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Peritonsillar abscess is a bacterial infection. It develops on the side of the throat, behind or above the tonsils. The infection causes a pocket of pus to form. This type of abscess usually happens on 1 side of the throat or the other.
The abscess is caused by bacteria. It is usually a complication of another illness, such as strep throat.
Risk Factors
It is more common in males and people 20-40 years old.
Factors that may increase your chances of developing peritonsillar abscess include:
- Strep pharyngitis or tonsilitis
- Pharyngitis or tonsilitis caused by other bacteria
- Mononucleosis
- Recent throat infection or dental infection
- Periodontal disease
- Smoking
Symptoms may include:
- Pain in the throat around the tonsil area
- Tonsil that is moved to one side
- Fever
- Drooling and trouble swallowing
- Bad breath
- Spasm of the jaw muscle
- Discomfort in the uvula and soft palate—the tissue at the roof of the mouth
- Sore and swollen neck glands
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
You may need to have tissue tested. This can be done with needle aspiration.
You may need to have pictures taken of the inside of your neck. This can be done with:
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment may include:
Supportive Care
Rest and drink plenty of fluids.
Antibiotics will be prescribed to treat the infection. Antibiotics can be given in pill form or through an IV. Pain relievers may also be advised.
The abscess may be punctured with a needle. Fluid will be removed. A sample will be sent to the lab for testing. This procedure can be done in the doctor's office.
Incision and Drainage Procedure
An incision and drainage procedure may be done. While under sedation, a small cut will be made in the abscess. The fluid will be drained.
A tonsillectomy may be recommended if all other treatments fail. This involves removing the affected tonsil. This may also be done if you have had previous peritonsillar infections.
To help reduce your chances of getting peritonsillar abscess, take the following steps:
- If you have a throat infection, see your doctor. This is especially important if you have severe or chronic throat infections.
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to quit.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 03/2017 -
- Update Date: 03/15/2013 -


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Onsite Coverage: New Technology as Leverage or Leveler
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The smartphone and tablet are more critical than most people think, according to Max Wolff, chief economist and senior analyst with GreenCrest Capital.
During a morning session of the CU Reality Check conference here on Tuesday, he asserted that mobile is the ATM of 15 years ago.
"The new technologies are still disruptive. We still don't have leaders across the board, Wolff said.
But, he added, one thing is certain regarding social media and other developments: "This new technology can help you leverage or it can level you if you're a laggard."
"Because the economy has been so disruptive, the disruptive technologies have been difficult for people to grasp," Wolff said.
However, social and disruptive startups are not a passing fad. "This is a mature market that is disruptive that is making changes," according to Wolff.
A key point that can be missed is as it applies to financial institutions is that mobile banking is not necessarily a commodity.
"Social is real interpersonal interaction that's machine mediated," Wolff emphasized. It's the new word-of-mouth marketing, and as people expect more through mobile the models are changing.
Now, one in three married couples self-reported that they met their spouse online, Wolff pointed out, which means they trust highly personal relationships, such as banking, in the online world.
Social media outlets are looking to become financial intermediaries. "They will be in the payment space if they aren't already, and they're going to double down," the economist advised.
"Facebook is the No. 1 time spend for people under 30," Wolff said. TV and movies will come through this medium, he predicted.
But social media outlets aren't the only ones. Apple and Android own 80% of the market and investing in financial services every day, he added.
"Your smartphone is your keys and your wallet, and your credit union better live in there," Wolff said.
The good news is that credit unions already possess the characteristics that are necessary to succeed online and in mobile. "What resonates online is real message, social values and uniqueness. Credit unions already have this," Wolff said.
The venture capitalist added, "(The new technologies are) a potential leverage of great value to you to compete with the bigger players with the biggest bucks."
Credit unions also have members' trust and are cooperatives, which is attractive to many consumers. They also stand for something, he said. Credit unions have an audience but they must be engaged.
"Public awareness of credit unions isn't what it needs to be," Wolff said was their one drawback.
When people don't understand you, he said, they avoid you or think there must be something wrong with them or something wrong with you. He suggested that Twitter has become the de facto newsfeed of reporters so being active on Twitter can help get the word out.

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Plumlee, Johnson to Play 2 Games With Fort Wayne in D-League
November 21, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers announced Wednesday that rookies Miles Plumlee and Orlando Johnson will join the Fort Wayne Mad Ants for two games this weekend. This is the first time the Pacers have assigned players to their NBA D-League affiliate.
Plumlee, a 6-10, 245-pound center/forward who was the Pacers' first-round pick last June (26th overall), has played in four games this season, scoring four points and pulling down five rebounds. Johnson, a 6-5 guard who was a second-round pick that the Pacers acquired from Sacramento on draft night, has played in two games, but hasn't scored.
"We could not be happier to have Miles and Orlando join our team for these first two games," said Mad Ants head coach Duane Ticknor. "We think we can provide both players a great opportunity to improve their games, and I am excited for this watershed moment in our partnership with the Pacers."
Fort Wayne hosts Erie Friday night and Maine Sunday. The two players will re-join the Pacers for their three-game western road trip next week.


