Online Fitness Startup Wello Launches Monthly Subscriptions For Individual And Group Training Sessions

Since launching last year, online fitness startup Wello has been trying to democratize training with Google Hangout-like video conferencing sessions. By doing so, Wello enables its customers to get into shape in their own homes and on their own time, while also offering up individual and group training sessions that are usually much cheaper than purchasing through your local gym.

The company started with individual training sessions, allowing customers to set their own workout schedules and connect with trainers that would most appeal to them. Earlier this year it began offering group sessions that were priced lower than individual workouts, and also provided a social component — users could invite their friends to work out with them and a trainer at a time of their choosing.

The next big business move for Wello is to begin offering gym-like membership subscriptions, which packages a group of workouts together and lowers the price further for users. With its subscription offering, Wello is offering a selection of different prices for users, based on whether they want to work out alone or in groups, as well as the number of sessions that they plan to use per month.

Pricing breaks down like this:

Group Class Memberships

• 4 Classes: $49 / mo.


• 10 Classes: $99 / mo.


• Unlimited Classes: $179 / mo.

1-on-1 Personal Training Memberships

• 4 Workouts: $99 / mo.


• 10 Workouts: $199 / mo.


• 30 Workouts: $379 / mo.

If users max out on their number of sessions for a given month, they can always upgrade, or buy more on an a la carte basis. Group classes cost $14 each, while individual training sessions still cost $29 a piece.

Each of its trainers are certified and tested out before they join the platform, and are rated by users who take part in sessions with them. Wello has more than 10,000 options available for different types of workouts at various levels of proficiency, so each user should be able to find something that works for them.

Wello has seen pretty good retention from customers who have already signed up for its video-enabled fitness sessions, but the subscription offering should provide the company with more visibility into recurring revenue on a month-to-month basis. According to co-founder and CEO Leslie Silverglide, about two-thirds of all customers who sign up and try one exercise session come back and do it again. And the average customer already takes about six sessions each month.

For Wello, the new subscription offering is designed to provide a new way to appeal to customers and to get people to sign up to train at home, instead of using a gym. The company has raised $1 million in seed funding from Kleiner Perkins, Mohr Davidow, Aberdare Ventures, Mayo Ventures, Morado Ventures, S-Cubed Capital, PhilQuo Ventures, and other angels.

Wello is re-envisioning wellness by taking what’s proven to work – meeting with experts – and combining it with emerging video technology. Wello’s first product delivers LIVE, online fitness training via two-way video to clients across the country and around the world. Wello matches clients with the right Wello-vetted trainer and workout program for them, provides seamless scheduling and payment, and establishes the live video connection for the workout to take place.

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China blocks flood victims from staging second day of protest

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern China dispatched hundreds of security officers to block a possible second day of protests on Wednesday after thousands of angry flood victims clashed with police to demand official help for the worst floods in a century.

More than 800,000 people in Yuyao in eastern Zhejiang province were affected by last week's massive floods after Typhoon Fitow hit eastern China.

On Tuesday thousands of flood victims marched in front of their city government office, criticizing what they said was ineffective relief efforts and urging the party secretary and the mayor to step down, according to accounts on microblogs.

State media said Yuyao was hit hardest in Zhejiang. The rainfall, the worst in a century, caused more than 70 percent of Yuyao to be flooded and economic losses of nearly 7 billion yuan ($1.15 billion), according to the China News Service. The local government has not released the number of casualties.

Riot police officers stood guard in Yuyao on Wednesday morning to prevent any further protests, according to photos posted by Chinese rights group, Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch. The founder of the group, Liu Feiyue, told Reuters he had received the photographs from residents in Yuyao.

Residents on Tuesday attacked the city's government office, tearing down the Communist Party's mantra, "Serve the People", mounted at the entrance of the office, according to photographs on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.

Several residents were seen bleeding from the head, according to photographs on Sina.

"We strongly condemn the shameless acts by the police and riot police for using any pretext to beat people," said a microblogger from Yuyao.

State-run Yuyao Daily said in an editorial on Wednesday that residents should "express their rational demands at an appropriate time, and in a reasonable manner."

"Everyone has a duty to maintain stability, let us do more to help disaster recovery and social stability and resolutely not participate in matters that will hurt disaster rebuilding and recovery efforts and social stability," the newspaper said.

Cai Qi, head of the organization department of the party's Zhejiang provincial committee, called for residents to restrain from radical acts, adding government officials have been trying their best in disaster relief.

State media reported on Monday that a Chinese official photographed being given a piggyback by a villager while visiting flood victims in Zhejiang was sacked after the image caused public outrage online.

(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee and Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Michael Perry)

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Hernandez girlfriend said to throw out evidence

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The girlfriend of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a perjury charge for allegedly lying to a Massachusetts grand jury, including about disposing of evidence in the murder case against him.

Shayanna Jenkins was released on personal recognizance during her arraignment in Fall River Superior Court on a single perjury count. Prosecutors had sought $5,000 cash bail.

In August, Jenkins lied to the grand jury hearing evidence in the case, including about where she threw out a box Hernandez asked her to "get rid of" in the aftermath of Odin Lloyd's killing, Bristol County Assistant District Attorney Patrick Bomberg said.

Jenkins initially invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, but was later granted immunity for her testimony, Bomberg said.

Hernandez, 23, has pleaded not guilty to the June murder of Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player from Boston who was dating Jenkins' sister. He is being held without bail.

In court Tuesday, Bomberg said that the day after Lloyd was killed, Jenkins retrieved the box from the basement of the home she shared with Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass., put it in a trash bag, covered it with baby clothes and drove away with it. Jenkins repeatedly told grand jurors she threw the box in a Dumpster but couldn't recall where, according to Bomberg.

Bomberg did not say what is believed to have been in the box. Hernandez associate Carlos Ortiz, who is charged as an accessory in the case, has told investigators that Hernandez put firearms in a box in his basement after the killing, according to court records. Prosecutors have said the murder weapon has not been found.

