The Nokia Lumia line of Windows Phone devices have reason to crow today, thanks to a new exclusive release featuring Rovio's wildly popular Angry Birds. The app, called Angry Birds Roost, was announced back in September and while it doesn't offer any actual gameplay, it does act as the perfect central hub for the Angry Birds completist.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qoeXflXcaes/
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John asks?Poolee with hemorrhoids?I?m a poolee for the marine corps, and a senior in high school, I leave to bootcamp next summer. I?ve had a hemorrhoid about half the size of a pea for a little over a week now. I?ve already been to meps, and yes.. they checked back there, but I didn?t have this problem then. I?ve been using Preparation H and drinking water and eating fiber here and there. Long story short, I am afraid this isn?t going away, and that I will have to seek a doctor?s treatment,
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will regulate debt collectors starting Jan. 2.
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- For the first time in history, debt collectors -- the guys who hound you over unpaid bills -- are about to get a tough federal regulator scouring their books.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday finalized a new rule to oversee and regulate the largest U.S. debt collection agencies, starting Jan. 2.
The move could impact consumers nationwide. Some 30 million Americans have debt under collection, with average unpaid debt around $1,500, according to the bureau.
Under the new rule, examiners from the consumer agency can march into the offices of large debt collectors to ensure they're giving consumers a fair shake. They can evaluate debt collectors to make sure they are clearly and accurately identifying themselves, truthfully disclosing the amount of debt owed, and not attempting to collect debt that doesn't exist or has been paid off.
Related: More Americans delaying retirement until their 80s
Thanks to the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, the consumer financial watchdog can already create and enforce rules on the debt collection industry.
The new rule will give it special oversight power over companies with more than $10 million in receipts.
"Millions of consumers are affected by debt collection, and we want to make sure they are treated fairly," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray in a statement. "We want all companies to realize that the better business choice is to follow the law ? not break it."
The bureau says the rule will impact about 175 companies, which account for about 60% of debt that is collected.
However, that still means that a large number of the 4,500 debt collection companies in the United States will escape the bureau's close oversight, because a vast majority of them are small companies.
The consumer financial watchdog, which was launched last year, has recently gone after credit card companies American Express (AXP, Fortune 500), Discover (DFS, Fortune 500) and Capital (COF, Fortune 500) One to refund millions of dollars back to their customers for deceptive practices.
First Published: October 24, 2012: 12:00 AM ET
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Posted on: 11:35 am, October 23, 2012, by Dan Ratchford, updated on: 12:34pm, October 23, 2012
LEWISBURG ? Opening statements concluded Tuesday morning in a murder trial in Union County.
Roderick Sims is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
Investigators say he broke into a house in Lewisburg and shot Charity Spickler.
He faces life behind bars if convicted of first degree murder.
Source: http://wnep.com/2012/10/23/union-county-murder-trial-begins/
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Each week, The CSPH answers questions that have been submitted anonymously through Formspring. This week?s question is:
I run /r/DeadBedrooms, a support group for redditors in sexless relationships. Most of our members are coping with the frustrations of dealing with a low-libido partner? some of them with a co-operative but sexually-incompatible person, and others with a person who refuses to accept the seriousness of the problem. Do you have any resources you could recommend? It?s always good to have more content for our reading list.
A sexless relationship isn?t necessarily a negative thing if both partners are content with that arrangement. Based on your description though, it sounds like that isn?t the case here. Kudos to your and your group for supporting each other through this difficult time and for providing positive resources.
Pinpointing the reasons behind the DeadBedroom (as your Reddit group refers to it) is a sensitive task that will take patience, compassion, and dedication to the relationship. Possible cause(s) for this are numerous: communication problems, a natural shift in libido level, loss of interest in sex or one?s partner, age, stress, undiagnosed or untreated medical issues, different schedules, children, fatigue, depression, incompatible sexual orientations, sexual dysfunction, and so much more. The Redditors in your group all have unique circumstances surrounding their relationships that no single approach or solution will apply to, so with that in mind, I?ll provide some general advice for those struggling with a sexless relationship, as well as a wide variety of additional resources for your reading list.
Though this is advice intended for sexless relationships, it applies to every relationship and can potentially prevent a sexless situation. When partners communicate about sex openly and honestly, discussing their needs, interests and ideal sexual ?timetable?, they?ll have a much better understanding of what will keep each other happy in the long run. Opening up about sex can make it much easier for partners to open up about every other aspect of the relationship, strengthening their connection and improving the sex they?re having, however often they engage in it. Whether already in a sexless relationship or at the start of a new relationship, focus on communication and honesty?about sex and everything else?to improve everyone?s chances for happiness.
Please note that the links provided below are only meant as a starting point and may not apply to your specific situation, gender, or orientation. We cannot vouch for all/any user generated content or opinions on these sites, especially because some accounts, while valid and enlightening, are not written with inclusivity and diversity in mind.
Resources from The CSPH
Medical and professional resources
Books
Support groups and forums
Advice columns, articles and personal stories
Sexual Statistics (including frequency)
Relate.org?s Sex Census ? UK focused survey
Source: http://thecsph.org/qa-resources-for-sexless-relationships
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced he has established a Streetcar Financing and Governance Task Force to advise him on potential sources of funding and forms of governance for the District of Columbia?s emerging streetcar system.
