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Is this why the bastards high up in penthouse and executive suites think they are better than everyone else – because of where they spend their time? Perhaps even why "upstairs" thinks "downstairs" are worth less?
"Higher Height, Higher Ability: Judgment Confidence as a Function of Spatial Height Perception" (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022125) looks at self-perception of ability, and shows being higher (or even thinking you are up higher) makes you pump up estimates of your own judgement and abilities.
Based on grounded cognition theories, the current study showed that judgments about ability were regulated by the subjects' perceptions of their spatial height. In Experiment 1, we found that after seeing the ground from a higher rather than lower floor, people had higher expectations about their performance on a knowledge test and assigned themselves higher rank positions in a peer comparison evaluation. In Experiment 2, we examined the boundary conditions of the spatial height effects and showed that it could still occur even if we employed photos rather than actual building floors to manipulate the perceptions of spatial heights.
So… it would be interesting to do followup studies on wage differentials, workplace attitudes (including friction, resentfulness, arrogance) from staff to senior management, and from senior management to staff, based on building layout.
What effect does this have on resistance of those on high to requests or suggestions from those on the ground floor, and what might this do to organizational efficiency?
Hell, in city blocks, adjusting for rent differences and wages, do voting intentions change? Might this paper affect town planning for high-rise buildings, one party pushing it more than another, even pushing it more or less depending on how marginal a seat is?
No wonder Kirk never took any real notice of Scotty down in the engine saying "She canna handle any more o' this Cap'n"!
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BNPB said the total death toll from the two districts there are as many as 42 people. 6 still missing.
4,617 people were treated for different kind of injuries.
Update July 10 . 07:05 UTC:
The number of fatalities was lowered to 39 (+ 6 missing) as a victim in Serampah has been counted two times.
In the meantime, the number of displaced people increased to more than 50.000.
Update July 7 - 07:46 UTC
Today, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has released his latest data on the Aceh earthquake. 40 fatalities and 6 still missing (buried by landslides), 63 people are still hospitalized, 2,362 people have been ambulatory treated for all kind of injuries, 22,125 people cannot live in their houses anymore and have received temporary shelter from the authorities.
15,919 houses have been damaged to different extend, 623 public buildings (schools, houses of prayer, mosques, etc) have been damaged as well.
The thoughts of Earthquake-Report.com are with the friends and families of the deceased. The have been victim in the second most cruel earthquake of 2013
Central Aceh district
1. Wardiman (17) Blang Mancung
2. Tasliyah (17) Blang Mancung
3. Fadhila Arizal (4) Blang Mancung
4. Jihan Firdaus (5) Blang Mancung
5. Karsiem (55) Blang Mancung
6. Leo Yuda (14) Blang Mancung
7. Rahmayanti (4) Blang Mancung
8. Dani (9) Blang Mancung
9. Dodi Rahmadhan (13) Kampung Rajawali
10. Sifa (2) Kampung Rajawali
11. Rukoyah (35) Kampung Rajawali
12. Charisma (35) Serampah
13. Rahmat Diko (2) Serampah
14. Rahmat Diko (2) Serampah
15. Ani (30) Serampah
16. Fadli (6) Bah
17. Zainuddin (12) Bah
18. Rian (9) Bah
19. Isahdan (9) Bah
20. Sahara (7) Bah
21. Rizki (4) Bah
22. Anwar (35) Segene Balik
23. Arifin (30) Seget Balik
24. Yuni (27) ala Ketol
25. Icha, Changduri
26. Vera Angraini (2) Pantan Jerik
27. Raimah (65) Telege Atu
28. Sabardi (12) Genting Gerbang
29. Rakayah (52) Aceh Tengah
30. Fatimah (22) SP Lukup Badak
31. Raiah (25) Arul Relem
32. Lisnawati eyebrows Lilis (7) Serempah
Bener Meriah district
1. Fatimah (80) Suka Ramai Atas
2. Tarmizi (60) Suka Ramai Atas
3. Supardi (53) Suka Makmur
4. Larni (45) Suka Makmur
5. Ilham, Suka Makmur Induk
6. Pian (13) Suka Makmur Induk
7. Aryana (8 months) Cekal
8. Mahyani (20) Kampung Benar Ayu
Ketol district :
1. Thanks to (50) Serempah
2. Khairul (11) Serempah
3. Sabri (23) Serempah
4. M.Jali (40) Serempah
5. Ali Hasimi (9) Serempah
6. Favors (35) Serempah
Update July 6 - 11:06 UTC
The death toll further increased to 36 with a remaining 8 missing. The missing have been killed too as people know that they are buried in a landslide triggered by the earthquake. Rescue services are still trying to dig the corpses out, but may decide not the continue anymore and grant them a grave in the landslide itself. The final death toll will accordingly jump to 44 people, one of the deadliest earthquakes so far this year.
Update July 5 - 07:06 UTC (Reliefweb) :
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) staff in Indonesia report that the earthquake damaged nearly 4,300 houses and nearly 80 public facilities (including health centers, schools, mosques and village offices) in Bener Meriah and Central Aceh. Nearly all damaged houses are inhabitable. Despite infrastructure damage, the majority of shops and markets are open for business, allowing affected populations to purchase needed items. The earthquake resulted in displacement of people from their houses due to strucutral damage, as well as fear of additional quakes. An estimated 6,500 people are displaced and reside in approximately 60 displacement sites in Bener Meriah and Central Aceh, according to the Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency.