Defense attorney Janice Bassil said Jenkins answered every question asked of her before the grand jury and that prosecutors were overreaching with the perjury charge. She said there is no evidence Jenkins lied and that prosecutors sought the indictment simply because they didn't believe her. She called lead prosecutor William McCauley's questioning of Jenkins "extremely aggressive" and heavy-handed.

Bassil described the relationship between Jenkins and Hernandez, who have a young child together, as one of "don't ask, don't tell." Bassil had no further comment outside court.

The perjury charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years.

Prosecutors have asked the judge assigned to the Hernandez case, Susan Garsh, to recuse herself, saying she and the McCauley have a "well-known and publicly documented history of antagonism" stemming from a 2010 murder trial he argued before her.

McCauley won a conviction in that case but was quoted in the press as criticizing Garsh, saying she had unfairly limited or excluded evidence and exhibited antagonism. A hearing on the request is scheduled for Monday.

Three others face charges in the case. Ernest Wallace and Ortiz, who prosecutors say were with Hernandez and Lloyd in a car on the night Lloyd was killed, have been charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact.

Wallace has pleaded not guilty and is being held on $500,000 bail. Ortiz is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact and criminal contempt. Prosecutors say she refused to testify before the grand jury even though she was offered immunity.

Hernandez has also been linked to an investigation into a 2012 double homicide in Boston. While investigating Lloyd's death, police found a sport utility vehicle rented in Hernandez's name at the home of Hernandez's uncle in Bristol, Conn., that was wanted in connection with those killings.

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Markets still believe in US debt deal

LONDON (AP) — Hopes that lawmakers in Washington are inching toward a key budget deal shored up markets Tuesday, but with only two days before a deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, the mood was cautious, particularly on Wall Street.

A failure to raise the debt ceiling by Oct. 17 could cause the U.S. to default on some of its debts — a development that analysts say could derail the U.S. economic recovery and cause mayhem in financial markets around the world.

Investors have been remarkably sanguine in recent days as they seem to expect that a deal will eventually be agreed between Republicans in Congress and the White House because no politician wants to be blamed for a default.

"The history of U.S. fiscal stalemates is that typically a last-minute deal is reached," said Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed 0.7 percent higher at 6,549.11 while Germany's DAX rose 0.9 percent to 8,804.44. The CAC-40 in France ended 0.8 percent higher at 4,256.02.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.1 percent at 15,291 while the broader S&P 500 index was flat at 1,711.

The focus will remain on Washington in what is a fluid situation. In brief remarks following a meeting with his Republican caucus in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner did not indicate that a bill was in the offing but insisted that the idea of a default was wrong and that he was looking to talk to members on both sides of the aisle to make progress.

Analysts said Boehner's comments may indicate that the Republicans in the House are still divided over what to do. That may strengthen the hand of the Senate, which is thought to be close to agreeing on a deal that would raise the debt ceiling temporarily until February. It would also reportedly see the U.S. government, which has been in partial shutdown for two weeks, reopen through Jan. 15.

Earlier, the mood in Asia was largely positive, too. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 0.3 percent at 14,441.54 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.5 percent to 23,336.52. South Korea's Kospi closed 1 percent higher at 2,040.96. China's Shanghai Composite index bucked the trend, down 0.2 percent at 2,233.41.

The focus remained on developments in Washington in other financial markets as well. In currencies, the dollar was largely being supported by hopes over a debt deal. The euro was down 0.5 percent at $1.3483, while the dollar was flat at 98.66 yen.

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'Fifty Shades' Of Christian: We Rank The Rumored Replacements

MTV News breaks down the round of candidates circling the project, like Alexander Skarsgard and Jamie Dornan.


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Microsoft's phone update to feature driving mode

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, file photo, a new Microsoft Corp. logo, left, is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in Boston. Microsoft is updating its Windows software for cellphones to accommodate larger devices and make it easier for motorists to reduce distractions while driving. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, file photo, a new Microsoft Corp. logo, left, is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in Boston. Microsoft is updating its Windows software for cellphones to accommodate larger devices and make it easier for motorists to reduce distractions while driving. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is updating its Windows software for cellphones to accommodate larger devices and make it easier for motorists to reduce distractions while driving.

It's the third update to Windows Phone 8 software since the system's release a year ago. Devices with this update will start appearing in the coming weeks, and older phones will be eligible for a free upgrade, too.

Something that may appeal to motorists: a new Driving Mode will automatically silence incoming calls and texts so that you can focus on the road. You also can configure the feature to automatically send out a reply to say that you're driving.

It can be activated automatically when the phone is linked wirelessly with a Bluetooth device in the car, such as a headset. Apple has a Do Not Disturb feature for iPhones, but that needs to be turned on manually.

What the Driving Mode won't do, however, is block outgoing calls or texts. And there will be ways to override it. The feature won't stop a teenager from texting while driving, but it will help reduce distractions for those who want that, says Greg Sullivan, director for Microsoft's Windows Phone business.

The new update also will allow for better resolution to accommodate larger phones. Currently, the system supports a maximum resolution of 1280 pixels by 768 pixels, which is adequate for phones with screens no larger than 5 inches on the diagonal. But video and image quality degrades when stretched out on larger phones, such as a 6.3-inch Android phone from Samsung Electronics Co.

The layout for larger phones also will change. Phones may now sport a third column of tiles, for instance. Contact lists and other features will be able to fit in more information. That's a contrast to Android, where text and images simply get bigger with larger screens, without actually fitting in more content.

Microsoft's Windows Phone software holds a distant third place behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android, with a worldwide market share of 3.7 percent in the second quarter, according to research firm IDC. But shipments of Windows Phone devices grew 78 percent to 8.7 million in the April-to-June period, compared with the same time a year ago. The tile-based layout in Windows Phone is the inspiration for the Windows 8 software powering tablets and personal computers.

There are a few ways Microsoft Corp. will catch up to the iPhone and Android phones with the new update.

For the first time, Windows phones will have a rotation lock function, so that the screen won't switch back and forth between horizontal and vertical mode while you're curled up in bed. There also will be a central way to close open apps. Before, you had to go into each open app and press and hold the back button.

