With the fate of the city's medical marijuana industry in question, workers at more than a dozen Los Angeles pot shops have formed a labor union in part to help ward off a proposed citywide ban on dispensaries.
The employees joined the ranks of grocery workers, healthcare providers and pharmacists at the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 770. At a news conference Thursday, the president of the union vowed to leverage the "full force" of its 35,000 members to keep dispensaries open.
The City Council is weighing a ban that would forbid businesses to sell marijuana but still allow patients who are seriously ill and their caregivers to cultivate it.
In January, City Atty. Carmen Trutanich called on the council to revoke the city's existing ordinance, which uses a lottery to choose which dispensaries to allow. He said a court decision limits what cities can do to regulate dispensaries.
The California Supreme Court plans to review rulings by lower courts on how much oversight local governments can have over medical marijuana operations. But a ruling is probably a year or two away.
Councilman Jose Huizar has been the major champion of the ban. His Eastside district includes Eagle Rock, where community activists have complained about the neighborhood's large number of dispensaries.
Huizar has close ties to labor unions. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor endorsed him during his reelection campaign last year, and UFCW members walked precincts on his behalf.
But the debate over dispensaries could put him at odds with those allies.
Huizar did not return calls for comment.
Rick Icaza, the president of UFCW Local 770, said the union plans to put the heat on city lawmakers to find a workable ordinance that avoids a total ban on dispensaries, and that unionizing the workers "is the next step in professionalizing and stabilizing this new sector of the healthcare industry."
Yamileth Bolanos, president of the Greater Los Angeles Collectives Alliance, which represents dispensaries, said medical marijuana activists welcome the union's help.
"It's time to bring in some big guns," she said.
A ban would affect more than just medical marijuana patients, she added. "Not only are they threatening access for patients, they're also trying to take jobs away from our employees."
Bolanos said all of the 14 marijuana dispensaries whose employees have joined the union are either members of the alliance or are accredited by the group. Each dispensary has five to 15 employees.
Don Duncan, the California director for Americans for Safe Access, said he hopes union membership will help legitimize a sector that he says is misunderstood. "I think this brings medical cannabis into the field as an industry," he said.
Other branches of UFCW have already unionized employees of dispensaries in Colorado and other parts of California.
At the news conference, Delphine Pregnon, a pharmacist and longtime union member, said her industry and the medical-marijuana industry aren't so different.
"Medical cannabis dispensaries are just another place for people to get their medicine," she said.
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The composite materials are developed through the synthesis and treatment of nanoclays that are inserted into matrix of the polymer
This release is available in Spanish.
Researchers at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) are working on a project to design and manufacture composite PVC materials based on nanofillings and intended for multi-sectoral applications. The ultimate aim of the Vinilclay project is to control and optimize the properties of the plastic material; specifically, its photostability, thermal resistance and gas permeation.
The company Compuestos y Granzas, S. A. (CYGSA), which is acting as the co-ordinator, and the L'Urederra R+D Centre are also involved in the project. The researchers from the Public University of Navarre are Antonio Gil-Bravo and Sophia A. Korili, lecturers from the Department of Applied Chemistry, and Saioa Albeniz, the project assistant. They all belong to the Environmental Technologies and Applications Research Group.
The nanofilled polymer composite materials are developed through the synthesis and treatment of nanoclays inserted into the matrix of the polymer. According to Antonio Gil, "the main aim is to improve their photostability properties: ultraviolet rays, responsible for the accelerated degradation of the polymers, cause discolouration and loss of performance of the materials, thus shortening their useful life. Inserting molecules capable of absorbing light radiation increases the composite's resistance to UV radiation."
The molecules tend to be of an ionic type and can be inserted using various methods, such as ion-exchange. Depending on the chosen option, the photoresistance properties and the range of absorption in the UV-visible region may be altered, which means that each method can be adapted to the two main groups of material synthesis applications: opaque plastic nanocomposites, and coloured products. In the latter group, the desired colour in the final product will determine the type of colouring molecule used.
Enhancement of refractory properties
The second objective is to enhance the refractory properties relating to the capacity of the nanofillers to act simultaneously as mechanical and flame-retardant reinforcements. "The flame retardants used are currently based on aluminium or magnesium hydroxides or on flame-retardant plasticisers and high loading percentages need to be used, which leads to a deterioration in the mechanical properties of the final composite," says Prof. Gil.
