<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_11_29_1327211</id>
	<title>Record-Breaking Black Friday For eBay's PayPal</title>
	<author>Soulskill</author>
	<datestamp>1259504880000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>adeelarshad82 writes <i>"eBay's PayPal division reported that PayPal processed <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356389,00.asp">20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year</a>. PayPal didn't release the total payment volume, but claimed that its Payflow Gateway system processes nearly a quarter of e-commerce, while its direct sales numbers reflect 12 percent of all e-commerce. In general, reports from a number of e-tailers and retailers indicated that consumers <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/black-friday-sales-tick-higher-2009-11-28">spent more on Black Friday than in 2008</a>, when the United States was in the midst of a recession. However, it's still unclear whether shoppers bought more on Black Friday, when they could expect a discount on what usually is one of the busiest days in the holiday season, or whether the pattern will continue. In 2008, shoppers stopped buying in early December, a shock that the US economy felt well into 2009."</i>
How did your Black Friday turn out? Did you wait in endless lines and contribute to the trampling deaths of fellow shoppers, sit at home and help <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/29/online-retailers-black-friday-uptime/">take down your favorite online retailer's servers</a>, or eschew the process altogether?</htmltext>
<tokenext>adeelarshad82 writes " eBay 's PayPal division reported that PayPal processed 20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year .
PayPal did n't release the total payment volume , but claimed that its Payflow Gateway system processes nearly a quarter of e-commerce , while its direct sales numbers reflect 12 percent of all e-commerce .
In general , reports from a number of e-tailers and retailers indicated that consumers spent more on Black Friday than in 2008 , when the United States was in the midst of a recession .
However , it 's still unclear whether shoppers bought more on Black Friday , when they could expect a discount on what usually is one of the busiest days in the holiday season , or whether the pattern will continue .
In 2008 , shoppers stopped buying in early December , a shock that the US economy felt well into 2009 .
" How did your Black Friday turn out ?
Did you wait in endless lines and contribute to the trampling deaths of fellow shoppers , sit at home and help take down your favorite online retailer 's servers , or eschew the process altogether ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>adeelarshad82 writes "eBay's PayPal division reported that PayPal processed 20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year.
PayPal didn't release the total payment volume, but claimed that its Payflow Gateway system processes nearly a quarter of e-commerce, while its direct sales numbers reflect 12 percent of all e-commerce.
In general, reports from a number of e-tailers and retailers indicated that consumers spent more on Black Friday than in 2008, when the United States was in the midst of a recession.
However, it's still unclear whether shoppers bought more on Black Friday, when they could expect a discount on what usually is one of the busiest days in the holiday season, or whether the pattern will continue.
In 2008, shoppers stopped buying in early December, a shock that the US economy felt well into 2009.
"
How did your Black Friday turn out?
Did you wait in endless lines and contribute to the trampling deaths of fellow shoppers, sit at home and help take down your favorite online retailer's servers, or eschew the process altogether?</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30267392</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>slaingod</author>
	<datestamp>1259523360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Just because you buy something that was made in a foreign country doesn't mean that anywhere near the majority of that money goes to the foreign country.  Retail salaries, rental/construction of stores, sales taxes, truck/rail transportation, etc. all contribute to the US economy.</p><p>I don't disagree that 'buying American' isn't better, but it isn't catastrophic either.  Pushing gift cards for services is pretty bad IMO as well, since a large percentage of gift cards are never used.  You would almost be better off donating the money to charity in their name in many cases.</p><p>But yes, there is a lot of useless crap out there too. Buying a loved one the 'gift' of a Thomas Kincaid 'painting' for instance.  Made in the USA.</p><p>A better mantra would be 'Buy useful things that increase productivity', whether it that increase be in entertainment value, work productivity, kitchen productivity, or whatever.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Just because you buy something that was made in a foreign country does n't mean that anywhere near the majority of that money goes to the foreign country .
Retail salaries , rental/construction of stores , sales taxes , truck/rail transportation , etc .
all contribute to the US economy.I do n't disagree that 'buying American ' is n't better , but it is n't catastrophic either .
Pushing gift cards for services is pretty bad IMO as well , since a large percentage of gift cards are never used .
You would almost be better off donating the money to charity in their name in many cases.But yes , there is a lot of useless crap out there too .
Buying a loved one the 'gift ' of a Thomas Kincaid 'painting ' for instance .
Made in the USA.A better mantra would be 'Buy useful things that increase productivity ' , whether it that increase be in entertainment value , work productivity , kitchen productivity , or whatever .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just because you buy something that was made in a foreign country doesn't mean that anywhere near the majority of that money goes to the foreign country.
Retail salaries, rental/construction of stores, sales taxes, truck/rail transportation, etc.
all contribute to the US economy.I don't disagree that 'buying American' isn't better, but it isn't catastrophic either.
Pushing gift cards for services is pretty bad IMO as well, since a large percentage of gift cards are never used.
You would almost be better off donating the money to charity in their name in many cases.But yes, there is a lot of useless crap out there too.
Buying a loved one the 'gift' of a Thomas Kincaid 'painting' for instance.
Made in the USA.A better mantra would be 'Buy useful things that increase productivity', whether it that increase be in entertainment value, work productivity, kitchen productivity, or whatever.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263280</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>happyhamster</author>
	<datestamp>1259527260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We don't necessarily want to go there because it would be somewhat ugly for all the countries involved, but it would actually hurt U.S. creditors more than the U.S. They say, "if you owe the banks one thousand dollars, you have a problem; but if you owe the banks one billion dollars, the banks have a problem." The U.S. creditors are sitting on nothing more than a huge pile of paper promises by the U.S. to pay. If U.S. defaults, the major consequences would be a large jump in prices on imports, including oil and electronics. It would hurt the U.S. quite a bit, but it would be nothing compared to what would happen to major creditors' economies. China, Japan, etc. economies would collapse, with widespread civil unrest, wars, and starvation. Europe would also be hurt a lot. And the creditors know this. So no, they would not try to force U.S. to pay a large portion of the debt anytime soon even if U.S. starts slowly winding down purchases of foreign crap.</p><p>It would be in the long term interest of all involved parties for U.S. to slowly pay off its debt by gradually re-balancing its economy to manufacture more and to buy less chinese junk.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We do n't necessarily want to go there because it would be somewhat ugly for all the countries involved , but it would actually hurt U.S. creditors more than the U.S. They say , " if you owe the banks one thousand dollars , you have a problem ; but if you owe the banks one billion dollars , the banks have a problem .
" The U.S. creditors are sitting on nothing more than a huge pile of paper promises by the U.S. to pay .
If U.S. defaults , the major consequences would be a large jump in prices on imports , including oil and electronics .
It would hurt the U.S. quite a bit , but it would be nothing compared to what would happen to major creditors ' economies .
China , Japan , etc .
economies would collapse , with widespread civil unrest , wars , and starvation .
Europe would also be hurt a lot .
And the creditors know this .
So no , they would not try to force U.S. to pay a large portion of the debt anytime soon even if U.S. starts slowly winding down purchases of foreign crap.It would be in the long term interest of all involved parties for U.S. to slowly pay off its debt by gradually re-balancing its economy to manufacture more and to buy less chinese junk .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We don't necessarily want to go there because it would be somewhat ugly for all the countries involved, but it would actually hurt U.S. creditors more than the U.S. They say, "if you owe the banks one thousand dollars, you have a problem; but if you owe the banks one billion dollars, the banks have a problem.
" The U.S. creditors are sitting on nothing more than a huge pile of paper promises by the U.S. to pay.
If U.S. defaults, the major consequences would be a large jump in prices on imports, including oil and electronics.
It would hurt the U.S. quite a bit, but it would be nothing compared to what would happen to major creditors' economies.
China, Japan, etc.
economies would collapse, with widespread civil unrest, wars, and starvation.
Europe would also be hurt a lot.
And the creditors know this.
So no, they would not try to force U.S. to pay a large portion of the debt anytime soon even if U.S. starts slowly winding down purchases of foreign crap.It would be in the long term interest of all involved parties for U.S. to slowly pay off its debt by gradually re-balancing its economy to manufacture more and to buy less chinese junk.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261822</id>
	<title>Re:trampling deaths??</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259514600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Why do you think it is called <i>Black</i> Friday? It used to be called "The Friday of Trampling Death", because prior to the advent of the internet, shoppers would stampede into the streets on this day, killing tens of millions Americans across the country each year. It was horrifying times, but those are the lenghts one must prepared to go to if you wish to retain the freedoms handed down to this blessed people by God, who in turn had them handed down to him by TGSOC (The Great Spirit of Capitalism, holy-be-thou-nameth). Nowadays, youngsters like yourself sit on their fat asses all day, doing their Christmas shopping on the internet, oblivious to how their ancestors would sacrifice themselves on The Friday of Trampling Death, in order for their offspring to be able to live in prosperity, and that is why the government decided to cut the name to "Black Friday" in order to save ink when printing calendars.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Why do you think it is called Black Friday ?
It used to be called " The Friday of Trampling Death " , because prior to the advent of the internet , shoppers would stampede into the streets on this day , killing tens of millions Americans across the country each year .