As of July 5, many landslides blocking roads and access to affected populations had been cleared, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). However, eight villages in earthquake-affected areas remain isolated due to blocked access roads, LWR staff report. Rescue workers continue to clear roads to reach an estimated 5,000 people who are isolated and require assistance.
Update July 5 - 07:06 UTC :
- 35 people have been killed
- 8 people are still missing
- 275 have been injured
- 4,292 houses have been damaged to differnt extend
- 83 public facility buildings have been damaged
- BNPB press release earlier today : The government will help people whose homes were damaged. BNPB is still registering all the inflicted damage. Many people have to stay temporarely in tents as their houses are unsafe to live in.
Isolated areas blocked earlier by road landslides have been successfully accessed in the meanwhile = people affected by the earthquake have been supported.
Update July 4 - 07:24 UTC : Sad news from BNPB Indonesia (relief and rescue service). 30 people are now reported as being kikked in the earthquake. 12 are still missing and we have to be prepared for bad news about these as it is already 3 days after the earthquake struck. These are official numbers.
Update July 3 - 12:29 UTC : The fatality numbers are now ranging from 24 (official) up to 41 (officious).
Update July 3 - 10:44 UTC : The seismogram below is showing a relatively calm period (at least for several hours). The GEOFON seismograph is installed in Lhokseumave, not very far away at the northern coast (Malaysia side). Minor aftershocks are almost impossible to see on this seismogram.
Update July 3 - 09:23 UTC : Officially there are 22 people reported as dead and at least 210 injured. The numbers are varying depending on the source.
- The havoc in the epicenter area is very big as many houses have collapsed and many more damaged. Since 2 strong aftershocks have damaged the area even more, people are choosing for the safe side and do not enter their damaged houses anymore (to high risk that they may collapse with the following major aftershock).
- Local organizations have started a relief bank account number to support the most hit families
- Authorities have taken charge of managing the relied and aid efforts
- Via twitter and other social networks people, are sending their prayers to those who lost family members
- SAR (Search and Rescue) efforts are continuing until every village / house is inspected.
- Landslides are a major additional damage factor as they are not only killing and injuring people but also block roads and hamper that way rescue and relief efforts
- A lot of volunteers from other parts in Sumatra are currently helping in relief work.
Update 23:13 UTC : No new numbers of damage, injuries and fatalities so far. The situation will be clearing during the following 8 hours when SAR teams can go to the hit villages during daylight. The image neblow shows the kind of damage inflicted.
Update 17:48 UTC : the death toll has further increased to 25 people, sad, very sad ... Earthquake-Report.com thoughts are with the family of the deceased.
Update 17:07 UTC : Official BNPB is still mentioning 5 dead, 2 missing and 70 injured.
Update 16:23 UTC : We are able to follow the aftershocks almost when they occur as we see each time an increasing number of people coming online on Sumatra.
Update 15:59 UTC : A new M5.2 aftershock struck the epicenter area. Even in the open air, people are not fully protected against the danger of aftershocks triggering more landslides.
Update 15:50 UTC : Local suaramerdeka.com reports that the number of fatalities has increased to 20 , +100 injured. These are not final numbers and we expect them to hike until tomorrow morning UTC (currently night in Indonesia)
We are truly IRRITATED that the world press seems to focus only on wars and hardly reports about the misery of this earthquake. Roads are blocked, people are still under the rubble, etc. This is an important human tragedy and the only thing the world is doing is looking the other side !
Update 15:19 UTC : A mosque has collapsed due to the strong aftershock. Local (to be confirmed) reports are mentioning tens of people still under the rubble. Roads to the epicenter area are mostly not usable because of fissures and landslides, so relief and rescue teams from BNPB have a hard time to reach many villages and to send relief goods.
This is a major damaging earthquake ! We hope that the authorities will get to all damaged villages and provide help soon.
Update 15:01 UTC : Todays earthquake happened along the extremely dangerous Great Sumatra Fault. The Indonesian island of Sumatra is located in a highly seismic area of the world. In addition to the subduction zone and the associated Sunda Arc off the west coast of the island, Sumatra also has a large strike-slip fault, the so-called Great Sumatran Fault, running the entire length of the island. This fault zone accommodates most of the strike-slip motion associated with the oblique convergence between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. The fault ends in the north just below the city of Banda Aceh, which was devastated in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. After the December 2004 earthquake, pressure on the Great Sumatran Fault has increased tremendously, especially in the north.
The blue line below is the mentioned Great Sumatra Fault. Earthquakes are mostly occurring in a range of tens of kilometers at either side of the fault. Below the Focal Mechanism which corresponds fully to the fault line specifics.
Update 14:26 UTC : The image below shows a very strong extremely shallow aftershock measured as M5.3. This aftershock will be further damaging the epicenter area. Very bad news for the area as this aftershock occurred in the dark. Most of the people will be on the streets now, so lets hope that there will be no additional fatalities.
Update 14:20 UTC : It is 23:20 local time now in Indonesia, a bad time for rescue and relief as in some areas there will be no electricity.
Update 14:16 UTC : The picture gets grimmer and grimmer as expected by ER at the start of this article. Besides the 13:52 UTC update, who was written for Bener Meriah alone, the greater area now reports hundreds of injured people (most f them slight injuries) which are mostly treated in "open air" out of fear for aftershocks.
Update 14:06 UTC : Due to the fatalities, the status of this earthquake has increased to CATDAT Red.
