Marine Lorphelin ( Miss France 2013 ) Wallpaper

  Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, is Miss France 2013, succeeding Delphine Wespiser.

   Lorphelin, 19, hails from Charnay-lès-Mâcon. She is 1·76 m tall (5 ft 9 in).
   She is in her first year of medicine in Lyon. Her interests are art, painting and fashion. She is a regular gym-goer.
   Lorphelin was originally crowned Miss Bourgogne (Burgundy) on September 29 at the parc des expositions de l’Eduen. A teary-eyed Lorphelin tonight became the 66th Miss France on live television.
   Runners-up were Miss Tahiti, Miss Nord Pas-de-Calais and Miss Martinique.
   The 33 contestants have been together since November 23. The final saw them wear up to 10 different outfits, including a replica of the Guy Laroche dress from Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972). There was a series of tableaux paying tribute to actresses such as Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau, Meryl Streep, Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Portman, with a final featuring a couture dress in homage to Grace Kelly. An earlier swimwear segment had a James Bond theme, paying tribute to Ursula Andress.
   This year’s competition was held at the Zenith in Limoges. Four thousand people were in the audience, with a larger audience watching live on France’s TF1. Guests during the telecast included actor Jamel Debbouze.
   The judging panel was composed of screen legend Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, former model Adriana Karembeu, Nikos Aliagas, Miss France 2006 Alexandra Rosenfeld, Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, and Frédéric Diefenthal. Viewers account for half of the vote in choosing the five finalists out of the 12 semi-finalists the jury selected.
   The final 12 were Miss Bourgogne, Miss Pays de Loire, Miss Martinique, Miss Roussillon, Miss Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Miss Champagne-Ardennes, Miss Bretagne, Miss Provence, Miss Rhône-Alpes, Miss Picardie, Miss Tahiti et Miss Côté d’Azur.
   Twenty minutes before midnight local time, they were then narrowed down to Miss Bourgogne, Miss Tahiti, Miss Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Miss Martinique et Miss Pays de Loire.
   Wespiser, in her valedictory speech, says she was ‘ready to join the ranks of the former Miss [Frances]’ and that she was ‘proud to be part of this family.’
   Miss Prestige National, the rival pageant founded by the former Miss France owner Geneviève de Fontenay, will have its pageant on Monday night, with a jury chaired by Christiane Lillio. De Fontenay has been to court this year over her non-compete clause but insists she is merely a ‘guest of honour’.

Source : http://people.voila.fr/people/actu-stars/personnalites/miss-france-2013-marine-lorphelin-a-quelqu-un-dans-son-coeur-people_9134.html

 

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the Learjet plane carrying Mexican-American superstar Jenni Rivera and six others fell at about 3:30 am local time Sunday (9/12), about 110 kilometers south of Monterrey, Mexico. It said everything was on the plane were killed.

The agency did not know what caused the plane crash.

The NTSB has sent a team to assist Mexican authorities investigating this accident. The team of experts, including advisors from the Federal Aviation Administration and Learjet and special investigations staff airworthiness of aircraft and flight crew operations.

Rivera held a concert in Monterrey on Saturday. Mexican authorities say the plane wreckage found outside Monterrey on Sunday. He came to Toluca, near Mexico City.

Transport and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza told Mexican television said the crash site was spread over a wide area and "no one recognized."

Miguel Calero Wallpaper

Male 41 years had blood clots or thrombosis since the end of November and has been undergoing intensive treatment in a hospital in Mexico.

Calero, who had become a goalkeeping coach at Mexican club Pachuca, survived thanks to life support equipment. However, the doctors finally declared brain dead Calero.

"After a number of inspections and tests some time ago, we reported that the technical director Archer, Group Pachuca, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Calero, brain dead. Currently Miguel Calero was treated in intensive care with life-support equipment," the official statement management Pachucha club.

