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TOURISM trends in the country are taking a different dimension from the traditional beach hotel holidays at the Coast, previously preferred by tourists.
Compared to prior years where over 80 per cent of holiday makers checked in at the Coast, with holiday being all about enjoying the sun, sand and beaches there; most tourists now seem to prefer game lodges and camps in the country’s national parks and game reserves.
This new trend has been spurred by the perceived insecurity at the Coast which has negatively affected the number of international arrivals since late last year.
The situation was worsened by the UK and US among other western countries, which issued advisories in May against travelling to parts of the Kenyan Coast.
The move saw the evacuation of more than 500 tourists, and despite industry players maintaining that the region is safe, the number of arrivals at the Coast has remained minimal.
Hotels in Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu counties which usually enjoy high numbers during the July-April high season, continue to record a bed occupancy of between 50-60 per cent.
Game lodges and camps are however said to be picking up fast with majority of them enjoying bed occupancy of over 80 per cent according to industry players.
This is seen as a game changer as both international tourists and domestic tourists remain uncertain about trips to Mombasa and other coastal towns.
Hotels with lodges and camping facilities are said to have recorded an increase in the numbers of guests.
Among top beneficiaries are Sarova hotel's famous Salt Lick Game Lodge, Taita Hills Game Lodge in Tsavo West and the Sarova Mara Game Camp in Maasai Mara among others.
Bed occupancy at the two facilities in Tsavo-Taita Taveta has shot to 80 per cent compared to 40 per cent same period last year according to the management.
“As far as we are concerned, business is not that bad for us. We are doing very well,” said lodges manager at Taita Hills Willie Mwadilo.
Speaking to the Star at the facility on Sunday, Mwadilo said domestic tourism accounts for 75 per cent of bookings while 25 per cent is attributed to international tourists.
He said most international tourists to Tsavo come from hotels at the coast where they first check in before leaving for the camps and lodges.
Maasai Mara however is served by international tourists who jet into the country through the Jomo Kenyatta international airport, while most domestic tourists are from Nairobi and other regions.
“We get clients from all the hotels at the Coast. We have tour guides at the beach hotels who arrange the bookings. Domestic tourism is however dominated by people from Nairobi and upcountry especially during holidays such as this August,” said Mwadilo.
“We have tailor made events to suit our customer’s needs and we are located at the animal migration corridor between Tsavo East and West, hence attracting a big number of tourists,” he added.
He attributed the high number of domestic tourists to “serious campaign on domestic tourism in Mombasa and Nairobi” which kicked off after a drop in international arrivals.
Mwadilo who is also the Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers head for Tsavo -Amboseli region said the lodges have also diversified tourism.
The Tsavo-Amboseli region has about 50 hotels, lodges and camps where guests are now involved in cultural events of communities living around the park.
“We are diversifying our products apart from the traditional game drives. Visitors can now mingle with locals with visits to the villages where they learn their histories and culture," said Mwadilo.
Heritage hotels which has two facilities at Maasai Mara –The Mara Intrepid and Mara explorer has also recorded a good number from international arrivals.
“We are currently over 80 per cent occupied in Mara with majority being international tourists. Our Ziwani camp in Tsavo is also doing well and hope to get better as we continue with marketing our products,” said Heritage CEO Mohammed Hersi.
A number of international tourists are also returnees who have been to the hotels and camps previously.
“Kenya is my second home and I am always happy when I am around here. There are concerns about security at the Coast but I think people react differently. I can move confidently from the hotels to the parks,” said Peterson Kerry, a British tourist who spoke to the Star at Tsavo.
Industry players have however accused the government of “failing to do enough” to salvage tourism at the Coast, which drives the region’s economy and greatly contributes to Kenya’s foreign exchange kitty.
According to the KAHC, the government needs to play a central role in supporting the Kenya Tourism Board to market the country’s vast tourism sector.
“In Vision 2030, tourism was number two. We wonder what is happening when we see the government take funds from the tourism kitty to fund other projects. The way they are doing things is as if there is change of heart,” said Mwadilo.
Tourism players are however doing everything to promote the industry and attract more visitors, in an effort to revive the sector.
In the vast Taita Taveta County where the Tsavo national park is located, players are seeking to promote a new product dubbed “Battlefield Tours”.
The event seeks to trace back about 12 sites in Taita Taveta, where some of the most brutal battles between German and British forces were fought during the World War I.
The product which will be launched officially launched later this month, has already helped hotels and lodges in the Tsavo National Park and Taita Taveta record high bookings of up to 90 per cent.
It is expected to boost tourism in the region with the new initiative raising the number of visitors to the historic Taita Taveta sites.
“We want to make the battle field tours a full tourism product and market it extensively. This will bring change to the traditional game and wildlife attractions. We have a planned strategy of 2014-2018 where we expect a lot of activities,” said Mwadilo.
In Mombasa, industry players recently launched an “inbound insurance cover” which they count on to bring back tourists to the Coastal line.
The product seeks to insure tourists’ whose country fails to provide cover for traveling to the coast region as a result of travel advisories.
UK which is among Kenya’s major international market is the most affected.
The British government is yet to review its advisory issued through the British Foreign and Commonwealth office.
The advisory discourages its citizens from visiting the Coastal stretch from Mtwapa in the North Coast to Tiwi in the South coast and a five-kilometer stretch to the main land, an area that hosts majority of the prestigious hotels at the Coast.
Speaking to the Star on phone yesterday, Hersi who is also the KCTA chairman said the product which includes terrorism exposure cover to visitors, will increase the number of international arrivals.
“We are hopeful we will start receiving visitors now since they are covered. We are targeting all the 100,000 potential clients who visit Kenya and more,” said Hersi.
“We have so many visitors who want to visit Mombasa but their concern has been the cover and this product will provide a solution,” he added.
He said repeat visitors from UK, who had kept off due to lack of travel insurance have started to make inquiries and possible bookings.
The product was launched last month in partnership with the Kenya Coast Tourism Association, the Kenya Association of Tour Operators, KAHC and and the Pubs, Entertainment and Restaurants Association of Kenya.
“We may have security issues but Mombasa and the Coast is not a war zone. I want to tell tourists to come down and enjoy your holidays. ,” said Hersi.
He called on hotels to get in touch with their clientele especially British citizens and the larger Europe to share information on the new cover, to enable them travel to the Kenyan Coast.


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To reduce consumer spending on data while using mobile applications, Gigato, an app that reimburses users for data spent on partner apps and provides additional data for free, will be launched in India on Thursday.
In return, partner companies earn more downloads and time spent on their apps and works in a similar way to cash-backs.
The data reimbursed via Gigato is unrestricted and can be spent by consumers on any app or website.
The app will be available for prepaid consumers across all operators and networks on Android devices and open to all app publishers in India.
Currently, Mavin has partnered with OLX, Saavn, Jabong, TrulyMadly, Dainik Jagran, Voxer, Navbharat Times and Babajob, in India.
Mavin is a Silicon Valley-based tech-start-up co-founded by Indians Shailesh Nalawadi, a former Googler and Raina Kumra, who has worked with the US Fed.
It has its headquarters in Gurgaon. Beginning with India, the data sponsoring platform will soon target other emerging markets that face similar issues.
Nalawadi said the high usage fee Indian consumers pay for data is what attracted Mavin to India. “This is a problem across the emerging markets like India and hence, we thought it is a worthy problem to solve,” he said.
While the most conceived notion is that high data cost is a burden on the consumers, it can be a bane for app developers as well in the form of misnotifications. Often, users in India turns off the data when they are travelling or not in a Wi-fi zone.
Turning data off can backlash the whole effort of retail app developers, who are investing a lot on increasing the customer interaction through apps.
“Our goal is to create a mobile internet for consumers where they no longer have to ration data, and can experience their favourite apps wherever and whenever they want,” added Nalawadi.

