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According to IDC India, close to 85 million mobile phones were shipped in India between April 2007 and March 2008, compared to just under 66 million units shipped over the equivalent period a year ago. This was a record and amounts to a year-on-year growth of around 29 percent in terms of units.
Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India said, This growth comes on the back of a burgeoning mobile services market and lower entry barriers across various customer categories, as average selling values (ASVs) of handsets continue to fall in the wake of a highly competitive landscape populated by close to 25 vendors.
FY 2007-08 also witnessed shares of higher-level air interfaces rising. EDGE and WCDMA-enabled mobile phones contributed 15.4% and 3.1% of the total mobile phone shipments in 2007-08 compared to 7.4% and 1.2%, respectively, in 2006-07.
Naveen Mishra, Manager, Communications Research at IDC India, said, As the need of Indian mobile phone consumers is evolving, they are demanding feature-rich devices, which can cater to their business communication requirements as well as their personal needs.
Shipments in Q1 2008 stood at more than 22 million handsets, which amounts to around 10,000 mobile phones being shipped every hour during the quarter. In the same quarter a year ago (Q1 07), just under 18 million mobile phones were shipped.
Overall, Nokia retained the top spot with a market share of 52.8%, followed by LG at 10.2%, and Samsung at 8.3% in terms of units shipped during the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India said, This growth comes on the back of a burgeoning mobile services market and lower entry barriers across various customer categories, as average selling values (ASVs) of handsets continue to fall in the wake of a highly competitive landscape populated by close to 25 vendors.
FY 2007-08 also witnessed shares of higher-level air interfaces rising. EDGE and WCDMA-enabled mobile phones contributed 15.4% and 3.1% of the total mobile phone shipments in 2007-08 compared to 7.4% and 1.2%, respectively, in 2006-07.
Naveen Mishra, Manager, Communications Research at IDC India, said, As the need of Indian mobile phone consumers is evolving, they are demanding feature-rich devices, which can cater to their business communication requirements as well as their personal needs.
Shipments in Q1 2008 stood at more than 22 million handsets, which amounts to around 10,000 mobile phones being shipped every hour during the quarter. In the same quarter a year ago (Q1 07), just under 18 million mobile phones were shipped.
Overall, Nokia retained the top spot with a market share of 52.8%, followed by LG at 10.2%, and Samsung at 8.3% in terms of units shipped during the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Source: Cellular News.
The total number of active mobile lines in Brazil reached 130.5 million at the end of May, up 24.2% year-on-year, according to preliminary data published by the countrys telecoms watchdog Anatel. Of the total, some 80.95% are on pre-paid options and 19.05% are on post-paid monthly contracts. Last month Brazils mobile operators collectively signed up a total of 2.8 million net new lines, up 2.2% month-on-month and 27.1% higher than the number of users added in May 2007. As a result, the overall cellular penetration rate stood at 68.23% at the end of last month. However, there are some marked regional differences. Distrito Federal boasted a mobile teledensity of 126.01%, the state of Rio de Janeiro was 85.09% and Mato Grosso do Sul was 83.59%. By contrast cellular penetration in the north of the country was 51.17%, the northeast was 53.91%, the southeast (75.81%, the south (74.26%) and the centre-west (85.35%).In terms of market share, Brazilian mobile operator Vivo led the way with 30.45% of the market, compared to 30.36% in April. TIM Brasil remained in second place with 25.60%, down from 25.85% a month earlier, and Claro, a unit of Mexico's America Movil was third with 24.75%. TNL PCS (Oi) took the fourth spot with 15.09% in May, while Brasil Telecom (BrT GSM) came in fifth with 3.76%, up from 3.66% in April. In the minor rankings, CTBC Telecom Celular remained at 0.30% and Sercomtel Celular decreased from 0.06% in April to 0.05% in May.BNamericas reports that Anatel amended its data reporting in April to reflect the incorporation of Telemig Celularby Vivo, and of Amazonia Celular by Oi.
Source: TeleGeography.
Nigeria based Globacom has sold a staggering 600,000 new SIM cards since it launched its new Glo Mobile branded network in Benin just under two weeks ago. The company says that traffic has been significant at its new retail stores as well as 3rd party outlets.
The company won a GSM operating license in the country last year and has built out its network covering the main cities, with a new switching centre in Cotonou, capital of the country.
Estimates from the Mobile World record that the country ended last year with around 1.4 million subscribers, representing a population penetration level of just 17%. By that measure, the new network has captured some 30% of the enlarged market within just a few days.
The market leader at the end of last year was MTN with just over 54% of the market, followed by Bell Benin with 21.5%. Moov comes third with 24.6%.
Government statistics bureau Indec has published data showing that residential broadband connections in Argentina numbered 2.23 million at the end of March, up 43.9% year-on-year. Meanwhile, corporate high speed internet connections rose 22.1% to 208,652, giving a total broadband subscriber base of 2.31 million. According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms database, Telecom Argentina is the largest company by subscribers, claiming just over 30% of the market, ahead of second place Telefonica with 25%.
Nigeria based Globacom (Glo Mobile) has won a licence to operate mobile cellular service in the Republic of Ghana - just a week after the company launched its services in Benin. The company won the license in a tender auction.
Globacom's management expressed gratitude to the telecoms regulator, the NCA for the confidence reposed in the company and promised to roll out aggressively in the country very shortly.
The company is also currently bidding for a license in Togo.
Last month, the NCA also announced plans to offer number portability on both landline and mobile networks. Joshua Peprah, Director of Regulations and Licensing at NCA said Weve also had informal discussions with the telecom operators on this service and in principle, they have no problem with it. Their main concern has to do with the cost associated with the implementation of the service,"
However, he added that as of now, we have not mandated the telecom operators to implement the service. The market should really be ripe for it and besides, the stakeholder consultation is still ongoing.
If number portability is introduced, that generally assists new market entrants to take subscribers from the incumbent operators.
The country already has five operators, but according to figures from the Mobile World database, the country only had 7.6 million customers at the end of last year. That figure equates to a population penetration level of just 33%.
The five operators (and market share) are: MTN (53%), Tigo (26.7%), Ghana Telecom (16.8%), Kasapa Telecom (3.5%) & Westel (0%).
APA-London (United Kingdom) Africa now has 300 million mobile phone subscribers with a penetration rate fast approaching 30 percent, according to the latest marketers assessment unveiled on Thursday in London.
As many prefer pay-as-you-go use, mobile phones are attached to bikes and boats and taken to where the business is.
In Uganda these bikes, known locally as boda bodas, are hooked up with spare batteries and desktop mobile devices to create what are affectionately known as Bodafones.
Some mobile phone functions can be more useful in Africa than in Western countries, such as the ability to work as a torch.
Charging phones is more of a problem but the arrival of cheap solar panels should help solve that.
In South Africa, the phone model Call Me allows Vodacom subscribers to send up to five messages per day, free of charge, requesting a call back from the receiver.
Services such as these have emerged in response to consumer behaviour, users who would have previously flashed the person they wished to speak to by ringing their phone once and hanging up.
Call Me formalizes the process, helps minimizes network traffic through fewer prematurely disconnected calls.
Most parents with teenagers are probably familiar with the idea.
Source: Cellular News.
A report dealing with the broader issues of rural connectivity in Africa to be launched next week by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) reveals that a number of novel and multi-stakeholder partnerships, unique business models and innovative technologies are, for the first time, paving the way to connect many of Africas rural communities, on a sustainable, profitable basis.
