Indonesia Earthquake: Tsunami Warning Issued Following Magnitude 8.9 Temblor

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean on Wednesday after a large earthquake hit waters off Indonesia, sending residents pouring from their homes in panic.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8.7-magnitude quake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor around 269 miles (434 kilometers) from Aceh's provincial capital.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami watch was in effect for Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore.

A tsunami watch means there is the potential for a tsunami, not that one is imminent.

Said, an official at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency who goes by only one name, said a tsunami warning has been issued for cities all along the coast of Sumatra island.

The tremor was felt in Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.

People in Banda Aceh screamed "God is great!" as they jumped into cars and the backs of motorcycles, clogging streets as they fled to high ground.

Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center issued an evacuation order to residents in six provinces along the country's west coast, including the popular tourist destinations of Phuket, Krabi and Phang-Nga.

Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.

A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.

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Maryland bans employers from asking for Facebook passwords

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In the first ruling of its kind in the United States, Maryland's General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting employers from demanding employee user names and passwords to Facebook and other social networks, the Baltimore Sun reports. It currently awaits Gov. Martin O'Malley's signature.?

"We are proud of Maryland for standing up for the online privacy of employees and the friends and family members they stay in touch with online," Melissa Goemann, legislative director of ACLU of Maryland, said in a statement. "Our state has trail-blazed a new frontier in protecting freedom of expression in the digital age, and has created a model for other states to follow."

Employers and colleges demanding Facebook passwords or other inappropriate access to social network profiles gained national attention last month after Bob Sullivan of msnbc.com's Red Tape Chronicles first broke the story of this not uncommon practice. Since then, representatives in several states have been making noise about legislation similar to Maryland's bill.?

The ACLU got the ball rolling a year prior, when?the ACLU state chapter posted a YouTube video?featuring the personal account by Robert Collins, who was asked to hand over his password by his employer, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS), and was told this was standard procedure. Following the viral video stink, the DPSC dropped the practice, but the ACLU didn't drop the subject.?

"I am excited to know that our esteemed policymakers in Maryland found it important to protect the privacy of Maryland's citizens,"?Collins said in a statement?after the bill passed?unanimously?in the state Senate and by a wide margin in Congress. "I believe privacy should not be an alternative in lieu of securing employment, but a fundamental right."?

In March, two U.S. senators asked federal agencies to look into whether employers and colleges that are asking for access to individual Facebook profiles are breaking the law. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., made the request along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who said he's writing legislation that would outlaw employers from requesting Facebook passwords.

Erin Egan, Facebook's chief privacy officer on policy, recently decried ?the practice of employers asking for access to Facebook accounts. She went on to say that such requests are a direct violation of Facebook's terms of service and "it also potentially exposes the employer who seeks this access to unanticipated legal liability."?

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about online privacy, then asks you to join her on?Twitter?and/or?Facebook. Also,?Google+.?Because that's how she rolls.

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Smell and taste experts to discuss new discoveries

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Contact: Debra Ann Fadool
dfadool@bio.fsu.edu
850-241-6392
Association for Chemoreception Sciences

Huntington Beach, CAThe Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), a US-based scientific organization, is holding its 34th annual meeting. About 500 scientists are gathering to present new information on the role of smell and taste in disease, nutrition, and social interactions in humans as well as animals. Smell and taste play essential roles in our daily lives. These chemical senses serve as important warning systems, alerting us to the presence of potentially harmful situations or substances, including gas leaks, smoke, and spoiled food. Flavors and fragrances are also important in determining what foods we eat and the commercial products we use. The pleasures derived from eating are mainly based on the chemical senses. Thousands of Americans experience loss of smell or taste each year resulting from head trauma, sinus disease, normal aging, and neurological disorders, such as brain injury, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. By providing a better understanding of the function of chemosensory systems, scientific and biomedical research is leading to improvements in the diagnoses and treatment of smell and taste disorders.

Members of AChemS are arriving in Huntington Beach to present the latest findings generated from research on taste, smell and related issues (see program at http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/2012Program_5%20(2).pdf). Research topics range from molecular biology to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of smell and taste disorders.

