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Rosh Hashana Duck Meatballs with Sweet Sauce
2 1/2 lbs ground duck meat
3/4 cup chicken or duck fat
2/3 cup soy milk
1 3/4 cup-2 cup bread crumbs
2 eggs
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tbsp dried parsley
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried thyme
-Combine all ingredients.
-Roll into 1 1/2 oz meatballs
-bake in 350 degree oven 8-10 minutes or until cooked through
Sweet Sauce
3 cups Pineapple juice
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
1/5 cup white Vinegar
1/4 cup Dark brown sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
6 tbsp cold water
-combine the first 4 ingredients and bring to a simmer.
-combine the last 2 ingredients and whisk in to the simmering 4 ingredients. Bring back to a simmer.
-toss the meatballs into the sauce and serve.
Dry Rubbed Double Cut Veal Chop for Two
½ Tblspn Black Pepper
2 Tblspn Sugar
2 Tblspn Salt
5 Tblspn Porcini Pepper (dried porcini ground in spice/coffee grinder)
Mix all of the Above
1 Double Cut Veal Chop
1 Tablespoon Canola Oil
Sprinkle the dry rub generously on the veal chop before searing. In a hot sauté pan, using the oil, sear the veal chop on all sides. Put onto an oven-ready tray. Roast in a 350 degrees oven for approximately 10-15 minutes. Medium is my preferred temperature.
Red Pepper Jam
2 Red Bell Peppers—seeded, ribs out, julienned
¼ cup Sugar
1/3 cup Rice Vinegar (White Vinegar can be substituted)
Combine all ingredients in a small pot. Bring to a simmer. Slowly cook down until a jam like consistency (almost dry).
Sweet Potato Soufflé
3 cups Sweet Potato Puree
1/3 cup Sugar
Pinch of Salt
3 Eggs
1 Vanilla Bean
½ cup Pineapple Juice
½ cup Flour
Combine the first 6 ingredients. Fold in the flour. Pour into a greased pyrex baking
dish. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 40-45 minutes.
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But although such a change would present difficulties for the legion of companies that make accessories for iPhones, iPads, and iPods, we think now might actually be a good time for Apple to make that switch.
How did we get here?
The 30-pin dock connector first appeared on the third-generation iPod in 2003. The dock connector replaced the FireWire port used on the first two iPods, and allowed Apple to offer both USB and FireWire options, opening the iPod to Windows users. The connector also became a standard that manufacturers could use to make accessories compatible with Apple's growing iPod ecosystem.
That same 30-pin dock connector is still used on the iPhone, iPad, iPod classic, and iPod touch. It's practically synonymous with Apple's mobile devices. Apple itself has adapted the connector to offer video out, analog and digital audio out, SD card adapters, and more for its various devices. But third-party manufacturers have also built adapters, speaker docks, alarm clocks, glucose meters, MIDI interfaces, car stereo adapters, extended life batteries, and other accessories that use the connector.
The rumored replacement for this standard is a 19-pin port that appears significantly smaller (perhaps one-third the size) of the existing 30-pin port. That would generally allow Apple to make thinner devices while still maximizing internal space for the logic board and ever-important battery. It gives Apple the opportunity to get rid of legacy cruft—pins for FireWire or analog video, for instance.
Growing pains
But if Apple adopts a new standard for its next generation iPhone, all those third-party accessory makers could likely find themselves in a bind, rushing new compatible products to market while still serving the hundreds of millions of existing devices using the existing 30-ping dock connector. Consumers already invested in the i-device ecosystem would likewise face some hurdles. They would likely have to replace cables and accessories with new ones, or perhaps in some cases, use an adapter. And it could be some time before existing vendors are able to design, test, manufacture, and sell newer accessories compatible with a 19-pin port.
Apple's new MagSafe 2 port is, we think, one indicator that Apple might be at a point where it feels comfortable making the switch to a new standard for its mobile devices. The latest MacBook Air and the new 15" Retina MacBook Pro both use the newer MagSafe 2 connector. Meanwhile, the non-retina (but still current) 13" and 15" MacBook Pro use the original MagSafe. That means Apple is still making and selling multiple 45W and 85W power adapters, as well as adapters for airplane use. Additionally, Apple offers a $10 adapter to use older chargers with newer computers.
No doubt some users will find the change a hassle, but it will allow Apple to continue to make thinner devices in the future. It's a trade-off between some inconvenience now for increased convenience later, and it's certainly not the first time Apple has made such a switch. Consider the original iMac, which dropped ADB, serial, and SCSI connectors for USB in 1998. At that time, few USB alternatives existed, though a whole slew of iMac-colored, USB-compatible printers, mice, keyboards, Zip drives, and even CD burners quickly came to market within several months of the iMac's launch.
More recently, Apple dropped its own technology in favor of a newer, better standard for the Retina MacBook Pro. The company traded FireWire, a technology it originally designed and championed over a decade ago, in favor of the smaller, faster Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is still in its technological infancy, with only a handful of compatible devices currently shipping—largely of Apple's own design. But Apple made the switch anyway, likely assuming that the payoff down the line will be worth the short-term hassle for a certain percentage of users now.
Apple currently stands as one of the largest companies in world by market cap, has a growing market share in computers and mobile phones, and practically owns (at least for now) the mobile tablet market. The popularity of its mobile devices in particular gives accessory makers an incentive to build new, compatible products for a next-generation iPhone—and future iPads and iPods that would invariably adopt a new connector standard. At Apple's current zenith, it makes more sense to switch now instead of waiting for the 30-pin connector to cement itself further in the market.


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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Asparagus Soup
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...The asparagus crop here in Oregon appears not to have been hurt by our strange spring weather. I have so much of it that I've had to research ways in which to use it. I came across an asparagus soup recipe develop by Emeril Lagasse that sounded good enough to eat. It turned out to be that and more. The soup is decidedly understated and could be elegant if served in small cups or terrines. I opted to serve bowls of it as part of a salad supper. This is a creamy soup that achieves its smoothness without the addition of large quantities of milk or cream. No part of the asparagus is wasted in its preparation. Even the woody stalks are simmered to make the both in which the other vegetables are cooked. I will make this soup again during asparagus season. It would be prohibitively expensive at other times of year. The recipe can be halved or doubled depending on your needs. This soup would also be delicious with the addition of a good curry powder. Here's the recipe as it was originally developed.
Asparagus Soup...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
3 pounds fresh asparagus, rinsed
8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup minced shallots
1 cup minced leeks, whites only, well rinsed
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan, garnish
1) Trim attractive top tips from asparagus, about 1 to 1-1/2-inches in length. Cut woody stem ends from each spear and reserve. Cut remaining tender stalks into 1/2-inch pieces.
2) In a medium pot, bring stock to a boil. Add tough woody stems, lower heat and simmer to infuse with asparagus flavor, about 20 to 30 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and discard, reserving stock.
3) Add decorative tips to stock and blanch until tender, about 1 to 1-1/2 minutes. Remove with a strainer and refresh in an ice water bath. Drain on paper towels and reserve for garnish. Reserve stock.
4) In a medium stockpot, melt butter over medium-high heat. When foamy, add shallots and leeks and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chopped asparagus stalks, salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add reserved broth and simmer until the asparagus are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
5) With a hand-immersion blender or in batches in a food processor, puree soup until smooth. Adjust the seasoning, to taste. If serving right away, return to medium heat and add cream and reserved asparagus tips. Cook, stirring, until soup is warmed through, about 3 minutes.
6) Alternatively, if serving soup later, do not add cream and let cool at room temperature (or in an ice water bath). Cover and refrigerate. Before serving, add cream and asparagus tips, and warm soup gently over medium heat, stirring occasionally. To serve, place soup in a soup tureen and sprinkle with cheese. Ladle into demi-tasse cups or small coffee or tea cups, and serve. Yield: 8 (1-cup) servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Asparagus and White Bean Salad - One Perfect Bite
Penne with Asparagus and Lemon Sauce - One Perfect Bite
Savory Asparagus and Goat's Cheese Tart - One Perfect Bite
59 comments :
- sweetlife said...
Today at the store I picked up asparagus, and then put them down, not having inspiration for a recipe, then I came for a vist...great sopu, I love that no part was wasted..bookmarked..
- June 3, 2010 at 1:23 AM
- Kait said...
That's a wonderful soup. I think curry powder would be great in it. Should have picked up some asparagus while I was at the market.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:27 AM
- Alexandra said...
I just picked up some white asparagus, do you think it would work with this recipe?
I LOVE asparagus soup...just love it! apar
- June 3, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- Mary | Deep South Dish said...
I adore asparagus so I'm sure I'd enjoy this lovely soup and it's in season down south!
- June 3, 2010 at 1:37 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
what a lovely colour soup, so unique and nice way to use asparagus as well...lovely one mary and hope you have a great day...
- June 3, 2010 at 1:41 AM
- Sophie Sportende Foodie said...
Hello Mary!!
A stunning green asparagus soup!!
A real delight!!
Looks so inviting too!
- June 3, 2010 at 1:48 AM
- Jeannie said...
Delicious soup in a beautiful bowl! Love it!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:06 AM
- The Words Crafter said...
my mouth is watering! may I post a link to your blog on my Facebook page?
- June 3, 2010 at 2:21 AM
- xinex said...
Thanks for the recipe, Mary. I love Asparagus Soup....Christine
- June 3, 2010 at 2:48 AM
- La Bella Cooks said...
What a fresh and delicious sounding recipe.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:10 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
this soup sound healthy and great!
- June 3, 2010 at 3:24 AM
- Mary @Delightful Bitefuls said...
Oh, yum! Looks delish, sounds healthy and is on my to make list!
Delightful Bitefuls
- June 3, 2010 at 3:37 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Wat a healthy soup..feel like finishing rite now..