The report provides evidence that contrary to some assumptions that the private sector can lead the effort to connect Africas rural populations, the experiences of industrialised countries like Canada, the Unites States and Australia is that governments have had to lead the effort, but in close collaboration with the private sector and local communities. The report calls for Commonwealth African governments to implement their national ICT policies as part of a wider national development strategy and to make faster in-roads into rural ICT rollout through public private peoples partnerships (PPPPs), with local communities playing a more pivotal role.
The report finds that the key to successful partnerships between the public and private sectors and other ICT stakeholders is to encourage local ownership, thereby nurturing the communitys enthusiasm for effective connectivity and ensuring the sustainability of ICT investments.
The CTO study found that whereas Commonwealth countries such as Malaysia and India have made significant in-roads in rural connectivity, Commonwealth African countries like Sierra Leone and Zambia are lagging behind in rural access, leading to poor and overall slow economic growth. The report finds that although recent years have seen dramatic growth in penetration rates in some African countries, especially through mobile networks, the continents aggregate penetration rate is still less than 20 percent.
For Internet access and use, the figures are well below 5 percent for most of Africa. Over 60 percent of Africas population lives in unconnected rural areas and represent an untapped market, holding enormous potential for growth for service providers, equipment manufacturers and the entire telecommunications industry, the report claims.
By way of conclusion the report calls for ICT policy provisions that focus on universal and rural access, in order to affirm the commitment of governments to providing basic ICT services to poor, isolated and marginalised communities . There is also the need for continued incremental and a more methodical process of liberalisation and privatisation of the telecommunications sector in many African countries, and a variety of regulatory safeguards need to be put in place to foster competition and promote a conducive environment for rural connectivity.
Commenting on the initiative the CEO of CTO, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah said: The evidence we have accumulated in the course of this 9-month study demonstrates that most of Africas rural populations could well be connected over the next decade. This is partly because an unusual confluence of sounder policies, relevant legislation, improving regulatory practices, the establishment of universal access and service agencies and the revenues they have acquired, new technologies and business models, and the availability of funding from a plethora of sources, all make it now possible for most of Africa to be connected wirelessly within the next ten years. According to the CTO CEO, who is a former Minister of Communications of Ghana, the pilot project models we have found to work best are where a combination of public institutions and private ICT operators or equipment vendors have found it possible to involve local groups or communities in structuring, ownership or management of the ICT assets, to ensure their more effective use and sustainable operation. We hope that more companies will join the CTO as we move to the second phase of this important initiative to replicate and scale-up a number of selected model projects, so that the benefits of ICTs can be enjoyed by millions more in Africa. Connecting the majority of Africans to the Information Super Highway is necessary if African countries are to benefit from the global knowledge revolution, said the CTO CEO.
The project was undertaken under the auspices of the Commonwealth Connects programme, which involves collaboration with a number of Commonwealth agencies, including the Commonwealth Secretariat. It is supported by the International Telecommunication Union, as part of efforts to help unearth market opportunities, enhance technological advancements, as well as accelerate social development and economic growth by connecting rural communities in the 18 Commonwealth African countries.
The first phase of the project was aimed at discovering how telecommunications regulation, policy, legislation, and operational, technological and financial models affect the potential for cost-effective rural connectivity in the 18 African Commonwealth countries. The research compiled similar information on initiatives and best practices of five selected non-African countries namely USA, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and India, countries that have enjoyed greater success in connecting their rural populations. Subsequently the initiative is to devise effective dissemination channels for the report and identify 10 pilot projects for adaptation and replication to form the basis for the second phase of the project.
The Commonwealth African Rural Connectivity Initiative (COMARCI) has so far received financial support from the Government of Malta, BT Global, Vodacom Group, Telkom of South Africa, Celtel Uganda and from the CTO itself.
Irelands independent telecoms regulator the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has outlined new proposals designed to expand the definition of wholesale unbundled access to take on board fibre-based networks and not just the DSL platforms currently covered. Siliconrepublic.com says that the move is seen as a means of driving broadband uptake in the Republic by encouraging alternative operators to expand their local loop unbundling (LLU) footprints. In a consultation document published yesterday, ComReg concludes that former monopoly operator eircom controls 70% of all xDSL connections in the country and that furthermore, DSL technology accounts for 60% of all broadband connectivity in the country. As a result, ComReg contends that only eircom has significant market power (SMP) in the broadband segment and that it now intends to expand wholesale broadband access to include not just DSL, but all forms of local access technology, including fibre and any next generation networks (NGNs), the incumbent may look to deploy. In addition, ComReg is looking at new measures that would require eircom to provide alternative operators with at least five years notice if it decided to close down a local exchange in which they had co-located equipment.
The regulators plans have been broadly welcomed by smaller operators with Smart Telecoms manager of regulatory affairs, John Quinn, saying the decision to create a technology neutral environment would encourage alternative operators to invest in new networks. This will put Ireland in line with other European countries and means that the access network is not just copper but future fibre networks, he said. Smart now intends to invest more heavily in its LLU programme which currently involves 37 exchanges across Ireland, covering around half a million potential subscribers.
Source: TeleGeography.
Japans leading mobile operator by subscribers NTT DoCoMo has revealed it is cutting its monthly mobile tariffs in a bid to match rivals KDDI and Softbank Mobile, as the domestic mobile price war begins to intensify. DoCoMo still controls roughly half the market but has seen its share whittled away by its rivals in the past year. This month, KDDI unveiled a JPY980 (USD9.12) per month plan to compete with number three player Softbank, which has won more subscribers than either of its larger rivals since April 2007 on the back of its low-price strategy and aggressive advertising campaigns. Reuters reports that DoCoMo is dropping its lowest tariff plan by nearly 7% to JPY980 from July to match the competition.
News agency Trend Capital reports that Azerfon, known locally as Nar Mobile, deployed 55 new base stations last month, lifting overall network coverage to 80% of the Azerbaijan's territory. The cellco was granted a GSM-900/1800 licence in December 2005 and launched GSM/GPRS/EDGE services in late March 2007. It currently has an estimated 700,000 subscribers.
Commerce over mobile devices such as cell phones is accelerating in the US, according to data released by The Nielsen Company. Already, 9 million US mobile subscribers say they have used their mobile phone to pay for goods or services, and half of all data users (49%) say they expect to participate in mobile commerce in the future. Nielsen Mobile presented an overview of the opportunities in mobile commerce at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition.
Among the findings presented:
Mobile websites are one popular way consumers make purchases over the mobile phone. Of the 40 million active US users of the mobile web in April 2008, 5 million accessed mobile shopping and auction websites -- up 73% from April 2007, when just 2.9 million mobile users did so. Auction site eBay is the most popular shopping or auction destination on the mobile web, with 3.4 million unique visitors in April.
Purchasing items via text messaging is another growing form of mobile commerce. Some services allow consumers to send text messages to a phone number or mobile shortcode in order to be charged for goods or services directly on their mobile phone bills. Already, 6.5 million US mobile consumers say they've used text messaging to purchase an item.
"For many of the millions of consumers who are already shopping online or over landline phones, mobile commerce is an obvious and useful extension of that opportunity," said Nic Covey, director of insights at Nielsen Mobile who presented the data at the conference. "As more mobile commerce services become available and consumers develop a greater trust for phone-based transactions, we expect commerce to be an increasingly important part of the mobile experience next year and beyond."