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you go in today's world, you're likely to see smartphone users. Whether they're
typing away on Facebook or in a text message, or flinging birds into piles of pigs,
it's not uncommon to see user's faces buried in their mobile devices.
With this being the case, it's no surprise that Nielsen's
May survey reported that a large percentage of mobile consumers in the
U.S. own smartphones, and that smartphones account for a majority of new cell
phone purchases.
According to the survey, 38 percent of mobile consumers now own smartphones,
and 55 percent of those who purchased handsets over the past three months
bought a smartphone instead of a feature phone. This number increased 34
percent from a year ago.
Earlier this month, Nielsen reported that Android was number one in the
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We must hope that Larry Tradlener will explain in "Part II, Guns and Roses" how the users of the "non-assault rifle (AR-15)" could kill so many people (in Aurora and Newtown) in such a brief time, with a semi-automatic rifle which fires only when the trigger is pulled. A novice using a semi-automatic AR-15 or Mini-14 can unload 20 rounds in less than 10 seconds, and reload another magazine, when handy, within another 3 seconds. They are still, according to the NRA, non-assault rifles.
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Day two of the Brainstorm GREEN conference
yesterday revealed that Richard Branson will embark on an undersea venture
where he will explore some of the deepest parts of the oceans around the
The Brainstorm
GREEN conference is where thought leaders and business leaders - such
as Fortune 500 companies,
government policymakers and environmental activists - come together for a
three-day symposium in Laguna Niguel, California in order to exchange and
discuss ideas.
Branson is a British entrepreneur who is known for the Virgin brand. He first
launched Virgin Records in 1972, which later became Virgin Megastores. The name
then grew into over 400 companies, which make up the Virgin Group. Branson is
also deeply interested in environmental endeavors, such as the Virgin Green
Fund, which invests in companies that can compete with "dirty
industries" like oil and make a profit in order to eliminate
reliance on dirty fuels.
Now, at
the Brainstorm GREEN conference, Branson told Fortune Managing Editor Andy Serwer that
he would be exploring the deepest parts of the world's oceans in the Virgin Oceanic submarine.
The sub,
which was designed by Graham Hawkes, weighs 8,000 lbs and is made of carbon fiber
and titanium. It has an operating depth of 37,000 ft and can operate for 24
hours "unaided." It was designed in such a way that it looks like it
has fins and a unique flying wing so that can range the seas "in harmony
with its environment." In addition, Branson notes that it is much less
expensive to operate and manufacture than other subs that cannot achieve full
ocean depth like the Virgin Oceanic can.
Oceanic will expand the reach of human
exploration on our planet," said Branson. "By promoting and
utilizing new technology, Virgin Oceanic will aid humankind's ability to
explore our oceans, assist science in understanding our ecosystem and raise
awareness of the challenges facing our oceans."
He also
noted that other submarines prior to the Virgin Oceanic could only dive 18,000
ft, while some of the deepest trenches in the world are around 36,000 ft. The
Virgin Oceanic was designed to be the first sub to explore some of these
Virgin Oceanic venture will consist of five dives in five different oceans. The
crew will explore the Mariana Trench in the Pacific, the Diamantina Trench in
the Indian, the South Sandwich Trench in the Southern Atlantic, the Puerto Rico
Trench in the Atlantic and the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean.
dive will be piloted by different commanders with Chris Welsh diving to the
Mariana Trench (36,201 ft) with Sir Richard as back-up pilot, and Sir Richard
piloting to the Puerto Rico Trench (28,232 ft) - the deepest trench in the
Atlantic, which has never been explored before - with Chris Welsh acting as
back-up," said Branson. "The Virgin Oceanic sub has the ability to
'fly' underwater for 10 km at depth on each of the five dives and to fully
explore this unknown environment."
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As Netflix continues
to grow in both audience and content, Hollywood film executives are feeling
more and more threatened.
In the
past, studio executives have questioned whether Netflix could acquire a large audience
without hit films or television shows, which is content they didn't think the
video-rental service could afford. But now, Netflix has more than 20 million
subscribers and has "sought-after" content available more than 200 internet-based
platforms and devices like Xbox 360 and iPad. In the past year alone, the
number of subscribers to Netflix has increased 66 percent. The video-rental
company has even pushed competitors like Blockbuster and Movie Gallery to file
for bankruptcy protection.
ability to obtain such
popularity so quickly has Hollywood executives scared, mainly because
of how it influences the studio's businesses. For instance, Netflix draws sales
from other areas such as airlines that offer in-flight internet access. If a
person aboard the plane has Netflix, this takes a sale away from the carrier
who is trying to sell movies on the plane as well.
executives believe Netflix is having other impacts on the movie industry as
well. For instance, movies on Netflix lose value more quickly than those
that don't because "Netflix takes scarcity out of the equation" by
offering movies to users anytime they want. In addition, film execs say
Netflix discourages users from buying new releases. Disc sales are
decreasing annually, and 30 to 50 percent of DVD's are still in their original shrink-wrap.
While new releases won't appear on Netflix for years, users are okay with
waiting until they do.
to Eric Garland, CEO of Big Champagne, which is a company that follows
digital-media consumption, consumers quit collecting DVD's because it is no
longer the new technology of the times.
medium was creating this false impression that we had a real need to curate
libraries of films," said Garland. "People built film libraries
because they had never been able to own movies before. Even then, most of the
movies only got watched once."
the film industry made a
large profit for years off of movie sales, especially the DVD.
we find out that people won't collect feature films anymore, than the business
as we know it is broken beyond repair," said Garland.
response to Netflix's overwhelming popularity and its negative impact
on the film industry, Hollywood film execs have decided to avoid Netflix
completely. They will not "throw in" with the company and jeopardize
conventional broadcast services. They feel it is their job to keep Netflix in
check before it grows too large to handle.
doesn't mean that film execs are at war with Netflix or refuse to distribute
films or television shows over the internet. The film industry plans to
continue offering this content over the internet for attractive prices, but not
through Netflix.
managers see Netflix as a company that offers the least-valuable material, and
that the service will become a swap meet at best that users will become bored
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When water makes you angry
World Vision's Kari Costanza visited a community in Ethiopia whose residents are experiencing a very pronounced -- and understandable -- emotion over their struggle with a lack of access to clean water: anger.
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As a reporter for World Vision, I like to interview people one-on-one and in private. People feel safer and open up more when they're not surrounded by a crowd.
So imagine my dismay when I arrived to do a story about water in an Ethiopian village, and it appeared that the entire town had turned out to be interviewed.
I sighed inwardly. This was not going to be easy.
The town lined up and I asked them four questions: What is your name, what do you do, why do you need water, and what about your life will change when clean water is found?
Their answers surprised me and helped me understand what having no water means to a village -- in an entirely new way.
Their town was called Tsigereda, which means "rose."
Ironically, roses have never been able to grow here, because there is absolutely no water.
But that's not the worst of this town's woes.
Mekdes Abera, age 24 and a nurse, described a vividly horrible scene at the health clinic where she works.
"The most dangerous thing about having no water -- after delivery, there's nothing to wash my hands with," she said. "We worry for those women who give birth. They might be contaminated. We are required to wash after each patient, but we can't. It is not practical."
The health center is completely unsanitary, she said. "We can't clean instruments because of a lack of water."
And they can't clean up the blood.
"Pregnant women come with blood gushing out of them," said Mekdes. "There is no water to wash the floor."