The new nanofillers being developed can increase the thermal stability of the material, reduce smoke emission in the case of combustion, and halt the deterioration of mechanical properties caused by other fire retardants. "Thanks to the synergy effect between the nanofilling and the flame retardant material, it is even possible to reduce the proportion of the conventional flame retardant materials used in the standard formulations."
Finally, the improvement in the permeation properties of the materials can pave the way, thanks to the addition of the nanofillers, for the development of new formulations with barrier properties against gases and volatile organic molecules with low molecular weight. This way, an attempt will be made to reduce the diffusion of gases through the modified polymers.
The Vinilclay project is receiving funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation within the framework of the INNPACTO programme, and is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER); it is scheduled to continue until the end of this year.
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The composite materials are developed through the synthesis and treatment of nanoclays that are inserted into matrix of the polymer
This release is available in Spanish.
Researchers at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) are working on a project to design and manufacture composite PVC materials based on nanofillings and intended for multi-sectoral applications. The ultimate aim of the Vinilclay project is to control and optimize the properties of the plastic material; specifically, its photostability, thermal resistance and gas permeation.
The company Compuestos y Granzas, S. A. (CYGSA), which is acting as the co-ordinator, and the L'Urederra R+D Centre are also involved in the project. The researchers from the Public University of Navarre are Antonio Gil-Bravo and Sophia A. Korili, lecturers from the Department of Applied Chemistry, and Saioa Albeniz, the project assistant. They all belong to the Environmental Technologies and Applications Research Group.
The nanofilled polymer composite materials are developed through the synthesis and treatment of nanoclays inserted into the matrix of the polymer. According to Antonio Gil, "the main aim is to improve their photostability properties: ultraviolet rays, responsible for the accelerated degradation of the polymers, cause discolouration and loss of performance of the materials, thus shortening their useful life. Inserting molecules capable of absorbing light radiation increases the composite's resistance to UV radiation."
The molecules tend to be of an ionic type and can be inserted using various methods, such as ion-exchange. Depending on the chosen option, the photoresistance properties and the range of absorption in the UV-visible region may be altered, which means that each method can be adapted to the two main groups of material synthesis applications: opaque plastic nanocomposites, and coloured products. In the latter group, the desired colour in the final product will determine the type of colouring molecule used.
Enhancement of refractory properties
The second objective is to enhance the refractory properties relating to the capacity of the nanofillers to act simultaneously as mechanical and flame-retardant reinforcements. "The flame retardants used are currently based on aluminium or magnesium hydroxides or on flame-retardant plasticisers and high loading percentages need to be used, which leads to a deterioration in the mechanical properties of the final composite," says Prof. Gil.
The new nanofillers being developed can increase the thermal stability of the material, reduce smoke emission in the case of combustion, and halt the deterioration of mechanical properties caused by other fire retardants. "Thanks to the synergy effect between the nanofilling and the flame retardant material, it is even possible to reduce the proportion of the conventional flame retardant materials used in the standard formulations."
Finally, the improvement in the permeation properties of the materials can pave the way, thanks to the addition of the nanofillers, for the development of new formulations with barrier properties against gases and volatile organic molecules with low molecular weight. This way, an attempt will be made to reduce the diffusion of gases through the modified polymers.
The Vinilclay project is receiving funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation within the framework of the INNPACTO programme, and is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER); it is scheduled to continue until the end of this year.
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There is a fundamental shift in the underlying business models. (Thank goodness)
a) No longer is the only source of getting a song, buying an album. Now, if you like a song, you buy the song for 1.29, rather than the album for $20 from HMV or wherever. b) Social media and word of mouth trumps advertising and corporate presentation. It's much harder to convince your audience to spend the $20 for the album with 1 mediocre song, and it's much easier for your audience to talk amongst them selves and realize that the album isn't worth it.
c) Thanks to the digital age, the industry is shrinking. Same for newspapers.
A large portion of the size of the industry was the overhead necessary to distribute physical media. I'm not sure what %, but I'm certain it was significant. This business value is gone and/or going now. What you're left with is the value of the purely creative side, some marketing, some overhead.
If the value of a newspaper in 1990 was $100M, and $60M of that could be attributed to the capital & overhead required to actually produce and deliver the newspaper; now it's 2012, and after inflation the same company finds itself worth $40M because they've lost the need to maintain the infrastructure to do the physical delivery. The same is true for Music (tho not yet for movies, although coming) A very large portion of the value of a music distribution company was the distribution part. That's gone now, thank goodness.
