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|Food processing
|Northfield, Illinois, U.S.
|Area served
|Key people
|John Cahill
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Tony Vernon
|List of products
|US$ 18.218 billion (2013)[2]
|Operating income
|US$ 4.591 billion (2013)[2]
|Net income
|US$ 2.715 billion (2013)[2]
|Total assets
|US$ 23.148 billion (2013)[2]
|Total equity
|US$ 5.187 billion (2013)[2]
|23,000 (2012)[3]
Aerial view of Kraft Foods corporate headquarters in Northfield, Illinois
|Traded as
S&P 500 Component
NASDAQ-100 Component[1]
|Food processing
|Northfield, Illinois, U.S.
|Area served
|Key people
|John Cahill
(Executive Chairman)
Tony Vernon
|List of products
|US$ 18.218 billion (2013)[2]
|Operating income
|US$ 4.591 billion (2013)[2]
|Net income
|US$ 2.715 billion (2013)[2]
|Total assets
|US$ 23.148 billion (2013)[2]
|Total equity
|US$ 5.187 billion (2013)[2]
|23,000 (2012)[3]
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate[4] headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Northfield, Illinois.[5]
The company was formed in 2012 by a de-merger from Kraft Foods Inc., which in turn was renamed Mondelēz International. The new Kraft Foods Group is focused mainly on grocery products for the North American market, while Mondelēz is an international distributor of Kraft Foods snacks and confectionery brands. Kraft Foods Group is an independent public company; it is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
The company has its origin as National Dairy Products Corporation (National Dairy), formed on December 10, 1923, by Thomas H. McInnerney.[6] The firm was initially set up to execute on a rollup strategy in the then fragmented United States ice cream industry. Through acquisitions it expanded into a full range of dairy products. By 1930 it was the largest dairy company in the United States and the world, exceeding Borden.
McInnerney operated the Hydrox Corporation, an ice cream company located in Chicago, Illinois. In 1923 he went to Wall Street to convince investment bankers there to finance his scheme for consolidating the United States ice cream industry. He initially found "hard sledding"[7] with one banker saying the dairy industry "lacked dignity." He persevered and convinced a consortium including Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers to finance a rollup strategy.[8]
As a result of his efforts, National Dairy Products Corporation was formed in 1923 in a merger of McInnerney's Hydrox with Rieck McJunkin Dairy Co of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The resulting firm was then listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the offer of 125,000 shares having been oversubscribed.[6]
The firm grew quickly through a large number of acquisitions. As it is typical in a rollup strategy, acquisitions were primarily for stock in National Dairy rather than cash. National Dairy Products Corporation acquired more than 55 firms between 1923 and 1931, with a few notable entities among those:
|W.E. Hoffman
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|Dunkin Ice Cream
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|Sheffield Farms
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Born in Stevensville, Ontario, Canada in 1874, James L. Kraft immigrated to the United States in 1903 and started a wholesale door-to-door cheese business in Chicago; its first year of operations was "dismal", losing $3,000 and a horse. However, the business took hold and Kraft was joined by his four brothers to form J.L. Kraft and Bros. Company in 1909. As early as 1911, circulars and advertisements were in use by the company.
In 1912, the company established its New York City, New York, headquarters to prepare for its international expansion. By 1914, thirty-one varieties of cheeses were being sold around the U.S. because of heavy product development, expansion by marketing, and opening a wholly owned cheese factory in Illinois.[4]
In 1915, the company had invented pasteurized processed cheese that did not need refrigeration, thus giving a longer shelf life than conventional cheese.[4] The process was patented in 1916 and about six million pounds of the product were sold to the U.S. Army for military rations during World War I.
In 1916, the company began national advertising and had made its first acquisition—a Canadian cheese company.[4]
In 1924, the company changed its name to Kraft Cheese Company and listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange.[4] In 1926, it was listed on the NYSE. The firm then began to consolidate the United States dairy industry through acquisition, in competition with National Dairy and Borden. Firms acquired included:
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|Henard Mayonnaise Co
|U.S. South
|D.J. Easton
|New Jersey
|2 other mayonnaise companies
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|various regional
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Later, in 1927, it established its London, United Kingdom, and Hamburg, Germany, sales offices—its first forays outside North America. Sales for 1927 were $60.4 million.
In 1928, it acquired Phenix Cheese Company, the maker of a cream cheese branded as Philadelphia cream cheese, and the company changed its name to Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company.
In 1929, The New York Times reported that Kraft Phenix, The Hershey Company and Colgate were looking at merging.[9] In the same year, it was reported that National Dairy, Borden and Standard Brands (a firm that is now part of Kraft Foods) were all looking at acquiring the firm.
By 1930, it had captured forty percent of the cheese market in the U.S. and was the third largest dairy company in the United States after National Dairy and Borden. In 1930, the company also began operating in Australia following a merger with Fred Walker & Co.[4]
At the time of the acquisition in 1930, National Dairy had sales of $315 million compared with $85 million for Kraft Phenix. National Dairy management ran the combined business. Following the Kraft-Phenix acquisition, the firm continued to be called National Dairy until 1969 when it changed its name to Kraftco.[10]
Historically, all of the firm's sales came from dairy products. However, the firm's product lines began to diversify away from dairy products to caramel candies, macaroni and cheese dinners and margarines. From the 1950s onward, the firm began to move away from low value added commodity dairy products, such as fluid milk.[11] This trend would continue for the firm, through neglect and divestiture, until the primary remaining dairy product produced by the firm would be cheese. As a result, the modern history of the firm emphasizes the cheese history.
In 1933, the company began marketing by radio sponsorship. In 1935, the Sealtest brand of ice cream was launched as a unified national brand to replace the firm's numerous regional brands.[4]
During World War II, the company sent four million pounds of cheese to Britain weekly.[4]
Product development and advertising helped the company to grow during the postwar years, launching sliced process cheese and Cheez Whiz, a brand of process cheese sauce, in the 1950s.
