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Merry Christmas from PhoneArena
0. phoneArena posted on 22 Dec 2012, 01:10
With Santa getting ready for his run in a couple days, we at PhoneArena wish you our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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1. xDrizzyXx (Posts: 64; Member since: 28 Jun 2011)
Happy Holidays! And I got the Note 2! :D
26. Mittal (Posts: 494; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
Merry Christmas all!
i am getting myself an HTC One S !!
2. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Merry Christmas guys. No matter what you believe I hope you take the message of good cheer to heart and enjoy yourselves this holiday season.
3. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
(and for the record I don't actually believe in the religious aspects of the holidays.)
23. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
neither do I but christmas is fun its when you are with your family,happy :)
31. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And that is exactly my point. :)
39. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Well I do believe in all that religious stuff, and I still am hoping you have a wonderful one, Mr. Sniggs. This site is no where near as much fun without you!! Merry and Happy Buddy, and enjoy your time with your loved ones!!
4. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Merry Christmas to Phone Arena as well along with the readers and commenters! Happy Holidays!
5. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Merry Chrismas all for you guys
Please Santa give me an Iphone 5 so that I can sell it to buy a Galaxy Note2
and save some bucks
6. wendygarett (unregistered)
Merry Christmas to you fandroid :p
7. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Merry christmas guys !!
hope i can go to times square to watch the ball drop
21. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
I hope I can afford to go to the United States or Europe :(
37. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Agreed :( I wanna move to the us so badly, I'm tired to see blackberries
8. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
Merry christmas guys and girls, friends and foes :) . Thanks for a great year and thanks for allowing us to really speak our minds around here. Whether it be negative things at times or good things, Im glad to have been apart of the community this year. And to be honest before this year started I had little to no knowledge of smartphones, well at least thats what it seems like from what i know now :)
So once again thanks for allowing us to come together and share our thoughts and beliefs and get a deeper understanding of something that is apart of our lives every day....Communication
Heres to an even better year .....2013!
9. wendygarett (unregistered)
A merry Christmas to you too knight :)
20. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
You too , glad to have joined this site . Where all phone and tablet lovers with different opinions come together in one place
41. Mittal (Posts: 494; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
Merry Christmas to u too !!
I started surfing Phonearena late last year when i was searching for a my first Android.
Even after buying it, i somehow kept coming back :D and grew more interested in all the wireless news.... And i am very sure the excellent User Interface of this site, especially the comments section is one of the major reasons (along with mostly good content) that has really helped PA attract so many readers.
10. slavytodorov (Posts: 48; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
I already got a SGN II!!! God, it's freakin awesome!!!
11. Ray.S (Posts: 388; Member since: 19 Jul 2011)
Merry Christmas to all!
22. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Good luck in your career and life :)
13. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1639; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and have a Happy New Year!
It's been an exciting year in the phone tech world, and we have to look forward to even bigger things next year. 2013 is shaping up to be a very exciting year indeed, with rumors of the new Galaxy SIV, Note 3, Optimus G2, One X successor, Xperia Z, Google-Dish Wireless, Google's Glass Project, Project X from Motorola, and so on and so forth!
14. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Merry Christmas and happy new year to all on both sides of the fence :)
15. jael206 (Posts: 146; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
Merry Christmas Apple!!
16. pongkie (Posts: 655; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
Merry Christmas!!! Santa I want a new phone
17. aco96 (Posts: 242; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
Dear Santa, please give Nokia 808
18. Cynipap999 (banned) (Posts: 138; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
Merry Christmas to all my iFriends, iKnow that iLike to pick on you at times but, it's only done with pure iLove. iMust congratulate you, though, for at least growing to 4 whole inches this year. Be not dismayed, uToo, will grow to 5.5 inches one day; hopefully, within the next 20 years.
For my Android brothers:
'live long and prosper' and 'may the true force be with you'!
19. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Merry Christmas to everybody on the PhoneArena team , iFans , Fandroids and all PhoneArena users .
Sadly I won't be able to surf this site for a few days because I am spending my Christmas in Vietnam , happy holidays .
24. cjslman (Posts: 13; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
Happy Holidays to everybody around the world. May this festive season being peace and joy to all of you.
25. mydi.maus (unregistered)
merry Christmas PA members! from mydi santa;)


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Mobile payments specialist Monitise (MONI) grew revenues by 63 per cent to £27.8m in the six months to December as its mobile payments technology continues to gain good traction. Indeed, the company is now carrying out around 2bn transactions on an annualised basis, worth $31bn. The full year revenue target of £70m looks achievable according to management. We keep our buy recommendation.