The findings come from Nielsen Mobile's monthly Mobile Insights survey of more than 30,000 US wireless subscribers, with similar data available internationally.
Nielsen's study reveals that security is the number one concern among those mobile data users not yet participating in m-commerce:
"As with other forms of electronic commerce, US consumers need proof that mobile transactions will be a safe, affordable and efficient complement to other modes of shopping," said Covey. "As long as retailers continue to meet those expectations, more consumers will come to view mobile shopping as a compelling and viable option."
The total number of mobile connections in North America rose to 277.90m at the end of Q1 08, from 257.60m a year earlier. The penetration rate saw a 5.3pp gain to 82.5%. Obviously this figure is close to the 84.9% penetration rate in the USA, the region's largest market by some distance with 92.7% of North America's mobile customers, although it is dragged down by the low Canadian rate of just 60.5%.The other two markets in the region are so small as to have little bearing on the total penetration rate. St. Pierre et Miquelon, a group of small islands off Newfoundland which are an overseas territory of France, had 2,935 mobile customers at the end of Q1 08, and a penetration rate of 41.7%. Meanwhile, Greenland was the region's most penetrated market by some distance with 96.9% of the population owning a mobile phone, which amounts to around 55k connections.
By far the fastest growing technology in North America is W-CDMA, which saw a 336.7% gain in customers in the 12 months ending 31st March 2008. The total number of W-CDMA connections surpassed the 10m mark during Q1 08 to finish the quarter on 11.12m. This is still below the number of iDEN customers, which stood at 16.56m at the end of Q1, but with iDEN losing 5.09m customers year on year and W-CDMA gaining 8.57m, it seems likely that iDEN will lose its status as North America's third most important technology before the end of 2008.
CDMA remains the dominant standard with 52.7% of the total North American customer base, or 146.49m connections, up from 130.6m (50.7% of the total) a year earlier.
The number of GSM connections broke through the 100m barrier to reach 103.7m at the end of Q1, but growth more than halved from 15.0% in the 12 months to the end of Q1 07, to 7.0% in the subsequent 12 months, as a consequence of the success of W-CDMA. Annual CDMA customer growth was also down compared to the prior twelve months with a 4.4pp fall in the rate, although it remained in double digits with a 12.2% yearly gain.
The total customer growth rate also fell compared to the prior 12 months, from 11.6% to 7.9%. This is the lowest rolling annual growth rate ever recorded in the North American region, and we fully expect it to be the lowest rate of any region in the world in Q1 08.
Swedes are increasingly placing calls, surfing and sending text messages, which led to sharply increased traffic and increased revenues for mobile network operators in 2007. For the first time, total revenues from services in mobile networks exceed revenues from fixed telephony according to a report from the telecoms regulator, the National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS).
In December 2007, nearly half a million customers used mobile Internet services, a sharp increase from just over 90,000 subscriptions one year earlier. Data traffic in mobile networks has increased tenfold since 2006. Mobile users placed more, and longer, calls in 2007 and sent an average of 40 text messages per month. Revenues from mobile services totalled SEK 19.7 billion in 2007, which is an increase of some 12 per cent since 2006. Mobile Internet services, by means of USB sticks or USB modems, account for more than SEK 1 billion of such revenues.
We take mobile telephony for granted. We are used to placing calls whenever and almost wherever we want. 2007 was the year when even broadband users could seriously consider mobile Internet services when choosing a provider, says Marianne Treschow, Director-General of PTS.
There were nearly 2.8 million subscriptions for fixed or mobile broadband at the end of 2007, which corresponds to 62 subscriptions per 100 households. Broadband services grew by more than 30 per cent in 2007.
The content service growing the fastest in fixed broadband networks is IPTV, for which there were 355 000 subscriptions at the end of 2007, compared with 50 000 subscriptions the year before. Subscriptions for IP-based telephony in broadband networks rose by more than 50 per cent to 623 000 subscriptions.
EW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Bharti Airtel, India's biggest cellphone operator by subscribers, added 2.46 million mobile users in May, data issued by an industry body showed Wednesday.
As a result, Bharti's total mobile phone user base has grown to nearly 66.83 million subscribers at the end of May, data from the Cellular Operators Association of India showed.
In May, Vodafone Essar added 1.69 million mobile phone users taking its total subscriber base to 47.47 million, said COAI, which represents the nine operators using global system for mobile communications technology.
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. added 314,281 mobile phone users, taking its total subscriber base to 37 million at the end of May.
Idea Cellular added 1.1 million users and had 26.14 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of May.
Another state-run operator, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (500108.BY), added 66,686 mobile phone users in May, taking its total subscriber base to 3.35 million.
500,000 fixed wireless telephony lines are to be deployed within the next six months in underserved areas of Lima, reports BNamericas citing an announcement by President Alan Garcia on the presidential website. The news follows the award of a contract to Movistar in January for the provision of fixed wireless services in the 450MHz band. Under the terms of the 20-year concession, Movistar is expected to provide fixed wireless and mobile services in Lima and neighbouring Callao in the 452.5MHz-457.5MHz and 462.5MHz-467.5 MHz frequency bands.
The Information & Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) of Mauritius has forced the countrys telecoms operators adopt new lower rates for mobile and international long-distance (ILD) calls, following the passing of a new directive on 30 April. The new rates, which came into effect last Wednesday, include an MUR87 (USD0.032) reduction in the standard interconnection usage charge (IUC) for fixed and mobile networks, paid by carriers for every minute of communication. The ICTA had asked operators to submit revised retail tariff plans based on the lower IUC rate so that end users could benefit from less expensive calls. In the wake of a poor response, however, it said that it would intervene in the interest of the general public. To that end, the regulator is understood to have imposed a MUR87 reduction in the cost of making a mobile call to a fixed line, bringing the per-minute charge down from MUR4.35 to MUR3.48 a minute, using a pre-paid card. In the international segment calls have been cut to as little as MUR4 per minute to some destinations. Commenting on the ICTAs move, Michel Rigot, the managing director of Outremer Telecom, said Liberalisation in the telecommunications sector brings major tariff reductions along. What happened this week is a concrete example. Now, the Authority should think about introducing a real liberalisation process in other segments like internet that is still controlled by one operator, Mauritius Telecom.
Celtel Nigeria has launched a fixed payphone service targeting Nigerians unable to afford mobile phones or who live or work in places where mobile phone use is restricted. The service consists of a fixed payphone terminal and a special SIM card which can be carried about and recharged like a normal pre-paid SIM card. The operator claims the offering will help the government's Universal Access Initiative which is aimed at increasing telecoms access across the country.
During the period 2007-2012, the worldwide mobile subscriber base is expected to increase by 1.8 billion. Around 67 percent of these new subscribers, i.e., a little above 1.2 billion subscribers, are expected to come from just 10 fast-growing country markets worldwide. Of these top 10 growth markets, nine have been identified as high-volume, low-ARPU [Average-Revenue-Per-User] emerging mobile markets with significant potential in the next five years.
A new report from Portio Research identified only ONE truly wealthy nation among this top 10, the United States of America, home to one of the highest ARPU rates in the world, yet also the 4th biggest growth market of the 2007-2012 period.
The US is expected to add more than 65 million mobile subscribers to the worldwide subscriber base in the period 2007-2012.
The report notes that this might look relatively insignificant compared to the massive numbers expected to be added from high-growth markets such as China (542 million) and India (282 million), but what makes the US mobile market an interesting market to study is the observation that a new mobile subscriber in the US is expected to generate between three and 13 times as much revenue expected from a new mobile subscriber in China, India and the other emerging markets in the top 10 in 2012.
