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Channel Transitions: Why You Should Adopt Managed Services, Where You Can Find Help
In a webinar, now available on demand, Business Solutions provides a preview of the educational content planned for its Channel Transitions VAR/MSP Executive Conferences, June 4 in Newark, September 24 in Chicago, and November 5 in Orlando. The conferences continue Business Solutions magazine's commitment to educating IT solutions providers on the as-a-Service business model.
Channel Transitions Midwest Panel: Find The Pain
The advice from the Channel Transitions Midwest VAR/MSP panel on how to make a managed services sale: find the pain.
Channel Transitions Midwest Panel: What You Need To Know About The MSP-Customer Relationship
The Channel Transitions Midwest VAR/MSP panel discussion — as well as questions from the audience — kept coming back to the challenge of developing a mutually beneficial relationship with managed services customers.
7 Great Presentations You Missed At Channel Transitions Midwest
The Channel Transitions Midwest VAR/MSP Executive Conference, powered by Business Solutions magazine, October 7 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – Oak Brook, featured presentations from some of the channel's leading experts and vendors. The event educated a diverse group of solutions providers interested in implementing or improving a recurring revenue business model.
Channel Transitions Midwest Speakers Offer MSPs "Steps To Success"
Executives representing CompTIA, GFI MAX, Mercury, and Worldpay provide guidance to 100+ channel professionals at Chicago conference
You Probably Aren't As Unique As You Think
What makes you and your company different? Is it your people? Is it how much you care about your customers? Is it all the training you have and industry certifications? Is it the solutions you offer?
Channel Transitions East: MSPs Should Practice What You Preach
When you speak with a prospect or a customer about a new solution, you discuss its benefits — some of which could fall into the categories of automating to increase efficiency, making data-based decisions, and enhancing the customer experience.
Channel Transitions East: Panel Shares Candid Advice For MSPs
Channel Transitions VAR/MSP Executive Conferences powered by Business Solutions magazine — education and networking conferences designed to help VAR and managed services provider (MSP) executives learn how to best implement and manage the as-a-Service model — promise "real-world, nuts-and-bolts, headaches-and-heartaches discussions and success stories on the transition."
Channel Transitions Provides Answers To Your As-A-Service Questions
Our third event on the topic of transitioning from break-fix to the as-a-service model was held on Tuesday July 22 in Boston. Based on feedback from the initial respondents to our post-event survey, Channel Transitions East was a success. After pouring a lot of sweat into the event, I'm relieved. It's not that I expected failure. We planned and prepared and prepared even more to set ourselves up to succeed. But there are so many moving parts to an event that you can't help but wonder what will go wrong. Thankfully, everything was fine.
Channel Transitions East: Why You Have To Grow To Survive In The Channel
At Channel Transitions East powered by Business Solutions magazine, keynote speaker Larry Walsh of channel strategy firm The 2112 Group said average revenue growth in the IT channel last year was 11 to 15 percent, but "5 percent of your peers are growing 100 percent per year." He told the VARs, managed services providers (MSPs), and other solutions providers at the event on July 22 at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport that growth is necessary for survival -- and exceeding market expectations is possible -- but it requires a plan.


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Sydney FC wary of wounded Reds
There may be seven competition points and six places separating Sydney FC from Adelaide United on the Hyundai A-League ladder but Vitezslav Lavicka's top-of-the table team knows claiming another three points will be a battle when it lines up against an injury hit Reds' outfit at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday night.
"They're a very strong team Adelaide, they've proven that over the A-League history, they're always there or there abouts come finals time," said Sydney FC midfielder, Terry McFlynn. "They're always a danger but it's up to us to stay focused on the job at hand."
"First game in Sydney was very tough for us, it was very equal and we (only) scored in the last part," added Coach Lavicka. "We have respect for the opponent and expect a tough game."
The Sky Blues added to their good record against Adelaide courtesy of a late Mark Bridge winner when the sides met at the Sydney Football Stadium in round-2, in August. Points have traditionally proven much harder to come by in the city of churches, however, but Sydney is determined to build on last week's big win over Melbourne.
"We've talked about a few different things, we've analysed our game – how we can improve," said McFlynn. "We've looked at Adelaide as well - there're some areas that we think we can exploit them and hopefully we can put it into practice on Friday night."
Sydney hasn't won in Adelaide since December 2007 but will be chasing three wins in a row - and back-to-back road victories when it takes the field at Hindmarsh Stadium. The Hyundai A-League match will be preceded by a top-of-the-table National Youth League clash between the young Sky Blues and Adelaide juniors. The main game gets underway at 8pm (AEDT).

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By Justin BoronA state law that went into effect on July 1, requiring local government to broaden its approach on truancy, has prompted Clayton and Henry Counties to embrace formal cooperation between the school system, juvenile court, and social work departments in the individual county. The law stipulates that each county create an interagency committee specifically designed to counteract attendance problems. Truancy abatement has become increasingly critical to the two school systems where the 2003 average school attendance fell below the 95 percent benchmark required at individual schools for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). In 2003, the average attendance rate for all Clayton County schools was 94.1 percent. Henry County school attendance averaged 94.94 percent. Without 95 percent student attendance for state testing, an individual school cannot receive AYP, which has the potential to open the floodgates of possible penalties related to the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Both school systems installed truancy programs in 1999 and have showed steady improvement of attendance rates. James Carter, a Henry County schools family services outreach worker, helped spearhead the school system's truancy program when he said absentee rates were in the double-digits for some students. "We understand the need for some kind of intervention process," he said. The interagency effort required by legislation aims to stretch beyond the punishable attributes of a child's delinquency and take into account the range of factors leading to chronic absenteeism, said Clayton County Juvenile Court Judge Steve Teske. A student's mental health, neglect, or even the rare case of school phobia, in which a child fears the large groups of people at school, may play a larger role in truancy than delinquency, he said. Lone enforcement of truancy has not done enough to correct the problem, said Luvenia Jackson, Clayton County assistant superintendent for student services. "The use of truancy officers is an old traditional format," she said. "We're not just looking to punish, but looking for the problem's causes and symptoms." To determine the nature of the problem, school social workers interview a child after he or she has 10 unexcused absences, Jackson said. Henry County uses social workers in its current program. But instead of a 10-day cap, the principal of elementary and middle schools decides the point at which a social worker needs to intercede, said Cindy Foster, director of community relations for the Henry County Board of Education. Help from social workers, Teske said, can lead to the identification of at-home environmental problems such as drug use, that require legal attention. "We can't let these kids wait around for their parents to quit drugs on their own time," he said. Parent's found guilty of deprivation can be fined up to $1,000 and could eventually face jail time, he said. Teske views environmental problems as the driving force behind truancy because he said problems at home can build a child's affinity for delinquency over the years. "The children often are the way they are because a lot of them are role modeling at home where their parents are not nurturing them," he said. In attempt to cut off delinquency before it starts, Clayton County has implemented an elementary school initiative that targets parents who allow the their children to consistently miss school. The initiative permits school social workers to recommend to the Juvenile Courts that the Department of Family and Children Services intercede with an investigation of the family. The need for a broad review of truancy stems from its pervasive implications on the community and public health, Teske said "Truancy has lasting effects that are costing us into the adult years," he said.