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REVIEW: Pittsburgh Public Theater toasts tensions in its strong 'True West'
Brothers. Booze. Buttered toast.
All three play a large part in Sam Shepard's "True West," the latest in Pittsburgh Public Theater's Masterpiece Season.
This volatile drama, directed by Pamela Berlin, builds to a crashing climax, dragging the audience along the way. Here, the standard American dream of success — house, family, career — is challenged by a less-civilized dream of a frontiersman who can make it anywhere, even in the desert.
The two brothers meet for the first time in five years in mom's suburban, California house. It's the late 1970s, a world we recognize from the seamless linoleum floor, the Harvest Gold appliances, the oversized wooden fork and spoon over the stove.
Preppy Austin (played to priggy perfection by Ken Barnett) is an Ivy League-educated screenwriter, house sitting while mom's away. Older brother Lee (David Mogentale, exuding menacing aggression) shows up unexpectedly, sipping a can of beer.
Ten years apart in age, poles apart by temperament and lifestyle, they couldn't look more different. Michael Krass nailed the costumes here. Austin is pressed and buttoned up. Lee, a petty thief, self-reliant and lawless, is the kind of man you'd cross the street to avoid. His suit pants were tailored for someone of another build. His bare feet slide in and out of a scuffed and worn pair of dress shoes. A gray raincoat is smudged with grime.
Sibling rivalry quickly joins the reunion with a mix of jealousy and grudging admiration.
But the relationship hits a downward spiral when Lee convinces Austin's producer (Dan Shor, an excellent choice as a Hollywood hustler) to drop Austin's script and invest in Lee's "true" western story.
In his tale, Lee describes a man chasing another across the desert, each afraid: "The one who is chasing doesn't know where the other is taking him. And the one who's being chased doesn't know where he's going."
It's a terrible thought we keep in mind as Austin begins drinking and the brothers switch personas: Who's chasing? Who's leading?
Lee concentrates on the typewriter — first banging with a two-finger approach, then pounding in frustration with a golf club. Austin becomes the vagabond thief, breaking into houses. He lines the kitchen counter with bright, shiny toasters. Austin loads each and, as the scene continues, the toasted bread pops up at random, sending out a heady aroma.
"I love the smell of toast," says Austin, likening it to salvation. "It makes me feel like anything is possible."
Yes, anything — including escalating violence, cruel intimidation and pent-up anger let loose.
Michael Schweikardt's set brilliantly details the era in which the play is set. The look is enhanced by John Lasiter's lighting through the back windows — from early-morning glow, bright daylight and midnight blue behind the mountains.
As sound designer, Zach Moore's cricket symphony and coyote cries give added dimension to the rising tension between the characters.
There's no credit for scent design, but few will leave the theater without a craving for toast — and a feeling of relief.
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Olympus 2010 Line-up unveiled in Japan
Already introduced during the last PMA in the US, the Japanese manufacturer Olympus decided to give to the Japanese press the pleasure to discover in flesh their latest model during a nicely well organized event here in Tokyo.
Nothing we already covered of course but if was still interesting to play with the new cameras as well as discovering their accessories. But, the most "impressive" element of this press event was the 3 µTOUGH cameras frozen into a big block of ice… Funny and impressive
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Helston Rugby Club has joined a handful of clubs that have received accreditation from the Rugby Football Union in recognition of their best practice in administration and coaching.
The club was officially presented with its RFU Accreditation Award by the Cornwall Rugby Football Union chairman Dennis Preece and senior member of the Cornwall Rugby Football Union John Grindle.
The CRFU members were given a tour of the clubhouse and had an opportunity to discuss the Helston club's future development plans. They also took the chance to watch Helston's junior teams who had scheduled friendly matches against neighbours Penryn. Teams watched included under sevens, under eights, under nines and under 14s and representatives of other club teams were also present.
The accreditation award recognises that the club is following and adhering to the RFU's recognised best practices in its administration, coaching and future planning.
Mr Preece said: "Helston should be very proud of its achievement in attaining RFU accreditation. Less than a handful of clubs in the county have so far been awarded it. I wholeheartedly congratulate them.
"It is a credit to the committee and volunteers that all the hard work they put in is recognised in this way and I hope receiving it will be a stepping stone to help push Helston to achieve its development goals and continue to grow as a strong and successful club."
Helston Rugby Club chairman Brian Hosken Helston thanked the CRFU representatives. He said: "Helston is a strong family club. We should all be proud that our hard work has been recognised with this award. We rely on all of our volunteers and I would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for all they do to help make this club what it is."