Meanwhile, GOAL.com Mexico had received a statement from representatives of the hospital Dr. Edgar Natal and Dr. Jose Antonio Torres that Calero's death is now only a matter of time.

"We are informed that Mr. Calero suffered brain death. Unfortunately, now the death of Miguel Calero is only a matter of time."

"Currently Miguel Calero was assisted life support equipment. We can not provide other information [about the status Calero]."

Amanecer Parte 2

 

It lasted just a record of 'The Impossible' (JA Bayona, 2012), which also lost the top spot after four weeks in a row. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' ('The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2', B. Condon, 2012) achieves number one with a spectacular collection of over 9 million, the best opening of the history in Spain. The fans should be almost as happy as producers. Funny how despite the crisis, and piracy, in less than a month two titles have managed to break the record for opening weekend. By the end of the year the only new powerful that we have to get is 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' ('The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', P. Jackson, 2012) but it looks like it is going to get the raising the end of 'Twilight', right? 

We find two novelties in the top ten of the box office. The first is 'In the mind of the murderer' ('Alex Cross', R. Cohen, 2012), the new attempt to revive the detective Alex Cross film, played by Tyler Perry now replacing the veteran Morgan Freeman, the thriller -here we have sold as if it starred Matthew Fox-raises 337,000 euros in more than 200 rooms, leaving a weak average of 1,500 € (is the eighth in this respect). 'The part of the angels' (' The Angels' Share ', K. Loach, 2012) has successfully broken into the last position with € 170,000 on 55 screens, making an average of € 3,080, I told you it's a film that conveys hope and humor, something that is appreciated in these times. Finally, note that 'Holy Motors' (L. Carax, 2012) has raised 31,700 euros with just 14 screens in Spain - 'Breaking Dawn 2' was projected in 1052. 

PS: Among the premieres next Friday include "Man of iron fists' (The man with the iron fists. Address: RZA), 'knock on effect' ('Trouble with the Curve', R. Lorenz, 2012) , 'End' (J. Torregrossa, 2012) and 'Chasing Mavericks' ('Chasing Mavericks', C. Hanson and M. Apted, 2012). Do you think some will reach second place?

Balasaheb Thakre

 

Mortal remains of Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray were brought to Indore on its way to Jabalpur via Ujjain and Bhopal on Wednesday.

Talking to the media persons, president of Madhya Pradesh Shiv Sena unit Thaneshwar Yadav said the mortal remains would be immersed in Narmada on its last destination in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. "Indore is the first city in Madhya Pradesh to receive the mortal," said the Shiv Sena leader.

Shiv Sainiks also paid tributes to the departed soul. 

UFC Wallpaper

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC focuses on the heavier weight classes in MMA, to where as its sister promotion, the WEC, focuses on the lighter weights.
The UFC began as a single-event tournament to find the world's best fighters irrespective of their style, and was based upon Brazilian vale tudo fighting. Although there were a limited number of rules, promoters marketed fighting in the UFC as no holds barred, and contests were often violent and brutal. Early UFC fights were less sport than spectacle, which led to accusations of brutality and "human cock fighting" by Senator John McCain and others. Political pressures eventually led the UFC into the underground, as pay-per-view providers nixed UFC programming, nearly extinguishing the UFC's public visibility.
As political pressure mounted, the UFC reformed itself, slowly embracing stricter rules, becoming sanctioned by state athletic commissions, and marketing itself as a legitimate sporting event. Dropping the no holds barred label and carrying the banner of mixed martial arts, the UFC has emerged from its political isolation to become more socially acceptable, regaining its position in pay-per-view television.
With a cable television deal and expansion into Canada, Europe and new markets within the United States, the UFC as of 2009 has experienced a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike in the United States and Canada, as well as in 34 other countries worldwide
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Hostess Wallpaper

 

There’s a difference between not believing in management and not believing management’s inconvenient facts. At Hostess Brands, some employees didn’t make that distinction, and they could bring down the company.