It was horrifying times , but those are the lenghts one must prepared to go to if you wish to retain the freedoms handed down to this blessed people by God , who in turn had them handed down to him by TGSOC ( The Great Spirit of Capitalism , holy-be-thou-nameth ) .
Nowadays , youngsters like yourself sit on their fat asses all day , doing their Christmas shopping on the internet , oblivious to how their ancestors would sacrifice themselves on The Friday of Trampling Death , in order for their offspring to be able to live in prosperity , and that is why the government decided to cut the name to " Black Friday " in order to save ink when printing calendars .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Why do you think it is called Black Friday?
It used to be called "The Friday of Trampling Death", because prior to the advent of the internet, shoppers would stampede into the streets on this day, killing tens of millions Americans across the country each year.
It was horrifying times, but those are the lenghts one must prepared to go to if you wish to retain the freedoms handed down to this blessed people by God, who in turn had them handed down to him by TGSOC (The Great Spirit of Capitalism, holy-be-thou-nameth).
Nowadays, youngsters like yourself sit on their fat asses all day, doing their Christmas shopping on the internet, oblivious to how their ancestors would sacrifice themselves on The Friday of Trampling Death, in order for their offspring to be able to live in prosperity, and that is why the government decided to cut the name to "Black Friday" in order to save ink when printing calendars.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263830</id>
	<title>It's actually drastically DOWN.  More than a third</title>
	<author>Ungrounded Lightning</author>
	<datestamp>1259490120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>GLD closed at $80.31 last Black Friday and $155.06 this one.  (GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold.  One share is the price of 1/10th ounce.  I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.</p><p>That says the price of gold went up by over 43\%.  Since gold is essentially stable in value, it says the Dollar inflated by about 43\%.  So if the sales, denominated in dollars, only went up by 20\%, they dropped drastically (in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency).</p><p>(1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06) -1 = -37.85\%  Down by more than a third.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>GLD closed at $ 80.31 last Black Friday and $ 155.06 this one .
( GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold .
One share is the price of 1/10th ounce .
I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.That says the price of gold went up by over 43 \ % .
Since gold is essentially stable in value , it says the Dollar inflated by about 43 \ % .
So if the sales , denominated in dollars , only went up by 20 \ % , they dropped drastically ( in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency ) .
( 1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06 ) -1 = -37.85 \ % Down by more than a third .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>GLD closed at $80.31 last Black Friday and $155.06 this one.
(GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold.
One share is the price of 1/10th ounce.
I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.That says the price of gold went up by over 43\%.
Since gold is essentially stable in value, it says the Dollar inflated by about 43\%.
So if the sales, denominated in dollars, only went up by 20\%, they dropped drastically (in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency).
(1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06) -1 = -37.85\%  Down by more than a third.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30265200</id>
	<title>Re:Why Me...</title>
	<author>Eil</author>
	<datestamp>1259503140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Paypal has <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=\_display-xborder-fees-outside&amp;countries=" title="paypal.com">foreign transaction fees</a> [paypal.com] too. $0.30 + nearly 4\%. I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address, but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank. As a result, I paid about $30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $100 in pre-fee profit as it was. (And if you're wondering, the buyer was legit: not a scam.)</p><p>As a buyer, you never see these fees (and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders), but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Paypal has foreign transaction fees [ paypal.com ] too .
$ 0.30 + nearly 4 \ % .
I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address , but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank .
As a result , I paid about $ 30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $ 100 in pre-fee profit as it was .
( And if you 're wondering , the buyer was legit : not a scam .
) As a buyer , you never see these fees ( and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders ) , but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Paypal has foreign transaction fees [paypal.com] too.
$0.30 + nearly 4\%.
I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address, but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank.
As a result, I paid about $30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $100 in pre-fee profit as it was.
(And if you're wondering, the buyer was legit: not a scam.
)As a buyer, you never see these fees (and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders), but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261782</id>
	<title>Record-Breaking Fraud?</title>
	<author>Macrat</author>
	<datestamp>1259514300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>That's what eBay/PayPal is known for anyway.</htmltext>
<tokenext>That 's what eBay/PayPal is known for anyway .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That's what eBay/PayPal is known for anyway.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262118</id>
	<title>Stating the...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259517000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Obvious.</p><p>What will ever happen next... People buying chocolate for easter?! Blasphemy.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Obvious.What will ever happen next... People buying chocolate for easter ? !
Blasphemy .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Obvious.What will ever happen next... People buying chocolate for easter?!
Blasphemy.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263748</id>
	<title>Ho80</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259489460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Redundant</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Locating #GNAA, could sink your in e7ernity...Romeo</htmltext>
<tokenext>Locating # GNAA , could sink your in e7ernity...Romeo</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Locating #GNAA, could sink your in e7ernity...Romeo</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263960</id>
	<title>my newegg experience was lousy</title>
	<author>TheGratefulNet</author>
	<datestamp>1259491320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>normally NE is the best.  I do LOTS of business with them.  more than I want to admit.</p><p>but let me say this upfront: the concept of 'doorbuster' does not, imo, apply to online stores.</p><p>that said, I got up an hour before 6am (pst) to be online and ready to order the netbook of my dreams.</p><p>I had my pc setup properly and all that.  at 6am I keep refreshing until the new sale price appeared.  added 1 (I'm not greedy; and I'll not go into THAT rant right now..) to my cart and tried to check out.  it put me into a login cookie loop (I can normally buy at NE easily; like I said at the start).  for 10 minutes it played this game with me.  finally I WAS able to complete checkout AND do the credit card thing AND do the verified-by-visa thing.  I got the email saying I reserved one and I was all happy<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p><p>until half an hour later when newegg sent an email to me saying they 'ran out' and, well, tough shit, basically.</p><p>LAME LAME LAME!</p><p>newegg sucked big-time this year.  their server fell down on the job and the saled dept ordered only 1000 (from what I learned later on on the phone with them).  they advertise a special and have probably 1/10 the supply for the demand.</p><p>POOR SHOWING NEW EGG!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;(</p><p>so, basically, I got nada.  I wanted that one item (or something close) and they were all gone at the attractive prices.  which was the only real reason to jump on a luxury (for me) item in this 'bad economy', to be serious.</p><p>no good deal == no sale.  and NE's servers blew it (and their sales dept, as well).</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>normally NE is the best .
I do LOTS of business with them .
more than I want to admit.but let me say this upfront : the concept of 'doorbuster ' does not , imo , apply to online stores.that said , I got up an hour before 6am ( pst ) to be online and ready to order the netbook of my dreams.I had my pc setup properly and all that .
at 6am I keep refreshing until the new sale price appeared .
added 1 ( I 'm not greedy ; and I 'll not go into THAT rant right now.. ) to my cart and tried to check out .
it put me into a login cookie loop ( I can normally buy at NE easily ; like I said at the start ) .
for 10 minutes it played this game with me .
finally I WAS able to complete checkout AND do the credit card thing AND do the verified-by-visa thing .
I got the email saying I reserved one and I was all happy ...until half an hour later when newegg sent an email to me saying they 'ran out ' and , well , tough shit , basically.LAME LAME LAME ! newegg sucked big-time this year .
their server fell down on the job and the saled dept ordered only 1000 ( from what I learned later on on the phone with them ) .
they advertise a special and have probably 1/10 the supply for the demand.POOR SHOWING NEW EGG !
; ( so , basically , I got nada .
I wanted that one item ( or something close ) and they were all gone at the attractive prices .
which was the only real reason to jump on a luxury ( for me ) item in this 'bad economy ' , to be serious.no good deal = = no sale .
and NE 's servers blew it ( and their sales dept , as well ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>normally NE is the best.
I do LOTS of business with them.
more than I want to admit.but let me say this upfront: the concept of 'doorbuster' does not, imo, apply to online stores.that said, I got up an hour before 6am (pst) to be online and ready to order the netbook of my dreams.I had my pc setup properly and all that.
at 6am I keep refreshing until the new sale price appeared.
added 1 (I'm not greedy; and I'll not go into THAT rant right now..) to my cart and tried to check out.
it put me into a login cookie loop (I can normally buy at NE easily; like I said at the start).
for 10 minutes it played this game with me.
finally I WAS able to complete checkout AND do the credit card thing AND do the verified-by-visa thing.
I got the email saying I reserved one and I was all happy ...until half an hour later when newegg sent an email to me saying they 'ran out' and, well, tough shit, basically.LAME LAME LAME!newegg sucked big-time this year.
their server fell down on the job and the saled dept ordered only 1000 (from what I learned later on on the phone with them).
they advertise a special and have probably 1/10 the supply for the demand.POOR SHOWING NEW EGG!
;(so, basically, I got nada.
I wanted that one item (or something close) and they were all gone at the attractive prices.
which was the only real reason to jump on a luxury (for me) item in this 'bad economy', to be serious.no good deal == no sale.
and NE's servers blew it (and their sales dept, as well).</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262198</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>LordKronos</author>
	<datestamp>1259517840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November.</p></div><p>No, it's not. It's the 4th Thursday in November. Usually that is the last, but occasionally there are 5 Thursdays (like there was in 2007). Thanksgiving will always fall in the range of Nov 22nd to 28th.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November.No , it 's not .