Compounding this aggressive growth is the high ARPU network operators in the US achieve from their subscribers. Unlike many other mature mobile markets, where ARPU is in slow decline, in the US ARPU is forecast to remain high, even increasing slightly from 2007 levels as we move forward over the next 4 or 5 years. While the US will contribute only around 5.5 percent to the total number of new subscribers that are expected from the top 10 markets in the period 2007-2012, in terms of revenue, the country will account for around 25.2 percent of the total mobile service revenues generated by these 10 markets in 2012.
A recent report published by DellOro Group revealed that although GSM was not the largest contributor to the growth of the total mobility infrastructure market during the first quarter of 2008, it grew nearly 10 percent over the year ago quarter. Driving the growth of the GSM market was the second largest number ever of base station shipments, exceeded only by the previous quarter, and the stabilization of equipment prices.
For the first time, Asia Pacific represented over half of all GSM revenue, stated Scott Siegler, Analyst of Mobility Infrastructure research at DellOro Group. Business in this highly price-sensitive region has resulted in double-digit quarter-to-quarter price reductions for the previous three quarters. Over these past several quarters, ASPs were pushed downward as vendors sold equipment at exceptionally steep discounts in order to establish and expand their footprint in the region. This quarter, in contrast, vendors became more selective in the deals they were accepting, balancing the economics of the sale with their gain in market share. For the first time in four quarters we have seen ASPs begin to stabilize, Siegler continued.
The report also shows that the strong growth in GSM revenue offset the declines in the CDMA market which took a notable plunge during the first quarter.
The total number of people signed up to one of Vietnams four network operators VinaPhone, MobiFone, Viettel and S-Fone has passed 48 million and is closing in on the 50 million barrier, VietNamNet Bridge reports citing data published by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). Of the total, around 90% are on a pre-paid option, the ministry said.
The leading operator by subscribers is Viettel with 19.42 million subscribers, followed by MobiFone with over 13.4 million, VinaPhone 12.1 million and 3.14 million for S-Fone. MICs Telecommunications Department calculates the totals based on the client management databases of the four network operators a metric that it believes is more accurate than the operational figures published by the operators themselves.
Local newspaper the Zimbabwean reports that mobile tariffs have gone up by more than 1,500%. Reflecting the rampant inflation being suffered by the beleagured country, NetOne subscribers will now have to part with ZWD58 million per minute for a call to other NetOne users during peak periods a significant sum to locals but just a tenth of a dollar in US dollar terms while calls to customers on the Econet and Telecel networks will be charged at ZWD60 million per minute and ZWD72 million per minute respectively. Telecel has also reviewed its tariffs, and calls to users on its own network are now ZWD50 million, while to customers on other networks the figure is ZWD63 million.
OKYO -(Dow Jones)- Softbank's mobile phone unit claimed the top spot in terms of net subscriber growth in May, pulling in more than double the number of net contracts garnered by bigger rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.
Third-ranked Softbank, which this week announced a deal to sell Apple's popular iPhone, may be starting to significantly reduce the gap between it and second-ranked KDDI in Japan's intensely competitive mobile carrier market.
Data released Friday on new subscription contracts signed by Japan's three major cell phone carriers showed that Softbank Mobile gained a net 173,700 subscribers to its mobile phone service during the just-ended month, by far outpacing the net 72,400 that KDDI gained and the 60,900 subscribers that NTT DoCoMo pulled in.
In April, Softbank Mobile also won the battle for subscribers by a significant margin, picking up a net 192,900 contacts compared with a net 96,000 gain for DoCoMo and a 118,700 net fall in subscribers for KDDI, due to the termination of its so-called Tu-Ka service.
At the end of May, Softbank had about 18.95 million subscribers, while KDDI had about 30.29 million contracts.
However, both companies still have a long way to go to catch up with market leader DoCoMo, which reported 53.54 million users at the end of May.
The race to attract new subscribers is likely to heat up over the coming months, with all three companies rolling out new products and strategies to compete in Japan's saturated mobile service market.
Earlier this week, Softbank said it would begin selling the iPhone brand in Japan by the end of the year, scoring a blow against DoCoMo, which until that point had been expected to be the first to report a deal with the U.S. firm.
Not to be outdone by Softbank's aggressive marketing campaign, which features household names Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz using the company's products, DoCoMo late last month launched 19 handsets for its 906i and 706i series in an attempt to widen the array of phones it offers.
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Global Sales of mobile smartphones for the first three months of 2008 rose 29% on year, according to a report by Gartner released Friday.
Worldwide sales notched 32.2 million units, accounting for 11% of the global mobile device market, the report said. Nokia cornered a 45% share of the market, with sales up 25% on year.
"Nokia continued to maintain its leadership due to the variety of its smartphone portfolio, which includes a number of both high-end and mid-tier models available at different price points," Gartner said.
Research in Motion was the second-biggest smartphone vendor with 13.4% of the market driven by sales of the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl, while Apple was the third-largest vendor with a 5.3% share in the market. Smartphones are mobile phones that offer advanced capabilities often like functions in a personal computer.
Citing figures from the Broadcasting Communications Commission (BCC), the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOIS) reports that the country's broadband subscriber base broke through the 15 million barrier during April. KT Corp leads the way with a 44.2% share of the market, followed by Hanarotelecom (24%) and LG Powercom (12.2%). The remainder is split between smaller companies such as LG Dacom. Hanarotelecom's customer numbers are expected to have fallen in May, however, after 3,000 former and current subscribers filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for allegedly selling their confidential information to telemarketers. LG Powercom stands as the company most likely to gain, according to industry watchers.
Brazil and Mexico will represent the largest opportunities in the Latin American mobile market, with a combined CAGR of 7% over the next five years. Together they will account for half of all sales in the region, says Pyramid Research in a new report. Brazil and Mexico represent a significant proportion of the regions mobile subscribers, accounting for 49% of the total, comments Omar Salvador, Senior Analyst at Pyramid and author of the report.
Pyramid Research expects Brazils share of the regions subscriptions to gain two percentage points. Peru will also make impressive gains, surpassing Chile in terms of overall subscriber numbers to take the number six spot in the region. Venezuela has overtaken Argentina to assume the third spot in the region. At the same time, the report found that mature markets such as Argentina, Chile and Colombia that have penetration rates above 75% - more than 10% higher than the regional average - will become smaller slices of the growing Latin American pie.
Latin Americas handset market is undergoing a transformation, with users upgrading from voice-only phones to phones with music and camera capabilities. The music category quadrupled handset sales since 2005, representing 17% of total handset sold in the region in 2007. Sony Ericsson and Nokia are the most active and successful in this segment, while other manufacturers are adjusting their portfolios to compete more effectively.
Pyramid expects the music-enabled category to almost triple in size, from 40m handsets sold in 2008 to 115m in 2012, when it will account for 58% of total handsets sales.
Source: Cellulat News.
At the end of April, the number of mobile connections in India reached 264.19m, a 3.0% monthly increase. Excluding March 07, when Reliance suffered a net loss of over 4m due to the reclassification of its CDMA customers, this was the lowest proportionate monthly growth rate since April 2005. In absolute terms, there were 7.63m net additions in April 2008, the lowest figure for ten months. Nevertheless, this figure was 43.5% higher than the number of net additions recorded in April 2007, and in terms of annual net additions, a significant milestone was achieved: 101.82m net additions in the 12 months ending 30th April 2008, the first time the 100m mark has been passed in any market in the world.
