Sales at McDonald's outlets in the United States fell 4.6% in November - more than double the expected decline
Global sales for the fast-food chain
dropped 2.2%, in their sixth consecutive
monthly fall.
Like-for-like sales at McDonald's have not
increased since October 2013, as smaller
rivals eroded its market share.
Consumers have been opting for healthier
and more varied offerings at outlets such
as Chipotle, which allows diners to
customise their dishes.
The Mexican food chain reported a 20%
rise in like-for-like sales for the three
months to September 30 - the third
quarter of double-digit increases.
Sales for McDonald's in the Asia/Pacific,
Middle East and Africa markets were down
4%, hit by a China meat supplier scandal
that scared off customers and forced the
company to find new sources for its
chicken and beef.
In Europe, sales dropped 2% in November,
as a strong UK performance was dragged
down by a "very weak" Russian market
and negative results in both France and
Germany.
In August, Russian authorities forced
several Moscow outlets to close over
alleged hygiene breaches. The move came
amid Western criticism of the Kremlin's
support for separatists in Ukraine.
'Demanding' consumers
Don Thompson, McDonald's chief executive,
said the chain was simplifying its menu,
improving marketing and giving more
control to local operators.
"Today's consumers increasingly demand
more choice, convenience and value in
their dining-out experience," he said.
Analysts polled by research firm
Consensus Metrix had expected sales at
stores open for more than 13 months to
decline by 1.9% in the US and 1.7%
worldwide.
Shares fell 3.6% in New York to
$92.63, valuing the company at $93.7bn.
The stock has been largely flat this year.
McDonald's results have also been hit by
the strong US dollar.
Last month, the fast food giant said it
would move into its 120th global market
by opening outlets in Kazakhstan next
year.
It has more than 35,000 locations that
serve about 70 million customers a day.
McDonald's sales in China were hit by a
meat supplier scandal.
Pay protests
On Thursday last week, thousands of fast-
food workers marched in nearly 200 cities
around the US to call for a sharp rise in
the minimum wage and union rights.
Diamond Jackson, 18, a McDonald's worker
in Knoxville, said she wanted to become a
nurse like her mother, but could not
afford to study. "I make $7.25, and we're
out here telling people that we can't get by
on that".
Unions want the federal minimum wage
increased to $15 per hour from $7.25,
where it has remained since 2009.
Fast-food chains including McDonald's say
that most of their outlets are owned by
independent operators who are responsible
for pay rates.
On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> It has been a roller coastal these 65
> days and finally it has come to an end
> this final day December 7th and the
> winner finally chose, Idris. we did make
> our predictions known earlier and we
> had indeed predicted that the lad, as
> against our very own, Tayo, would
> take home the prize and so he did.
> Here is how the night panned out up
> until this very glorious moment.
> Butterphly and Ma'm Bea, first to
> be evicted
> The final show was definitely not
> lacking in the pomp, glitz and glamour
> the Big Brother show has come to be
> known for. The show kicked off with
> interesting performances from music
> artists including "Eja Nla" D'banj who
> had the audience asking for more of
> his performance.
> IK then went straight to the eviction of
> as the representative of the auditing
> firm brought the envelope containing
> the names of the six housemates that
> would first be evicted. IK asked all the
> Hotshots to stand just as he called the
> names of Butterfly and Ma'm Bea to
> leave the house as they were the first
> to be evicted.
> JJ and Sipe are next evictees
> A musical performance by Nzonzi
> helped to douse the highly tensed
> atmosphere. After the musical
> interlude, IK welcomed Butterphly and
> Ma'm Bea to the stage and asked them
> how they feel. Butterphly said she felt
> like crying for leaving at this stage
> while Ma'm Bea said she learnt a lot
> the last week. Butterphly said the
> house brought out the real her even
> as it took her long to adjust. Ma'm Bea
> said she had a caring heart which she
> picked up from her mother. IK
> presented a medallion as gift from
> Biggie to the duo, saying it will help
> serve as a reminder they made it to
> the finals.
> IK moved on next to the housemates
> for the next set of evictions. He
> announced the names of JJ and Sipe as
> the next evictees from the Big Brother
> house.
> The Moment The Winner Was
> Picked-
> The final moment was upon us. Tayo
> and Idris were brought through via a
> limosine and went on stage with IK,
> waiting to hear which one of them
> would be crowned this season's winner,
> Africa's Big Brother Hotshot. They
> made a great entrance to the live
> stage. Idris was speechless, Tayo
> watched his final video of his 63 days
> in the house as he shuffled around
> nervously.
