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If want/need a phone with basic functionality, you will have no problems with this handset whatsoever. Making calls, texts, emails and even using some of the many free internet/wifi messenger services will work well. It also boasts an 8 megapixel camera with a Zenon flash. The camera itself works excellently in normal full light settings, though fails in evening shots (even with artificial lighting) with extremely poor quality. There however is where the good points end. The handset itself runs on Symbian and as such you will have a hard time finding apps that will run on the phone. Indeed, Nokia have had to make their own store with only apps that have been dedicated to this operating software will work (though some big name apps such as whatsapp for example will work). I have experienced problems with the phone''s internal memory (which is very small and moving installed apps etc onto the phones mass memory is a nightmare) as well configuration setups for internet and wifi (many a times I have had to manually reset settings to get apps to work on wifi and not just your carrier''s internet). The home screens become cluttered very quickly with shortcuts and widgets that just do not fit or take up half a screen. The battery itself is encased within the phone and therefore any future replacements will be near impossible. This phone was obviously launched to rival the IPhone 4 and there is just no comparison. Overall, good for basic functionality, but if that is what you are looking for you can get many handsets that do just that for a much more reasonable price. Myself mainly using it for business purposes, have found it to be a nuisance as well as a liability.
Having used my Nokia N8 mobile phone for over 2 years now I have found it suits me perfectly.
If you want a phone for basic tasks such as making calls and sending texts, as well as having a great Camera that out performs almost all other camera phones since then this is a great phone to buy.
The interface is very basic, but I find this good as it is easy to use and nicely layed out.
The GPS broke on mine after a year of use so unable to use the phone now as a Sat-Nav, was unable to find much information on this fault on the internet so don't think this is a common problem.
The phone has a nice slide switch on the side of it that is perfect for when my 2 year old wants to talk to Mummy. You can call the phone number, slide the switch and this then locks the screen so he is unable to press any other buttons.
The Nokia N8 almost certainly looks the part. With a 12mp camera, a sleek body design and its price, why wouldn't you want to buy it. The memory is decent, capable of storing many, many songs and photos. The interface is also quite modern and cool. There was, however a problem experienced with the layout of your apps. When you choose to add some shortcuts to certain applications on your home pages, you can only do so in groups of 4, which is rather irritating if you were looking for just the one app to put there. The phone itself though is quite sturdy, and after having fallen on the floor numerous amounts of time, it only has an indent on the corner and a scratch on the back as any record of those falls. I feel that while the phone strives to keep the Nokia name fresh and going, the phone ultimately disappoints itself with its rather dated Symbian OS, often lagging, working slowly or completely giving up and freezing the phone during moments like when you're playing a game and you receive a call.
Before i acquired the iphone5, i had a Nokia N8 for close to two years and thought i should share with you my experience of using it. I was very excited about this phone when it first came out in 2010 because i have been a lifelong Nokia fan. Sizewise, the phone is compact and small enough to disappear in your pocket although i preferred Samsung Galaxy S's thinnness. The 3.5'' screen to me is overcrowded with a home screen, menu screen and app screen which makes userbility cumbersome as you have to switch in between different screen modes; a time killer. Web browsing experience is a let down compared to other smart phones but it supports all the major email applications. If you are looking for a phone with seamless social media integration and web apps, the N8 is not the phone for you. However in terms of features, this is still one of the best out there. The video and picture quality is perfect and you can upload your pictures to Facebook and Twitter directly. 3D games has to be one of my favorite features on the phone. The maps are pretty good for navigation and you dont have to worry about getting lost when the phone looses connection as you can store the maps on the OVI Maps. N8 comes with 16GB internal memory which you can upgrade to 32GB through a micro SD card. I like the power adaptor with the central pin that slides in and out particularly useful if you are a frequent traveller. The headphones stream in decent music and also the built in speakers provide good audio quality. With the arrival of more advanced smartphones like iphone5, the N8 has been left behind.
I was eager to get my hands on this phone back in 2010 and I remember then I was disappointed, so much so that a month later I took out another contract to get rid of the phone. This could be partly down to me being in my mid-20's and liking the 'gadgets' that were available at the time. I was bitterly disappointed, the Symbian OS that these nokia's runs on is way behind the navigation, speed and responsiveness of any other phone at that time. The software offered through the Ovi store is quite dated as well.
On paper the phone is brilliant, i.e. WAP, HD 12mp camera, radio transmitter, document viewer, 3G calls etc however the operation of all these items is slow and is prone to just shutting down at random moments. From the web this seems to be an issue with all Symbian OS at this time.
I you want a slow responsive phone, just to make calls and to view basic web pages that there is a deal for you, if you want to be in the 21st century then choose another phone then a nokia.
Nokia has a lot to prove with the N8. Not only is it the company's latest flagship device but it's also the new poster boy for its latest iteration of the Symbian platform, Symbian^3.
The chief purpose of Symbian^3, despite what many Nokia fan-boys will say, is to bring the platform inline with what consumers now perceive as an 'operating system' per se.
Specifically, it has to try and get to a level that allows it to compete with both Android and Apple iOS, for Nokia to remain relevant amongst the newly appointed rulers of the smartphone market.
Looks wise the Nokia N8 is a fantastic looking device, with its entire body crafted from Anodized Aluminum. This gives it a solid, robust feel in the hand, which is something of a departure from Nokia's design characteristics of old.
A quick glance at the forthcoming Nokia E7 illustrates that this style is set to be something of a trend with its new high-end smartphones.
