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Survey shines spotlight on news consumption
Nearly a quarter of people (23%) now get their first daily news electronically via a tablet or smartphone.
National radio remains the most popular source for receiving first daily news (38%), but breakfast television (24%) is being strongly challenged for second spot by mobile devices, such as tablets or smartphones (23%)
Those are among the findings of a survey, undertaken by Maxim, the Tunbridge Wells-based PR and marketing agency. The survey was completed by more than 170 contacts and members of the public via the agency's website, after it was promoted via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
"The survey is a snapshot of public behaviour. While it has to be recognised that it was completed by online-literate individuals, it does show that a significant section of the public are now actively choosing to obtain their first news fix of the day via the internet," said Andrew Metcalf, director of Maxim.
Most likely to get it in the bedroom
When asked 'where' they receive their first news, nearly half (48%) of respondents admitted to getting it before they had even gone downstairs in the morning. The bedroom proved the most popular place to receive news (36%) but nearly one in ten people (9.7%) accessed it in the bathroom. The kitchen was the second most popular place (27%), to be expected given that it is a key part of the morning routine. The car (14%) was preferred over the office, which only accounted for 6.5 per cent of all respondents as the place they received their first piece of daily news.
Andrew Metcalf added: "Increasingly it looks like many of us don't like to be out of touching distance of our smartphone or tablet when it comes to receiving news, and for many searching for news will follow their first check of their email.
"The fact that one in ten of us admit to accessing news in the bathroom shows how insatiable our appetites are. Thankfully 60 per cent of those received their news via national and local radio, compared to 40 per cent who logged on via a smartphone or iPad/tablet, but the findings show how technology has changed even this most fundamental aspect of our daily routines."
Kitchen is king for television news
National breakfast television was the preferred choice for more than one in five people (23%). Of the respondents who watched breakfast television, 37 per cent watched it in their bedroom, 45 per cent watched it in the kitchen, and the remaining 19 per cent viewed the news in the lounge.
Local television, local newspapers and national papers proved less popular, each receiving less than two per cent of the vote.
Andrew Metcalf continued: "With the possible exception of the weekend, gone are the days of the newspaper dropping through the letterbox and being leisurely consumed before we headed off to work. Only three of the 173 respondents received their first daily news in the form of a newspaper. Now we aren't even waiting to have our first cup of coffee before trying to find out what is going on in the world.
"It is important to note that this survey was all about the 'first' news. While the Great British public may no longer be getting the morning headlines in print it would be wrong to assume that the daily newspaper is no longer significant as a news source."
In terms of what these findings mean for businesses, Maxim believes it once again demonstrates how the growth of online news channels, and mobile devices, has fragmented the way in which we consume the news.
Andrew Metcalf concluded: "Targeting a company's stories to the media is increasingly challenging and needs to take into account the importance of an ever growing number of online media outlets. The adage 'today's newspaper, tomorrow's fish paper' is no longer the case, it's more likely to be 'today's newspaper, tomorrow's recycling'. And although online news may not stay on the front page for long, it does stay there and can be referenced thanks to the likes of Google and news sites' own archiving."
A total of 173 individuals completed Maxim's online survey via Survey Monkey.
For advice on the implications of the survey for businesses contact Andrew Metcalf at Maxim on 01892 513033 or e-mail hello@maxim-pr.co.uk
Andrew Metcalf
Maxim / Managing Director
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Last updated on: 8/17/2011 | Author: ProCon.org
Opinion Polls/Surveys
Rasmussen Reports (Oct. 12-13, 2015)
Gallup News Service (May 8-11, 2007 – May 6-10, 2015)
Angus Reid Public Opinion (Feb. 4-5, 2010)
Gallup Organization (June 6-11, 1947 – May 10-13, 2007)
CBS News/ New York Times (June 1990 – Jan. 20-25, 2006)
FOX News (Oct. 2005)
Pew Research Center (Mar. 2001 – July 2005)
Harris Interactive (1983 – Apr. 5-10, 2005)
ABC News (Mar. 2002)
1. Rasmussen Reports (Oct. 12-13, 2015)
"California is now the latest state to allow voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill. Do you favor or oppose the practice of voluntary euthanasia?"
Favor Oppose Undecided
Oct. 12-13, 2015 52% 30% 17%
Subjects: 1,000 adults
Margin of Error: ± 3%
Source: Rasmussen Reports, "Americans Are Still Supportive of Assisted Suicide," www.rasmussenreports.com, Oct. 15, 2015
2. Gallup News Service (May 8-11 2007 – May 6-10, 2015)
"When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it?"
Yes No Not Sure
May 6-10, 2015 70% 27% 3%
May 2-7, 2013 70% 27% 3%
May 3-6 2012 64% 33% 3%
"When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?"
Should Should Not No Opinion
"Next, I'm going to read you a list of issues. Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. How about doctor assisted suicide?"
Morally acceptable Morally wrong Depends on the situation Not a moral issue No opinion
May 6-10, 2015 56% 37% 4% — 2%
May 2-7, 2013 45% 49% 4% — 1%
May 3-6 2012 45% 48% 4% — 3%
Subjects: 527 adults
Source: Gallup Organization "In U.S., Support for Doctor-Assisted Suicide," May 27, 2015
* Information collected in previous surveys by the poll's publisher and supplied for comparison; exact date, subject number and margin of error are not indicated.