During these years, Thomas McInnerney, National Dairy's founder, and James L. Kraft, Kraft's founder, died, and at the end of the decade, the divisions became less autonomous and even diversified to the glass-packaging business with the acquisition of Metro Glass in 1956.[4]
In 1947, the company tested the marketing power of the emerging medium of television by producing an hour-long drama/anthology series, the Kraft Television Theatre. The product advertised on the program, MacLaren's Imperial Cheese, was selected because "... [it had] not only had no advertising appropriation whatsoever, but had not even been distributed for several years." As described by internal documents of J. Walter Thompson—the advertising firm which conceived of the marketing test—the result was "although there was no other advertising support for it whatsoever, still grocery stores could not keep up with the demand."[12]
In the 1960s, product development became intense, launching fruit jellies, fruit preserves, marshmallows, barbecue sauces and Kraft Singles, a brand of individually wrapped cheese slices.[4] During this decade, the company also expanded in many markets worldwide.
In 1961, the firm acquired Dominion Dairies of Canada, marking the first effort by the firm to expand into fluid milk and ice cream outside the United States.[13] In the same year it also acquired The Southern Oil Company in Manchester, England.
In 1969, the firm changed its name from National Dairy to Kraftco Corporation. The reason for the name change was given at the time: "Expansion and innovation have taken us far afield from the regional milk and ice cream business we started with in 1923. Dollar sales of these original products have remained relatively static over the past ten years and, in 1969 accounted for approximately 25% of our sales."[14] At the same time, the firm transferred to Glenview, Illinois, in 1972.[4] In 1976, its name changed to Kraft, Inc. to emphasize the trademark the company had been known for and as a result of the fact that dairy, other than cheese, was now only a minor part of the company's sales. Reorganization also occurred after the name change.[4]
In 1980, Kraft merged with Dart Industries—makers of the Duracell brand of batteries, Tupperware brand of plastic containers, West Bend brand of home appliances, Wilsonart brand of plastics and Thatcher glass—to form Dart & Kraft.[4]
During the 1980s, Dart & Kraft offered mixed results to its shareholders, as new acquisitions in the food business—such as Churny premium cheeses, Lender's Bagels, Frusen Gladje ice cream and Celestial Seasonings tea—slightly offset the lagging nonfood business—Tupperware's decrease in sales and KitchenAid's (acquired soon after the merger) slide in market share—leading Dart & Kraft to spin off its nonfood business (except Duracell batteries) into a new entity (Premark International, Inc.) while changing its name back to Kraft, Inc. Premark was bought by Illinois Tool Works in 1999. In 1988, Kraft sold Duracell to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, who then put it into an initial public offering in 1989. Gillette[4] bought Duracell in 1996, and itself was acquired by Procter and Gamble in 2005.
At the end of 1988, Philip Morris Companies purchased Kraft for $12.9 billion. In 1989, Kraft merged with Philip Morris's General Foods unit—makers of Oscar Mayer meats, Maxwell House coffee, Jell-O gelatin, Budget Gourmet frozen dinners, Entenmann's baked goods, Kool-Aid, Crystal Light and Tang powdered beverage mixes, Post Cereals, Shake 'n Bake flavored coatings and numerous other packaged foods—as Kraft General Foods. Its aggressive product development was reversed after the merger, as it became slow in addressing issues on its product lines due to its size, and also company politics.[4]
In 1990, the company acquired Jacobs Suchard (a European coffee and confectionery giant) and Freia Marabou (a Scandinavian confectionery maker) to expand overseas as its business was heavily dependent on the U.S. In 1993, it acquired RJR Nabisco's cold cereal business (mainly Shredded Wheat and Shreddies cereals) while selling its Breyers ice-cream division to Unilever and its Birds Eye unit to Dean Foods. In 1994, it sold its frozen dinners unit to H. J. Heinz and in 1995, it sold its foodservice unit.[4]
In 1995, it changed its name to Kraft Foods Inc. The same year, it sold its bakery division (except Lender's Bagels, which was sold in 1996 to CPC International), its candy division and its tablespreads division. Log Cabin syrup was sold in 1997.[4]
Kraft began a major restructuring process in January 2004, following a year of declining sales (blamed largely on the rising health consciousness of Americans) and the sacking of co-CEO Betsy Holden. The company announced closures of 19 production facilities worldwide and the reduction of 5,500 jobs, as well as the sale of 10% of its branded products.
As of 2007, Philip Morris (now Altria Inc.) had sold its stake in Kraft foods and the two companies are no longer affiliated.
In 2000, Philip Morris (renamed Altria in 2003) acquired Nabisco Holdings for $18.9 billion and merged the company with Kraft Foods the same year.[4] In 2001, Philip Morris sold 280 million Kraft shares via the third-largest IPO of all time, retaining an 88.1% stake in the company.
In 2004, it sold its sugar confectionery division to Wrigley, while doing minor divestitures—including its hot cereals division (Cream of Wheat) in 2007, its pet snacks division (Milk-Bone) in 2006, juice drinks and Fruit2o in 2007 and some grocery brands in 2006.[clarification needed]
Investor Nelson Peltz bought a three-percent stake at Kraft Foods and was talking with the executives on revitalizing the business,[16] with options such as buying Wendy's fast food chain or selling off Post cereals and Maxwell House coffee.[16] On January 31, 2007, after months of speculation, the company announced that its 88.1% stake would be spun off to Altria shareholders at the end of March 2007; each would be given approximately 0.7 shares of Kraft for every Altria share they owned. Kraft became an independent publicly held company.
