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Tamara Abdel-Jaber is a co-founder and an executive board member at Palma. As Executive Board Member, she is responsible for strategy, corporate governance, performance management and business development. Tamara is a member of the Young Arab Leaders, a pan-Arab organization with the mandate to spread modern leadership values and fostering the development of future Arab leaders. Additionally, she currently serves on the board of the Institute of Management Consultants and Trainers – Jordan and serves for the second term as the board chairperson.
Tamara was recently selected to take part in the 2009 Fortune/ U.S. State Department Global Women Mentoring Partnership where she was mentored by c-level executives at Accenture in New York and Chicago. She participated and spoke at the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in San Diego, USA. She also participated as a member of the Official Middle East delegation to the Global Women's Forum in Deauville, France in Oct 2009. Tamara was recently selected to participate in the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington D.C., USA.
In recognition to Tamara's contribution to spark business innovation and entrepreneurship in the MENA region, she has been ranked at number 39 of 100 Most Powerful Arab Women for 2011.
Tamara participated in many national and international conferences, as a lecturer and key-note speaker on the topics of strategic and operational management, as well as business process management. During the past years, Tamara participated in several business related studies in the fields of business valuations using DCF, design of management and reporting systems, review of strategic planning and management systems, process assessments and optimization, definition of requirements for enterprise applications (ERP and CRM) as well as; setup of Balanced Scorecard systems.
Born on June 21st 1976, Tamara Abdel-Jaber graduated from the University of Jordan in Amman, where she received her bachelor degree in Accounting and Finance with honors. And she was certified as a Public Accountant (CPA) in 1997 from Delaware - USA. She started her professional career in 1997, as an accountant at the Computer and Engineering Bureau (CEB). In 1998, she was assigned the Financial Manager position at the CEB Group of companies where she was responsible for financial management, planning and budgeting. And in 2001, as the Chief Planning Officer (Internal Consultant); Tamara worked on strategic planning and budgeting, project management, corporate re-structuring; as well as; performance measurement and management.
In 2002 Tamara co-founded Palma, and started as a Deputy General Manager, responsible for business development, strategy consulting, process management consulting, pre-sales, in addition to coaching and training. Palma currently employs 20+ consultants, has several international alliances and business partners, and is actively providing its consulting services to large organizations across the Arab region.
Fazle Hasan Abed is a social worker, brilliant and visionary. He left his job to devote himself to Bangladesh's War of Independence. Abed initiated the BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest non-government development organisations in the world in terms of size and diversity of interventions.
BRAC now operates in more than 69 thousand villages of Bangladesh and covers an estimated 110 million people through its development interventions that range from primary education, essential healthcare, agricultural support and human rights and legal services to microfinance and enterprise development.
In 2002, BRAC went international by taking its range of development interventions to Afghanistan. Since then, BRAC has expanded to a total of eight countries across Asia and Africa, successfully adapting its unique integrated development model across varying geographic and socioeconomic contexts.
He has been honoured with many international awards for his achievements within the BRAC, among which: the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (1980); Unicef's Maurice Pate Award (1992); Olof Palme Award (2001); Gates Award for Global Health (2004); Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership (2007), World Entrepreneurship Forum's Entrepreneur for the World award in the category Social Entrepreneur (2009).
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera is presently the Executive Director of the Premiere National Think Tank namely Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies ( LKIIRSS).
Prior to this he was the Chairman Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency the only Government Foreign Recruitment Agent 2010-2011. After the Asian Tsunami in 2004, which destroyed all Fishery Harbours he was appointed Chairman Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation and served until 2010. He was the youngest ever appointed for all three positions.
Asanga served as a Senior Consultant to Minister of Transport in 2004 and currently is the Advisor to Minister of External Affairs. Before joining Government sector he worked in private sector at Sri Lanka Telecom and Hutchison Lanka.
He holds an MBA, BSC in Computer Science from Western Australia, Executive Education from Harvard Kennedy School. He was awarded for his outstanding Academic achievement from Golden Key International Honour Society(GKIHS). He was selected as a Young Global Leader in 2012 by World Economic Forum in Davos,Switzerland.
He is the only son of late Hon. Ossie Abeyagoonaskera who was the leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party (SLMP), Member of Parliament and Presidential Candidate. Asanga's father was assassinated by LTTE suicide bomb in 1994.
FELTA Multi-media inc. turned 45 years old business, founded in 1966 by Mylene's parents, Felicito and Teresita Abiva. Mylene is the President/ CEO, FELTA Multi-Media Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of innovative educational materials for the school Market. FELTA is the 'Exclusive Distributor' of LEGO Education and LEGO Early Learning in the Philippines. She is the pioneer in introducing LEGO Robotics in elementary and high schools in the Philippines and the National organizer of the Philippine Robotics Olympiad from 2002 to the present. FELTA is also the trail blazer in introducing Education products.
Mylene is the former president of the Philippine Marketing Association (2009), finalist- ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Award by Ernst & Young in 2009, finalist in GWAD LIDER Award (Science & Technology) in 2010, first Certified Professional Marketer (CPM) of Marketing Institute of the Philippines in 2011. GO NEGOSYO Movement advocate, she involved in giving talks and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Mylene is also an active member of the Women Business Council of the Philippines.
Nikhil Agarwal is President and Senior partner at Cambridge Global Partners (CGP). Prior, he was Professor of Management and founder Director of Europe Asia Business School.