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I've been pretty evangelical to friends about Miami Connection as a rediscovered cult classic, especially since the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival. During our coverage, I got to interview Grandmaster Y.K. Kim, the film's star and co-director. I also saw the movie multiple times.
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Sustainable Excellence of Industrial Companies. Evaluation of Acumulated Synergies
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Demand for Water
1- History of Water
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Water Supply in Developing Countries
The United Nations General Assembly declared the years 2005 to 2015 an International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'.
The primary aim of the 'Water for Life' decade is to help progress international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015.
These commitments include a Millennium Development Goal target to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 and to stop the selfish use of water resources that could not be maintained in the longer term.
The UK Government Department for International Development manages Britain's aid to developing countries. It has committed its support to the UN Millennium Development Goals.
1) Sanitation and a safe, clean water supply close to people's homes brings benefits which go way beyond the expected improvements to health and the reduction in time spent collecting water.
2) Water, sanitation and hygiene education when combined provide the foundation for all other development and is key to reducing poverty.
Fascinating facts
1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water – roughly one sixth of the world's population.
2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to good enough sanitation – roughly two-fifths of the world's population.
1.8 million children die every year as a result of disease caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. This equates to some 4900 deaths a day.
The number of deaths caused by diarrhea can be reduced by an average of 65% where there is combined provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.
At least 90% of drinkable water in the world is underground. This water is increasingly under threat from being steadily reduced and from being polluted.
Since 1950 the world population has doubled but water consumption has increased six-fold.
The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water a day for their drinking, washing and cooking. This is the same amount used in the average flush of a UK toilet.
40 billion working hours are spent carrying water each year in Africa.
The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20kg, equal to the average UK airport luggage allowance.
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Sun Princess to Tassie, December 2009: Sun Princess Cruise Review by badgerdee
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Sun Princess to Tassie, December 2009
Destination: Australia & New Zealand
Embarkation: Other
We were interested to compare the Sun Princess to Sea Princess, as we'd sailed to Alaska on the Sea Princess earlier this year. Destination-wise, Sea Princess won hands-down. However, the Sun Princess racked up more points for slightly fresher decor (she will be overhauled in April 2010, apparently) and better food.
Stateroom We booked a balcony stateroom on deck 11 (Aloha). There were no suprises as the room was virtually the same as the cabin we had on Sea Princess. The only difference was the TV was a flat screen, not CRT. We were attended to by the wonderful Jerry - nothing was too much trouble (not that we were demanding...) and he was very chirpy.
We took lots of long naps on this cruise, mainly because we couldn't sleep as the ship More rocked and rolled its way across the Tasman. It was very rough out of Sydney, again out of Melbourne, and on the return from Hobart to Sydney. Lots were sea sick; luckily we escaped that. Just a few sleepless nights.
Ports One word: shemozzle. Some of it down to Princess, some of it not. We were delayed out of Melbourne for several hours because explosives were detected in some cargo pallets (who new cruise ships carried cargo?!). The Captain announced to begin with that drugs had been found. That got blown out of the water (pardon the pun) when the bomb squad, complete with robots, turned up. Most passengers were back on board whilst the ship was searched, but some unlucky ones were left on the docks. Finally reunited with the ship 4 hours later and we set sail for Burnie.
Food Excellent! There were dessert buffets after lunch on the two sea days and everything looked and tasted wonderful. The Horizon Court buffet selections were fresh and tasty and there was plenty of choice. There was an Italian-themed lunch and sushi on one of the sea days. The food in the main dining room was also very good, although we gave both formal nights a miss because we didn't have the correct attire. Room service was swift and friendly and the afternoon tea was delicious. Lots of pastries in the cafe, and warm cookies in the afternoon. I put on 2kgs.
Gym A bit of a disappoinment from a treadmill perspective. They're really old and could do with being replaced. As ever, a queue to get in. No points for the ones who jumped ahead and entered illicitly through the Lotus Spa. But then, there's always a few on every ship... I jogged around the Promendae deck at around 6am on three mornings. Just me and the crew, swabbing the deck. They didn't mind me being there and even encouraged me a bit.
Pools and spas All seemed to be in use. The kiddies tended to keep to their pools and there always seemed to be room. We brought our swimmers but didn't go in, mainly because I was afrid of being harpooned. Ady Gil could have come to my rescue I suppose.