In July 2007, the company bought Groupe Danone's biscuit (cookie) and cereal division for $7.2 billion, including iconic French biscuit brand Lefèvre-Utile.[16][17] While two years earlier firestorms of protest had arisen over plans for American PepsiCo's hostile takeover of the French company, Kraft's announcement was not met with the same protests, in part because Kraft agreed not to close French factories and keep the new merged divisions headquarters near Paris for at least three years.[16]
In November 2007, Kraft agreed to sell its cereal unit to Ralcorp Holdings, a major private-label food maker, for $2.6 billion in a form of a spin-off merger. This would add 50% to Ralcorp's sales, to $3.3 billion, and will be used for Kraft's debt payment, which was at $13.4 billion, in danger of a downgrade by Standard and Poor's.[18][clarification needed]
In February 2008, Berkshire Hathaway run by billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett announced that it had acquired an 8% stake in Kraft then worth over $4 billion. Buffett's business partner Charles Munger had also invested over $300 million in Kraft. Berkshire Hathaway owned 5.6% of the outstanding stock of Kraft Foods, as reported in the holding company's 2010 annual report.[19]
On September 22, 2008, the company replaced the troubled insurance company, American International Group in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.[20]
On September 10, 2010, a disgruntled employee angered over a recent suspension, Yvonne Hiller, opened fire inside the Philadelphia Factory where she had worked for 15 years. Armed with a .357, Hiller shot 3 co-workers, killing 2 of them. Philadelphia Police responded within minutes of the 911 call. SWAT took Hiller into custody at 8:30 p.m. EDT.[21]
In March 2011, Kraft Foods introduced MiO, a sugar-free, zero calorie liquid flavoring product geared towards the 18-39 age demographic.[22] MiO has no artificial flavors but it does have artificial colors, artificial sweeteners and artificial preservatives, unlike some competing flavoring products, according to USA Today.[23]
On September 7, 2009, Kraft made a £10.2 billion takeover offer for the long-established British confectionery group Cadbury, makers of Dairy Milk and Bournville chocolate.[24] On November 9, 2009 Kraft's £9.8 billion takeover bid was rejected by Cadbury. Cadbury stated that the takeover bid was a "derisory" offer.[25] Kraft renewed the offer under the same terms on December 4, 2009.[26] The offer generated significant political and public opposition in the United Kingdom and abroad, even leading to calls for the government to implement a policy of economic protectionism in cases of takeovers of large companies.[27] On January 19, 2010, Cadbury finally approved a revised offer from Kraft, valuing the confectionery business at $19.5 billion (£11.5 billion). The funding for the takeover was partially provided by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British part-state-owned bank.[28]
The Cadbury purchase was part of the long-term strategy of Irene Rosenfeld, CEO and Kraft Chairman since March 2007, who developed a three-year turnaround plan designed to drive the profitable growth of Kraft Foods.[29] Rosenfeld wanted to develop new markets and expand product range when she assumed the role of chairman. It was assumed that the purchase of Cadbury would help Kraft products develop in new markets such as Brazil and India because of Cadbury's current strong presence in those markets.[30] India is one of its most resilient markets with sales growth of 20% and profits growing at 30% in a competitive market.[31] Kraft believed the Cadbury purchase was also necessary because of the likelihood of Nestle and Hershey joining together.[citation needed] Kraft also believed it could squeeze savings of at least $675m annually by the end of the third year.[32] Irene Rosenfeld saw the Kraft Cadbury merger as the "logical next step in our transformation toward a high-growth, higher-margin company." She also justified the merger in order to build a "global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals."[33]
Following the purchase of Cadbury, Kraft commanded 14.8% of the global candy and gum market. Kraft argued that it could take advantage of the Cadbury distribution in developing markets of India, Brazil and Mexico.[34] As incomes rose in these developing nations, Kraft hoped that products such as Oreo would become impulse buys for children.[34] Mars, Inc. is second in the confectionery market with 14.6% share, followed by Nestle with 7.8%.[35]
At the time of the purchase, the chocolate and sugar industry had been growing rapidly at 15% over the previous three years and was valued at $113 billion.[36] The purchase of Cadbury was considered strange because they did not have a strong foothold on the confectionery market, but at the time Kraft noted their production of confectionery foods like Toblerone and candy foods like Oreo. Cadbury also owned popular gum brands such as Stride, Trident, Dentyne, and Chiclets.[37] Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, discussed his approval of the takeover by Kraft by saying, "We believe the offer represents good value for Cadbury shareholders and are pleased with the commitment that Kraft Foods has made to our heritage, values and people throughout the world."[38]
Cadbury sales were flat after Kraft's acquisition. Despite the Cadbury takeover helping boost sales by 30%, Kraft's net profit for the fourth quarter fell 24% to $540 million due to costs associated with integrating the UK business after the acquisition.[39] Kraft spent a one-time $1.3 billion in integration costs to achieve $675 million in recurring annual synergy savings by the end of 2012 (estimated).[40] Kraft was forced to increase prices to offset rising commodity costs in North America and Europe. Kraft has had to contend with the higher cost of ingredients such as corn, sugar and cocoa. Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld said, "We expect it will remain weak for the foreseeable future." Taking into account integration costs, the acquisition knocked about 33% off Kraft's earnings per share immediately after the purchase of Cadbury.[39] In March 2011, Kraft caused national outrage when they sold the site of a historic Cadbury factory it vowed not to close for £ 50million after initially publically promising the continuity of production within the UK in order to win over support for the deal from shareholders. Instead, production was immediately outsourced to Poland. The Somerdale Factory was closed just days after the takeover by Kraft Foods in 2009. Former Cadbury workers demanded an apology for the abrupt selling of the plant, but Kraft's CEO Irene Rosenfeld refused to explain her actions.[41] Kraft continues to use Cadbury brands in emerging markets to expand all of its products. In April 2011, Kraft set to invest $150 million in South Africa's manufacturing plants over three years. President Sanjay Khosla said, "South Africa is a priority market for us, where we focus on power brands like Cadbury chocolate."[42]
On March 17, 2010, Kraft Foods said it was "truly sorry" over its closure of Cadbury's Somerdale Factory. Senior Kraft executive Marc Firestone made the public apology to MPs at a parliamentary select committee hearing.[43]
On March 1, 2010, Nestlé concluded the purchase of Kraft's North American frozen pizza business for $3.7 billion. Kraft left the door open to repurchase with a buyback option not before one year and not after three years for the original sale price of $3.7 billion; but they did not take advantage of the option. The sale included DiGiorno, Tombstone and Jack's brands in the United States, the Delissio brand in Canada and the California Pizza Kitchen trademark license. It also includes two Wisconsin manufacturing facilities in Medford and Little Chute. The business generated 2009 net revenues of $1.6 billion, with 3,400 employees.[44]
In August 2011, Kraft Foods announced plans to split into two publicly traded companies—a snack food company and a grocery company.[45]
On April 2, 2012, Kraft Foods Inc. announced that it had filed a Form 10 Registration Statement to the SEC to split the company into two companies to serve the "North American grocery business."[46]
On October 1, 2012, Kraft Foods Inc. spun off its North American grocery business to a new company called Kraft Foods Group, Inc. The remainder of Kraft Foods Inc. was renamed Mondelēz International, Inc. and was refocused as an international snack and confection company.[47]
On November 19, 2013, it was ruled that Starbucks will have to pay Kraft Foods Inc. $2.7 billion because of an early contract termination. The money will go to Mondelēz International, Inc.[48]
Kraft is an official partner and sponsor of Major League Soccer and sponsors the Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of the four "majors" on the LPGA tour. The company also sponsored the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, a post-season college football bowl game, from 2010-2012.