And Microsoft is launching a program to give app developers early access to the new software. Apple has had a similar program for the iOS software behind iPhones and iPads, while Google often has worked with selected developers on unreleased features.

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'Master Chef' contestant commits suicide

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Joshua Marks, a former contestant on "MasterChef," committed suicide on Friday.

Joshua Marks, the 7-foot-2-inch runner-up on the Fox cooking show "MasterChef," committed suicide on Friday in Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed to TODAY.

The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

Marks has been battling mental-health issues recently, and in late summer was taken to a Chicago-area medical facility after being arrested and charged with aggravated battery against a police officer. His lawyer told CNN that during that altercation, Marks "suffered serious facial wounds from a self-inflicted gunshot."

According to the Chicago Tribune's July report, the troubled chef felt that he had been "possessed by 'MasterChef' judge Gordon Ramsay who turned him into God."

Marks, who had bipolar disorder, had worked with the Make A Sound Project, a non-profit group that seeks to use music to raise awareness of issues related to suicide. 

On Saturday, Gordon Ramsay tweeted condolences. "Just heard the devastating news about Josh Marks," Ramsay wrote. "My thoughts are with his family & friends at this tragic time."

The "MasterChef" official website and Facebook page also remembered the contestant friends dubbed the "gentle giant," posting, "All of us at MasterChef, Shine America, One Potato, Two Potato and FOX are incredibly saddened by the news of Josh Marks' passing. He was a wonderful person and an incredible talent. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

Marks came in second on the third season of "MasterChef" in 2012, losing to Christina Ha, the first-ever blind contestant.

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Suspension over, Von Miller asks for time, trust

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — No apologies. No promises. No explanations.

Instead, Broncos linebacker Von Miller simply asked his fans, teammates and coaches to judge him on what he does in the future, now that his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's drug-abuse policy is over.

"I definitely made mistakes in the past," Miller said Monday during his first en masse interview since his suspension officially came down. "It won't do anybody any good to go back and defend that stuff. I've already served my suspension. I'm working hard to gain everybody's trust back."

He fell short of the promise he made in July, when news of his pending suspension first surfaced, that "when this is all done and resolved, I will sit down with all you guys and be candid about everything."

Instead, during a nine-minute interview heavy on scripted talking points, the third-year veteran talked about how grateful he was for the support his teammates have shown him during his ordeal, and how happy he'll be to get back onto the practice field with the Broncos on Wednesday.

The last 2½ months, he conceded, have been difficult — not only the part about sitting out, but hearing the constant reports about his traffic tickets, missed court dates, his attempt to manipulate the NFL drug-testing system and, of course, all the conjecture about how he let down his teammates.

Yes, the Broncos went 6-0 without him. They also head into Game 7, at Indianapolis on Sunday, with the bottom-ranked passing defense in the league. They've allowed more than 500 yards once and more than 300 three other times. Last season, when Miller made 18½ of his 30 career sacks, the Broncos didn't allow a single 300-yard passing game in the regular season.

"I've definitely had to mature up a lot," said Miller, who insists he's now in the best physical shape of his life. "There was some stuff that I didn't see that I see now. I've definitely taken strides to do that. I can't say I'm super mature. Not that it just happens. It's a constant struggle. I know if I take it one day at a time, I'll get there."

Can he guarantee he'll never make another mistake?

"I can't sit here and say this is never going to happen or I'm never going to do this," he said. "I'd be lying. I've just got to take it one day at a time and gain everybody's trust back."

He used that valued word — "Trust" — 11 times over the session, during which he was peppered with nearly two dozen questions from the 30 or so reporters and cameramen crowded around his locker.

After their 35-19 win over Jacksonville, Miller's teammates offered a united front, not judging the linebacker but sticking mainly to the advantages they'll rediscover when a pass rusher of his caliber returns. The Broncos don't have to officially bring him back on the roster until Saturday.

"It cost us because he's a superstar," safety Rahim Moore said. "He's a great player. Just imagine what we could have done here in these six games. Now it's all over. Everyone's getting back healthy, everybody's back practicing. We're excited."

Miller said he had talked to all his teammates and coaches. Coach John Fox said Miller's "got the support of everybody here."

Asked if he was concerned with another incident, which would likely cost Miller an entire season, the coach didn't sound any more confident than his linebacker.

"I get concerned every night about incidents, to be quite honest with you," Fox said. "I think he understands that he made some errors, we have a lot of people here to help him, including his teammates, coaching staff and people in the organization. We'll see where it goes. People in life make mistakes."

In the strangest twist of his interview, Miller went out of his way to say that, no, his mother and father had not moved in with him since his troubles went public and, no, he had no need for a so-called baby sitter to monitor his every move.

"You can go around the facility and ask anybody, and nobody would give you that description of what they did as a baby sitter," Miller said.

But he has received plenty of words of wisdom. They are, he said, only as good as the man receiving them.

"I've got a lot of good advice but I feel like it all starts with me," he said. "No matter how much help you have around, if you can't do it, you just can't do it. I feel like I've taken steps in that direction. It's a constant struggle every single day, but I'm positive I'll be all right."

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Texas seniors get over OU win for Mack, 36-20

DALLAS (AP) — Mack Brown stood with his players in front of the Texas band cherishing a victory over Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry that few outside of Austin expected.

After the coach accepted the Golden Hat trophy that came with their 36-20 win Saturday over the 12th-ranked Sooners, Case McCoy and these Texas seniors especially enjoyed passing around the prize and taking turns putting it atop their heads for the first time.

"I didn't think I was very emotional at all. I thought I did a great, great job," Brown said. "Besides that, you all wanted me to be more emotional than I was in the past. I had 97 cameras in my face. ... I thought I was appropriately really happy."

McCoy threw two touchdowns, 295-pound defensive tackle Chris Whaley returned an interception 31 yards for a score and the Longhorns (4-2, 3-0 Big 12) ended Oklahoma's three-game winning streak in the rivalry to give Brown at least a temporary reprieve from all the gloomy talk about his future with the Longhorns.

Brown insisted this victory was special for what it was — finally a win for this senior group over Oklahoma, a 3-0 start in Big 12 play and the possibility of a league title and BCS game still in their future.