Nurse Kefele Getaneh, 26, who works with Mekdes at the clinic, said, "We catch rain water from iron sheets. We keep it in reservoirs. We run out. Most community members get diarrhea, especially the children. We lose children."
Aselef Dereje, 13, a student in the town, became absolutely livid when talking about water. She practically stomped her foot when she answered my questions.
"Parents demand that their daughters fetch water. When I am on morning shift, I walk for hours. Then I am late for class. When we go to school late, we can't get into class."
I asked how clean water would change her life. She told me that she's second in a class of 57 and added, "But I could be number 1."
If Rose had water.
"The problem is colossal," says Assefa Alemu, 25, a local administrator. "People fight with one another in the queues. Mothers who get vaccinations can't even wash."
He described how blood from vaccinations would run down a woman's arm, with no way to clean afterward. It would just dry there in a bright red stain.
"When we get water, the mother of all our problems will be gone," he said.
Standing there among the villagers, I had never felt so much anger expressed because of a lack of clean water. Sadness and fear, I'd seen. I'd seen hopelessness. But never so much anger.
And, I thought:
Why couldn't Nurse Mekdes wash her hands after delivering a baby?
Why couldn't Aselef be at the top of her class?
Why couldn't Assefa plant roses to commemorate his town's name?
The worst kind of interview had turned into the best possible way for me to understand the frustration of a community that doesn't have water.
I left the town called Rose with a surprising emotion planted in my heart: rage.
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Many music fans and supports of consumer rights were appalled when Jammie Thomas was ordered to pay $220,000 in restitution to RIAA for allegedly making copyrighted songs available on peer-to-peer network Kazaa.
The original verdict called for Thomas to pay the massive settlement amounting to $9,250 per song and she was said to have made a little more than 1,700 tracks available. RIAA attorney Richard Gabriels said outside the courthouse after the verdict was handed down, "This is what can happen if you don't settle." In other words, if we tell you to pay, pay whether you did it or not.
This week, Gabriels isn't quite singing the same tune he was in October of 2007. Judge Davis had previously announced that he was considering a retrial in the Thomas case in May of 2008. This week Davis threw out the jury verdict of $220,000 and declared a mistrial.
CNET News reports that Davis declared the mistrial on the grounds that he misguided the jury during the original trial. Davis told the jurors that simply making copyrighted songs available for sharing amounts to infringement.
That statement from Davis drew the ire of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other consumer groups who claimed the instructions to the jury were erroneous. Obviously, RIAA maintained that the instructions given by Judge Davis to the jury were valid.
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has been hooting and hollering about
its "4G" (actually 3.5, HSPA+) network for a long
time. While testing has shown it to be slower than true 4G networks like
Verizon's LTE or Sprint's WiMAX, T-Mobile does offer HSPA+ phones, something
that Verizon can't yet claim. So in terms of data
network speed, after Sprint, T-Mobile currently is the next best thing.
The carrier rubs in that fact with a pointed new commercial [video], which simultaneous disses the Apple
iPhone, AT&T, and Verizon. Clearly T-Mobile doesn't think users
should be impressed with the fact that the iPhone has come to Big Red.
The ad spot features the ever-popular T-Mobile chick (better known as Carly Foulkes,
a model also appearing in ads for Ralph Lauren Rugby line) poking fun at the
iPhone dude (a clear parody of Justin Long's character) and his eternal attempts
at being cool.
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is AT&T -- the other, the iPhone's new network
Verizon. T-Mobile's gal asks, "Who are your buddies?"
IPhone responds, "Oh that's AT&T, and that's Verizon?"
Verizon chimes in "Actually I'm Verizon."
And AT&T adds, "And I'm AT&T."
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head, to his stodgy suit. Everything that is, except for the tie.
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have nationwide 4G like me?"
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A known Xbox 360 hardware issue is beginning to surface in significant numbers recently based on research conducted by video game site Joystiq. Tentatively called the Xbox 360 E74 error, one of the lights on the "Ring of Lights" on the front of your Xbox 360 console flashes red and you receive the error code and message: "E74. System Error. Contact Xbox Customer Support". The symptoms involve the bottom right portion of the indicator ring repeatedly flashing on and off and lines or snow will become visible across the screen.
According to the initial Joystiq article posted on March 13, the Microsoft representative Joystiq contacted told them she wasn't familiar with the problem and that they were looking in to the issue. The E74 error is a known issue that is recognized by Microsoft and is documented on Microsoft's own support site complete with diagrams. The support site has a last revised time stamp of March 3, 2009 as of this writing, predating the Joystiq article that broke the story.
Microsoft's support site provides no explanation for the error other than to state, "This behavior occurs when the Xbox 360 console experiences a hardware failure." Joystiq theorizes the E74 error is related to a hardware video problem where the ANA/HANA scaling chip on Xbox 360s equipped with HDMI functionality has come loose.
The main theory put forward that tries to explain why this particular hardware issue is being seen more frequently is the increased graphical stress caused by the introduction of the New Xbox Experience. The New Xbox Experience was launched on November 19 and provided Xbox Live users with a complete rework of the user interface.
One of the significant changes introduced by the New Xbox Experience was the removal of the blade interface. The blades allowed users to access pages of information and features quickly due to the fact they are stacked on top of each other. The new interface uses full windows to spread out the screen.
Another significant change introduced by the New Xbox Experience was the implementation of a graphical avatar system. Users are allowed to choose their avatar from a large group; each avatar is dressed differently, has a unique hair style, and skin color. Once you have chosen your avatar, you are allowed to customize it with new clothing, accessories, and hair. The stress caused by these visual changes may be what is taking many Xbox 360s to the breaking point for unlucky customers.
An interesting pattern can be seen on a Google Trends chart that shows a noticeable spike in users researching the E74 error in November 2008 right around the launch of the New Xbox Experience.
Joystiq's analysis of survey respondents show a similar pattern of increased E74 failures starting in November of last year. A conspiracy theory making the rounds speculates Microsoft may have changed the system diagnostics test to report Red Ring of Death error as E74 instead to save money. For errors reported as E74, it would force customers to pay $100 for the repair if the error occurs later than 12 months after purchase. The E74 error is not covered under the 3-year extended warranty set in place for the Red Ring of Death malfunction. Joystiq points out that this theory is unlikely because survey respondents are still reporting Red Ring of Death errors after the launch of the New Xbox Experience.
On March 19, Joystiq posted Microsoft's official response to the E74 issue where they stated:
E74 is a general hardware error on Xbox 360 indicated by a single red flashing light in the Xbox Ring of Light and an error message visible on the television. This error is unrelated to the three flashing red lights error and there is not a single root cause. We encourage anyone who receives this error to contact Xbox Customer support through www.xbox.com/support or 1-800-4-MY-XBOX. The majority of customers who own Xbox 360 consoles continue to have a terrific experience from their first day, and continue to, day in and day out.
As pointed out by Joystiq, Microsoft's response fails to adequately answer what causes the E74 error, if there has been an increase in incidents, and why it is not covered while the Red Ring of Death is. The evidence is mounting as Joystiq has posted an update on March 23 showing E74 errors have definitely increased since the introduction of the New Xbox Experience. It remains to be seen how long it takes Microsoft to acknowledge there is an issue and deal with in a way that satisfies their current customers. As past history shows an adequate response may take time.
Microsoft's top game executive, Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment & Devices group, said at a dinner in July 2008 that Microsoft's own research shows that gamers have largely forgiven the company for defective Xbox 360s. Depending on how this issue is handled current customers may not be so quick to forgive.