Kraft HockeyVille is a Canadian reality television series developed by CBC/SRC Sports and sponsored by Kraft Foods in which communities across Canada compete to demonstrate their commitment to the sport of ice hockey. The contest revolves around a central theme of community spirit in Canada and is directed by Mike Dodson.
Kraft has released an iPad app called "Big Fork Little Fork" which, in addition to games and other distractions, has information regarding how to use Kraft foods in nutritious ways.[49][50] This app costs $1.99; a version for home computers is available on Apple's App Store.
Kraft is also involved in political sponsorship. According to The Guardian, Kraft helps to finance the State Policy Network. The State Policy Network characterizes itself as "made up of free market think tanks - at least one in every state - fighting to limit government and advance market-friendly public policy".[51][52]
The company's core businesses are in beverage, cheese, dairy foods, snack foods, and convenience foods. A selection of Kraft's major brands is as follows:[53]
For years, Kraft purchased paper for its packaging from Asia Pulp & Paper, the third largest paper producer in the world, which was labeled as a "forest criminal" for destroying "precious habitat" in Indonesia's rainforest.[54] In 2011, when Kraft cancelled its contract with Asia Pulp & Paper, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford commended Kraft for efforts made towards forest protection, for "taking rainforest conservation seriously."[55]
In 2013, food blogger and activist Vani Hari and 100 Days of Real Food blogger Lisa Leake launched an online petition drive to compel Kraft Foods Group, Inc. to remove controversial synthetic dyes Yellow 5 (labeled as Tartrazine) and Yellow 6 from its macaroni and cheese products.[56][57] According to Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the dyes have been shown to "promote hyperactivity and other behavior problems in some children and may even pose a cancer risk."[58]
In April 2013, Hari and Leake delivered a petition with some 270,000 signatures to Kraft headquarters in Chicago, Ill., and asked the company to change its macaroni and cheese recipes.[59][60]
Hari said that stock of Annie's, an organic macaroni and cheese producer, skyrocketed after she took on Kraft for its artificial dyes in its macaroni and cheese products.[61]
In October 2013, Kraft announced that it would remove artificial dyes from three macaroni and cheese varieties made in kid-friendly shapes, but not its plain elbow-shaped Kraft Macaroni and Cheese product with "original flavor."[62]
Dr. Mehmet Oz saluted Hari's successful campaign on his national TV program, "Dr. Oz."[63]
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Just Some Gary Grumbling !!
Who said the Patriots played a great game against the Giants…..including defense…..until the 4th quarter? I beg to differ. I watched that game from start to finish and as far as I'm concerned, Belichick should have a little talk with Francona and ask him what it's like.
Zak DeOssie Named To Pro Bowl
New York Giants long snapper Zak DeOssie has been chosen to play for the NFC in the Pro Bowl.


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I have bought many nice cars in my time , mainly from main dealers.
I bought my first car from Benz Bavarian last January. I have to say it was a pleasure to deal with Felix and all the staff there. They made us feel so welcome and nothing was too much trouble unlike many of the main dealers.
Felix customised a Range Rover for me and it is top class and turns heads wherever we go.
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I have been looking nationwide for a suitable Bentley GTC so chose to visit Benz-Bavarian as hey are local to me and had several in stock.
This would enable me to have a test drive and see the general appointments.
So impressed was I by their professionalism, lack of sales "pressure" and the high quality of their stock that i purchased the car I had only gone to look at.
The sales experience was expert, and so often missing from dealers, the care has continued long after the cheque has been cashed.
I would happily recommend Benz Bavarian to anybody seeking a top quality product at a fair price. Nice people to deal with.
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I was always unhappy with the key as the sticky had come away from the key due to it being old. The sales guy..Jason...dropped what he was doing to help me. He fixed my key and sorted my car. It was a delight to have someone care so much.
I have dealth directly with BMW and had about 5 cars from them and never had this treatment
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Just wanted to drop you a quick email to say firstly got home safe after my first evening with a Super Car and some pretty rubbish weather, and to to say how much I love the car already it is great, thank you both so very much in going the extra mile to making buying the car perfect when I spoke to other garages they were not prepared to do the transaction / and finance over the phone and were totally not helpful, and as you are aware I travel a lot and lived a fair way away so this was really important to me to be able to do business in this manor, so Jason a really big big thank you to you and your guys for rolling your sleeves up and getting the car ready to go out the door in such short notice it truly looked quality and showed the effort you had put into preparing it, and Alan thank you so much for arranging the Factor Tour this is like the icing on the cake.
