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Is the lady in your life a moody mare?Then dose her up with anti-depressants
Disturbing reports show that increasing numbers of women are being prescribed anti-depressants for PMS when they should be offered as a last resort, and may even be dangerous.
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) affects up to one in three women, and symptoms can include feelings of hopelessness, irritability, mood swings, aggression, loss of confidence, poor concentration, tiredness, breast tenderness, headaches, cramps and a desperate longing for chocolate. Ok, not really a desperate longing for chocolate, but those who procure said chocolate will be richly rewarded, Im sure...
Seriously though, PMS can be so severe that it seriously affects people lives, at work, at home and with partners,
"When I'm asked to fill in a list of symptoms for PMS and I get to 'irritability' it makes me laugh," says Laura, 42. "When I have PMS I'm not irritable. I'm ready to kill someone. My last boyfriend said there was no way he could be with me because of my PMS. It makes me abusive. Nothing triggers it, I just wake up incredibly angry. Then when my period comes, it stops."
It's a serious health problem, and one that needs careful treatment and sensitive support, but where they should first be advising lifestyle changes (improving diet, exercising and reducing stress), therapies like CBT, and hormone treatments like the pill and patches, GPs are reaching right for their prescription pads and instead offering anti-depressants to legions of women.
Are we back to the days of simply medicating the mad woman in the attic? Why are doctors offering such drastic treatment without consideration of the other options first? Have you had decent treatment for PMS, or were you seen as just another crazy lady?
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Nokia acquisisce Plazes
Ragionandoci a posteriori, era un matrimonio prevedibile: da un lato c'è Nokia, colosso finlandese della telefonia cellulare, che da tempo investe pesantemente sull'integrazione dela tecnologia GPS nei suoi telefonini e sullo sviluppo di un suo navigatore proprietario.
Dall'altro c'è la startup Plazes, social network che consente agli utenti di dire ai loro amici cosa stanno facendo in un dato momento (come già Twitter o Jaiku) specificando anche dove grazie all'integrazione con Google Maps. Ragionandoci a posteriori, era un matrimonio prevedibile: da un lato c'è Nokia, colosso finlandese della telefonia cellulare, che da t... more -
Discovery-News.com: Down Future Roads, Everyone's Talking
Cars talking to other cars, movies beamed right to your dashboard, your GPS letting you know there's an accident ahead. Traffic expert Rick Dye weighs in on the future of driving. Cars talking to other cars, movies beamed right to your dashboard, your GPS letting you know there's an accident ahead. Traffic expert... more
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Panoramio: Look Around feature
Great new feature from Panoramio; Look Around provides access to many photos if there are a cluster in one place.
Very much like MS PhotoSynth. Great new feature from Panoramio; Look Around provides access to many photos if there are a cluster in one place. ... more -
The iPhone 3G has touched down!
Today Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G.
The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking, built-in GPS, and iPhone 2.0 software that supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications built with the iPhone SDK. Available in 22 countries on July 11, iPhone 3G comes in two models: an 8GB model priced at $199 and a 16GB model priced at $299. Today Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G. ... more -
Google Maps can run your life
Google has updated its Map service for mobile phones to help give directions to where you want to go by transit as well as walking or in a car.
The Version 2.2 update, which contains features not even available on the desktop version yet, will show information on bus, train and ferry routes, including departure times and even how much the trip will cost.
Where am I?
A person lost in the big city can use the “My Location” function to find themselves, which can be achieved through mobile mast triangulation in the absence of GPS on the unit.
This promises to have benefits in terms of safety, especially late at night in an unfamiliar part of town. Speaking of which, Google Maps will also let you know when the last train/bus/boat home is, so you know how late you can party.
The service is mainly available in North America now, though Google says it can be used in “over 50 countries.” Google has updated its Map service for mobile phones to help give directions to where you want to go by transit as well as walking or ... more -
Scientist secretly tracked 100k+ people via mobile phones
From ReadWriteWeb: Ethically challenged physics researcher Cesar Hidalgo used cell phone towers to track the locations of more than 100,000 people whenever they made or received phone calls and SMS over a six month time period. Hidalgo and fellow researchers used the installed tracking technology in the phones of another 206 unwitting people, checking in on where they were every two hours. The conclusion: most people don't go that far from home in their every day lives. Almost half of the people tracked generally stayed within the same six mile area. Shocking, isn't it? Now just imagine what they could find out if people were given implants unknowingly. From ReadWriteWeb: Ethically challenged physics researcher Cesar Hidalgo used cell phone towers to track the locations of more than 10... more
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How to Geotag Your Photos
Metadata makes the difference between a shoebox full of unsorted photos and a nicely-organized album that lets you browse photos of your Paris vacation. It's the data about where, when and how you captured each shot, and most of it comes from your camera, which embeds the data automatically with every shot.
What is still lacking is the 'where' for each photo, and that's where location-based metadata comes in. Location-based metadata doesn't just let you see where you shot your holiday photos, it opens up a whole new resource for the the public. Flickr, for example, lets you search on a location before you even visit and see just what the place looks like. Better still, combine this with other search criteria and you can go back and see something you missed. Were you in Catalunya watching your favorite Castellers team take a fall, only to find your camera battery was dead? Easy. Just search by time and place and see somebody else’s shots of the disaster.
But getting latitude and longitude data into your pictures -- aka 'geotagging' them -- has, until now, been a pain. Eye-Fi's new "Eye-Fi Explore" Wi-Fi memory card, announced this morning at O'Reilly's Where 2.0 conference, will write that information into the Exif data (the standard metadata set) in any camera that can take an SD card. It's revolutionary, and could cause geotagging to explode. At $130, it's cheap, too (although it's only available Stateside right now).