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Fortunately, the aluminum unibody does not bring with it any weight issues, so on comparison the 135g N8 feels no heavier than either an iPhone 4 or BlackBerry Bold 9700 in the hand. Nevertheless it is bulkier than both the aforementioned devices, with its protruding camera lens and ever-so-slightly raised volume, phone lock and camera keys, located along the right-hand side of the device.
This one of my favourite phone, the sleek nature and durability, it has a lot of function, easy to use, downloading of any kind of games is easy, any application opens on it. It has a fast downloading speed. The picture is very clear and the battery is long lasting, when using it to play music I am assured it will definitely last.
Whether you think the Nokia N8 is great, or merely good, depends on what you are looking for in a phone. If you want all the newest and latest apps, stop now. This is not the phone for you. Nokia has a far more limited range of apps available for this phone (running on Symbian Bella) than (for example) Android, iPhone or Windows. If you want a large screen - this is not your phone either.
However if you want a compact, robust phone, with good battery life and a reasonable amount of functionality (internet, basic sat nav, and a smaller selection of apps) this this could be exactly what you are looking for.
If you also want an excellent, easy to use, high quality camera - this is the place to be. Better than the iPhone, better than the Samsung Galaxy S2, the N8 has a 12mp camera, Carl Zeiss lens and HD video. And if the N8 is a little less responsive on screen than most of its smartphone peers - you will still be able to feel superior when you download those ultra-high resolution photos and video.
The Nokia N8 can be likened to the second coming, not because it's necessarily salvation in a phone, but more so because it's taken a really, really long time to get here. Since it was officially announced back in April 2010, with leaks out in September 2009, we've all been waiting for Symbian Foundation's follow up to S60 V5, and Nokia's follow up to the Nokia N97. Finally, here it is, in all its anodised aluminium glory, with a 12MP camera with Xenon flash and an OLED screen, the new Nokia flagship phone for 2010/2011 - the Nokia N8.In the box, as well as the phone itself there is a charger, a miniHDMI to HDMI connector, two microUSB to USB cables (one female USB, one male USB), a set of headphones, a power charger and some literature on the phone.
It's strange how times change. There was a time where the best mobile phone manufacturer was undoubtedly Nokia. The phones they producted were good quality and reliable. And that's what people wanted.
But then the SmartPhone revolution came. Mobile phones nowadays are more like personal PCs that just a phone. And Nokia have fallen well behind in this market. The N8-00 is a perfect example of this...it highlights exactly what Nokia good at and shows exactly where they have gone so wrong.
So we'll start with the good points. Nokia have always made good quality models from a physical point of view and this is no exception. It has a lovely aluminium finish and is a nice shape to hold. When you hold it, it feels like a quality phone. The battery life is very good. The screen resolution is quite good. Unfortunately, this is about as far as it goes.
So the main downfall is the OS. The whole user interface is annoying and doesn't work properly. Spending 5 minutes with this phone, I got extremely annoyed by trying to hold down slide bars on the side of the screen to scroll down; on any Android or iOS device, you just swipe up or down the center of the screen which is much easier! Also, you have to double touch the menu items to get them to open...which seems pointless. The desktop widgets also leave a lot to be desired....initially there are loads of them squidged into a small space...and people may not know how to remove some of them.
Another big part of smart phone technology now is the ability to be able to download apps. iOS and Android have their own AppStore/Android MarketPlace respectively which are fairly similar and work well. Nokia has Ovi. Not only does that not work, but it is mostly more expensive than it's competitors. And people generally aren't developing for Ovi...so be prepared to be jealous when everyone else has really nice apps and you can't get them for your N8-00.
Nokia has now lost a lot of market share and I can understand why. I went from Nokia to my iPhone and I probably won't ever look back. Even if an iPhone is out of someones budget, there are so many good quality Android devices coming out from manufacturers such as ZTE and Huawei now that are really well priced that Nokia are just fighting a losing battle. They still make really good simple candybar phones, but as far as smartphones go, and in this case the N8-00, you should look elsewhere before considering this one.
I have had this phone for quite sometime now and I think its great not to big in size but not so small that you lose it all the time with its sleek black frame and large scratch proof touch screen it really does look the part, it is very easy to use and to set up.
I mainly got this phone for the 12MP camera and I was not disappointed it is by far the best camera I have had on any phone Ive ever owned and you have so many settings its just like a professional camera squeezed into a phone, the close up setting is fab for if you want to get really sharp pictures at a close distance it will show a red square when taking a photo this tells you it is not quite in focus it will turn green when it is ready which I find very helpful, you also have portrait, landscape, sport great for capturing on the move shots, night portrait, custom and automatic, the front camera I have to say is absolutely terrible, unclear and dull colouration, however, you can edit photos and this phone had a wide ranch of tools for editing from choosing the right colours, tones, sharpness, adding clip art, making people heads look like they are aliens etc its great fun and you can store so many photos which is great.
The video function is great and crystal clear HD you will be amazed at the difference compared to a normal phone, you can edit and chop any video once done so you have just how you want it.
I have five different home screens all can be customized with your own pictures or the Nokia pictures that come stored in the phone already you can also add widgets, contacts etc onto each one of these.
The touch screen can be quite tempremental at times and will decide to stick every now and then which can be rather frustrating but the screen is large and is very clear also my phone does tend to freeze which is resolved with turning it off for 5 minutes and then turning it back on not ideal but I have had the phone along time now.