> Idris clearly enjoyed his video and
> watched himself intently. IK talked to
> Tayo and he said that things changed
> for him in the house. They discussed
> their fight but it was water under the
> bridge. He talked about having fun in
> the house in the last week, IK asked
> Tayo if the pressure got to him, Tayo
> said that he chilled for the past week
> as he felt he had done everything he
> had done already. Tayo then mentioned
> that if he won, he would give a "grand
> prize" to the woman who "walked into
> his house". Idris said that he will "give
> the money back to Africa".
> IK stood on stage with the final
> envelope that revealed the winner. "The
> winner of Big Brother Hotshots is…" IK
> left them hanging, the drone kept
> droning on, IK extended their agony,
> and then said. "That person is Idris."
> Idris is the winner! Africa has chosen
> as Idris charmed not only the women
> of the house, he charmed the entire
> continent of Africa. The Tanzanian is
> now USD300,000 richer. Tayo played
> an amazing game but Idris is the
> ultimate winner and there is much
> celebration.
> Congratulations to Idris, the ultimate
> Big Brother Hotshot.
> How Africa Voted
> According to the final votes of this
> season, the housemate with the most
> number of country votes is Idrs.
> Idris received five country votes and
> these were from Kenya, Namibia,
> Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
> The runner-up, Tayo received two
> country votes and these were from
> Nigeria and Mozambique. The rest of
> the finalists received country votes as
> follows:
> Macky2 got two country votes from
> Zambia and Rest of Africa, Nhlanhla
> also got two country votes from
> South Africa and Botswana, JJ got one
> country vote from Zimbabwe, Sipe also
> got one country vote from Malawi and
> Butterphly received 0 country votes.
> For the housemates who received the
> same number of country votes, the tie
> breaker rule came into effect for
> those housemates.
> According to the Big Brother Africa
> rules: If the Popularity vote does not
> yield clear evictees and there is a
> deadlock between two or more
> housemates, the percentage vote from
> each of the 15 regions is added
> together and divided by 14 in order to
> generate an across the board
> percentage, which is then used to
> ascertain who stays and who goes.
>
>
> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The PlayStation gaming console wrapped
>> up its second decade on Wednesday, and
>> Sony celebrated by looking to the past.
>> The Japanese tech giant announced that a
>> limited edition 20th Anniversary
>> PlayStation 4 will be released soon. The
>> console will be gray, like the first
>> PlayStation released December 3, 1994 in
>> Japan. It will include other imagery like the
>> iconic four-color PlayStation logo that
>> harks back to the system's history.
>> "The mid-'90s were an exciting time for
>> game developers, driven by the explosion
>> of powerful but affordable 3-D graphics
>> rendering hardware and the birth of many
>> young and adventurous development
>> studios," Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony
>> Computer Entertainment Worldwide
>> Studios, wrote in the post on the
>> PlayStation blog. "The original PlayStation
>> was meant to embody that sense of
>> adventure and discovery, that sense that
>> anything was possible."
>> The PlayStation sold a then unheard-of
>> 100,000 units in its first weekend and hit 1
>> million units in six months, according to
>> Sony.
>> Only 12,300 units of the 20th Anniversary
>> PS4 will be released, according to a video
>> on the blog post. Pre-orders will begin
>> Saturday, and details about how to vie for
>> one of the handful of slots will come
>> during a keynote presentation from
>> PlayStation Experience, a fan and
>> developer expo being held in Las Vegas.
>> The keynote will be Saturday at 1 pm ET.
>> To celebrate the 20th anniversary, we
>> assembled a gallery of images of the
>> PlayStation, and the people who love it,
>> from the past two decades.
>
>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Bond is back and we're pleased to have
>>> all of the details of the new movie.
>>> Director Sam Mendes revealed the
>>> name and cast of the new movie,
>>> Spectre, during a live event held at
>>> London's Pinewood Studios.
>>> The movie is set to be released on 6th
>>> November 2015. Avid fans will know
>>> Spectre stands for: Special Executive
>>> for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism,
>>> Revenge and Extortion,
>
>
>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Gangnam Style hit music video by
>>>> South Korean singer, PSY, has exceeded
>>>> YouTube's view limit, prompting
>>>> YouTube to upgrade its counter.
>>>> The video which was released in 2012,
>>>> was announced to be its most watched
>>>> ever and has been viewed more than
>>>> 2,147,483,647 times. YouTube has now
>>>> changed the maximum view limit to
>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more
>>>> than nine quintillion.