- June 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
There are lots of asparagus around! This sounds like a great use. yummy!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:51 AM
- KathyB. said...
Oh my, this looks so delicious! I must make this, yes, I must!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:53 AM
- My Little Space said...
This is such a wonderful & comforting recipe, Mary. Hope that I could get some nice & cheap fresh asparagus here so that I can try this out soon. I think more asparagus recipes will be coming soon since it's their season. Hope you're enjoying your day!
Cheers, Kristy
- June 3, 2010 at 5:19 AM
- MaryMoh said...
I love asparagus. It's in season now. I love all the fat ones...very delicious stir fried. Never thought of it as a soup. Looks delicious and comforting! Have a lovely day. Mary
- June 3, 2010 at 5:43 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Hi Mary,
come ho scritto precedentemente, mia madre amava tantissimo gli asparagi...
E di conseguenza li cucinava in tutte le maniere possibili !
La zuppa di asparagi e buonissima e molo delicata.
Buona giornata :-)
- June 3, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
This is a very delicious soup! The combination of asparagus and leek sounds perfect.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- Martha said...
My favorite soup -- asparagus is in the market and I'm so very happy! We buy it in big bunches!
I'll have to try this version for I like the addition of the leeks and shallots (mine calls for onion only).
- June 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Sounds absolutely wonderful. I love using the immersion blender - so much easier than dealing with liquid and the cuisinart!
- June 3, 2010 at 6:50 AM
- Joanne said...
Now I wish it were asparagus season all over again! Sigh. I'll have to bookmark this for next year. It looks lovely.
- June 3, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
I will try this one Mary. Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables and the curry sounds like a wonderful idea
xoxo Pattie
- June 3, 2010 at 6:55 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I was just getting ready to e-mail our favorite farmer who will be at the opening market on Saturday and ask about asparagus with a plea to "save me some". I'm going to ask for five pounds (fingers crossed). Three for soup, one for asparagus pesto and one to steam and munch. Now, if someone could tell me how to preserve asparagus in as near a natural state as possible, I'd really be happy.
- June 3, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- Unknown said...
My mouth is watering just looking at the recipe. Definitely one for the asparagus season!
- June 3, 2010 at 7:04 AM
- Julie said...
Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables. I love this time of year. I made this soup a few months ago. We loved the flavors.
- June 3, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I love making asparagus soup where no part of the fresh local asparagus goes to waste.This version is extra appealing Mary.
- June 3, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Barbara said...
Super timing! The asparagus is perfect right now.
I LOVE this recipe and you're right..it's a perfect meal with a small salad.
- June 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Salsa Verde said...
Hi Mary,
The colour is so intense and the favour must be delicious. I love asparagus soup and yours seems perfect to me.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
You are right, with asparagus nothing goes to waste. A very beautiful vegetable.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Claudia said...
Loving this - a delicious soup that's truly only grand this time of year. I love all the leeks to enhance the soup.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Renée said...
We just can't get too much of this right now! Thanks Mary, it's on "to make list" for sure.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
This is a beautiful and elegant (and delicious) soup. I am glad you used all the parts of the asparagus.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul said...
I can't wait to try this!
- June 3, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul said...
I can't wait to try this!
- June 3, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
Too much asparagus? If only I had such problems!
As always, your photo is a masterpiece! Have a lovely day my friend.
- June 3, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Diane said...
Looking forward to trying this out. Thanks for this one. Diane
- June 3, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- SnoWhite said...
I love asparagus soup -- had it for the first time while I visited the Galapagos Islands... I think this will bring back good memories :)
- June 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Susi's Kochen und Backen said...
Oh, that looks delicious! My grandpa and mom cook one very similar to this but only with white asparagus. Green asparagus is hard to come by in Germany.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Rachana said...
Gello Mary,
What a splendid soup! looks really delicious :-)
Have a nice day!
- June 3, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Penny said...
Looks smooth and delicious. There is always room for one more asparagus recipe and this is a winner. Thanks Mary.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- A SPICY PERSPECTIVE said...
YUM! A bowl of creamy goodness!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Cherine said...
This is one of my favorite soup!! Yours looks so creamy and tasty!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- RamblingTart said...
Mmm, fantastic, Mary! We've had so much rain lately that soup is just perfect. :-)
- June 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- FoodontheTable said...
This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. You have beautiful photography.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Lovely and smooth! Asparagus is one of the Earth's great gifts!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Tina said...
I like the soup but have never prepared asparagus soup myself. Good run down of the recipe!
- June 3, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
You know Mary, I was thinking to make some soup for tonight, and this look absolutely nice, Lo ve asparagus soup, huggs gloria
- June 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM
- Pecados da mesa said...
Eu adoro sopa de aspargos.
Parabéns pelo seu blog, vou te seguir.
Maria Paula -BRASIL-
- June 3, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Velva said...
Asparagus is one of my all time favorite vegetables. I love that the Spring makes them so abundant, even here in Florida.
Love the soup. If it is a Emeril recipe, it's got to be good.
- June 3, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
That soup sounds sublime, what with the addition of the cream and the shallots! Lovely!
- June 3, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Katie@Cozydelicious said...
Oooh, this looks wonderful! I don;t think I've eveer had asperagus soup. It sounds so good though - and I like the curry idea too!
- June 3, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Linda Starr said...
the soup looks lovely in that bowl.
- June 3, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- eleni said...
This is a wonderful soup... asparagus is a favourite vegetable!!!
- June 4, 2010 at 6:48 AM
- Pondside said...
I love this time of year for the asparagus. Some day I'll blog about my (short) career as an asparagus picker. I'd go home with bags of imperfect asparagus and then I'd make soup - yummy!
- June 4, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Magdalena said...
Mary, here the spring was awkward, too. Mostly raining and cold - all over the Europe...I have tried so many recipes with green asparagus this year, but I forgot about the soup! Thanks for reminding me and have a nice, sunny weekend.
- June 4, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Looks like a very thick, creamy and satisfying soup and a great way to use asparagus too. ;-)
- June 5, 2010 at 6:09 AM
- DailyChef said...
Everything you make looks absolutely stunning. wow.
- June 5, 2010 at 10:31 PM
- Nurit - familyfriendlyfood said...
I never tried this dish before. Not a huge turkey fan (not even on Thanksgiving!), I'll probably try it with chicken :)
- June 9, 2010 at 1:34 PM


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First off, what is Vuhdo? Simply put it's an addon that replaces the default World of Warcraft party and raid frames with something that is more configurable. While it's designed for healers, other classes and roles can and do find use in Vuhdo.
Vuhdo is developed by addon developer Iza, who responds to questions at a forum on PlusHeal.Com. He always has updated ready before major content patches, saving us lots of time and frustration. Any time you find a bug, can't figure out how to do something, or think of a feature, head over there. Spare the poor man some cycles and check if anyone else has asked the same thing first, though! I download Vuhdo using the Curse Client and that's usually nice and up to date.
This guide is designed for someone who already knows why they want raid frames. It's for the Grid user who is looking to get all their functionality in one addon or the HealBot user who is looking to get more functionality. I always think of Vuhdo as the third bear's addon: not too hot or too cold, but just right.
Grid users: you won't need Clique if you use Vuhdo!
General Options
Ok, first of all, when you install Vuhdo and turn it on there's going to be boxes all over the screen. Don't panic; this is what the defaults look like. Here's what I want you to do:
1. Type /vd opt
2. When the Vuhdo options come up, click "Move" down at the bottom
3. Now there are big red Xs and green + signs on the boxes. Click all the Xs, say yes to the dialog box, and get an empty screen. We'll come back to this later.
4. Hit the "General" Tab at the bottom. Now you'll see something like this:
This is the General tab and the General screen. This is the first set of options you'll see. Yeah, there's a lot. The thing to remember with Vuhdo is: every option does something, but you don't need to tweak them all. A small set will get you a lot of functionality and you can play around more later. For instance, on this screen, the really important option to click is under "Lock Panels". The "Enable"' checkbox locks the panels where they are so you won't accidentally move them later. /vd lock does the same thing.
If you click the second button down on the right, you get this screen.
Vuhdo navigation is always by tab and screen. Tabs are very general categories and run along the bottom. Screens are more precise refinements of a category and are down the right hand side. It's very easy to tell which tab and screen you're on.
Scanners sounds weird and Star Trekkie, but they're actually very helpful background settings. The first area in this screen is 'Range'. What this does is set your frames so that if someone is out of range, they get "grayed out" so you know not to heal them. You can either set a yard range at the top, or put in a spell. Most of your spells are probably the same range anyway so do whatever works for you.
The next options down let you select more options. I have "Direction" set. That means when I mouse over their frame, if they're out of range, I get an arrow pointing at them. Nice! It took some getting used to but it's insanely helpful now. There's also a "distance" option, which will tell you how far away they are, and an "Always" button that will make the arrow and/or distance show up even if they're in range. Your choice how to set it.
Leave the global scanners alone, I don't think any good comes of tweaking them.
Jumping down to General tab and the Misc screen (Misc button on the right side), we get some useful options. Here you can set your reaction for mouse-up (this is what I use) or mouse-down. IE, does the spell go off when you click or when you release the button after clicking. Hide standard will, well, hide the standard Blizzard frames, since you're using Vuhdo, you must not need the frames, right? (Rev note: I prefer to leave these on)
D/C shield: a nifty little tool that takes over two Macro slots and then tries to make it so if you disconnect and come back in, mid-fight, that Vuhdo still works. It's nice, works well for me, and I would leave it enabled (unchecked is enabled)
Global Cooldown: a little visual for you showing how much GCD you have left. When enabled, whichever health frame you're moused over shows a sort of gray "skin" sliding across that goes away when your GCCD is up again.
Announce resurrection: if you're rezzing someone through Vuhdo, announces it in chat so that people know who you're rezzing. Insert cute phrase here or just "Resurrecting." In that field where you type 'vuhdo' it will insert the name of the targetted person.