In addition, six special-subject symposia, three platform lectures, six poster sessions, and two workshops have been scheduled (see http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/Final%20List%20of%20Accept...>

During the four-day meeting 319 presentations will be made by scientists from around the world (see all scientific abstracts at http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/FINAL%202012%20WhiteOut%20...>

Selected new discoveries to be presented at the meeting include:

Imagination of odors or music: both cooks and musicians rely more on their right hemisphere
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3961; contact Dr. Moustafa Bensafi, bensafi@olfac.univ-lyon1.fr).

A mere taste of salt causes blood pressure changes
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3960; contact Dr. Paul Breslin, breslin@aesop.rutgers.edu).

High-performance computing allows insights into olfactory receptorodorant interactions
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3959; contact Dr. Chiquito J. Crasto, chiquito@uab.edu).

Olfactory function deteriorates after epilepsy surgery
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3958) contact Dr. Antje Hhner, antje.haehner@uniklinikum-dresden.de).

Fragrances take the bite out of mosquitoes
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3957; contact Dr. Anandasankar Ray, anand.ray@acr.edu).

Olfaction is differently impaired in Alzheimer's and in Parkinson's diseases
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3956; contact Dr. Shady Rahayel, shady.rahayel@gmail.com).

Does repeated sugar intake make sugar taste better?
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3955; contact Dr. Stuart A. McCaughey, samccaughey@bsu.edu)

You are what your mother ate
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3954; contact Dr. Dane R. Hansen, dane.hansen@usu.edu).

Quick smell test helps diagnose Alzheimer's disease
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3953; contact Ms. Jennifer J. Stamps, jstamps@ufl.edu).

Do men's pheromones trigger women's generosity?
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3952; contact Dr. Valentina Perrotta, valentina.perrotta@unitn.it).

What smell loss means for our sexual life
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3951; contact Dr. Volker Gudziol, Volker.gudziol@uniklinikum-dresden.de)

Inflammation trashes taste
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3950; contact Dr. Hong Wang, hwang@monell.org).

Chemosensory dysfunction is more sensitive to Parkinson's disease than other types of sensory dysfunction
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3977; contact Dr. Richard L. Doty, Richard.doty@uphs.upenn.edu).

###

Contact:

Dr. Debra Ann Fadool, Chairman, Public Information and Affairs Committee; e-mail: dfadool@bio.fsu.edu. Before 24 April and after 29 April: Phone 1.850.644.4775; April 25-28, 2012, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, Huntington Beach, California; Phone 1.714.698.1234.


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Contact: Debra Ann Fadool
dfadool@bio.fsu.edu
850-241-6392
Association for Chemoreception Sciences

Huntington Beach, CAThe Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), a US-based scientific organization, is holding its 34th annual meeting. About 500 scientists are gathering to present new information on the role of smell and taste in disease, nutrition, and social interactions in humans as well as animals. Smell and taste play essential roles in our daily lives. These chemical senses serve as important warning systems, alerting us to the presence of potentially harmful situations or substances, including gas leaks, smoke, and spoiled food. Flavors and fragrances are also important in determining what foods we eat and the commercial products we use. The pleasures derived from eating are mainly based on the chemical senses. Thousands of Americans experience loss of smell or taste each year resulting from head trauma, sinus disease, normal aging, and neurological disorders, such as brain injury, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. By providing a better understanding of the function of chemosensory systems, scientific and biomedical research is leading to improvements in the diagnoses and treatment of smell and taste disorders.

Members of AChemS are arriving in Huntington Beach to present the latest findings generated from research on taste, smell and related issues (see program at http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/2012Program_5%20(2).pdf). Research topics range from molecular biology to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of smell and taste disorders.

In addition, six special-subject symposia, three platform lectures, six poster sessions, and two workshops have been scheduled (see http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/Final%20List%20of%20Accept...>

During the four-day meeting 319 presentations will be made by scientists from around the world (see all scientific abstracts at http://www.achems.org/files/2012%20Meeting%20Files/FINAL%202012%20WhiteOut%20...>

Selected new discoveries to be presented at the meeting include:

Imagination of odors or music: both cooks and musicians rely more on their right hemisphere
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3961; contact Dr. Moustafa Bensafi, bensafi@olfac.univ-lyon1.fr).