Thanks again and happy selling :-)
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'The Family Tree' Critic Reviews
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Rotten Tomatoes: 20 reviews
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)40The only reason I can think of to watch Vivi Friedman's flat, satirical farce "The Family Tree" - and it's not a good enough reason - is the opportunity to play a game of spot the semi-star.
Mark Holcomb Village Voice (Top Critic)[It makes] a small case for not succumbing to nostalgic malaise -- too bad it's in a genre as played-out as [the] lead characters' passion.
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)40To judge from the talent she drew for her shaky debut, Vivi Friedman must either be very well connected or an awfully smooth talker.
Sara Stewart New York Post (Top Critic)25"Mad Men" devotees may show up for Christina Hendricks, who plays Mulroney's buxom secretary. Quite the acting stretch.
Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)40Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script.
Sean Kernan We Got This Covered80The Family Tree is a surprisingly funny dysfunctional family comedy that manages to entertain throughout.Full Review » 2 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews25...a misguided and thoroughly obnoxious piece of work that wears out its welcome almost immediately.
Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com40There are too many branches on this tree trying to give every unemployed actor in Hollywood a job.
Brandon Judell CultureCatchSo in the end what we are presented with is a mildly affable comedy of familial dysfunction that wants to chide the times for being both morally and emotionally obtuse. Instead, The Family Tree winds up being little more than a film uprooted.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice20Another around-the-bend black comedy that doesn't work.
Sean Gandert Paste Magazine31The Family Tree is never willing to try and really understand its family, instead creating wall of surface-level quirks as shorthand for their personalities.
David Noh Film Journal InternationalThis black comedy about a dysfunctional family strikes out on all counts: originality, wit and viewer tolerance.
Wilson Morales BlackFilm.com25Here's a film that consists of a hodgepodge of blah. Too many subplots are crammed into this dramedy that leaves little for emotion or laughter.
Erik Childress eFilmCritic.com25Think Overboard with masturbating, asphyxiated teens, gun-toting/weed-smoking priests, lesbian high school teachers preying on her students, a parade of wasted talent, and Bow Wow.
Ethan Alter Television Without PityDavis could play a role like Bunnie in her sleep, Mulroney often seems to be asleep and the rest of the overqualified supporting cast just appears relieved that their screentime is limited.
Mark Peikert New York PressLike the body of a peeping tom high school student that hangs hidden in the Burnett's tree for the duration of the film, the direction of the movie remains dangling over audiences.
Blake French Filmcritic.com80fresh and engaging...and quite funny
Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com34There's not much dramatic glue here to huff, leaving The Family Tree satisfying on a technical level, with external developments more captivating than internal deliberation.
Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine38The Burnett clan manages to encompass virtually every cliche of any dramedy made in the last decade that has garnered or hoped to garner Oscar buzz.
Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat50It has a terrific cast of actors doing committed work; it also has a screenplay that tries so hard to be quirky that it tires itself out.
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Why do Republicans hate the idea of people getting health care?
At a conference held at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative research organization in Washington, Michael S. Greve, an A.E.I. scholar and chairman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, had this to say in reference to the Affordable Care Act:
"This bastard has to be killed as a matter of political hygiene. I do not care how this is done, whether it's dismembered, whether we drive a stake through its heart, whether we tar and feather it and drive it out of town, whether we strangle it. I don't care who does it, whether it's some court some place, or the United States Congress. Any which way, any dollar spent on that goal is worth spending, any brief filed toward that end is worth filing, any speech or panel contribution toward that end is of service to the United States."
"Five million Americans stand to lose their subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the ACA. Some of them have pre-existing conditions and without subsidies would find health insurance unaffordable. Others, of modest income, who finally received health care coverage after years of going without it would find themselves in jeopardy again. This would be tragic for so many Americans." — Mary Scott
Tragic? For many, it would be deadly. This is indeed a life-or-death struggle, and not in a merely figurative sense. The people engaged in this effort are trying to use the courts to commit murder. And they may get away with it.
By any estimate, several thousand people will die next year through lack of timely primary care because of the refusal of many red states to expend medicare. The present efforts to kill the ACA (without replacing it with something that accomplishes the same purpose) ought to be regarded as the "reckless endangerment" of the lives of others.
I wish the ACA WERE replaced, replaced by something simpler and more efficient. But rather a leaky and poorly-designed lifeboat than none at all.
because it is a tax that I pay so somebody I do not know is free to vote for somebody I think is raising my taxes…..
They only hate the idea of poor people getting health care.
Stop spout political jargon that is untrue and look at the facts:
Republicans are not against healthcare – they are against government ran healthcare because it costs far more for the same care
Republicans have offered many cost reduction ideas that literally cost nothing (like allowing insurance to compete over state lines), but the Democrats will not even allow a vote on it due to the fact that it would hurt the government ran option
Democrats are trying to keep healthcare costs high so that the poor have to turn to the government ran option so that they will continue to vote for the party of handouts instead of the party that gives a hand up – keep people dependent on the government and they will keep voting for the people that promise free
We cannot continue to make promises that we will not be able to financially sustain over time – Obamacare as structured today is the next Social Security
People that promote and spew the type of lies like in this cartoon are trying to hide the facts so that people support something that will ultimately cause our economic collapse because the people that are doing it to get votes today are not the people that will have to deal with it tomorrow
And there are of course the few "true believer" liberals that just cannot look past their ideology to realize that everything costs money and therefore you cannot give everything to everyone – i.e. they cannot look at the impact of their agenda realistically and reasonably
Because it means the lobbyests from the Insurance Companies are going to wonder where their money went.
braindead08 GoComics PRO Member said, about 6 hours ago
Why do Republicans hate the idea of people getting health care?"
Why do Obama apologist insist that Obamacare will give them health care?