?The District has the most ambitious streetcar plan in the nation. We are the only city talking about putting down 37 miles of tracks,? said Mayor Gray. ?I want to make sure we have the best minds inside and outside the government working on the important issues of financing and governance to ensure the system has a firm foundation.?
The 14 member Task Force will be chaired by City Administrator Allen Y. Lew and will include 6 public members, appointed by the Mayor, with expertise in transportation systems design or engineering, public-private development partnerships, project financing and/or economic development.?
Mayor Gray today announced he has appointed Jair K. Lynch, President and CEO of JAIR LYNCH Development Partners to serve as Vice Chair of the Task Force. The other public members include Richard H. Bradley, the Executive Director of the Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID); Charles C. ?Sandy? Wilkes, Chairman of The Wilkes Company; Matthew J. Klein, President of Akridge; Robert Puentes, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution?s Metropolitan Policy Program; and Ginger Laytham, Senior Executive Officer to the President, CEO and Chairman of Clyde?s Restaurant Group.
The additional members include the Director of DDOT, the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, the Director of the Office of Planning, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, the Director of the Mayor?s Office of Budget and Finance, the Director of the Department of General Services, and the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
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Let me bless almighty God, Let me say my daily prayers,
sometimes chanting, sometimes quiet,
always thanking God.
Delightful it is to live
on a peaceful isle, in a quiet cell,
serving the King of kings.
Next, speaking of chants, St. Gregory, who was a reluctant pope (preferring the simple life of a monk), is most known for the chants named after him. ?We listened to a short one.
Gregorian Chants:
More on grammar... I had wanted to read a book called Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives last week when they were studying... adjectives! ?I ran out of time then, but was able to tuck it in today.?
"It never fails to add details to what you write or say... a MESMERIZING, COLORFUL, and GLITTERING display."
Last but not least, our very favorite part of the class is when my students get to read some of their creative writing assignments. ?Last week's assignment, launching off the legend of King Arthur's birth, was to write about something special or interesting about their own birth or early childhood. ?This involved interviewing their parents. ?One of the girls wrote a hilariously true tale about sneaking out of her crib in the middle of the night at the tender age of 18 months, raiding the refrigerator, and painting her sleeping mother's back with sour cream. ?Never a dull moment in English class!
If we'd had more time, we would have reviewed our lessons on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, our current literature selection. ?We'll get back to that next week. See: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Study Guide, Part 1.
Virginia Knowles
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Source: http://continuewellhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-medieval-mish-mash-in-english-class.html
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A gunman dressed in military fatigues has launched a shooting spree at a suburban Milwaukee mall.
At least seven people have been injured according to a hospital spokesman in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
The gunman was reportedly seen fleeing the scene in a 2003 black Mazda.
He was described as a bald black man, about 6 foot one inch tall and 270 pounds.
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Almost all of us have heard the debate over the Keystone Pipeline. It was a ?shovel-ready? project that could have created thousands of badly needed jobs at time when we desperately need them. This pipeline would have brought oil from one of our closest allies in Canada. Last time I checked, Canada has not burnt down any of our embassies lately.
In the most recent debate, President Obama stated that we don?t need any more pipelines-we have enough. Why then Mr. President am I paying almost $5.00 for a gallon of gas? It has even gotten painful to fill up my Ford Hybrid.
Doesn?t Mr. Obama?s stance make the existing pipeline stocks that much more valuable? Let?s check out one of my favorite holdings right now in this space.
I love stocks that pay dividends. I love stocks that steadily increase their dividend over time. I also love stocks that deliver capital appreciation. If I can own a stock that delivers all three of these income streams, I am a happy investor indeed.
Many of the publicly traded Master Limited Partnerships (MLP(s) have been very good to investors over the years. I want to warn you however, that if you own an MLP in a non-qualified account, you will have to file an extra partnership return with your taxes each year that you own the MLP.
You can get around this, if you wish, by owning one of the Exchange Trade Funds (ETF) that track the publicly traded Master Limited Partnerships. We even now have an MLP index that you can invest in. I rank all of the various indexes out there on a daily basis.? I rank them on short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term performance.
The MLP index is ranked number seven overall right now. Note that it is ranked right below the NASDAQ index-not too bad!
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Amongst the Income & Growth oriented accounts that I manage, one of my favorite positions right now is Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP). I publish the 20-25 holdings in this model portfolio every weekend. Click here to get four free weeks.
Magellan is a large-cap company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.? The company engages in the transportation, storage, and distribution of petroleum products in the United States.
Check out how the stock has performed over the years!
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As you can see the stock has outperformed the market by a wide margin over every time period, including that fateful year of 2008. The stock has also delivered a steady stream of dividends and capital appreciation over the years. When I compare the performance of Magellan against the other 3,041 investments that I track, it earns a performance grade of ?A.? This is not easy for a large-cap, dividend paying stock!
Related Article: Pipeline to Nowhere?
Check out its track record of dividends.
Notice the steady track record of rising dividends over the last five years. Also notice a stock split in 2005. It should be noted that the stock is split 2:1 again earlier this week.