3. Angus Reid Public Opinion (Feb. 4-5, 2010)
"Do you think people who help a person to commit suicide should be prosecuted?"
Democrat Republican Independent Total
Yes 36% 45% 32% 37%
No 37% 23% 41% 34%
Not sure 27% 32% 27% 28%
"If a parent is found guilty of assisting a terminally ill son or daughter to die, what do you think should be the appropriate punishment?"
A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment 7% 7% 4% 6%
A prison sentence at the discretion of a judge 20% 29% 18% 21%
A fine, but no time in prison 15% 10% 12% 12%
No penalty at all 35% 27% 39% 35%
"There are many arguments for and against legalizing euthanasia. Do you agree or disagree with each one of the following arguments?"
Agree Disagree Not sure
Legalizing euthanasia would leave vulnerable people without sufficient legal protection 52% 32% 15%
Legalizing euthanasia would send the message that the lives of the sick or disabled are less valuable 44% 44% 12%
Legalizing euthanasia would establish clearer guidelines for doctors to deal with end-of-life decisions 60% 24% 16%
Legalizing euthanasia would give people who are suffering an opportunity to ease their pain 70% 19% 11%
"Next, we'd like to ask you some questions about euthanasia. Generally speaking, do you support or oppose legalizing euthanasia in the United States?"
Strongly support 17% 9% 16% 14%
Moderately support 30% 21% 31% 28%
Moderately oppose 13% 12% 16% 14%
Strongly oppose 16% 39% 18% 23%
Support – net 47% 30% 47% 42%
Oppose – net 29% 51% 34% 36%
Margin of Error: ± 3.1%
Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion "Americans Split Over Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide," Feb. 10, 2010
4. Gallup Organization (June 6-11, 1947 – May 10-13, 2007)
"Moral acceptability of doctor-assisted suicide."
Morally acceptable Morally wrong Depends/ not an issue/ no opinion
May 10-13, 2007 Overall 49% 44% 7%
Partisan views Republicans (including "leaners") 39% 54% N/A
Democrats (including "leaners") 59% 36% N/A
Churchgoers' views Attend weekly 23% 71% N/A
Attend almost weekly/ monthly 45% 48% N/A
Seldom/ never attend 67% 24% N/A
May 8-11, 2006* 50% 41% 8%
May 2-5, 2005* 49% 46% 5%
May 10-14, 2001* 49% 40% 11%
May 10-13, 2007 Overall 56% 38%
Partisan views Republicans (including "leaners") 49% 45%
Democrats (including "leaners") 62% 32%
Churchgoers' views Attend weekly 35% 62%
Attend almost weekly/ monthly 52% 39%
Seldom/ never attend 73% 21%
May 8-11, 2006* 64% 31%
May 2-5, 2005* 58% 39%
May 19-21, 2003* 62% 36%
Mar. 12-14, 1999* 61% 35%
June 5-7, 1998* 59% 39%
June 23-24, 1997* 57% 35%
Jan. 3-5, 1997* 58% 37%
Jul. 26-28, 1996* 52% 42%
"When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient requests it?"
July 26-28, 1996* 69% 26%
Apr. 9-10, 1996* 75% 22%
Nov. 15-18, 1990* 65% 31%
July 6-9, 1973* 53% 40%
Jan. 8-13, 1950* 36% 54%
June 6-11, 1947* 37% 54%
Source: Gallup Organization "Public Divided Over Moral Acceptability of Doctor-assisted Suicide," May 31, 2007
5. CBS News/New York Times (June 1990 – Jan. 20-25, 2006)
"If a person has a disease that will ultimately destroy their mind or body and they want to take their own life, should a doctor be allowed to assist the person in taking their own life, or not?"
Should be allowed Should not be allowed Unsure
Jan. 20-25, 2006 56% 37% 7%
July 2005* 54% 39% 7%
"Should physician-assisted suicide be allowed?"
Nov. 1998* 52% 37%
Dec. 1993* 58% 36%
Mar. 1991* 53% 39%
June 1990* 53% 42%
Source: CBS News New York Times Jan. 2006
6. FOX News (Oct. 2005)
"Do you favor or oppose legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients?"
Favor Oppose Unsure
"Do you think states should have the right to let doctors prescribe medications that would help mentally competent, terminally ill patients end their lives?"
Yes No Unsure
Subjects: 900 registered voters
Source: FOX News Oct. 2005
7. Pew Research Center (Mar. 2001 – July 2005)
"In some states, it's legal to stop medical treatment that is keeping a terminally ill patient alive, or never start the treatment in the first place, if that's what the patient wants. Do you approve or disapprove of laws that let PATIENTS decide about being kept alive through medical treatment?"
Approve Disapprove Unsure
84% 10% 6%
"In some states, it's legal for doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs that a terminally ill patient could use themselves to commit suicide. Do you approve or disapprove of laws that let doctors assist patients who want to end their lives this way?"