No sorry Obama lied, you can not keep what you once had and could afford! Obama Lied that it would save you 2,500! Obama Lied when he promised you could keep your Doctor!
Obama signed it into law without 1 Republican voting for it! Obama changed/ delayed it over 40 times, illegally! All mandates have not been implemented yet, and when they do drop, less will be working, more will be on the government hand outs, more will have to drop what they once had!
It seems to me this Failure is all of Obama!
I suppose you feel the same way about the fire department. And BTW, whether you like it our not, people you do not know are free to vote for anyone they like, or do you object to that, too?
If insurance companies are allowed to compete over state lines, then they will all end up incorporated in the state that has the least regulations. Ever wonder why all credit card companies are incorporated in Delaware?
Republicans specifically prevented any cost controls in the Medicare Part D legislation from Bush. So THEY are the ones promoting higher costs.
ACA needs improvement, but it must not be removed.
Emergency room care for those that don't have insurance is more expensive than preventive care so your last statement is just false.
My husband is due to retire next year and we will have to start paying the entire cost of his insurance on his group plan (insurance through my company is more expensive, even with their co-pay). We would look into ACA but because of the constant threat of repeal, we cannot let his coverage lapse.
The Repubs cost regular taxpayers money every day because of their obstructionism. Besides their threat to repeal ACA, their government shutdown cost $24 BILLION, unfunded wars combined with tax cuts, their unwillingness to tax the wealthy and blocking regulation of financial and polluting corps contribute to income inequality. It is why the GOTP blocked the release of the CRS report before the 2012 election. It stated that their policy of tax cuts has INCREASED income inequality without creating ANY jobs and in fact contributed to job LOSSES (off-shoring / outsourcing).
" they are against government ran healthcare because it costs far more for the same care"
This is not true. Insurance companies have stockholders to pay, lobbyists to pay, and work to make a profit. All of these things would be absent with single-payer health care.
"Republicans have offered many cost reduction ideas that literally cost nothing (like allowing insurance to compete over state lines),"
This may sound attractive, but it means absolutely nothing. Do you really think that Anthem of Pennsylvania would get into a pricing war with Anthem of New York? Anthem is Anthem.
And it is likely that this plan would end up costing more (unintentionally). Congress told us that it was up to the states to deal with insurance companies; as a result each state has different statutory rules determining what insurance companies can and cannot do, should and should not provide, etc. So when Anthem of PA goes into New York, the products they sell will have to be modified. Staff will need to be trained in the differences. Benefits books will have to be re-edited and re-printed to cover the differences. All of these considerations and more will cost the insurance company money that they will recover by increasing premiums.
Although you posit that there are "many cost reduction ideas that literally cost nothing", as a doctor myself, I have been following this subject closely, and I can tell you that allowing insurance to be sold across state lines is about the only concrete thing that Republicans have proposed.
The Romney/Ryan plan, the only other one I'm aware of, would make Obamacare look like the best idea ever.
In a nutshell: first (of course) repeal of Obamacare. This would bring back the exclusion for pre-existing conditions. Next, make Medicare so unattractive that people will have no choice but to go to private insurers (this is almost the same thing as "privatizing" but gives the cynical illusion that Medicare will still be available). How many seniors do you know who don't have a pre-existing condition?
So as a result, instead of emergency rooms being crowded with poor people, emergency rooms will be crowded with poor people AND seniors, taking a terrible situation and making it untenable.
Even Mitch McConnell has acknowledged that Republicans have no plans to "repeal and replace", their plan is to "repeal". And then where will we be?
This is not to say that Democrats are blameless. Obamacare has problems, and Democrats could as easily develop remedies as well as Republicans. Both will not, for reasons more important to party power than any other reason, and this is reprehensible.
A healthy nation is productive. A sick nation is dependent. We cannot afford to continue to squabble along political lines. This is a national problem, and has to be seen in that context. Answers are plentiful if we are willing to look. Until something big changes, though, no one in authority is going to be willing to look.
Consider this. If it were proven tomorrow that Obama was Christ Incarnate – the day after tomorrow all conservatives would announce that they were atheists and always had been!
"as a doctor myself, I have been following this subject closely, and I can tell you that allowing insurance to be sold across state lines is about the only concrete thing that Republicans have proposed."
How many Republican/Fox "news" viewers on these boards have claimed they have never met a doctor who was in favor of the ACA?
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If you play Six Degrees of Separation with Kendrick Lamar and Eric Clapton, it only takes two steps to make a connection between 2013's hottest rapper and the rock legend.
The link? L.A.-based blues-pop singer ZZ Ward. Lamar appeared on her album "Til the Casket Drops," and she'll open for Clapton this spring. Before that, she returns to the Visulite Theatre, which she sold out last fall. She plays Wednesday.
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For a freshman artist, the 27-year-old Ward is quite connected. Though in line with contemporary blues, rock and pop, Ward's album features Lamar and rapper Freddie Gibbs and production by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, Fitz from Fitz and the Tantrums, and hip-hop producers Neff-U, Pete Rock, and A Tribe Called Quests's Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
That may sound like an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink recipe for a debut album, but the bluesy vocals, hip-hop beats and contemporary adult pop comes across seamlessly.
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Ward began performing with her dad's band when she was 12 and writing songs as a teenager in Oregon.
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Ward (birth name Zsuzsanna) tried other career paths briefly.
"My mom's a psychiatric nurse," she says. "When I was 16 or so in the summer I was going to college to try to become a nurse. I worked in a hospital for two weeks and it just felt wrong." Waitressing was worse.
"I got a job at a diner," she says. "I worked there one day. Everyone was getting my name wrong from my name tag. I kept looking out the window at the highway. I remember going up to the boss and saying, 'I'm sorry you wasted this print on this name tag, but I can't work here.' When I was in parking lots selling my music I felt like I was fighting for the right thing."