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More Job Cuts Signal Microsoft's Flee from the Phone Business
If today's announcement is any indication, Microsoft is on the way to throwing in the towel on its mobile phone business. The company said that it will be implementing significant job cuts in its devices division, to the tune of 1,850 jobs in addition to the 4,500 jobs that it said last week were going away.
The company also said last week that it was selling off its feature phone brand and design business to Finland-based HMD Mobile. Finland is where most of the job cuts will have an impact. That’s where Nokia, whose phone operations Microsoft bought two years ago, has always had its base. Microsoft anticipates that up to 1,350 job cuts will be at Microsoft Mobile Oy in Finland.
The cuts will also affect as many as 500 additional jobs globally. Employees working for Microsoft Oy, a separate Microsoft sales subsidiary based in Espoo, Finland, will keep their jobs for now.
Microsoft will record an impairment and restructuring charge of about $950 million, $200 million of which will go toward severance payments for the affected workers. Last year, Microsoft announced a $7.5 billion write-down having to do with the Nokia deal, demonstrating how quickly the deal soured.
Why Quit Now?
The tech giant has had repeated difficulty competing with the offerings of the two top dogs in mobile phones, Apple's iPhone and the many devices running Google's Android operating system. Phones running Microsoft's software now make up only a small portion of the overall market.
Independent technology analyst Jeff Kagan told us he was surprised by the announcement despite the fact that Microsoft has struggled in the wireless market.
"I expected them to keep trying," he said. "I look at Microsoft in wireless similar to Thomas Edison with the light bulb. He failed time and time again until he finally hit the right formula. That’s what I expected from Microsoft, to keep trying until finally, one day they may come up with success."
Shift in Focus
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that the company will now focus its phone efforts where it can differentiate itself from competitors, namely with consumers and enterprises that value security, manageability and the company's Continuum capability that turns a smartphone running Windows 10 into a PC. Nadella said the company will continue to innovate across devices and on its cloud services across all mobile platforms.
However, Microsoft hasn’t backed off plans to bring out a new range of small mobile devices in the spring of 2017. For its part, Nokia plans to bring branded Android phones back via the companies that just bought those assets from Microsoft.
Kagan pointed out that even with a mobile market share of 4 percent or 5 percent, Microsoft was in better shape than many competitors who haven’t been able to break even. But he speculated that Microsoft’s reputation among consumers might finally be coming home to roost.
"They have never been the company users liked," Kagan said. "Their abusive way of dealing with the marketplace shows they don’t really understand the business environment. They succeeded until now because they were the only place to turn. However as time passes, and customers have more choices, Microsoft may continue to lose market share."


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Global out of home media company JCDecaux is making moves to bolster its offerings, particularly digital, in its African markets, using an unconventional different approach. Michael Bratt sat down with Mark Cooper, chief executive officer of JCDecaux Sub-Saharan Africa, to find out more.
With 30% of JCDecaux Sub-Saharan Africa owned by the Royal Bafokeng Holdings, its direction is very much driven by their active involvement, Cooper says. “JCDecaux never looks for local partners that are just going to be investors; we want people who are contributing to the evolution of the business, and they are very engaged partners.”
The group’s strategy is underpinned by a set of values – design, quality, innovation and sustainability – which is a direction from the international family run business. This strategy is a simple one: go beyond being simply a billboard company to offer products and services that are beneficial to society.
“We’re working very hard with the different stakeholders in the sectors we want to work in such as airports, municipalities and transit systems, to see how JCDecaux can add different services to that real estate at no cost to those landlords while at the same time, providing innovative, world class advertising solutions for our media clients,” Cooper explains.
Examples include automatic self-cleaning toilets, waste management and the construction of street furniture such as litter bins, solar street lights, and bus shelters, which cities are having difficulty creating to International standards. Cooper highlights, in particular, the bus shelters which are functional. “We want assets on the street that are needed and provide value. We don’t want advertising to be there, just for the sake of advertising.” Not only do they provide shelter from the elements for commuters, but they also give them interactive information about the city, free wi-fi, and a place where they can charge their electronic devices.
Aesthetics, partners, and sustainability
Other factors that guide JCDecaux’s operations include how products look, partners and the impact on the environment. “We work with over 50 of the world’s biggest designers because we care about how the product looks on the street so we want to enhance the environment,” Cooper says. He adds, “You have to work within the bylaws and we see cities as partners, not landlords. It’s a different approach to other media owners”. The company’s impact on the environment is also something that is strongly considered in all of its business, with an international sustainability team establishing, monitoring and measuring targets.
Growing local brands
In July 2015, JCDecaux combined its business with South African brand Continential Outdoor. This is an example of another facet of the company’s strategy, which is to employ, partner with and develop local talent, making them the engine that drives the business. This also enhances the call for transformation, which the brand is seeing particularly in the 18 African markets in which it does business. “We have 400 employees across the African markets today, but we only have four expats. That’s an indicator of us bringing the JCDecaux expertise, knowledge and support and helping the local people understand that and then getting them to stand on their own two feet and then to take those values with their own momentum, ideas and solutions as well,” Cooper says, highlighting the strides JCDecaux has made in terms of transformation.
New technology and the possibilities
JCDecaux is investigating further digital opportunities to make their assets more functional. This includes incorporating facial recognition and number plate recognition software into these assets, CCTV, mobile communication cells, and possibly even technology that can warn of earthquakes and tsunamis.
“We have over 100 engineers in our research and development offices and they’re working on evolving existing products and introducing new products,” Cooper comments.
While products are standard across global markets, sometimes they may need to be tweaked slightly for a local environment. For example, glass is used in bus shelters in Europe, would that work in Africa? Cooper also reveals that the group will work cleverly with creative and media agencies to show how OOH can balance with advertising on TV, mobile and radio for example. “We would never say that OOH was to be the only thing on a media buying plan, it’s always a combination of media… and JCDecaux will deliver it differently to how it has been done before”.
The biggest media owner in the world, Google, is a customer of JCDecaux’s, along with other social giants, which Cooper says “shows the power of outdoor”.
Creating a more dynamic change of copy to make the streetscape more exciting and to get the consumer more engaged is another element that JCDecaux is to focus on. Having an internal creative team is a major advantage for the group and since digital is a natural progression, people will be seeing more digital offerings from the OOH player, although Cooper cautions that JCDecaux is looking at “slowing down” video adverts (standard animation vs. full animation) to make them less busy (so the message stands out more making it more effective).
A wealth of opportunities
Cooper believes African markets have not yet fully capitalised from the JCDecaux strategy and that there are still a vast number of opportunities. When asked what challenges he is seeing in these markets, Cooper cites clear bylaw definitions and effective bylaw management as testing. However, JCDecaux is working with cities to improve this element and to assist them with de-cluttering the OOH space.
“We see less advertising as the future. There’s too much advertising today in most of the cities across Sub-Saharan Africa,” he reckons. Cooper sees South Africa as having many sophisticated elements, and even though there are economic and political challenges, the innovation, optimisation and calibre of people coming out of particularly Johannesburg and Cape Town excites him.
Enhancing effective OOH measurement
The JCDecaux team have been pioneers in creating the ROAD OOH measurement system, according to Cooper. Measurement of the medium is a vital tool to make it more effective.
Cooper is bold about the company’s vision. “We are here to invest for the long-term, to grow local businesses in each market with local people, and to deliver excellent services to cities and excellent creative opportunities to our media partners”.
A rich history
Founded in 1964 by Jean-Claude Decaux, the business is still 70% family owned, with his three sons now running operations. It has a storied history over the years and now has a presence in 76 markets, covering 4 300 cities, and employing over 13 000 people.
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Previously known for their Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series of games, Team Ninja has been announced as the developers of upcoming Arcade title – Dissidia Final Fantasy. The announced was made at Square Enix’s closed “Closed Conference 2015” where they talked more about the game.
Check out some pictures of the arcade machine that the game will be running on below, however the designs are not yet final:
An interesting note was when Sony Computer Entertainment president Atsushi Morita came on stage and revealed that Dissidia Final Fantasy was being developed using core Playstation 4 technologies. Eventhough the game has yet to be confirmed for the Playstation 4, this is about the closest we’ll get for now.
There’s also a brand new trailer featuring the 6 characters revealed so far and Irfit who’ll be usable as a Summon:[youtube width=”602″ height=”350″ video_id=”Vm_ZcdhHrdk”]
Ramza from Final Fantasy Tactics was also confirmed as a playable character. Square Enix says the game will be in arcades for at least a year before a potential Playstation 4 version shows up. A release date for the game is yet to be revealed.