GSM continues to dominate in India, with 73.77m net additions in the year compared to 28.05m for CDMA. At the end of April, there were 198.58m GSM customers and 65.61m CDMA. In proportionate terms, CDMA growth actually exceeded GSM growth in the 12 months ended 30 h April, with a 74.7% growth rate compared to GSMs 59.1%; however, the CDMA figure was skewed by the reclassification of Tatas WLL customer base as mobile in July 2007. Since then, GSMs share of the total has been gradually increasing, reaching 75.2% at the end of April.
Bharti is the clear market leader in India with 64.37m customers, almost 17m higher than its nearest rival Reliance. Its market share has been steadily increasing, from 24.0% at the end of April 2007 to 24.4% a year later. Meanwhile, Reliance and Vodafone have been battling for second place for some time now, although Reliance has succeeded in fending off Vodafones challenge so far, despite the gap closing to 0.64m at the end of August 2007. At the end of April 2008, Reliances lead was 1.64m, with 47.42m customers compared to Vodafones 45.78m.
State-owned BSNL lost 0.14m customers in April but retained its fourth place with 36.26m. It lost 0.5pp market share in the month and 3.6pp annually. Meanwhile, IDEA finished on 25.04m, regaining the fifth place it ceded to Tata following the latters WLL reclassification.
Increasing adoption of messaging and content services is expected to push operator-billed data revenues in South America from $8.7 billion in 2008 to more than $23.3 billion by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
The report found that as voice revenues are coming under ever-increasing pressure from competitive pricing and regulatory intervention, operators are seeking to enhance their portfolios of on-portal content. However, it also cautioned that excessive retail price points and data download costs were continuing to restrict the development of rich media services across the region.
According to report author Dr Windsor Holden, Although weve witnessed a quite remarkable surge in subscriber growth across the region over the past three years, South America continues to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of its uptake of non-voice services. And while this can in part be attributed to the historical difficulties around interoperability which delayed mass adoption of SMS services, it is also fair to say that the high cost of games, browsing and mobile video has acted as a significant inhibitor to growth.
Nevertheless, the report expressed optimism that costs would fall and adoption rates rise, with content usage likely to receive a further boost as operators recently launched 3G services steadily gain subscribers.
Other findings include:South American mobile user base is expected to rise from 411 million in 2008 to 556 million in 2013Total operator-billed voice revenues for the region are expected to peak in 2011 at $67.3 billion and will decline thereafterMexico will retain the highest blended ARPU across the region throughout the forecast period, marginally ahead of Chile.
Oman was home to a total of 2.7 million mobile phones at the end of March 2008, up 9.2% from 2.5 million at the start of the year, the Khaleej Times reports citing latest official government statistics. Of the total, post-paid subscriptions accounted for 292,894 users, down 0.2% from 293,622 at the start of the year, but this was more than offset by a 10.5% rise in pay-as-you-go users from 2.2 million to 2.4 million. At the same date the country counted 115,506 internet users (+64%), of which 52,351 were dial-up accounts and 23,969 were ADSL connections. Leased line connections stood at 319 at end-March and other internet connections 1,267. During the period under review, the number of main lines in service increased marginally by 2.3% to 267,169 from 261,207.
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A record of 8,733,461 workers took federal disability insurance payments in June of 2012, exceeding the entire population of New York City by more than 500,000, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Over the past two decades, the number of people earning a paycheck in the U.S. has dramatically decreased, reported the conservative CNS News.
In June of 1992, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 120 million Americans were working for a living, compared to a little over 3 million who were relying on disability payments.
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[Editor's note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion.]
As I explained in my guide to installing Mountain Lion, one of the requirements for installing OS X 10.8 is that you already have at least Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) installed. (Specifically, Mountain Lion requires OS X 10.6.8 or later.) The main practical reason for this requirement is that Mountain Lion is available only via the Mac App Store, and the Mac App Store debuted in Mac OS X 10.6--in other words, you need Snow Leopard or Lion just to be able to purchase and download Mountain Lion.
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But once you've got your copy of Mountain Lion, can you install it onto a Mac or an external drive containing Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5)?
The license agreement
The software license you agree to when you install Mountain Lion states that you can "download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the [the OS] directly on each Apple-branded computer running OS X Lion or OS X Snow Leopard...that you own or control." In other words, if your Mac shipped with Lion or Snow Leopard, you can install Mountain Lion. If your Mac shipped with Leopard or Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), but you later purchased and installed Snow Leopard or Lion, you can install Mountain Lion. If your Mac doesn't at least have Snow Leopard installed, you can't install Mountain Lion.
That seems pretty clear. But what if, for example, you've got a family-pack license for Snow Leopard, and you've got a Mac that shipped with Leopard but that's never been upgraded to Snow Leopard or Lion? The Mountain Lion license agreements say that even if that Mac is compatible, you can't upgrade to 10.8 until you first install at least Snow Leopard.
This is just one scenario--I can think of a number of situations in which you might have Leopard on a Mac or an external drive, along with a valid license for Snow Leopard, and you'd rather not take the interim step of installing Snow Leopard just to upgrade to Mountain Lion. Having performed this two-step upgrade many times while researching our various Mountain Lion-installation articles (and last year while writing our Lion-installation articles), I can tell you that it's a real hassle.
The practical question
But lets take a step back. While the letter of the law says you need to install at least Snow Leopard before installing Mountain Lion, the spirit of the law seems to be that a particular Leopard-equipped Mac just needs a license for Snow Leopard or Lion before you can upgrade it. In other words, in our view, you should be well within your rights to install Mountain Lion on any of your computers for which you have a valid, current Snow Leopard or Lion license--even if you don't actually install Snow Leopard first. So then the question becomes whether there are any technical reasons you can't install Mountain Lion over Leopard.
In my testing with many Macs, the Mountain Lion installer, like the Lion installer before it, refuses to install onto a drive containing Leopard; in fact, it refuses to install on any drive running a version of Mac OS X below 10.6.8, just as its official system requirements claim. The Mountain Lion installer will, however, install onto a blank drive, so Mountain Lion clearly doesn't need any of Snow Leopard's files or settings.
You may be thinking, "If it will install onto a blank drive, I'll just copy the installer to my Leopard-equipped Mac, connect an empty drive, install the new OS there, and then use Setup/Migration Assistant to move my files over." Alas, while the Mountain Lion installer will freely install onto a blank drive, the Mountain Lion installer itself must be run from within Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion.
So how can you install Mountain Lion over Leopard? There are three ways: the official way, the brute-force method, and the quick-but-techie way. Whichever method you choose, you should--as with any OS installation--be sure to have an up-to-date, tested backup of your drive before you begin.
Note that there are actually two Mountain Lion-compatible Macs--the Mid 2007 iMac and the Mid/Late 2007 MacBook Pro--that shipped with Tiger [Mac OS X 10.4]. If you've got one of these Macs, still running Tiger, and you're determined to upgrade it to Mountain Lion, the first two methods below ("The official way" and "The brute-force method") will work; the third method ("The quick-but-techie way") will not.
The official way
As I explained above, Apple's official policy is that if you want to install Mountain Lion over Leopard--assuming, of course, the Mac in question meets the system requirements--you must first install Snow Leopard, purchasing it for $29 if necessary, and then install Mountain Lion. This approach works fine, it's fairly easy to do (if a bit time-consuming), and it gets the Apple seal of approval.