Important update 13:52 UTC : Kompas.com, a regional Indonesian newspaper wrote a little earlier :
Five people were killed and 25 others suffered injuries (some serious) because of landslides and collapsed buildings in the epicenter area. Meanwhile, rescue workers continue to evacuate and inspect every house in Bener Meriah. The injured are now being treated at the General Hospital of Bener Meriah. BNBP is now focusing on the injured and in finding a place to stay overnight (night has fallen in Indonesia) for residents whose homes were damaged and collapsed.
Bener Meriah regency government is also preparing aid for victims affected by the earthquake. The area worst hit was the Timang Gajah district (Central highlands).
Update 12:06 UTC : The number of injured has increased to 50 according to a doctor in the Lampahan hospital. The mainstream press in Indonesia has not confirmed any fatalities as yet. We keep therefor are CATDAT status to orange.
Update 12:02 UTC : Reader Tarika attracted our attention to a neaby historically active volcano, Geureudong
Geureudong or Bur ni Geureudong or Bur ni Telong is a stratovolcanic complex in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The official name of the whole complex is confusing between the two adjacent volcanoes: Bur ni Geureudong and Bur ni Telong. Two other volcanic cones are Salah Nama and Pepanji, and there are small sediment hills. Bur ni Geureudong has been eroded since the Pleistocene age, but has solfatara and hot springs on its flanks. Bur ni Telong is located in the south of Bur ni Geureudong. Bur ni Telong has active crater that lava flows are exposed in the southern flank. (source Wikipedia).
Update 10:59 UTC : Atjehpost.com reports that Khairul Asmara, regent of the district, said : "I heard from our people in the village Bah, there was a little boy who died due to the earthquake"
Update 10:26 UTC : The red colored area on the map shows the district where the earthquake occurred. Wounded and damage have been reported from this district.
Update 10:26 UTC : Indonesian BNBP reports : The earthquake was felt very strong for about 15 seconds by the people in the district.
People panicked and scrambled out of the house. Based on the quake map, around the District. According to a BPBDs intermediate report, , victims of the 6.2 magnitude quake there were 5 people were injured and taken to hospital, and 10 houses damaged in Benermeriah. BNPB BPBDs and still continue to monitor developments.
Update 10:19 UTC : We have removed the 2 fatalities from the title (reported by the well informed local @Discover_Aceh) are confirmed by other mainstream sources.
Update 10:13 UTC : roads in the epicentral area are buried with landslides which will make efforts to reach small settlements very difficult.
Update 10:07 UTC : BNPB Indonesia (sort of local Civil Defense for relief and rescue tasks) has now reported that 98000 people will have felt a strong shaking. No very strong shaking based on their (BMKG) theoretical plans. Medan, a city with 1.7 million inhabitants ! has experienced a weak MMI III shaking. Meulaboh and Lhokseumave both a light MMI IV shaking. The MMI values we received from our readers in our back-office are a little stronger.
Update 10:03 UTC : This earthquake occurred luckily in a relatively sparsely populated area of the island. If close to a major city, the damage would be very huge.
Update 09:52 UTC : Many readers will ask themselves, why so many I Have Felt It reports from Penang, Malaysia. If you look at the map below, you will see that the closest densely populated areas are exactly located in Malaysia.
Update 09:40 UTC : As what happens all the time and everywhere in the world after major earthquakes, the telecommunications network was badly congested are simply lost. Main reason, PEOPLE MAKE TOO MUCH CALLS. Networks should ONLY allow text and internet after such an earthquake. Voice is taking simply too much bandwidth and has to be reserved for security, relief and rescue services ONLY.
Update 09:33 UTC : If you are Indonesian/Malaysian who want help us gathering information on Indonesian earthquakes, please leave us a comment message below or contact us here
Update 09:29 UTC : The second floor of an hospital in the area has collapsed. No news there of any victims. We are bringing news as it reaches us.
Update 09:26 UTC : Local Vivanews reports : Dozens of people reportedly also become victims of collapsed buildings and landslides. The worst damage occurred in the village Lampahan, District Timang Elephants, Bener Meriah. Five houses have been buried by a landslide. The number of injured is expected to grow.
Update 09:17 UTC : Very close to the epicenter is a rather big lake, Lake Laut Tawar , lets hope that a seiche was not generated (big wave) as there are a lot of villages on the lake shores.
Update 09:11 UTC : The so far reported 2 fatalities are a) a baby less than 1 year old and 1 adult (Lampahan)
Update 09:11 UTC : USGS Pager map maintains his 65% probability that NO fatalities will happen. The real facts will probably be grimmer. USGS is currently recalculating all the different data of this earthquake. Needless to say, that there was NEVER any tsunamu-i risk as the epicenter was in the middle of Sumatra.
Update 09:00 UTC : A lot of direct epicenter information is not yet at hand as the communications are either lost or very difficult.
Update 09:00 UTC : The number of injured currently being treated in hospitals in Lampahan has increased to 16.
Update 08:56 UTC : A ER reader living in Lhoksumaveu, Sumatra reports " shaking more than 2 minutes! and it's strong.....". This means mostly MAJOR damage if true, what we expect to be true. The longer the shaking goes on, the more damage is generated.
Update 08:52 UTC : Below the impressive seismogram of the Geofon seismograph at Lhokseumave, Northern Sumatra or in other words relatively close to the epicenter. Notice also the many aftershocks after the mainshock.
Update 08:51 UTC : The earthquake was felt in Malaysia , Singapore and Thailand. Many many tourists will have (again) experienced an major earthquake, most of them fully unprepared !