Art Auction I have to mention this because the Art Director was a pice of work (no pun intended). Rude, patronising, and completely disinterested in what she was doing. And openly sneered at the very people she was trying to cultivate. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard her "directing" the crew assigned to move the art - so dismissive and unpleasant. I'm surprised she wasn't turfed overboard but then, perhaps the sharks would have thrown her back. I believe she left Princess' company in Sydney for some R&R. A good outcome.
Laundromat Charges AUD1.00 for soap and the same again for the washer and dryer. No queues and we used them twice. No complaints.
Entertainment We didn't attend any of the shows, but heard they were good. The trivia questions were hard!!
Port Arthur.
A LOT of unhappy campers at this port. Princess operated a tender system to get passengers to shore. Because we firmly believe early birds get the juciest worms, we arrived at the Vista Lounge right on time to collect our tender tickets and were rewarded by being assigned tender #4.
That said, it still took us two hours to get off the ship because the local port authorities once again held the ship up for ages, and then there was a cluster with which tenders from which ships got to use which part of the arrival pontoon.
Bottom line - we arrived at Port Arthur on our tender at 11am. By the time we caught the tender back to the ship at 3pm, Passenger Services were still calling people with tender tickets in the low 40s!! What a debacle.
Port Arthur itself was lovely and well worth the visit.
Hobart was nice. We took the Big Red bus tour, but bought tickets from the Information Centre (not Princess) and thus saved a small fortune. Hobart's got some lovely architecture, and quite a compelling convict history.
Of interest, the Ady Gil was berthed in Hobart quite near the Sun Princess. The Ady Gil is an anti-whaling boat pitched by the Sea Shepherds against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic. It's quite a futuristic-looking craft - a throw back from a Batman movie. It added a bit of colour to our day.
We had a big bowl of squid and chips on the dock (because we really needed more food...) then rolled back to the ship. Of interest, the ship was delayed (again) because a couple of teenaged fools decided to spend the afternoon in the pub and didn't appear until an hour after we were supposed to be back on board. So, contrary to all advice I've ever been given, it appears the ship does indeed wait for late-comers. In this instance, I reckon they wouldn't have missed (by anyone but the Purser, that is because I'm sure their bar bills would have been huge). Less
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Under the Sale of Goods Act 'if a product develops a fault before it would reasonably be expected to do so' then a retailer is still liable even if a warranty has expired.
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Cute daughter of Radha, Kartika is trying her luck to make an impression in South. However till now she is yet to make an impresion and in the mean time her sister Tulasi also entered the industry.
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Director of rugby Simon Amor has moved to fill a vacancy in the London Scottish front row by adding American World Cup prop Eric Fry to his squad.
The 25-year-old USA Eagles star arrives from Manawatu Turbos, who play in New Zealand's ITM Cup, and can play on either side of the scrum.
California-born Fry made his debut for his homeland ahainst Tonga in the 2011 Churchill Cup and went on to play a full Pool C game against Australia in the World Cup later the same year.
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Involvement Approaches
Many chapters have found ways of including planning officials in their programs and decision making. The national organization has a focused seat on the Board of Directors for a planning official; several chapters have chosen the same strategy for giving a voice to planning official members. What are some other approaches?
- Establishing a committee dedicated to planning official concerns
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- Involving planning officials in outreach efforts to draw more officials into APA
- Having planning officials do planning promotion, such as speaking to local Rotary, Lions, and other civic groups
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As PODO, part of your role is to be a goodwill ambassador for planning. You may find that planning officials will call you for advice on knotty problems. Consider this part of your role as well.
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Gymnastics Workout: Cycle 3, Week 9, Day 5
The third cycle of the Gymnastics Workouts will focus on progression with repetition. What makes a gymnast so good at their sport is repetition of skills. To become better and stronger at a particular skill, you need to work that skill on a regular basis. In this cycle we will be concentrating on a few skills that we will repeat every week.
Week 9, Day 5
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Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District considers water transport to keep rights
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The district's water rights will expire in 2029. At that time, if their water allowance isn't regularly consumed a portion will be up for bid across the state. In a presentation to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the district said if they lose the rights, another state entity could use it for their own benefit, hurting local rate payers.
The district presented three options they're working towards: Increasing local use, transporting water out of the county via pipeline, and releasing in stream flows to the Mad River.
"We come from a region where water has been without our permission transported out of the area and it has been detrimental to some of our streams and watersheds," said Bruce Rupp, director of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. "So the community is rightfully concerned about maintaining control and not damaging, particularly our concern, the mad river watershed. We're concerned about that too so we want to control the water, we want to benefit from it, and we want to be sure whatever we do, does not harm the environment."