While I like good performance in the stocks that I own, I also demand a decent valuation. Magellan has had a very good run recently. The stock is not as cheap as it used to be, but it is about in-line with other MLP(s). The current dividend yield is still a very good 4.3%. I am okay with the current valuation.
The good news is this. Out of the 3,042 stocks that I follow, Magellan Midstream Partners currently ranks at number 104 overall. This overall ranking is based on performance, valuation, and safety.? This is an extremely good ranking for a large-cap, conservative, dividend paying stock!
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Magellan has a made a lot of investors like myself and my client happy over the last several years. Clients of Gunderson Capital Mgt. Inc. and Bill Gunderson are currently long this stock.
And NO I don?t believe that we have enough pipelines!
By. Bill Gunderson
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VALENCIA, Spain ? Marin Cilic of Croatia recovered from a shaky start to beat Slovakia's Martin Klizan 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of the Valencia Open on Sunday.
Klizan saved five break points while breaking Cilic's serve twice to easily take the first set on the indoor hard court at the City of Arts and Sciences.
The seventh-seeded Cilic, who has won two tournaments this year, turned things around to roll through the second set before clinching the decider.
Top-seeded David Ferrer, second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and last year's runner-up Juan Monaco have yet to play in the first round.
Former No. 1-ranked Juan Carlos Ferrero will retire after the tournament. The hometown favorite faces fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the first round.
Source: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/21/4352299/cilic-ousts-klizan-in-valencia.html
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You may think that they could never ever increase your own house. Have no worry, there are residence improvement tasks readily available to suit any ability level. Investing in house renovations can have wonderful benefits in the lengthy phrase, and the piece that follows has many terrific guidelines for doing tasks on your own.
Add some fresh flowers or a fruit bowl to your kitchen. Beautifully arranged flowers and fruit look fantastic in any kitchen. It is a really low-cost fix to help brighten up your kitchen. Viewing a vase of freshly cut flowers brightens up any day.
If you update your flooring, make certain your family begins taking their shoes off at the door before walking on the floors. Make storage accessible close to the doors, and maybe even give slippers to guests and household. This will aid hold you new flooring seeking fresh and new for a lot of years.
Usually focus on obtaining the greatest lighting. A vibrant room seems far more inviting and warm to everybody. Placing in yet another light fixture will enable for this additional feeling of warmth. A dark area will be enhanced by way of adding a bit of brightness.
Think about putting in insulation whenever you program on renovating your home. Look for techniques to weatherproof your residence such as climate stripping and gap sealing. Maintaining air out of your property will support your cooling and heating systems work better. This will conserve you income on energy costs.
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Employ an interior designer if you can afford it. They have the abilities and know-how to do the job appropriate and conserve money on components. You need to have not take on your home improvement project alone.
Assume about making use of bamboo if you want hardwood floors. Bamboo floors are well-known these days and are tough. This wood is very resistant also: you will not damage it if you drop a heavy object on the floor. Bamboo is amazingly powerful. Consequently, it is fantastic for areas that have lots of site visitors, such as you living room. In addition, it can deal with humidity and moisture remarkably properly. Therefore, bamboo flooring is also ideal for kitchens and bathrooms.
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Basic renovations are a fantastic place for a beginner to begin. Now that you have read this post, you hopefully have gotten some new self-confidence is your capacity to do some house improvement work by yourself. The accomplishment you really feel will be worth every single second spent.
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The best quality materials will be wasted without proper installation. For your pool construction in Mangalore, workmanship quality is key and if you can afford it, you should call pool construction experts. If you do not want to spend lots of money, you can supervise your pool construction carefully.
Be aware that if they are not experts with over 5 years experience in indoor swimming pool building, most construction workers in Mangalore will not be familiar with the specialized materials and techniques required. Hence, before the construction begins, you have to make sure that each pool worker understands the importance of the materials and their proper installation.
Also, coordinate carefully different suppliers work and where they overlap. If you can, daily review construction and installation of materials to find problems before they become hidden from view.
These tips will ensure your swimming pool construction in Mangalore at good quality standards for a reasonable price.
In Mangalore, any contracting job including swimming pool construction or repair that costs over $500 must be performed by a contractor who holds a current, valid contractors license usually in the classification for which they are contracting. Contractors who build or repair swimming pools must be licensed as swimming pool specialty contractors.
A general building contractor may also contract for swimming pool construction in Mangalore provided the general building contractor holds the swimming pool specialty classification, or the general building contractor hires a licensed swimming pool specialty contractor to perform the work in Mangalore.
Other contractors like plumbers, landscapers, solar workers, etc., should work within their specific areas of licensure in Mangalore, and cannot be responsible for the overall project.
Homeowners who are considering swimming pool construction may work with a salesperson. The law does allow licensed contractors to employ registered home improvement salespersons (HIS) to solicit, negotiate, sell, or execute contracts, including swimming pool construction and repair.
- Get referrals: It is a good idea to ask friends or family for referrals before hiring a pool contractor or service company. You may also get referrals from trade associations, such as a local builders? exchange or a Mangalore swimming pool and spa association.