Update 08:47 UTC : The first fatalities are being reported. At least 2 at Lampehan.
Update 08:35 UTC : Important : the picture below shows the landscape in the background. The area has got a lot of severe weather and this earthquake will certainly generate a lot of (hopefully not deadly) landslides
Update 08:28 UTC : More local reports are telling us that many houses were cracked and a lot collapsed. If this kind of information reaches us soon after the earthquake, the picture is mostly grim. Reports also from injured people.
Update 08:17 UTC : USGS expects based on thei theoretical models that 26000 people have experienced a very strong shaking. Very strong shaking is mostly synonym with heavy damage possible. This earthquake is currently at CATDAT ORANGE level, but we fear for a CATDAT red (fatalities) in the following hours.
Update 08:15 UTC : People of Sumatra are talking about many many aftershocks at the moment + more landslides being reported
Update 08:09 UTC : As what can be expected in Indonesia after these kind of strong earthquakes, dangerous landslides are being reported.
Update 08:09 UTC : First reports in the local press are talking about many damaged houses, something we understand completely based on the preliminary shallow hypocenter data
Update 08:03 UTC : the earthquake was also felt in Aceh Tamiang, Pidie, Lhokseumawe, East Aceh, Langsa, Aceh Barat Daya
Update 08:00 UTC : Some agencies are reporting a depth of 10 km, but this is a value we consider as "we don't know it yet".
Update 07:59 UTC : A strong to very strong shaking in a radius of 30 km around the epicenter is expected by the local seismological agencies.
When you are one of the people who felt the shaking of this earthquake, please fill in the form behind "I Felt A (not Listed) Earthquake" on top of the list. Thank you.
The first reports are talking about an extremely shallow earthquake which makes this earthquake EXTREMELY dangerous
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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) stock price lost -0.11% with the closing value of $28.27 during Wednesday trading session. Fifth Third Bancorp traded 5324428 shares at hands when compared with its average volume of 5231.21K shares. Mostly all the indicators used in technical analysis are based on pricing data. Volume, though, is an independent variable and can therefore be extremely useful in confirming price action. There are lots of ways of using volume, such as the construction of oscillators, on balance volume lines, and the design of indicators using both volume and price. It is important to understand there is always a perfect balance between buyers and sellers because the amount of a security sold is always identical to that which is purchased. What moves pieces is the relative enthusiasm of buyers or sellers. If sellers are more motivated than buyers the price will decline and vice versa.
Along recent fall drift, stock price presented -6.39% down comparing value from it 52-week high point and showed 27.80% up in value from its 52-week low point. Return on assets (ROA) results to 1.30%. Return on investment (ROI) reached to 11.40%.
Fifth Third Bancorp has noticeable recent volatility credentials; price volatility of stock was 2.57% for a week and 2.14% for a month. Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security. Volatility refers to the amount of uncertainty or risk about the size of changes in a security's value. A higher volatility means that a security's value can potentially be spread out over a larger range of values. This means that the price of the security can change dramatically over a short time period in either direction. A lower volatility means that a security's value does not fluctuate dramatically, but changes in value at a steady pace over a period of time.
Average true range (ATR) as a Volatility indicator
The average true range (ATR) is a measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. The true range indicator is the greatest of the following: current high less the current low, the absolute value of the current high less the previous close and the absolute value of the current low less the previous close. The average true range is a moving average, generally 14 days, of the true ranges. Average true range (ATR) is often used as a volatility indicator. It doesn't necessarily predict anything, but extremes in activity can indicate a change in a stock's movement; higher ATRs can mean a stock is trending, and lower ATRs could indicate a consolidation in price. Its Average True Range (ATR) shows a figure of 0.64.
Interpretation of Popular Simple Moving Averages:
The 5.17% rising depiction highlighted by the trends created around 20 day SMA. The established trader's sentiment toward the stock has created a trading environment which can appropriately be designated as optimistic.
There has been rising change grasped around 50 day SMA. The stock price is showing 5.63% distance above 50 SMA. On the surface, it seems as the higher the 50-day moving average goes, the more bullish the market is (and the lower it goes, the more bearish). In practice, however, the reverse is true. The 50-day moving average is perceived to be the dividing line between a stock that is technically healthy and one that is not. Furthermore, the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving average helps determine the overall health of the market. Many market traders also use moving averages to determine profitable entry and exit points into specific securities.
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) stock price recognized rising trend built on latest movement of 200 SMA with 4.01% during the course of recent market activity. This trend discloses recent direction. The up-to-date direction of 200 SMA is upward. When the price over the last 200 days is moving with increasing trend, look for buy opportunities and when it shows decreasing trend the price is below the last 200 days, look for sell opportunities.
Keep Observations on Other Important Indicators:
The relative strength index (RSI)'s recent value positioned at 65.31. The RSI's interpretations notify overbought above 70 and oversold below 30. The stock has a beta value of 1.4. When beta is less/more than 1, it can be read that the stock is theoretically less/more volatile than the market.
Detecting profitability, the Company has a profit margin of 35.20%, and an operating of 70.90%. The stock price changed 4.07% in the past week. Shares of the company have performed -4.36% over the last quarter and moved 11.39% over the last twelve months.
Analysts assigned consensus rating of 2.4. This rating scale created between 1 and 5. Analyst's suggestion with a score of 3 would be a mark of a Hold views. A rating of 1 or 2 would be indicating a Buy recommendation. A rating of 4 or 5 represents a Sell idea.