It 's the 4th Thursday in November .
Usually that is the last , but occasionally there are 5 Thursdays ( like there was in 2007 ) .
Thanksgiving will always fall in the range of Nov 22nd to 28th .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November.No, it's not.
It's the 4th Thursday in November.
Usually that is the last, but occasionally there are 5 Thursdays (like there was in 2007).
Thanksgiving will always fall in the range of Nov 22nd to 28th.
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	<title>It works with everything</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259508480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>People buy on special occasions. People buy even more when they know things will be cheap.<br>
<br>
Let me give you an example.<br>
<br>
If a pizza place advertisers for weeks that on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $2, and there will be hookers, and there will be free beer, and there will be rock music, people will come in and buy. And they will come in as a big crowd. So big that if everyone orders a combination of sweet Italian sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Capicola ham, julienne salami, Mozzarella cheese in BBQ sauce, there will not be enough for everyone. But the business will flower and they get great returns as so many people rush in.<br>
<br>
This same thing happens everywhere, so why not online too?</htmltext>
<tokenext>People buy on special occasions .
People buy even more when they know things will be cheap .
Let me give you an example .
If a pizza place advertisers for weeks that on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $ 2 , and there will be hookers , and there will be free beer , and there will be rock music , people will come in and buy .
And they will come in as a big crowd .
So big that if everyone orders a combination of sweet Italian sausage , pepperoni , Canadian bacon , Capicola ham , julienne salami , Mozzarella cheese in BBQ sauce , there will not be enough for everyone .
But the business will flower and they get great returns as so many people rush in .
This same thing happens everywhere , so why not online too ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>People buy on special occasions.
People buy even more when they know things will be cheap.
Let me give you an example.
If a pizza place advertisers for weeks that on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $2, and there will be hookers, and there will be free beer, and there will be rock music, people will come in and buy.
And they will come in as a big crowd.
So big that if everyone orders a combination of sweet Italian sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Capicola ham, julienne salami, Mozzarella cheese in BBQ sauce, there will not be enough for everyone.
But the business will flower and they get great returns as so many people rush in.
This same thing happens everywhere, so why not online too?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30265634</id>
	<title>Re:It works with everything</title>
	<author>khellendros1984</author>
	<datestamp>1259508540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I've only seen 4 of your posts, and they're getting annoying already. Was that the purpose of the account?</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've only seen 4 of your posts , and they 're getting annoying already .
Was that the purpose of the account ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've only seen 4 of your posts, and they're getting annoying already.
Was that the purpose of the account?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261204</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261430</id>
	<title>bing!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259510640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>bing offered quite a bit of cashback (up to 20\% on dell and 10\% on ebay) to any user with a paypal account starting on black friday</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>bing offered quite a bit of cashback ( up to 20 \ % on dell and 10 \ % on ebay ) to any user with a paypal account starting on black friday</tokentext>
<sentencetext>bing offered quite a bit of cashback (up to 20\% on dell and 10\% on ebay) to any user with a paypal account starting on black friday</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262706</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>PietjeJantje</author>
	<datestamp>1259521680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>That would not work. You owe to much, for example to the Chinese. The only reason they allow that, is because you keep buying. If you stop buying, they'll want you to pay your debt. You don't want to go there. Also, the worldwide economic crisis was caused by foreign banks buying American crap, otherwise it would have just been an American problem of overconsumption. Financial packages of bad mortgages. So a solution is not for Americans to buy less foreign crap, but for foreigners to buy less American crap.</htmltext>
<tokenext>That would not work .
You owe to much , for example to the Chinese .
The only reason they allow that , is because you keep buying .
If you stop buying , they 'll want you to pay your debt .
You do n't want to go there .
Also , the worldwide economic crisis was caused by foreign banks buying American crap , otherwise it would have just been an American problem of overconsumption .
Financial packages of bad mortgages .
So a solution is not for Americans to buy less foreign crap , but for foreigners to buy less American crap .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That would not work.
You owe to much, for example to the Chinese.
The only reason they allow that, is because you keep buying.
If you stop buying, they'll want you to pay your debt.
You don't want to go there.
Also, the worldwide economic crisis was caused by foreign banks buying American crap, otherwise it would have just been an American problem of overconsumption.
Financial packages of bad mortgages.
So a solution is not for Americans to buy less foreign crap, but for foreigners to buy less American crap.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261492</id>
	<title>OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>gbutler69</author>
	<datestamp>1259511180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Black Friday" is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November. It is "Black" because retailers throughout the country count on the Christmas shopping season for the majority of their yearly profits. In other words, it is the day  beginning the season when they hope to bring themselves "into the Black" (on an accounting sheet "Red" ink is used to indicate money owed, "Black" ink to indicate money made). If a retailer is "in the Red" they owe their suppliers more than they've taken in. If they are "in the Black" they have made a profit.</p><p>As far as why it is important? IT ISN'T. Not anymore. Whether or not retailers have a "good year" is now irrellevant to the U.S. economy. I've been carefully watching what is for sale in stores and almost none of it is manufactured in the U.S. So buying a bunch of stuff made in other countries (especially using further consumer debt) will do absolutely ZERO to improve the U.S. economy. Everyone should refuse to buy anything this year except for necesseties. If you want to give gifts for the spirit of the season, buy only locally made goods and services. Here are some suggestions:</p><ul>
<li>Hire a Maid/House Cleaning service to give the house a good cleaning for your spouse, mother, or other special person</li><li>Hire someone to paint a room or fix something on the home of your loved one</li><li>Commission the making of a crotcheted Blanket, Sweater, Afghan, from one of the many people in your local neighborhood who does such crafts</li><li>Hire someone to "Detail" your loved ones car</li><li>Hire someone to "Cater" your Holiday Dinner or Family Get together</li><li>Buy your loved one a "subscription" to yard mainenance/landscaping service for one year</li><li>Buy your father, brother, or other loved one a "Gift Card" for automobile maintenance at the local Mechanic and/or Car Dealer</li><li>Buy locally hand-made furniture (from the Amish or other local providers), like a wooden rocking chair or dining room table, for your loved ones</li><li>Hire someone to "prepare a vegetable garden" for your loved one (turn the soil, remove the weeds/roots etc, get it ready for planting in the spring and/or do the initial planting)</li><li>...You get the idea...</li></ul><p>ANY of the above are 100\% guaranteed to be better for the U.S. economy. If everyone did one of the above, the economy would be 100\% back on its feet in no time flat.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Black Friday " is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November .
It is " Black " because retailers throughout the country count on the Christmas shopping season for the majority of their yearly profits .
In other words , it is the day beginning the season when they hope to bring themselves " into the Black " ( on an accounting sheet " Red " ink is used to indicate money owed , " Black " ink to indicate money made ) .
If a retailer is " in the Red " they owe their suppliers more than they 've taken in .
If they are " in the Black " they have made a profit.As far as why it is important ?
IT IS N'T .
Not anymore .
Whether or not retailers have a " good year " is now irrellevant to the U.S. economy. I 've been carefully watching what is for sale in stores and almost none of it is manufactured in the U.S. So buying a bunch of stuff made in other countries ( especially using further consumer debt ) will do absolutely ZERO to improve the U.S. economy. Everyone should refuse to buy anything this year except for necesseties .
If you want to give gifts for the spirit of the season , buy only locally made goods and services .
Here are some suggestions : Hire a Maid/House Cleaning service to give the house a good cleaning for your spouse , mother , or other special personHire someone to paint a room or fix something on the home of your loved oneCommission the making of a crotcheted Blanket , Sweater , Afghan , from one of the many people in your local neighborhood who does such craftsHire someone to " Detail " your loved ones carHire someone to " Cater " your Holiday Dinner or Family Get togetherBuy your loved one a " subscription " to yard mainenance/landscaping service for one yearBuy your father , brother , or other loved one a " Gift Card " for automobile maintenance at the local Mechanic and/or Car DealerBuy locally hand-made furniture ( from the Amish or other local providers ) , like a wooden rocking chair or dining room table , for your loved onesHire someone to " prepare a vegetable garden " for your loved one ( turn the soil , remove the weeds/roots etc , get it ready for planting in the spring and/or do the initial planting ) ...You get the idea...ANY of the above are 100 \ % guaranteed to be better for the U.S. economy. If everyone did one of the above , the economy would be 100 \ % back on its feet in no time flat .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Black Friday" is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November.
It is "Black" because retailers throughout the country count on the Christmas shopping season for the majority of their yearly profits.
In other words, it is the day  beginning the season when they hope to bring themselves "into the Black" (on an accounting sheet "Red" ink is used to indicate money owed, "Black" ink to indicate money made).
If a retailer is "in the Red" they owe their suppliers more than they've taken in.
If they are "in the Black" they have made a profit.As far as why it is important?
IT ISN'T.
Not anymore.
Whether or not retailers have a "good year" is now irrellevant to the U.S. economy. I've been carefully watching what is for sale in stores and almost none of it is manufactured in the U.S. So buying a bunch of stuff made in other countries (especially using further consumer debt) will do absolutely ZERO to improve the U.S. economy. Everyone should refuse to buy anything this year except for necesseties.