>>>> On December 1, YouTube posted a
>>>> statement saying: "We never thought a
>>>> video would be watched in numbers
>>>> greater than a 32-bit integer… but
>>>> that was before we met Psy."
>>>> Meanwhile, how do you say
>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808? That's
>>>> over a quadrillion, over a trillion, and
>>>> over a billion.
>
>
>>>> On 12/4/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Kim K has been named the "Most Searched
>>>>> Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner,
>>>>> Beyonce. 2014 was definitely the year of the 34
>>>>> year old reality star with buzz-worthy events like
>>>>> her wedding to Kanye, her Vogue cover and
>>>>> most recently her 'break the internet' naked pics
>>>>> for Paper magazine.
>>>>> Beyonce comes second, while Miley Cyrus and
>>>>> Katy Perry come 3rd and 4th respectively. See
>>>>> the top ten most searched personalities of 2014
>>>>> after the cut...
>>>>> 1. Kim Kardashian
>>>>> 2. Beyonce Knowles
>>>>> 3. Miley Cyrus
>>>>> 4. Katy Perry
>>>>> 5. Justin Bieber
>>>>> 6. Joan Rivers
>>>>> 7. Jennifer Lopez
>>>>> 8. Kendall Jenner
>>>>> 9. Kaley Cuoco
>>>>> 10. Robin Williams
>
>
>>>>> On 12/3/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, a
>>>>>> Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled
>>>>>> the thing that we have all been dreaming
>>>>>> about since we saw that first episode of the
>>>>>> Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The first
>>>>>> flying car. It's here. It's real. And it's
>>>>>> spectacular.
>>>>>> According to Venturebeat, the company
>>>>>> took the wraps off AeroMobil 3.0, the latest
>>>>>> iteration of its flying car that has been in
>>>>>> development for almost 25 years.
>>>>>> "We believe personal transportation is about
>>>>>> to change forever," said AeroMobil chief
>>>>>> executive Juraj Vaculik at a press
>>>>>> conference. "We think it's time to make
>>>>>> transportation more emotional and more
>>>>>> personal."
>>>>>> The car was designed by Stefan Klein,
>>>>>> founder and head of the Department of
>>>>>> Transport Design at the Academy of Fine
>>>>>> Arts in Slovakia. Klein had been tinkering
>>>>>> with the concept as far back as 1989.
>>>>>> Image
>>>>>> The car needs very little runway to take off,
>>>>>> and it can be refueled at any standard gas
>>>>>> station when the wings are retracted.
>>>>>> AeroMobil believes it will be attractive for
>>>>>> countries that don't have billions of dollars
>>>>>> to spend building a modern transportation
>>>>>> infrastructure.
>>>>>> The body is built from advanced composite
>>>>>> materials that keep it lightweight but also
>>>>>> durable. Under the hood, it has autopilot
>>>>>> and an advanced parachute deployment
>>>>>> system. The cockpit can carry two people,
>>>>>> and in the air the flying car can reach top
>>>>>> speeds of 200 km/h. It has a 27-foot
>>>>>> wingspan and is 19.7 feet long.
>>>>>> No word on the price tag.
>
>>>>>> On 12/3/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> According to reports Angelina Jolie's black
>>>>>>> SUV car slipped on a wet road, slid into the
>>>>>>> curb with extreme force, popping two tires,
>>>>>>> almost causing the driver to lose control of
>>>>>>> the vehicle.
>>>>>>> The actress was heading home in a
>>>>>>> chauffeured black SUV from Writers' Guild
>>>>>>> Theater, when the car hit the curb.
>>>>>>> According to an eyewitness (who spoke ti
>>>>>>> X17 Online): "The car slammed into the
>>>>>>> curb at a significant speed. Angelina must
>>>>>>> have wondered if they hit another car. It
>>>>>>> was pretty bad -- the tire exploded and it's
>>>>>>> amazing nothing worse happened to the
>>>>>>> car. I wouldn't be surprised if she has
>>>>>>> whiplash."
>>>>>>> Angelina reportedly stayed in the car after
>>>>>>> the incident and was later picked up, not
>>>>>>> by Brad pitt, but by another driver from the
>>>>>>> same car service.
>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>> 12/03/2014 10:47:00 am
>
>
>
>
>>>> --
>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>> 12/07/2014 01:50:00 am
>
>
>>> --
>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>> 12/07/2014 03:24:00 am
>
>
>> --
>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>> 12/07/2014 06:03:00 am
>
>
> --
> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
> 12/07/2014 01:52:00 pm
>
dropped 2.2%, in their sixth consecutive
monthly fall.