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RUSKIN — Robinson's Blake Rice and JJ Hubbard helped the Knights clinch a Class 2A playoff spot with a rout over Lennard.
Robinson came out strong, as running back Hubbard scored from 48 and 44 yards on the Knights' first two drives. Before the quarter ended, the Knights held a four-touchdown advantage, thanks in part to quarterback Rice, who found leading receiver Ruben Gonzalez from 15 yards then connected once more with Benzel McKever.
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According to a source, the Cowboys and Titans are having trade talks surrounding Pacman Jones. Manubir Arora, Jones' agent, says the Patriots and Lions are also interested in his client. Asked Jones' preference of a future team, Arora said, "Every kid grows up wanting to play for the Dallas Cowboys." "We want to go to an established team with good infrastructure and leadership," Arora told Werder. "Both the Cowboys and Patriots have veteran coaches who have been through these kinds of things before, good player liaisons and mentoring, and if you have those things and a winning program, then I think all these problems go away. "All of Adam's issues have been offseason issues, not team issues."
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ATLANTA—IHG has signed two EVEN Hotels properties located at Rockville, MD, and Norwalk, CT. The properties will be conversions of existing structures, designed to the specifications of the EVEN Hotels brand in order to offer a holistic wellness experience.
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A Freeway story
Went out this mornin to the bank and ta git my ears lowered by my fav barber.
Going WB on the I-8, I see a Mustang in the CD with a CHP behind it and figure "someone's gittin a ticket."
Coming back, I see a tow @ the Mustang and think ?? as I continue on my way.
Anyways — it's a bit later morning now and and I'm agittin ready to go out to "play" fer a while on the freeway — I come over the rise WB agin, and there's the Mustang — STILL there — someone small sittin on the passenger side — so I light up and pull off in front of it — back up to it and investigate.
Little girl's been cryin.
She's had a tread delamination blowout on her LR tire and the remaining tread, flailing around the wheel well had damaged the body as well.
CHP had stopped to help her and had requested a tow to change out the tire for her "courtesy" as she had no HE [help enroute], no funds to pay, and no one local to assist her.
Tow driver had done as requested and left but didn't notice she couldn't leave.
She said to me that the car "wouldn't move" after the tire was changed.
I immediately suspected that the spare wasn't correct and was jammed on the brake caliper. [ Seen that before. ] So, without further ado, I removed her blown tire from the trunk and told her I'd return with a good one for her in about 20 min.
She protested that she couldn't pay. I assured her that that wasn't an issue as I gave her my card and explained my reason for being there.
Now I'm sizing up her situation as I'm talking with her, and it looks to me like she's got everything she owns packed into that car. I'm guessing she's been having a REALLY bad day [or more]
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I got a tire of the same size from my stock I keep for these kinda situations, mounted it up on her wheel, and took it back to her on the freeway.
Took the spare off, installed the good tire, and tried to move the car.
Which wouldn't start.
She's looking pretty sad just now.
She had said it wouldn't "move."
It comes to me from past experience that the Mustang [ and other Ford vehicles ] have a "rollover" cutoff switch for the fuel pump located in the trunk on the LR wheel well. So, when the LR tire blows in this fashion it often trips that switch with the flailing of the tread against the body metal.
I locate the switch, press the button, and try to start it again…ROOOORHMMMMMM
The look on her face made my day!
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Summertime is upon us, and the season is always chock-full of birthday celebrations for kids! We've rounded up some of the most amazing birthday bashes that have been thrown in honor of celebrity babies and tots! From $100,000 extravagant affairs to down to earth parties thrown to benefit children in need, here's your invitation into the birthday celebrations thrown for Tinseltown's most famous tykes!
Most people don't spend anywhere near $100,000 on their birthday parties in a lifetime, but Suri Cruise isn't most people. Her second birthday party made headline news when parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent a reported $100,000 on the event. The theme was butterflies, and the lavish cake had an excessive $5,000 price tag alone! Catering also reportedly cost $45,000; and the sweets didn't end with the cake, $230 was doled out for cupcakes from LA's Sprinkles bakery as well.
Suri recently celebrated her 4th birthday and carried on the cupcake indulging tradition. She had a tea-party themed celebration and attendees decorated the sweet treats at her house in Beverly Hills. The shindig also featured a scavenger hunt and swimming.
Blakesley Grace Sutter, the little girl of Bachelorette alums Trista and Ryan Sutter, "loved" her first birthday party, which featured an Alice in Wonderland theme. Mom Trista says Blakesley's favorite moment of the party was when guests sang "Happy Birthday" to her, and adds,
We had 26 kids there who are either good friends… or neighbors. It was a packed house, but from what I could tell, everyone really enjoyed themselves.