If you want to give gifts for the spirit of the season, buy only locally made goods and services.
Here are some suggestions:
Hire a Maid/House Cleaning service to give the house a good cleaning for your spouse, mother, or other special personHire someone to paint a room or fix something on the home of your loved oneCommission the making of a crotcheted Blanket, Sweater, Afghan, from one of the many people in your local neighborhood who does such craftsHire someone to "Detail" your loved ones carHire someone to "Cater" your Holiday Dinner or Family Get togetherBuy your loved one a "subscription" to yard mainenance/landscaping service for one yearBuy your father, brother, or other loved one a "Gift Card" for automobile maintenance at the local Mechanic and/or Car DealerBuy locally hand-made furniture (from the Amish or other local providers), like a wooden rocking chair or dining room table, for your loved onesHire someone to "prepare a vegetable garden" for your loved one (turn the soil, remove the weeds/roots etc, get it ready for planting in the spring and/or do the initial planting)...You get the idea...ANY of the above are 100\% guaranteed to be better for the U.S. economy. If everyone did one of the above, the economy would be 100\% back on its feet in no time flat.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261524</id>
	<title>"Cyber Monday"</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259511540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I had forgotten entirely about the "Cyber Monday" idea until some spam helpfully reminded me.  If online sales switch to Friday, I'd be sad to see our most doubly-entendred day disappear.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I had forgotten entirely about the " Cyber Monday " idea until some spam helpfully reminded me .
If online sales switch to Friday , I 'd be sad to see our most doubly-entendred day disappear .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I had forgotten entirely about the "Cyber Monday" idea until some spam helpfully reminded me.
If online sales switch to Friday, I'd be sad to see our most doubly-entendred day disappear.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262822</id>
	<title>Re:Brick and mortar? nope... online? yep!</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1259523000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I went to zero stores. I went to zero online retailers. I just enjoyed watching all the mayhem from my computer screen.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I went to zero stores .
I went to zero online retailers .
I just enjoyed watching all the mayhem from my computer screen .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I went to zero stores.
I went to zero online retailers.
I just enjoyed watching all the mayhem from my computer screen.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261386</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30264216</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259493840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't know to what extent his proposed solution would work (although I'm sure it would help local economies, esp. little mom &amp; pop businesses), but it's my understanding that China has already begun to take action by investing more into other currencies and various commodities (e.g. gold mines in S. America).  So the ball is already rolling...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know to what extent his proposed solution would work ( although I 'm sure it would help local economies , esp .
little mom &amp; pop businesses ) , but it 's my understanding that China has already begun to take action by investing more into other currencies and various commodities ( e.g .
gold mines in S. America ) . So the ball is already rolling.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know to what extent his proposed solution would work (although I'm sure it would help local economies, esp.
little mom &amp; pop businesses), but it's my understanding that China has already begun to take action by investing more into other currencies and various commodities (e.g.
gold mines in S. America).  So the ball is already rolling...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262706</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263288</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>Troy</author>
	<datestamp>1259527380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>While these are all very good ideas, you're way overselling your case by saying that Black Friday is irrelevant to the US economy. The US economy does not solely consist of manufacturing. We've lost a lot of manufacturing over the years, and that has hurt us.</p><p>Nevertheless, you're forgetting about the people working the retail floor in some capacity, management at the store level (and above), support staff for management, warehouse workers, their management (and support staff), shippers (like truck drivers), their management (and support staff), marketing folks, etc etc etc.</p><p>Retail drives a significant portion of our economy and employs a large number of people. We can debate whether that it good or bad, but that's a lot of people hoping for strong Black Friday sales.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>While these are all very good ideas , you 're way overselling your case by saying that Black Friday is irrelevant to the US economy .
The US economy does not solely consist of manufacturing .
We 've lost a lot of manufacturing over the years , and that has hurt us.Nevertheless , you 're forgetting about the people working the retail floor in some capacity , management at the store level ( and above ) , support staff for management , warehouse workers , their management ( and support staff ) , shippers ( like truck drivers ) , their management ( and support staff ) , marketing folks , etc etc etc.Retail drives a significant portion of our economy and employs a large number of people .
We can debate whether that it good or bad , but that 's a lot of people hoping for strong Black Friday sales .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>While these are all very good ideas, you're way overselling your case by saying that Black Friday is irrelevant to the US economy.
The US economy does not solely consist of manufacturing.
We've lost a lot of manufacturing over the years, and that has hurt us.Nevertheless, you're forgetting about the people working the retail floor in some capacity, management at the store level (and above), support staff for management, warehouse workers, their management (and support staff), shippers (like truck drivers), their management (and support staff), marketing folks, etc etc etc.Retail drives a significant portion of our economy and employs a large number of people.
We can debate whether that it good or bad, but that's a lot of people hoping for strong Black Friday sales.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261614</id>
	<title>Re:Brick and mortar? nope... online? yep!</title>
	<author>tepples</author>
	<datestamp>1259512500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping.</p></div><p>Even after return shipping when you receive the product and find it defective? There's a Best Buy a block away from where I get groceries, so I can return something next time I'm out grocery shopping without having to pay UPS beaucoup bucks.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping.Even after return shipping when you receive the product and find it defective ?
There 's a Best Buy a block away from where I get groceries , so I can return something next time I 'm out grocery shopping without having to pay UPS beaucoup bucks .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping.Even after return shipping when you receive the product and find it defective?
There's a Best Buy a block away from where I get groceries, so I can return something next time I'm out grocery shopping without having to pay UPS beaucoup bucks.
	</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261226</id>
	<title>trampling deaths??</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259508720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>What the fuck is Soulskill talking about?  I wasn't aware of any trampling deaths or any serious injuries in this entire country at all this year.  Is he just making shit up or trying to be funny and utterly failed?</p><p>Seems like security was stepped up and stores handled queues much better.<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp;</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>What the fuck is Soulskill talking about ?
I was n't aware of any trampling deaths or any serious injuries in this entire country at all this year .
Is he just making shit up or trying to be funny and utterly failed ? Seems like security was stepped up and stores handled queues much better .
   </tokentext>
<sentencetext>What the fuck is Soulskill talking about?
I wasn't aware of any trampling deaths or any serious injuries in this entire country at all this year.
Is he just making shit up or trying to be funny and utterly failed?Seems like security was stepped up and stores handled queues much better.
   </sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261202</id>
	<title>Online things, and from non-us point of view</title>
	<author>sopssa</author>
	<datestamp>1259508480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We don't have "Black Friday" here, but I noticed Steam has also been having <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/early-holiday" title="steampowered.com">five-day-long every-day-new-games</a> [steampowered.com] discount on games, usually ranging as 33-75\% discount. Since they actually have good games there on sale, with a good percentage off, it's been leading me and many of my friends to buy the games that look interesting now. People have been buying those LucasArts and THQ Complete Packs and many single games (I bought Borderlands, City of Heroes and LucasArts pack last night) Since PayPal also processes purchases for Steam, some of the increase probably comes from it too - there are hundred thousands players buying those games now.</p><p>I didn't buy more because I didn't even know about the special day. But I bought when I saw the discounts. I'm a lazy guy so I wouldn't go fighting in stores anyway (and I hate all that crowd), but these discounts surely lead to some impulse buying on Steam. And it still continues for a few days, oh man.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We do n't have " Black Friday " here , but I noticed Steam has also been having five-day-long every-day-new-games [ steampowered.com ] discount on games , usually ranging as 33-75 \ % discount .
Since they actually have good games there on sale , with a good percentage off , it 's been leading me and many of my friends to buy the games that look interesting now .
People have been buying those LucasArts and THQ Complete Packs and many single games ( I bought Borderlands , City of Heroes and LucasArts pack last night ) Since PayPal also processes purchases for Steam , some of the increase probably comes from it too - there are hundred thousands players buying those games now.I did n't buy more because I did n't even know about the special day .
But I bought when I saw the discounts .
I 'm a lazy guy so I would n't go fighting in stores anyway ( and I hate all that crowd ) , but these discounts surely lead to some impulse buying on Steam .
And it still continues for a few days , oh man .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We don't have "Black Friday" here, but I noticed Steam has also been having five-day-long every-day-new-games [steampowered.com] discount on games, usually ranging as 33-75\% discount.
Since they actually have good games there on sale, with a good percentage off, it's been leading me and many of my friends to buy the games that look interesting now.
People have been buying those LucasArts and THQ Complete Packs and many single games (I bought Borderlands, City of Heroes and LucasArts pack last night) Since PayPal also processes purchases for Steam, some of the increase probably comes from it too - there are hundred thousands players buying those games now.I didn't buy more because I didn't even know about the special day.
But I bought when I saw the discounts.
I'm a lazy guy so I wouldn't go fighting in stores anyway (and I hate all that crowd), but these discounts surely lead to some impulse buying on Steam.