And Clique support: if you use Clique, let me know how this works. I don't use Clique myself but here's where you enable it.
General> Indicators
These are some visual effects you can set to show around health bars. Very useful for indicating threat. Pick one you want to use and select an option. On the left hand side partway down there's a "special dot" that I have set to Swiftmendable. If my Swiftmend is up and there's a Swiftmendable HOT on the target, this dot shows. Then all I have to do is use the spell. It's a great visual indicator for me.
Moving on to Panels. This is where you configure how Vuhdo is going to look. On the Panels tab > General page, you can select how you're going to organize your raid frames.
On the Panels tab > Sizing page you can use these sliders to change bar height, width, spacing between bars, etc. It takes a little tweaking to get how you like, and here's where to do it.
Some of the cosmetic options are less critical but will really enhance your experience. Here on the Panels tab – Bars page you can select a background texture for your health bars – I like not having flat health bars so I use this option.
The drop down for "Custom Health Bar Bouquet" sounds confusing but will actually handle what the background color of each unit frame is. I like mine to be class colors so I open the drop down and select the "Health/Generic Class Color" choice.
HOTS and Icons
Panels > HoT Icons – Essential for druids, very useful for everyone else, this is where you set up your status dot indicators. On the top left is where you pick the arrangement you want to use. The slots are numbered. Over in the middle you choose what indicator goes in which slot. The "Own" checkbox means it's your own HoT / Indicator; the "Others" means other peoples HoTs or heals can show up there.
Rev: As you start adding various options here you will probably want to tweek your bar sizes. I usually close the options out and test things by hotting up my druid and checking if it is what I want. There are a lot of options here for size and placement so tweak all you want.
There are a lot of default options in those slot dropdowns. For druids, all your HOTs are there; for priests, you'll find Prayer of Mending, Power Word Shield/Weakened Soul, paladins will find Beacon of Light, shamans set up Earthshield, etc. And more importantly – you can track other peoples' shields and hots too; so if you always run with a priest and need to know that a target has Weakened Soul or PWS, set it up here.
Vuhdo has fancy combination indicators called "Bouquets". I don't really get much use from them yet but the one default one that is critical is the "PW:S & Weakened Soul" bouquet. You enable it and it shows when a target has PW:S on them; when the shield is used up, the color changes to indicate Weakened Soul. I always have this enabled. A target with a shield on them needs less of my healing; one with Weakened Soul needs extra attention.
Now go to Colors -> HoTs; this is where you select what color your hots will be. Pick whatever makes sense to you. This should be populated with whatever you chose to display back at the Panels -> HoT Icons page. Choose the colors you like, whether it's got a countdown or not (I always set my hots to show seconds counting down) and whether you want a waning when things are going to expire (druids shouldn't do this, you'll go nuts).
Here's how my setup looks. There's my own health bar, sitting there. I've got Rejuv up in the top corner, but it's obscured by the Swiftmend dot; that's ok for me because I can usually see how long it's got left anyway. The Swiftmend dot is very key for me and I like having it there. Down in the bottom left corner is my Regrowth indicator; in the center is my Lifebloom. It's green, which for me means it has three stacks. Yellow is two stacks and red is one stack. The timer shows how long it's got left.
Debuffs – seeing Debuffs is very key as a healer. We need to know if they're on targets, so we can remove or mitigate them. The Debuffs > Standard page can be mostly left at the defaults.
Then go back to Colors > States. This is where you set the colors that standard types of debuffs use. I use blue for poison, red for disease, purple for curse, purple-blue for magic. These just work for me. The 'Anomalies' are useful too; I really like setting "Charmed" as this dark red. As soon as someone turns that color in my frames I know to watch out.
The Clusters thing is for shaman to know how many targets are in range for their Chain Lightning; I have no idea how well it works.
Now back to Debuffs > Custom, where you can set up specific debuffs you really want to know about. The Debuff list is pretty extensive, as you can see here. You can set it to play a sound to warn you when someone gets a specific debuff (sort of a mini DBM). Or just to show it specially. This can be really helpful if you are struggling with a particular encounter mechanic.
This is the really cool bit – the part where you realize you don't need another addon in order to click cast! Go to Spells -> Mouse. The interface is really easy – just select what modifier key you want (if any' most of my binds are straight mouse binds) then type the spell name into the appropriate box. You can type in Macro names too! Just name your macro something other than a spell name or Vuhdo gets confused. I don't have it set to use any macros in this image but I do use macros as mousebinds and it works fine. I always change my Left button click to "target", since that let me do normal stuff.
Remember, these binds are only for Vuhdo, so if you usually click-cast on your target frame outside of a raid frame mod these won't work. But if you're like me, they work great!
Moving Frames Around
G to the "Move" tab. Vuhdo shrinks to the smaller panel you see on my screen and the frames switch into the moveable mode. At this point you can drag and drop them around your screen as you wish.
Adding a new panel
Here I clicked the "Add New Panel" button and that empty frame appeared in the middle of my screen. I can move it where I want.
Now Right Click inside it and you get the "add group" dropdown. You can assign a group id, or a "special" group like pets.
If you select a size, then hit the "Hold to Test" button, you can see what your current settings would look like in combat with that size. That'll help you see what you might want to tweak or redo before really using the interface.


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Beware of Phantom Vibration Syndrome, It Could Kill You
This article warns us of the latest possible medical condition that could end life as we know it. Okay that might be going overboard, but what is the next big trauma that we will have to deal with? It's technical term is Phantom Vibration Syndrome, more commonly called ringxiety. This is when you feel your phone vibrate in your pocket but you either don't have your cell phone turned on or you not not even have your cell phone. I am not making this shit up. This article appeared above the fold on page one of today's New Hampshire Union Leader. This is unbelievable, people feel their phones vibrate when they are not on and now we have a name for it. Just check out some excerpts from the article:
"I go to reach for my cell phone and it isn't there," said Ben Hastie, 18, of Merrimack, who has a Motorola Razor phone. "It happens all the time."
Josh Weaver, 22, who works in Merrimack, has done the same thing.
"My cell phone wasn't even on," he said.
"I don't know what it is," said Andrea Robichaud, 23, a web designer in Merrimack who has checked her cellphone for incoming calls after experiencing a phantom vibration. "I just know that no one was calling."
The horror. This sounds kind of like when you have been wearing a hat all day and then you take it off and it still feels as though you have it on so you try to adjust it. I will dub that problem removed hat discomfort syndrome. Really, who sits around and thinks this stuff up?
But it gets better/worse depending on your thinking, as a psychiatrist checks in:
Peter Tse, professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College, said phantom vibration rings may happen because cell phone users develop a "template" in their heads.
"I have a template for my baby's cry in my head, for example, and sometimes just by chance a random set of sounds will match it," he said. "I will go to check, but the baby wasn't crying. "
He said the brain is constantly filtering out background information. Tse said sometimes when a person is monitoring or searching for something important to them — such as a cell phone call or the sound of their own name — some of this background information is picked up and matched to a mental template.
It's called the cocktail party effect.
"When everyone's talking at a cocktail party, if your name or anything close to your name comes up in the room, you easily pick up on that," Tse said.
But false vibrations are less easily understood. Some neurologists compare it to the nerve sensations felt by amputees in the place of the missing limb.
It seems we are constantly being bombarded with trumped up dilemmas and disasters that we always have to be on guard of. This is just the latest syndrome in a constant barrage of potential disaster we are forced to listen to every day. Don't you find it funny that many of these issues are political issues or are used for political reasons?
Here are some of the other issues we are supposed to live in fear of. The bird flu, the worse hurricane season predictions every year, trans fats, restless leg syndrome, global warming, global cooling, ADD, AADD. It seems there is a name for everything nowadays.
It's hard to include Phantom Vibration Syndrome in the Nanny State world we are living in, this is just stupid, or is this the Nanny State gone awry?. Although when I think about it, reading an article like this makes me realize how absurd the world is becoming. When you have to have a name for thinking your phone is vibrating when it's not, perhaps we have moved beyond the Nanny State. We have reached the point of having lost all of our common sense, maybe we didn't lose it. Perhaps it has been taken away by the media and their constant reminders, we no longer have to think for ourselves. When the weather gets cold, the media tells us to bundle up, on the Fourth of July the media runs PSA's telling us not to hold lighted fireworks, when the weather gets hot the media tell us to drink water. Hell, on the news tonight I was told if I wanted to save money I should leave my credit card at home so that I won't succumb to impulse buying.
Anyway, I kind of drifted there, we now have a new syndrome and before you know it we will have a new drug. Perhaps it will be called Vibristop or something like that.
So what does Verizon have to say about this (yes, the article did talk to Verizon)?
David Thomson, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless, said phones should not vibrate unless there's a call coming in.
"There is no reason why it should," he said.
Thank God he cleared that up for me.
What else can I say? Does anyone else feel this is absurd?
Kyleen permalinkFebruary 1, 2008 10:36 am
I am an actual person who feels these "vibrations" and I think this is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard. I don't even carry my phone in my pocket. People are idiots! And to Dave, yes…I see a drug coming from this soon, as well.
ALL these people have the same concern. I CANNOT respect ANYONE who believes this rubbish. I give more credit to the person who cracked that it was "the mothership" calling all it's victims, than some stupid "cell phone ringing theory".
It's JUST a nervous twitch. It comes from sitting on your duff all day and maybe a little bit of stress. I want to punch the person who came up with such a ridiculous theory!