Like-for-like sales at McDonald's have not
increased since October 2013, as smaller
rivals eroded its market share.
Consumers have been opting for healthier
and more varied offerings at outlets such
as Chipotle, which allows diners to
customise their dishes.
The Mexican food chain reported a 20%
rise in like-for-like sales for the three
months to September 30 - the third
quarter of double-digit increases.
Sales for McDonald's in the Asia/Pacific,
Middle East and Africa markets were down
4%, hit by a China meat supplier scandal
that scared off customers and forced the
company to find new sources for its
chicken and beef.
In Europe, sales dropped 2% in November,
as a strong UK performance was dragged
down by a "very weak" Russian market
and negative results in both France and
Germany.
In August, Russian authorities forced
several Moscow outlets to close over
alleged hygiene breaches. The move came
amid Western criticism of the Kremlin's
support for separatists in Ukraine.
'Demanding' consumers
Don Thompson, McDonald's chief executive,
said the chain was simplifying its menu,
improving marketing and giving more
control to local operators.
"Today's consumers increasingly demand
more choice, convenience and value in
their dining-out experience," he said.
Analysts polled by research firm
Consensus Metrix had expected sales at
stores open for more than 13 months to
decline by 1.9% in the US and 1.7%
worldwide.
Shares fell 3.6% in New York to
$92.63, valuing the company at $93.7bn.
The stock has been largely flat this year.
McDonald's results have also been hit by
the strong US dollar.
Last month, the fast food giant said it
would move into its 120th global market
by opening outlets in Kazakhstan next
year.
It has more than 35,000 locations that
serve about 70 million customers a day.
McDonald's sales in China were hit by a
meat supplier scandal.
Pay protests
On Thursday last week, thousands of fast-
food workers marched in nearly 200 cities
around the US to call for a sharp rise in
the minimum wage and union rights.
Diamond Jackson, 18, a McDonald's worker
in Knoxville, said she wanted to become a
nurse like her mother, but could not
afford to study. "I make $7.25, and we're
out here telling people that we can't get by
on that".
Unions want the federal minimum wage
increased to $15 per hour from $7.25,
where it has remained since 2009.
Fast-food chains including McDonald's say
that most of their outlets are owned by
independent operators who are responsible
for pay rates.
On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> It has been a roller coastal these 65
> days and finally it has come to an end
> this final day December 7th and the
> winner finally chose, Idris. we did make
> our predictions known earlier and we
> had indeed predicted that the lad, as
> against our very own, Tayo, would
> take home the prize and so he did.
> Here is how the night panned out up
> until this very glorious moment.
> Butterphly and Ma'm Bea, first to
> be evicted
> The final show was definitely not
> lacking in the pomp, glitz and glamour
> the Big Brother show has come to be
> known for. The show kicked off with
> interesting performances from music
> artists including "Eja Nla" D'banj who
> had the audience asking for more of
> his performance.
> IK then went straight to the eviction of
> as the representative of the auditing
> firm brought the envelope containing
> the names of the six housemates that
> would first be evicted. IK asked all the
> Hotshots to stand just as he called the
> names of Butterfly and Ma'm Bea to
> leave the house as they were the first
> to be evicted.
> JJ and Sipe are next evictees
> A musical performance by Nzonzi
> helped to douse the highly tensed
> atmosphere. After the musical
> interlude, IK welcomed Butterphly and
> Ma'm Bea to the stage and asked them
> how they feel. Butterphly said she felt
> like crying for leaving at this stage
> while Ma'm Bea said she learnt a lot
> the last week. Butterphly said the
> house brought out the real her even
> as it took her long to adjust. Ma'm Bea
> said she had a caring heart which she
> picked up from her mother. IK
> presented a medallion as gift from
> Biggie to the duo, saying it will help
> serve as a reminder they made it to
> the finals.
> IK moved on next to the housemates
> for the next set of evictions. He
> announced the names of JJ and Sipe as
> the next evictees from the Big Brother
> house.
> The Moment The Winner Was
> Picked-
> The final moment was upon us. Tayo
> and Idris were brought through via a
> limosine and went on stage with IK,
> waiting to hear which one of them
> would be crowned this season's winner,
> Africa's Big Brother Hotshot. They
> made a great entrance to the live
> stage. Idris was speechless, Tayo
> watched his final video of his 63 days
> in the house as he shuffled around
> nervously.