And it still continues for a few days, oh man.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30266024</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>toddestan</author>
	<datestamp>1259511120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Actually, that's only been the case since 1942.  Before then, it was the last Thursday of the month.  The reason it was changed was that retailers wanted a longer holiday shopping season, so FDR changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of the month, thinking a longer shopping season would help the economy (really!).  After a couple of years with much protesting (and no real boost to holiday sales), it was changed to the fourth Thursday of the month as a compromise.</p><p>Interestingly, not all the states went along with it at first, with the split going right down political lines.  So for a few years, there was the "Democratic Thanksgiving" followed a week later by the "Republican Thanksgiving".  I believe Texas was the last state to adopt Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday sometime after 1956.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Actually , that 's only been the case since 1942 .
Before then , it was the last Thursday of the month .
The reason it was changed was that retailers wanted a longer holiday shopping season , so FDR changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of the month , thinking a longer shopping season would help the economy ( really ! ) .
After a couple of years with much protesting ( and no real boost to holiday sales ) , it was changed to the fourth Thursday of the month as a compromise.Interestingly , not all the states went along with it at first , with the split going right down political lines .
So for a few years , there was the " Democratic Thanksgiving " followed a week later by the " Republican Thanksgiving " .
I believe Texas was the last state to adopt Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday sometime after 1956 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Actually, that's only been the case since 1942.
Before then, it was the last Thursday of the month.
The reason it was changed was that retailers wanted a longer holiday shopping season, so FDR changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of the month, thinking a longer shopping season would help the economy (really!).
After a couple of years with much protesting (and no real boost to holiday sales), it was changed to the fourth Thursday of the month as a compromise.Interestingly, not all the states went along with it at first, with the split going right down political lines.
So for a few years, there was the "Democratic Thanksgiving" followed a week later by the "Republican Thanksgiving".
I believe Texas was the last state to adopt Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday sometime after 1956.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261402</id>
	<title>Yet more evidence</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259510400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>That America is a country of weak-minded sheep.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>That America is a country of weak-minded sheep .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That America is a country of weak-minded sheep.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261672</id>
	<title>The easy way to follow parent's advice.</title>
	<author>NoYob</author>
	<datestamp>1259513220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Just don't buy any consumer electronics. That'll cover most of it. <p>I know, that's heresy in the US at Christmas time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Just do n't buy any consumer electronics .
That 'll cover most of it .
I know , that 's heresy in the US at Christmas time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just don't buy any consumer electronics.
That'll cover most of it.
I know, that's heresy in the US at Christmas time.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261492</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261902</id>
	<title>Actively Eschew</title>
	<author>alex\_guy\_CA</author>
	<datestamp>1259515440000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>Yesterday I was cold (older houses in California are not insulated, so even though it is only 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside it is still freezing in my office.)

I thought, I should go buy some long underwear. Then I remembered what day it was, and put on a hat instead.

Also, a friend from Japan posted on Facebook "What is black Friday?"

My answer:
"It is a day Americans commemorate the blackness of their souls by leaving what should be the joy of the company of their families to spend money they don't have on shit they don't need."</htmltext>
<tokenext>Yesterday I was cold ( older houses in California are not insulated , so even though it is only 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside it is still freezing in my office .
) I thought , I should go buy some long underwear .
Then I remembered what day it was , and put on a hat instead .
Also , a friend from Japan posted on Facebook " What is black Friday ?
" My answer : " It is a day Americans commemorate the blackness of their souls by leaving what should be the joy of the company of their families to spend money they do n't have on shit they do n't need .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yesterday I was cold (older houses in California are not insulated, so even though it is only 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside it is still freezing in my office.
)

I thought, I should go buy some long underwear.
Then I remembered what day it was, and put on a hat instead.
Also, a friend from Japan posted on Facebook "What is black Friday?
"

My answer:
"It is a day Americans commemorate the blackness of their souls by leaving what should be the joy of the company of their families to spend money they don't have on shit they don't need.
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261322</id>
	<title>Sorry, what?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259509560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>How did your Black Friday turn out?</p></div><p>What is a "Black Friday", why is it black, why is it a Friday, and why is it important?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>How did your Black Friday turn out ? What is a " Black Friday " , why is it black , why is it a Friday , and why is it important ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>How did your Black Friday turn out?What is a "Black Friday", why is it black, why is it a Friday, and why is it important?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30264116</id>
	<title>Re:Online things, and from non-us point of view</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259492880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>LucasArts Premier Pack<br>Individual price $120.34 USD<br>Package price $127.84 USD</p><p>Yeah, I'm sure their discounts are in no way inflated; of course a bunch of 10 year old games are worth $50USD.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>LucasArts Premier PackIndividual price $ 120.34 USDPackage price $ 127.84 USDYeah , I 'm sure their discounts are in no way inflated ; of course a bunch of 10 year old games are worth $ 50USD .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>LucasArts Premier PackIndividual price $120.34 USDPackage price $127.84 USDYeah, I'm sure their discounts are in no way inflated; of course a bunch of 10 year old games are worth $50USD.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262002</id>
	<title>Why Me...</title>
	<author>Jah-Wren Ryel</author>
	<datestamp>1259516040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>PayPal processed 20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year.</p></div><p>I didn't buy anything this black friday, not even online.  But I can certainly see how paypal's volume would be up - so many credit card issuer's are screwing themselves by jacking up the fees now that it makes more sense to use paypal to transfer directly from your checking account than it does to use a credit card.</p><p>The fee that pushed me over the edge are these new "foreign transaction fees" - not "foreign currency exchange fees"  but simply "foreign transaction fees" - almost all the major banks are charging a couple of percent for any transaction even vaguely outside the local borders.  I bought two things on ebay via paypal but with my credit card - the transactions were back to back on my statement and one of them had a ~$1 extra tacked on for this "foreign transaction fee" because the seller was in canada - even though the statement showed identical entries for the merchant field (paypal, there address in california and their phone number in california).  Even though the auction and payment was in US dollars and through paypal - Bank of America slammed me with this ridiculous fee on one charge but not the other.  The next week I purchased an online game subscription in us dollars, but apparently the parent company is in germany so wham another 50 cent fee out of nowhere.</p><p>When you can't tell at the point of sale what the total cost will be, then that is a huge incentive to move to a different method of payment where the costs are known up front.  Dumbass Bank of America has lost the revenue from ~$1000 worth of monthly online purchases but they nailed me for just under $2 in abusrdist fees, hope it was worth it!</p><p>(And when I called to register a complaint, the dumbass service representative spent 15 minutes trying to convince me that the government has made these new fees mandatory and that it wasn't BoA's fault (which is utter bullshit, confirmed on sites like the consumerist and bankrate), when all I wanted him to do was write down that I was unhappy about the fees because there was no way to know up front if the fee would apply or not)</p></div>
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<tokenext>PayPal processed 20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year.I did n't buy anything this black friday , not even online .
But I can certainly see how paypal 's volume would be up - so many credit card issuer 's are screwing themselves by jacking up the fees now that it makes more sense to use paypal to transfer directly from your checking account than it does to use a credit card.The fee that pushed me over the edge are these new " foreign transaction fees " - not " foreign currency exchange fees " but simply " foreign transaction fees " - almost all the major banks are charging a couple of percent for any transaction even vaguely outside the local borders .
I bought two things on ebay via paypal but with my credit card - the transactions were back to back on my statement and one of them had a ~ $ 1 extra tacked on for this " foreign transaction fee " because the seller was in canada - even though the statement showed identical entries for the merchant field ( paypal , there address in california and their phone number in california ) .
Even though the auction and payment was in US dollars and through paypal - Bank of America slammed me with this ridiculous fee on one charge but not the other .
The next week I purchased an online game subscription in us dollars , but apparently the parent company is in germany so wham another 50 cent fee out of nowhere.When you ca n't tell at the point of sale what the total cost will be , then that is a huge incentive to move to a different method of payment where the costs are known up front .
Dumbass Bank of America has lost the revenue from ~ $ 1000 worth of monthly online purchases but they nailed me for just under $ 2 in abusrdist fees , hope it was worth it !
( And when I called to register a complaint , the dumbass service representative spent 15 minutes trying to convince me that the government has made these new fees mandatory and that it was n't BoA 's fault ( which is utter bullshit , confirmed on sites like the consumerist and bankrate ) , when all I wanted him to do was write down that I was unhappy about the fees because there was no way to know up front if the fee would apply or not )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>PayPal processed 20 percent more transactions on Black Friday compared to last year.I didn't buy anything this black friday, not even online.
But I can certainly see how paypal's volume would be up - so many credit card issuer's are screwing themselves by jacking up the fees now that it makes more sense to use paypal to transfer directly from your checking account than it does to use a credit card.The fee that pushed me over the edge are these new "foreign transaction fees" - not "foreign currency exchange fees"  but simply "foreign transaction fees" - almost all the major banks are charging a couple of percent for any transaction even vaguely outside the local borders.
I bought two things on ebay via paypal but with my credit card - the transactions were back to back on my statement and one of them had a ~$1 extra tacked on for this "foreign transaction fee" because the seller was in canada - even though the statement showed identical entries for the merchant field (paypal, there address in california and their phone number in california).
Even though the auction and payment was in US dollars and through paypal - Bank of America slammed me with this ridiculous fee on one charge but not the other.
