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The summary below is from the full report titled "Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Early Lyme Disease in Patients with Microbiologically Confirmed Erythema Migrans." It is in the 19 March 2002 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 136, pages 421-428). The authors are RP Smith, RT Schoen, DW Rahn, VK Sikand, J Nowakowski, DL Parenti, MS Holman, DH Persing, and AC Steere. The summaries may be reproduced for not-for-profit educational purposes only. Any other uses must be approved by the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to humans by ticks that usually live on mice or deer. Most infections are acquired in three distinct sections of the United States, particularly along the northeast coast, in areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and to a lesser extent in northern California. People who hike, camp, or live in or near wooded areas in these locations during summer months are most at risk for Lyme disease. If a deer tick bites them, they may get a red bump at the site of the bite. If the tick is infected, a larger area of redness may form around the bite days later and expand slowly. Symptoms such as chills, fever, fatigue, headache, and joint pains may accompany the rash. The classic description of the rash is an enlarging area of redness with partial central clearing. However, it may take a number of days before the lesion expands enough to have the classic appearance.
To describe the early signs and symptoms of Lyme disease.
118 adults with Lyme disease who lived in 10 states in which Lyme disease frequently occurs.
The researchers followed almost 11,000 people in a study that was designed to test a Lyme disease vaccine. All participants were told about Lyme disease and its symptoms. They were asked to report promptly to the researchers if they noticed any symptoms of Lyme disease. During 20 months of follow-up, 1917 people reported suggestive symptoms. Of these, 118 had Lyme disease documented by detection of the bacteria in skin biopsy samples of the rash.
All of the 118 patients presented with a red skin rash. The rash usually had the same color throughout (59%) or was redder in the center (32%). Only 9% of the rashes had a clear area in the middle (classic erythema migrans). Half of the rashes were on the lower part of the body (groin, hips, legs), while one quarter were on the shoulder, armpit, or upper arm. Although 30% of the people reported fever, an elevated temperature was noted on examination in only 6%. About one third reported flu-like symptoms, such as muscle and joint pains and headache; 43% reported no symptoms. Rashes and symptoms usually went away with antibiotic treatment. However, 13 patients still had symptoms 30 days after starting treatment.
This study describes people with early Lyme disease during the first days of symptoms. Patients who have had Lyme disease for several days or weeks may have different signs and symptoms.
Most patients with Lyme disease have a rash. During the first few days of Lyme disease, the rash is usually solid red and has not enlarged enough to have partial central clearing.
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By Nomi Prins
"The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair"
"The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair" by Michael Deibert is a grim and difficult book to read, despite the author's masterful reporting. It is painful because of the visceral attention and emotion his work demands. The tragic and depressing tale of Congo is steeped in the gruesome brutality and avarice of elite leaders-cum-plunderers. It is a story we must know.
Deibert spares readers no detail of the horrors inflicted on a population whose only crime is one of location. It is agonizing material to absorb. After yet another killing, another raid and another rape, you want the book to end. Only there is no end. Not for the Congolese. That Deibert can so compassionately balance their predicament against the voracity of their leaders and pillagers speaks volumes about his skill as an on-the-ground journalist.
He expertly untangles the myriad political and ethnic factions, their acronyms (for which he helpfully provides a glossary), and the leaders who dwell in Congo and the surrounding countries of Rwanda, Zaire, Uganda, Angola and the Central African Republic.
Today, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, Congo's Joseph Kabila and Rwanda's Paul Kagame flit between competing and collaborating on a long-standing mission: gaining control over Congo's abundant natural resources. Meanwhile, the world does precious little, beyond lip service, to defend Congo's inhabitants. Indeed, world political and economic powers are not only complicit through passive acquiescence, but also actively encourage and facilitate the monstrous pillage of Congo.
Deibert begins with his exploration of the remote Eastern part of Congo, which he traverses with a driver and a translator. He ushers us "over windswept green hills from the dusty, dilapidated provincial capital of Bunia" to Ituri, "a patchwork of ethnic groups and subgroups"—broadly, the "Hema" and "Lendu." Stemming from these divisions are "a panoply of other armed groups, each with its own competing, overlapping and colliding agendas, and a civilian population, including a substantial number of Mbuti pygmies, made to suffer the consequences of the mad scramble for power and riches." He explains how slaughters in Ituri, as for Congo, trace back to Uganda and Rwanda. Such is the entwinement of Africa's power elite.
Deibert examines U.S. support for the colonization of Congo, how American President Chester Arthur came "to recognize [Belgium King] Leopold's claim to Congo in early 1884," and the Berlin Conference that "entrusted an expanse the size of Western Europe to the whims of a king who had never set foot there."
Echoing Adam Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost," Deibert writes, "the 1885 to 1908 existence of the Congo Free State was and remains one of history's great crimes, but at the time the rape and pillage of the prostrate land continued with much approbation from the world at large." At the time, plundering another country's resources did not raise eyebrows among the powerful. Sadly, the only change has been the perpetrators, as Deibert elucidates throughout the book.
After decades of struggle, Congo declared itself independent on June 30, 1960. Seven months later, foreshadowing the corruption and violence that would escalate for decades, "[Patrice] Lumumba, the figure that more than any other single person symbolized Congo's independence and its refutation of foreign domination," was killed.
Deibert then depicts the rise of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, who after launching two coups, declared himself president in November 1965. Ruling for 32 years, he infused Congo with a "cult of personality to rival anything Africa had seen before or since." He despotically centralized state control over Congo's provinces, reducing their number from 21 to eight within eight months in 1966, instigating massacres along the way.
Deibert broadens the story of Congo's ongoing conflict with its neighbors, bluntly recounting their genocidal actions. "The opening shot in the Rwandan genocide was fired," Deibert explains, "around 8 p.m. on the evening of 6 April 1994." Hutu military and militia went on to kill nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus within 100 days.
As Deibert fumes, based on voluminous evidence, "It is hard to overstate the immorality that characterized the response of Western governments during the crisis. … In the case of US President Bill Clinton, it meant a policy of feckless, narcissistic self-interest, as the administration … spearheaded efforts to remove UNAMIR troops from Rwanda, refused to use US technological know-how to block genocidaire radio transmissions and avoided any public use of the word 'genocide' for fear that it somehow might be compelled to act."