> Idris clearly enjoyed his video and
> watched himself intently. IK talked to
> Tayo and he said that things changed
> for him in the house. They discussed
> their fight but it was water under the
> bridge. He talked about having fun in
> the house in the last week, IK asked
> Tayo if the pressure got to him, Tayo
> said that he chilled for the past week
> as he felt he had done everything he
> had done already. Tayo then mentioned
> that if he won, he would give a "grand
> prize" to the woman who "walked into
> his house". Idris said that he will "give
> the money back to Africa".
> IK stood on stage with the final
> envelope that revealed the winner. "The
> winner of Big Brother Hotshots is…" IK
> left them hanging, the drone kept
> droning on, IK extended their agony,
> and then said. "That person is Idris."
> Idris is the winner! Africa has chosen
> as Idris charmed not only the women
> of the house, he charmed the entire
> continent of Africa. The Tanzanian is
> now USD300,000 richer. Tayo played
> an amazing game but Idris is the
> ultimate winner and there is much
> celebration.
> Congratulations to Idris, the ultimate
> Big Brother Hotshot.
> How Africa Voted
> According to the final votes of this
> season, the housemate with the most
> number of country votes is Idrs.
> Idris received five country votes and
> these were from Kenya, Namibia,
> Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
> The runner-up, Tayo received two
> country votes and these were from
> Nigeria and Mozambique. The rest of
> the finalists received country votes as
> follows:
> Macky2 got two country votes from
> Zambia and Rest of Africa, Nhlanhla
> also got two country votes from
> South Africa and Botswana, JJ got one
> country vote from Zimbabwe, Sipe also
> got one country vote from Malawi and
> Butterphly received 0 country votes.
> For the housemates who received the
> same number of country votes, the tie
> breaker rule came into effect for
> those housemates.
> According to the Big Brother Africa
> rules: If the Popularity vote does not
> yield clear evictees and there is a
> deadlock between two or more
> housemates, the percentage vote from
> each of the 15 regions is added
> together and divided by 14 in order to
> generate an across the board
> percentage, which is then used to
> ascertain who stays and who goes.
>
>
> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The PlayStation gaming console wrapped
>> up its second decade on Wednesday, and
>> Sony celebrated by looking to the past.
>> The Japanese tech giant announced that a
>> limited edition 20th Anniversary
>> PlayStation 4 will be released soon. The
>> console will be gray, like the first
>> PlayStation released December 3, 1994 in
>> Japan. It will include other imagery like the
>> iconic four-color PlayStation logo that
>> harks back to the system's history.
>> "The mid-'90s were an exciting time for
>> game developers, driven by the explosion
>> of powerful but affordable 3-D graphics
>> rendering hardware and the birth of many
>> young and adventurous development
>> studios," Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony
>> Computer Entertainment Worldwide
>> Studios, wrote in the post on the
>> PlayStation blog. "The original PlayStation
>> was meant to embody that sense of
>> adventure and discovery, that sense that
>> anything was possible."
>> The PlayStation sold a then unheard-of
>> 100,000 units in its first weekend and hit 1
>> million units in six months, according to
>> Sony.
>> Only 12,300 units of the 20th Anniversary
>> PS4 will be released, according to a video
>> on the blog post. Pre-orders will begin
>> Saturday, and details about how to vie for
>> one of the handful of slots will come
>> during a keynote presentation from
>> PlayStation Experience, a fan and
>> developer expo being held in Las Vegas.
>> The keynote will be Saturday at 1 pm ET.
>> To celebrate the 20th anniversary, we
>> assembled a gallery of images of the
>> PlayStation, and the people who love it,
>> from the past two decades.
>
>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Bond is back and we're pleased to have
>>> all of the details of the new movie.
>>> Director Sam Mendes revealed the
>>> name and cast of the new movie,
>>> Spectre, during a live event held at
>>> London's Pinewood Studios.
>>> The movie is set to be released on 6th
>>> November 2015. Avid fans will know
>>> Spectre stands for: Special Executive
>>> for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism,
>>> Revenge and Extortion,
>
>
>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Gangnam Style hit music video by
>>>> South Korean singer, PSY, has exceeded
>>>> YouTube's view limit, prompting
>>>> YouTube to upgrade its counter.
>>>> The video which was released in 2012,
>>>> was announced to be its most watched
>>>> ever and has been viewed more than
>>>> 2,147,483,647 times. YouTube has now
>>>> changed the maximum view limit to
>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more
>>>> than nine quintillion.