The dolby sound that is built in really is amazing, you wouldnt believe a phone was capable of sounding so good its just as good as any stereo if not clearer and the sound feels like it surrounds you, every type of music sounds great on this from Drum and bass to reggae etc but beware you may blow your speakers if you have your phone too loud.
With writting messages I have to say this is the worst feature for me as the buttons for the letters are so small and situated so close together that you end up hitting the wrong letter alot of the time which is so frustrating and I have small fingers it takes forever to send a text sometimes as the signal is low or just the fact that you have to keep checking you've actually wrote the correct words.
I would advise not to download games onto this phone it struggles with them and ends up causing your phone to freeze alot this is resolved by uninstalling the item however.
For someone who is interested in photography but cant afford the expensive camera this is absolutely brilliant I would say better as a camera than as a phone but that is the reason I brought it.
I've had this phone for little over a year now and my opinion thus far is that its a great phone. the phone boasts a 12mp camera which in my opinion can not be appreciated by viewing the photos on the phone but on higher res screens such as pc's or tv's. the phone has excellent internal memory to store all your photos which take alot of space up around 3mb each photo. the internet browser is nothing special and isnt really user friendly , it has a big screen which you can enjoy movies and photos on and play games and use applications but the feel and responsiveness of the touchscreen lets you down here and the games can not be fully enjoyed due to the lack of responsiveness of the phone. rival phones like the iphone 4 are much quicker and easier to navigate around. in conclusion i believe this phone is a excellent buy giving you a high quality camera and a hi tech phone to boot downside is the responsiveness of the touchscreen and lack of design of interface, other then that its a amazing phone and i would give this phone a 4/5.
I have a monthly mobile phone contract with Virgin Media and when my contract was last un for renewal, just over a year ago, I decided to go with the Nokia N8, I didn't have to pay anything extra on top of my usually monthly contract charges for the phone. I pay around £20 a month for unlimited texts, unlimited virgin to virgin calls, 1gb Internet and 500 mins.
Personally when looking for a new phone, the most important feature to me (besides the standard calling and texting ability of course) is to have a decent camera. I am always taking photos of my son so the fact that the N8 has a 12mp camera and hd video made my decision on which phone to choose very easy.
The Nokia N8 arrived well packaged in the box packaging that most mobile phones come in. Included in the box was the phone, a charger, headphones, USB cable an a hdmi cable (which you can use to connect to a hd tv and view your phones contents, such as photos and videos). Most phones that I have owned in the past have arrived without the battery installed but with the Nokia N8 the battery is already installed and can't actually be removed. You can hold the power button down for a few seconds to completely reset the battery, which acts the same as removing the battery.
It took me a short while to get used the N8 as it's the first Smart Phone I have owned. You can set several "desktop" screens on the phone which is very useful if you like to have lots of shortcuts, each screen can also have it's own individual wallpaper. The phone has a touchscreen, with one button the the front of the phone, a volume control button on the side of the phone, along with a camera button and a sliding switch for locking and unlocking the phone. There are also connections on the sides, top and bottom for the battery charger, USB and hdmi cables and slots for your sim card and a memory card.
As previously mentioned, you can set you many shortcuts on several desktop screens, however, when the phone is in the unlocked mode you can press the button on the bottom left hand corner of the screen for the main menu, where you can access all areas of the phone, such as applications, messages, contacts etc. There are quite a few useful shortcuts that I like to use, such as notifications, which shows if I have any messages or missed calls, an email shortcut, favourite contacts, social networks and photos. You can easily tailor the phone to your own needs and preferences.
Nokia phones come with Ovi software, which I use regularly to back up my phone, including photos, videos and contacts, you can also back up your text messages if you like to keep them. Updates are also regularly available for both the ovi software and the N8 phone. The ovi store also provides many free and paid for apps, there is a large choice but not as many available as for iPhone or android phones.
I do like this phone, I am very happy with the layout and customisation, the battery life is decent (I charge it over night every couple of days) and I have been very impressed with the camera and hd video and memory space. However, i have experienced several irritating problems with this phone, which seem to come and go with updates. For instance, my phone occasionally states I have no photo's stored, which really panicked me the first couple of times but I now know they will reappear when I restart my phone. I have also had problems where the message alert tone stopped working for a while, my notifications shortcut sometimes decides to stop letting me know I have received messages and sometimes my shortcuts won't work until I have restated my phone! For these reasons I wouldn't recommend buying this phone unless the camera feature is very important to you, for me the camera and hd video do make up for all the other little problems I have had. My Mom and one of my friends also have this phone and both have experienced similar problems.
For more information, such as technical specs visit http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/phone/n8-00/
Well where to start with this...I liked the look of this phone from the moment it was advertised and I went and tried it out in a phone shop before I decided to get it, and it seemed great. I'm not sure whether it was the 12mp brilliant camera or the hdmi function that drew me in. Or the pure fact that it was a ne Nokia, and I quite like Nokias from the past. When I got the phone it was fine to begin with but then as I started putting more applications and personal touches on it p, it went down hill drastically. The phone would forever crash and I wouldn't be able to do anything with it (sometimes not even being able to switch it off, and like many new smart phones you couldn't actually take the back off to take the battery out). It would run reallllllllllllly slow. The software updates didn't make any difference to the performance of the phone. It generally just made it very difficult to use when it was being sooooo unresponsive.
A couple of good points however about this phone were the durability of it, I dropped mine a fair few times and never once did it break (although I did have insurance on it anyways, just incase) it just had a few scuffs and scratches on it. Another good point is that the camera was brilliant (as you would expect with 12mp). And the Dolby sound function made the phone sound pretty good.