After further violence through the 1990s, Deibert presents Congo's young current leader, Kabila, taking the helm of a nation crippled by decades of corruption and half a decade of war. Sworn in as president on Jan. 25, 2001, Kabila sought international favor through a whirlwind tour of world capitals, including visits with French President Jacques Chirac, a prayer breakfast with President George W. Bush and Rwanda leader Kagame, and a meeting with Belgium Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. Deibert illuminates the swath of atrocities since Kabila's reign began, as factions within and beyond Congo fought Kabila's power and he fought theirs. The civilian populations were the casualties.
In stark contrast to these embattled, impoverished and powerless citizens are Congo's vast resources. Their pillaging is an "armed robbery of epic proportions," in which "Congolese officials, their neighbors in Africa and the international community were all complicit."
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues
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Aart Kraay
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Massimo Mastruzzi
World Bank Institute
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World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5430
This paper summarizes the methodology of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, and related analytical issues. The WGI cover over 200 countries and territories, measuring six dimensions of governance starting in 1996: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a wide variety of existing data sources. The data reflect the views on governance of survey respondents and public, private, and NGO sector experts worldwide. The WGI also explicitly report margins of error accompanying each country estimate. These reflect the inherent difficulties in measuring governance using any kind of data. Even after taking these margins of error into account, the WGI permit meaningful cross-country and over-time comparisons.
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From the Endocrine and Metabolic Unit (Drs Fernandez-Soto, Gonzalez, Escobar-Jimenez, and Vazquez), the Departments of Pediatrics (Dr Ocete) and Radioisotopes (Dr Olea), and the Digestive Unit (Dr Salmeron), Universitary Hospital, Granada, Spain.
Thyroid gland dysfunction has been reported to occur with variable frequency during interferon alfa (IFN-α) therapy in patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). We prospectively evaluated if the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with HCV differs from that in patients with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) before, at the end of, and 6 months after stopping treatment with IFN-α.
One hundred thirty-four patients with HCV and 41 patients with HBV were studied. Measurements of serum free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, thyrotropin, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAbs), thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAbs), and thyrotropin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin were performed.
Positive levels of TPOAb and TgAb were found in 20% and 11% of patients with HCV compared with 5% and 3% of patients with HBV, respectively. At the end of IFN-α therapy, thyroid gland dysfunction was more prevalent in patients with HCV (12%) compared with those with HBV (3%), with thyrotropin levels significantly higher in the HCV group (P=.03). Titers of TPOAb, TgAb, and thyrotropin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin increased significantly (P=.02, P=.04, and P=.02, respectively) at the end of IFN-α therapy in patients with HCV but not in those with HBV. Patients who developed thyroid gland dysfunction were predominantly female (P=.03), had decreased levels of free triiodothyronine (P<.001), and had a higher prevalence of TPOAb (P=.03) before treatment with IFN-α. Thyroid gland dysfunction was reversed in 60% of those with HCV 6 months after discontinuing treatment with IFN-α.
Patients with HCV are more susceptible than patients with HBV to autoimmune thyroid disease. Systematic screening of thyroid gland function and TPOAb titers in all patients with HCV before, during, and after IFN-α therapy appears warranted. This precaution is not necessary for patients with HBV.
A HIGH PREVALENCE of thyroid gland dysfunction and/or antithyroid antibodies has been reported in patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) before1- 3 or after4- 7 therapy with interferon, and some data also show a high prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis, suggesting that this condition could be induced by HCV infection.8,9 However, in most reports, no comparison has been made between chronic HCV infection and the other known types of chronic viral hepatitis (hepatitis B [HBV] and D). Therapy with interferon has important effects on the cell-mediated immune system as well as on many other immune mechanisms, such as the expression of major histocompatibility antigens10 and the regulation of cytokine production.11 Despite this broad range of immunological effects, the role of interferon alfa (IFN-α) in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease remains uncertain. Autoimmune phenomena against the thyroid gland in patients with HBV infection are not well understood. We hypothesized that therapy with interferon may play a role in the development of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with HBV in a manner similar to that which occurs in patients with HCV.
The aim of this prospective sequential study was to analyze whether the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with chronic active HCV is different from that in patients with chronic active HBV before, at the end of, and 6 months after stopping treatment with IFN-α.
One hundred thirty-four patients with HCV (72 men and 62 women; mean age, 43 years; age range, 18-65 years) and 41 patients with HBV (27 men and 14 women; mean age, 32 years; age range, 17-56 years) were investigated in a prospective, sequential study. None of the patients had a history of thyroid gland dysfunction or were treated with thyroid hormones. The inclusion criterion was serologic evidence of HCV or HBV infection. A needle biopsy of the liver was used to confirm the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis without cirrhosis. All patients completed a therapeutic trial for 6 months with recombinant human IFN-α-2b (Intron A, Schering Plough, Levallois, France) self-administered by subcutaneous injection 3 times per week (3 megaunits for patients with HCV and 6 mU for patients with HBV). This study was approved by the local ethics committee and all study patients gave written informed consent.
In all patients we measured serum levels of free thyroxine (FT4) using a solid-phase antigen-linked radioimmunoassay (RIA-coat FT4, Byk-Stangtec Diagnostica, Dietzenbach, Germany) (normal range, 10-36 pmol/L) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) via radioimmunoassay (CIS Biointernational, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France) (normal range, 4.1-10 pmol/L). Ultrasensitive thyrotropin measurements were made via immunoradiometric assay (TSH-IRMA, CIS Biointernational) (normal range, 0.4-4.0 µIU/L; lower limit of detection, 0.03 µIU/L). Antithyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) was assayed via radioimmunoassay (DYNO-test anti-TPO, Henning Laboratories, Berlin, Germany). Positive titers were considered those higher than 150 U/mL.12 Antithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) was measured using radioimmunoassay (THYRAC-Assay, Henning Laboratories), and positive titers were considered those higher than 200 U/mL. Thyrotropin receptor-binding inhibiting immunoglobulin was measured via radioimmunoassay (TRAK-Assay, Henning Laboratories), with positive titers considered those higher than 15%.