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Looming Nor'easter Shutters Credit Unions
Just three months after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York's highly populated tri-state region region, another storm system is blasting through the Northeast that is expected to dump up to a foot to two feet of snow from New York to Maine.
"We have many credit unions that are closed for the day, and most others have announced an early closing, as we here at the league (office) have done," Tony Emerson, president/CEO of the Credit Union League of Connecticut in Meriden, said Friday morning. "It's already snowing here and we expect at least 18 inches of snow, with some forecasts calling for up to 35 inches in some areas."
The Massachusetts Credit Union League office in Marlborough, Mass., also was closed Friday because of blizzard warnings posted by the National Weather Service.
League staff will be monitoring email and voice messages and responding to any inquiries throughout the day, Emerson said, adding that the state's credit unions have access to the league's staff 24/7.
"Our credit unions knew this blizzard was coming and are prepared," said Rob Kimmett, senior vice president of the MCUL. "It has been the top news item for the past three or four days."
Blizzard warnings were posted for parts of New Jersey and New York's Long Island as well as areas of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
"This is going to be a dangerous winter storm," Alan Dunham, NWS meteorologist in Taunton, Mass., told CBS News. "Wherever you need to get to, get there by Friday afternoon and don't plan on leaving."


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BitTorrent today announced the launch of the BitTorrent Entertainment Network, featuring a comprehensive library of downloadable digital entertainment content from 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and, the latest studio on the bandwagon, MGM. The BitTorrent community can rent movies, purchase television shows and music videos, and even publish and share their own content to be displayed alongside titles from the world's largest studios.
"BitTorrent has the infrastructure, technology and established user base to significantly move the needle on digital distribution with quick, easy and affordable delivery," said Thomas Lesinski, President, Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment. "The final piece of the puzzle is a wide array of content and Paramount is very pleased to be providing a vast selection of filmed entertainment to the site."
At launch, the BitTorrent Entertainment Network will feature over 5,000 titles of movies, TV shows, PC games and music content. Consumers will be able to enjoy both new releases and catalog movie titles such as "Superman Returns," "Mission: Impossible III," "World Trade Center," and "Napoleon Dynamite." TV programming will include hits such as "24," "Prison Break," and "South Park."
At this time, the majority of content is available only in standard definition. BitTorrent confirmed that about 40 hours of its content is encoded for high definition, and plans to increase that count in the near future.
Despite the buzz and support from major Hollywood studios, BitTorrent President and Co-founder Ashwin Navin said that the new network can also be utilized as a distribution platform for independent content creators. "We're leveling the playing field for independent artists who have been turned away by publishers who are traditionally bound by scarce distribution alternatives and limited shelf space. Our entertainment network is a true marketplace that embraces and welcomes contribution from the independents, allowing them to reach a vast user base with their high-quality creative expression," said Navin.
The site offers content for free, for rent and for purchase. Movie rentals are $3.99 and $2.99 for new release and catalog titles, respectively. TV shows and music videos are download-to-own at $1.99 each.
"We're really hammering the studios to say, 'Go easy on this audience.' We need to give them a price that feels like a good value relative to what they were getting for free," said Navin. "The last thing we could afford to do was launch another sterile retail site."
The video will be protected using Microsoft's Windows Media DRM and will only be available for playback on Windows-based machines -- Mac and Linux users need not apply. The files are also limited to a single PC so don't plan on trying to share your downloads with your friends. A wide variety of entertainment content, however, will be offered for free and without digital rights management (DRM) and designed to be distributed across all platforms.
The launch of the network today is the latest in a string of BitTorrent deals with major media companies. BitTorrent gained legitimacy mid-last year when it first signed Warner Bros. and Image Entertainment. The company then made great strides when it announced it had secured deals with Fox, Lions Gate, Paramount, MTV and others, along with an additional $20 million in funding. BitTorrent joins an expanding group of players in the market including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Wal-Mart.


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Windows Phone 7 platform was a pretty ambitious undertaking for Microsoft.
It represented a complete reboot for Microsoft's mobile efforts and
offered up perhaps the most innovative interface on the
market today. But it was not without problems.
Since launch, Windows Phone 7 shoppers have griped about missing features --
copy & paste, third party multi-tasking, etc. -- which are found in
competitors' phones. On Monday Microsoft began to roll out a
small update to prepare phones for these missing features.
However, the update has been rendering Samsung Omnia 7s inoperative and
unresponsive. After installing the patch, the handset attempts to reboot,
hanging on the step where it's supposed to connect to your PC. An endless
cycle of rebooting death ensues, leaving you the proud owner a new brick.
Attempting to hard reset doesn't help and connecting to Windows Phone 7's PC
recovery suite yields a "Restoration Error". It appears that
owners should assume the worst, as Microsoft is advising that affected
users exchange
the bricked unit for a new handset.
One user, Tom Granville writes,
"Basically, after plugging in my phone to receive the update, the process
gets as far as stage 6 of 10 where the phone goes through the reboot process
but the phone hangs on the 'connect your phone to your PC'.
In a statement, a Microsoft spokesperson acknowledges that the company has
"identified a technical issue with the Windows Phone update process",
which it says affects a "small number of phones."
Microsoft adds, "In response to this emerging issue, we have temporarily
taken down the latest software update for Samsung phones in order to correct
the issue and as soon as possible will redistribute the update."
The company promises to bring back the update "as soon as possible".
Even if the handset didn't brick a particular user's phone, some users are
reporting that it caused issues with the phone's backup, which is set up to occur
when you connect it to your PC.
WinRumors collected a handful of other users who were voicing their
frustrations on Twitter. Those users include Will Cahill, Michel Angelo,
and Steve
Frolleau who are experiencing backup problems, and Alex Roebuck, Mikael
Petersson, Phil Williams, Garsim, and
Bronstein whose phone have experienced the worse case scenario -- a
complete bricking.
Microsoft's update woes come not long after it finally solved its "phantom
data" issues. A couple weeks ago Microsoft revealed
Yahoo! Mail to be the offending third-party app that was consuming
inordinate amounts of data due to a software glitch. Ultimately the end
affect of that issue on users was minimal -- it killed some users' batteries a
bit faster. By contrast, this issue seems far more severe, though it's still
unclear exactly how many users are affected.


