Our eyes are not meant to spend 6 to 8 hours every day – between work and home – at computers. As a result, most computer workers – and this includes people working in many different professions – report problems.

The most current figures available are over 2 million Secure Shell users in over 60 countries. This is not an accurate amount, but an estimate. It also does not necessarily include the different implementations of Secure Shell for different operating systems.

Yes. In fact, studies have shown that as many as 90% suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS); The American Optometric Association has stated that 70-75% of all computer users need computer eyewear. In fact, NIOSH reports that CVS is more common than carpal tunnel syndrome and the #1 office-related complaint.

It is difficult to track head lice cases because head lice are not considered a disease and therefore public health departments and the Centers For Disease Control do not routinely track the number of head lice cases. However, schools and manufacturers of lice products estimate head lice cases at 12- 25 million infestations a year in the United States alone. Most of those infested are children under the age of twelve.

Phish has decided not to participate in the Archive at this point in time. Their official response can be viewed here. Similarly, Widespread Panic has opted out of the project for the time being. They were last contacted on 11/9/2004. Their response can be seen here.

Fistula is most common in poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia where access to or use of obstetric care is limited. Good data on fistula are scarce. In 1989, the World Health Organization estimated that more than two million women remain untreated in developing countries and that at least 50,000 to 100,000 new cases occur each year. But the secrecy and shame that surround the condition make it difficult to get a reliable estimate of its prevalence.

answer: Domestic violence and sexual assault affect all people regardless of age, race, occupation or sex. In the U.S., every seven seconds a woman is beaten and every two minutes a woman is raped. In El Dorado County, police and sheriff officers responded to 45 sexual assaults and 801 domestic violence calls in 1998. Nationally, one in three girls will be sexually assaulted by the time they turn eighteen, and a woman is assaulted by her partner every nine seconds.

Methamphetamine use has spread to all areas of the United States and continues to be on an upswing. Estimates from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) indicate that methamphetamine-related emergency room episodes increased 346 percent from 1991 to 1995.

Meth addiction, long reported as the dominant drug problem in the San Diego, CA, area, has become a substantial drug problem in other sections of the West and Southwest, as well. There are indications that it is spreading to other areas of the country, including both rural and urban sections of the South and Midwest. Meth, traditionally associated with white, male, blue-collar workers, is being used by more diverse population groups that change over time and differ by geographic area.

The United States General Accounting Office estimates that $1 out of every $7 spent on Medicare is paid inappropriately due to error, fraud, or abuse. In 1999 alone, Medicare lost nearly $13 billion to improper claims. This problem affects all Americans. It affects those who depend on Medicare and Medicaid by diminishing the quality of the treatment they receive. It affects caregivers by decreasing the funding available for important programs.

We are aware of cases in 11 states (Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, California, Oregon, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota) and three Canadian provinces (Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta). The disease is widespread in the bison industry and is commonly misdiagnosed due to lack of specific clinical signs.

The answer may surprise you. In 2000, most analysts estimated that franchising companies and their franchisees accounted for $1 trillion in annual U.S. retail sales from 320,000 franchised small businesses in 75 industries. Moreover, franchising is said to account for more than 40 percent of all U.S. retail sales. Industry analysts estimate that franchising employs more than 8 million people, a new franchise outlet opens somewhere in the U.S.

Approximately 85% of U.S. adults have gambled at least once in their lives; 60% in the past year. Some form of legalized gambling is available in 48 states plus the District of Columbia. The two without legalized gambling are Hawaii and Utah.

Public sex happens nearly everywhere, but the dogging phenomenon has really flourished in the United Kingdom, for some reason. There are signs it is spreading rapidly to Canada, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.

Toothing is primarily a trend in urban centers in the U.K. and throughout Europe, but it is beginning to gain popularity in outlying areas as well. There is also interest growing in many U.S. cities such as L.A., Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.

Considering there were about 500 Friesian registered in the sixties, the breed is now very widespread. 40,000 Friesian are registered with the KFPS in the Netherlands. Close to 15,000 are now found outside the Netherlands, in Europe, North America, Chili, Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Africa and of course Australia and NZ. The KFPS has 12,000 members worldwide. It is the second biggest studbook in the Netherlands.

In 2000, sales by franchises accounted for more than 40 percent of sales by all U.S. businesses. Analysts estimated that last year, franchises accounted for more than $1 trillion in annual U.S. retail sales and that there were 320,000 franchised small businesses in 75 industries. Industry analysts estimated that franchising employs more than 8 million people and that a new franchise opens up every 8 minutes somewhere in the U.S.

Although research is ongoing and some results vary, the National Institutes of Health and other reputable agencies estimate that between 4-15% of the men, women, and children in this country are dyslexic. Dyslexia occurs in people of all backgrounds and intellectual levels. There is strong evidence that dyslexia runs in families; dyslexic parents are far more likely to have children who have dyslexia.

The development of antibiotics and the routine screening of pregnant women for the disease has dramatically decreased the overall incidence of syphilis. However, in men who have sex with men, the number of cases continues to rise.2

Since 1996, when biotech crops like corn and soybeans were first grown commercially, the adoption of plant biotechnology has been rapid. In the United States in 2001, 68 percent of all soybean acres, 69 percent of all cotton acres and 26 percent of all corn acres were planted with biotech varieties. New statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture say those percentages are continuing to grow in 2002, to 74 percent for soybeans, 71 percent for cotton and 32 percent for corn.

Because of the necessity of strict confidentiality, the group is organized mainly on the Internet. We are in over 23 countries, including Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Portugal, Russia, Spain and the U.S.A.

Currently less than 300,000 people develop leprosy each year. Since the introduction of MDT in the early 1980s, more than 15 million people around the world have been cured of the disease. Today, it remains a public health problem in only a handful of countries. top

Opinions are divided as to who is responsible: the Illuminati, the Jesuits, the Zionist Masonic Conspiracy, take your pick. The purpose of the American Medical Association and Federal Drug Administration is to make people chronically ill through mass vaccinations and immunizations. [Second Opinion , Dr. William Campbell Douglas. Atlanta : Second Opinion Publishing, 1999. vol. ix, no. 5. pp. 4-5. Outbreaks of AIDS coincide with experimental hepatitis B vaccines.

Through July 2003, a total of 192 SARS cases had been reported in the United States, including 159 suspect and 33 probable cases; of the 33 probable cases, only 8 had laboratory evidence of SARS-CoV infection. No SARS-related deaths occurred in the United States.