"You shouldn't leave this school without beating Oklahoma. You need to do that," Brown said. "This thing goes in streaks. And I guess we've won five of the last nine now. For you that's counting."

As for those speculating about his future, Brown insists that he does his best to ignore that. So do his players.

"It's wasn't something we talked about," said Jackson Jeffcoat, the senior defensive end who had two sacks. "We know every game is important for coach Brown."

The 154 victories for Brown in his 16 seasons at Texas are second most in school history behind Darrell Royal. They also match coach Bob Stoops' win total in 15 seasons with the Sooners. The head-to-head record for the only active Big 12 coaches who have won national championships is now Stoops 9, Brown 6.

Texas, a two-touchdown underdog, never trailed after the impressive rumble late in the first quarter by converted running back Whaley and went on to a double-digit win of its own. There was also an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown by Daje Johnson in the third quarter after Oklahoma had gotten within 23-13.

The Sooners (5-1, 2-1) had won the last two games in the series by a combined score of 118-38, but came out with their 10-game Big 12 winning streak snapped.

"Those are always difference makers in this game. And they were a big part of the game today," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said of Texas' first two non-offensive TDs this season. "They made some big pass plays that were big plays in the game, and we didn't have hardly any big plays that way offensively. In each part of the game I thought they outplayed us."

Texas had two 100-yard rushers in Johnathan Gray (29 carries for 123 yards) and Malcolm Brown (23 carries for 120 yards).

With David Ash still out because of lingering concussion symptoms, McCoy got his second Red River Rivalry start. And McCoy didn't get shut out in the series. Older brother Colt led the Longhorns to three wins over Oklahoma and a BCS national championship appearance four seasons ago.

McCoy completed 13 of 21 passes for 190 yards with an interception, which defensive lineman Geneo Grissom returned 54 yards for a score in the fourth quarter for OU.

McCoy threw a 59-yard TD to Marcus Johnson in the second quarter and a 38-yarder in the third quarter to Mike Davis, the receiver reprimanded by the Big 12 but not suspended for his cheap shot against an Iowa State defender in Texas' previous game.

"We hear a great speech before the game about stepping up to the challenge and overcoming something, that we've been put to the challenge of this game," said McCoy, who was sacked three times in his 2011 loss but threw two late TDs in last year's rout.

Since that championship game loss to Alabama after the 2009 season, Brown is 26-18, and now with his first victory over Oklahoma in that span.

A 1-2 start to this season with 19 returning starters had put Brown in a precarious spot, changing his defensive coordinator in season and having to answer questions about how much longer he would be Texas' coach.

Things felt much better this second Saturday in October for the Longhorns, evident by the early-exiting crowd from the crimson side of the stadium that missed Grissom reaching up in front of McCoy for the pick.

Texas led in the series for the first time since 2009 on Antony Fera's 31-yard field goal to end the opening drive, on which the Longhorns converted three third downs. Fera later had kicks of 50 and 43 yards, the last on the final play of the first half for a 23-10 lead.

The Sooners got even on Michael Hunnicutt's 34-yard field goal on their first possession. They could have been ahead if Brennan Clay hadn't let a pass go through his hands in the end zone, a play that had Blake Bell putting both heads on his helmet.

Bell ran for four TDs in the Sooners' 63-21 victory last year. This time, as the Oklahoma starter instead of the short-yardage run specialist, he was sacked four times and had minus-27 yards on seven carries. Bell completed 12 of 26 passes for 133 yards with two interceptions.

"Well, he needs support," Stoops said. "In some areas our protection broke down. Give them credit. They beat us in protections, they covered us."

And finally took back the Golden Hat.

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Flint Mobile swaps card reader for camera

In the last few years the mobile payments space has become increasingly crowded with the likes of Square and its many copycats. The technology, which involves a mobile app working in conjunction with a small card-reading dongle plugged into the headphone jack of a smartphone or tablet, has been a boon for service professionals who previously were mostly limited to accepting cash or checks as tender.

Flint Mobile is an iOS 7-optimized iPhone app that takes a slightly different approach, entirely doing away with a card reader, instead using the phone’s camera to read (not photograph) the numbers on the front of a MasterCard or Visa card. After tapping in the card’s security code as well as the customer’s billing zip code and finger-drawn signature the transaction is processed Flint’s payment gateway partner.

A truly “mobile” mobile payment solution.

Dispensing with extra hardware translates into simplicity and reliability, says Flint Mobile co-founder and CEO Greg Goldfarb.

“It’s the fact that if I’m a photographer or a fitness trainer and I’m going from place to place during my day I have enough trouble keeping track of my keys and my wallet and my phone,” he says.

Losing or forgetting a card reader is a real pain point for non-countertop businesses such as photographers, consultants or home contractors, he says, whereas it’s not that big a deal for businesses that would typically have a point of sale machine or credit card terminal sitting on a counter.

“For them, they’re using say Square plus an iPad to replace VeriFone. It’s actually not mobile at all, they literally will lock an iPad to the counter,” Goldfarb says.

In addition to the scan-instead-of-swipe differentiation, Flint is more social than some of the other players in the mobile payments space. Every time you send an email receipt, for example, Flint encourages a customer to rate your business, write a recommendation and share it on Facebook. If they do, it shows up on their Facebook page as well as on your own business page, which makes for an easy way to build content there. You can also include in a receipt loyalty offers customers can redeem right away, such as discounts on future services.

Goldfarb says Flint is also geared to help users drive repeat business through the way it lets them customize how they filter and search transaction history data. For instance, a tennis pro could login to her online Flint account to search for only the customers to whom she gave one-hour lessons last summer. Because Flint transaction history data also includes customer email addresses, she could send those folks a message telling them about an upcoming winter clinic.

As for transaction fees, Flint is in the ballpark of what you’ll pay elsewhere. Flint charges 1.95 percent plus $0.20 per transaction for debit cards, or 2.95 percent plus $0.20 per transaction for credit cards. In comparison, Square charges 2.75 percent per swipe; Intuit GoPayment is either $12.95 a month plus 1.75 percent per swipe (but if you don’t pay the monthly fee the fee jumps up to 2.75 percent per swipe); PayAnywhere is 2.69 percent per swipe; and PayPal Here runs 2.7 per swipe.