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This is one of the strangest diseases I've ever heard of. I found out about it from a featured MSN article on the top ten strangest diseases. They ranked it #1.
Musical artist Joni Mitchell suffers from it.
From [www.timesocket.com] -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that it is launching a study to learn about an unexplained condition that causes people to feel as if they have foreign substances growing from their bodies.
People with the condition, referred to as Morgellons disease, say they have fibers and other inorganic material growing out of their skin.
"We earnestly want to learn more about this unexplained illness, which affects the lives of those who suffer from it,†said Dr. Michele Pearson, principal investigator leading the study for the CDC, in a press release. "Those who suffer have questions, and we want to help them.â€
"We have a team of epidemiologists, laboratorians and pathologists to carry out the study,†Pearson said.
The study will be conducted in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research. [...]
"What I saw were bundles of fibers, *** of fibers,†[biologist Mary] Leitao says. "There was red and blue.†Even stranger, they glowed under ultraviolet light. ]...]
Forensic scientist Ron Pogue at the Tulsa Police Crime Lab in Oklahoma checked a Morgellons sample against known fibers in the FBI's national database. "No, no match at all. So this is some strange stuff,†Pogue said in 2006. He thought the skeptics were wrong. "This isn't lint. This is not a commercial fiber. It's not.â€
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Fibers removed from a lip lesion. 60X:
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/05/2011 09:27PM by PowerToThePeople.
My doctor/friend said that Morgellon's Disease is "bull$hit".
Look at the photos, the autofluorescent red, black, blue or white fibers. Scientists who've looked at these fibers have never seen anything like them. I think if you read more about the disease, you'd come to the same conclusion I and an increasing number of researchers have, that it's a real disease. Kaiser Permanente started a study on it in 2008. I'll see if I can find the results.
Btw, for thirty years, doctors said that ulcerative colitis was bullshit, too.
The CDC will be releasing the results of their study supposedly in the near future.
I've done a lot of reading on this. There's no question in my mind that it's a real disease, but we'll see.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2011 01:20AM by PowerToThePeople.
Indy! Wrote:
> Have to say, Curt - no offense or anything - but
> the "doctors" you have there in Oregon seem to
> have some very strange medical opinions.
Apparently you think that at the Mayo Clinic they have some very strange medical opinions too. My doctor/friend sent me this link... [www.sciencebasedmedicine.org] The doctor/writer of the article concludes:
At present there is no compelling evidence that Morgellons exists as a discrete entity separate from DP. The CDC is currently studying the condition (which they are calling unexplained dermopathy) but has not yet made any report of their findings.
My review of the evidence is that it best supports the conclusion that Morgellons is a mostly a psychocultural condition (it may be triggered in cases by an underlying skin condition). It is a combination of a cultural phenomenon spreading mostly online, giving specific manifestation to an underlying psychological condition. I am willing to be convinced that there is a biological process going on, but so far no compelling evidence to support this hypothesis has been put forward.
Then what' s causing the multi-colored autofluorescent fibers that have no match with any known fibers?
The medical establishment has historically been very slow to recognize new diseases. Ulcerative Colitis is one example. AIDS is another.
In 1983, a group of scientists and doctors at the Pasteur Institute in France, led by Luc Montagnier, discovered a new virus in a patient with signs and symptoms that often preceded AIDS. They named the virus lymphadenopathy-associated virus, or LAV, and sent samples to Robert Gallo's team in the United States. Their findings were peer reviewed and slated for publication in Science.
At an April 23, 1984 press conference in Washington, D.C., Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced that Gallo and his co-workers had discovered a virus that is the "probable" cause of AIDS. This virus was initially named HTLV-III. That same year, Casper Schmidt responded to Gallo's papers with The Group-Fantasy Origins of AIDS, which was published by the Journal of Psychohistory. Schmidt posited that AIDS was not an actual disease, but rather an example of "epidemic hysteria" in which groups of people are subconsciously acting out social conflicts. Schmidt compared AIDS to documented cases of epidemic hysteria in the past which were mistakenly thought to be infectious. (Schmidt himself would later die of AIDS in 1994.)
- From AIDS Denialism (Wikipedia) [en.wikipedia.org]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2011 08:02PM by PowerToThePeople.
PowerToThePeople Wrote:
> Then what' s causing the multi-colored
> autofluorescent fibers that have no match with any
> known fibers?
I am suspicious of the "any known fibers" claim. You mean that chemists and other scientists can't analyze and identify what the the strange substance is?
My wife told me about one case which she was reading about. A person who presumably had Morgellons had a some strange fibers eminating from their wounds. It was later determined that the patient would compulsively scratch their legs while sleeping and the blood from their self-inflicted injuries would scab over fibers from their blankets.
I'm sure that can happen and that not every case brought to a physician is evidence of an actual disease. But there have been at least several researchers who have examined the fibers under a microscope. I posted some of those photos. None of them have been able to identify the fibers. One researcher attempted to match them to the FBI's catalogue of known fibers which they use in investigations, and found no match.
The CDC has been studying Morgellons since 2008 and so far has not published its findings, although I read somewhere that the study has been completed. If Morgellons is really just "delusional parasitosis" as Mayo and others claim, I would think that the CDC would have been able to corroborate that pretty quickly. But as I said, we'll see.
PowerToThePeople Wrote:
> The CDC has been studying Morgellons since 2008
> and so far has not published its findings,
> although I read somewhere that the study has been
> completed.
