidavit of oath permitting you to claim and transfer the funds to your bank account on her behalf. Note:This Power of attorney must be endorsed by a Senegalese resident lawyer (since the money is originated from Africa and the Girl is Currently residing in Senegal).

2.The death certificate of late Dr Tolbert Dokie (Her deceased father) confirming the death.

3.A copy of Deposit Certificate of the account issued to Dr.Tolbert Dokie by our bank

I don't know how to handle it?please tell me,
hoping hear from you。
待续……(还没道破,看接下来会出什么花招)