Dr Agarwal has founded businesses and advised firms on strategic matters in last 15 years of his career. He has worked with global multinationals like Cadbury's, FIC and Zensar (RPG Group). He has lectured at leading universities like Virginia Tech, Univ of Bradford, Univ of Edinburgh and Univ of Cambridge in visiting capacity. His interviews and work has been extensively covered in international media including HBR, CNN Money, BBC Radio, The New York Times to name a few.
He has served on many international think-tanks and hold leadership positions in global organizations. He is serving as high-level-advisor to United Nations Global Alliance on ICT & Development (UNGAID); board member at World-Entrepreneurship-Forum and Open Mind Foundation respectively. He was the first Asian to be elected as Co-Chair of prestigious Internet Society Advisory Council (ISOC-AC) for 2008-10.
He has traveled extensively around the world and worked with global institutions, corporations and multinationals. He has published over 40 research papers, conference publications and articles in leading publications.
Dr Nikhil Agarwal is alumnus of University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Mr. Rajesh Agrawal (34) is the founder of RationalFX, Europe's leading online foreign exchange and international payments company.
RationalFX was started as a two-man business in 2005, and is now one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. With offices in UK, France and Italy, it provides foreign exchange and international payments services to thousands of businesses across Europe. RationalFX recently launched its online money transfer service called Xendpay which enables users to send money to almost any bank account in the world, for no fees and great exchange rates. RationalFX is also the principal sponsor for Birmingham City Football Club for the season 2011-2012.
Rajesh has over ten years of experience in IT, currency risk management and commercial foreign exchange. He has been nominated for several awards including Asian Achievers Awards and Lloyds TSB KPMG Awards for Business and Commerce. Rajesh holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance & Marketing, and an MBA in IT & Marketing. Rajesh is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragements of Arts, manufacturers and Commerce (FRSA) and a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
Rajesh is also an adept speaker and writer on foreign exchange markets, work philosophy and entrepreneurship.
Ms. Sakie Akiyama is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Saki Co. Ltd., Japan, successfully established a global top-level market position in the industrial robot field. She succeed in developing the innovative automated inspection robot with machine vision technology, which made it possible to change the visual inspection of electronic modules from human eye to machine vision. In the start-up stage, despite the situation that Saki was quite a small company with only two people, Sony decided to adopt Saki robot in the mass production line for "Sony Walkman" in 1997, and expanded since them.
Ms. Sakie Akiyama expanded the business into global market, and has grown to earn 70% of sales from outside Japan, not only in Asia but also Europe and North and South America. She established group companies and offices in 11 countries to build sales and technical service network.
From 2003 to 2009, she was a member of advisory committee member (for tax system) of Japanese Prime Minister. In 2010 she was appointed to become a committee member of Industrial Structure Council of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Hikari Akizawa is a faculty member of Chuo University, a private university in Tokyo, established in 1885, teaching entrepreneurship and knowledge management for nine years. Her research interests are in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial family business. Dr. Akizawa also has broad professional experiences in the field of entrepreneurship, organizational learning, and knowledge management.
Abdul Baset Al Janahi is currently the CEO of the Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for SME development. In his role as CEO, Al Janahi has contributed significantly to their growth and development. In addition, he has become renowned for his support of young and aspiring entrepreneurs in the UAE.
Prior to his appointment with the Establishment in 2002, Al Janahi held a number of senior managerial positions in leading organisations in the UAE. He was a founding member of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). As Projects and Events Manager at the DSF, he successfully liaised with various organizing committees and government departments to add new and exciting dimensions to the global event. His creative ideas further augmented the success of the DSF brand.
Following his stint at DSF, he moved on to Dubai Internet City (DIC) in 1997 as one of its founding members. He was responsible for formulating a business model that is now regarded as one of the most successful ICT hubs internationally. DIC's Commercial Department was also set up with his support.
In recognition of his exceptional strategic and business development capabilities, Al Janahi was selected in 2001 to join a taskforce responsible for setting up the Dubai Development and Investment Authority (DDIA), later renamed as Tatweer. The formation of MBRE was a significant milestone for Dubai under the leadership of Al Janahi in PDIA. In MBRE, Al Janahi pioneered the entrepreneurial development process from scratch which enabled the development of entrepreneurs. This covered the core pillars of Development Advisory, Incubation, Funding, Capability Development and Market Access. To facilitate access by SMEs to market opportunities, key agreements with several leading private and public sector organisations to offer exclusive privileges to members of the Establishment were secured. This initiative not only succeeded in helping start-ups and SMEs secure their first business contracts, but also raised the community's awareness about the importance of SMEs to the growth of the economy. Today, under Al Janahi's leadership, more than 9,000 entrepreneurs have been assisted, of which about 800 are active members of the Establishment. Several well-known UAE companies and brand names such as Freej, Brown Bag and House of Hannah Heritage were proudly supported and created by the Establishment. When the mandate of the establishment was expanded to include the Dubai SME sector, Al Janahi scored a first when the first-ever official definition of Small and Medium Enterprises in Dubai and the UAE was established to support the Dubai SME Development Roadmap. Al Janahi has a Diploma from MIT Sloan in the US, a graduated in Business Administration from the Higher College of Technology, Dubai.


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Collaboration Agreement with Faro Europe
19 November 2009
New Collaboration with UCL in 3D laser Scanning Applications
UCL has just signed an agreement with FARO EUROPE, a leading manufacturer of mobile 3D laser scanning systems and measurement devices for buildings and large-scale projects.
