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Traffic Vs Friendship: My Tough Decision To Turn On Facebook Subscribe

I’ve been using Facebook since its early years. So today it has the most complete and accurate set of connections to people I’ve known throughout my life http://grooming-spaniel.blogspot.com/2012/02/hazardous-indoor-plants.html. Exactly because of its success in assembling this group, I’ve avoided turning on its five month-old Subscribe feature — until now.

For those of you who want to gain a big personal Facebook following but don’t want to spam your friends, here’s my reasoning for taking my Facebook profile public.

Subscribe, if you’re not familiar, lets a Facebook user allow other users to follow their publicly-shared information without that person having to follow any of them back. It’s a more visceral way for users to connect with real people versus the relatively stilted and underused individual fan pages.

Like Twitter, and in contrast to Facebook’s 5,000 friend limit, any person who has enabled Subscribe can get as many followers as possible. Facebook may have adopted this asymetrical relationship model years after competitors, but because its 850 million user base is so much larger than anyone else’s, it can offer many more potential followers. It has also been boosting Subscribe growth by recommending users Subscribe to relevant users via a module on the right side of its home page.

All sorts of real celebrities, web mini-celebrities and even fellow tech bloggers have been racking up tens of thousands of subscribers. And these numbers aren’t just for vanity, they drive serious usage. When TechCrunch writers who have enabled Subscribe share their posts with their Facebook audience, they tend to get the most traffic out of the dozens of posts we publish each day.

I won’t reveal the specific stats for authors, although you can get a sense from the share numbers to the left of each post. But here’s a related measure to illustrate the high engagement that comes from Facebook. TechCrunch has a whopping 2,041,083 Twitter followers but only 421,657 Facebook fans. However, total Facebook pageviews to TechCrunch, whether from authors or the fan page, beat out the

KFAI-FM Celebrates Black History: The Future of Black History

As part of KFAI-FM's Black History Month programming and commitment to community engagement - they present a day of programming focused on Black History. Tune in globally by going to www.kfai.org. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Don Allen and Nekima Levy-Pounds on KFAI-FMPRLog (Press Release) - Feb 19, 2012 - On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., KFAI-FM 90.3 (Minneapolis) and 106.7 (Saint Paul), (or listen online at www.kfai.org) continues their tradition of being the Twin Cities #1 station for community engagement, conversations and public service as they present “The Future of Black History” as part of their Black History Month Day of Programing. IBNN’s Don Allen will host the program with special guest, St. Thomas Law Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds. This is one conversation you don’t want to miss! Does Black History in the United States have a future? Who can we look to that will keep Black America in the history books through progressive accomplishments and exceeding the expectations of a country that has never really ended slavery or Jim Crow mentalities?  How is it that injustices of the past have carried over to the present with covert styles violent injustices changed to match the current times? Is unemployment, imprisonment, lack of opportunities and political exclusion the new “Black?” Some Black leaders proclaim, “Everything is fine,” obviously, this is not the case. Some of the same issues in the Hispanic and Native American communities directly parallel with the Black community. Join Don Allen, editor in chief of the Independent Business News Network and St. Thomas Law Professor Nekima Levy-Pounds as they take this special hour during KFAI-FM’s Black History Month Celebration to breakdown the Black epidemic that has caused Black America (specifically Black Minnesota) to repeat and experience historical events from the Great Migration to a 2012 version of Jim Crow.Don Allen is a leader, visionary, innovator, activist, risk-taker, and entrepreneur with a track record of success that spans more than three decades. More importantly, He’s a problem solver. Mr. Allen sense of design and process and in-depth analyses of local and national politics, social service agencies and educational institutions has led him down a path to uncover systemic failures. Mr. Allen states, “To be successful, you must have critics and a few good haters. These are people who know what you say is real – but have been sucking off the teat of corruption for too long and would loose everything. Benign neglect in the Black communities around the United States must end in 2012.” Allen’s special guest, Dr. Nekima Levy-Pounds, Esq is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas and the director of the Community Justice Project (CJP), an award-winning civil rights legal clinic. Levy-Pounds serves as a consultant to local civil rights organizations, government entities, schools, and community groups on issues such as racial disparities in the criminal justice system, the school to prison pipeline, gang databases, and police misconduct. Additionally, Levy-Pounds is the Interim Board Chair of Brotherhood, Inc., a local non-profit designed to uplift and employ African American males, ages 16-24, who have had contact with the criminal justice system or gangs. This is a great opportunity to broadcast on KFAI-FM and would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Janis Lane-Ewart- Executive Director, KFAI, Fresh Air Radio for allowing “The Future of Black History” program to be broadcast.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1exLwWSkps# # #IBNN is a Minneapolis based news and information blog focusing on politics, business, money, education with delivery for all ethnic media from the IBNN mainstream....

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2012 Subaru Impreza: Value-priced all-wheel-drive

Less horsepower may seem like a bad thing, but the Subaru Impreza embraces the new frugality with stylish looks, a practical hatchback body style, and an excellent all-wheel-drive system.

For the 2012 update, Subaru downsized the engine, losing half a liter and a little power. But mating that smaller engine with a continuously variable transmission results in very good fuel economy, high 20s in our testing.

As an urban runabout and occasional ski weekend car, the new Impreza is a good choice. The all-wheel-drive system gave it excellent grip during our review, dealing with slick, rain-washed roads and gravel surfaces.

Cabin tech has never been Subaru's strong suit, but the company is making efforts in that direction. Standard Bluetooth works for hands-free calling and audio streaming to the stereo. iPod integration is also available through a USB port.

But among the varied trim levels for the Impreza, only the very top, Limited models get either navigation or a new enhanced display for the stereo. CNET's review car, although in Premium trim, was stuck with a standard radio display.

Click here to read the full review of the 2012 Subaru Impreza.

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NewKinetix Announces Re Universal Remote Interface V3.0 iPad

"The main motivation behind this upgrade was to take advantage of the full screen real estate of the IPAD," says co-founder Barry NewKinetix Baril. "Now our customers can improve the organization and remote display to easily create views that will not require scrolling."

In a competitive market, it is this focus on continuous improvement that has kept NewKinetix (http://www aviation Florida schools.newkinetix.com/) and the accessory Universal Re distance and distance ahead of the competition, "So we were among the first to launch, we have remained focused on building a universal remote control that rivals the best remotes on the market, regardless of the platform, "said Baril.

Other improvements in V3.0 Remote app Re NewKinetix include improved customization and personalization options. For example, users can now add wallpapers to their own pictures.The button copy / paste files and are now offering more configuration options quickly. Users can create folders containing groups of buttons to display the organization improved. This improved use of space to erase Re V3.0 of the need to scroll to see all the displays - make a single IPAD for easy control of all devices - at home or office. Re Application and Universal is now available in three languages: English, French and German.

The app works in conjunction with Re accessory infrared, a database containing pre-programmed which makes it simple to set up all devices without reprogramming.Remote control codes, not included in the database are rapidly added to the forum NewKinetix user online (http://www.newkinetix.com/forum/) resulting in a database that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of users.

For buyers of holiday NewKinetix has also set up a page of holiday (http://www.newkinetix.com/2011-re-holiday-press-page/) complete with detailed product and price.

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