We just need the industry to adapt to the new mode where creation is harder than delivery, because right now I feel like we're not being served well by record company A&R.
Cardiovascular exercising is definitely an vital a part of any exercising method. It really is beneficial for that coronary heart, facilitates to keep the physique?s metabolism revved, and is good for tension reduction. Here, we will review some ideas for different forms of cardio since it relates to aerobic fitness.
* Initial, usually stretch your muscle tissue prior to performing any cardio exercising. This really is an vital position, because a pulled muscle will derail your fitness initiatives.
* Try and select a cardio exercising that you choose to will get pleasure from at least a little little bit.
* To shed body fat, cardiovascular exercising demands to generally be completed a minimum of 3 moments for each weeks time, 5 moments for optimal aerobic fitness, so it truly is vital in your method to enjoy the exercising.
* Some different forms of cardio would be the stationary bike, treadmill, elliptical machine, and stairmaster. These would be the machines which might be staples in most each gym.
A popular form of cardio coaching is interval coaching. This means the intensity would fluctuate each 2 -4 minutes. An example of this is actually a treadmill workout like: 2 mph for 4 mins, raise to 4 mph for 2 min, lower to 3 mph for 6 min, and so forth for 30 ? 40 minutes. This sort of coaching facilitates to maximize the rewards of the cardio workout for aerobic fitness by keeping the physique guessing, consequently, the physique is significantly less likely to adapt to that sort of exercising very swiftly.
A really popular form of cardio exercising is Zumba. This is actually a type which has different fly strikes set to Latin songs, this type is taught by a certified Zumba instructor, and is normally approximately one particular hour prolonged. In case you like songs, this could be an excellent option, it truly is a whole lot of fun. The boot camp style lessons are available at most gyms currently and are good forms of cardio exercising, because they require you to move from one particular exercising towards the other really swiftly, keeping your coronary heart charge elevated for that complete type.
Modifying up your cardio routine can also be a critical to sticking along with your exercising method. Swimming on Monday, treadmill on Wednesday, and stairmaster on Friday is definitely an example of the routine that will not get boring. One more beneficial thought is usually to do 10 minutes just about every on 3 different machines.
They are just several tips on obtaining the cardio you wish for optimal aerobic fitness. You might give good results hard, sweat a whole lot, and when you?re not cautious, you will have some fun.
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That neighbor you struggle to love as yourself? Better find a way to follow Jesus' command, because the man on the other side of the fence is less likely than ever to move away. Same goes for everyone else you might want to escape, because the U.S. mobility rate fell to an all-time low last year when only 11.6 percent of Americans changed residences.
The U.S. Census Bureau has been tracking these statistics since 1948, when World War II veterans were bringing Baby Boomers home to new suburban abodes. It was a time of high mobility rates launched initially by the war mobilization and later accelerated by a new interstate highway system and the growth of commercial air travel. But these rates have slowed significantly in recent years, especially among the children of Baby Boomers.
"[S]ometime in the past 30 years, someone has hit the brakes and Americans---particularly young Americans---have become risk-averse and sedentary," Todd and Victoria Buchholz wrote in a recent editorial for The New York Times. "The timing is terrible. With an 8.3 percent unemployment rate and a foreclosure rate that would grab the attention of the Joads [of The Grapes of Wrath], young Americans are less inclined to pack up and move to sunnier economic climes."
Especially if you live and minister among young adults, you've probably witnessed this trend through prayer requests for desperate friends and family unable to find jobs and sell their devalued homes. Indeed, the Great Recession is a chief culprit in these changes. Todd Buchholz---author of Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race observes with Victoria---a student at Cambridge University---that the share of young adults living at home almost doubled between 1980 and 2008. Indeed, Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data released last week showed 21.6 percent of adults age 25 to 34 now live in multi-generational households, the highest such percentage since the 1950s and a nearly 6 percent increase since 2000. These figures provoke the Buchholz pair, or at least their Times editor, to judge today's young adults as The Go-Nowhere Generation. They write:
All this turns American history on its head. We are a nation of movers and shakers. Pilgrims leapt onto leaky boats to get here. The Lost Generation chased Hemingway and Gertrude Stein to Paris. The Greatest Generation signed up to ship out to fight Nazis in Germany or the Japanese imperial forces in the Pacific. The '60s kids joined the Peace Corps. But Generation Y has become Generation Why Bother.