Hostess’ union workers have lost faith in their leaders for good reason. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and emerged five years later with lower sales and higher debt. Despite the nostalgia for Twinkies and Ding Dongs — and don’t worry, some bakery will produce the brands — sugary junk food isn’t a growth market.

Yet a string of Hostess CEOs failed to develop new products, capitalize on well-known names or invest in equipment, distribution and marketing. Hostess’ truck fleet is 18 years old, and even before this month’s strike, bakeries were running at 65 percent capacity.

Three years ago, management didn’t use bankruptcy to whack pensions or completely overhaul work rules. When Hostess filed its second Chapter 11 in January, it still had 372 separate collective bargaining agreements and 80 different health plans.

It also has a big problem with workers’ compensation. About $231 million of Hostess’ cash is restricted for those claims alone, leaving nothing for scores of other creditors.

Hostess’ debt load has been growing, too, thanks to payment-in-kind interest that dug a deeper hole. Its private equity investor, hedge fund lenders and management believed that Hostess would grow into the larger debt, but the Irving company’s annual revenue is $1 billion smaller than when it filed the first time.

So a failing business came out of bankruptcy primed to fail again.

It’s understandable that union workers, who took $110 million in annual cuts in the first reorganization, would say, “It’s not our fault.”

While that’s true, it doesn’t change Hostess’ prospects or the fact that management was right about one important detail: If labor didn’t accept more cuts in bankruptcy, Hostess was going to be sold off in pieces.

While most employees gritted their teeth and went along, the bakers union, representing about one-third of total employees, went on strike. With production crippled, Hostess said it would seek to liquidate and eliminate about 18,000 jobs. But on Monday, the company and the bakers agreed to a judge’s request to return to mediation.

The bakers union had justified the strike by recalling earlier sacrifices and management mistakes, including executive raises. The company’s business plan, the union said, had “little or no chance of succeeding.”

But isn’t a little chance better than none? And isn’t it better to work for a troubled company than to not work at all?

The Teamsters, representing the largest union at Hostess, reluctantly embraced reality. The union’s turnaround expert, Harry Wilson, told the bankruptcy court that poor management had doomed Hostess. One example: Hostess made only one notable innovation since 2009, Nature’s Pride bread, while competitor Grupo Bimbo reformulated 1,300 products. Bimbo introduced flatbreads, thin bagels, a broader line of cakes and pastries, and products with better nutrition.

Not surprisingly, Wilson concluded that unions weren’t the major problem. Base pay for Hostess Teamsters, he said, was at least $6,000 per year lower than for union brothers at Bimbo. Yet Teamsters still agreed to concessions, and they pleaded with bakers to return to work, fearing that Hostess would be closed.

“This is not an empty threat or a negotiating tactic, but the certain outcome,” the Teamsters wrote last week.

Not just because management said so; the Teamsters’ experts had studied the company’s financial reports, and no better solutions existed.

Hostess’ reorganization plan, filed last month, documented the problems and shared sacrifice. Ripplewood Holdings, the private equity firm that invested almost $130 million three years ago, was to get nothing in return. Holders of fourth-lien notes, owed more than $230 million, would get nothing. Ditto for general unsecured claims, estimated at up to $2.5 billion, including pensions.

Bankruptcy lawyers would get an 18 percent cut in fees; and union and nonunion employees, 8 percent cuts in wages and a 17 percent cut in benefits. Retirement contributions were suspended.

They weren’t good choices, but they were better than hoping for a white knight. Hostess had called 41 parties before landing a single investor, and that was contingent on cutting labor costs and pensions.

In 2010, bankers also pitched Hostess to Bimbo, Flower Foods, Hershey, Kraft and more. In 2011, Hostess offered individual brands, and only Mrs. Cubbison’s was sold — for just $15 million in proceeds.

There simply wasn’t much interest in a company with $1 billion in assets and $2.5 billion in liabilities. The smart money was waiting on a going-out-of-business sale.