More like this story
- Truancy bill scheduled ( January 20, 2004 )
- Testing, truancy require team effort ( March 16, 2004 )
- Child welfare workers develop action plan ( May 21, 2008 )
- Agencies cooperating on bullying problem ( May 12, 2004 )
- Protocol to crack down on truancy ( January 3, 2005 )


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Ohio is pushing public universities to show students how they can earn a bachelor's degrees in three years — potentially saving thousands in tuition, room and board and avoiding the kind of debt that cripples many families.
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Students and local residents will no longer be able to repeat recreational courses at California Community Colleges in fall 2013 under a final change passed today by the system's Board of Governors.
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Tyler Junior College (TJC) has licensed a comprehensive suite of solutions from Ellucian to help deliver more personalized and comprehensive support for students during a period of record enrollment. The expanded services and new analytical capabilities will be delivered without a significant increase in staff hours and are expected to help increase the number of students who will complete a degree.
California students will no longer be able to use state scholarships to pay tuition at most for-profit colleges under the final budget plan lawmakers are expected to send Gov. Jerry Brown today.
Indiana spends more than most states for each bachelor's degree awarded to students at state colleges and universities, according to a new report.
Inside the student union at Montana State University, freshmen and sophomores dig into pizza and espresso brownies and listen to motivational speeches while the marching band belts out the fight song ("We've got the vim, we're here to win!").
Consider two very different college experiences.
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Well-known film producer D. Rama Naidu was conferred with Padma Bhushan, while six others who distinguished themselves in different fields and domiciled in Andhra Pradesh, were given Padma Shri.
Those who were awarded Padma Shri are: master handloom designer Gajam Anjaiah; Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju (science and engineering); Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, secretary of Sri Venkateswara Natya Mandali; Director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), J. Gowrishankar; Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram, president and CEO of Mediciti and expert in hypertension treatment; and Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Director of Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, (Literature and Education).
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DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat, US-based aerospace engineer Satya Atluri, and playback singer S. Janaki were conferred Padma Bhushan, while noted film director Bapu (Lakshminarayana Sathiraju), DRDO Chief Controller, Avinash Chander, and Sridevi Kapoor were awarded Padma Shri.
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maybe you will pine for Jack Skellington for the rest of your days but until then you can trick or treat with the best of them in this officially licensed Nightmare before Christmas Sally prestige infant's costume. The headpiece with attached yarn hair is so clever - be sure to take pictures!
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Make Up For Ever Lift Concealer
253 reviews
72% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$$
INGREDIENTSWater, Talc, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Beeswax, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Magnesium Sulfate, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Protein, Dimethicone Copolyol, Magnesium Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Extract, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, PPG-3 Myristyl Ether, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Xanthan Gum, Propylparaben, Methylparaben, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Myristoyl Glutamate, Fragrance. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides.
on 8/1/2010 5:31:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I am on the fence about this product. I love the consistency--it's a fluid rather than cream, so it is not as greasy/oily/heavy as pot concealers by LM, BB or Benefit. It definitely feels very lightweight on the skin. It is still extremely pigmented, which is probably my favorite aspect of this concealer. It seems to work well to cover blemishes as well as under eye circles. However, I've found that it does migrate to the tiny wrinkles under my eyes quite a bit--and setting powder does not help at all with this. For me, this is a deal-breaker because that is my biggest pet peeve ever! I'll use it up by covering up my blemishes with it but won't be repurchasing. I like only having one concealer in my stash that can cover both undereye and blemishes without being too greasy or settling in lines (currently Benefit Erase Paste)!
on 7/13/2010 9:41:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This is one of those concealers that you hear such wonderful things about and must try. I personally didn't find it to work well for me. I have some very fine lines and I feel it magnifies them, also it's not the best choice for very dark circles and it doesn't conceal redness around the nose very well either.
I would say it's good for those that need just a little pick me up (I need a big one).
I'm glad I tried it just to see what the hype was about. Now I know my search will go on.
I have come to love this as a high lighter on my cheek bones and cupids bow. I will buy only as a high lighter, it isn't a very good concealer unless you don't need much coverage.
on 7/2/2010 3:03:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I had high hopes for this concealer as I really do enjoy and love the Full Cover by this line. What I was hoping from the Lift was that it'd be a hybrid between Full Cover and a Corrector/Somewhat Highlighter like the Touch Eclat by YSL.
Initial results do the trick. It brightens the area really well. I don't apply this all the way under my eye as that will give too much of a reverse racoon effect in photos because of its light reflective abilities.
Why I'm not giving this a glowing review? It doesn't wear well. It settles somewhat, but mostly just erodes away quickly, lasting an incredibly short time. It just seems to "disappear" and I'm not even using this as a primary concealer, just to brighten the inner corner (darkest area of my eye) and also under the puffy part of my lower lid to bring out the shade of the bag.
Coverage is also lacking for those who may be interested in this as a primary concealer and who may have medium to severe dark circles.
An even bigger con is how drying the formula is. For it being liquid, it's not very nourishing and gentle under the eye.