A mere taste of salt causes blood pressure changes
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3960; contact Dr. Paul Breslin, breslin@aesop.rutgers.edu).

High-performance computing allows insights into olfactory receptorodorant interactions
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3959; contact Dr. Chiquito J. Crasto, chiquito@uab.edu).

Olfactory function deteriorates after epilepsy surgery
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3958) contact Dr. Antje Hhner, antje.haehner@uniklinikum-dresden.de).

Fragrances take the bite out of mosquitoes
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3957; contact Dr. Anandasankar Ray, anand.ray@acr.edu).

Olfaction is differently impaired in Alzheimer's and in Parkinson's diseases
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3956; contact Dr. Shady Rahayel, shady.rahayel@gmail.com).

Does repeated sugar intake make sugar taste better?
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3955; contact Dr. Stuart A. McCaughey, samccaughey@bsu.edu)

You are what your mother ate
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3954; contact Dr. Dane R. Hansen, dane.hansen@usu.edu).

Quick smell test helps diagnose Alzheimer's disease
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3953; contact Ms. Jennifer J. Stamps, jstamps@ufl.edu).

Do men's pheromones trigger women's generosity?
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3952; contact Dr. Valentina Perrotta, valentina.perrotta@unitn.it).

What smell loss means for our sexual life
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3951; contact Dr. Volker Gudziol, Volker.gudziol@uniklinikum-dresden.de)

Inflammation trashes taste
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3950; contact Dr. Hong Wang, hwang@monell.org).

Chemosensory dysfunction is more sensitive to Parkinson's disease than other types of sensory dysfunction
(http://www.achems.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3977; contact Dr. Richard L. Doty, Richard.doty@uphs.upenn.edu).

###

Contact:

Dr. Debra Ann Fadool, Chairman, Public Information and Affairs Committee; e-mail: dfadool@bio.fsu.edu. Before 24 April and after 29 April: Phone 1.850.644.4775; April 25-28, 2012, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, Huntington Beach, California; Phone 1.714.698.1234.


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Instagram CEO could get $400 million in Facebook deal

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, at left, is becoming a very wealthy man.

By msnbc.com staff

Wired has another angle on Facebook?s $1 billion purchase of photo-sharing service Instagram: CEO Kevin Systrom is about to be a very rich guy.

Forget Porsche --?the Lamborghini dealer should be looking up this guy?s number.

According to Wired, Systrom owns 40 percent of Instagram, meaning he will?get $400 million in the cash-and-stock?deal. Co-founder Mike Krieger, with a?10 percent stake,?will net about?$100 million, according to Wired. Several venture capital firms also each stand to get $100 million or more of the purchase price.

The rest of the company?s 13 full-time employees will each get a portion of a nearly $100 million pool, with specific amounts awarded by how long the employee has worked at Instagram.

Only 13 employees to split that? That?s only slightly less cool then winning the lottery.

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Video: Loss of predators in Northern Hemisphere affecting ecosystem health

Monday, April 9, 2012

A survey done on the loss in the Northern Hemisphere of large predators, particularly wolves, concludes that current populations of moose, deer, and other large herbivores far exceed their historic levels and are contributing to disrupted ecosystems.

The research, published today by scientists from Oregon State University, examined 42 studies done over the past 50 years.

It found that the loss of major predators in forest ecosystems has allowed game animal populations to greatly increase, crippling the growth of young trees and reducing biodiversity. This also contributes to deforestation and results in less carbon sequestration, a potential concern with climate change.

"These issues do not just affect the United States and a few national parks," said William Ripple, an OSU professor of forestry and lead author of the study. "The data from Canada, Alaska, the Yukon, Northern Europe and Asia are all showing similar results. There's consistent evidence that large predators help keep populations of large herbivores in check, with positive effects on ecosystem health."

Densities of large mammalian herbivores were six times greater in areas without wolves, compared to those in which wolves were present, the researchers concluded. They also found that combinations of predators, such as wolves and bears, can create an important synergy for moderating the size of large herbivore populations.