The next week I purchased an online game subscription in us dollars, but apparently the parent company is in germany so wham another 50 cent fee out of nowhere.When you can't tell at the point of sale what the total cost will be, then that is a huge incentive to move to a different method of payment where the costs are known up front.
Dumbass Bank of America has lost the revenue from ~$1000 worth of monthly online purchases but they nailed me for just under $2 in abusrdist fees, hope it was worth it!
(And when I called to register a complaint, the dumbass service representative spent 15 minutes trying to convince me that the government has made these new fees mandatory and that it wasn't BoA's fault (which is utter bullshit, confirmed on sites like the consumerist and bankrate), when all I wanted him to do was write down that I was unhappy about the fees because there was no way to know up front if the fee would apply or not)
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30270888</id>
	<title>Re:Why Me...</title>
	<author>tlhIngan</author>
	<datestamp>1259602260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Paypal has foreign transaction fees too. $0.30 + nearly 4\%. I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address, but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank. As a result, I paid about $30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $100 in pre-fee profit as it was. (And if you're wondering, the buyer was legit: not a scam.)</p><p>As a buyer, you never see these fees (and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders), but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign.</p></div></blockquote><p>That's because Paypal is bound by credit card agreements - I believe a vast majority of Paypal transactions are done via credit cards (and Paypal is pretty much the only company where any individual can accept a credit card payment without the hassle of opening a merchant account - why no one else wants to enter the field, I don't know).</p><p>And your foreign transaction cases are actually quite common. Given the number of idiotic companies that only ship via crappy carriers like UPS, if you're outside the US, it's either ante up to the ass-raping UPS charges for crossing a border (think easily 30-200\% the cost of the item plus shipping, PLUS taxes - $20 on a $10 item, $100 on a $300 item...). Far fewer use services like FedEx ($25/packet), or USPS ($5-8). Plus free shipping to US addresses. Or often US-only shipping. If you're a Canadian, it's easier to open a US mailbox (with a non-PO box address), then either have the service forward or await pickup. You get cheap/free shipping, and only pay taxes. One UPS shipment can often pay for a whole year's mailbox fees because of brokerage.</p><p>The second part of the equation is payment - after all, these companies often don't allow foreign credit cards. To which, Paypal ends up winning because they handle the foreign credit card (and often the case where the billing address == shipping address - since Paypal doesn't have a "billing address", you can pay Paypal and have it shipped to a different address).</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Paypal has foreign transaction fees too .
$ 0.30 + nearly 4 \ % .
I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address , but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank .
As a result , I paid about $ 30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $ 100 in pre-fee profit as it was .
( And if you 're wondering , the buyer was legit : not a scam .
) As a buyer , you never see these fees ( and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders ) , but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign.That 's because Paypal is bound by credit card agreements - I believe a vast majority of Paypal transactions are done via credit cards ( and Paypal is pretty much the only company where any individual can accept a credit card payment without the hassle of opening a merchant account - why no one else wants to enter the field , I do n't know ) .And your foreign transaction cases are actually quite common .
Given the number of idiotic companies that only ship via crappy carriers like UPS , if you 're outside the US , it 's either ante up to the ass-raping UPS charges for crossing a border ( think easily 30-200 \ % the cost of the item plus shipping , PLUS taxes - $ 20 on a $ 10 item , $ 100 on a $ 300 item... ) .
Far fewer use services like FedEx ( $ 25/packet ) , or USPS ( $ 5-8 ) .
Plus free shipping to US addresses .
Or often US-only shipping .
If you 're a Canadian , it 's easier to open a US mailbox ( with a non-PO box address ) , then either have the service forward or await pickup .
You get cheap/free shipping , and only pay taxes .
One UPS shipment can often pay for a whole year 's mailbox fees because of brokerage.The second part of the equation is payment - after all , these companies often do n't allow foreign credit cards .
To which , Paypal ends up winning because they handle the foreign credit card ( and often the case where the billing address = = shipping address - since Paypal does n't have a " billing address " , you can pay Paypal and have it shipped to a different address ) .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Paypal has foreign transaction fees too.
$0.30 + nearly 4\%.
I found out about this the hard way because I sold a high-value item to someone that had a Florida address, but whose Paypal account was apparently linked to a foreign bank.
As a result, I paid about $30 extra in Paypal fees on a hand-made item that only had about $100 in pre-fee profit as it was.
(And if you're wondering, the buyer was legit: not a scam.
)As a buyer, you never see these fees (and the seller is prohibited from adding them only to international orders), but rest assured that nearly all sellers take them into consideration when pricing their merchandise if any significant percentage of their sales are foreign.That's because Paypal is bound by credit card agreements - I believe a vast majority of Paypal transactions are done via credit cards (and Paypal is pretty much the only company where any individual can accept a credit card payment without the hassle of opening a merchant account - why no one else wants to enter the field, I don't know).And your foreign transaction cases are actually quite common.
Given the number of idiotic companies that only ship via crappy carriers like UPS, if you're outside the US, it's either ante up to the ass-raping UPS charges for crossing a border (think easily 30-200\% the cost of the item plus shipping, PLUS taxes - $20 on a $10 item, $100 on a $300 item...).
Far fewer use services like FedEx ($25/packet), or USPS ($5-8).
Plus free shipping to US addresses.
Or often US-only shipping.
If you're a Canadian, it's easier to open a US mailbox (with a non-PO box address), then either have the service forward or await pickup.
You get cheap/free shipping, and only pay taxes.
One UPS shipment can often pay for a whole year's mailbox fees because of brokerage.The second part of the equation is payment - after all, these companies often don't allow foreign credit cards.
To which, Paypal ends up winning because they handle the foreign credit card (and often the case where the billing address == shipping address - since Paypal doesn't have a "billing address", you can pay Paypal and have it shipped to a different address).
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30265626</id>
	<title>Re:It's actually drastically DOWN. More than a thi</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259508420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>GLD closed at $80.31 last Black Friday and $155.06 this one.  (GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold.  One share is the price of 1/10th ounce.  I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.</p><p>That says the price of gold went up by over 43\%.  Since gold is essentially stable in value, it says the Dollar inflated by about 43\%.  So if the sales, denominated in dollars, only went up by 20\%, they dropped drastically (in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency).</p><p>(1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06) -1 = -37.85\%  Down by more than a third.</p></div><p>How does this relate to the USD, which is not gold-backed?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>GLD closed at $ 80.31 last Black Friday and $ 155.06 this one .
( GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold .
One share is the price of 1/10th ounce .
I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.That says the price of gold went up by over 43 \ % .
Since gold is essentially stable in value , it says the Dollar inflated by about 43 \ % .
So if the sales , denominated in dollars , only went up by 20 \ % , they dropped drastically ( in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency ) .
( 1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06 ) -1 = -37.85 \ % Down by more than a third.How does this relate to the USD , which is not gold-backed ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>GLD closed at $80.31 last Black Friday and $155.06 this one.
(GLD is an exchange traded fund that tracks the price of gold.
One share is the price of 1/10th ounce.
I use it as a proxy for the price of gold because it was quick to look up.That says the price of gold went up by over 43\%.
Since gold is essentially stable in value, it says the Dollar inflated by about 43\%.
So if the sales, denominated in dollars, only went up by 20\%, they dropped drastically (in terms of gold or a gold-backed currency).
(1.2 * 80.31 / 155.06) -1 = -37.85\%  Down by more than a third.How does this relate to the USD, which is not gold-backed?
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263612</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>Neoprofin</author>
	<datestamp>1259487600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>As someone who spent many years in retail, the Christmas season is a big money maker but it in no way accounts for the majority of any retailers profits. Calling it "Black Friday" is, for many retailers, an entirely recent thing and as best I know it's making reference to other days such as Black Tuesday for the panic and chaos associated with ever earlier opening and more stress and violence. Major retailers rarely operate at a loss, and they certainly didn't start while I've been in the job market.<br> <br>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black\_Friday\_(shopping)#Origin\_of\_the\_name\_.22Black\_Friday.22" title="wikipedia.org">Wiki'd just in case.</a> [wikipedia.org]</htmltext>
<tokenext>As someone who spent many years in retail , the Christmas season is a big money maker but it in no way accounts for the majority of any retailers profits .
Calling it " Black Friday " is , for many retailers , an entirely recent thing and as best I know it 's making reference to other days such as Black Tuesday for the panic and chaos associated with ever earlier opening and more stress and violence .
Major retailers rarely operate at a loss , and they certainly did n't start while I 've been in the job market .
Wiki 'd just in case .
[ wikipedia.org ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>As someone who spent many years in retail, the Christmas season is a big money maker but it in no way accounts for the majority of any retailers profits.
Calling it "Black Friday" is, for many retailers, an entirely recent thing and as best I know it's making reference to other days such as Black Tuesday for the panic and chaos associated with ever earlier opening and more stress and violence.
Major retailers rarely operate at a loss, and they certainly didn't start while I've been in the job market.
Wiki'd just in case.
[wikipedia.org]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263906</id>
	<title>I love it</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259490780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Some people climb Mt. Everest.  Some people run with the bulls.  I like to risk my life on Black Friday.</p><p>It's not even to get good deals.  It's an attempt to enter a store, find an item, and leave with both the item and my health intact.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Some people climb Mt .