My favorite All Time Concealers For Reference:
#1. Hourglass Hidden Concealer
#2. MUFE Full Cover
-I'm taking this back today
on 6/30/2010 9:05:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I bought MUFE Lift and Full Cover concealers to try to use on dark under eye circles only. Lift felt better in this area & was slightly brighter, but didn't offer as much cover as the Full Cover. The Full Cover however is a bit dry and dull. Full Cover would be great on trouble spots on the face, but not for the under eye area...it seemed to accentuate my wrinkles. Since neither one was HG status, I returned both and will be returning to my Benefit Erase Paste (it looks better in pictures than either MUFE).
on 6/28/2010 5:41:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I use this concealer under my eyes to try and conceal my dark circles. I got this a little while ago, used it, and then forgot about it for awhile. I recently just uncovered it again, and I don't know why I ever let it get lost. I find that it hides my under eye circles very well, and the packaging is quite good. The product does seem to seep out though if the cap is left off, so I would make sure to always recap it right after use. Overall, the product is a little expensive, but it lasts for so long that I think it is worth the price since you won't have to be buying it every few months. While I am still searching for my HG under eye concealer, I would say I am perfectly happy with this one for the time being.
on 6/6/2010 4:28:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I don't use this as my everyday concealer, I use this rather for times when I want to be dolled-up. The coverage is great for my medium under eye dark circles. I got this in #3, which is a tad too light for me (I'm NC 35-37 in mac), but all is well because I always use foundation on top of it. Love love love the packaging, very sanitary and I'm able to control the amount of product dipensed. A little goes along the way so this product will last a very long time. It's my HG concealer for now, but it won't stop me from trying other concealers. :)
on 5/21/2010 5:10:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Tan, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have evil dark under eyes that are result of bad genes...boo. This product doesn't help. But it doesn't crease, so yay for that I guess....
I hate the packaging. Product comes out with out me even squeezing the tube. While this is probably a good thing (the tube is super full?) it's annoying that my lid is covered with concealer (I just want my make up clean). I don't think it concealer looks odd in flash photography like others suggested.
BTW I am Korean with tan-ish skin and 3 or Neutral Beige was perfect for me.
on 5/7/2010 9:37:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This concealer creased more then any other concealer I have ever used in my life. It looks good as long as you don't smile. Powder made it worse. I think the only thing that would set this is maybe some clear nail polish.
on 4/29/2010 11:44:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I prefer this one to Full cover, the texture is much more creamy, which goes well on my dryish skin. It's really easy to blend and doesn't cause you any trouble when you use it under your eyes, unlike Full Cover, which is just way too dry to be used under your eyes.
I think it has a decent coverage power, not as dense as Full Cover, sure, but it doesn't look as cakey and "madeup". For me, it lasts all day, and I really like how my skin looks when I use this on top of my foundation.
The tube lasts such a long time, I mean, I usually use things up pretty fast, but this thing has been inside my makeup bag forever, and I just can't seem to use it up, I already bought a new one, but the old one just refuses to be let go, LOL.
By the way, in terms of retouching your makeup during the day, I think this one works so much better than Full Cover, and it's cheaper.
on 4/18/2010 6:26:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Well I neither love or hate this concealer. It a good price for the amount of product you receive, it's packaged nicely and the product itself has a nice creamy smooth texture that is easy to apply. On the other hand it gives minimal coverage and it can settle into fine lines. I use this concealer for everyday daytime type activities but when its' important that I look good then I use something else. Once I reach the end of this tube I probably won't repurchase.
Wow can't believe I forgot to update this reveiw as this concealer has become my favorite everyday concealer. The price is great is for the amount you get. A tube will last me a year and it only costs about 23 bucks. It has a nice texture and is easy to apply. My prior complaint about coverage was just me not being used to the product. Prior to using this, I was used to heavier more visable concealers. After you put this concealer on it seems to disappear and I can't see a trace of it on my skin, but it is there and it is doing it's job, in terms of hiding my dark circles and concealing puffiness. I don't know about the lift part, but that's okay. After I finished the first tube of this I did indeed try a few different concealers and to my surprise I found I no longer liked anything other than this concealer. I now hate wearing concealers that I see or feel on my skin, so mufe lift concealer has become my favorite and I wear it everyday.
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List of Contributors
List of Popes, 1417-1700
Introduction Jill Burke Burke, Jill Michael Bury Bury, Michael 1
Pt. 1 Finding Patronage in Early Modern Rome
1 Roma patria comune? Foreigners in Early Modern Rome Irene Fosi Fosi, Irene 27
2 The Bishop and the Artist: The Quest for Patronage in High Renaissance Rome Piers Baker Bates Bates, Piers Baker 45
3 Between Rome and Ferrara: The Courtiers of the Este Cardinals in the Cinquecento Guido Guerzoni Guerzoni, Guido 59
Pt. 2 Cardinals and their Worldly Goods
4 A Cardinal in Rome: Ippolito D'Este in 1560 Mary Hollingsworth Hollingsworth, Mary 81
5 Patronage Rivalries: Cardinals Odoardo Farnese and Pietro Aldobrandini Clare Robertson Robertson, Clare 95
6 Protector and Protectorate: Cardinal Antonio Barberini's Art Diplomacy for the French Crown at the Papal Court Karin Wolfe Wolfe, Karin 113
Pt. 3 Family Identity and the Papacy
7 Old Nobility versus New: Colonna Art Patronage during the Barberini and Pamphilj Pontificates (1623-1655) Christina Strunck Strunck, Christina 135
8 A Taste for Landscape: Innocent X and Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona Susan Russell Russell, Susan 155
9 Cardinal Camillo Massimo as Art Agent of the Altieri Lisa Beaven Beaven, Lisa 171
Pt. 4 The Papacy: Individual and Institution
10 'Ruined, untended and derelict': Fifteenth-century Papal Tombs in St Peter's Carol M. Richardson Richardson, Carol M. 191
11 Prince and Pontiff: Secular and Spiritual Authority in Papal State Portraiture between Raphael's Julius II and the Portraits of Pius V and Clement VIII Opher Mansour Mansour, Opher 209
12 Individual and InstitutionalIdentity: Galleries of Barberini Projects Maarten Delbeke Delbeke, Maarten 231
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Dates yet not finalised as Srinivasan meets CSA chief Nenzani
The much-awaited meeting between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) on finalising India's itinerary on the tour of South Africa this year, ended in a stalemate on Saturday.
It is learnt that BCCI's line of thinking about the proposed tour was conveyed in detail to CSA president Chris Nenzani.
No revised schedule was announced regarding the bilateral series. The original schedule announced by CSA involved India playing three Tests, seven ODIs and two T20s from November 18, 2013 to January 5, 2014. The BCCI objected citing breach of protocol, pointing out that it was not consulted before the fixtures were announced.