Max Sutter's first birthday was also a big hit! The Candyland theme boasted a candy buffet that included over 200 pounds of sweet treats!
We recently reported on Kingston Rossdale's 4th birthday party, which parents Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale spent a whopping $15,000 orchestrating! "A bouncy castle, three birds, a face painter, a balloon artist, and roaming super hero characters" entertained 100 party guests, who feasted on "burgers, hot dogs, tacos, quesadillas, french fries and chicken fingers." A cotton candy machine and a lemonade stand rounded out the bonanza!
Zuma's rock star dad Gavin Rossdale was in charge of firing up the grill for his son's first birthday. He said,
I got home from the studio and was cooking burgers at 3 a.m. this morning to prepare for the party," Gavin says. "I'm the chef, and Gwen's more of the party planner. She takes care of the presents and the guests. I just love to cook for everyone.
Gavin also shared that Zuma's birthday wish list included toy trucks and squeaky shoes!
Actress Julie Bowen chose to be charitable when it came to throwing a first birthday party for her twins Johnny and Gus last month. She decided to support charity organization Baby2Baby, which supplies families in need with essential baby gear, saying,
Honestly, [the twins] have more than enough stuff and there are so many families in Los Angeles that don't even have the bare necessities. So if I can take two over-privileged kids' birthdays and use it as an opportunity to get other kids the stuff they need, I'm overjoyed to do that.
The most popular tomboy on the planet and daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt reportedly celebrated her fourth birthday last month with a soldier-themed party. In Touch reported that a family friend told them Shiloh would be receiving "new boots, toy guns and a new bed that looks like a spaceship." The source added,
She wants boys' toys, since she's such a little tomboy. Brad also bought Shiloh a jeep that is safe for kids, and he's thinking of getting her a toy ATV that she can drive around the property.
As if being the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis weren't magical enough, Lily Rose Depp got to celebrate her 8th birthday with her parents at The Magic Castle!
Camron, the son of NBA star Stephen Jackson enjoyed a superhero themed birthday party to celebrate turning 5 years old last month! Celebrity attendees included Kingston and Zuma Rossdale, and Iron Man, Wolverine and Star Wars characters made an appearance!
Gwyneth Paltrow recently shared plans for her daughter Apple's 6th birthday party, which took place last month saying,
She requested a petting zoo…I thought we'd get a couple bunnies and a cat…It's literally like, one pony to ride – I don't know where we're riding this pony, by the way. A pony to pet, some goats, a bearded dragon, a tarantula, two meat rats and a de-scented skunk.
Geri Halliwell threw her daughter Bluebell a magical 2nd birthday party, complete with white rabbits and a lavish cake to fit the Alice in Wonderland theme. Click here to see Bluebell enjoying her birthday cake in her pink party dress!
Cruz Beckham wore his superhero costume triumphantly seen here arriving at his 5th birthday party at Xtreme Martial Arts World Headquarters in Hollywood, California. He suited up in a manly costume (and even had a costume change during his party) the year before at his 4th birthday party at the same location!
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren's little cutie-pie Honor had a sweet first birthday party with cake as the messy main event. Alba shared,
The first birthday is really more for the parents. I don't know. We might do, like, Dumbo… we might have, like, music guys. I'm going to bake a cake that she can eat and put all over her face.
Heidi Klum and Seal's son Johan enjoyed a train-themed third birthday party during which guests got to ride on a miniature train that the couple set up in the family's backyard! All aboard!
Johan's brother Henry enjoyed his super cool 4th birthday party which had a superhero theme and included some friendly live reptiles as guests!
Kelly Rutherford threw a quite a bash for her son Hermés 3rd birthday. "Rocky the Robot Truck" was the theme of the construction zone party, where the birthday boy and his buddies got to build a miniature NYC skyscraper together. Sandwiches shaped like tools rounded out the fun.
Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg's daughter Jagger enjoyed some good old-fashioned fun at her first birthday party, which was planned by her big sister, Poet. Their mom shared,
Poet hosted Jagger's b-day and it was a big hit. Bubbles in the air, face painting, crafts and even a puppy petting zoo. There is nothing quite like the vision of kids running around on a candy high laughing while they chase after one another. Smiling little ones full of life and joy.
Britney Spears threw a double birthday party for her little boys. The car and truck themed bash included mini-motorized trucks customized for Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier and featured tattoo-inspired decals, Ed Hardy air fresheners and personalized license plates. The birthday boys drove around the party in their trucks and feasted on a yellow, truck-shaped cake.