Robert permalinkNovember 9, 2009 4:31 pm
What are you?? a doctor this is not just a joke its a real study and you pretend to know everything yeah and a nervous twitch that only appears at the place were your mobile normally is..
whatever unbelivable that there are people really that stupid!!!
dbeam permalinkApril 17, 2010 11:53 am
My, my aren't you hostile. I am glad that you have not had the experience of phantom vibration, but must you be so agitated that it does happen to others. What have you got to gain by being so negative. Maybe you need drugs to calm you.
kelly permalinkFebruary 28, 2011 5:27 pm
well, my vibrations started last night. they have been constant all day long, oh, btw, i stand in surgery ALL day long so my feelings of vibration are def not from sitting on my butt all day……just sayin!
angie permalinkOctober 30, 2011 12:33 pm
my vibrations started a week ago ..they have been constant with same repetion as my phone vibration..my viration is on the inside of my left foot .it really freaked me out the first night i thought i might have ciculation depletion .this sensation is very real .
Bruce2321 permalinkAugust 24, 2015 12:27 am
I just googled this page and I am of sound mind. My replace knee which has metal and plastic in just started 2 days and today to get vibrations on my metal portion of the knee. I kid you not, who would make up this stuff. I do have a cell phone and both times it was in the car… what gives???
Ivy permalinkJanuary 17, 2013 6:20 pm
I too feel these 'vibrations'! They drive me absolutely crazy, I feel them whether I have my phone on me or not and they can lat ALL DAY (like today). Feeling crazy I went straight home after work to google "I feel vibrations in my body" and this was the first article I found. I don't know what to believe but this IS real! As I am still feeling the vibrations as I type….
January 18, 2013 6:22 am
…remove the vibration setting from your phone or at the least move it to another part of your body (so it can begin the same phenomenon there)…your choice…but it's most often related to what i consider nerve reverberation…mine stopped within a day after i turned off the vibration setting on my phone…haven't had it since…it's not the end of the world, just the end of a pattern with which your body is responding to…
Jo permalinkMarch 7, 2017 11:48 pm
Is your phone being carried next to your body most of the time. If so, it might be caused from the radiation of the phone. I am experiencing a funny sensation and I have been carrying my phone in a fanny pack around my waist. I am concerned about it, not sure it is safe, health wise.
August 25, 2016 3:09 pm
I agree with you… I feel this and yes, I sit on my tail most of the day, (retired), and just a little stress sets it off…. When I put my hand there, nothing.. it's like my muscles are soothed by my touch and when it happens again, I put my hand on my thigh again.. it's like magic. Us talking about it, takes the hypertension about what it could be away, and now I'm fine with it.. my phone will stay on vibrate, but will move it around.. cheers.. we don't need any meds to cure this… when a survey is taken, I"m responding with "No I would not spend any funds to fix this.. " Duh..
Donna McKin permalinkDecember 5, 2008 12:17 pm
I am so glad I read this article. I called my doctor yesterday and set up an appointment for Monday, the 8th of December, because this vibration in my leg was worrying me. I could not figure why I was vibrating. I thought something was really wrong. Now I will have something to share with my doctor. I had never heard of such a thing as Phantom Vibration Syndrome, and being caused by my cell phone. And yes I would check my phone to see if anyone had called. And you are right, no calls. But lately I have not had my cell phone on me, I have been leaving it in my purse at work or on the table, yet I still vibrate and touch my pocket to see if my phone was in it. Thank-you, I feel much better now. The only thing is now I have to figure out how to stop vibrating. Do you think I could think it away? Signed Vibrated.
Norma permalinkMarch 14, 2013 10:43 pm
I have the same sensation, mine is on my right front side, in the bend of my leg on the inside close to my pelvic around, almost where my cell phone would be if I were sitting down..however, this doesn't hold any validity because I carry my cell phone in my back left pocket, so the cell phone thing doesn't make any sense to me. Another thing I haven't carried my phone in several months due to my job doesn't allow cell phones at work…so can anyone give me another logical explination as to why this happens every day at approximately 40 to 50 times?
Jason permalinkFebruary 15, 2009 2:10 pm
I'm a premed student and have pretty good explanation of what's happeneing here.
First off in everyone's body are touch receptors, The thing with our bodies is that as we become accustomed to certain stimuli we have responses to them. this is how muscle memory works, the amount of energy required to activate nerve cells becomes lower as you use them more frequently.
at a certain point however as you get more accustomed to it, the "vibration sensation" can be set off by something as small as your pants brushing against your thigh. it is not some psych issue, it is medical. it is a learned response.
if you wish to avoid getting Phantom Vibration Syndrome, all you have to do is prevent your body from being conditioned to the vibrations. To do this simply change the pocket that you keep your phone in! i recommend every month change which pocket you keep your phone in. this will prevent the conditioned response.
but. DO NOT ALTERNATE EVERY DAY, this will condition both at the same time, you must do it in long enough time to "uncondition" your leg but short enough to prevent getting the sensations in the first place
Susan permalinkJanuary 15, 2012 10:54 am
I believe this is true, because I have had this going on for several months now and did suspect carrying my cell in my pocket. I switched sides, but because not all my scrubs have a pocket on both sides sometimes I'd carry my phone in my back pocket. Now, I mostly have the vibrations in my right leg,daily, where I carry my cell most, more infrequently in my left, where I carry it least and it has started in my low back (back pocket). I have other musculoskeletal issues and nerve pain and wondered if it was related, but I would tend to believe this cell phone stimulation theory….Sue
Darren permalinkJune 27, 2012 8:24 am
Hi Jason.
I am a neuroscientist and I think I agree with your idea. More specifically, I think it is due to long term potentiation in the sensory motor cortex. Changing the side may or may not help. I would suggest just taking your phone off vibrate if you are experiencing any phantom vibrations. It could get worse over a course of years and possible become a form of chronic pain. Mobile phones have only been around 10 years so these kinds of effects might only just be starting to emerge.
July 28, 2012 3:14 pm
Hello Jason,
I am a medical student. There have been some confusion in people experiencing this in conveying their experience with this Phantom Vibration. I too have these experiences. Me and many others use the "phone vibrating" to describe the type of sensation we feel as it is hard to describe if you have not had it. While sometimes people think it is their phone vibrating it is independent of it. It is a vibration in our inner leg that happens to feel as a cell phone is vibrating there. People who dont use cell phones, who dont or ever used vibrate experience this feeling. It is independent of the use of the vibration function on a phone. It is a very real sensation, and is very strange and confusing.
April 20, 2009 6:39 pm
50 y/o wm experiencing same vibratory symptoms only in my left leg, days or nights at "its" whim. No pain, and unable to insonnate any movement or spasm in extremity when I feel the vibration !! Going on over a year now. I went to a massage therapist and she said it was blocked energy,…she was able to "stop" symptoms if I went back weekly! It might be worth a try to have others do the same through there massage therapist ! Good Luck….
rob permalinkJune 9, 2009 7:16 pm
There's nothing wrong with making up a catchy name for a current gossip item so when people are referring to it they don't need to describe it in detail every single time.
But, "Phantom Vibration Syndrome?" I agree, that name sucks. And it's a mildly amusing non-issue. I blame bored, useless communications interns desperate for something to research so they can get some air time.
On the same argument I don't see the political connection you're trying to make. Maybe you too are another bored communication intern, trying to make something out of nothing?
June 17, 2010 2:02 pm
Nah, he's not a bored intern, he just really buys the right-vs-left battle.
Sevenizm permalinkAugust 6, 2009 8:42 am
This is a real condition. Therefore the name. If u have never experience the symptoms it may sound silly. When I was younger I thought "Pink Eye" was stupid and caused by make up. I didn't have a clue. As I am typing this my leg is vibrating. (That's why I'm researching any info on it and came across this.) It is arrogant to dismiss anything you have not experienced. I have delt with this for years. It has changed my phone habits. I don't check every vibration. Because of that I miss calls when I really shouldn't.
I wonder what long term effects of this could be. Can the area effected become tougher like calouses (typo) in the palms of your hands and feet. Will human brain develope some new counter measure. Some peoples left ear noticbly tougher when that's there phone ear. (Telemarketers) Its natural. People who shoot a lot have a tougher trigger finger compared to the rest of the hand.
I have accepted this contition as a fault of modern man. I want to know what's the future of this. 10, 15 years out from now. Will this vibration cause extra nerves to grow in the area of my pocket where I keep my phone. (That's what I thought was happening) Will I eventually become numb to the vibration and not feet it at all? How will the body fix this, or compensate for this? Will this turn to cancer?
Like I said I've had this for years. From the first Tmoble SideKick (the black and white screen) I join a bunch of alerts: horiscopes, weather, news, jokes… my phone vibrated all the time. Then when I didn't have my phone on me I was feeling the vibrations.
Thanx 4 ur time.
Cyndi permalinkSeptember 1, 2009 7:55 pm
Thank God I'm not losing my mind. Here I am googling this sympton of vibrations in hip area….. I'm going to try changing my phone to the my opposite hip and see if this goes away. It is definitely happening to me.
Angel permalinkJanuary 10, 2012 10:10 pm
Whoa. Don't act too fast, Cyndi. I am also here reading this thread because my leg started vibrating on my way to work this morning and is STILL vibrating right now! I couldn't wait to get home and "Google" it! The sensation can definitely be described as a cell phone ringing, in my buttock. Oh, but it gets better! I keep my cell phone in my RIGHT pocket, and it is clearly only my LEFT leg that is vibrating. Hmmm. Interesting… The vibration is in my buttock and travels down the leg. I am over 40 and I have never had this "syndrome". Is it caused by a cell phone? I don't know. I was googling it because I was afraid it was a symptom of a "nearly clogged" artery or something. I'd love to be part of a case study if they want to hook up some electrodes to actually monitor the sensation.
Donte permalinkAugust 13, 2015 2:06 am
Ann, I also did a search for this strange vibrating feeling in hopes of finding some sort of reason for it. Mine started a couple of months ago and not anywhere near where I carry my cell phone (in a case on my belt). I was discussing it with my wife today and merely described it "as a vibrating cell phone feeling" because it's hard to describe. My concern is…I'm feeling it in an area near a known medical problem. I suppose when you reach my age (75)…new strange feelings are the norm. Good luck to all of you…..but yes, the feeling is real.