She moved to L.A., and while working on her debut album (which was released by Hollywood Records in late 2012), she released a mixtape of reworked versions of tracks by Gibbs, Lamar and Childish Gambino that attracted her future collaborators.
"It got me out of writing songs for myself and my record," says Ward, who is now honing in on what she wants to say on her follow-up.
Gibbs was so impressed with her song "Criminal," which samples his "Oil Money," he offered to add a new verse to it. The EP certainly started a buzz.
So will other pop artists follow the traditionally hip-hop trend to stardom?
"Please tell me if they do," she says, laughing. "Because it would be cool if I inspired that."
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Despite this beautiful girl wanting all the attention and not letting the other two in the paddock get any of the limelight, she is a gentle soul….
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Book your room at Rent A Home Parque Bustamante
Aparthotel with a roundtrip airport shuttle, in Santiago (Providencia)
This aparthotel is located in Santiago (Providencia), close to Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, San Cristobal Hill, and Palacio de la Moneda. Also nearby are Santa Lucia Hill and Santiago Town Square.
Property Features
A complimentary buffet breakfast is available. Rent A Home Parque Bustamante also features a roundtrip airport shuttle, complimentary wireless Internet access, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
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Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, complimentary wireless Internet access, and separate bedrooms.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. This Santiago aparthotel also offers a fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and concierge services. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A total renovation of this property was completed in January 2010.
Rent A Home Parque Bustamante is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- Total number of rooms - 25
- Number of floors - 7
- Business center
- Free breakfast
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- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Theme park shuttle (surcharge)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Free self parking
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
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Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
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- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Kitchenette
- Microwave
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Separate living room
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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Microsoft Office Mobile goes free for Android smartphones
There is a catch, though - it only runs on smartphones. If the app detects you are working on a tablet, it will refuse to install. That's unfortunate, because even 5 to 5.5-inch smartphone displays still feel somewhat small for comfortable document editing. But we assume owners of the Xperia Z Ultra and similar tablet-phones will be pretty happy with Office Mobile.
MS's mobile Office suite is integrated with OneDrive and SharePoint, supports editing of documents from e-mail attachments, and is designed to look as good as possible on small screens. A particularly nifty feature is Resume Reading - When opening a Word document from OneDrive or OneDrive for Business on your phone, it automatically resumes at the place where you left off reading, even if you last viewed the document on your PC or tablet. It's little gems like this that make Office work more comfortable than ever.
You can find Office Mobile in the link below.
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1. Lt.Green (Posts: 397; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
I'll stick with Quick Office.
2. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 2866; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Wow! Great...
3. vincelongman (Posts: 1707; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
It's quite nice but there are still several things missing from the desktop version (as on iOS, WP and RT/Metro) such as no equations and can't open or edit PDFs
Also you don't have to use OneDrive
1. Open it from a file explorer
2. Or open from Dropbox app (should work with other cloud backup apps as well)
(might not work if your default is set to OpenOffice/another app, in that case just set MS Office as your default)
6. vincelongman (Posts: 1707; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
Edit: Its sad that you can only save to OneDrive, not everyone has internet all the time
19. elitewolverine (Posts: 2068; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
It will save to the device then upload when you get net
4. kaikuheadhunterz (Posts: 795; Member since: 18 Jul 2013)
There are times when having lots of choice (which in this case is office apps) can be overwhelming
5. the_s2 (Posts: 211; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Shows as not compatible with Xperia Z Ultra.
11. luis.d (Posts: 209; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
Really? I guess Microsoft pulls no punches.
15. Ikechukwu (Posts: 149; Member since: 03 Oct 2011)
I Just downloaded the apk file. IT WORKS!!!!
7. papss (unregistered)
Done.. I'll be downloading this when my new one comes in. Quick office who?
10. buccob (Posts: 1566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Quick office is not bad, but the best alternative so far has been Kingsoft Office. It has by far the most features
8. ianbbaa (Posts: 227; Member since: 20 Mar 2013)
Hancom office is great replacement on tablet even a phone...although it is bind to Note Pro 12,2 only, some of us know hot to run it on other devices - hopefully Hancom will release offcially for other non-Samsung devices as well.
9. buccob (Posts: 1566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
"There is a catch, though - it only runs on smartphones. If the app detects you are working on a tablet, it will refuse to install"
Not if you happen to have a PadFone... Install in phone mode, and use in both phone and tablet.
12. luis.d (Posts: 209; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
And we have a winner! :D
13. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Is this like a peace offering from MS? Nice...
14. papss (unregistered)
Its a good move.. Are you complaining or being genuine?
20. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I thought me saying...Nice....woulda been enough...
16. Liveitup (Posts: 1575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)
Quick office growth just hit a road block with MS making this move.
17. isprobi (Posts: 230; Member since: 30 May 2011)
I went to this Play Store link on my Sony Xperia Z Ultra running 4.4.2 and it says your device isn't compatible with this version. What's up with that?
18. k1ng617 (Posts: 264; Member since: 13 Oct 2009)
Documentstogo has been my go to for Office apps on Android.
21. akita256 (Posts: 80; Member since: 26 Jan 2012)
I downloaded to my Galaxy S4 and started to use it after signing in with my OneDrive ID and password. When I was through and wanted to sign off, I could not find a way to sign off. Going into SETTINGS, I found there was no SIGN OFF like there is in OneDrive. I tried just backing out, but found my ID and password did not close. I could click on the icon to reload the app and found there was open access to my files........and anybody who found my phone would have access to them as well.
Does anybody know how to sign-out of this app so that access to your files is closed?? As for now, I just uninstalled the app.
22. networkdood (Posts: 6326; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
While this is good for us, Microsoft stinks at maintaining its app - just look at Halo Waypoint or the XBOX Smartglass apps...
23. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 348; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
Not compatible with my galaxy mega 6.3 :(. It is classed as a phone. It runs phone apps by default except for ms office :(
24. jhattara (Posts: 34; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
If you want this to work on a tablet, get a PadFone. Portrait mode only though.