CSA will be forced to curtail a financially lucrative tour by India due to overlapping of dates or risk cancellation.
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Lewis Hamilton is set to move from McLaren to the Mercedes Formula One team next season in a deal likely to send Michael Schumacher back into retirement, according to media reports in Britain and Germany.
British newspapers said an announcement could come later on Friday once the Mercedes board had signed a new commercial agreement committing the German car maker to the sport's long-term future.
Bild, Germany's best-selling tabloid, said on its website that Mercedes had opted for 2008 world champion Hamilton.
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Obama Wants Your Broadband To Be Faster, Cheaper, Local
If the lack of broadband competition in your state is keeping your community down, President Obama has your back. On Tuesday, he called on the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on state laws that prevent cities and towns from building their own networks, and thus providing citizens potentially faster and less expensive alternatives to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
"Laws in 19 states—some specifically written by special interests trying to stifle new competitors—have held back broadband access and, with it, economic opportunity," reads a White House statement announcing a new report on community-based broadband solutions. "President Obama is announcing a new effort to support local choice in broadband, formally opposing measures that limit the range of options available to communities to spur expanded local broadband infrastructure, including ownership of networks."
Obama will outline his plan Wednesday in Cedar Falls, Iowa, one of the cities that built its own broadband network offering Internet speeds nearly 100 times faster than the national average. This is the second time since November that the president has called on the FCC to make major changes in rules regarding the Internet. Last year, he strongly advised in favor of net neutrality by reclassifying broadband as a common carrier service.
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Google Sticks To Its Cloud Knitting: Cheaper, Faster
With one hand, Google cuts. And with the other, it connects.
That's the ongoing story of Google Cloud Platform, the company's set of products and services for developers looking to host and run apps over Google's sprawling Web infrastructure.
See also: Google's Secret Weapon Against Amazon: Blisteringly Fast Networks
On Tuesday, Google executive Joerg Heilig kicked off its second Google Cloud Platform Live event with more price cuts across a range of services from computing to storage. (Last month, Google cut prices on Google Compute Engine, a flagship cloud-computing service, by 10 percent.)
ReadWrite predicted that 2014 would be a year of cloud price cuts, and Google and archrivals Microsoft and Amazon have delivered. The bottom line for consumers and businesses: cheaper computing, faster creation of new services by startups and big companies alike, and more migration to the cloud.
Google's Head In The Cloud
Google has the advantage of spreading its costs across the same infrastructure that runs Google search, YouTube, and other staggeringly large Web services. But it has another key advantage over Microsoft and Amazon: its network.
See also: Amazon Cloud's Huge Head Start: It's All About The Developers
Google is now allowing customers to connect directly to its network or connect through carriers like Verizon and Level 3 and data-center operators like Equinix, and will introduce access over virtual private networks next month. GigaOm's Barb Darrow points out that that will help Google win over "risk-averse business customers" who might otherwise prefer services from Amazon or IBM.
Add to that Andromeda, the networking software ReadWrite has called "Google's secret weapon" in the war against Amazon and Microsoft. Andromeda simplifies the management of the often-complex networking configurations of cloud servers—and thus improving their performance. Google updated Andromeda in October to make it even faster.
See also: Andromeda, Google's Secret Weapon To Keep Amazon And Microsoft On Their Toes
Amazon, long the leader in cloud computing thanks to its early start in the business, is unlikely to stand still. Expect more Amazon price cuts and service updates next week at Re:Invent, its annual conference for Amazon Web Services customers.
Lead photo of Google executive Joerg Heilig by Owen Thomas for ReadWrite
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Pebble: It's A Real Fitness Tracker Now And Cheaper, At $99
Pebble announced Tuesday that its smartwatch has officially become a bona fide activity tracker—and an affordable one at that.
Last year, its PebbleKit software developer kit gave app makers access to the device's accelerometer. Now that effort has born fruit with a new breed of more robust fitness-tracking watch apps from partners Swim.com and Jawbone, as well as a new watch app update from Misfit.
This news alone might appeal to fitness buffs, but Pebble—the little Kickstarter startup that sparked the recent smartwatch trend—had another announcement that could give this news a major boost: a steep price cut, starting at just $99.
So for a starting price that costs less than many standalone fitness trackers or smartwatches, customers can have both in one device
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Several existing Pebble apps promise some fitness-tracking features, but they've been a bit half-baked. Some merely channel and display details from a companion smartphone app. Others use the accelerometer, but are roughed out and can only run when the relevant Pebble app has been launched.
See also: Pebble's Eric Migicovsky On How To Make Smartwatches People Want
Not so with the new Pebble-sanctioned troika of quantified fitness. They can—and in some cases, must—run in the background continuously to work optimally.
As the name suggests, the Swim.com app tracks swim workouts, including distance, pace, times, strokes and efficiency while people swim with their Pebble watches (which are water-resistant up to 5 atmospheres). The watch app can then sync the data to the phone and over to the cloud.
Jawbone has been very busy, opening its API (see our API explainer) so developers can work with its system, launching a new wristband-free mobile app, and developing for the Pebble platform.
Now it's ready to launch its new activity-tracking watch face. In some ways, it manages to do what its full-blown step-tracking bracelet can't: It puts the data directly on your wrist. The physical Jawbone wristband has no display.
Misfit's watch app, which first debuted in June, now gets an update that takes advantage of round-the-clock tracking to reveal steps, show weekly activity and log sleep.
These are likely only the first waves of this new class of Pebble apps. Earlier this month, the company issued an iPhone update that let loose some handy features, like iOS 8 compatibility and the ability to dismiss notifications right from the wrist. But for activity tracking, the more interesting tidbit is the new support for the watch's built-in compass.
Not only can users download the company's free, basic Compass app now, but developers can also support it for geo-caching features or even full-fledged mapping. Those could come in very handy for runners, bicyclists, hikers and other outdoor sports enthusiasts.
If you don't want those watch apps to sync to your phone or the cloud, they don't have to, since they don't require companion smartphone apps. So if you only want Jawbone on your watch, but not your phone, you have that option. According to a company rep, Pebble can hold about a day's worth of data, should you choose to record the numbers elsewhere.
Stepping Things Up
All that background tracking makes the device more useful, but it will also affect battery life. However, according to Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky, the hit isn't as bad as you might think. "The average Pebble user gets a six-day battery life," he said. Part of the secret to that sauce is the low-power, non-touch e-paper. "When you run activity tracking in the background, the power implications are roughly half a day."