Flint generally pays out transactions minus transaction fees within one to two business days.

Goldfarb says the Flint app has been downloaded from the iTunes store about 150,000 times and an Android version will be released “very soon.”

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Egyptian security forces shoot dead dozens of pro-Mursi supporters

By Tom Perry and Noah Browning

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday, witnesses said, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to wipe out "violence and terrorism".

Men in helmets and black police fatigues fired on crowds gathered before dawn on the fringes of a round-the-clock sit-in near a mosque in northeast Cairo, Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood movement said.

"They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill," said Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad. "The bullet wounds are in the head and chest."

The bloodshed, near the military parade ground where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, has rocked a country already struggling with the transition to democracy two years after Hosni Mubarak was swept from power.

A Muslim Brotherhood website said 120 people had been killed and some 4,500 injured. A Reuters reporter counted 36 bodies at one morgue, while health officials said there were a further 21 corpses in two nearby hospitals.

Activists rushed blood-spattered casualties into a makeshift hospital. Some were carried in on planks or blankets. One ashen teenager was laid out on the floor, a bullet hole in his head.

Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim accused the Brotherhood of exaggerating the death toll for political ends. He said only 21 people had died and denied police opened fire.

Ibrahim said local residents living close to the Rabaa al-Adawia mosque vigil had clashed with protesters in the early hours after they had blocked off a major bridge road. He said that police had used teargas to try to break up the fighting.

Well over 200 people have been killed in violence since the army toppled Mursi on July 3, following huge protests against his year in power. The army denies accusations it staged a coup, saying it intervened to prevent national chaos.

SISI'S CHALLENGE

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians had poured onto the streets on Friday in response to a call by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for nationwide demonstrations to give him backing to confront the weeks-long wave of violence.

His appeal was seen as a challenge to the Brotherhood, which organised its own rallies on Friday calling for the return of Mursi, who has been held in an undisclosed location since his ousting and faces a raft of charges, including murder.

Ibrahim said Mursi was likely to be transferred shortly to the same Cairo prison where former leader Mubarak is now held.

Brotherhood leaders appealed for calm on Saturday, but activists at the Rabaa al-Adawia mosque vigil voiced fury.

"The people want the execution of Sisi," a cleric shouted to the crowd from a stage by the mosque. "The people want the execution of the butcher."

Interior Minister Ibrahim said the pro-Mursi sit-ins would "God willing, soon ... be dealt with" based on a decision by a public prosecutor, who is reviewing complaints from local residents unhappy with the huge encampment on their doorstep.

The head of the Nour Party, the second-biggest Islamist group after the Brotherhood, called for an immediate investigation into what it called a "massacre."

"There is no substitute for a political solution with the commitment of everyone to exercise restraint ... and to renounce violence in all its forms, whether verbal or physical," Younis Makhyoun said in a Facebook statement.

The Brotherhood is a highly organised movement with grassroots support throughout Egypt, making it hard to silence even if the army decides to mount a bigger crackdown.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she "deeply deplores" Saturday's deaths and urged all sides to halt the violence. There was no immediate comment from the United States, which provides Egypt with some $1.5 billion dollars of aid a year, mainly military hardware.

Washington has delayed delivery of four F-16 fighters because of the turmoil. However, officials have indicated they do not intend to cut off aid to a country seen as a vital ally and which has a peace deal with neighbouring Israel.

"BULLETS WHIZZING"

Witnesses said police first fired rounds of teargas at Brotherhood protesters gathered on a boulevard leading away from the Rabaa mosque, with live shots ringing out soon afterwards.

"There were snipers on the rooftops, I could hear the bullets whizzing past me," said Ahmed el Nashar, 34, a business consultant, choking back his tears.

"Man, people were just dropping."

Dr. Ibtisam Zein, overseeing the Brotherhood morgue, said most of the dead were hit in the head, some between the eyes.

The bodies were wrapped in white sheets and laid on the floor, their names scrawled on the shrouds. A cleaner busily mopped the floor, washing away pools of blood.

Haddad said the Brotherhood remained committed to pursuing peaceful protests, despite Saturday's deaths - the second mass shooting of its supporters this month by security forces, who killed 53 people on July 8.

Brotherhood activists at Rabaa said they would not be cowed and warned of worse bloodshed if the security forces did not back down. "We will stay here until we die, one by one," said Ahmed Ali, 24, helping treat casualties at the field hospital.

"We have the examples of Algeria and Syria in our minds. We don't want it to become a civil war. If we take up arms it might become one. This is a religious belief." (Additional reporting by Shadia Nasralla, Yasmine Saleh, Tom Finn, Maggie Fick, Omar Fahmy, Edmund Blair, Michael Georgy and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo, Abdel Rahman Youssef in Alexandria; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Louise Ireland, Michael Georgy and Mike Collett-White)

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Medical illustrator wins Elsevier's Netter art contest

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Judges select Paul J. Kim of New Jersey as winner of first-ever Netter contest

Philadelphia, PA, July 25, 2013 Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest. Paul J. Kim, a professional medical illustrator based in Montclair, N.J., was selected by a distinguished panel of judges who chose 10 finalists, with Mr. Kim as the grand prize winner.

The announcement was made at the recent Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists in Denver, CO, by officials from Elsevier, publisher of the best-selling Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy. Mr. Kim, who has an MS in Medical Illustration from the Georgia Health Sciences University, was among 37 contest entrants from nine countries and all walks of life. Mr. Kim will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

Contest participants were challenged to create an original illustration demonstrating the spatial relationships of the nerve root and the surrounding structure that could potentially replace the Netter Atlas plate 163-top in the new edition of the Atlas. The current image is a straight axial section.

"Our consulting editors thought an image showing a different perspective could be more instructive," said Linda Belfus, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Content, Clinical Solutions at Elsevier. "We understand the importance of medical illustrators to the education of clinicians and the practice of medicine, and we want to be a part of highlighting the talented professionals who are following in the footsteps of Dr. Frank Netter."