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Is that shiny new laser you got for Christmas (literally) burning a hole in your pocket? Feel the need to take it out and shine it at something more exciting than your garage door, like a police helicopter? Or considering a trip down to your local airport to fire it at incoming pilots? For health and safety reasons, this has always been a pretty self-evidently bad idea, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a new legal opinion (PDF) under which it will attempt to fine laser users up to $11,000.
"Shining a laser into the cockpit of an aircraft is not a joke. These lasers can temporarily blind a pilot and make it impossible to safely land the aircraft, jeopardizing the safety of the passengers and people on the ground," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt in a statement.
Under existing rules, anyone who tries to "assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crew member in the performance of the crewmember's duties aboard an aircraft being operated" is liable for civil penalties of up to $11,000. The rule has, until now, only been applied on board an aircraft, usually when a passenger starts shoving flight attendants around.
But so many people have been firing so many lasers in the cockpits that the FAA sought legal guidance about whether it could apply the existing rule to people on the ground who interfere with an aircraft's approach. According to an internal legal opinion, released today, the answer is yes.
The FAA has already logged more than 1,100 laser pointing incidents this year alone; in 2010, it recorded 2,836. The incidents are scattered around the country, but Los Angeles International Airport had the most (102 in 2010) while Chicago O'Hare came in second (98 in 2010).
Today's FAA announcement says that the rise in laser incidents is "likely due to a number of factors, including greater awareness and outreach to pilots to encourage reporting; the availability of inexpensive laser devices on the Internet; stronger power levels that enable lasers to hit aircraft at higher altitudes; and the introduction of green lasers, which are more easily seen than red lasers."


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Us Android nerds love acronyms. And one that we throw around an awful lot is "RSS." Let's take a look at what it is, and how (and why) you should use it. After the break, people.
In a nutshell, RSS -- which stands for Really Simple Syndication -- is a way for us, the website, to push information to you, the reader, without you having to come and get it. And it's a pretty handy service.
The universal RSS symbol is that orange guy you see up top here. (Minus the headphones.) When you see it, either on a web page or somewhere on your browser, it means that there's an RSS feed about, and it's waiting to be subscribed to.
A universal truth about RSS is that you're going to need some sort of "reader" to decipher it. And that brings us to ...
On your desktop
Above is what you see when you click on the Android Central RSS link. (Erm, it's what you see if you don't have a default RSS reader set up yet.) You can see several options for RSS readers on the right, including Yahoo, newsgator, Google, netvibes, etc. Or you can subscribe with any reader you want. Me? I use the web-based Google reader. Which looks like this.
This is Google Reader. From it, I have access to the hundreds of feeds I follow, bringing thousands of stories to me every day, updated constantly. The news comes to me. I don't have to go searching for it.
Sometimes you'll see an RSS feed link end in "xml." That's completely normal, so don't freak out.
On your Android phone
And that brings us to your RSS on your Android phone. The two main ways you'll be likely to use RSS are for news, and podcasts.
Above are but two ways to use RSS news feeds on your Android phone. On the left an RSS news widget in the new Sense UI. On the right is the Google Reader mobile version. Some RSS readers sync with your Google Reader feeds. Some require you to add the feeds manually. We'll have an RSS reader roundup in the near future.
RSS feeds also are how you subscribe to podcasts on your phone, using what's called a "podcatcher." Really, it's just another RSS reader, tailored for podcasts. (See our podcatcher roundup for some of your favorite apps for that.) Most podcatchers (the good ones, anyway) have categories of podcasts to choose from, or allow you to search for specific shows. Google's "Listen" podcatcher goes one further and allows you to subscribe to podcasts via Google Reader. The podcast RSS feed is then synced to Google Listen on your phone.
Another way to add podcast feeds on your phone's podcatcher is to directly add the RSS feed. Attention Google Listen users: That's what you have to do to add our podcast feed, as for some reason Google still hasn't indexed it. You either need to sync it from the Google Reader side, or manually add http://feeds2.feedburner.com/androidcentral?format=xml.
Here's a helpful video.
And that's it. Adding a podcast to a podcatcher -- or any RSS feed to a reader -- is as simple as adding the RSS link. Easy. As. Pie. Now get to subscribing!
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According to the GWEC release, Romney's campaign said in a statement on July 30, "The President may believe that his economic plan 'worked' and that America wants to repeat the experience for another four years, but the facts don't back that up. Mitt Romney believes it is a time for a new approach to ensure our nation's energy independence. . . He will allow the wind credit to expire, end the stimulus boondoggles, and create a level playing field on which all sources of energy can compete on their merits. . . Wind energy will thrive wherever it is economically competitive, and wherever private sector competitors with far more experience than the President believe the investment will produce results." Member states of the GWEC include: AK, CA, CO, DE, HI, IL, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, NT, NM, NY, ND, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, & WA.
Regarding energy issues, the Romney campaign website indicates that, "As the Obama administration wages war against oil and coal, it has been spending billions of dollars on alternative energy forms and touting its creation of 'green' jobs. But it seems to be operating more on faith than on fact-based economic calculation. The 'green' technologies are typically far too expensive to compete in the marketplace, and studies have shown that for every 'green' job created there are actually more jobs destroyed. Unsurprisingly, this costly government investment has failed to create an economic boom."