Analyses were carried out before, at the end of, and 6 months after stopping therapy with IFN-α. Serum samples were kept frozen at −80°C. Subclinical thyroid gland dysfunction in terms of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism was considered present when the serum concentrations of thyrotropin were higher than 5.0 µIU/L or lower than 0.03 µIU/L, respectively, with normal levels of FT3 and FT4. Clinical hypothyroidism was defined as an FT4 value lower than 10 pmol/L and/or FT3 value lower than 4.1 pmol/L and thyrotropin level higher than 4.0 µIU/L.
Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. Data were analyzed using the 2-tailed paired Student t test, χ2 test, and analysis of variance, as appropriate. P<.05 was regarded as significant.
Subclinical hypothyroidism was found in 4% (5/134) of patients with HCV and none of the patients with HBV. None of the patients had clinical hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. Before treatment, positive levels of TPOAb and TgAb were found in 20% (27/134) and 11% (15/134) of patients with HCV compared with 5% (2/41) and 2% (1/41) of patients with HBV, respectively. Titers of thyrotropin receptor-binding inhibiting immunoglobulin were negative in both groups. Serum concentrations of TPOAb and TgAb were statistically higher in patients with HCV than in those with HBV (P=.02 and P =.04, respectively) (Figure 1).
Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) and thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) titers in patients with chronic active hepatitis B (HVB) and chronic active hepatitis C (HCV) before treatment with interferon alfa. Values are presented as mean ± SEM. For TPOAb, P =.02; for TgAb, P=.04.
The prevalence of thyroid gland dysfunction at the end of therapy was 12% in patients with HCV and 5% in patients with HBV. Thyrotropin levels were significantly higher (P=.03) in patients with HCV than in those with HBV (5.1 ± 9.3 vs 2.2 ± 2.2 µIU/L, respectively). There were also significant differences (P=.02) in thyrotropin levels from before to after treatment with IFN-α in patients with HCV but not in those with HBV (Table 1). In 4 patients with HCV, clinical hyperthyroidism was noted, and 2 patients became positive for thyrotropin receptor-binding inhibiting immunoglobulin. These 2 patients required antithyroid treatment for 6 months. Forty-four percent (12/27) of the patients with HCV testing positive for TPOAb before IFN-α therapy developed subclinical hypothyroidism after 6 months of IFN-α treatment, with a highly significant increase of their TPOAb titers (1.3 ± 530 vs 8.9 ± 934 U/mL; P <.001). Mean serum levels of TPOAb and TgAb increased significantly (P=.02 and P=.04, respectively) at the end of therapy with IFN-α in patients with HCV but not in those with HBV (Figure 2). Also, mean titers of thyrotropin receptor-binding inhibiting immunoglobulin increased significantly (1.8% ± 2.9% vs 2.9% ± 5.6%; P=.02) only in patients with HCV.
Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) and thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) titers in patients with chronic active hepatitis C infection before and at the end of treatment with interferon alfa. Values are presented as mean ± SEM. For TPOAb, P=.02; for TgAb, P=.04.
Patients with chronic active hepatitis who developed thyroid gland dysfunction at the end of therapy with IFN-α were predominantly female (P=.03), showed a significant decrease in mean levels of FT3 (P<.001), and were positive for TPOAb (P=.03) before therapy with IFN-α (Table 2). Baseline aspartate aminotransferase levels and liver histological characteristics were not found to be statistically different when both groups were compared (P=.68 and P =.75, respectively).
Thyroid gland dysfunction reverted to normal in all patients with HBV and 60% of those with HCV 6 months after discontinuing treatment with IFN-α, although TPOAb results remained positive in 30% of patients with HCV. Anti-TPO levels (mean, 1215 ± 234 U/mL) remained positive in all patients with HCV, with permanent thyroid gland dysfunction following cessation of therapy with IFN-α.
This prospective study concerned 2 groups of patients with chronic active viral hepatitis (HCV and HBV) investigated before, at the end of, and 6 months after stopping therapy with IFN-α. The purpose of this study was to analyze differences in markers of autoimmunity between patients with HCV and those with HBV to determine whether treatment with IFN-α may induce thyroid autoimmunity differently in the 2 diseases.
In previous reports, the prevalence of abnormal concentrations of antithyroid antibodies in patients with chronic HCV varied markedly, ranging from 2% to 48%.13,14 Differences in geographical distribution,15 genetic variability in the populations studied,16 and even environmental factors, such as iodine intake or virus infection,17 could play a major role in the development of clinically recognizable autoimmune thyroid disease. Recently, we found information in the literature18 about the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies and thyroid gland dysfunction before and after IFN-α therapy in patients with HBV, HCV, and hepatitis D. In that study, the highest rates of thyroid autoantibodies and of hypothyroidism (20.2% and 5.6%, respectively) were detected in the subset of women with chronic HCV infection.
Before therapy with IFN-α, we found a higher prevalence of thyroid gland dysfunction in patients with chronic active HCV compared with those with HBV. These results are in agreement with findings of Preziati et al.14 However, they found a prevalence of 4% in patients with HBV, while none of our patients presented with thyroid gland dysfunction prior to receiving IFN-α. Our autoantibody findings agree with those of Pateron et al,13 who found a prevalence of 11% for antithyroglobulin antibodies and 8% for antimicrosomal antibodies in patients with HCV. Tran et al1 demonstrated that the prevalence of antithyroid antibodies is greater in patients with HCV than in those with HBV (12.5% vs 2%) using the determination of TPOAb as a more sensible and specific method than the classic passive hemagglutination of antimicrosomal antibodies.12
Our study clearly demonstrates that patients with HCV develop autoimmune thyroid disease more frequently than patients with HBV before and after completion of IFN-α therapy. This finding may be attributed partially to the high prevalence of TPOAb and TgAb in patients with HCV (20% and 11%, respectively) before treatment with IFN-α, compared with the levels recorded in patients with HBV (5% and 3%, respectively).