- Get references: You should ask for references from the contractor, at least one current and one completed in Mangalore. When you call to talk with the client about the job, be sure to ask how the project was handled and about their satisfaction with the contractor, sub-contractors and employees, as well as the end result for the completed job.
- Get bids: It is important to get at least three bids in Mangalore so you can compare them.
- Verify the license or registration: Make sure to verify that the contractors license or registration is in the name that is presented to you and that it is current and active. Ask the contractor or salesperson to see their identification and check that the name of the Mangalore swimming pool company with which you are doing business is listed.
- Have a contract: make sure everything is in writing. This includes materials, schedule and clean-up. Changes, details and payment scheduled should be written down in detail. Do not sign anything until you completely understand the terms. A plan and scale drawing of the shape, size, and dimensions must be included as part of your swimming pool contract in Mangalore.
Source: http://www.indoorpoolguide.com/pool-construction-in-mangalore/
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The Windows?8 launch is finally upon us, and I guarantee you there are a lot of nervous people in Redmond right now. How could they not be?
You?re about to launch a new version of your operating system that is such a radical departure from what PC users have come to expect that it should be called "Windows We Hope You?re Ready for Something Really Different." Sheer inertia is certainly a concern. After all, the Live Tiles, panoramic Modern-style interface and new tools like the Charms menu all require a learning curve. But that?s not the biggest challenge Microsoft?faces. These are.
1. Hardware is too pricey
One of the biggest reasons ultrabooks haven?t sold as well as Intel and its partners expected is that prices haven?t come down fast enough. You can finally find some in the $699 range, but that?s still about $200 more than the typical budget laptop.
Now, shoppers will be asked to pony up $1,100 to $1,200 to enjoy touch-based convertibles like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, Sony VAIO Duo 11 and Dell XPS 12. Intel shared with us recently that its own studies show that consumers are willing to pay $150 to $200 more for touch, but I?m not sure that will fly in a down economy and a holiday season dominated by the cheap iPad mini, Kindle Fire and Nexus 7.
Windows RT devices like Microsoft?s Surface are more affordable at $499, the same as the iPad. But opting for the Touch Cover keyboard (the accessory being touted in Microsoft?s ads) brings the price to $599.
Windows 8-powered hybrids like the $749 Acer Iconia W510 (with keyboard) and Samsung Ativ Smart PC 500T (I swear I?m not making that name up) don?t have the same sexy industrial design as the Surface, but their Atom processors make these devices more versatile because users can run traditional desktop apps. You can get the W510 without a keyboard for a reasonable $499.
[MORE: Top 10 Windows 8 Hybrids]
2. Windows 8 vs. Windows RT confusion
Shoppers will have a tough time telling the difference between the two flavors of new Windows devices on shelves this holiday season, because they both feature the same slick Live Tile interface. But there is a huge difference between the two platforms.
In a nutshell, Windows 8 PCs can run any app downloaded from the Windows Store as well as all desktop applications. Windows RT tablets and hybrids (powered by ARM processors) will be limited to Windows Store apps and Microsoft?s Office 2013, even though you?ll still be able to access the desktop for things like transferring files?off a USB drive.
Sounds like a pretty simple delineation, but as The Verge proved with some undercover testing, Microsoft?s own store employees don?t know the difference between the two operating systems. Microsoft responded to this eye-opening report by saying that all of its sales reps will receive 15 hours of training before launch. The clock is ticking.
[MORE: 8 Windows 8 Annoyances and How to Fix Them]
3. Not enough apps
At last count there were nearly 3,500 apps in the Windows Store. And while there are a handful of compelling options so far, there are a lot more holes in Microsoft?s lineup than I would expect at this late stage. Where is Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? Dropbox? Angry Birds??
The good news: Microsoft will unveil plenty of high-profile apps either at the launch of its OS or shortly thereafter, hopefully filling in a fair number of these holes. But I still have serious concerns about the breadth of options that will be available. After all, Apple has 250,000 apps just for the iPad, thanks to its huge head start.
Microsoft also needs to prove that Windows 8 is a viable gaming platform and not just rest on the Xbox name, as it has done with Windows Phone. Shoppers need to see console-quality eye candy along with casual fare. I?m encouraged by the fact that the Unreal Engine III has been ported to Windows 8, however, which should help lead to Infinity Blade-style titles in the Windows Store. Titles based on the Unity engine will come after launch.
[MORE: Top 20 Windows 8 Apps]
4. Crappy touchpads
Sure, Windows 8 works best with touch, but the sweet spot for most shoppers right now is $500 clamshell designs that rely on touchpads. Based on previous experience, I?m very worried that these pointing devices won?t deliver the smooth gesture support that will add up to a good user experience. On a lot of pre-production samples I?ve tried the touchpad didn?t always respond when I swiped in from the left to switch apps. And most of them didn?t support the gesture to move in from the left and quickly back to the right to see all of your open apps.
If notebook vendors can?t make pinch-to- zoom work well or two-finger scrolling, they?ll have an even harder time getting Windows 8 gestures to work reliably. I?m really hoping Synaptics, Microsoft and OEMs get it right, but it will probably take a while.