If that holds true, it should result in four-to-five day battery life, which seems average for dedicated fitness trackers. My Jawbone UP24 lasts for at least 5 to 7 days; the Basis fitness watch offers three to five days. (The next-generation Basis Peak heart rate monitor, tracker and watch promises to improve on that.) The Fitbit One claims to offer at least 10 days.
Even with full-fledged activity-tracking enabled on the Pebble, though, it should still fare far better than what smartwatch competitors like Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony have managed to achieve. I've tested several of those devices, and while those beautiful color touchscreens are far more beautiful than Pebble's, they contribute to downright depressing battery life.
By all accounts, Apple's upcoming wearable won't improve on that experience either. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, his Watch will require daily charging. So it will only last one day, at best. Possibly even less.
Migicovsky considers the Apple Watch interesting, but as "an expensive, high-quality luxury watch made of high-class materials," it's a different category of device than his Pebble. He's not wrong. Smartwatches from major companies run roughly $250 to $350, with Apple hitting the high end of that range. Pebble—in its new fruity colors—is what he deems a "fast fashion" wearable, with a fast price set to move units.
See also: Fruity Pebbles And The New Crop Of Stylish Wearables
The classic plastic model takes off about a third of its $149 retail price, landing at $99. The more grown-up steel version chopped about $50 off, for a $199 price tag. For the money, users get new activity-tracking features (with more on the way), longer battery life, a bustling watch app store and dual-platform support for Android and iOS.
For a while there, it looked like Pebble was getting eclipsed by far bigger tech companies' smartwatch initiatives and their ambitious health and fitness ambitions. Android Wear gadgets have Google Fit, and the Apple Watch will boast its homegrown Health app and HealthKit system for health and fitness monitoring. Now Pebble rolls in, armed with a new round of fitness watch apps and boasting a few things even the big boys can't touch.
It's great timing. How apropos for a smartwatch company.
Photos and Pebble watch images by Adriana Lee for ReadWrite. Actual Swim.com, Jawbone and Misfit screenshots courtesy of Pebble.
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Why 4G Should Be Cheaper Than 3G—But Isn't
How much do you really know about 4G data service on your smartphone? Did you know that it not only provides you with faster data, but is also cheaper for cellular carriers to deliver? And yet it still costs you the same or more as slower 3G service?
Probably not. Here's why.
The average user doesn't have much of an idea what 3G or 4G means beside "one is newer and faster." And why should they? Carriers use 3G and 4G more as marketing terms than technical ones, and basically all of them have lied (with official blessing from the International Telecommunications Union) about what a 4G phone actually gets you. The "real" definition of 4G, something that worldwide carriers have not yet accomplished, are download speeds of 1 gigabit per second in a fixed location and 100 megabits per second while in motion.
See also: Meet The "Real" 4G
However, the technical infrastructure of how efficient 3G works is compared to 4G is where it gets really interesting. The ITU—a branch of the United Nations that acts as the wireless global standards body—shows that as each generation of cellular technology is developed, it's not just a better, faster experience for users. It's also easier and cheaper for carriers to deliver.
How Carriers Drink Your Milkshake
The simplest technical definition of cellular speeds refer to how much data you can transfer per second. With the updated technology that carriers are equipped with in the fourth generation, known as Long Term Evolution (LTE), they're able to deliver significantly more bits per second, which means a better experience at half the effort.
For a metaphorical example, imagine you're drinking a milkshake. With a thin straw, it'll take a long time to drink a thick, ice-cream based beverage. But with a thicker straw, you can drink it much more quickly. 4G is kind of like having a thicker straw.
The ability to move more bits of data faster is measured by something called spectral efficiency (also known as spectrum efficiency or bandwidth efficiency). Spectral efficiency is a measure of the rate at which information flow and improves with every successive cellular generation.
Steven Stravitz, founder of Spectrum Management Consulting, is a former engineer who studies emerging technology trends with a focus on wireless and mobile. Here's how he explains the nuts and bolts.
"Let's say that a cell site operator allocates a 10 megabyte channel of wireless spectrum. In a 3G network, you should be able to download 10 megabits per second. In a 4G network, since it's more efficient, you should be able to get 15, which is a 50 percent increase in efficiency," Stravitz said.
In other words, advances in cellular technology mean that carriers can get 50 percent more capability while using the same amount of bandwidth already allocated to them.
That all makes sense from a technical perspective, but in reality, 4G LTE speeds are more difficult to define. LTE speeds vary based on the amount of spectrum available to a particular carrier, the type of LTE being deployed and how the carrier handles spectrum between downlink and uplink from cellphone to cellular towers.
Cellular carriers also have varying degrees of strength when it comes to backhaul, the infrastructure that moves data between cell towers and the Internet. Some carriers have excellent backhaul on 4G networks (AT&T and Verizon, notably) while others are still building it out (Sprint).
Yes, They Drink It All Up
Users don't know about the technical side of cellular spectrum efficiency. So they're content paying just as much for 4G phones as they did for 3G. In some cases, like with Republic Wireless, they actually pay more—the company has a $25 3G plan and a $40 4G plan.
From a business perspective, 4G services and technology are very profitable for carriers. Foremost, the ability to slap "4G LTE" onto devices helps sell smartphones and make fun television commercials. Second, consumers want "4G," even if they don't actually know quite what that means. The carriers are delivering faster service with higher margins, and pocketing the rest of the money from users who think it's a deal. After all, doesn't it just make sense to you to pay as much or more for better service than you were getting?
In the U.S., carrier profits are bigger than ever for a variety of reasons, but better margins on its core cellular product don't hurt. For instance, Verizon's profits in the first quarter were nearly twice what they were in the first quarter of 2013, up to $3.95 billion from $2 billion.
Of course, in a competitive market, rival carriers would try to siphon off each other's customers by offering cheaper service until they bled away all that extra profit. That this doesn't seem to be happening tells us something interesting about the U.S. cellular market.
The Economist had an interesting chart in October 2013 showing that consumers in the U.S. pay far more for cellular plans with just 500MB of data than almost every other country. Cellular plans in the U.S. with 500MB of data cost about $85. Our friendly neighbors to the north, by contrast, pay $40.60 for the same plans. The U.S. has much deeper penetration of LTE than Canada, yet Americans still pay more for that data.