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RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) Data Core Series: Cost-of-Living Indices, 1990-2000 [United States] (ICPSR 27621)
Principal Investigator(s): Escarce, Jose J., RAND Corporation; Lurie, Nicole, RAND Corporation; Jewell, Adria, RAND Corporation
The RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) Data Core Series is composed of a wide selection of analytical measures, encompassing a variety of domains, all derived from a number of disparate data sources. The CPHHD Data Core's central focus is on geographic measures for census tracts, counties, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) from two distinct geo-reference points, 1990 and 2000. The current study, Cost-of-Living Indices, has four longitudinal datasets containing normalized, annualized cost-of-living indices for MSAs, two of them 1990 geo-referenced, and the other two 2000 geo-referenced. One dataset in each of the geo-reference years includes the higher cost MSAs of Alaska and Hawaii in the estimations and predictions; the other excludes these MSAs.
Series: RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities Data Core Series
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Escarce, Jose J., Nicole Lurie, and Adria Jewell. RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) Data Core Series: Cost-of-Living Indices, 1990-2000 [United States]. ICPSR27621-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27621.v1
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Smallest Geographic Unit: census tract
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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- 1990--2000
Unit of Observation: Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Universe: All Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the 50 United States and District of Columbia.
Data for Decennial Census Abridged (ICPSR 27866), Segregation Indices (ICPSR 27863), Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status (SES) Index (ICPSR 27865), Disability (ICPSR 27862), Pollution (ICPSR 27864), and Street Connectivity (ICPSR 27861) are also available from ICPSR.
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Study Purpose: The purpose of the CPHHD Data Core Series is to provide projects with the data tools necessary to conduct quality, population-based, health-relevant research.
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- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Vertiginous Syndrome
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Vertigo is closely related to dizziness, but involves the perception of actually seeing the room spin about you, similar to what happens when you spin around rapidly and then stop. Often, vertigo is accompanied by nausea and a loss of balance. Vertigo may pass quickly, or it may last for hours or even days.
There are many possible causes of vertigo including motion sickness, infection in the inner ear, vision problems, head injury, insufficient blood supply to the brain, and brain tumors. A condition called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo leads to attacks of vertigo triggered by certain head positions; its cause is believed to be deposits of calcium in the inner ear. Another condition, Meniere's disease, is characterized by sudden, intense attacks of vertigo often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, along with ringing in the ears and progressive deafness. Its cause is unknown.
Conventional treatments for vertigo depend upon the cause and severity of the condition. Drugs for motion sickness and mild vertigo of any cause include meclizine, dimenhydrinate, and perphenazine. Scopolamine is prescribed for severe motion sickness. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is often treated through a series of exercises which help to alleviate symptoms. 1,2 For Meniere's disease, changes in diet are often recommended (including limiting sodium, sugar, and alcohol intake), sometimes in combination with diuretic drugs.
Proposed Natural Treatments
Several natural treatments have been tried for vertigo; however, the scientific evidence for these treatments is very preliminary at this time. Note: Treatments (such as ginger ) used specifically for motion sickness are discussed in the motion sickness article.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 67 people with vertigo found that 160 mg of Ginkgo biloba extract per day significantly reduced symptoms compared to placebo. 3 At the end of the 3-month study, 47% of the ginkgo group had completely recovered, as compared to only 18% of the placebo group. For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full ginkgo article.
The supplements oxerutins and vitamin B 6 are sometimes recommended for vertigo; however, the evidence supporting these treatments is extremely preliminary. 11,12
Hypnosis has been tried for vertigo resulting from head trauma, with some apparent success. 13
This topic is also discussed in the homeopathy database, in the vertigo chapter.
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Pirate Empires: Part 4 - When Push Comes to Shove
23rd April 2009 When Push Comes to Shove
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Yar, 'tis the next entry in this here diary: 'The History of the Pirate Empires (game development cycle)'. Turning to part four this week reveals an entry from Mod Dunk...
As you know, I've been working on Pirate Empires alongside Mod Wivlaro, who has most recently been putting together the world map that joins up the various battles around the map. To avoid the tedious act of sailing to distant islands, players who leave an island will zoom out to see a map of the whole world. From here you'll be able to quickly travel to places you can trade, pillage, bury treasure and fight. For now, here's a little more about those fights.
As the enemy is closing in fast and your guns can't reload in time to stop them, you expect but one thing: collision. It doesn't bear thinking what would happen to the people on board if the ships were to pass through each other itd be gruesome, no doubt. Of course, in the real world, pirates can rest easy thanks to the miracle of physics in the game world, it's a constant worry. This is where simulation comes in.
To begin with, every physical object needs to store a position, velocity and orientation in 3D space. This information is updated every frame according to rules that we write. We put in rules for gravity, friction, wind, etc, but the most complicated is collision.
In real physics, everything is composed of countless tiny particles that apply forces to their neighbours resulting in the collisions you see every day. Unfortunately, simulating this level of detail for a ship-sized object would require years of computation on the fastest supercomputer, so to achieve 50 frames per second on a normal computer we have to go with an approximation.
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To do this, our ships are given invisible outlines that move along with them during the game. Whenever a cannonball crosses one of these lines, we know we have a hit. Likewise, whenever a line from one ship crosses a line from another ship, we have a collision. Now we know the ships have collided, we can move them away from each other and apply some forces (changing our values for the position, velocity and orientation of both ships).
With the right forces, the ships should look as if they're crashing into each other with a believable reaction. Although cannon fire, collisions and boarding are all important parts of a pirate's day, the smart ones know they'll need to do something special to gain the upper hand in battle.
The screenshots show new icons on the left that represent some of the orders you might be able to use in the final game. My favourite orders involve using the anchor. It's not just an essential tool for parking a ship on the coast; daring captains can use it to perform the infamous anchor-brake turn (with the help of a little spring physics simulation).
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Anticipating Community Drug Problems in Washington, DC, and Portland, Oregon, 1984-1990 (ICPSR 9924)
Principal Investigator(s): Harrell, Adele, The Urban Institute, and The Public Health Foundation, Drug Abuse Research Group; Powers, Keiko, The Urban Institute, and The Public Health Foundation, Drug Abuse Research Group; Hser, Yih-Ing, The Urban Institute, and The Public Health Foundation, Drug Abuse Research Group
This study examined the use of arrestee urinalysis results as a predictor of other community drug problems. A three-stage public health model was developed using drug diffusion and community drug indicators as aggregate measures of individual drug use careers. Monthly data on drug indicators for Washington, DC, and Portland, Oregon, were used to: (1) estimate the correlations of drug problem indicators over time, (2) examine the correlations among indicators at different stages in the spread of new forms of drug abuse, and (3) estimate lagged models in which arrestee urinalysis results were used to predict subsequent community drug problems. Variables included arrestee drug test results, drug-overdose deaths, crimes reported to the local police department, and child maltreatment incidents. Washington variables also included drug-related emergency room episodes. The unit of analysis was months covered by the study. The Washington, DC, data consist of 78 records, one for each month from April 1984 through September 1990. The Portland, Oregon, data contain 33 records, one for each month from January 1988 through September 1990.
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Study Description
Harrell, Adele, Keiko Powers, and Yih-Ing Hser. ANTICIPATING COMMUNITY DRUG PROBLEMS IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND PORTLAND, OREGON, 1984-1990. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09924.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: arrests, communities, community development, community health, crime rates, drug abuse, drug offenders, drug overdose, drug related crimes, drug testing, planning, prediction
Geographic Coverage: District of Columbia, Oregon, Portland (Oregon), United States
- 1984--1990
Unit of Observation: Months (Washington, DC: 78 cases/April 1984-September 1990. Portland, Oregon: 33 cases/January 1988-September 1990).
Universe: Washington, DC: All drug-use arrestees, drug-related emergency room episodes, drug overdose deaths, violent and property crimes, and child abuse and neglect cases. Portland, Oregon: All drug-use arrestees, drug overdose deaths, violent and property crimes, and child neglect, abuse, and endangerment cases.
Part 1 has eleven 132-character records per case, and Part 2 has two 132-character records per case. Data contain explicit decimals.
Study Purpose: The goal of the study was to extend the use of arrestee urinalysis results in community planning by examining the relationships among arrestee drug tests and drug-related emergency room episodes, drug overdose deaths, crimes, and child abuse and neglect cases. The conceptual framework that was developed addressed the issue of temporal relationships among indicators by considering how the diffusion of new patterns of drug abuse and the course of individual drug careers would cumulatively affect different indicators. This required an elaboration of assumptions about how drug abuse spreads, its effects on individuals over time, and the resulting cumulative effects on the community over time. The product was a three-stage public health model of drug diffusion and the influence drug diffusion might be expected to have on various community drug indicators when they are viewed as aggregate measures of individual drug use careers. Stage 1 of the model is the initiation of a new drug use pattern, Stage 2 is spreading drug use, and Stage 3 is drug use stabilization or decline.
Study Design: Selection of study sites and community indicators were determined by data availability. The first criterion was monthly data on results of urinalysis of arrestees at booking, available for almost all detained arrestees in Washington, DC, since April 1984. The additional data on drug-related emergency room episodes, drug overdose deaths, reported crimes, and reported cases of child abuse and neglect formed the basis for initial model testing. To examine the extent to which Washington, DC, might generalize to other communities, Portland, Oregon, was chosen as a comparison site with similar initial booking tests of arrestees on a continuous monthly basis and community indicators similar to those available in Washington, DC. Emergency room episode data comparable to that in Washington, DC, was not available for Portland.
agency files from Washington, DC, and Multnomah County, Portland, and Gresham, Oregon
Description of Variables: Part 1 data (Washington, DC) were broken into five sections: Arrestee Drug Test Results (cocaine, opiates, methadone, amphetamines, and PCP), Drug-Related Emergency Room Episodes, Drug Overdose Deaths, Crimes Reported (violent crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, and assault, and property crimes, including burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson), and Child Maltreatment (abuse, neglect, and other). Part 2 data (Portland, OR) consisted of the same sections with the exception of Drug-Related Emergency Room Episodes.
Response Rates: Not applicable.
Presence of Common Scales: None
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internet via wireless and landline connections. There have been
instances where access to specific websites and specific types of
traffic have been filtered or outright blocked by ISPs and wireless
carriers. In July 2009, AT&T Wireless blocked access to the 4chan
message boards.
4chan site is a message board that reportedly has as many as 200,000
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types of internet attacks ranging from mere pranks to more serious
network attacks. The 4chan.org
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user "moot" reported yesterday that after contacting the
Verizon Network Repair Bureau the response received was that the site
had been explicitly blocked. It's hard to say whether this is a good
or a bad thing. If the site is a rally point for attacks online, some
might argue that cutting the site off is a good thing. However, once
you start down the slope of censoring and blocking content that some
deem objectionable, those that use the same site for legitimate
reasons are sure to be angered.