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Great Energy Challenge Innovator: Engineers Without Borders
Project: Multifunction Platform (MFP) Pilot Program
Location: Teso region, Uganda
Summary: The EWB‐USA Columbia University Uganda Program (EWB‐USA CU), in partnership with the Ugandan NGO Pilgrim, is implementing a Multifunction Energy Platform (MFP) pilot program in Pilgrim's extensive farming cooperative network. (See related story: "In Uganda, Villages Reap Benefits of 'Machine' Energy.") MFPs are comprised of a stationary diesel engine mounted on a fixed frame with various pieces of equipment such as millers, grinders, oil expellers, water pumps, and electric generators connected via a belt and pulley system. In this way, the single platform can provide a host of services including providing mechanization for agricultural processing, electricity generation, and irrigation. MFPs have been shown to be an effective piece of development infrastructure providing opportunities for significant income generation and reduction of repetitive manual labor in critical populations, namely women and children.
The MFP engines used in this project can also be modified to run off of Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) via a modification kit designed and tested at Columbia University. A vital objective of the project is to explore the use of MFPs with both traditional fossil fuels (diesel) and non‐traditional biofuels. Jatropha, a locally grown hedge crop, is quickly gaining popularity as an energy crop over many other plant oils because of its high yield (>1500 liters/hectare compared to soy at 400 liters/hectare), hardiness (requires as little rainfall as 300 mm/year), non‐edibility (avoids cost swings experienced by edible oils that are also sold into food markets), and wide availability (over 175 different species exist around the world). Also in its favor is the fact that due to its high resistance to drought and low maintenance characteristics, it can be grown in areas that would otherwise be unused for normal food crops. Jatropha is also carbon dioxide neutral, releasing only as much CO2 in its combustion process as it intakes during its growth. This quickly emerging and promising feedstock offers a possible source of sustainable energy for the MFP.
In addition to Jatropha, more traditional biofuels may be employed, sunflower oil being paramount among them. The MFP, in conjunction with an oil press attachment, could be used to press sunflower oil. The oil could then be used to fuel the engine. A great benefit of using the MFP to produce a more traditional biofuel is that any fuel not used to power the engine can be sold at local markets (in the case of sunflower oil, for ten times the price of raw sunflower seed). Thus, even if the oil is not used as fuel, it can still be sold as a lucrative, marketable product. By giving the engines the additional capability to run off of SVO, EWB‐USA CU and Pilgrim have given the co‐op members the option of biofuel energy sources for use in agricultural processing and electricity generation; however, ultimately the choice of how to power the MFP will be made by the members themselves based on the economic, agricultural, and physical conditions of their situation.
Goal: Empower farmers to maximize their raw goods, create a sustainable agricultural processing business, and generate electricity
Project participants:
- Engineers Without Borders (Joey Zambito, EWB principle mentor; Stephen Forbes, EWB mentor; Alyce Ge, program manager; Rebecca Ciez, program manager; Alison Ferris, program manager)
- Pilgrim (Angella Amuro, chief operations officer)
The Great Energy Challenge grant program, in collaboration with a distinguished group of scientists acting as the board of advisors, awards roughly a half-dozen grants per year. The goal of the grant program is to hasten the growth of promising, global energy solutions as a response to climate change, energy resource constraints and environmental limitations.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 7, 2007, 12:00 AM
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a resident of Livermore
on Sep 10, 2007 at 10:46 am
Thank you for your article on Pleasanton Middle School's test scores being thrown out. The state's penalty was absolutely ridiculous and I'm so glad someone finally spoke the truth!
a resident of Mohr Park
on Sep 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I am appalled that you would brush off this teacher's actions as a "mistake". Hand copying test materials and sharing them with teachers at other schools who could benefit, after having signed an affidavit agreeing not to share such information can hardly be characterized as a mistake. All of our great schools teach that Pleasanton is a Community of Character - Responsibility, Honesty, Integrity. None of these characteristics are evidenced by this teacher's actions, which were planned and carried out over a period of time, not just a mistake. This teacher has lost all semblance of integrity and should be dismissed.
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ENGLAND cricketer Craig Kieswetter gave Bridgwater schoolchildren a morning to remember when he joined them for an assembly and coaching session.
Alongside coaches from Wembdon Cricket Club, Kieswetter inspired youngsters from Wembdon St George's Primary School with an interactive assembly designed to increase their understanding of the importance of playing fair.
The assembly featured a video, created in partnership with the Chance to Shine project which teaches players the 'Spirit of Cricket' such as respecting opposition, team-mates and officials, whilst being encouraged to play hard but fair.
An activity was held after the assembly, which saw children compete to win 'the Ashes', a replica Ashes urn supplied by London's Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which the school will use as a prize for cricket matches and competitions throughout the summer.
Kieswetter said: "I really enjoyed the MCC Spirit of Cricket assembly. The kids really engaged with the topic and asked some great questions.
"For me, learning to compete to win is an important life session, it helps you to understand how to win and lose."
Andy Fairbairn, Cricket Development Manager from Somerset Cricket Board said: "Wembdon Cricket Club have built up fantastic links with Wembdon St George's Primary School and to have Craig Kieswetter launching the 2013 Chance to Shine project at the school was a fantastic start.
"We have 18 clubs in Somerset delivering cricket in 74 primary and 19 secondary schools thanks to Chance to Shine support."
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I might have found my problem which may be a good laugh for some of
you. I had proxy ARP turned on for xx.xxx.xxx.146-149. I just turned
it off, and my problem has dissapeared as well as the IP conflict.
I found this while looking through my xml config file.
Pretty stupid of me, I hope someone got a laugh out of it. Thanks for
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:58:07 -0700, Joe Lagreca <lagreca at gmail dot com> wrote:
> Here is my network info:
> CPE Computer IP range first address: xx.xxx.xxx.146
> CPE Computer IP range last address: xx.xxx.xxx.150
> CPE Computer subnet mask: 255.255.255.248 or /29
> CPE Computer default gateway: xx.xxx.xxx.145
> Network description:
> CPE --> 8 port HUB
> --> netgear router WAN --> internal network
> --> m0n0 WAN --> internal 192.168.1.x network
> --> PC for testing with public IP
> I'm currently having WAN network latency issues and have been trying
> to troubleshoot. For testing I have been trying to take a computer
> from my LAN, assign it one of my external IP's and plug it in to the
> WAN HUB where the m0n0 WAN is plugged in (I need to eliminate the
> possibility of the m0n0 as being the problem).
> However I am running into an IP conflict problem, and can't seem to
> figure it out. My m0n0 WAN is xx.xxx.xxx.146. I also have another
> client using xx.xxx.xxx.150. When I try to assign xx.xxx.xxx.147-149
> to my PC and plug it into my hub I get an IP conflict error.
> My m0n0 should only be using one IP, however it seems as if it may be
> using more than one. (Side note: I was playing around with 1:1 and
> server NAT a week or two ago, but have since deleted all of the
> mappings.) When I unplug the m0n0 from my WAN HUB and then plug in my
> PC with an external IP address it works just fine. However if I don't
> unplug my m0n0 I get an IP conflict message. How should I go about
> troubleshooting this? How can I tell for sure if my m0n0 is using
> more than one IP?
> Thanks for the help!