[MORE: Crappy Touchpads Could Kill the Ultrabook]
5. Macs on the rise
Microsoft shouldn?t just be concerned about the iPad and the rumored "iPad Mini." It should take note that Apple is now No. 1 in notebook sales in the U.S. The 13-inch MacBook Pro is consistently the top seller at retail, and all you need to do is peek inside any coffee shop to see a sea of MacBook Airs. I?ve said this before, but the Mac's?OS X?Mountain Lion could prove more attractive than Windows 8?to those looking for a more traditional operating system this holiday, especially for those who own other Apple devices and like the idea of having iCloud keeping everything in sync.
[MORE:?10 Reasons to Drop Windows for Mountain Lion]
Bottom line
Microsoft is reportedly spending $1.5 billion to launch and promote Windows 8, and the company has never been under more pressure to make sure that shoppers get the message. But what is that message? Is it that you can have your cake and eat it too with a Windows 8 PC that runs mobile and ?legacy? apps? That you can get all-day battery life, iPad-like portability and Office productivity with a Windows RT device? It?s actually all of the above, which is a big part of the challenge.
Although Microsoft?having a hero device like the Surface tablet?helps, Windows 8 will succeed or fail not based on how well the Surface fares. Just as with every other Windows launch, Microsoft will once again rely on an ecosystem of app developers and hardware?makers to make its software sing. All of the above five obstacles are not insurmountable, but they?re very real.
LAPTOP?editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer directs?online and print editorial content and has been covering mobile and wireless technology for over a decade. Each week Mark?s SpoonFed column provides his insights and analysis of the biggest mobile trends and news. You can also follow him on Twitter.
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There has been a primary link between the length of time a person is subjected to overly exposure to noise and the degree to which his or her hearing is actually damaged. Precisely what does this mean in your case as an individual? The longer you are exposed to intensive noise quantities, the greater the level of damage you are going to incur.
Past just how long the particular noise direct exposure is, you also need to worry regarding how close you are to the appear. The closer you are for the noise, the greater damage the ears along with your hearing will encounter. Among the big types of this is hearing difficulties associated with mp3 player users. Young children and young adults which listen to loud music often through earplugs are dealing with any hearing loss a growing number of.
Due to the earplugs being consequently close to the eardrum, damages is very substantial.
Another frequent example of hearing difficulties can come by using a firearm. The loud noise with the gun being fired in which close to the ear can cause a lot of problems for an individual who is not sporting any type reading protection.
What are some of the Elements That Increase a Person?s Capability to be affected by The loss of hearing?
These are many of the factors in which contribute to a loss of profits of reading as a result of sound:
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? Diabetes
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Which are the Some Of The different ways Noise Could affect an Individual?
Soon after an individual has used noise, they could experience any ringing or a humming of their ears often. This is an incident known as ringing in the ears. Tinnitus is a signal that there has been harm to the inner ear and nerve destruction has started to occur. In the beginning, tinnitus may only be temporary and last for a few hours.
Weight loss damage and also noise direct exposure occurs, the particular tinnitus will probably last longer and also longer until it reaches the point where the particular hearing loss is actually permanent. Noises will end up leading to anxiety and also irritability, greater blood pressure and also increased heart rates or perhaps increase in how much stomach acid a person produces. Extremely loud noises are able to reduce the efficiency to which a person is able to execute difficult duties by redirecting the individual?s focus away from the task.
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A woman walks outside the TNK-BP headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Russia on Thursday downplayed concerns that Rosneft's possible purchase of BP's stake in the joint venture TNK-BP, which analysts say would reshape the country's oil industry and create the world's biggest oil and gas company, is likely to threaten competition. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
A woman walks outside the TNK-BP headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Russia on Thursday downplayed concerns that Rosneft's possible purchase of BP's stake in the joint venture TNK-BP, which analysts say would reshape the country's oil industry and create the world's biggest oil and gas company, is likely to threaten competition. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
MOSCOW (AP) ? Russian police have arrested a government relations manager at British-Russian oil venture TNK-BP on suspicion of fraud.
The Interior Ministry said Friday in a statement that the executive is suspected of defrauding two businessmen by promising them high-ranking posts in government.
The manager, identified by TNK-BP as Igor Korneyev, is suspected of receiving 3 million rubles (about $100,000) as an advance payment for arranging jobs in the Russian presidential administration.
Korneyev, who is said to have negotiated a total package worth $3 million, was caught red-handed when receiving the advance payment, police said.
TNK-BP, Russia's third-largest oil producer, is owned by BP and a consortium of Russian billionaires on a 50-50 basis. BP in June said it intends to sell its stake in the company, and state-owned Rosneft is the likeliest buyer. A deal could be announced as early as Friday.
TNK-BP had no immediate comment.
The Moscow-based company said in an emailed comment that Korneyev's arrest "has nothing to do with his work at TNK-BP."
The company said Korneyev has worked at the company for a mere three months and was not "immediately involved in TNK-BP's operations."
Korneyev previously worked as a deputy prime minister in the Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 19, 2012) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will host a webcast about the late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment Saturday, October 27, at 9 a.m. CST. The webcast is part of the Survivors Day Conference that is inviting St. Jude cancer survivors of all ages back to the hospital to reconnect with physicians, staff and other former patients.