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Every year, Berlin shines in a festive glow of lights for the Christmas season. Visitors and locals alike enjoy taking tours of the tree-lined main boulevards, decked out in illuminated splendor.
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, the oldest leader on the African continent, marks his 91st birthday - one week after the event - at a party this weekend. Some 20,000 people are expected to attend.
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Collecting data is the currency of the digital economy, but consumer advocates have been calling on big Internet firms to adopt business models that don't revolve around tricking users into forgoing their privacy.
Three of the world's five priciest cities are found in Europe, according to a survey comparing living costs in more than a hundred cities worldwide. But the award for most expensive city went to another usual suspect.
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Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a "religious freedom" bill into law yesterday that would allow all businesses to legally discriminate against the LGBT community. The overwhelmingly negative response has been swift and merciless. Very, very merciless. Even Apple CEO Tim Cook and the Obama administration are getting in on it.
It stands to reason that, as the country's ninth-most obese state, Indiana knows a thing or two about fast food. Eater reached out to many of the country's prominent fast food and quick-service restaurant chains — Taco Bell, McDonald's, Applebee's, KFC, Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays, Starbucks, Burger King, and Chipotle — for comment on the bill, which can be read here in its entirety.
A Starbucks representative said over the phone, "This does not impact us." No other restaurants would comment except for Chipotle, whose PR Director, Chris Arnold, responded to us via email:
I suppose Indiana can do [what] it wants, but we will continue to welcome our customers -- all of them."
Good for Chipotle for having the backbone to speak out against this atrocious law, and here's hoping that other prominent chains will soon fall into line.
Leading tech entrepreneurs that have condemned the measure include Tim Cook, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, who recently posted on the Yelp blog: "These laws set a terrible precedent that will likely harm the broader economic health of the states where they have been adopted, the businesses currently operating in those states and, most importantly, the consumers who could be victimized under these laws."


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Pre-tax profit rose 27% to £1.8mln (H1 18: £1.4mln) in the six months ended 30 June, on revenue of £20.1mln (H1 18: £16.8mln) – a 19% year-on-year increase.
Metro Rod, which Franchise acquired two years ago, was the standout performer, with sales growth accelerating to 15%. Underlying earnings jumped by 44% to £1.73mln (H1 18: £1.20mln).
Car body repairer ChipsAway also saw earnings rise in the period, more than offsetting drops in profitability at OvenClean and dog groomer Barking Mad.
Both OvenClean and Barking Mad recruited fewer new franchisees in the half, while the latter has also been reorganised following the departure of the founder.
Given the surge in group profits, Franchise has upped its interim by 43% to 0.30p per share (H1 18: 0.21p).
Franchise recruitment picking up
“Franchise Brands has delivered a strong performance in the first half of 2019 driven primarily by Metro Rod's accelerating rate of growth,” said executive chairman Stephen Hemsley.
“We have made significant progress with our strategy at Metro Rod and have begun to realise the benefits of our investment in infrastructure - in particular IT - that is starting to unlock sales growth, efficiencies and improved customer service, enhancing both corporate and franchisee profitability.
He added: “All of our profitable, cash generative B2C brands have seen a substantial improvement in franchise recruitment compared to the challenging second half of last year and ChipsAway is increasingly well-positioned for the rapid changes underway in the automotive sector in particular in relation to ADAS and the growth of electric and hybrid vehicles.”
Looking ahead, Hemsley said he “remains very positive” on the outlook for the business and expects to deliver “further significant growth” in the current year and beyond.


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Meal Delivery app engagement is stagnating for the second year in a row, giving Meal Kit apps room to grow monthly active users (MAU) 98% from last year. MAU among the top 7 U.S. Meal Kit apps jumped 42% in Q1 2022 from Q4 2021, and another 56% in Q2. Meanwhile, MAUs among top Meal Delivery apps grew 1% and 2% across the same timeline. As Americans realize economic pressures, mobile data shows that high cost conveniences may be being cut. The Ultrafast Delivery app market (Getir, Gopuff, etc.) is a perfect poster child example. In Q2, it declined growth for the first time in two years at a -30% loss.
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, the leaders among the top 6 Meal Delivery apps in the U.S., each updated their app subtitles to include the word "grocery" in the last year, signaling that Americans were ordering-in less. The Meal Kit app momentum, therefore, shows an interesting moment in time; one where the Americans most accustomed to meals delivered test a lower cost alternative that is still less effort than going to the grocery store.
HelloFresh and its vegan-keto subsidiary Green Chef are the Meal Kit apps resonating most with this niche. HelloFresh has been the market leader by both downloads and MAUs since 2015 when it started the market with Blue Apron. After growing U.S. downloads 207% QoQ in Q1 of this year, it's safe to say it will stay at the top. Green Chef, which HelloFresh launched in February 2021 to cater to special diets, grew quickly to overtake Blue Apron's hold on second place by both downloads and MAU this year.
At the end of the day, Meal Kit apps have a smaller addressable market than Meal Delivery apps and do not pose the threat that Grocery Delivery does. But when you look at Grocery Delivery leader Instacart's growth against the market average of Meal Delivery and Meal Kits, it follows the same trend line as Meal Kits – suggesting new or re-engaged users are of the same mindset.
If Grocery Delivery apps, including Grocery Store apps, wanted to protect their businesses against the deep pockets of DoorDash and Uber Eats, integrating a Meal Kit option could help to capture more users that favor convenience but at less of a cost.


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CommScope names new Saudi maanger
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CommScope has promoted Ehab Kanary as country sales manager for Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Kanary, who will lead an expanded team strengthened by the addition of two new sales personnel, plans to further extend CommScope's presence in both countries.
'Kanary has risen steadily through the CommScope ranks and after years of loyal service is promoted to head-up the company's sales efforts,' said managing director, Middle East, Pakistan, Africa, SYSTIMAX Solutions, CommScope, Ciaran Forde.
CommScope also appointed Haytham Rabie as its new Business Development Consultant for Egypt and Mohamed Mohideen as the Middle East Account Executive, based out of Dubai.
CommScope was recently announced in the Fortune 1000 list as one of the largest corporations in the US. With 2006 sales of approximately $1.62 billion, CommScope was ranked No 11 in the 'Network and Other Communications Equipment' industry.- TradeArabia News Service


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Japanese telecom gaint Softbank recorded a loss of $350 million for last nine months of 2016 in the fair value of the Company’s investments in India. The loss comes on top of a $555 million writedown on the value of Softbank’s India portfolio in the six-month period ending September 2016. “With reference to the current markdown, portfolio…
Increasing demand for affordable smartphones, especially in emerging markets like India and China, is expected to push up shipment of devices in the Asia Pacific region by 3.2 per cent to 1.19 billion units in 2015, research firm Gartner said today.
While the shipments — including PCs, tablets and mobile phones — stood at 1.15 billion in 2014, the volume is forecast to grow to 1.19 billion in 2015 and further to 1.28 billion by 2017, the research firm said in a statement.
The increase in device shipments is mainly driven by 4.1 per cent growth in the mobile phone segment as cheaper priced smartphones stimulate replacements.
“Chinese vendors are aiming to grow in other emerging Asian markets as the local market is approaching saturation point,” Gartner Principal Analyst CK Lu said. Original post at ET Telecom


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A new dental technique guarantees perfect teeth, while making you look 10 years younger by smoothing out wrinkles - the only catch is the cost.
Experts are claiming that a pioneering new four-step dental procedure could provide a natural facelift, while reshaping your smile.
We all know that levels of collagen and elastin in our skin decrease as we get older and this has a major impact on the quality of our skin and the appearance of our faces. But changes in our mouth as we age can also have an impact on how we look.
'Manipulating tooth width and size can take years off someone's face,' Dr Druian from the London Centre for Cosmetic Dentistry told Marie Claire. By fitting veneers that are slightly wider than natural teeth, the lips are lifted and the mouth appears widened.
'We are able to provide a more youthful smile that makes you look 10 years younger.'
'It is called a non-surgical smile lift and that is exactly what it is. There is no surgery involved, minimal tooth preparation and the results are outstanding. Generally my patients are incredibly happy with the results.'
Over the past year, Dr Durian has been inundated with requests for the proceedure and has even seen an increase in the number of men opting for the treatment.
So should you book in for 2011? Well, the experts are divided.
Some practitioners are highlighting the risks of extensive (and elective) dental work, which include increased sensitivity, swollen gums and abscesses.
And at £6,000, the dental facelift certainly doesn’t come cheap.
But devotees insist that the procedure will give you a smile that lifts your whole face and shaves years off your age.
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Retailers legally promoting marijuana for the previous month in Michigan say they’ve drawn clients from surrounding Midwestern states the place the drug stays unlawful and, as Illinois prepares to joins the leisure market on Wednesday, officers are renewing warnings to shoppers towards carrying such merchandise over state traces.
The dynamic is acquainted for states on the West and East coasts the place the sale and use of marijuana has been broadly allowed since Colorado’s market opened in 2014, regardless of a federal ban that created a patchwork of authorized and cultural snares. Nebraska and Oklahoma went as far as to file an unsuccessful lawsuit towards Colorado, arguing that its marijuana legislation would have in poor health results for surrounding states.
Within the years since, the trade has wrestled with questions over firms’ obligation to pay federal revenue taxes or comply with legal guidelines on worker security. Different thorny points confronted state regulators, who have been compelled to find out appropriate pesticides for rising hashish vegetation, and which elements have been secure to incorporate in merchandise meant to be eaten or burned. That terrain is normally reserved for federal companies.
The tensest level, although, stays the unlawful market that has survived in states with authorized hashish markets. A few of that product comes from outdoors the authorized methods tracked intently by states’ regulators, whereas different states have struggled to maintain “diverted” authorized marijuana from bleeding into the unlawful market at dwelling or in far-flung states.
Information additionally means that some clients will cross state traces in quest of state-licensed marijuana retailers, regardless of warnings that it is unlawful to deliver the product again dwelling.
The beginning of authorized gross sales in Michigan on Dec. 1 and in Illinois on Jan. 1 brings that very same local weather to the Midwest, the place some neighbouring states permit restricted marijuana use for medical functions. However none has moved to allow leisure use.
States typically differ within the regulation of contentious points, together with weapons, velocity limits and the consuming age. However Sam Kamin, a professor of marijuana legislation and coverage on the College of Denver, stated interstate accusations in regards to the impact of marijuana gross sales on authorized states’ neighbours are prone to linger until federal legislation adjustments.
“Provide and demand tells us it should be a continuing factor,” Kamin stated. “Laws can solely accomplish that a lot and as soon as product leaves a state, it ceases to be a regulatory drawback and turns into a felony one.”