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While Google seems to be taking over everything from personal calendars to cell-phone operating systems, it still has its limits, as a Minnesota man learned in Tax Court yesterday. The taxpayer, a Mr. Woodard, took $150,000 in IRA distributions. He loaned the proceeds out without rolling them back into another IRA within 60 days. The IRS noticed that he didn't report the income on his 1040 after the IRA custodian issued him 1099-R forms, and tax assessments soon followed.
Mr. Woodard used the "I found it on the Internet" argument. It went badly:
Mr. Woodard explained that he thought he had a self-directed IRA and that he intended to reinvest the $100,000 in private mortgages. He searched the Internet for information about self-directed IRAs, and he followed advice he found on line.
Mr. Woodard makes no argument relative to his having reasonable cause and acting in good faith in not reporting income from his $50,000 conversion from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Accordingly, we sustain the accuracy-related penalty as to the portion of the underpayment attributable to this unreported income.
Mr. Woodard asks the Court to accept that his research on the Internet using the Google search engine provided him with reasonable cause for the position he took when filing his 2004 Federal income tax return; to wit, not reporting IRA distributions he commingled with other funds by depositing the distributions into his checking account because he later invested those funds in private mortgages. Mr. Woodard has not provided the Court with any information about the sources of the information he found on the Internet.
It's the modern equivalent of a taxpayer in the old days saying he relied on something in the library card catalog.
Mr. Woodard claims that he relied on information found on unspecified Web sites written by unidentified individuals or organizations. From the record, it is not clear that he questioned the provenance or accuracy of the information he found through the Google search engine. Without knowing the sources of the information, it is impossible for the Court to determine that those sources were competent to provide tax advice. Accordingly, we cannot conclude that Mr. Woodard exercised ordinary business care and prudence in selecting and relying upon the information he found on line. As a result, we find that he has not shown reasonable cause for failing to report the distributions from his IRA on the 2004 Federal income tax return. Not having found reasonable cause, we need not consider whether Mr. Woodard acted in good faith.
Result: taxes and penalties.
The Moral: Google is wonderful, but it's no tax pro.
Cite: Woodard, T.C. Summ. Op. 2009-150
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Give me strength — today I officially start Week 1 of the Healthy Spirit Wellness Detox. As promised, it's going to be relatively gentle — for me, more of a reset than a detox. Some of the things I'd like to get back on track with:
- Reliance on caffeine (I'd successfully gotten down to 3/4 cup of coffee a day, but am now up to 1 1/2 cups with a ton of creamer and crap)
- Mindless noshing (I'm shooting for breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner and small dessert)
- Processed foods (I'd been great until Triscuits and pretzels started creeping back into the diet and they make me feel yucky!)
- Sugar and artificial sweetener intake (I'd been at zero artificial sweeteners but have been drinking quite a bit of soda)
- "White" foods (Because Lucas eats some of it, I've been eating some non-whole grain foods, which I don't even like)
This first week may be the hardest of all, because it requires me to give up (or most likely give up) sugar, caffeine and alcohol. My three vices!
I'll be taking pictures and journaling my food, just for my own records — but may try and do a weekly wrap-up as I go through the Detox challenge.
Several months ago, I shared a list of my favorite plugins…and y'all LOVED it! It's still one of the most-read posts on this site.
So I thought it was time to add to that list and give you a few more options for customizing your site (and making it easier to blog!)
(Note: you DO need to have WordPress and you DO need to be self-hosted to use these. Want to see why I think it's worth it to make the change? See this post: Self-Hosting Resources Galore)
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I like to make it REALLY easy to find me. So I have a supa dupa contact page, feature my social networks in my header AND I use the Follow Me widget to offer the same networks in a handy dandy sidebar thing.
See on the left side of the page, where it says "Follow Me"? (Edited: I have since changed my blog layout and don't use this plugin anymore) If you click it, the graphic expands and you can find me in all the above places.
Hello Bar
LOVE this! It's fairly advanced to integrate and customize, but it's a great way of featuring your latest RSS feeds, news or pointing people to a specific page. I use it to send readers to my Welcome page, where I feature my favorite and most popular posts.
Link Within
It pulls other posts — sometimes related, sometimes not — and features them at the bottom of each post. I LOVE this because it exposes readers to some of the hundreds of posts that they might otherwise miss!
Admin Drop Down Menu
This one is more for personal preferences — it moves the WordPress menu to the top of the page rather than the left side. If you don't log into your WordPress dashboard for posts (I do, but I'm in the minority) this may be useless to you, but if you have a lot of sub-menus, I think it's less cluttered and easier to manage with this plugin.
Category Specific RSS Feed
I recently installed this and I LOVE it. Because I blog about such a wide range of topics — from fitness to social media and everything in between — I like offering readers the option to subscribe to their choice of categories. Each link is its own feed, which I've set up using Feedburner (so I can get statistics on what people are subscribing to!)
Google Sitemaps Generator
This is a tool that won't make a noticeable difference in the layout or functionality of your site but SHOULD help with SEO (search engine optimization) and other cool analytics.
No Self Pings
Because I share the most recent comments on the sidebar of my site, I want to keep my own comments/replies out of it. If I were to comment or reply to, let's say, 10 comments in a row — only MY comments would show up in the sidebar. And that would look lame.
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I'm not completely sure where I'm going to end up in life, but at the moment I am living it to the fullest with a steady day job to support my odd performing jobs.
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BANGOR, Maine — Brewers and patrons alike lauded recent changes to Maine law that have cleared up confusing, outdated regulations surrounding the state's booming brewing industry.
Ian McConnell, owner and brewer at Banded Horn Brewing Co. helped keep the taps flowing, passing out samples of his beers to patrons at Bangor's second Tap into Summer Beer Festival.
Last year, neither he nor any other brewer at a beer tasting festival in Maine were allowed to do that.
In April, Gov. Paul LePage approved Public Law 531, stemming from a piece of emergency legislation aimed at clarifying and softening regulations on beer tasting events. Among the rules it changed: Brewers could now pour beers while talking to patrons rather than relying on volunteers.
"It's better for everyone at a beer festival," McConnell said as beer enthusiasts milled around Banded Horn's station at the start of Saturday's event. "Being able to answer questions as a brewer about the beer you're pouring is a much more informative, personal experience." He added that volunteers may not be well-versed in the beer they're handing over.
"It's just great to see people enjoy your beer," he said.
Organizers of The Festival, a large Shelton Brothers event held in Portland last year, said they would never return to Maine because regulations made the event difficult to host and create a profit. In part, they struggled to find enough volunteers to staff the many tables at the event.
"Maine's done a good job, but we still have a way to go when it comes to law governing spirits," McConnell said.
Despite the law change, organizers of Tap into Summer brought in 60 volunteers to assist with this year's event. Some poured at the taps, others cleaned glasses and punched cards to keep track of how many brews patrons had sampled.
That gave brewers the option of standing behind the taps or stepping out to mingle with their fellow brewers or the patrons.
"We try to make everything as easy as possible for brewers so they can enjoy what they do and talk to people," said Kerri Tripp, executive director of Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau.
As Saturday's event kicked off under a large tent along the Penobscot River, Tripp said she expected an even stronger turnout than last year's inaugural event.
As of noon Friday, more than 800 people had purchased tickets in advance of the event. Prior to the start of Saturday's general session, people were lining up to buy tickets.
In 2013, the festival drew a total of about 1,200 patrons. This year's festival also has the added advantage of not being held the same weekend as the large-scale festival in Portland last year.
Tap into Summer was capped at 25 brewers this year, all based in Maine. Among those participants was the Friars' Brewhouse, which is in its first year of operation and made the Bangor event its first brew festival appearance.