When St. Jude opened 50 years ago, childhood cancer was a virtual death sentence. St. Jude discoveries helped to create an entirely new segment of the populationsurvivors of childhood cancer. Today one in every 680 U.S. adults is a childhood cancer survivor, and the number is growing. But those survivors face unique health concerns. Research has shown childhood cancer survivors are at greater risk of developing second cancers and other chronic health problems, including diabetes and heart disease.
The webcast, moderated by Melissa Hudson, M.D., and Stuart Kaplan, M.D., both of St. Jude, will feature experts addressing some of the health effects childhood cancer survivors face. Former St. Jude patients will also share their own stories of treatment and life after disease. Completing the webcast will be a live performance by Randy Owen, lead vocalist of the band Alabama, long-time St. Jude supporter and a cancer survivor.
The webcast is free and offers online participants an opportunity to submit questions to both speakers panels. Childhood cancer survivors are encouraged to tune in, regardless of where they were treated.
The expert panel includes: Michael P. Link, M.D., Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; Ruth Rechis, Ph.D., LIVESTRONG, and a St. Jude cancer survivor; Leslie L. Robison, Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Julia H. Rowland, Ph.D., Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute; and Susan L. Weiner, Ph.D., Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy.
The webcast will stream from www.stjude.org/survivors2012, and participants are encouraged to share thoughts on Twitter using #StJudeSurvivorsDay.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has played a pivotal role in pushing overall U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 to 80 percent. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. St. Jude is also a leader in research and treatment of life-threatening blood disorders and infectious diseases in children. No family ever pays St. Jude for the care their child receives. To learn more, visit www.stjude.org. Follow us on Twitter @StJudeResearch.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 19, 2012) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will host a webcast about the late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment Saturday, October 27, at 9 a.m. CST. The webcast is part of the Survivors Day Conference that is inviting St. Jude cancer survivors of all ages back to the hospital to reconnect with physicians, staff and other former patients.
When St. Jude opened 50 years ago, childhood cancer was a virtual death sentence. St. Jude discoveries helped to create an entirely new segment of the populationsurvivors of childhood cancer. Today one in every 680 U.S. adults is a childhood cancer survivor, and the number is growing. But those survivors face unique health concerns. Research has shown childhood cancer survivors are at greater risk of developing second cancers and other chronic health problems, including diabetes and heart disease.
The webcast, moderated by Melissa Hudson, M.D., and Stuart Kaplan, M.D., both of St. Jude, will feature experts addressing some of the health effects childhood cancer survivors face. Former St. Jude patients will also share their own stories of treatment and life after disease. Completing the webcast will be a live performance by Randy Owen, lead vocalist of the band Alabama, long-time St. Jude supporter and a cancer survivor.
The webcast is free and offers online participants an opportunity to submit questions to both speakers panels. Childhood cancer survivors are encouraged to tune in, regardless of where they were treated.
The expert panel includes: Michael P. Link, M.D., Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; Ruth Rechis, Ph.D., LIVESTRONG, and a St. Jude cancer survivor; Leslie L. Robison, Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Julia H. Rowland, Ph.D., Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute; and Susan L. Weiner, Ph.D., Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy.
The webcast will stream from www.stjude.org/survivors2012, and participants are encouraged to share thoughts on Twitter using #StJudeSurvivorsDay.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has played a pivotal role in pushing overall U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 to 80 percent. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. St. Jude is also a leader in research and treatment of life-threatening blood disorders and infectious diseases in children. No family ever pays St. Jude for the care their child receives. To learn more, visit www.stjude.org. Follow us on Twitter @StJudeResearch.
St. Jude Media Relations Contacts
Summer Freeman
(desk) 901-595-3061
(cell) 901-297-9861
summer.freeman@stjude.org
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(desk) 901-595-2295
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? President Hamid Karzai said Thursday the nation's military and police are ready and willing to take full responsibility for security in the country if the U.S.-led international coalition decides to speed up the handover to Afghan government forces.
With support for the already unpopular war fading in the West, there has been growing speculation that NATO could accelerate withdrawal plans that currently call for the security transition to Afghan forces to be complete by the end of 2014, when all foreign combat troops are scheduled to leave the country.
"Afghans are ready to expedite the process of transition if necessary, and willing as well," Karzai said during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. "So this is in all aspects good news for us and good news for NATO."
A NATO diplomat said there was no discussion of speeding up the 2014 timeline during the meeting between Karzai and the alliance chief. The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with alliance's regulations, said Karzai was eager to see the next stage of transition, which would have Afghan forces take charge of security for almost the entire country.
There are questions, however, about the ability of the Afghan forces to secure the country.
The Afghan army has grown to 184,676 soldiers, and the country's police force now numbers 146,339 officers ? putting them just short of the planned number of 352,000 members. But critics say the rapid expansion has not significantly improved their ability to plan and conduct operations without support from foreign forces in terms of logistics, air support and medical evacuations.
Furthermore, the number of Afghans leaving the army has remained stubbornly high, with 27 percent of troops either deserting or not re-enlisting despite the higher salaries offered. And though the number of volunteers is still high, the army needs to train about 50,000 recruits each year just to compensate for the loss.