>>>> On December 1, YouTube posted a
>>>> statement saying: "We never thought a
>>>> video would be watched in numbers
>>>> greater than a 32-bit integer… but
>>>> that was before we met Psy."
>>>> Meanwhile, how do you say
>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808? That's
>>>> over a quadrillion, over a trillion, and
>>>> over a billion.
>
>
>>>> On 12/4/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Kim K has been named the "Most Searched
>>>>> Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner,
>>>>> Beyonce. 2014 was definitely the year of the 34
>>>>> year old reality star with buzz-worthy events like
>>>>> her wedding to Kanye, her Vogue cover and
>>>>> most recently her 'break the internet' naked pics
>>>>> for Paper magazine.
>>>>> Beyonce comes second, while Miley Cyrus and
>>>>> Katy Perry come 3rd and 4th respectively. See
>>>>> the top ten most searched personalities of 2014
>>>>> after the cut...
>>>>> 1. Kim Kardashian
>>>>> 2. Beyonce Knowles
>>>>> 3. Miley Cyrus
>>>>> 4. Katy Perry
>>>>> 5. Justin Bieber
>>>>> 6. Joan Rivers
>>>>> 7. Jennifer Lopez
>>>>> 8. Kendall Jenner
>>>>> 9. Kaley Cuoco
>>>>> 10. Robin Williams
>
>
>>>>> On 12/3/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, a
>>>>>> Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled
>>>>>> the thing that we have all been dreaming
>>>>>> about since we saw that first episode of the
>>>>>> Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The first
>>>>>> flying car. It's here. It's real. And it's
>>>>>> spectacular.
>>>>>> According to Venturebeat, the company
>>>>>> took the wraps off AeroMobil 3.0, the latest
>>>>>> iteration of its flying car that has been in
>>>>>> development for almost 25 years.
>>>>>> "We believe personal transportation is about
>>>>>> to change forever," said AeroMobil chief
>>>>>> executive Juraj Vaculik at a press
>>>>>> conference. "We think it's time to make
>>>>>> transportation more emotional and more
>>>>>> personal."
>>>>>> The car was designed by Stefan Klein,
>>>>>> founder and head of the Department of
>>>>>> Transport Design at the Academy of Fine
>>>>>> Arts in Slovakia. Klein had been tinkering
>>>>>> with the concept as far back as 1989.
>>>>>> Image
>>>>>> The car needs very little runway to take off,
>>>>>> and it can be refueled at any standard gas
>>>>>> station when the wings are retracted.
>>>>>> AeroMobil believes it will be attractive for
>>>>>> countries that don't have billions of dollars
>>>>>> to spend building a modern transportation
>>>>>> infrastructure.
>>>>>> The body is built from advanced composite
>>>>>> materials that keep it lightweight but also
>>>>>> durable. Under the hood, it has autopilot
>>>>>> and an advanced parachute deployment
>>>>>> system. The cockpit can carry two people,
>>>>>> and in the air the flying car can reach top
>>>>>> speeds of 200 km/h. It has a 27-foot
>>>>>> wingspan and is 19.7 feet long.
>>>>>> No word on the price tag.
>
>>>>>> On 12/3/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> According to reports Angelina Jolie's black
>>>>>>> SUV car slipped on a wet road, slid into the
>>>>>>> curb with extreme force, popping two tires,
>>>>>>> almost causing the driver to lose control of
>>>>>>> the vehicle.
>>>>>>> The actress was heading home in a
>>>>>>> chauffeured black SUV from Writers' Guild
>>>>>>> Theater, when the car hit the curb.
>>>>>>> According to an eyewitness (who spoke ti
>>>>>>> X17 Online): "The car slammed into the
>>>>>>> curb at a significant speed. Angelina must
>>>>>>> have wondered if they hit another car. It
>>>>>>> was pretty bad -- the tire exploded and it's
>>>>>>> amazing nothing worse happened to the
>>>>>>> car. I wouldn't be surprised if she has
>>>>>>> whiplash."
>>>>>>> Angelina reportedly stayed in the car after
>>>>>>> the incident and was later picked up, not
>>>>>>> by Brad pitt, but by another driver from the
>>>>>>> same car service.
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>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>> 12/03/2014 10:47:00 am
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>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>> 12/07/2014 01:50:00 am
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>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>> 12/07/2014 03:24:00 am
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>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>> 12/07/2014 06:03:00 am
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> 12/07/2014 01:52:00 pm
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