Steve Shaw from Juniper Networks put it in perspective to cellular-focused publication RCR Wireless last year: "Today a gigabit of traffic on Verizon's network is something on the order of $7.00, $7.50 a gig, in some markets it's as low as $1.00 or less, and so in those particular cases just pricing based on bandwidth isn't enough," Shaw said.
Essentially, the U.S. carriers are able to gouge consumers even though the cost per bit on their networks is technically going down over time. The carriers will contend that they need to charge what they do because they investing in the infrastructure of the country. But once all the base stations are built, all the backhaul is optimized, will prices actually go down?
Will consumer knowledge of the way the technical side works change the way carriers charge for 3G and 4G? Probably not, said Stravitz.
"I think something that doesn't get discussed much is the elasticity curve," he said. "What price points people pay dictate the usage, so there's a tie between the two. They haven't dropped it down because they really don't need to. The tie between how people react and what they pay is extremely strong, so operators can meter usage in essence, by the rate plans they offer."
However, it's something to consider in the upcoming decade, when the next generation of becomes a reality. Our phones will be faster, cheaper, and easier to produce, but carriers will only get richer.
Lead photo: The Wardenclyffe Tower, an early wireless transmission tower designed by Nikola Tesla, courtesy Wikipedia Commons.
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Nova Revolutionizes Materials Characterization for Optical CD
Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone
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Kupchak, the Lakers' general manager, discussed the team Tuesday and explained how aggressive he has been in the trade market, though he declined to answer specific questions about Bryant. Since the Lakers' season ended, Bryant has demanded immediate upgrades to the roster, lobbied for Jerry West to return to front-office power over Kupchak and Jim Buss and asked to be traded.
"I think enough has been said," Kupchak said of Bryant's situation.
Despite all styles of conjecture, the Lakers do not intend to trade Bryant, the NBA's leading scorer the past two seasons, and still hope to make peace with him.
Kupchak was pointed, however, in saying he has been working to find a good move — presumably one that would help appease Bryant and make the Lakers more immediate title contenders.
"I would say we've been more aggressive than we've ever been," Kupchak said.
Bryant's frankness in late April and May about the inability of the current roster to win a title has sparked Kupchak to pile up more long-distance phone minutes.
"Clearly the events of the last seven weeks have led to an illusion that the Lakers may be more desperate to make a move," he said. "So there have been an awful lot of phone calls and a lot of dialogue, which sometimes is good. People have a reason to call.
"(They will say) 'We saw your season didn't end well. And we're hearing that you're going to make a lot of changes and you're going to be aggressive.' And it leads into a conversation. So there has been a lot more talk this year than there has been in years past."
But Kupchak hasn't enjoyed the sort of attention Bryant's squawking has caused.
"I'd prefer not to deal that way," Kupchak said. "There's nothing I can do about it. The environment is what it is. ⦠That's the environment that I have to deal with."
Bryant set the stage for a lively offseason by saying he had heard enough talk about the Lakers trying to get better and said: "I just want to see it get done." Then things got a lot more complicated when Bryant began saying he should be the one to go.
But Kupchak said there are plenty of players on the Lakers' roster besides Bryant to get big deals done.
"I know, based on my conversations in the last three or four weeks, that we have a lot of desirable players that other teams would like to have," Kupchak said.
Upgrading the roster could be key in pleasing Bryant and Lakers coach Phil Jackson, whose three-year, $30


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Commercial fisherman on Long Island, along with New York Senator Charles Schumer, are urging the Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up repairs on a navigation light at Jones Beach.
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Question: On Simchat Torah, our shul has always had kiddush early with whisky available for the rest of the service. But now our spoilsport new executive thinks the drink is causing too much frivolity and wants to stop it. Surely having a little fun is part of the festival?
QUESTION: I stopped believing in Torah min hashamayim [the Torah comes from heaven] many years ago, but have continued to receive aliyot in shul. But now I am beginning to wonder if I ought to decline the offers, as I don't believe the berachot that I'm saying.
QUESTION: My rabbi says it is forbidden for Jews to enter a church. But if we can't participate in interfaith visits, how can we promote understanding between different faiths?
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"The Metal God" has some pretty lofty words on Judas Priest's latest album Redeemer of Souls. Rob Halford recently sat down with Rock Cellar Magazine and chatted about a variety of topics, but when it came to talking about the new album, he didn't hold back.
"There's a sense of purpose we definitely have on this record," said Halford. "I think ten years from now this will be revered as one of the greatest metal records ever made. I don't say that lightly. Just knowing how everything works, it feels that good. It was just pouring out from the heart." I guess we'll have to wait ten years to see if Halford is right. …In other Priest news, the 1992 documentary Dream Deceivers is now available for the first time on DVD. The documentary highlights the lawsuit Priest faced where they were famously accused of putting subliminal messages on their records that were blamed for the death of fan Ray Belknap and the suicide attempt of James Vance.
Dream Deceivers can be purchased through Amazon, but why has it taken so long to be released?
According to Center for Media and Social Impact, because Priest's music was so heavily used in the film it took documentary maker David Van Taylor a long while to get clearance from Sony for a DVD release.
Better late than never.
The current state of the band could not be any better. They are on tour at this moment promoting the new album and will be until the end of November. Tour dates and other information can be found on JudasPriest.com.
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Jaime Cepero to Return to SMASH as 'Ellis'?
SMASH makes its long-awaited return to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5 (9-10 p.m. ET) and will continue in its regular time slot on Tuesday, February 12 (10-11 p.m. ET). According to TVLine, the character everyone loved to hate, Ellis, will be back. Though early reports indictated that Jaime Cepero would not return full time for Season 2, Josh Safran revealed that he "may return, but not necessarily in the present."
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Season two will feature a slew of new talent, including Jennifer Hudson, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, Sean Hayes, Jesse L. Martin, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Nikki Blonski, and more. Check out the SMASH billboard that just went up on 42nd Street below!
Back from a successful run in Boston, Eileen (Anjelica Huston), Julia (Debra Messing) and Tom (Christian Borle) are blindsided by both personal and professional obstacles as they seek to take "Bombshell" to Broadway. Karen (Katharine McPhee) consults her new mentor, Broadway star Veronica "Ronnie" Moore (guest star Jennifer Hudson), as she finds herself on the brink of fame, but her success may come at cost to Ivy (Megan Hilty). A new talent (Jeremy Jordan) is discovered in an unexpected place. Jack Davenport, Leslie Odom, Jr., Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez also star. Jennifer Hudson, Thorsten Kaye, and Brian d'Arcy James guest star.