In accordance with other reports,19 antithyrotropin receptor autoantibodies were undetectable in both groups before IFN-α therapy, and increased significantly after IFN-α therapy only in those patients with HCV. The explanation for a higher incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease and its worsening after IFN-α therapy in patients with HCV is unclear. Several hypotheses may be entertained, although the most plausible would be that HCV could initiate autoimmune thyroid disease by mimicking the structure of some component of thyroid gland tissue.14
The outcome of thyroid gland dysfunction after discontinuation of IFN-α therapy has not been closely monitored in most series. We found that almost one third of patients with HCV continued to have thyroid gland dysfunction after stopping IFN-α therapy, and all patients were positive for TPOAb before treatment. Therefore, the patients most vulnerable to autoimmune thyroid disease appear to be those with an autoimmune response initiated prior to IFN-α therapy. Sustained hypothyroidism has been described20; however, Baudin et al21 found a complete recovery of thyroid gland function in all patients with HCV after withdrawal of IFN-α treatment. In our series, thyroid gland dysfunction was completely reversible in patients with HBV. Thus, patients with HBV appear to be able to suppress the autoimmune response on cessation of IFN-α therapy, whereas patients with HCV may not.
All patients with chronic active hepatitis who developed thyroid gland disorders had elevated levels of antithyroid autoantibodies before treatment with IFN-α and these stayed elevated after stopping treatment, confirming that preexisting autoimmunity is a risk factor for thyroid gland dysfunction.22,23 We also found female sex to be another risk factor for developing autoimmune thyroid dysfunction, although some dispute this finding.14 Another interesting feature not previously reported is the relationship between the lower FT3 levels before therapy and thyroid gland dysfunction. The pathogenic mechanism implicated in part may be a direct in vivo inhibitory effect of IFN-α on the synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones, as shown by Yamazaki et al.24 Thus, the patients with HBV recovered thyroid gland function on cessation of IFN-α therapy. However, patients with HCV appear to have specific immunologic perturbations that result in persistent autoimmune thyroid disease prior to and despite cessation of IFN-α therapy.
Patients with HCV are more susceptible to autoimmune thyroid gland dysfunction than those with HBV both before and after treatment with IFN-α. Female sex, lower FT3 levels, and positive thyroid autoantibody titers before therapy are risk factors for autoimmune thyroid gland dysfunction in patients with chronic active hepatitis treated with IFN-α.
In patients with HBV, recovery of thyroid gland function is complete, indicating only a minor effect of IFN-α on the immunoregulatory mechanisms. Therefore, in terms of cost-effectiveness, patients with HCV should be screened for anti-TPO antibodies before IFN-α therapy and those with positive titers should have long-term follow-up of thyroid gland function. We do not recommend the screening of thyroid autoantibodies before and during IFN-α therapy in patients with HBV.
Accepted for publication December 18, 1997.
We thank Charles Peterson, MD, PhD, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, MD, FACE, and Heather Terbell (Samsum Medical Research Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif) for their assistance in the preparation of the manuscript.
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1. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
10. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
They took those pictures but RIGHT after those pics were taken with the Nokia 1020 they busted out the Nikon D3x or the D800 for the REAL pictures of the wedding. The ones they will cherish & show their kids when their kids are about to get married.
PLEASE... Camera phone wedding pictures, how WEAK. lol
14. mikelemon (Posts: 95; Member since: 21 Nov 2013)
Another android fanboy. How surprising.
16. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
SAE definitely isn't biased. You're new around here, so some slack will be cut.
22. tech2 (Posts: 3451; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Wow.....you are really down to earth and not arrogant at all, aren't you ?!
P.S.: Even I hate it when people just label someone 'fanboys' because its not in their favour but there are better ways to respond
25. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
SAE is really showing his/her ignorance: it is the photographer and not the camera that makes for quality shots. A Nikon D800 or Nikon D3 in weak hands can still produce uninspired and lack luster shots, compared to photographs taken with a Lumia 1020, but in the hands of somebody talented and creative. Yes, it's probable the photographer did use another camera in addition to the 1020, but that's beside the point...
The fact remains that the Lumia 1020 currently has the best camera of any modern smartphone device available for sale to the public. While some Android smartphone devices do have respectable cameras, they still take second place to Nokia. Unless you want to cart around that ugly Samsung Zoom (horrible), Nokia is the best option. Not only does it have a totally kick-azz camera, but the rest of it is pretty solid too :o`
41. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I am basing this on EXACTLY what you say.
If a person can take really good camera phone shots, you don't think they will take GREAT shots with a $5,000 to $7,000 professional camera like the ones I stated?!? If you are weak with one you don't think you would be weak with both?!?
Remember the 1020 is a GREAT camera phone, probably the BEST there is BUT it's STILL a camera phone something that a Professional camera would certainly destroy.
2. alterecho (Posts: 1098; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
The locations are stunning too.
3. Finalflash (Posts: 3084; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
Damn, look at the size of those rocks. What a waste of money....wish I had that kinda money to throw at shiny rocks.... :(
17. andynaija (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
It's not a waste of money if they are truly in love and faithful to each other for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, until death :)
"Sigh" Unlike some of these fake marriages that don't make it past 5 years...
19. the_best (Posts: 139; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
diamons on wedding rings is so tacky, only americans could ever Think of something like this, why dont you just make a tiara of papier mache dollar bills instead.
A clean gold ring with some inscriptions that are special to us is enough.
If want to spend money there are plenty of other that will strengthen our love for each other.
4. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
Incredible. I want this phone!
5. apple4never (Posts: 1064; Member since: 08 May 2013)
Amazing pictures from an amazing phone with an amazing camera. Simply speechless these pics are amazing. I love taking photos and i may get this for christmas !!!! better than 99% of point and shoots
6. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Photo #8 can be used as a wallpaper.
11. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Technically, they can all be used as wallpaper
7. NexusKoolaid (Posts: 479; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
The images look damn good, but the full sized images are a little grainy at full zoom.
8. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Key words: "at full zoom". What photos have you seen on a phone or camera that are not a little grainy at full zoom?
I have yet to come across any photo on any device that isn't grainy when magnified. If you have found some, please provide a link because I would love to see a digital photo that isn't grainy at full zoom.
