One recent survey had half of all flash sale customers complaining that the deal deluge is overwhelming.

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Almost half of all flash flood deaths happen in vehicles.

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The company recently sold a peony and grapefruit candle at almost half price on the flash sale site One Kings Lane.

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If you watch the way Australia played against England, and to some degree against Ireland in the second half, they weren't flash, they weren't that ambitious, they just went route one, either through the forwards or the backs.

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He says use of Flash can cut battery life in half.

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And flash memory prices declined in the first half of February, according to Barclays.

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Unfortunately, the most precise timeline we have on all this is from Broadcom, who says its Flash Player support will be available in the first half of 2010.

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About half of all mobile phones shipped worldwide in 2010 are expected to have flash-based memory, versus 100% of all tablets.

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Malouda showed rare glimpses of the form he showed throughout last season for Chelsea, forcing Mexico keeper Oscar Perez to palm over early in the second half, having earlier begun a free-kick routine straight off the training ground that saw Frank Ribery flash a drive across goal.

BBC: France 0-2 Mexico