"Wolves can provide food that bears scavenge, helping to maintain a healthy bear population," said Robert Beschta, a professor emeritus at OSU and co-author of the study. "The bears then often prey on young moose, deer or elk ? in Yellowstone more young elk calves are killed by bears than by wolves, coyotes and cougars combined."

In Europe, the coexistence of wolves with lynx also resulted in lower deer densities than when wolves existed alone.

In recent years, OSU researchers have helped lead efforts to understand how major predators help to reduce herbivore population levels, improve ecosystem function and even change how herbivores behave when they feel threatened by predation ? an important aspect they call the "ecology of fear."

"In systems where large predators remain, they appear to have a major role in sustaining the diversity and productivity of native plant communities, thus maintaining healthy ecosystems," said Beschta. "When the role of major predators is more fully appreciated, it may allow managers to reconsider some of their assumptions about the management of wildlife."

In Idaho and Montana, hundreds of wolves are now being killed in an attempt to reduce ranching conflicts and increase game herd levels.

The new analysis makes clear that the potential beneficial ecosystem effects of large predators is far more pervasive, over much larger areas, than has often been appreciated.

It points out how large predators can help maintain native plant communities by keeping large herbivore densities in check, allow small trees to survive and grow, reduce stream bank erosion, and contribute to the health of forests, streams, fisheries and other wildlife.

It also concludes that human hunting, due to its limited duration and impact, is not effective in preventing hyper-abundant densities of large herbivores. This is partly "because hunting by humans is often not functionally equivalent to predation by large, wide-ranging carnivores such as wolves," the researchers wrote in their report.

"More studies are necessary to understand how many wolves are needed in managed ecosystems," Ripple said. "It is likely that wolves need to be maintained at sufficient densities before we see their resulting effects on ecosystems."

The research was published online today in the European Journal of Wildlife Research, a professional journal.

"The preservation or recovery of large predators may represent an important conservation need for helping to maintain the resiliency of northern forest ecosystems," the researchers concluded, "especially in the face of a rapidly changing climate."

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APR
The interest price charged on a bank loan, credit score card, or home loan over a year?s time

Yearly Charge
The payment billed each year by a credit score card company to its cardholders. This volume is added to the cardholder?s statement every yr and should be paid by the cardholder by the statement?s because of day.

Bad Credit score
An individual?s credit score score is generally considered bad or inadequate if their FICO rating falls under 620. Concerns that drop a FICO rating to this kind of a level include defaulting on (failing to pay again) loans and credit cards, generating payments past their because of day, and/or carrying a higher stage of personal debt.

Harmony Transfer
The transfer of an present account equilibrium (in element or in complete) to a different account, typically an account held with another creditor.

Stability Transfer Payment
The charge billed by a credit card business when a harmony is transferred to one particular of its cards.

Individual bankruptcy
A lawful declaration of one?s inability to shell out his/her creditors. In most cases, voluntary bankruptcy is initiated by the specific in credit card debt (the debtor) in rare instances, lenders might file a individual bankruptcy petition towards a debtor to initiate an involuntary bankruptcy.

Billing Cycle
The variety of times among the last invoice or assertion and the present invoice or assertion. Billing cycles are typically 20 to 31 times in length.

Funds Advance (from Credit score Cards)
A assistance supplied by some credit card businesses that allows the cardholder to withdraw funds at an ATM, a financial institution, or another fiscal institution.

Cash Advance Mortgage
A small financial loan that the borrower is to pay out again (with fascination) above a quick period of time of time.

Funds Advance Payment
The payment billed to the cardholder for using his/her credit card to obtain a cash advance.

Cash Out Bank loan
A refinanced house loan mortgage that allows the borrower to get cash at closing. The volume of the new loan is more substantial than the equilibrium on the earlier bank loan, as a result making it possible for the borrower to acquire the cash big difference, minus fees and closing costs.

Chapter 7 Personal bankruptcy
A personal bankruptcy position in which the person is permitted to retain specific residence, while other house (if any) is bought in get to pay the individual?s fantastic debts.