The agreement covers the loan of a 3D scanner to be used in large-scale civil engineering and architectural projects, together with computer software and training of UCL staff.
Led by Prof. Alan Penn, Dean of the Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment and Prof. Stuart Robson and Dietmar Backes, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), with the support of Dr Anna Clark, Director of Business Partnerships and Cengiz Tarhan,
MD of UCL Business, this initiative will facilitate collaborative
projects (particularly at Masters level) between Engineering and
Architecture. It is anticipated that the agreement will also lead to the
development of commercial projects and research.
Prof. Alan Penn commented, "High accuracy geometry capture is set to revolutionise design processes and workflow. We look forward to working with FARO to explore some of the more radical opportunities for creative design afforded by the new technologies. We can trust our students to put the FARO kit to uses never dreamt of by its creators".
Prof. Stuart Robson added "the rapidity, portability and accuracy of the latest generation scanning technologies offer civil engineers and architects exciting new opportunities to document, measure and monitor our surroundings. Working closely with FARO challenges us to refine the technology against industry need and expand our research portfolio as we seek to understand the data collected."
Dr. Bernd-Dietmar Becker, Director of Product Management & Business Development 3D-Laser-Scanner, FARO EUROPE, said "FARO is delighted to have found in the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture and Department of Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) very strong collaborators on the quest to bring new technology to the Architectural and Civil Engineering domain. We expect innovative new results, which will increase the benefits as well as simplify the use of 3D Laser Scanners in this industry sector."
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BABIP Bugaboos
A pair of American Leaguer hitters are scuffling at the plate in the early going, particularly when it comes to batting average in balls in play. Nothing sets off the alarm bells like an old catcher, shifting to a new role and struggling at the plate. In Jorge Posada's case, this isn't just any alarm: this is a five alarm inferno.
In one of the stranger statistical lines I can remember, Posada has collected just nine hits—but six of them have left the yard.
In Posada's case, it's the curve that is giving him fits. Really, this isn't big news… The curve has been his Kryptonite for the last several seasons. What is notable about his struggles with the curve ball this season is the depths to which he has sunk. From Texas Leaguers, here is how Posada performed against the curveball last season:
Last season, Posada saw a curve ball from an opposing pitcher in 13 percent of all pitches thrown. Keep that in mind as you see how Posada has performed this year against Uncle Charlie.
The word is out: pitchers are offering a curve in just over 16 percent of all pitches in the young season. An overwhelming majority of those are going for strikes, but Posada hasn't changed his swing habits. At all. Then, when he does swing, he is having a heckuva time getting the bat on the ball. He is swinging and missing at more curve balls and he is fouling them off a lot less frequently.
As you would expect, the numbers back this up. Posada is hitting .218 against curves when he is hitting from the left side against right-handed pitchers and just .129 when left-handers go to work on him from the right.
Over the last 10 seasons, pitchers have thrown strikes about 63 percent of the time. It's probably safe to assume they won't continue to serve curve balls in the strike zone to Posada at their current rate of 70 percent. However, we can't say the same about Posada's whiff rate on the hook.
Because Posada is hitting so many home runs, his in play percentage is extremely low in the early going. Just 53 percent of all plate appearances end with Posada testing the opposition fielders. While that number can be expected to increase as his unsustainable spike in home runs subsides, it should be noted that there is a trend in his in play percentage:
2005 - 67%
2006 - 64%
2007 - 66%
2008 - 66%
2009 - 61%
2010 - 59%
2011 - 53%
Those numbers took a sudden turn to the south in the 2009 season when Posada's strikeout numbers took a corresponding turn for the worse.
2005 - 17.2%
2006 - 17.8%
2007 - 16.6%
2008 - 19.5%
2009 - 23.1%
2010 - 22.0%
2011 - 27.1%
The large number of home runs–he is going yard once every 10.3 at bats compared to 21.8 AB/HR for his career—combined with the increasing rate of strikeouts have conspired to depress Posada's BABIP. Among qualified players, his .081 BABIP in 70 plate appearances is the lowest in baseball. He is been able to provide a modicum of value via the home run, but his current .252 TAv would be the lowest rate of his career.
That BABIP certainly won't stay that low, but his creeping strikeout rate, unsustainable power spike and his continuing struggles with the curve make him a risky play going forward. PECOTA projected a .256 BA with 16 home runs for Posada. Certainly, some of those hits will start falling, but he has dug himself quite the hole if he harbors any hope of reaching his projection.
Of course, it has to be noted that the switch-hitting Posada has collected all nine of his hits from the left side of the plate. He is 0-16 as a right-handed hitter with just three walks. Still, at this point it sure looks like the ghosts of catchers past have finally caught up with the former Yankee backstop. This year's shift to designated hitter can't forestall the footsteps of time. Maybe he can hang on as a platoon player, but if he doesn't get his act together, he may find himself completely marginalized. If you're one of the 59 percent that own him in ESPN leagues, you should cash in the home runs and start shopping for an alternative.
Across the country, another BABIP straggler is desperately trying to elevate his average. Seattle's Chone Figgins currently owns a .169 BABIP, a mark well below his career rate of .334.
Once upon a time, the speedy Figgins was the prototypical hitter who could slash and burn his way to a high batting average on balls in play. For his career, a full eight percent of his base hits never left the infield. This year, he has legged out just two balls that stayed on the infield.