The contest was designed to identify emerging artists in the complex field of medical illustration. Blending scientific understanding with artistic technique, today's medical illustrators use advanced computer technology to create illustrations, infographics and animations used in medical education, patient information, health news, law and pharmaceutical advertising.

The value of detailed images in illuminating medical content has been recognized for almost 100 years. However, it was Dr. Netter (1906-1991), with his unique combination of artistic training and a physician's perspective, who took anatomical illustration from a simple quest for verisimilitude and raised it to an art. He brought the hand of a master medical illustrator, the brain of a physician, and the soul of an artist to portray the beauty and complexity of the human body in sickness and in health. His Atlas of Human Anatomy has been a core element in the education of generations of physicians in the U.S. and abroad and is recognized as the standard in the field.

In a 1986 article The New York Times hailed Dr. Netter as the "Michelangelo of Medicine." Paul Kim joins the growing list of outstanding medical illustrators inspired by this master illustrator, physician and teacher.

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For more information about the Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest, go to http://www.netterimages.com/artcontest

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, helping research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.

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Judges select Paul J. Kim of New Jersey as winner of first-ever Netter contest

Philadelphia, PA, July 25, 2013 Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest. Paul J. Kim, a professional medical illustrator based in Montclair, N.J., was selected by a distinguished panel of judges who chose 10 finalists, with Mr. Kim as the grand prize winner.

The announcement was made at the recent Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists in Denver, CO, by officials from Elsevier, publisher of the best-selling Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy. Mr. Kim, who has an MS in Medical Illustration from the Georgia Health Sciences University, was among 37 contest entrants from nine countries and all walks of life. Mr. Kim will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

Contest participants were challenged to create an original illustration demonstrating the spatial relationships of the nerve root and the surrounding structure that could potentially replace the Netter Atlas plate 163-top in the new edition of the Atlas. The current image is a straight axial section.

"Our consulting editors thought an image showing a different perspective could be more instructive," said Linda Belfus, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Content, Clinical Solutions at Elsevier. "We understand the importance of medical illustrators to the education of clinicians and the practice of medicine, and we want to be a part of highlighting the talented professionals who are following in the footsteps of Dr. Frank Netter."

The contest was designed to identify emerging artists in the complex field of medical illustration. Blending scientific understanding with artistic technique, today's medical illustrators use advanced computer technology to create illustrations, infographics and animations used in medical education, patient information, health news, law and pharmaceutical advertising.

The value of detailed images in illuminating medical content has been recognized for almost 100 years. However, it was Dr. Netter (1906-1991), with his unique combination of artistic training and a physician's perspective, who took anatomical illustration from a simple quest for verisimilitude and raised it to an art. He brought the hand of a master medical illustrator, the brain of a physician, and the soul of an artist to portray the beauty and complexity of the human body in sickness and in health. His Atlas of Human Anatomy has been a core element in the education of generations of physicians in the U.S. and abroad and is recognized as the standard in the field.

In a 1986 article The New York Times hailed Dr. Netter as the "Michelangelo of Medicine." Paul Kim joins the growing list of outstanding medical illustrators inspired by this master illustrator, physician and teacher.

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For more information about the Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest, go to http://www.netterimages.com/artcontest

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, helping research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.

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Want the first big-screen OLED TV in US? It's yours for $14,999

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LG 55EA9800 HDTV is the first big-screen OLED TV to go on sale in the U.S. ??for "just" $14,999.

Richfield, Minn. - LG has finally begun selling the first 55-in. OLED HDTV in the U.S., a year and a half since it first showed off the stunning TV. Monday's announcement confirms that Best Buy will be the exclusive dealer at launch, and the price the LG OLED model 55EA9800 will be $14,999.

"Organic light emitting diode" TV technology sheds light pixel by pixel, so it promises an infinite contrast ratio, besting any other display technology with completely black blacks. It's also very fast, so you don't have refresh-rate issues, and the viewing angle is exceptionally wide.

The 55EA9800 weighs just 38 lbs. And while the panel itself is just 0.17 inches thick, LG has decided to curve the screen, increasing the overall depth.

LG?s first 55-inch OLED uses LG?s proprietary "WRGB" technology, with a white sub-pixel working in conjunction with the red, green and blue sub-pixels.

The 55EA9800 offers THX certification, joining a handful of HDTV displays capable of meeting the strict test procedures and standards for high image quality.

The LG OLED is a full featured television with 3-D, smart Internet functions for streaming video and social media. For the price, you also get LG?s Magic Remote control with both speech recognition and gesture control.

Best Buy will continue to roll out LG?s OLED HDTV over the next few weeks, starting with the location in Richfield, Minn., near Best Buy headquarters. But don't expect to see these premium sets all over. The retailer is targeting the specialty Magnolia shops located inside its larger stores in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and San Antonio. It will follow up with a national roll out to all of its Magnolia internal stores by end of this summer.

HD Guru is in Richfield today, drilling LG executives for more details and specifications and will follow up soon with a hands-on report.

For further information, including the LG press release, visit the original HD Guru story.

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Chamber?s ?pro-jobs? lawmakers favored higher-education cuts

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Source: blogs.kansas.com --- Sunday, July 21, 2013
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce?s recently released ?2013 Pro-Jobs Legislator list? was Republican-only, singling out 24 senators and 71 representatives for their support for ?sound business policy that strengthens our state?s economy and attracts Jobs.? Of course, many lawmakers who supported the cuts to higher-education funding made the list ? including that effort?s ringleaders, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, and Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson, R-Andover. The applauded lawmakers also favored the $2 million cut in state funding for the National Center for Aviation Training, which is crucial to Wichita remaining the Air Capital of the World. Many Kansans would be hard-pressed to see how it benefits the state?s economy and business environment to harm state universities and drive tuition rates higher. As Daniel Hurley of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities recently asked: ?What employer would want to move to or expand in a state where the Legislature makes it clear that college access and building a skilled workforce is not a priority?? ...

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Red Flags: Readers Share Signs That Their Marriage Was Doomed

Ever since we launched HuffPost Divorce, we've been asking readers to share the moment they knew their marriage was over.