Their solution? Move to North Dakota where the jobs are plentiful. They note but scoff at the remark of Harvard pollster John Della Volpe, who observes that today's young adults aren't eager to move because they enjoy living in their hometowns. The Buchholz plan for Generation Y closely resembles the good life as envisioned by Grapes of Wrath novelist John Steinbeck. This is a moral vision that celebrates individualism unleashed from the ways of the past. Read it yourself in Steinbeck's 1960 memoir Travels with Charley in Search of America, where he celebrates a modern invention he believed would revolutionize American community for the better: the mobile home. Upset with your family? Need a new job? Don't like the neighbors? Hook up the home and haul yourself toward new horizons.
"Central to modern individualism is the ability to separate oneself from home and family, to wander in pursuit of happiness, to leave communities (if only to rejoin others), to be fluid and unfettered," observes scholar Susan J. Matt, author of the recently released book Homesickness: An American History.
Cuts Both Ways
Older Americans have largely adopted this prescription for good living. Baby Boomers popularized the suburban megachurch with ample parking for ecclesial commuters. They bought the big exurban homes and make the long drives to work. They relocated after earning promotions. And many have encouraged their children to seek education at colleges far away from home, decreasing the likelihood the graduates will come home, if such a place even exists. Yet the same capitalistic forces that once demanded geographic mobility now hinder it. Despite these parents' best intentions, the economic advantages they enjoyed have not been transferred to their children.
"Wages for the young are falling, student debt is rising, and twentysomethings are twice as likely to be unemployed as the rest of the country," writes Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic. "This kind of economic uncertainty works as an anchor on national migration."
But economic uncertainly doesn't just affect national migration. These factors transform the shape of Christian discipleship. Prosperity led previous generations of American Christians to believe the good life could be attained through hard work, sacrifice, a well-timed relocation, and perhaps a little luck. Captivated by the same sense of opportunity captured in Steinbeck's work, many left home to start anew, unhindered by the expectations and responsibilities of family and community. This spirit cuts both ways for evangelical churches. Leave your small Bible Belt town for college and work in the big city, and you'll be less likely to follow in your parents' faith. Leave your parents' urban neighborhood for the suburbs and you may find evangelical megachurch spirituality more appealing than the Roman Catholic solidarity of your youth. Studies such as Robert Putnam's American Grace document the unprecedented shifting between religious communities. Putnam reports that as many as 45 percent of white Americans have switched away from their parents' religion at some point. Geographic mobility makes ecclesial mobility more plausible.
The Secret to Contentment
We don't yet know where the stay-home generation will make their church homes. When the economy improves they may hit the road. But I wonder if something has changed for good during the Great Recession. Diminished economic opportunities might have taught a generation of young adults that they cannot depend on money to make them happy. Even in a better economy your job probably won't last long; the company may not be able to afford you, or you may soon be looking for something else to improve your meager earnings. Organizational loyalty, up and down the corporate ladder, has collapsed.
It would be easy to follow the lead of Todd and Victoria Buchholz and blame Facebook and laziness for younger Americans' unwillingness to drop everything and move to North Dakota. But I would hope other factors, chiefly love of neighbor and family, are at work. The grass is not always greener in the Peace Garden State. Your sins will follow you even to the Canadian border. It's challenging but rewarding to stay home and learn to love the family, church, and neighbors who have known you since youth.
Americans may take the restless pursuit of prosperity at any cost for granted, but that doesn't make it any more acceptable in God's eyes. To be clear, it's not necessarily wrong to move for a new job and new start. Certainly it's a noble calling to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. But the national narrative that celebrates the free-ranging individual fosters sinful discontent. Far from liberating, this prescription for a life well-lived conforms us to the pattern of a world where the dollar justifies all. Whether you want to stay home or need to move away, the apostle Paul reveals a better way to guide us in these uncertain times:
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.?I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need (Philippians 4:11-12).
That secret?
[M]y God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.?To our God and Father be glory forever and ever (Philippians 4:19-20).
Collin Hansen serves as editorial director for The Gospel Coalition. He is the co-author of A God-Sized Vision: Revival Stories That Stretch and Stir. You can follow him on Twitter.
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NEW YORK (AP) ? Apple Inc. is finally using its $98 billion cash hoard to reward shareholders, saying it's instituting both a dividend and share buyback program.
Investors' expectation that Apple would soon declare a dividend has already bolstered the stock of the world's most valuable company, driving its market capitalization to about $546 billion.
Apple said Monday that it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, starting in its fiscal fourth quarter, which begins July 1.