While Figgins is finding it difficult to reach base on ground balls, his batted ball profile has remained largely unchanged over the last several seasons:
There is nothing in the percentages that say Figgins should be scuffling this badly. He hasn't experienced any strange fluctuations in any of his rates that would suggest a change in approach. Plus, Figgins is putting the ball in play this season at a rate of 81 percent. That is well above his career in play percentage of 73 percent.
The answer may lie in the lack of solid contact:
Note the amount of contact Figgins is making when he is offering at pitches located outside the strike zone. Yes, he is expanding his zone a bit more this year, but his contact rate on those pitches is way above his performance from the last couple of seasons. Figgins has always been able to make contact with a pitch that should be called a ball, but this season his aggressive approach has caught up with him. While he is seeing 4.2 pitches per plate appearance (an exceptional number given the major league average is around 3.75 P/PA) he is not drawing the base on balls. After posting double-digit walk rates for each of the last four seasons, Figgins is walking in just 5.7 percent of his plate appearances… despite seeing more pitches per plate appearance than ever before in his career.
The inability to get on base has put the clamps on Figgins' running game. Through the first month of the season, he has had only 16 stolen base opportunities. In 2009, when he owned a .395 OBP, Figgins had roughly 50 opportunities a month.
PECOTA was never bullish on Figgins, projecting a .254 BA and a .248 TAv. While it's generally accepted that a low BABIP is the product of bad luck, in Figgins' case, it appears there is something in his approach–and subsequent contact—that is hampering is results. Still, given the volume of plate appearances that are ending with balls in play, and his .319 xBABIP, it would a rebound of sorts is expected. He will need to adjust his contact profile if he is to maximize what is left of his potential.
Craig Brown is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Sprint not likely to offer Windows Phone 8 model at launch
0. phoneArena posted on 06 Aug 2012, 17:50
Sprint customers shouldn't expect to see a Windows Phone 8 model being offered by the carrier at launch, according to Sprint VP David Owens; the nation's third largest carrier says it will eventually offer a token model...
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1. lyndon420 (Posts: 5002; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
"...one of the most returned products in the history of the company."
Wow...way to make an impression ms.
And just because an adrenaline junkie mentions blackberry, it doesn't mean that people are suddenly going to ignore the short comings of RIM.
3. bigbmc26 (Posts: 43; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Sprint is circling the toilet themselves. I wouldn't put too much faith in the a guy that allowed the launch of the Kyocera Echo. The Arrive also has one of the highest ratings at sprint.com from users. They were too busy wasting money on WiMax to promote the Arrive properly.
I think the fact that Blot still uses a BlackBerry, proves that some of us love our BlackBerry devices. You'd have to pry my 9930 from my cold dead hands. There is still a market for them and Usain proves just that...
7. Whodaboss (Posts: 176; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
"...one of the most returned products in the history of the company."
Yet Sprint web site clearly shows the Arrive with a 4.5/5.0 rating for the customers that owned the device. And 89% of those would recommend the phone.
Something doesn't add up.
14. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
I'm not too sure that those ratings are accurate, but I can tell you one thing... as a Sprint employee, it was very hard to sell the Arrive. Dont get me wrong, the OS was not bad, but people were more crazy about Androids. Not to mention it was a very expensive phone.
I have to agree with Sprints decision on watching how it unfolds. They cant afford to gamble on something that has not done well so far.
Also, Sprint doesnt have a "long history" relationship with Nokia, another reason to NOT take a chance just yet.
18. tigermcm (Posts: 860; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
yet Nokia isnt the only OEM making WP8s. Sprint has had a long relationship with HTC who pretty much made all Sprint's WMs so why not get some HTCs?
19. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
Nokia hates Android and have vowed to go WP to the death. So I believe they will put forth the best effort in making a WP that will succeed.
HTC on the other hand, seems to be more focused on HTC Sense and bringing more Android phones to the market. Even if they DO have to pay ridiculous amounts of royalties to Microsoft.
The EVO shift and Arrive were practically the same phone, yet HTC was constantly updating the Shift and putting it on sale. HTC clearly put the Arrive on the back burner.
8. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I never had any issues with the HTC Arrive. The build quality is very solid compared to several anroid phones that I have used. The OS is very stable, no memory leaks and never had it crash on me (compared to androidOS and Windows 6.x). Despite the application side being thin, MS has restored my faith in them.
I wonder if many of the returns were from the trade-in offer that Sprint gave to Arrive users, so they could get their hands on the iphone (preorder for release)? I remember shortly after activating my Arrive, Sprint sent me several trade-in plugs via email and snail mail....
9. Whodaboss (Posts: 176; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
Thank you! I was going to suggest in my earlier post that the returns may have been due to Sprint pushing the iPhone for those with Arrives. Sprint sold their souls to sell the iPhone and in no way do they want any other brand to slow down their effort to recoup their investment in Apple.
23. lsutigers (Posts: 821; Member since: 08 Mar 2009)
Just because Owens said their 2012 lineup is about 90% complete does not mean they won't be releasing a WP8 device, Sprint probably still has 3 or 4 more phones in the pipeline before the end of the year. We have heard repeatedly that Nokia is working on carrier exclusive WP8 models for the US big 4 carriers. Sprint will support the platform, the question is when. Owens did say they will be watching how the platform performs and participate, they just wont be the ones stuck with a bunch of left over unsold WP8 inventory if it doesn't sell well, like AT&T. You can't blame them, Android is on fire and Sprint has an awesome Android lineup, the iPhone is also selling very well at Sprint and they will continue to focus on those thriving platforms, particularly Apple once the next iPhone LTE launches. I believe they will just take a conservative approach to WP8 and BlackBerry 10.
2. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Interesting, considering the Arrive is still one of the highest rated customer satisfaction on Sprint's own website.
I guess as strapped for cash as Sprint is, it is not a bad move. They need hits. If the Arrive wasn't a hit, than they cannot afford to give up space to something that may bring in more customers.
In this case, being a follower makes business sense.
4. Pdubb (Posts: 248; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
Meanwhile they continue to EOL Android phones 6 months after they release them. No updates to those phones while they continue to push the New iPhone on everyone. They have the Samsung Transform, Transform Ultra, etc and they look down their nose at a alternative OS!!! Pfttt
5. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1290; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
They have 15 billion in guaranteed phone sales to Apple and can't push windows 8. The money paid to Apple was stupid. Windows 8 will take off.
6. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
Well it looks like ill be leaving Sprint.
10. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Is the HTC Arrive the most returned handset? Its been a couple months since I last checked but it was the highest user rated phone on Sprint.com and on Sprint through Amazon.com. Besides why give a crutch to the dying Blackberry Models? WP might not be a big deal yet, but in the very near future it will crush RIM and their outdated Blackberry models.
11. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i think all carriers in the world will check windows phone 8 performance first... here in the philippines, carriers like smart, globe and sun offers only one or two windows phone and by nokia only (but smart offers 900,710 and its exclusive to them and 610, while globe offers 610 and 800, and sun offers 610) the rest is android... few blackberry and the iPhone as the most expensive and has best offerings..
windows phone 7 should lower its price by now since wp8 is already announce and its already coming same goes to blackberry 6/7 devices and blackberry 10 is also coming but next year!!
all the carriers are unfair to other platform they flavor android more and worst only samsung androids...smart offer few htc but only like 3 phones and sun offers alcatel and local phone manufacturer since they are our 3rd and cheapest offerer carrier they offer blackberry more expensive and windows phone too they blackberry plan starts at plan 500 but no bbm and you need to subscribe to BBM(but here they offer unli BBM for a mere $2 thats 99 pesos)
12. DanHesseBlowsDonkeys (banned) (Posts: 6; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
Phone Arena has stooped to a new low by highlighting the supposed claim that the Arrive is highly returned. Please show quote saying highest ever!! I'm sure Kyocera echo owns that claim.
I'VE RETURNED 4 DUE TO BAD BUILD BY HTC!!!! and no Sprint store within 200 miles,anything over 50 you have to RETURN the phone. I still use the ARRIVE.
NO WHERE DO YOU cowards MENTION IN THE ARTICLE THE fact THAT IT IS ONE OF THE TOP user RATED PHONES sprint SELLS...
Such horribly biased reporting.
You guys must work for the Romney campaign as well the way you twist Windows phone articles into such a negative light
13. tigermcm (Posts: 860; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
I was at a Sprint store this wknd and had a nice talk with one of the reps. He told me that they are going to be moving around the displays and that there is an empty space that seems to be for at least 1 wp8. He said what he keeps hearing is Sprint will not publicly confirm that they will support wp8. Instead what he heard was like the Arrive after everyone else comes out with something Sprint will silently release a wp8
15. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Been reading about Sprint for awhile, it seems they are good at making bad decisions
16. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Folks, bottom line is they don't have good relation with MS.
22. corps1089 (Posts: 492; Member since: 20 Jan 2010)
and they threw all their spare cash after the iPhone.
WTF Sprint! I feel betrayed!
17. threeline (Posts: 267; Member since: 11 Sep 2011)
Spread itself to thin with WP8? The Arrive was a great phone but built like a tank. I'm pretty sure people returned the phone because Sprint's cell service sucks but they tried to throw HTC under the bus saying the Arrive was the problem.
20. Sprintfan (Posts: 68; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
As a sprint CSR rep and swapping devices I get about 1 arrive every month. I swap anywhere from 500-1000 devices a month. The arrive was way to expensive and anyone familar with Windows phones or had one prior to the newer OS didn;t want anything to do with a Windows phone. If the arrive didn't have a Qwerty it could of been as sucessful as the Echo lol.
21. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
As a Sprint rep myself, I too noticed the same thing. I never saw many customers returning or complaining about the Arrive... mostly because it didnt sell. Those that showed the slightest interest, quickly changed their mind and bout an EVO instead because it was cheaper and more popular.
Not saying anything bad about the arrive, just... there was never anything really amazing about it.
I think waiting to see how WP8 does in the market is the smartest thing Sprint can do. You can be sure that if WP8 lives up to the hype, Dan Hesse will personally can HTC and say "Its time".
24. lnghaultrkr (Posts: 2; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
The only reason it was the most returned device is because HTC made a rather sorry phone. The OS other than the number of available apps is fine to use and work with. Windows 8 is going to tie all your devices together just like apple has done but will go a little further and you only have to set up the look of it once and will cross over to your other devices. I personally at least wanna play with it some just to see of it can live up to the hype MS has been trying to pump into it.
Maybe sprint should actually hire people to test phones that might know what they are doing and have an understanding of what most users want and expect form their devices.
25. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
HTC made a rather sorry phone? You sir are a idiot, whom never used the HTC Arrive. It is a very solid phone and better than what Sprint has in regards to phone and OS, compared to androidOS.
Sprint should really put WP phone on their list of phone for sale to users versus relying on iphone and androidOS.
26. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
the problem with that is the fact that sprint sold thier sole for the iphone, coupled with the fact that windows phone hasnt realy been a hot seller.
27. lnghaultrkr (Posts: 2; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
I had the Arrive and returned the device not because of the OS but because of the actual hardware. Reception wasn't the greatest and I need a phone that's going to work. I have had several HTC devices and it's always something. Either an issue with the custom skin and services they add over Android to the reception issues I had with the Arrive.
Unlike most people I don't live and work in a localized area so yes I know where short comings of most networks are but when you have multiple devices on the same network and they all have signal but one that does boil the issue down to hardware.
As for calling names when I was stating my opinion based on my experience with multiple HTC devices comes across rather childish.


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"Space and Time Bank in Tabacalera." Rehabilitation of an old tobacco factory in Madrid, (Spain). The facility, which dates from 1790, is currently abandoned and neglected. There is a project for a Museum of Visual Arts in the building but due to the lack of funds, the project is on stand-by. The factory has been used for the past two years as a cultural center by the neighbors of Lavapies. The surrounding inhabitants, unlike politicians, want a place to meet, do activities... and not another museum.
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When you hotsync a HandStory anything to your MS, it goes into the \launcher folder. When you open HandStory and do an "update list" command (or if you have it set to do this automatically), HandStory will move this file from \launcher to \programs\handstory. In this process, the file in \launcher is deleted. That's how it's supposed to work! I just experimented with 1 ebook clip, 1 web clip, and 1 save-to-palm clip, and the above procedure is what happened. (I knew it was working that way, but wanted to run a fresh test before writing this response.)
If you saying that after you create and sync a web clip, and open HandStory and do an update, then via FileZ or MSGate or whatever file utility you have, verify that the same file (size/date) is in both places...then there is something weird happening!
The above behavior began with version 2.0. There is no situation where HandStory would leave a copy in \launcher after moving the file to \programs\handstory, which is does before the file can be read.
If you have v2.0 or greater, and you're still experience identically copies in both places after sync and HS update, then I'd suggesting contacting handstory since you may have some sort of conflict going on within your PDA. There's no reason or condition that I know of where this would happen!
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The 'Glee' star tells a story of how a relationship can turn into a battlefield in the Sia Furler-penned song.
Lea Michele has just released a brand new song called "Battlefield". Premiered on JustJared on Friday, December 27, the track is the promotional single off the "Glee" star's upcoming debut album "Louder".
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Swindon Women's Aid provides a refuge for victims of domestic abuse and violence.
The Freemasons also gave eggs for the first time for the children of mothers who have been subjected to domestic abuse who are not in residence at the refuge, but are receiving counselling and support services from Swindon Women's Aid.
The donation of Easter goodies were made possible by the generosity of members of The Lodge of Remembrance No 4037 and the Harry C Preater Lodge No 8204.


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one time a guy commented on something i wrote that was completely devoid of capitalization by telling me i needed to learn proper "grammer".
i'm not really the kind of person who will tell you very much about himself in one of these little boxes.
i don't have many pet peeves that will completely turn me off to another person. i try very hard to be non-judgmental, but i suppose we all have a few prejudices. trust me, i'm working on it. i have a very diverse group of friends, so there's not much room to look down on others.
i hate all the little "pigeon-hole fuckin' gotcha" questions and tests on here. almost all of them contain choices too broad or narrow to really suit me. (it's probably my own fault, so don't worry your pretty little head about it.)
i'm really bothered by the fact that the pronoun "it" can't properly be made possessive, and a few other things like that...
i use ellipses too much, and if i can't spel a word i will look that shit up.
i'm not very good at written communication. the two primary reasons are that i can't type, and i have not figured out how to be sarcastic or facetious without confusing people. maybe i need a course in "smileys"... do they offer that?
i suffer from anxiety and add.
i'm not overly materialistic.
i'm an insomniac, so i may fall asleep at any moment. i know that sounds backwards, but it really does make sense. i can explain if you really want to know.
amusing myself, and some other people too!
fixing things i.e., "jury rigging" stuff.
annoying myself, and some other people too!
cut and paste. can't type.
making fun of myself, and some...
probably my eyes.
Music: androgenouschix, ac-Delco, electric shoes, et tu brute?, Skree Ming and Fidel at Ease, Doc Ockham's Raiser, filthy names!, Our Lady of Perpetual Misery, the last one to know, Pigswill, the no spring chickens, Hitman To the Stars, Trick Bike, John Henry, Otto Motive, Omega Man, velvet nipple, JamFinger, ForwardTheFoundation, voracious appetite, Yokohama, PussyWillow, zebra stripe paint crew, Gym Shoe AllStars, salacious, Next Year's Old News, Car and Driver, the halve knots, Kaiser Blade, Chickens With Heads Cut Off, Hereford, Palominas, illegal alien,
Ed Sedara.
Movies: i do not do "sub-titles". a shortcoming - i know, but i am probably not going to change.
Food: most everything except fish. other than that, i'm your basic omnivore. i do have veggie and vegan friends and i may occasionally tease them, but i respect their self-inflicted eating disorders. that's convincing, right? i really do though.