Polls show that the 11-year war has little public support among NATO's 28 member states, most of which are cutting defense budgets as part of the austerity measures adopted to deal with the financial crises.
A recent upsurge in the number of insider attacks on coalition troops by Afghan soldiers or police ? or insurgents disguised in their uniforms ? has further undermined public support for the war in the West. At least 52 American and other NATO troops have died so far this year in those attacks.
In the past several months, there have been calls in the United States and elsewhere to accelerate the drawdown and to withdraw coalition troops by the end of next year.
Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance remains committed to help enable Afghan forces assume full responsibility for the country's security after 2014. The military alliance has also agreed to offer a smaller, post-2014 mission to help Afghan forces with training, advice and assistance.
"We are committed to continuing that cooperation with the Afghan national security forces," he said.
The secretary-general and NATO's governing body, the North Atlantic Council, were visiting Kabul Thursday for meetings with Karzai, coalition military commander Gen. John Allen and commanders of Afghan government forces.
The current strategy agreed to by NATO, its partners and Karzai's government is to enable the Afghans to take over the war against the Taliban and other insurgents by the end of 2014.
NATO started drawing down its forces earlier this year. It currently has 104,000 troops in Afghanistan ? 68,000 of them Americans ? down from 140,000 the alliance had here in 2011. Among those who left are the 33,000 U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan after 2009, when President Barack Obama ordered a surge in a bid to quell the Taliban.
Karzai also said he did not believe the outcome of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States would affect Washington's long-term policy toward Afghanistan regardless of whether President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, emerges as the winner.
"America has a set strategy for Afghanistan and any government who comes in will follow that, so it will not affect Afghanistan," Karzai said.
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Associated Press writers Heidi Vogt and Amir Shah contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/karzai-nato-speed-handover-security-105023206.html
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, customers walk into a Verizon Wireless store in Dallas. Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, customers walk into a Verizon Wireless store in Dallas. Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, customers walk into a Verizon Wireless store in Dallas. Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares.
The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday reported a blowout number of new devices on its network, boosted by the revolutionary plan, introduced four months ago. The plan made it cheaper for households to add wireless service to tablets and laptops.
Verizon Wireless added a net 1.5 million devices to contract-based plans in the third quarter, more than it has in many years. Analysts were expecting it to add about 900,000. Including non-contract devices, overall additions were the strongest in four years.
Verizon is gaining market share in wireless, said Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett. "Unless one believes that industry growth rates accelerated ? and we certainly don't ? Verizon's gain is AT&T's, Sprint's, and T-Mobile's loss," he said.
Verizon said 13 percent of its customers with contract-based plans were already on Share Everything, signaling that the plan has caught on, helped by aggressive advertising. Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said customers were adding huge numbers of "mobile hotspot" devices, which allow the sharing of Internet service over several other devices, like PCs and tablets.
That's helped push up how much subscribers are paying. The average household with a contract-based plan paid $145.42 per month in the quarter for wireless service, up 6.5 percent from a year ago.
Verizon ended the quarter with a billing relationship for 96 million wireless devices on its network, plus an undisclosed number through wholesale relationships. No. 2 AT&T had 77 million direct-billed wireless devices at the end of June.
The launch of the iPhone 5 at the end of the quarter also helped Verizon's numbers. It activated 650,000 units of the new model in just over a week, according to Shammo. It activated 3.1 million iPhones of all kinds in the quarter, accounting for 46 percent of its total smartphone activations.
The launch of an iPhone usually brings down Verizon's earnings in a quarter, because it has to pay Apple about $600 per phone, which it sells for $199. It then makes the money back over the course of a two-year contract. But the iPhone 5 launched so late in the quarter that it failed to weigh seriously on Verizon's profitability. Its operating profit margin in wireless was 31.8 percent, the highest in years.
However, not all of the wireless profits flow to parent company Verizon Communications, which only owns 55 percent of Verizon Wireless. The rest of the wireless division is owned by Vodafone Group PLC of Britain, which gets a corresponding share of the profits. The wired side of Verizon Communications operates at break-even.
For the three months ended Sept. 30, New York-based Verizon Communications reported earnings of $1.59 billion, or 56 cents per share. That's up from $1.38 billion, or 49 cents per share, a year ago.
Removing 8 cents per share in charges related to patent lawsuit settlements, earnings were 64 cents per share. That matched analysts' expectations. In September, Verizon said it would pay TiVo Inc. $250 million to settle allegations that the video recording feature of its TV set-top boxes infringe on TiVo's patents, and $260 million to settle a suit by ActiveVideo Networks Inc. regarding video-on-demand features.
Revenue increased 4 percent to $29.01 billion from $27.91 billion. That also matched analysts' expectations.
Verizon's stock increased $1.06, or 2.4 percent, to close Thursday at $45.78 after the results came out.
The company also said it's still on pace to meet its 2012 financial goals.
On the wireline side, revenue continued to shrink, and Verizon posted the first decline in overall broadband customers in four years, as it stopped marketing DSL connections to customers who don't also buy phone service. DSL connections are slower than cable modems, and Verizon has stopped investing in the technology, focusing instead on fiber-optic FiOS connections available in about two-thirds of the areas where it provides local phone service.