Chapter 13 Personal bankruptcy
A personal bankruptcy position in which an personal can undergo a financial reorganization as supervised by a bankruptcy court, enabling the specific to get out of debt by adhering to the court-accepted plan.

Credit Bureau
A firm that collects data from loan providers and other resources about specific borrowing and payment histories. The info is then utilized to aid lenders asses an individual?s credit score worthiness and capability to pay back again a credit score line or Loans in Oklahoma

Credit Restrict
The highest quantity that a lender or credit card firm will lend a borrower on a specific mortgage or line of credit score.

Credit score Ranking
An estimate of the credit worthiness of an individual and his/her ability to pay again a mortgage or credit score card. Credit score rating is often measured by FICO score, amongst other variables.

Credit score Report
A file of an individual?s borrowing and payment histories as reported to 1 or more credit bureaus.

Credit Score
The numerical value assigned to an individual?s previous background of borrowing and repaying debts. Greater quantities are normally assigned to people who have borrowed and compensated debts on time. Also see: FICO rating

Debit Cards
A type of card that can be employed to make purchases like a credit card, but with the sum of each obtain deducted right from the cardholder?s lender account.

Immediate Deposit
A transfer of cash right into an account. Most commonly refers to wages attained from employment being transferred immediately into the employee?s bank account, fairly than issued in the sort of a paper test.

Personal debt Consolidation
Getting out a mortgage to shell out off other more compact debts, generally on better payment conditions than those supplied by the scaled-down debts on the total.

Default
The failure to spend again a mortgage or a credit card harmony.

FICO Rating
A quantity, usually ranging from 300 to 900, that is utilised to assess the creditworthiness of an personal. The number is statistically produced from information about the person collected by credit score bureaus.

Fastened APR
An APR (yearly proportion price) that does not adjust so lengthy as payments are made on time and the account is kept in very good standing.

Immediate Approval
An app procedure that enables the applicant to know no matter whether they are accredited in a short quantity of time, typically in a lot less than a single minute.

Bank loan Modification
A approach in which the conditions of an present mortgage are transformed from the conditions at first agreed to by the loan provider and the borrower.

Minimum Payment
The littlest quantity of funds an accountholder need to pay out by the due day to hold the account in very good standing.

No Credit
A credit rating which indicates that an individual has by no means experienced a financial loan or credit score card in his/her name.

In excess of-Restrict Fee
An amount billed by a credit score card business when an individual?s account stability exceeds his/her credit score restrict.

Payday Loans in Oklahoma
A tiny, quick-time period bank loan intended to help go over the borrower?s expenditures until his/her following payday.

Prepaid Card
A type of card that calls for consumers to deposit income with the card issuer in get for the card to be employed for purchases or other activities.

Purchase Loans in Oklahoma
A kind of mortgage loan loan that allows the borrower to get a property.

Refinance Financial loans in Oklahoma
A kind of mortgage that offers the borrower various loan phrases on his/her recent loan, this kind of as a diverse curiosity fee, a new month to month payment sum, and/or money out from equity.

Reviews to Credit Bureaus
Implies that a mortgage or credit card issuer will share an account holder?s payment history with a credit bureau, an agency that collects such info to evaluate an individual?s credit worthiness and capability to spend back a financial loan or credit score line.

Repossession
A financial institution using again possession of an object that was both employed as collateral on a bank loan or financed or leased by the establishment. For instance, failure to shell out a vehicle financial loan results in the repossession of the vehicle by the company that financed the mortgage.

Secure Program
Implies that the details collected on an on-line software type is encrypted when submitted, so that hackers are unable to acquire access to the info.

Secured Credit Card
A variety of credit card that is backed by a deposit account owned by the cardholder. The cardholder need to normally deposit one hundred% or much more of the credit line desired. The cardholder receives the entire deposit sum back (additionally curiosity in a lot of instances) when the credit card is both upgraded to an unsecured card or canceled.

Unsecured Credit score Card
A sort of credit card that does not require the credit score line to be backed by a corresponding bank deposit. Some unsecured cards charge regular monthly and/or yearly fees for use.

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