12. NexusKoolaid (Posts: 479; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
They (phone camera shots) all do, and that's the point. The point being that this is nothing more than a publicity stunt because at some point your customers will want something bigger than a 4x6 print.
29. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
It is by definition a publicity stunt, but that in itself does not take away from the point. As you said, all cameraphones suffer from pretty low IQ at full zoom, and therefore are not ideal for large prints. What this demonstration does show me, however, is that this camera can take some stunning pictures -- professional quality even -- if I were to use it for personal use and share my photos online. In fact, I would be confident in saying that the majority of pictures we take these days are viewed on our computers and online, even those from professional wedding photographers with their digital albums.
24. sprockkets (Posts: 1611; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
Uh, the night shot has all the people in it smeared due to long exposure. Wouldn't happen with a proper DSLR.
Sorry, unless they were doing it for free, if I saw someone use a phone, ANY phone, for my wedding pics, I'd fire them.
26. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
sprockkets, the photographer responsible for these photos is a top quality professional, and chances are they wouldn't waste their time working for somebody like yourself. You couldn't afford to hire them, let alone fire them ;o)
35. sprockkets (Posts: 1611; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
Oh really? I probably paid a third of this idiot did, and my guy actually setup proper remote flashes on each side of the hall for my wedding pictures for proper lighting and exposure. No POS phone can do that. Bounce flash? Nope, can't do that either. Proper viewfinder that works outside? Nope, can't do that on a POS phone.
Ad hominem attacks mr. phantom? What are you 10?
39. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
For all I know, there might even be a commander mode built into the Lumia 1020 that can directly trigger some SB910's. However, in case you forgot to notice, most of these wedding pictures were taken outside using natural lighting! Duh ;o)
44. sprockkets (Posts: 1611; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
That doesn't mean my photographer can switch to a phone camera, especially at nighttime! No excuse!
And no, there is no commander mode in a Lumia 1020! They could be set to go off via flash, but good luck with that tiny flash that phone has!
9. Sauce (unregistered)
Amazing photos from a good phone, but why all the hype? Adobe Lightroom or Aperature do wonders.
None the less, great results!
23. AntiFanBoyz (unregistered)
Agreed, good photographer, but it's hard to tell how good the phone did because the images have obviously undergone some post-processing. You can see halo around some of the edited parts.
42. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Thank you both!!!
13. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
These are really nice. Great camera but even better photographer. I couldn't even get such nice pictures out of my dSLR because I lack her skill.
15. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
No truer words have been posted. A great photographer could make pics taken with a BB Bold look stunning.
Still, the results make for a great advert for the L1020. Pity it is available only on AT&T in the U.S.
18. Dowson (unregistered)
Honestly I think none of you have an idea what a great pic it is.
1. Most of them have a wrong focus
2. They are super noisy (look originals)
3. Dat "expert" has super hand shacking so most of them are blurred (OIS can't help that much)
Don't get me wrong 1020 is exceptional but this dude IMHO is kinda ridiculous ...
20. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
I do think they are fairly noisy, but I don't think most of them have the wrong focus. The blur you see is at 100% zoom, because of a)relatively small sensor size for 41MP, and b)over-processing with photo editing tools. None of that has to do with hand shaking and, as a person who knows what a great pic is, you should have been able to recognize that.
Nobody said that they were going to use these photos for large prints, and they look great when viewed as intended -- on a computer screen.
27. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Penny, I agree with all of your points. However, you have to wonder how many of these so called "critics" bashing the Lumia 1020 are talking trash because they were paid by Samsung/Google, or some other Nokia competitor. There appears to be quite a lot of negative comments, well beyond the point of reason...
It doesn't matter though, since the photographic results tend to speak for themselves :o`
30. BattleBrat (Posts: 1455; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Sensor size is irrelevant , most lenses lack the resolving power to take advantage of a sensor like that, Zeiss just released a 55mm lens that addresses that very issue
33. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
Hmm, I guess you may be right about that BattleBrat. Although, my first inclination would be that the lens probably out-resolves the sensor in a device as small as a smartphone. It could very well be the other way around though, I don't know.
It's when you start getting to DSLRs that the sensors are able to outperform most common lenses. On a tangent, this is why I really want a Leica. Overpriced, but among the very best lenses and just fantastic colors and contrast.
21. tedkord (Posts: 11620; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Never mind the pic quality, look at the quality of that location.
28. kaikuheadhunterz (Posts: 1157; Member since: 18 Jul 2013)
And I thought my HTC One V's camera is nice
36. alpinejason (Posts: 262; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
The Nokia 808 does better.at least that is what my friend says.he has both and he is a professional
40. kaikuheadhunterz (Posts: 1157; Member since: 18 Jul 2013)
That's what I heard from everyone else too, even reviews said so
31. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 2054; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
the place just made the pics nice.
32. E.S.1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 14 Sep 2013)
The girl is hot and that's all I see :)
34. apple4never (Posts: 1064; Member since: 08 May 2013)
too bad she just got married
37. E.S.1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 14 Sep 2013)
It's ok I'll wait :)
38. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
43. Parsian (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Dec 2013)
I cant wait for the next iteration of this device. With Snapdragon 800 or 805, this will be able to record 4K and HDR video which would compensation for the small pixel's lack of dynamic range in video mode. Having said that, 1020's dynamic range is far superior to anything at the same pixel size in the market whether smart phone or point and shoot.
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Things are heating up on the ice for both the men's and women's hockey team and a lot of news is coming out, so as a result we're putting it all together in one area for your viewing pleasure in a piece we like to call "Badger Hockey Update."
First things first is the news that with the move of the men's team out of the Bob Johnson practice facility the Athletic Department will name the ice sheet at the Kohl Center after "Badger Bob" Johnson.
His son Mark is the women's hockey head coach and on Monday he spoke about the honor saying, "I think as a family we're equally as excited from the standpoint that it's a great tribute to him, certainly, what he did for the men's hockey program, and, certainly, the other things that go along with who he was and what his makeup way, whether it was in the NHL or international game. He did a lot for hockey not only in Madison, but, certainly, in the state of Wisconsin."
Those words are so true. The Badgers hockey program isn't where it's at today without Bob Johnson and it's certainly an honor that he's very deserving of and I can't wait to see his name down on that sheet of ice at the Kohl Center.