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Ceres Global Ag to Sell Manitowoc, WI Grain Storage Facility to Briess Malt and Ingredients
Date Posted: March 21, 2014
Toronto, ON—Ceres Global Ag Corp. March 20 announced that its 100% owned subsidiary, Riverland Ag Corp ("Riverland"), has entered into an agreement to sell its Manitowoc, Wisconsin grain storage facility to Briess Malt and Ingredients Company of Chilton, Wisconsin.
The transaction is expected to close before the end of Ceres' next quarter.
"This is a key milestone in our plan to transform Riverland into an active grain trading and merchandising company, while optimizing Riverland's grain elevator capacity through selective asset sales," said Michael Detlefsen, President and CEO of Ceres.
"It is also a critical step in re‐allocating capital to fund the Northgate Project."
Gross proceeds from the sale of the Manitowoc facility will be $6.2 million.
Under the terms of the sale, Ceres, through Riverland, will lease back from Briess one million bushels of storage capacity at Manitowoc for a three‐year term.
"Riverland's strategic partnership with Briess Industries is further enhanced with the sale of Manitowoc and Riverland will continue to serveits Wisconsin & Illinois grain customers from leased space at the facility," said Craig Reiners, President and CEO of Riverland Ag.
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"Philomena," originally published in 2009, has been reissued to coincide with the recently released movie of the same name, with Dame Judi Dench in the title role. (I have purposely not seen the movie before reading and reviewing the book.)
Martin Sixsmith, a journalist and author, was a correspondent for the BBC from 1980 to 1997 and then was the British government's director of communications from 1997 to 2002. His research for this book began in 2004 when Philomena Lee's family asked his help in locating the son she had been forced to give up 50 years earlier.
In 1952, a pregnant, unmarried, poor and lonely Philomena was sent to Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, a convent home in Ireland for unwed mothers. There, she gave birth to a boy, whom she named Anthony. Anthony spent the first three years of his life in the convent nursery while Philomena worked in the attached laundry to pay off the debt she owed the nuns. It was a difficult and sad life, lightened only by the adoring and adored child she saw for, at most, one hour a day. That precious closeness would be shattered in 1955 when Anthony was adopted by the Hess family of St. Louis.
Like other young mothers, Philomena was forced to "relinquish full claim forever" for her son so that he could be adopted. She also promised "never to attempt to see, interfere with or make any claim to the said child at any future time." It is a promise she kept with fortitude and anguish.
Marge Hess had come to Ireland with the intention of adopting 2-year-old Mary McDonald, but when she saw the bond between Mary and Anthony, she impulsively decided to adopt both children. So it was that Anthony Lee became Michael Hess. It was an unhappy family and, like many adoptees, he struggled with deep-seated fears that he had been abandoned because he was "no good." As a young adolescent he suspected he was gay, but it wasn't until his college years that he began to explore his sexuality.
Michael was intelligent, hard-working and ambitious. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and then went to George Washington University Law School. Michael's interest was electoral law and his expertise in gerrymandering and redistricting led to a position with the Republican National Committee. He eventually became their chief counsel, an ironic appointment for a gay man at a time when the Republican Party was at odds with the gay community.
We learn (more than we need to know) about Michael's pattern of engaging in risky behavior even while in a long-term relationship. He was never able to extricate himself from the demons of self-degradation that he attributed to his adoption. Eventually, not surprisingly, he developed AIDS and died in 1995.
Several times during his adult life Michael Hess had visited the convent where he was born. The nuns always stonewalled his attempts to get information about his mother. Still, the connection to Roscrea was so strong that, when he knew he was dying, he asked to be buried there. With clues found on the headstone, Sixsmith was able to confirm that Michael Hess was Anthony Lee.
"Philomena" is an engaging narrative, but the book is weak on analysis and context. The one exception to this is Sixsmith's clear presentation of the collusion of the Irish government in the massive adoption scheme that enriched the church at the expense of thousands of women and children.
Despite its length, the book holds the reader's attention. We grow to care about Philomena Lee and grieve the injustice she endured. We cringe over the Hess family dynamics, marvel at Michael's success and are troubled by his reckless behavior. Ultimately, though, the title is misleading. This is book is not about Philomena. It is about Michael, the Republican lawyer who kept his own secrets as aggressively as Philomena kept hers.
We learn some facts about Philomena's life -- after Anthony's adoption she trained as a nurse, married, raised two children, was divorced, and is now remarried -- but Sixsmith fails to give us a full portrait of this tenacious woman. That is unfortunate, because from what little we learn, Philomena seems like a woman of integrity, with deep reserves of fortitude, strength and courage and, above all, a remarkable lack of bitterness.