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President Donald Trump continues to make progress in his deal-making with the Chinese government, compelling China’s latest offer: to purchase more than $1 trillion in additional American goods over a six-year period.
The stock market surged, with the Dow Jones, the New York Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ all up as of press time.
The White House hopes to end the massive trade deficit with China by the year 2024.
Talks between the two countries picked up again last week, with Trump pressing China to correct the decades-long trade disparity between the two powers and invest in America’s manufacturing and export capability.
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Expert comment: Turbulence ahead for global travel industry
Dr Neil Robinson, travel and tourism expert from the University of Salford Business School, comments as EasyJet posts its first ever loss.
Dr Robinson said: “Not a great day for EasyJet who have reported a first annual loss in its 25 years operating schedule.
“The aviation sector has in recent months has seen a huge downturn in demand caused by the CV-19 pandemic and a flying public reluctant to engage with an industry, until normal post pandemic conditions resume.
“In the near future I sadly predict huge job losses with possible key players in the regional and national aviation sector going out of business. Suppliers in the extended global supply chain, who provide aviation infrastructure and related components will be hugely affected by the downturn in aviation travel as will suppliers of related hospitality and travel services.
“Buckle up, there is turbulence ahead. Business providers can survive but many of the traditional business models need to be re-engineered to survive in the new normal, post Covid-19 business environment.
“The possible future second half of 2021 offers some hope for aviation sector as a vaccine might be more widely available and the pent-up frustration of the general holidaying public to feel some sun of their face will be to irresistible to resist.
“The pandemic has hit the aviation and tourism sector greatly and the related regional and national lockdowns has done little to breath demand into an industry which is often the first to show sign of weakness when external global pressures come a knocking.
“Running parallel to this, one could argue that the partial failure in track and trace and an ineffective quarantine system has done little to reassure the travelling public, resulting in colossal losses for an industry already under pressure.”
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Union Credit Wins Finovate Award for Top Emerging Fintech Company
Fintech startup recognized for marketplace of trusted lenders that will change the game for credit unions and bring consumers more equitable choices
How new lending technologies can address shifting economic crosswinds
The financial services business model is perpetually at a crossroads and too often faces crosswinds. An uncertain economy like we see today often breeds hesitation; financial institutions may be tempted to slow down
How Union Credit’s ‘Marketplace’ Will Help Jovia Financial Attract Younger Members.
Union Credit’s Barry Kirby and Jovia Financial Credit Union’s Casey Mauldin stopped by the show to announce Union Credit’s launching Marketplace and why Jovia decided to be one of the first to get it going at their credit union.
The first bankadelic independence day fireworks extravaganza
Join us in celebrating the holiday with Lou Carlozo’s first-ever Independence Day special on his Bankadelic podcast, featuring our very own Barry Kirby.


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Long Arm Mechanics has earned the distinction of being named a 2023 CARFAX Top-Rated Service Center.
At Long Arm Mechanics, we use CARFAX daily, and many of our customers rely on CARFAX for service reminders or even to find reputable repair shops. To be named a Top-Rated Service Center is a true testament to the level of service we provide to customers every day – “Complete Customer AND Car Care”, every customer, every time.
“I am honored and grateful to be a top-rated service center from such a trusted source in the automotive industry,” said Levon Arnold, Owner of Long Arm Mechanics.
This is the fourth year that CARFAX is celebrating service centers around the country for their exceptional customer service based on verified customer reviews. The 2023 CARFAX Top-Rated Service Centers received an average of 4.9 stars out of a possible five. “The Top-Rated distinction is based solely on verified ratings and reviews from CARFAX consumers,” said Mike Liou, Head of B2B Marketing at CARFAX. “These service centers truly set the standards for customer care by establishing trust and transparency – the best of the best.”
CARFAX, part of S&P Global Mobility, helps millions of people every day confidently shop, buy, service and sell used cars with innovative solutions powered by CARFAX® vehicle history information. The expert in vehicle history since 1984, CARFAX provides CARFAX Used Car Listings, CARFAX Car Care, CARFAX History-Based Value and the flagship CARFAX Vehicle History Report to consumers and the automotive industry. CARFAX owns the world’s largest vehicle history database. Shop, Buy, Service, Sell – Show me the CARFAX®.
S&P Global Mobility is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.


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Redmond, WA that is. Home to Microsoft, Nintendo of America, and 46K innocent bystanders, the sleepy burg just outside Seattle is also home to a showdown. Well, not so much a showdown -- we don't think Microsoft has any intention of packing up -- but Nintendo's American operation is considering just that, according to Game Informer Online. Reportedly, the sales and marketing teams currently coordinated in Redmond were told yesterday that they had until June 1st to decide whether to relocate or accept a severance package. Possible locations for the new offices -- which could be open as soon as this Fall -- include Lincoln, Nebraska and Juneau, Alaska ...
... this just in: they're now considering San Francisco or New York City. Sorry Lincoln and Juneau. But what of the rest of Nintendo's Remond work force, which includes the Treehouse localization team, Nintendo Power, customer service, HR, and more?
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Nakheel finalises deal to build new Dubai mall
Master developer Nakheel has awarded a contract worth AED595 million ($162 million) for the construction of Nad Al Sheba Mall, a new 1.4 million square foot shopping, dining and entertainment destination.
According to Arabian Business, Nakheel said it has appointed Metac General Contracting Company to build the mall, which will have 200 shops, restaurants and entertainment outlets spread across 500,000 sq ft of leasable space. It is due for completion in 2021.
Nad Al Sheba Mall will have supermarkets – Spinneys and Union Co-op – department stores, a multi-screen cinema, medical clinic, fitness centre and a host of restaurants and cafes.
Located just off Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, the mall will be the centrepiece of Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba district, which will feature more than 11,000 villas.
The area includes Nakheel’s own community of 1,572 villas, 468 of which are being built by Metac under an AED781 million contract awarded in 2015. The community has its own clubhouse, pool, sports courts and cycling track. Villas will be available for lease from early 2019.
Nad Al Sheba Mall is part of Nakheel Mall’s AED22 billion expansion that will take its total retail space to over 17 million sq ft.
Nakheel Malls’ portfolio comprises 18 projects, including large-scale malls, souks and neighbourhood retail Pavilions. More than 4.5 million sq ft of shop space is already in operation.