Sticking with the women's game, it was also announced yesterday that 3 Badgers were named as part of the 30 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Award. It's the award given annually to the top Division I women's hockey player in the country. The 3 Badgers were Hilary Knight, Brianna Decker, and Alex Rigsby.
Knight, a forward, has had one of the all-time best careers in terms of production in history, ranking first in points in UW history and fourth in points in NCAA history. This season she 28 goals and 26 assists.
Decker, also a forward, enters the playoffs 2nd in the nation in goals (32) and has 72 points on the year which is also good for 2nd nationally.
Goalie Alex Rigsby is only a sophomore but has already put herself on the map as she currently leads the nation in save percentage at .950 and also leads the country with a goals against average of just 1.42.
The award will be announced as part of the NCAA Women's Frozen Four in Duluth, MN.
Finally on the women's side they will be taking to the Kohl Center Ice this weekend as they open up the WCHA playoffs hosting last place Minnesota State in a best of three series beginning on Friday, so get your tickets and support the ladies on their way to another Frozen Four.
Over on the men's side of the rink it's countdown time for Justin Schultz and Mark Zengerle as there are just three weeks until the Hobey Baker Award Top 10 list is announced. Us Badger fans can help there cause by going here and voting for them in the fan vote, so vote early and vote often!
The men have just two regular season series' left on the year and you can be sure to find a full preview of both as the day draws near. Additionally you'll see full previews and recaps of the Women's drive to the Frozen Four here as well. I hope you've enjoyed the news and notes around the Badger Hockey program and ON WISCONSIN!


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Yes, the politicians have it right – we need the 'Big Society', but I have a slight feeling of déjà vu here! – the wheel being reinvented. Conservationists, in our case the RSPB, have been doing this for decades: looking after birds, making reserves, caring for the environment, creating fun for people, bringing meaning into millions of people's lives. Yes, we have paid staff – totally necessary and comparative to their skills and dedication, not overly paid. This is not a job to them - it's a way of life. But a proportion of the work that goes on in our own organisation is voluntary; not particularly done through some sense of obligation or moral crusade but for the sheer love of nature and our environment. They don't expect medals or awards or celebrity status – they just do it for the sheer joy they get from nature.
The work that goes on here at Campfield (some 900 acres takes some looking after…Hello!) is a microcosm of what goes on round the rest of the nation. Staff working, often in difficult arduous conditions - year in year out … dedicated to the intricate management of field, stream, salt marsh, peat bog, heath and woodland – making things possible on tight budgets.
Early engineering work, April 1993
Scraping out the pools, April 1993
Dave carefully planting Phragmites screen round the sluice - 15th april 2010
Stephen fencing off the Natterjack pools - April 2010
Ploughing part of the bird seed field in preparation for oats planting - April 2010
Stephen planting oats - 21st April 2010
Last year's Kale crop, now seeding, attracting a large flock of sparrows and finches - July 2010
Stephen keeping the lonning up to park standard
"Newly cut hay" - a digital painting
"The Hay baled" - a digital painting
Haytime - loading the bales , July 2010
Stephen, topping the rushes in preparation for winter, July 2010
Whooper swans enjoying the pools this last winter
These end results are made possible with the able assistance of the weekly volunteer group: working, more often than not, in the cold and wet; in the mud and scrub; torn by brambles; pestered by midges . Have you ever tried a day of ragwort pulling or gorse cutting!!!
Early workparty activity - clearing silver birches to make flight paths for wintering wildfowl, Autumn 1993
Workparty brash clearance after tree felling - Autumn 1993
Early workparty - bonfires after gorse cutting on the marsh front - 1993
Campfield volunteers planting Phragmites as a path screen, 15th April 2010
Dave, Stephen and volunteers maintaining willow bower in sylvan glade, April 2010
Staff and volunteers have improved this field boundary to provide better wader breeding areas
Workparty on new hedge weeding detail, 20th May 2010
Dave discussing thistle weeding plans, 10th June 2010
Workparty weeding thistles out of Kale seed crop, 10th June 2010
Workparty - screen maintenance detail, 2nd June 2010
Volunteers, Marjorie and Neil, doing a Bumble Bee survey - one of a number of surveys carried out by volunteers on the Reserve
Willow bower growth in a few years
Hawthorne saplings planted by workparty as a hedge, a few years ago, are developing nicely
Earlier years planting of Phragmites is starting to screen the path
Pinks and Barnacle geese, 20th February 2010 - some of the thousands of wildfowl visiting the reserve in winter
, "This is the Big Society". Only I say to the great and the good – RSPB did it first!
Dave Blackledge, Reserve Warden, reported a Red Kite flying over the reserve early this morning. Other reports from the area this morning too, in the vicinity of Cardurnock.
This last few days the estuary seems to be livening up a bit after the Summer Solstice. A good many Bar-tailed Godwits, in a variety of plumage are around now and Oystercatchers are amassing. Have seen an immature, quite large, Shelduck with a parent bird. A few Black-tailed Godwits seem to have been hanging around the area most of the summer. There is a decent sized flock of Golden Plover – again they too seem to have been round for a while now. But notably Dunlin are gathering in decent numbers – large flocks can be seen flying up and down the estuary, with odd individual larger waders with them. Have yet to identify these.
Oystercatchers amassing
Haaf-net fishermen also seem to be grouping now in fair numbers. The fresh water in the river has presumably brought the fish on. You can usually tell by the numbers of them fishing whether they are having success or not. Sadly, though, these hardy fishers seem to be a threatened species, as I have noted their numbers declining over the last quarter of a century. Pity if we were to lose them altogether!


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The Post-Thanksgiving Recovery Plan
Udon with Mushroom Broth, Cabbage, and Yams
Photo: Stephen Lewis
Now that you're stuffed with, well, stuffing, it's time to ease off the heavy meals and return to culinary normalcy. Here's our trick: Tone down the turkey and amp up the veggies. Whether you're recovering from a Thanksgiving food hangover or just trying to eat more greens, check out our gallery of 16 healthful suppers. These vegetarian dishes–Polenta with Green Beans, Mushrooms, Peas, and Leeks, for example–are so satisfying, you won't miss the meat.