Earlier in the day on Jul 30, GWEC indicates the Obama campaign targeted Romney's lack of support for wind energy in a conference call with officials from Iowa, Colorado, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- all swing states -- and a memo outlining the industry's contribution to the economy, citing industry estimates that the credit's expiration will cost 37,000 jobs nationwide. The industry supports 7,000 jobs in Iowa, 5,000 in Colorado, 6,000 in Ohio and 3,000 to 4,000 in Pennsylvania, according to the Obama campaign memo. The memo indicates, "In our states, windmills aren't imaginary. Wind energy is a real job creator and energy producer. For states like ours with storied manufacturing supply chains, wind energy is an emerging industry that's producing next-generation good-paying, manufacturing, middle-class jobs."
GWEC reports on the Congressional activity regarding the PTC indicating that members of the Senate Finance Committee, which is aiming to produce an "extenders" package, met again to negotiate what provisions would be included in such a bill. Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said after the meeting that the members had continued to make progress toward a deal, but he would not say whether a bill would be marked up this week before the Senate adjourns for its August recess. Other reports indicate that the Senate is set to vote tomorrow on tax-extenders legislation that would keep the PTC in place, and keep the wind industry growing.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issue a release saying it was "disappointed that the Romney campaign has come out with an anti-wind stance, particularly in Iowa, the state that gets 20% of its power from wind and the state with more major manufacturing facilities than any other." AWEA said that according to a statement to the Des Moines Register, the presidential candidate supports letting the very popular and bipartisan wind industry Production Tax Credit expire at the end of this year. A poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the American Wind Energy Association, shows that "an overwhelming majority of Iowa voters would be less likely to support an anti-wind candidate for office." A summary of bipartisan support for the PTC prepared by AWEA on June 27, indicates:
- Supporters in both parties have been raising this issue since late last year as an urgent action item for Congress, including more than 100 cosponsors of HR 3307 (almost a quarter of them Republicans) and S 2201.
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau, and Edison Electric Institute are among over 400 organizations and companies endorsing the PTC extension.
- A bipartisan coalition of 23 governors led by Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa) supports extending the PTC. Gov. Branstad recently wrote The Wall Street Journal on its economic benefits.
- Republican, Democratic and Independent voters broadly support wind power and its expansion.
- Highlighting the bipartisan nature of wind power was a recent dialogue between Karl Rove, former senior advisor to President George W. Bush, and Robert Gibbs, former Press Secretary and advisor to President Obama at WINDPOWER 2012 in Atlanta, GA. As Rove stated, "You don't need moderates to get this done. You need conservative Republicans who say this means jobs to my district and a resource we've got plenty of. And you need Democrats to say this is a way to expand the range of options that we have as a country for energy."
AWEA indicates that the 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour PTC only applies to projects that succeed in putting electricity on the grid. It expires December 31, 2012, unless Congress extends it. The PTC has not been allowed to expire since 2005, when President George W. Bush signed it into law as part of the Energy Policy Act. This successful policy over the past five years has incentivized $15.5 billion a year on average in private investment in the U.S. U.S. domestic content has expanded from 25% to over 60% today. Wind has installed 35% of all U.S. electric generating capacity, a close second to natural gas.
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released a statement saying, "We'd all heard Romney had a history of shipping American jobs overseas, but this is just proof that he's for eliminating them altogether. Even with tens of thousands of American jobs on the line in the very states he needs to win in November, Romney is more interested in padding the profits of his big polluter campaign donors than helping American workers stay in their jobs. Romney has billionaire polluters financing his campaign, calling the shots on his policies, and even serving as his surrogates. So, it's no surprise that he's siding with big oil and big coal, and turning his back on a bipartisan effort to keep tens of thousands of Americans at work in wind energy jobs that protect our air, our water, and the health of our families. By opposing the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit, Mitt Romney has made it abundantly clear: he is not serious about creating American jobs."
Access the lengthy report from the GWEC (click here). Access the Romney energy plan (click here). Access a release and Iowa polling results from AWEA (click here). Access the summary of bipartisan support from AWEA and facts about wind energy (click here). Access the Sierra Club statement (click here). Access the AWEA website for more information (click here). [#Energy/Wind, #Energy/Renewable]
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I guess it was only a matter of time before 3D printers were able to replicate or start making some more, shall we say "handy" tools. Check out what amateur gunsmith HaveBlue was able to do with his own 3D printer! Yep, that's an AR-15 rifle.
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Ready, set, enjoy! In this modern age, kids toys keep getting more high-tech with every passing year. Yet toy makers ought to know that the parents who buy toys and games for their little ones still look for educational value, along with the entertainment factor.
The best toys are those that keep youngsters active or help them become resourceful and well-adjusted individuals. So whether you're looking for fantastic gift ideas for toddlers that won't gather dust in the closet, or for school-aged kids, or even the young adults who are 'young-at-heart', you can search in two ways - head off to the malls or department stores where toy stores offer traditional toys, or go shopping online.
The reality is, toy manufacturers have churned out kids toys that are modern and cool, and have a certain appeal for today's tech-savvy youngsters.
Some of the modern hot toys that have captured parents' attention are feature-packed learning tablets that offer non-stop learning fun through various apps, and toys and games inspired by popular TV series and movies. An example of hot toys falling under the latter category is the Ben 10 collection of toys that include Omnitrix watch with lights, sound effects and alien voices, walkie-talkie and remote-controlled car with lights.
Other hot toys inspired by TV shows and movies range from cuddly Disney stuffed toys and Transformers or GI Joe collectibles to cars, musical pirate ships, to Spiderman & other superhero toys and games. Toys that appeal to parents because they represent the TV shows they grew up with, such as Sesame Street or Star Wars toys, also remain in demand. There are fun toys for kids who can identify with the action that the toy characters symbolize, like in the case of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles play sets.