Verizon's report is the first for telecommunications companies this earnings season. Rival AT&T Inc. reports on Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders took a big stride towards establishing a single banking supervisor for the euro zone, striking a deal under which the bloc's rescue fund could start recapitalising ailing banks next year, a French government source said.
The source told reporters at an EU summit that all 6,000 banks in the single currency area would come under European Central Bank supervision by 2014, but most day-to-day oversight would be delegated to national bodies.
Creating an effective banking union, for which this deal is just a first step, is regarded by the International Monetary Fund and market economists as a key step to overcome the euro zone's three-year-old debt crisis.
The French source said the agreement meant the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) could start injecting capital into troubled banks as early as the first quarter of 2013, but a German source said it was "very unlikely" to happen so soon.
The German government source said the ECB would be responsible for supervising systemically important banks and could oversee others if necessary, emphasizing that direct recapitalization of banks by the ESM could only happen once cross-border banking supervision was firmly in place.
The point when the ECB will effectively become the bloc's banking supervisor is important because it would open the way for the euro zone's bailout fund to inject capital directly into troubled banks, without adding to their host governments' debts.
EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said this was vital "to break the vicious circle between sovereigns and banks".
The legal framework would be completed by the end of this year so the ECB could begin working to implement supervision arrangements from January 1, 2013, starting with banks receiving state aid, the French source told a midnight briefing.
"The entire banking supervision mechanism -- that means the effective supervision of 6,000 banks -- will become reality on January 1, 2014," he said.
The agreement, still to be officially confirmed, appeared to be a defeat for German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's efforts to limit the scope of European banking supervision.
The deal came after the leaders of France and Germany, Europe's central powers, held a private meeting after clashing in public over greater EU control of national budgets.
Germany has been reluctant to see its politically sensitive savings and cooperative banks come under outside supervision. It rejects any joint deposit guarantee under which richer countries might have to underwrite banks in poorer states.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier demanded stronger authority for the executive European Commission to veto national budgets that breach EU rules, but French President Francois Hollande said the issue was not on the summit agenda and the priority was to get moving on a European banking union.
For once, the summit was not under intense pressure from financial markets, which have calmed since the ECB pledged last month to intervene decisively if needed to buy bonds of troubled euro zone states to preserve the euro.
"FISCAL CAPACITY"
Addressing parliament in Berlin earlier in the day, Merkel skirted the issue of a possible credit line for Spain, which EU officials expect Madrid to request within weeks, but reiterated her desire to keep Greece in the currency area despite chronic debt problems.
In Athens, police clashed with protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs during a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill.
"We have made good progress on strengthening fiscal discipline with the fiscal pact but we are of the opinion, and I speak for the whole German government on this, that we could go a step further by giving Europe real rights of intervention in national budgets," Merkel told the Bundestag lower house.
A proposal by Schaeuble to create a super-empowered European currency commissioner was a possible way forward, she said, and more European control called for a stronger European Parliament.
Merkel also advocated the creation of a European fund to invest in specific projects in member states which she said could be fuelled by a financial transaction tax which 11 euro zone countries have said they will adopt.
Her call echoed a proposal for the 17-member euro zone to have its own budget -- known in EU jargon as a "fiscal capacity" -- on top of the 27-nation union's common budget, which mostly funds agriculture and aid to poorer regions.
Several states, including the Netherlands, Finland and Austria, were uneasy at the idea but none rejected it outright.
Decisions on institutional reforms are not expected until a December summit.
Since the ECB said last month it was ready to buy the bonds of struggling euro zone states in unlimited amounts, state borrowing costs have fallen sharply, easing the immediate pressure for Spain to seek a bailout.
Spain's 10-year bond yields sank to their lowest since February at an auction on Thursday, helped by Moody's decision this week to leave its credit rating at investment grade.
But rather than signaling that Madrid does not need help, Moody's verdict was predicated on Spain soon applying for a euro zone assistance program to trigger ECB intervention.
Italy raised a bumper 18 billion euros from a four-year inflation-linked retail bond -- the most ever raised in a single debt offering in European markets -- reducing its need to issue debt before the end of this year.
The leaders agreed at their last summit in June to create a single banking supervisor under the ECB, but tricky legal issues remain and Germany and its north European allies had appeared to be backtracking on elements of the June decision.
The deeper the discussion on banking union goes, the more complex and problematic it will get.
Countries outside the euro zone -- particularly Britain, which has Europe's biggest banking sector -- are concerned their banks could be disadvantaged if a balance is not maintained between the ECB and its oversight of euro zone banks and the powers of other authorities to oversee non-euro zone banks.
And if non-euro zone countries such as Poland join the banking union, as policymakers are hoping, it is unclear what representation they would have within the ECB, since the central bank is currently answerable only to euro zone member states.
(Additional reporting by Stephen Brown and Madeline Chambers in Berlin, Jan Strupczewski and Luke Baker in Brussels, Harry Papachristou and Lefteris Papadimas in Athens and Gilbert Krijger in Amsterdam. Writing by Paul Taylor, editing by Mike Peacock)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-seeks-more-eu-budget-control-french-cool-112014943--business.html
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