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1. Consider an ideal voltage generator which provides the following. If an ideal DC Voltmeter is connected across the generator it gives a reading of (24 V). Calculate the value of �A� in the equation for V(t).
V(t) = A + BAcos(377t)
This question is going to be on my test and it is worth 25% of my
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Soul Calibur 4 Review
Namco Bandai's ambitious fifth entry into the Soul series is worth the wait.
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Where SC4 really shines, however, is in its character-creation mode. The more you use your custom characters, the more options you unlock -- with a wealth of weapons and armor pieces offering boosts to strength, impact, speed, and more, while certain stat modifiers improve your chances to escape throws or reverse counters. By selecting attributes designed to compensate for your weaknesses or enhance your play tendencies (or both), you can craft the fighting-game character of your dreams, to a degree that games like Fighter Maker don't begin to approach. That you can use these characters in any mode --- and have their appearance reflected in things like cutscenes -- is just an extra layer of detail that you must see to appreciate.
I may be alone in this, but I also really enjoyed the new characters contributed by various Japanese manga artists. As someone with lots of games to play these days, I need something more to keep me coming back. So, if I ever get tired of playing as Taki or Kilik, I can always fire up one of my custom characters...or, for example, Shura, designed by Gantz creator Hiroya Oku. What I'm saying is, beyond the niceties of an updated Soul Calibur, I'm looking for variety -- and, of course, an overall high-quality experience. In those respects, SC4 delivers in spades.
As of this moment, the PS3 version has the technical edge, since it allows you to install to the hard drive for faster loading times -- but with the upcoming Xbox 360 update that allow gamers to similarly install any game they want, it's almost a moot point. The Xbox 360 version's advantage rests with its exclusive guest Star Wars character, Yoda. The PS3 version is saddled with Darth Vader, but Yoda is the better character of the two, as he's sprightly and nimble, as opposed to the slow and lumbering Vader. Their Force powers are good for yanking people in and setting them up for combos (à la Mortal Kombat's Scorpion and his "Get over here!" spear), but the Jedi masters' move sets are pretty bland overall, reeking of missed opportunity. Why, for example, wasn't one of Darth Vader's hold moves an invisible dark side chokehold? Why doesn't Yoda calmly drop an X-wing on your head with his throw move?
The Apprentice (from LucasArts' upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- and present in both versions of SC4) is ridiculously annoying to unlock, too, as you must first defeat him in arcade mode with either of the Force users. He's an all-blocking, all-dodging, supercombo, jerk-a-thon of a character to beat with either Yoda or Vader (although he's much easier to beat with the standard SC characters)...but once you unlock the cheap bastard, he's sure fun to play.
SC4's new Critical Finish feature might, at first, seem like a cheap addition as well, resting somewhere between Mortal Kombat's fatalities and Guilty Gear's overpowered Overdrive moves -- but in actual practice, it's primarily used to punish players who turtle too much (overzealous blocking makes the Soul Gauge meter deplete, eventually rendering offenders susceptible to the newfangled fatalities). In all of my versus playtime, I rarely saw Critical Finishes, as the very notion of the Soul Gauge turning red enough to invite these supermoves kept my mind on offense -- and blocking to a minimum.
The long-requested online mode is probably SC4's most worthwhile endeavor. Characters level up with successive victories, and leaderboards reflect the most accomplished combatants. You can brawl using standard default attributes -- or, if you're feeling ballsy, you can enter an arena with your turbo-boosted character and see how he/she stacks up against the competition. The online mode could use a quick-rematch option, though; postfight, the game boots you back to the matchup screen, which seems just a little clunky here in 2008. Still, this mode looks like it received a lot of thought, with options to reserve space for friends in four-player battles or invite people on your friends list into a match (in the PS3 version, anyway -- Xbox Live already has that functionality built in).
Only time will tell whether people will accept SC4 into the pantheon of timeless, classic fighting games, but it looks great, plays extremely well, and has countermeasures for nearly any perceived exploit you may stumble across (like unlockable final boss Algol's slow-moving ranged attacks). The create-a-character mode is amazingly deep, allowing you to assemble your own bionic man, while the new manga-designed fighters add plenty of fun new looks and personalities to play. The Tower of Lost Souls mode is a much better attraction than Soul Calibur 3's Chronicles of the Sword, as it ditches that game's real-time-strategy-lite load-a-thon with more straightforward combat challenges (and rewards). Ironically, as complete a package as SC4 is, the recent release of the original Soul Calibur on Xbox Live actually feels faster and more nimble than its newer brother; that doesn't make it a better game, but it's an interesting observation.
So with the classic, new-school, and infinitely customizable character roster at the ready, and with online play fully operational, it's not a stretch to say this might be 2008's best fighting game. Some other hot fighters -- notably Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and Battle Fantasia -- are on the horizon, but considering how fun Soul Calibur 4 is after a month of nonstop play, I think it'd be hard to top what Namco's accomplished with what is unquestionably their best fighting game to date.
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As fogie states but what bike / year are we talking?
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Just done a little more work one of my Kawasaki's - the Vulcan S. Ive fitted a backrest and rack - here's a Blog post if it's your thing
Thank you to all those replying. Yesterday I found an online glove measurement size and to give an idea of how weird I must be genetically, the width guide said I was XS for width. The length however says I'm off the scale at 3XL I bet Vets have had better fitting cows on their hands than I can find gloves.
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My point here is, there are alot of black riders out there that aren't given a chance to Motogp, WBSK, BSK and TT.
Just remember that most of the Moto3 and some of the Moto2 field are paying for their rides, and about half the MotoGP field does not get paid by their teams. Being a great rider is not good enough - you have to bring family/sponsorship money with you unless someone thinks that you will be a future alien.
@Colonial-Piglet will you please be more careful , motorsport is dangerous ( as if you didn't know ) we often have signs around our racetracks telling us motorsport is dangerous and not take copy it on the public road when you leave , spoil sports .
So the Classic TT/Manx is over yet not a thing in MCN today about last Wednesdays and Fridays races?