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December 9, Second Sunday of Advent.
Cycle C. Readings:
1) Baruch 5:1-9
Psalm: 126:1-6
2) Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11
Gospel) Luke 3:1-6
I returned to faith and developed my relationship with God through Jesus in the '70s when I both came into the Catholic Church and became involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. I was in my early twenties.
The Vietnam War was looming, and there was talk of revolution. Some feared government reprisal as a result of their politics. The rest feared that those who threatened to (and did, in some cases) blow up buildings were much larger in numbers than they were.
It was also a time of great evangelism, both in Protestant Evangelical circles, and, through renewal movements, in the Catholic Church.
This week's Gospel brings the turmoil of those times to mind. It opens with a list of political figures who sought to repress religion, to force it to be expressed only in ways acceptable to the state.
It was into this context that John the Baptist arose, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, telling everyone, "Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths."
That is what the Year of Faith is telling us to do in our own lives today. Pope Benedict XVI and the Church are calling us gently but definitively to renew our faith, to deepen our personal relationships with Jesus and our prayer lives, as well as our understanding of and participation in the sacraments.
Then, from that more solid base, we are asked to turn to new means of evangelization, including social media but not neglecting face-to-face conversations with those we know need the love of Jesus and the fellowship and
structured support of the Church.
The Church asks this of us in the same spirit of encouragement we find in today's passage from Philippians, where Paul says his prayer for that community is "that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ."
We've been entrusted with a great gift; we live in difficult times; God's grace will abound.
Will you take part in the New Evangelization? What can you do to help renew your own relationship with God and his church?
December 9, Second Sunday of Advent.
Cycle C. Readings:
1) Baruch 5:1-9
Psalm: 126:1-6
2) Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11
Gospel) Luke 3:1-6


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The Open-Transactions project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully-featured, free-software toolkit implementing a full-strength financial cryptography library, API, CLI, and prototype server. Open-Transactions democratizes financial and monetary actions. You can use it for issuing currencies/stock, paying dividends, creating asset accounts, sending/receiving digital cash, writing/depositing cheques, cashier's cheques, creating basket currencies, trading on markets, scripting custom agreements, recurring payments, escrow, etc. Strong crypto is used. Balances are unchangeable (even by a malicious server). Receipts are destructible and redundant. The transactions are unforgeable. The cash is untraceable. The cheques are non-repudiable.
Moneychanger is a GUI built on top of Open Transactions, a financial crypto library. Moneychanger can be used to create pseudonyms, issue currencies, open accounts, withdraw and deposit cash (untraceable digital cash), write and deposit cheques, trade on markets, and much, much more.
A mixed-signal, mixed-language multi-level simulator.
An easy to use, but still quite capable firewall for Netfilter/iptables.


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CUNA White Paper Focuses on HR Data
A new white paper released by CUNA Human Resources/Training and Development Council focuses on the trends and benefits of gathering data and analyzing metrics on human resources and its impact on a credit union's operations, financial performance and strategic development.
The paper, "HR Metrics: The Numbers in Support of Strategic and Operational Initiatives," also highlights results of a recent survey on how credit union HR executives are using metrics, examples of common formulas, and case studies of credit unions in various stages of putting metrics to work in their organizations.
In May, the council surveyed credit unions on how they are using quantitative and qualitative assessments of their human capital. The survey garnered 64 responses from current council members and points to some industry trends.
Among the results:
Asked to rank their experience and expertise using HR metrics on a 1–10 scale, with 1 representing "no experience/expertise" and 10 "extremely experienced/expert," 64% of respondents rated their expertise as a five or lower.
Asked how important collection and analysis of HR metrics was to their organization, with 1 representing "not at all important" and 10"extremely important;" 59% rated metrics at a six or higher.
Roughly, 85% of those surveyed said turnover was the metric they currently tracked or used. Other leading choices were involuntary turnover rate and voluntary turnover (63% each), cost of benefits (59%), average length of employment (51%), employee satisfaction (44%), promotions (37%), absenteeism (34%), transfers (34%), and employee demographics (32%).
Most respondents (81%) said they had used HR metrics professionally for 10 or less years
About half reported using either internal or industry benchmarks to monitor performance.
In terms of how HR metrics are shared, 28% said the results stay in the HR department, 63% share with the CEO, 39% with the rest of the C-suite (he most important company senior executives), 25% with the board, and 26% with managers with reporting staff.
More than half of respondents calculated metrics and ran reports monthly; 40% also generate annual reports, 37% go with quarterly reports, and 26% produce them "as needed."
Eighty-seven percent of respondents produce their HR metrics without support from specialized software or vendors.