[www.cdc.gov] We [The CDC] recently completed the data analysis. A final report has been submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
I have been involved in Morgellons relief for 5 years now. During that time, I have run into so many questions that remain unanswered while the suffering and death continue with no end in sight;
What is Morgellons?
How did I get it?
Where is the US government help or support?
Why is there no meaningful research being done?
What medical tests are there to detect Morgellons?
How many kinds of Morgellons are there?
Which Doctors should I see and which are just in it for the money?
How do MD's get away with making a psychiatric diagnosis when that is the purview of Psychiatrists?
Why is the CDC delaying releasing their report so much?
Why are so many MD's "cashing in†on Morgellons without adding any value to patients?
How can I tell if Morgellons is contagious?
Do newborn babies get Morgellons?
My pets seem to have Morgellons; what can I do?
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15. Can Morgellons kill me or do I have to do that myself?
16. Are there answers or am I doomed?
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PowerToThePeople Wrote:
> I've done a lot of reading on this. There's no
> question in my mind that it's a real disease, but
> we'll see.
You were correct. Morgellons is a real disease. A psychiatric disease.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2012 09:39AM by Curt Anderson.
The experts can't explain it, so they conclude that sufferers of Morgellons are nuts.
I'm not convinced either way.
Btw that newsday link doesn't link to an article on Morgellons.
From the winnipegfreepress link:
"Where we're on the highest ground is to say we found no infectious cause and we don't think there's an environmental link. And the fibres are inanimate objects that are not playing a role in this," said Mark Eberhard, a parasitologist who was the senior author on the study. [emphasis mine]
The phrase "We don't think" denotes uncertainty. It's a sort of disclaimer. If they were certain, they would have said "there is no environmental link".
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2012 08:33PM by PowerToThePeople.
The Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 2002 in honor of a two-year-old child with an unknown illness, which his mother labeled "Morgellons disease". The MRF is dedicated to raising awareness and research funding for this poorly understood illness, which can be disfiguring and disabling, and affects people of all age groups including an increasing number of children. The number of families currently registered with the MRF is believed to represent a fraction of the true number of affected families.
Yes - I have no doubt that TWO YEAR OLD was imagining his disease.
Indy! Wrote:
> Yes - I have no doubt that TWO YEAR OLD was
> imagining his disease.
Nobody at the CDC says that a two year old, nor anyone else for that matter, imagined the illness. (Not to say that the mother didn't imagine it)The "mystery fibers" that have been protruding from people's sores have been identified as "bits of cotton and nylon" material---which would happen if a person scratched their skin raw and clothing or blanket fiblers got into the scabs. However, the CDC in a study that lasted for years determined that many of the people affected had diagnosed cognitive issues and/or psychological issues. The areas of the body where "Morgellons" appeared was in areas where some people could and do routinely scratch--in other words they caused their own wounds. This isn't to say that these people are raving lunatics. This sort intense and uncontrolled scratching probably falls somewhere between nail biting, hair pulling and violent self-mutilation.
After spending about $600,000 and seeing a couple hundred Morgellons patients they satisfactory ruled out environmental causes and there was no indications that it was contageous or an inherited disease. When you rule out all the reasonably possible causes you are pretty much left with psychological illness, especially given the known mental problems of the patients in the study. It is likely scratching that people do unconsciously or in their sleep. The "crawling skin" issues they complain of is probably in their heads or caused by the medications they are taking.
You act like science is religion when you highlighted "we don't think". Science is always open doored. Scientists tend to be cautious in their statements.
PowerToThePeople Wrote:
> Curt,
> The scientific and medical communities don't ever
> say "We think cigarettes cause heart disease and
> lung cancer" - they say "Cigarettes cause heart
> disease and lung cancer".
That's because those statements are true and be proven to be true. The statement "raindrops fall from the sky" is also true. It does not mean that it will rain here today (which may or may not be true). Not every cigarette causes heart disease or lung cancer. Not every person who smokes cigarettes gets heart disease or lung cancer. But it is true, as sure as the rain will fall, that some people who smoke cigarettes will get heart disease and lung cancer.
Now examine this statement: "...we're on the highest ground is to say we found no infectious cause and we don't think there's an environmental link". Obviously to rule out EVERY environmental cause is impossible, as every bug, plant, substance and element on earth would need to be tested to be ruled out. But the CDC likely tested the possible, logical and local substances that the patients may have had contact with. With a slight rephrasing, the scientist could have truthfully stated "...we're on the highest ground is to say we found no infectious cause nor an environmental link".
Expect the Morgellons people to complain that not every environmental substance was tested. And if every substance had been tested they'd complain it wasn't tested long enough. Or on enough people.
No doctor, no autopsy worker, can state unequivocally that cigarette smoking caused a person's heart disease. The patient may have had a naturally bad ticker, ate poorly or come in contact with something that caused heart disease. But we know that cigarettes are risk factor for various diseases.
It's clear to me that the researchers, by phrasing their conclusions that way, are leaving themselves an out.
There's a parallel between medical researchers, who after conducting exhaustive studies of a certain mystery illness which didn't reveal any underlying physiological or environmental factors, conclude falsely as a sort of default that the cause must be psychological in origin, and those throughout human history who upon failing to find scientific explanations for various mysterious medical conditions, e.g. epilepsy, conclude falsely that they're caused by demons, or even God. So as God or Satan have often been used as default culprits for poorly understood medical phenomenon in the past, so are the diagnoses of psychological factors often used as defaults for poorly understood medical conditions today.