Plus nothing about the cheating from certain High profile teams in MCN, over sized engine and other technical infringements. Star riders disqualified for over sized fuel tanks but then the rider is reinstated by the Clark of the course so then the chief scrutineer resigns on the spot! But other star riders are excluded due to over sized engines and NOT reinstated? Now I'm not accusing any rider of cheating its the people who supplied and prepared the machines. But the regs state that the onus is on the rider to ensure the machine is legal!!
But what kind of message does this send out when machines are checked after the race and found illegal the Star rider is reinstated ( Remember the Dunlop incident at the TT with coated valve buckets.) It makes it a joke doesn't it, but even more when MCN doesn't report is obviously not news to them. Not impressed MCN. JB
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Verizon has been offering cable TV in Gresham for just over a month, but the company may already be facing a penalty for violating its cable franchise.
When the company began serving Gresham in early December, it did so without hooking up the east county PEG (public, educational and governmental) channels. The company aims to have them online by the start of April, and maybe sooner, according to spokesman Jon Davies.
Trick is, Verizon's franchise requires it to carry those channels (which, in east county, cover government meetings, youth sports, community events and the like).
Cable commissioners sent Verizon a letter in late November objecting to the PEG channels' absence, said Mary Beth Henry, the commission's deputy directory. Commissioners took the issue up with Verizon directly at last night's commission meeting.
The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission fought unsuccessfully last year to establish strict regulatory oversight for Verizon's FiOS cable TV in Multnomah County. Ultimately, Gresham cut its own deal in November, establishing a lighter regulatory burden for the cable company and limiting fines against Verizon to $140,000 annually.
It's too soon to say how much commissioners might fine Verizon if they find the company in violation of its franchise at a future meeting, Henry said. But because commissioners first notified the company of its potential violation last year, she said, some fines could conceivably be levied retroactively -- applying to the 2008 cap, leaving more room under this year's cap.
"We are continuing to work with the MetroEast Community Media to get the interconnection on their network," Verizon's Davies tells me today.


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Sounds like a great idea to me. Just avoid the food court. hahaha.
Here in the cold northern Great Lakes region we are getting pounded with snow. I don't enjoy the cold and my wife is expecting so we stay indoors more so than ever. Yesterday I was doing some shopping I discovered that one of our local indoor shopping malls had enough space that we could do our "Move more often" part of fitness indoors and not be bound to a treadmill. We both agreed during these snowy days that we would be taking our walking shoes (my Vibrams) to the mall and going for hikes. I'll keep my pedometer and try to get in 1 hour sessions and see the distance we go. Heck, we can even hit a few different malls or buildings to get in workouts.
I just had a second thought-- public stairways. We could climb stairs for sprinting days.
Any other ideas for indoor workouts?
*Note we workout at home and wanted to get outside more.
Sounds like a great idea to me. Just avoid the food court. hahaha.
Eating lots but still hungry? Eat more fat. Mid-day sluggishness? Eat more fat. Feeling depressed or irritable? Eat more fat. People think you've developed an eating disorder? Eat more fat... in front of them.
Will you be able to resist walking by the Cinnabon?
Ooh my nemesis was always Auntie Anne's...those damn buttery pretzels. Anyway, you can actually go to malls early, like at 8 I think in most places, and do some actual power walking. That way there are no crowds to negotiate, unless you want that. You might even meet some old people and women with strollers
You are what you eat,and what you eat eats too - Michael Pollan
Why not? I used to see people power-walking at a local WalMart all the time
Last week I went to see Avatar at our local 14-plex movie theatre, which is two stories high and with hallways about as long as a football field. My husband and I easily avoided the hundreds of people using the escalators by taking the adjoining stairs. As usual, we were the ONLY people using the stairs.
The carpets have a very busy checkerboard and diamond pattern, and I've been known to embarrass my children horribly by dancing back and forth across the patterns on the way to the theatre.
hannahc and dragonmamma--LOL!!!
I'm really trying not to be a pain here, but, what is the fascination with being primal in every respect? I don't get it. Are you going to reject your house and comfortable bed and start sleeping on some leaves in a cave?
I take the best of what is primal and what modern society has brought us. I see no benefit to question if you should be walking in the mall over freezing your keister off in the cold. Primal isn't a religion to be worshipped.
I enjoy walking the mall for exercise. I live in NY and it's hard to get in enough "moving slowly" outside of work. Going to the mall helps, and it's really not that hard to avoid temptation.
Oh mike, the OP is just asking for indoor options for his pregnant wife that don't involve treadmills. It's not about being primal in every respect, it's just about not freezing! Some people can tolerate extreme cold, or like the snow...others would rather not be out in it. I think mall walking is a great idea, especially in the mornings, and especially when you get cabin fever like I do and hate being in the house all the time.
You are what you eat,and what you eat eats too - Michael Pollan


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Giant fantacy stick puppets makes any day a fun day. And with the help of Kathleen George you can make it in four easy steps.
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- Ball, 6"
- Wooden dowel, 7/16" x 30"
- Acrylic craft paint, assorted colors
- Craft foam: assorted colors
- Construction paper, assorted colors
- Embellishments (optional): 1", 2" and 2-1/2" balls of STYROFOAM brand foam; yarn; buttons; ribbons; trims; wiggle eyes; chenille stems; drinking straws; tissue paper; toothpicks; candy cups; pom poms; felt
- Paintbrush, 1", firm
- Wooden skewer, pencil or chopstick
- Wide mouth jar
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- Thick, white craft glue or low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
- Insert skewer, pencil or chopstick in foam ball to use as handle. Paint foam ball color of your choice. Let dry.
- Place head on large mouth jar and get ready to decorate! Blue puppet sports spiral hair cut from orange craft foam; ears made from a foam ball cut in half; a nose made from a foam ball; and mouth, cheeks and eyes cut from craft foam. His green tie is made from craft foam and decorated with foamie polka dots. The purple teddy bear has a muzzle, nose and ears made from foam balls; her hairbow and collar made from craft foam, as are her eyes and cheeks.
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- Eyes and nose: Cut from craft foam or construction paper, or glue on foam balls, wiggle eyes, candy cups, buttons, pom poms.
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