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Supposedly the way to activate susanoo is activate both MS at the same time he only has one.
Also where did this Kamui come from your suppose to have amaterasu in one and tsukuyomi in the other so what the heck is Kamui?
If every MS gets something different why didnt sasuke, itachi and madara get anything special in theirs? :shrug:


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Crisis in Syria, part 4: Education brings hope to refugee children
Today's post -- the fourth in our weekly series about the Syrian conflict and refugee crisis -- is the story of an 8-year-old Syrian girl, Jouri, who loves learning but can't go to school in Lebanon. But now, having been enrolled in a World Vision education program, Jouri has hope.
If you missed them, check out the first, second, and third posts from this series.
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"Don't be scared; the bombs will not hit us."
Those aren't the words of a mother reassuring her child. Those are the words of Jouri, an 8-year-old girl reassuring her mother while bombs were falling close to them in the Yarmouk area in Syria.
Jouri is brave, but she and her two siblings are still frightened. She used to count the sounds in her head, silently, so that her brother and sister would not be scared.
"Every explosion meant that someone died," she says. "We saw the planes, some passed very close over our heads."
Yarmouk, a Palestinian camp inside Syria, became the scene of intense fighting and was heavily bombed last October. Jouri and her family are Palestinian, but they were born and have lived all their lives in Syria. They've had to run for their lives, leaving behind everything: their house, their business, and Jouri's favorite place, her school.
"My school was big; it had two playgrounds with one swing and a lot of games," says Jouri. "The classrooms were colored, and I loved my teachers. I was very happy."
But this year, Jouri was only able to attend three weeks of school in Syria before it was hit repeatedly.
"There were still unexploded bombs inside the school, [so] we could not send our children there anymore," says Hala, Jouri's mother. Telling this news to Jouri was not easy -- not only because Jouri is a brilliant student, but because she loves education and is keen to do whatever is necessary to continue it.
"When we first came to Lebanon, I started nagging over and over on my dad to register me in school; but he kept on telling me there is no place for me," adds Jouri.
The Lebanon Ministry of Education authorized its public schools to accept Syrian refugee children at the beginning of this academic year, but space is limited and the educational infrastructure is poor. Also, most Syrian refugee children struggle with language difficulties, because the Syrian educational curriculum is in Arabic, whereas the Lebanese system includes English and French.
For Jouri, these hurdles would have been worth it, if it meant finding a place where she can learn.
World Vision has recently launched educational projects for Syrian refugee children. Over three months, 120 out-of-school children started receiving an accelerated learning program to help enhance their educational attainment and readiness for enrollment in schools when possible. They have the chance to learn languages and scientific courses.
Another 300 children between 9 and 14 years old from the Bekaa area, who got the chance to be enrolled in public schools but were having learning difficulties, will be supported with daily remedial classes to help them fill the learning gap.
"The longer a child is out of school, the harder it is to catch up with his peers and their education overall," says Lara Lteif, the education project coordinator. "Refugee children are among the most vulnerable to falling behind on the educational level, which might cost them their future."
Jouri's aunt, who lives with them, heard of World Vision's educational project in the village where they are currently residing and immediately registered Jouri and her 7-year-old brother, Khaled, for this program.
"Coming here [to World Vision's educational project] is the best thing that happened to me since we [left Syria]," says Jouri, who has been in Lebanon with her family for 8 months but never complains about living with 16 other family members and relatives in an older two-bedroom apartment.
The change in the daily life of this family is enormous. They had to leave their newly constructed big house and their own business to save their lives. They had a small garden where Jouri played with her cat, birds, and goats. Her father owned a small seamstress factory that, along with their house, was hit by bombs.
Since they came to Lebanon, her father has not been able to work. Finding a job of any kind for a refugee in Lebanon is very difficult, let alone a well-paid one.
"I work the whole month for U.S. $100," says Jouri's aunt. "It is barely enough for bread."
"The problem is that it is even difficult for Lebanese to find jobs, especially in winter," one of the Lebanese neighbors living next to them says. "How can they hope to find better opportunities?"
Before the war in Syria began, Lebanon was already home to as many as 455,000 registered refugees from across the region. With a weakened economy and shrinking job market, the arrival of approximately 400,000 Syrian refugees puts more pressure on the local economy.
World Vision is reaching more than 62,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon with food vouchers and other aid.
For now, being in school is giving Jouri and other children the hope they need to survive these tough times.
Make a one-time donation to help World Vision provide emergency assistance for Syrian refugees. Your gift will help us deliver basic hygiene kits and food vouchers for refugee families, as well as established Child-Friendly Spaces to provide affected children with a safe place to play, learn, and interact with their peers.
Please join us in prayer for all World Vision staff members working around the world, particularly in this region of conflict.
Also, consider joining World Vision's Hope Prayer Team. Each month, you'll receive an email containing suggested prayer points for those in need, for World Vision's work, and for our staff -- as well as news from around the world, guided prayer points for urgent requests, and links to other ways you can care for children in need.


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AMD released its first 64-bit processors that year. While sales were
decent, there was no consumer 64-bit operating system to take advantage of the
hardware. Then finally in
2005, Microsoft released Windows XP in 64-bit form. Yet again the 64-bit
industry seemed set to explode.
The release was met with much criticism, though. Part of the problem was
necessity -- even in 2005 the average user did not need more than 2 GB, in most
circumstances. Another major hitch was driver support. All drivers
had to be rewritten to work with the new width.
Despite these difficulties, three years later, for the first time, the 64-bit
industry is at last healthy and growing. With virtually all new processors
from Intel and AMD supporting 64-bit, 64-bit OS's are flourishing as
In a recent
blog, Microsoft's Chris Flores reported that 20 percent of new Windows
systems connecting to Windows Update were 64-bit. This is up from a mere
3 percent in March. He stated, "Put more simply, usage of 64-bit
Windows Vista is growing much more rapidly than 32-bit. Based on current
trends, this growth will accelerate as the retail channel shifts to supplying a
rapidly increasing assortment of 64-bit desktops and laptops."
Retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City are also catching on to the trend,
offering largely 64-bit OS-equipped machines for their most heavily advertised
models. Many manufacturers are also throwing in their support; Gateway
will be
transitioning its entire desktop line to 64-bit in time for the
back-to-school shopping season. To put this in perspective, in its first
quarter, only 5 percent of Gateway's notebooks and desktops were 64-bit.
In its third quarter, a whopping 95 percent of desktops will be 64-bit and 30
percent of notebooks will be.
Aside from the increased memory, one other possible cause for adoption is the increased
availability of software that takes
advantage of the increased capacity. Adobe's various graphical design
product lines have been revamped for 64-bit. Another drive may be gaming,
which is typically memory hungry. "64-bit versions of Windows will
begin to find their way into high-end gaming notebooks, which increasingly are
being used as high-end notebook workstations as opposed to strictly gaming
systems," said IDC analyst Richard Shim.
Finally, it may just be inevitability that is helping 64-bit. While the
upgrade will only provide subtle benefits to the majority of users, even power
users, it is an iterative advance. And like most advances, after a period
of reticence, people are finally warming up to it.