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It integrates a CEC controller that supports the capability discovery and control (CDC) feature.
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Is Facebook Down? What is Wrong With Facebook?
Is Facebook down? Right now, Facebook is already up and running smoothly but this morning it was down and users from all over the world are wondering what's wrong with Facebook and other social networks? Are they breaking down due to technical problems or maybe spamming? Yes, Twitter is Down even as of this writing. See the proof in the previous post and compare it with problems encountered by users and present status of Facebook. Some account holders in Facebook even started telling stories about bugs they've discovered. Some users also discovered that some functions are not working in Facebook while they are browsing other people's profile or just exploring the network.
But wait, while opening pages in Facebook, we have observed some errors similar to those stated above. We cannot open photos of friends, open the mobile link, to name a few. Is Facebook still down? Obviously not because we can access our profile page but there is obviously a trace of technical problems within the site.


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Wedding: 8/18/2012
Hales Studio did my engagement shoot and my wedding. Rebecca was awesome, she makes you feel so comfortable during the shoot its like you've known her forever even though you just met. As a bride you put so much energy into planning and decorating its great that Rebecca captures all the little details. Her creativity and excitement for photography shows through in the moments captured in her photos. Rebecca goes above and beyond making sure you get everything you asked for out of the photos. Not only does she take great pictures but when I was doing my make up she was taking the "getting ready" photos and didn't think twice about helping me with my fake eye lashes. Now that's loving your job.
Wedding: 8/19/2012
Rebecca and Jared from Hales Studio were professional and friendly throughout the entire wedding planning process and on the day of the wedding. Their photos captured the romantic indoor lighting and the serene outdoor lighting at the wedding. We were thrilled with the quality of the photographs, as well as the photographers themselves. In addition to the two wedding photographers, Hales Studio had a photographer ran our photo booth during the party. The guests truly enjoyed this experience, and the photos are utterly adorable and well-lit! I would recommend Hales Studio to anyone who wants a young, vibrant photographer (or photo team) who will listen to the customer's desires and provide a beautiful product.
Wedding: 9/15/2012
I first heard about Hales Studio and Rebecca in October 2010 where she was assisting at my brother's wedding. When it came time for my wedding, I asked my sister in law who the photographers were at her wedding because I loved the style of the pictures. We met with Rebecca in June 2011 for a consultation and absolutely fell in love with her and what she provides for a wedding. She was so easy to talk to and even now we still exchange emails like we are friends. We did our engagement session in October 2011 and the pictures were incredible, our family and friends raved about them. This just gave us extra confidence that we picked the right photographer to capture our special day.
The wedding day was great! Rebecca and Jared were so personable and my wedding party and family LOVED them. They took all the pictures my husband and I wanted and they also took any pictures our parents wanted as well. Our wedding party was pretty crazy at times but they never lacked professionalism and actually looked like they were enjoying themselves as well. After the picture taking session after the ceremony I had many bridesmaids come up to me....even a few groomsmen too, saying how great Rebecca and Jared are and they want their info so when their weddings come around they can use them!
I literally can't say enough about Hales Studio. They are professional, friendly, easy to work and communicate with, and just downright good people. They just want your wedding day to be special and perfect and will work so hard to make that happen. There is nothing negative I can say about them. They captured memories for us and there are not enough words of gratitude to express how much that means to my husband and I. Now, we can just look at our wedding pictures and know we picked the best photographers for us!
Wedding: 6/12/2011
We hired Hales Studio/Rebecca Hales to shoot our June 2011 wedding. She was amazing! We love our pictures and Rebecca, who we now count amongst our friends. She dealt with us long-distance (we live in CA and had the wedding in CT) and beared with several schedule changes and complications on our end for the engagement shoot. She was really wonderful, and our photos are fantastic. We honestly have too many to choose from, which is a wonderful 'problem' to have! On another note, Rebecca uploaded our proofs remarkably quickly after the wedding. My husband recently wrote Rebecca a note that summed up our experience: "We had a great time at the wedding, and part of that was because we knew we were in good hands photography-wise. Now that we're going through the shots, we see we were right. You really captured the day, and I seriously get excited just looking through these. You're a great photographer, and I'm so happy we got to know you." I'd book her again in a heartbeat! In fact, one of my bridesmaids already has.
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UPDATE: Search suspended for Northfield man presumed drowned
Instead, Army National Guard helicopters will be flying over the river today, combing the swelling river from above, according to Lt. James Kneeland.
"It's too high for us to consider going back there today, so we have pulled out," Kneeland said. "We'll play it day by day, hopefully we can get back in there by this weekend."
Teams are searching for Aaron Hoyt of Northfield, in what Kneeland said is now a recovery operation, as Hoyt is "presumed drowned," he said.
Two friends who were with Hoyt have not seen him since he jumped in the water just before 8 p.m. Monday, he said. The two swimmers called for help after he failed to surface.
The two friends were upset Tuesday, Kneeland said, that media reports indicated they had dared Hoyt to jump in. The reports came from statements made by rescue crews Monday night and Tuesday morning.
"I don't doubt that they were participating in a Polar Plunge, they were talking about it afterward and said they had seen it on the Internet," Kneeland said.
"We just don't have any specific evidence that anyone dared him to go in. They indicated they wanted to participate in a Polar Plunge, but we don't have evidence of a specific dare," he said.
The bridge at the falls where the search teams headquartered Monday night and Tuesday was underwater this morning, Kneeland said, and the waters were expected to continue rising.
Kneeland said Fish and Game and Marine Patrol search teams hoped to return to the scene by the weekend. When they next search, they will likely have "cadaver dogs:" dogs trained in finding bodies, he said.
Michael Hoyt of Northfield confirmed Tuesday that his son, Aaron Hoyt, is the person who was lost in the waters Monday night. Michael Hoyt said police met with him Tuesday morning. Michael Hoyt would not comment further.
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