September 1, 2009 8:00 pm
Yeah, Since yesterday I have been looking for a hard drive which I accidently left plugged in on the floor, and reaching inside of covers to find my palm phone to find that it is my left leg which is acutally vibrating. Its been ongoing since yesterday. and gotten more frequent, my knee down to my foot. I dont know if my foot is ringin or my phone. wow weird.
kerry permalinkSeptember 4, 2009 2:52 pm
well…Im a baker and i often keep my cellphone in the left breast pocket of my chefs coat. Within the last couple months my left breast has had that vibrating sensation, its making me crazy. Not only that but could it cause me to develop breast cancer? Im a little nervous.
Jhammin permalinkOctober 13, 2009 7:39 pm
I agree with Sevenizm, the information you gave was good, but the last paragraph really wasn't necessary. I don't see a correlation. I was unable to read the article your referenced, which may have been a bit "out there". I feel my phone vibrating when it isn't even in my pocket. I consider myself a pretty sane person and have never experianced anything like this. It is kind of a curious subject i think it is perfectly fine for it to be called a syndrome. Alot of people have the strange vibrating sensation, its alright for researchers to give it a name. "Syndrome" doesn't mean it is life threatening.
Ted permalinkDecember 16, 2009 5:10 am
I think people have a lot more to worry about then a vibrating appendage; like cancer, AIDS, high cholesterol, getting hit by a bus, breathing, getting hit by a plane, whether or not Santa is real, whether or not the talking M&M's are real, what you want to do with your life, what your going to have for diner, what your neighbor is going to have for diner, and pretty much everything else in the world there is to worry about and not worry about. How inconvenient is it honestly to feel the vibration? I've had it happen to me and it only lasts not even 2 seconds. I think you can deal with it, and I'm pretty sure you'll survive. I'd be more concerned with the anxiety about worrying about why my leg was vibrating then the actual feeling. It doesn't even hurt. Get the sand out of your viginas and deal.
June 17, 2010 2:53 pm
Of course people have a lot more to worry about than a vibrating appendage, and are cognizant of that. Don't be a fool. People have a lot more to worry about than what kind of food they'd like today. They could all eat rations. ..and people need not worry about athlete's foot. ..or vitamins that they could survive without. ..or have cars, when there's public transportation.
..but get a clue.
It's just something that is a pain in the ass and people want to address it somehow. ..but to assume it doesn't exist, or that people don't have magnitudes of symptoms greater than yours is just as idiotic as freaking out about it.
On blowing this off — don't be a douchebag.
On freaking out about it — People can change the pocket they keep their phones in, or in extreme cases, get an open-air bluetooth earphone, and a phone that will ring to it.
I have a lot of networking experience. I can make you (or the author of this blog) a proxy that changes the word "Syndrome" to "Thing" and "Symptom" to "Effect" if y'all are uncomfortable with.. ..you know.. ..terminology.
From the Article:
"People are experiencing something we call the Phantom Vibration Thing. Effects include feeling vibration when it is not present, or mistaking other sensations for vibration, and pointless terror that this means that one is slowly, slowly slipping off the deep end. It may cause people to cause hype, or to hype the hype that the people who caused hype caused."
June 3, 2015 5:27 am
Yes. What Joe Black said. Also, I just started having this sensation in the past few days. I don't carry my cell phone around in my pocket all the time, and if I did it would have to be a pocket down by my ankle. And it would have to be utterly imaginary, with no form whatsoever. What I'm trying to say is that IT MERELY FEELS like a cell phone vibrating, but I don't think anyone who experiences the sensation actually thinks it's a phantom cell phone vibrating (for crying out loud, you cannot be serious about that!). It's some kind of neurological phenomenon, which I don't the neurological community has bothered to investigate nor research yet.
I'm dumbfounded by the dumbassery in the post. Hopefully in the intervening years the author has learned something.
Al permalinkJune 24, 2011 1:02 pm
This is simply a scientific study on what the condition is. No one is causing hype about it. No one is complaining. It happens to me. For some reason people feel that it is a problem when scientists give more intelligent names to common feelings or disorders. Yes, I agree fully that these are just fancy technical terms for normal things. Science studies how things work. If everyone just used common terms for everything then science would not be as far as it is. Science is no different then you trying to solve a problem (ex. what to eat today). In brief the people who studied this had become curious. Then, they released their findings so they could educate others. The fact that people become angry with this is stupid.
December 22, 2009 3:48 pm
I love the response from the Verizon spokesman! But in all seriousness, this is definitely believable. I get similar feelings in my hands after I've been mowing the lawn for a while. Once I turn the lawn mower off, I still feel the vibration in my hands for a little while afterward.
meredith permalinkDecember 29, 2009 8:58 pm
This has been happening to me for quite awhile but I didn't discuss it with anyone because I thought it was me losing my mind. I am relieved to know that there are others having the same experience. Won't take drugs for it, though….I can live with it…
locdoggib permalinkMarch 16, 2010 3:34 pm
I have had these phantom vibrations for years…got my first pager in 1992, kept it on vibrate…carried it in the same pocket(right side) for about 2 years….I started getting the vibrations prior to carrying my cellphone in my pocket……initially I thought it had something to do with the analog/digital signals sent to my previous device…..made me think I was intercepting messages intended for that device that someone else may be using at this point in time…..yeah……I know…Im crazy………..but….obvously……Im not the only one……..or wait….maybe im normal………anyway……when do i get my perscriptionfor medical marijuana…… for my restless pocket syndrome?
thisisefed permalinkMarch 24, 2010 2:26 am
Its 2:30 in the morning and I read this entire artical (or whatever this is) on my phone, not because I "thought" or "felt" my phone vibrate.. It did, I heard it, and it even lit up, right in front of me… But you know what, I didn't get a text. Or tweet. (And it just vibrated again… I really hope I got something that time.) anyways.. I want to know what in gods name caused my cell phone to vibrate.. I have experienced the phantom vibration before, many times. But this, yeah, this takes the cake. Weird.
shawn permalinkApril 8, 2010 1:03 am
This is some crazy shit! Just the other day I was moving some stuff and I swore I felt my phone vibrate but I just thought that I was going nuts… but I was fine with it! I didn't try to go seek medical treatment… are you seriously telling me people are wasting there time and effort on studying this shit? spend a little time on cancer now! It seems like every girl I date these days has fuckin cancer or has had!
April 8, 2010 1:49 am
Yeah I just heard him say it. Thats what made me look the syndrom up. My daughter just said she gets this too. Too many people addicted to the cell phones is what I think. Throw the darn things out the window.
Thom permalinkMay 22, 2010 10:19 am
Decent article and whatnot, though I have a very hard time taking someone's blog seriously when they fail to proofread.
Comma splices will kill you far sooner than Phantom Vibrating Cellphone Syndrome.
Also, it's "weather" not "whether". Please beat yourself unconscious with a dictionary.
Tdawg permalinkJune 8, 2010 3:16 am
I've had a cell phone for 8 years now and this just started happening to me a couple weeks ago. The only thing I can attribute to causing this is frequent text communication that resumed between me and my ex girlfriend a few weeks ago. I accidently cheated on her 6 months ago had not texted much since then. But recently we reaquainted textually, unfortunately not sexually yet. Anyways I think this is a mentle thing because I do believe she is teasing me as a form of punishment. Low and behold her 10 blue ball texts a day give me about 20 phantom text vibrations in my left leg each day even when I don't have my phone on me. Not going to lie I realy want to bang this chick again, but my FVS has to stop. So I think I will have to ex the ex. I will let you guys know if the phantom vibrating stops.
Kayla Harper permalinkJune 23, 2010 3:23 am
I think you guys are taking this too medically. I don't believe Phantom Vibration Syndrome is an actual Medical Condition.
Phantom Vibration is more of a Phenomena than a Syndrome.
And it does happen. I mistakenly thought that my phone was vibrating in my pocket, when it actually was not even in my pocket at all. I thought maybe I had a problem with my leg, until my friend let me know that this phenomena was so common that they actually had a cool term for it, Phantom Ring!!!
It just because we are so used to responding to our phones, that the anticipation can misperceive other sounds or vibration as a call coming in.
Kinda like how you think your name is being called when it is not.
Tony F. permalinkAugust 26, 2010 2:14 pm
Liberty truly died in this once great country in 1980, when an actor was elected. He played the greatest roll in American cinema for centuries to come. He started a "War on Drugs", arresting large amounts of lower-class citizens, regardless of the color of skin. He was a pawn of the banks, and caused most problems we're seeing surface in todays economy.
He played the roll of fucking up our country, beyond repair.
God Bless America, but she stole the B from bless.
Amy permalinkOctober 19, 2010 12:44 pm
This happens to me, but I really think it might be medical for me. There are medical reasons for this. Bony crepitation is a palpable vibration or an audible crunching sound that results when one bone grates against another. …this can be caused by osteoarthritis, injury etc…. I found your article because the vibration started out as 2-3 seconds every once in a while but now it's constant, and it's not easy to ignore now. I have noticed that when I move, it's magnified. I really don't think this is caused from my cell phone even though I have mistaken it for my phone many times. Someone mentioned changing your phone from one side to another. I say, take your phone off vibrate and sooner or later, if the vibrations are really linked to your cell phone, they will end. If they continue, it's medical and you should see a doctor. I plan on seeing my doctor.
October 27, 2010 12:25 pm
Interesting. Have been trying to learn a new language for a while now so this is extremely relevant! Thank you.