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With the climactic Game 7 of the N.B.A. finals on tap for Sunday — and with LeBron James’s Cleveland Cavaliers recently outplaying Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors to even the series — there is a business question looming along with the basketball ones.
Are we about to see a new version of the infamous sneaker wars that Nike and Adidas fought in the 1990s?
Back then, Nike beat back Adidas; indeed, it now has more than 90 percent of the basketball shoe market — a number that compares to Microsoft’s monopoly over operating systems in its heyday. Now, however, Nike has a new challenger: a cocky upstart named Under Armour.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Curry, one of the most popular players in the N.B.A., wears shoes made by Under Armour. But that wasn’t always the case: When he first entered the league, in 2009, he was under contract with Nike. Over the next four years, he showed he was a terrific player, but, in part because of ankle problems, hadn’t yet become what he is now: the N.B.A.’s marquee player — an amazing shooter with a transcendent game and an appealing, down-to-earth personality.
In 2013, with Curry’s contract up for renewal, Under Armour, which had been selling basketball shoes for only a few years, sensed an opportunity. Under Armour offered him $4 million a year to switch. Nike, which was paying him a reported $2.5 million, declined to match the offer. The rest, as they say, is history.
At a time when sales of basketball shoes have been sluggish, Under Armour’s have taken off. They were up 95 percent in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 2014’s fourth quarter) and another 64 percent in the first quarter of this year. Its footwear revenue was $678 million in 2015, up from $127 million in 2010. Although Nike dominates the business of basketball shoes, Under Armour has made inroads.
Much of that growth is directly attributable to Curry’s enormous popularity. Since the beginning of the year, according to Jay Sole, who follows the company for Morgan Stanley, “Curry basketball footwear has accelerated meaningfully.” In a note he wrote to clients a few months ago, Sole said that shoes with Curry’s name on them are likely to see $160 million in sales this year. That would put his signature shoes ahead of every other current player’s, including Nike’s marquee endorser, LeBron James, who has a lifetime contract with the company worth a reported $500 million.
In the N.B.A. finals, Under Armour’s guy, Curry, plays for the defending champion Warriors, while Nike’s guy, James (not to mention another key Nike athlete, Kyrie Irving), plays for a team that lost to the Warriors in last year’s finals and is still looking for its first N.B.A. championship. But in the world of business, Nike is still the 800-pound gorilla of the sportswear industry, with $30 billion in revenue last year and tentacles in every sport imaginable. Under Armour, which is on track to generate $5 billion in revenue this year, is very much the striving newcomer.
But Under Armour is the first company since the 1990s to knock Nike off its stride. For instance, earlier this year, Nike hired away a key Under Armour shoe designer — only to have Under Armour rehire him two months later before he worked a single day for Nike. Last year, when Nike discovered that Under Armour was trying to get the University of Texas to switch allegiances, it swooped in and re-signed Texas with a 15-year, $250 million contract. Earlier this week, Nike announced the departure of Michael Jackson, who ran its $3.7 billion global basketball business.
Under Armour was founded 20 years ago by a former University of Maryland football player named Kevin Plank. His is a classic entrepreneur’s tale: He started the company, at age 23, in his grandmother’s basement in Washington. His original idea was to replace the heavy cotton T-shirt that football players wore under their pads and uniforms with one made of microfibers that would wick away sweat. In its first year, Under Armour took in $17,000.
There are two things that are striking about Plank’s initial business model. The first is that his shirts were aimed strictly at elite athletes rather than the general public; he was making “performance wear,” as they say in the trade. The second was the way he built the Under Armour brand in the early days: by handing his shirts to football players he knew from high school or college who had gone on to the N.F.L.
“My contacts among these N.F.L. players were a vital part of my strategy,” he later wrote in an article for the Harvard Business Review. (Although I was able to interview several top Under Armour executives for this column, Plank was unavailable, a company spokeswoman said.)
In other words, endorsements have been critical to Under Armour’s success from the very beginning. The N.F.L. players who wore his shirts talked them up, which led teams, beginning with the Atlanta Falcons and the Giants, to start buying them for all the players. When the Miami Dolphins asked him to supply the team with free shirts, Plank said no. He needed to be able to sell to teams because they were his target market. (The Dolphins ended up buying the shirts.)
Endorsements have been critical to Nike’s success, too, of course — indeed, they’ve been as much a part of the company’s marketing as the “Just Do It” commercials.
Nike started with running shoes. In the company’s early days, the great University of Oregon runner, Steve Prefontaine, who was close to the Nike founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman (Oregon’s track coach for many years), wore its track shoes. John McEnroe was an early endorser of its tennis shoes. When Nike started selling basketball shoes in the late 1970s, it came up with the idea of paying college coaches to have their teams wear Nikes. And, of course, in 1984, Nike landed the greatest sports endorser of them all: Michael Jordan. His first signature shoe, the Air Jordan 1, was an instant success, and his appeal has continued well into his retirement. Today, the Jordan Brand, which is a Nike subsidiary, is a $3 billion business.
Flush with cash, Nike now tries to corner the market on big-name basketball players — Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook also have big Nike contracts — while also trying to tie up as many other players as possible. Almost three in four N.B.A. players suit up with Nike shoes. “Nike’s approach is to have all the right guys to defend its position,” said David Abrutyn, a partner at Bruin Sports Capital. To put it another way, it spreads its bets.
Under Armour doesn’t have the money to play that game. So it has to make choices. Sometimes they pay off — as when the company signed Cam Newton out of college — or when it added Jordan Spieth to its roster of endorsers not long before he won the 2015 Masters. And occasionally, they don’t; its first N.B.A. endorser was Brandon Jennings, who has been in the league since 2009 but never became the star Under Armour hoped he would be.
Now, of course, it has captured lightning in a bottle with Curry. During Under Armour’s first quarter earnings call in April, Plank couldn’t stop dropping Curry’s name.
“Our footwear M.V.P. is Stephen Curry,” he said at one point. The company’s revenue had risen 30 percent in the quarter; he claimed, somewhat absurdly, that “when Steph Curry decided to put up 30 points a game, and wear the number 30, we thought putting up 30 percent growth was our way of showing our support.” (Curry’s deal with Under Armour was extended last year to 2024 — and includes stock in the company.)
Here’s the thing, though. Nike didn’t become a $30 billion company solely by relying on Michael Jordan. At a certain point in the 1980s, it went well beyond performance wear and began making shoes and clothes for people who had no athletic aspirations at all. According to Matt Powell, the sports industry analyst for the NPD Group, “only 25 percent of athletic shoes are used for athletic activities.” Walk through an airport and just look at how many people are wearing Nike shoes — not fancy athletic shoes, but everyday walking shoes, comfortable shoes that have nothing to do with Michael Jordan.
There is not much doubt that Kevin Plank wants to build Under Armour into the next Nike. In my conversations with Under Armour executives, they never uttered the word “Nike” — they simply referred to the company as “our competitor.” Sole, the Morgan Stanley analyst, has said that if Curry does indeed turn out to be an endorser akin to Jordan, it could be worth $14 billion in Under Armour’s stock market valuation.
But that’s still a long way from Nike, which currently has a market value of $90 billion to Under Armour’s $23 billion. Plank has said that the company wants to reach $7 billion in revenue by 2018. Nike is on record as wanting to hit $50 billion in revenue by 2020.
Under Armour has spent 20 years selling itself as a “performance” company, marketing to athletes and wanna-be athletes. To become a company generating Nike-type revenue, it will have to become a brand that appeals to everybody. Which means that Steph Curry, hot as he is right now, can only get them part of the way to the place they want to go.


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Reports have appeared suggesting Google is all set to announce Android TV, as soon as next Google I/O, scheduled for June 25.
The main reason behind Android TV, despite the Google TV already in market, is said to be more focus on Android gaming, and — inspired by success of Chromecast — online content.
Pano is a new feature or UI, that does the most of the job on Android TV. With Pano, users will be able to surf all/favorite channels in cards like view, so that one has an instant view on what’s available on web, and can be surfed horizontally.
Pano aims at playing titles — movies and TV shows — instantly rather than requiring users to open the publisher apps first. It’s your ‘what’s available’ feed that would play the content right away in one click.
We’ll know more about it soon when the Google I/O takes place beginning June 25, where we are also expecting new Android OS, version 4.4.3 or 4.5.


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If you take a look at AT&T’s latest quarterly numbers, you have to be impressed with the apparent competitive advantage that the iPhone has given them, at least initially. They added 6 million gross wireless subscribers, which is the best on record for quarterly growth in the wireless industry. That beat their 2006 4th quarter comparative number by almost 10%. They had a total net addition of 2.7 million subscribers, 1.2 million of which were postpaid net additions, which amounts to an impressive 37% gain from the previous year’s 4th quarter, also a record. Churn was also reduced by 10 basis points from the previous year’s 4th quarter. At the end of the 4th quarter, AT&T had 2 million iPhone customers. AT&T claims that 40% of those current iPhone customers came to AT&T from other carriers.
It’s somewhat difficult to draw comparisons to their chief rival Verizon, because Verizon won’t report 4th quarter results until January 28th. But it’s safe to say that the iPhone had a definite positive impact on their record growth numbers and provided them a solid competitive advantage. Its impact will surely grow as well, because AT&T reported that wireless data revenue grew by 57% and now represents 20% of their total wireless revenue and $12/month of wireless ARPU. The iPhone is a data heavy device and will only add to these data numbers. Early returns look good for AT&T and their decision to become the exclusive iPhone retailer.