This doesn't mean that psychological factors are never at the root of seemingly physical health problems; there really is such thing as a psychosomatic illness. But I think far too often, medical researchers, perhaps too embarrassed to admit that their study was inconclusive or that they quite simply are stumped, fall back on the default diagnosis of psychological illness.
The following case could turn out to be a case in point, although at this juncture it's too early to say.
Activist Erin Brockovich looking into teens' mystery ailment
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has started her own investigation into the mysterious illness that's caused symptoms of facial tics and verbal outbursts among teenagers in Le Roy, N.Y., in light of new evidence about a toxic chemical spill more than 40 years ago that caused water and ground contamination nearby.
Brockovich gained notoriety with a 2000 movie (Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts) about her efforts to expose a toxic chemical coverup in California.
She told USA TODAY on Thursday that after families of affected teens and other community members asked her to look into the Le Roy case, she has spent the past week studying federal and state reports of a 1970 train derailment that spilled cyanide and an industrial solvent called trichloroethene within 3 miles of the high school attended by the 12 girls who started reporting neurological symptoms last fall. Three other teens, including one boy, are reportedly experiencing similar symptoms.
A statement issued by the school district said "medical and environmental investigations have not uncovered any evidence that would link the neurological symptoms to anything in the environment or of an infectious nature." An indoor-air-quality report and a mold report are posted on the school district's website.
"When I read reports like this that the New York Department of Health and state agencies were well-aware of the spill and you don't do water testing or vapor extraction tests, you don't have an all-clear," says Brockovich, of Los Angeles.
According to a 1999 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one ton of cyanide crystals spilled to the ground in the derailment, along with 35,000 gallons of trichloroethene. The crystals were removed but the trichloroethene was absorbed into the ground.
Brockovich says she has received about 100 e-mails regarding the girls' symptoms and the diagnosis of stress-related "conversion disorder."
"We don't have all the answers, but we are suspicious," Brockovich says. "They have not ruled everything out yet. The community asked us to help and this is what we do."
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For Immediate Release:
Paris, June 1, 2012—Facefull, the leading international paintball magazine and website, has just announced a new alliance with two of the best regional media outlets: Headshot magazine, which caters to Russian and CIS paintball players, and Ramped magazine, which covers the entire Pacific Rim.
"The past two years have been quite tough for paintball media, both print and online. But brands and players have never needed dedicated media as much as they do now," says Romain Manière, editor-in-chief of Facefull magazine. The three magazines will not only share exclusive content, that will be translated in the case of Headshot, but will also offer paintball brands specific pricing for ads placed in all three magazines and on their respective websites.
"We believe that combining the three audiences will not only make our pricing even more competitive, but will push certain brands to help support the paintball market overseas. The sport's fastest growth rate is no longer in North America and Western Europe – the Asian market has boomed tremendously in recent years. This will be good for both branding and finding new distributors in specific countries," adds Amber Wong, editor-in-chief of Asia's Ramped Magazine.
Headshot has helped back the fast-developing Eastern European market, which currently has some of the most active milsim and speedball players, with a host of leagues and tournaments that are specific to the region. "We've always loved Facefull, and the fact that players who do not read English will have access to some of its exclusive content will be a major boost to our readership, that has already grown steadily in the last two years," concludes Stanislav Osipov, Headshot's editor-in-chief.
New ad pricing will be unveiled in June, and the first shared content and ad placements will go live over the summer. "Everything in this market points to a much needed consolidation of the media landscape, especially from an international point of view. We are proud to set the wheels in motion, and look forward to extended partnerships with other regional online and print paintball media outlets," concludes Manière.
HEADSHOT Paintball and Life magazine
The only printed paintball media in Russia and the CIS with a turnover of 5000 issues every two months has gained its readers and loyal fans in its first year of existence. HEADSHOT Paintball and Life magazine works with the world's best photographers and journalists to fill the magazine with complete information about speedball and woodsball events from all over the world. HEADSHOT Paintball and Life is not only a magazine, but also tournaments organizer (Hot Ball 2012, Arena Moscow Girls Cup 2012) and casual clothing brand, increasing its popularity in the paintball community.
Based in Malaysia, Ramped magazine is the first and only print magazine in the Asian region to focus exclusively on the paintball industry. Its insightful articles, striking photography and focus on regional tournaments and players keeps it fresh, exciting, and relevant to Asian readers.
The first worldwide paintball magazine is now 10 years old. Through unmatched photography and exclusive interviews, it has always set itself apart from the rest of paintball media. Though currently a quarterly publication, its website and social media presence still make it the uncontested leader today.


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Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
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Brooke: How else can people encourage Slow Money and local food systems?
Woody: Well, to start with the obvious, get a CSA [community supported agriculture] membership. CSAs are such a beautiful and relatively simple thing that it's easy to overlook how radical they are and how fundamental they are to creating a cultural and economic shift. There are maybe 100,000 people in the U.S. who belong to CSAs right now. But in the city of Copenhagen alone, there are about 15,000 members, so there's a huge opportunity to expand CSAs in the United States.
Shopping at farmers' markets is a similar activity and also extremely important because you're buying directly from farmers. Something that's common to CSAs and farmers' markets is that we're dis-intermediating. We're getting rid of many layers of intermediation between producers and consumers—or, in the case of Slow Money, between the businesses and the investor.
Brooke: You've hosted Slow Money institutes in various local communities. What are you learning from those?