Joe permalinkNovember 10, 2010 6:30 pm
I just started experiencing this sensation last night in my left leg upper pelvis. I do not carry my cell phone in either pocket and even when I use to it was never on vibrate. This sensation is being report A LOT and I think they are way of base with their conclusion. The reason it was related to cell phone in the first place is because its the only way people experiencing this can describe the vibration they are feeling. Yes "it feels like a cell phone is vibrating in my crouch" but I know one isnt there and hasnt been there in years on vibrate.
So come up with a real explanation
Norma permalinkMarch 14, 2013 11:05 pm
I don't believe the cell phone thing either Joe because I don't carry my cell phone in my pocket and I have the sensations many times over the course of the day everyday, in fact they are becoming more frequent.
I'm with you on needing another valid explanation….I also think people are relating it to their cell phone because that is exactly what it feels like…but there is no relation between my phone and the vibrating sensations I get and mine is in the same exact spot as yours. I had to look this up because mine are becoming so frequent that I was becoming concerned.
May 31, 2011 12:38 am
Sorry to break it to you – this is not a matter of "nanny-state" effects. I had these symptoms before any of the issues you mentioned were even a concern. Very likely it is more of a matter of growing narcissism – something so prevalent in American society that psychologists no longer consider it a disorder (a reclassification I strongly oppose).
It's really nothing new – you think someone's trying to contact you when they're not. It's the same as when you think the phone is wringing when it's not and can probably be linked to compulsive-e-mail checking.
June 22, 2011 6:31 am
I have the feeling that my phone is vibrating all the time but to consider it a medical issue is absolutely ridiculous. This isnt the only one either….. There's the epic, P.O.I.S. that's Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome as well as absurd medical practices such as "transpoosion". Go ahead look them up . Its past the point of insanity anymore
Belle permalinkAugust 2, 2011 6:24 pm
I have been experiencing Vibration Syndrome for a few years, and mine is not connected to cell phone, because I don't use one. It is much milder than the vibrations of cell phones I've seen go off on a table. I think a lot of people are mistaking the connection.
It started in one foot, then the other foot, now happens all over my body. It's just this mild vibration that lasts for minutes, then goes away. Whether sitting, standing, even lying in bed reading a book, it just starts.
Actually, it has been happening for so long, that I don't even notice it that much anymore. My vibrations have just become the norm. I've mentioned to the Dr. and he was clueless.
angie permalinkOctober 30, 2011 12:45 pm
my vibration started a week ago .the rhythem is constant in repetion with the vibratin of my cell phone ,,it scared me at first i thought i may have circulatory blockag ,mine occurs on the inside of my left foot. this sensation is very real and aggravating to say the least, im glad to know I am not crazyand there are others like me .if anyone finds a cure please keep me informed
BJ permalinkNovember 18, 2011 9:55 am
I have vibrations in my feet and my ears….I DON'T OWN A CELL PHONE…..I feel the bottom of my feet get hot and then they start to vibrate…With the next day or two there s a major earthquake…Ive noticed that the vibrations in my ear have a pattern almost like in a pattern…Then a few days later small earthquakes happen….I am not crazy but concerned…Im wondering if these vibrations aren't coming from H.A.R.P. I wonder if anyone has kept track of this like I have.
rDubs permalinkNovember 24, 2011 1:25 pm
at least i'm not the only one.
I think this is more an anxiety thing.
It only happens when I put my phone in a pocket where I might not hear it ring or feel it
vibrate…..and subconsciously I worry that it is ringing and that I might miss it.
Thus the slightest vibration of my jacket on something or my keys shifting in a big pocket
will cause me to think my phone was ringing/vibrating.
john permalinkNovember 28, 2011 5:22 pm
i do not even have a cell phone and i have this so i wish people would stop sounding like i am crazy … i know the hat thing but not everybody who has this feeling is just missing thier little electric toys!!!!!! so please know that for those of us with real nerve damage and honest pains and unexplained vibrations that some times even wake us up;that when these wacks cry about there imaginary phone vibrations it makes it hard for us to get real help from our drs cause they think we are just part of the latest fad disorder. well i am glad that everybody can find a diagnonese for that fake symptom they have.
January 3, 2012 9:21 pm
hello!,I really like your writing very a lot! proportion we keep up a correspondence more about your article on AOL? I need an expert in this area to unravel my problem. May be that is you! Looking forward to look you.
Will in south Florida permalinkJanuary 18, 2012 6:09 pm
A friend just sent me this article because i was telling her about this vibration thing in my leg. It happens to me all day long!! Not only does it happen when my phone is off but I'm typing on my iPhone now and I feel like my phone is vibrating in my pocket. It is driving me crazy! Since I have phantom vibration syndrome (self diagnosed ofcourse) can someone write me a prescription to make it go away?!
alien permalinkJanuary 20, 2012 4:23 pm
Not sure i understand how it got political..
I get these phantom vibrations in my left pocket all the time (and i'll realize my phone is on my desk at work)
Its amusing, not political.. not a trumped up horror to keep us in line, either.. Oh wait *facepalm*… linkbait. Well played
Bobby permalinkJanuary 31, 2012 12:54 am
Well I could not force myself to read all the moronic replies that people have put in on this. I have to step in and add a little information from a Medic standpoint… The shit about "ringexity" or what ever is BS. If this is true then those who have that are nut bags (Not the DSM-IV TR diagnosis but close enough). The problem with these types of articles is that they make a joke out of real problems. The vibrating or buzzing sensation that is spoke of is actually common. It can be in the leg where some wear thier cell phones but it can also be in other parts of the body. It can be in young to old alike, and even those who have never had a damn cell phone. If anyone is having this and thier Dr suggests they have cell phone anxiety or any other mental health issue they should do two things:
First – fire your doctor, he is a dipshit
Second – be screened by a real medical health professional to rule out
M.S., Chrons Disease, B12 dificiency, nerve damage or inclussion secondary to buldging or herniated discs, and lastly liver function test. IF you have any of these DX's already your doctor should be able to figure out if they are connected. If all of these are ruled out and you are addicted to your cell phone so badly that you always think its ringing, then throw the damn thing away and use land lines from now on your moron.
OH and just a note. I broke my neck in the line of duty and now have a titanium plate and 6 screws keeping my c-spine in line. My nerves from the C4, C5,and C6 vertibrae are damaged and will not recover. I also herniated my T7/L1 disc which has not been repaired. My leg vibrates all the time, and I often think its my cell phone. It is doing it right now and has been for about two hours. I am smart enough to know there is a real physical event occuring and would punch any doctor right in the pie hole if he said I was having symptoms related to my cell phone (then I would fire him).
Bill G permalinkFebruary 3, 2012 9:56 am
I don't understand why you're anger about this issue. I read your about me and honestly agree with you on most of your opinions, but this seems like you're trying to make it something it's not. The government isn't forcing this upon us. No one is saying it is lethal. It is something that exists and so people want to know what more about it. That's what science is. The name is catchy, that's why it was chosen. It sounds like a terrible Scooby-Doo villain, but I won't forget it now. We have names for everything now because medical science has advanced to the place where we can accurately diagnose just about everything. I have this issue. It's not ruining my life or keeping me awake at night. I simply wanted to verify that I'm not the only crazy who thinks his phone is vibrating when it isn't there. You shouldn't turn everything into a political rant for rant's sake
Deb permalinkFebruary 9, 2012 12:35 pm
Muscles can vibrate due to an infection in the body or other serious illnesses. It can feel similar to a cell phone ringing if it was up against your body. Before cell phones, this symptom may have been called tremors possibly. We now have a similar sensation to compare it to so we use that. While the template explaination makes sense, I would recommend if there are any other symptoms going on that a Dr. be contacted. I think both are possible from the information in this article and my experience combined. Just assuming a vibration feeling is from a cell phone could be a mistake. I don't have my cell phone up against my body ever, but that is exactly what my muscles feel like every day a few times a day and I was diagnosed with a life threatening infection. Kind of like ringing in the ears- I am sure when telephones first were invented, similar comparisons were made but we all know ringing in the ears can be a symptom of a serious illness. Spend more time educating yourself and less time being critical. Bobby, I am so glad you pointed this out to everyone. I never post on the internet but I couldn't help myself here.
February 27, 2012 3:05 am
I just thought I'd say something seeing as I have some experience with this. I got my smart phone around a year ago and after a while (probably a month I don't know exactly), I had these occational "vibrations" I call them a muscle twitch. I cracked my screen and then I started using a old phone I used 4 years ago an didn't have a twitch ever that I can recall. Now I have fixed my smart phone and I have these twitches again every now and then. Is it possibly the fact that we are basicly sticking a laptop in our pocket all day? And for the person that commented that is a surgeon your situation is understandable, I'm sure my legs would twitch after that as well. I know mine do sometimes after a good hard day of snowboarding
kelly permalinkApril 6, 2012 5:36 am
I have started to experience vibrating in my right foot. I dont or have ever had a mobile phone in my pocket. I feel it is coming from something else. I had it about 10 years ago when I worked in the Ski feilds and had to wear ski boots all day. Someone told me it was from that. I havent worn ski boots in along time and it has come back. Recently I have been diagnosed with a neurological condition ( hydrocephalus) an unusal and rare case. ( Im 40 with little or no symptons and not operated on to releave pressure). I seem to be doing ok but funny symptoms such as this vibrating and twitching muscles have started, there could be a connection.
Paul permalinkJune 5, 2012 11:06 pm
I had to start leaving my cell phone on the console of my truck or on a desk while I'm working. If I leave it in my pocket for an extended time the spot where my phone was will vibrate 2 or 3 times a minute. It usually takes a few days for it to stop. Drives me crazy!
June 12, 2012 12:30 am
Plan old ridiculous, the reason your having a vibration any were in your body is nerves, anxiety is usually the number one cause for most of these crazy searches over some search engine, just type in some other stupid thing happening to your body, chances are your gonna come up with, stress, anxiety, nerves. Plan and simple if it's not that then you've got a problem some were between your anus to your cranium some sort of nerve disorder maybe sevre or mild just see a doctor. Cat scans and Mri's work wonders. Spoken from experience, anxiety is a beoutch.