Everest. Some people run with the bulls .
I like to risk my life on Black Friday.It 's not even to get good deals .
It 's an attempt to enter a store , find an item , and leave with both the item and my health intact .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Some people climb Mt.
Everest.  Some people run with the bulls.
I like to risk my life on Black Friday.It's not even to get good deals.
It's an attempt to enter a store, find an item, and leave with both the item and my health intact.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262248</id>
	<title>What A Horrible Name</title>
	<author>DynaSoar</author>
	<datestamp>1259518320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's the time of year to celebrate many different things religious or religion-derived. So true to form the marketoids come up with a name that not only ignores the origin of the celebrations but also ignores itself, instead focusing entirely on the only thing the marketoids can perceive, making money.</p><p>Every time I see the words I cringe. How do you answer "How did your Black Friday turn out?"  Well, let's see. I went to a leadership seminar hosted by Charles Manson then had lunch with Jeffery Dahmer. After lunch I signed up for flying lessons so I can learn to fly an airliner, but not land it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's the time of year to celebrate many different things religious or religion-derived .
So true to form the marketoids come up with a name that not only ignores the origin of the celebrations but also ignores itself , instead focusing entirely on the only thing the marketoids can perceive , making money.Every time I see the words I cringe .
How do you answer " How did your Black Friday turn out ?
" Well , let 's see .
I went to a leadership seminar hosted by Charles Manson then had lunch with Jeffery Dahmer .
After lunch I signed up for flying lessons so I can learn to fly an airliner , but not land it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's the time of year to celebrate many different things religious or religion-derived.
So true to form the marketoids come up with a name that not only ignores the origin of the celebrations but also ignores itself, instead focusing entirely on the only thing the marketoids can perceive, making money.Every time I see the words I cringe.
How do you answer "How did your Black Friday turn out?
"  Well, let's see.
I went to a leadership seminar hosted by Charles Manson then had lunch with Jeffery Dahmer.
After lunch I signed up for flying lessons so I can learn to fly an airliner, but not land it.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261246</id>
	<title>Some people are crazy</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259508960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>They wait in lines in front of stores 2 days before Black friday. I find most of my tech/entertainment deals online (amazon, newegg) with no hassles of going into crowded stores. Some of the B&amp;M retailers even have deals where you can order the stuff online and ship it for cheap or free.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They wait in lines in front of stores 2 days before Black friday .
I find most of my tech/entertainment deals online ( amazon , newegg ) with no hassles of going into crowded stores .
Some of the B&amp;M retailers even have deals where you can order the stuff online and ship it for cheap or free .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They wait in lines in front of stores 2 days before Black friday.
I find most of my tech/entertainment deals online (amazon, newegg) with no hassles of going into crowded stores.
Some of the B&amp;M retailers even have deals where you can order the stuff online and ship it for cheap or free.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261984</id>
	<title>UNamerican</title>
	<author>anonieuweling</author>
	<datestamp>1259515920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Do you mean that those recordspending whatever moments mean that the public knows that the system is gonna crash? That they spend it before it is too late?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do you mean that those recordspending whatever moments mean that the public knows that the system is gon na crash ?
That they spend it before it is too late ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Do you mean that those recordspending whatever moments mean that the public knows that the system is gonna crash?
That they spend it before it is too late?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261656</id>
	<title>qbutler69: Nobody cares - LET THE LOSERS FAIL</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259513040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>qbutler69,</p><p>Let the losers fail. All of the services you offered are OF NO VALUE TO MOST PEOPLE, with the possible exception of the automobile maintenance idea. The things those people can make are pathetic, obsolete junk. A blanket? Seriously? I could buy a better one at Target.</p><p>Realize this: America sucks at making stuff. So if you're not smart enough to make it in America and all you can do is pedestrian service jobs like catering and manufacturing rubbish sweaters, YOU DESERVE TO FAIL. AND YOUR FAMILY DESERVES TO FAIL.</p><p>We might as well take everyone on welfare (mostly white trash) and ship them over to China and use them as prison labor to make our stuff.</p><p>Regards,<br>Conscientious American</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>qbutler69,Let the losers fail .
All of the services you offered are OF NO VALUE TO MOST PEOPLE , with the possible exception of the automobile maintenance idea .
The things those people can make are pathetic , obsolete junk .
A blanket ?
Seriously ? I could buy a better one at Target.Realize this : America sucks at making stuff .
So if you 're not smart enough to make it in America and all you can do is pedestrian service jobs like catering and manufacturing rubbish sweaters , YOU DESERVE TO FAIL .
AND YOUR FAMILY DESERVES TO FAIL.We might as well take everyone on welfare ( mostly white trash ) and ship them over to China and use them as prison labor to make our stuff.Regards,Conscientious American</tokentext>
<sentencetext>qbutler69,Let the losers fail.
All of the services you offered are OF NO VALUE TO MOST PEOPLE, with the possible exception of the automobile maintenance idea.
The things those people can make are pathetic, obsolete junk.
A blanket?
Seriously? I could buy a better one at Target.Realize this: America sucks at making stuff.
So if you're not smart enough to make it in America and all you can do is pedestrian service jobs like catering and manufacturing rubbish sweaters, YOU DESERVE TO FAIL.
AND YOUR FAMILY DESERVES TO FAIL.We might as well take everyone on welfare (mostly white trash) and ship them over to China and use them as prison labor to make our stuff.Regards,Conscientious American</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261300</id>
	<title>Black friday deals ARE nice but...</title>
	<author>RyuuzakiTetsuya</author>
	<datestamp>1259509320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Spent my day drinking with my girlfriend.</p><p>Screw deals.  Booze and women are were it's at.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Spent my day drinking with my girlfriend.Screw deals .
Booze and women are were it 's at .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Spent my day drinking with my girlfriend.Screw deals.
Booze and women are were it's at.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261386</id>
	<title>Brick and mortar? nope... online? yep!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259510160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I went to ZERO stores.   I spent all my money online.   I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping.  Plus I did not have to stand in line for hours to get a chance as a cupon to buy a item, or elbow idiots in the face to stop crushing my wife. 4 years ago was the LAST time we went to a store on Black friday.  She suffered 2 broken ribs and I had to physically assault 10 people to protect her from more harm.</p><p>I'm never going into a store for a black friday thing ever again, I can get better deals, save more, and do it in comfort away from the mobs of morons that lose all social ettiquette like not crushing people for some stupid shiny.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I went to ZERO stores .
I spent all my money online .
I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping .
Plus I did not have to stand in line for hours to get a chance as a cupon to buy a item , or elbow idiots in the face to stop crushing my wife .
4 years ago was the LAST time we went to a store on Black friday .
She suffered 2 broken ribs and I had to physically assault 10 people to protect her from more harm.I 'm never going into a store for a black friday thing ever again , I can get better deals , save more , and do it in comfort away from the mobs of morons that lose all social ettiquette like not crushing people for some stupid shiny .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I went to ZERO stores.
I spent all my money online.
I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping.
Plus I did not have to stand in line for hours to get a chance as a cupon to buy a item, or elbow idiots in the face to stop crushing my wife.
4 years ago was the LAST time we went to a store on Black friday.
She suffered 2 broken ribs and I had to physically assault 10 people to protect her from more harm.I'm never going into a store for a black friday thing ever again, I can get better deals, save more, and do it in comfort away from the mobs of morons that lose all social ettiquette like not crushing people for some stupid shiny.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261362</id>
	<title>Re:Sorry, what?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259509860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's actually called African American Friday these days...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's actually called African American Friday these days.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's actually called African American Friday these days...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261322</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30264454</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>Anachragnome</author>
	<datestamp>1259495700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I've been trying to get my extended family to stop buying ITEMS as gifts for years.</p><p>Services, or better yet, EXPERIENCES, are something most people will remember for a lifetime. Often, people cannot even remember WHO gave them an item for Christmas.</p><p>The really nice thing about services/experiences, as a gift, is that you usually know who is benefiting from the purchase. Buy someone a round of golf at the local course? The guys working there at the course benefit. Buy someone a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend? The people that live there benefit. It keeps the money in OUR economy (unless you're buying someone a trip to Uruguay...but, hey, Urugauyans need money too. At least you know it is going to them and not some anonymous corporate shareholder).</p><p>Giving someone an experience...well, it is the gift that keeps giving regardless of time or place. You simply think about it to continue enjoying it.</p><p>My usual gift to the family is a lavish, one-of-a-kind Christmas dinner (I used to be a chef). Last year it was a cream-based bouillabaisse made with green-lip mussels, soft-shelled crab, sweet scallops, jumbo prawns, fresh Copper River Salmon and served with the best San Francisco sourdough bread I could get my hands on (not that crap from the supermarket...I prowl the city looking for the real stuff).</p><p>Sure, it was an object, but it was the experience of eating it with each other that my family remembers. And I know it isn't sitting, forgotten, in the back of the closet (at least I sure hope not!).<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp;</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 've been trying to get my extended family to stop buying ITEMS as gifts for years.Services , or better yet , EXPERIENCES , are something most people will remember for a lifetime .