Woody: We did two at the end of 2008 and three in the first part of this year. It's funny. The local food movement is very strong in many places around the United States. The Slow Money message seems to be resonating very strongly with a lot of people, pointing them in the direction they already wanted to go and just giving them a little extra energy on their journey.
Ultimately, the success of this is going to depend on regional action, not on some new national intermediary. So that's why we're organized as a nonprofit. Our job is to catalyze all of these local regions to do what they want to do and just to help them do it faster, basically—because we're already a decade or two behind, at least, in terms of the environmental and social issues we're trying to solve.
Brooke: Do you worry about the danger of money concentrating in areas that are already affluent—building on itself, but only in certain areas?
Woody: Yes. Slow Food faces the same challenge, getting pigeonholed around foodie groups or white tablecloth restaurants. It's really nice for all these small, boutique, organic farms to serve people who can afford to buy this stuff, but it's not going to solve the big problems.
I look at all of that as a transition problem. We're going from an era when none of the true, long-term costs of food production were integrated into the system. If we're going to make the transition to a real food system that produces healthy food in a way that is less harmful—I'm talking about harm to the environment as well as harm to the people who eat the food—then, there's going to be a transition, and the transition is going to be uneven. None of us is smart enough to invent the whole system all at one time. The fact that early adopters may tend to be more affluent does not bother me. We have to start moving, and if that's where we start, that's where we start.
But the ultimate objective is very obvious. Improving food access for all, improving childhood nutrition, improving preventative health care—these are all part of the same set of issues—and preserving life on the planet while we are feeding current populations. That's really what this is all about. Just to produce cheap commodity food in order to feed the mouths that are currently here is not a terribly satisfying thing if it's being done at the expense of future generations.
Brooke: If this movement becomes the catalyst that you hope for, how could our economic and food systems be different, within the decade?
Woody: The wild optimists among us are saying that there's going to be an enormous swing back towards small-scale, organic agriculture and that there will be millions of new farmers in the United States during the next decade. Some people say many millions.
We're at the end of the pendulum right now, which still seems like it's swinging in the direction of consolidation and mega-farms and all the rest. But it's certainly clear that there is a ferment of activity in many regions of the country around appropriate scale, organic, local food production.
I don't think you have to be wildly optimistic to expect that that's going to increase significantly over the next decade. I would expect there to be many, many times more CSAs and CSA members in the United States, maybe 10 or 20 times as many over the next decade. I think having a million members of CSAs in the United States is not at all bombastic, and with a little luck and a little work, we can do that during the next decade.
President Bush Sr., when he was refusing to be part of the Kyoto Protocol, said that the American way of life is not negotiable. I think this is the decade when that attitude will mature, and people will realize that focusing on local, smaller, healthier ways of doing business is not a crunchy granola thing and it's not a naïve thing. It's about surviving, it's a pragmatic thing—it's what we must do in order to adjust to the new realities of life on the planet.
Exactly what that looks like economically at the end of the next decade, I'm not sure. I could imagine there being a new stock exchange, an entirely new stock exchange—not replacing the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange, but as a complement that would be a place where thousands of slow, small, local, mission-driven companies are traded and invested in by investors who share their values. Some kind of systemic, structural change will emerge in the stock market that will be a place for this growing group of entrepreneurs and investors to work together.
I also think there will be a new generation of foundations that are organized as investors rather than grant makers. Instead of foundations investing the old-fashioned way so that they can make as much money as possible and then use the income to give grants to nonprofits, this new kind of foundation will use the entire asset base, all of the assets of the foundation, as investment tools to support for-profit social entrepreneurs that are building the restorative economy.
Because the task at hand is to build a new, restorative economy, we're going to need massive amounts of investment capital, and one of the places that will come from is this new generation of foundations.
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An open ureterolithotomy is a surgery to remove stones from the ureter.
The ureter is a tube between the kidney and the bladder. Urine passes down to the bladder through this tube.
Reasons for Procedure
Ureterolithotomy is used to remove stones in a ureter that:
- Are too large to pass
- Cause pain or bleeding
- Cause infection
- Block the flow of urine
- Place pressure on the kidney
Possible Complications
Problems from this surgery are rare, but all surgeries have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems. Complications associated with any surgery include:
- Adverse reaction to anesthesia, including light-headedness, low blood pressure, or wheezing
- Infection
- Excess bleeding
- Heart attack or stroke
- Blood clots
- Death
Complications associated with ureterolithotomy include:
- Excess scarring or narrowing in the ureter that can lead to kidney problems
- Failure to remove the kidney stone
Problems urinating such as:
- Urine leaking from the ureter
- Difficulty passing urine, especially in men
Bowel complications:
- May be blocked or paralyzed after surgery leading to bloating and vomiting
- Scar tissue around bowels that can cause later blockages
- Excess scarring of incision
- Hernia
Smoking may increase your risk of complications.
Talk to your doctor about these risks before the procedure.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor may take the following:
- Images of your urinary system to locate the stone
- Blood and urine tests
- Ask about your medical history
- Talk to your doctor about any medicines you are taking. Do not start taking any new medicines, herbs, or supplements without talking to your doctor.
You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure. This may include medications such as:
- Anti-inflammatory medications
- Blood thinners
- Anti-platelet medications
- Arrange for a ride from the hospital. Arrange for help at home as you recover.
- The night before your surgery, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight unless told otherwise by your doctor.
General anesthesia will be used. You will be asleep. It is given through a vein in the arm or hand.