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Hogan has been a soldier in the Australian Army, a diplomat in a number of Australian embassies from Belgrade to Buenos Aires and, for the past four years, a butler, but none of this prepared him for the latest chapter in hiscareer.
The down-to-earth Hogan picked up the Joe Millionaire gig when producers from Fox contacted the International Guild of Professional Butlers asking for someone to spend a month in a French chateau for a reality television series.
The Guild recommended Hogan, Fox liked what they saw and, next thing, he was on a flightto Paris.
"I remember the crew saying, 'Your life will change forever,' to which I of course said, 'Bullshit,"' recalled Hogan, between bites of wholemeal toast with avocado and tomato at Ecabar in Darlinghurst.
But how right they were. And shortly after Hogan's new-found celebrity status came the airing of the skeletons in his closet, which is almost mandatory for those ordinary types "discovered" on reality television.
While Sarah, one of the two finalists on the show, was exposed as a former bondage queen and adult entertainment star, Hogan's rap sheet seemed tame by comparison.
Bill Paley, son of the late CBS founder William S. Paley, claimed Hogan threw wild parties while working at the Paley family home at the Lyford Cay Club in the Bahamas.
"He had drained the entire wine cellar and thrown millionaire-style parties for all his Aussie friends on the island," Paley told The Washington Post, adding that the revelry included "a big going-away party for himself".
Looking across the table, it's hard to imagine the impeccably dressed and well-spoken Hogan raiding someone else's liquor cabinet, and he denies the story with a loud chuckle.
"I normally don't talk about anybody I've worked for, I refuse to, but I was very disappointed in [Paley]," Hogan said.
"The man's father started CBS for God's sake. Is this the level he has to stoop to to get publicity? It's not what people at his station in life should do, besides the fact that he was wrong."
But by now, Hogan should know a thing or two about truth and deception. After all, the whole concept of Joe Millionaire was to trick 20 women into thinking their potential mate, Evan Marriott, had just inherited $50 million, when in fact he was really a builder on $US19,000 ($32,000) a year.
There is another tangent in this web of deceit, which will be revealed in The Aftermath episode to air on Channel Seven this Thursday.
Hogan, too, was kept in the dark about the true nature of Marriott's past until the final days of the month-long shoot in France. He was, however, suspicious.
"About 10 days into the shoot, Evan was going through a glossy magazine and he came across this $350,000 Mercedes and started drooling all over the page," Hogan recalled.
"I said, 'Why don't you buy yourself one?' And he said, 'Huh? What?' Now, if he had $50 million he'd be saying, 'Should I buy the Mercedes or the Lamborghini?'
I thought there was more to this than met the eye."
But Joe Millionaire is more than just a dating show. It has tapped into button-pressing social issues such as the changing roles of women in society and the difficulty they now encounter in finding a man.
"Women aren't all gold diggers," observed Hogan, who is divorced with two teenage children in boarding school.
"But is it unrealistic for a woman to want a fellow who's got an awful lot of potential? I don't think so. I think it's fair enough.
"If you are a bright articulate young woman, you will be looking for someone similar to yourself. You will marry well.
"A lot of those young women [on Joe Millionaire] bought the fairytale, that they would be swept off their feet by Prince Charming, but they didn't want to do the work.
"Sure, they put on the lipstick and the nice dresses and from afar they looked fantastic, but you look up close and they are a shell. They have to do the internal work as well and very few of them had.
"I don't know whether it was deliberate or not but the producers put a couple of very current social questions in front of our faces on the show."
Marriott, of course, managed to see through the women who were only motivated by the size of his bank balance and ended up picking Zora, the sweet-natured substitute teacher who liked him for himself.
What becomes of Marriott and Zora and their romance made in reality television land is revealed on The Aftermath episode.
And as for what will become of Hogan, well, he already has his future as a television star mapped out.
"I've already been approached by three other production houses so I'll speak with them when I get home," he said.
"And then there's Joe Millionaire II, although I don't know what the plot is and if I did I wouldn't tell you anyway. All I can say is that it involves men, women and an awful lot of money."
And it's more than likely that it won't be shot in France, due to America's ill-feeling towards the country over its stand on Iraq.
"Maybe they will go to Spain, or Tuscany would be nice," Hogan mused of the next series, which will go into production in July.
Whatever the location, Hogan is happy to be a part of it.
"I hope it will see me through the next few years because it's a bloody great way to make a living," he said.
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