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The AAA Three Diamond award-winning Put-in-Bay Resort & Conference Center is Ohio's premier choice for successful meetings, featuring an atmosphere of peerless service and luxurious amenities. Boating and golf, lush scenery and history, and high-tech conference space create an oasis for business and relaxation. Whether you are planning a special event, prestigious conference, incentive meeting, or staff getaway; you'll soon see why they have earned more awards for meeting excellence than any other property on the island of Put-in-Bay.
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The Grand Ballroom easily facilitates everything from general sessions to product displays. Plan seminars or breakouts in the smaller Bass rooms or smaller sessions in our multiple Ohio State themed Scarlet and Gray rooms. Each room features stately decor, top technology, ergonomically designed chairs and near-perfect acoustics that keep everyone focused and productive.
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JAKARTA: Indonesia's Vice-President, Boediono, is under intense pressure over his role in the $720 million bail-out of a bank linked to donors who supported the election campaign of his running mate, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The fall-out from the rescue of Bank Century last year is one of a series of corruption scandals buffeting Dr Yudhoyono, who was due late last night to address the nation on the graft crisis.
A report released yesterday by Indonesia's Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) found the country's central bank - headed by Boediono at the time - provided incomplete and inaccurate information as it rammed through the financial rescue of Bank Century.
''Bank Indonesia's announcement that Bank Century was in trouble and needed a bail-out was not supported by accurate and updated data,'' BPK's chairman, Hadi Purnomo, said.
''As a result, they disbursed up to 6.7 trillion rupiah [$720 million], far higher than the 632 billion rupiah [$70 million] previously estimated [needed] to save Bank Century.''
The bank was too small to be a systemic risk to the Indonesian financial system and almost half of the money was disbursed illegally, the BPK found. More than 80 per cent of the funds went to replenish bankers, shareholders and other related parties who had lost money due to ''illegal practices and violations of regulations''.
The public version of the report from the agency did not reveal who benefited from the disbursements.
Among the beneficiaries of the bail-out were Indonesia's elite, including the treasurer of Dr Yudhoyono's re-election campaign and other big donors.
There are widespread calls for a more detailed inquiry into the affair and Dr Yudhoyono indicated on Sunday night he was prepared to support one after months of resisting.
In an address to the nation scheduled for late last night, Dr Yudhoyono was expected to call for police and prosecutors to drop the pursuit of two senior members of the country's independent Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK.
Strong evidence has emerged through wiretaps that the pursuit of the two KPK deputies was a high-level conspiracy by law enforcement leaders angered at a KPK probe into their rampant bribe-taking, including in the Bank Century case.
Dr Yudhoyono will then demand ''corrective measures'' to weed out corrupt members of the police, the Attorney-General's department, and the KPK.
Susno Duadji, the chief of police detectives implicated in the wiretaps, will be removed but the chief of police will stay.


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We celebrate Christmas here and we are now officially ready! We spend Christmas Eve with my mom and brother so the party is about to start here in just a few hours!
This is our 2nd tree this year. The first died really early on and a week ago I went and got another tree. Then the lights went out so I had to replace those too. The boys did the decorating (especially the second time because I was over it)
Tonight we'll take our annual pajama photo in front of the tree. I'm going to try and find all the past years to share here tomorrow!
Soak up your families this week whether you celebrate Christmas or not. We are so thankful for all of you! Merry Christmas!
Author: Allison Waken
Allison Waken is a wife, mom of boys and Phoenix, AZ native. She has been creating inspiring content for All for the Boys since 2011. Allison loves travel, movies and spending as much time as possible with her family while she can!


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KFed wants his "fans" to come celebrate with him at his birthday parties. So what are you waiting for?!
His big day is coming and he wants it to be real BIG. Kevin Federline, who turns 29 on March 21st, has had a big plan in his head. The rapper wants his fans to come along and celebrate with him at his birthday parties!
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Sweepstakes and instant prize winners are selected every few hours. The 10 grand prize winners (+ guests) will be announced on March 19th. 25 runner-up winners will also receive autograph photos, while T-shirts will be awarded as 'instant-win' prizes. Contest winners need to provide their own travel and accommodations.
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With a stay at Club Lespri in Central Province (Kandy District), you'll be convenient to Nilambe Meditation Centre. This hotel is within the vicinity of Dhamma Kuta Vipassana Meditation Centre and Suriyakantha Centre d'Art et de Culture.
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Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, where you can take in a garden view, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at a complimentary reception, held daily. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily.
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Man is wounded in shooting in Aiken
A man was wounded Sunday afternoon in a shooting at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center in Aiken.
Antwon Reed, 18, of Aiken, was struck in the shoulder, according to a news release from Aiken Public Safety. Mr. Reed was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, Lt. David Turno said. The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. after a fight in a gymnasium, Lt. Turno said.
Man arrested in armed robbery of parts store
An Augusta man was arrested and charged in the armed robbery of the O'Reilly Auto Parts store at 3297 Deans Bridge Road on Sunday.
According to a Richmond County sheriff's report and a Richmond County jail committal, Mekios Maloyd, 23, of the 3400 block of Dublin Drive, robbed the store about 11 a.m. and fled with an unknown amount of cash into a nearby wooded area, where he was arrested.
Fort Gordon will hold information meeting
Fort Gordon will hold its monthly community information briefing for the public at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Gordon Club on 19th Street.