July 24, 2012 8:49 am
Well I am glad someone put this out because I was so concern and still is about this vibration in my lower back, I don't carry my phone on my person, its always in my bag, so it must be nerves. However, the best thing for those of us who are suffering from this vibration is to see a doctor!
July 26, 2012 6:14 pm
I'm experiencing this vibrating sensation right now. That's why I googled the topic and found this blog. After reading some of the comments and possible causes, I keyed in on two things: caffine and stress. I've been slamming 5hour Energy this week like never before due to lack of sleep. Also, as I was reading, I focused on relaxing every muscle in my body. The vibrations stopped completely (until I satarted typing this message).
I'm no doctor, but here's my suggestion, try to relax. Find a stress relieving activity like watching lint float past the beams of sunlight shining through your window. Avoid excessive amounts of caffine and try to get 6 to 8 hours of sleep every night. If that doesn't work, see a doctor. His advice may not be as affordable as mine.
August 30, 2012 1:00 am
At this time it appears like Drupal is the preferred blogging platform available right now. (from what I've read) Is that what you're using on your blog?
Unforgotten permalinkDecember 11, 2012 6:53 am
If the vibrations also come along with a ringing in the ears the vibrations could be coming from electrical power lines or towers. Alot of power lines are run underground and even the power lines that are on poles can also cause this. Also find out how far you live from phone towers and any thing else that could be hitting you electrically.
December 26, 2012 6:04 pm
…i just came across your article in search of an understanding of what my leg has been doing and why…i keep my cell phone in a pocket on the side of my pants on vibrate…my leg now 'vibrates' only in the area of my pocket where the cell phone was whether or not my phone is even there (in fact, it's doing it right now) and it does it for just about the same length of time my phone would be vibrating…it's not uncomfortable…it's just a weird sensation…i believe it is some sort of nerve reflex/memory issue and don't consider it a big deal…i read that the solution is to simply turn off the vibrate function on the device or move it some place new until it starts again…it's very real, but very insignificant on the scale of things we need to worry about…i just wanted to make sure i didn't have some sort of cell phone irradiation that could cause some kind of cancer or other…
crackers343 permalinkJanuary 26, 2013 11:30 am
People like myself do not even have a cell phone and it concerns them as to why they are having this sensation in their leg. The drs and scientists ended up coming with a name for it because they just couldnt say i dont know, and ignored. Its too much of a phenomena to let go. I have been having this sensation for three days now and I cannot figure out for the the life of me what it is. I wouldnt care if it went on for a few hours, but a few days…well thats concerning.
You think that its minute to worry about these vibrations, but as any doctor will tell you "Listen to you body, its trying to tell you something".
Brenna permalinkFebruary 14, 2013 4:22 pm
This is crazy! Restless leg syndrome? And now phantom vibrations? The irony is that I had restless leg as a kid. It was so uncomfortable I couldn't sleep! But somehow I've survived. Now I have these irritating sensations that my phone is vibrating even when I know it's not in my pocket. I'm sure someone will come out with a pill, patch or suppository soon. We will be subjected to ads with a narrator warning of side effects with the clarity of an auctioneer. I won't be the first in line!
Brent permalinkApril 19, 2013 9:33 pm
Do not over analyze it. This is an interesting phenomenon experienced by many, this is just the reasoning behind it. I just expierenced it sitting here at the airport, only to realize that the phone receiving a silent incoming call was from someone standing 3 feet to my left. My muscles by my left pocket vibrated.. Freaked me out and I decided to google it. Maybe my brain filtered through all the signals it can pick up and filtered something out that matched MY phone's template in my head. Oh, and my phone was in my hand.. But it was soo convincing because the vibrations came on and off 3 times before he answered his phone, then it stopped.
marc permalinkJune 13, 2013 2:55 pm
this is a real condition caused because of nerve damage of some kind. mine was traced to the fact that i have cancer in my L3 and L4. In the course of treatment the nerve was damaged. it is more common with heavier people and people with lower back problems.
mine is not treatable but most people can have it repaired by changing thier cell phone batteries.
bptr permalinkJuly 23, 2013 5:19 pm
I used to keep my cell phone in my right front pocket all day and I always got muscle twitches in the same place. I switched to the left pocket and now I get muscle twitches there. The only explanation can be the radiation emitted.
The famed O.J. defense attorney Johnny Cochran died of brain cancer and was constantly on his cell phone. When they looked at an image of his brain, the tumor had the precise shape if a cell phone on the precise place that he had it up to his head all the time.
Tell me there is no correlation. Come on.
Jonathan permalinkAugust 5, 2013 2:02 pm
I had the same rhythmic vibration like a cell phone in my right leg just above the knee. It was going on 24 hours a day for the past 3-4 weeks. I thought about what was different in my life and after a few days I realized that the medication I take for my stomach, Pantoprazole (like pepcid) was a different generic brand than usual. I went back to the old generic brand and within 24 hours the vibration had stopped. I did some research and found that someone else had the same side effect when they changed to a different brand of stomach meds. So it looks like that for some people it may be a side effect to medication.
blue permalinkJune 11, 2014 1:15 pm
i have it in my legs starting from my feet and rippling up to my groin,at times i've had whole body vibrations.i do not carry a cell phone and haven't for almost 3 years.i have my own theory on what it might be or could be but it always comes back to me being clueless.it has no pattern it almost seems at times it has it's own personality,this combined with other things that are taking place.
micky permalinkJanuary 15, 2015 12:10 am
I am 57 years old & have been telling my Doctor for about 5 years now my hips feel like there vibrating he has never said anything about it I do know that it is getting worse and by the way I do have a cell phone but never do I put it in my pocket or where it on my hip so am I imagining this I don't think so
May 30, 2015 11:16 am
Even a small amount of research on leg vibrations reveals the cause as calcium deficiency. Start taking calcium citrate along with magnesium citrate. When taken together,..the added benefits is they both act as a mild laxative, a muscle relaxer and a better deeper sleep.
September 30, 2015 12:49 pm
I've been having this vibrating feeling in my leg when lying down for a couple of weeks now. I thought it was due to restless legs syndrome, which is caused by anemia. I think magnesium, calcium, and potassium could probably help and maybe and I would even consider adding iron, vitamin C and vitamin B-12, maybe even some folic acid. The one thing I have found helpful in calming this down is Hyland's Bioplasma. It's a homeopathic cell salts combination and it reduced the twitching/ vibrating sensation in my leg enough to finally fall asleep last night. I've used it multiple times and it always seems to reduce it for me.
November 3, 2015 1:29 am
I never kept my cell in right pocket. but i feel such vibrations in either thigh.
January 3, 2016 11:36 am
i also have felt this problem many times
Laura Harless permalinkJanuary 13, 2016 11:55 am
Uh my foot quite often vibrates. Not my whole leg. And I never carry my cell phone in pocket on vibrate. Its either completely on or in my purse or on a table.. So since you seem to be a know it all… Can you explain ?!! Maybe you aren't a real Dr ?!!!! PS A real Dr. Said it can come from sensations caused by diabetes
nate permalinkMarch 4, 2016 4:52 pm
Well there are two versions of this.
So, i keep cell phone in my left pocket and sometimes even with the cell phone not in that pocket i feel a "fantom vibration". Thats mental, because after i realize my phone is not there the vibration goes away.
Then theres another one. The one im feeling right now and caused me to google it. Its like a muscle spasm, its in my right leg and keeps going at random. This one is real and the title of this article Is not too funny to me right now.
Christopher permalinkMarch 12, 2016 7:37 am
Dead serious, my spine from upper to lower back feels like it's vibrating. It's extremely unnerving, there's even a slight buzz in my ears . It started right after I took two Motion Sickness pills for nausea. I truly want to know, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?
Bruce permalinkMarch 17, 2016 11:27 pm
Please see your doctor about the medical drug "Vibrastop" today. (Common side effects include vibration feelings, phone in pocket sensation when it's not there, and the sensation of hearing a phone vibrator when it's not on. In rare cases, you may feel phone vibrations in more than one area simultaneously. If you walk and almost get hit by a train or if you drive and almost have an accident while reaching for your phone during a phantom vibration incident, you should stop taking Vibrastop immediately.)
Jacky Shann permalinkMarch 28, 2016 12:22 am
Really everything should have a name. It's just a matter of how big a vocabulary you're into. I like having a name for everything and learning new/deeper terminology. For example: the word undulating. I just found out this is what a flag in the wind does. You could say it waved in the wind, but it is also undulating, that ripple thing it does. But to each their own
April 16, 2016 9:22 pm
Dumb, I really do feel this
I assumed when I opened Google I would have to struggle to find the right words for vibration over my left breast. Then I read the stupid title of this article.
I don't carry my cell phone with me. Toy wife and friend consternation I am that guy who doesn't care to have his phone on him. So to day I have a phantom memory from a phone I have never carried in my left breast pocket is just DUMB. I don't know what it is but a phantom memory of something that never happened is not it.
Janet permalinkMay 10, 2016 2:05 pm
Gerald, I felt the same way you did. But, I think there is some fact to this theory. I get the feeling on the outside of my left thigh. Well, my pocketbook rests exactly in that spot and my cell phone is always in my pocketbook. when I was reading the article, I actually put my pocketbook on my shoulder and it rests right there. Its more than a coincidence. I am going to switch shoulders and see what happens. God only knows what kind of affects these modern devices are going to have on us. Yes, it sounds dumb but then again we can't explain a lot of dumb things.