And... lest you forget, the latest "Frozen" toys,games and costumes are on every child's must have list at the moment.
While younger kids aged two years and above continue to get a kick from getting & playing with toys that light up & move, like Thomas the Train, Dora, Disney princess, Cars and lots of other character play sets, older kids get a blast with ultramodern gadgets & toys like Kinect or Xbox 360.
Yes, video game deals ranging from Batman to Plants & Zombies to Toy Story 3 are great gift ideas. These are toys with grown-up appeal. There are lots of new titles that let users play with virtual animals or race with other players that have also gained a huge following.
If you're looking for gift ideas that won't break the bank, browsing and shopping online will help you uncover many new toys in the budget category as well as in the high quality & flashy grouping. At the end of the day, though, most well-meaning parents just want simple and safe toys that their kids can grow up with. It is certainly a plus factor if toys and games are eco-friendly and durable.
It's always great to find toys that promote creative thinking or aid in motor development, like a top-quality balance bike, building blocks with nice character designs, a quality cookware set for the young miss who loves pretend cooking, and yes, maybe one durable & compact LeapFrog for the kid's older brother or sister.
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You're on
Facebook to communicate with your customers and increase social interaction. But are you unknowingly falling victim to some of the most common Facebook blunders business owners make and actually sending customers away?
Below are 10 Facebook mistakes to avoid while marketing your business.
1. Using a personal profile instead of a business page: We've all seen it. You're eating at a new restaurant, enjoying it, and you want to go to Facebook to like the page and make it "Facebook official". Only, when you finally get there you realize the business has set up a personal profile instead of a business page, leaving you unable to Like it or interact with it at all.
Nothing screams "I have no idea what I'm doing" like assigning your business to the wrong category.
As a
business owner it's important you create an official Business page for your brand,not a personal profile. This allows you to take advantage of much richer functionality like fan likes, checks ins, deals, full analytics, and better advertising options. It also ensures that Facebook can't take your page away from you for assigning it to the wrong category. That can happen. If you're currently using a personal profile instead of a business page, go migrate it.
2. Not filling out your profile completely: Facebook gives you a place on the Web to advertise your business and help your customers learn more about you. To aid in this goal, you need to completely fill out your business page so that users can find you and they see that you are invested in this community. When completing your profile take time to include your hours, phone number, your site URL, and all other relevant company information so that a user can find the information they're looking for. Don't make them hunt for it. Because they won't.
3. Using Facebook as a broadcast medium: Using Facebook to blast out your latest press release or post a link to your latest blog with absolutely no conversation? Yeah, you're using Facebook wrong. While all social platforms are intended to be social, Facebook is perhaps the most social of them all. In order to see any benefit, brands must put a focus on creating conversation and giving users a reason to want to engage with their brand. In fact, too many posts where users don't engage and Facebook will simply stop showing your updates in their News Feed altogether. That's how seriously Facebook takes user engagement. You want to take it equally as seriously.
4. Ignoring comments: Knowing that Facebook is all about engagement, it's a bad idea to ignore fan comments on your wall or messages users may choose to send you privately. Of course, it's not because of Facebook's algorithms that you shouldn't ignore your customers, it's because they're you're customers! Your business is built on people. By fostering those relationships, you show customers that you care about their needs and, in the end, build a better business.
5. Leaving spam on your wall: Of course, not all comments are created equal. Don't create your presence and then walk away. Monitor it! If you see Facebook users throwing garbage on your lawn, remove it. Delete spam comments. Don't allow people to harass one another. And make sure everyone is playing by the rules. This page is associated with your brand. You have a responsibility to take care of it.
6. Using hashtags: Hashtags are for Twitter. Using them on Facebook makes you look like you're not sure what platform you're using.
7. Liking your own posts: We know you liked your post. You posted it. You don't have to hit the like button. It makes your customers wonder if you have any friends.
8. Ignoring Facebook Insights: One of the perks about creating a Business page is the free analytics information. Facebook Insights provides business owners with important page data like how many users are seeing your page, whether or not they're interacting with it, who is talking about your page, where they're located, etc. You can even export the data to use it for your own benchmarking. As a business owner, you want to be looking at and using this information to better understand your audience, what they like, and how you can better reach them.
9. Using a bad avatar: Your avatar represents your brand on Facebook. Use something that will be clear, recognizable, and grab a user's attention when it scrolls by in their News feed. This may mean redesigning your logo or creating a logo that is social media-friendly (meaning it works as a square). Don't use an avatar that is text-heavy or which doesn't scale well. Remember, most users won't visit your brand page after they've Like it. Instead, they'll rely on their News Feed to get your updates and information about your brand. Make sure your avatar is one they'll recognize.
10. Not customizing your cover photo: Your Facebook cover photo gives you a valuable opportunity to showcase what you do in your top header. Select the photo you use wisely and have a little fun with it.
Above are ten common mistakes brands make on Facebook. But this certainly isn't a complete list. What Facebook mistake do you see most often?


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WELCOME to our latest daily blog, exclusively here on the Angler's Mail website.
Next up on our Big Fish Blog is Korum, keeping you up to speed on what their whole team has been up to. The highs, the lows, and all the fun stuff in-between. Brand manager Mat Woods, will be giving you insight into their favourite tactics, as well as revealing secret edges that give Team Korum the upper hand wherever they fish.