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A hope to sustain us
"Where there is breath, there is hope," Meg Sattler writes today from Jordan about the children of Syria and their stories and voices crying out to be heard.
Will you listen?
"And the course of the Syrian conflict is currently demonstrating the utility of mass atrocities and the relative indifference of the rest of the world." – Michael Gerson, Washington Post.
I started working on the Syrian conflict response last August. I flew from Melbourne, Australia, and landed amid a crisis that I didn't think could get any worse. My previous work in Pakistan had exposed me to conflict, but it wasn't like this.
Every family I met in Jordan had a story that shook me to the core. On my first family visit, a young mother, while showing me her kitchen, fell into my arms and wept. I held her there for several minutes, feeling helpless. That night, I honestly wondered how long I'd be able to do this.
Child refugee numbers hit 1 million. Refugee numbers hit 2 million, then 2.5 million. Child deaths surpassed 10,000, more than the entire population of my hometown. Apparently, things could get worse — a lot worse — and very quickly.
Sometimes people ask what, to me, is the worst thing about this crisis. I always answer in the same way. But it was only when reflecting on this one day that I realized that my nominated "worst thing" was not really part of the crisis at all — I feel like nobody cares
During the Christmas season, I was home for nearly two months in the countryside with my family. My father was starting cancer treatment, so my attention shifted from a certain kind of suffering to another. Still, it took me weeks to adjust to the fact that all around me, there was no war. There were no families up the road with horrific stories of death and fear, no children crying for their schools, no rows of beige tents covered in dusty clothing hanging out to dry.
I felt like my entire nation was in some kind of snow-dome, with Syrian children all around us, knocking on the glass to get our attention, while we all carried on as though nothing was happening.
It wasn't that we couldn't see them. We looked away.
We regularly write and speak about these atrocities. By their very nature, they demand this, and passionate conversations happen easily. I don't know how to explain the indifference, though, particularly to children I meet — smart children, who know full well that their cries are falling on deaf ears.
In Haiti, teenagers used to turn their backs whenever they saw my camera. Here, kids grab it out of my hands. "Please tell the world, in Australia and America, what is happening to us," said one very serious but kind teenage girl I met two weeks ago. "There must be something you and they can do."
I don't really believe that nobody cares. There's nobody I speak to who isn't affected by the stories of these children. And yet the Syrian crisis, labeled the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, is not attracting the commensurate public outcry. World leaders are dismissive, and amid the politics and violence in the media, humanitarian messages are not getting through.
A recent poll by World Vision U.S. showed that most Americans were not aware of the scale of the crisis, and yet this recent report, written by Syrian children — many of whom I have met — begs all of us to pay more attention.
This week, the Syrian conflict enters its fourth year. I'll tell myself again that it won't get worse, but I know now that it will. Perhaps the Syrian situation really has reached a level of hopelessness that many of us feel is simply too hard to address.
And yet 5.5 million children displaced or left in war-torn communities by this conflict are telling us otherwise. They are hoping to return to the schools, backyards, and tree-lined streets that they miss so much. They dream of being teachers, drivers, doctors. They hope for new toys and for their nightmares to stop. They hope they'll see their missing fathers again. They put their hope in their parents, in their host governments, and in the people like us who show up to help.
It is this kind of hope that needs to sustain all of us to keep trying. Conflict is a human construct, and wars have ended before. A global effort for peace is not impossible. Perhaps at times it is easier to look away. But it isn't about us; it can't be about us.
A colleague recently shared with me one of her favorite quotes — where there is breath, there is hope — in relation to Syria. We must harness the hope of millions of children, and do what we can, and keep asking the world to do more. That is the only choice we have.
With a deep breath, I think of all the children I have met and will continue to meet, and I pray to God that we are not here doing the same thing next year.
Meg Sattler is the regional communications manager for World Vision's Syria crisis response
Join World Vision in sustaining the hope of the Syrian refugees:
Donate to our Syrian refugee crisis fund.
Add your voice to our petition, and call for an end to the crisis.
Join us in prayer for the people of Syria, especially the children. See our prayer points here.


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Best Kept Secret 2013
Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce they will be headlining Best Kept Secret Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands on Friday 21st June 2013. Tickets will go on sale on Monday 14th January 2013 from here.
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08.01.13 12:59 am
I see you are confirming european festivals left, right and centre... surely theres an Ireland date on the cards? huge amount of fans here waiting to be bamboozled by your brilliance!
07.01.13 7:59 pm
Please, come to Belgium as well!! Rock Werchter is a great festival, it's already 2 years ago you've been performing there and we miss you!
07.01.13 5:40 pm
I'm waiting for you to confirm Benicassim Festival!
07.01.13 5:36 pm
Dear artic, i begg u to come n rockin in Malaysia.i can't wait.please Artic Monkeys
07.01.13 3:07 pm
P.S.: I'm really sorry for my poor ...
07.01.13 3:07 pm
Dear Alex,
I don't really know if one day you'll read this but my pleasure is to write it.
First I wish you a Happy Birthday, you deserve it. I hope one day I'll meet you, perhaps during you next stage in Portuguese festival or in Poland.
Actually I'm a French fan of 18 years old.
What is this letter for?
Well, I would like to tell you some few words about you and what you do.
Waw, what can I say first. I want you to know that I love the way that you find the right words and how you put it on the right notes, I love the way you teach me everyday how to play guitar, how to compose music and to listen too. Actually I grew up with you, with your music since I was 13. I remember the first time I heard the Arctic Monkeys, it was so baffling, I remember that after my first listening of "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" I said: "Those guys are @#$*!ing geniuses, from now on Arctic Monkeys is my favorite band!". And since this first listening, my love for you have never been struggling. You cannot imagine how much hours I spend arguing with my girlfriend in order to prove her that Arctic Monkeys are the best band all over the years. I also remember my reaction when I listened to Humbug for the first time, I said: "That can't be possible, a human being can't make masterpiece like this, this is made by gods or something like that".
Actually if I should summarize Arctic Monkeys in One word I would say "Genuine", because you're so genuine when you're on stage, you're so genuine when you're in my ears, in my heart and in my mind. This is crazy but I think about you and your band everyday, I ask myself "what are they doing?", "Are they composing?" etc...
So if I must tell you one thing, that would be "Thank you" , thank you for this music, thank you for those words you write so well, thank you for all that you do, because I think that you're a brilliant genius, the greatest genius of humanity.
P.S.: I'm really sorry for my ...
07.01.13 2:22 pm
I'M THERE! No question.


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Census of Canada, 1971: Public Use Samples (ICPSR 7968)
Principal Investigator(s): Statistics Canada
The Public Use Sample is a representative sample of individual records from the 1971 Census of Canada Master File. The primary sample size is one-in-one-hundred and the sample is self-weighting. Data from the long-form questionnaire, or one-third sample, were used to create these microdata files. To preserve confidentiality, respondents were selected from nine provinces and two Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) with populations of 250,000 or more. The provinces are Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The CMAs are Montreal and Toronto. There are six data files in this collection. For each of the two geographic categories, province and CMA, there are three data files organized by record type: Household, Family, and Individual. Parts 1 and 2, the Household Files, contain the age, sex, birthplace, marital status, educational attainment, income, occupation, and employment status of the household head, as well as the number of people living in the household. There is also information on the physical housing characteristics, such as number of rooms and bedrooms, type of cooking and heating fuel used, and rent and/or mortgage amounts. Parts 3 and 4, the Family Files, contain the age, race, language, migration status, religion, educational attainment, employment, income, and occupation of the household head and wife, and number and ages of children in school or not in school. Parts 5 and 6, the Individual Files, contain detailed information on the household residents including age, sex, birthplace, marital status, educational attainment, residential history, income, occupation, and employment status. These two files also contain some information on housing characteristics.
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Statistics Canada. Census of Canada, 1971: Public Use Samples. ICPSR07968-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07968.v1
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Geographic Coverage: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Global, Manitoba, Montreal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec (province), Saskatchewan, Toronto, Yukon Territory
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