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One month ago today, Isabel Mercedes Celis was reported missing from her central Tucson home.
Police have received thousands of leads in the case, but no suspect or motive has emerged. No information was released over the weekend on the status of the case.
What's next
Police are set to update the case today.
So far
Isabel, 6, was reported missing from her midtown home on April 21. It does not appear that the family has returned to the Celis home on Tucson's east side since the disappearance. Child Protective Services is involved with the family, and Isabel's father, Sergio, has not had contact with his two older sons. The boys are staying with their mother, Becky.


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Thank you for helping us Disrupt Ordinary at the 2017 SLC! Applications to join the 2018 SLC Planning Committee are now closed.
Thank you for helping us Disrupt Ordinary at the 2017 SLC! Applications to join the 2018 SLC Planning Committee are now closed.
As one of the largest student-run conferences in Canada, the Student Leadership Conference (SLC) is an opportunity to explore your abilities, a hub for amazing individuals in the community, and a platform that inspires action. The SLC features well-known keynote speakers, workshops, featured presenters, and highlighted projects which all revolve around this year's theme, Disrupt Ordinary. Disruption focuses on creating change and testing limits now, in order to build a better future than the one expected.
As a student, you have chosen to be a part of a world-class university, but how can you help raise that standard? How can you break the pattern of complacency? To grow, you must be willing to challenge societal norms through the generation of new ideas and action. Disruption refuses to be passive. How will you Disrupt Ordinary?
The Student Leadership Conference (SLC) will facilitate a collaborative and inclusive educational environment, which will inspire the campus community, provide valuable peer-to-peer learning experiences, and engage students as they share and develop their leadership skills effectively. The SLC will provide delegates the means to expand their individual leadership potential as well as avenues to apply those skills, on individual and group levels, within the global community while embodying social, economical, and environmentally sustainable practices.


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Today, global demands for food, energy, and shelter are putting unprecedented pressure on the resources of the planet. Water is at the heart of this crisis. In fact, more than half of the world's cities are already experiencing water shortages on a recurring basis – based on findings from a study that I published, along…


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Single- and Multi-Merchant Gift Cards Win Big
Survey finds 78 percent of Americans bought or received a card over the past year.
DENVER -- It doesn't matter if gift cards can be used at only one location or anywhere, they are an extremely popular gift, according to First Data Corp.'s survey on single- and multi-merchant gift cards.
Over the last year, eight out of 10 consumers, or 78 percent, purchased or received a gift card. Almost half of them purchased and received a gift card in that time, the survey found. Of those that purchased cards, consumers spent an average of $281 dollars and purchased an average of five cards per year. Recipients of the cards, regardless of its single- or multi-merchant type, spent an average of $39 more than the card's value.
"What started out little more than a decade ago as a simple replacement for paper gift certificates has evolved into an industry mainstay as gift cards of all types continue their climb in popularity among consumers," said Kevin Grieve, president of First Data Prepaid Services. "The results of our study indicate that American consumers understand gift cards, set out to buy them and typically spend more than the initial value of the card when it comes time to redeem them."
Single-merchant gift cards -- those that can only be used at one named retailer -- are purchased more than multi-merchant cards, at 4.7 cards per consumer. Multi-merchant cards -- such as a Visa gift card that can be used wherever Visa is accepted -- increased to 2.6 cards per consumer, due to additional convenience driving the market, the study stated.
The survey found that 23 percent of consumers bought a gift card that could be used at numerous retailers. Although discount stores top the list of places to redeem such cards, gas stations and convenience stores are also a top pick for consumers, the study found.
"The numbers show that gift cards continue to deliver strong satisfaction and value for purchasers and receivers," said Karen Larsen, chief marketing officer for First Data Commercial Services. "Throughout history, American consumers have responded to products that make their life easier by providing convenience, choice and overall value to their retail needs and wants."


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I also bake a good pie and make a killer omelette. ;)
(I cut them off a year or two ago.)
I also get--"You always smell so nice." (bit strange, granted.)
But I think what strikes most people is my smile when I'm grinning like a batty idiot.
Movies- Mr Nobody, The Fountain, Big Fish, Water for Elephants, Amelie, La Vita E Belle, Black Cat White Cat, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Stranger than Fiction, The Other Guys...Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson etc...most things, indie/foreign except horror/thriller or realistic excessive violence really.
Shows- Breaking Bad, GOT, Girls, Orange is the New Black, True Blood, Mad Men, SouthPark, True Detective, Family Guy, Bobs Burgers, Penny Dreadful, Vikings, Sons of Anarchy, Carnival...
Music- Florence & the Machine, The XX, Avalanche City, The Lumineers, The Postal Service, Tom Waits, Thom York, Bob Dylan, Underscore Orchestra, Electric Wire Hustle, Tipper, People Under the Stairs, J5, Arrested Development, Fly My Pretties, DJ Shadow, Radio Head, The Cival Wars...
Food- Italian, Thai, Mexican, Turkish, Kiwi roast styles...I love good soups, salads, pizza, pies & pasta especially homemade. Big fan of growing my own vege & herbs (& flowers, edible & otherwise.)
Lemon & ginger/peppermint tea
The people I love in my life
My camera/pen & paper/crochet hook & thread...etc, etc.
Ample amounts of spare time.
At present it's mostly how to improve my lesson plans, or other fun things I can create with the kids, or behaviour management strategies...