Description of the Procedure
An incision will be made in your side or abdomen. The incision location will depend on exactly where the stone is. Both muscle and skin will need to be cut to expose the ureter. The stone will be located in the ureter. An incision will be made in the ureter just above the stone. The stone will then be removed. A stent may be placed in the ureter. This is a device to help keep the ureter open. The ureter will then be sewn shut with stitches. The muscles and skin will then be sewn shut with stitches or staples. A tube may be placed in the wound. It will help drain out any extra fluids while the wound heals.
The stone may be sent to a laboratory for testing.
Immediately After Procedure
After the operation, you will be taken to the recovery room for observation. X-rays may be taken to make sure the stone was completely removed.
How Long Will It Take?
About 60-90 minutes
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during surgery. Your doctor will give you medicine to help manage pain during recovery.
Average Hospital Stay
You may need to stay in the hospital for about three to four days. If you have any problems, you may need to stay longer.
Post-procedure Care
- You may need oxygen for a brief time after your operation.
- You will have a tube near your incision. It will be removed once fluid stops draining from the wound. This generally happens within three to four days of surgery.
- You may have an IV until you are eating and drinking normally.
- You will have a catheter that will drain your urine until you are able to move around on your own.
- You will be given pain medicine as needed.
- You may be encouraged to exercise by walking the day after surgery.
- You may be given blood thinning medication to prevent clots.
It can take four to six weeks to fully recover from this procedure. When you return home, take these steps:
- Get plenty of rest. Gradually resume activities.
- Drink plenty of fluids.
- Follow your doctor's instructions on cleaning the incision site.
- Ask your doctor when you can drive and return to work.
- Ask your doctor when it is safe to have sex.
- Ask your doctor about when it is safe to shower, bathe, or soak in water.
- Take medication as directed by your doctor.
Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions.
Call Your Doctor
Call your doctor if any of these occur:
- Extreme urge or inability to urinate
- Excess bleeding
- Bruising
- Redness or swelling at the site of the incision
- Pus draining from the site of the incision
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after the procedure
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
If you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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The Top Ten Mac Audio Products For 2009
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- Dating Saharan dust deposits on Lanzarote (Canary Islands) by luminescence dating techniques and their implication for palaeoclimate reconstruction of NW Africa. (2008)
- Lava flow dammed valleys (Vegas) on Lanzarote (Canary Islands) represent unique sediment traps, filled with autochthonous volcanic material and allochthonous Saharan dust. These sediments and the intercalated palaeosoil sediments document past environmental change of the last glacial-interglacial cycles, both on Lanzarote and in NW Africa. A reliable chronology must be established to use these sediment archives for palaeoclimate reconstructions. Owing to the lack of organic material and the limiting time range of the 14Cdating method, luminescence dating is the most promising method for these sediments. However, the fluvio-eolian character of these sediments is a major problem for luminescence dating, because these sediments are prone to insufficient resetting of the parent luminescence signal (bleaching) prior to sedimentation. To check for the best age estimates, we compare the bleaching behavior of (1) different grain sizes (coarse- versus fine-grain quartz OSL) and (2) different minerals (fine-grain feldspar IRSL versus fine-grain quartz OSL). The results show that owing to its bleaching characteristics, quartz is the preferable mineral for luminescence dating. On the basis of the fine- and coarse-grain quartz OSL age estimates, a chronostratigraphy up to 100 ka could be established. Beyond this age limit for OSL quartz, the chronostratigraphy could be extended up to 180 ka by correlating the vega sediments with dated marine sediment archives.
- The evolution of Saharan dust input on Lanzarote (Canary Islands) – influenced by human activity in the Northwest Sahara during the early Holocene? (2009)
- An overall Holocene increase of Saharan dust input to the Canary Islands and to the North Canary Basin is accompanied by a strong coarsening of Saharan dust in loess-like sediments deposited on Lanzarote from ~7–8 ka. No similar coarsening events are indicated in investigations of the sedimentological record for the last 180 ka, a period showing several dramatic climate changes. Therefore a mobilisation of Holocene dust by anthropogenic activity in the northwest Sahara east of the Canary Islands is assumed. Although scarce archaeological data from the coastal area of that region does not point to strong anthropogenic activity during the early Holocene, a high density of unexplored archaeological remains is reported from the coastal hinterlands in the Western Sahara. Thus, the hypothesis of early anthropogenic activity cannot be excluded.


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The Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project
What Happened During Your Weekend?
The Pittsburgh filmmakers share stories from their wild weekend of filmmaking. (Blogging ended shortly after the filmmaking weekend.)
So, this might be the 10th time I've worked on a 48HFP. Needless to say, I've had time to fine tune some processes and work with a lot of different people and personalities.
Lot of firsts this year. Some I'll save until the screening (we're Group D - come vote for us!). Some I'm not so proud of (many apologies to Suzie for making paperwork a herculean task). A few truths from the weekend:
Most stressful of all my experiences. Much of that was due to setting unrealistic expectations. But, noone succeeds reaching for the bottom rung. This was the least amount of sleep I've gotten. This was the most talented and motivated group of individuals I've ever worked with. No offense to past team mates. I love all of my ConPro family. But there was no fat at all on this team. We tried you, we tested you, we ran you through 30+ set ups and you delivered. Amazing group of people.
Regardless how we score with the judges I am proud of my team and very grateful to Kahmeela and her team (Dan) for giving us all the chance to participate in a great event.
Thank you Confluence Productions family and best of luck to all the 48 teams.
- Ted Haynes, Confluence Productions
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