But as anyone who's been through divorce can tell you, there tend to be signs that something is amiss in the relationship early on -- signs you overlook because you're understandably hoping for the best. On Friday, our readers shared some of the red flags they disregarded early on in their relationships, from arguments that descended into name-calling, to small lies that eventually gave way to bigger, unforgivable ones.

Click through the slides below to see what they had to say, then tell us about the red flags you've ignored in relationships past.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Wireless Charger for Only $13: Power Up the GS3 While Using Your Favourite Case Cover

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Peeling off the Samsung Galaxy S3 from its protective case to charge it wirelessly defeats the purpose of convenient accessory use. This is solved by the $13 non-official charging kit for the GS3. ...

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South Africa: Mandela "responding to treatment"

JOHANNESBURG South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment, though the 94-year-old's condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital.

President Jacob Zuma visited the anti-apartheid leader Wednesday evening.

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In a statement that referred to the anti-apartheid leader by his clan name, Zuma said: "We are encouraged that Madiba is responding to treatment and urge the public to continue providing support and showering him with love which gives him and the family strength."

Mandela was hospitalized June 8 for what the government said was a recurring lung infection, and his condition has been critical for over two weeks.

Meanwhile the king of Mandela's Thembu tribe told AFP on Wednesday that the former South African leader is unable to talk but is responsive to visitors.

"He is well," AFP quoted King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo as saying after he visited the South African icon at the hospital.

"He could not talk, but he recognized me and made a few gestures of acknowledgement, like moving his eyes," King Dalindyebo said, according to AFP.

"I did get that little smile from his face, which I appreciated very much indeed, it was a blessing for me," he added, according to AP Television.

On Saturday, King Dalindyebo removed Nelson Mandela's grandson from his post of traditional authority. He said Mandla Mandela was being expelled "from all rank of duties" over a family feud, which erupted after it was revealed that the grandson had moved the bodies of three of Nelson Mandela's children to his village of Mvezo in South Africa's Eastern Cape province in 2011.

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Mandela family feud deepens

The bodies were recently returned to their original burial site in Mandela's hometown, Qunu, after Mandela family members went to court to force Mandla Mandela to relinquish control of the remains.

King Dalindyebo said Mandla Mandela, a chief in the Mvezo area, wouldn't be allowed any involvement in tribal affairs until he apologizes.

"He has not only angered us, he has also angered his own family," the king said. "So as long as the family does not need him in their premises, we don't need him in the Madiba clan at all."

The family dispute had shocked many South Africans, even prompting a plea from retired archbishop Desmond Tutu for Mandela's family to settle its differences as a show of respect for the ailing patriarch.

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Landec Corporation Schedules Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2013 Earnings Release for July 31, 2013 and Conference Call for August 1, 2013

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landec Corporation (LNDC) announced today that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 26, 2013, after market close on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

The news release will be followed the next morning, Thursday, August 1, 2013, by a teleconference and webcast open to all interested parties at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time. The teleconference can be accessed by calling 866-206-7202 or 703-639-1112. Please log in 5 - 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call.

This call is being webcast and can be accessed on Landec's web site at www.Landec.com/earningscall. The webcast will be available for 30 days through August 31, 2013. A replay of the teleconference will be available for one week until midnight Eastern Time, Thursday, August 8, 2013, by calling 888-266-2081 or 703-925-2533. The access code for the replay is 1617672.

For further information, please call Greg Skinner (650) 261-3677.

Landec Corporation is a materials science company that leverages its proprietary polymer technologies, application development and innovation capabilities to develop and commercialize new products in food and biomaterials markets. Landec's subsidiary, Apio, has become the leader in US fresh-cut specialty packaged vegetables sold in North America based on combining Landec's proprietary food packaging technology and the strength of two major national brands Eat Smart(R) and GreenLine(R), with the capabilities of a large national food supplier, processor and distributor. Through its subsidiary, Lifecore Biomedical, Landec is a premium supplier of hyaluronan-based materials and medical products to ophthalmic, orthopedic and veterinary markets worldwide. In addition, Landec will periodically work with market-leading companies to develop and commercialize differentiated polymer-based products. For more information about the Company, visit Landec's website at www.landec.com.

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Conversation with a real estate millionaire ? The Punch - Nigeria's ...

July 9, 2013 by Abiodun Doherty (abiodundoherty@yahoo.com) 1 Comment

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We have gone through several principles on real estate investments and answered several questions and enquiries from ardent readers of this column. But it may be even more instructive to share one of several conversations that I have had with a real estate millionaire that has helped me tremendously.

I have discovered the truth of the saying that an ounce of example is worth a pound of precepts. Permit me to extract the basic principles of this particular conversation and to protect the privacy of this individual who would also prefer his name not to be mentioned.

Rule 1: Have a good source of income. This particular real estate investor started several years ago just a few years after the independence of Nigeria by exporting certain agricultural produce. He poured himself into building this business and was later joined by a few other partners. The business flourished and provided him with the regular stream of income with which he started investing in real estate.

This real estate millionaire believes in hard work and entrepreneurship. He believes that many of the youths of today will do better if they learn to walk before attempting to fly. He believes that if you are willing to serve others faithfully in their business, you?ll do wonderfully well in yours when you eventually start.

The lesson for us all in this is that real estate investment requires seed capital and to have those initial seed capital you must have earning power, you must have a means of income. You cannot put up a solid structure without a solid foundation. So,for all would be investors, first learn a skill or profession that will get you a job or start a business that you can grow and that will provide you with regular income.

Rule 2: Start saving and start investing in real estate in your own little way. Our real estate millionaire started by buying land in an area that was then a ?jungle?? but is now one of the commercial nerve centres of Lagos. He stated that it was not easy buying some of those properties then.He said he made buying real estate one of his pastimes.

He did not start buying properties in the high brow areas of the time because he could not afford them. According to him, start where you are and with what you have. If all you can afford is a parcel of land in the outskirt of town by all means start there rather than not starting at all.