June 28, 2016 11:25 am
This is something similar to what I experience on the highway. I have been diagnosed with severe aniexty disorder but now can't drive on the highway. It is something I know now not to do. Something goes off now every time I try to get on the Parkway. Inner city no problem. It is like a switch going off in my head. Very intense and scary.
Eric hutzel permalinkAugust 11, 2016 5:10 pm
I think the vibrations in people's legs could be a blockage of blood flow. When you bend a hose the water makes it vibrate. Deep vein thrombosis can cause this,or high cholesterol. Now I'm not a doctor but I'm just saying what I think it could be.
Mark permalinkOctober 18, 2016 7:49 am
This just started with me … comes and goes about every :10 yo :15 seconds … weird …
I have had serious back issues for the past 30 years, had an MRI last December due to the intense pain … now this … it's not a joke. I pray this never happens to you … it sucks
Vdronda Turner permalinkNovember 2, 2016 12:05 am
Ive just A few times ask A couple members of my family if they felt the vibration that I was feeling? No matter where I was standing or even now sitting & laying at times. Ive only mentioned about the standing & sitting with the vibration thing they think im crazy but I know what I am feeling. Is this dangerous or am I realy crasy?
Christy b permalinkFebruary 7, 2017 2:50 am
Wow, do you get upset over the commercials for starving children to???? My whole left leg suffers from this and it's quiet unnerving. I have to say I opened your article in hopes of info but was completely misled. Your soapbox is of having to "hear" of someone else's problems. REALLY? Is it causing you to lose sleep at night? There are people out there that have problems looking for answers. You struck me a having such a lack of empathy that you would protest the special Olympics because you "heard" about it. My husband doesn't even know the hours awake this causes me but somehow I have infected your life with this problem.
Christy b permalinkFebruary 7, 2017 3:00 am
My rant against the author should be below but as I looked at the article again…. there is no author. This is just smut. Even the link they say the article is from doesn't work. Watchtower… shameful. Do commercials for starving Children bother you to? I suffer from this in my whole leg yet my husband doesn't even know but lord it sure does interrupt your life. The lack of empathy is astounding.
Kevin permalinkApril 27, 2017 4:47 am
"I'm not making this shit up". Yeah pretty convincing article. Maybe from all these sidetracking and making this article seems like a 16 years old kid is writing it, it could be more professionally written and be believable. Thank you amd have a great day.
Julie Dunn permalinkMay 29, 2017 9:18 am
I get a butt vibrating when I bend my head down. Driving me nuts too. I've had a lower back fusion but never any probs on upper part cervicsl or thoracic. Help my butts buzzing n I have no clue what it is. Try n explain it to family n they think I'm crazy. I never use phone in vibrate or n my pocket, so it's not not that. I'm a lil 😩 worried.
Butt buzzer😂😭😭
Dan Knowles permalinkDecember 9, 2017 10:23 am
I feel my left pocket vibrate all day long.It started two weeks ago and it's not a figment of my imagination either.I swear every ten to fifteen minutes I'm feeling it as plain as day.and I know I don't have my phone in my pocket.Starting to get irritating.what am I supposed to do?
ToniRenee permalinkMarch 17, 2018 2:33 pm
I'm sure this may be the case for some people and it has been suggested to me (mostly by Dr's who don't take the time to actually listen to me) but I have had this feeling for YEARS. Long before cellphones even existed and certainly long before I ever had one. So I strongly believe that this is NOT the case for A LOT of people out there that have been told this like I have. It has to be something else and since this is the only thing they can think of then its an "oh that must be it…its all in their heads" kind of a thing…BULLS>>T. I researched studies done by doctors where they have recorded the vibrations in the legs of people complaining of issues like mine. Sorry but I think a ton more research is needed into this and every person complaining of this, most are found to have MS or Lupus or another debilitating diseases. so don't just accept the first answer if it doesn't feel right.
April 17, 2020 4:56 pm
I carry my cell phone in my shirt pocket next to my left lung..as i sit in my chair holding my cigar in a plastic cigar holder I feel tiny tiny vibrations in my thumb and fore finger. This f felt strange so I removed the cell phone from my shirt and the tiny vibrations ceased. this has been going on for months before I found out it is the cell phone…I wonder if this has been a dangerous vibe to my body and I did not know it….anyone know if this is a danger to my body?
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Women in combat: Good to go if they meet standards
WASHINGTON — Women in the military must have the same opportunities as men to take on grueling and dangerous combat jobs, whether loading 50-pound artillery shells or joining commando raids to take out terrorists, defense leaders declared Thursday as they ordered a quarter-million positions open to service members regardless of gender.
As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, signed an order wiping away generations of limits on women fighting for their country, the military services said they would begin a sweeping review of the physical requirements. At the same time they acknowledged that women have been fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade.
Women make up about 14 percent of the 1.4 million active U.S. military personnel. More than 280,000 women have been sent to Iraq, Afghanistan or neighboring nations in support of the wars. Of the more than 6,600 U.S. service members who have been killed, 152 have been women.
The leaders said no physical standards will be lowered just to send more women closer to the battlefront.
"I fundamentally believe that our military is more effective when success is based solely on ability and qualifications and on performance," Panetta said at a Pentagon news conference.
"Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance."
It won't happen quickly or easily. But in the end, he said, the U.S. military and America will be stronger for it.
Dempsey did not rule out women serving even as members of elite special operations forces, including the Army's Delta Force and the Navy's SEALs, whose members killed 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Dempsey said that because of the particularly punishing physical standards and training required for those teams, it might be years before they include women.
But he added: "I think we all believe that there will be women who can meet those standards."
Recent surveys and experiences suggest the transition may not always be easy. When the Marine Corps sought women to go through its tough infantry course last year, two volunteered, and both failed to complete the course. And there may not be a wide clamoring from women for the more intense, dangerous and difficult jobs, including some infantry and commando positions.
Representatives of the military services said they will look at each job and military specialty that is currently closed to women and examine the requirements that troops must meet. In some cases — because of equipment upgrades, new technology and automation — the requirements may change, but in no case will they lower the standards in order to allow women to qualify.
As an example, a loader on a tank crew must be able to lift a 50-pound, two-foot-long artillery shell, spin 180 degrees and load it into a tank's cannon. Because of space constraints in the tank, it requires a great deal of upper body strength to hoist the shell.
Troops asked about the change said they just want comrades who can do the job.
"This gives us more people to work with," said Sgt. Jeremy Grayson, assigned to field infantry at Fort Bliss, Texas. "But they would have to be able to do the physical stuff that men do. Like in some jobs in infantry you're out there for a long time, or in artillery there is heavy work. And they have to be able to pull their own weight."
As a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point two years before women were admitted, Dempsey said he has seen the changes over time.
In 2003, when he went to Baghdad as commander of the 1st Armored Division, Dempsey recalled that he jumped into a Humvee on his first foray out of the forward operating base.
"I slapped the turret gunner on the leg and I said, 'Who are you?' And she leaned down and said, 'I'm Amanda.'"
"And it's from that point on that I realized something had changed, and it was time to do something about it."
But Dempsey cautioned that no one knows where future conflicts will take place. That's why the military needs time, he said, to review and possibly revise standards for combat jobs. The historic change overturns a 1994 rule prohibiting women from being assigned to thousands of front-line artillery, infantry, armor, special operations and pararescue jobs.
The Navy also announced that it is opening jobs for female sailors on smaller attack submarines — ships that had traditionally been closed to women largely due to privacy concerns in extremely close quarters.
There long has been opposition to putting women in combat, based on questions of whether they have the necessary strength and stamina for certain jobs, or whether their presence might hurt unit cohesion. But the Pentagon's announcement was largely hailed by lawmakers and military groups. There were only a few offering dissenting views.
Spc. Jean Sardonas, who works as a lab technician at a hospital at Fort Bliss in Texas, said she considered joining an Army team that faces combat situations. But since she's had children, she said her perspective had changed.
"If you see the enemy, well, that's the enemy, but now if you see a kid with a gun you're going to think twice" about shooting him, she said.
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, who will be the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he is concerned about the possible impact of completely ending the ban, adding that he suspects legislation may be needed to stop changes that would be detrimental.
Under the new memo, military service chiefs will have until May 15 to develop plans for allowing women to seek the combat positions. Some jobs may open as soon as this year, while assessments for others, such as special operations forces, may take longer.
The services will have until January 2016 to argue that some positions should remain closed to women.
Thursday's move fits into the broad agenda President Barack Obama previewed for his second term during Monday's inaugural address, which focused in particular on issues of equality. It also comes on the heels of a presidential election in which Obama won the majority of female voters following a campaign that focused heavily on women's issues, though not women in combat specifically.
The change also comes as Panetta wraps up his tenure as defense secretary. The order expands the department's action of nearly a year ago to open about 14,500 combat positions to women, nearly all of them in the Army.
Under the 1994 Pentagon policy, women were prohibited from being assigned to ground combat units below the brigade level. A brigade is roughly 3,500 troops split into several battalions of about 800 soldiers each. Historically, brigades were based farther from the front lines, and they often included top command and support staff.
The necessities of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, however, propelled women into jobs as medics, military police and intelligence officers that were sometimes attached — but not formally assigned — to battalions. So while a woman couldn't be assigned as an infantryman in a battalion going out on patrol, she could fly a helicopter supporting the unit, or move in to provide medical aid if troops were injured.
Dempsey suggested that eliminating the ban on women in some combat roles could help with the ongoing sexual assault and harassment problems in the military.
"When you have one part of the population that is designated as warriors and another part that's designated as something else, I think that disparity begins to establish a psychology that in some cases led to that environment." said Dempsey. "I have to believe, the more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally."
AP National Security Writer Robert Burns, White House Correspondent Julie Pace and AP Broadcast reporter Sagar Meghani in Washington and AP writer Juan Carlos Llorca in El Paso, Texas, contributed to this report.


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What's the best way to deal with a shame based identity?