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Associates at Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (HAM) today celebrated the start of mass production of the all-new 2018 Honda Accord with an announcement of new investments and jobs to support manufacturing of the 10th generation Accord, America’s best-selling car of the past 41 years.
Honda invested $267 million and is adding 300 new jobs to support production of the all-new Honda Accord and to increase production at the Marysville Auto Plant (MAP). The investment total includes $220 million at MAP for new technologies and processes, including a new $165 million weld department featuring 342 state-of-the-art welding robots and $47 million at Honda’s nearby Anna, Ohio engine plant for production of the 2018 Accord’s 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter turbocharged engines, the first application of turbo power to the Accord lineup.
Additional new technologies applied to the manufacture of the new Accord at MAP include a laser brazing process for the Accord’s roof and new stamping techniques to produce its more sharply sculpted body. In addition, Honda debuts Accord’s first-ever use of high-performance structural adhesives for improved body rigidity, and the application of acoustic spray foam to the body for enhanced cabin quietness. Moreover, MAP has added a new sub-assembly process for the Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) that will help power the new Accord Hybrid, which will return to production in Ohio.
“The new jobs and production growth will enable us to meet anticipated strong demand for the new Honda Accord,” said Rob May, MAP plant manager. “Re-imagining the new Accord and bringing it to life took an incredible effort by our project team and our associates. The privilege of producing America’s best-selling car for the last 41 years is a significant point of pride for our associates.”
Accord, the first vehicle from a Japanese automaker to be made in America, has been in continuous production at the Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) since November 1982 - with cumulative U.S. production exceeding 11 million units over 35 years.
The 2018 Accord is new from the ground up and features a lighter and more rigid body structure, an advanced new chassis design, two all-new, high-torque direct-injected and turbocharged engines, the world’s first 10-speed automatic transmission for a front-drive car, and with a host of new safety, driver-assistive and connected-car technologies – all wrapped in a more sophisticated, sleek and athletic design with top-class interior space and comfort.
The all-new, Honda-designed 10-speed automatic transmission (10AT), the first of its kind for a front-wheel-drive car, will be produced at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia transmission plant in Tallapoosa, Georgia. Honda recently announced a combined $149 million investment in the Russells Point, Ohio, and Tallapoosa plants to facilitate production of the new 10AT.
For 2018, all Accords will feature the full suite of Honda Sensing® safety and driver- assistive technologies as standard equipment. Honda Sensing includes Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™), Lane Departure Warning, Road Departure Mitigation, Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow and new Traffic Sign Recognition. All Accords also have a Multi-Angle Rearview Camera with dynamic guidelines.
The Accord targets top U.S. government (NCAP) and IIHS collision safety ratings. Standard advanced active and passive safety systems include Vehicle Stability Assist with Traction Control, Anti-lock brakes with Electronic Brake Distribution, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), advanced front airbags, driver and front-passenger side airbags and new driver and front-passenger knee airbags.
The all-new, even more refined and fuel-efficient Accord Hybrid will be powered by the third generation of Honda’s innovative two-motor hybrid technology, offering improved power delivery with no compromise to interior or cargo space and packaging.
The 1.5-liter powered Accord will be available in five trims – LX, Sport, EX, EX-L and Touring (new for 2018). The 2.0-liter model, with the highest torque output ever for Accord, has three trims – Sport (new for 2018), EX-L, and Touring. And the new Accord Hybrid will be available in four trims – Hybrid, EX, EX-L and Touring. Sport trims for both 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter engine variants will now feature an available short-throw 6- speed manual transmission. The 2018 Accord is built using domestically and globally sourced parts.


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Pedigree has launched a dog chew designed to give teeth a ‘deep clean’.
DentaFlex (rsp: £1.25) claims to reduce the build-up of plaque and tartar close to the gum line when used twice weekly. It has a spongy texture that flexes around the tooth, and is said by Pedigree to last up to seven times longer than the brand’s existing DentaStix.
The launch is being supported by a new TV ad campaign and PoS.
Webbox has launched patented rawhide-free dog treat DreamBone, a two-layer chew containing chicken. Available in various sizes for small, medium and large breeds (rsp: £2.49 to £4.99), it goes into Asda next week and Tesco and Morrisons from late summer.


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They may carry out bags of groceries but shopping carts have proven to be very useful for other things too: a portable suitcase for transients, a go-cart for children, or a barbecue pit for beachgoers.
The humble carts are so popular that stores like Walgreens on Palmetto Avenue in Pacifica have taken to installing a security device that locks the cart’s front wheel before it even rolls out the storefront door.
“Like many retailers, we utilize anti-theft devices at some stores that prevent our shopping carts from being removed from our property,” said Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso. “We installed the devices in our Pacifica location after experiencing a high number of cart thefts.”
It’s the drug store’s equivalent of a car alarm or an invisible fence that triggers a dog’s shock collar.
But some customers aren’t too happy with the trend.
“It’s sort of ridiculous,” said John Stein, 68, of Pacifica. “I understand why they have to do it but it’s really inconvenient especially for seniors and people with little kids or in a rush trying to get out of the store with their bags.”
Every cart in the Walgreens store on Palmetto Avenue has a sign on it: “Attention Shoppers! Our shopping carts will lock if taken beyond the parking lot perimeter. While distinctive yellow lines mark normal exits, the entire lot is protected.”
Store employees at Walgreens say that all customers need to do is ask, and they’ll unlock the mechanism on the cart for the customers who need to get to their cars in the parking lot with their bags. An employee will then follow the customer out so they can retrieve the cart and return it inside.
“To minimize any inconvenience to our customers, our team members can also assist in carrying any items to cars parked nearby on the street,” said Caruso.
Julia Webb, 32, who was putting her 4-year-old daughter into a shopping cart seat Tuesday at Walgreens in Pacifica, was surprised to hear the cart’s wheels would lock if someone tried to take it out of the store.
“Wow. I had no idea,” she said. “I guess it’s a pretty good idea.”
Another customer, a Pacifica resident of 65 years, also thinks it’s a great idea because she’s “so tired of seeing abandoned shopping carts around town all these years,” she said.
Hundreds of thousands of shopping carts are stolen, lost or destroyed annually in North America, costing retailers in California alone tens of millions in retail cart losses annually said Dave Heylen, spokesperson for the California Grocers Association.
Walgreens is not the only Pacifica retailer trying to thwart the theft of shopping carts, which according to Heylen cost retailers $75 to $150 to replace.
Carts at Safeway on Manor Drive and in the Linda Mar Shopping Center have been equipped for years with wheels that lock up once a cart gets pushed past a wire antenna buried in the parking lot.
“Ever since I’ve worked here we’ve had this technology, and that’s 30 years now,” said Safeway assistant manager Robbie Sandell of in Linda Mar.
This is because carts are often taken by people without cars who wheel their groceries home and then abandon the carts, said Sandell. Carts are also stolen to be sold to recyclers, he added.
Most customers don’t notice the carts are equipped with wheels that lock up, said Sandell. Once the mechanism is triggered, though, the wheel remains locked until a supermarket employee waves a wand to free the wheel up.
“It doesn’t bother me a bit,” said Janice Hill walking out of Walgreens on Tuesday with two shopping bags slung over her arm. “People steal these carts all the time. It’s too bad we need to lock them up because of that, but I’m fed up of seeing them dumped on the side of the road or worse in our creeks and rivers.”
Shopping carts at Fresh & Easy and Rite Aid in the Fairmont Shopping Center are not equipped with wheels that lock up, and store employees at both stores say they have seen their shopping cart supply dwindle.
Still, Walgreens is the only retailer in Pacifica that utilizes anti-theft devices before the cart even makes it out of the store door.
Heylen says the most important thing that retailers can do to prevent cart losses is to make sure that they have someone to seek out carts that get taken off of the premises and left in neighborhoods.
“If carts are not returned to stores promptly,” he said, “the chance of them being permanently stolen by junk recyclers or homeless individuals is pretty high.”
Christa Bigue can be reached at Biguechrista@gmail.com