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WELL talk about a month of mixed fortunes! Whilst some members of the Korum team have been out catching plenty, a few of the guys haven't been able to get out at all!
Let me first pass on my get-well wishes to Nigel Botherway who in the Olympic excitement unfortunately came off his bike and badly injured his hip and thigh. Knowing Nigel he'll be fully recovered long before the doctors expect – that's just part of what being Nigel Botherway is all about. No matter how many times he's been patched up and put back together, he'll still be fitter and stronger than most.
Specimen ace Dai Gribble is also laid up with a bad leg, his sciatic nerve giving him some trouble. He's been putting the time off to good use though and has just written a superb chapter for book that's coming soon from The Tenchfishers. If Dai's piece is a measure of what the book will be like, it's well worth buying when it comes out. His atmospheric capture almost had me reaching for the molasses for a go at the tench myself!
I've been keeping both Nigel and Dai entertained, where possible, to keep them from going insane!
One such way was to send them the final edit of the upcoming Korum Fishing Made Easy DVD, in which both star. We expect to have the DVD out later this month and it's a fantastic watch for any keen coarse angler.
Dai and Nigel tackle a flooded River Wye on part 1 of the DVD, whilst in part 2 the inimitable Chris Ponsford and Duncan Charman tackle a quiet stillwater in the Teme Valley in pursuit of whatever comes along! There's loads of fish action on the DVD, tackle and bait tips, and great entertainment from four endearing anglers.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page, website or the pages of Angler's Mail for details on the release!
Talking of new releases, our latest wares are going down a storm. The new Xpert hooks and hooklinks appear to have a big following already – the product of hard work and lots of intensive listening!
On our website there are articles about how and why they were developed, but the main reason was we listened to what specimen anglers said they wanted and then did our best to deliver! You can see the articles here: www.korum.co.uk/articles.
So what about the rest of us? Well I can honestly say the only bit of fishing I've done was for an Angler's Mail Action Replay, catching cartloads of carp on the new Dura-Method feeders using a neat little meat fishing trick you'll see in the magazine anytime soon.
My sidekick Adam Firth, meanwhile, is on a roll! It's been carp and barbel galore for Adam, the capture of a really nice linear from a low stock water near the office the pick of the bunch. A seriously gorgeous carp caught on a short session from a lake you wouldn't ever think held such gems. It just goes to show that you should never write off a fishing session because you think you haven't got the time or the right venue on your doorstep. Everyone will have an urban lake with some obliging fish it – you just have to look!
Adam's first ever Severn barbel came on a quick visit to see Suffolk specimen hunter Phil Spinks, who was visiting the Midlands on a family holiday. Fishing the Arley stretch of the Severn, they had a bagful of barbel, and Phil even managed a rare double from the stretch. Absolutely awesome angling, and all on tins of Spam boosted with Sonubaits.com Flavour Shaker powders. What could be simpler?
Fellow East Anglian Ade Kiddell has also been amongst the big barbel, putting some new prototype rods of ours to the test with 6oz feeders in a huge flow with long casts and hard-fighting barbel. They passed the test and Ade caught impressively, as always.
As for 'The Pons', Chris Ponsford, well he never fails to produce the goods and has been bagging barbel on the Wye, big carp from his 'secret' pool somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere on loaves of bread and bream on another secret venue.
Chris varies his fishing based on the prevailing weather conditions and his years of angling experience are incredible in helping him time these sessions to perfection. I expect a monster river fish from Chris sometime this autumn. I can't wait for the excited phone call all about it!
Another angler that's been doing a bit of fishing on the Wye is Duncan Charman. He's got some guiding trips planned in that area and his reconnaissance visits have gone well with chub and barbel. Duncan's a very mobile angler and I bet he's in his element exploring new stretches of a river he's unfamiliar with. With his new Korum Roving Kit in tow, I bet he's covered some miles!
Northern all-rounder Gary Knowles has started on the trail of big tench on his monster Midlands venue, and has also enjoyed some prolific river trips. Gary's style of fishing is so efficient he never fails to produce the goods – he's one serious angler!
Well that's it from all of us at Korum on this week's Big Fish Blog here on the lively Angler's Mail website. Keep enjoying your fishing and we'll see you on the bank sometime.
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New Jersey's Interdistrict Public School Choice Program enables approved choice districts to enroll K-12th grade students who do not reside within their districts without cost to their parents. The program increases educational opportunities for students and their families by providing students with school options outside of their district of residence and giving parents the power to select a school program that best serves their child's individual needs.
District participation in the program is optional, but requires application to the Department of Education. Once approved, the choice district designates the available seats in specific grades and programs that are open to choice students. Where choice options are available, any student who resides in New Jersey is eligible to apply.
There are currently 124 participating Choice Districts in the 2020-21 school year.
Benefits of the Program
The Public School Choice Program benefits students and parents, as well as the choice districts. Choice programs might have smaller class sizes, increased instructional time, and a school culture more conducive to a student's success in school. Many choice districts have established specialized and innovative programs and courses that focus on areas such as the arts, math and technology, and are open to students who meet the eligibility requirements of the special programs. Opening enrollment to students outside the district can bring in more students interested in taking advantage of these special programs and courses, allowing both the programs and students to grow and flourish.
The state also has many small districts and schools that sometimes experience population shifts that result in budget crunches. Opening enrollment beyond the district's boundaries can alleviate the effects of these shifts and bring greater stability to operations, since choice students bring additional funding to the district. The addition of students with different backgrounds and perspectives from those of the district's resident students also can enrich the school community.