The dividend works out to $10.60 annually, or 1.8 percent of the current stock price. That annual yield ? how much the company pays out in dividends compared to its stock price ? is below that of other big technology companies like Microsoft Corp., currently at 2.5 percent, and Hewlett-Packard Co., at 2 percent.
A $10 billion share buyback program will begin next fiscal year, which starts Sept. 30, and run for three years.
Apple is sitting on $97.6 billion in cash and securities. For years, it has resisted calls to reward shareholders with some of that money. Since the death of CEO Steve Jobs, management has signaled that it's been considering options for the money.
Apple has been using cash for its business, for instance by investing in long-term supply contracts for crucial components. Cook said the dividend and buyback won't prevent it from important investments in the future.
"These decisions will not close any doors for us," he told analysts and reporters on a conference call Monday morning.
The dividend will cost Apple about $10 billion annually. That's less than the cash the company generates, so its cash levels will continue to grow, but at a slower rate.
Apple generated $31 billion in cash in the fiscal year that ended in September.
Apple shares have risen 37 percent since Oppenheimer said on Jan. 24 that Apple's board was in "active" discussions about the use of cash. In premarket trading, the shares rose $10.08, or 1.7 percent, from Friday's close to $595.65. Just before the announcement, the shares were above $600.
The dividend opens up ownership of Apple shares to a wider range of funds. Many "value-oriented" funds are not allowed to buy stocks that don't pay dividends.
Buybacks are a popular alternative to dividends, since they reduce the number of shares outstanding. That means every remaining investor has title to a larger share of the company.
Cook said the main point of Apple's buyback is to offset the shares issued to reward the Cupertino, Calif., company's employees.
The dividend and buyback announcement comes three days after the launch of Apple's latest iPad tablet in the U.S. and nine other countries.
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Brain-tumor cells that are infected with a cancer-killing virus release a protein "alarm bell" that warns other tumor cells of the impending infection and enables them to mount a defense against the virus, according to a study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center ? Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC ? James).
The infected tumor cells release a protein called CCN1 into the narrow space between cells where it initiates an antiviral response. The response limits the spread of the oncolytic virus through the tumor, reducing its ability to kill cancer cells and limiting the efficacy of the therapy.
The study suggests that cells in general might use this mechanism to help control viral infections, and that blocking the response might improve oncolytic viral therapy for glioblastoma and perhaps future gene therapy treatments.
Oncolytic viruses replicate in tumor cells and kill them. They have shown promise for the treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of brain cancer. Patients with glioblastoma survive about 15 months after diagnosis on average, so there is great need for new treatments.
The study was published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Research.
"We found that, in the extracellular matrix, this protein orchestrates a striking cellular antiviral response that reduces viral replication and limits its cytolytic efficacy," says researcher and principal investigator Balveen Kaur, associate professor of Neurological Surgery at the OSUCCC ? James.
"These findings are significant because they reveal a novel mechanism used by infected cells to fight viral infections and alert adjacent uninfected cells to prepare their defenses to fight off forthcoming viral attacks," Kaur says.
Kaur notes that CCN1 helps regulate cellular functions that include adhesion, migration, and proliferation, and that it is overexpressed in 68 percent of glioblastoma specimens.
Previous research led by Kaur found that oncolytic virus therapy induced the release of CCN1 into the tumor microenvironment. For this study, Kaur and her colleagues used glioma cell lines, oncolytic viruses derived from human herpesvirus type 1 (HSV-1), and glioblastoma animal models. Key findings include:
CNN1 expression is upregulated by the oncolytic virus but not by chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Thus, it may be a general response of glioma cells to viral infection.
In the extracellular space, CCN1 reduces viral replication and the killing of glioma cells.
CCN1 induces a type-I interferon antiviral response using an integrin cell-surface receptor.
"Overall, this finding reveals how extracellular signaling can contribute to viral clearance," Kaur says. "We can now utilize this knowledge to improve future viral gene therapy."
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Mike Der, owner of Advanced Micro Technologies recaps latest in near field marketing technologies.
Every January, consumer technology professionals gather in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CES is primarily a show for attendees that represent the consumer technology industry. This year?s show attracted more than 140,000 attendees from across the globe. The biggest names in technology are there to talk about their plans for 2012. One of the emerging technologies featured at the show is NFC or ?Near Field Communications?. ???