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Self driving cars and smart robots to make home deliveries
Ford is teaming up with Agility Robotics to explore a brand-new frontier in the world of autonomy — and a new way of thinking about how we make deliveries.
Impossible Objects Unveils Next-Generation 3D Printer, Partners
Impossible Objects announced two watershed advances in composite 3D printing for the factory floor. The company's latest 3D printing system, the CBAM-2, and a new partnership with BASF on PA6-carbon fiber composites extend Impossible Objects' patented composite based additive manufacturing process (CBAM) to an unprecedented range of industrial applications.
Self driving robot makes life easier for Ford
Autonomous vehicles from Ford are still a few years away, but one little robot is already showing what's possible.
Electric car registrations surpassed 100,000 units in Europe
The European car market registered its seventh consecutive month of decline in March 2019. Ongoing political and economic uncertainty, including lack of clarity around Brexit, alongside consumer preoccupation with diesel bans in cities, meant that overall demand continued to decline.
Flexible Hybrid Electronics: trends in key enabling technologies Pt 1
In this article, we consider multiple approaches that are being used to enable flexible hybrid electronics.
Rivian announces $500 million investment from Ford
Rivian has announced an equity investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-generation battery electric vehicle for Ford's growing EV portfolio using Rivian's skateboard platform.
Partners to develop solid state batteries for future electric vehicles
Solid Power is teaming up with Ford Motor Company to develop all solid-state batteries for next-generation electric vehicles.
Laserline are a direct diode laser manufacturer and are a key player in the direct diode laser market.
Polymer aerogels get nearer to high volume production
The aerogel market is dominated by silica-based materials; IDTechEx Research calculate this to be over 98% in 2019 by revenue.
Australia's SEA Electric to launch in the United States
Automotive electric technology company, SEA Electric, is set to launch in the United States in coming weeks, showcasing two trucks.
Carbon and Ford expand collaboration on parts
Carbon has showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Company. Carbon and Ford have expanded their collaboration to design and produce several new digitally manufactured, end-use parts.
In-mold electronics is on the brink of large scale adoption
In-mold electronics (IME) is a process of integrating printed decorations and electronic circuitry with thermoforming and molding.
Auto industry reacts to deal on CO2 targets for cars and vans
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association takes note of the final deal on the CO2 regulation for cars and vans, setting targets for the years 2025 and 2030, which was struck by the EU member states and the European Parliament.


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Tips, news, how-tos, and troubleshooting help for the iPhone.
The most important things to know when shopping for a new laptop, hybrid, or Windows tablet.
Apple's latest ad, in which Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon behave as you might expect gamers to, causes online ructions among some gaming devotees.
"We'll see your one free album, Google, and raise you a hundred!" The catch? Windows 8 and Windows Phone users only.
Remember the adorable Baby Groot from "Guardians of the Galaxy" that danced to Jackson 5? Fan Patrick Delahanty made his own, and you can too.
In an age of social media and renewed interest in space exploration, 2014 has been a good year for speculative alien and UFO spotting. Crave's Eric Mack has some of the year's craziest "evidence."
Production of the lower-cost iPhone will cease during the middle of 2015, claims Taiwan's Industrial and Commercial Times.
Photographer Roland Miller has made it a mission to document space launch sites abandoned across America.
Here is how to wipe your personal data from a mobile device the right way before trading up to a new model.
"You've been hacked" messages appear at CNBC, the Boston Globe and UK newspapers. The attack comes through an Internet address hijacking involving startup Gigya.
Rocket Raccoon springs into action in test footage from the upcoming "Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy" animated TV series headed to Disney XD in 2015.


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Sunday was Earth Day so remember to recycle your old phones, Google has revealed a new chat feature that looks similar to iMessage, and Netflix may be in the market to buy a movie theatre or two.
From Google Trends – Yesterday was Earth Day, and the Canadian government wants you recycle your unused and old devices! Canada has a free cellphone recycling program Recycle My Cell. The program is calling for all Canadians to responsibly recycle their unused cell phones and accessories that may be hiding in their junk drawers. It offers almost 2,800 drop-off locations across the country and you can visit their bilingual website to get answers on how to do things like erase all personal info on an old device. A 2017 survey found that 62 per cent of Canadians say they have stored, unused cellphones in their possession, so be sure to make some time this week and recycle those phones!
From Twitter – Google’s new Android Chat is coming, and it’s the company’s take on Apple’s popular iMessage. Revealed on the Verge, this is Google’s answer to it’s not-exactly popular SMS texting experience. The company has tried in the past with apps like Allo to replicate the iMessage experience, but has never quite figured it out. Now, Google is trying to completely replace SMS altogether with Chat, which is really just a consumer-friendly name for Rich Communication Services. This is a big undertaking for Google, and since it is carrier-based, hence the name Chat, and not Google Chat, Google is literally trying to change the texting standard on Android. The new service will be turned on for most Android users in the future, and Google is optimistic that Chat will be used by most carriers within 2018.
And on LinkedIn – Netflix is now considering purchasing theatres in Los Angeles and New York to screen feature films. This idea comes after the company decided not to go to the Cannes Film Festival this year after the film festival decided to ban movies from competition that don’t have theatrical distribution in France. By buying theatres that could host the company’s feature films and documentaries, Netflix hopes to gain more credibility on the awards circuit. Considering that Netflix has been investing heavily in original content, with 80 new feature films and documentaries alone in 2018, this doesn’t come as too much as a surprise.
That’s what’s trending today. Hashtag Trending is produced by the ITWC Podcast Network. If you enjoy Hashtag Trending, please be sure to give us a rating and a review on Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever else you get your podcasts from.
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High numbers of travellers hosted around Vietnam during Tet
Hundreds of thousands of local and international tourists flocked to renowned tourism sites across the country during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which fell on February 19th.
Ho Chi Minh City travel firms served more than 58,000 tourists during Tet, an increase of 39 percent over the previous Tet, bringing total revenue of VND540 billion (USD25.32 million) or 50-percent surge, according to the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
In the stunning mountain resort town of Sa Pa, northern Lao Cai province, 50,000 visitors enjoyed the cool and refreshing atmosphere and unique Tet celebrations of ethnic minorities.
Foreign tourists boarding Volendam cruise ship arrive at Nha Trang port (Photo: VNA)
During the occasion, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue received some 75,000 travellers, including 40,000 international visitors, an annual increase of 25 percent.
During the first three days of the Lunar New Year, the Hue relic site welcomed more than 30,000 arrivals, a third of which were foreigners, and presented various traditional ceremonies, games, and art performances, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Star Pride cruise operated by Destination Asia Vietnam Company, carrying 190 international visitors, arrived at Tien Sa Port in the central city of Da Nang.
Another flight from Seoul carrying 180 foreign tourists arrived at Da Nang International Airport on the same day.
The number of foreign visitors to Da Nang reached 66,000 out of 200,000 tourists to the city during Tet.
Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort, Son Tra Resort and Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountain) are among the most popular destinations in the city.
Due to a long holiday this year, tourists also visited other tourist sites in Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa and Phan Thiet in the central province of Binh Thuan.
Khanh Hoa welcomed an estimated 150,000 tourists during the first six days of the Lunar New Year. Most tourists preferred sightseeing and island tours off Nha Trang Bay.
Also, seven chartered flights, carrying nearly 1,000 Chinese tourists from Kunming in China, arrived in Nha Trang during Tet.
Most of the foreign tourists were from the Republic of Korea, China and India./.


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“This collection is about going forward.” That’s what Herve Leger by Max Azria’s creative director Lubov Azria made clear while debuting the brand’s spring 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week. “We’re celebrating 30 years young in the business, so it’s really about evolving into the next level.” Her intentions were shown via new styles and techniques that we haven’t seen before, like a variety of pants (lots of them), jacquards, beading, embroidering and leather. “It’s actually the first runway where we haven’t used the bandage technique,” Azria told us. But don’t worry, the body contrasts are still very much there. The front row attendees sported the brand’s iconic body contouring dresses including Nina Agdal, Victoria Justice, Charlotte McKinney, and Petra Nemcova.
The show was run a little differently to celebrate the big 3-0. “It was separated into two portions, the second collection being reflective of the 30 years of Herve Leger,” Max Azria told The Daily. “Herve Leger needs to evolve beyond one dress, although a very important dress. It’s time to make tops, skirts and pants, too.”