Below we detail a few other fairly painless ways to geotag your pictures.
GPS
Cameras with built in GPS are coming soon, although surprisingly they are from no-name brands. Altek, anyone? Canon promises geotagging support in upcoming models, and Nikon’s D3 and D300 let you hook a GPS unit up to the camera body via cable, but this is messy.
One option is to use a standalone GPS logger, a device which updates your position information at intervals and logs it to a file. If its clock is in sync with your camera’s clock, then software can later work out where you were when you took a picture and write it to the photo.
The Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger (we know, horrible name) comes recommended by many because if its simplicity. The $100 (list price) logger writes all data to a standard NMEA file, which is essentially a text file formatted for GPS software. The best part is that it requires no drivers: the Amod mounts as a USB drive, so it’ll work with any computer. Metadata makes the difference between a shoebox full of unsorted photos and a nicely-organized album that lets you browse photos of yo... more -
On The Edge of the Internal Fringe (Utah can be amazing too!)
The secrets and forgotten history of Utah.. explored by a handful of serious artists.
The land you see is more common than you realized; it has been featured in numerous car commercials and films - such as Independence Day, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and The Hulk. What you may not know is it's a 13 mile stretch of pure salt. Look it up yourself.. city: Wendover, park: Bonneville Salt Flats.
About this clip: "GPS Expo"
The first annual of GPS Expo! Temperature: 115 degrees. The art is ultra fun and super cool. The secrets and forgotten history of Utah.. explored by a handful of serious artists. ... more -
Now GPS Can Tell You Where the Cops Are
Now the wonders of Web 2.0 and portable navigation systems can use motorists' tips and Microsoft Virtual Earth to help keep you from appearing on your local police department's version of candid camera. It's a lot more effective than relying on a bleating radar detector. Now the wonders of Web 2.0 and portable navigation systems can use motorists' tips and Microsoft Virtual Earth to help keep you from a... more
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230 miles of comedy sketches
The world's first 'satcom' - a free series of comedy sketches you can download to your satnav or GPS mobile phone, which automatically plays at relevant points along the M6 motorway - has been unveiled.
Click the link for a review of '230 Miles of Love', the gadget made using a programme called Geovative which allows users to plot a GPS tour that can contain audio, images and text.
Last year amateur historian Daniel Taylor launched roadtour.co.uk, offering history guides that drivers could download to their satnavs for information on 600 castles, parklands, battlefields, monuments and stately homes. The Good Pub Guide has produced a satnav version, which alerts drivers to the best, well, pubs, nearby. The world's first 'satcom' - a free series of comedy sketches you can download to your satnav or GPS mobile phone, which automatically... more -
Illinois eyes GPS use in tracking restraining orders
The Illinois legislature is considering a law that would allow police to monitor high-risk restraining-order subjects by using GPS technology. Harvard Law School lecturer Diane Rosenfeld, who proposed a similar bill that passed in Massachusetts last year, discusses the Illinois initiative.
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NUDAR to Pinpoint Strip Clubs to Your GPS
Have you ever wished your GPS system could pinpoint all the strip clubs in the area? NUDAR is a website attempting to catalogue “every single nude, topless, pastie, bikini bar, nude beach and nudist resort in the continental US” so that you can download the “Points of Interest” straight to your GPS. Have you ever wished your GPS system could pinpoint all the strip clubs in the area? NUDAR is a website attempting to catalogue “ever... more
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RaceTracker
RaceTracker uses GPS to take race fans where they've never been before!
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Geo-Caching
Tourists with GPS units go on interactive scavenger hunts mediated through a website. People leave coordinates of various “caches” around a particular city. They use GPS and hints online to find the cache. The cache consists of things that previous people have hidden and then they have to leave something in return. Tourists with GPS units go on interactive scavenger hunts mediated through a website. People leave coordinates of various “caches” aro... more
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Your ticket to avoiding tickets
An Oregon company is cataloging speed traps aross the country, so you'll know when to slow down to avoid getting ticketed. Anyone can anonymously add a speed trap... and drivers can look them up on the website by state, zip code, or city. The info may even be available on GPS devices soon. An Oregon company is cataloging speed traps aross the country, so you'll know when to slow down to avoid getting ticketed. Anyone can ... more
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Nokia Goes Green With New GPS Phone
Nokia certainly went green at CES this year by introducing the attractive 3110 Evolve, a handset made from 50 percent renewable biomaterials. About the size of a candy bar, the Evolve uses 95 percent less power than required by Energy Star standards. Nokia certainly went green at CES this year by introducing the attractive 3110 Evolve, a handset made from 50 percent renewable biomat... more
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Sacked Tube Announcer Turns A New Corner
London Underground announcer Emma Clarke has found a new role as the voice of Sat Nav. She was dismissed from her post last month after purportedly criticising the Tube system on her website. London Underground announcer Emma Clarke has found a new role as the voice of Sat Nav. She was dismissed from her post last month aft... more
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Don't Trust Everything Your GPS Tells You
A man followed his GPS system's directions...right onto train tracks. He managed to escape before the train barreled into his car. I wonder if he can sue the company. A man followed his GPS system's directions...right onto train tracks. He managed to escape before the train barreled into his car. I w... more
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It's 10pm, do you know where your kids are?
Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless offer G.P.S. tracking to let parents know the location of their child (as long as the child has a cellphone and it is turned on). Then, if the child doesnt show up at school or other location at a certain time, parents can arrange to receive an e-mail or text message alert. Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless offer G.P.S. tracking to let parents know the location of their child (as long as the child has a c... more
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