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Media and Digital Assets Have Unique Requirements
Media and digital content, such as images, audio, and video, have unique criteria for effective management. These assets are usually big files that need or have renditions. Digital assets have a wide variety of formats and embedded metadata – managing them calls for a highly flexible and customizable system. There is no way to plan for everything to come, your system has to be flexible and future ready.
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A DAM application is more than a ready-made collection of features, it processes business critical content, and must adapt to meet the requirements in any organization. Extensibility and flexibility are required to create advanced content models, internal and external workflows, custom access mechanisms, and custom UI.
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Too often, DAM initiatives are isolated within a single department and disconnected from the organization's content management strategy. When digital and media content is viewed as a set of assets for the whole organization, with the appropriate access rights, processes become more efficient, transparent, and sustainable – and maximize the return on that investment.
The need to integrate Digital Assets with other applications is on the rise. Be it pushing an asset to Customer Experience Management Systems, to a video distribution system or simply integrating with the organization's Authentication and Identity systems, having a full API and an integration plan is essential.
Scaling a DAM System at the Enterprise Level
Digital assets are no longer simple image or video files that need a little editing and sharing. With high-definition videos and pictures, their conversion and transcoding is a huge job. Collecting, converting, and managing these media files and using them in valuable ways is revolutionizing the DAM industry.
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This innovative outdoor advertising company reaches 175 million people each day, operates in more than 54 countries, 165 airports and has approximately 9940 employees. They wanted a DAM solution to manage all of their customer's digital ad assets and then push these ads intelligently out to their displays.
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CDL is building a shared system for managing and providing access to unique digital content from the ten UC campus libraries. For this, they needed a DAM system that creates and manages object-level metadata and content files, provides workflows for publishing digital objects to a publicly accessible interface, and deposit them for preservation.
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Capture is handled by simple or batch upload of media assets with configurable and automated extraction and application of media metadata supporting IPTC and EXIF standards. Bulk tagging is an easy way to assign metadata to assets.
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On import, video storyboards are automatically created, with a series of thumbnails that segment the contents of a video file. Chapters can be viewed individually, and the video streaming feature offers instant viewing access.
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Control sharing and access to assets with Access Control Lists (ACLs), authentication, user sources, and user groups. Protect the use of external media assets with granular access controls, and identify licensed content. You can also monitor and log asset usage with audit history.
Annotate images and pictures assets directly from the browser, enabling online collaboration. Zoom in and zoom out on graphic items to comment on detailed views. You can navigate from annotation to annotation for quick comment review.
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Users can navigate through asset lists, through metadata categories, apply category filters. Dynamic filtering on multiple facets, or metadata, is available, and navigation facets are fully configurable, and can be defined independently for a given asset type. Content can be viewed in thumbnail mode with zoom in / zoom out. Full text search includes annotations and captions.
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EDMONTON, Alberta - An early-morning shooting left three dead and one in critical condition at the University of Alberta campus in Canada, police said Friday.
The shooting was an apparent armed robbery of an armored vehicle or vehicles, police spokesman Scott Pattison said.
Police continue to look for the shooter or shooters.
"The university was quickly put into lockdown," Pattison said. "It's a crime scene, so students are required to stay in their dorms."
The police spokesman said no students were involved.
The shooting happened shortly after midnight in the Hub Mall area, which is a combination of student residences and shops.
It's the university's summer session, so fewer students are living on campus.
"The university is saddened about those who lost their lives last night and we extend our condolences to their loved ones," the university said on its website.
It said the rest of the campus is operating as normal.


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The Adirondack Council is one of the only environmental groups vying to retire 1,000 tons of carbon pollution this week.. That's because they're competing against power plants for carbon allowances at government auctions.
Willie Janeway is the Council's Executive Director… He says "they're inviting people to partner with the council to help purchase and then retire the carbon allowances.." and Janeway Continues by saying "Between Earth Day on Tuesday and Arbor Day on Friday, the council will retire three allowances, representing three tons of carbon emissions for every $5 contribution they receive as part of their challenge." The Adirondack Council's goal is to retire 1,000 tons
"This is our celebration of the fact that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is working to reduce Northeast carbon emissions 20 percent faster per person than in other areas of the United States," Janeway said. "We would love to see programs like this in place around the country." Janweay added that anyone wishing to participate can go to www.adirondackcouncil.org or call toll-free at 877-873-2240 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
Carbon allowances are government-issued permits to emit carbon from a power plant smokestack. Nine Northeast states, from Maine to Maryland (excluding NJ) participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program.
Each year, the nine states offer for sale a specific number of allowances at auctions. That number represents the regional pollution limit, or cap. Power plants bid against each other to acquire them. Each year, the number sold decreases by 2.5 percent, until a 50 percent regional reduction in emissions is reached in 2020.Any allowances that are purchased, but not used, decrease the emissions cap further. Every allowance retired by the Adirondack Council reduces the regional cap by an equal amount.
Anyone can register to participate in the auctions, but the minimum purchase is 1,000 tons. The Adirondack Council accepts donations from its members and the public and bids against the power companies. It has been participating in the auctions since they began in 2008, retiring roughly 10,000 tons so far.
The Adirondack Council is privately funded, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the ecological integrity and wild character of New York's six-million-acre Adirondack Park. The Council envisions an Adirondack Park comprised of core wilderness areas, surrounded by working forests and farms, and vibrant rural communities. The Council carries out its mission and vision through research, education, advocacy and legal action. Adirondack Council members live in all 50 United States.


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What's Happening on Israeli Buses
Soldiers and women continue to face discrimination
The imposition of a system of segregation on Israeli buses is situation that only seems to be getting worse. What started out as "men in the front, women in the back" dynamic has ostensibly extended to different forms of prejudice, including the unconscionable discrimination against Israeli soldiers on buses that are already specifically segregated by gender.
A story from this morning details the travails of two Haredi soldiers, who allege that, in separate instances, they found themselves left behind by Egged, Israel's national bus company, on so-called "Kosher" bus lines.