Near Field Communication
NFC allows two devices to communicate by touching or by being in close proximity. The foundation of NFC is Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, which has been around for some time. The applications, such as mobile payments and mobile health, however, are new.
Within the last few years, contactless card technology has been maturing and has been adopted by major sectors such as transport, payment, and retailing. In parallel, mobile phones, with the additional offerings of Internet and multimedia services, have successfully entered people?s lifestyles.
Coming soon to your Mobile Phone
The Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile service, which leverages the current contactless infrastructures, has just started to emerge.
Now every major mobile brand has at least one mobile device model on the market that is NFC enabled. And there are much more to come. Contactless card technology can now expand its domain of applicability by adding contactless functionality to the mobile phone.
In some countries, services benefiting from the convergence of contactless card technology and mobile phones have already been introduced commercially, and these converging services are ubiquitous and successful.?
What can we do with it?
Well, sky?s the limit as is usually the case with every emerging technology, but here are some specific uses for NFC:
Card emulation: the NFC device behaves like an existing contactless card (think transit passes, etc)
Reader mode: the NFC device is active and reads a passive RFID tag, for example for interactive advertising (this would KILL/OWN QR codes)
P2P mode: two NFC devices communicating together and exchanging information (e.g. file / data transfer ? would give a whole new meaning to ?giving? files to other users)?
A Day in the Life NFC Mobile User
NFC technology has the power to bring new simplicity and convenience to many aspects of a typical person?s daily life, as this example illustrates:
7:30 ? Eric gets on a train to go to his office, using his NFC-enabled phone to tap a reader and easily open the turnstile.
7:32 ? He sees a poster announcing a free concert that evening. He touches his NFC-enabled phone to the N-Mark on the poster, which transfers the detailed information onto his phone. He reserves seats for the concert with his mobile phone, using mobile communications (e.g., SMS, internet, packet-based connections), and the complimentary tickets are sent to his mobile phone. He sends a text message to his wife to invite her to the concert and dinner.
8:15 ? When he arrives at his office, Eric touches his NFC-enabled phone to the office gate to unlock the security mechanism.
Noon ? At lunch time, he pays for his meal using one of the credit cards stored in his phone.
13:00 ? After lunch, Eric visits the office of his new business partner for a meeting. Those attending the meeting exchange electronic business cards, stored in their NFC-enabled phones, by touching their phones together.
18:00 ? Eric meets his wife and they go to the concert venue. He touches his NFC-enabled phone to a turnstile at the entrance to the venue, their reservations are confirmed, and they are admitted.
20:00 ? After the concert, they visit a shopping center, where they make a few purchases and have dinner, using their NFC-enabled phones to pay for everything.
22:00 ? When they arrive home, Eric realizes that he left his NFC-enabled phone on the train. He immediately calls the mobile network operator and makes a request to disable all active NFC services in the phone. If his phone is later found and returned to him, he will be able to reactivate these services.
NFC uses in Social Media and Marketing
Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and other social networking sites are likely to use NFC technology in the realm of location-based services. Mobile users could also ?friend? people on Facebook or share personal content by tapping each other?s NFC-enabled phones together.
Instead of running an application on a mobile device to ?like? something on Facebook or ?check in? on Foursquare, mobile users will be able to tap their phones on a NFC tag wherever they are and the task will be complete.
Foursquare has already rolled out this technology to some degree. Foursquare on the Symbian operating system for Nokia smartphones is NFC-enabled and allows for quick check-ins by tapping the phone to a NFC tag where available.
Mobile users could soon be able to tap on a product that has a NFC tag on it with their NFC-enabled phones while inside a store and receive information instantly about the product. Mobile users could also interact with brands by tapping a tag to ?like? a product.
Besides ?check-ins,? when a consumer makes a purchase with NFC technology via a mobile wallet, the retailer can also treat the mobile device as a loyalty card, offering the consumer deals.
See Demo Incorporating NFC in Home Theater Systems
NFC is not only limited to business applications or social media. Prashant Mantha, Broadcom Blog Squad member, interviews Ron Wong, Broadcom?s associate product line director for Bluetooth in the Mobile & Wireless Group, who demonstrates how NFC?coupled with a Wi-Fi connected display and a Bluetooth-enabled remote, headset and gaming controller?brings easy pairing to in-home entertainment systems.
Contributor Micheal Der is the owner of Advanced Micro Technologies a Network/Systems? Integration company that provides IT consulting services to small, medium and large enterprise businesses.? For questions or comments you can email him at info@admt.com.
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