Often , people can not even remember WHO gave them an item for Christmas.The really nice thing about services/experiences , as a gift , is that you usually know who is benefiting from the purchase .
Buy someone a round of golf at the local course ?
The guys working there at the course benefit .
Buy someone a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend ?
The people that live there benefit .
It keeps the money in OUR economy ( unless you 're buying someone a trip to Uruguay...but , hey , Urugauyans need money too .
At least you know it is going to them and not some anonymous corporate shareholder ) .Giving someone an experience...well , it is the gift that keeps giving regardless of time or place .
You simply think about it to continue enjoying it.My usual gift to the family is a lavish , one-of-a-kind Christmas dinner ( I used to be a chef ) .
Last year it was a cream-based bouillabaisse made with green-lip mussels , soft-shelled crab , sweet scallops , jumbo prawns , fresh Copper River Salmon and served with the best San Francisco sourdough bread I could get my hands on ( not that crap from the supermarket...I prowl the city looking for the real stuff ) .Sure , it was an object , but it was the experience of eating it with each other that my family remembers .
And I know it is n't sitting , forgotten , in the back of the closet ( at least I sure hope not ! ) .
   </tokentext>
<sentencetext>I've been trying to get my extended family to stop buying ITEMS as gifts for years.Services, or better yet, EXPERIENCES, are something most people will remember for a lifetime.
Often, people cannot even remember WHO gave them an item for Christmas.The really nice thing about services/experiences, as a gift, is that you usually know who is benefiting from the purchase.
Buy someone a round of golf at the local course?
The guys working there at the course benefit.
Buy someone a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend?
The people that live there benefit.
It keeps the money in OUR economy (unless you're buying someone a trip to Uruguay...but, hey, Urugauyans need money too.
At least you know it is going to them and not some anonymous corporate shareholder).Giving someone an experience...well, it is the gift that keeps giving regardless of time or place.
You simply think about it to continue enjoying it.My usual gift to the family is a lavish, one-of-a-kind Christmas dinner (I used to be a chef).
Last year it was a cream-based bouillabaisse made with green-lip mussels, soft-shelled crab, sweet scallops, jumbo prawns, fresh Copper River Salmon and served with the best San Francisco sourdough bread I could get my hands on (not that crap from the supermarket...I prowl the city looking for the real stuff).Sure, it was an object, but it was the experience of eating it with each other that my family remembers.
And I know it isn't sitting, forgotten, in the back of the closet (at least I sure hope not!).
   </sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263750</id>
	<title>Re:Brick and mortar? nope... online? yep!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259489460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yes, Newegg for instance (last time I bought there) has a return policy that is pretty good.  I believe they send a box if I remember correctly, you place it in the box and send it off.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes , Newegg for instance ( last time I bought there ) has a return policy that is pretty good .
I believe they send a box if I remember correctly , you place it in the box and send it off .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes, Newegg for instance (last time I bought there) has a return policy that is pretty good.
I believe they send a box if I remember correctly, you place it in the box and send it off.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261614</parent>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30265358</id>
	<title>Re:It works with everything</title>
	<author>SmlFreshwaterBuffalo</author>
	<datestamp>1259505540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><nobr> <wbr></nobr></p><div class="quote"><p>...on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $2, and there will be hookers, and there will be free beer, and there will be rock music...</p></div><p>In fact, forget the pizza and rock music. And the free beer.</p><p>Ahh, screw the whole thing!</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>...on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $ 2 , and there will be hookers , and there will be free beer , and there will be rock music...In fact , forget the pizza and rock music .
And the free beer.Ahh , screw the whole thing !</tokentext>
<sentencetext> ...on this exact day all the pizzas will be just $2, and there will be hookers, and there will be free beer, and there will be rock music...In fact, forget the pizza and rock music.
And the free beer.Ahh, screw the whole thing!
	</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30271824</id>
	<title>Re:Brick and mortar? nope... online? yep!</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259606760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I didn't do any of it, and I never do. Thanksgiving in the US has become nothing more than "Black Friday Eve", with more attention given during Thanksgiving to great shopping deals than the holiday's true purpose, giving thanks (and believe it or not, we still have a lot to be thankful for in this country). The day after Thanksgiving, I usually do something with my family, and stay well away from shopping centers.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I did n't do any of it , and I never do .
Thanksgiving in the US has become nothing more than " Black Friday Eve " , with more attention given during Thanksgiving to great shopping deals than the holiday 's true purpose , giving thanks ( and believe it or not , we still have a lot to be thankful for in this country ) .
The day after Thanksgiving , I usually do something with my family , and stay well away from shopping centers .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I didn't do any of it, and I never do.
Thanksgiving in the US has become nothing more than "Black Friday Eve", with more attention given during Thanksgiving to great shopping deals than the holiday's true purpose, giving thanks (and believe it or not, we still have a lot to be thankful for in this country).
The day after Thanksgiving, I usually do something with my family, and stay well away from shopping centers.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30262022</id>
	<title>Re:OK, for those not in the know.</title>
	<author>Thatmushroom</author>
	<datestamp>1259516160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>You could also "hire" an "editor" to "clean up" your superfluous use of "quotation marks".</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>You could also " hire " an " editor " to " clean up " your superfluous use of " quotation marks " .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You could also "hire" an "editor" to "clean up" your superfluous use of "quotation marks".</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261664</id>
	<title>With all that foot traffic in stores</title>
	<author>knavarathna</author>
	<datestamp>1259513160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Must have sucked to be a walmart greeter on black friday.  Good to see that online sales are becoming more of the norm.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Must have sucked to be a walmart greeter on black friday .
Good to see that online sales are becoming more of the norm .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Must have sucked to be a walmart greeter on black friday.
Good to see that online sales are becoming more of the norm.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261370</id>
	<title>Next ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259509920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Pass<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... online retailers up the price just to reduce it<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... will wait for the deals which await when shopping grinds to a halt in December again.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Pass ... online retailers up the price just to reduce it ... will wait for the deals which await when shopping grinds to a halt in December again .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Pass ... online retailers up the price just to reduce it ... will wait for the deals which await when shopping grinds to a halt in December again.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261630</id>
	<title>Re:Online things, and from non-us point of view</title>
	<author>kjart</author>
	<datestamp>1259512740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm in Canada and, as such, we don't have Black Friday either, so thanks for reminding me of this - managed to pick up Left 4 Dead and the THQ pack with 30 minutes remaining this morning. While the LucasArts pack was tempting as well, the THQ one was crammed full of amazing RTS games that I may have enjoyed from the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... ahem<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... library in my younger days, along with a fairly new game (Red Faction: Guerilla) that sounded great but I never got around to trying. As for Left 4 Dead, that was kind of a no brainer (heh, zombies) at $7.50.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm in Canada and , as such , we do n't have Black Friday either , so thanks for reminding me of this - managed to pick up Left 4 Dead and the THQ pack with 30 minutes remaining this morning .
While the LucasArts pack was tempting as well , the THQ one was crammed full of amazing RTS games that I may have enjoyed from the ... ahem ... library in my younger days , along with a fairly new game ( Red Faction : Guerilla ) that sounded great but I never got around to trying .
As for Left 4 Dead , that was kind of a no brainer ( heh , zombies ) at $ 7.50 .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm in Canada and, as such, we don't have Black Friday either, so thanks for reminding me of this - managed to pick up Left 4 Dead and the THQ pack with 30 minutes remaining this morning.
While the LucasArts pack was tempting as well, the THQ one was crammed full of amazing RTS games that I may have enjoyed from the ... ahem ... library in my younger days, along with a fairly new game (Red Faction: Guerilla) that sounded great but I never got around to trying.
As for Left 4 Dead, that was kind of a no brainer (heh, zombies) at $7.50.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261298</id>
	<title>Thursday morning</title>
	<author>vlm</author>
	<datestamp>1259509320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I did all my online shopping Thursday morning...  If not cooking, or while taking a break from the cooking, assuming the house is "decorated" enough, there is nothing else holiday related left to do.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I did all my online shopping Thursday morning... If not cooking , or while taking a break from the cooking , assuming the house is " decorated " enough , there is nothing else holiday related left to do .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I did all my online shopping Thursday morning...  If not cooking, or while taking a break from the cooking, assuming the house is "decorated" enough, there is nothing else holiday related left to do.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30263682</id>
	<title>Re:Better than being with the lemmings ...</title>
	<author>chucklebutte</author>
	<datestamp>1259488560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Every single picture has nothing but dumpy looking people in it. Those people are pitiful.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Every single picture has nothing but dumpy looking people in it .
Those people are pitiful .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Every single picture has nothing but dumpy looking people in it.
Those people are pitiful.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_29_1327211.30261406</id>
	<title>Better than being with the lemmings ...</title>
	<author>schwit1</author>
	<datestamp>1259510460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2009/11/black-friday.html" title="sacbee.com">http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2009/11/black-friday.html</a> [sacbee.com]</htmltext>
<tokenext>http : //www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2009/11/black-friday.html [ sacbee.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2009/11/black-friday.html [sacbee.com]</sentencetext>
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