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Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest technology company, is reportedly “studying” Google’s open-source operating system Android, which has been gaining traction within the mobile community.
An HP spokeswoman released a statement to Reuters after a Wall Street Journal report quoted Satjiv Chahil, a vice president of HP’s PC division, as saying the company is “assessing” Android’s application and benefits.
“We want to assess the capabilities that Android might present for the computer and communications industries,” a spokeswoman told Reuters in response. She said HP is studying Android to “understand all of the OS choices in the marketplace that might be used by our competitors, or that might possibly be of value to our customers too.” However, she declined to offer any indication as to when or how HP might produce Android-outfitted products.
While a move to Android would signal a shift toward open-source software and present a threat to Microsoft’s dominant Windows operating system, the software giant knows Vista, the current incarnation of the platform, is too large to run on netbooks, which operate like notebooks but are smaller and less powerful. In response, Microsoft made an older version of Windows, XP OS, available on netbooks, though Reuters reports Microsoft will sell a version of its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system specially tailored for netbooks.
HP has been quietly exploring alternative software options since at least September, when the company acknowledged it had assembled a group of engineers to develop software that will let customers bypass certain features of Vista. HP has also dabbled in Linux, an open-source operating system, with its Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook. By using free software like Linux (upon which Android is based), HP can avoid paying the considerable licensing fees to Microsoft, which in turn allows the company to drive down the cost of its netbooks.
Netbooks are widely considered to be one of the few bright spots in an otherwise contracting electronics economy, due to their low price and ease of portability. In 2008, research firm IDC reported sales of 11 million netbooks, up from just 182,000 the year before. As the economy has worsened, consumers have looked to affordable (most netbooks run between $300 and $600) netbooks as a favorable alternative to notebooks. Some analysts predict that by switching to free, open-source operating systems like Android, netbook prices could fall to $200 by the end of the year.
Google’s Android platform last made headlines at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, where mobile network operator Vodafone announced it would be releasing the second “Google Phone,” the HTC Magic, a smartphone powered by Android. The exclusive contract between handset maker HTC and Vodafone marks the second occasion an Android phone has been announced, the first being the G1, launched in September 2008 by HTC and offered exclusively by operator T-Mobile.


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Carnival’s Largest Ship Ever is going to Port Canaveral!
Thursday 23rd August 2018, 10:28am
Carnival Cruise Line has reached an agreement in principle with the Canaveral Port Authority on a new state-of-the-art terminal that will accommodate our brand NEW 180,000-ton ship, debuting in 2020!
As partners of Port Canaveral for more than 25 years, we’re super excited to homeport the 5,286-lower berth ship at Port Canaveral, bringing your clients more vacation opportunities. This massive new ship will offer an array of groundbreaking, never-before-seen features and attractions while also being the first North American-based cruise ship to be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
As a reminder, construction of the 180,000-ton cruise ship is scheduled to begin in November 2018 with the official steel-cutting ceremony at the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Turku, Finland. Be on the lookout for more ship details, along with itineraries from Port Canaveral, all coming in 2019.
And don’t forget, this October, Carnival will reposition the newer Carnival Breeze to homeport at Port Canaveral, reinforcing our position as Port Canaveral’s number one cruise operator
SOURCE: CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES
Note: Ship picture shown is Carnival Vista, features on new ships may vary.


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There you have it: Neither Nokia nor Apple officially make the best smartphone cameras any longer. Sony has been crowned the new king of smartphone cameras, at least according to DxOMarkâs tests.
The Nokia 808 PureView, with its 41-megapixel sensor and Carl Zeiss lens, had held the top position in DxOMarkâs smartphone camera test charts since 2012, with a score of 77 points â closely followed by Appleâs iPhone 5S with a score 76 points. But now, the new number one is the Sony Xperia Z2.
Hard to believe? Well, the Xperia Z1 already scored very well in DxOMarkâs tests last year, earning a respectable 76 points and making third-rank, just behind the iPhone 5S. But with the Z2?s camera module, it seems Sony has significantly upped the ante, not only compared to their own previous offerings but also to everyone elseâs. With a total score of 79 points, the Xperia Z2 now takes the clear lead in DxOMarkâs smartphone charts.
So, why do the folks over at DxOMark think the Z2?s camera is so good? For one, the Z2?s downsampling mode, which uses the full 20-megapixel output from the sensor to create a smaller 8-megapixel image, provides the best image quality that DxOMarkâs testers have seen in any smartphone. With lots of detail, lack of chroma noise, and low luminance noise levels (i.e., grain), the downsampled images from the Xperia Z2 are clearly ahead of its competition, they claim.
The Xperia Z2?s autofocus system is reportedly fast and accurate, while colors and exposure are said to be mostly pleasing and accurate. On top of that, the Z2 makes a third-place in the video ranking, with detailed and noise-free Full-HD video. Add to this its 4K video capabilities â which DxOMark did not evaluate â and you have a winning formula. You can read DxOMarkâs full test of the Xperia Z2 here.
DxOMarkâs latest smartphone camera ranking. Although the chart shows the Xperia Z1 ahead of the iPhone 5S, both are fairly equal in DxoMarkâs findings.
But what is equally amazing is the fact that it took two years until someone made a smartphone camera that could outperform the aged Nokia 808 PureView, which still says a lot about the quality of its camera. (We should note that the Nokia 808 PureView never made it to the U.S.)
We havenât been able to fully review the Z2 (which isnât available in the U.S. market yet), but the camera will be one of the first things we look at when we get our hands on one. Sonyâs smartphone cameras are good, but we havenât been as thrilled with them as DxOMark has, based on our experiences; the Z2 also uses a smaller sensor than the Nokia 808 PureView, so that raised our eyebrows a bit. But DxOMarkâs findings could indicate that Sony has greatly improved the Xperiaâs camera technology. We do agree with DxOMarkâs assessments on Nokia and Apple, however.
Article source: http://english.eastday.com/e/140328/u1a8004787.html


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By Matthew Southwell
ABM has been playing host to a number of key speakers from Toshiba on its stand this week, as well as showcasing a wide range of the vendor's products.
Arabian Business Machines (ABM) has been playing host to a number of key speakers from Toshiba on its stand this week. At the same time, the company is showcasing a wide range of products from Toshiba and the other vendors it represents.
“There have been presentations from key Toshiba personnel at our stand this week, talking about wireless and mobile computing. Among the speakers is Santosh Varghese, Toshiba’s Saudi sales manager,” says AbdulAziz Ibrahim Al Noghaither, general manager of ABM.
“We are also demonstrating the full range of Toshiba products from servers to notebooks and we have been will demonstrating the latest mobile and wireless technology. We are targeting corporate customers here and we also have a shopper section selling to consumers,” he adds.


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Traders are seeking the support of the city in voting for Preston Market as the nation’s favourite.
The competition is operated by the National Association of British Market Authority and aims to find Britain’s Favourite Market for 2014. Online voting is now open and will run throughout December.
Mayor of Preston Coun Veronica Afrin said: “It would be fantastic if Preston Market could win the Britain’s favourite market award, as it is such a prestigious award.
“The market is one of the city’s famous icons, and people can help make it Britain’s favourite.” Visit http://www.nabma.com/vote/.


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Breast cancer causes more than 40,000 deaths per year, and one in 8 million women will experience breast cancer during her lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
It's true that no food will prevent you from getting breast cancer, but experts say if you eat well and stick to a low-fat, healthy diet, it could lower the risk significantly.
Here are some ideas when it comes to the foods you should be stocking up on:
These contain lycopene, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage and kills cells that aren't growing properly. Lycopene can also reduce the formation of new blood vessels of breast cancer by reducing or blocking tumor growth, according to the American Cancer Society.
Cherry tomatoes are even higher in lycopene because of the skin to flesh ratio. Experts say cooked or processed tomato-based foods also contain the most lycopene because the body absorbs it more easily.
This cruciferous vegetable from the cabbage family contains sulforaphane, a natural component that controls tumor growths and prevents new tumors from forming. Broccoli sprouts contain even more sulforaphane -- up to 20 times more.
Broccoli has also been shown to possibly block the late stages of the breast cancer process, according to a 2008 study out of the University of California-Berkeley.
Broccoli is also chock full of Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin D and fiber. Not too bad for the green you never wanted to eat as a child.
Blueberries are a good source of resveratrol (found mostly on the skin of the blueberry), which is known to increase the effects of radiation. They are also a great source of anthocyanins, which reduce the increase of breast cancer cells. A City of Hope study published in the October 2011 issue of The Journal Of Nutrition found that blueberries may also control tumor growth by 60 to 75%.
Blueberries are high in antioxidants and have been shown to work more effectively when drinking milk after protein is consumed an hour or two beforehand.
This tea has cathechins in it, which stop the growth of cancer cells and reduce the size of cancerous tumors. Green tea also contains the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), which helps the body's cells from becoming damaged and aging prematurely.
Green tea is also full of Vitamin B Complex, Vitamin C and Vitamin K and can be absorbed anytime throughout the day.
Flaxseed may not seem very delicious (although it's pretty neutral if you sprinkle it into your yogurt), but studies have found that the seeds reduce movement of breast cancer cells and prevent them from sticking to one another.
Flaxseed contains lignans, a plant based estrogen, and omega-3 fatty acids. When a weak estrogen-like substance takes the place of the body's natural estrogen in a breast cell's estrogen receptor, then the weak substance can act as an anti-estrogen.
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