Earlier this week, another soldier attempted to board bus number 451, which pulled into the same station. But the bus driver refused to let him in, saying yet again that the roadside area was not a proper station and that he only stopped there because the bus was experiencing some kind of a malfunction. However, instead of turning off the engine to fix the technical difficulty, the bus driver and the passengers were on their way the second the soldier stepped out of the vehicle.
"I was really pissed off," the soldier told Ynet. "I used to take this bus regularly for three years while studying at the yeshiva. So what, regular haredim can board a bus, but a haredi soldier – with a kippah, a beard and tzitziot – can't? I don't understand what's going on here. After all, Egged is operating on behalf of the State."
Earlier this week, a female Israeli soldier (who was not in uniform) was driven from a Jerusalem bus after being taunted by ultra-Orthodox passengers about her clothing. This was after she was first barred entry at the front of the bus–which her mother was driving.
Gender segregation on Israeli buses has already galvanized a small movement. Following a 2011 ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court, which outlawed what were known as mehadrin bus lines–or buses that are separated by gender, Israeli women have begun to participate in Freedom Rides, boarding buses and sitting in the front to protest a tacit continuation of mehadrin buses.
Back in June, Diana Bletter wrote about the female Freedom Riders for Tablet, explaining its origins:
Segregated buses made a splash in the Israeli media in December 2011 when Tanya Rosenblit, 28, sat in the front of a public bus going from Ashdod to Jerusalem and refused an ultra-Orthodox man's demand that she go to the back. The man prevented the bus from moving, enlisting his friends to join his protest. When the bus driver called a police officer, he tried to persuade Rosenblit to comply. She did not back down, and eventually the bus took off without the male passenger. "I cannot humiliate myself in order to respect someone else," Rosenblit wrote. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, and other politicians roundly condemned bus segregation.
But, though there are no more de jure segregated bus lines, many former mehadrin bus lines resolutely maintain de facto segregation. I'd volunteered to take this bus as a Freedom Rider, a volunteer group of men and women who, under the auspices of the Jerusalem-based Israel Religious Action Center, monitor the everyday implementation of bus desegregation. Since the Supreme Court ruling, hundreds of Freedom Riders have traveled on buses to demonstrate to the public that women are legally entitled to sit wherever they want. And as I rode this bus—and several others for an entire morning this month—I thought about how the segregation of women on public buses symbolizes something far greater than just a seating arrangement. It is part of the agenda set by a very small minority of extremists within Israel's ultra-Orthodox community (which is itself a minority) to push women not only to the back of the bus—but to the back of Israeli public space. The country I love and have lived in for the past 21 years is threatened by extremists who believe that a woman's modesty is defined by her invisibility.
Related: Israel's Freedom Riders [Tablet Magazine]
Haredi Soldiers: Kosher Buses Won't Pick Us Up [YNet]
Female Soldier Driven Off Bus by Ultra-Orthodox Taunts [Times of Israel]
Daybreak: Europe/U.S. Gulf on Hezbollah
Plus, two mysterious blasts shake Eilat with no damage reported
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Ilocanos no longer thriftiest Filipinos
Finally, Ilocanos have statistical proof to show that their detractors are wrong in calling them the most tightfisted Filipinos.
A study by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) shows that Ilocanos now rank only sixth among the prolific savers in the country's 17 regions.
Released recently, the NSCB study showed that the most high-volume savers in the country come not from the two Ilocos provinces but from the Ilocano-speaking Cordillera Autonomous Region and Cagayan Valley; the Manny Pacquiao turf of Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato City, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City); Central Visayas and the Zamboanga Peninsula.
The NSCB study, based on the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) in 2003, 2006, and 2009, showed that people from Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province consistently topped the rankings among Filipino savers with chart-topping average savings-to-income ratio of .234 or P23.40 saved for every P100 they earn or more than half of the national average of P15 to P16.
Cagayan Valley (Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino provinces) came in a distant second with average savings of P21.20.
Isabela Representative Giorgidi Aggabao, an Ibanag, said the people of Cagayan Valley might have been influenced by their Ilocano neighbors. "Although Cagayan Valley is now 'Iloconized,' with Ilocano being the lingua franca, we were [taught from] childhood to be like Ilocanos in thriftiness and industry," Aggabao said.
Hard life
"I think Ilocanos learned to be thrifty because of the hardscrabble life they [lead]," Aggabao said. "The region is not a known agricultural heavyweight. The fact is, only tobacco is known to grow in the area."
In the past, life was difficult for the Ilocanos, "with few comforts and amenities," Aggabao said. "That prompted Ilocanos to always save for the morrow."
Aggabao's province mate, Representative Rodolfo Albano, said it was a mistake to typecast the Ilocanos as thrifty.
"An Ilocano is just industrious," Albano said. "He doesn't waste his time. That's how he was branded as thrifty."
Third-placer Central Mindanao has a savings average of P20.60. Central Visayas (Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor) is fourth, with P19.90. Zamboanga Peninsula is fifth, with P19.80. Trailing them are the Ilocos provinces, with an average savings ratio of P18.70.
Least poor regions
NSCB Secretary General Romulo A. Virola said the Cordillera and Cagayan regions were ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, among the least poor regions of the country.
Virola said that the Cordillera and Cagayan regions "appear to exhibit extreme behavior … they are home to families who are the highest savers as well as the most lavish spenders."
People who did not save in the Cordillera region spent P21.30 more than the P100 they earned, while the nonsavers from Cagayan spent P16.60 more than their P100 income.
Nonsavers from Pacquiao's region spent P22.50 more than every P100 they earned.
At the bottom of the top-savers list are the Western Visayas (17th, with P13.50), Bicol (16th, with P14.90), and Calabarzon, or Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon (15th, with P15.90).
Virola said that two out of three Filipinos were savers or spent less than what they earned with the average savings per person pegged at P10,693 in 2003, P11,982 in 2006, and P14,298 in 2009.
"If we note that the official annual per capita food threshold was P7,577 in 2003, P9,257 in 2006, and P11,686 in 2009 this would mean that the savers have the capacity to take (or save) at least one person out of food poverty," Virola said. "But then, this could promote a mendicant mentality, which is probably not the way to solve poverty," he added.
The nonsavers, Virola said, spent on the average P14 to P15 more than every P100 they earned.
"No wonder there is a proliferation of credit card agents in malls, supermarkets and gasoline stations," Virola said. "Let us just hope our kababayan will realize that borrowing from '5-6' operators can only sink us deeper in poverty."
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