The Franciscan Brothers of St. Elizabeth of Hungary produce the beer, and brewer Brother Don, wearing his brown robe with rope tied around his waist, mingled with patrons who were curious to see what ales the friars had to offer.
"We often don't get direct feedback from people, so this is a great chance to hear what people think" he said. Most of the Friars' beer is sold at Bangor Wine and Cheese Co., while the friars work at the bakehouse elsewhere in Bangor's downtown.
He said one woman said she saw him from behind as she entered the venue and thought he was dressed as Obi Wan Kenobi for some reason.
Patrons are allowed up to 10 4-ounce samples at Tap into Summer.
Tickets were $30 at the gate and the event ran until 5 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds go toward the Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau's efforts to build tourism in the region.


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Medley, Harp address kickoff event
Well over 300 Blue Devil fans attended the inaugural "We Are Lebanon" rally Thursday night just outside Watkins Stadium on the campus of Lebanon High School.
Hosted by the Lebanon Blue Devil Football Foundation, the free event featured food, t-shirts, door prizes and an inspirational message from former LHS head coach Mark Medley.
"I'm very pleased with the turnout and the overall support," said Taylor Vandever, president of the LBDFF. "We really didn't know what to expect, crowd wise, but we had plenty of food, Party Providers supplied the tables and chairs -- everyone pitched in to help make this night special."
Sporting sunglasses for most of his 25-minutes on the podium due to facing the setting sun, Medley spoke of his seven-year run at Lebanon, not so much of victories and trips to the playoffs, but of relationships built both on and off the field.
"Make no mistake about it," Medley said, "my coaches and I had the support of the administration, the faculty, the kids in the school and the community.
"Coach Harp and his coaches deserve nothing less. He's earning that support every day."
Medley went on to recognize his former players, a handful of whom were in attendance, his former assistant coaches as well as several longtime supporters.
Medley went out of his way to thank his predecessor at LHS, Ed Sheley, who he credited with paving the way for his successful seven-year stretch with the Blue Devil program.
"Coach Sheley converted the old shop into a weight room, instilled discipline and a work ethic for this program," Medley said, "his efforts made it possible for us to come in and reap the benefits."
Coach Harp took the podium after Medley and declared the program, "is headed in the right direction.
"I believe that we are much further along as a program than we were last year.
"That may not show up on the scoreboard as far as wins and loses, I feel like it will -- but the process is a day to day thing.
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As we prepare to sit down at the dinner table and share what we're thankful for, there are tons of turkeys who will be giving thanks as well to these celebs who refuse to agree that the bird is the word on Thanksgiving Day.
Natalie Portman is just one celeb who will be sparing a turkey its life. In addition to being a moral passion she holds dear, her meat-free lifestyle is also a nice convenience. As she told People magazine, "My mom dropped the turkey one Thanksgiving. It was sad. We all had to do so much work to keep her from crying, but it wasn't a big deal for me. I was like, 'See, if you were a vegetarian…'"
Alicia Silverstone has long been an activist and devoted vegan. As she puts it, "I feel physically and spiritually better than I could have ever imagined knowing that I am doing everything I can to reduce animal suffering with simple lifestyle choices."
Other famous celebs who will be enjoying tofurkey include Woody Harrelson, Anne Hathaway and Olivia Wilde.


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100hearts Heart Centered Art
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Put Your Creative Power Into Practice
100hearts is a workbook, with steps you can follow to enhance your creativity through heart centered art. It is also an inspiration, with quotations and beautiful illustrations all created by the Author/Artist Jo Thompson.
Based on her own project to create 100 hearts and to share her journey and the meaning it has had post 9/11 in terms of being a path to peace, a path of change 100hearts can lead you on your own way.
The world is in need of more heart...more love...more joy, and the simple act of creating hearts has a positive, physical, psychological and emotional
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Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
40 Páginas
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Jo Thompson is a painter, printmaker, pastelist and educator. Her classes are relaxed, lively and happy! During her Fine Art career she has had extensive solo and group exhibitions with galleries in Palm Springs, San Diego, Los Angeles and Chicago. Her work is in private and corporate collections. She has continued to offer classes on many media: watercolor, acrylics, drawing, papermaking, book arts, collage and more. She earned a BFA degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, pursued graduate studies in art history in Europe and has an MA in Education, Instructional Technology from California State University, San Bernardino. She has taught art K-12 to College. Jo is also a Co-founder of Women Creating Peace a group committed to art for change, and gathering women in sacred spaces to promote and support personal and social growth.
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Giving her friend a special birthday treat, Pink and her baby girl wished Ellen DeGeneres a very Happy Birthday in a video message.
The daytime TV talk show host celebrated her 54th birthday on Thursday (January 26) and a plethora of celebrities were tapped to send her some birthday love.
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By Pacific Regional Medical Command, News ReleaseNovember 19, 2012
HONOLULU - More than 100 active duty and retired service members and their families braved the rainy weather and attended a diabetes health and wellness fair at Tripler Army Medical Center, Nov. 17, here.
This is the second year TAMC's Nutrition Care Division sponsored the fair, with assistance from clinical staff across TAMC, Army Public Health Nursing, the Defense Commissary Agency and Naval Health Clinic-Hawaii.
The fair's theme, "Do You Know Your Numbers," focused on A1C and cholesterol levels. Both of those levels determine if a patient is diabetic, or at risk of developing diabetes.
According to Mary Eiger, fair coordinator and dietitian, NCD, TAMC, the fair's purpo
se was to educate people on ways to negotiate their life outside of Tripler when they are dealing with diabetes, which is in line with the Army Surgeon General's vision and campaign to influence and improve beneficiaries' life space.
"It is important for diabetic patients to understand there is a lot more than just (diet) that impacts your numbers, and it is more than eating right and showing up to your appointments," Eiger explained. "Many things impact your diabetes. It is a lifestyle and there is a culture to diabetes."
Attendees were able to meet with DeCA vendors to learn how easy it is to buy healthy foods at the commissary, visit Army Public Health Nursing booths, providing foot exams, blood pressure screening, body mass index screening, and speak with patient educators about a variety of topics to include disaster planning for diabetics.
The fair kicked off with special presentations and lectures by Dr. Mark Verschell and Dr. Michael Kellar from TAMC's Department of Psychology's Behavioral Medicine Clinic.
Verschell, who is a clinical psychologist and director of the LEAN Healthy Lifestyle Program, spoke about the importance of weight management for diabetics, local and national rates of obesity as they correlate with diabetes and strategies for controlling diet.
Kellar, who is the chief of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic and director of the Tobacco Cessation Program, spoke about tobacco use and how it affects diabetes.
Because diabetes becomes a patient's lifestyle, the fair was a great resource for not only diabetic patients themselves, but family members as well.
"I wanted to come (to the fair) to get information for my sister who is diabetic," said Rhonda Plum, family member. "As a volunteer here, I have many friends who are diabetic. I wanted to get more information to share with all of them."
Plum, who has volunteered at TAMC for the past 22 years, attended the fair with her husband, a retired Sailor.
Plum enjoyed all of the interactive sessions and information booths, but learned the most from the presentation on tobacco use and diabetes. She said learned a lot and picked up helpful information she can share with her family.
"It's great to see (Tripler) looking out for people with diabetes and doing this to help people learn," Plum added. "I hope they continue holding this fair for those who have diabetes or know someone who does."


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