Rule 3: Its good to build and rent. This real estate millionaire began to build some of his properties with the aim of letting them. Fortunately for him, as time went on ,he began to acquire knowledge of construction and building development. This accelerated his building projects and his ability to interact with builders and workmen saved him significant costs. He also began to let the buildings to tenants to generate income. As at today, his annual rental income is in millions of naira.

The lesson for aspiring real estate investors is to focus on income-generating assets. Once you have sorted out the issue of where you live, you should continue building for others to rent from you and pay to you. Some real estate investors have a goal to build a certain number of houses in certain areas over a period of time using current and projected rent as a basis for planning.

This strategy is also a form of retirement planning since rental income from such properties provide passive cash flow. Like our real estate millionaire, who is now an elderly man, but does not need to work in order to pay for his cost of living.

Rule 4: If you can?t develop some properties on your own, give them to reliable developers.This real estate millionaire had some properties that he could not afford to develop on his own because of multiple projects that he was involved in. He gave some of such properties to carefully selected developers that he gave long leases to. Many of such properties have since reverted to his control and are now giving him fantastic returns. In his thinking, it was better to add value to the land or allow someone else to add value to the land. As long as the properties are not sold they would eventually revert back to him or his beneficiaries.

Rule 5: when you do sell, reinvest all or part of the income in real estate. This real estate investor rarely sells his properties but when he does, he sometimes buys another property or uses the income to add value to another property. He is? comfortable and modest at the same time. He often has the next project or investment in sight before concluding the deal to sell.

He believes in moving his funds to better and better real estate locations that will bring in better rental income. As at today, a conservative estimate of his property assets is over N2billion.He started small,built his estate gradually but strategically and now he is reaping the reward.

Some locations suddenly became prime locations and transformed the value of his investment. His life proves that if you cast your bread on many waters you?ll find it and more someday or somewhere you least expect.

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Source: http://www.punchng.com/am-business/conversation-with-a-real-estate-millionaire/

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Kerry plunges back into Mideast peace diplomacy

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time to make further efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time to make further efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time to make further efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time, to make further efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time in three months, to make further efforts to resume peace talks between the Jewish country and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Kerry is in Israel for the fifth time in three months, to make further efforts to resume peace talks between the Jewish country and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) ? Secretary of State John Kerry plunged back into the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Thursday, using Jordan as a base for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

In is fifth visit to the region to try to restart peace talks, Kerry held a four-hour dinner meeting with Netanyahu that stretched into Friday morning. He was to have lunch with Abbas on Friday in Amman, and more meetings could be in the offing.

Kerry left Amman on Thursday evening in a convoy of nearly a dozen vehicles for the roughly 90-minute drive to Jerusalem. A Jordanian military helicopter flew over his convoy during the trip, according to a reporter who was allowed to make the trip with Kerry and his delegation.

Netanyahu was about an hour late, apparently telling Kerry that he was delayed because he had been attending a graduation ceremony for Israeli military pilots. They started talking around 9:30 p.m. local time in a suite at a hotel in Jerusalem and ended their discussion around 1:30 a.m. Friday.

There were no immediate readouts of the discussion from Israeli or U.S. officials.

U.S. State department officials say that while there are no scheduled plans for any three-way discussion during Kerry's trip, they are confident that both sides are open to negotiations, or at least sitting down together at the same table to restart talks that broke down in 2008.

Kerry, they say, will continue to try to find common ground between the two sides that would lead to a re-launching of peace talks. On this trip, Kerry is trying to pin down precisely what conditions Abbas and Netanyahu have for restarting talks and perhaps discuss confidence-building measures.

Beyond that, Kerry wants to talk about the positive outcomes, such as enhanced economic growth, of a two-state solution. But at the same time, the secretary, who has long-time relationships with officials from both sides, will remind them of what's at stake if the conflict is left unresolved, they said.

Earlier this month, in a speech to the American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Washington, Kerry warned of serious consequences if no deal is reached.

"Think about what could happen next door," he told the Jewish audience. " The Palestinian Authority has committed itself to a policy of nonviolence. ... Up until recently, not one Israeli died from anything that happened from the West Bank until there was a settler killed about a month ago.

"But if that experiment is allowed to fail, ask yourselves: What will replace it? What will happen if the Palestinian economy implodes, if the Palestinian Security Forces dissolve, if the Palestinian Authority fails? ... The failure of the moderate Palestinian leadership could very well invite the rise of the very thing that we want to avoid: the same extremism in the West Bank that we have seen in Gaza or from southern Lebanon."

So far, there have been no public signals that the two sides are narrowing their differences.

Abbas has said he won't negotiate unless Israel stops building settlements on war-won lands or accepts its 1967 lines ? before the capture of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in a Mideast war that year ? as a starting point for border talks. The Palestinians claim all three areas for their future state.

Netanyahu has rejected the Palestinian demands, saying there should be no pre-conditions ? though his predecessor conducted talks on the basis of the pre-1967 lines, and the international community views the settlements as illegal or illegitimate.

Earlier on Thursday, Kerry talked about the crisis in Syria and the Mideast peace process over lunch with Jordan's King Abdullah II.

In a statement, the Royal Palace said Abdullah told Kerry that he will continue trying to bridge the gaps in the viewpoints of Palestinians and Israelis. But he warned that Israel's "unilateral actions, which include continuous Israeli trespassing on Christian and Muslim holy sites, undermine chances for peace."

On Wednesday, an Israeli planning committee gave the final approval for construction of dozens of new homes in a settlement in east Jerusalem. The announcement, which was made the day before Kerry's visit, appeared to be an Israeli snub at the secretary of state's latest round of Mideast diplomacy.

Officials traveling with Kerry sought to minimize the significance of the announcement, saying the U.S. has repeatedly said that continued construction of settlements were unhelpful to efforts to restart the talks. The settlements are part of the Har Homa area of east Jerusalem. The Obama administration said it was "deeply concerned" back in 2011 when an Israeli planning commission approved 930 new housing units in the Har Homa neighborhood.

The Palestinian side condemned the announcement.

"Such behavior proves that the Israeli government is determined to undermine Secretary Kerry's efforts at every level," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.

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Associated Press writer Jamal Halaby in Amman contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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