"Do you think a person has a moral right to end his or her own life under any of the following circumstances?"
When this person has a disease that is incurable 53% 39% 8%
When this person is suffering great pain and has no hope of improvement 60% 34% 6%
When this person is an extremely heavy burden on his or her family 29% 62% 9%
When this person is ready to die because living has become a burden 33% 58% 9%
"Making it legal for doctors to give terminally ill patients the means to end their lives."
Net favor Strongly Favor Favor Net Oppose Strongly Oppose Oppose Don't know
July 2005* 51% 18% 33% 40% 16% 24% 9%
Mar. 2001* 53% 19% 34% 40% 18% 22% 7%
"Making it legal for doctors to assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide."
Source: Pew Research Center July 2005
8. Harris Interactive (1983 – Apr. 5-10, 2005)
"Do you think that the law should allow doctors to comply with the wishes of a dying patient in severe distress who asks to have his or her life ended, or not?"
Yes, should allow No, should not allow Not sure
Apr. 5-10, 2005 70% 29% 1%
Dec. 2001* 65% 29% 6%
1997* 68% 27% 4%
Source: Harris Interactive Apr. 2005
9. ABC News (Mar. 2002)
"Do you think it should be legal or illegal for doctors to help terminally ill patients commit suicide by giving them a prescription for fatal drugs?"
Legal Illegal No opinion
"Imagine a law that would make it legal for doctors to help terminally ill patients commit suicide by giving them a prescription for fatal drugs. To be eligible, patients would have to be diagnosed as having less than six months to live, get a second opinion from another doctor, and ask for the drugs three times. And, there would be a 15-day waiting period before the prescription could be filled.
Under this system, do you think it should be legal or illegal for doctors to help terminally ill patients commit suicide by giving them a prescription for fatal drugs?"
Source: ABC News Mar. 2002
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Would the 3.2 oz bottles be considered travel size?
First off, thanks for the time you spend on this every week!
Second, I just tried to cash in on this Listerine deal with these travel sized bottles and I did NOT receive the ECB in return. I should have known something was up when they rang B3G1 and opted out right then and there. I definitely overpaid. I really just wanted to cash in my $3 ECB from beauty rewards as they expired today but definitely wasn't worth this flop. So bummed since I wasted nearly $7 in ECB on this purchase.


One day a merchant came to the village and offered to buy these monkeys at $100 each. The villagers thought this man must be mad to buy stray monkeys at that price. But still some people caught some monkeys and sold them to him and got paid in full.
The news spread like wildfire and people everywhere started catching monkeys and selling them to the merchant. A few days, the merchant announced that he would buy monkeys for double the price. The villagers went frantic and in no time every villager was out catching monkeys.
The merchant announced once again that he will now buy monkeys at $500 each. The villagers start to lose sleep. Eventually all the monkeys in the jungle were all caught and sold for $500 each.
The villagers were waiting anxiously for the next announcement. This time round the merchant announced that he is going back to his hometown for a week but when he returns, he will buy monkeys at $1,000 each. The crowd then went crazy.
All these while he has been keeping in cages and feeding all the monkeys he had bought and his employee took care of them. The merchant then left for his hometown.
The villagers were shock that there were no more monkeys left for them to catch to sell it at $1000 each. Then out of the blue, the employee offers to sell them the monkeys at $700 each secretly.
This news spread like wild fire again. Since the merchant buys monkey at $1000 each, there is a nice $300 profit for each monkey sold. The next day, the villagers made a queue near the monkeys cage all scrambling madly to buy monkeys. The rich bought monkeys by the hundreds and the poor borrowed heavily from money lenders.
The villagers took care of their monkeys and anxiously waited and waited for the merchant to return. But nobody came. They then ran to the employee. But he too was never to be found. The villagers then realised that they have all bought the useless stray monkeys at $700 each and unable to sell them.
And that my friend is how the Skim Cepat Kaya business works. It is another monkey business.


The numbers don't change and it becomes annoying after a while. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for the report. We've seen a couple of these come in from users on specific Linux versions. These are process id's that are output to the console window while Beyond Compare 3 is running. We'll look into suppressing this text. Unfortunately, it is not likely we'll be able to address this shortly; we have a few other large projects we are currently working on, and this is a lower priority bug since it does not have an adverse effect other than the additional text logging.
Thanks, again, and we do appreciate the feedback.


The Wago 221 Series splicing connectors come with two test ports: One in the conductor entry direction and one opposite this. The ports are easy-to-access and provide convenient testing conditions! (Even after Installation!) They also provide good contact for all standard test probes.
Quick and easy connection to all conductor types of different sizes using WAGO's compact splicing connector up to 4mm2.
The 2,3 & 5 conductor connectors accommodate fine-stranded conductors from 0.14 to 4mm2, aswell as solid and stranded conductors from 0.2 to 4mm2. This wide connection range allows you to connect different conductor types and a large cross-section range.
These splicing connectors can be opened very easily and quickly.
The levers of the 221 Series require less opening force, enabling fast, tool-free connections! The recessed grips on the side also prevent slipping and make it easier to hold the connector while inserting the conductor.


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